Friday.
After school, An Yin hurried to the dormitory. After putting down her backpack, she sat at the desk waiting for Shi Qing.
Ti passed very slowly, and she felt very anxious.
The dormitory door was pushed open, and Shi Qing appeared.
"Shi Qing." An Yin suddenly spoke, her voice slightly louder than usual.
Shi Qing looked up in surprise, her expression changed slightly, clearly, she was startled.
"You..." Shi Qing saw An Yin’s restless appearance and her expression full of anticipation. In the end, she didn’t say the discouraging words she wanted to and simply said calmly, "Have you really decided to go to the bar with ?"
This ti, Shi Qing asked very seriously and cautiously.
Her expression seed to say, "This is not sothing to joke about."
"I’ve decided." An Yin nodded.
Since she had decided to take a part-ti job, An Yin wouldn’t allow herself to back down.
The money she owed Bao Shaojin had to be repaid. Although if she asked, Madam An would surely give her the money without hesitation, but given the family’s situation, Madam An just had surgery, and the follow-up treatnt also required money.
As for the bookstore Madam An ran, it didn’t earn much, just enough to cover the family expenses and her school fees...
Growing up, although the family was not in want, it wasn’t exactly wealthy either!
Thinking of this, An Yin’s desire to work part-ti grew even stronger!
"Alright!" Shi Qing saw her face as determined as a brave warrior and showed a slightly softened expression. If observed closely, one could vaguely see a slight smile at the corner of her mouth.
However, An Yin was caught up in her own worries and didn’t notice.
"Let’s have dinner at the school first, then take the bus." Shi Qing said, then walked toward the bathroom.
"Okay." An Yin suddenly rembered sothing and went to the bathroom door, asking from outside, "Is there anything else we need to bring?"
It was her first ti doing a part-ti job, and in a bar no less, so An Yin felt sowhat uneasy.
The sound of flushing ca from the toilet.
An Yin embarrassingly retreated back to the desk.
"Don’t worry, just bring your brain."
Shi Qing’s voice ca through the door.
If Shi Qing wasn’t usually a quiet and cold person, An Yin would have thought she was joking.
This showed that Shi Qing was serious about what she said.
Bringing her brain, as implied, ant that the bar was a complicated place, and working there as a waitress ant encountering many people, staying alert at all tis, and being wary of others. Wasn’t it exactly about bringing her wits?
However, hearing this from Shi Qing’s mouth, An Yin felt sowhat unaccustod.
Shi Qing ca out of the bathroom to find An Yin looking at her eagerly.
With her bird-scared expression, Shi Qing thought that An Yin was not suitable for such a place. Maybe, after seeing the environnt there, she would give up the idea of a part-ti job?
"Let’s go." Shi Qing said helplessly.
An Yin followed her.
The two walked to the cafeteria together, eting a few classmates along the way who stared at them in surprise.
In most people’s eyes, Shi Qing was used to being alone, and no one had ever seen her walking with others. Although everyone knew An Yin and Shi Qing lived in the sa dormitory, no one ever thought they were friends.
Today, seeing the school topper and the campus queen together, how could anyone not be amazed?
Throughout the journey, An Yin was preoccupied with thinking about what to do in case of ergencies at the bar, so she didn’t even realize others were discussing them behind their backs.
In contrast, Shi Qing had always ignored others’ gazes, walking indifferently through the corridor to the cafeteria, quietly eating, and not chatting with An Yin, looking no different from usual.
During the al, Shi Qing noticed that the dishes An Yin chose were all vegetarian, similar to hers.
Was she really short of money? Shi Qing frowned slightly.
Although Shi Qing didn’t know An Yin well, since they shared a dormitory from the start of university, from daily life, An Yin was thrifty but not in a bad state.
Now, what changed to make the situation seem so difficult? Could sothing have happened in her family? Thinking this, Shi Qing was startled, since when did she beco so nosy?
The al was not much for An Yin, eating it felt tasteless toward the end, but adhering to the principle of not wasting food, she finished everything on her plate.
Shi Qing also almost finished eating.
After leaving the campus gates, they waited for the bus at the bus stop.
Seeing her silent and head down, Shi Qing couldn’t bear to let her continue overthinking and comforted her, "This ti we’re just going to take a look, you don’t necessarily have to work there, don’t act like you’re heading for punishnt."
"Pfft..."
Before Shi Qing finished, An Yin burst out laughing.
At the sa ti, Shi Qing also couldn’t help but smile, although the fra of her black glasses hid the laugh lines at the corners of her eyes.
The bus arrived quickly.
After scanning their paynts, they walked toward the back.
There were no seats, so both had to stand, holding onto the sa grab handle.
That seemingly joking remark from Shi Qing cleared An Yin’s worries.
Since standing was dull, An Yin moved closer to Shi Qing and whispered, "How long have you been part-timing?"
Shi Qing stood upright, her eyes slightly closed, intending to take the opportunity to catch up on sleep because she still had work in the evening. She was used to such busy days and would seize any free ti to rest.
Amidst her softly murmured voice, Shi Qing thought it was an auditory hallucination until she opened her eyes and saw An Yin staring at her. Then she said, "More than a year..."
Indeed, she started part-ti work when she entered university, having worked at a milk tea shop, a coffee shop, a hot pot place... It wasn’t until she stumbled upon the bar’s recruitnt information that she decided to give it a try.
At first, her state was quite similar to An Yin’s now, but after working in the bar for a long ti and seeing plenty of glamorous scenes, she gradually beca numb.
The upside was that the pay there was really good! Hence, it was the most enduring part-ti job she had.
An Yin hesitated and asked, "Have you ever been... harassed while working?"
An Yin stamred after saying this, making it barely audible.
Of course, Shi Qing understood what she ant.
"I’ve encountered it." Shi Qing answered frankly, with no fluctuations in her expression, as if she was talking about soone else’s affairs, "And not just once."
"Ah..." An Yin’s mouth opened in shock.
"An Yin, working in such a place, getting hit on is inevitable, you must accept this reality." Shi Qing didn’t want to intrigue her further, speaking openly.
Most passengers had already disembarked, and they were standing farther back in a slightly deserted area with no others around, so Shi Qing spoke without hesitation.
"I, I understand." An Yin nodded blankly, her already fair cheeks turning even paler.
It was evident that An Yin was sowhat moved deep inside.
Seeing her timid and weak deanor, Shi Qing looked away.
This was her choice, and she wasn’t being forced by anyone; everyone has to take responsibility for their decisions.
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