Don't you just want this?

"Did you take the exam again after being discharged from the provincial team?" Tao Xingye shook his wine glass and stared at Lin Yu's back.

"No." Lin Yu's eyes showed resistance and he was unwilling to talk about these things.

She didn't drink the glass of water. Instead, she raised her head and drank the wine in the glass. A slight blush gradually appeared on her face.

She didn't know what identity she should use when talking to Tao Xingye at this moment, as a waiter or an old classmate?

It’s better to be a waiter, they don’t have so many entanglements.

"Mr. Tao, do you want more?" She asked softly, leaning over to the side with the decanter in hand. Tao Xingye didn't move, but his eyes slid over to her in an instant, a hint of displeasure in his eyes, and a faint sneer on the corner of his mouth.

He snorted coldly, "You, Mr. Tao, are not in the mood today."

Tao Xingye stood up and buttoned his suit. Then he thought of something and took out some money from his wallet. "Your tip."

He held it in his hand, and Lin Yu reached out to take it, but his wrist was suddenly grabbed. He pulled Lin Yu up, and Lin Yu lost her balance and fell into his arms.

The banknotes scattered from his hands, and the hem of her skirt swayed around her slender legs.

Tao Xingye leaned forward to smell her scent like an addict, closing his eyes and saying, "Come to me, I know you're short of money."

He pinched Lin Yu's earlobe with his fingers particularly hard, and his face moved closer and closer, so that his lips could even touch Lin Yu's cheek when he spoke.

Every stroke is extremely itchy.

"You're drunk!" Lin Yu turned her head and pushed him away, but suddenly a hand came up on her waist and forcefully pushed her body forward.

Tao Xingye also held her with his other hand, hugging her tighter and tighter, with his head hanging on her shoulder. He paced back and forth as Lin Yu struggled, and from a distance they looked like a pair of lovers embracing each other affectionately.

Tao Xingye was completely engulfed in fire, and he wished he could hold Lin Yu in his arms.

Now he is no longer the kind of person who avoids his feelings. Since he still has feelings for Lin Yu in his heart, why should he let Lin Yu go?

"I know you are short of money, Lin Yu. Your brother is sick and you have to earn money for his medical expenses." Tao Xingye put one hand on Lin Yu's cheek and forced her to look at him.

"I was just wondering, with your talent, how could you only attend a local university? I went to check... Lin Yu, how are you so capable?"

It was hard to tell whether Tao Xingye's eyes were filled with amusement or heartache, but a smile lingered on the corners of his mouth. "You're committing suicide right before the competition?"

His fingers slid down Lin Yu's shoulders, and Lin Yu instantly felt numb as if he had been electrocuted, and his whole body froze.

She clearly felt a hand slowly grasping her left wrist, and the thumb groping hard at the raised scar.

Tao Xingye lifted her hand and placed it in front of her.

His tone was full of resentment, his eyes looking down on her. "You gave up a bright future and insisted on committing suicide. How could I not know how fragile you were? You were already a senior in high school back then. If you didn't take the competition, what would you have left? Would you have used the few academic subjects you learned in those three years to take the college entrance examination?"

His tone became more and more aggressive, and the fire in his eyes was surging. There was no longer any ambiguity. He was as angry as if he was the one whose admission qualification was revoked.

"What did you have left in the end? You were rescued! You lost your chance to be admitted to the university, and all you have left is this ridiculous scar!"

Tao Xingye shook off her wrist, his breathing disordered, his chest heaving. He glared at Lin Yu and opened his mouth to curse, "Lin Yu, why are you so..."

"Stop it!" Lin Yu screamed, covering her ears. Her hands trembled uncontrollably. Tears welled up in her eyes, but she showed no sign of weakness. "It's not your turn to tell me what to do. Even if I only got into Jincheng University, I got what I asked for!"

She swallowed a breath and asked, "Mr. Tao, is there anything else I can help you with?" Her tone was calm, and she suddenly returned to her role as a waitress, polite and restrained.

Lin Yu gathered the loose hair around her ears and said, "If there's nothing else, I'll go down first."

She bent down and squatted, sorting out the money that Tao Xingye had just scattered on the ground one by one.

Tao Xingye suddenly felt like a needle was piercing his heart. He couldn't tell why it hurt, but there was one thing he was sure of - he was unhappy. He was unhappy to see Lin Yu like this.

He thought he could just leave. Lin Yu was now completely different from him, and he was only looking for her to make himself happy.

Now that he is unhappy, why should he stay any longer?

He should leave. Tao Xingye took a step forward driven by this thought, but that small step made him seem so hesitant.

"Nagging!" Tao Xingye unbuttoned his suit with a stiff face, picked up all the money and stuffed it into Lin Yu's pockets.

"I want to open a medical device company in China. Come to my place." Tao Xingye raised his eyebrows. "I'm just discussing this with you."

He took out a business card and handed it to Lin Yu, "If you dare to throw it, I have plenty of ways to punish you!"

He stretched out his hand towards Lin Yu's chest, and Lin Yu quickly dodged it, "What are you doing!"

"What are you doing?" Tao Xingye untied the work badge on her chest with both hands. His fingertips couldn't help but rub the name twice. Instead of throwing it on the table, he put it into his pocket.

"Lin Yu, my company doesn't hire part-timers. If you want to come, you have to work for my company wholeheartedly."

Tao Xingye raised his chin, his smile full of menace, and his voice was particularly soft, as if whispering, "As long as you are still in Jincheng, no matter where you go to work part-time, you can't avoid the Tao family."

If you can't get around the Tao family, you can't get around him.

As long as he wanted, Lin Yu would not be able to find any decent job.

He looked at Lin Yu calmly and said, "Lin Xiaomai, welcome to my company."

