CH 15

Chapter 15: Go Out

“Madam uses this car every day.” The driver said at the time.

He is a good-looking young man, in his 20s, and his surname is Zhou. Generally, those who work as drivers have a high school diploma. In front of Zhang Huan, he was quite decent and respectful.

In front of Zhang Yansheng, a ‘child’, he was more casual.

“First come first served.” She said, “She hasn’t gone out yet, right? So, I will use it first.”

“That won’t work.” Xiao Zhou said with a smile, “I will be scolded later.”

The contempt in this attitude is the same as Aunt Wang.

The 15-year-old Zhang Yansheng didn’t notice it, but the reborn Zhang Yansheng saw it clearly. Her face was pulled down at the time, like a bamboo steamer with a layer of frost.

Xiao Zhou was also recruited by Liang Yingying. The driver that the Zhang family used to use at home has been in the Zhang family for many years and grew up watching Zhang Yansheng.

After Liang Yingying came to this house, the old driver had put Zhang Yansheng’s needs first several times and ranked Liang Yingying behind her. Liang Yingying then urged Zhang Huan to fire him and recruited another young man to come in.

Zhang Yansheng was still young at the time, and there was nothing she could do about this kind of thing. She also didn’t realize the impact of Liang Yingying’s actions on her at that time.

Of course, now, she is fully aware of it.

Among the staff in this family, Aunt Luo is probably the only one who really regards her as the eldest lady in her heart. These other less experienced staff members are just following Liang Yingying blindly.

“The driver hired by our family wouldn’t allow me to use the car?” She stared at Xiao Zhou and said, “Then you can get lost!”

Xiao Zhou was stunned for a moment.

He heard that she has a bad temper in the Zhang family, but Xiao Zhou hadn’t witnessed it yet. Xiao Zhou also picked her up to and from school before, but he has no other dealings with her aside from that. And because Zhang Yansheng hated riding with her stepbrother and stepsister after attending middle school, she would often call for her own car alone to avoid them. So, Xiao Zhou has lesser dealings with her.

She doesn’t talk much, has a good upbringing, and has a good attitude towards the staff. To be honest, she is much better than the little brat Zhang Shuocheng.

Rude words like ‘get lost’ are really not what Miss Zhang would say, but she just said it to his face.

Zhang Yansheng had already taken out her cellphone: “I will ask my dad to settle your salary.”

Is she really serious?

Xiao Zhou was dumbfounded.

Xiao Zhou also bullied Zhang Yansheng because she was young and had a tender face. But for this matter to really get Zhang Huan’s attention, it was indeed his fault. Zhang Yansheng is young and she has the right to request for the car.

“No, no, no!” Xiao Zhou was busy changing his attitude and stopped Zhang Yansheng, “Where are you going? I’m going to start it, so wait a minute. I’ll turn on the air conditioner first!”

Zhang Yansheng glanced at him, then finally put away her cellphone and got into the car.

On the way, Liang Yingying called.

Xiao Zhou just learned Zhang Yansheng’s temper, so he summoned up his courage and told Liang Yingying what she said: “Miss Yanyan said that she’ll use this car today and let you drive by yourself…”

The sound will leak a little on most of the phone receivers. On Xiao Zhou’s cellphone, the leak is very clear.

Sitting in the back, Zhang Yansheng heard Liang Yingying’s sharp swearing on the cellphone — she could swear for as long as Zhang Huan couldn’t see or hear her.

“Hang up.” Zhang Yansheng said. She is not loud, not irritable or impatient, but the meaning is clear.

Xiao Zhou raised his eyes and saw a pair of dark eyes in the rearview mirror. Her gaze is a bit scary for a young girl.

Xiao Zhou said on the call: “What, madam? I have to concentrate on driving now, I will end this call now, goodbye.”

He really hung up.

Zhang Yansheng stopped looking at him, and turned to look at the scenery outside.

She was reborn six years back, and K City has basically remained the same.

