Chapter 284: Chapter 273 The Stingy Iron Rooster Won’t Pluck Chapter 284: Chapter 273 The Stingy Iron Rooster Won’t Pluck Nie Zhan saw that his sweet words not only failed to move Lu Jiaxin but even made her laugh, he silently cursed Feng Qinglei’s advice as unreliable.
After chatting for such a long time, Lu Jiaxin had rested enough, “Let’s continue.”
The two played from five until past seven. Lu Jiaxin had eaten before she came, but the exertion was so much that she was now incredibly hungry, “No more, I’m out of strength.”
Nie Zhan said, “Rest for a bit, let’s go eat after you’ve showered.”
Knowing that she liked the dishes at Good Fortune Here, Nie Zhan had already called ahead to reserve a table and ordered all her favorite dishes.
After showering, Lu Jiaxin changed into the green dress that had been featured in a magazine. Although the dress was from last year, it still fit. Compared to the branded clothes she bought, these two handmade ones were more to her liking.
With her beautiful hair draped over her shoulders and wearing a floor-length green chiffon dress, her little face was flushed, and her eyes were still moist from the shower.
Nie Zhan looked at her, and his heart pounded fiercely.
Lu Jiaxin saw him staring intently at her and asked with a smile, “What are you looking at?”
Nie Zhan blurted out, “Looking at you, you’re so beautiful it’s mesmerizing.”
Knowing his skills at sweet-talking were poor, Lu Jiaxin smiled and said, “You really need to learn from Feng Qinglei!”
Pondering before sweet-talking seemed contrived. Of course, she knew he was sincere, but the fun was missing.
Nie Zhan nodded then asked, “Jiaxin, would you be my girlfriend, please?”
Lu Jiaxin shook her head to indicate it wasn’t time yet, “You were at sixty points before, going to Peng City gets you another five points, but you need to reach eighty before I can agree.”
Setting a threshold was to let him know that she wasn’t easy to pursue, he must genuinely act to win her over.
Only fifteen points away, Nie Zhan felt he could reach it soon, “I’ll work hard.”
After a fulfilling meal, Nie Zhan asked Lu Jiaxin if she wanted to go for a drive. Glancing at the time, it was past nine, which meant they wouldn’t return until around eleven or twelve at night.
Lu Jiaxin shook her head, “Staying up late is bad for your health, I need to sleep before ten. You should do the same, try not to stay up late.”
Early to bed and early to rise keeps one healthy. Even before exams, she used to sleep around ten-thirty. In her past life, irregular late nights and meals took their toll early, and she was determined not to repeat that mistake.
Nie Zhan asked with a smile, “Is Madam Guh so strict?”
“No, Aunt doesn’t control me, she thinks I’m old enough to manage my own affairs. I believe staying up late is too harmful, so I’ve decided to go to sleep before ten.”
Previously busy and waking up at six, now she slept until she naturally woke up. It was different indeed, waking up refreshed in the morning without needing coffee to survive, unlike before when she had to work.
Nie Zhan felt she was very disciplined, “That’s good.”
“You too, early to bed and early to rise keeps you healthy.”
“I’ll listen to you, I’ll go to bed before twelve tonight.”
Nie Zhan drove Lu Jiaxin back to Guh Residence, and just as they were about to arrive, he asked, “Jiaxin, when will your stuff arrive?”
“I’m not sure, I’ll give you a call when it does.”
Nie Zhan didn’t ask further, saying he was free over the weekend and could take her out to sea then.
Lu Jiaxin’s eyes went wide with astonishment, thinking he was being too blunt, “Go out to sea in this hot weather? We would get sunburned to a crisp.”
Nie Zhan smiled and said, “You won’t need to, the yacht is air-conditioned, and swimming in the sea is very comfortable. By the way, you can swim, can’t you?”
Lu Jiaxin showed little interest, “I can swim, but with the sun so scorching, I don’t feel like going out.”
