I'm back in 1990

Chapter 110: If one meal won't do, then two will.

Huang Xiaochuan originally intended to give all these passbooks to Yu Xiang for safekeeping, but as soon as he expressed this intention, he frightened Yu Xiang.

"I don't want it. What if I lose it? I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep at night if I keep so much money here."

Huang Xiaochuan thought about it and realized it made sense. Such a large sum of money was nothing to Huang Xiaochuan, but it was a burden for Yu Xiang, and it would be a losing proposition.

Later, Huang Xiaochuan came up with a compromise. He took Yu Xiang to the bank and deposited a sum of money in Yu Xiang's name. The money was the proceeds from the box of Japanese pornographic films they had just sold. Moreover, at that time, there was no real-name system for depositing money; anyone could deposit money using any name, and withdrawals were made using a password.

Yu Xiang didn't notice Huang Xiaochuan's little actions and thought he was just there to deposit money. She didn't expect that Huang Xiaochuan would deposit a sum of money in her name.

After receiving the new passbook, Huang Xiaochuan gave it directly to Yu Xiang.

"Keep this money for your daily expenses and to buy things. Don't say no; it's only right that I earn money for you to use. Besides, I just want you and our parents to have a better life in the future. The password is your birthday, so keep it safe!"

In Huang Xiaochuan's mind, not only should his daughter be raised in luxury, but his wife should be raised in even greater luxury.

Yu Xiang didn't want to accept it, but before she could refuse, the passbook was stuffed into her coat pocket.

And so, Yu Xiang was sent back to school by Huang Xiaochuan in a daze. Throughout the day, Yu Xiang was sometimes dazed and sometimes clear-headed. There was just too much information, and her brain's CPU couldn't keep up.

Yu Xiang's best friend, Ji Mei, sensed something was off about her, so she asked her with concern, "Yu Xiang, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

"Oh! It's nothing, I'm fine!" Yu Xiang waved her hand weakly.

"Why do you look so absent-minded?" Ji Mei touched Yu Xiang's forehead, worried that Yu Xiang might be sick.

Suddenly, Yu Xiang asked her, "Ji Mei, if you suddenly had a large sum of money, what would you do?"

Upon hearing this, Ji Mei exclaimed, "If such a good thing happened, I would immediately go and buy myself a beautiful dress. I saw a wool coat I liked at the Oriental Shopping Mall. I tried it on, and it fit me perfectly and looked beautiful, as if it were tailor-made for my figure. It's just too expensive, though, at 430 yuan! Sigh! I can't afford it!"

"Anything else?"

"It would be great if I could just buy this coat. I haven't thought about anything else yet. If I really had money, I would buy clothes, lots and lots of beautiful clothes."

Yu Xiang forced herself to smile, then lay down weakly, wanting to sort things out.

If Ji Mei knew that my husband Huang Xiaochuan possessed a fortune that most people couldn't even imagine, would she still be able to maintain her composure? I doubt she'd be any better off than me.

The thought that I had a savings book with 31,000 yuan in my coat pocket made me dizzy.

On the contrary, Huang Xiaochuan felt relaxed. Now that's good, he doesn't have to hide it from Yu Xiang anymore, saving him from having to use many excuses to cover up the truth later.

He started school, and his roommates gradually returned, but Hao Zhidu disappeared after making a brief appearance.

After Wu Duo arrived at the dormitory, he gave everyone a warm hug. After hugging him, Huang Xiaochuan asked, "Class monitor, what's going on with you?"

"Brothers, I've missed you all so much!" Wu Duo showed off a line from the Spring Festival Gala.

"Damn, is it really that big of a deal?" Huang Xiaochuan was a little overwhelmed by Wu Duo's enthusiasm.

"Come, come, look what I brought you."

As he spoke, Wu Duo turned the bag upside down and poured its contents onto the table. It was all food, various local specialties and snacks from Yanjing.

Others followed suit, and Zhang Gaolei and Chen Zhe also contributed the local specialties they brought from home.

Ding Yi, that guy, lives the closest, but arrives the latest. He fell in love with reading, starting with cola novels. Still the same old habit.

