Jin Xia narrowed her eyes and glanced at the data included in the plan. It was not even enough for her to use in a single day.
Slowhand culture was all the rage now. With Song Li and the others watching videos every day, they would soon exceed the data limit.
"I want this 399-a-month plan, and the most expensive plan for the data card too."
Jin Xia spoke casually.
Liu Rui shot up from her chair. "What did you say? You want the most expensive plan? Are you opening an internet café in your dorm? Thirty gigabytes a month is plenty for me."
"If you can't set it up, I'll go to the service center myself tomorrow."
Jin Xia wasted no words.
Liu Rui rolled her eyes and muttered, "I'm just worried you'll waste money. Besides, this top-tier plan requires an upfront payment. Over four thousand. You..."
She did not finish, but the subtle expression on her face made her meaning perfectly clear.
She might as well have written "Do you have the money?" across her face.
Jin Xia turned toward the QR code sign on Liu Rui's desk. "Zhifubao. I'll scan your code."
What a big spender. She had gone straight for the top-tier plans for both the data card and wired internet, totaling over eight thousand!
And she had just transferred the money without even blinking?
"Are you... are you seriously planning to open an internet café in your dorm?"
The corner of Liu Rui's mouth twitched slightly, but she quickly took out a little notebook. "Your name, student ID, and the account holder's name. You need to fill out this form too."
Once Jin Xia had finished everything and was about to leave, Liu Rui stopped her again. "Add me on Q. If you have any problems with your internet connection later, contact me anytime."
"Okay."
She glanced at the friend request notification on her phone.
On the walk back to her dorm, Jin Xia kept thinking about one question.
Liu Rui was clearly a medical student, and supposedly, after graduating, she had gone to work at one of the country's top medical aesthetics clinics.
Her annual salary should have been pretty good, so why had she become Fang Ruxin's lackey?
Before Jin Xia even made it back to her dorm, her name had already spread across campus.
"Hey, have you heard? This year's freshmen are something else. Some rich girl spent over eight thousand on a wired internet and data card package as soon as school started. Talk about loaded!"
"Yeah, that's an inhuman level of wealth!"
"Over eight thousand... If I had that kind of money, I'd get a kidney 6 too!"
"I'm going to take these rich people on!"
They all talked over one another, even making a point of spreading the news far and wide on the school's Tieba forum.
Jin Xia pushed open the dorm room door. She had barely stepped one foot inside when she heard a girl's voice-
"Jin Xia, have you lost your mind? Are you opening an internet café in our dorm? What kind of fiber-optic whatever costs three or four hundred a month?"
As Zhang Niannian spoke, she grabbed Jin Xia's arm and tried to pull her outside. "If Song Li hadn't shown me your payment receipt, I wouldn't have believed it. How could you be so silly? That senior must have scammed you."
"No. I saw that Zhang Ru plays games too, so I figured we might as well get faster internet without the lag."
Jin Xia spoke casually, then glanced back at Zhang Ru. "Staying up late all the time is bad for your health."
Deeply moved, Zhang Ru slid over and dropped to her knees beside Jin Xia, clinging tightly to her leg. "Xiaxia! You're my goddess! You're amazing!"
Goddess...
The term felt so dated, yet hearing it come out of Zhang Ru's mouth here did not feel particularly out of place.
Living on campus was far more comfortable than Jin Xia had imagined.
In her previous life, she had lived alone in an apartment off campus. She had not even known these roommates as well as she knew the servers at that private restaurant.
Sleeping here now gave her the same sense of security she had felt back in the orphanage dormitory.
Back then, many children had slept together. With limited facilities and the children being so young, those under seven or eight were not separated by gender. Everyone slept on one large communal bed.
She had always complained that those little boys hated bathing and never washed their feet. Whenever it rained and the room grew damp, that baby-chick smell unique to children mixed with the sour stink of feet. It was something else!
Early the next morning, when Jin Xia got up to prepare for class, she made a point of calling Teacher Bai.
She strolled beneath the covered walkway. "Teacher Bai, how has Mengmeng been these past couple of days?"
"X-Xia, I don't understand those test numbers and things either. I'll send them to you in a bit so you can take a look. The doctor said something about Mengmeng's red and white blood cell counts being too low. I don't understand either. Anyway, he said we need surgery as soon as possible."
Even Teacher Bai's voice was trembling.
It was not hard for Jin Xia to guess that the actual situation was probably far more serious than Teacher Bai had described!
After hanging up, she looked at the test report Teacher Bai had sent.
Mengmeng's condition continued to deteriorate. Even ordinary treatments were causing more side effects than therapeutic benefits.
Teacher Bai had also told Jin Xia that Mengmeng had barely been able to eat these past few days. She had no appetite and frequently vomited.
Jin Xia realized that Mengmeng's immune defenses were dropping rapidly.
A chime sounded.
A message arrived on her phone.
"Jin Xia, today is your first day of classes. If there's anything you don't understand, ask me anytime."
It was Song Ming.
She had to admit that he was far more conscientious as an assistant than she had expected.
Song Ming had already organized her class schedule for the semester.
"Okay."
Jin Xia did not turn Song Ming down, because she knew her own grades all too well.
Whether in her previous life or this one, school had always been an ordeal for her.
Still, if the Wall Street stock market genius tutored her, he should be able to help improve her grades a little, right?
Jin Xia pushed open the classroom door and went inside. She had just put down her bag when a casual glance upward unexpectedly revealed Academician Wang standing at the front of the classroom.
Wang Jian glanced at the students in their seats and said evenly, "Hello, everyone. My name is Wang Jian."
Jin Xia looked at Academician Wang with an especially complicated gaze.
At this moment, he was not only Jin Xia's teacher, but also Mengmeng's savior!
Wang Jian seemed to notice Jin Xia looking at him. He adjusted his glasses, paused briefly, then asked in puzzlement, "Do you need something?"
Jin Xia answered calmly, "No."
"Good. Since there's nothing, let's begin the class. First, look at the slides..."
Wang Jian began speaking a little faster.
She more or less understood why so many students had failed Academician Wang's class in her previous life!
The little old man talked as though he were playing at double speed. Not only that, but unlike other teachers, he did not provide any introductory groundwork to help students digest and understand the material.
By the end of class, everyone was utterly deflated, like eggplants shriveled by frost.
Unfortunately, as Wang Jian packed up to leave, he added, "Since you're all having trouble understanding, go out into the field and investigate. Start by obtaining ten case records of unusual diseases and bring them to school. We'll need them next class."
"Ten?"
"Sir, we've only just started university. We're first-year freshmen. If we go to a hospital and ask for other people's medical records, will they give them to us?"
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