Chapter Two: Studying the Most Obscure Major, Earning the Most Money

Chen Miaomiao straightened her back as she thought this. “Qian Qi, it was one thing for you to steal our stuff before, but showing up covered in blood in the middle of the night and scaring me—isn’t that going too far?”

Qian Qi turned to stare at her. Perhaps feeling guilty under her gaze, her voice softened a bit. “W-why are you looking at me like that?”

She blinked, then corrected seriously, “It was morning, not the middle of the night.”

“Huh?” Chen Miaomiao paused, then sighed, “That’s not the point! The point is—you did it on purpose to scare me, didn’t you?”

“I didn’t mean to scare you,” Qian Qi twisted her neck. “I got hurt and it hurts a lot. I just wanted to talk to you about it. I didn’t expect you to be frightened.”

At that moment, a few other roommates peeked in and saw the blood all over Qian Qi’s neck. They gasped, “Qian Qi, are you okay? Aren’t you going to the hospital?”

Though they didn’t like Qian Qi much and even feared her a little, an injury like this was a different matter. None of them wanted another dead body in the dorm.

This was a six-person dorm, but now only five students remained. The empty bed had belonged to someone who was mistakenly bitten by a magical plant and died a few months ago.

Qian Qi also wanted to go to the hospital but said, “No money.”

The roommates were silent for a moment until a bespectacled girl with long hair, Liang Yuting, stepped forward hesitantly. “Um, I’ll lend you a hundred yuan first...”

Qian Qi jumped off the bed, grabbed Liang Yuting’s hands, eyes brimming with tears. “Thank you, you’re a good person.”

Liang Yuting immediately regretted it—she was sure she wouldn’t get that money back!

“Go to the hospital first,” Liang Yuting said, unable to look away from the blood-stained neck. “Did a magical plant bite you?”

“Yeah, I went to steal my senior’s magical plant fruit,” Qian Qi replied honestly. “I was too hungry and couldn’t resist when I passed by.”

All the roommates: !!!

She really is crazy! Who would dare eat magical plant fruit? Aren’t they afraid of dying?

Liang Yuting took two steps back, struggling to say, “Anyway, you should go to the hospital first!”

She looked longingly at the hundred yuan in Qian Qi’s hands. Coming from a modest family, lending that much was already a stretch.

Seeing Liang Yuting’s gaze, Qian Qi waved the money and smiled, “Don’t worry, I’ll definitely pay you back.”

She just realized she had no money at all and needed to borrow some to tide herself over. She was certain she would repay it.

Liang Yuting nodded but still felt deep down that the money was gone for good.

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Qian Qi rifled through the wardrobe and found only an old leather jacket. She frowned, not because it was old but because—

The oversized brown leather jacket was peeling, paired with a white sleeveless T-shirt that no longer came clean, loose black men’s shorts, and a pair of flip-flops worn for years.

No matter how you looked at it, this outfit was more ridiculous than the old dorm manager next door.

Especially with her messy, tangled hair—any street thug seeing her might just call her “boss.”

Wiping her face, Qian Qi resigned herself and put on the jacket.

After leaving the dorm, she first went to the cafeteria for a full meal. Although tuition for magical plant studies was free, students had to cover their own living expenses. Fortunately, the cafeteria had cheap options on the first floor.

Biting into a steamed bun, Qian Qi thought to herself: I need to make some money.

When she first arrived, her first instinct was to check her account, but reality hit hard.

She was truly broke—not a single cent to her name.

She had hoped to get by with her major, but it turned out to be so obscure.

Obscurity she could bear, but having no financial prospects was unacceptable!

“I have to find a way to change majors.”

Qian Qi activated her light-brain and began searching the colleges and majors at Awakener University.

There were five colleges in total: Beast Control, Command, Skill, Magical Beast, and Magical Plant.

Command was a highly selective major requiring students to possess psychic abilities. Dungeon runs were typically group battles, and commanders needed to coordinate teammates and make strategic decisions.

Skill required students to have awakened skills and was divided into elementalists, ranged shooters, and support specialists.

Magical Beast was a popular major focused on knowledge and research of magical beasts. Graduates often worked at the Magical Beast Research Institute, which paid well and offered opportunities to profit by selling leftover beast parts to Awakeners.

Magical Plant, needless to say, was extremely unpopular, attracting only the poor and the insane.

Then there was Beast Control—

Beast Control was the most prestigious and sought-after major at Awakener University, with even higher entry requirements than Command or Skill. Only students with a “Beast Control Talent” could apply. Tuition was waived, and top-quality room and board were provided for free. Once a contract was formed with a magical beast, the future was limitless!

Of course, forging such a contract was no easy feat. Even students with Beast Control Talent could send out contract requests, but beasts often mercilessly rejected them, sometimes causing severe backlash.

Only those who built good rapport and earned a beast’s recognition could form a master-servant contract, gaining beast-derived skills and using the beast in battle—a dream career for many.

“Damn, Beast Control sounds amazing!” Qian Qi tapped her light-brain, biting into a bun. “Hey system, what’s the key action to trigger Beast Control skills? Maybe you could tell me secretly?”

【＾＿＾ Darling, sleeping too little during the day makes you prone to daydreaming.】

Qian Qi: …

“So, does that mean you won’t tell me the key action, or you just don’t have that function?”

【I don’t have that function.】

“Hah! Finally, I can roast you!” Qian Qi said with satisfaction. “You’re so useless!”

【……】

Having finally silenced the system, Qian Qi wiped her mouth contentedly. “Beast Control, Command, and Skill all have high entry barriers. I only have farming skills, so I can’t get in. Magical Beast looks good.”

Magical Beast had no skill requirements—anyone who paid tuition could enter.

“Let me see what I need to prepare to transfer majors.” Although she had farming skills, she didn’t want to stick with Magical Plant. For one, she couldn’t even beat the magical plants she grew herself. For another, Magical Plant had no future; she’d starve before making any progress.

But soon Qian Qi’s expression darkened.

“Transferring majors is this hard?”

Like in her previous life, she needed to rank in the top three in the entire major’s final exam of the first academic year.

She could accept that—but the other condition, she couldn’t.

“Transferring requires a fee of thirty thousand yuan! And Magical Beast tuition alone is fifteen thousand a year! Accommodation is a thousand! Books are five hundred!”

In other words, she needed to save forty-six thousand five hundred yuan first.

As the saying goes, “A penny stops a hero.”

Qian Qi suddenly felt Magical Plant wasn’t so unpopular after all.

“Alright!” she declared firmly, “There’s no money that can’t be earned, only people who won’t think!”

“Even if I study the most obscure major, I’ll make the most money!”