Rebirth of a Girl in a Boys' School

"Let's go quickly!" Gao Qiang pulled Lin Ruofei, who was standing there stunned, and strode into the corridor.

"I mean, why are they all waiting for someone?" Lin Ruofei turned around to look at the bespectacled man staring at her, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Weren't you going to take me to find something delicious? Why can't I smell anything?"

"Don't be impatient!" Gao Qiang said smugly, "There will be something delicious coming soon!"

As Lin Ruofei walked along the corridor, she saw four narrow paths leading down the other side of the mountain on her right. As usual, a boy was waiting at the entrance of each path. After exchanging a few words with Gao Qiang, each boy returned to his post at the entrance of the path.

Lin Ruofei followed Gao Qiang, observing everything. She sensed something was amiss but couldn't quite put her finger on it. So, as usual, she puffed out her cheeks, took a deep breath, and racked her brains for a long time. Finally, she figured something out, exhaled, and exclaimed with sudden realization, "Gao Qiang, these students we've seen along the way aren't just waiting for someone, are they? To me, they seem more like lookouts placed at key locations!"

Gao Qiang smiled without saying a word, but as they passed the fifth narrow path, he bypassed the boy guarding the path and walked straight down the hillside.

As they approached the bottom of the mountain, the aroma of stir-fried delicacies wafted over. Lin Ruofei suppressed her drool and, after navigating the winding forest path, finally arrived at the place Gao Qiang had described as having "good food."

This is a section of the school wall located at the foot of the back mountain of 'Juxian Mountain'. Although the red brick wall, which is more than two meters high, makes it difficult for ordinary people to climb over and out of the school, it does not stop people from passing things in and out through the middle of the wall!

Several red bricks were removed one by one from a height of about one meter on the wall, thus creating several movable sales windows on the red brick wall.

Along this section of wall, less than ten meters long, there are at least ten mobile stalls. The stall owners are all busily preparing their food, and a large group of students are lined up in an orderly fashion in front of their favorite stalls, holding money in their hands, waiting for the stall owners to hand them freshly packed lunch boxes through the simple window in the middle of the wall.

"My goodness..." Lin Ruofei exclaimed softly as she quickly scanned what each stall was selling, "What genius came up with this money-saving trick?"

"Of course, I planned it all!" Gao Qiang said proudly.

"So many people come here secretly to buy food, aren't you afraid that someone among them will betray you to the school?"

"Everyone who can come here to buy food has gone through a rigorous screening process," Gao Qiang said confidently. "First, everyone has to be introduced by an acquaintance before they can apply to join. Second, we will secretly conduct a comprehensive investigation into the person's financial situation and moral character before carefully approving new members!"

"What if a stranger sneaks in and then secretly calls the school to report it after arriving here..." Lin Ruofei turned to look at Gao Qiang and said, "Being caught by the school is no small matter! Are your security measures truly foolproof?"

"Don't worry, that definitely won't happen!" Gao Qiang whispered into Lin Ruofei's ear, "See those lookouts on the road? They'll sound the alarm if any suspicious person gets close!"

Seeing that Lin Ruofei still looked a little worried, Gao Qiang continued in a low voice, "You already noticed when you were going up the mountain, right? This 'Qianji Mountain' is interconnected, with several paths leading up and down the mountain. Every day I will give out a new password, and people who don't know the password will definitely not be able to find this place in a short time!"

"I think we should cut to the chase now!" Lin Ruofei pulled out some money from her pocket and excitedly asked Gao Qiang, "What do you want to eat? It's on me!!"

Gao Qiang smiled and said, "Then I won't stand on ceremony. I want to eat fried noodles today."

"What a coincidence! I want to eat fried noodles too!!" Lin Ruofei exclaimed happily, "I'm going to queue up at the fried noodle stall now!"

After saying that, Lin Ruofei rushed towards the line of people selling fried noodles...

When Lin Ruofei and Gao Qiang finished eating their fried noodles and walked down from 'Qianji Mountain', only half an hour had passed since they started climbing the mountain.

On the way down the mountain, Lin Ruofei shook her head, still unable to resist asking curiously, "You set up a stall at the same location every day. Over time, it's inevitable that word will leak out, which would be unsafe. What security measures do you have in place to address this issue?"

Gao Qiang explained with a smug smile, "How could we book the same location every day? The reason why 'Qianji Mountain' is so interconnected is because when the school built the artificial mountain, they simply wanted to clarify one goal: all roads lead to Rome, and all paths lead to the mountain! The point is to tell everyone that in the process of learning, as long as you persevere and work hard, there are many paths to success!"

"I still don't understand after all you've said!" Lin Ruofei shook her head and said, "Luduo only means it has good concealment, but it can't guarantee complete safety!"

Gao Qiang couldn't help but laugh even more smugly, saying, "This 'Qianji Mountain' has many different paths leading to the summit from the beginning, and five more narrow paths leading down to the foot of the mountain from the back. Only those who know the exact password can successfully reach the designated location. We've actually set up many of these vending walls like the one you saw today, so the designated location isn't fixed every day. See that boy sitting on the steps at the beginning? He's the key person responsible for using the public phone to reserve the designated location with various merchants every day. And me..." Gao Qiang proudly patted his chest and said, "I'm the other key person who reserves the new password every day! Only after knowing the password from me can one successfully reach the accurate food vending location under the guidance of the 'lookout' student!"

"Aren't you afraid that the classmate who contacts the merchant will eventually abandon you and go it alone?" Lin Ruofei questioned.

“At the beginning of each month, I’m responsible for collecting the stall fees from the vendors, and then I’m responsible for distributing them equally among the students who participated in the operation…” Gao Qiang calmly replied, “If he wants to throw me out, he’ll first have to convince more than ten vendors to ‘lift’ me out, otherwise… who knows who will be the one to be kicked out!”

Hearing this, Lin Ruofei finally understood Gao Qiang's entire plan. He had firmly grasped the most crucial element—the source of funds—and was steadily controlling the whole situation.

"No wonder they'll be rich in the future!" Lin Ruofei couldn't help but exclaim in her heart, "To be able to do business like this at such a young age, it's no wonder they'll become incredibly wealthy!"

"Sigh, actually, this is the only way..." Seeing the admiration in Lin Ruofei's eyes, Gao Qiang pretended to be modest and said, "What can we do? We are all from poor families, and we really can't afford the food in the school cafeteria!"

"Gao Qiang," Lin Ruofei said seriously, "we must exchange contact information later!"

"What?" Gao Qiang asked, puzzled.

"We've already agreed that when you start your own company, you should call me to be the first investor!" Lin Ruofei said seriously.

"You're kidding me!" Gao Qiang waved his hand and said, "How could I possibly run a company? I have other things to do, so you can walk slowly on your own!" With that, Gao Qiang quickened his pace and headed down the mountain.

"Hey! Hey!! I'm serious, don't forget to call me when you start a company together!" Lin Ruofei yelled as she chased after her...