Chapter 114: The strange new roommate

"Investment isn't something you can succeed at just by having courage and guts. Your best friend is still too young."

Gu Shangyou put on airs, assuming the tone and manner of a listed company boss, "It's good for someone so young to have entrepreneurial ideas and thoughts, but everything must have a limit. Even if the family background is solid, one shouldn't act blindly."

He looked at his daughter and asked with a smile, "Does she understand artificial intelligence? Does she know what stage domestic artificial intelligence development is at? If she recklessly throws money around without understanding anything, that's the courage of a brute. If she's lucky, she might succeed, but one cannot rely on luck to achieve success forever."

"Dad, I find you're being very 'dad-splaining' right now!"

Gu Lianxing frowned and retorted, "Then let me ask you, when the Gu family first entered the artificial intelligence field, was it because you understood these things? You probably still don't understand anything to this day, right? You only know how to do business, so essentially, Shen Ci is no different from you!"

"How can that be the same?" Gu Shangyou said, unconvinced, "The Gu family has a professional team of several hundred people. How can those few graduating students from your school's computer department compare?"

Gu Lianxing hummed lightly and pouted, "Believe what you want. Anyway, if Shen Ci's team really develops a program that leads the industry, don't ask me to help you bridge the gap and beg Shen Ci to cooperate with the Gu family."

As she said this, she put down her chopsticks and stood up, "I'm full. I'm going upstairs to pack."

Watching his daughter's back, Gu Shangyou just shook his head with a doting smile.

Madam Gu also said, "Although our daughter has been a bit willful since she was a child, she has never argued with you like this over a person or a matter before. It seems she has truly made an important friend."

Gu Shangyou nodded, "And it seems this friend has had a significant subtle influence on her. It's good to straighten out her temperament; after all, our daughter is grown up, and her personality can't always be like a child's."

Hearing this, Madam Gu glared at him, "Isn't it all because you spoiled her?"

Gu Shangyou laughed heartily, not denying it in the slightest.

Shen Ci had drunk a few too many glasses last night because she was happy, and this morning, she felt a terrible headache.

Remembering that she had also drunk quite a bit the night she ordered the male models, yet felt no discomfort the next day, she couldn't help but suspect if the "Moutai" she drank last night was fake.

She bit the bullet, got up, drank a glass of plain water, and sat on the living room sofa for a long while before she felt a bit better.

She picked up her phone to check unread messages. Her younger brother had sent her a few photos; in the photos, their mother was trying on a newly bought dance outfit in front of the mirror.

"Sis, your trick really worked. Mom bought several new outfits online and goes to class every day. When she comes back at night, she even practices in her room by herself."

Shen Ci couldn't help but smile as she looked at her mother in the photos.

Gu Lianxing's message arrived just in time: "I'll be at your door in half an hour. Hurry up and get ready."

Shen Ci replied with an OK emoji and dragged her groggy body into the bathroom to wash up.

Half an hour later, a brand-new Bentley sedan was waiting punctually at the villa entrance.

Shen Ci got into the car, greeted Uncle Jiang and Jiang Lingchuan in the passenger seat, and then looked at Gu Lianxing beside her, "I might have drunk fake alcohol yesterday; my head feels like it's going to explode!"

"Ah?" Gu Lianxing looked at her face and couldn't help but nod, "Your complexion is a bit poor. Why don't you rest at home today and go to school tomorrow?"

Shen Ci shook her head, "It's the same lying in the dorm."

The car drove away slowly. Gu Lianxing handed a handbag to Shen Ci, "Here are the shoes. When do you plan to give them to Qu Yang?"

"Today, I guess. Otherwise, it's weird to have a pair of men's sneakers in our dorm."

Gu Lianxing nodded and muttered, "I don't understand why boys like sneakers so much. I've never seen Jiang Lingchuan wear them. Oh, he doesn't play ball either."

"Jiang Lingchuan, would you be happy if I gave you sneakers?" she suddenly leaned forward to look at Jiang Lingchuan and asked.

Jiang Lingchuan glanced at her sideways and shook his head.

Gu Lianxing looked at Shen Ci, "See? Not all boys like sneakers."

Shen Ci smiled without a word, her gaze passing through the rearview mirror to look at Jiang Lingchuan's slightly stiff expression.

Back at school, Jiang Lingchuan still took the initiative to help Gu Lianxing carry her luggage to the bottom of the women's dormitory building.

"Give it to me, don't come up," Gu Lianxing stopped Jiang Lingchuan, who still wanted to climb the steps, took the luggage from his hand naturally, and then said, "Thanks!"

Hearing this, Jiang Lingchuan's brows tightened, and he looked at Gu Lianxing with a strange expression.

Gu Lianxing didn't notice, however, and pulled Shen Ci into the dormitory building.

Jiang Lingchuan stood where he was, watching Gu Lianxing's figure disappear, and then lowered his head with a dejected expression before turning to leave.

The two of them arrived at the dormitory door, chatting and laughing. Gu Lianxing had already taken out her key, but discovered that the door lock was gone, and the door was still left ajar.

She had added this door lock extra for the sake of property security, and now the whole set had vanished into thin air; there were even traces of violent removal.

She was shocked and blurted out, "Mom, we've been robbed!"

The things the two of them left in the dorm were all designer brands and very valuable; it wasn't impossible that they had been targeted.

However, there was surveillance in the hallway. Who had such guts?

Shen Ci remained relatively calm and directly pushed open the dormitory door. When the two of them saw the situation inside the room, they were both stunned.

A bed near the door that had originally been empty was now neatly made, and even blackout curtains had been drawn. Personal items were also arranged on the desk under the bed.

Just as the two were stunned, a slender figure, at least 1.7 meters tall, walked out from the balcony inside.

She had neat, ear-length short hair. On her upper body, she wore a loose white shirt with the hem casually tied in a knot at her navel. On her lower body, she wore ultra-short denim shorts, revealing long legs with incredible proportions. They weren't thin or weak, but rather had obvious muscle lines, full of the beauty of strength.

At just one glance, Gu Lianxing subconsciously muttered, "Mom, these legs... it's a pity not to wear silk stockings..."

The person inside naturally noticed them standing at the door. After a subconscious moment of surprise, she took the initiative to speak, "Are you guys also from 336?"

Shen Ci nodded and walked in, carrying her things, "Are you the new roommate? I'm Shen Ci, sophomore, Astronomy Department."

"Gu Lianxing, sophomore, Bioengineering."

"Pili, sophomore, Fine Arts Department."

Pili had a pair of long, narrow phoenix eyes. She had no expression on her face when she spoke, giving people a sense of cold distance. Although she was greeting Shen Ci and the other, Shen Ci could feel that it was only out of basic politeness.

"Pili?" Gu Lianxing showed a puzzled expression and asked curiously, "Is that your full name?"

"My surname is Jin."

"Jin Pili?" Gu Lianxing's confusion deepened, "What a strange name."

Shen Ci looked at her and shook her head slightly, feeling that it wasn't very polite to say that.

But Jin Pili seemed completely indifferent and just said faintly, "Everyone says that."

After saying this, she casually picked up the trash by her feet and walked past the two of them out of the dormitory.

Gu Lianxing looked at her back and then at Shen Ci, "This person is also very strange!" ===== CHAPTER 115 =====