Chapter 6: The Final Test

Sure enough, Chen Zhou was stunned.

He was a grown man, even if he was short of money, how could he ask a woman for money?

It was impossible for him to borrow money, but he could get a free girlfriend.

He coaxed the original owner, saying he had channels to help her buy books, and tricked a lot of money from her.

But he didn’t even see a single book.

When asked, he would say the procedures weren’t done yet, how could he lie to someone he was in a relationship with?

Then he would say she didn’t trust him.

The original owner was naive, fooled by Chen Zhou.

But Xia Keqing was not naive.

The scumbag was ugly, but he had big dreams.

He could deceive feelings, but he couldn’t deceive money.

Xu Li subconsciously asked, “How much does he owe you?”

Xia Keqing calculated, Chen Zhou had tricked a total of about one hundred yuan from the original owner.

Wow!

In an era when the monthly salary was only a few tens of yuan, this amount of money was at least several months’ salary.

The scumbag was not only a scumbag, but also a bad person.

Thanks to inheriting the memories from the original owner, and the buff of having read the original text, Xia Keqing accurately calculated the money Chen Zhou “owed” her to the penny.

“One hundred and twenty-one yuan and fifty-seven cents.”

Chen Zhou’s face immediately turned green.

Xu Li’s face also looked a little bad.

She widened her eyes slightly, a little disbelief.

Her parents gave her ten yuan a month, one hundred and twenty yuan was equivalent to her annual living expenses.

But Xu Li didn’t believe it at all.

“You’re just bragging!”

“Xia Keqing, you’re also from the countryside, we rural people work hard, we finally got into college, we didn’t come here to brag.”

“You say our Chen Zhou owes you so much money, do you have any evidence?”

Chen Zhou’s face, which had been ugly, instantly recovered a lot.

Yes, Xia Keqing had no evidence.

He got that money from her under the guise of helping her buy books.

Now this dead girl dared to say that he borrowed it from her?

Xia Keqing’s expression didn’t change.

“Chen Zhou, we’re all classmates, my partner is a soldier, the money and tickets he sent me were issued by the army, are you sure you didn’t borrow money from me?”

Xia Keqing was blatantly threatening him.

Sure enough, Chen Zhou was so scared that his face turned white.

Xu Li saw his expression, how could she not understand?

But she didn’t blame Chen Zhou at all, instead, she blamed Xia Keqing.

“Your partner is so rich, our Chen Zhou has many brothers and sisters, we’re all classmates, would he refuse to pay back the debt? You’re too suspicious.”

Xia Keqing almost laughed to death.

She knew Xu Li was trying to defend Chen Zhou and speak for him, but it was precisely because of this sentence that she directly admitted the fact that Chen Zhou owed her one hundred and twenty-one yuan and fifty-seven cents.

Xia Keqing immediately said loudly, “Chen Zhou, if it weren’t for the sake of being classmates, I wouldn’t have borrowed so much money from you, we both like literature, poetry and Tagore, but you know, my money is all borrowed from my partner.”

She said these words to solidify the fact that she borrowed money only because she was a classmate, not for any other reason.

She absolutely didn’t want to have anything to do with the scumbag anymore.

Of course, some people would think she was a fool.

They were just classmates, and they were still studying, they didn’t have independent financial ability, and she dared to borrow so much money from others. And that money was all borrowed from her partner.

But so what?

She had already decided to join the army with Shen Jichuan after graduation, and she probably wouldn’t return to this city, maybe she wouldn’t even see the people who were eating here again in her life.

Why should she care about their opinions?

Getting her money back was the most important thing.

Chen Zhou’s face was red and green.

“I don’t have that much money right now.”

Xia Keqing was also very straightforward, she immediately stood up and asked the waitress for paper and pen, “Write an IOU, just in case we can’t figure it out later.”

This was a clear sign of distrust.

After writing the IOU, Chen Zhou could no longer deny it.

Chen Zhou’s face looked even worse.

But with so many outsiders watching, he could only reluctantly write the IOU.

Xu Li’s mood was very complicated.

She didn’t expect to not only fail to put eye drops on Xia Keqing’s partner, but Chen Zhou also had to pay her back so much money! Who knows if this money is real.

But Xu Li also had to save face, she couldn’t let people think that her partner owed money and wouldn’t pay back, right?

A college student in this era who owes money and doesn’t pay back, especially since Xia Keqing also said that this money was all from her partner.

Her partner was a soldier.

In this era, soldiers had a very high status, they were deeply loved.

Owing a soldier money and not paying it back, people could drown them with their saliva.

In the end, they didn’t order any food, and they didn’t eat either.

Xia Keqing was in a great mood.

She didn’t have pockets, so she coquettishly stuffed the IOU into Shen Jichuan’s pocket.

Shen Jichuan looked at her deeply, without saying anything.

Xia Keqing knew that the male lead could be a scumbag, he could have personality flaws, even if he was illiterate, he couldn’t be stupid.

Shen Jichuan was very smart.

Xia Keqing’s little trick couldn’t escape his eyes.

After dinner, Xia Keqing held Shen Jichuan’s wrist and walked out of the state-owned restaurant, taking the initiative to say, “Where do you live?”

Shen Jichuan was puzzled, “Red Star Hotel.”

“Then let’s go to the hotel.”

Shen Jichuan looked confused.

Xia Keqing chose to take the initiative, “Come on, take me there to have a look, I’ve never been to a hotel before, I don’t know what the conditions are like in the provincial city.”

The little girl pulled the young and tall man’s wrist, her smile was bright.

Shen Jichuan was momentarily blinded by this smile.

He was silent for a moment, “Okay.”

If it had been a few years earlier, Shen Jichuan would have had to stay in a guesthouse, but in recent years, the country has developed, and guesthouses have disappeared, being replaced by state-owned hotels.

Red Star Hotel was the best hotel in the provincial city.

Just right, Shen Jichuan also wanted to find a quiet place to have a good talk with this little woman in front of him.

Although, so far, he was quite satisfied with her, she was beautiful, fair-skinned, and even more beautiful when she smiled. She was also a college student, cultured and energetic.

Such a girl was indeed easy to attract a man’s attention.

From the moment he saw her, he was very satisfied with her.

Let alone the male classmate who had been with her all day.

Shen Jichuan’s observation skills were very sharp.

That guy named Chen Zhou, although he was with a girl who claimed to be his girlfriend, his eyes were almost always glued to Xia Keqing.

As a fiancé, Shen Jichuan felt uncomfortable.

He felt like his possessions were being coveted.

Shen Jichuan was a traditional man, he was very possessive.

If he decided to marry Xia Keqing, then for the rest of his life, he would be committed to this woman and live a good life with her.

At the same time, he also hoped that she would be as pure as him.

Although she didn’t show any abnormalities.

But borrowing so much money from a male classmate was not a normal thing.

He wanted to hear her explain it to him personally.

Because of his profession, Shen Jichuan was a very rigid person to some extent.

Making mistakes is not terrible, but everyone should have the opportunity to admit their mistakes and correct them.

You can’t condemn someone without giving them a chance.

But if they know they are wrong but refuse to change, then they are unforgivable.

This was also Shen Jichuan’s final test for Xia Keqing.