Reborn 99 Days Later, Becoming a Landlady and Getting into Tsinghua and Peking Universities

For the next two weeks, Hua Lichu was engaged in a battle of wits with the director of the demolition office.

As a seasoned veteran with many years of experience, the director of the demolition office has countless tricks up his sleeve.

If Hua Lichu is not careful, she will fall into his trap and have a piece of her flesh bitten off.

Despite being only 18 years old, Hua Lichu is already a businesswoman with many years of experience. Faced with the opponent's endless tricks, Hua Lichu always remains unchanged and responds to all changes.

There's only one principle: Don't budge!

Seeing that the demolition office had been dragging its feet for half a month and still wouldn't budge, Hua Lichu considered her options and, at the end of the most recent negotiation, said with a smile:

"Director, as you know, I have some business to attend to in Tianyuan City. I just bought my train ticket for tomorrow. If anything comes up, please call this number."

The demolition office director was stunned for a moment, then quickly asked, "Are you going back to Tianyuan City?"

"Correct!"

"When are you coming back?"

Hua Lichu blinked: "I've hardly been back in almost a year. If you ask me how long I'll be back, I really can't answer that."

Before the director of the demolition office could speak, Hua Lichu said proactively, "Don't worry, I'll come back as soon as things are settled over there."

The demolition office director was frustrated, thinking to himself, "Whether things are handled well or not is up to you."

He hesitated for a moment before saying, "Miss Hua, as you know, our demolition task is urgent. If you suddenly go back to Tianyuan City, what if something happens here..."

“If anything serious happens, I’ll definitely come back immediately! Besides, my aunt and uncle also have houses that are slated for demolition. Once we’ve settled things, I can bring them along too!”

The implication is: We've been talking for so long and haven't reached an agreement; it's a complete waste of my time!

I have a lot of things to deal with and I don't have time to waste with you. If you don't agree to my request, don't contact me again!

Hopefully, the next time we meet will be when we sign the contract!

Early the next morning, Hua Lichu, carrying large and small bags of luggage, returned to Tianyuan City with Hua Yuansheng.

As soon as I stepped out of the train station, I saw a long line of people standing at the exit.

"Auntie! Aunt! Uncle..."

Upon learning that Hua Lichu was returning today, the Hua and Qiu families, along with Yan Moli's family, dropped everything and came to the train station to pick her up without saying a word.

Hua and Qiu looked their father and niece up and down, muttering to themselves:

"You've lost weight since I last saw you!"

Yan Moli chimed in, "Is it because the food isn't to your liking?"

Hua Lichu smiled and said, "Really? I weighed myself yesterday and I've actually gained a few pounds!"

The group exchanged a few pleasantries at the station, then walked together out of the train station and headed home.

Hua Lichu had already terminated her previous lease on the apartment. Before returning this time, she specifically called Yang Daya and asked her to help her prepare a three-bedroom apartment in one of the two rental buildings.

Upon arriving home, they distributed the gifts they had specially brought back.

Yang Daya, Yang Qi, Yan Mobai, and the others were both surprised and delighted when they received the gifts:

"Why did you bring us gifts too?"

"We're all family, how could we leave you out?"

After inquiring about her recent situation, I learned that Yan Mobai, like Hua Heqiu and Yan Moli, had paid off her debts and brought her children and elderly parents to the city.

Yang Daya and Yang Qi saved up their money and enrolled in night school. They worked during the day and attended night school in the evening.

Not only that, but they also took their grandparents to the hospital for a medical check-up and sent their younger siblings to school.

Hua Lichu smiled genuinely and exclaimed, "This is wonderful!"

Hua Lichu has returned occasionally over the past year.

But because of the tight schedule, I always have to rush over to handle business.

Before everyone had a chance to sit down and chat, they had to rush back to the capital. It had been a long time since they had had a leisurely chat like this.

After discussing their recent situations, the topic of demolition and relocation inevitably came up.

Under the expectant gazes of everyone, Hua Lichu said, "We haven't reached an agreement yet. They said we're asking for too much and they can't give it to us."

Everyone understood and comforted Hua Lichu: "Don't feel too guilty. If you hadn't told us to buy houses there, we wouldn't have had the chance to benefit from the demolition and relocation. In any case, we won't lose money."

Amidst the laughter, Hua and Qiu suddenly said, "Li Zi, you don't know yet, do you? Your scumbag father's son failed the exam again!"

Yan Moli glanced cautiously at Hua Lichu's expression, afraid that she would be unhappy: "Qiu'er..."

Hua Lichu smiled and said, "It's nothing! Just listen to it for fun?"

Hua and Qiu regretted their words as soon as they left their mouths, but seeing that Hua Lichu really didn't mind, they immediately started talking:

"I heard that although he didn't get into university last year, with his score, he could have gotten into a junior college if he had filled out his application properly."

But he was determined to go to university, and all the universities he applied to were universities, so he wasn't accepted by any of them.

Hua Yuansheng snorted coldly: "A guy who's all talk and no action."

Hey, who can argue with that!

Last year, he was admitted to a junior college but didn't like it, so he chose to repeat a year. I heard that he even spent money and pulled some strings to get into the best repeat class.

Guess what?

"I repeated a year, and the results got worse and worse. This year I didn't even get into a junior college!" Hua and Qiu said bitterly.

Yan Moli added: "According to the people in Liangjia Village, the Liang family is heavily in debt, and people come to their door to collect debts every few days."

The day the results were released, an unusually heated argument broke out in the Liang family.

Wang Pandi was accidentally pushed down by Liang Jingdong, and her head hit the corner of the table. When she was sent to the hospital, she was covered in blood.

The diagnosis was a stroke. It seems he'll be bedridden and need constant care from now on!

And Liang Dajiang, who had been on the run for a long time, also came back. He was so thin he looked like a skeleton, and people were blocking his door and cursing him every day...

With such a large debt at home, and Wang Pandi, who suffered a stroke and was paralyzed in bed waiting for care, the second wife directly announced that she was severing ties.

Liang Jingdong, on whom the Liang family had placed high hopes, seemed unwilling to give up and wanted to repeat a year of high school.

Now, the entire burden of his large family rests on Liang Yongchang's shoulders…

"Serves him right!" Hua Heqiu said, feeling relieved.

Hua Lichu wasn't surprised by this, but asked curiously, "How do you know all this?"

“Hey! Our ‘3 Yuan Store’ gets customers every day, including people from Liangjia Village. I found out from them,” Hua and Qiu explained.

Feeling relieved, Hua Yuansheng waved his hand and said, "Let's not eat at home today, let's go out to a restaurant!"

He had saved up some pocket money but hadn't used it, and today he finally came in handy.

Hua, Qiu, and Yan Moli insisted on treating everyone.

The group chatted and laughed as they found a well-regarded hotel and went to eat.