Chapter 881: Chapter 881: Playing Dirty Chapter 881: Chapter 881: Playing Dirty Ning Ziping never expected that his son would live in the same city as him, nor did he expect that his son simply did not want to recognize him.
Luo Qiao went to the school, and directly sought out the class advisor of Clinical Medicine Class One. As the advisor faced this legendary figure from the school, they said, “Welcome, Luo Qiao, to join our senior fifth-year Clinical Medicine Class One.”
Luo Qiao humbly smiled, “I heard that today my classmates would be back to complete some forms, could you please take me to the class so I can introduce myself to everyone?”
The advisor took Luo Qiao to the classroom. Some people couldn’t understand; they were graduating in just over a month, and today they were just back to fill forms. What was the point of this person jumping grades to the fifth year now? After all, they would still have to do an internship just like the students coming up from the fourth year.
The advisor explained the situation, and Luo Qiao made her introduction, then found a place to sit down.
Fifth-year medical students did not need to write a graduation thesis, but they still needed to take more graduation exams than students in other majors; they could graduate only after passing exams in all subjects. Luo Qiao thought it would be better to work hard and graduate with the current fifth-year class.
It was perfect timing as she was going to start graduate school in the latter half of the year, aiming to complete both her master’s and doctoral degrees in three years.
No sooner said than done, she returned to her mentor’s place at noon, discussed it, and then went to the school to submit her application. Initially, the department was somewhat disagreeable and even specially consulted Professor Chang who was mentoring her.
In the end, Professor Chang said that with her current work capability and level, she could graduate directly. Consequently, her application was approved.
This morning, Lu Yichen roused her from bed, “Qiao Bao, if we don’t get up now, we’ll be late.”
“Being late is all your fault. I told you no, but you wouldn’t listen.”
“Baby, I was wrong. I’ll take it easier next time.”
“That’s always nice to hear.”
“I’ve laid out the food, it will be cold if we’re late. Today, Professor Chang wants you to report to Professor Guo in neurosurgery. If you’re late, it won’t make a good impression.”
Luo Qiao clung to Lu Yichen’s neck, whining, “Then carry me to wash up, I’ve got no energy.”
“Alright, alright, alright, you always act spoiled with me.” Saying this, he scooped her up in a princess carry and went straight to the washroom.
Once the two had their fill of affection and had eaten and tidied up, the timing was just right. Lu Yichen now always called ahead, allowing enough time for her to delay. Luo Qiao was becoming less and less self-conscious.
Just as they were about to leave, they saw Kang Huaiqing and his wife coming over, followed by several gossiping women.
Kang Huaiqing said, “Deputy Director Lu, we ran to several places but couldn’t find that washing machine. We asked around, and it’s going to cost four hundred seventy dollars. So could you just compensate us directly with cash?”
Lu Yichen checked the time, “If that’s the situation, then compensating in cash is acceptable. We’ll just figure out another way to buy one.”
In front of so many people, Kang Huaiqing pulled out an envelope from his pocket and handed it over. Lu Yichen took it, counted in front of everyone to exactly four hundred seventy dollars, and then handed the money to Luo Qiao.
Luo Qiao took it, pulled out twenty dollars and handed it back to Kang Huaiqing, “Keep these twenty dollars. Although I only used that washing machine a few times, it’s been a few months since I bought it. Consider these twenty dollars as a depreciation fee.”
Kang Huaiqing initially didn’t want to accept it—as they still had to buy another one, and minus the twenty, they would have to spend more—but Mao Yunshang by his side thought differently and directly took the money.
Kang Huaiqing wanted to say something, but his wife, Mao Yunshang, didn’t give him a chance, “Everyone saw, she voluntarily gave back the money; it wasn’t us who paid less. We’ve compensated fully for the washing machine.”
Luo Qiao had other things to do and didn’t want to keep arguing about this matter, so she said, “Let’s consider this matter closed, I have to go now.”
She handed the money to Lu Yichen, “You keep it for now, it’s not safe with me.”
That was entirely for show.
Time passed quickly, and Luo Qiao graduated with this year’s fifth-year students, receiving her bachelor’s degree. Since she was going directly into graduate studies, she didn’t need to worry about job placement.
That day, Ji Lin and Miao Shuang invited her to go shopping. The trio first went boating in Beihai Park, where Ji Lin casually mentioned, “It would be nice if Shen Juan were here too, but unfortunately that girl always rushes home the minute vacation starts.”