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However, Jiang Zhiming handed the perfectly packaged phone to Lin Tingyue and said to her earnestly, "Lin Tingyue, thank you, but I can't accept such a valuable gift."
Lin Tingyue froze for a moment. The smile on her face, which had been as bright as a flower, froze instantly when she heard Jiang Zhiming refuse her gift.
Her face was pale, and her expression was one of disbelief. She said softly, "This is the first time I've mustered the courage to give a gift to a boy." Tears welled up again, swirling in her large eyes. She gasped for breath, trying not to let them fall.
What do you mean, how could you refuse?
Seeing her adorable, disapproving expression, Jiang Zhiming almost couldn't resist accepting the generous gift. Besides, he really wanted an iPhone. But he couldn't—
Therefore, he forced himself to put the new phone into Lin Tingyue's hand and said to her, "I can't accept it, Lin Tingyue. I know you are the eldest daughter of the Lin Group and your family is very rich, while I am a poor boy from a remote mountain village. We are not suitable to be friends. Thank you for thinking so highly of me, but we can't. Okay, don't cry. I am very grateful to you for being so good to me."
Lin Tingyue paused, instantly forgetting her tears. This shocking truth struck her like a bolt from the blue, temporarily making her forget the heartbreak of being rejected. Her eyes widened in surprise, almost popping out of their sockets. She stammered as she asked Jiang Zhiming, "How...how did you know I'm the eldest daughter of the Lin Group?"
Jiang Zhiming smiled slightly and asked her in return, "What about you? I clearly didn't give you my phone number last time, so how did you get it?"
Turns out he's not stupid after all. Of course he's not stupid; he's a top student at Q University.
Lin Tingyue blushed. She couldn't very well tell him that she had asked her older brother to arrange for someone to investigate, so she playfully said, "I asked around."
Jiang Zhiming smiled, nodded, and turned to leave, leaving Lin Tingyue alone, holding the new Apple phone, standing there like a wooden pillar.
She didn't know how much time had passed before she came to her senses. Looking at the unopened new phone in her hand, she thought about how she had failed to give a gift to a man for the first time, and her heart felt heavy as if it were filled with lead.
These past few days, Lin Tingfeng has been waiting for news. He added Ye Wenyu on QQ and WeChat a few days ago, waiting for her to accept his friend request. However, several days have passed, and she has not accepted his friend request.
I've never felt this anxious waiting for news from clients about collaborations. I spend my days staring blankly at my phone and restless in the office.
Several days passed, and she still hadn't accepted his friend request.
This was the first time Lin Tingfeng had been rejected.
Lin Tingfeng felt very frustrated, thinking that this girl probably never added strangers, so he could no longer secretly observe her life from a corner.
But soon, his heart was filled with joy again. He thought happily, "If the little girl doesn't add strangers, it means she's a good girl. Bad girls don't mind accepting friend requests from strangers."
Lin Tingfeng pondered for a moment, then called over an employee who was also a graduate of Q University. He asked her thoughtfully, "Do you know any current students at Q University?"
The employee smiled and replied, "Of course I know him."
Lin Tingfeng smiled slightly and made the arrangements accordingly. The employees nodded, accepted the orders, and left.
Ye Wenyu was busy with three tutoring jobs, spinning like a top. One of the jobs was found later, scheduled for Monday to Friday evenings. Because of an incident in her previous life where she was almost raped by thugs while tutoring at night, Ye Wenyu was particularly careful in this life, and surprisingly, she worked there for half a month without incident.
As for Cai Wenchuan, because Ye Wenyu said she wanted to have dinner with him, the news of their teacher-student relationship spread like wildfire. She didn't want her reputation to be affected, so the two of them stopped having dinner together.
However, Cai Wenchuan was still worried about her malnutrition. He pondered what better alternative he could find that would not affect Xiaoyu's reputation, but would also take care of her meals and ensure that she got the nutrition she needed for each meal.
He was like a devoted father, worrying himself sick over getting her to eat properly.
These past few days, heaven knows how hard it has been for him to control himself from going to the student cafeteria to look for Ye Wenyu! If he were to see her hiding in a corner, eating only one vegetable dish for each meal, he would probably be heartbroken to the point of bleeding!
What should we do?
Cai Wenchuan pondered deeply.
If only the two of them existed in the world, if only they lived in a vacuum.
That's right, Ye Wenyu now eats alone. She still does what she always did: only go to the cafeteria to eat when most of the other students have finished eating. She gets a vegetarian dish, goes to a secluded corner, and eats while looking at her phone.
But on this day, a chubby girl ran up to her and exclaimed in surprise, "Ye Wenyu!"
Wen Yu looked up at the short, chubby, and somewhat unattractive girl in front of her. She tried hard to remember who she was and how she knew her.
The chubby girl introduced herself with a smile, "You don't recognize me? We've met before. On the first day of freshman registration, we met at the school gate."
Oh, Ye Wenyu remembered! She was the girl who believed that beauty equals productivity and that girls wearing masks are more beautiful than those not wearing masks.
She smiled and greeted her, "Oh, it's you."
The chubby girl nodded and sat down opposite her. Looking at the plate in front of her, Ye Wenyu immediately blushed. She instinctively pulled her own tray closer to her. The chubby girl smiled at her and said, "Are you on a diet? I'm on a diet too." She pointed to the food on her plate.
Sure enough, there was only one vegetarian dish, which was cucumber salad.
Ye Wenyu immediately felt a strong liking for the girl in front of her. The only dish on her tray, stir-fried cauliflower with wood ear mushrooms, went very well with the cucumber salad the girl opposite her.
Haha, not only did she not laugh at her, but she also very considerately interpreted her eating only one vegetable dish as a way of losing weight. In addition, she herself only ordered one vegetable dish. She should have found this girl sooner. She is so well-mannered and articulate. Maybe the two of them could have become true friends.
But how did she find her?
The chubby girl seemed to know what Ye Wenyu was thinking. She smiled and said, "You're a celebrity at our school. You always wear a mask and you're pretty, so a lot of people know you. But me? I don't have any special features, so I'm like air, nobody pays attention to me. Today, I saw you by chance, and you have no idea how happy I am."
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