A few days after New Year's Day in 2003, the previous experiments were over, but Chen Xihua was still busy.

She took the opportunity to consult her advisor, finalized her thesis topic, and spent another two weeks in the lab.

After the experimental data came out, she spent another three days writing a 12,000-word paper.

She had already finished writing her thesis for her other major, Business Administration, well in advance.

The topics include marketing and planning, the rise of the Internet, online marketing, information technology and e-commerce, etc.

After finishing all that, the school started its winter break. There weren't many classes in the second semester of senior year, except for the thesis defense.

Therefore, most of the senior students at Kyoto University have already found internships.

Many students packed up all their belongings from their dorm rooms and took them home with them when they went home for winter break.

I'll only leave some basic toiletries behind. I probably won't stay more than two nights when I come back next semester.

In Chen Xihua's dormitory, the six of them were surprisingly reluctant to part.

Although they haven't officially graduated yet, after the Spring Festival, only Tian Tian will return to school immediately before the start of the semester, as she is preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination.

Tian Tian said, "Don't worry, go out and make your way in the world. If there's anything you need to coordinate at school, I'll contact you."

“I’m also in Beijing, and I’ll come back to visit you from time to time.” Deng Xinyin passed the exam for the tax bureau; she was the only one in the dormitory to get a permanent position.

Xu Min will likely be the second person to take the civil service exam.

She has already contacted a school and returned to her alma mater, a middle school in her hometown, to work as a math intern teacher.

"I'm going back to my hometown to find a piece of black soil to farm!" Dong Xue studied agriculture, and she has decided to return to Northeast China to develop her career.

"Xiao Wu, we made a promise, I'm going to work for you!" Liao Jiajia said, tugging at Chen Xihua's arm and shaking it affectionately.

After a semester, she still couldn't think of what to do, mainly because her parents, Liao, never considered letting her go out to work.

The Liao family company is managed by several older brothers, and the Liao family made their fortune in real estate in Guangdong Province.

She called her dad and told him she wanted to find a job.

Liao's parents said that the rent from their house is enough for their youngest daughter to live a carefree life for the rest of her life.

Liao Jiajia has four older brothers and is the only daughter. She was spoiled from a young age and never lacked money.

So when she heard Chen Xihua say that she wanted to establish a charity, the Dehua Foundation, to sponsor children in remote areas to go to school.

Liao Jiajia volunteered, saying that her major was charity management, a major she hadn't chosen but was assigned to by the school.

Well, Liao Jiajia isn't particularly outstanding when it comes to academics.

She was able to get into Peking University because Lady Luck smiled upon her during the exam.

Originally, based on her normal level, she would have gotten into an ordinary first-tier university, but unexpectedly, her score was just above the cutoff.

This also includes the fact that Peking University has certain enrollment quotas for each province.

As long as the candidate ranks among the top in their province, they have a chance to be admitted.

"Okay!" Originally, Chen Xihua didn't have a better candidate.

The manager of this charity project is actually quite selective.

The implementation of research is very important, and it is essential to combine theory with practice.

To be honest, someone like Liao Jiajia, who was born into a princess-like life, is not Chen Xihua's first choice.

She may not have a good firsthand experience of the suffering of the underprivileged and ordinary people in society.

However, there is one thing that Chen Xihua is satisfied with about Liao Jiajia.

Liao Jiajia is very sensitive to money and has studied a related major, so she has theoretical knowledge in this area.

After four years of getting along, Chen Xihua discovered that Liao Jiajia spent money extravagantly, but to Chen Xihua's surprise,

Liao Jiajia could meticulously record every single expense she made, regardless of whether it was a reasonable or unreasonable expenditure.

She studies spending money as an interesting thing.

Anyway, she can figure out where the money went just by thinking back, and she feels uneasy if she doesn't reconcile the accounts.

Liao Jiajia often says, "I've never done anything else, all I know is how to spend money."

If I can't even understand how to spend money, then I'm truly a useless person.

Money that passes through her hands will not be easily fooled.

