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If we were to name the student most eagerly anticipating entering university through the college entrance examination, it would undoubtedly be Zhao Changling.

Who told him to be the worst student in his past life? The feeling of soaring from the abyss to the peak is just too suffocating.

As soon as Zhao Changling came out of the station, he saw the pick-up point for Jiangnan University.

The welcome banners at Jiangnan University's pick-up point were significantly larger than those at other universities. On top of the banners at Jiangnan University's pick-up point, an even larger banner was added: "Warmly celebrate the top scorer in the Jiangnan Province college entrance examination coming from our school."

Perhaps this is what they mean by "a ruthless person can say even harsher things"?

However, in stark contrast to the menacing slogan, there was only one thin boy standing alone at the pick-up point.

Zhao Changling, pulling his suitcase, looked up to confirm the school's name, a little puzzled.

"Excuse me, is this the pick-up area for Jiangnan University?"

The thin boy was quite enthusiastic. "Yes, classmate, my name is Hu Wenyuan. May I ask your name?"

"My name is Zhao Changling!" Zhao Changling said casually.

"Holy crap! The top scholar has arrived! Senior brother, I've finally seen a living person!"

Hu Wenyuan warmly came over to help take the suitcase and moved a stool over.

"Junior brother, quickly sit down and rest for a bit. When someone comes, I'll take you back to school."

Zhao Changling sat down, somewhat puzzled. "Why did our school send only you to pick us up?"

Hu Wenyuan had just sighed when, before he could even speak, a male student at the Communication University of China's pick-up point nearby began to complain indignantly.

"How could we only send one person to pick someone up? Five people from our school came, and now I'm the only one left. Jiangnan University, you've really outdone yourselves this year."

Looks like there's a story here! Zhao Changling was a little curious. "Dude! What's going on?"

Hu Wenyuan sighed. "Before you, our school received a new student named Liu Zihao..."

"Then our three senior students, plus four senior students from the School of Media Studies, took that freshman back to school together..."

Holy crap! Liu Zihao went too far.

"What does our school's freshmen have to do with the School of Media and Communication?"

Zhao Changling looked at the male student from the School of Media Studies next to her, who looked utterly hopeless.

"The beautiful girls from the School of Media Studies said that in order to enhance the friendship between the two schools..."

Hu Wenyuan continued helplessly, "According to that guy, there's also their media school beauty inside."

Zhao Changling was speechless. Was Liu Zihao enrolling as a freshman or was the Japanese invading a village?

Fortunately, it didn't take long before two more male students from the school arrived to pick up their children, which freed Hu Wenyuan up so he could take Zhao Changling to school.

Hu Wenyuan was quite generous; he escorted him directly to the dormitory entrance before saying goodbye.

Pushing open the door, I saw Zheng Jinxin sitting alone by the window playing games.

"Hey! Have you all caught Jiang Da's influence? You're all going to see the Casanova, and nobody's paying attention to the top scorer in the college entrance exam anymore?"

Zhao Changling pretended to be a little dissatisfied, but mostly greeted him with a bit of boasting.

"You got in through the college entrance exam?" Zheng Jinxin asked knowingly, feigning surprise in response.

Zhao Changling was a little confused! What's going on? Don't you have to take the college entrance exam to get into university?

"You didn't take the college entrance exam? You got in through connections?"

Zhao Jinxin casually remarked, "I got in through the Physics Olympiad, Liu Zihao through the Mathematics Olympiad, and if nothing unexpected happens, Chen Hongjun should have gotten in through the Chemistry Olympiad."

Zhao Changling felt terrible. It turned out that when he was the first one to be questioned, these guys had already conspired to get him into university without having to take the college entrance exam.

Even the top scorer in the college entrance examination, which I worked so hard to achieve, is no longer sought after.

"You guys are so unfair! By the way, where's Liu Zihao? And Chen Hongjun?"

"Stop talking! Liu Zihao, that landlubber, is teaching some girls from the dance class to swim at the swimming pool."

Zheng Jinxin also said somewhat indignantly, it seems that Liu Zihao has indeed angered many people.

"As for the Red Army, they might arrive later."

Zheng Jinxin originally wanted to say that Chen Hongjun might be dead, but then thought better of it and decided to keep quiet, just in case.

"Comparison is the thief of joy," Zhao Changling suddenly thought of something.

"By the way, we agreed that you'd be our cash cow. We need to treat you to something nice tonight."

Zheng Jinxin's face turned awkward. "Well, let's talk about it when we meet."

......

At the school swimming pool, Liu Zihao was teaching several female students from the dance class how to swim.

