The Black Card Chapter 21 - No More Failed Zhuangbility

Chapter 21 - No More Failed Zhuangbility 

Translator: Lav

Editor: Levs

Without her former husband’s harra.s.sments, Zhang Meimei’s voice was much calmer. 

“Mr. Xiao s.h.i.+, thank you. I didn’t think that Liangliang would be this different after one single lesson. Looks like I made the right decision to make you her tutor.” 

s.h.i.+ Lei smiled slightly. It seemed like yesterday did have some effects. Zhang Liangliang probably washed off all her makeup, her hair was back to normal and she looked like an ordinary girl. That’s probably why Zhang Meimei said that. 

“It’s just that I don’t know what happened after I left and why Liangliang changed so dramatically. I really couldn’t believe it after I came home last night, I thought she would’ve have went out to play.” Zhang Meimei said again. 

s.h.i.+ Lei said: “To be honest, I didn’t do much. Because you have low expectations and only wanted me to supervise her, so I didn’t really tutor her anything except for giving her two questions to do. But before she could do it, you left, and Zhang Liangliang also ran out. I just accompanied her for a while, sitting downstairs and having a brief chat. Even if you didn’t mention it to me, I would have talked to you about it. Zhang Liangliang seemed to be more rebellious than other children of the same age. Of course, the unforeseen event of the family would have resulted it. But honestly, the divorce rate is actually really high right now, and single parent families are not rare. Simply with this point, it’s not enough to make Zhang Liangliang how she is now. She is just severely lacking your care and attention. I didn’t eavesdrop on purpose, but you were a bit too loud with your former husband. I reckon you were so busy that you did not have any time to take care of her when she was in primary school. Your former husband probably didn’t take good care of her either, resulting in her lacking the family’s warmth and parents’ attention. But you are even busier after you divorced, the rebellion she displays is only to catch your attention. Even if she gets scolded by you, even if she fights with you when you meet her, it was better than not seeing you at all and having no communication with you.” 

The other side of the call went silent and did not make a sound for a long time. 

After waiting for a while, s.h.i.+ Lei asked: “Mrs. Zhang, lawyer Zhang, are you still there?” 

“Oh, I am…… Sorry, I blanked out for a while. Thank you, Mr. Xiao s.h.i.+, you are right. I neglected my attention towards her and I didn’t fulfil my duty as a mother. As a mother, I’m not only to provide her with a financially well life, but partic.i.p.ate more in her growing process. Thank you, I’m really not doing enough in this area. What about this, you don’t need to come today, I’ll take a break today. I want to take her out to play, have a good meal and a good talk.” 

s.h.i.+ Lei smiled, said: “It’s great that you can think like this. Then I’ll be there on time next Sat.u.r.day.” 

Both sides conversed a few more sentences politely and hung up. s.h.i.+ Lei turned over and jumped down from his bed, he rushed to De Ji Plaza after was.h.i.+ng up. 

Although it had been a week, but the employee at the Alienware specialty store recognized s.h.i.+ Lei with a single glance. To the guy who came into the store and wanted to buy the most expensive laptop but was unable to afford it, it was difficult for the employee to not remember. 

This time, s.h.i.+ Lei said as soon as he walked in like last time: “Where’s the most expensive laptop? That 80,000 yuan one, hurry up and get a receipt, I want one!” 

The employee was shocked, thinking how come he’s acting like this way? Plus, he just bought one last week, why was he here again this week? With doubts, the employee asked: “Sir, I remember you. You just came last week, how was it? Was that laptop good?” 

“Bad, very bad, it fumed when a gla.s.s of water was poured on it.” 

The employee was astonished, he looked at s.h.i.+ Lei speechlessly and said: “Although we have warranty repair within a year, but you are purely damaging it on purpose……. You can bring it over and we’ll check it. We’ll take in the circ.u.mstances and take some money for changing the hardware, or change a new laptop for you. 

“That’s too troublesome. Plus, if it broke simply by a cup of water, obviously this thing isn’t reliable. I’ll take the 80,000 yuan model. I remember you mentioned it last week, that one is waterproof?” 

The employee was even more speechless and explained: “Waterproof laptop means it prevents sprays. The one you bought last week was also theoretically waterproof. But pouring a gla.s.s of water on top like you said obviously won’t work.” 

“I don’t care, just get me the 80,000 yuan model. I remember you said there’s a discount?” 

The employee saw that s.h.i.+ Lei was persistent and did not say anything more, he nodded and said: “We are having an event right now. The model you mentioned is within the event range. The full price is 88,800 yuan, after 20% off for the event it’s 71,000 yuan. If you are sure that you want it, I”ll get you one right now.” 

s.h.i.+ Lei waved his hand and threw the bank card over. 

After swiping the card, this week’s 80,000 yuan quota only had 9,000 yuan left. s.h.i.+ Lei said to the employee: “You weren’t too good last week huh, you installed a pirated version of the operating system for me. A branded store like yours shouldn’t have illegal versions theoretically. This time you can’t install that again, it must be the legal version.”

The employee scratched his head and said: “Usually with low configuration laptops, we install operating systems in batches as to make the price cheaper. But the model you are buying today is definitely the legal version. If you want it, I can give the legal disk to you. Or after you get your machine, you can search it up on the Internet.” 

s.h.i.+ Lei nodded in satisfaction: “No need to check. I trust you since you are such a big brand. It’ll be fine if you say that it’s the legal version.” 

With the brand new Alienware with top configurations, s.h.i.+ Lei returned to the dorm. 

Zhang Mo was probably still at the Internet Cafe as if drunk or entranced, the other two roommates had returned to the dorm. Seeing that s.h.i.+ Lei had an Alienware laptop in his hands, their faces were filled with shock. 

Zhang Mo told them on Wechat previously that s.h.i.+ Lei bought an Alienware laptop. It was burnt by a cup of water and surprisingly, s.h.i.+ Lei didn’t make him compensate for it. On the Wechat voice chat, Zhang Mo pledged that s.h.i.+ Lei may really be a fuerdai who kept a low profile for the past three years and these two did not believe it. 

Now that s.h.i.+ Lei had bought back another Alienware laptop, these two looked at each other in dismay. There was no way of not believing in it. 

“Stone, did you buy another Alienware laptop?” The first person who spoke up was Xu Ming, the second eldest of the dorm. 

“Are you really a fuerdai? But three years, aren’t you a bit too modest?” This person was called Luo Yi, the head of the dorm. 

s.h.i.+ Lei curled his lips and threw the case towards them. The two catched in fear whilst s.h.i.+ Lei lightly said: “I wasn’t satisfied with the one last week anyway, it didn’t matter that Zhang Mo broke it. I got money from my parents this morning and got another one. This one has top configurations, 88,800 yuan!” 

Luo Yi and Xu Ming were in absolute shock and could not believe it. They quickly tore down the case, checked the configurations, they were completely convinced……

“Holy s.h.i.+t! It really has top configuration, 16GB internal memory, 3TB hard disk, even the display card and soundcard are the top line. Even the screen is a 4K touchscreen. Stone, this laptop is awesome, the best in the entire Wu Dong University!” 

“Cut the c.r.a.p, hurry up and open a game, let me experience the pleasure.” 

As soon as they confirmed the specs, these two shouted in excitement as if they owned the laptop.