Rebirth: How A Loser Became A Prince Charming

Chapter 20: Abacus Level 5 and the First Pot of Old City

Translator: May Wiggins Editor: Efydatia

The first thing they did after the computer was on was install the games they’d gotten for free from the shopkeeper. The discs were most likely pirated ones that only cost 10 yuan each.

The games included Red Alert, Diablo, Legend of Sword and Fairy, and others. Qin Guan was very familiar with them. Even Wang Lei, the calmest boy in the dorm, was itching to play.

Qin Guan was not interested in these old games. He would rather read more in his leisure time instead. The boys were all playing the game though, and even boys from other dorms had come to take a look.

They were all watching Liu Xiaoyang play. Just watching him was exciting enough for them. They could tell how fascinating the games were.

Ever since they had bought the computer, more and more boys from other dorms would drop by and have fun in Qin Guan’s dorm. Unintentionally, Qin Guan and his roommates had made more friends.

With their popularity, Ye Dong was able to apply successfully for a membership at the Students’ Union and officially become a union member. He even became the leader of the freshmen.

Qin Guan had always been too handsome to have any male friends, and he had seldom talked to other boys, because they had known nothing about him. When they came to his dorm though, they found that Qin Guan was quite generous. Qin Guan made many new friends that way.

Now that he had been recognized by his male classmates, he had successfully become the Prince Charming of the freshmen. The boys had realized that they could not point fingers at anyone until they really knew them, and recognized Qin Guan for the friendly, generous boy that he was.

Playing games was not the only function of the computer, though. Qin Guan had installed an office software and urged every boy in his dorm to use it to do their bookkeeping.

Qin Guan’s income from October to November was as follows.

Tutoring: ¥800 + ¥500 (bonus) = ¥1,300

Part-Time Job: ¥400 (Bateau Exhibition) + ¥200 (bonus) = ¥600; Pringles Promotion: ¥240; Total: ¥600 + ¥240 = ¥840

Total Income: ¥1,300 + ¥ 840 = ¥2140

Qin Guan had also saved 100 yuan from the living expenses provided by his parents, so he had a total of ¥2,240 in savings from October to November.

Considering the money he had spent on treating his friends and buying the computer, Qin Guan was surprised to find that he had so much in savings.

He did not plan on doing any more part-time jobs in November though, because he would be taking two important tests in December, CET 4 and Abacus Level 5.

Qin Guan checked his schedule once again. Although the lectures were still ongoing, he had finished the Computerized Accounting Test in October, so he could now prepare for the Abacus Level 5 in December. In order to obtain an Accounting Certificate, he had to pass three subjects, i.e. Basic Accounting, Regulations and Professional Ethics, and Junior Computerized Accounting.

Abacus Level 5 was essential, so Qin Guan decided to give it a shot. His first plan was to obtain an Accounting Certificate during his sophomore year.

He had lots of plans, and realizing each of them was a small progress for him. He believed that as long as he followed his plan, he would make big progress in the end.

Cong Nianwei was quite inconsiderate. Qin Guan would meet her every day, but she would send him away, because she was also busy with her studies. As a student at the Department of Architecture, she knew that she had to study hard to learn the abstract and obscure principles of architecture.

She was too busy improving her sketching ability to spend time with Qin Guan. What was love worth anyway? Love did not make money. Qin Guan hang up the phone with tears in his eyes. Courting a straight-A student was really giving him a hard time.

Huang Jiajia was also in a bad mood. She was upset with her straight-A teacher.

She had been working really hard lately to catch up, and she could at least understand the class now. She was delighted by her progress, but as she watched her teacher recite English vocabulary, she felt like her small progress was being overshadowed.

Before they knew it, it was already December. The six boys in Qin Guan’s dorm were well-prepared. Taking their admission tickets, erasers and pens, they walked into the lecture theater to take CET 4 with the sophomores of CUFE.

The six boys made everybody else jealous. Before the bell rang, they had already finished their papers and handed them in.