She would buy a 50-cent ice cream and ask about the difference between it and a 10-cent popsicle.

Chen Xihua felt that Liao Jiajia might be able to handle this role as a project manager who spends money.

When starting a charity event, the research and preparation work requires finding someone from an ordinary family, or at least someone who has some understanding of the lives of people at the bottom of society.

Since she was going to do this charity work, Chen Xihua hoped that it would be practical and not just have a nice-sounding name.

"I'm leaving now!" After packing her things, Chen Xihua carried a large bag and walked out of the dormitory.

The bag contained bed sheets, which she planned to take back to the courtyard house and wash in the washing machine.

When she walked out of the school gate, Lu Zhengjing was already waiting outside.

"I picked up the mailed items for you. What did your older sister's in-laws send you this time?"

"Dried seafood!" Chen Xihua exclaimed happily.

She likes to eat seafood, preferably fresh, but dried seafood is also fine if not available.

That time at Cuishan Garden, after meeting Zheng's mother, I heard that she liked to eat seafood.

Zheng's mother often asked her youngest son to mail dried seafood from the island.

It wasn't exactly mailing; it was just finding someone at the train station, paying them some money, and having it shipped to the train station.

This time, Lu Zhengjing went to the train station to pick it up for her.

"Beijing is also near the sea, why would it need the Zheng family? It's sent from so far away, isn't it fresh already?!"

Lu Zhengjing pursed his lips, somewhat dissatisfied.

What does "Zheng Daojia" mean? Does it mean the Lu family can't afford seafood?

I've mailed it three times in the last two months! If you're going to send it, send it to Gaoyang County, to Chen's parents.

What's the point of sending it to your sister-in-law's house?

"My brother-in-law's family meant well, don't be nitpicky!" Chen Xihua said irritably, rolling her eyes slightly.

Since she started dating Lu Zhengjing, and her brother-in-law had visited Beijing a while ago for a mission.

The two men met and probably even had a fight.

After that, Lu Zhengjing spoke ill of his brother-in-law in front of Chen Xihua.

He's very childish, like a chatterbox.

"Hehe, that Comrade Zheng didn't like me when I first joined the army."

He must have been attracted to my good looks, but there's nothing he can do; he can't beat me!

This person has definitely regained his memory, but he refuses to acknowledge it.

Chen Xihua was speechless. She had heard her brother-in-law say that when Lu Zhengjing was in the army, he had an icy face and no one wanted to talk to him.

Seeing his smug expression while driving, Chen Xihua couldn't help but scoff at him: "Heh, you can't even beat my second sister, what's there to brag about!"

"Xi Hua, I'm your girlfriend, give me some face!" Lu Zhengjing had to admit that Chen Jinhua was really strong.

Whether in terms of combat skills or the keen intuition of a soldier, Chen Jinhua was absolutely outstanding.

Last time she was promoted to major, but this time, after solving such a big case, she was directly promoted to lieutenant colonel!

"Alright, you're old, my second sister is young, it's normal that you can't beat her."

To Lu Zhengjing, Chen Xihua's words were worse than nothing at all. What did he mean by saying he was old?

After a pause, she casually added, "However, it is indeed a bit of a hassle to have to go to the train station to pick up every time I ship something!"

Why isn't there a door-to-door delivery service?

"Delivery to your door? Do you think it's a letter or a newspaper?" Lu Zhengjing replied casually.

"Why not? Isn't your company also involved in internet technology?"

Actually, you can buy things online and have them delivered to your door. Isn't that convenient?

Next, Chen Xihua briefly explained the online shopping model from her previous life to him.

She recalls that various online shopping platforms and express delivery services emerged in the last two years.

Originally, Chen Xihua was somewhat tempted to open a courier and logistics company within his Yunhua Group.

But after thinking about it, she gave up; it's too much to handle.

Another thing is that she heard Lu Zhengjing say that Shen Changxing resigned from his job at the police station and was preparing to start a transportation company.

Last week, I found Lu Zhengjing and wanted to borrow money from my uncle as start-up capital.