Chapter 116: I’m Going to Find My Son-in-law?
I have to accept. I absolutely have to.
Never mind the courtyard home that would one day be worth over a hundred million.
What interested her most was the complete set of physics books.
A reward from the system was definitely something that couldn’t be found on the market.
Something like that was priceless.
Suppressing her rapidly beating heart, her eyes darted as she schemed.
She tentatively called out to the system in her mind:
’System, you have to give me more time. Get into a research institute in one month? Which one? And why would they even want me?’
’Failing that, can’t you just give me the books first? Once I’ve studied them thoroughly, I can produce something tangible and be confident about getting into a research institute, can’t I?’
She had nothing right now. If she just rushed over to recommend herself—she probably wouldn’t even get past the front gate of a research institute.
She thought she was just testing the waters and didn’t expect a response.
To her surprise, the system panel changed: Lend First Book.
And just like that, the book appeared in her inventory space.
Fu Mingxue quickly took it out to look—holy cow, *Principles of Engine Design*.
’Is it telling me to work on engines?’
She flipped it open—and was immediately engrossed.
Two hours later, before she could finish, the book vanished from her hands.
’?’
’What’s going on?’
The system panel updated again with a new line of text: "Free loan: two hours per session. Subsequent rental fee: fifty yuan per hour."
When Fu Mingxue saw this line, her breathing instantly became ragged.
’Fucking hell, is this daylight robbery?’
If she read for two hours, that would be a hundred yuan.
Four hours would be two hundred, wouldn’t it?
What kind of family could afford this?
Before her mom quit her job, her monthly salary was only thirty yuan.
With a grim face, she topped up her account with one hundred yuan.
’I want to read for two hours.’
She couldn’t help it; she had just gotten to a crucial part.
—
"Mingxue, come out and eat."
Fu Mingxue emerged looking green about the gills.
Her appearance, as if she’d had the life drained out of her, gave Mrs. Fu a huge fright.
"What happened to you?"
"Mom, don’t ask. I’m hungry." Fu Mingxue was internally mourning her hundred yuan!
If she were to actually finish this book, all the money she had wouldn’t be enough to burn.
For the first time, she felt the terrifying depths of her poverty.
Mrs. Fu: ...?
’She ate so much for lunch, how can she be this hungry already?’
"Well, hurry up and eat. I’m going to feed the two kids first."
Fu Mingxue nodded.
She started wolfing down her food—she had to get back to her reading as soon as possible.
Time is money. That was no longer just a figure of speech.
Watching her devour her food, Mrs. Fu was taken aback. ’Is she really that hungry?’
The twins’ stomachs had recovered.
Mrs. Fu cooked them some thicker congee and also steamed some minced pork with egg.
The two children loved the steamed minced pork with egg—
While Fu Mingxue was immersed in the painful pleasure of learning new things...
Meanwhile, Lan Qingman’s days were an anxious torment.
"Mom, should I... should I just go back on my own?"
The Qin family was acting despicably; not a single one of them had come to take her back.
They weren’t even giving her an out.
Day after day, she waited until she was sick of it, but no one from the Qin family came to get her.
’That bastard Qin Wenze, what is he playing at?’
’When a couple argues, isn’t the husband supposed to come and get his wife?’
’And his mother—that damn old hag. Is she trying to get a new daughter-in-law or something?’
Mother Lan was also anxious.
How many days had it been? Five whole days!
There hadn’t been a single peep from the Qin family.
Yesterday, she had even asked someone to inquire about the Qin family’s situation—to find out when they were coming to pick her daughter up.
But she couldn’t find out a single thing. They were tight-lipped and refused to discuss it.
"How about I go find my son-in-law—"