chapter 11 negotiation

outside the community.

Marcus Lin waved goodbye and said, "Let's go."

An Natelie An stood still, looked up at Lin Marcus Lin and quickly lowered his head, "Tomorrow... I'm going to work in the library."

"I won't go."

Marcus Lin said to himself: "You go to the library to work, who will help me with my tutoring?"

An Natelie An red lips parted slightly, and she finally held in her breath.

Marcus Lin took a step forward. At 1.82 meters tall, he was nearly 20 centimeters taller than An Natelie An.

Coupled with the habitual lowering of the head of the Natelie An, the most adorable height difference is the sense of déjà vu.

Smelling Marcus Lin's scent, An Natelie An took a step back in panic.

Marcus Lin made a fist with his right hand and gently placed it on An Natelie An's head, "My mother is going to hire a tutor for me at 30 yuan per hour. As a classmate, how about giving me a friendly price, 20 yuan per hour? ?”

An Natelie An wanted to run away, but she didn't dare, "No, it's not good."

"What's wrong?"

"I don't want money."

"10 yuan, this is the bottom line."

Marcus Lin offered his final trump card, "If you still don't agree, I will tell the teacher about your point control."

Upon hearing this, An Natelie An shook his head repeatedly and raised his chin aggrievedly, "Isn't it okay if I don't need money...?"

"no."

Marcus Lin did not let go.

An Natelie An clutched her school uniform tangledly, and after a long silence, she said, "Five yuan, no more."

"good."

Marcus Lin smiled and took out the fist on the girl's head, "See you tomorrow."

After watching Marcus Lin leave, An Natelie An stood at the gate of the community for a long time. Today has a different meaning to her.

"See you tomorrow."

……

Walking into the dim living room, Marcus Lin threw his schoolbag on the sofa. When he looked up, he found a person sitting in the corner of the sofa. Goosebumps suddenly appeared on his body.

He quickly took a few steps back, rubbed his eyes vigorously, and suddenly froze on the spot.

Is this figure on the sofa not his mother, or who else?

Marcus Lin turned on the light and patted his heart with a wry smile on his face, "Mom, let's not be so scary, okay? You're only a big boy like me!"

Zita Lin's eyes were filled with questions, "How are you feeling today?"

Marcus Lin smiled bitterly and sat across from his mother, "It's very fulfilling. Today my son discovered that it is so happy to swim in the ocean of knowledge. If only I had known..."

"Stop it!"

Zita Lin twitched the corner of his mouth, "Xiao Mo, do you think Mom will believe it?"

"Whether you believe it or not, this is the truth."

Marcus Lin took the school bag on the side and took out a lot of calculation papers and test papers. "This is some content from today's tutoring. If you don't believe it, you can take a look."

With just one glance, Zita Lin looked away, "Besides tutoring, what else have you done?"

"I made a meal."

Marcus Lin told the truth, and after speaking he couldn't help but sigh: "That little girl's living conditions are more difficult than I imagined. It's really difficult for her."

"Hard?"

Zita Lin looked suspicious, "What do her parents do?"

"She is an orphan."

Hearing this, Zita Lin eyes softened a little, "Don't you have an adoptive father and an adoptive mother?"

Marcus Lin shook his head, "No, she used to rely on the orphanage's funding to go to school. From the first year of high school, that is, after she turned sixteen, she took advantage of Saturdays and Sundays to work part-time jobs. Now she pays for herself to go to school."

"What?"

Zita Lin was moved, "Funding yourself to go to school?"

In this day and age, such things are rare even in the news.

Marcus Lin didn't want to say too much on this issue, "Mom, haven't you been making plans to find a tutor for me recently?"

Zita Lin asked, "How did you know?"

She never mentioned this matter in front of her son.

Marcus Lin did not explain, "It doesn't matter how I know it, just say it or not."

"yes."

Zita Lin didn't hide anything anymore, "I talked to your class teacher this morning. With your current grades, you probably can't even reach the third level. He suggested that I find you a tutor."

Marcus Lin nodded imperceptibly, and the trajectory of things was indeed the same as in the previous life.

"Mom, how about giving the job of tutoring to my classmate?"

"this……"

Zita Lin was silent for a while and then said slowly: "Xiao Mo, I can help her, but I can't be a tutor."

Marcus Lin knew his mother's concerns in his heart, and said directly without saying a word: "My classmate's academic performance is very good, very good; it is more than enough to give me tutoring."

"you sure?"

Zita Lin didn't quite believe it.

After all, it will definitely consume a lot of energy for an orphan to support himself in school.

Under such circumstances, it is difficult to learn without falling behind.

Marcus Lin spread his hands and said, "Tell me a way to make you believe it."

"Isn't there a unified examination next week?"

Zita Lin thought for a while and said, "If this classmate of yours can enter the top ten of his grade in the unified examination, I can promise you tutoring."

"It's a deal."

Marcus Lin's smile was somewhat malicious, "Should we talk about salary next?"

Zita Lin couldn't help but laugh, "You kid, you've got all the wool on your mother? Okay, tell me."

Marcus Lin walked around the coffee table and sat next to his mother, with a flattering look on his face, "Mom, five yuan an hour is cheap enough, right?"

"What? Five yuan?"

Zita Lin originally thought that his son would open his mouth like a lion, but he didn't expect that the price quoted by his son would be so low.

Today she specifically inquired about it. The gold medal tutors on the market cost at least 100 yuan an hour.

Even a first-level tutor will cost fifty yuan an hour.

In comparison, the price of five yuan an hour is as cheap as cabbage in the market.

Marcus Lin held his mother's hand and said, "Mom, don't worry. I haven't finished speaking yet. You have to make up for it in other ways..."

A few minutes later, Zita Lin looked complicated and said, "Xiao Mo, tell the truth to mom."

"say what?"

"Do you like this little girl?"

Marcus Lin eyes were focused, "It's nothing, we just have a normal relationship between classmates."

Zita Lin eyes flashed with relief. She knew the son she had raised very well.

"There is no problem with the conditions you mentioned, but everything must be based on the girl being able to enter the top ten of her grade in the unified examination next week. If this prerequisite is not met, everything else is nonsense."

"Thank you, Mom."

Marcus Lin smiled knowingly, and just as he was about to go back to his room, he was suddenly stopped.

Zita Lin crossed his legs and said, "There is another condition. You scored 432 points in the unified examination at the beginning of the semester. This time the unified examination cannot be lower than this score, otherwise... you know."

Marcus Lin staggered. With his current foundation, not to mention 400 points, even 300 points would be enough.

However, there is no such thing as a free lunch.

He also understands this truth.

Today he and his mother have put forward so many conditions, and now the conditions made by mother are very reasonable.

"good."

"etc."

Marcus Lin, who had just taken two steps, was stopped again. He made a miserable face and said, "Mom, can you finish what you have to say in one breath?"

"cannot."

Zita Lin glared, "I don't care if you like that little girl or not, but before the college entrance examination, you can only be classmates, do you understand?"

"certainly."

Hearing his son's unhesitating answer, Zita Lin added uneasily, "You can fall in love at any time. There is only one time for the college entrance examination."

"Mom, have you ever heard of the word re-examination?"

"Retake the exam?"

There was a hint of threat in Zita Lin eyes, "Xiao Mo, have you ever heard of the first punch that shocked Chang'an?"

"..."