Chapter 116: Should I Go Look for My Son-in-law?

She had to accept it.

Not to mention the courtyard house that would be worth over a hundred million in the future—

What interested her most was this complete set of physics books.

The system’s rewards were definitely things you couldn’t find on the market.

That made them priceless.

She forced herself to calm her racing heart and rolled her eyes thoughtfully.

In her mind, she tentatively called out to the system:

“System, you should give me more time! Which research institute could I possibly get into in just a month? Why would they want me?”

“If it really won’t work, can’t you just give me the books first? Once I’ve studied them thoroughly, I’ll be able to actually make something, and then I’ll have a shot at getting into a research institute, right?”

She had nothing right now. If she just barged in to recommend herself—she probably wouldn’t even make it past the front gate.

She thought she was just testing the waters and didn’t expect any response.

But to her surprise, the system panel actually changed—a prompt to borrow the first book appeared.

And in her storage space, the book materialized.

Fu Mingxue quickly took it out and looked—

Good grief, “Principles of Engine Design.”

So she was supposed to work on engines?

She flipped it open—and was instantly absorbed.

Two hours later, she still hadn’t finished reading when the book suddenly vanished from her hands.

“?”

What’s going on?

The system panel updated with a new line: “Free borrowing for two hours each time. After that, the borrowing fee is fifty yuan per hour.”

When Fu Mingxue saw this line, her breathing instantly grew heavy.

Damn, is this daylight robbery?

If she wanted to read for two more hours, that’d be a hundred yuan.

Four hours? That’s two hundred!

What kind of family could afford this?

Before her mom quit her job, her monthly salary was only thirty yuan.

With a dark face, she topped up a hundred yuan.

“I want to read for two more hours.”

She had no choice—she was right at a crucial part.

——

“Mingxue, come out and eat.”

Fu Mingxue came out looking pale.

Seeing her daughter looking like she’d been drained of blood, Mother Fu was startled.

“What happened to you?”

“Mom, don’t ask. I’m just hungry.” Fu Mingxue was still mourning her lost hundred yuan!

If she really finished reading this book, she wouldn’t have enough money left to her name.

For the first time, she truly felt how terrifying it was to be poor.

Mother Fu: …?

She’d eaten so much at lunch, and now she was this hungry?

“Then hurry up and eat. I’ll go feed the twins first.”

Fu Mingxue nodded.

She started shoveling food in—she wanted to get back to reading as soon as possible.

Time was money, and it wasn’t just a saying anymore.

Mother Fu watched her wolf down her food and couldn’t help but sweat—was she really that hungry?

The twins’ stomachs were better now.

Mother Fu made them some thick porridge and also steamed some minced meat with egg.

The two kids loved the minced meat with egg—

While Fu Mingxue was suffering but happily learning new knowledge,

Lan Qingman’s days were getting more and more anxious.

“Mom, should I…should I just go back myself?”

The Qin family was being unreasonable—not a single person had come to pick her up.

They weren’t even giving her a way out.

Day after day, she’d waited until her eyes were sore, but still no one from the Qin family came.

That deadbeat Qin Wenze—what was he thinking?

What couple has a fight and the husband doesn’t come to make up?

And her mother-in-law—that wretched old woman—was she trying to replace her as a daughter-in-law?

Lan’s mother was anxious too.

How many days had it been? Five days already!

There hadn’t been a peep from the Qin family.

Yesterday, she’d even asked someone to find out what was going on at the Qin’s—when they’d come to pick her daughter up.

But she hadn’t learned a thing—they simply refused to talk about it.

“How about…I go look for my son-in-law—?”"