Xiao Qi looked at the interface in front of her. She hadn't spent much of the money randomly, most of the large sums were saved, and now there was about 900,000 to 1 million yuan.
She barely considered the Chairman's proposal before nodding. Xiao Qi didn't understand buying a house, but the Chairman looked very professional and reliable. For things she didn't understand, it was a wise choice to let someone who did make the decisions.
"I've never been to the eastern suburbs. Chairman, are you familiar with that area? If you have time, could you take me to take a look?"
Xiao Shengzhou had actually mentioned the eastern suburbs before, it seemed his family had bought land there. He was a bit familiar with it.
He didn't expect the little girl to trust him so much. 1 million yuan was nothing to him, but it was Xiao Qi's entire net worth.
"Alright, let's go take a look this weekend or another time, I'll accompany you there." said Xiao Shengzhou.
"Thank you, Chairman." Said Xiao Qi as she left the office.
Perhaps because she felt a weight had finally been lifted after getting something done, Xiao Qi had an unusually cheerful spring in her step.
Xiao Shengzhou watched her leave and shook his head.
He then called his uncle Xiao Yu.
"The small commodity housing in the eastern suburbs? Why do you ask about that? Looking for a love nest?" Xiao Yu joked.
"Don't fool around. To be serious, aren't you curious what Xiao Qi spent her money on? She wants to buy a house."
Xiao Yu: ......
Many of his girlfriends had asked him to buy them houses as gifts before.
But none had bought their own house.
"Isn't she still under 18?"
"She won't turn 18 until the end of the year." Said Xiao Shengzhou.
"There are a lot of those small commodity houses there, they sell pretty well. But I've been more focused on villas before. I'll have my assistant contact you later, ask him." Xiao Yu was busy at the moment, so the uncle and nephew didn't chat long before hanging up.
After hanging up, Xiao Yu felt something was off... How did his nephew know when the little girl would turn 18? Did he look up her birthday?
Xiao Qi met up with her roommates and they walked along the lakeside back to the old district.
The night breeze was cool and refreshing, and the lake shimmered.
They were all a bit stuffed from the meal. The school cafeteria food and student street fare paled in comparison to the (International) Equestrian Club.
Speaking of which, after riding coach Steven came, the club added "International" to its name. More foreigners had also come, it seemed the Chairman intended to manage it well.
The four girls walked back to their dorm. After tidying up, they went to the evening study hall.
Today was Tuesday, so Xiao Qi still had her Japanese elective.
Today, Honey went with her. Over the National Day holiday, Honey's parents nagged her to study a foreign language. They wanted her to help the family factory with translations later on. They got a lot of orders from Japan, but the Japanese had extremely high standards. They paid well but would reject entire shipments over tiny issues, leading to endless disputes with translators that gave everyone headaches.
Honey sat in class watching the stern Japanese teacher jabbering away. She didn't understand a word of the lecture and slept through the second half.
If it wasn't for Xiao Qi, she would have skipped. After two agonizing classes, Honey realized she truly had no talent for Japanese. There was no point in forcing it.
Xiao Qi felt much closer to Mr. Yamamoto after the barbecue. Despite appearances, he was very kindhearted, just not good at conversation. His smiles were always a bit creepy, but he was pragmatic and did more acting than talking.
Perhaps the deep wrinkles on his face were carved by many hardships, giving him an uncomfortable aura.
Knowing his taste, today Xiao Qi brought a jar of pickles, having made many at Jin Zaiyan's place. She took some back every few days.
Today she brought sweet pickled bamboo shoots, neatly packed in a little glass jar.
After class, Xiao Qi gave the jar to Mr. Yamamoto. They exchanged some Japanese pleasantries. Mr. Yamamoto seemed embarrassed but had no "embarrassed" expression. He just looked unhappy, with a frigid smile.
Fortunately, Xiao Qi understood him a bit and didn't mind. After giving the pickles, she pulled Honey away.
"This teacher is way too scary! When you talked to him, I felt he could violently snap at any moment. Very frightening!" Honey exclaimed, clenching her chest.
"It's not that bad. Remember the videos from the barbecue? Mr. Yamamoto was very diligent and cleaned up all the trash in the end."
Just as Xiao Qi finished speaking, a mechanical voice chimed in her ear: "The host studied diligently with a positive attitude, bringing a spark of hope and positivity to a withered old man. Reward: one beginner's luck card, effective on one person for one day. Use judiciously."
The front part was the same as always. Whether she gave a gift or not, as long as she studied hard, Mr. Yamamoto would reward her.
A pale gold card appeared on the interface next to a dark gray one.
Xiao Qi felt her system might have silently upgraded. The new rewards seemed slightly different from before.
"Next holiday, I'm not going home. I'll go out with you guys." Honey thought of the scenic videos. She was quite bored at home with her parents' nagging and brainwashing.
Meanwhile her brother used their parents' money to play around. That jerk even bought a new car last semester, shamelessly claiming he needed it to find a wife.
Thinking of her family, Honey was speechless.
After another two classes from Mr. Yamamoto, her head was buzzing and spinning. Xiao Qi could take it but she couldn't bear this "care". She urgently needed some sweets when they got back to the dorm to unwind.
Back at the dorm, Xiao Qi saw her step count still hadn't reached 30,000, so she went downstairs to jog.
Her marathon record was broken, yet she still went running. Her roommates were used to it by now...
While jogging Xiao Qi reviewed today's Japanese and switched to English when tired. The English speech contest finals were at Qingming University and she was quite nervous. She didn't dare aim for first place but couldn't embarrass the school either. After all, some high school classmates had tested into Qingming while she went to Enhua.
After her run, Xiao Qi stretched thoroughly before returning to shower and change into pajamas, just old shirts and pants.
Wei Cheng also wore hand-me-down pajamas. Honey had cute sets but wore camisoles and shorts to stay cool.
Yunshu's pajamas were the most luxurious, with intricate princess gowns in white, blue and pink that cost thousands per piece.
Xiao Qi felt deep down she was still poor, evident in such details.
She could spend tens of thousands on gifts for friends now but still balked at a few thousand for a gown, unable to overcome that spending hurdle. Moreover, at thousands per gown, dozens would buy a whole house! She didn't dare tally that terrifying cost.
After her shower, Xiao Qi practiced writing for a bit before lights out, then climbed into bed to sleep.
The roommates were still excitedly recounting their holiday experiences, having been too tired to share yesterday after the long trip back.
Xiao Qi had stayed on campus, quite envious as they described things from home, good and bad.
Thinking about calling home tomorrow. Dad can only see the numbers change in his bank book when he goes into the city to deposit money. I wonder how he'll react.
