An Rou breathed a sigh of relief as she looked at the bank transfer notification text message on her phone. It seemed that it wasn't a scammer.
An Rou is an orphan who grew up in an orphanage. She earned her school fees through part-time jobs. In high school, due to her excellent academic performance and her status as a student from a poor family, the school waived all her fees. After being admitted to Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the school also awarded her a scholarship of 10,000 yuan. An Rou was very grateful and donated the scholarship to the orphanage. Since she had become an adult, she moved out of the orphanage.
During the summer after graduating from high school, Anrou worked as a waitress in a restaurant during the day and as a cashier in a 24-hour convenience store at night. She finally saved enough for her first year of college tuition. After entering college, Anrou worked part-time in addition to attending classes, and barely made it to her third year.
However, it wasn't easy to find a summer job in Shanghai during her junior year summer break. With just over a month until the start of the new semester, and not having saved enough for her tuition, An Rou was getting anxious. So when she saw the job posting Lin Chen made on Renren.com, she thought she'd give it a try. If the other party wasn't willing to pay a deposit, she wouldn't waste her time.
Fortunately, Lin Chen did not disappoint her, transferring the money without any hesitation.
So she immediately got to work. Game art was a good fit for her major, so she roughly understood what kind of effect Lin Chen needed to achieve as soon as he spoke.
Meanwhile, Lin Chen also started frantically coding. The Fruit Ninja game from his previous life was scheduled to be released next April. If it dragged on any longer, the developers might start the project. He didn't want any plagiarism disputes to arise. It was the end of July now, so he needed to finish it before the start of the semester.
Lin Chen was busy until late at night before going to bed. The next day, he slept until noon. When he picked up his phone, he saw that the Shanghai quartet was chatting happily in their group chat. After scrolling through the posts, he learned that Miss Shen had been admitted to Fudan University and had received 20,000 yuan in red envelopes. She decided to treat the three people in the group to Haidilao that night.
Lin Chen replied to his boss with a generous gesture, then got up, turned on his computer, and prepared to continue coding for a while. At that moment, Shen Yue suddenly sent him a private QQ message.
"Lin Chen, are you free this afternoon?"
"What are your orders, Miss Shen?"
"Come with me to buy a computer, I don't know much about computers."
Lin Chen thought for a moment, realizing he also needed to buy a laptop, and replied, "Okay, but I haven't had lunch yet."
"Come on, this young lady will treat you to a meal."
The two met at the entrance of the digital mall. Today, Shen Yue was wearing a floral short-sleeved shirt and a denim mini skirt, with her hair in a high ponytail. She exuded youthful energy, attracting the attention of passersby. Lin Chen was also amazed when he saw her. Sure enough, she was called the school beauty for a reason.
"Lin Chen, I'm here." When Shen Yue saw Lin Chen coming, her originally cold expression suddenly blossomed into a sweet smile, and she trotted towards Lin Chen.
Several men on the roadside witnessed this scene and were heartbroken, thinking to themselves that the kid deserved to die.
Lin Chen looked Shen Yue up and down: "Miss, you're dressed so beautifully, I'm afraid I'll get beaten up if I walk with you."
"Hmph, if anyone dares to hit you, I'll beat them back for you." Shen Yue leaned closer, biting her little tiger teeth, and waved her little fist.
"No, no, Shen Yue is breaking the rules, you know that?" Lin Chen cried out in his heart. "System, listen to my excuse! We're just friends. We don't even date."
Lin Chen quickly changed the subject: "Let's go eat first, I'm starving."
"Sure, what would you like to eat?"
"There's a Pizza Hut over there, let's have pizza there."
The two went into Pizza Hut, ordered their food, and then Lin Chen got up to go to the restroom. Unexpectedly, he ran into an acquaintance at the restroom door.
"Brother Kai, what a coincidence! Chen Yue is outside. Would you like to have dinner with us?"
Upon hearing Chen Yue's name, Wang Kai coughed awkwardly twice: "Ahem, well, brother, I have something to do today, next time, next time."
Just then, a girl with dyed blonde hair came out of the women's restroom next door, took Wang Kai's arm, and asked, "Brother Kai, who is this?"
Wang Kai was so embarrassed he almost dug his toes out of a three-bedroom apartment. After all, he's still young. If he were still a college graduate, he might have been showing off.
He pulled out two red bills and handed them to Lin Chen: "Take these and spend them. If you need anything in the future, come to your brother Kai." After saying that, he winked at Lin Chen.
Lin Chen understood immediately. Young Master Wang was still the same Young Master Wang. Multitasking was practically his specialty during his university days. He didn't do well in any of his university courses, but he was absolutely excellent at time management.
"Yes, yes, as expected of Brother Kai, Brother Kai is so righteous."
Lin Chen acted out a scene with Wang Kai, and Wang Kai left through the back door with the blond-haired girl, satisfied.
When Lin Chen returned from the restroom, he was overjoyed; it was like finding money on the street.
"Lin Chen, what are you laughing at?"
"I'm so happy to see you."
Upon hearing Lin Chen's words, Shen Yue's eyes crinkled into a smile, and she felt that even the pizza tasted a little better.
After having a good meal, the two went to the electronics market and ended up buying two identical Lenovo ultrabooks, each costing 8,000 yuan.
It was already past five o'clock when they left the electronics mall, so the two of them took a taxi directly to Haidilao.
"Oh, I didn't expect to have to queue so early." Shen Yue pouted.
"I'll just sit down for a bit; I'm exhausted from shopping all afternoon."
A short while later, Fatty and Su Xiaowan arrived. After not seeing each other for a month, Su Xiaowan had changed a lot. She no longer wore her black-rimmed glasses and was wearing a purple dress. Her bob haircut could now be tied into small braids.
Fat guy, umm...it seems like I've gained a little weight these past few days.
"Brother Chen, what are you holding in your hands?"
"The computer, I'm planning to take it to university."
Did you go shopping with Shen Yue?
"Yeah, I just bought it this afternoon. It's Lenovo's latest ultrabook, only 1.3kg. Do you want to buy it?"
"No, no, no, I won't buy an ultrabook; I can't play games on it."
As they chatted, it was Lin Chen and the others' turn to go in. After they sat down, everyone stood up to prepare the condiments. Su Xiaowan seemed to be at Haidilao for the first time and was a little at a loss. Lin Chen gave her the sauce he had prepared.
"Try it, this sauce I made is especially delicious."
"Thank you," Su Xiaowan said with a smile.
We ate hot pot until 8 p.m., and everyone was so full that they collapsed in their seats.
Shen Yue asked, "Have you all bought your train tickets to Shanghai?"
"Not yet," the three answered in unison.
"Let's buy tickets for the same day and go together."
"But our school starts on different dates! Mine is August 25th, Chen-ge and Su Xiaowan's is August 27th, and yours is August 28th, right?" the fat boy asked.
"It's alright, we can stay in Shanghai for a couple of days first."
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