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Cai Wenchuan was preparing lessons in his office when he heard the students' joyful laughter and shouts of snowball fight outside. He wondered if he could ask Xiaoyu to come out and build a snowman. He really wanted to, but reason told him that he couldn't do it.
While he was struggling with the conflict between reason and emotion, Xiaoyu sent him a photo of herself with a snowman; it turned out she was already playing with it.
He smiled slightly.
Ye Wenyu sent a private message saying, "Yuanyuan and I are building a snowman." She then took a selfie with Yuanyuan in front of the snowman and sent it to Cai Wenchuan.
Seeing a chubby, short, and unattractive girl next to her, Cai Wenchuan laughed, his inner turmoil subsiding. He replied to her message, "Have fun," and then focused on preparing his lesson.
To avoid causing her further harm, he can only suppress his emotions, avoid contacting her, and maintain a distant relationship. Even if he really wants to care for her, he can only do so secretly.
If you love someone, you can't hurt her.
Seeing Ye Wenyu grinning foolishly at her phone, Yuan Yuan couldn't help but ask, "Are you chatting with your boyfriend?"
Ye Wenyu blushed and looked up, her big eyes sparkling like stars. Was Brother Wen her boyfriend? Recalling the rumors about the teacher-student relationship that had been circulating, and how Jiang Zhiming had even gotten into a fight because of it, she thought to herself that she couldn't announce Brother Wen to anyone now, not even in front of her best friend Yuanyuan.
She said, "Not now, but maybe in the future." Her heart felt as sweet as if she had eaten honey.
Yuan Yuan asked dismissively, "That Professor Cai?"
Ye Wenyu was stunned, then her heart pounded wildly, her chest pounding like a deer. She asked Yuanyuan, "How did you know?"
Yuan Yuan rolled her eyes at the sky, threw a snowball at Ye Wenyu, and said irritably, "Little Yu, the whole school is talking about you and Professor Cai dating!"
Really? Ye Wenyu, who was originally happy, immediately became depressed, as if her chest was filled with stones. She didn't expect that the matter was not over yet, and even Yuan Yuan knew about it!
Yuan Yuan shook her head and said, "Xiao Yu, what's so good about Professor Cai? You're so naive. Yes, he is very handsome and excellent, but he's just a poor teacher, penniless, and probably won't be able to afford a house in S City in his entire life!"
Ye Wenyu smiled silently, a sweet thought playing on her lips. She couldn't help but think how wonderful it would be to live in the teachers' dormitory forever. She fondly recalled visiting her brother Wen's dormitory. The room was small, but incredibly cozy.
There's also a small garden, which is filled with marguerites in late spring and early summer.
Yuan Yuan glanced at her and said meaningfully, "The rich group I added you to last time has a lot of men who are entrepreneurs and businessmen, some with assets of hundreds of millions. They are all successful people. If you're looking for a boyfriend, you should look for him there." She thought to herself with pride that she had done her job as a matchmaker very well.
Ye Wenyu sneered, recalling her past life, and said to Yuanyuan, "Does finding a rich man guarantee happiness? No, happiness has absolutely nothing to do with money!"
"Really?" Yuan Yuan's face was full of doubt.
Ye Wenyu could only confidently say, "For people who can't support themselves, love and marriage are just a long-term meal ticket. Their happiness is closely related to money. But I'm different. I will study hard, graduate with excellent grades, and then find a high-paying job. So, for me, I don't need to find a rich person."
She couldn't help but think of her past life. Looking at the suspicious Yuan Yuan, she thought, if Yuan Yuan doesn't believe her, there's no need for her to explain. In any case, she will not repeat the tragic path of her past life.
The next day, Ye Wenyu met Yuanyuan for dinner again, but this time, she noticed something was wrong. She had less than 100 yuan left on her meal card, and she was planning to save it until she received her tutoring fees from her parents next month, which would allow her to continue living. However, when she swiped her card to get food, she was shocked to find an extra 4,000 yuan! The total was "4095." In other words, the change was her actual savings from her meal card, but the 4,000 yuan was extra!
What's going on? Why is there so much extra money on my meal card?
Ye Wenyu stood at the cafeteria window, stunned. She blinked her big eyes, wondering if she was just obsessed with money and seeing things. Was she seeing things?
"Let's go eat." Yuan Yuan, carrying her lunchbox, noticed Ye Wenyu standing there like a wooden pillar and couldn't help but remind her. The students behind her were lined up in a long queue, expressing their anger at Ye Wenyu for leaving without showing any manners, even though she had already gotten her food.
Ye Wenyu seemed not to hear Yuan Yuan's words, and stammered to the cafeteria lady serving food, "Auntie, could you please check my meal card again? I'm embarrassed to say that my meal card has suddenly gained four thousand yuan."
The cafeteria lady gave her a strange look and nodded. Ye Wenyu carefully put her meal card back on the card reader, as if if she put it too hard, the four thousand yuan would disappear from the card. She stared wide-eyed at the balance displayed on the card reader. Sure enough, there was an extra four thousand yuan!
"Hurry up, the students behind us are complaining," Yuan Yuan anxiously reminded them.
Sure enough, as if to prove the absolute truth of her words, a tall and burly male student said impatiently, "I'm starving! What are you two doing dawdling? Others need to eat too! Have some manners!"
Ye Wenyu had no choice but to take her meal card, pick up her food, and hurriedly leave the group. She clutched the meal card tightly in her hand, the huge balance on the card repeatedly appearing in her mind. A big question mark floated in her heart: where did the extra four thousand yuan come from?
With so much extra money, Ye Wenyu sat down slowly at her seat in the cafeteria, her mind heavy with worry. Yuanyuan ate slowly and deliberately opposite her, but Ye Wenyu's mind was completely elsewhere. Every grain of rice she swallowed felt like sand down her throat.
Distracted.
Ye Wenyu's mind raced with various thoughts. Four thousand yuan extra in her meal card—what happened? Had the cashier made a mistake when she topped it up? But if it was a mistake, it usually meant adding or omitting a zero. Besides, yesterday she had less than a hundred yuan on her card—because she was poor, she was extremely concerned about money. Therefore, every time she ate in the cafeteria, she would stare intently at the balance on her card, her poverty radiating outwards. She knew exactly how much money was on her card. Between yesterday and today, she hadn't gone to the top-up counter because she didn't have the money; her tutoring income hadn't been paid to her by her parents yet.
So, where did this four thousand yuan come from?
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