Then, she suddenly thought of something and said, “Go to Jianshe Road first.”

Xiao Zhou asked, “Where are we going on Jianshe Road?”

“Just go to Jianshe Road.” Zhang Yansheng did not give the specific location, “Just drive over there.”

Xiao Zhou couldn’t help but go to Jianshe Road as she said. When they reached the destination, he didn’t know where Zhang Yansheng was going. So, he reminded her “we’re here”, and then slowed down.

Zhang Yansheng didn’t mention getting out of the car, just nodded with an “umm”, and said, “Just keep driving, drive over there.”

Xiao Zhou was baffled, increased the speed again and drove from one end of Jianshe Road to the other.

Zhang Yansheng kept looking outside. She saw a ten-story building sandwiched between two buildings. But the facade of that building is now a bit rustic, and the signs also show that it is just an ordinary shopping mall.

The Jinding KTV, which will become popular in K City later, had not yet opened at this time.

Zhang Yansheng was there six years later, and someone put drugs on her drink.

Xiao Zhou drove slowly while looking at Zhang Yansheng from the rearview mirror. He saw the girl staring out the window.

Obviously, she was still an adolescent girl, but she didn’t have any expression on her face. There was a strange sense of contradiction between that expression and her age.

He didn’t know that what Zhang Yansheng remembered at this time was the stranger who had been with her before she died, holding her hand and comforting her gently.

She saw him clearly when her soul was separated afterwards.

The young man is in his 20s, with a slender figure, deep eyes, and is very handsome. Those eyes that looked at her were full of pity and regret.

Zhang Yansheng remembered his face firmly in her heart.

“Miss Yanyan, we are about to leave Jianshe Road soon.” Xiao Zhou couldn’t help but remind her when he saw that the road was almost coming to an end.

Zhang Yansheng came back to her senses and said lightly: “Okay, let’s go to our original destination.”

Xiao Zhou was speechless.

Did she insist on going to Jianshe Road just to drive around? Or is it just for them to return late and deliberately leave Liang Yingying without a car?

This young girl is too scheming.

Xiao Zhou shook his head inwardly.

Zhang Yansheng didn’t have dinner at home that day. Zhang Huan was already at home when she returned with a large pile of shopping bags.

Seeing her back, he looked very kind and said: “You’re back, where did you go? Have you eaten?”

“Yes, I did.” Zhang Yansheng is still a middle school student after all, and it’s not yet time to be completely out of her parents’ control. So, it’s just right for her dad to ask where she went and what she has done.

She simply replied: “I went shopping and found a new sparring partner to train boxing with.”

She was actually looking for the sparring partner she had been using from her previous life.

It’s just that the other party’s number was stored in her cellphone before, so she can just contact him directly when needed. Now that she is reborn, she doesn’t have that person’s contact number on her cellphone, so she can only go to that place to find him. Fortunately, that person was really there today, and she found it as soon as she looked for him.

The man was a little surprised to see that she is only a middle school student. But Zhang Yansheng could afford to pay, so he gladly accepted her business.

“Oh, it’s good for your training.” Zhang Huan said.

His eyebrows relaxed, and Zhang Yansheng watched coldly, perceiving that his mood today was really good.

Didn’t Liang Yingying and Zhang Shuocheng complain to him?

“Sister, you are back!” Zhang Heling ran down from upstairs and reported to Zhang Yansheng everything without reservation, “Shuoshuo was very slow to write. After he finished lunch, I watched him in the afternoon and he finished today’s homework. I checked them all for him, and I also pointed out his mistakes.”

“What else?”

“He was afraid that you would beat him, so he didn’t dare to come out of his room.” Zhang Heling said gleefully.

“Yanyan.” Zhang Huan interrupted and asked, “Did you beat Shuoshuo again today?”

He smiled without any displeasure in his look. Zhang Yansheng realized that he came to her because he had known everything — she beat Zhang Shuocheng, then he was able to complete his homework for the first time.

