TSMVHATRM Chapter 98

Time Space: the Male Villain Has the Ability To Read Minds Chapter 98: Uncle Xie, Let’s Open a Shop in the City

He’s participated several times, and last time he was just two points short of making the third-place list.

The Hua Cup competition isn’t that easy.

Ding Qiang was full of confidence in winning this time, as for Pei Tiantian and Gu Rong, who were participating for the first time.

Ding Qiang scoffed inwardly, thinking they were probably just there to make up the numbers.

Ma Xiangdong even told him to take good care of Pei Tiantian and Gu Rong and pass on his experience to them.

Ding Qiang wouldn’t do such a stupid thing. He had already considered Gu Rong and Pei Tiantian as his rivals and couldn’t wait for them to be eliminated in the preliminary rounds next month.

In front of Ma Xiangdong, Ding Qiang was very enthusiastic towards Pei Tiantian and Gu Rong, telling them everything he knew.

He wholeheartedly played the role of a responsible and good class monitor.

Even Ma Xiangdong couldn’t help but nod at him.

But once Ma Xiangdong was out of sight, Ding Qiang would stay far away from the two of them, showing a cold attitude of “Don’t ask me, I won’t answer.”

Pei Tiantian was amused by the guy’s rapid change of expression.

Wasn’t Ding Qiang incredibly bored? Didn’t he get tired of acting?

At noon, Pei Tiantian and Gu Rong went to Xie Jiagui’s restaurant as usual.

The small-portion dishes were an instant success.

Because the food preparation was more efficient, the restaurant was much more orderly than before.

There were no more chaotic scenes of people shouting for food.

Moreover, students could eat a wider variety of dishes for less money.

This led to more middle school students eating there.

Other restaurants in town followed suit and started making small-portion dishes.

However, because their dishes didn’t taste as good as Xie Jiagui’s, the vast majority of customers still flocked to Xie Jiagui’s restaurant.

Xie Jiagui was very grateful to Pei Tiantian, buying her and Gu Rong a large bag of White Rabbit milk candy and even giving Zhou Wanhong a raise.

Pei Tiantian didn’t refuse Xie Jiagui’s offer. She glanced around the restaurant lobby and said, “Uncle Xie, have you ever thought about opening a restaurant in the city?”

Xie Jiagui paused for a moment, then smiled, “I just have a small restaurant; how can it compare to those big restaurants in the city?”

Pei Tiantian shook her head. “No matter how magnificent a restaurant is, if the food isn’t good, no one will eat there. Uncle Xie, your food has received unanimous praise, which means your food is competitive in the market. Why not simply open the restaurant in a place with higher foot traffic? That way, you can make more money.”

Xie Jiagui was taken aback.

Pei Tiantian’s tone didn’t sound like a six-year-old child at all; it sounded like a mature and experienced businesswoman.

But this also made him realize something.

Yes, why hadn’t he ever thought about opening his restaurant in the city?

Xie Jiagui pondered his current savings. With about six more months of hard work, he could pay off his previous debts. If he worked even harder and saved more, he could rent a shop in the city and continue running his restaurant.

Although the rent would definitely be more expensive than in town, the cost of living in the city was much higher.

He remembered that a bowl of noodles in the city cost two yuan, while in town, a bowl of noodles only cost eight cents.

Xie Jiagui felt a surge of excitement.

It seemed like all of this was feasible.

Seeing Xie Jiagui deep in thought, Pei Tiantian said, “Uncle Xie, please think it over carefully.”

That afternoon, after class, she and Gu Rong returned to school with a large bag of milk candy and gave each classmate one.

The classmates were overjoyed; they hadn’t expected Pei Tiantian to be so generous.

They weren’t so lucky as to get to eat White Rabbit milk candy often.

Many people only get to eat a few candies when visiting relatives during the Lunar New Year.

So, the classmates all shouted, “Thank you, Tiantian!”

Because of this bag of candies, Pei Tiantian’s image in her classmates’ minds instantly rose to a very high level.

Some girls who had previously looked down on Pei Tiantian for being too young now actively sought to be her friends.

For girls of this age, the most important way to show friendship is by going to the bathroom together; young girls’ friendships are often cultivated in the bathroom.

“Tiantian, going to the bathroom?”

“Let’s go to the bathroom together?”

After every class break, someone would call out to her to go to the bathroom together.

During these bathroom breaks, Pei Tiantian developed a deep impression of a girl in her class named Fang Yun.

Because every time they went to the bathroom, Fang Yun would tell them all sorts of complaints about Ding Qiang.

Fang Yun was the vice class monitor, and Ding Qiang was the class monitor.

Ding Qiang always used his position as class monitor to push all the work onto Fang Yun, then took all the credit in front of Ma Xiangdong.

Fang Yun didn’t realize it at first, but after Ding Qiang took advantage of her several times, she finally understood.

Fang Yun had a fiery temper and couldn’t stand it, so she argued with Ding Qiang almost every day.

“Tian Tian, I heard you and your brother are going to participate in the Hua Cup competition. You two must do your best and try to get a higher score than Ding Qiang! Help me curb his arrogance so he doesn’t always think he’s the smartest in the class!” Fang Yun said to Pei Tiantian.

Pei Tiantian looked up and smiled, saying, “Sister Fang Yun, we will try our best.”

In the afternoon after school, Ma Xiang Dong told Pei Tian Tian about the intensive training.

The school attached great importance to the Hua Cup competition and specially organized a week-long after-school training, bringing together students from each class who had signed up for the Hua Cup to do practice problems and get explanations.

Although Pei Tiantian and Gu Rong didn’t think it mattered whether they attended the intensive training or not, they still went along under Ma Xiang Dong’s urging.

There weren’t many people in the classroom, only about twenty people across several grades.

After all, the registration fee of ten yuan is quite expensive for many people.

Most of them are classmates, sitting in a group.

Ma Xiangdong led Ding Qiang, Pei Tiantian, and Gu Rong to sit in the first row, three seats in a row.

All the math teachers in the school took turns explaining Olympiad math problems to these students.

After the arrangement was made, Ma Xiangdong left because it wasn’t his turn to teach today.

A teacher with an unfamiliar face came in. He first handed out the problems to everyone and then gave them time to do them.

The first problem was a bit difficult, and everyone worked on it very slowly.

Pei Tiantian and Gu Rong finished quickly and were the first to put down their pens.

Pei Tiantian poked Gu Rong with her chubby little hand. Gu Rong turned his head, and the two compared their answers, both getting 4.

Ding Qiang, sitting next to her, scratched his head and slowly put down his pen after a long time.

Pei Tiantian turned her head and glanced at his problem book, then laughed.

She thought this guy was so smart, but he got the first problem wrong.

Unexpectedly, Ding Qiang keenly noticed Pei Tiantian’s gaze. He reacted strongly, quickly covering the answer with his hand and glaring at Pei Tiantian, “Stay away from me, don’t even think about copying from me!”

Pei Tiantian: “…”