"I," Zhen Yu was about to argue when Zhen Yan suddenly yelled out.
"Is this a monitor?! How come it’s so big? So thin?!"
Zhen Yu immediately hushed her brother, "Keep your voice down! This thing is not convenient to be known by outsiders right now!"
"Oh! Oh, I get it!" Zhen Yan nodded vigorously, but he bent over to look and touch the monitor with great curiosity, totally fascinated!
"Alright, stop looking! When you get into university, I’ll get you the best set! You can even have a laptop if you want!" Zhen Yu pulled her brother up.
"What laptop?" Zhen Yan could feel that his sister wasn’t talking about the notebook he usually used for writing!
"Laptop computer! It’s just a bit bigger than a book and can be carried around! Look it up on the internet and you’ll know!" Zhen Yu pushed her brother in front of the computer, "Take your time searching, I’m going downstairs to sort out the software!"
Zhen Yan paid no mind to his little sister and immediately started typing using the search page Zhen Yu had left open.
Shaking her head helplessly, Zhen Yu walked out of the room.
"Xiao Yu, you’re downstairs!" As soon as Li Si’er saw Zhen Yu come downstairs, she approached her, "That new game ’Resident Evil’ is really good! You’ve got great taste! Some people couldn’t wait to get off their machine after seeing others play, they just took over the time slot and asked me to install it for them!"
"Yeah! Out of the five games I brought back this time, how many machines have yet to be installed?"
"You should ask how many have been installed!" Li Si’er said with a smile, "More and more members are coming to get cards lately, there’s just no time to spare for it!"
Zhen Yu scratched her head, it looked like she needed to set aside a fixed time for maintenance.
"What time of day are there the fewest people on the machines?"
"Right after the all-nighters!"
"Tell Xiao Gu to take care of all the takeaway orders tomorrow! Just say it’s from me!"
"Okay!" Li Si’er was actually quite relieved to hear it. The income was low but it tied up too much energy, it really wasn’t worth it!
"Notify Zhang Liang tomorrow! Change your shift time to right after the all-night session! Use that hour for routine maintenance, install new games during that time, and try to restart all the computers every day!"
As they approached the counter, Li Si’er showed no signs of leaving.
Zhen Yu had a thought and asked with a smile, "It looks like you’ve figured things out with your family, Four. How many computers are you thinking of investing in?"
Li Si’er chuckled and showed a hand, "I’ve discussed it with Zhang Liang too, we’re each throwing in five machines! Any more and we wouldn’t have the capital!"
"Then let’s do it as we agreed! You provide the machines, I’ll cover the venue and electricity, internet fees, all that miscellaneous stuff. We’ll split the profit from these ten computers fifty-fifty!"
"Xiao Yu, you’re so straightforward! Here’s the money from your brother Four! According to the market price of four thousand per machine, that makes twenty thousand!" Li Si’er pulled out a rather large kraft paper package from his bosom and put it on the table.
In Li Si’er’s view, Zhen Yu took the money and put it in the drawer of the counter!
But in fact, Zhen Yu threw the money into the secret space, where it was safest.
"Don’t forget to take it upstairs in a bit!" Li Si’er gave Zhen Yu a meaningful look, reminding her. Then he added, "Zhang Liang said he’ll bring the money to you tomorrow! Contact Gu Qing tonight and have him run another trip tomorrow!"
Li Si’er said all this while laughing; he thought the whole thing was quite serendipitous.
Zhen Yu nodded. "Alright! I got it! Li Si, go on with your business!"
"Okay then! Let it be!" Li Si’er turned around and sauntered off.
Zhen Yu bustled around on the first floor until after nine o’clock at night before she finally got all the software connected! Once the inventory quantities of the snack bar were entered, everything would be ready for use. Even without a barcode scanner, whether it’s borrowing and returning books, or buying and selling goods, one could simply enter the initial letter of the product name to find books and merchandise, making operations quite convenient and quick.
It was so late, she really had no energy left to count the stock, so after giving Li Si’er a heads up, she went upstairs and locked the iron gate.
Upon seeing Zhen Yan still sitting in front of the computer in the master bedroom browsing web pages, Zhen Yu immediately expressed her displeasure: "Bro, why aren’t you sleeping yet?!"
"I’m looking at universities!" Zhen Yan called out without lifting his head. "Little sister, come check this out! What do you think of this school? It’s mainly about the city! The Capital!"
Zhen Yu’s demeanor changed in an instant, as she giggled and leaned in closer.
The screen displayed a school with a square and upright gate, topped with a police badge, and below it eight large, gilded characters!
Zhen Yu ignored the full name, only reading out the latter part, "Public Security University, quite good! Is this a prestigious university?"
"No! But it’s especially hard to get into! Not only is the score high but there is also a review process, and it’s in the early admission batch. Plus, you need to be physically fit!"
"Um... you’re definitely up to scratch on the last requirement," said Zhen Yu seriously.
"Little sister! I’m not messing with you!" Zhen Yan’s tone was very serious. "I’ve set my sights on this university!"
"It’s fine for you to set your sights on it, but it has to reciprocate, right? Just like with Gu Qing, it’s also about mutual interest!"
"Zhen Yu! Can you not always bring up the most uncomfortable subjects!" Zhen Yan was now both embarrassed and angry!
"Fine! I won’t talk about her anymore!" Zhen Yu raised her hands in surrender. "Let’s talk about your grades."
Zhen Yan: "...The average admission score is around 600..."
"How much did you score on the final exam?" Zhen Yu asked knowingly.
"Just over 500." Zhen Yan’s voice and head both dropped.
After giving her brother a hard time, Zhen Yu offered him a sweet date, "There’s still a year and a half. There’s time! Since you have such lofty goals, let’s start by improving your English and Chinese scores! Once you’re in Senior High School, I’ll figure something out for you!"
Zhen Yan looked up suddenly, his face showing no signs of dismay.
He hugged his sister tightly, happily saying, "I knew you would help me! I just knew it! Hehe..."
Zhen Yu pulled her arm free and smacked Zhen Yan on the forehead!
Don’t think I won’t hit you just because you’re my brother! A troublemaker like you needs to be set straight!
"Ow!" Zhen Yan yelped, releasing Zhen Yu and complaining, "Little sister, you don’t hold back at all! You definitely left a mark!"
Zhen Yu said sternly, "You deserve it! Go to sleep!"
"Fine, I’m going!" Zhen Yan muttered as he walked toward the door, "You look as glum as the bottom of a pot every single day, I really don’t know what Han Mingyue sees in you. That guy must have poor eyesight..."
"Hey hey hey!" Zhen Yan exclaimed a few times to steady himself. Knowing his sister had shut the door, he didn’t look back, just patted non-existent dust off his pants, and continued to grumble, "Mentioning just a couple of things and you get annoyed! And you kick me! You smelly girl..."