He also had his own affairs to attend to.
Although he really wanted to sit by her bedside and watch her all the time, his work couldn't be neglected.
He quickly went to the bathroom to take a shower, wash up, and then ran to the kitchen to make breakfast.
Just like last night, he made very little, and then called them up one by one.
A few who courted death still refused to go out to eat.
Peng Fei ignored them, ate his own meal, took the three sensible ones to exercise in the yard, and then had them return to do their homework.
Under the scrutiny of such a strict and irritable instructor, they dared not slack off. The few of them diligently wrote for two hours. When their rest time arrived, the internet was also restored.
Peng Fei grabbed his phone to check. Once he had a signal, he walked to the storage room to call Chen Jiaojiao.
Chen Jiaojiao asked about the situation yesterday, and Peng Fei told her the truth.
Chen Jiaojiao was quite open-minded and didn't worry too much.
"Since you've made this decisive move, everything is up to you. I believe you have a sense of proportion. Alright, I know everything now. If there's nothing else, you can hang up."
Peng Fei called out to her.
"Sister Chen, I have something else I want to tell you."
"Something else to say?" Chen Jiaojiao was taken aback. "What else is there?"
"...Can I get an advance on my salary?"
She hadn't expected him to ask for an advance on his salary after only one day on the job.
Could it be that after she praised his way of doing things, he was getting carried away?
It was quite off-putting. Chen Jiaojiao instantly lost her good impression of him.
"What do you mean by that?"
Peng Fei knew she had misunderstood and quickly explained.
"It means nothing. It's just that I have no money on me right now, and I've sent all of it home. It's a bit inconvenient to go out."
Chen Jiaojiao: "I will have people deliver your daily necessities on time. Since your daily life is not a problem, why do you need to go out?"
Peng Fei hadn't planned to go out. It was just that he had encountered Zhan Jingchun unexpectedly, which made him self-consciously realize he didn't have enough clothes, and they were all quite ugly.
Although he didn't dare to see her, who knew when they might meet.
He hoped to look presentable when he saw her again, at least not make her look down on him too much.
He had the idea of dressing up, but he only had a little over a hundred yuan on him.
Peng Fei didn't know how to lie, so he told Chen Jiaojiao the truth.
"I found my wife, and I might go to her any day now. It's been a long time, and I want to leave a good impression on her. I want to buy a couple of outfits."
So that was it.
Chen Jiaojiao sat up from the spacious bed and smiled.
"Don't tell me you found her in the villa district. That place is not for ordinary people to live in. Are you sure it's your wife?"
Peng Fei didn't dare to tell her too much and was silent for a moment.
"I know this request is unreasonable and shameless. If Sister Chen doesn't trust me, then just pretend I didn't say anything."
After speaking, he was about to hang up. Chen Jiaojiao realized she had been a bit petty and stopped him.
"No, don't worry, I trust my own judgment. Since you caught my eye and you're in charge of the children, entrusting me with something so important means you have your own merits."
She guessed that perhaps Peng Fei's wife was working as a nanny or taking care of children in someone's home, and he had happened to see her.
Such a young and handsome man like him, although lacking in ability, was still a good quality to be devoted to a woman. Wasn't that what she had liked about him in the first place?
"It's not a problem to advance one or two thousand yuan. The money will be yours sooner or later, as long as you do your job well. Wait, I'll transfer it to you now."
Chen Jiaojiao, being wealthy and generous, immediately transferred him 20,000 yuan. Peng Fei thanked her on WeChat and then said.
"I won't be out for too long. I'll be back after buying clothes. Nothing will happen here, Sister Chen, don't worry."
Chen Jiaojiao made an okay gesture. Peng Fei left the storage room and went to prepare lunch.
The same process, calling them for dinner.
Xiang Siyuan and the other stubborn ones still refused to eat. He called the other three, assigned them tasks, and then instructed them.
"As long as you do as I say, there will be a reward tonight. Don't follow the example of those who are not sensible. You'll only harm yourselves, and you'll be punished later."
"I'm going out for a bit. You all behave. If you cause any trouble, you'll regret it when I get back."
After speaking, he climbed over the wall, more than two meters high, under the stealthy gaze of the three little ones.
Although he warned them with his mouth that they would face big trouble upon his return if they caused trouble.
But knowing that he had left, those few could not suppress their restlessness and ran to inform their accomplices.
Upon hearing that he had climbed over the wall to leave, several people cursed in the room.
"Damn it, who does he think he is! He climbs the wall to go out himself, but locks us in and doesn't give us food, that scoundrel! We must revolt and show him what we're made of!"
It was simply shameful that a few young masters couldn't deal with a brute from the mountains.
They had their three brothers outside work together to remove the wooden bars on the door. Soon, the seven of them gathered.
Xiang Siyuan had never starved so badly in his life, his eyes were already seeing stars.
He first looked for something to eat and drink in the refrigerator, then instructed his brothers.
"Burn all your homework! We won't write it! Let's see what he can do!"
"Smash all these wooden bars. Let's see how he locks us up in the future!"
"He climbed the wall, so will we! If our families ask, just say he taught us! If all seven of us get caught, let's see how he explains it to our families!"
Everyone cheered excitedly and did as Xiang Siyuan said.
Since there was no fire, they used the fire from the stove to burn their homework, smashed the wooden bars with stools, making a mess of the room, and then ran to the yard to climb the wall.
For Peng Fei, who was accustomed to climbing trees and walls in the countryside, a wall over two meters high was not a challenge; he could easily scale it in a few moves.
But for them, it was much more difficult.
The wall seemed not like a wall, but a cliff, both dangerous and imposing, impossible to scale.
They stacked themselves like a tower, trying to step on their companions' shoulders to climb up.
But it was really too high, and the wall was slippery, with no footholds. Their hands and feet had no grip, and they were weak. After several attempts, their shoulders were almost chafed raw, but they couldn't move it.
Then they thought of another idea: pull out tables and chairs to use as props.
However, the dining table was too large to move.
The coffee table was too low, the chaise longue was high and unstable, and at most, only one person could be placed on it, which was of little use.
They tried every method, making the house look like a mess. Xiang Siyuan became furious, not knowing what else to do.
He gritted his teeth.
"I don't care about this house anymore! I'll destroy it today! If we can't climb over, we won't climb. You, go and set the house on fire!"
What?
Set the house on fire?
Everyone was still a bit hesitant.
Seeing how cowardly his companions were, Xiang Siyuan became even angrier.
"We've come this far. If we can't climb out, won't we be at his mercy when we return?"
"If you're willing to be manipulated by him again, I'm not! No one's going? Fine, I'll go myself!"