Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 683 - 684 The Real Heiress Does Not Return to Her Place 16_1

Chapter 683: Chapter 684 The Real Heiress Does Not Return to Her Place 16_1

Far away in Harbor City, busy with sightseeing and making money, Zhang Li really didn’t know that being admitted to Harbor City University would lead to so many subsequent reactions.

Every morning she would buy stocks she had carefully selected and then go out for a stroll. She’d return to the stock market before closing to sell her stocks.

After such a hustle, even if she spent a month enjoying herself in Harbor City, she had already doubled her money before Yang Xue’s arrival.

Next, she bought a stock she had had her eye on for a while, planning to hold it for a month to see what would happen.

Having taken care of these things, Zhang Li rushed to the airport—it was the day Yang Xue and her family were arriving.

She bought some egg tarts and other snacks and hurried to the airport.

Yang Xue and her parents, pushing a luggage cart, made their way nervously through the crowd towards the exit.

"So many people at this airport," Yang Xue whispered. "I really hadn’t expected..."

"Yeah, so many people," Mother Yang was aware that Harbor City was a big city but hadn’t expected an airport to be this big.

Yang Xue couldn’t help but exclaim, "I’m feeling overwhelmed coming here with you guys. I can’t imagine, Xiao Li coming here by herself. I wonder if she felt the same."

"Yes," Mother Yang confirmed again with Yang Xue, "Xiao Li will definitely come to pick us up, right?"

When Yang Xue reached the meeting point, she saw Zhang Li at first glance. "There she is."

Following Yang Xue’s direction, the Yang couple saw Zhang Li smiling at them.

The two of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. It was such a relief to have someone pick them up.

"Thanks for your trouble," Zhang Li handed the snacks to Yang Xue, "Let’s go, we’ll take the subway."

"A taxi ride to downtown would cost several hundred," Zhang Li explained why they wouldn’t take a taxi.

The Yang family had no objections, "No problem at all, the subway is just fine."

Expenses here were high, so it was only natural to save wherever possible.

In this way, Zhang Li led the Yang family to the hotel. Upon reaching their room, the Yang family was shocked, "This room costs five hundred a day, and it’s so small?"

They had thought a five hundred-dollar room wouldn’t be too nice, but also wouldn’t be too small.

"There’s no helping it, it’s really not that big here."

"I’ll take you to see where I live," Zhang Li prepared them, as her place wasn’t large either.

Even though the Yang family was braced for it, knowing her place wasn’t large, they were still stunned upon seeing it.

"This place, to think it costs two thousand five hundred," Yang Xue was completely baffled. Back in the Mainland, with the same price, they could rent a much larger place.

"Now I understand why they offer scholarships," Father Yang kept sighing. Without the scholarship, he admitted they would have been scared to send their daughter to study here.

"For us, is our budget enough?" Yang Xue couldn’t help but worry.

"I think, if you don’t mind, we could rent a one-bedroom apartment."

"We can get a bunk bed," Zhang Li shared the information she had gathered these days.

Yang Xue had no issues with the idea. After all, their financial resources were limited, and they couldn’t ask for too much.

"Later on, the sofa in the living room can also be unfolded, so if Uncle and Auntie come to visit, they’ll have a place to stay."

Zhang Li knew Yang Xue’s parents might also come to see their daughter, and of course, she wanted to make sure they had a place to stay.

After seeing the place Zhang Li rented, the Yang family completely agreed to rent a one-bedroom apartment.

Thanks to Zhang Li scouting out Harbor City University in advance, she knew where it was economical to rent a house. They soon found a place within a ten-minute walk from the university, not too far away.

They could get to Harbor City University by taking the funicular, which was one of the closer routes.

After signing the lease, the two of them efficiently cleaned up and moved in. Aside from the slightly expensive daily accommodation fee of five hundred, Zhang Li’s lease was also expiring.

It was then that Zhang Li’s early arrival advantage became apparent. She led them to buy inexpensive items and also encouraged Yang Xue to try speaking out.

"Although the teachers lecture in English, we still need to learn Cantonese." There really aren’t many people from the Mainland coming to Harbor City now; it’s crucial to put in the effort to learn Cantonese.

These days Yang Xue had been diligently listening to English, and her listening comprehension had improved, but the pressure to speak was immense.

She hadn’t expected that upon arriving here, she would also have to learn Cantonese. It was truly overwhelming.

She was puzzled and asked, "How do you... how do you know Cantonese?" She was certain that Zhang Li absolutely did not know Cantonese.

"I came here early, you see. I watch the news, and then when I go out and talk to people, I just use Cantonese. Although it’s not very fluent, it’s passable," Zhang Li replied.

"From now on, you should really focus on watching the news." Zhang Li suggested that watching more news and listening more would help her improve.

"We don’t have to speak Cantonese, but we do need to understand it."

"Otherwise, if someone insults us and we don’t understand, won’t we be at a loss?"

"You have to realize that many people in Harbor City look down on us."

Zhang Li didn’t know how many times she’d heard people criticizing her, but she’d just have to stop doing business with them in the future.

"We can’t let them insult us and still let them profit from us."

They might not miss her little bit of business, but at least she wanted to make her stance clear.

"Right, we can’t let them insult us and still take our money," Yang Xue said hotly, her motivation to learn Cantonese surging.

Yang Xue’s parents had taken time off to bring their daughter over and had also taken on the responsibility of buying things for friends.

After seeing that their daughter had secured a rental and had toured Harbor City University, as well as visited a few landmarks in Harbor City, they did quite a bit of shopping before leaving.

Yang Xue knew her parents wouldn’t stay, and that from then on, it would only be her and Zhang Li left here. But when she actually said goodbye to her parents, she cried uncontrollably.

"It’s okay, it’s okay," Zhang Li kept comforting her.

"Your Uncle Yang can come to visit you in the future."

"But the plane tickets are so expensive," Yang Xue remembered the cost of the round-trip tickets for the three of them, which was anything but cheap.

"But staying here doesn’t cost money. Right now, plane tickets really are expensive; they’re not at cabbage prices."

"If you work hard to make money, you can buy plane tickets for your parents. If you end up working here in the future, you might even be able to buy a house here."

Zhang Li had looked into the current housing prices in Harbor City, which were incredibly high, though compared to the future, they were really cheap.

However, even if they were cheap, they were not something she could afford right now.

More importantly, she did not know where she would end up working in the future, and she had no intention of considering going back there to work.

The Yang family had already mentioned that people had visited her school and the residential area to inquire about her situation.

She knew it must have let the Wei Family know, probably leading them to knock on her door. She felt fortunate to have left quickly; otherwise, if the Wei Family had caught her, they would have forced her to do a DNA test and then undergo a family reunion.

Fortunately, she had insisted on waiting until she received her offer letter before agreeing to any interviews, otherwise, she might have really not been able to escape.