Chapter 748: Chapter 748: Liang Yin’s Origins
Li Junyan nodded in surprise.
Unexpectedly, this young girl is so impressive, not only being the top science student in the college entrance examination but also being directly admitted to Jinghua University.
Huo Linzhou asked, "Liang, do you want to be a diplomat in the future?"
Liang Yin replied, "Yes, it’s my dream. It would be wonderful if it could come true."
Actually, before the entrance exam, she had received offers from many universities and direct admissions, but she chose to take the exam because those universities were not her preferred choices.
However, when Jinghua University offered her a direct admission and a generous scholarship, it could save a lot on tuition fees.
She thought it over carefully, and although she originally aspired to a career in research, she later felt that going into foreign languages would save tuition fees, and becoming a diplomat would mean a decent future.
The three of them walked out to the entrance.
The valet brought the car around.
Huo Linzhou sat in the front passenger seat, and Liang Yin got into the back seat.
Li Junyan started the car and asked, "The Huo Family isn’t far from here, I’ll drop you off first, Linzhou."
After a brief pause, he looked at Liang Yin, "Liang, are you in a hurry? If you’re short on time, I can take a detour and drop you off first."
Liang Yin checked the time; there was no rush, so she said, "Please drop Huo off first."
Li Junyan smiled and nodded.
The car was silent along the way.
Huo Linzhou and Li Junyan occasionally exchanged a few words, while Liang Yin quietly leaned against the window, watching the scenery flash by.
A few minutes later.
The car stopped in front of an imposing building.
Xiangxie Palace.
As the passenger door opened, Liang Yin glanced out.
A French-style mansion came into view.
"This house is huge."
She had thought that the mansion of the Rong Family was already large, but it turned out that Huo’s family was also quite affluent.
Huo Linzhou smiled and said to her, "Goodbye, Liang."
With that, he closed the car door and waved gently.
Liang Yin also waved, saying goodbye to him.
As Li Junyan was about to turn the car around, Liang Yin suddenly curiously leaned on the back of the passenger seat and asked, "Brother Junyan, can I sit in the front seat?"
Li Junyan showed a surprised look, "Hmm? You want to sit in the front?"
Liang Yin said, "Yes! I think your car is really beautiful, and I want to experience sitting in the front seat."
Li Junyan gladly agreed, "Come on."
Liang Yin happily got out of the car and sat in the front seat.
Li Junyan made sure she fastened her seatbelt securely before slowly turning the car around.
Liang Yin carefully examined the entire interior control panel and dashboard of the car.
Li Junyan’s vehicle is a custom Bentley Mulsanne, with white cream leather paired with solid wood, giving off a very comfortable and luxurious feel.
She couldn’t help but reach out and touch it, and Li Junyan’s gaze fell on her jade-like fingertips. Liang Yin’s hands were beautiful, with slender fingers, a hint of red at the tips, but the joints and palms were slightly calloused, indicating she usually did a lot of work.
Li Junyan asked, "Are you from Beijing?"
Liang Yin looked up and shook her head, "No."
Li Junyan: "Where are you from?"
Liang Yin said, "My home is in Yan City."
Yan City is a small border town about a hundred kilometers from Jing City Center, economically underdeveloped.
Years ago, the town was just a small fishing village, with most people relying on fishing for a living. The industrial system wasn’t developed, but over the past twenty years, industry has slowly started with coal mining and natural gas extraction, gaining some fame.
The economy and transportation are relatively closed, and education is also very backward.
Therefore, when Liang Yin became the top science student and was admitted to Jinghua University, the local education department took great pride in her achievement.
Also because of Liang Yin’s excellence, the high school she attended was selected as a key school, suddenly becoming the top-ranked high school locally — although, in the whole Yan City, there are only three or four high schools, with one still under construction.
Li Junyan asked, "Where are your parents?"
Liang Yin replied, "I’m in Beijing by myself. They... actually don’t really approve of me going to college, so I have to be self-reliant for all my college expenses."
She didn’t say more.
She wasn’t very keen on mentioning her troublesome family.
She wasn’t the only child; to be precise, Liang Yin knew very early on that she was adopted and not their biological child.
She has memories from a very young age. Although the memory is blurry, she was very certain she wasn’t originally a member of this family.
Initially, her adoptive parents took her in intending to make her a child bride. She also had a younger brother.
In the local area, dowry costs were high—ridiculously high—and perhaps, the more underdeveloped the area, the more so.
Therefore, the adoptive parents thought of raising her to marry their son, so there would be no need for a dowry or bride price.
During her high school years, Liang Yin naturally blossomed into a beauty. From childhood to adulthood, there were countless boys who liked her.
In her second year of high school, a local second-generation rich kid pursued her.
That family was nouveau riche, having made over tens of millions from demolition projects early on, investing in factories and housing.
And in Yan City, where marriage customs were outdated, girls married and had children very young; it was very common for them to be married before twenty.
One day after school, that rich kid brought his parents to her home to discuss the bride price with her adoptive parents.
The bride price was a million, and her adoptive parents were tempted, wanting Liang Yin to give up the college entrance exam and get married instead.
Liang Yin refused, so her adoptive parents cruelly locked her at home, not allowing her to go to school. Eventually, it alarmed the local education department, whose leaders came to persuade them, allowing her to take the exam smoothly.
That’s also why Liang Yin, despite receiving so many direct admissions notifications, still participated in the college entrance exam, not wanting to disappoint the education department’s expectations of her. Ultimately, she fulfilled her mission and brought honor to Yan City.
Due to university, her relationship with her family was almost broken. In Beijing, all her expenses, living, eating, and clothing, had to be managed on her own.
The tutoring job was introduced to her by a teacher at the university.
Originally, she worked part-time while studying, had limited time, and the offers for part-time jobs during her freshman year when she was particularly busy, didn’t pay much, so she took on several jobs at once.
Now, working as a tutor in the Rong Family, tutoring Rong Yin on homework every day, Li Yufei gave her a monthly income of two to three thousand, and if she was willing, she could also live and board there.
This made Liang Yin especially cherish this job.
However, she had already paid the accommodation fee for this semester, which wasn’t refundable easily, and she didn’t want to waste it, so she planned to stay for the rest of the semester.
The job of tutoring Rong Yin wasn’t tiring; it was light work, and apart from that, she could save a lot of time for reading.
Her monthly expenses weren’t small, though living expenses formed a small part—most went towards buying various books.
She loved reading and could finish several books within a week, so her dorm room cabinets, filled with pretty clothes and snacks by other girls, were instead packed with all sorts of extracurricular books.