The reporters' enthusiasm dampened the excitement of the group.

Shang Run and Teacher Zhao protected the students, saying, "We will be giving a group interview later, so please make way for us now, thank you."

After breaking free from the reporters' encirclement, the parents of the other students came up and chatted with their children.

Jiang Xiaoli waved goodbye to her teacher and friends and went home with Li Guizhi and the others.

Throughout the journey, Jiang Xiaoli felt as if she were floating on air from all the praise.

Back home, Li Guizhi and Xu Feng prepared dinner while the others chatted in the living room.

Jiang Xiaoli felt a little uneasy under Xiao Muyu's blatant gaze.

"Xiaoyu, what's wrong with you today?"

Xiao Muyu grinned and put her arm around hers, "My best friend is absolutely amazing!"

Zong Jiayu smiled and said, "The college entrance exam results will be released in a couple of days. Little Pear will be both an international champion and the top scorer in the college entrance exam."

Jiang Xiaoli pulled her arm back and crossed her arms in front of her chest, making an X shape.

"Stop, stop, stop! Be normal! No need for excessive praise!"

Xiao Jincheng said with a smile, "Little Pear, then tell me, who else could be the top scorer in the college entrance examination in Qin Province if not you?"

Her eyes darted around, and she chuckled, "That's true, huh? Hehe, sigh, she's just too outstanding!"

At this point, she suddenly remembered something, ran to the landline, and made a call.

Soon, the person on the other end of the phone called Chen over.

Chen's voice sounded extremely happy, "Congratulations!"

Jiang Xiaoli said with a smile, "Teacher Chen, I'm back in China! I lived up to everyone's expectations and won a perfect score gold medal!"

"I saw it! I saw it! I never thought I would have a student who could appear on the national news!" Chen said, his voice full of joy.

She then exchanged a few more pleasantries with Chen and said she would visit him in Xijing in a few days before hanging up the phone.

Dinner was served at 7 p.m., and the sight of a huge table of delicious food made Jiang Xiaoli's eyes well up with tears.

She said pitifully, "It's so much better in China, with so much delicious food. If I stay in Canada for a few more days, I'll definitely starve!"

Upon hearing this, Li Guizhi quickly served food to her daughter, saying, "Now that you're back, I'll give you a good nourishing meal. Just tell me what you like, and I'll make it for you in different ways!"

Xiao Jincheng smiled and raised his glass, "Let's welcome the international champion home once again!"

The crowd laughed and reported, "Welcome home, international champion!"

The international champion himself was all smiles, eating a chicken leg in his left hand and a pig's trotter in his right, his mouth dripping with oil.

"Hahaha!" Li Guizhi looked at her daughter with doting eyes. "Alright, let's eat. If you don't start eating soon, this little glutton will be full."

After dinner, the group of them gathered together to chat.

Xiao Muyu asked, "Xiao Li, do you have anything else to do in Kyoto? When do you plan to return to Xijing?"

She will be entering her senior year of high school this fall, and the school has arranged for her to attend make-up classes in August, so she won't be able to stay in Kyoto for long.

Jiang Xiaoli thought for a moment, "I don't recall anything happening. Let's go back to Xijing as soon as possible and take care of things there."

Xiao Jincheng readily agreed, "Then let's book our tickets for tomorrow, shall we? We're going to stay somewhere anyway, and we'll be coming to Kyoto many more times in the future!"

The others had no objections, but Zong Jiayu said he had some things to take care of in Kyoto, so he wouldn't be going back with them.

After the tea party ended, Jiang Xiaoli followed Zong Jia to his home.

She put her hands on her hips and said, "Comrade Xiao Zong, tell me the truth, what have you been secretly doing in Kyoto this past year?"

Zong Jia led her into his study.

As he turned on his computer, he explained, "My classmates and I created a website together."

Jiang Xiaoli's eyes lit up. "Let me see!"

Zong Jiayu named the website he created "Search the World".

She nodded. "That's a pretty powerful name, right? Does it mean you can search for anything?"

Zong Jia nodded. "Our website is like a table of contents for a book. If you want to know any information, just enter the keywords of what you want to search for in this box, and you can find the content you want to look up immediately. Of course, this is on the premise that the content is available on the internet."

Jiang Xiaoli looked at him with admiration, "Did you and your classmate make this together?"

He's only a freshman in college! Is he creating a simplified version of Baidu?

Zong Jia nodded. "Yes, it's the classmate I mentioned to you who bought a computer when school started. We made it together."

Jiang Xiaoli patted him on the shoulder, "Comrade Xiao Zong, I have high hopes for you, keep it up! Have you thought about what your website should do next?"

Zong Jia frowned. "This is the point of contention between us now. A while ago, the head of an investment company approached us wanting to buy our website. I didn't want to sell, but my classmate felt that we couldn't make a profit from the website, so he wanted to sell it."

Jiang Xiaoli asked, "How much did the investment company ask for?"

300,000.

Upon hearing this answer, she immediately slapped Zong Jiayu on the shoulder.

"Has your brain been filled with mush after a year in Kyoto? It's only 300,000 yen. If you don't want to sell it, why don't you just give your classmate 150,000 yen and buy the website directly?"

Zong Jia gave a wry smile. "This is what's troubling me the most. My classmate's family isn't short of money, and when I suggested buying the website, he disagreed."

Her eyes darted around. "Could it be that this investment company is someone your classmate hired to scam you out of shares?"

Zong Jia sighed, "I had the same guess. I've been having people investigate recently, which is why I haven't had time to go back to Xijing with you."

Jiang Xiaoli nodded, "It's okay, I'll be back before school starts. Your things are more important."

She sat down on a chair and gave him some advice, “You can try to test your classmate. Find someone to offer him 500,000. If he refuses without even discussing it with you, then he’s definitely the one who orchestrated this investment company.”

Zong Jiayu nodded after listening, "That's a good idea too."

After giving him her advice, Jiang Xiaoli tried out his website herself.

Although it's a bit rudimentary and doesn't yield a lot of search results, it's already quite good for this stage.

She looked at Zong Jiayu with a smile, "If you win over your classmate and get all the shares of the website, I'll give you a little surprise. I'll definitely make your website a lot of money!"

Zong Jiayu looked at her with the same expression he had when he acquired Wei Dong's food factory.

He smiled and said, "Okay, I'll take care of it as soon as possible."

When Jiang Xiaoli returned to her room, Xiao Muyu asked curiously, "What were you doing running off to Zong Jia's place so late at night?"

She said mysteriously, "Hehe, it's a secret!"

Seeing her go to the bathroom to wash up, Xiao Muyu sat on the edge of the bed and muttered softly.

"It's a secret that can't be revealed, could these two be dating?"