Chapter 226 - 225: Going Home (Part 1)
Gu Xiaoqing first went to the stock exchange to open an account.
She was already eighteen, holding her ID card, able to possess all the rights of an adult.
She transferred two hundred thousand into the account from another of her accounts.
Gu Xiaoqing decided to use this two hundred thousand to test her skills, hoping to achieve good returns under the guidance of her golden touch.
The extra money, Gu Xiaoqing did not intend to use, as the rest was Gu Xiaoqing’s savings for buying a house.
Investing in a house is definitely a surefire way to make a profit.
Because of Gu Xiaoqing’s different choices, she almost took all the courses related to stock, securities, futures, and other commercial investments.
This time, Gu Xiaoqing still found time to be insufficient.
Gu Xiaoqing herself didn’t quite understand why she was working so hard.
Looking at her classmates around her, they were all enjoying their wonderful university days, leisurely dressing up, no longer studying hard with resentment like in high school.
Some people were even falling in love, and dating in college didn’t seem as egregious as in high school, at least people were more tolerant.
This tolerance was because the study pressure was no longer that unbearable at this time.
But Gu Xiaoqing was still like an ascetic, running between the canteen, library, and classroom, even Wu Mei and Liu Qi from the medical school who lived in the same dormitory couldn’t understand why Gu Xiaoqing was doing it.
As a medical student, there was no choice but to study hard, as medical school was known as the field in college where time was almost nonexistent, requiring more effort to grow.
But the Finance Department didn’t seem that intense, right?
In everyone’s puzzled gazes.
A semester just passed like that.
Once again facing the arrival of the Spring Festival winter break.
This time, Gu Xiaoqing bought a sleeper ticket for the train, not because she didn’t want to be special, but because the school bought the tickets uniformly.
She couldn’t be special, you know.
Of course, in the same train carriage were He Yan and Guo Donghua, the three of them were from the same place, so naturally, the tickets were bought together.
The logistics teacher who bought the tickets didn’t think they needed to be separated.
Thus, the train became Gu Xiaoqing’s most difficult time to endure.
When boarding the train, Gu Xiaoqing didn’t bring a lot of luggage, only a simple backpack with a change of clothes, after all, these clothes would be worn again next year.
She didn’t bring a suitcase.
Before getting on the train, Gu Xiaoqing bought some fruits and food, as it would be a thirty-something hour train ride, even with a sleeper, you needed to eat.
The fruits were apples and pears, and for food, Gu Xiaoqing bought some bread and tea eggs.
Haha, at this time, there weren’t any bowl-packed instant noodles by Master Kong, no sausages, or eight-treasure porridge, so these were already quite luxurious items.
The three were in the same carriage, occupying adjacent bunks.
Gu Xiaoqing and Guo Donghua were on the lower bunks, only He Yan was on the middle bunk.
Gu Xiaoqing put her backpack down beside her pillow, with her ID and wallet inside, as there were quite a few thieves on trains at this time, and Gu Xiaoqing didn’t want to suffer any losses.
She put the food on the table.
Guo Donghua, on the opposite lower bunk, had a frown and a somewhat disdainful expression.
But still tossed her backpack aside and sat down to sort things out.
He Yan looked at the middle bunk and had a hint of grievance in her eyes, how could the school be so discriminatory.
Out of the three, her family’s situation was the poorest, and yet her bunk was the worst, wasn’t that a bit bullying?
Rolling her eyes, she looked piteously at Gu Xiaoqing and said, "You don’t know how unlucky I was yesterday, just when I was about to go home, I fell at the dorm door and twisted my waist, when I woke up today, my whole waist was stiff, and it hurts terribly with the slightest movement."
Then, grimacing in pain, she slowly took the backpack off her shoulder, putting the suitcase at her side.
That was clearly meant for Gu Xiaoqing to hear.
Guo Donghua’s demeanor spoke for itself, and He Yan knew that this person wouldn’t read between the lines; if you dared to provoke her, it wouldn’t be surprising if she snapped back at you.
But despite Gu Xiaoqing’s wealthy family background, over the past three years Gu Xiaoqing hadn’t achieved anything significant, not to the point where people would grind their teeth with envy, and many times, He Yan could see how Gu Xiaoqing took care of her good friend He Min, always yielding when He Min acted coyly.
So instinctively, she directed this topic towards Gu Xiaoqing.
Hoping Gu Xiaoqing would switch places in the spirit of camaraderie.
Isn’t that the expected thing to do?
He Yan had this all planned out.
Yet, Gu Xiaoqing, after packing her things without a glance at He Yan, only looked at her after she had finished, seeing He Yan still standing in the corridor with an aggrieved look, her eyes shining pitifully as she gazed at her.
Gu Xiaoqing didn’t get what was wrong with her.
Asking in confusion, "Aren’t you going to hurry up? Once the people crowd in, there will be no place for the luggage."
Still wondering why this person was looking at her like that.
Then she sat down, pulling out a walkman to start listening to English songs.
At this time, the best thing was probably the walkman.
It was already a popular thing.
Gu Xiaoqing bought one specifically to learn English, not to flaunt her family’s wealth, but because it was a necessity.
He Yan pursed her lips, feeling resentful, wondering how Gu Xiaoqing could be so oblivious.
Hadn’t she noticed she needed help, or hadn’t she heard what she said?
Seeing Gu Xiaoqing about to go about her business, ignoring her, He Yan put on a pitiful face and said to Gu Xiaoqing, "Xiaoqing, swap places with me, will you? My waist hurts too much to climb up."
That pitiful expression immediately drew sympathy from two male students in the corridor.
"Classmate, do you need your suitcase placed up there? Let me help you."
One of the male students bravely took the suitcase and placed it up for her, then looked at Gu Xiaoqing righteously.
The implication was probably that he was waiting for Gu Xiaoqing to make way for He Yan.
Gu Xiaoqing pointed to her own foot, saying, "I twisted my ankle when I got on the train just now, I’m afraid I can’t get up there."
She wasn’t stupid, ignored He Yan initially hoping she would back off, but this person really said it out loud, thinking that Gu Xiaoqing would back down due to face and let her have it?
Unfortunately, Gu Xiaoqing wasn’t willing to be taken advantage of.
All the way here, Gu Xiaoqing didn’t see a sign of He Yan being in pain, carrying that big backpack, pulling a suitcase, boldly squeezing through the crowd to board, like a one-man army.
And now she claimed to be in pain.
Too late. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to recommend it, and cast monthly tickets on Qidian.com, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read on m.qidian.com.)