Reborn in 2015, I became a male god starting in high school.

Chapter 123 Xu Qing, who is thinking good things
Nothing particularly unusual happened when Zhou Ziyang drove Lin Siyao back to school, but today was an unforgettable day for Lin Siyao. Not only did she ride in the passenger seat of a million-dollar Panamera, but she also ate a luxurious seafood buffet for 398 yuan per person.

In fact, she wasn't the main character today, and no one even focused on her, but for Lin Siyao herself, it was quite a spectacle.

Not only are there a bunch of people on my WeChat Moments praising me, saying things like "Wow, you're so rich! Take me with you!"

This made her stand out in her high school clique.

Lin Siyao liked this kind of life, and she also liked Zhou Ziyang's frequenting of high-end places, where he always seemed to be handling things with ease.

To be honest, when Lin Siyao saw Zhou Ziyang casually pull out his bank card and swipe it for a business room for Xu Qing and the other person, she also wanted to see how luxurious a five-star business room was. She had heard from the lobby manager that it even offered a view of the night view of Nanjing.

She just didn't know how to bring it up.

She couldn't help but wonder, if she were Zhou Ziyang's girlfriend, she could probably stay in hotels like this all the time, right?
Zhou Ziyang drove with ease; he must have felt comfortable. The mother and daughter who had been so arrogant and domineering in front of him in his past life now looked quite embarrassed next to him.

However, Zhou Ziyang was unaware that Lin Siyao, sitting in the passenger seat, was also thinking about what to say to Zhou Ziyang in order to please him, make him feel that she wasn't so boring, and that he would take her out to play again next time.

"I just checked online, and the business room at this hotel costs 2,000 yuan. Why did you book the hotel for only 799 yuan?" Lin Siyao longed for a glamorous and luxurious life, but unfortunately, she didn't have the means.

"Oh, the price has gone up again? Normally, a business room is only around 800. I guess it's because of the holiday that the price will go up." Zhou Ziyang wasn't surprised to hear that it was now 2000 a night. After all, Qian Juan had just said that there were only two rooms left. If one room was booked, the other room would naturally go up in price.

"Does the price of this hotel change every day?" Lin Siyao asked curiously.

Zhou Ziyang laughed and said, "It's definitely not that kind of hotel."

"Is this the case for all hotels? Haven't you booked a hotel before?"

"Why would I, a girl, care about this?"

Lin Siyao was speechless after hearing this, thinking to herself, "What kind of person am I in your eyes?"
This is clearly a misunderstanding. Zhou Ziyang is almost thirty years old in his mind. He has been working for several years and must have stayed in many hotels. But Lin Siyao has only graduated from high school a few months ago. Who would be as experienced as Zhou Ziyang?

That was Zhou Ziyang's mistake. Zhou Ziyang smiled sheepishly and said, "That's true."

"Almost forgot."

Then Zhou Ziyang explained to her that hotel prices vary depending on the time of booking, and that online and offline prices also differ. Sometimes, offline prices are actually cheaper than online prices.

What Lin Siyao was most curious about was why Zhou Ziyang was able to book a room for 2000 yuan for only 799 yuan.

Zhou Ziyang laughed upon hearing this and said, "That's not something you can think of."

"why?"

Zhou Ziyang said it was because the hotel had a partnership with the bank, and he was a VIP member of the bank with membership privileges.

"So you mean you have money in the bank?" Lin Siyao was quite clever.

Zhou Ziyang nodded and said that high-speed rail, hotels and the like have cooperative relationships with banks, and they can usually give away eight or ten days of free hotel accommodation per year.

I only paid after I used up all the free coupons.

From 15 to 18, when the internet was developing rapidly, all industries were in dire need of funds. Back then, depositing money in small banks offered really generous benefits. Not only could the deposit interest rate soar to 5%+ every year, but you also received hotel and buffet benefits every month.

Unlike 23 years later, when it seemed that banks were too lazy to accept deposits.

Since Zhou Ziyang had nothing better to do, and seeing that Lin Siyao seemed quite interested in the high-end hotel accommodations and buffet, he simply told her everything.

