Grace's Radiant Path Chapter 3

Around 8:30, An Wuji came out of his room and met his parents who had just gotten up for work. He called out to them politely, "Dad, Mom."

"Good morning. Your brother hasn't gotten up yet?" Ding Wei glanced at the doors of her two sons' rooms and almost spoke in an affirmative tone.

"Yeah." An Wu Ji nodded without saying anything more.

An Cheng, the father standing by, laughed: "Colin An is like this during the summer vacation. He seems to be sleepy all day long." They are all used to it.

"Wait for your brother to get up, and get him something to eat, so he won't starve to death." Ding Wei said, and then the couple packed themselves up and went to work exhausted.

**

... Spencer Huo woke up in the hotel and habitually took out his mobile phone to check the time.

It’s ten o’clock in the morning. I slept three hours longer than usual.

Thinking of the reason for his disordered schedule, he immediately turned his head to check around him... empty.

I lifted the quilt and looked around, and found that I was the only one in the bed.

Spencer Huo got up and went to the bathroom to check, but there was no one there.

He frowned slightly, washed up and left the hotel.

The unknown boy last night had no name, no contact information, and no address. It was obviously just a fleeting relationship.

Spencer Huo found his car in a nearby parking lot.

The phone rang at this time. The man who was driving drove out of the parking lot and answered the phone.

"Hello?"

"I'm sorry about what happened yesterday." It was his mother Eleanor Zhang who called him: "I shouldn't have gathered so many people to discuss your affairs without your knowledge. This is disrespectful to you."

"Indeed." Spencer Huo said coldly: "I am a person first, and your son second."

"Oh...so there is absolutely no room for us to make suggestions?" Eleanor Zhang said.

"Yes." Spencer Huo said, "But whether you listen or not is up to me, not you, or your aunt."

There was a long silence afterwards.

Spencer Huo ended the call: "Talk to me about this later. Now is not the right time."

After hanging up the phone, he drove back to his apartment.

He lives here from Monday to Friday. It is close to the company and convenient for him to go to work.

Living across the street is Ji Mingjue, who, like Spencer Huo, has struck out on his own. The two have been friends since high school and are as close as can be.

When Spencer Huo returned home and saw the man lying on his sofa, he thought he had walked into the wrong door.

"No need to look, this is your home." Ji Mingjue sat up and said, "Your mother said you were in a bad mood last night and asked me to come over to see you."

Spencer Huo threw down all his belongings and walked into the bedroom as if he didn't notice him.

"Hey..." Ji Mingjue followed and smelled alcohol: "Did you really go to drink? Haha, are you so angry?" He stuck to the door and said: "It's just urging marriage. Everyone has experienced it. Let them say whatever they want. You won't lose a piece of meat."

He felt that Spencer Huo was too serious about this.

"Okay, I'll call some friends out to drink with you tonight, okay?" Anyway, I haven't seen this group of people for quite a few days.

It’s no longer like before, when we would get together every now and then.

After all, we are all 30 years old, some are busy with careers, some are busy with families, it is true...

It's a very stressful age.

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However, Colin An slept until noon and was woken up by his younger brother.

An Wuji stood beside the bed and looked at him with concern: "Are you feeling unwell?"

How could he possibly scare his brother by saying something like that? Colin An waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I'll be up in a minute. Have you cooked?"

He usually did that, but it might not be possible today.

"Well, get up and eat."

After watching Colin An get up, An Wuji turned around and went out to wait.

After sleeping for a morning, Colin An felt much better. Except for the inevitable soreness in some parts of his body, he felt much more energetic.

He had a good appetite and ate two large bowls of rice in front of his brother with rosy lips and white teeth.

After eating and drinking, he put down his bowl and chopsticks and asked, "Do you know when my sister will have a holiday?"

The other party has always been close to me, so if you want to know about her, just ask me.

It’s not that An Wuyou doesn’t like his second brother, it’s just... they have no common language.

An Wuji said: "She won't go home during the summer vacation. She will go to the United States to study."

Colin An was stunned by what he said, because going to the United States would cost a lot of money and would be another expense for his parents.

"Well, is it organized by the school?" That way we can spend less.

An Wuji shook his head: "No, she went with her classmates."

Colin An didn't say anything else. He started to clean up the dishes and moved them to the kitchen to wash.

"Are you still sleeping in the afternoon?" my brother's voice came from outside.

He wiped his hands, walked out and passed by his brother and said, "I'm going out to find a part-time job this afternoon."

He used to do the same thing, sharing some of his earnings with his younger brother and buying him stationery.

An Wuji nodded and picked up the book.

Colin An walked into the room, raised his arm and sniffed his clothes, which smelled of cigarettes and alcohol, so he changed them and washed them before going out.

He knows almost all common part-time jobs, such as handing out flyers and being a waiter.

