Chapter 79: The College Dream

Chapter 79

The plane flying to Japan whistled across the night sky.

I wonder if it would fly past Lvshan City.

Da Dong saw that Qi Wei had been smiling silly since he got on the car and was still smiling silly on the plane, hugging his phone and taking a look at it from time to time. He was simply neurotic.

At this moment, Qi Wei was looking at his phone which had been switched to flight mode, but he still opened WeChat and smiled silly. There was one more friend in his WeChat.

Her name was just Seven.

He didn't expect to meet her by chance when he was looking for travel guides to Japan. She happened to be learning Japanese.

So she was also looking for some Japan-related books.

Not only did he add her on WeChat, but also chatted with her for a few sentences. She even told him that he could go to Kiyomizu Temple, and Ginkakuji Temple nearby was also good.

When she heard that he was going to Japan, she also said that if he saw any interesting places, he could share them with her.

He left a message to her that his name was Qi Wei and his WeChat name was a string of symbols followed by a word "time".

She also left a message to him with her name, Su Xiaoqi.

In fact, he already knew her name, but what she told him was different.

Da Dong peeked over to take a look, and saw that it was the interface of adding a new friend on WeChat. There was only their names and no content at all. What was there to see?

After a while, he suddenly reacted: "You added that girl's WeChat? Not bad! Showing her real face!"

Qi Wei just smiled silly and didn't care at all even being punched on the shoulder.

Lin Zizuo next to him had stayed up late playing games last night. At this moment, he was snoring, with saliva flowing out.

Outside the window was the endless night sky. Qi Wei wished he could immediately turn the plane around and fly back. But thinking of what she said about sharing anything interesting with her, he suddenly felt that this trip was like having a mission. His mind was filled with her frowns and smiles. He felt a little dizzy. Her voice was so nice. He should have talked to her earlier.

Xiaoqi jumped into the swimming pool. The pool water submerged her. She had a wonderful feeling of sinking down and floating up again, making her feel dizzy.

After practicing swimming for so long, Xiaoqi was no longer just swimming for the competition to win prizes. Now she felt that swimming was really a very relaxing sport that soothed body and mind.

Xiaoqi’s next tutoring time was next Tuesday. But now she had to learn Japanese on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. She also needed to practice swimming. There would be a competition on the 20th. So she couldn’t go home either. Fortunately, it was convenient to call her parents now.

She was quite busy today. It was not easy to talk to her parents. She actually stayed in the swimming pool at night after swimming. The gym would close at 10 pm and start driving people out at 9:30 pm.

After Xiaoqi took a shower and waited for Coach Wu Peirong to leave together.

Coach Wu’s home was next to the gym. She remained single up till now and dedicated herself to sports education. She was also from the countryside, not as remote as Gumula Village which was an hour drive to Lvshan City.

In the village, she was considered a powerful girl. At a young age, she bought an apartment in the city by herself. Of course, there were also talks that she was stupid. What did a girl need an apartment for? Even her parents didn’t understand her and thought she should have bought an apartment for her younger brother instead. Anyway, because of this, she almost had a falling out with her family. They thought she was selfish, arrogant, ungrateful and unrighteous...

Today was Ghost Festival. Her family called and asked her to go back home. She originally thought it was for dinner. But then her mother brought up the house purchase on the phone again, asking her to help her younger brother. Her younger brother was going to get married and the bride’s family had an apartment in mind to buy.

Coach Wu became upset.

Years ago, just because the family had to pay high tuition fees for her brother, she was not allowed to go to university.

When Coach Wu saw her new student, who looked very energetic and scholarly, she was particularly envious.

"You're going to university in half a month. You'll be a college student soon. How nice."

Xiaoqi felt that the coach was a little upset today, very different from her usual encouraging and resolute manner. It was rare to hear such an emotional tone from her.

"Well, teacher is very powerful. I heard from my auntie that teacher bought an apartment near the gym by yourself. I really admire you, teacher." To Xiaoqi, it was true that there were too many college students, especially those like herself who got average grades. But few girls in their early twenties could buy an apartment by themselves.

"What's so powerful about it? It's a mortgage. Our swimming team happened to have a group purchase welfare of a little over 5,000 yuan per square meter. I saved some money myself over the years, and borrowed some from friends as down payment. Now I still have to pay back more than 2,000 yuan in loans every month."

"Coach, you really are powerful. Houses around here are almost 10,000 yuan per square meter now. The price would double if you resell it. That's money most people earn in a lifetime."

Wu Peirong was rather proud of this point. At first, many people in the team didn't want this quota, but she decisively bought it, even going to borrow money for it. She also asked her parents, who scolded her for a while and refused to lend her money. They said they would only be willing to lend money if she put the house under her younger brother's name. Gritting her teeth, she bought it herself anyway. Now her parents were urging her to sell the house, simply because housing prices had gone up and they felt it was useless for a girl to have a house. They thought it would be more sensible to sell the house and use the money to buy one for their son instead.

Originally when buying the house, she had not been willing to put it under her brother's name. Now being pressed to sell the house and use the money to buy one for her brother, she was even more unwilling.

But what was the point of telling a 17-year-old student all this? If she did, the girl probably wouldn't even understand.

"Focus on your studies, you're very fortunate to have the chance to attend university. I never had the opportunity, which is why I'm stuck with just the one property. Keep at it, your coach sees potential in you," Wu Peirong said, patting the girl's shoulder.

She seemed to have grown a little taller, Wu Peirong thought with a smile.

Xiao Qi bid her coach farewell at the crossroads. In her heart, she felt strangely heavy. So her coach had always dreamed of going to university. For most people, university graduates were worthless, yet for some, getting into university remained a dream.