Chapter 505: I

Zhen Zhen Rongrong was anxious and angry, wanting to scold Li Ye a few times, but she was powerless to refute him.

Just now, Li Ye had already led her into a trap: Are you studying abroad to learn, or to wash dishes and earn money?

This question simply had no second answer; otherwise, your purpose for studying abroad was impure.

Everyone was scrambling for a chance to study abroad, wishing they could carve the four words "repay the motherland" on their foreheads, yet you, Zhen Zhen Rongrong, were thinking about washing dishes?

"Anyway, I won't accept your money. Li Ye, I know you have money, but you weren't like this before you had money!"

Zhen Zhen Rongrong took two steps back, guarding against Li Ye as if he were a pervert.

Li Ye gripped the envelope in his hand and said calmly, "Zhen Zhen Rongrong, I know you are very strong-willed, but you must listen to me finish some things."

"I can tell you that the Western world is not the paradise of legend. It has ugliness you cannot imagine, and this ugliness likes to fall on us, people who are not white-skinned, the most."

"After you arrive at the Lighthouse, you will encounter many, many difficulties, and behind every difficulty, there may be a series of traps waiting for you, especially for a beautiful girl like you; you have a greater chance of encountering danger than boys."

"Actually, many difficulties can be solved with just a little money. For example, you don't have to work in unsafe neighborhoods, you don't have to deal with annoying people, and you can avoid some opportunities that don't seem quite normal."

"I'm lending this out!" Li Ye let go of his hand and said with a laugh, "You know, the mainland doesn't support personal foreign exchange savings now, so I can't deposit it in the bank to earn interest."

"Sigh, that's right," Li Ye said happily. "Believe me, Class Monitor, when you look back ten years from now, you will be glad for your choice. The development opportunities back in the mainland are not a bit worse than staying overseas."

"When you return, just pay me back with interest. For the sake of being classmates, I don't want much—three percent annual interest, how about that?"

"It's okay, Class Monitor, you won't report me."

Were there few reports of exchange students getting into trouble in the future?

But Zhen Zhen Rongrong still shook her head persistently, unwilling to accept this gift from Li Ye.

"Pfft."

"Hahahahaha, and 'soaring to great heights'—Li Ye, your little thoughts are exposed!"

"Don't look at our economics major not being a popular major now, but I conclude that in the next dozen years, those who study economics will inevitably achieve great things; soaring to great heights is a given."

She always felt that if she took Li Ye's money, the relationship between the two would become less pure.

Seeing Zhen Zhen Rongrong still hesitant, Li Ye feigned surprise and said, "Hey, Class Monitor, you aren't planning to go and never return, are you?"

But Li Ye suddenly grabbed Zhen Zhen Rongrong's hand and forced the money into it.

"Li Ye, you are making things difficult for me, you are—"

Li Ye had said many dangers that exchange students might encounter. Although it sounded a bit exaggerated, if viewed from the perspective of safety, it was absolutely golden advice.

She raised the envelope in her hand and said solemnly, "Don't worry, I will definitely resist all temptations overseas, return on time after completing my studies, and bring back your interest."

"You are far away from home, thousands of miles away. What if you encounter any difficulties? So I hope you don't need to use this money; just treat it as an emergency reserve fund."

Zhen Zhen Rongrong felt her hand getting hot. She wanted to refuse Li Ye, but in the end, she softened.

"Is it possible that we are parting forever, never to see each other again in this lifetime? Wow, I'm counting on your interest; don't you go counting on my principal."

"Now that I've finally caught you, someone I can fleece, I must cling on and fleece a few hairs off!"

Zhen Zhen Rongrong was finally amused.

"Class Monitor, you don't have to use this money, but you can't be without it."

Li Ye smiled lightly, not revealing any more "heavenly secrets" to Zhen Zhen Rongrong.

The Economics Department was definitely not a popular major at this time, and the number of students enrolled was very small, but it later became a popular major. The reason was that with the progress of reform and opening up, a gap in professional talent appeared.

Especially those like Zhen Zhen Rongrong who returned from studying abroad were even more sought after.

You know, for a long time, the mainland trusted and even worshipped the overseas economics community.

It wasn't until the end of the eighties, when economic experts from the Lighthouse assisted the mainland in carrying out the "price breakthrough," that they returned to themselves and walked their own unique path.

So when Zhen Zhen Rongrong returned, if she could enter units like the Planning Commission or the State-owned Assets Administration, and patiently endure for a dozen years, soaring to great heights was really no joke.

When Li Ye returned to the dormitory, it was already late, but as soon as he entered, he found Sun Sun Xianjin hadn't slept yet, looking at him eagerly, like a resentful wife waiting for her husband who went out to a business KTV to come home.

"Sun Xianjin, your alcohol tolerance has increased! You're still so sober after drinking so much?"

"Brother, I've been holding back and not sleeping just to give you a heads-up. Someone saw you and the class monitor sneaking into the small woods alone tonight.

If there's any gossip tomorrow, you'd better be prepared. Classmate Wen is not someone to be trifled with."

