However, if Ling Nian and Li Fangqi have a conflict, Hao Jia and Fang Hua will feel that they are in a difficult position.
They had taken Li Fangqi's things, so it wasn't right for them not to side with her; but isolating Ling Nian would make them feel guilty, since they had all gotten along well for over a year—girls these days are so innocent!
Chu Nian said, "I'm a little interested in this kind of knowledge, so I bought it to take a look."
Li Fangqi said with no small amount of sarcasm, "Can you even understand it?"
Chu Nian: "It's alright!" After saying that, she threw down the pile of books and went to wash up.
Back then, dormitory conditions were far worse than they are now. There were no private bathrooms, and everyone had to go to the public restrooms and washrooms at the end of the floor to wash up and use the restroom.
As soon as Chu Nian left with her toiletries, Li Fangqi started looking through the pile of books on her bed.
"Fangqi, can you understand this?" Fang Hua asked. She had just flipped through a few pages and was completely confused.
Li Fangqi shrugged and said, "These books are hard to understand without some professional background in this field."
Despite living for several decades in her previous life, she had plenty of contact with computers and mobile phones when she went to work in a big city in her middle age, but she only knew how to operate them in a simple way and couldn't do anything else.
So, after reading through these early computer science documents for a while, her head started to ache, and she closed the book and went back to her own bed.
Fang Hua continued, "This Niannian is really strange. Her family is so poor that they have to use her to pay for her older brother's dowry. How does she still have money to buy these strange and unusual books?"
Upon hearing this, Li Fangqi sneered and said, "They'll just try to extort money from whoever they can!"
Upon hearing this, Fang Hua and Hao Jia exchanged glances, their eyes showing a look of sudden realization.
Hao Jia tentatively asked, "Fangqi, what's wrong between you and Niannian? Since you came back from home this time, your relationship seems to have become much more distant. Did Niannian...do something to upset you?"
Li Fangqi sneered again and said, "She's just a short-sighted person who tries to extort money from anyone she can!"
Hao Jia pressed, "What? She tried to extort you? What did she try to extort? How did she do it?"
Li Fangqi would never go into details, she only said: "Alright, stop guessing. I never said she was trying to extort me."
When Chu Nian returned after washing up, she noticed that the atmosphere in the dormitory was a bit strange. It seemed that Hao Jia and Fang Hua, who had been quite friendly to her just moments before, were now looking at her strangely, as if she were a monster.
Chu Nian didn't think much of it and went to bed to look through the books. Because of her strong soul, she had excellent reading and memory skills, and by the time the lights were turned off half an hour later, she had already finished reading the book.
A few days later, Chu Nian went to the city again over the weekend and sent a letter to a research institute in the capital. Then she bought a broken stone box at a flea market in the city.
This box is a priceless artifact from the Zhou Dynasty, but how many people in this era would recognize it?
Originally, Li Fangqi was going to buy this box when she came to the city in a couple of days, but it was bought by a wealthy businessman for a high price of 20 million. In the end, Chu Nian snatched it away again.
Then she bought a house along the coastline.
After all, it's in the city, and several buildings have already been built. This apartment comes with its own heating and bathroom.
Because this house is located by the sea, and a short walk south along the coastline leads to a naval base, the adjacent residential area is a military compound where many officers live. The house itself isn't worth much, but it will be demolished and its value increased in a few years.
The next day, after completing the transfer of ownership, she moved a pile of books and the broken stone box from the Zhou Dynasty over and locked them in the cabinet. She designed a mechanism herself and roughly arranged the house.
Actually, this place is close to the military family compound, and thieves these days are less daring. It's unlikely that anyone would be so foolish as to steal from here, but it's always better to be careful!
Chu Nian returned to school after finishing her tidying up.
Because she hadn't been attending classes properly for several days, but could still be seen in the dormitory at night, the teacher assumed she was skipping class and spoke with her.
It's unlikely she'll be expelled. Given her grades, the teacher wants her to focus on her studies and not let her mind wander.
Chu Nian was a little puzzled when she heard what her teacher said. What was she thinking?
It was only later that she discovered that many of her classmates were talking about her, saying that she had extorted money from Li Fangqi, which was why she returned to school; otherwise, she would have been married long ago.
Besides, going back to school is useless; she definitely won't have the money to go to university unless she can find someone willing to "support" her. So these days she's been busy looking for a sugar daddy, and I heard she even approached Zhou Chaoyang, who's acquainted with Li Fangqi...
The students looked at Chu Nian with disdain. Everyone thought that her friendship with Li Fangqi, and her willingness to extort money from her just to continue her studies, was morally questionable! Especially since she was busy looking for a sugar daddy!
So, when the teacher told her not to overthink things, did she mean she shouldn't be in such a hurry to find a sugar daddy?!
Chu Nian received a reply from a research institute in the capital city, and smiled after reading it. She went to the academic affairs office to complete the procedures for becoming a day student.
The teacher asked curiously, "Isn't your family from Zhegu Village? Are you a day student instead of living at school?"
Chu Nian nodded and said "Mm".
The teacher asked, "Where will you live from now on?"
Chu Nian: "My family recently bought a courtyard house in Zhennan. It's not far from the school; it only takes five minutes to get there by bike."
The teacher was even more surprised: "You also have... a bicycle?"
Chu Nian nodded and said "Mmm" again.
Teacher: "Where are your parents? Have them come to the school." The teacher clearly didn't believe Chu Nian's words, and regarding the rumors about the sugar daddy, the teacher hadn't said much before because there was no evidence, but now the matter of the yard and the bicycle had to be verified.
Chu Nian had no choice but to go back to Zhegu Village to ask Ling's father for help.
After being given a wad of cash by Chu Nian, Ling's father became very obedient and said whatever she asked.
Upon hearing this, the teacher learned that one of Chu Nian's aunts had achieved academic success in the capital and, seeing Chu Nian's promising future, wanted to nurture her. So, she specially bought a house in town to make it convenient for Chu Nian to attend school. Only then was the teacher relieved and readily arranged for Chu Nian to attend school as a day student.
Soon after, a professor from a research institute in the capital, accompanied by several bodyguards, secretly arrived in the town at the address Chu Nian had left in her letter. Because Chu Nian was in the city, he didn't see her on his first visit.
When the city leaders received the news, they rushed to the town and arranged accommodation for the professor before leaving—although the professor was anxious, he could only stay temporarily.
The next day, he went to the dilapidated courtyard that Chu Nian had bought. This time, he caught a few neighbors and asked them in detail. He then learned that a girl lived in the courtyard and had moved in not long ago, but she should be at school during the day.
The professor waited outside the courtyard the whole time. That evening, Chu Nian returned on a creaking old-fashioned bicycle: thankfully, her legs were long enough. She'd never used such a "high-class" mode of transportation before…
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