Chapter 67

"Then do you like this gift?" Chen Huihong asked with a smile.

Qin Huai nodded very honestly: "I like it."

Of course he liked it; the annual tuition for Shuanghai High School is 600,000, so Chen Huihong's gift is equivalent to directly giving Qin Huai a check for 1.8 million that needs to be spent at a designated location.

Not to mention the follow-up sponsorship for studying abroad; Qin Huai decided to urge Qin Luo to study hard for the next three years and strive to go abroad to study something expensive and make a big profit.

This is the closest Qin Luo has ever been to the "golden house in books" in her life.

"I'm very curious, will this gift of mine appear directly on your illustrated panel?" Chen Huihong asked.

When Chen Huihong asked this, Qin Huai was also a bit curious and clicked on the game panel to check.

Name: Chen Huihong

Species: Bai

Status: Awakened

Dream: 3/3

Recipes: Tree Bark, Sweet Fermented Rice Mantou, Locust Flower Mantou, Longevity Noodles (click to view details)

Gift: Shuanghai High School Talented Student Recommendation Quota x1

It actually shows!

The game system personally verified it; it's authentic.

"It's there." Qin Huai nodded affirmatively. "I'll make up a reason later to tell my parents, and Did Luo Luo should be able to go report when school starts."

"Sister Hong, are there any precautions for attending an international high school?" Qin Huai asked sincerely.

He really didn't know; with the economic conditions of the old Qin family, no one in the family could afford such an expensive high school.

Chen Huihong thought for a while and sincerely suggested: "Don't go to Germany to study."

The exchange between the two basically ended.

Qin Huai still had to go back to continue making pastries; he stood up and was about to go back to work when he suddenly remembered another matter and stopped to ask.

"Sister Hong, there is one more thing I want to consult you about."

"Didn't I tell you I have a system, and all the memories I obtained were from completing side quests or main quests? To tell you the truth, I have a side quest now, which is Grandpa Luo Jun's. Can I infer from this that he is also a monster?"

Chen Huihong thought seriously for a while after hearing Qin Huai say this, then shook her head decisively: "I don't know."

Qin Huai:... No, why don't you plant and tree monsters know anything?

Are you just muddling through the days like this?

"It's like this: even if I'm awake now, it doesn't change the fact that I'm a human now. Even when I underwent tribulation in my first life, I could only recognize at a glance those of my kind who were also undergoing tribulation for the first time, not to mention that I'm already in my last life now."

"Of course, it's also possible that because our plant and tree monsters are relatively poor in all aspects, our ability to recognize our own kind is also relatively poor; powerful monsters undergoing their first tribulation should be able to recognize me at a glance now."

"Oh, right, I've also heard a saying." Chen Huihong added. "When we monsters undergo tribulation to our last life, out of the instinct for self-rescue, monsters will attract each other and meet unconsciously."

"I've never really believed this saying; in my first life, I spent 7 years in the human world, and I only recognized one of my kind at most; the probability of meeting is too low."

"However, since I can wake up, this saying might also have traces to follow; maybe there are really many of my kind around me, but I just can't recognize them."

Qin Huai made a reasonable inference; his game illustrated guide is 1/12, which means there are 11 more...

There are quite a lot of monsters around here.

The ecology of your Classic of Mountains and Seas is quite good.

"Then Grandpa Luo Jun..." Qin Huai felt that Luo Jun was nine out of ten.

"I can help you test him." Chen Huihong said. "Isn't he coming to the cafeteria tomorrow to drink Chen Pi tea? I'll find an opportunity tomorrow to help you test him; after all, my relationship with him is not bad." Qin Huai felt this was also fine: "Then I'll leave it to you; I haven't finished the pastries in the kitchen, so I'll go down to make pastries first."

Chen Huihong nodded and reminded: "Don't forget to make sweet fermented rice mantou this afternoon; I promised my brother I would bring two bags over. By the way, just make normal noodles for the chicken noodle soup tonight; Huihui's birthday was June 28th and has long passed, so let's wait until her birthday next year to let her eat longevity noodles."

"Okay." Qin Huai nodded; normal chicken noodle soup and longevity noodles made no difference to him; anyway, he couldn't make a buff, so practicing anything was practicing.

Qin Huai went downstairs, and Chen Huihong sat on the second floor watching him go down.

When Qin Huai returned to the kitchen, Qin Congwen was still chopping meat filling.

"Dad, it's past 11:00; why haven't you gone back to sleep?" Qin Huai asked in surprise.

Qin Congwen chopped meat while yawning and rubbed his eyes: "It's all because of Did Luo Luo's high school matter; the school's admissions office just called your mom and said Did Luo Luo's high school entrance exam score was too low and she needs to pay extra money, and your mom is unhappy and is arguing with the admissions office on the phone."

"I'm waiting for your mom, and chopping meat by the way. Huaihuai, I put the ingredients for you to make sesame cakes over there."

Qin Huai walked in the direction Qin Congwen pointed, took the materials back, looked at the dough, and began to knead: "I have some good news about Did Luo Luo's high school..."

Before Qin Huai finished speaking, Zhao Rong walked into the kitchen angrily.

"What is this? Does he think he's some very good school? Would a good school recruit our Did Luo Luo? Isn't it just that our Did Luo Luo only passed two subjects in the high school entrance exam? And saying Did Luo Luo's grades are too poor and she needs to pay more money—is that just paying more money? The tuition is 60,000 a year; that's simply doubled! Opening their mouths like a lion, they are simply not human."

"Where is Did Luo Luo? Qin Luo! How did you take the high school entrance exam? You should have at least passed one more subject; why didn't you even pass Chinese?!"

Accompanied by Zhao Rong's roar, Qin Huai knew the volcano had erupted.

If he didn't say something now, Qin Luo would definitely get a beating.

Although she deserved a beating for taking the high school entrance exam like this, this beating was indeed a bit late.

"Mom, it's fine; we don't have to go to that school; I have a better school here." Qin Huai said loudly, telling Zhao Rong and Qin Congwen the good news that Chen Huihong's brother had donated a large sum of money to Shuanghai High School, resulting in an extra talented student quota, and now this quota was falling on their family.

This pie stunned Zhao Rong.

She wasn't even angry about why Qin Luo didn't pass Chinese in the high school entrance exam.

"Why did Director Chen's brother donate this money if he didn't want this talented student quota?" Zhao Rong was confused.

"Rich people are just like that; donating money is to make his daughter feel more comfortable in school and improve the campus environment, and the talented student quota is just a bonus." Qin Huai said, "Don't worry about rich people's business. Just think, Huihui's uncle was cheated out of 200,000; it's normal for him to like donating money to schools."

Zhao Rong and Qin Congwen were instantly convinced.

"But... I remember that Shuang-something high school tuition is 600,000 a year; our Did Luo Luo is going to study for free, and all miscellaneous fees are waived; isn't this favor a bit too big?"

"Mom, you don't need to worry about this. Anyway, our cafeteria is open here, and Sister Hong and Huihui's uncle both like the pastries in our cafeteria. From now on, they can eat our pastries as much as they want for free, for a lifetime; this favor can always be repaid."

Zhao Rong was convinced again.

Zhao Rong looked at Qin Huai, her eyes red.

What a good son; so thoughtful and sensible.

Thinking of Qin Luo again.

Zhao Rong took a deep breath.

No, she has to be beaten.

It's too outrageous; how could she not even pass Chinese in the high school entrance exam?!

(End of chapter)