It goes without saying that the dance class is full of long-legged girls. Pairs of long, fair legs were splashing water in front of Liu Zihao, dazzling to the eye.

"Hey! Kid! These girls you teach swimming are all competitors in the school swimming competitions. They're just trying to pick you up, right? New students, aren't they?"

Liu Zihao was having a great time when a rather unfriendly voice drifted over from the poolside.

These words made the senior female students in the dance class a little embarrassed; needless to say, the truth had been exposed.

However, Liu Zihao was not grateful for the reminder at all; he disliked girls speaking in that tone.

He looked up at the girl who had spoken, clearly annoyed.

It has to be said, this girl has both a great figure and stunning looks.

Her looks alone put those female students in dance class to shame.

But who is Liu Zihao? He won't indulge you just because you're pretty. He twisted his little neck.

"What's wrong? It's too hot, so I just wanted to take a bath here. Is that any of your business?"

After saying that, he ignored the beautiful girl and turned to the female students who hadn't dared to speak further.

"Fine! You're taking advantage of my inability to swim and deliberately messing with me. No way, none of you are leaving until you teach me how to swim."

To be honest, he's not a very good swimmer. When he was teaching those female students earlier, he was just talking about theory.

Watching the group of female seniors start enthusiastically teaching Liu Zihao how to swim, the beautiful girl who had tried to help but was turned away was speechless with anger as she stood by the pool.

A girl next to her advised, "Sister Luo, don't lower yourself to the level of this young chick. He doesn't appreciate kindness; he'll suffer the consequences later."

The woman surnamed Luo seemed to be talking to herself, "I think this kid talks in a very unusual way; he's quite unique."

After saying that, he didn't linger and shook his head before leaving.

......

"Hey! Senior, I told you two to hold onto your legs, stop rubbing against each other!"

Liu Zihao, who was practicing breaststroke, had to give a reminder.

These female students were really too restless; they openly started touching his legs.

He was afraid of embarrassing himself if he discovered his symptoms.

Liu Zihao swam all afternoon but still couldn't learn how. He made an appointment to learn next time and then prepared to go home.

Several female senior students weren't about to let him off the hook, and they all wanted to treat him to a meal, ostensibly to welcome the new student.

Liu Zihao was a very mature man at this time.

"I've never let a woman pay for a meal before. What's the difference between that and being a kept man?..."

"I've been busy these past few days. Several buddies are planning a get-together, I'll treat you guys in a couple of days..."

After saying that, he left without looking back.

......

Liu Zihao returned home in the evening, almost right around dinnertime.

"Ah Xin! What's for dinner tonight? I turned down several dinner invitations from beautiful ladies,"

Zheng Jinxin glared at him and replied, "My money is reserved for stock trading; you can't touch that."

"So, you've earned your million?" Liu Zihao's eyes gleamed with greed.

Zheng Jinxin said weakly and ashamedly, "There was a slight accident, I didn't earn it."

"Ah! What's going on?" Zhao Changling and Liu Zihao exclaimed at the same time.

Zheng Jinxin recounted his experiences to the two of them in detail.

Upon hearing that there was still 300,000 yuan left, at least a glimmer of hope remained, and the three of them unanimously thought of Chen Hongjun.

Of the four brothers, only Chen Hongjun knew anything about stocks. The next step in their discussion was to have Chen Hongjun continue trading stocks.

Because Chen Hongjun's father had traded stocks, he often heard his father talk about some great stocks he had missed.

Stock market investors often have this habit: they once had a chance to make a lot of money but missed it, and they will bring it up countless times when they are excited about it later.

So, after Zheng Jinxin and his friends were about to go to university, they shared some of the top-performing stocks that Chen Hongjun knew about.

Considering the overall market index, there should be some chance of making money.

Realizing this, the three of them were practically shouting to the mountains: "Chen Hongjun! Where are you?"

If Chen Hongjun doesn't return, they might starve for the rest of their lives.

Because their plan didn't include any other ways to make money.

Everyone wants to make up for the regrets of their past life, and as for not being able to make money in the end, they all think it's impossible.

After screaming in their hearts for a long time, the rumbling of their stomachs brought the three of them back to reality.

"Let's go eat in the cafeteria." Zhao Changling took out his meal card.

"No! We can't eat in the cafeteria."

To Zhao Changling and Zheng Jinxin's surprise, Liu Zihao immediately expressed his opposition.

What kind of trouble is Liu Zihao going to cause? You know, the first time they met in their previous life was when they were eating instant noodles together in the dormitory.

