Although Lu Mo was curious, he would not press Ye Qingqing for answers, much less force her.

"If you don't want to treat it, then don't. If Grandpa really brings it up, just say you're not very knowledgeable," Lu Mo suggested.

Yue Hongxia's ability to entangle him is formidable; the old man won't be able to hold out for more than a few days, and sooner or later he'll bring it up with Ye Qingqing.

"Okay, then I'll go see Aunt Fang again in a while." Ye Qingqing gave up the idea of ​​going to the Lu family, but she was extremely curious about what Lu Qingquan had been through in the past six months.

It's inconvenient to call from the dorm, so I'll ask Lu Mo when I get back.

Ye Qingqing wanted to chat with Lu Mo a little longer, but a mechanical female voice came through the receiver, "Sorry, your balance is insufficient..."

Before I could even say goodbye to Lu Mo, the line went dead after a few beeps.

Ye Qingqing glared at the phone in exasperation, "This card is a total rip-off! I just bought a new one, and it's already out of credit before I've even finished one call?"

She just bought a 30 yuan phone card!

Ruan Yingzi sneered, "Don't you even look at how long you've been on the phone? It's been over an hour. If you keep going like this, the phone will explode. And you still have the nerve to blame the phone card?"

Ye Qingqing was stunned for a moment, then quickly reached out to touch the microphone. It was indeed a bit hot, but she hadn't said anything. How could it have been a call for an hour?

"I haven't even finished speaking yet. You might as well send a text message. This card is useless."

Ye Qingqing pulled out the phone card and casually tossed it to Ruan Yingzi. This girl had recently become obsessed with collecting phone cards, and each card had a different design. Ruan Yingzi had already collected dozens of them, just like when she was a child collecting candy wrappers.

“I already have this one. Next time you should buy some pictures of the Northwest scenery. I haven’t collected the whole series.”

Ruan Yingzi glanced at the phone card Ye Qingqing threw at her, but showed no interest.

Ye Qingqing gave a vague reply and took out her phone to send a text message to Lu Mo. Her phone was a parallel import that Lu Mo had obtained from Hong Kong. It was the latest model released this year, small and exquisite. It had not yet been released in the mainland market; it was all smuggled goods from Hong Kong.

Even working people in 1996 rarely used cell phones; they usually used pagers. Students were even less likely to use cell phones; you could hardly find a single cell phone in the entire school.

Everyone else in the dorm was extremely envious, and some even became greedy.

"How much does your phone cost?" Lu Ziqun couldn't help but ask.

"I don't know, someone gave it to me as a gift." Ye Qingqing shook her head. She really didn't know. Lu Mo hadn't told her the price, and she was too lazy to ask.

Ruan Yingzi glanced at it and casually said, "It would probably cost around five thousand in Hong Kong (fabricated), but it might be one or two thousand more expensive in mainland China."

"I haven't seen it sold in mainland China," Dong Siyue interjected. She really liked this phone, but couldn't buy it even if she had the money.

Ye Qingqing said with a smile, "Mine was bought in Hong Kong. It should be listed here soon too."

Dong Siyue was itching to buy it; she couldn't wait any longer. She'd been wanting this phone for half a year, so she couldn't help but ask, "Do you have any friends in Hong Kong? Could you buy one for me?"

Ye Qingqing glanced at Ruan Yingzi, asking with her eyes whether she should agree.

Ruan Yingzi looked at Dong Siyue. Of the several classmates in the dormitory, she only disliked Lü Ziqun; she could barely tolerate the others.

"The same style as Ye Qingqing's?" Ruan Yingzi asked.

Dong Siyue was taken aback at first, but quickly understood and nodded happily, "Yes, this is the style, but I want the pink one."

Ye Qingqing's is fiery red, which is quite eye-catching.

“I’ll have someone bring one over for you!” Ruan Yingzi readily agreed.