He also told her not to save too much, just 500,000 would be enough, and that she would also get two free visits to the Zhongshan Golf Course every year.

Sure enough, Lin Siyao became even more interested upon hearing about golf.

If she wore a dress, posed for a couple of photos on a golf course, wouldn't she look like a sophisticated young lady?
Zhou Ziyang told her not to get her hopes up too high, since she only had 500,000 yuan deposited and they were just letting her in; they didn't offer her anything else.

Lin Siyao nodded, saying she hadn't thought too much about it.

I'm just curious.

"So how much money have you saved?" Lin Siyao thought that Zhou Ziyang must have saved a lot of money since he knew so much about these things.

Zhou Ziyang laughed upon hearing this and said, "This needs to be kept secret."

"What secrets do we have between us?" Lin Siyao found Zhou Ziyang's words rather uninteresting.

She was genuinely curious about how much money Zhou Ziyang had. When he wouldn't say, she kept probing, "He must have at least a million, right?"

"Two million?"

Hearing Lin Siyao's words, Zhou Ziyang simply smiled.

He casually reached out and patted Lin Siyao's jeans, saying, "You're in the dorm."

Lin Siyao looked and realized, "Good heavens, I was so focused on chatting with Zhou Ziyang that I didn't even notice we were already at the dormitory entrance."

Zhou Ziyang said, "It's getting late, go down and rest early. Don't wear jeans next time you ride in my car, they don't feel like jeans to the touch."

Lin Siyao was speechless after hearing this. She said, "Then why didn't you tell me earlier that you were going to bring me out?"

"Next time you take me out, tell me what you want me to wear, and I'll wear it."

"That's really unnecessary."

Zhou Ziyang chuckled, and the two chatted for a few more minutes. Lin Siyao clearly didn't want to leave, but she didn't know what to say to Zhou Ziyang, so she could only leave reluctantly.

She couldn't help but ask Zhou Ziyang one last time, "Do you have five million in the bank?"

Zhou Ziyang said, "Why are you so materialistic, girl?"
What good is five million? What good is it if you don't?
Lin Siyao, however, said she wasn't materialistic.

"It was just pure curiosity."

"Then keep being curious."

Zhou Ziyang still wanted to hide how much money he had, but little did he know that Xu Qing and Xia Wei had already taken the conversation at the hotel receptionist's as truth.

At least 20 million?

Upon hearing this news, Xu Qing had only one thought.

That means Zhou Guowei was definitely corrupt!

Writing novels and songs—it's all just a way to pave the way for his son and launder money!
Although Xu Qing wasn't part of the government system, she was still a teacher, and she heard plenty of this kind of gossip in the office.

Xu Qing simply couldn't believe that Zhou Ziyang, at such a young age, could earn 20 million.

That's only one possibility.

This is what Zhou Guowei gave me.

Zhou Guowei, Zhou Guowei, I never imagined you were hiding this so well.

I've been following him for at least five years. He always acts all high and mighty, saying he won't take a single needle or thread from the masses. There are six characters on either side of his study.

What does it mean to say that fairness brings clarity and integrity brings authority?

When Xu Qing first approached Zhou Guowei, Zhou Guowei actually rejected her.

Zhou Guowei said: "Don't be fooled by my position, which is admired by everyone. It's just because I look good on the outside. I have a terrible temper, and I haven't saved much money over the years."

Good guy.

Looking back now, they were all scammers!

Twenty million.

I had no idea.

As Xu Qing thought about it, she suddenly felt a sense of grievance.

Xia Wei didn't take this matter too seriously at first. She was indeed surprised when she heard about the 20 million, but after entering the room, she almost forgot about it. She also didn't bring it up to discuss it with Xu Qing.

This was her first time staying in a business suite at a star-rated hotel. The room was 50 square meters in total, with a small reception area and a sleeping area separated by a wooden wall.

There is a large window that covers an entire wall, and outside the window is the night view of the entire city of Nanjing.

The Yangtze River Bridge can even be seen in the distance.

There's also a Ferris wheel along the Yangtze River, its lights flashing in all sorts of colors.

"Mom, look, isn't that the Yangtze River over there?"

