Chapter 61

60 Beneath the calm daily life...

"Brother~"

Not long after the baby-faced girl left the hospital room, Anna walked in carrying a small cloth bag, asking with curiosity in her eyes:

"What were you two talking about just now? Miss Amy seems to be in a good mood, and her eyes aren't even that swollen anymore."

"Haha, of course we talked about a good thing!"

After solving the problem of his younger siblings' schooling, Leon's mood was also quite good, and he smiled and announced the good news:

"Just now I didn't take the compensation from Charle Company, but asked her for a favor to solve the matter of Melanie and William's schooling."

"Really!"

Hearing that his younger siblings' school had been settled, a look of surprise and joy couldn't help but well up in Anna's eyes.

After walking quickly to the bedside and sitting down sideways, she took out a lunch box from the small cloth bag while asking happily:

"Which public school is it? The one built on Black Stone Alley? Or the one walking out of the city from the alchemy factory?"

"Neither."

After shaking his head with a smile, Leon didn't keep her in suspense, but gave the answer directly.

"It's Bridgehead Public School, the one at the intersection of Bridgehead Street and Theater Street!"

Bridgehead Public School?!

After hearing the name of this school, Anna couldn't help but be overjoyed, and a touch of excited blush floated on her fair cheeks.

"Isn't that the best school in our old city area! If William and the others can go to school there, as long as their grades are good, they can go straight to the internal school, and even study until university! Oh my! This is really..."

"Don't get excited, hey! Hold it steady!"

Seeing the lunch box in his sister's hand tilt, and a lot of soup already seeping out from the gap in the lid, Leon, who was startled, hurriedly reached out to support it. Although he successfully protected his lunch, he pulled his broken ribs again, and his face turned pale with pain.

"Brother!"

Anna, who was startled, hurriedly got up, helped Leon, who was gasping for air, lean back on the pillow at the head of the bed. After waiting for a while to confirm that he was fine, she let go of her hanging heart and said with a worried face:

"Brother! You'd better not move for now, let me feed you."

Leon, who was grinning in pain, had no choice but to nod, then slightly raised his chin, which was stuck in the neck brace, and took a sip of the fish soup delivered to his mouth.

"Hiss..."

Was it scalded?

Hearing Leon's gasp, Anna couldn't help but blink in surprise, scooped up a spoonful of the milky white fish soup again, and took a sip herself.

"It's not hot, is it?"

"It's not hot, it's just too fresh."

Looking at his sister, whose expression was still worried, Leon didn't say that he was gasping in pain, but smiled and teased:

"Anna~ It seems that this hospital is a good place. After you've been here for a few days, not only has your illness been cured, but even your cooking skills are better than before~"

"My cooking skills haven't changed, it's mainly because our family has money now, and we can afford to buy live fish and spices."

Taking out a handkerchief from her pocket and wiping the little fish soup from the corner of Leon's mouth, Anna forked a small piece of fish meat and handed it to Leon's mouth, saying happily:

"Brother, someone knocked on our door this morning, saying they were your colleague, and sent over your salary for this week. There are a full nine gold wheels!"

Nine gold wheels...

After hearing Anna's words, Leon couldn't help but calculate in his mind.

His basic weekly salary is 12 gold wheels, plus the 2 gold wheels from the toad field mission, it should be 14 gold wheels in total. If there are 9 gold wheels left after deducting the drinking bill... the six bottles of wine ordered by the director actually cost 5 gold wheels?

After being startled by the price of those wines, Leon hurriedly swallowed the fish meat in his mouth, opened the badge panel, and looked at the progress of 【Martyr of the Wine Country】.

117/1000

One hundred and seventeen bottles... If these wines are all at this price... the day I got drunk and was sent home by the director, didn't I drink almost one hundred gold wheels?!!!

【Respected Miss Olivia, after your consumption at my store ten days ago, the total wine bill of 327 gold wheels has not yet been paid. I hope that after receiving this notice, you can settle it as soon as possible. Our store is looking forward to your visit again】

"..."

After reading the dunning letter on his desk, the silent red-haired director picked up the wine bottle, tilted his neck, and took a big gulp of the tea inside, then put the whiskey bottle back on the table, looking at the liquid inside, which was the same color as whiskey, and was lost in thought.

What on earth was I crazy about back then, why did I treat him to so much wine?

Recalling the drinking buddy who was clearly drunk and blurry, feeling like he might dive under the table at any time, but no matter how much he was poured, he wouldn't fall, the red-haired director couldn't help but rub his swollen temples, vaguely recalling some fragments of that night.

Director, these things you ordered are all wine, shouldn't we order some food?

I'll try others too, but I'll only drink one cup of each to taste the flavor.

Ah? That's it? Isn't your drinking capacity quite good?

Can't you afford to treat? How about I pay a little too?

"..."

Did I get scammed?

Relying on his superior memory, recalling how he was emptied of his wallet step by step, the red-haired director couldn't help but smack his lips in annoyance, the more he pondered, the more he felt like a sucker who had taken the bait.

Someone said they wouldn't drink, wouldn't drink, just one sip, just one sip, but in the end, they drank more than me! What's even more excessive is that when there was no wine left, he just lay down on the ground and started snoring, and I had to be responsible for sending him home!

Touching his wallet, which had just been refilled with his salary and was now flat again, the red-haired director couldn't help but clench his fists, gritted his teeth, and made up his mind in his heart.

Even if I, Olivia, starve to death! Die of craving! Can only pour tea into a wine bottle to deceive myself, I will absolutely never drink with Leon again!

Absolutely not!

After crumpling the dunning letter into a ball and throwing it into the trash can by the table, the red-haired director with a long face pulled over a stack of newspapers on the table and started flipping through the news that happened this week.

Sun Newspaper: 【Shocking, a few days ago a citizen passing by Charle Department Store actually encountered a sudden windfall from the sky!】

"Pfft!"

Looking at Leon on the gray-white photo on the front page of the newspaper, pressed under countless gold wheels, with only two arms exposed, the red-haired director couldn't help but laugh, and after scanning it twice, he cut out this report and smiled as he clipped it into Leon's file.

In the report on the descent of the Holy Spirit of the Weighing Gold Sect, there happened to be one less illustration. When reporting it up, it would be better to just use this~ Hehe, let you scam my wine money!

Oh, and it's been four days already. Given Leon's current situation, he should be able to come back to work today, right?

After quickly reading the whole Sun Newspaper and seeing no suspicious situation, the red-haired director, whose mood was much more pleasant, continued to flip through other newspapers.

Daily News: 【Editor-in-chief of our newspaper was attacked by rebels a few days ago, the other party claimed: Nobles are just lice in the crotch!】

Financial Times: 【Affected by the big promotion of Charle Department Store, Rose Department Store's revenue has fallen sharply, suspected to be closing down and selling out!】

Dance Entertainment Newspaper: 【Troupe leader exposed for scandal and boycotted, no substitute candidate for the time being, Master Wang Erde's performance may be blocked!】

Hmm... although many things have happened, it seems that none of them have anything to do with "abnormalities". The capital looks very calm recently!

After nodding with satisfaction, the red-haired director was about to put these newspapers away, but the corner of his eye caught a small, inconspicuous piece of news in the corner.

New Industry Newspaper: 【Aimi Wine Industry's new couple wine is on the market, couples can get a 50% discount after buying and drinking on the spot】

"Hiss..."