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Ye Wenyu and Yuanyuan still meet occasionally, but their relationship is no longer as close as before. Ye Wenyu still likes Yuanyuan, but she thinks that if they were to resume their previous close relationship, Yuanyuan would probably discover that the birthmark on her face is fake after a while. She and Lin Tingfeng are friends, and perhaps if she discovers it, Lin Tingfeng will find out soon as well. To avoid complications, she only nods at Yuanyuan from a distance when she sees her. When Yuanyuan takes the initiative to invite her to dinner, she always makes excuses to decline, deliberately keeping her distance.

After being rejected so many times, Yuan Yuan got angry. She was originally a proud young lady from a wealthy family and had never begged anyone so humbly before. So later on, whenever she saw Ye Wenyu, she would avoid her at all costs.

Ye Wenyu noticed the change in Yuan Yuan's attitude and felt somewhat sad, but in order to make her reborn life smoother and more peaceful, she had no choice but to give up her friendship with Yuan Yuan.

After all, she had ulterior motives for approaching her from the very beginning. In the previous life, they had never met, and in this life, if it weren't for Lin Tingfeng's deliberate arrangement, they would never have met. In other words, Yuan Yuan was never a part of Ye Wenyu's life. Since her appearance was a mistake, then she had nothing to regret about losing contact with her and letting her leave her world.

Now, Ye Wenyu's world revolves solely around Cai Wenchuan, and she still enrolled in his elective course. In his class, the first nine rows, as always, are filled with female students dressed in their finest attire. She still sits in the last row with the boys, but it doesn't matter. She knows he has her in his heart, and she only has him in hers. So, as long as she sits in his classroom and listens to his lectures, she feels incredibly happy.

Although they couldn't publicly acknowledge their relationship, she was very happy chatting with him about the weather and school during breaks, and sometimes discussing their studies. She was content.

Because both of them had the same expectation: that they could be together once she graduated from university.

Days passed by happily in their ordinariness, one after another, and before they knew it, spring had passed and summer had arrived. One day, Ye Wenyu's class held a meeting. Everyone was present. Ye Wenyu sat there reading. The class monitor was announcing the list of impoverished students for the next semester. Suddenly, Ye Wenyu heard her own name. She looked up in surprise, her heart pounding as if the roof had collapsed. She simply couldn't believe what she had heard.

Why is her name on the poverty alleviation student list? How is this possible? Because she believed she couldn't possibly apply, she never even tried. Why is her name on it?

Besides Ye Wenyu, who was extremely shocked, another girl was also very shocked. She stood up, looked at Ye Wenyu suspiciously, and then stammered, "Class monitor, why isn't my name on this list?"

Ye Wenyu glanced at her; she was the girl whose father had cancer. She had seen her at the student affairs office on the first day of university registration.

For the two semesters of her freshman year, the only poverty-stricken student spot in the class was always given to her.

But in the following semester, before we knew it, we were sophomores, and the spot for the student from a poor family was given to Ye Wenyu.

The class monitor glanced down at the list, double-checked, and said, "You're really not on it. This time it's a different person, Ye Wenyu." The class monitor looked at her, and all the other students in the class turned their attention to Ye Wenyu.

She had no choice but to slowly stand up, feeling a mix of joy and surprise.

Sure enough, the girl who had previously been a student from a poor family angrily shouted, "Why her? My family is so poor! My dad has cancer, my mom is a housewife, none of my relatives care about us, and my grandparents have passed away. How can my family afford to send me to school? I'm the most pitiful person! I need this student aid the most! How could the school cancel my aid? This is unfair, extremely unfair!"

The class monitor had no choice but to say, "I also asked at the student affairs office. They said that although you are a student from a poor family, you usually spend money extravagantly and they have never seen you go out to work. As for Ye, she is different from you. Although her father does not have a terminal illness, her family is indeed in difficult circumstances. She worked three or four jobs in the past two semesters and only ate one dish per meal in the cafeteria. The whole school knows this, so I think this is the reason why the school gave her the spot that originally belonged to you."

"I refuse to accept this!" the girl shouted, tears streaming down her face. She looked around through her tears and gritted her teeth as she said to Ye Wenyu, "Who's more miserable than me? My dad isn't dead yet, but he needs a lot of medicine every month! It costs so much money. I'm going to go to the school to reason with them. If the school doesn't care, I'll go to the reporters and the newspapers. I believe there's always a place where justice can be served!" After saying this, the girl rushed out like a whirlwind, tears still in her eyes.

Ye Wenyu slowly stood up. Her initial joy had vanished, replaced by anxiety and worry. What would become of her in the end?

The class meeting ended. The students chattered amongst themselves and left in twos and threes. Ye Wenyu packed her books and went to the library. She probably knew what was going on, because there were only one or two people in the world who truly cared about her. Her mother was too busy taking care of herself, and Jiang Zhiming now had Lin Tingyue who needed care and attention. The only person who would help her secure a place as a student from a poor family was definitely Cai Wenchuan.

She wanted to thank him, but then she remembered that he had accompanied her to eat in the cafeteria before, which made the topic of teacher-student romance known throughout the school. If she went to see him now, wouldn't that just make the topic of teacher-student romance, which had finally calmed down, lively again?

She should thank him, not harm him.

So, although she was touched and warmed, Ye Wenyu decided that in a few days, when she had Cai Wenchuan's elective course to teach, she would thank him after class.

Receiving the student aid for those in need is certainly a good thing. It provides a meal allowance for six months each month, and the tuition and accommodation fees for the entire second year are waived. For a poor student like her, this is a tremendous blessing, as it lightens her burden by half! Who wouldn't want to work fewer jobs and have more time to study?

After spending several hours reading in the library, I returned to my dorm and one of my roommates said, "Ye Wenyu, congratulations!"

Ye Wenyu's heart was pounding, but she remained outwardly calm. She picked up her water glass, took a sip, and asked her roommate, "What are you congratulating me on?"

My roommate chuckled and said, "That girl who hogging the spot for the poor student went to the student affairs office crying and making a scene, saying that she should have gotten the spot, not you, since your dad doesn't have cancer."