The hyperactive Qiuqiu was chattering away like someone possessed by the god of luck. Qi Xu spent a great deal of effort to finally calm it down. He yawned and was just about to lie down and sleep.
Breaking Cocoon into Butterfly sent another message.
"Boss, three stations failed to meet their business quotas this month. The worst-performing one, the Cultural Tutoring Class, will be shut down if it doesn't make any profit within seven days. I'm going over there tomorrow to issue an ultimatum. How about it? Do you have any ideas?"
Did he have any ideas? Of course he did! He hadn't seen a new monster in ages!
Invincible Black Whirlwind: "What kind of monster is in charge of the Cultural Tutoring Class?"
Breaking Cocoon into Butterfly: "It's a monkey, but I'm not sure what exact species."
Qi Xu made a prompt decision. "I'll go with you tomorrow!"
Cultural Tutoring Class... No wonder a station like this had no business. If someone like Old White Dragon stumbled upon it, he wouldn't enter even if it were free...
He originally planned to put in some good mileage tomorrow, since he couldn't just rely on fuel packs to take the top spot on the leaderboard every month. But it seemed those plans had to change.
Seeing that it was almost dawn, Qi Xu quickly closed his eyes and caught some sleep. He slept until 8 o'clock before getting up to wash and grab a bite to eat.
After arranging things with Breaking Cocoon into Butterfly, he directly used a Random Station Selection Card and headed straight for the Cultural Tutoring Class.
Breaking Cocoon into Butterfly had already been inside for a while. Someone had to play the bad cop first, otherwise, there would be no way to highlight the value of a timely savior.
Qi Xu waited at the door for about two minutes before receiving a message from Breaking Cocoon into Butterfly.
He pushed the door open and went in, running right into Breaking Cocoon into Butterfly who was coming out. Breaking Cocoon into Butterfly was even wearing a uniform, looking super handsome. The two didn't speak; they just blinked at each other and went their separate ways.
The moment Qi Xu entered, the monkey, who had been squatting in the corner clutching its head in frustration, sprang to its feet with a thud.
"Welcome! Hello, esteemed customer! This is the Cultural Tutoring Class. We offer excellent courses taught by renowned teachers, professional..."
"Are you... Monkey Boss?"
Qi Xu had heard from Worker Monkey long ago that their Monkey Boss's job had been taken over by someone with connections. He never expected to run into him here.
"Ah, you're that scrap collector."
"Yes." Qi Xu nodded happily. "I didn't expect you to still remember me."
Monkey Boss nodded with some emotion. After all, he hadn't seen many professionals so poor that they even had to take discarded garbage back to eat.
"Of course I recognize you. Are you here to collect scrap? I have some old notebooks here. Let me go get them for you, you can just take them. No need to pay."
Monkey Boss had just been wallowing in the sorrow of his impending unemployment, but seeing an even more pitiful existence made him feel like his own life was actually somewhat passable.
Qi Xu waved his hand vigorously. "No, no, no, there's no rush for the scrap. How does the pricing work here? Since I'm already here, and we're old friends, I definitely have to give you some business!"
A thoroughly human sense of helplessness was written all over Monkey Boss's monkey face. If it were any other player, he would have tried to make a pitch, but he just had to run into the garbage-eating scrap collector.
"The things I offer here might not be very suitable for you. They're a bit expensive."
"Let me see the price list."
Monkey Boss sighed and handed over the price list.
Qi Xu vaguely sensed that this Cultural Tutoring Class seemed a bit unusual; at the very least, it wasn't as simple as it appeared on the surface.
Reading Comprehension Skills 100 minutes: 1000 Survival Coins
Comprehensive Social Practice 100 minutes: 2000 Survival Coins
Research Data Analysis 100 minutes: 1000 Survival Coins
Monster Behavioral Science 120 minutes: 3000 Survival Coins
Team Management 180 minutes: 5000 Survival Coins
Financial Management 180 minutes: 5000 Survival Coins
No wonder this Cultural Tutoring Class had no business, doing even worse than Ah She's place. It was too expensive! How could ordinary players bear to shell out thousands of coins to learn these things when they couldn't figure out the deeper meaning behind them?
Qi Xu sent a message to Bian and Laicai: "Come to the Cultural Tutoring Class station, quickly."
"Received."
Qi Xu thought for a moment and decided to sign himself up for Monster Behavioral Science. Although he didn't quite understand what it taught, the course was expensive!
"Payment code."
Monkey Boss was dumbfounded. "Are you really going to take a class?"
"Yeah. When I was coming over just now, I happened to see the station administrator leaving and heard her muttering about how your place is going to be shut down. Since we're friends, I definitely have to help you out."
Qi Xu spoke with righteous indignation. Aside from letting his favorability rating shoot up rapidly, Monkey Boss didn't know what else he could do.
Qi Xu directly swiped 13,000 Survival Coins. Besides signing himself up for Monster Behavioral Science, he used public funds to enroll Bian in Team Management and Laicai in Financial Management.
Monkey Boss instantly cried out in shock, "Scrap Collector! Did you accidentally press an extra '1' at the beginning?! Why did you pay 13,000 Survival Coins?"
Qi Xu smiled faintly and paid another 200 Survival Coins.
"I'm going to take Monster Behavioral Science. Two of my friends will be here in a bit. Tonsils Never Speak will take Team Management, and Wealth Comes From All Directions will take Financial Management. I've paid for them together in advance.
I won't wait for the two of them. You can take me to class first. The extra 200 is your tip."
Cultural Tutoring Class Manager Boss Monkey's favorability toward you has increased by 20 points. Current favorability is 80 points.
Boss Monkey's eyes reddened with emotion. Back then, he hadn't even left his contact information for the Scrap Collector, afraid of being mocked by his peers for having a good relationship with a human player.
He never expected that when he was truly in trouble, the one to step forward and help would be this very human player, while his peers were unwilling to do anything but make sarcastic remarks.
This...
"Alright, I'll... take you to class. Take this, it's a lifetime membership card for the Cultural Class Study Room. With this card, you get one free class for every three classes you take. You've already signed up for three, so you can get a free one when you take your classes."
Qi Xu accepted it completely naturally.
"Okay, I'll hold onto it. Don't be unhappy anymore. Let's add each other's contact info. If you ever need help in the future, just let me know. I'll also pull you into a group chat. You remember that little monkey who worked with you at the Princess's Banquet, right? He's in the group too."
This time, Monkey Boss didn't make any excuses. "Alright, thank you. If you ever need my help with anything in the future, I will definitely do my best."
Qi Xu noticed that Monkey Boss's favorability had increased by another 5 points. He was quite an emotional monkey, too.
The classroom was a virtual one, similar to a folded space. The moment Qi Xu entered, he felt as if he were surrounded by nature.
Just as he was about to lift his leg and take a few steps forward, he tripped over his own feet and fell flat on his face, directly getting a mouthful of mud...
