CHAPTER 454: CHAPTER 453: BORROW ONE, RETURN TWO

"I didn’t have time to wander too far, so I learned how to weave this from the auntie at the accessory shop by the school gate."

Han Mingyue first answered Zhen Yan’s question, then stared into Zhen Yu’s eyes and said, "Don’t move."

Zhen Yu obediently stretched out her hand as told, and Han Mingyue wrapped the half-finished red bracelet around her wrist. After measuring the length, he wove a few more knots on the spot, and then looked up and ordered Zhen Yan, "Get me a lighter."

Without a word, Zhen Yan got up and walked straight towards the cash register.

After Han Mingyue’s birthday gift was handed over, Zhen Yan finally looked at his sister, who had been fiddling with the knot on her wrist, and said, "Little sister, you’re sixteen already, can you have property under your name now!?"

Zhen Yu instantly understood her brother’s thoughts! She looked up at Zhen Yan and said, "Don’t make trouble! Zhen Hailong might still be watching me! Wait until you make money from the internet café in the Capital to buy me a house!"

Zhen Yan thought it over and kept quiet.

Han Mingyue, however, could easily understand the implications of Zhen Yu’s words: just wait until she was eighteen.

But Bai Xue only understood a few key words from Zhen Yu’s conversation! She couldn’t help but ask curiously, "Why is your dad watching you? And what’s this about the Capital? Buying a house?"

Zhen Yu half-jokingly replied, "My dad’s watching me because he wants me to give him ’support money’!"

Then she quickly continued, "It’s past eight already! We should head back to school! I’ll tell you more about my family stuff when we have the time."

"Alright then." Bai Xue immediately agreed, as long as Zhen Yu was willing to tell her, that was fine!

In the eyes of girls her age, only those who could share household trivialities and intimate secrets were real friends! Because that meant the other person didn’t treat her as an outsider! Not hiding anything from her!

——

After being forced by Bai Xue to wear the birthday gift she had given, Zhen Yu quickly climbed up to the second floor.

As soon as she entered, she was predictably asked, "Zhen Yu! It’s only a few months into the year, and you’re already wearing a scarf?"

Zhen Yu calmly took off the scarf as she replied, "A friend gave it to me, just trying it on."

"Oh." Zhang Zhe responded indifferently and then quickly changed the subject!

"Do you have any plans for tomorrow’s holiday?"

"...No."

She really didn’t have any.

Zhen Yu hadn’t expected that once she didn’t have to deal with Mrs. Zhen’s matters anymore, she’d suddenly find herself with free time...

Hearing this, Zhang Zhe asked with a hint of excitement in his voice, "Then do you want to,"

"Hmm, cough!" A sudden cough interrupted her! Zhang Zhe looked in the direction of the cough and, upon receiving a warning look from Zhang Lili in the upper bunk, suddenly fell silent.

The astute Zhen Yu had long known that Zhang Lili was secretly targeting her. She had also noticed the clique formation in the dorm these past few days, but she disdained to play such childish games with a bunch of young girls!

These were all people Zhen Yu had never taken to heart, not worth spending extra energy on! With this in mind, facing the situation again, Zhen Yu just smiled it off and went to wash up, looking calm and composed.

As long as she’s not embarrassed, the embarrassment is on others.

——

After getting everything sorted out, Zhen Yu climbed into bed and lay down to wait for lights-out.

It wasn’t until she was engulfed in darkness that Zhen Yu called up the system panel.

It had been nearly a week since school started, and the items exchanged from the system had been consumed long before September 1st! Both hers and Zhen Yan’s! Yet Zhen Yu hadn’t settled down to address this issue until now!

So the moment she logged in, she wanted to make a big switch.

Zhen Yu thought to herself, "First, exchange for 120 cores,"

[Stop!]

"Little Liu?" Zhen Yu’s tone was unfriendly.

[...Extremely unpleasant!]

"Little Liu Little Liu Little Liu!"

[!!! Enough is enough!!!]

The system had watched palace dramas too when the host was viewing them! Other than Little Yanzi, those called like this were all eunuchs... Although it wasn’t male or female, it couldn’t accept such an insulting nickname!

"Enough, my ass!"

[Getting angry is bad for your health!]

"Are you waiting for me to die from anger so you can switch to another host?! Isn’t that your plan?!"

[...Snow in June!]

"Stop with your worldly words! What are you showing up for now?! Not even letting me exchange for walnuts?! Why don’t you just close off the System Mall for me?!"

was so frustrated by Zhen Yu that it couldn’t even speak! It simply tossed an item description at her!

[One for Ten! Timer! From the moment you press it, every Knowledge Point you acquire will be converted into ten Ability Points! Exchange: 300 points! Valid for: one month!]

"Crap! I almost forgot about this thing!"

Zhen Yu was taken aback and hurriedly returned to the main page to check her real-time data!

Name: Zhen Yu

Gender: Female

Age: 16

Ability Points/Knowledge Points: 194/35

Available Ability Points in the Mall: 104

Intelligence Category - Full Score: 100

Memory: 80

Logic: 80

Inference: 80

Analysis: 80

Appearance Category - Full Score: 100

Appearance: 74

Skin: 74

Figure: 74

Voice: 62

Physical Strength Category - Full Score: 100

Constitution: 80

Endurance: 80

Martial Force: 80

Burst: 80

Language Category - Full Score: 100 (Can be added to)

Chinese: Intermediate 80

English: Intermediate 80

Korean: Beginner 20

Japanese: Beginner 5

Skill Category - Full Score: 100 (Can be added to)

Female Self-defense Skill: Beginner 60

Cooking Skill: Entry-level 37

Computer: Entry-level 40

Writing: Beginner 60

Vocal: Beginner 20

Guqin: Beginner 10

Calligraphy: Entry-level 25

Emotion Category - Full Score: 100

Emotional Quotient: 37

Financial Intelligence: 30

System Mall Level 2 (Upgradeable)

Storage Space (Upgradeable)

Trading Platform (Plane 1) (Plane 2)

"194 plus 104... This still isn’t 300! Little Liu’er! Come out here right now!" After doing the math, Zhen Yu directly called out to the system in frustration!

[Would you like to borrow?]

Zhen Yu was startled from anger to stupefaction by its single sentence!

"What borrow?"

[Ability points or mall points. Borrow one, pay back two, time limit one month, penalty for overtime!]

"I, darn it! How many features are you still hiding from me?!"

Zhen Yu was so angry that she started swearing!

"6781! I’m borrowing your granny’s leg! If I catch you, I’m tearing you apart, I swear!"

[...]

Shoot! Why did she suddenly start to care about it concealing features?!

It’s been hiding a sea of features from her!!!

When the host is enraged, better to hide first!

There’s always tomorrow...

——

Zhen Yu stewed in her anger for a while, but the system refused to show up at all!

With no way to deal with 6781, Zhen Yu could only console herself! She might as well think of this broken system as something she got for free...

With that thought, her mood indeed got much better! If she kept getting angry with it, who knows, maybe one day she would actually die of rage! Zhen Yu quickly took several deep breaths!