Xia Yuqing: I'll cover for you from now on!

Faced with Xia Yuqing's question, An Wuyang wasn't surprised.

What was so strange about a girl knowing car logos these days?

An Wuyang answered affirmatively, "Yeah, do you know the brand?"

"Mm." Xia Yuqing responded first, then paused for a moment before adding, "My cousin brought her boyfriend home last year during the New Year, and the car he drove was a BMW."

"There's a story there?" An Wuyang asked with interest.

"My cousin's boyfriend is too flashy. He's always showing off his BMW, and it's really off-putting." Xia Yuqing said without holding back.

"You've got me curious now. Which BMW model does your cousin's boyfriend drive?" An Wuyang inquired curiously.

Xia Yuqing answered negatively, "I don't know."

"Is it a sedan or an SUV?" An Wuyang asked.

"A sedan." Xia Yuqing replied.

"Does the back have a number on it? Like 320 or 330, or 525, 735, something like that?" An Wuyang pressed further.

Xia Yuqing thought for a moment before responding, "I think it was 118? Anyway, the whole car looked really small, and the design wasn't good-looking. It wasn't as nice as yours."

???

118?

So what he was showing off was the lowest-end BMW 1 Series?

That's something to brag about?

An Wuyang found it a bit hard to understand!

"Your cousin has great taste!" An Wuyang could only compliment.

Xia Yuqing shot An Wuyang a glare, "I know you're being sarcastic."

"You're pretty sharp." An Wuyang added another compliment.

"You're being sarcastic again!" Xia Yuqing snorted.

Xia Yuqing proactively changed the subject, "Have you picked your major and school yet?"

An Wuyang kept driving as he answered affirmatively, "Already decided. The major is still Marketing, like I told you before. As for the school, I finally settled on East Salford College, a private university in Rongcheng, Tianfu."

"..." This time it was Xia Yuqing's turn to be speechless.

Because the 'East Salford College' An Wuyang chose sounded like some diploma mill.

Well!

It wasn't just the sound of it.

In fact, it was a private diploma mill. It had been established for less than twenty years, and at its founding, it was only a technical vocational school. Later, it was upgraded to a 'college,' becoming the first private undergraduate college in Xichuan Province.

But even so, it still couldn't change its nature as a diploma mill.

East Salford College was essentially a computer software-type vocational school. Its best majors were in the computer category, including Computer Science and Technology, Software Engineering, Internet of Things Engineering, Data Science and Big Data Technology, and so on.

As for things like Marketing, E-commerce, Health Service and Management, those were purely scam majors, designed only to trick students into enrolling and paying tuition. As for how students found jobs after graduation, what did that have to do with the school?

If you asked again, it was just a difference in individual student ability!

"Why did you choose this university?" Xia Yuqing asked tactfully.

"Probably because I didn't want to choose Shuimu University or Imperial Capital University." An Wuyang gave a non-sequitur answer.

Why did he choose East Salford College?

Of course, because his College Entrance Examination scores weren't good!

With a total score of 437 and a ranking over eighty thousand, what good school could he choose?

Actually, An Wuyang could have chosen Xichuan College of Culture and Arts. This arts and culture college also offered lazy majors like Marketing.

More importantly, arts colleges definitely had a lot of senior and junior female students. But the problem was that this school wasn't in Tianfu; it was in Mianyun City.

So An Wuyang ruled it out.

There was also another option that particularly suited An Wuyang: Tianfu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

An Wuyang's family's Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group had a traditional Chinese medicine business, and An Huchun also had some research in the field of traditional Chinese medicine. Plus, this university had a Marketing major.

The only issue was that An Wuyang's scores weren't high enough.

According to the admission records of Tianfu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine over the years, to get in, you needed to be ranked at least within the top sixty thousand to have a chance.

An Wuyang was more than twenty thousand places short!

So, after considering the admission score ranking, school location, and major, he could only end up at a diploma mill.

Faced with An Wuyang's non-sequitur, Xia Yuqing mustered her courage and said, "Don't worry, I'll have your back from now on!"

A hint of a smile appeared on An Wuyang's face. This Xia Yuqing was pretty optimistic, huh?

"Then I'll leave it to you, Xia classmate!" An Wuyang went along with Xia Yuqing's words.

"Mm!" Xia Yuqing nodded seriously.

Just before 12:30, the two arrived at Zhulin Pier Steamed Fish Restaurant.

An Wuyang pulled directly into a temporary parking spot along the roadside, where many cars were parked, clearly all there to eat.

An Wuyang then followed Xia Yuqing toward the restaurant, which had a strong sense of history.

"Has this place been open for many years?" An Wuyang asked casually.

Xia Yuqing answered affirmatively. "I ate here as a kid, back then."

She stopped abruptly.

"I heard it's been open for over thirty years," she said, shifting the topic somewhat stiffly.

An Wuyang didn't press her about her childhood. It wasn't the right time to ask, and besides, if Xia Yuqing wanted to talk about it, she would; if she didn't, pushing would only make things awkward.

They entered the restaurant, and Xia Yuqing led An Wuyang upstairs with practiced ease, then took out her phone to scan the QR code and order.

"An classmate, take a look and see what you'd like," she said, handing him her phone.

An Wuyang took it and glanced at the menu. "Any recommendations?"

"I'd suggest the Black Bean Steamed Fish and the Roasted Pepper Steamed Fish. If they have mandarin fish today, you could also go for the Steamed Mandarin Fish," Xia Yuqing offered.

An Wuyang scrolled through the menu on her phone and chose the Steamed Black Bean Catfish, Roasted Pepper Steamed Perch, and Steamed Mandarin Fish.

As he ordered, he noticed another feature of the restaurant: the portions were customizable, with a minimum of 200 grams, and you could even select specific parts of the fish.

However, choosing a specific part came with an extra service fee.

For the Steamed Black Bean Catfish, An Wuyang selected 300 grams and opted for the tail section, avoiding the belly, since the tail meat was finer and less fishy.

That choice cost 20 yuan per 100 grams, so 300 grams came to just 60 yuan—cheap in his eyes.

He did the same for the Roasted Pepper Steamed Perch, though it was slightly pricier at 25 yuan per 100 grams.

The most expensive was the Steamed Mandarin Fish, sold only whole at 120 yuan per 500 grams.

After placing the order, An Wuyang handed the phone back to Xia Yuqing. "Xia classmate, see if you want to add anything else."