Chapter 212: Chapter 212
If it’s not too heavy, she could...
Leaving aside the subjective narration in the novel and just based on memory, Chu River understood that the girl in the original story was definitely not as superficial and materialistic as described in the novel.
She met Su Tiankuo, a senior from the same school who was interning, in the second semester of her junior year and was moved by his attentiveness and consideration, so they naturally started dating.
At that time, Su Tiankuo was renting this room in Seven Immortals Village, with a monthly rent of 700, excluding utilities and internet. The landlord allowed two people to live there.
However, back then, Su Tiankuo hadn’t received his diploma yet, so he was earnest about his internship. Most students who stayed in Beijing initially couldn’t afford the high rents, and it was quite common among the students around.
Yet as the male lead, Su Tiankuo’s internship did not go smoothly.
He was so upright and passionate, couldn’t tolerate the workplace’s unspoken rules, believing that interns were supposed to learn, not just serve tea and run errands.
So, in a fit of anger, he directly fired the department manager.
As expected, he didn’t get the internship report, and his diploma was stuck.
It was his girlfriend, Chu River, who inquired here and there, and with the help of a company owned by a relative of her dormmate’s family, she managed to get a report for him, allowing him to graduate smoothly.
However, after graduation, Su Tiankuo sought employment everywhere but to no avail.
So much so that his girlfriend Chu River was about to return to school to get her diploma, while he was still cooped up in the rental room every day, either playing games at the internet cafe or sleeping all day, not planning to strive at all.
Chu River, being a girl from a small town, was brought up quite well by her parents.
She was thrifty, quite good at managing a modest life, and very skilled at housekeeping. Every weekend, she would spend nearly two hours on the bus to come here, clean up the room for her boyfriend, wash the bedspreads, and also buy some meat and veggies from the supermarket to cook something nice for him to improve his diet.
By the standards of 80% of women in the country, she could be called a perfect homemaker.
She even suggested that if Su Tiankuo couldn’t find a job right away, he shouldn’t worry and could try working as a food delivery person or a courier...
However, every time she tried to bring it up, he would refuse.
In the original storyline, she was about to become a full-time employee next month, with her monthly salary increasing to 8500, at which point she planned to cover both of their rent and let Su Tiankuo try finding a job in the city.
The girl planned it well: "Doing food delivery is time-sensitive and sometimes you can get injured... I see the courier company downstairs is hiring, why not try delivering packages?"
"Do it for a month, and once I become full-time, I can rent a bedroom in the community, so we can have more time together after work."
But Su Tiankuo still wouldn’t agree.
"Are you kidding me?! Delivery?! Don’t you find it embarrassing? I’m a university graduate too; we went to the same school. You’re sitting in an office enjoying air conditioning and chatting, while I’m out delivering packages... Do you think that reflects well on you?"
The original character couldn’t understand, of course.
—To be honest, if her boyfriend had a more prestigious job, she would certainly feel proud to mention it.
But being a courier isn’t a bad job, is it nothing to be ashamed of?
Besides, if her boyfriend can’t find another job now, a courier can earn a decent salary if he works hard! Su Tiankuo even said he wanted to stay in Beijing in the future, but if he couldn’t find a satisfactory job and didn’t want to earn money, how could he hope to stay in Beijing?
She became furious: "Then tell me, what kind of job do you want? Go find one then!"
"We went to the same university, and you’ve been graduated a year without earning a penny. Every month, your family has to send you a thousand bucks... Are you expecting me to support you in the future too?"
Upon hearing this, Su Tiankuo instantly got angry and smashed the small dining table in the rented room.
"Do you think I’m useless? Did you meet someone better in the office? I’m just lacking opportunities right now, and you’re already feeling I’m not good enough for you?" Official source is novel•fire.net
"Also, did I ask you to support me? Yet you act all magnanimous..."
This argument also hurt his girlfriend’s feelings. She naturally yelled for a breakup, then left without looking back.
Su Tiankuo regretted it the next day when he calmed down and went to her rental to make amends, but unfortunately, she wasn’t swayed this time, firmly wanting to break up.
Su Tiankuo finally threw out a sentence.
"Had I known you were such a materialistic woman, I would never have liked you back then!"
Chu River, having sorted through the plot: ...
That punch was too light.