While Huang Xiaochuan and the other three were eating, Ding Yi came in wearing a fur-trimmed cotton jacket and carrying a toilet-shaped bag. His hair was permed, making him look like a young master. He also wore sunglasses in a flashy way, making him look like a toad.

Huang Xiaochuan couldn't hold back his sharp tongue any longer: "Damn, who is this? From afar he looks like an idiot, up close he looks like a toad, but upon closer inspection, it turns out to be Lao Ding."

Ding Yi angrily shoved Huang Xiaochuan: "Get lost! I'm decked out in designer brands, you know that? Designer brands?"

"Then you might as well stick all the brand names on your face, so we don't have to look for those brands on you."

"Tch!" Ding Yi scoffed at Huang Xiaochuan's sarcasm.

He then joined in eating without any hesitation.

"These are great! These chestnuts are huge, sweet and mealy, so delicious. Who brought these peanuts? I've never had such fragrant peanuts before!"

"These peanuts were grown by my grandma, and she saved them especially for me so I could bring them to school for you to try," Zhang Gaolei said with a simple, honest smile, explaining the origin of the peanuts.

The chestnuts were brought back by Chen Zhe. "My mom bought them. We have a lot of chestnuts where I'm from. If you like them, I'll have my mom send you some more later."

Ding Yi's mouth was full of food, but that didn't stop him from speaking: "Xiao Chuan, what delicious food did you bring back?"

Huang Xiaochuan was hit in the acupoint by Ding Yi, so he came back empty-handed, without bringing anything. His grandmother and aunt asked him to bring some food, but he thought it was too much trouble and didn't bring anything.

However, he also noticed that Ding Yi hadn't brought anything either: "What about you? I didn't see you bring anything either?"

"Tch! I brought my mouth!"

The saying "When a person is shameless, he is invincible" is really true, and Huang Xiaochuan was speechless for a moment.

I might as well change the subject: "Squad leader, where's the data I asked you to get for me? Old Ding, and you too!"

Ding Yi casually pulled a thick envelope from his toilet bag: "Here you go, it's all in there."

Wu Duo also took out a file folder from his luggage and handed it to Huang Xiaochuan.

Huang Xiaochuan didn't even bother to eat. He took the food and started looking through it. After five or six minutes, he said with a big smile, "I'll treat everyone to a good meal tonight. The class monitor and Lao Ding will be in charge of choosing the restaurant."

"Hey, hey, hey! That won't do. You think you can just get rid of us with a meal? I didn't even have a proper winter break because of you." Ding Yi was the first to jump up and object.

"Old Ding is right. Trying to smooth things over with just one meal is too stingy. It's not like you, Xiao Chuan, are you," Wu Duo chimed in.

Huang Xiaochuan didn't care at all; if one meal wasn't enough, he'd just have another!

"Alright, we'll do as Lao Ding and the squad leader instructed. We'll treat you to two meals. You two can each choose a restaurant. Who wants to come first tonight? How about you two play rock-paper-scissors to decide the winner?"

The dormitory was instantly filled with enthusiasm. Wu Duo and Ding Yi stood facing each other, ready to play. They exchanged a knowing glance. Today's rock-paper-scissors game was simply about winning the first chance to choose a restaurant, and it didn't matter who won.

Zhang Gaolei exclaimed excitedly, "I'll count to three, then we begin!"

Wu Duo: Rock, Paper, Scissors

Ding Yi: "Rock, Paper, Scissors"

Ding Yi is cloth, Wu Duo is stone, and Ding Yi won the first opportunity to choose a restaurant.

However, Ding Yi was quite considerate and chose a small restaurant near the school. He said, "We just celebrated the New Year and our stomachs are full of oily food, so let's not have too much meat and fish. This restaurant has some good specialties, so let's try something different."

Since Hao Zhi was not there, Wu Duo went downstairs to find a public phone and paged him. He replied quite quickly, but said he had other things to do that evening and couldn't attend, so Wu Duo and the others could have their own get-together, and he was taking leave.

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