People Found Out About The Base I Built On the Moon

Chapter 1076: Chapter 139 Rebirth_11

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This is too fast!

Zhao Yu couldn’t help wanting to take another gulp, but he suppressed the impulse.

He coughed, then explained, “I’m sorry, I got too excited…”

“Ah, ah…” Hao Jingjing instinctively wanted to find an excuse for Zhao Yu, but her mind went blank and she didn’t know what to say.

Zhao Yu smiled and looked at the text message, realizing the source of the 50,000 was stock dividends.

He didn’t think much of it, assuming it was just a facade provided by the system, as long as it could be used normally.

“The money I invested has arrived…”

“Invested money?” Hao Jingjing was bewildered. Weren’t they all just first-year college students?

“Did you forget? When I was pretending to be a rich second generation, I borrowed hundreds of thousands…” Zhao Yu said with a smile.

Hao Jingjing felt overwhelmed. It was several hundred thousand. She didn’t understand how Zhao Yu had the heart to bear the burden of borrowing so much money.

Like herself, even when her grandmother was sick in the hospital, she didn’t dare, or even know how to borrow money.

Moreover, Zhao Yu was borrowing purely for consumption, to satisfy his own vanity, which to Hao Jingjing was unimaginable.

At that moment, Zhao Yu was so joyful he desperately wanted to share with someone, so he shoved his phone screen in front of Hao Jingjing’s eyes.

“Look, this the money I’ve made!”

Seeing the text message about the 50,000 deposit and its clear designation as stock dividends, Hao Jingjing was stunned.

“Is this really money you’ve earned?!” She was somewhat disbelieving. Was this still the Zhao Yu she knew?

Was this the same Zhao Yu everyone was talking about lately, who was unserious about studies, vain and deceitful, irresponsible and unethical?

“What else?!”

Zhao Yu chuckled, took back his phone, and said proudly, “What do you think I was squeezing into those rich people’s circles for?!”

“I did it to learn from them. Only by doing so can you get rich quick!”

“You know, for us ordinary people, the quickest and best way to make big money is to get close to these rich people, to find ways from them…”

Hao Jingjing listened, somewhat dumbfounded, instinctively skeptical, but seeing Zhao Yu’s confident look and remembering the 50,000 that just arrived on his phone message, she realized it wasn’t something she could compare to or even imagine.

In the end, Hao Jingjing believed Zhao Yu, and even admired him a bit. She felt that Zhao Yu was not as bad as everyone said, and that many people had misunderstood him.

Zhao Yu bragged quite a bit, and even he didn’t remember everything he said.

However, he remembered the gist, so that later on, when he made money thanks to the system, he would have something to talk about.

But unexpectedly, Hao Jingjing’s fondness for him soared again, reaching 78 points.

“You’ve shared even such a secret with me…” Hao Jingjing was somewhat surprised and flattered. In her view, this was Zhao Yu’s secret to wealth, unknown to others, but now he had shared it with her.

“We’re good friends!” Zhao Yu said with a beaming smile.

As his words fell, the system notification sounded again.

[Hao Jingjing’s fondness has surpassed 80 points for the first time, granting a withdrawal limit: 50,000.]

“Beep beep!”

Another text message notification sounded. Zhao Yu looked and saw the same dividend message, depositing another 50,000.

He showed the message to Hao Jingjing as if to confirm the bravado of his earlier statements.

“Impressive!” Hao Jingjing gave a genuine thumbs up this time.

“Hahaha, basic operation!”

Zhao Yu was smug for a while, then said, “We’re getting a seven-day holiday soon, what are your plans?”

Having acquired 100,000 from Hao Jingjing, that money was much more secure than the money he had previously borrowed.

Therefore, Zhao Yu felt like he should compensate Hao Jingjing somewhat.

“I plan to go back to my hometown to see my grandma…”

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Hao Jingjing was completely unaware that she was now able to talk normally with Zhao Yu instead of looking down and blushing after every sentence.

“By the way, I’ll also be working part-time in Shucheng where my grandmother is being treated for her illness…”

Over the past few days, Zhao Yu had been quietly learning about Hao Jingjing and knew that she wasn’t from this province but from the neighboring Shu province.

The reason she chose to study here was that Xihai province was economically developed, offered more opportunities, and most importantly, had rich educational resources.

With her scores, she could only attend an ordinary junior college in Shucheng, but here she could enroll in a second-tier university.

“Shucheng, huh? Perfect, I have a deal to discuss in Shucheng too. Let’s go together when the time comes!” Zhao Yu said boastfully.

But Hao Jingjing believed him, after all, just moments ago, in a matter of minutes, Zhao Yu’s account had received two transfers of fifty thousand each, totaling one hundred thousand. That was an amount of money beyond her belief.

Now, Zhao Yu could say anything, and she would believe it.

“However, don’t spread the word. I don’t want to attract too much attention before my debts are paid off!”

Zhao Yu was also afraid of any unexpected problems, of course, mainly worried about misunderstandings with Su Xinxin.

After all, he was getting too close to Hao Jingjing. If he was too conspicuous, it would be difficult to pursue Su Xinxin later.

“Mmm, I can keep a secret!” Hao Jingjing said with certainty.

She always spoke with a kind of intensity that seemed powerless.

“Alright then, it’s late, you should go back. There’s class tomorrow, and you need to wake up early to help out at the breakfast shop…”

Having made one hundred thousand overnight, Zhao Yu was eager to go back and be alone to exult in his joy.

The two quickly stood up and walked shoulder to shoulder like any other couple.

Walking on the road, when there was no one around, Hao Jingjing could talk normally with Zhao Yu, sharing some things with him.

But as soon as they met other people, she would lower her head, terrified of being seen, and dared not say another word.

Zhao Yu had become accustomed to her behavior, deliberately remaining silent when they encountered others, to give her a measure of respect.

And so, Zhao Yu walked Hao Jingjing to a spot about three or four hundred meters away from the girls’ dormitory.

“I’ll leave you here. I have a bad reputation, being seen with you might affect you…” Zhao Yu said casually, but in his heart, he was thinking it would be bad if Su Xinxin saw them and got the wrong idea.

But his words moved Hao Jingjing deeply, and she nodded repeatedly.

Watching Hao Jingjing walk away quickly, yet somewhat unsteadily, Zhao Yu couldn’t help but let out a wry smile.

“What a cute girl!”

But after praising her, he suddenly frowned and felt conflicted.

“How could I think like this?!”

“I belong to Su Xinxin!”

He fiercely scolded himself in his heart and then returned to his dorm.

Back in the dorm, he exchanged no words with his roommates, quietly finished washing up, and Zhao Yu buried himself under the covers, counting the zeros in his bank account balance over and over again.

Five zeros—it was a number he had seen before on his card when borrowing money.

But the feeling now was completely different from back then.

Then, he knew the money with five zeros wasn’t his; it was borrowed.

But now, these five zeros represented one hundred thousand that he could freely spend.

The next day, Zhao Yu woke up early, unable to sleep. Before the others got up, he quickly finished washing up and left the dormitory.

He headed straight for the ATM, inserted his bank card, checked the amount once more to confirm it really was one hundred thousand and that he could withdraw the money. He finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“I’ve got money now!”

Zhao Yu felt a sense of relief, “Everything is going to start getting better…”

“Next, it’s time to maximize Hao Jingjing’s final credit limit of one hundred thousand…”

Before heading to class, Zhao Yu set himself another goal—to use the upcoming seven-day holiday to completely drain the remaining value out of Hao Jingjing.