Rebirth begins with studying hard

Chapter 9 Need money? I'll give you some!

Lu Jie had anticipated the difficulties he would encounter.

For example, his academic performance was not improving as expected, his mother was unwilling to cooperate with him to go to the hospital for a check-up, and he even thought about the absurd thing that fate would still bring him into contact with Ding Yiming.

But he never expected that he would be in a difficult position because Zhong Muqing brought him breakfast every day.

There is no good solution.

It's not that I can't refuse, but I don't know how to refuse without making the situation awkward.

I can't just throw away the breakfast she prepared as a token of my appreciation.

Even if he wasn't mature enough in his previous life, he wouldn't have done something so vicious and hurtful.

After all, these are all Zhong Muqing's heartfelt wishes and efforts.

Moreover, Zhong Muqing is changing herself to become a good student.

Although he couldn't understand why Zhong Muqing would make such a change because of one sentence he said.

It feels a bit outrageous.

But the fact is that Zhong Muqing is changing.

Judging by actions rather than intentions, this change is good.

Even now, he only wants to study hard and improve himself, and he has no interest in Zhong Muqing at all.

But there's no need to interrupt Zhong Muqing's change.

If this tacit understanding is maintained, Zhong Muqing can continue to improve and even truly become a good student, and get into a good university in the future.

So he was willing to maintain this tacit understanding until the college entrance examination.

In his past life, he brought a lot of negative influence to those around him; in this life, he hopes to bring more positive influence to those around him.

Whether it's Sun Bo or Zhong Muqing, as long as it can make them better, he's happy to make some sacrifices for that change.

But he couldn't just take Zhong Muqing's daily breakfast for granted.

Not to mention the inquantifiable value of the effort put in, the market value of this breakfast alone would be over 20!

20+ a day, 22 days a month, the breakfast I give him each month must be worth 500 yuan?

In 2008, 500 yuan was not a small amount; many college students' monthly living expenses amounted to that amount.

"We still need to find a way to make some money."

With money, he could repay Zhong Muqing's favor in any way he chose.

We wouldn't be in such a state of confusion as we are now.

Then I thought about my mother's health.

He felt that making money was something that needed to be put on the agenda.

During this period, he also came up with a method that suited his current status and time requirements, and would not have too much impact on his studies.

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"How much of your New Year's money do you have left? Could you lend me 500 yuan?"

After finishing his exercises during the long break, Lu Jie calculated the amount of initial capital he needed and asked Sun Bo about it.

"Oh, I did have 500 yuan in New Year's money, but I've spent it all." Sun Bo said a little embarrassedly.

Lu Jie wasn't surprised. The Lunar New Year was on February 6th, and more than a month had passed. Not to mention Sun Bo, even he himself would have run out of money by now. He was just trying to ask.

"But my mom took a few hundred of my New Year's money, saying it was for my future tuition. I'll go ask her for it back," Sun Bo said after thinking for a moment.

"Never mind, don't." Lu Jie waved his hand.

Saving it for tuition or something is just an excuse for not taking away New Year's money.

They've already taken them all back; how could they possibly get them back?

"Wait for me to come home tonight..."

Before Sun Bo could speak, curious voices came from behind them:

"Five hundred? What five hundred?"

Zhong Muqing quickly walked to Lu Jie's side and looked at the two of them curiously.

"Oh, Lu Jie asked me to borrow five hundred yuan. I've run out of money. I had a few hundred yuan saved with my mom, and I'm planning to ask her for it when I get back tonight," Sun Bo said frankly.

"Why didn't you tell me? I have money!" Zhong Muqing blurted out, looking at Lu Jie, "Wait for me, okay?"

"Okay, we'll wait for you here!" Sun Bo agreed before Lu Jie could react.

He then looked at Lu Jie: "I forgot that Sister Qing is a little rich woman. Your money is secured."

Lu Jie's instinct was to refuse, because he felt it wasn't a good idea to borrow money from a girl.

But thinking about it, this five hundred yuan is indeed quite important. If Zhong Muqing could lend it to him, it would save him a lot of trouble.

There was no overseas Chinese sentiment.

Borrowing five hundred and returning six hundred, or treating her to a meal, would be a way to repay the favor.

