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When someone gives a gift to another, they are always especially happy to see the recipient wearing it, and Cai Wenchuan was no exception.
His heart was warmed. It turned out that she was different today than the previous days. After class, she waited until all the other students had left before coming up to him specifically to say some seemingly random things, just to let him know that she remembered his kindness. She was wearing the new clothes he had bought her today; they were so beautiful and clean, like a sweet and soft cake, making one want to take a bite.
Thinking of this, his smile widened, and a warm feeling washed over him, making him feel less cold.
When Ye Wenyu saw Cai Wenchuan smile, she was happy too. Her face flushed, and she asked him in a low voice, "Is it pretty?" To let him see it clearly, she even slowly moved her feet and turned her body, slowly turning a small circle in front of him.
Cai Wenchuan's smile widened. Ye Wenyu gazed at him, feeling his smile was like dazzling sunlight, making her extremely happy. He nodded, his eyes exceptionally gentle, and said softly, "Of course it looks good."
But with the dead of winter approaching, and her thick clothes keeping her warm, what about food? Ever since she refused to have lunch with him, Cai Wenchuan couldn't eat whenever he ate alone in the faculty cafeteria.
Seeing her now naturally brought to mind the problem that had been troubling him so much. Seeing her wearing thick cotton clothes in the dead of winter, yet still looking so thin and frail, her face pale and her small face no bigger than his palm, Cai Wenchuan felt a pang of heartache.
What kind of man is he if he can't even protect the girl he likes?
Therefore, Cai Wenchuan asked Ye Wenyu, "You told me not to eat with you, and now many days have passed. Are you still eating alone in the cafeteria?" He wanted to ask if she was still only ordering one vegetarian dish, but he was afraid of hurting her self-esteem, so he remained silent.
My heart was still burning with worry for her.
These days, Cai Wenchuan has been racking his brains trying to figure out how to ensure Ye Wenyu's nutrition, making sure that each meal has at least two meat dishes and one vegetable dish.
Seeing that Cai Wenchuan was still worried about her, Ye Wenyu felt a warm current flow through her heart. Although it was the cold winter, she felt warm all over, as if she were snuggling up to a roaring fire. She smiled sweetly and said, "I'm having dinner with a girl named Yuanyuan right now. She's a very nice person, and I'm very happy."
Cai Wenchuan nodded, feeling a little relieved. With someone by her side, he didn't have to worry so much.
Ye Wenyu smiled at him, her eyes crinkling like a crescent moon. She said happily, "Yuanyuan is very good to me. She's quite chubby, and she only orders one vegetable dish per meal. She's on a diet. Eating with her, I don't feel any pressure at all. When we go to get food together, the uncles and aunties in the cafeteria know we're two girls on a diet—"
"So how many dishes do you want to eat now?" Cai Wenchuan finally couldn't help but ask.
"I—" Ye Wenyu's eyes darted away, and she lowered her head. She had wanted to put Cai Wenchuan at ease, so she had said a bit more; she was indeed very relaxed and happy about eating. But she couldn't lie now, so she remained silent. After a while, she looked up again and said, "We're on a diet, eating very well, don't worry." She still refused to honestly admit that she only ate one vegetable dish per meal.
Cai Wenchuan then understood. After understanding, his heart clenched with pain, as if needles were pricking it. A girl eating only one vegetable dish per meal, and she was talking about it excitedly in front of him? That chubby girl named Yuanyuan might genuinely want to diet, but Xiaoyu was so thin; she didn't need to lose weight at all. She needed to gain weight, okay?
What to do? Cai Wenchuan's heart was burning with anxiety. He thought painfully that he could not delay any longer and had to come up with a solution as soon as possible to ensure that Xiaoyu was getting enough nutrition.
What era are we living in? There are still girls who can't even get enough to eat!
Seeing Cai Wenchuan smiling slightly without saying a word, Ye Wenyu noticed that there were two or three girls outside the classroom who hadn't left. They were peeking in at the classroom door, whispering and gossiping among themselves.
She was worried that if she stayed with Brother Wen for too long, the rumors about their teacher-student relationship would resurface, so she tactfully said, "Brother Wen, I'm leaving. Yuan Yuan is waiting for me in the student cafeteria."
Cai Wenchuan also saw the girl peering out of the classroom door. He could only nod silently, though his heart was pierced by a storm of emotions. He tried to smile at Xiaoyu.
Only after she ran out of the classroom and disappeared into the corridor outside did he pack up his lesson plan and walk out with heavy steps and a heavy heart.
A man ate his meal listlessly in the teachers' canteen. The food he ate tasted like sand and stones. He thought to himself that he had originally planned to help Ye Wenyu, but in fact, he had made a mistake. The fact that the two of them were eating together in the student canteen led to rumors of a teacher-student relationship spreading like wildfire. He wondered where he had gone wrong, making it so that a college student could not even eat.
By the way, Ye Wenyu really comes from a poor family. Can't she be considered a student from a poor family and receive subsidies from the school?
Cai Wenchuan realized he couldn't help Ye Wenyu openly, so he thought of helping her through the school. He planned to inquire about the poverty subsidy for students in need later. As for her only eating one dish at a meal, it must be because she didn't have money on her meal card. If she had money on her meal card, she could eat more dishes at each meal, and then he wouldn't have to worry about her being malnourished.
Upon thinking of this, Cai Wenchuan's eyes lit up and his mind stirred. He didn't even bother to eat; he hurriedly stood up and walked out like a gust of wind.
After finishing their meal at the student cafeteria, Ye Wenyu and Yuanyuan agreed to build a snowman together. The snow fell heavier and heavier, turning the world into a white wonderland. Wenyu really wanted to invite her brother Wen to build a snowman, but remembering the rumors of a teacher-student romance that had been circulating a few days ago because of their meal together, she had to desperately hold back.
However, it was also fun to play with Yuanyuan. The two of them rolled two big snowballs, then put the big snowball on the ground and placed the small snowball on top of the big snowball. They used twigs to make the snowman's hands, and Yuanyuan found half a carrot from somewhere to make the snowman's nose. She then used an eyebrow pencil to draw eyebrows and eyes on the snowman and used lipstick to draw a mouth for her. A cute snowman was made.
Ye Wenyu laughed heartily, a rare occurrence for her. She asked Yuanyuan to take a photo of her with the snowman, which she then sent to Cai Wenchuan. Yuanyuan, having taken the photo with her iPhone, secretly sent the photo of Ye Wenyu with the snowman to Lin Tingfeng.
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