Chapter 146 Target: Lujiang University!

"Stop it! My mom is going to be back soon... My mom is going to be back!"
Zhao Yutong swatted at him, pushing him away with all her might.
It was one thing that her mom wasn't home yesterday.
With her mom home today, he still dared to act this reckless.
She grabbed his hand again. "Go check your college application choices first. If they're fine, I'll just submit and save mine the way they are."
Since filling out college applications required a computer, and Tongtong didn't have one, they always used the computer in the study room across the hall.
With that, she dragged this guy over to his place.
The door to Zhang Wuyong's apartment was ajar, and Zhu Yuwen and Song Mei were chatting in the living room.
Seeing the two of them walk in, Zhu Yuwen stood up. "I guess I'll head back first then."
Zhang Wuyong and Zhao Yutong: "..."
The two of them went into the study and turned on the computer.
Once it booted up, Tongtong showed Zhang Wuyong the two application forms she had filled out.
"Lujiang University?" Zhang Wuyong sat beside Tongtong, looking at her rosy, delicate face. "Isn't Lujiang in the neighboring province?"
He noticed that Tongtong's applications were primarily focused on Lujiang City.
This time around, college applications in their province included "professional groups" in addition to parallel tracking.
A single university would place different majors into their respective professional groups.
Each professional group then had its own specific requirements; some required physics in the college entrance examination, while others required history.
There were also professional groups that accepted either physics or history, as well as groups that strictly required chemistry.
Lujiang University had three professional groups this time, though one of them was for history.
Of the remaining two, one required physics, and the other required both physics and chemistry.
Both had been filled out.
The problem was that Tongtong hadn't listed any other universities *before* Lujiang University.
And right *after* Lujiang University, she had placed other universities in Lujiang that were a tier lower.
Zhang Wuyong took out his phone to look them up. For him, one of Lujiang University's professional groups fell into the "ambitious reach" category, while the other fell into the "safe yet ambitious" category.
Lujiang itself was a major coastal city with quite a few universities.
However, the rest of them were noticeably a significant step down from Lujiang University.
Besides Lujiang, she had also listed major universities in the neighboring provincial capital and universities within their own province.
Yet it was abundantly clear that going to Lujiang was Tongtong's primary objective.
Either they both went to Lujiang University, or at the very least, they would both be in Lujiang.
"Even though Lujiang is in the neighboring province!" Zhao Yutong opened the map on her phone and held it up for him to see, "if you just measure the distance, driving on the highway is actually a bit closer than getting to our own provincial capital.
"It only takes four hours to drive there, making it very convenient to come back later. The only minor hassle is that there's no direct high-speed rail; taking the train requires a transfer somewhere else. But that's not a big deal."
Zhang Wuyong uttered an "Oh," and then continued looking at her. "So? What on earth have you been up to these past two nights?"
"Take a good look!" Zhao Yutong tapped him on the shoulder with her phone. "Look closely at the applications. Admissions are coming up in a few days, and this is such a huge deal."
Zhang Wuyong said, "You can just handle something like this yourself. I don't even need to look."
"Look at it!" Zhao Yutong was furious. "If you mess up your college choices, it affects your entire life. Don't dump something this important entirely on me; I'm super stressed out too."
Zhang Wuyong tilted his head and thought for a moment.
He decided to help her out.
So he reached out, felt her conscience, and coaxed, "Don't be stressed, don't be stressed..."
Zhao Yutong grabbed his wandering claws, sprang to her feet, and aggressively beat him with the phone in her other hand.
In the end, Zhao Yutong simply had to accept the reality that this burden rested squarely on her own shoulders.
Though logically she knew he hadn't paid attention to this aspect from the very beginning, let alone bothered to research it.
What good was having him look at it now, other than forcing him to share a fraction of the responsibility?
Yet the pressure she felt was immense.
In truth, luck played a massive role in choosing college applications.
"Sigh! Whatever, fine, let's just leave it like this!" Helpless, Zhao Yutong double-checked their application forms one last time.
After saving them, she closed out completely and refused to look at them anymore.
"Let's go!" Zhao Yutong stood up. "Accompany me to buy a computer."
"Buy a computer?" Zhang Wuyong looked bewildered. "What do you need a computer for?"
"A laptop, of course!" Zhao Yutong said. "I would've needed to buy one for university anyway. I just happen to need it starting around now, so I told my mom yesterday. Let's go check out the JD store in our city first, and then browse around elsewhere."
Which raised the question: what on earth was she actually up to?
Curiosity was curiosity, but since she wouldn't say, he didn't press further.
What was even stranger was the embarrassed look she had when he asked her earlier... it was all too mysterious.
Zhang Wuyong went to the living room and told his mom that he was accompanying Tongtong to buy a laptop and wouldn't be coming home for lunch, opting to eat out instead.
Hearing this, Song Mei figured since he needed one anyway, he might as well buy his at the same time.
He would need it for university anyway, and she naturally wouldn't skimp on this.
Besides, the amount of money her son had saved her on tutoring fees since he was a kid was immeasurable.
Zhang Wuyong thought about it. "Alright."
He was currently into video editing too. Although they already had a desktop at home, having a laptop would still be much more convenient.
Song Mei asked, "Roughly how much is the laptop you're planning to get? Mom will transfer the money to you first."
As a two-dimensional nerd who frequently played standalone video games, Zhang Wuyong had certain standards when it came to computer specs. He knew the pricing.
So he immediately replied, "Probably around ten thousand."
Song Mei instantly felt a pang of heartache over the money. "That expensive?"
"Mostly because graphics cards are expensive!" Zhang Wuyong said. "With the same specs, laptops are naturally way more expensive than desktops. There's nothing I can do about it."
Song Mei sighed helplessly, "Fine, fine. Considering you scored so well. What about you, Tongtong? What kind of computer are you planning to buy?"
"Me?" Zhao Yutong said. "I mainly just need it for typing. I'm thinking of getting a Lenovo Xiaoxin for around four thousand. Besides typing and browsing web pages, I don't really have any other use for it."
Song Mei couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
It was truly better to have a daughter; sons were absolute money-wasters.
She took out her phone. "Son, I've transferred it. I sent you a little extra, use it as you see fit."
Zhang Wuyong took out his phone and opened WeChat. "There's nothing? Mom, are you pulling my leg?"
Song Mei said offhandedly, "I transferred it to Tongtong. Why would I send it to you? Let her manage it for now."
Zhang Wuyong looked at Tongtong beside him. Tongtong opened WeChat, turned the screen showing the newly received transfer notification toward him, and smiled brightly.
Fine! Whatever!
Next, Tongtong went back to change her clothes.
Zhang Wuyong tidied up at home as well, and as soon as she finished changing and dressing up, he went out with her.
Then, Zhang Wuyong discovered that the system had gone completely unhinged.
It was furiously showering him with points.