The former is the cause and the latter is the effect. The cause is not heavy, but the result is very good, which is what Zhang Huan likes to hear. So, he is in a good mood.

“I didn’t hurt him. I just spank him a few times.” She said, “I set rules for him so that he can do his homework every morning during the summer vacation and only play in the afternoon.”

Zhang Huan had already known everything from Zhang Heling. Whether it was the change of the eldest daughter or the change of the youngest son, he was surprised and delighted, and he was in a great mood.

He said comfortably: “Good, very good. You really look like a sister now.”

After understanding this man’s mentality, Zhang Yansheng couldn’t be more interested in talking to Zhang Huan. She was no longer as eager to win his attention as before.

She let out a “hmm” and said, “I’m going upstairs.”

Before she reached the top of the stairs, Liang Yingying came down.

Liang Yingying stared at Zhang Yansheng.

Zhang Yansheng only glanced at her faintly.

The two brushed their shoulders as they walked past each other on the stairs.

“Sister, wait for me!” Zhang Heling chased Zhang Yansheng upstairs.

Liang Yingying tugged her: “Why are you going to her!”

Zhang Heling twisted her shoulders and fled from her side: “I have something to do with my sister!”

Liang Yingying gritted her teeth with anger.

This daughter was born stupid. Since she took her here, she had always wanted to treat Zhang Yansheng as her own sister, which is really annoying. It is useless to give birth to money-losing goods.

Liang Yingying watched Zhang Heling run upstairs to chase Zhang Yansheng. After being angry for a while, she went down to find Zhang Huan.

“Why did the family’s young lady come back so late?” She went over to massage Zhang Huan’s shoulders and said softly, “Your daughter is a big girl now, did she meet with her boyfriend outside?”

“No.” Zhang Huan immediately denied, “Yanyan said that she went out to train in boxing. Yanyan is not the kind of child who talks nonsense.”

At this time, Zhang Huan hadn’t experienced the rebellious girl she had been before. In his heart, although Zhang Yansheng often had disagreements with Liang Yingying and even if her academic performance was not as good as in elementary school, she was still a pure and good child after all.

Liang Yingying felt suffocated. Finally, she couldn’t help but complain: “She asked Xiao Zhou to go out with her, but she only came back now. She occupied the car for a whole day, so I didn’t have a car to use.”

Zhang Huan understood what made her unhappy as soon as he heard it.

“Isn’t there another car at home? You can drive by yourself.” He said, “It’s not that you don’t have a driver’s license.”

Liang Yingying pouted: “It is more convenient for me to have a driver than to drive by myself, and he can also help me carry my bags when I go shopping.”

How could Zhang Huan not understand Liang Yingying’s careful thinking. Compared to driving by herself, she just prefers to have a driver as an attendant, so that she has a lot of face in front of her girlfriends.

Zhang Huan felt slightly embarrassed in his heart.

But he thought for a while and said, “Yanyan is getting older now, and she will go out more often than before. She can’t drive by herself, so the driver at home will follow her closely in the future.”

Before Liang Yingying had time to get angry, he said again: “You, you have a driver’s license. Do you think the car at home is not beautiful? Well, how about buying you a new Ferrari then?”

Liang Yingying was surprised and delighted.

Zhang Yansheng’s mother had been ill for several years before her death, and she had been in a state of recuperation. The cars at home are all used by Zhang Huan, which of course is close to his aesthetics and preferences.

Except for the two cars driven by the drivers, Liang Yingying didn’t like the other cars. They were old-fashioned! They can’t match her youth and beauty!

If she has a Ferrari of her own, how dignified it would be to drive it!

She was overjoyed: “I want a prettier one!”

“I know, you can go and pick it yourself later, and just tell me when you have picked one.”

After Zhang Huan finished speaking, she was hugged by Liang Yingying and kissed his face twice: “Thank you, my dear!”

