“By the way, Layla, I still need to vent about my second aunt!”
“She’s gone crazy lately, constantly introducing men to me for blind dates, afraid I won’t get married!”
“Today was even more ridiculous; introducing a divorced man with a child is one thing, but he doesn’t even have a house! His only asset is a car, and it’s a Mercedes-Benz.
“I’m really fed up with her. Have I really fallen to the point of needing to marry a man like this!!”
Josie complained about the frustrating encounter she had today.
“Josie, isn’t that double standards? Jacob is also divorced with a child!” Layla pointed out.
“How many times do I have to tell you, don’t call me ‘sister’!!” Josie pouted, emphasizing that after turning 25, she really started feeling a sense of age crisis. So even though she was three years older than Layla, she firmly refused to let her call her sister.
“Alright, Josie,” Layla shrugged helplessly.
Josie cleared her throat and said seriously: “Layla, your thinking hasn’t changed at all; you actually compared Jacob to the old men my second aunt introduced!”
“Jacob is a diamond bachelor, while the men my second aunt introduces are greasy old men; there’s simply no comparison!”
Layla smiled and nodded: “Okay, you’re right!”
…..
Midnight.
Macy had long fallen asleep beside him.
Jacob, however, was wide awake, staring at the time on his phone screen.
57, 58, 59—he silently counted down in his mind, and the next second, it was exactly midnight.
Ding! Task progress reminder.
Detected that the host has successfully lost two pounds; current weight: 189 pounds.
Reward settlement: two hundred thousand dollars.
The system’s prompt sound came as expected. In fact, before going to bed, Jacob had already weighed himself, and the electronic scale showed 189.3 pounds, so it seemed the system rounded it off.
Beep!
The phone screen lit up with a text message from the bank: two hundred thousand credited. After deducting his spending from earlier, he currently had three hundred sixty thousand in his bank account.
He found the friend labeled “Bro Playboy” in his WhatsApp contacts and directly transferred fifty thousand over, leaving a message: “Stop chasing girls, take care of your health.”
After repaying Chuks, Jacob opened the Industrial and Commercial Bank app and transferred one hundred thousand to his second uncle’s account.
After finishing these tasks, Jacob turned off his phone, then quietly got out of bed and walked to the balcony, gazing at the moon partially obscured by clouds, letting out a long sigh.
No debts, feeling light.
After the clouds part, the moon shines bright! Who understands this feeling!!
While delivering takeout earlier, Jacob had been thinking that once he paid off his debts, he would definitely have a big drink and sleep for three days.
Now, he didn’t have the conditions for a big drink, but a good sleep was still achievable.
He returned to the bed, pulled the blanket over Macy, and then gently pecked her chubby little face before lying down beside her.
Perhaps because he had completely relaxed, Jacob slept soundly, only to find that he had overslept again.
“Daddy, Daddy, we’re late!”
Macy had been calling for her dad to wake up for two consecutive days, practically becoming a human alarm clock.
Jacob groggily opened his eyes; it was already eight-thirty, even more outrageous than yesterday, and he had missed the time to ask the teacher to keep him for lunch.
However, since he was thoroughly late, he wasn’t in a hurry.
“Macy, why did you wake up so late too?”
Jacob yawned and asked. After he returned home with Macy last night, the little girl had washed up and gone to bed, so logically, she shouldn’t be sleeping this late.
“Daddy, I woke up a long time ago! I’ve already washed my face and brushed my teeth.” Macy said, showing her little white teeth to indicate that she had indeed brushed her teeth.
“Oh, then why didn’t you wake Daddy up earlier?” Jacob looked at his precious daughter with some exasperation, seriously doubting that she didn’t want to go to school.
However, what Macy said next made Jacob feel ashamed: “Daddy was too tired, so I wanted Daddy to sleep a little longer.”
Macy looked serious, her voice soft and sweet.
“Uh…”
Jacob quickly hugged Macy in his arms; this little cotton-padded jacket was really warm.
It was worth it that he didn’t want anything during the divorce, just the custody.
By the time they left the house, it was already nine o’clock. Since the kindergarten had already run out of food, Jacob took Macy to a nearby breakfast shop.
This little foodie ate two big meat buns, a tea egg, and half a bowl of congee with preserved egg and lean meat.
