Finals were set to start on January fifth.

Once everyone came back that week, the last month of review officially began. College students usually call the month after the professors mark what's on the exam cram month.

As for the company, the tax review had ended on Friday. Since they found nothing wrong, the temporarily frozen funds were quickly released, and once everyone was back on Monday, the company was running normally again.

Another week flew by.

Saturday, the twenty-fourth, was Christmas Eve. After dinner, Xu Ye drove two hours with Chen Qingqing to a hot spring resort hotel. They spent two days there. On the drive back, Xu Ye found his right leg barely had the strength to push the gas pedal.

"Exams are coming up, so I won't come over next weekend. Once your finals are done, I'll come pick you up."

"Oh. Okay."

After a few last words at the foot of her dorm, Xu Ye turned around and drove back to school.

The next morning, Xu Ye had just gotten to the office when good news came in. miHoYo had sent over this year's dividend. The promised thirty million came to twenty-four million after taxes. Even so, looking at the eight-figure balance on his card, Xu Ye was very happy.

Not counting the company, it was the first time he'd ever had this much money of his own.

With this money in hand…

Xu Ye started planning how to use it.

For now, buying a steadily rising stock was probably the smartest and safest move, but Xu Ye didn't want to.

Money wasn't his top priority anymore.

So Xu Ye's first thought was to use the money to buy a home in Shanghai.

2017 and 2018 would be the peak for housing prices. Buying a home now, in a first-tier city like Shanghai, wouldn't lose money.

The other reason was that Xu Ye wanted to keep the promise he'd made to Chen Qingqing as soon as he could.

Once he'd decided, Xu Ye called Zhao Ming.

"Hello~"

"Zhao Ming, let me ask you something. What are…