Zhong Muqing returned quickly and handed the bank card she was holding to Lu Jie:

"Use the money in this card as you see fit. I won't withdraw cash. Let me know if you need more."

Lu Jie hesitated for a moment, then said, "Give me the card, aren't you going to use it?"

Zhong Muqing smiled and said, "I have several cards. I don't need this one. You can take it and return it to me whenever you want."

"It saves me the trouble of going to withdraw money."

Lu Jie nodded.

He guessed that there were a few hundred dollars on the card, but he didn't use it much and found it troublesome to withdraw money, so he simply gave it to him.

This does save some trouble.

He accepted the card.

Zhong Muqing took out her phone:

"By the way, I don't have your phone number yet. Give me your number and I'll send you the password directly."

"150****6742..." Lu Jie finished reading the number and felt his phone vibrate in his pocket.

"Hey, Sister Qing, what kind of phone is this? Why is there no button, just a screen?" Sun Bo was very curious when he saw that Zhong Muqing was actually tapping the screen to operate it.

"I don't know either, my family gave it to me for the New Year." Seeing Sun Bo's curiosity, Zhong Muqing handed him her phone so he could look at it more closely.

Lu Jie had noticed that her phone was a full touchscreen, but he hadn't thought much of it.

After all, he used touchscreen phones in his previous life, so he was already desensitized.

On the contrary, he had just been reborn and was quite excited about playing with the cheap knock-off phone that cost 300 yuan.

But when he saw the classic Apple logo on the back of Zhong Muqing's phone, he paused, "iPhone?"

Zhong Muqing and Sun Bo both looked at Lu Jie in surprise and asked in unison, "You recognize this phone?"

Lu Jie nodded and offered an explanation: "I've seen Apple phones in the news."

"This seems to be... the first generation iPhone..."

In his past life, he dealt in grey market iPhones, so he has a good understanding of Apple.

The most famous iPhone, the iPhone 4, was released in 2010, while its predecessor, the iPhone 3G, was released in mid-2008. He sold both of these phones.

Next up is the first-generation iPhone, released in 2007.

Although he had seen it in his previous life, he hadn't really studied it much because the product wasn't mature enough and didn't sell well.

But he remembered that the first-generation iPhone was not launched in China.

At this time in 2008, it was not easy to buy parallel imports; they were probably only available on Hong Kong Island.

How did Zhong Muqing end up with this phone?

He knew that Zhong Muqing's family was well-off, but an iPhone wasn't something that people would buy simply because they were well-off.

At that time, probably very few people knew about iPhones.

To be able to buy a first-generation iPhone in China, you either needed someone in your family who did business overseas, or you needed special channels.

Suddenly, he remembered something:

"How much money was in the card you gave me?"

Zhong Muqing thought for a moment: "I can't remember... Wait, let me check, I remember sending a text message."

She scrolled through her phone and found it after a while: "I forwarded it to you."

Lu Jie picked up his vibrating phone: "Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands... Hiss!"

Looking at the balance starting with 6 and a five-digit number, he gasped.

There was actually more than 60,000 yuan in this card.

He knew Zhong Muqing's family was wealthy, but he didn't expect that she had more than 60,000 yuan in just one of her bank cards.

This... is just one of her unused cards?

He handed the card to Zhong Muqing: "You can keep the card."

He really couldn't afford to lose the money.

Zhong Muqing exclaimed, somewhat taken aback: "Not enough money? I have other cards..."

Lu Jie quickly interrupted, "No, no, it's too much."

"You need to change your password right away. If the money in your card is lost, I really can't afford to pay for it."

Zhong Muqing frowned slightly: "Is it too much? I don't think it's much..."

Sun Bo couldn't stand it anymore: "Lu Jie, you're just keeping Qing Jie's gift... Holy crap!"

He saw the message on the phone that Lu Jie handed him and exclaimed in surprise.

Then he stopped talking.

He heard Zhong Muqing say that he didn't have much money, so he assumed that there was at most one or two thousand yuan in the card.

If all else fails, just withdraw it all. After using the five hundred, just give the remaining cash to Zhong Muqing.

Saying things like "money is lost" or "can't afford to pay it back" is a bit too sarcastic and insinuating.

But he never expected that there would be a five-figure sum inside.

He felt he was not qualified to comment on a sum of money in the five figures.

Because if it were really lost, he couldn't afford to pay for it.