Confessing To The School Queen In Front Of The Whole School - Chapter 37

Xia Meng’s words made perfect sense.

The uncle was puzzled but went along with it.

So, he called his wife at home. This is what he said on the phone: “Hello, wifey.”

“Tao Yun has a new young aunt.”

“No, no, it’s not that Mom had another baby; it’s a distant young aunt.”

“Don’t ask how distant; I don’t know either.”

“Why am I calling? Well, she wants to treat us to a meal. You and our son hurry up, get ready, and come out.”

After hanging up, the uncle was still confused. He had initially thought the child was just fooling around, but just now, his worldview was refreshed.

This child was very brave.

She directly called the hotel and booked a banquet table. The uncle had heard of that hotel; the prices were quite high.

Would a hotel tolerate a child joking around?

They certainly wouldn’t, so why was Xia Meng able to book it smoothly? The uncle thus concluded that this was not a joke.

The uncle had a complicated look: “Tao Yun, your family’s fortune is about to improve.”

Tao Yun: “…Yes.”

The uncle continued: “For all these years, I haven’t been able to help your family much. If you meet a benefactor, perhaps your mother’s illness will also get better, and she won’t have to work so hard.”

As a brother, he was distressed to see his sister working while sick.

As for the person outside on the phone, the uncle could only sigh at the difference in people’s circumstances.

The convenience store hadn’t hired a clerk yet.

They couldn’t guard the store and go out for a meal at the same time, so the uncle wrote a sign.

Great Joy in Life: The Boss is Off to a Banquet.

By the time they arrived at the hotel, twenty-six minutes had passed, which was very quick and efficient.

But the uncle had been tricked into coming quickly. His wife and nephew were still at home; who knew how long they would take. The dishes hadn’t been served yet. Did this count as treating them to a meal?

Xia Meng: It counts!

[Why wouldn’t it count! This has already become a fait accompli! It’s about to become a fact! Do I look like the kind of person who would go back on my word at the last minute?]

The system certainly knew that Xia Meng was not someone who would go back on her word at the last minute.

Because she had face…

And this face was related to her future life happiness.

So the system approved it for Xia Meng. Seeing her survival time increase, Xia Meng felt a moment of trance.

Tao Yun: “What’s wrong?”

Inviting them to a meal in a big hotel, was her financial situation really tight? What kind of adult would let a child be so reckless?

Xia Meng: Wow, the survival time has exceeded a week.

Breaking a new record again, Xia Meng was very happy. She patted her chest: “It’s fine, eat to your heart’s content!”

Tao Yun’s eyes softened.

She didn’t know what Xia Meng was so happy about, but her own lips curved slightly. And with her around, Tao Yun found that she wasn’t too concerned about her uncle anymore.

Their interactions felt so natural.

The hotel manager came over. The uncle was a little worried, fearing he would have to pay the bill in the end.

The manager smiled at Xia Meng and said, “I haven’t seen you in a long time. Is General Manager Xie feeling well lately?”

The uncle: …

General Manager Xie was Xia Meng’s mother.

When someone mentioned her mother, Xia Meng habitually got cold feet. Treating the uncle’s family to a meal here seemed a bit too extravagant… It wasn’t that she worried about not being able to pay; she worried about being called in for a parent-teacher meeting.

She didn’t have a habit of spending money. She was a micro-transaction player even in games, especially since she had recently quit gaming.

Xia Meng had a large sum of money in her piggy bank.

She chuckled awkwardly: “Very well.”

Xia Meng never worried that her mother wasn’t fierce enough, only that she was too fierce.

The manager also realized this and smiled: “Treating a classmate to a meal? Thank you for still remembering our hotel. I’ll apply a discount for you later.”

Xia Meng: “Thank you then.”

Only a fool wouldn’t take a discount.

Hotels also required advance reservations. Xia Meng, who booked a table on short notice, had to wait a little longer.

Fortunately, the aunt and nephew arrived even later, and the food was served just in time.

If Tao Yun’s uncle was a very common middle-aged man, then Tao Yun’s aunt was a very common middle-aged woman.

