Chapter 167: A Righteous Mengyan
The two of them walked into the telecommunications market. The shopping guide at the door gave them a flyer.
“Lenovo sales…”
“Look at the Sony Ericsson that is on sale now…”
“Gionee’s latest navigation phone…”
Yang Ming and Chen Mengyan smiled at each other. It was the start of the university semester. The manufacturers wouldn’t miss such an excellent opportunity to sell.
“What do you want?” Yang Ming took the flyer and asked.
“En… I don’t have any preference. Why don’t we buy a cheaper one? Just like yours?” Chen Mengyan asked. Chen Mengyan didn’t bring much money. She only brought five hundred yuan for buying two pieces of clothing. She didn’t plan to buy a cell phone.
“How can that be? Buy a phone with a camera and mp4 function.” Yang Ming knew a phone was an ident.i.ty symbol in school. If you have a cheap phone, then people would look down on you in their mind, even though they didn’t speak it out loud. There were also people like Yang Li who would pick on them directly. Yang Ming had a thick face. He liked to follow his own way and ignored everyone else. But Chen Mengyan was just a little girl. Her face wasn’t as thick as his.
Especially in this age of materialism, he didn’t want Chen Mengyan to be looked down upon by others. Some might say this is worrying too much, but this was the trend in society.
“There is no need for that. I don’t need that functionality. I’ll use the same one as yours. I think that will be fine…” Chen Mengyan shook her head.
“Alright then.” These words excited Yang Ming. He dragged Chen Mengyan to a Nokia counter. The salesman introduced a few cheaper phones when he noticed Yang Ming and Chen Mengyan dressed like students. The phone model 1200 was one of them. The phones in Song Jiang were cheaper than those in Yunnan.
This 1200 phone only cost 218 yuan together with a thirty yuan mobile top-up card. Chen Mengyan had no choice but to register for a mobile phone number.
But Yang Ming’s number was a 3G mobile number. The two of them could group up together and enjoy a student discount.
Chen Mengyan picked a white colored phone. Then, Yang Ming paid straight away at the checkout. Chen Mengyan frowned slightly, and she wasn’t as happy as when Yang Ming bought her a hair clip last time.
After they tested the phone, Chen Mengyan put the package into her bag. She put the phone in her pocket after installing the SIM card.
“What’s wrong? Mengyan, why aren’t you feeling happy?” Yang Ming felt something wrong with Chen Mengyan too.
“Yang Ming, what’s our relations.h.i.+p?” Chen Mengyan hesitated and asked.
“What relations.h.i.+p?” Yang Ming was stunned. Could she think that their relations.h.i.+p wasn’t acceptable for receiving such a valuable present? “We… are… good friends?” Yang Ming probed while stuttering.
“Yang Ming!” Chen Mengyan was so angry that she rolled her eyes at him, “Are you trying to make me mad?”
“Mengyan, just say what you want to say…” Yang Ming didn’t know what Chen Mengyan meant, so he asked her directly.
“Alright, Yang Ming. Let me ask you. We were cla.s.smates for so many years already. Therefore, we know each other well.” Chen Mengyan said harshly, “I know your family background well. Regarding our current relations.h.i.+p, even if I didn’t mention it, you should understand too. Why do you have to be like this?”
“Be like what..” Yang Ming was speechless. He was baffled after Chen Mengyan’s mindless speech.
“I mean that we don’t have to behave like strangers! I don’t want you to waste your parents’ money like this.” Chen Mengyan said with a solemn expression, “I’m not a girl who looks down on the poor and flatters the rich. I hope you can understand.”
“Ah?” Yang Ming was dumbfounded, but he felt touched deep down his heart! Based on Chen Mengyan’s words, Yang Ming felt that he was very fortunate to get such a considerate girlfriend. Chen Mengyan said this because she thought he was using his parents’ money. Yang Ming thought he needed to explain his economic capabilities.
“Mengyan, the money I used wasn’t from my parents. Don’t misunderstand.” Yang Ming explained, “I have been working part-time during the holiday which is why I was busy at that time. If not, I would have dated you.”
