After Rebirth, the Celebrity Daughter is the Medical Expert!-Chapter 331 - 247: Second Update

The cafe outside the University of Science and Technology.

The wind was blowing cold outside, with rain falling.

Inside, Jiang Wei was pouring tea for Ning Youguang, her every move elegant with traces of deliberate practice.

"How does it feel to stay on after graduation and become a teacher?" she asked.

"It’s pretty good," Ning Youguang said, "It’s the state I like."

Jiang Wei smiled softly, her face showing complex emotions, "I really envy girls like you with good family backgrounds, always able to do what you love."

Ning Youguang picked up the teacup and took a sip, "The tea you brewed is really delicious."

The complexity faded from Jiang Wei’s face, and she laughed, "If you like it, have some more. I got my tea artist certification last year."

Ning Youguang praised, "Impressive, no wonder the tea tastes so good."

"It’s not impressive, just something required for work," Jiang Wei sighed.

After a while, she continued, "Oh, you probably don’t know what job I do now, right?"

Ning Youguang slowly shook her head.

Jiang Wei chuckled, "I’m a talent agent at Happy Entertainment."

"Oh, really?" Ning Youguang said joyfully, "You’re so impressive now!"

Coming from a family of scholars, Ning Youguang naturally knew that Happy Entertainment was a famous celebrity agency with many popular artists under its banner.

"It’s not that impressive, just managed to get a job with a decent salary." Though her words were modest, Ning Youguang could clearly sense Jiang Wei’s pride when speaking about her work.

"How did you get into this industry?" sensing her thoughts, Ning Youguang continued the topic.

"I have an older cousin who works as a talent agent at Happy Entertainment. After I graduated from university, she introduced me to the company as an assistant, and I’ve been working there since then." Jiang Wei laughed, "I guess I was pretty lucky. In the past year or two, I’ve started managing artists independently."

"I’ve heard being a talent agent requires strong skills." Ning Youguang continued to praise, "To become a competent agent so quickly, you must have worked very hard."

"I did work very hard." Jiang Wei’s face, adorned with delicate makeup, showed both joy and a hint of bitterness, "It wasn’t easy at first, but things are much better now."

"Every job is hard at the beginning." Ning Youguang said, "When I stayed at the school, I was questioned for a long time because of my academic credentials. What could I do? Just endure it, fight through it, relying on a strong will not to give up, proving myself with results. Eventually, they would see whether I was qualified for the job or whether I was relying on connections to secure my position."

Ning Youguang’s words softened Jiang Wei significantly, making her feel closer to Ning, "Yes, exactly. When I first joined the company, I often got scolded by the boss, the artists, and even the collaborators."

"I remember one winter, an artist I was managing had a big event where photos needed to be taken. The photographer we hired didn’t show up, so the artist asked me to take the photos. I told her that I wasn’t good at photography, but she insisted, and the results were indeed bad. She scolded me for over an hour. I just stayed silent, not daring to talk back."

"She said to me, ’Can’t you understand human language? Can’t understand, then get off the car.’ It was so cold early morning in the capital that winter, and she kicked me out of the car."

"I had no money at the time, so I was reluctant to take a cab. Maybe to teach myself a lesson, I decided to wait for a late-night bus. I waited for a long time, and it was particularly cold."

"While waiting for the bus, I thought, no matter what, I must buy a car in the future. So if such a situation happens again, I can say to her, I won’t ride in your car; I have my own... After this incident, I worked even harder. Now, the artists I manage are much more capable, and people in the company have gradually become more courteous towards me."

Saying this, Jiang Wei habitually opened her bag, took out a pack of cigarettes, and lit one.

After she took a couple of puffs, she saw Ning Youguang’s surprised face through the smoke and suddenly realized, saying blankly, "Sorry, it’s a habit."

She hurriedly took an ashtray from the next table and stubbed out the cigarette.

Ning Youguang’s expression soon recovered to calmness, "Do you often have to stay up late?"

Her question eased Jiang Wei’s embarrassment.

She gave a shallow smile and said, "I don’t know if you have any understanding of our industry. We often have a lot of work pressure, sometimes our schedules are reversed day and night. When everyone is together, they often smoke to relieve stress. Sometimes smoking becomes a way to chat. At first, I found it hard to adapt, because in the environment I grew up in, girls weren’t supposed to smoke..."

"But now you see, I’ve learned to smoke too. Sometimes when I’m talking, I can’t help but smoke. Many girls around me smoke, so I feel it’s no big deal. I even feel that smoking brings me closer to this circle."

Ning Youguang picked up the teapot and refilled Jiang Wei’s tea cup, "You can smoke if you want, I don’t mind."

"No, I won’t smoke." Jiang Wei said with a bitter smile, "I’m not heavily addicted to it; it’s just that sometimes when talking, I can’t resist taking one out."

Ning Youguang smiled softly, saying nothing.

After a brief silence, Jiang Wei took out a bank card from her bag and gently pushed it in front of Ning Youguang.

Ning Youguang stared, startled, at the bank card she handed over, "What’s this?"

Jiang Wei’s face showed complex emotions, "This is the tuition and living expenses I owe you for four years of university."

Ning Youguang took quite a while to remember that she had funded Jiang Wei’s education, "You knew I funded your education?"

Jiang Wei nodded, "In my third year, I once went to our class teacher’s office to deliver some documents and accidentally found out that the person who had been funding my education was you."

Ning Youguang covered her forehead with a smile, "Is this why you suddenly started distancing yourself from me in the third year?"

"Yes." Jiang Wei covered her nose with her hand, taking a deep breath, "I felt very complex at the time, I didn’t know how to face you."

After a slight pause, she continued, "I originally felt very grateful to the person funding my education, and I quietly decided that after graduation, I would work hard and repay the kind-hearted person who supported me, but after I found out that it was you, my feelings became very complicated. In my heart, I knew I should be grateful to you, but I didn’t want to thank you, I even felt very angry..."