At dawn, Jiang Nian woke up groggily.

He didn’t sleep much last night, being used to just a few hours of sleep from his school days, he woke up by seven at the latest.

"Hmm?"

He suddenly lifted his head and looked towards the loft.

The loft apartment was dimly lit and felt a bit stuffy, maybe because of Zhang Ningzhi and Yao Beibei moving in.

The air unexpectedly carried a bit of a cold fragrance.

Jiang Nian shook his head and went out, guessing the two women hadn’t woken up yet. Seeing that the day was still early, he simply rode his bike to the warehouse.

Still only had a couple of orders, but there were more clicks.

In the morning, he had breakfast, dealt with things, and then took breakfast back to the apartment, knocked, and entered.

"Morning."

"Morning."

The balcony curtains were drawn open with a swish. Yao Beibei took the breakfast, playing games while unwrapping it.

"Where did you go so early?"

"Work."

"Really?" Zhang Ningzhi popped her head out from the loft, "It’s so hard, do you need help?"

"Busy... not really busy." He was a bit embarrassed, "Not busy for now, mainly can’t sit still."

Don’t ask, don’t ask.

Help with the unsold...

Around eleven in the morning, he took the two women out for a stroll nearby, visiting West Lake.

In the evening, they strolled around the old streets before having dinner.

When the three returned to the apartment, they were all exhausted. Except for Jiang Nian, they were either lying or leaning.

Yao Beibei gazed at the ceiling vacantly, muttering, "I’m so tired, never want to go out again."

This was a lie.

Jiang Nian paid no mind, yet the feeling of cohabitation... hmm... was pretty nice, especially when there’s good company.

If it were only Zhizhi, it would mostly be uncontrollable.

With the two together, though they couldn’t be flirtatious, at least the atmosphere was lively, and life wasn’t tough.

The next day.

The two women went to visit his office, which also served as the storage room. After wandering around, they found everything fascinating.

"Why aren’t there clothes?"

"Without orders, why have clothes?" Jiang Nian shrugged. Having just started, he could have Zhao Qiuxue do the shipping.

When really idle, he would send them himself. Once a product becomes a hit, he can stock a little.

"So, what do you do every day then...?"

"Don’t ask."

"Alright." Yao Beibei was a bit too embarrassed to ask, "Forget it, let’s continue playing."

Zhang Ningzhi felt the same, and she gave him a little encouragement.

"It’s okay, hang in there!"

"Okay, sold a few clothes yesterday." Jiang Nian said, "I’ll treat you both to hot pot with the earnings."

Zhang Ningzhi covered her mouth and laughed, "Sounds good."

By the fourth or fifth day, Jiang Nian became increasingly busy. Visitor and order numbers were rising, and there were more tasks.

After all, he also handled customer service.

He thought about it and decided to have Zhao Qiuxue help recruit someone. He went to see the two women off as they were leaving.

After all, this was just a workplace.

On the way to the airport, Jiang Nian asked about their college applications again, somewhat surprised, they were both applying to Renmin University.

However, their scores had been similar since the second semester of senior year, so going to the same school wasn’t surprising.

Wanting stable performance in the college entrance exam, romance isn’t much help. Most often, it backfires with one person failing.

Friendship is better.

Jiang Nian casually asked, "When will the admission results come out?"

"Around the eighteenth," Zhang Ningzhi said nervously, "Not sure if it will all go smoothly."

"It’s okay, our ranks are decent." Yao Beibei didn’t seem bothered, then looked at Jiang Nian again.

"Where is Li Hua going?"

"He didn’t tell you?" Jiang Nian was surprised.

Hearing this, Yao Beibei rolled her eyes, "This Chi Shi is keeping secrets; who knows where he applied?"

"Where else." Jiang Nian said.

Yao Beibei pondered, made an ’oh’ sound.

"That big fool."

Zhizhi smiled and spoke.

"The leader has scores similar to ours, it’d be nice if he applied to the same college as us."

"After all, everyone is close by."

When saying "everyone," Zhang Ningzhi paused for a second, as if she got stuck.

Everyone naturally included Li Qingrong.

"By the way, Jiang Nian." Yao Beibei asked curiously, "Is the class president at the same school as you?"

"Yeah."

"Then you’re really close by." Yao Beibei said, then suddenly thought of something else, "Then Chen....."

Suddenly, the driver spoke.

"Almost there."

"Oh, okay." Originally just asking casually, Yao Beibei didn’t bother asking after being interrupted.

"Get off, get off, we need to catch our flight."

"Go on."

"Let’s go, bye-bye." Zhang Ningzhi carried a small suitcase, waving farewell to Jiang Nian with reluctance.

.....

July sixth.

Jiang Nian found Zhao Qiuxue to help, then snuck away, quietly boarding a flight to Beijing.

Stealing leisure amidst busyness, indeed.

Back to another side of the story, Li Hua stayed in Zhen Nan for almost half a month. He called Jiang Nian to go online, but this guy kept avoiding.

"Dang, this byd must’ve run off!!"

"Run?" Ma Guojun looked puzzled, putting down the ice cream in his hand, "Do you know where he went?"

"Who knows." Li Hua said in a bad mood, "That scoundrel is wild, who knows where he’s having fun."

"Yeah."

"By the way, Li Hua, when are you leaving?"

"Today."

Ma Guojun: "???"

"Remote knowing friends climb high, inserting dogwoods lacks one person." Li Hu stood up, sighed with hands on hips.

"Old Ma, this is youth."

He spoke excitedly, turning to the big guy, "I’m going to Yuhang, to see my uncle."

"What does he do?"

"Something with the internet or whatever, seems like filming stuff." Li Hua said, grinning cheekily. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"Bye, Old Ma."

"Okay." The big guy figured it out, this person’s flighty, "Got AIDS, come back for treatment."

"I’ll arrange people to use you as an educational example."

"Chi Shi Chi Shi!!"

On the other side.

At night, Jiang Nian arrived in Beijing. Just got off the plane and into the pickup car, Li Qingrong was not in the car.