coobybook Chapter 226: Self-motivated
Chapter 226: Self-motivated
Chapter 226: Self-motivated
Today is New Year's Eve, and business at the Heping Official Residence is very good. Du Hongyuan is walking back and forth in the corridor, unable to stop at all. The lining of his waiter uniform has been soaked with sweat, and the hair on his forehead has drooped down, sticking to his sweaty forehead.
After working as a waiter and security guard for more than half a month, Du Hongyuan looks much thinner, but the muscles in his legs and arms have become tighter.
Now Du Hongyuan can deal with various problems in the private room independently. In addition, he works very hard, so the store manager Wang Siting and the lobby manager are very optimistic about him.
This recognition is not because he was introduced by Gong Yoo, but because he won real recognition through his own sweat and hard work, as well as his ability to stand on his own, without any other filters.
"Du Hongyuan, someone is looking for you."
"what?"
Hearing the sound, Du Hongyuan turned around suddenly and saw the girl in his dream appear at the end of the corridor.
Shen Xia smiled and waved to Du Hongyuan: "Happy New Year's Eve!"
"Eliminate, eliminate, eliminate... Happy New Year's Eve!"
Du Hongyuan responded stutteringly, wiping the sweat from his forehead and adjusting his hair.
After finishing all this, he dared to approach Shen Xia: "Aren't you going back to Gusu today?"
"Yes, I'll come and see you again before I go back."
Shen Xia said as she handed a delicate little wooden box to Du Hongyuan, "This is the cake I brought from Gusu. Consider it a New Year's gift."
"Ah...this...I..."
Du Hongyuan looked at the exquisite little wooden box. The first thing he did was not to reach out to take it. Instead, he took out a hand towel from his pocket and hurriedly wiped the oil stains off his hands before reaching out to take the little wooden box.
"Thank you."
"You're welcome."
Shen Xia tilted her head and looked at Du Hongyuan's thin face. She said, "You look more handsome now than before."
"Ah ha ha……"
Du Hongyuan smiled. It was the first time Shen Xia praised him, and he was a little overwhelmed.
Shen Xia asked Du Hongyuan: "When will you go home for the New Year?"
"I...I...I have a day off this afternoon...I'll just go back..."
Du Hongyuan lied. He would not go home for the New Year this year, or he didn't know where to go for the New Year. He still had to spend tonight in the security booth, so he lowered his head and did not dare to look into the other person's eyes.
"Well, okay!" Shen Xia knew that Du Hongyuan was lying, but she didn't expose him. "Then I wish you a happy new year in advance. I'm going back to Gusu. Bye!"
"Um...wait for me!"
Du Hongyuan said, grabbing Shen Xia's hand, "Give me one minute, just one minute!"
"what?"
Before Shen Xia could react, Du Hongyuan ran downstairs quickly with the box of pastries in his arms.
He ran into the security room, opened the cabinet with his key, took out a box of gold jewelry, and then ran back to the store quickly.
Because he ran in such a hurry, he even forgot to put the box of pastries at the security booth, and ended up bringing it up again.
"This is for you!"
Du Hongyuan said this and handed the jewelry box to Shen Xia.
"what is this?"
Shen Xia frowned as she looked at the jewelry box that was forced into her hands.
When I opened it, I saw a pair of golden earrings inside. The earrings were not big, probably worth only one or two thousand coins.
These are the earrings that Du Hongyuan bought with the money he borrowed from Wang Siting. He originally intended to give them to her mother as a New Year's gift, but Shen Xia's sudden appearance disrupted his plans.
This should be the most valuable thing he has on him now, so he immediately found it and gave it to Shen Xia.
After Shen Xia finished looking at the contents of the box, she immediately returned it to Du Hongyuan: "I...I can't accept it, your gift is too valuable!"
In fact, Shen Xia gave Du Hongyuan cakes instead of other more expensive gifts because she was afraid that Du Hongyuan would feel burdened and would think about giving him a more expensive gift in return after receiving the gift - but he still did it.
"You can take it, it's not worth much..."
The two pushed and shoved for a while, but in the end Shen Xia still couldn't beat Du Hongyuan.
Shen Xia accepted the earrings given by Du Hongyuan, but she also transferred two thousand yuan to Du Hongyuan.
Du Hongyuan naturally wouldn't accept it.
He was still needed to work in the private room, so he hurriedly said "Happy New Year" and "Goodbye" to Shen Xia, and then went to work.
Looking at Du Hongyuan's busy figure and then at the pair of earrings in her hand, Shen Xia chuckled and turned to walk out of the Heping residence.
In fact, many girls don’t hate poor boys, nor do they hate boys from poor families.
No one wants to be poor. Family circumstances are innate and cannot be changed. Being poor does not matter. What matters is having ambition.
An ambitious boy shines.
If you feel sorry for yourself because you are poor, think that the whole world has wronged you, dream of becoming rich overnight, but never work hard, and still think of all kinds of opportunities to take shortcuts, and talk nonsense...
Such people, whether male or female, will not be liked by others.
Shen Xia was very glad that Du Hongyuan was not the latter.
The past is irreversible, but the future can be changed. She is still young and can afford to wait...
After coming out of the exhibition hall, Gong Yoo took a car back home, took a shower, changed into the formal clothes he had worn when he met his grandfather, and prepared to go to Gu's house for the appointment.
After getting in the car, he began to worry again - what should he give as a gift to his future father-in-law and mother-in-law?
Before, he always went to the Gu family empty-handed, because he went there as Gu Chenxuan's tutor, so he didn't need to bring any gifts.
But this time is different. This time he went as Gu Chenxi’s boyfriend. He had to bring some gifts to meet his future father-in-law and mother-in-law, right?
But... he has never given a gift before, so what should he give?
The gift was too ordinary and had nothing special about it. After all, I am the eldest son of the Zhonghai Kong family, so I should give something that is worthy of my respect, right?
After thinking for a moment, Kong Liu decided... to ask Gu Chenxi first.
Gong Yoo: "Baby, what do your parents like? I'll buy some gifts and bring them over."
Gu Chenxi: "I'm just coming to my house for a quick meal, what gift do you want to give me?"
Gong Yoo: “It’s different in nature!”
Gu Chenxi: "Ah? What's the difference?"
Gong Liu looked at the message sent by Gu Chenxi, smiled bitterly, and thought to himself: "This silly girl has not yet changed her mindset from being a classmate before."
(End of this chapter)