It was because of this "shared affection" that the four of them came together.

Now that we can eat in the cafeteria, it's much better than in the previous life. What else does Liu Zihao want?

The two of them stared intently at Liu Zihao.

Liu Zihao said awkwardly, "A few senior girls invited me to dinner earlier, and I told them it was a get-together with my brothers. If we eat in the cafeteria and they see us, wouldn't it make me look like I lied?"

"Is that all?" Zhao Changling was both amused and annoyed.

"Our school must have at least 8,000,000, if not 10,000? How could you possibly run into someone like that while having a meal? Did you go out with a lightbulb on your forehead?"

Liu Zihao: "There were seven or eight female senior students, and many other beautiful girls around heard it."

Zheng Jinxin waved his hand hastily to stop him. "Stop, stop, stop, I think I understand now, you're just showing off here."

"You didn't manage to snag all the beauties at Jiangda University, did you? Oh well, it's just going out to eat, no problem. Just so you know, I'm broke, I haven't even bought a phone yet."

"Ah!" Zhao Changling's mouth dropped open. "You don't have any money either? You're supposed to be a god of wealth, this shouldn't be happening."

Just as Zheng Jinxin was about to explain, Liu Zihao realized something was wrong.

"Zhao Changling, what did you just say? You're not broke either, are you?"

Zhao Changling: "You all know my family situation. This time, when my family gave me money, I didn't dare to ask for more than 2000 yuan."

"After paying tuition and miscellaneous fees, I topped up 200 yuan for meals. Oh, and I also topped up 100 yuan for phone credit. Now I only have a little over 30 yuan left in my pocket."

Liu Zihao quit.

"Impossible! What's wrong with your phone? I saw this phone at the phone store today, it cost over four thousand, and I couldn't bring myself to buy it."

Zhao Changling: "So expensive? I really didn't know it was so expensive. This phone was a gift from my brother-in-law; I couldn't afford it."

No money at all? Liu Zihao was dumbfounded.

The two wouldn't let him off the hook. Zheng Jinxin said, "Ah Hao! Don't be so stingy. We're brothers, why should we be so stingy with money? Spend yours today, and I'll have money tomorrow."

Liu Zihao lowered his head: "I...I used my money to buy a phone."

"Buying a phone?" Zheng Jinxin tilted his head. "You went to buy a phone right after school started?"

"Yeah! I hadn't even gotten to school today when several upperclassmen asked for my phone number. I told them I hadn't bought it yet, and they offered to take me to buy it."

Liu Zihao took out his phone. "Look, this cost 3,800 yuan. The phone card and call credit were 500 yuan, and the swimming card was 300 yuan. I only have a little over 50 yuan left in my pocket now."

"You're quite the busybody," Zheng Jinxin said, taking a look and getting even angrier.

"You're still buying from South Korea? Don't you hate South Korea the most?"

"Three stars? If it were five stars, wouldn't you have to spend five thousand?"

"You've spent so much on phone credit, are you just chatting on the phone with pretty girls every day? What's even more infuriating is that you haven't even gotten a meal card."

Liu Zihao: "These days, you even get charged for receiving calls, and there's no one-way billing yet. I was just hoping to have you as my cash cow! Besides..."

Liu Zihao chuckled and said, "Your family's situation isn't like Zhao Changling's. You should squeeze out some money first, since you haven't bought a cell phone yet."

"I've squeezed out all the profits, didn't you see what's new in the dorm?"

Zheng Jinxin smugly gestured towards the computer on the table. In his previous life, they couldn't afford computers when they went to school, so they went to internet cafes to use the internet.

"Computer!!" Liu Zihao's eyes lit up, and he rushed to the computer.

"I'm logging onto and off QQ now; several pretty girls wanted to add me. Why didn't I see your computer when I left? Were you secretly playing on it?"

"You have the nerve to say that? I installed the computer as soon as I got to school. All you see when you arrive is pretty girls, why would you notice this?" Zheng Jinxin said, pursing his lips.

"Wow! One, two, three, hoho! Six beauties added at once, I'm rich. Hmm? Why does this beauty's username match mine so well?"

Liu Zihao chatted as he added netizens.

Zheng Jinxin leaned over to take a look and saw that Liu Zihao's online name was "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing," and he was about to have a conversation with someone named "Sheep in Wolf's Clothing."

"It's obviously a name that was changed recently. What a coincidence."

Zheng Jinxin chuckled and said with great experience, "Hmph! The usernames are all reversed, it's really hard to say who the wolf and who the sheep are."

