Seventies Sweetheart: From Breakup to Billionaire-Chapter 270: Love Yourself

The department head didn’t know what Deng Jiaxin was thinking, he said, "Our Huaqing University’s admission standards are very high, and wanting to be admitted in such a way is simply impossible. So, I hope you give up that idea, go back and study hard, and aim to get into your desired university in next year’s college entrance exam."

These words from the department head effectively dashed any hopes Deng Jiaxin had of attending Huaqing University.

Even if Deng Jiaxin spent this year working tirelessly and achieved high scores, due to her actions today, Huaqing University wouldn’t admit her.

Distraught, Deng Jiaxin returned to the guesthouse.

As soon as she entered the door, Mr. Deng and Mrs. Deng crowded around her.

Deng Qiye looked anxiously at Deng Jiaxin’s lost expression, and asked nervously, "Jiaxin, did it work?"

Deng Jiaxin stiffly shook her head, "Dad, it’s simply impossible to succeed."

"How could it not work? Did you not follow my instructions?"

"Yeah Jiaxin, the plan your dad came up with should be foolproof, did you make a mistake in one of the steps?"

Facing her parents’ barrage of criticism, Deng Jiaxin felt her life was meaningless.

Although she also wished to attend Huaqing University, she knew her own limits, and after Lin Xiang discovered and exposed her ideas, Deng Jiaxin gave up on this notion.

But her parents didn’t seem to understand her, they were oversimplifying things, thinking that their plan would definitely succeed.

But in reality, she failed, there was no suspense, she failed.

Since she entered the guesthouse, her parents were only focused on scolding her, no one noticed that her arm was injured.

The experience of being scolded and beaten since childhood told Deng Jiaxin that she couldn’t argue back at this moment, nor could she mention her wound, otherwise, she would face even more severe reprimands.

Deng Jiaxin suddenly felt all of this was pretty meaningless.

Meanwhile, inside dormitory 51102. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Zheng Miaoyue and a few others surrounded Lin Xiang.

"Lin Xiang, just admit it, who was the person handing you the handkerchief just now?"

It was only the first day of school, and since they were all from the foreign languages department, it was normal not to know that Cheng An was a teacher in the mathematics department.

"That’s a teacher from the mathematics department. Earlier, when I didn’t receive the admission letter, he helped me contact Director Wei, preventing me from being unable to attend school."

"Oh." Zheng Miaoyue elongated the sound, "That teacher doesn’t look that old, could you two be..."

"What are you thinking?" Lin Xiang glared at Zheng Miaoyue irritably, "He’s a teacher, I’m a student, there’s absolutely nothing between us."

Zheng Miaoyue raised her eyebrows at Lin Xiang, seemingly saying ’I’ll let you say it, but let’s see if I believe it.’

Lin Xiang felt like she was talking to a wall and decided not to engage with them. She used the excuse of not feeling well and laid down on the bed by herself.

The bullet wound had been treated, and the gauze had been wrapped around it, but it still throbbed slightly every now and then, reminding Lin Xiang of the thrilling incident that just happened.

She didn’t think highly of Deng Jiaxin, but faced with a life-and-death situation, she couldn’t just stand by and do nothing.

She only hoped that through this incident, Deng Jiaxin could cherish her own life.

If a person doesn’t know how to love themselves, don’t expect anyone else to love you.

Because she lived on campus, Lin Xiang didn’t inform Mrs. Lin about her injury.

Once the scabs formed on her arm, she took advantage of the noon break to make a trip home.

"Why haven’t you come back these past few days?" Mrs. Lin asked, "Didn’t you promise to come home every noon?"

Before the start of school, Lin Xiang had already agreed with Mrs. Lin to come home every noon, whether she ate or not was secondary, the main thing was to prevent Mrs. Lin from worrying.

But Lin Xiang hadn’t come back for two consecutive days, so Mrs. Lin hadn’t slept well for two nights.

"Mom, it’s the start of school, and there are quite a few things happening in school these days, those one or two hours at noon have been used for sleeping. I’m sorry, I didn’t tell you beforehand, making you worried."

"You don’t need to say sorry to me. But next time, in such situations, you must inform me in advance, okay? Otherwise, I’ll worry a lot about you!"

"Mm-hmm!" Lin Xiang nodded fervently, "Mom, I want to go to the East Gate to see the progress of the renovation."

"I’ve been keeping an eye on it these past two days, it’s almost finished, the leading Captain Zhang said it just needs a few more days of drying out, then we can start moving things inside."

Lin Xiang arrived at the East Gate, and indeed as Mrs. Lin said, it was basically completed, and it matched her original design almost perfectly.

Captain Zhang was currently leading the workers to clear the area and clean up, the repaired building looked very bright and spacious.

Lin Xiang had built a four-story building, although constructing it did cost some money, the second and third floors can be used as private rooms, the fourth floor can accommodate people, and there’s a half-floor attic and a half-rooftop terrace above the fourth floor, thanks to the reasonable design and layout.

Each floor is about three hundred square meters, the first floor is divided into a hall and two large private rooms, plus a kitchen and restroom.

The second floor is divided into two medium-sized private rooms and six small private rooms, and the whole third floor consists of small private rooms with great privacy.

For now, Lin Xiang only intends to open the first-floor hall.

After all, the current positioning is just a small restaurant, and once the foot traffic around Huaqing University increases or the restaurant’s reputation spreads, the private rooms on the second and third floors can be opened.

It took less than twenty days from blueprint to completion of construction.

Seventy or eighty workers working simultaneously accounted for such speed, the money spent was surely a lot, just building this building cost around three thousand bucks for materials and labor.

Apart from the originally agreed contract amount, Lin Xiang also gave Captain Zhang a hefty bonus.

"Boss Lin, isn’t this too much?" Captain Zhang held the thick cowhide envelope, hesitating to accept it.

Lin Xiang smiled and said, "Thanks to you guys, the building could be completed so quickly. A third of the money in the envelope is a token of appreciation for you, and the remaining two-thirds, I must trouble you to distribute to the other workers, it’s an extra token of hard work from me."

Although the money wasn’t all for him, Captain Zhang felt more at ease.

"Thank you, Boss Lin, I’ll be sure to distribute it to the brothers."

After Lin Xiang wandered around the new address of the restaurant, she returned to school.

She still had classes in the afternoon, so she went straight from the East Gate to the teaching building.

In the blink of an eye, two more days had passed.

While Lin Xiang was getting accustomed to university life in the seventies, she was also preparing for the restaurant’s opening.

Over the weekend, Lin Xiang took Mrs. Lin and the visiting Ge Yuanyi to the lumber market together.

"Brother Sun, are the tables I asked you to make last time ready?"

Brother Sun led Lin Xiang and the group to the warehouse.