Did you fall in love the night before Chapter 36?
Because I want to pin you to the ground and flatten you. Wen Han asked, "Besides salad, do you want anything else?"
"No need." The Alpha rested his elbows on the table, crossed his arms, and said nonchalantly, "I just brought my lover out for a healthier afternoon tea."
"By the way, did I tell you to add extra chopped walnuts?" Alpha coughed lightly. "If not, then write it down."
"I don't know, I don't remember."
Alpha retorted angrily, "What are you doing? Do I have to remember to repeat myself? Call your manager over. I want to ask him how you provided service. He has to deduct your salary."
Omega's expression was very unpleasant: "Forget it, it's just a salad. Just eat whatever you want, don't make things difficult for the waiter."
“Darling,” Alpha said with utmost seriousness, “we are customers, and he should serve us; that’s the restaurant’s policy.”
Wen Han laughed: "Service? You mean you ordered the smallest and cheapest salad and still have so many demands? Who do you think you are? The table in front of us ordered more than a dozen dishes, and they didn't have as many problems as you."
The Alpha was a little embarrassed when he heard that the smallest portion was the cheapest. The Omega tried to smooth things over, but Wen Han continued, "It's just a small salad, it's all grass anyway, you can finish it in a few bites. Why are you studying it? And you even brought your partner. Don't you think you're being embarrassing?"
Seeing that Alpha was trying to argue that eating salad had nothing to do with his net worth, Wen Han interrupted him directly: "Other people order salad to cleanse their palate, but you order salad to show off. You're making yourself a laughingstock, so you should just go home."
Omega felt a little embarrassed and took out some money from his wallet to give to Wen Han: "Sorry, he was a bit demanding, but it wasn't intentional. This is your tip, please take our order according to his request."
So this Alpha was actually being kept by an Omega. Wen Han glanced at the Alpha with some disdain. Being kept by someone and still being so stingy with them, yet acting all high and mighty.
Wen Han returned the money to Omega: "No need, sir. Being taken to a fancy restaurant by my partner and only getting salad is bad enough. I can't bear to accept a tip from such an embarrassing partner."
He approached Lin He's table, where his group of friends were currently engrossed in flattering Wen Ruan. Several dishes remained untouched. Wen Han asked, "Mr. Lin, if you're not going to eat, I'll take it away?"
Lin He assumed Wen Han was craving something, and jokingly invited her to sit next to him and eat. Wen Han had only come to let him know, so she left with a plate of food in one hand.
"This is sea urchin baked shrimp, and this is crab meat, ham, and winter melon soup." Wen Han placed the plate near the Omega. "It's on me."
The Omega felt a little embarrassed and insisted on giving Wen Han a tip, but Wen Han stopped him. Just then, the salad that the Alpha had ordered arrived, and Wen Han pushed the small portion of salad in front of the Alpha: "This is yours."
"After you finish eating, go home obediently and don't come out and make things difficult for the waiters again."
Wen Han turned and left, and Lin He clicked his tongue in amazement: "You actually used the food I ordered to show off."
"Since you're not going to eat it anyway, wouldn't it be better to give it away than to throw it away?"
"Okay, whatever you want," Lin He said softly. "You take Wen Ruan with you first, okay?"
Wen Han asked, puzzled, "Why? Wouldn't it be better to let them talk?"
Lin He leaned against the wall, beckoned him over, and pointed over there, saying, "They've already taken it to heart. What they can't have is always the best. Wen Ruan should leave now so they'll keep remembering him and feel like they've found a treasure again when they run into him at the Gu family banquet."
Thinking of you, I lose my appetite, my mouth tastes nothing, my ears are deaf; thinking of you, I can't tell day from night, tossing and turning at night, unable to sleep. Wen Han said gloatingly, "You're right, I'll take him away right now."
Wen Ruan was barely managing to cope when Wen Han suddenly called out to him, "Let's go first."
"Oh dear!" the playboys exclaimed anxiously. "What's going on?"
Wen Ruan, who was sitting at the far end, immediately ran out after hearing Wen Han's words. Wen Han smiled and said, "We're just here for a part-time job, only for half a day. We'll leave when the time is up."
"Hey, what's his name?"
Wen Han ignored him. Just as the playboy was about to press for answers, Lin He came over and stopped them.
——
They had only been there for two or three hours, and their wages should not have been enough to settle the accounts, but Lin He had given prior notice, so the manager paid them their wages.
"The salary is so-so, but the tips are quite substantial." Wen Han counted and found that she had more than 500 yuan in her hand.
Wen Ruan frowned: "Is this enough money to buy a dress?"
"Aren't there places to rent clothes?" Wen Han said. "You can rent very nice clothes for a few hundred yuan."
A few hundred yuan could buy a decent piece of clothing. Wen Han couldn't bear to spend that; he wanted to save money to buy a secondhand phone.
Logically speaking, they only get one day off every two weeks, so they don't have time to do part-time jobs, rent clothes, and then rush to the Gu family's banquet the next day unless they ask for leave. But some brave soul reported the school, so Wen Han and the others were pleasantly surprised—they got two days off every week.