"Mom, look, this bed is so soft! I've never stayed in such a nice hotel before."

Xia Wei happily jumped onto the bed, her beautiful legs standing out against the snow-white blankets.

Xu Qing wasn't in the same good mood as Xia Wei.

Even though it was her first time staying in such a nice room.

Looking out the floor-to-ceiling windows at the newly lit night view of Nanjing.

Xu Qing's feelings were complicated for a moment.

Xia Wei seemed to notice that her mother was somewhat unhappy.

Curious, he walked up to his mother and asked, "Mom, what's wrong?"

Xu Qing looked at her daughter and said with a wry smile, "I'm just feeling a bit sentimental."

“I’ve been serving your Uncle Zhou for almost five years, but he has never taken me to stay in a hotel like this.”

Xu Qing had previously traveled on business with Zhou Guowei.

In fact, given Zhou Guowei's level, he could have been reimbursed for a better hotel, but he must have said it in a high-sounding way, implying that having a place to stay was enough.

Even if he and Xu Qing went out for the night, they would at most stay in a budget hotel that costs 200 yuan.

At the time, Zhou Guowei asked Xu Qing if she would feel wronged following him.
Xu Qing smiled and said that she had no grievances.

"You've helped us so much, I think staying here is fine."

However, Xu Qing doesn't think that way now.

Xia Wei didn't know why her mother brought this up.
Xia Wei couldn't even understand why her mother was feeling wronged.

She could only say, "Well, Uncle Zhou has a special status, so it's understandable that he can't stay in this kind of hotel."

"He definitely can't live here, so why can his son live here?"

"He lives a hard life in a small county town, but his son lives in a big city, driving luxury cars and living in a mansion?" Xu Qing's inexplicable grievances puzzled Xia Wei.

Xia Wei said, "But Mom, Zhou Ziyang earned all of this through his own hard work! Mom, we've always been with Uncle Zhou, and he's been good to us. On the contrary, Zhou Ziyang has always lived a hard life with his mother."

"What kind of hardship?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Qing felt it was an absolute joke.

What's even funnier is that Xu Qing actually believed it. She now feels that not only Zhou Guowei is faking it, but his whole family is faking it. She even suspects that Zhou Guowei is faking his divorce from his wife in order to transfer all the money to his son.

Now Xu Qingquan understood. She told Xia Wei, "We've all been fooled by your Uncle Zhou!"

From Xu Qing's perspective, she must have felt wronged. She felt that she had been with Zhou Guowei for five years and had worked hard without complaint. She never complained about serving tea, pouring water, washing clothes, and so on. Sometimes she even had to wash Zhou Guowei's smelly socks.

What is she after?
What she wanted was for Zhou Guowei to give her a proper status in the future, so that Xia Wei would no longer be from a single-parent family, but would be the daughter of a prosecutor.

But now?
Zhou Guowei not only can't give her these things, but he might also go to jail for embezzlement. It's like his whole family has dug a pit of fire for her to jump into!

Xu Qing had no one else to confide in at the moment, so she simply poured out all her grievances to Xia Wei.

Xia Wei found it unbelievable after hearing it.

"Mom, do you mean that Zhou Ziyang's money was all embezzled by Uncle Zhou?" Xia Wei asked, somewhat incredulous.

"What else? Do you really think someone his age can earn that much money?"

Xu Qing sneered, saying that she also blamed herself for being too stupid and hadn't noticed it before.

There are clearly so many unreasonable aspects.

So, Zhou Ziyang's mother deliberately made a scene in public to let everyone know that Zhou Guowei and his first wife were irreconcilable enemies, so that even if Zhou Guowei were to go to jail later, it wouldn't affect them.

Xia Wei said that shouldn't be the case.

"But Mom, Zhou Ziyang is really talented. Do you want to listen to his songs? My classmates at school all think they're great, and I heard that he sold the copyright for one of his songs for 200,000 yuan."

Regardless of what Xia Wei said, Xu Qing had her own ideas. Xu Qing said that these were all Zhou Guowei's money laundering methods. "And how do you know that this song wasn't bought by someone they specifically hired?"

"When did you hear that Zhou Ziyang could play the guitar?"

