She Only Cares About Cultivation-Chapter 620: 【614】Orphan’s Counterattack 83 (2nd Update)

"Getting herself into such a passive position on the first day of school, Zhou Yiyi really had no choice," she hadn’t even had the chance to brag to Zhou Mo about the ten thousand yuan she had earned.

Now, she had a total of sixteen thousand yuan in savings, and this semester she would also receive last semester’s scholarship. Wouldn’t it be at least five thousand yuan?

She planned to take the Level 6 English exam in May. Besides that, she was also going to compete in those two calligraphy competitions she had participated in during high school. She was confident that she would perform even better this year. With the prize money from these two competitions, she would have enough to redecorate her new apartment.

Due to her injury, she could only ask to take a week off from the coaching institute. After a week, she was sure she would be jumping around again.

Zhou Yiyi had never thought she was so famous, but Qiao Shan hit her with the reality. "You’re wrong, it’s not that you are famous, it’s Zhou Mo who is really famous."

Zou Wenqing nodded in agreement, "Yes, yes! He’s the most envied person in the Physics Department. Professors take him everywhere, and during the winter break, they even give him special tutoring sessions. Despite being from the Computer Department, he mingles and performs even better than those in the Physics Department. Don’t you think that would make them feel threatened?"

Yu Wenya sighed deeply, "It really is true that comparisons can drive you crazy! I’m already scratching my head over my own major, and your man is excelling in two majors. It seems like he’s going to be the top candidate for the full scholarship again this year."

"Come on, can you not be so cheesy?" Zhou Yiyi blushed and glared at her roommate, while Qiao Shan was burning with jealousy.

"How come you have such a good eye for potential? You spotted him the moment you saw him?"

"What if I told you that this stock came knocking on my door, would you all beat me up?"

Zou Wenqing scoffed with a cold laugh, "We wouldn’t beat you up, but we’d definitely give you a hard time."

Who knew, in the next second Zou Wenqing’s tone became flattering, "Hey, about that guy from the Architecture Department who got into a mess with you this year?"

"You mean Ding Yi?" Zou Wenqing suddenly realized, "So his name is Ding Yi? "

Zhou Yiyi instantly understood, "Oh? Are you interested in him?"

Zou Wenqing, standing tall at 1.7 meters with pride, seemed a bit taller in an instant. "Hmm, maybe just a little bit. Could you maybe ask for me?"

"Your taste isn’t bad. Ding Yi is very responsible and no doubt has a good character. But I think if you really want to know him better, you should find out more about him from different sources."

So to satisfy her roommate’s personal interest, at 7 AM Guan Heng and Ding Yi were already waiting in the cafeteria. Zhou Yiyi handed her meal card to her roommates to order whatever they wanted, while Zhou Mo would take care of their part, and they didn’t hesitate to do so.

Having the chance to eat together provided more opportunities to get to know each other. With that said, during the meal, they found out that Ding Yi didn’t have a girlfriend yet, opening a chance for Zou Wenqing.

But she wasn’t a matchmaker, and matters of the heart required mutual interest. She was merely helping her roommate create the opportunity to share a meal together. Anything beyond that, they would have to figure out themselves.

Because Zhou Mo’s winter break classes weren’t finished yet, even though the semester had just started, he was still extremely busy. Consequently, Ding Yi and Guan Heng were running around a bit more frequently. No one expected that the usually reticent Yu Wenya would take an interest in Guan Heng at this time. However, Guan Heng’s eyes were only for Qiao Shan, and thus a different fate unfolded. It was only at the reunion years later that she accidentally learned about this. At that time, Yu Wenya still felt very insecure and had never revealed her feelings, not even to her friends.

Since her roommates were always around, Zhou Mo was reassured and left her in the care of Guan Heng and Ding Yi. A week later, her ankle was almost healed, but for safety, they continued to accompany her for another three or four days. After ten days, her ankle completely healed.

By then, Ding Yi and Zou Wenqing had got to know each other well, even exchanging phone numbers. She didn’t inquire about it much after that.

During the day, she was busy juggling her studies, and at night, she would write in her space.

Using the pen name Yimo, her novel had reached the contract standard. Once the contract was mailed, it could be scheduled for promotion. Her work, "Travelling to the 1990s as a Cook," felt like it had just happened a moment ago for people in 2005.

Yet, she infused her writing with historical details and predicted many things. So, while writing, she would add some fantasy elements to make the story more interesting and not just a serious drama but something with a free-spirited vibe.

This way, even if it matched up with reality one day, no one could cite it as some prophetic work.

That was also the biggest difference between people in 2005 and future generations in how they consumed web novels. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

However, her book wasn’t very popular yet, perhaps because it hadn’t been promoted. The comments and click-through rates weren’t high.

At least until 2010, most people still preferred reading novels on computers. From her current perspective, she still had five years to polish her skills. After 10 years, the era of 3G would arrive, and people would start shifting towards reading on their phones.

Suddenly it was May 2005, Zhou Yiyi first took the Level 6 English exam, then traveled back and forth to Shanghai for the re-exam. She also smoothly passed the Beijing re-exam, and the final was scheduled for the end of June.

Nowadays, Zhou Yiyi had to leave home three or four times a week to teach classes. Since school had started, she was teaching children, maintaining a rate of two hundred yuan per class. Over the semester, that would be nine thousand yuan. Including her scholarship of seven thousand yuan this semester, plus the previously saved sixteen thousand, she was about thirty-two thousand yuan in total. After deducting living expenses, she would have about thirty thousand yuan left.

After the final exams of her sophomore year, she immediately rushed to Shanghai to participate in the final competition. The round trip and the hustle kept her busy for five days. Once back, she also had to manage the Beijing competition, which took another three days.

Lin Mu went to Huairou during the summer break, Zhou Mo spent his time in the physics laboratory, and Zhou Yiyi was busy teaching. Each of them was occupied with their own lives.

Whenever Zhou Mo had a day off, Yiyi would join him for a date. They would watch a movie or stroll around, and just like that, the day would pass.

Zhou Yiyi, born on February 26, 1987, had never celebrated her birthday with Zhou Mo before. This year, as she turned eighteen, he planned to make it up to her.

He dragged her to Wangfujing wanting to buy her a present. Coincidentally, they ran into a gold shop holding a promotion event. If a man could stick carry his girlfriend in a princess carry for thirty minutes, he could go into the store and choose any accessory, getting a discount of five thousand yuan off the original price.

"Thirty minutes? You’ve got to be kidding; even ten minutes seems impressive. Let’s go, let’s go; it seems like a gimmick," joked Zhou Mo.

Unexpectedly, instead of leaving, he grabbed her hand, "Why leave? Let’s give it a try."

Zhou Yiyi turned around, her face full of surprise: "Zhou Mo, that’s half an hour!"