"Dad, give me my phone, I need to make a call." Wen Han asked for her phone as soon as she got home.
First, Jing Yu asked Wen Han to memorize his phone number. Wen Han memorized half of it but forgot the other half. The next day, she forgot the other half as well, so she had to write the number down in a notebook.
"Hello? Jingyu."
"Mmm." Hearing the other person's gentle voice, Wen Han said excitedly, "Let me tell you..."
He turned around, went back to his room, and locked the door. Wen Qingke was worried. Could he be in a relationship?
The house was poorly soundproofed, so Wen Han could only whisper what happened in the restaurant to him.
"Is Gu Cheng sure he'll be there?"
"Gu Zong is very excited." Jing Yu chuckled. "They all say that Gu Cheng has turned over a new leaf."
Gu Zong was looking forward to his son shining brightly. Wen Han smiled and said, "I really hope it gets to tomorrow night soon. By the way, how am I going to get there tomorrow?"
"Should I pick you up? You still need to change your clothes."
Wen Han didn't want Jing Yu to come to his house; he couldn't bear to invite anyone to this place. "Never mind, I'll go to your house instead, so you don't have to make two trips."
Jing Yu's gentle voice came through the receiver: "Okay."
*
Wen Han chatted with him for a while longer before hanging up. Before leaving, she was careful to delete the call log.
He handed the phone back to Wen Qingke, who cautiously asked, "Hanhan, are you in a relationship?"
Wen Han gave him a strange look, and Wen Qingke said hesitantly, "You should focus on your studies right now and not think about those things, understand?"
It's really strange. Wen Ruan and Gu Cheng have kissed so many times, yet Wen Qingke has never doubted that Wen Ruan is in a relationship, but he has always suspected Wen Ruan.
However, he couldn't even tell that Wen Ruo liked Wen Ruan, so what else could Wen Han say? She replied perfunctorily, "No, I'm chatting with my classmates."
"Oh, okay." Wen Qingke said softly, "You just need to be more careful in your daily life. Your homeroom teacher called me and said that a lot of classmates have been talking about you at school lately—just be more careful in your daily life."
Wen Han was furious when Wen Ruo came out to get water and was called over by Wen Han.
"Tell me, did Fang Songxia and I talk?"
"Dad, Wen Han didn't date anyone at school."
“As for Fang Songxia, Dad knows you wouldn’t, isn’t he an Alpha?” Wen Qingke said, “You mean Yang Lanjun… isn’t she a girl?”
"There's even less chance between Yang Lanjun and me; she's an Omega."
Wen Qingke looked at Wen Ruo, who said coldly, "Yang Lanjun has someone she likes."
"What about Lin He?"
Wen Ruo fell silent. He was also confused. Wen Han was furious: "Lin He and I have only known each other for a few days. How could I possibly date him?"
"I'm telling you, someone is spreading rumors about me!"
Wen Qingke said awkwardly, "Let's talk this out. It's not that Dad doesn't believe you."
"If you believed it, you shouldn't have brought it up!"
Wen Ruo asked, "Who is spreading rumors about you?"
What he really meant was that no one would spread rumors about Wen Han. If someone did spread rumors about Wen Ruan, he might believe it because they were jealous of him. What reason would there be to spread rumors about Wen Han?
Wen Han shouted, "Zhang Huihui! It's him!"
Wen Qingke said awkwardly, "Isn't that Zhang Huihui Ruan Ruan's good friend?"
"Yes, he's the one who spread rumors about me. I'll tear his mouth apart when I get back to school."
Wen Qingke advised, "Has he admitted it? Besides, why would he spread rumors about you for no reason?"
"He's being a jerk and you want to blame me for it?" Wen Han was speechless. "Stop daydreaming all the time. Look at our family's situation. I'm a Beta. Who would want me? Who wants to suffer these days? Unless they're just messing with me, do you think I don't understand? Who's to blame for all this?!"
Seeing that Wen Han was blaming her family for being poor again, Wen Qingke felt guilty and was about to leave when Wen Ruo said coldly, "That's enough. You always blame your family. There are so many poor families in our neighborhood. Are all their children like you? You make a big fuss over the slightest thing. Does your whole family have to indulge you and put up with your unreasonable behavior?"
Wen Han pointed at Wen Qingke and questioned, "Are you out of your mind? He clearly started this, but now you're blaming me?"
"Hanhan, that's not what Daddy meant," Wen Qingke quickly intervened, "Daddy was just worried about you."
"If you're worried about me, why don't you ask the principal to investigate whether he's spreading rumors about me? That would be helping me. Oh, he won't even bother with you!"
"Alright," Wen Ruo said impatiently, "Don't you even think about why you're the one being the target of these rumors?"
"Why?" Wen Han pressed aggressively. Wen Ruo's Adam's apple bobbed violently, but she finally blurted out, "Flies don't land on eggs without cracks."
Wen Han reached out and scratched him.
When Wen Ruan returned home with the rented dress, she saw four bloody marks on Wen Ruo's right cheek.
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