novelraw Chapter 996 - 982: The Stash Nearly Got Discovered! (2)
Chapter 996 - 982: The Stash Nearly Got Discovered! (2)
Chapter 996: Chapter 982: The Stash Nearly Got Discovered! (2)
Pu Sangzhi and her friends had lunch with Jiang Tao and learned about the scholarship system at school.
It turns out Tsinghua has a lot of scholarships, around 100 types. These include the Special Scholarship (which is 8000 RMB at the faculty level and 15000 RMB at the university level), Comprehensive Scholarship, and over ten types of individual scholarships.
According to Jiang Tao, current statistics show that over one-third of the students on campus can receive awards.
So, as long as you meet the conditions for the various scholarships, you can apply. Whether you can get the scholarship is another matter.
For a student like Pu Sangzhi, who has excellent entrance exam scores and is an outstanding student on campus, Jiang Tao helped her apply for the Freshman Scholarship at the beginning of last semester, with a full amount of 40,000 RMB.
However, this 40,000 RMB is distributed over four years, with 10,000 RMB awarded each year. Afterward, each year, Pu Sangzhi’s grades are reviewed, and the scholarship is awarded after passing the review.
Besides, Jiang Tao applied for an Academic Individual Scholarship for Pu Sangzhi today, with a first prize of 3000 RMB.
With Pu Sangzhi’s grades, this award is practically guaranteed, and it is expected to be approved soon.
If both of these scholarships come through, Pu Sangzhi should be able to receive 13,000 RMB in scholarships this semester.
This is not a small amount for her.
Pu Sangzhi plans to take out a few hundred RMB from it to give to Huo Feng, and save the rest in Huo Feng’s piggy bank.
They can work hard and save money together!
As a first-time advisor, Jiang Tao was glad to meet such an excellent and worry-free student like Pu Sangzhi.
The three girls in the same dormitory listened to Jiang Tao’s endless introduction of the scholarships, and everyone was moved.
At the start of the new semester, everyone was quite enthusiastic, feeling like they could work harder this semester!
Pu Sangzhi felt the same way.
...
In terms of academic life, Pu Sangzhi and Huo Feng were similar to last semester.
Except for not having three meals a day together, they still studied together in the evenings.
The library still had empty seats, and if you wanted a single room in the library, you had to book it early.
Sometimes, when they couldn’t book a spot in the library, during evening self-study, they would go to other faculties’ classrooms or each other’s faculties’ classrooms to grab a seat.
In short, in the evening, if there was no open lecture, they would study together.
Starting this semester, Huo Feng indeed worked harder in his studies than last semester.
Although he didn’t fail any subjects last semester, several of them barely passed, and his scores were at the bottom in their class.
Tsinghua’s examination system is quite strict; failed exams have no retakes and can only be retaken next year with junior students.
Also, there’s a control on the failure rate; if it exceeds a certain amount, you risk getting expelled.
Therefore, even if Huo Feng doesn’t want to work hard, he has to!
At Tsinghua, not working hard means being eliminated, not working hard could even mean the possibility of being expelled.
Huo Feng couldn’t imagine, after his grandfather and father hosted a big feast to send him to Tsinghua, ending up expelled and returning home in disgrace...
If that’s the case, he might as well die in a foreign place!
Thus, Pu Sangzhi also witnessed Huo Feng’s active study status.
Regarding the chastity topic discussed that night, the two haven’t brought it up again since.
So, amid this harmonious study life, two weeks passed...
On a certain Thursday night during self-study in the classroom, Huo Feng suddenly received a message from Yan Siyuan.
Huo Feng, who was drowsy from solving problems, instantly woke up upon seeing Yan Siyuan’s message!
Because Yan Siyuan brought him some good news.
Yan Siyuan sent: [Remember the person who broke your software last year and spread it out? After some training, he’s now one of us. Moreover, he says he can compensate you 5000 as a loss, do you want Alipay or WeChat?]
This was an unexpected development for Huo Feng.
Seeing the 5000 RMB compensation, Huo Feng was a bit happy.
But thinking about how his group hasn’t had newcomers for a long time, invisibly losing a big wave, Huo Feng still couldn’t retaliate... somewhat annoyed!
With a conflicted and anxious heart, he frowned and typed back to Yan Siyuan: [How did he just easily become one of us? Doesn’t that mean I can’t retaliate?]
Yan Siyuan assured him: [He admitted defeat to me, and the recruitment went smoothly afterward. So, from now on, we’re all on the same side, there’s no talk of retaliation. That 5000 RMB, I got it for you, you can take it or leave it, if not it goes to me, since I put in the effort.]
Huo Feng: [Go go go!]
Huo Feng: [None of it goes to you, quickly transfer it via WeChat to me!]
Yan Siyuan: [With that attitude... suddenly don’t want to give it to you.]
Huo Feng: [Hey! Give the money! You’re a big shot with 500,000, don’t swallow my 5000, ok?]
Yan Siyuan: [Call me brother.]
