Chapter 353
Jaylene arrived just then. Spotting Alarieka’s reddened eyes, she sprang up from the flowerbed, frowning. “Who upset you?”
Alarieka chuckled. “No one.”
She recounted everything. Jaylene’s tension melted into head-shaking amusement. “Those poor souls never stood a chance against you.”
“Those poor souls” meant Chen Daoyuan and the teachers.
“Let’s go.”
Alarieka tugged Jaylene’s arm toward the nearest subway entrance.
Jaylene kept pace. “But… are you sure about this? The National College Entrance Examination is coming. Won’t skipping classes hurt your prep?”
Alarieka arched a brow. “Don’t worry. I’ve got this.”
Jaylene eyed her skeptically before clicking her tongue. “Alright. Hope you don’t mess up.”
Alarieka smiled faintly. “Shouldn’t happen.”
Her rebirth had altered many things, but surely not the exam questions themselves.
Jaylene shook her head. “Hard to say. Everything about you feels crazy.”
Alarieka’s smile froze briefly. Jaylene backtracked, “Never mind. Let’s go.”
The subway was sparse before rush hour. They settled in a quiet corner.
Alarieka tried again. “Seriously–if you want to take the exam, I’ll help.”
Jaylene laughed softly. “How many times must I say it? I’m not sitting for it. My grades won’t get me anywhere decent–maybe not even community college. It’d waste money we don’t have, especially with Grandma’s medical bills… and your loan. Beijing’s expensive. Every penny counts.”
She added wryly, “Besides, how could you help me? I can’t even compare to elementary kids.”
Alarieka looked at Jaylene, several times almost revealing that she might know the questions for the National College Entrance Examination, but she held back.
Jaylene had her own path to follow. Interfering might hinder her progress–after all, based on past life experiences, Jaylene’s success wasn’t hindered by academic qualifications.
Besides, if Alarieka confessed the truth about the exam, even as her friend, Jaylene wouldn’t hesitate to have her committed.
So Alarieka stayed silent.
Jaylene suddenly asked, “Do you know where I’m taking you?”
Alarieka replied, “Where?”
Before coming to campus, they’d agreed to visit a trendy cafe. Alarieka assumed it was just for social media photos.
Jaylene announced, “I’m going to find Victor.”
Victor.
Alarieka paused. “You need him for something?”
Jaylene fidgeted. “Remember how I kept complaining about Victor pestering me for Fried Oreos? He explained his major to me before, but I didn’t pay attention initially. Later though… I started listening.”
Her voice grew animated. “He studies computer science! His classmates spend days coding–you know what code is, right? It builds software and games! I’ve watched Victor code–it’s incredible! Hearing him describe it… I can’t explain why, but it’s fascinating.”
Alarieka thought: No way.
This coincidence…
Is God actually helping me?
Jaylene continued, “So I asked if he’d teach me. He agreed if I’d make him Fried Oreos when he visits the capital.”
Alarieka thought: Why is this guy so obsessed with Jaylene’s Fried Oreos?
Still, it worked perfectly for her.
In their past life, Jaylene and Victor co-founded a tech company that developed wildly popular software and games–some dominating global markets.
Earlier, Alarieka had tested Jaylene’s interest in coding. The answer was absolute zero.
Yet now, unprompted, Jaylene sparked her own passion for programming.
How could this not be divine intervention?
She’d been planning to rope Jaylene and Nie Guanyu into starting a business together–creating something like a short video platform. Having been reborn, she knew these platforms would later take the world by storm, with the hottest one raking in huge profits and becoming a major tech giant.
Currently, it was April 3, 2017. With nearly a year left before short video apps would launch, she still had time to roll hers out first.