But this nephew looked annoying.

He peered and touched everywhere, curious about everything, and constantly couldn’t resist being mischievous. He was extremely restless, treating the hotel not as a place to eat but as an amusement park.

Tao Yun’s aunt didn’t restrain the child, just letting him run around.

The waiter looked over several times, and Xia Meng watched Tao Yun’s aunt.

The aunt didn’t pay any attention to her. She was busy scolding the uncle, complaining that he used such a clumsy excuse to waste money, while simultaneously looking at Tao Yun with displeasure.

As for Xia Meng, she glanced at her a few times and then ignored her.

The uncle was very embarrassed. He tried his best to prove he had no hidden private money and urged his wife to calm down.

Xia Meng, as the host: “…”

She quietly asked Tao Yun.

“Has your aunt always treated you like this?”

People say raising a son is like raising a debt collector, yet this aunt regarded Tao Yun as the debt collector, while her biological son nearly knocked over a vase. Fortunately, the waiter stopped him in time.

The aunt merely curled her lip, not taking it seriously.

Xia Meng was hesitant to speak, but she remembered that since she was three, she would get her hand smacked by her mother if she didn’t follow the rules at the dinner table.

And that vase, the hotel could provide proof it was worth tens of thousands.

Xia Meng thought for a moment. What was there to be hesitant about! She was Tao Yun’s young aunt!

On the same generational level as the aunt!

Are you really taking yourself as the young aunt?

I can’t stand it!

Xia Meng found a righteous excuse for herself and then reminded Tao Yun’s aunt with a forced smile: “This is our first time meeting. It was rude of me to suddenly call you out like this. I should rightfully treat you to this meal, but I am just a student, and I can’t afford to pay for a vase worth ten of thousands.”

After speaking, she looked at the brat.

The brat was still bothering the waiter.

Well, she could even less afford to pay for the waiter (if something happened to them), so aren’t you going to discipline your child?

Tao Yun’s aunt lost face: “A student, where do you get the money to show off?”

She was pulled back by the uncle.

Xia Meng finally understood. No wonder Tao Yun didn’t like family interactions and didn’t like spending time with her uncle, yet she said her uncle was a good person. The reason was actually this.

The uncle was indeed a good person, but he was controlled by his wife.

And his wife, Tao Yun’s aunt, could not really be considered Tao Yun’s family.

Xia Meng picked up her chopsticks, but did not move to eat, the implication of urging them to start was clear.

Tao Yun chuckled, leaning close to Xia Meng’s ear: “Young Aunt, you have quite the presence.”

With Tao Yun’s recognition, Xia Meng felt her nose wanting to turn up in pride.

Tao Yun’s aunt called out from her seat: “Xiao Peng, stop playing and come here to eat!”

The boisterous brat ran over, disturbing other guests. Xia Meng smiled and nodded apologetically. The other guests frowned, thinking how the adults were less sensible than the child.

Tao Yun’s aunt also noticed the atmosphere.

She sternly shouted: “Eat properly, don’t move around!”

The brat then looked at the table full of dishes, drooled, picked up his chopsticks, and started eating directly.

Xia Meng was still holding her chopsticks. She still remembered her attempt to act like an elder:

This brat was acting even more brazenly than she was.

The uncle stepped in to ease the tension: “This is Tao Yun’s distant young aunt. She is somewhat related to us. She is very capable despite her young age!”

Xia Meng, the academic slacker, was humble: “Not at all, not at all.”

Xia Meng recalled her mother’s routine at the dinner table and followed suit, making Tao Yun’s aunt and uncle unconsciously shut up.

The dinner table turned into a battlefield between Xia Meng and the uncle. The others were simply focused on eating.

Tao Yun just found it bizarre.

Knowing the inside story, she now felt that she had started a bad precedent, allowing Xia Meng to take on the identity of the young aunt, and she was basking in the glory, impossible to stop.

But she hadn’t expected Xia Meng to have this side to her.

Combined with her usual timid appearance, she really seemed like a seasoned old hand.

