CHAPTER 340: CHAPTER 339: NEW CHANGES

With each flash of white light, Zhen Yu’s mouth curled up higher and higher.

"This feeling is so good!" Zhen Yu muttered to herself as she scanned her own data from top to bottom again.

"Wow! There’s an extra skill?"

Although vocal is only at an entry-level, it’s still her first new skill!

Zhen Yu stared at the two (addable category) options behind Language and Skill, falling into deep thought.

Maybe she could learn some more things!

Like... Japanese! Korean! Or other languages and skills!

Zhen Yu has always been a person of action! As soon as this thought popped up, she couldn’t sleep even more! She turned on the light, got out of bed, put on her clothes, sat at her desk, and took out paper and pen to start planning her growth route for the coming years.

As for Japanese, anime is definitely a shortcut to learning it! She could also buy some introductory books like "Japanese Introduction" for self-study in reading and writing.

Thinking of anime, Zhen Yu slapped her forehead regretfully! Why did she forget this when she was copying movies and music onto her computer from the DVDs she had bought? The charm of anime isn’t just attractive to both men and women! From elementary school students to middle-aged men and women, there is a huge fan base!

Looks like she needed to speak with her mother tomorrow to ask her to purchase some DVDs!

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As for Korean, Zhen Yu had already been exposed to it before, as she had spent a year in a small coastal town in her previous life.

The town was close to South Korea, and many factories, restaurants, clothing stores were run by Koreans, including the one where Zhen Yu worked. All the senior leaders inside the factory were Koreans. In the office, aside from the Korean ethnic group and graduates with a major in Korean, there were not many anomalies like Zhen Yu.

Because people around her would occasionally burst out a few sentences in Korean, Zhen Yu’s listening and speaking abilities did get some practice. However, when it came to writing and reading... it’s complicated. The company had organized a funded training at that time, and because Zhen Yu had no plans of staying long in the town, she didn’t study diligently.

Thinking back now, she really regretted it!

She remembered her Korean teacher once said, "Korean is much easier to learn than Japanese!", and she seemed to have also mentioned, "Once you have a basic understanding of Korean, learning Japanese will be very easy."

With this thought, Zhen Yu’s spirits lifted! It seems that she should start with learning Korean first!

If you consider watching American blockbusters for English and anime for Japanese, then for Korean... of course, it’s watching Korean dramas!

But the popularity of Korean dramas should be a post-2000 thing, right?! Right?! Zhen Yu was not too sure about it and closed her eyes, trying to recall.

"Ssss... What was the name of the earliest hit Korean drama?"

Knock knock—

"Who is it?" Zhen Yu was deep in thought about Korean dramas and reflexively asked without opening her eyes.

"It’s me, Gu Qing! I saw light under your door, why are you still up so late?"

Zhen Yu sat still and kept her eyes shut, "Nothing much, you go to sleep first!"

"...Alright then! You should sleep soon too!" Seeing that Zhen Yu had no intention to open the door, Gu Qing reminded her and turned to go back to his room.

"...The first Korean drama I watched was ’Full House,’ which was way after I graduated from college! Before that... I had no time to watch TV dramas! Although I did see a poster for a Korean drama! It struck a chord with me at the time! It was set in winter, amidst a vast expanse of snow, with a man and a woman standing face to face.

The male star wearing glasses on that poster, I really can’t remember his name, but the actress should have the last name Choi, Choi what was it? Ah... I can’t remember! Winter, winter, oh right! It’s called ’Winter Love Song’!

"Ah... Wasn’t the earliest one," Zhen Yu patted her head and suddenly stopped.

She had remembered the female lead of the earliest hit Korean drama but couldn’t recall the name of the drama at once!

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Ten minutes later, Zhen Yu ’snap’ turned off the light and groped her way to bed in the dark.

To hell with it! No more thinking! Time to sleep! Otherwise, the dark circles are really going to show!

After all, Korean dramas are a post-millennium thing, so thinking about it now is useless! She might as well just buy books and learn on her own!

Lucky for her, she still has some basics! She knows where to start learning from.

Because she went to bed so late, as soon as her head hit the pillow, she was out like a light, sleeping dreamlessly until the alarm went off.

Zhen Yu initially felt too groggy to open her eyes, but then, remembering she had to pick up Han Mingyue, she immediately sat up.

Rubbing her face with her hands, Zhen Yu yawned, got out of bed, and plunged into the bathroom.

After getting ready, she went downstairs to find only three people at the breakfast table: Mrs. Zhen, Gu’s father, and Xiao Gu.

"Hey! Xiao Yu, why are you up so early today?" Gu’s father teased with a smile.

"Picking someone up."

"Hm? Who?" Mrs. Zhen asked, puzzled.

"Han Mingyue and Han Jiaoyang," Zhen Yu replied, holding a bowl of porridge, and then sat down to start eating.

Mrs. Zhen casually inquired, "Why are they coming to Qi City during the New Year?"

Zhen Yu paused while picking up a piece of pickled vegetable, and answered with her head down, "Not sure."

Mrs. Zhen didn’t dwell on this any further, and instantly began to complain, "They’ve come here so many times! Why do they still need you to pick them up? Can’t they come here on their own? If they don’t know the way, just get a taxi!"

Zhen Yu remained silent, simply speeding up her eating.

Three minutes later, Zhen Yu put down her cutlery, "I’m done eating, you guys take your time!"

"Hey! How about letting your brother go?" Mrs. Zhen thought for a moment, still not too keen on her daughter heading out in the cold!

"No need! I’ll take a taxi there and back!" Zhen Yu knew her mother was worried about her and offered the best solution right away.

Mrs. Zhen no longer insisted and let out a sigh of relief, "Ah, alright then! It’s just as well your brother hasn’t got up yet. Go and come back quickly!"

"Got it!"

Zhen Yu responded while glancing at her watch; if she left now, she would be a bit early.

She hesitated for just a second, then quickly scampered back up to the second floor and ran straight to the bathroom mirror!

Looking at the girl in the mirror, who was sporting her usual ponytail just like always, Zhen Yu couldn’t help but pout. Then, quickly taking off the elastic band, she used both hands to change her hairstyle.

Since she didn’t have bangs, Zhen Yu simply parted her hair down the middle, then braided each side like little caterpillars, tucking the two thin braids behind her ears, leaving the rest of her hair loose behind.

"Hmm!" Zhen Yu nodded in satisfaction, then ran back to her bedroom to change.

Without much thought, she immediately pulled out the outfit that Gu’s father had bought her. She had only worn this outfit once, at the feast thrown by Mrs. Zhen and Gu’s father, and it was practically brand new!

It wasn’t that she couldn’t bear to wear it.

It was more that she didn’t have the desire to dress up, nor did she want to wear new clothes to school and attract the attention of her classmates.