This kind of job is easy to find, but you don't make much money.

The only part-time job that can make money is sales.

After what happened last night when someone spiked something in the bar, Colin An still has lingering fears about entertainment venues.

He didn't dare to just find a part-time job, so he had to find a more upscale place.

However, the requirements of such places are very high, and the foreman may not necessarily accept students working part-time.

The male foreman of K Club is called Brother Quan. He is responsible for leading the male salesmen and has to compete with the female salesmen for their monthly performance.

Recently, his top star left, and he was short of money, which made him very anxious.

Ask HR every once in a while if there are any outstanding applicants for the sales position.

There was a HR answer, but it was not outstanding.

It's impossible to compare with the top player that Brother Quan used to have.

Colin An saw this well-reputed club recruiting sales staff on a job search website, so he came over and asked, "Hello, are you still hiring?"

When the front desk saw him, he looked so young and student-like, and she seriously suspected that he was underage...

Young lady: "We don't accept minors here."

Colin An was speechless and took out his ID card from his wallet: "Do I look like a minor?" He is obviously nearly 1.80 meters tall.

"Um..." the young lady said, "What position are you applying for?"

As long as you are over 18 years old, they will accept it.

"Salesman." Colin An said.

"Okay." The receptionist looked at him. In fact, except for his immature face, his figure and temperament were all good. "Come with me." She took Colin An to see the HR department, and also alarmed Brother Quan, who came over to take a look.

When he heard that the student was working part-time, Brother Quan looked regretful and said, "We generally don't accept part-timers. It's easy to get into trouble."

Most of the guests here are of acceptable quality, but who can guarantee that there aren't some Sc*mbags?

It would be ugly if a part-time student suffered any injustice here and made the matter public.

"I really need this job." Colin An requested, "Let me try it out. If I can't meet your requirements, you don't have to give me up."

Brother Quan was in mixed feelings. If an ordinary student came to apply for the job, he would have rejected it without hesitation, but the person in front of him... had excellent qualifications.

Judging from his stubborn eyes, he is definitely not the kind of young man who works for three days and rests for two days.

Brother Quan said: "As you know, some guests in our places are not polite when they are drunk. We can only try to avoid these things, but it is impossible to completely eliminate them. You have to be prepared to be taken advantage of."

Colin An frowned and whispered, "Just touching the waist and hands is acceptable to me, but maybe not the B*tt."

It's okay for a man to be touched on the waist and hands, but it's not okay to touch his B*tt0cks. That's really disrespectful.

Brother Quan and everyone present were stunned for a moment: ... Perhaps they had never seen someone talk about such things so seriously, and they inexplicably found it a little funny.

"There are still relatively few customers like that, but as I said, it is impossible to completely eliminate them." Brother Quan said: "Whether you will be taken advantage of depends on how you handle it." In addition: "You can only place orders if you are willing to take risks. If you are too arrogant, you will not make any money even if you get the job."

Colin An nodded: "So please give me a chance to try. If it doesn't work, I will give up."

You can tell from the sound that he is a naive kid who has never been exposed to society. Brother Quan has been struggling in the society for many years and he hates these rookies in the ivory tower the most.

So he muttered in annoyance: "Do you think this is a vegetable market?"

Colin An also muttered: "It won't hurt you to try."

Brother Quan coughed twice. If it weren't for the fact that this kid looked well behaved, he wouldn't have the patience to warn him so much: "Okay, if you really want to come, come to work at 8 o'clock in the evening."

"Okay, thank you." Colin An said, smiling at Brother Quan.

Looking at this face, Brother Quan felt that it was not a loss. What if this kid is really capable?

It was only half past four and there was still early time. After confirming with the club, Colin An took the bus back home.

After having dinner with my parents in the evening, I said that I had found a part-time job in the evening and would be going out soon.

Ding Wei was stunned: "Looking for a part-time job so soon?"

An Cheng nodded: "Aren't the results out yet?"

Colin An said: "The scores are about the same anyway." Not good or bad, nothing to look forward to: "Maybe I will be back later."

"What's the point of working so late?" Ding Wei frowned and looked at him.

Colin An said, "The billiard room."

An Cheng also frowned after hearing this: "It's quite chaotic where there are a lot of young people. Why don't you change your job?" He suggested: "Distributing flyers or being a waiter are both good."

"I'm tired of doing those things." Colin An said.

The An couple suddenly looked complicated, but said nothing more.

The second child goes out to find a part-time job, which can help him develop his social skills and broaden his horizons, and also provide him with some pocket money.

To be honest, it is quite stressful for an average family to bear the expenses of having three children.

My eldest brother is too busy with his studies to have time for a part-time job, and the expenses there are a big part of his budget.

The family paid all the money, so if the second child wanted to spend money, he had to find a way on his own.