Chapter 39 - 16: Swap (Part 2)

"Sorry, I can’t disclose any information about my employer at the moment. Please understand, Miss Wu."

"I understand. I’m not very good with words, so please forgive me." Mrs. Wu spoke bluntly: "My husband wants to know which master those patents Lawyer Zhang is handling belong to. I believe the people at the law firm will definitely keep their mouths shut, but it’s okay to pass on a message, right? If the other party is willing to authorize, our Wu Family will certainly offer the most sincere price."

Fei Yi was a bit stunned, as it was rumored that the Wu Family was straightforward, but she didn’t expect them to be straightforward to this extent.

The wife’s diplomatic approach was clearly not very successful, but Fei Yi liked Mrs. Wu’s straightforwardness. She didn’t like roundabout probing either.

"Okay, if the other party is interested in authorizing the patent, I’ll pass the message along."

"Thank you so much." Mrs. Wu happily shook hands with Fei Yi, thinking that this wasn’t so difficult after all.

Mrs. Wu was so excited about Assistant Fei’s straightforwardness that she didn’t even notice that Assistant Fei had unintentionally revealed she could directly contact the patent holder and had the autonomy to relay messages.

When she got home, Mrs. Wu told her husband about the conversation from today. Mr. Wu patted his wife’s thick hair, thinking about how sometimes you get lucky even if you’re being a bit foolish.

Mr. Wu, smart his whole life, was willing to pass on the business to Wu Qingqing, the little scatterbrain, because Wu Qingqing inherited Mrs. Wu’s good fortune after all.

If the older siblings were willing to inherit the family business, that would be even better. But if it’s given to Wu Qingqing, he wouldn’t object.

...

Later on, during a meeting with Su Xiaocai, Fei Yi proactively brought up this matter.

Su Xiaocai would definitely authorize the patent, and it was quite necessary to start referencing various business information now.

Su Xiaocai thanked her for the reminder, "I’ll keep an eye on it."

The result of the party was that no one got the lawyer to spill any information.

They could only investigate the people Zhang Rui Kai had interacted with recently.

When it came to Su Xiaocai, they automatically overlooked this fresh-faced student; only someone with a loose screw would associate her with there.

Everyone just missed out on a key figure this way.

Then the Xue Family launched a new technology said to be leading the trend, and people’s attention shifted back to the Xue Family.

...

Two days before the semester started, all students received their class schedules.

"We have ten sessions on mecha theory every week, but only three practice driving sessions." Wu Qingqing lay life-less on the sofa, "Does a Mecha Master need to learn so much theory?"

Other courses like history, math, climate monitoring, which mecha masters might need to use, each had only one class.

Monday to Friday were fully packed, with one class on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, and in the second half of the semester, they had to carry out a space mission on Saturday.

Mecha Command and Mecha Design Departments were slightly better; they didn’t have night classes. It’s not much different from working people, perhaps even worse, since some classes lasted two and a half hours.

They needed to be in the classroom by seven in the morning.

Meanwhile, the most talkative Su Xiaocai stared blankly at her timetable.

It wasn’t just a lack of life; it was soul-dead, ready to burn paper for any afterlife rituals.

She was deeply upset.

Xing Miao patted Su Xiaocai’s back, "What’s wrong with you?" She looked at Su Xiaocai’s timetable from the back of the sofa, completely taken aback.

Among the densely packed courses, there were none related to farming.

"Aren’t you from the Agricultural Research Institute? Why are you taking courses from the Mecha Department?"

Su Xiaocai burst into tears, no tears though, just a dry wail.

She couldn’t cry, but the sadness was true.

If she knew earlier, she wouldn’t have been greedy for the Military Training Agricultural Science Academy scholarship, and would have gone straight to study at the Agricultural University. Why did the admission letter say Agricultural Research Institute, but ended up being Mecha Department courses?

"What what? Master, you’re in the same department as me now? Which class?" Wu Qingqing asked nonchalantly.

"Wahhhh..." Su Xiaocai was furious, the unfilial disciple wouldn’t even be thoughtful towards the master, "I’m going to ask the principal what’s going on?"

She decided to go immediately, and Su Xiaocai set off right away.

The three roommates were very curious and decided to see the drama unfold in real life, wanting to know what Su Xiaocai was going to do?

Su Xiaocai took her paper admission letter and hurried to find the principal.

She knocked on the principal’s office door.

"Come in."

A female student stood pitifully at the door, eyes red, and the principal quickly and kindly asked, "Little student, what’s wrong? Is someone bullying you?"

Su Xiaocai handed over the admission letter, "Principal, I want to file a complaint. The letter clearly said I was going to the Agricultural Research Institute."

If she didn’t come to ask, the principal would have almost forgotten about this troublesome matter waiting for him.

He felt guilty; he wished he hadn’t come to school today.