The places she went to for vacations were always cool spots. If only mainland tourism had developed, the mainland would have plenty of fun places too.
“That’s also possible.”
This topic piqued Lu Jiaxin’s interest, “Did you buy a yacht?”
Nie Zhan shook his head to indicate he hadn’t bought a yacht yet, “My uncle has a yacht that’s thirty meters long, with everything on it. But if you’d like, I could order one for you as a gift.”
The bodyguards nearly turned their heads at that remark; their boss was being incredibly generous. Those gossip magazines that kept calling their boss a tightwad, what tightwad would casually offer a yacht?
Lu Jiaxin waved her hand and said, “No, you may afford to give it, but I can’t afford to keep it!”
The bodyguard thought to himself that Miss Lu was quite straightforward, bluntly admitting she didn’t have the money. Admitting you’re broke is always better than those penniless types pretending to be high society ladies.
Nie Zhan couldn’t help but laugh at her words, “Jiaxin, you’ve earned quite a lot yourself, how could you not afford a yacht.”
He didn’t know the exact amount, but it was definitely tens of millions.
Nie Zhan decided to say what he was really thinking, “Jiaxin, making money is to improve your life, not to save it all up. When money is just saved up, it’s nothing more than a pile of numbers, meaningless.”
The bodyguard was surprised, it seemed that Miss Lu was wealthy indeed, something that wasn’t at all apparent.
Lu Jiaxin felt embarrassed by the notion, as she only wanted to accumulate some capital, not to become a miser like Grandet, “No, I buy whatever I want to buy, eat whatever I want to eat. My life now is more than ten times better than before.”
Thinking of the disparity between the mainland and Hong Kong, Nie Zhan thought it best to take it slow since consumption attitudes aren’t changed overnight.
Lu Jiaxin remembered what Aunt Mei told her that afternoon, and thus asked, “When will the entrance exam results be out?”
“The results won’t be out until next month, why, you want to know in advance?”
Lu Jiaxin shook her head, “I’m certain I’ll get in, I just want to know how many points He Yanyan scored. She called me a ‘mainland bumpkin’ before, but when the results come out, and she scores lower than this bumpkin, I’d like to see how she can still be so smug around me.”
“She also applied for Hong Kong University Business School?”
Mentioning this made Lu Jiaxin want to laugh, “Yes, she did. Her grades aren’t good though. Knowing I applied for Hong Kong University Business School, she wanted to apply too. With her brains, she’d barely make it in an arts program, yet she dared to apply for the business school. Even if she gets in through other channels, she’ll end up failing.”
Nie Zhan fell silent for a moment, then said, “Those who get admitted generally manage to graduate smoothly.”
Lu Jiaxin wasn’t surprised; in Hong Kong, there seemed nothing that money couldn’t solve, “If they can’t pass the exams, how can they graduate? Unless they skip exams, but then their classmates would look down on them.”
Getting into the business school but then falling behind and being too embarrassed to take exams, only to somehow get a diploma in the end. If that got leaked to Hong Kong’s gossip magazines, He Yanyan would become a complete laughingstock.
Lu Jiaxin heard about this from Aunt Mei in the afternoon and thought He Yanyan must be out of her mind. She could have just attended an arts college to scrape through for a degree, but she insisted on competing with Lu Jiaxin, without knowing what she was even competing for. No wonder Aunt and Aunt Mei looked down on her; she had nothing but a pretty face, with a brain full of straw.
Nie Zhan, aware of He Yanyan repeatedly targeting him, said, “Don’t bother with people like her.”
Lu Jiaxin spoke with some irritation, “Of course, I won’t bother with her, but I’m afraid she’ll come looking for trouble at university. I’m quite busy; I don’t have the time for her petty games.”
Nie Zhan didn’t think it was a difficult issue, “Once the entrance exam results are out, we’ll get someone to leak her scores. She’ll be too embarrassed to join the Hong Kong University Business School then.”
Lu Jiaxin thought he was pretty crafty, but she liked it.