The next day was Saturday, and Ye Qiu used her last one hundred yuan to rent a private room in an internet café. Right now, what she lacked most was money; money could solve a lot of problems and also allow her to move out of her family home quickly.
The internet was well-developed nowadays, but it also posed some issues. Ye Qiu’s task was to find some bugs in the programs of major companies and then make money by fixing those bugs.
Ye Qiu possessed the skill of a Hacker God; to her, the network of the entire world was like an unattended park where she could come and go as she pleased. She quickly found bugs in some foreign companies and then organized what she found into an email and sent it out.
However, making this money required waiting. After leaving the internet café, she took out two gold bars from her storage and sold them, getting fifty thousand yuan in return.
The first thing Ye Qiu did after getting the money was to dye her bright yellow hair black and get a short haircut from the stylist.
Without the long bangs to hide her face, Ye Qiu looked like a completely different person. The Ye family’s genes were good; it was unjustified for Ye Xia to be the school goddess while Ye Qiu was just an ordinary person.
Her facial features were delicate, especially her large, round, black eyes which were very eye-catching. The black bob made her look very cute and obedient, and even the stylist was very pleased with their own masterpiece.
Then she went to the mall and bought two T-shirts, jeans, and two pairs of sneakers. It’s not that she didn’t like wearing fancy dresses, but she usually wore a school uniform, and she also couldn’t explain to the Ye Family where the money for the clothes came from.
When Ye Qiu got home, her new style caught the attention of the entire family.
Looking at her delicate face, Ye Xia couldn’t help but clench her fists. How could Ye Qiu be so pretty? She had never known that beneath the long bangs, Ye Qiu had such lively and large eyes.
Ye Mu nodded in satisfaction: "You finally remember that you are a student; that yellow hair before looked terrible."
"Do you have money left after the haircut? Here is two hundred yuan, spend it as you like." Ye Fu’s response was the most direct. Since the day Ye Qiu returned to this home last year, this was the first time Ye Fu had given her pocket money, seemingly satisfied with her transformation.
However, he probably had some misconception about today’s hair salons. Her haircut definitely cost more than two hundred, but seeing Ye Xia’s jealous expression, she still pocketed the money.
Seeing her elder daughter’s "envious" look, Ye Mu was the least able to bear it. She directly shoved one thousand yuan into Ye Xia’s hand: "Aren’t you going out with friends tomorrow? Take this money."
Seeing this, Ye Xia taunted Ye Qiu with a smile, what did it matter if Dad gave Ye Qiu two hundred? Mom gave her one thousand. The source of thɪs content is novel·fire.net
"Granny, I want some too," Ye Xiaodi Ye Dong whined discontentedly.
"Here you go, everything Grandmother has is yours," Granny Ye said with a doting smile. Although she wasn’t pleased with her son and daughter-in-law giving money to the granddaughter, she couldn’t say much since they earned the money themselves. But they shouldn’t expect her to give them even a penny.
"She looks so pretty."
"How can there be someone so cute? I really want to hug and cuddle her, what should I do?"
"Hey? Is she a transfer student? I haven’t heard Old Zhang mention!"
"Why is she sitting in Ye Qiu’s seat?"
As soon as Ye Qiu entered the classroom, all eyes were on her, with whispers circulating among the classmates.
Ren Meimei widened her eyes in disbelief, looking at her. Others might not know, but she, being the most familiar with Ye Qiu, recognized at first glance that this pretty young girl was her formerly rebellious deskmate, Ye Qiu.
"Ye Qiu, where did you get your hair done? It looks really nice," Ren Meimei said, somewhat stunned.
Hearing Ren Meimei’s words, the other classmates gaped at Ye Qiu, bewildered. Was this the same Ye Qiu from their class, who was always gloomy and disinterested in learning? The transformation was too dramatic to believe!
They had never realized that Ye Qiu, who had been with them for half a semester, was actually so beautiful. While a nice haircut was important, what mattered most was having a naturally beautiful face, because even the best hairstylist couldn’t help if you didn’t have that.
Tsk tsk, they must be blind not to have noticed such a beauty in their class before, she could even rival the school’s beauty, Ye Xia!
If they were this good-looking, they would have declared it to the world long ago, unlike Ye Qiu who kept it so well-hidden.
Has her rebellious phase passed? This demure appearance really intrigued them.
After all, regardless of the era, being good-looking always had its advantages. Ye Qiu merely changed her style and revealed her true beauty, causing most of her classmates to change their opinions about her, even reinterpreting her former lack of interest and cold demeanor as just a rebellious phase.
Overall, Ye Qiu’s current appearance had a significant advantage; her current demeanor, particularly with her big, black eyes, was so charming and cute, it could melt hearts. Even several dominant girls in the class started to see Ye Qiu as someone who needed protection, completely forgetting who she used to hang out with.
"Ye Qiu, have you decided to turn over a new leaf?" Ren Meimei exclaimed, genuinely mesmerized by Ye Qiu’s eyes, as if they were drawn in a comic.
"Yes, I’ve decided to start studying hard. Meimei, can I come to you for help with math in the future?" Ye Qiu asked with a sweet smile, making Ren Meimei dramatically clutch at her heart.
"No problem, you can ask me anytime if there’s anything you don’t understand."
"And me too, I’m decent at physics, you can ask me as well," said the class representative for physics from the front row, smiling warmly.
"I’m good at chemistry, although we sit a bit far apart, I can teach you after class!" chimed in the chemistry class representative, not to be outdone. Since Ye had declared her intention to study hard, they should fully express their friendship and support.
"And me, I ranked twentieth in the whole school in the last monthly exam, you can ask me too, Ye Qiu," another classmate offered.
"I scored one hundred and forty-five in English, Ye Qiu, I can teach you how to study it when you have time."
"Ye Qiu, let me recommend some books to you, they’re really useful for writing essays."
Ye Qiu nodded politely with a demure smile, realizing how loving her classmates truly were.
Standing outside the classroom, the homeroom teacher Zhang Yinghua also looked on with satisfaction, not just because of Ye Qiu’s turnaround, but also because of the supportive and friendly spirit among her students.
She had also learned about Ye Qiu’s background from her junior high school teacher, knowing that Ye Qiu wasn’t always so rebellious. Her grades used to be above average, which was why she was admitted into the elite class after Ye Qiu’s family paid the sponsorship fee. Now that Ye Qiu had moved past her rebellious phase, she might even be able to get into a top university with her renewed effort!