Chen Mengyan was stunned, “Working part-time? Really?” During this time, Chen Mengyan resolved her mental block. Now, that she was ready to be with Yang Ming wholeheartedly, Yang Ming wasn’t being proactive as he was during school. She even had to call him, and that certainly p*ssed her off. However, she realized that she had misunderstood Yang Ming after she heard him.
The time that Yang Ming met Lan Ling was now an excuse for Chen Mengyan. Yang Ming felt a bit shameless but he had no choice.
“Really.” Yang Ming said, “There was the time I went to Yunnan with Zhang Bing. I realized that I’m really good at identifying jades, so Uncle Zhang invited me to work at his company after I came back. I earned about 8,000 yuan last month.” Yang Ming used the same story that he told his parents.
“What? 8,000 yuan!” Chen Mengyan was surprised, “Why is it so much?”
“Hehe, the 3,000 yuan was base and 5,000 was a bonus. I gave some of it to my parents. I actually wanted to give all of it to them, but my mom asked me to keep some to buy you something!” Yang Ming smiled.
“You’re so mean. Why didn’t you tell me earlier? Then I wouldn’t have said those words.” Chen Mengyan was embarra.s.sed.
“It’s fine. If you didn’t say that, how would I know my Mengyan is such a good girl?” Yang Ming held Chen Mengyan’s hand. “After university starts, I could work part-time at Uncle Zhang’s company. I don’t need to go to the company every day for this job.”
“As long as it doesn’t affect your education, I’m fine with it. But why would Uncle Zhang give so much money to you?” Chen Mengyan’s father was a police officer, and his salary was only 3,000 yuan. Her mom earned about 10,000 yuan per month as a CEO of a state-owned enterprise. Wasn’t Yang Ming’s salary slightly high?
“This is nothing. Others have a larger bonus than me. Besides, I have already told you that my base is 3,000 yuan and the 5,000 bonus was commission-based.” Yang Ming explained.
Chen Mengyan stuck out her tongue. Boy, many university students didn’t even have such benefits. You are indeed lucky to have such a high paying job before you start university. But she felt more happy than sad. Which girl didn’t like her own boyfriend to be someone capable?
“Then you shouldn’t waste money either. Save it for the future. Do you hear me?” Chen Mengyan told him.
“Hehe, you haven’t even married me yet, and you already started to manage my financial rights? Yang Ming teased.
“What are you saying? I won’t bother with you anymore!” Chen Mengyan was embarra.s.sed, “I was doing this for your own good. Hmph, then you do whatever you like.”
“Don’t worry. This is just the beginning. I think I can have greater achievements in the future.” Yang Ming was confident about this. Wasn’t it a waste if he only used his special abilities on gambling jade?
“En, I believe in you.” Chen Mengyan nodded her head, “Since you’re so rich, then today, I’ll rob some money from the rich!”
“Alright, I’m willing to be robbed.” Yang Ming acted like a rich man.
“You’re stupid. Why are you so happy using your money?” Chen Mengyan thought Yang Ming’s expression was funny.
“It depends on the person. If it were Zhao Sisi, I wouldn’t be so happy.” Yang Ming laughed too.
“Why would Zhao Sisi need you? What would Zhang Bing do then?” Chen Mengyan rolled her eyes at Yang Ming.
Although they already established their relations.h.i.+p, Chen Mengyan still felt anxious when she was holding hands with him. One experienced such feelings of first love only a few times in one’s life.
This was the fascinating feeling between lovers. This was much better than jumping into bed when they both met.
“Shall we go to that shop?” Chen Mengyan pointed to Semir franchise house and asked.
Don’t ever think that lovers always went to Chanel or Armani. Those places only appeared in novels or only the rich shopped at such places. Most students chose shops for casual clothing for normal citizens, such as Tonlion, Semir, Jeanswest, and Baleno.
“Alright.” Yang Ming wanted to buy some clothes too.
“Yang Ming, what do you think about that?” Chen Mengyan asked suddenly.
Yang Ming looked at what her finger pointed at. It was a couples T-s.h.i.+rt that was cute in style. “Not bad, do you want to try it?”