"Wait here. I'll be right out."
After handing out all the flyers, Tang Youxin went into the shop where she worked.
A little while later, she had taken off the dinosaur costume and jogged out happily, clutching two banknotes, one red and one blue.
One hundred and fifty yuan.
That was probably her pay for the day.
"You wouldn't take the several hundred I offered, but you're perfectly happy taking this."
Xia Xu gave a bemused chuckle.
"That's different."
Little White Flower gave a soft huff and lifted her chin slightly.
"True."
Xia Xu looked thoughtful at first, then nodded in wholehearted agreement. "Earning money from your own family and earning other people's money really are fundamentally different."
"Right... pfft, no!"
Tang Youxin agreed instinctively before realizing what he meant. Blushing, she gave a little sputter and puffed out her cheeks. "I just..."
Her voice gradually faded, and her little head lowered along with it. "I just feel like you're letting me work at the Consulting Company more out of personal affection... the company clearly hasn't had much business all along."
To be honest, working elsewhere, even as a cleaner, would earn her nearly as much as Xia Xu paid her. The work she had done during this time had fully justified her wages, and Xia Xu had used that argument to persuade her before.
But they knew each other well, and their relationship was gradually becoming something difficult to define. Taking that salary increasingly felt like it had taken on a different meaning, especially when the entire Consulting Company was practically just for show, with no business whatsoever.
Of course, she also had a little selfish wish of her own.
She disliked the feeling of being unable to help, of serving no purpose at all.
It made her feel