CHAPTER 41: CHAPTER 41: IS THERE A WAY TO GET RICH?

Little Yellow sat with Big Sis, staring at the rapidly filtered apartment listings on the phone screen, feeling a bit troubled:

"Sis, short-term rentals aren’t popular in our small town."

"You’re starting school in September, so renting now is just for three months. Either it’s expensive and not worth it, or you can’t find a suitable place—by the way, Sis, your phone runs really fast!"

Little Yellow spoke quickly:

"I really envy you, being able to ask for anything because you do well in school. You just say you want a new phone, and you get it!"

"Not like me; I saved up two years of New Year’s money just to buy this phone, and now it’s even laggy..."

This is truly the plight of modern students.

They basically have no control over money.

Especially with phones, which can easily cause grades to drop—they’re the ultimate evil.

Chu River, on the other hand, frowned with dissatisfaction:

"This phone... Sigh, I’ll just make do."

These words were a stimulus to Little Yellow, making him feel even more that Big Sis was no ordinary person.

The latest, most expensive phone, and she’s just making do?

So once again, he looked at her expectantly:

"Sis, just tell me, what’s your budget for renting?"

However, Chu River didn’t answer his question, instead, she seemed to ponder:

"You’re right, for just two months, renting a place here really isn’t worth it—"

With that time, she could buy a place in Beijing!

With a flick of her fingers, the listings for the most desirable detached houses with basements appeared before her.

Chu River: ...

She patiently counted how many digits there were, and at that moment, touching the bank card in her pocket, she suddenly felt a pang of sadness—

[I, a dignified interstellar junior general, after coming back a thousand years, can’t say I’m ahead of the entire world, but how do I not even have the money to buy a house?]

The disparity in housing prices is as vast as that between Tianshui City and the Central City of the Third Guard Satellite!

Fortunately, her wild rant didn’t actually come out—it was just a thought in her mind.

Chu Fa Da quickly adjusted his expression, rephrasing the words that had not yet been spoken:

"...Why don’t we just rent a place in Beijing."

"But... but..." Little Yellow stammered:

"Sis, although I’m an adult and can run errands for you, first, my grades aren’t enough to get into a school in Beijing, and second, I don’t have money to go there!"

"Rent in Beijing is very expensive, and renting two rooms for the two of us is kind of intimidating..."

As he spoke, he became increasingly shy:

"Sis, honestly, sharing a room between the two of us is a bit inappropriate..."

Chu River looked at him disdainfully and straightforwardly said:

"I didn’t expect your grades to be so poor that you can’t even make it to Beijing—how many marks do you think you’d get on the exam?"

Little Yellow: ...

All his efforts went into the college entrance exam.

"Sis, how would I know! It’s just a bit lower than the mock exam anyways."

Chu River: ...

After a moment, she sincerely looked at Little Yellow:

"So do you have a school to attend?"

Little Yellow’s face turned pale.

Of course not, being in the lowest tier of the low; knock on his skull and his brains are already scrambled—what university could he possibly attend?

Not even meeting a technical college’s cutoff score.

If he really wanted to go, it’d have to be a vocational school that doesn’t require a score.

"Then what are you waiting for?"

Chu River patted him: "I don’t mind that you haven’t gone to university, being an adult, you can at least run errands, right?"

"Want to go? If you do, I’ll cover your living expenses."

Little Yellow: ...

Who could say no to that?

This young guy, his ambitions reaching the sky, had never been to Beijing!

Besides, the thought of ’hanging out in society with Big Sis’ felt exciting!!!

He nodded vigorously.

Chu River quickly contacted her other four good sisters and formed a group chat:

[The Rich Family]

Chu Fa Da: I’m heading to Beijing first, once I’m settled, I’ll bring you guys over to have fun.

After sending the message, she immediately planned to book a ticket.

It was Chen Xinyue who replied in a rush:

"Are you going to Beijing now and then come back when it’s time to fill out the academic preferences?"

They hadn’t started working yet, and if Chu River were to leave now, they’d have to dip into whatever pocket money they had left.

Chu River: ...

Forgot about the whole filling out preferences thing.

Speaking of which—

"Aren’t He’an Bai Niao both about the same? Can’t Old Chen just fill it out casually?"

Of course not.

Gao Tiantian had complete faith in her:

"What if you turn out to be the top scorer, they would still need to arrange interviews then."

Chu River: ...

After calculating, there were still about ten or twenty days till that time, and they couldn’t just stay in a hotel in Tianshui City. Better to settle a bit in Beijing and see if there were other ways to make money. Otherwise, not being able to afford even a house would be too embarrassing to mention!

"Hey, what’s the fastest way to make money these days?"

She had asked this question before, but unfortunately, students didn’t have much foresight.

Only relying on the "Criminal Law," it was doable, but the cleanup work was too troublesome.

A school dropout with some real-world experience should have some idea!

Little Yellow thought for a moment and finally mentioned a mature topic:

"How about you invest in stocks or funds?"

Chu River: ...

That’s indeed a good idea.

She checked her phone:

"Wait while I write an algorithm, then put the money in it, and let it grow on its own."

That’s definitely a slick move.

Little Yellow was dumbfounded—could this be the realm of a brilliant mind standing at the top?

No way!

If geniuses had such skills, why bother with He’an Bai Niao, just become a capitalist!

Little Yellow eagerly asked:

"Sis, are you sure you can do it?"

Chu River raised an eyebrow:

"A woman, except when lying, when hasn’t she been able?"

This sounded so logical that Little Yellow was momentarily speechless.

But soon, the very capable Chu River began to fret again.

The computing power required for financial market algorithms was immense, and her modified laptop and phone couldn’t keep up.

To forcefully write it, it would take at least half a year to ensure a minimum 92% rapid profit margin.

What couldn’t she achieve in half a year?

And besides—

The silly sidekick beside her was still looking at her with excitement:

"Sis, isn’t this like cheating? So thrilling! But in games, they ban people for cheating; is that okay for you?"

Chu River: ...

If making money like this didn’t draw the state’s attention, it would be too outrageous.

She cleared her throat and quickly cut off one of her paths to riches—

As always, it’s not that she couldn’t do it, but because the cleanup didn’t match the income.

So at this moment, she replied righteously:

"What could happen? It’s just writing my own algorithm."

"But, honestly, money from the financial market is too bland, it lacks soul."

"I’ve decided to change my approach."

"Think of something else."

Little Yellow: ...

The world of a genius is too hard to grasp!

He clearly didn’t qualify.

But it was every sidekick’s duty to ease Big Sis’s worries, so he racked his brains:

"How about, Sis, with your beauty and excellent grades, we start with ’The Strongest Brain,’ and you become a celebrity!"