Huo Feng: [Thanks, Brother Ji!]
Yan Siyuan: [...]
Yan Siyuan was at a loss for words about the various nicknames Huo Feng gave him, maybe it’s because Huo Feng only has limited cultural knowledge that he comes up with such strange nicknames!
Even though Yan Siyuan was quite disdainful of Huo Feng, he didn’t make things too difficult for him and straightforwardly transferred the 5000 RMB to Huo Feng.
Huo Feng instantly received the 5000 RMB!
He opened his WeChat wallet, seeing his WeChat wallet amount exceeded four figures, he couldn’t help but laugh out loud, "Haha..."
Next to him, Pu Sangzhi, who was editing a video on her computer, curiously poked her head over, "What are you laughing at?"
Although she hadn’t seen Huo Feng’s phone screen, Huo Feng instinctively turned the screen away, preventing her from seeing!
"What are you doing?" Pu Sangzhi asked in surprise.
"Hehe, chatting with Yan Ji, he just transferred me 5000 bucks."
Huo Feng honestly confessed to the existence of the 5000 bucks, and to make her believe him, he secretly tapped on the screen while talking, exited the wallet, and opened the chat interface with Yan Siyuan.
Of course, Pu Sangzhi couldn’t see his screen, so she had no idea what he was doing.
She just felt like he might have some secrets...
Pu Sangzhi knitted her brows slightly, "Why don’t you want me to see it? Is it because you don’t want to transfer the money to me?"
"No! I’m transferring the money to you immediately! I originally planned to do it right away!"
Said Huo Feng while honestly revealing his phone screen, finally willing to call her, "Look, I’m transferring the money to you right now."
"Then why didn’t you let me see it just now?" Pu Sangzhi grabbed this point and asked him.
Even though she saw him transfer 5000 bucks to her with her own eyes, she still felt his actions just now were suspicious!
At this moment, Pu Sangzhi’s gaze at him was full of suspicion.
Huo Feng felt guilty under her stare!
Afraid that if she clung to it and took his phone to check, wouldn’t she see the few hundred bucks of private stash he saved in his balance!
In these two weeks, he ate and drank at Yong Mu’s place every day and saved nearly 400 bucks of living expenses...
If she discovered that, he’d cry immediately!
Don’t panic, don’t rush!
As a man, at times like this, one must display superb acting skills!
"It’s not that I didn’t let you see; it was just a subconscious reaction!"
Huo Feng said righteously, "Recently, Gu Da and Gu Er have been sneaking into my privacy like this; gradually, I’ve developed a sense of alertness. So just when you came over, my body subconsciously reacted!"
Pu Sangzhi raised an eyebrow, "Hmm?"
To prove himself, Huo Feng casually handed her his phone, "Wow, you actually suspect me... take it, take it! Look at whatever you want to!"
Seeing him do this, Pu Sangzhi was unceremonious and took his phone, swiping through his WeChat.
Who knew?
While she was checking his WeChat chat records, Huo Feng’s eyes were wide open, his body was tense! He even stopped breathing! His heart was racing as if it was going to explode...
An intense brainstorming was going on in Huo Feng’s head—
He had to come up with an explanation for the over 400 bucks of private stash!
Say it’s someone else’s?
Say it’s borrowed?
Say it was saved up to buy her lipstick?
Ah...
Can’t be kept safe!
"Give it back to you."
In the end, Pu Sangzhi just flipped through the chat records, didn’t find anything unusual, and returned the phone to him.
Huo Feng’s mood was like a roller coaster... unbelievably relieved!
With a calm expression, he took back his phone and counter-attacked Pu Sangzhi, "You’re not good, so distrustful of me. Sigh... my sincere heart has been spoiled by you."
Pu Sangzhi said indifferently, "Who’s to blame for not eating with me this semester, not knowing who you’ve been eating with."
Huo Feng said, "Wow—heaven and earth, I’ve been eating with Mu brother every single meal!"
Pu Sangzhi tugged at him, "Lower your voice."
In the self-study classroom, Huo Feng’s voice was indeed the loudest...
Huo Feng then lowered his volume and said, "Hey, don’t be so distrustful of me!"
Pu Sangzhi knew, "Then why didn’t you eat with me this semester?"
Huo Feng thought: No money! Saving up some private stash!
Then, Huo Feng again said aggrievedly, "Honey, do you eat poorly without me?"
Pu Sangzhi knew, "Not at all, just felt you were angry."
Huo Feng: "No, why would I be mad at you?"
Pu Sangzhi: "Because I turned you down."
Huo Feng: "Turned me down for what?"
A moment later, Huo Feng realized, "Oh... that matter..."
Suddenly, the atmosphere became awkward...
Perhaps in the next two years, this matter will become a taboo topic.
Because whenever brought up, both would feel awkward.
Previously it wasn’t awkward because people around them were mostly conservative, including them.
However, Gu Erhao broke the taboo...
Huo Feng had ideas.
But Pu Sangzhi stayed firm.
Thus, there would be awkwardness...