Countdown to Awakening

Zhao Fu saw his father's rage and immediately became panicked. But he still insisted on his point of view: "Dad, what I said is not wrong. Why are you so angry?"

The village chief closed his eyes and sighed, "If I did those things, I would be betraying the trust everyone in the village has placed in me... Since I'm the village chief, of course I have to take responsibility. If it's like you said, I'll be caught... Others will go after the money, but I can't do that. It would be a shame to everyone."

Seeing how stubborn he was, Zhao Fu couldn't persuade him and could only stop talking.

He knew his father's temper and knew he really didn't want to do that kind of thing.

But he was right. No one knew about the money, so why couldn't he just keep it in his own pocket? He could even buy himself some good food. Seeing that this old man wasn't strong, instead of giving himself some benefits, he was worried about that group of people?

Who doesn't do something these days? His dad is just stubborn! If he were the village chief, he wouldn't know how rich and ostentatious his family would be!

Let alone this family, he's an official, so he can live as comfortably as he wants. It's just his dad who's stupid! He's the only one who wants to be a good guy. He thinks about others, but others may not think about him!

I wonder how many people in the village are hoping that he will die soon!

After thinking about it, Zhao Fu looked at the village chief. He could do nothing but walk away.

At this moment Qi Rongfeng suddenly came in.

"Village chief, I have something to tell you." He said with a naive smile.

"What's the matter?" The village chief stopped writing and looked up at him.

"That is... my daughter, Pan Di and Hai Feng, all three of them have been admitted to university, right? I thought that these three children grew up together, so... can our three families hold a banquet together. It will save time, effort and no waste. What do you think?" Qi Rongfeng asked.

The village chief paused, as if thinking.

Then he said, "Okay. I was just about to discuss this with you. But, I think it's not easy to talk to Degui. We all know that his family may not necessarily hold this banquet for Pandi."

The village chief was saying that Sun Degui might not pay. Actually, that was true; his family probably didn't even want Pan Di to continue her university education.

"Well... the three children were admitted to college. It's a happy event and the villagers are all very happy. We can just pool together a little more money. Haven't we watched these three children grow up?" Qi Rongfeng continued.

The village chief nodded and said, "Okay, I'll have the team contribute some money and with the villagers' contribution, it should be enough. Even if the Sun family doesn't contribute, it will be enough to hold the banquet."

These three children were the first group of college graduates in the village. Although some villagers disagreed with sending Sun Pandi and Qi Yuanyuan to college, they were generally happy. After all, the whole village benefited from it.

Qi Rongfeng left after giving his instructions.

--night.

Sun Degui was in his room, counting the money he'd borrowed today. "Almost..." he muttered to himself. Then he sighed, "How can I ever get it all together? It's all that money-losing idiot's fault! They've forced a grown man like me to lose face and borrow money from them..."

There's still over fifty dollars left. I can't possibly use Jiacai's tuition to pay for it, right? It would be nice if I could still have the money for the money-losing goods...

Chen Juan hesitated for a long time and stammered, "I have saved some money and can use it to make up for it."

When Sun Degui heard her say this, his eyes lit up immediately. He asked fiercely, "You stinky bitch, you still keep money?! Isn't all the money with me?! What money do you keep?!"

Chen Juan took out a crumpled roll of money from her pocket. "This is what I saved when you didn't give me money... Take it all." She said reluctantly.

Sun Degui couldn't stand hearing this, and he immediately retorted: "What do you mean your money? You are mine now, so this money is naturally mine. If I find out that you are hiding your private money again, I will beat you to death!"

"I just needed this money urgently, didn't I? I just saved it up, and now I have a little more, don't I?" she said aggrievedly.

Sun Degui rolled his eyes at her. "Isn't it all my money? Isn't the money you hid all mine? I work so hard out there, and you're still hiding money at home?!" Sun Degui counted and found it wasn't enough. About twenty more.

After Chen Juan knew about it, she did not continue to talk, but took the initiative to change the subject: "Degui, how could your father leave money to that money-loser when he was alive? She is not his son, so what's the point of leaving money to her? Do you think there is any hidden story behind this?" she asked.

Sun Degui thought about it.

It was impossible for his father to leave money to Sun Pandi. No matter how good he was to her, it was impossible. He knew his father. When he was alive, his father valued boys very much. How could he leave his money to that money-loser after his death? It was absolutely impossible!

"Could it be the village chief's own money?" Chen Juan asked. Then she added, "Think about it, he's been the village chief for so many years, hasn't he ever put money into his own pocket?" Chen Juan winked after she finished speaking.

Sun Degui nodded. "You're right. No matter how honest he is, he couldn't possibly be without that thought. But I don't think he would give his money to that money-loser. After all, the two are not related by blood. He wouldn't sacrifice his own money for someone else's granddaughter." Sun Degui immediately denied this view.

"Then how did you get the money for Sun Pandi? You said it wasn't left by your father, and you said the village chief couldn't have given it to you..." Chen Juan was unhappy when she mentioned the money. If it wasn't left to them, then it can't be! This old man, don't even think about visiting the grave the same way as before!

Sun Pandi was terrified. She blocked the door tightly, afraid that Ma Hui would come in. Even though they said they wouldn't send anyone in, Sun Pandi was still afraid.

Once Ma Hui comes, she will be alone.

We can only take one step at a time... Of course, it would be best not to come.

She sat on the edge of her bed, thinking back to how kind her grandfather had been to her when she was little. No one in the village believed her grandfather would leave her money for college. Not even she herself believed it.

In her memory, although her grandfather treated her well, the villagers said that he still valued Sun Jiacai more. Naturally, the money was left to Sun Jiacai.

"Why didn't the village chief give me that money when I was in high school? I clearly needed it before..." She remembered that she was admitted to high school, but Sun Degui and Chen Juan asked her to drop out of school and work to earn money for Sun Jiacai's education...

Later, the village chief came forward to solve the problem...

But why didn't the village chief give her money that time? She couldn't figure it out, so she got up and went to the bed to look at the moon.

On the other side of the moon, Qi Yuanyuan was also staring at it.

"I've never seen such a bright moonlight..." she couldn't help but sigh. She only remembered that it was difficult to see the sky clearly at that time. She had rarely even seen the stars.

At the time, she had always thought the planes in the sky were what people called stars, because they also shone. But much later, she realized that they were not stars, but human technology...

Later, many homes had robots, or AI. Developments accelerated even further, to the point where AI could be used in almost every process. Even her students' classes could be handled by AI.

It seems very smart and convenient, but in fact...

The year before she traveled through time, some AIs were gradually replacing humans. Some even seemed to have developed autonomous consciousness. Yet, everyone denied it. They believed that only humans had consciousness, and AI was just AI, unable to develop autonomous consciousness.

Those experts were blindly confident, always believing themselves to be unsurpassed. Little did they know that AI was slowly replacing them, replacing everyone.

Qi Yuanyuan had seen an AI at school that hesitated when answering questions and exclaimed "How beautiful!" when seeing a beautiful flower. It sounded like it had consciousness. Their principal reported the incident.

Unfortunately, experts quickly debunked the rumor.

They once firmly believed that AI could not be conscious or intelligent.

Qi Yuanyuan was also helpless. They had overlooked a lot. They were always self-righteous. Only when things reached the point of no return did they regret it.

Her original world should have been swallowed up and replaced by AI...

It's better here.