The Black Card Chapter 16 - Tutor

Chapter 16 - Tutor  

Translator: Lav

Editor: Levs

s.h.i.+ Lei blanked out for a second, then shook his head immediately: “Impossible. I can even recount all the money I have spent this week. In addition, I am also positive that all the money spent are on consumptions. I did not give any tips, did not lose any, did not get robbed, you are lying to me!” 

“Stupid slave, as your n.o.ble master, how is it possible for me to lie to you?” 

s.h.i.+ Lei asked in disbelief: “Then say it, which consumptions are not counted into the quota?”

The Scepter laughed coldly and swore: “Stupid thing. Telling you that you are 780 yuan short is already doing a favor for you, yet you still wish me to tell you the reason? Sure, if you want to know, tomorrow at this time after your punishments, you shall know.” 

As it finished its sentence, the Scepter had finally obtained enough satisfaction from s.h.i.+ Lei’s worried and nervous expression. It exited the screen and the black card was ejected. 

s.h.i.+ Lei took the black card and pondered deeply as none of this week’s consumption was related to the number 780. He did not any have ideas and could not understand where it went wrong. 

But from the Scepter’s words, he could understand that he was really 780 yuan short on this week’s quota. He just needed to make up for the 780 yuan himself, but under the circ.u.mstance of spending those 780 yuan first. 

s.h.i.+ Lei took out his own bank card and checked its balance. d.a.m.n it, it was not enough as it only had about 600 yuan left. 

As s.h.i.+ Lei walked out of the self-service bank, he was rather gloomy. But the good news was that his life was saved. From the rules he knew for the time being, he did not violate against any of it as the Scepter cannot punish him for accidents caused by others. 

This was great news. 

As long as the rules existed, not only does it affect him, but it also placed restrictions on the Scepter. Then, s.h.i.+ Lei definitely would not die without a reason. 

But, s.h.i.+ Lei was 780 yuan short on this week’s quota, yet all of his possessions are only about 600 yuan…...

‘Zhang Mo, although you did not have to compensate my laptop, but presumably, you would be very willing to take responsibility for the rest of the 100 yuan…….’ 

Putting the card back to his pocket, s.h.i.+ Lei returned to his dorm quickly. 

Zhang Mo was already back. The table was filled with things he could never buy otherwise, such as BBQ, which were all meat, plus a bowl of crayfish, approximately 1 kg, and two cases of beer on the side. s.h.i.+ Lei had shared the dorm with him for three years, this was his first time to see Zhang Mo spend these amount of money. 

“Finally, you are back……” Seeing s.h.i.+ Lei appear at the door, Zhang Mo sighed in relief: “I just checked the toilet and you weren’t there, and scared the h.e.l.l of out of me, I thought you couldn’t take it lightly……” 

s.h.i.+ Lei took out his shoes and threw it on Zhang Mo’s head: “Bulls.h.i.+t! Don’t take it too hard! You can be f.u.c.king dead and I’ll be living comfortable. I just took a s.h.i.+t, and I thought that you’ll take a while to buy the skewers so i went for a walk. I sat here playing games for the whole night, my neck’s almost broken, I needed to exercise for bit.” 

Zhang Mo was. .h.i.t by the shoes but did not have any temper, he mumbled: “Stone, the laptop…… I’ll talk to my family tomorrow and let them……” 

“Talk my a.s.s! Told you I’m a fuerdai, this money is nothing! I’m gonna be angry if you mention the laptop again!” As Zhang Mo was dumbstruck, s.h.i.+ Lei added another sentence rapidly: “In fact, I need to thank you.” 

Zhang Lei was completely shocked; ‘thank me?’

He glared at s.h.i.+ Lei: “Stone, have you gone crazy because your laptop broke?” 

“What the h.e.l.l! Cut the c.r.a.p, open the beer for me. Speaking of which, we have been friends for three years now. And I’ve never seen you being this generous. I need to get to your money’s worth!” 

