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Ye Wenyu looked at the large, fat man in the photo, her mind filled with doubts. She then looked at the bookstore owner and asked him, "Are you sure it was really him who helped me?"

This is incredible.

The bookstore owner nodded very seriously.

Ye Wenyu said, puzzled, "But I really don't know him! This is like a pie falling from the sky! He's actually helping me, and I don't even know him?!"

It's like something out of a fairy tale.

The boss looked at the photo and said to her, "Take a closer look, don't you really recognize me?"

Ye Wenyu looked at the photo again very carefully. At this moment, she suddenly realized that the person in the photo seemed familiar, as if she had seen him somewhere before. She racked her brains, trying to remember, but after more than ten minutes of effort, she still couldn't recall him.

She said to the bookstore owner, "Oh, boss, stop playing dumb, just tell me, who is this person?"

The bookstore owner said, "Chen Dalong! The president of the Chen Group. Don't let his fat appearance fool you; he looks like a nouveau riche. He graduated from a prestigious university and is a Confucian businessman! That's why he opened a bookstore."

Who is Chen Dalong? What kind of company is the Chen Group?

Ye Wenyu looked completely bewildered.

The bookstore owner said loudly in a praising tone, "Young lady, think about it. In this day and age, opening a bookstore is bound to lose money. But he said that a country cannot be without bookstores and a person cannot not read, so he has opened many chain bookstores all over the country."

Ye Wenyu suddenly remembered: Chen's Group, Chen Dalong, a renowned Confucian businessman—she felt like she'd heard of him somewhere before. She took out her phone and started searching "Chen Dalong" on Baidu. Soon, the search results appeared; Chen Dalong had a Baidu Baike (Baidu Encyclopedia) entry. She clicked on it, and as her gaze scrolled down, she was astonished to discover that Chen Dalong's daughter was actually her university classmate, Yuanyuan! Yuanyuan's full name was Chen Yuanyuan!

This is really unexpected.

Ye Wenyu continued reading the documents, her eyes nearly popping out of their sockets from shock. Chen Dalong only had one daughter, Yuanyuan, and Yuanyuan looked remarkably like her father—not only in her facial features and figure, but even in the degree of her obesity. Seeing Chen Dalong's exaggerated weight gain, Ye Wenyu doubted whether Yuanyuan could successfully lose weight. Some obesity is congenital, a genetic issue unrelated to how much one eats. She recalled a time when Yuanyuan, in an effort to lose weight, ate cucumbers with her every day in the cafeteria, eating less than a rabbit, and felt a pang of sadness.

It turns out that Yuanyuan really is a rich second generation.

It turns out that Yuanyuan really has a fortune. She is Chen Dalong's daughter, and Chen Dalong only has one daughter. In the future, all those shopping malls, real estate, and bookstores will belong to Yuanyuan!

Reincarnation is indeed a skill; different people have different fates. Yuan Yuan may be a little chubby, but she's lucky.

But wait, why is Yuan Yuan helping her?!

Ye Wenyu took out her phone and sent Yuanyuan a WeChat message: "Did you help me find the bookstore job?"

Yuan Yuan replied quickly, "No, Uncle Lin asked me to help you find it."

It's Lin Tingfeng again!

Ye Wenyu felt overwhelmed, having gone in circles and returned to the starting point.

She frowned in annoyance, thinking that she could never repay the favor she owed him. Before, she paid him back the money she owed him at the hospital, thinking that the two of them would never have to see each other again, and therefore she would no longer owe him anything.

But now it seems that using the high salary he earned from the job he introduced to pay back the hospital fees he paid in advance is like a child using the allowance given by his parents to buy gifts for them. What else can it prove besides a little bit of goodwill?

No matter how hard she tried to draw a line and keep her distance, she found herself living under his care and protection, within his sphere of power.

She couldn't help but recall that night when she transferred the hospital fees she owed to Lin Tingfeng via WeChat, and he said that they were even and would never have to see each other again. At the time, she didn't know why he had that strange smile, but now she understood everything!

This Lin Tingfeng is indeed a very cunning person.

While Ye Wenyu was lost in thought, Yuan Yuan sent her another private message. Ye Wenyu opened it and it read, "Uncle Lin really loves you. Be good to him and don't take him for granted."

Ye Wenyu was so angry he laughed. If he truly loved her, he wouldn't have done such terrible things in his previous life.

She grabbed her coat and clothes and hurried out of the bookstore, moving as fast as the wind.

The boss called out from behind her, "Hey, didn't you promise to sell books via live stream? I'm telling you the truth now, why are you going back on your word?"

Ye Wenyu remained silent. She couldn't explain to her boss that the person who helped her wasn't surnamed Lin, but in reality, it was someone surnamed Lin who helped her.

She didn't explain further and decided to go find Lin Tingfeng immediately.

The rain outside intensified, as if the heavens were releasing a flood. Ye Wenyu, having forgotten her umbrella, felt cold and had to button up her cardigan completely. She then hugged herself tightly and hurried through the rain, keeping her head down until she was quite far from the bookstore. She finally ran to a teahouse to take shelter from the rain. Lost in thought, she sent Lin Tingfeng a message: "Where are you? Are you free? I need to see you."

After sending the message, she felt uneasy, her heart pounding like a drum. What should she do upon meeting him? Tell him that she already knew the whole truth, that he had helped her find both high-paying, easy jobs, and that she thanked him, but she didn't need them! So she wouldn't accept those jobs again and hoped he wouldn't use his position to help her, as it would cause her great pain.

But she felt that doing so was a bit excessive. After thinking about it carefully, she couldn't figure out what she had done wrong.

Ye Wenyu looked at the dense curtain of rain in front of her. The sky was gray, like a huge lead plate. The cold wind rushed towards her, messing up her hair. She felt a little lost.

At that moment, Lin Tingfeng's private message arrived quickly. He replied, "I have something to discuss with you. Where should we meet? I'll be right there."

The speed was almost unbelievable.

Ye Wenyu was stunned. He wanted to talk to her about something? What could he possibly want to talk to her about? A big question mark rose in her mind.

The last time they met, it was at a five-star hotel. She was arranged to be engaged to Cai Wenchuan. Feeling humiliated and angry, she cried in the bathroom. Lin Tingfeng saw her in her most embarrassing state and covered for her.

Could it be that he contacted her because of what happened at the hotel last time, and that it was related to Cai Wenchuan?

Ye Wenyu thought for a moment, her face paled, and her heart began to pound wildly with tension, as if a rabbit lived in her chest.

However, she thought to herself, "I won't think about it anymore. Once he arrives, everything will be clear."