223: Chapter 223 Returning to Campus

"Your car is so small. Why does it only have two seats, and there's no room for stuff in the back?"

The porsche 918 had welcomed its first female passenger, yet it was actually being looked down upon!

"Don't you think it's cool?"

"But aren't cars just for carrying people and things? What's the use of being cool?"

'Coolness is for showing off!' Zhao Xiaoshuai didn't say that out loud; speechless, he first took her home.

They arrived at the residential complex he had marked before.

"Have you ever lied?"

Zou Luyao shook her head.

Zhao Xiaoshuai sighed. "Repeat what I just taught you to say."

Fortunately, Zou Luyao wasn't lying about having a good memory. She could repeat it word for word, and even replicate the expressions from that moment. Dealing with this shouldn't be a problem.

"Alright, I think that's about right. Good luck!"

Although they had rehearsed several times and put in a lot of effort, it ultimately wasn't needed.

Mother Zou was pacing anxiously at the doorway.

"Why are you only just getting back! I'm going to be late for work. I'll deal with you when I get home tonight. Go inside and pack your school things; I have to leave!"

After all, having given up everything to come to a strange new city, Mother Zou hadn't had it easy over the past six months, and it had been hard for her to find a job she liked.

This was Zhao Xiaoshuai's first time seeing Mother Zou.

As expected of the person who could give birth to Zou Luyao, this future mother-in-law still retained her charm.

His heart stirred. Pretending to ask for directions, he lowered the car window and unlocked the entry for his future mother-in-law in his illustrated guide.

[Ding! Unlocked entry for stranger: Zou Jialing (Character Rating 7.06)]

[Age: 39]

[Appearance: 8]

[Figure: 8]

[Experience: 5]

Within her experience score, the 4 points for physical experience proved that she had only ever been with one man: Zou Luyao's father.

Although her emotional experience was 1 point, considering how highly sought after she was back in the day—it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say the boys chasing her could line up from the classroom door to the school gate—it was normal.

After all, her appearance was no longer at its peak; she must have been a 9-point fairy back then. That was a rating Cheat Dad only gave to one in a million; she was at least at the level of a national goddess.

But on second thought, given Mother Zou's conditions back then, even after having a child, she wouldn't have been bad at all. The temptations she faced over the years probably weren't few.

Yet she not only didn't degenerate or succumb to working jobs that made quick money, she didn't even find a stepfather for Zou Luyao.

Looking at her [Loyalty: 8] rating, she really was a difficult person to evaluate.

This went to show that the value of Father Chu's "head-down education" was still rising; girls who were too pretty faced too many temptations during their adolescence.

Both parents and individuals needed high standards to not lose themselves amidst the flattery of others.

But coming back to the point, Zhao Xiaoshuai found it hard to accept the [-103 (Dislike)] favorability rating.

Even with his ex-girlfriend Chu Ziqing, it was still a neutral 99 (Strangers), at least it was a positive score. According to the system's rules, converting that to other positive evaluations was easy.

He had only ever seen this negative score on people like Chen Guozhong, whom he had humiliated and who held a grudge against him.

Was this hating the house and its crow? Had she started to hate all rich people?

After waiting a while, Zou Luyao came running out with a backpack on her back.

"Great! My mom was in a rush to get to work, so I brought everything out!"

Looking at the happy Zou Luyao and the life that could be contained within a single backpack, Zhao Xiaoshuai smiled at her:

"Today is the beginning of your turning point."

On the way to school, Zhao Xiaoshuai carefully thought about Zou Luyao's issues.

Her problems were significant, primarily because she didn't have a sound worldview. She didn't even know how much money an average person should spend in a month to be considered normal.

She was missing too many things.

Therefore, he decided he couldn't let her enter a life of luxury and dissipation too quickly. He had to first let her know how normal people lived and how she could live.

Only then would he give her a brand new life, so she would know the value of life.

"Is your car strange-looking? Why are the students on the side of the road looking over here, and why are so many people taking out their phones to take pictures?"

"Maybe it's because my car is quite cool."

Zhao Xiaoshuai drove all the way to the teaching building before parking.

The School of Foreign Languages was in the same complex as his old School of Computer Science, so they were genuine alumni.

Although his alma mater had changed a lot over the years, the basic layout remained the same, and the School of Foreign Languages, with its many beauties, was naturally still etched in his memory.

"I'll take your things back first; just keep the essentials. I'll come pick you up after your morning classes are over, and then we'll go talk to your counselor."

"Um, could you please advance me some of my wages?"

"Heh, you're asking for money before you've even started working?"

"Since I've decided to be independent and not rely on my mom, I can't spend her money anymore. I don't have any cash on me; everything has to be charged to my mom's 'Intimate Pay'."

"I had forgotten about that."

Zhao Xiaoshuai started the 918 again.

"Hey, where are we going? Class is about to start, I'm going to be late."

"Being late for a bit won't kill you. I'm going to take you to get a new SIM card first. You can use this new number for all your social media and payment apps. Your new life is just beginning."

Zou Luyao's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she no longer worried about being late for class.

After getting the new number, she hurriedly switched all her various accounts over to it.

Beep! [Alipay received: 2000 Yuan]

"This is your first month's wages."

"Eh? Why is it so little? I heard people say that you can't survive nowadays if your monthly salary isn't over ten thousand."

"I'm not restricting you from going online now; you can do some research yourself to see what the average monthly salary in Chuncheng is. Besides, this is a part-time rate. After all, you aren't home for very long during the day, so you can only do some basic housekeeping."

"I'm not doubting you, I just really didn't know. Okay, I'm going to class. I've never been late before. Maybe I should just go in during the next class."

"Don't worry, just sneak in through the back door; no one will notice you."

This was the judgment Zhao Xiaoshuai made based on his own college experience.

But he overlooked the fact that, even though Zou Luyao had only been enrolled for a little over half a year and was very low-key, she was already the recognized campus goddess.

And because of her previously well-behaved routine of never being late or missing class, many people were already whispering about her with concern.

Even the teacher, not seeing that familiar face in the first row, had asked with concern, only to learn that none of her classmates could contact her, and couldn't help but worry if something had happened.

At this moment, Zou Luyao, who was sneaking into the classroom, instantly attracted the collective attention of several classes in the large lecture hall.

*Whoosh*, all eyes focused on her, making her freeze up completely.

"This isn't what we agreed on!"