"?" Xia Wei was taken aback, and now she was starting to believe it.

But she shook her head again: "Impossible."

Xu Qing was thinking, what if this was all part of Zhou Ziyang and his son's plan?

What does it mean when Zhou Ziyang confesses his feelings to me?
This is contradictory, and Xia Wei can't understand it.

Moreover, Xia Wei remembered that Uncle Zhou had clearly said he would introduce her to Zhou Ziyang.

These things must be true, right?
"Silly boy."

Looking at her daughter, who was caught in a self-contradiction, Xu Qing simply said something with pity.

By this time, she understood everything, and at the same time, she felt somewhat resentful towards Zhou Guowei.

In Xu Qing's view, Zhou Guowei had embezzled money and then severed ties with his original wife and son, which in turn pushed her and Xia Wei into a pit of fire.

Xu Qingcai wouldn't let him have his way so easily.

Zhou Guowei, since you've been ruthless first, don't blame me.

Soon, Xu Qing came up with another plan.

"Weiwei, do you still like Zhou Ziyang?" Xu Qing asked, patting Xia Wei's head.

"I"

Xia Wei was taken aback, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

A smile involuntarily crept onto her lips as she lowered her head, blushing, and said, "Why are you bringing this up?"

Even if I still like Zhou Ziyang

"Don't you disagree too?" Xia Wei said.

Xu Qing's expression turned serious as she asked, "What if I agree?"

"You agree?"

Xia Wei's face immediately lit up with surprise, but soon, she felt sad again: "It's too late, Mom!"

"Zhou Ziyang already has a girlfriend?"

"Besides, why are you agreeing now? Didn't you keep saying you were going to oppose it before?"

Xia Wei gave a soft snort, thinking to herself, "Mom, you really do whatever comes to mind."

When Zhou Ziyang and I were in love, you didn't let us be together.

Zhou Ziyang has a girlfriend now.

What's the point of you saying all this?

What she didn't know was that times had changed. Back then, Xu Qing wanted to use Zhou Guowei as a stepping stone to send Xia Wei to a wealthy family, but now that she thought about how Zhou Guowei had embezzled 20 million yuan for his son, it was only a matter of time before he went to jail.

She was still thinking of dragging herself and her daughter down.

Since that's the case, she might as well bring Zhou Ziyang and Xia Wei together herself.

Now she actually thinks highly of Zhou Ziyang.

After all, he has 20 million yuan in hand, and also owns a car and a house in Nanjing.

"Oh right, you told me Ziyang bought a house in Jinling," Xu Qing asked suddenly, the more she thought about it, the more satisfied she became with Zhou Ziyang.

I used to think that Zhou Ziyang, with a mother who was prone to anger, probably didn't have much of a future.

Now, when I think of Zhou Ziyang again, he seems mature and steady. He was chatting and laughing during dinner just now, which clearly shows that he is a boy who has received systematic education and has a good family upbringing.

The fact that he kept a low profile during high school shows that this boy is very shrewd and calculating.

More importantly, he also studied at Jinling University.

Rather than letting other girls have it cheap.

It would be better to give it to my own daughter.

If Zhou Guowei knew that his son, whom he had painstakingly raised, had ultimately fallen into his daughter's clutches, he would probably feel a sense of satisfaction.

Figure this out.

Xu Qing's eyes hardened.

She said, "So what if you have a girlfriend? Are you that insecure about yourself?"

“I,” Xia Wei said, but what she meant was that she was confident.

But if it weren't for you back then, we would have been together long ago.

But Xu Qing didn't care about all that. She said, "Don't worry about whether he has a girlfriend now, but don't forget that Zhou Ziyang's first love was you. You are Zhou Ziyang's first love."

"These boys never forget their first crush, so you have an advantage. Maybe that girl is just a substitute for you!"

"Really? Mom, you think so too? Actually, I think so too!" Xia Wei was happy to hear this.

Said quickly.

Xu Qing nodded, indicating that anyone with eyes could see it.

"She claims to be from the capital, but she doesn't look that great to me. She's not even as pretty as my Weiwei," Xu Qing said.

