Rebirth: She is Ready for a Counterattack!-Chapter 425 - 424: Getting Along Harmoniously

Gu Xiaoqing smiled and said to Ye Mingyue, "If I have any questions about the exams, I’d like to ask you for help."

"Don’t worry about it, I guarantee there won’t be any problems."

Ye Mingyue patted her chest and readily agreed.

From then on, Gu Xiaoqing studied day and night; first of all, she needed to focus on learning English seriously. Because this time, not only vocabulary and listening will be tested but also writing is mainly required.

Gu Xiaoqing needed to get used to this form of essay writing.

As for other procedures, Gu Xiaoqing had asked Xiao Wu to help her handle them. Things like certificates and recommendation letters were too easy to get.

Including all the expenses Gu Xiaoqing needed, he had it all covered. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

However, Gu Xiaoqing felt that being self-reliant was better; she hoped she could earn the rent and daily living expenses herself.

So, after working hard for a month, under Ye Mingyue’s amazed gaze, she had roughly figured out the pattern and rules of the exams and was preparing to start a small business to support her life.

During this period, Gu Xiaoqing also sent two letters home. The reason she didn’t call was that she felt a bit sad.

Indeed, anyone encountering such a situation would have some emotional fluctuations. When feeling uncomfortable, using a pen to replace speaking can be a better way of communication.

"Xiaoqing, if you had come a month and a half earlier, I think you could have taken this exam."

Ye Mingyue witnessed Gu Xiaoqing’s almost monstrous growth and sometimes thought Gu Xiaoqing wasn’t human, surely an alien or something.

"By the way, Jenny, how do you usually earn your living expenses?"

"Me? By working part-time! For example, recently I worked as a sales clerk, which not only earns money but also lets me buy any clothes I like."

Ye Mingyue worked whenever she was short on money, found a place to earn a bit, and would work continuously for a while to buy the things she liked.

"Are you also planning to find a part-time job?"

Lately, for a month, Ye Mingyue saw that Gu Xiaoqing wasn’t worried about food or drink and found it very strange. Now that Gu Xiaoqing asked this question, it seemed normal to her.

"I want to do something on my own."

Gu Xiaoqing didn’t confine herself to the house every day; she wasn’t against working part-time, but she felt that to establish herself firmly here, she needed to start something she’s good at to accumulate some initial capital.

"Do it on your own?"

Ye Mingyue was puzzled.

"By the way, aren’t you going to host a party with your classmates in a couple of days?" Gu Xiaoqing remembered Ye Mingyue mentioning hosting a birthday party in a few days.

Ye Mingyue herself had quite a few Chinese friends, as well as some foreign friends, and even some teachers maintained a good relationship with her.

Obviously, Ye Mingyue’s family seemed to be something else.

Naturally knowing that Ye Mingyue’s father was a lawyer and her mother a doctor.

Overseas, professions like doctors and lawyers are very well-regarded, as are careers like engineers.

So, it’s clear that Ye Mingyue was born into an extraordinary family.

Having many friends is naturally normal.

"Yeah, and also some of my Chinese friends from Stanford will be coming back. By then, I’ll introduce them to you!"

Ye Mingyue loved parties, often hosting gatherings every week; small parties and big parties were quite normal.

"So how are you planning to take care of the food?"

"The food? Of course, I’ll order from outside and have it delivered."

Sometimes, when Ye Mingyue was in the mood, she would make food herself, usually ending in disaster; so in the past month, the two of them mostly ate takeout, followed by bread, milk, and various jams.

"How about this, I’ll take care of the food, and you handle the decorations?"

"You’ll handle the food? You can cook?"

Ye Mingyue widened her eyes in disbelief and said, "I always thought my parents were exaggerating when they said every girl back home should know how to cook, but it’s true?! Oh, my gosh!"

"Making a fuss over nothing."

Gu Xiaoqing laughed and said, "How about it? You’ll have to go pick the ingredients with me. I’m not familiar with this area."

"No problem!"

Ye Mingyue said happily, recalling that her mother was an excellent cook, but because of her busy work schedule at the hospital, she rarely had the chance to taste her mother’s cooking skills.

She only remembered that every time there was a party at home, the neighbors would gather like hungry dogs smelling meat.

"But your studies..."

"Don’t worry, I’m confident." For someone like Gu Xiaoqing, who got into college and completed the courses early, aside from the language and some technical terms needing study, everything else wasn’t difficult.

The only thing to adapt to was the exam patterns, as there was a significant difference between here and home.

But Gu Xiaoqing had already practiced some of the questions and had almost adapted; with her strong capabilities, she wasn’t afraid of this kind of exam at all!

In the following week, Ye Mingyue finally had a chance to see Gu Xiaoqing’s cooking skills.

One day, Gu Xiaoqing went out to look for work and didn’t come back all day. As a result, Ye Mingyue ended up going hungry all day; even the bread and jam, and the takeout ordered were left untouched after one bite.

When Gu Xiaoqing returned in the evening, she found Ye Mingyue faint on the sofa from hunger and almost called the ambulance.

Since then, Ye Mingyue stuck to Gu Xiaoqing like a puppy, never going for those takeouts again.

"Xiaoqing, how about I pay the rent, and you just need to cook me one meal a day, just one meal, how about it?"

Ye Mingyue stayed beside the cutting board, looking at Gu Xiaoqing pitifully; she had long forgotten about her birthday party.

"Alright, stop pretending to be pitiful. If it wasn’t for studying before, I would have been cooking for myself anyway. With my portion, yours won’t be missing, my little pitiful one."

"Oh yeah!"

Hearing Gu Xiaoqing’s reply, Ye Mingyue jumped up happily.

After a period of living together, Gu Xiaoqing found Ye Mingyue to be quite lovable. She was coquettish, cheerful, helpful, although less skilled at laundry. But with such a person, Gu Xiaoqing felt very comfortable interacting.

She wasn’t petty and wouldn’t count how much work she did versus how much the other person didn’t do.

If one had to be calculative, Ye Mingyue not only gave Gu Xiaoqing her old exam materials free of charge but also provided her tips and even helped her with the registration process, going so far as to introduce some Columbia professors she knew well to Gu Xiaoqing.

According to the desired party style, Gu Xiaoqing included some Chinese fast food, and also learned to make classic Western desserts and dishes, though Ye Mingyue said Gu Xiaoqing’s Western steak was many times better than those ordered from outside.

Add to that Gu Xiaoqing’s homemade chili sauce, which Ye Mingyue simply couldn’t get enough of.