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A warm feeling washed over Ye Wenyu. She smiled and said to Lin Tingfeng, "Tingfeng, you're so good to me."

Lin Tingfeng glanced at her, nodded, and said slowly, "It's good that you know."

Next, he fed her the whole bowl of rice and then gave her a small bowl of pork rib soup. Ye Wenyu was full and shook her head, saying, "I can't eat anymore, or I'll turn into a little fat pig."

Lin Tingfeng laughed, took out a napkin, and wiped her mouth clean. He took care of her carefully and attentively, just like taking care of a baby who couldn't take care of himself.

Ye Wenyu looked at her right hand, which she couldn't move at all, and felt distressed.

At that moment, the doctor came in. Ye Wenyu, worried about her studies, immediately asked the doctor, "Doctor, when will my hand recover?"

"At least three months."

At least three months?!

Like a bolt from the blue, Ye Wenyu immediately frowned in pain.

The doctor said to her, "Blame your boyfriend. When two people hold hands, they shouldn't pull too hard." He turned to Lin Tingfeng and scolded, "Did you hear me?"

Lin Tingfeng's expression changed, but he quickly smiled and nodded gently.

Ye Wenyu's face turned bright red as she thought about how Lin Tingxuan had broken her hand, yet Lin Tingfeng had been scolded by the doctor and had taken the blame for his brother, but he had remained calm and composed.

This man is so well-mannered.

After the doctor left, Ye Wenyu said in anguish, "Oh God, what am I going to do? I'm sure I'll fail every subject in my final exams."

Lin Tingfeng comforted her, saying, "It's alright. Although you're in the hospital and can't go to school, I'll come and keep you company whenever I have time. Tonight, I'll have someone bring your textbooks to the hospital. You can study on your own during the day, and when I come in the evening, I'll teach you anything you don't understand."

Ye Wenyu remembered that Lin Tingfeng had taught her calculus, and her confidence in her studies immediately increased. She smiled and nodded, happily agreeing.

He didn't mention Lin Tingxuan's matter at all, nor did he blame her in the slightest.

Ye Wenyu pulled her thoughts, which had been drifting away like a kite, back to the reality of this life.

That night, there was thunder and lightning outside, a heavy summer thunderstorm. While her roommates slept soundly, Ye Wenyu was too worried to sleep because she had to go to the city to work the next day.

She prayed that the thunderstorm would end by tomorrow morning, otherwise she was afraid she would be struck by lightning if she went out in such a storm!

When I woke up the next morning, the thunderstorm had stopped, but when I went out of the girls' dormitory, I found that the outside world was a vast expanse of water, like a world after a flood. It was probably because the rain was so heavy last night that the sewers had malfunctioned, and there was water everywhere on the ground.

The murky water stretched as far as the eye could see, like the Milky Way in the sky.

In this kind of weather, many people choose to stay home because, surrounded by the sea, you simply can't tell which roads are safe and which places are dangerous.

But Ye Wenyu had to go out; in order to survive, she had to work desperately.

For the sake of five pecks of rice, others may bow their backs, but hers has already been broken.

Therefore, looking at the murky water in front of her, Ye Wenyu gritted her teeth, took off her sandals, carried them in her hand, and set off barefoot.

Although walking barefoot in the flood would be very dangerous—sharp stones or broken glass could cut her feet—wearing sandals in the dirty water would quickly ruin them, and she didn't have the spare money to buy another pair. So she was willing to risk having her feet pierced.

Because the flood was so severe, and there were no buses or taxis available, she called the parents of the children in class. One parent said directly on the phone, "Teacher Ye, the flooding is too bad today, so let's cancel the class." They were very considerate.

Ye Wenyu knew that tutoring fees were calculated by the hour, and if she didn't go, she wouldn't earn any money. Therefore, she insisted on the phone, "I will come, but since there is no public transportation, I will be a little late, is that okay?"

“Of course.” The parent was very touched and said to Ye Wenyu, “Teacher Ye, I will pay you double for today’s class.”

Ye Wenyu became even more determined to go to class.

Without a car, she walked to her tutoring job, and then walked back after finishing her tutoring session.

By the time she got back to school, it was already afternoon. Just as she relaxed, she felt a sharp pain in the soles of her feet. She endured the pain and walked to a stone step to the side, where she found a high, dry spot to sit down. She then discovered that her bare feet, which had been soaked in the puddles for a long time, were white and wrinkled, and there was a thumbtack on the sole of her foot.

The wind blowing from the puddles was as cold as ice, and Ye Wenyu couldn't help but shiver.

She had stepped on a thumbtack! Ye Wenyu endured the pain and pried the thumbtack off the sole of her foot. Immediately, blood gushed out like a fountain. She frowned and pressed the sole of her foot, hoping to stop the bleeding as soon as possible.

Oh my god, she's so unlucky.

"Wen Yu—" Hearing the familiar voice, she looked up and saw Jiang Zhiming standing in front of her, looking at her with a pained expression.

Dressed in white, Jiang Zhiming was undeniably handsome and dashing.

When did he become so handsome? Or perhaps he was always handsome, but his poverty masked it.

Ye Wenyu panicked a little. Her face flushed, she put down her bleeding foot. In the dim light, her injured foot looked extremely pale, and the instep was covered in mud, making her difficult situation all the more obvious. She wanted to hide her foot, but she was wearing sandals and no socks, and unlike her hands, she couldn't hide her feet behind her back. Therefore, she could only expose her foot to Jiang Zhiming in an extremely embarrassing manner.

She hadn't seen him for several days. Ever since the last time she was stripped of her status as a student from a poor family by the school, he had come to comfort her with his beautiful and wealthy girlfriend. After that, he had never appeared in her world again, and she, busy with her part-time job, had basically forgotten about him.

Unexpectedly, he would appear in front of her today, and he was alone; Lin Tingyue, his girlfriend, was not by his side.

But what did he want with her? Was it just a chance encounter while passing by, and he simply went up to say hello? Or...?

A sense of confusion rose in Ye Wenyu's heart. She didn't know if Jiang Zhiming's encounter with her here was a coincidence or inevitable. She remained silent, because Jiang Zhiming's appearance brought her twice the pressure and humiliation she had ever felt before. Before, they were from the same world, equally poor and suffering. Now, he had climbed up the social ladder and become a phoenix. He had found an extremely wealthy girlfriend, and they were now from two different worlds.

The comparison is too cruel.

Therefore, she hopes that Jiang Zhiming will leave as soon as possible.