Tao Yun began to worry about the future, almost wanting to advise her not to drink…

Drinking was impossible; Xia Meng wasn’t that oblivious yet.

She saw the brat flipping through the dishes with his chopsticks, losing her appetite. She just held a glass of plain water and greeted the uncle.

Uncle: “What does your family do?”

Xia Meng: “They opened a company.”

It was a little small, and the main financial source still relied on her mother, but bringing it up to show off was very useful.

The uncle said ‘oh’, thinking it must be a large company, otherwise, they wouldn’t raise such a spendthrift daughter.

Uncle: “You were supposed to take the items back to school, weren’t you? Why did you suddenly decide to treat us to a meal?”

Xia Meng: “I was a bit hungry.”

The uncle looked at Xia Meng, who hadn’t touched her chopsticks, then at the messy table. For the first time, he had the urge to beat his son to death. How embarrassing! He gave a couple of awkward laughs.

He raised his wine glass, then remembered the other person was just a student, which made it even more awkward.

He wanted to put on the airs of an elder, but she was the one who paid for the meal. According to the seniority, she was still on the same level as him.

The uncle drank the wine in his glass gloomily.

Aunt: “Drink less!”

Uncle: This life is becoming even more flavorless.

Gulping down the bitter wine, the uncle felt aggrieved: “Tao Yun’s grandfather is truly awful! To treat his own granddaughter so poorly! You don’t know, my sister was forced to go out and work by that old man not long after she gave birth to Tao Yun!”

Xia Meng heard the rest of the story she hadn’t finished on the way from the uncle.

She then realized that Tao Yun’s life was that difficult. No, Tao Yun wasn’t bad off!

Tao Yun was beautiful, had a good temperament, and studied well—a triple-A student.

Her life was exciting in every aspect, and her family was only a small part of it!

Xia Meng learned that Tao Yun’s mother was not in good health: “I can ask my mom to find her an easier job. Although the salary won’t be much higher, it won’t be too bad.”

This was the only promise the current Xia Meng could make.

She couldn’t actually give Tao Yun’s family money. All her money was given to her by her mother.

Xia Meng really wanted to start earning money herself so she could pay for Tao Yun’s mother’s medical treatment.

Tao Yun’s hand, placed under the table, grabbed Xia Meng’s and squeezed it, telling her that she could handle this kind of thing herself.

Yes, Tao Yun could do it.

Xia Meng also squeezed her hand.

Tao Yun’s aunt felt the food she was eating had lost its flavor. She finally looked at Xia Meng properly and then forced a friendly smile: “Can you introduce a job for me, too, Auntie?”

Before Xia Meng could speak, she quickly corrected herself: “No, you should call me Sis-in-law.”

Xia Meng: …

I don’t have a Sis-in-law like you.

And my brother wouldn’t marry a Sis-in-law like you!

Aunt: “See, I’ve been taking care of Xiao Peng, and I haven’t been out to work for a long time. Companies nowadays don’t want married women with children. Since your family opened a company, can you let me work there?”

Xia Meng was speechless.

The uncle felt ashamed: “She’s just a student! Why are you saying things like that to her!”

The aunt also got angry: “If you can introduce a job to your sister, what’s the problem with introducing one for me! It’s no trouble! Besides, my education is not bad! It’s only because I married you that I’ve been held back for so many years!”

The situation began to descend into the weariness of everyday life.

“You’ve always helped your sister, but you don’t realize how difficult things are at home! We need to eat too! What kind of money can we earn from a small convenience store! You can let Tao Yun come to work part-time, but you can’t ask someone to introduce a job for me?”

“Do you have any conscience left!”

Xia Meng felt that the forty-eight hours of survival time were indeed not that easy to earn.

Only Tao Yun was the angel in her life.

She didn’t want to hear these complaints at all, especially when she was hungry.

Xia Meng saw the brat, who was accustomed to listening to his parents argue, and quietly said to Tao Yun: “We absolutely must not be like this in the future.”

Tao Yun had only eaten a few bites too.

Hearing Xia Meng’s slightly melancholy words, her first reaction was: The child hasn’t had enough to eat.