After that day, Wen Shu still ordered meals for Qin Siyang, reminding him to eat on time and get some rest.
She replied to his messages promptly and showed no sign of dissatisfaction.
But she never asked him to have dinner with her again, much less cooked for him herself.
He also heard from Zhao Sifang that Wen Shu had been asking Gu Yunxuan over the past two days about work-study opportunities near Nine Dragons College and Nanrong University, so she could pay Qin Siyang rent.
Gu Yunxuan had no real ideas.
Her father was a businessman, and growing up around him had given her some understanding of these things.
Even though Area No. 7 was a core district within the Safe Zone, with countless discreet millionaires, an "ordinary person" finding a part-time job that paid two or three silver coins a day was nothing short of a pipe dream.
But for the great writer Ms. Sheyu, whom she admired immensely, Gu Yunxuan was willing to arrange a well-paid sinecure at her [Xuanxuan Clothing City], allowing Wen Shu to get her wish.
Wen Shu politely declined the offer, however. She did not want to owe Gu Yunxuan a favor just to fill the hole on Qin Siyang's end.
Qin Siyang had asked Wen Shu why she suddenly wanted to pay him rent.
The rent was a negligible sum to both of them.
Qin Siyang's wealth was now measured in gold coins, so his situation went without saying. As for Wen Shu, Qin Siyang believed that if she revealed even a little of her sequence ability, she could instantly join the ranks of those who never had to worry about food or clothing.
Besides, compared with Wen Shu helping him kill people and everything else she had done, he did not