Liu Zihao ignored what Zheng Jinxin said; he was chatting with the beautiful woman. "Beautiful lady! Who are you?"

A sheep in wolf's clothing: "You've forgotten me so quickly? You promised to treat me to dinner tomorrow. (Feeling wronged)"

The wolf in sheep's clothing: "Don't worry, I'll treat you to a big meal tomorrow. What are you doing now, beautiful lady? (Cool expression)"

A sheep in wolf's clothing: "I'm eating a steamed bun in the cafeteria right now, what about you? (Pitiful expression)"

"Are you going to eat or not? It's so late and you're still chasing after pretty girls?" Zheng Jinxin was so angry that he almost turned off the computer.

"I'll be right down, I'll just say hello and come down," Liu Zihao quickly left a message.

A wolf in sheep's clothing: "I'm eating out now, I'll talk to you later, see you tomorrow. (smiling emoji)"

.......

In another girls' dormitory, a pretty girl stared at her computer screen as she looked at the message she received, and said angrily, "That big liar, does he think his phone can access the internet? Still eating out? He's probably eating instant noodles in the dorm."

This was an oversight by Liu Zihao; he forgot that smartphones didn't exist yet.

Having been used to using QQ on my phone in the past, I didn't consider this vulnerability due to my habitual thinking.

"Aren't you the same? Sitting in the dorm eating steamed buns in the cafeteria, are you going to eat or not? If you don't leave, I'm going to go eat."

The girl's companion urged her on.

"Yingzi, whose side are you taking? Aren't you still our best friends? You didn't see it today, but I've never seen such a handsome guy before. Goodness, his thighs are so white." A beautiful woman grinned maliciously.

"You fujoshi, being handsome won't put food on the table. Being capable is what matters most. By the way, did you hear? This year's top scorer in our province's college entrance exam came from our school."

"Being a top scorer in the college entrance exam doesn't put food on the table. I'm happy today, and someone will treat me to dinner tomorrow. So today, I'll treat you to some skewers."

The girl shut down her computer and started packing her things.

"Yay! Reiko, I love you the way you are!"

The girl named Ying excitedly threw down the rice bowl she was about to use to get her food.

......

Over there, Liu Zihao, who had logged off QQ, looked at the two brothers with a troubled expression.

"Um, how much money do you two have combined?"

Zhao Changling readily emptied his pockets. "I have 36 yuan in total. I won't take the small change. I don't care anymore. Anyway, I've been eating with you guys throughout my university years. If anyone dares to let me go hungry, I'll get up in the middle of the night and gnaw on their thigh."

Zheng Jinxin didn't take out any money; he just looked at Liu Zihao.

"I don't have more than a hundred yuan on me, but I have to go to the coin market tomorrow to sell these few bills. I'm saving this money specifically for taxi fares."

"Ah Hao, let's not go out to eat today. We'll have money tomorrow, so how about I treat you?"

Li Zihao shook his head anxiously, "No way, the girl I turned down from the dinner party is eating steamed buns in the cafeteria right now. It would be so inappropriate to run into her. Let's pool our money and go out for a meal instead."

Zheng Jinxin: "If we go out for a meal and have some drinks, I'm worried that this amount of money won't be enough to cover the expenses."

Zhao Changling, listening to their rambling, curled his lip in disapproval.

"With Boss Chen gone for a day, nothing can be settled."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Jinxin also recalled a similar incident.

"Is Boss Chen still not here so late? Could he have kicked the bucket?"

Zhao Changling was taken aback, but before he could speak, Liu Zihao snorted.

"There's no such thing as a free lunch. If the fairy's affairs aren't handled properly, even if he dies several times, the fairy will still have to drag him back to life."

"You don't need to worry about him not being able to come. I suspect he had some problems with his college entrance exams and might not have gotten into our university. Let's just wait for him to come and find us. We did agree to meet up at Jiang University."

"Oh! That's true," the two nodded in agreement.

While the two remained silent, Liu Zihao had a sudden idea.

"How about this, let's skip the restaurants tonight and just find a night market, have some late-night beer, it won't cost much."

"I still have a little over a hundred here, together we should have enough..."

"Ah Xin! I promise, if I don't have enough money for a taxi tomorrow, I can borrow a few bicycles from those senior girls."

Seeing that Liu Zihao had no choice but to eat out, Zheng Jinxin took out the eighty-odd yuan he had on him.

"Take it, but remember to leave some for me!"

As for hiding in the dormitory and eating instant noodles, none of them even considered it.

In their previous life, they ate too much instant noodles; the smell alone was enough to make them want to vomit.