Rags to Riches: The Rise of a Dual-Talent Prodigy
Chapter 187 - 186: So Ugly That It Puts People at Ease
CHAPTER 187: CHAPTER 186: SO UGLY THAT IT PUTS PEOPLE AT EASE
The contract is for Zhang Feng and Liang Yuting to become factory directors at Qian Qi’s pharmaceutical factory after they graduate, fully dedicating themselves to helping her make money.
Of course, Qian Qi will give them some shares, so that she can enjoy her sweet retirement life, leaving Zhang Feng and Liang Yuting to run the factory. Even for the year-end bonuses, she believes they will work hard to make the Magic Medicine Factory flourish.
"In the next three years, find some reliable and diligent students and recruit them to our factory!" Qian Qi said excitedly, "Train them well, and they can become branch managers in the future, making our Magic Medicine Factory bigger and stronger!"
"Alright!" Zhang Feng was eager to try, surprised that Qian Qi had planned the future so quickly, "No problem!"
After resolving the matters with Zhang Feng and Liang Yuting, Qian Qi began her dual cultivation of Magic Plants and Magic Beasts. When tired from studying, she would go to the Beast Taming Department to clean up after the Flame Dogs, or give lectures to the students in the Magic Plant Department, helping them speed up their learning.
Even the dean and teachers of the Magic Plant Department would sneak into her classes, and Qian Qi was not stingy. If she wanted the Magic Plant Industry to prosper, she couldn’t hold back. Only with a flourishing Magic Plant Industry would human safety increase, and the overall consumption level of the public rise.
This means she could earn her little money more comfortably and happily.
It’s still the same old thing, for her beautiful and sweet retirement life, she must remove all stumbling blocks. Even if it’s the end of the world, nothing can stop her from achieving her great life goals!
A month passed quickly.
The second-year students of the three major departments are finally about to enter a dungeon for the first time.
The campus dungeon is locked in several special halls, one area was chosen for Awakener University because over 20 E-level dungeons appeared densely there.
As soon as Qian Qi entered the hall, she saw it was full of students moving around, looking to form teams.
She had specifically investigated on the campus forum and found that the three major academies could team up to enter the dungeons, with five people per team. If they could join a strong team, they would score higher, and have more opportunities to enter the dungeon.
At each dungeon entrance, a teacher in charge of exam supervision recorded the team members’ information. Only teams of five were allowed in, so Qian Qi wandered around the hall, looking for teammates.
Finding teammates was quite challenging, as everyone knew second-year students had to enter a dungeon, and many teams were already formed in the first year, having established a rapport, and naturally wouldn’t let others join.
Qian Qi tried maintaining a neutral expression on her face, and deliberately wore formal clothes today, letting her messy hair fall neatly, with long bangs covering half her face, making it hard for anyone to recognize her as Qian Qi. Hearing she was a speed awakened, they were even more reluctant to let her join and hold them back.
Just as Qian Qi was sighing deeply, she suddenly saw a familiar figure.
That fiery red hair was eye-catching among the black-haired crowd, combined with a studded black leather jacket and an inexpressibly rebellious air, especially with that handsome, spirited face, wasn’t that her good nephew, Xu Jinghong!
At this moment, Xu Jinghong was standing with a black bag slung over one shoulder, leaning against a pillar, chewing gum impatiently. He looked bad-tempered, and several people without teams who tried to approach him hesitated and eventually chose to back off seeing his fierce look.
Sometimes, a teammate’s personality is crucial to the team. If someone has a bad temper, it can easily ruin the team atmosphere, leading to irreparable consequences.
Seeing Xu Jinghong alone, Qian Qi quickly slid over, her lips barely parting as she asked, "Hey, wanna team up?"
She didn’t dare speak normally because she feared that if she opened her mouth any wider, her whole face would fall apart.
Hearing the voice, Xu Jinghong looked down at Qian Qi, who was a head shorter than him, feeling she was familiar, but couldn’t place it. After sizing up the skinny Qian Qi, he withdrew his gaze and said, "Join first, I can’t command. Find a student from the Command Department to see if they’ll keep you."
"Alright!" Hearing this, Qian Qi realized she only needed to find a commander who would let her join the team.
Qian Qi immediately weaved through the crowd, where many lone students from the Command Department had gathered. Generally, students from the Command Department would actively seek teammates, but some shy ones found it difficult. Qian Qi circled around the lone Command Department students and eventually found the best-looking one.
"You, what’s your name?" Qian Qi tried to keep a neutral expression and displayed her handsome, calm face, asking the shy Command Department student.
"I, I’m Han Li." Han Li was a bit frightened by the high-cold aura of the expressionless Qian Qi.
"Alright, you’re the one." Qian Qi picked up the little shy one and returned to Xu Jinghong’s side.
"Commander Han Li." She pointed to Han Li, introducing him to Xu Jinghong.
Facing Xu Jinghong’s cold, impatient face, Han Li shivered like a chick in an eagle’s nest.
Oh no, these two teammates seem so fierce!
Xu Jinghong glanced at Han Li, "How did you score in the Commanding course last semester?"
"9, 92 points." Han Li answered weakly.
"That’s a pretty high score, let’s go with him." With only one hour left before entering the dungeon, Xu Jinghong knew that without teammates, he wouldn’t be able to enter, so he immediately accepted Han Li.
"I’ll find two more!" Having put Han Li down, Qian Qi dashed into the crowd like a machine gun, seemingly having found the knack for it, specializing in finding solitary shy ones.
Passing by someone, she braked abruptly and turned to look at that person.
She was an extraordinarily beautiful girl, with long black hair like a waterfall, lips pink as cherry blossoms, and skin delicate as porcelain, showcasing her superior beauty genes.
But beneath those willow-leaf-like slender eyebrows was a pair of ice-cold beautiful eyes, full of chill, making any male or female students who approached silently retreat several meters, not daring to invite her.
"Hey, who is she?" Qian Qi caught a passerby and asked.
"You don’t know her?" The student looked as if questioning if Qian Qi was a student from the three major academies, "That’s High Peak Flower of the Skill Department, an extremely rare Double Awakened, Sheng Qing!"
Sheng Qing? What a nice name.
Curious, Qian Qi asked, "She’s so powerful, why hasn’t anyone asked her to team up?"
"Oh, who dares, she’s very aloof, doesn’t say much. Even when the grandchild of the Beast Taming Department’s dean pursued her, she didn’t give them a glance. Never seeking a team all through the first year, who would still bother now?" The student shook his head and continued looking for his teammates.
Qian Qi scratched her head, seeing Sheng Qing standing alone, her beautiful icy eyes calmly watching the crowd. As if sensing someone looking at her, her high-cold eyes briefly looked at Qian Qi before quickly looking away indifferently.
Qian Qi scratched her butt and approached, "Want to team up?"
Sheng Qing’s raven-feather-like dense eyelashes fluttered slightly, her clear yet chill eyes scanning Qian Qi’s face twice, then she nodded.
Surprised by Sheng Qing’s quick agreement, Qian Qi couldn’t help but smugly wipe her face, musing, "I must be even more handsome than that grandson of the Beast Taming Department’s dean, or why would such a beauty agree so readily?"
Oh, the solitude of being unrivaled, like snow lonely in the wind...
System: [Be confident, maybe she finds your ugliness reassuring? ^_^]
Qian Qi: ???
Qian Qi threw the system on the ground.