That familiar nickname rang in her ears again after many years.

Lin Yu raised her eyes and looked at Tao Xingye so clearly.

He has changed very little, his amber eyes are the same as when he was a child, and there is always some emotion when he speaks.

Five years have given him more three-dimensional facial features.

He was already a fully mature man, and although his skin was still as white, he no longer had a trace of elegance.

Lin Yu wondered how long Tao Xingye would keep pestering her this time. When he lost interest, he would probably fly abroad without hesitation again.

She had a calm personality and remained silent most of the time. Tao Xingye didn't know at the time that Lin Yu, who he saw as dull and inert, had seen through his approach from the very beginning, and it all started on a whim.

"I'll take you home." Tao Xingye was interested and drove her to the school gate himself.

As soon as Lin Yu entered the dormitory, several roommates came over and said, "Xiaoyu, you're back."

Lin Yu goes out early and comes back late, and does not have much interaction with his roommates. Naturally, they are not close to Lin Yu. This is the first time they have received such a warm welcome.

She was a little flattered. Although she was not used to it, she was still happy. She didn't know what to say, so she just nodded.

"Xiaoyu," a roommate came over with eyes full of curiosity but pretending to be indifferent, "Who brought you back?"

They had just gone to a snack street for a midnight snack when they happened to see a Lexus passing by. Upon closer inspection, they saw that it was parked in front of the school gate. When they looked even more closely, they saw that the person who got out of the passenger seat was either Lin Yu or someone else.

"I didn't realize she had this ability." Hu Yuxin couldn't help but say sarcastically.

"Oh, maybe he's a relative." The dormitory head restrained the man, "We'll find out if we go back and ask."

They hurried so fast that they didn't even eat the cold noodles they had just bought, and arrived at the dormitory just before Lin Yu returned.

Lin Yu looked back and forth at them several times. Each of them had a concealed curiosity on his face, which was neither frank nor sincere.

"Our boss." Lin Yu replied lightly, put down her bag and went to take a shower.

Several people looked at each other, and Hu Yuxin curled her lips, "Tsk, what's so good about pretending?"

She crossed her arms and glanced into the bathroom. When she heard the sound of water coming from inside, she swaggered over to Lin Yu's desk and began to rummage through her bag.

"What are you doing? This is someone else's stuff." The dormitory head held the bag to prevent her from moving, and spoke in a low voice for fear that Lin Yu would hear it.

"What are you afraid of? She won't know unless you tell her." Hu Yuxin winked at another girl, asking her to pull the dormitory head away.

She opened the cloth bag and everything inside poured out. A stack of red one-hundred-yuan bills tied with a rubber band rolled to the middle.

"Oh my god, what kind of work can earn me this much in a day?" Hu Yuxin pouted exaggeratedly and flicked the roll of money away as if it was dirty.

There weren't many things in such a big bag, just a power bank, dormitory keys, and a business card.

Hu Yuxin took out the black business card, "Tao Xingye?" She thought of something and a hint of jealousy flashed in her eyes.

"There's nothing interesting about this." Hu Yuxin pretended to have finished looking at it and stuffed the things back into her bag, but she hid the business card in her sleeve and quietly took it away.

Lin Yu came out of the shower and found the dormitory quiet. Usually at this time, Hu Yuxin would be chatting with another girl, but today it was quiet.

For some reason, the dormitory head suddenly glanced at her. Lin Yu had a hunch that the dormitory head was up to something. She didn't say anything, but looked around and finally realized something was wrong.

Even though they were very careful, they still didn't match the position she had placed them before.

Her bag was tampered with!

Lin Yu's eyes instantly turned cold, and his face was so stiff that no emotion could be seen.

She opened her bag as if nothing had happened. Everything was there except the business card.

"Give it back to me after you've read it, Hu Yuxin." Lin Yu said calmly, and she had no intention of breaking up with her.

"What business card? I..." Hu Yuxin turned around and was about to excuse herself when she met Lin Yu's cold eyes. She realized belatedly that she had said the wrong thing and she shuddered all over.

Lin Yu's eyes were so cold that they could almost be called sinister. She had never seen such a look in any normal person before.

"I, I don't know!" Hu Yuxin hurriedly wanted to go back to bed. Tao Xingye was the eldest son of the Tao family. Everyone in Jincheng knew his name.

This business card is obviously a special supply. It is a treasure. Even if Lin Yu glares at her, she cannot hand it over.

Lin Yu's face was completely frozen. She walked over while dialing the number and pressed Hu Yuxin against the stairs.

The call was connected almost immediately, and a low, magnetic male voice came over, "What do you want from me?"

Hu Yuxin stared at Lin Yu's phone, and her intuition told her that the person on the other end was Tao Xingye.

Lin Yu didn't say anything, but passed the phone to Hu Yuxin's ear, "Isn't it about this? Tell me."

"I won't tell you!" Hu Yuxin was annoyed and sour. She took out her business card and threw it at Lin Yu's face. "What's so great about it? Why are you pretending?"

Lin Yu was too lazy to pay attention to her. He took the business card and sat back in his seat. Only then did he realize that Tao Xingye had not hung up yet.

A faint laugh came from the other side, and Lin Yu blushed, "Sorry to bother you so late."

"It's okay." Tao Xingye hung up the phone. The assistant sitting in front of him reporting on his work looked at the smile on Tao Xingye's lips in confusion.

He was just speaking when Mr. Tao suddenly raised his hand to stop him.

The phone call only lasted a short time, why was Mr. Tao so happy?

"Oh, Lin Yu called me and asked me to support her." Tao Xingye drank a sip of water as if nothing had happened.

“…” The assistant wanted to remind them, Mr. Tao, but he didn’t ask.