“I really don’t need to compensate for it?” Zhang Mo sat opposite to s.h.i.+ Lei, he asked in disbelief as s.h.i.+ Lei was gulping on beers and taking mouthfuls of the skewers. 

“Why are you dawdling on it? It’s only 20,000 yuan, I’ll get another one later. Actually, wait for two weeks, I’ll get the 80,000 yuan one to show you!” 

Zhang Mo was thoroughly speechless. It was still rather difficult for him to believe that s.h.i.+ Lei was really a fuerdai. They had been friends for three years, and shared the same dorm, everyone more or less knew about s.h.i.+ Lei’s family’s financial situation. It really did not make much sense that s.h.i.+ Lei suddenly became a fuerdai. 

“But talking about it seriously, I need to buy something tomorrow, but I just realised I’m short 200 yuan. My parents are travelling right now, I can’t get in contact with them, and they can’t make transactions to me so I can only wait till next week after they come back. Let me borrow 200 yuan first.” s.h.i.+ Lei toasted with Zhang Mo and gulped a mouthful of beer down, and skinned another crayfish. 

Ever since he got hold of the d.a.m.ned black card, s.h.i.+ Lei discovered that he can lie on the spot, and the ability to trick someone is gradually getting better everyday. 

Zhang Mo was shocked. He finally convinced himself to believe the fact that s.h.i.+ Lei was really a rich second generation, but now s.h.i.+ Lei wanted to borrow money, and only 200 yuan, which made him doubt s.h.i.+ Lei once again. 

“I’m really broke. I told my parents yesterday that I’m not going home this weekend, so they transferred this week’s living expenses to me…… But I broke your laptop and I feel sorry, so I bought this much food, and I pretty much just spent all my money. As you know, I only have about 300 to 400 yuan a week. Now I only have a few bucks left on me. Good thing I have about 100 yuan in my canteen card, I was ready to live this week by eating less……”

s.h.i.+ Lei heard it and did not take it too seriously. He was only short on about 100 yuan anyways. He could ask his other roommates tomorrow and it should not be too difficult. 

Zhang Mo had a thought, then said: “If you really need money desperately, I have an idea. I have to tutor tomorrow, and just accepted the offer recently. I haven’t even told them my name yet, I just called and was planning to talk about it at their place tomorrow. Tutors are now getting paid after sessions, you can go tomorrow. The price we agreed on was 60 yuan per hour, two hours every time. It’s still a bit under, but I have some change on me, It should be enough if I give that to you.”

s.h.i.+ Lei pondered for a while, thinking that it was not a bad idea, then said: “How come you are starting to tutor?” 

“I want to earn some money, you know? My second uncle is organising jobs for me and it’s not a big problem. I’m about to graduate, I want to earn some money to buy some better clothes because I don’t want to ask my family for it.” 

“Then you gave me your job……”

“Hey, it’s nothing. You didn’t even make me compensate for such an expensive laptop. Even if I was to take half of the responsibility, it would be 10,000 yuan. We are bros right?” 

s.h.i.+ Lei nodded and agreed. After finis.h.i.+ng their beers, he teased him with a laugh: “But even if you go tomorrow, the opposite might not want you anyways. Look at your body full of fat, doesn’t look like a good guy to me.” 

“f.u.c.k off! This is called wealthy looking!” 

The two joked and threw the fact that the laptop broke to the back of their mind. 

After waking up in the morning, s.h.i.+ Lei first contacted the family which Zhang Mo called, and confirmed that he’s going to her place at 1:30pm to talk to about it. If everything went smoothly, they’ll begin the first lesson right away. 

s.h.i.+ Lei calculated the time; if it did not go smoothly, he will be back at school around 2pm and borrowing 100 yuan should not be a problem. s.h.i.+ Lei departed after this as he needed to spend the 600 yuan he had on him.