All the children were all upstairs anyway, so Zhang Huan took Liang Yingying in his arms and kissed her.

But he thought in his heart, if his eldest daughter could be like his little wife, who could be happy with just money, then that would be great. Zhang Huan is not short of money and he is not willing to spend more energy on things that can be settled with money.

It is a pity that things at home cannot be just settled with money, and they require people’s attention the most.

He couldn’t help but sigh a little bit.

Zhang Heling caught up with Zhang Yansheng: “Sister, there is a courier for you, and Aunt Luo has put it inside your room for you.”

Zhang Yansheng replied, “Okay.”

Zhang Heling urged her a little excitedly: “Come on, open it now to see what it is.”

“Don’t worry about it.” Zhang Yansheng said indifferently, stepping into her room.

Zhang Heling opened her mouth but held back.

Zhang Yansheng threw a pile of shopping bags from her hand on the sofa and saw the express delivery on the coffee table. Zhang Yansheng doesn’t like things that others touch, especially Zhang Shuocheng, so Aunt Luo usually puts it inside her room whenever she has an express delivery.

Zhang Yansheng took out the paper cutter from the drawer under the coffee table, cut the tape, opened the outer carton, and saw the box that contained the merchandise inside, reflecting how Zhang Heling was so noisy just now — the latest model she bought for her. The game console has arrived.

She turned her head to call her, but her side was empty.

Looking up, the younger sister was standing at the door with expectation in her big eyes, looking at her eagerly.

But even if she was so impatient, without Zhang Yansheng’s permission, she didn’t dare to step into her room and stand honestly outside the door.

She is so well-behaved that it kind of hurts.

Zhang Yansheng was silent for a few seconds, then took a breath and said, “Come in.”

Zhang Heling’s thin legs jumped in quickly: “Sister, is my game console here?”

Zhang Yansheng took out the game console box from the carton and handed it to her. Zhang Heling hugged the box and jumped happily a few times: “Sister, thank you!”

The little girl couldn’t wait to leave: “Sister, I’m going back to my room. I won’t bother you anymore. You can rest early.”

Zhang Yansheng stopped her: “Come back!”

The little girl came back, while sliding her feet.

Zhang Yansheng: “…”

Zhang Yansheng rolled her eyes. She took out a card from her bag and handed it to Zhang Heling: “This is for you.”

Zhang Heling took it: “Bank card?”

His eyes were confused and didn’t quite understand what’s going on.

Zhang Yansheng unexpectedly felt that Zhang Heling was ‘not too smart’ and had something in common with Liang Yingying.

“You’re going to be in fourth grade soon.” She said, “It’s time to have your pocket money.”

Zhang Heling suddenly realized, and was surprised and delighted: “Can I buy things by myself in the future?”

If she wants something and tells their father about it, his father will just say, “Go to your mother.”

She will have to look for her mother, whom she doesn’t know why is always not happy to see her. The family is obviously not short of money, and Zhang Shuocheng can buy everything immediately. But when it comes to her, if she takes the initiative to say whatever she wants to buy, her mother will always be very unhappy, as if she owed her something.

Zhang Heling gradually grew up and began to have the need to spend money. But the older she got, the more reluctant she was to ask Liang Yingying for money.

She has been hit too many times.

“Just use this card for whatever you want to buy. You are also getting older, so it’s time to learn how to spend money and manage it.” She said, “However, giving you pocket money is not to let you spend money recklessly, but to let you learn how to spend your own money. Do you understand?”

Zhang Heling nodded again and again, and promised: “I will not waste money!”

Compared to the naughty younger brother, this sister is very good.

Zhang Yansheng was quite satisfied, and nodded with crossed arms.

“This card is an account opened in my name, so that I can see your consumption records. You are still young, I won’t give you a lot of money…” Zhang Yansheng pondered for a while, referring to the amount of pocket money she had when she was a child, and decided, “I will give you 10,000 yuan a month first.”