"Who is pinning this on me? Isn't this smearing someone's innocence? Who is it? I'm going to have a chat with him."

Li Ye was furious. Sneaking into the small woods in the middle of the night—could such words be said? Their hearts were punishable.

Sun Sun Xianjin hurriedly grabbed Li Ye and said, "It's not that, Brother. No one wants to smear anyone's innocence; it's just that a few people who like the class monitor got drunk and said you were delaying the class monitor."

Li Ye was silent for a long time before saying listlessly, "What delay or not? Everyone came to Jingda to study. Does it matter whether they date or not?"

"It matters!"

"It matters very much!"

"It matters! Down with the bad elements who occupy the latrine but don't poop."

In Dormitory 209, a series of objections suddenly rang out.

It turned out Wu Wu Runfu, Chen Chen Sihai, and the others were all pretending to sleep.

"Get out."

Li Ye took off his socks and threw them out, hitting two people in the face.

Then Li Ye took out another envelope and tossed it to Sun Sun Xianjin.

"I've prepared some travel money for you. Don't wrong yourself when you get to Moscow, but don't mess around either."

Sun Sun Xianjin took the envelope, opened it, and saw it was full of thick foreign currency.

"Brother, I actually don't lack money—"

"Are you going to be polite with me?"

Sun Sun Xianjin grinned and immediately tucked it away.

He wouldn't be polite with Li Ye! Two brothers, why be polite?

Wu Wu Runfu and Chen Chen Sihai climbed down from their beds in one go.

"Brother, we won't be polite either."

"Right, right, right, we guarantee we won't be polite. Brother, give us a share too—"

The two were clearly several years older than Li Ye, but they called him "Brother" without any pressure at this moment.

Li Ye lay down on the bed comfortably and said lightly, "Then you have to work hard. Things like travel money are prepared for friends going on a long journey. Those who just wander around the doorstep should save their breath!"

"Good, good, good, a word once spoken cannot be overtaken even by a team of four horses. Maybe it will be our turn next year!"

"Brother, you sleep! I'll go wash your socks."

The next morning, Li Ye and Wen Wen Leyu were eating breakfast in the cafeteria.

Wen Wen Leyu drank rice porridge in small sips and said intermittently, "The day before yesterday, our class saw off a few exchange students. Many people cried, and some even had the courage to make a final confession—"

Li Ye looked up at Wen Wen Leyu and said calmly, "No one confessed in our class. Also, I lent Zhen Zhen Rongrong a few thousand US dollars last night, at three percent annual interest."

Wen Wen Leyu was stunned for a moment and asked in surprise, "I can understand you lending her money, but how could you have the nerve to ask for interest?"

Li Ye said while eating, his words unclear, "If I don't ask for interest, she won't take the money. She is like you, too strong-willed."

"I'm strong-willed—"

Wen Wen Leyu only said half a sentence, because she remembered that after getting in touch with Li Ye, she naturally went to the Second Grain Store to mooch meals, and then naturally mooched this and that, so it really couldn't be called "strong-willed."

Li Ye swallowed the last mouthful of rice porridge and asked Wen Wen Leyu seriously, "Are you wondering why I didn't ask you for interest after giving you so many benefits?"

Wen Wen Leyu nodded obediently, cute and adorable.

Li Ye touched Wen Wen Leyu's head and sighed, "Silly girl, you are the interest! Your whole person is my interest."

Wen Wen Leyu blushed. Although they had already "opened up" to each other and both knew they were each other's lifelong companions, such words still made her blush.

"Pfft, you really are studying economics; you have a good abacus."

Li Ye was in a great mood. In his life goal of "making money and teasing little Yu," the fun of teasing little Yu far exceeded making money.

"Classmate Li Ye, hello, I am Cheng Cheng Muye from the Chemistry Department—"

An annoying uninvited guest suddenly sat down next to Li Ye, interrupting Li Ye's fun.

Li Ye looked at him twice carefully, confirming he didn't know the other party.

"Are you looking for me for something?"

"Heh, there is a small matter," Cheng Cheng Muye said with a smile. "It's like this: I am an exchange student selected by the school this year, and I will be heading to the other side of the ocean in two months. I heard that Classmate Li Ye has royalties remitted from Hong Kong, so I hope—hehehehe—"

Li Ye looked at Cheng Cheng Muye, who was hesitating, and asked politely, "Do you want to exchange some foreign currency with me? How much do you want to exchange?"

Cheng Cheng Muye pursed his lips and said sheepishly, "I—I want to borrow one thousand US dollars from you, Classmate Li Ye—"

Li Ye was stunned for a moment, then suddenly felt a bit dazed, feeling that the Cheng Cheng Muye in front of him had turned into a colleague from back then.

It was really too similar.

That colleague also shyly asked to borrow money from him back then, and then resigned without warning.

Later, Li Ye found out that he had borrowed money from all his colleagues.

People who take the initiative to borrow money from you are not the same kind of people as those you take the initiative to give money to but who refuse to take it no matter what.

If you form a good bond today, there will inevitably be good results in the future.

Li Ye came to Jingda to make friends, but he didn't come to steam meat buns!