Chapter 12 A Room Full of Books (1/2)

Chapter 12 A Room Full of Books

Who was she? And what was this dream I had last night…

“Oi, kid,” Chu Bai began to talk before I could ponder over it. “Are you going to meet that man today?”

I was confused and unable to answer, “What man?”

“You know, that man!”

“Oh, you mean Wen Jiubo?” I finally realized who she was talking about.

“I…How would I know his name?”

“En…I’m not sure,” I replied after thinking for a second. “I guess if I don’t have any homework today…”

Unexpectedly, Chu Bai interrupted me before I could finish.

“No! Aren’t you his apprentice? How could you skip work two days in a row?”

I was amused by her. “Huh? Apprentice? Wait, who told you I’m his apprentice? That guy is only a stingy and cheap employer, he not only never pays me, but always forces me to do things…”

As I started complaining, I felt the phone vibrating in my pocket.

I took it out, and the screen displayed Wen Jiubo’s name.

What a coincidence! To call me with this timing definitely wasn’t a good thing!

“Hello?” I picked up the phone in an unfriendly tone. “What’s up, I haven’t had my lunch yet, so hurry up.”

He was silent for a bit before saying joyfully, “I think you have already eaten.”

“Huh?”

“You must have eaten something wrong,” Wen Jiubo said slowly. “You are in such a bad mood today.”

I instantly gave in. Even when I tried to act tough, he always managed to make me speechless.

“Are you dumb?” I rolled my eyes. “Come on, why are you calling me? If it’s just to make fun of me, then I’m hanging up.”

Wen Jiubo let out a laugh and said, “No, not this time. I need your help.”

“For what?”

“Gu Yu, come to the old residence after class. I need your help with something important.” Wen Jiubo thought it over for a few seconds before talking again, “By the way, this may take a while, you’ll probably need to pull an all-nighter.”

See, what did I say just now, isn’t Wen Jiubo a scrooge? He asks me to work through the whole night for free without even feeling guilty about it!

No, I won’t go, I don’t care about your important thing, I have classes the next morning!

“Okay, I’ll be there, no problem!”

Before I even realized, I had already said those words and I wasn’t able to take it back.

“Uh?” Wen Jiubo was surprised, “You agreed so easily, I thought that with your temper, I would have to ask another two or three times.”

No! That was Chu Bai ——

“I can be very nice sometimes.”

Wen Jiubo smiled and said in an amused tone, “Oh, I see, a nice kitten is cute.”