"Forehead,"

Xia Wei suddenly remembered that in her mother's eyes, Lin Siyao still seemed to be Zhou Ziyang's girlfriend.

Xia Wei wanted to explain.

But Xu Qing took Xia Wei's hand very seriously and said, "Baby, you have to believe in Mom!"

"It was my fault for separating you and Ziyang before."

"But next, Mom will definitely help you win Zhou Ziyang back!"

"Do you trust your mother?"

Xu Qing spoke with a serious expression.

Xia Wei originally wanted to tell Lin Siyao about this.

But then I thought, if I confess now, wouldn't that just let her know that I'm lying to her?

Instead of doing that, I'd rather see how my mother helps me pursue Zhou Ziyang.

"really?"

"of course."

Xu Qing had a mysterious confidence. She always felt that Zhou Ziyang and Xia Wei were in love with each other, and that Zhou Ziyang was forced to choose someone else only because of her.

Now, as long as I don't object.

I believe Zhou Ziyang will still choose his daughter.

after all.

Xia Wei is so outstanding.

Xu Qing looked at her daughter and thought to herself.

Xia Wei looked at her mother with great joy. At least from now on, her mother would no longer object to her being with Zhou Ziyang.

"Mom! Let's not talk about this anymore. You must be tired after a long day of driving. How about we take a shower and go to sleep? I haven't slept with you in so long."

After resolving the only conflict between the mother and daughter, they immediately made up.

Xia Wei has become that sweet and obedient good daughter again.

Xu Qing also became a kind and understanding mother.

Xu Qing smiled and said, "Okay!"
"Let's go take a shower first. This is my first time staying in such a high-class hotel, so I should enjoy it."

"Uh-huh!"

So the two of them went to the bathroom together to take a shower, and even took a bubble bath.

This five-star hotel is really something else; it even has a 1.8-meter-long bathtub, just big enough for the mother and daughter to soak in.

Xia Wei and Xu Qing have similar figures, but Xu Qing is older and her development is better than her daughter's.

Xia Wei, because she hasn't been "developed" (i.e., her skin is whiter, younger, and thinner), appears more delicate.

The two took a bath together and then dried each other's hair.

Because she had made up her mind to hand her daughter over to Zhou Ziyang, Xu Qing's opinion of Zhou Ziyang changed. She now felt at ease enjoying the room that Zhou Ziyang had booked for her, and even praised him.

"I must say, the hotel that Ziyang brought us to is indeed quite good in terms of service and facilities."

"Of course!" Xia Wei was pleased with herself because her mother praised Zhou Ziyang.

After taking a shower, the two changed into their pajamas and lay down on the big bed.

Xia Wei lay in her mother's arms and said that she actually didn't have much confidence.

"Mom, I feel that Zhou Ziyang's current girlfriend is much better off than me."

"He might not actually choose me."

Xu Qing told her not to overthink it.

"If you just do as I say, you two will definitely be together, believe me."

While helping her daughter comb her hair, Xu Qing had her own plans in mind.

The issue between Zhou Ziyang and his daughter is nothing more than Lin Siyao from Beijing.

Then wouldn't it be enough if I just helped Lin Siyao get rid of her?

Thinking this through, Xu Qing asked her daughter a few more questions about Lin Siyao.

When Xia Wei answered these questions, she was actually a little hesitant.

Unfortunately, Xu Qing didn't realize it.

She held her daughter in her arms on the bed and fell asleep without realizing it.

At eight o'clock the next morning.

Xia Wei hurriedly got up and packed her things.

Today is September 30th, the last day of September.

The school holds an English placement test at 9:30 a.m.

Therefore, Xia Wei needs to be back at school before nine o'clock.

After packing her things, she said to Xu Qing, "Mom, why don't you sleep a little longer here? Zhou Ziyang told me that the hotel allows late check-out until 2 PM, so there's no rush."

"Fine, I'll go to school with you."

"No need, Mom. Even if you come to school with me, you won't know where we'll go. You might as well stay here and rest. I'll come find you after my exams."

“Ziyang’s house is near the school, I’ll go there in a bit and have a look around,” Xu Qing said.

(End of this chapter)