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Ye Wenyu held her chopsticks in mid-air, deep in thought. A warm feeling swept through her heart. No matter the reason, the extra four thousand yuan—seeing so much money in her meal card, she felt like she had suddenly become rich. That warm and reassuring feeling was wonderful.
So she was very grateful to the person who put an extra four thousand yuan into her meal card, as he made her feel warm in this freezing winter.
With an extra four thousand yuan in her meal card, she would no longer have to scrimp and save, worrying about not having enough money for her parents' tutoring fees when her balance was less than a hundred yuan. She wouldn't have to worry about going hungry at school. In fact—she daydreamed—with four thousand yuan, she wouldn't have to eat only one vegetable dish per meal anymore. Eating only one vegetable dish for a long time had made her crave all kinds of meat, like that thick, square piece of braised pork belly the size of a palm. Under the cafeteria lights, the food glistened with oil, making one's mouth water at first glance. There were also roasted chicken legs as long as chopsticks—it was unbelievable that such large chicken legs existed in the world! And the tempting little chicken wings, roasted to a reddish-brown color, exuding a fragrant aroma that made one's mouth water. The best of all were the steamed pork with rice flour and glutinous rice sausages made by the school. She wanted to order them all to try; she hadn't had any meat in so long. Sigh, I won't say more. If I say too much, Brother Wen will feel sorry for me again.
"Hey, Xiaoyu, what are you thinking about?" Yuanyuan waved in front of Ye Wenyu, and Ye Wenyu finally came back to her senses. She swallowed the saliva that had been secreting from thinking about all the delicious food. She realized that she had indeed been daydreaming for a long time. Yuanyuan had already finished her food, while her food had not been touched at all.
"What's wrong?" Yuan Yuan looked at Ye Wenyu curiously, waved her hand in front of her, and asked, "What happened?"
Ye Wenyu looked around and whispered to her, "Yuanyuan, there's an extra four thousand yuan in my meal card!"
"Really?" Yuan Yuan was also a little surprised, and then said with a grin, "It's great to have extra money, it's a gift from God."
Ye Wenyu laughed and said to Yuanyuan, "Don't talk nonsense. There are no free lunches in this world, only stones. So I must find out where this money came from."
Yuan Yuan winked at her and said, "If I were you, I wouldn't care who gave me the money. I would just use the money to buy delicious food and drinks in the cafeteria every day."
Ye Wenyu immediately said in a serious tone, "How can that be? Money that has come from an illegitimate source must be thoroughly investigated."
Yuan Yuan shook her head and said, "Whatever."
Ye Wenyu quickly finished her meal. She decided to go to the school's recharge room to ask for clarification. So after finishing her meal, she said goodbye to Yuanyuan outside the student cafeteria and headed straight for the school's recharge room.
It was lunch break time, and there was only one lady in the recharge room. She seemed a little sleepy and was yawning. Ye Wenyu stood at the window, handed her her meal card, and said with a smile, "Auntie, I want to recharge."
The lady at the recharge counter took her meal card, put it on the card reader, glared at her, and said, "You still have over four thousand yuan left. What are you recharging? Don't be ridiculous, take it back now!"
As if remembering something, she immediately became alert, glanced at Ye Wenyu, her expression softened, and then she smiled mysteriously.
Ye Wenyu pushed her card in front of the cashier again and pleaded with her in a gentle voice, "Auntie, could you please check who topped up my account last time and when?"
The aunt smiled knowingly again, pushed the meal card back to Ye Wenyu, and said to her, "Excuse me, student, we can't just disclose the information of who recharged the card."
What? Ye Wenyu was stunned. She couldn't even check her own meal card's recharge history?
The aunt chuckled and waved her hand again.
Ye Wenyu said to her, "Auntie, it's my own card."
The aunt waved her hand and smiled at her, "Why are you so curious? When you recharge, you need to verify the card number, name, and phone number, so this money is definitely for you. There's no mistake. Don't overthink it, just use it properly. The person who recharged it for you must be someone you know, someone who's good to you." After saying that, the aunt winked at Ye Wenyu. Ye Wenyu knew that asking any further questions here wouldn't get any answers, so she could only turn away, puzzled. However, because of the aunt's words, she felt very warm inside.
Dark clouds filled the sky, a north wind howled, and light snow was falling. The lake in the distance was already frozen over. The students passing by hunched their shoulders and hugged themselves tightly, walking quickly along the road. The weather was very cold, but at this moment, knowing that someone cared about her and was secretly helping her, Ye Wenyu felt very warm inside.
So, who exactly topped up her account? Ye Wenyu walked slowly along the snowy road, wearing the Canada Goose jacket her brother had given her. She didn't feel cold. When she returned to her dormitory, her roommates were all huddled under their blankets playing on their phones because of the cold weather.
Ye Wenyu pondered for a while in her chair, then remembered that the school's recharge room had a WeChat official account that allowed her to check her recharge records. So she opened her phone and started searching.
I found that WeChat official account, registered for it, checked my meal card balance, and then looked up my recharge history.
There was a recharge record. Ye Wenyu's eyes lit up, and she focused on looking at it. It was around 5 pm yesterday that someone recharged 4,000 yuan to her meal card. However, she could only find the time of the recharge record, but not the person who recharged.
Ye Wenyu frowned, racking her brains like Sherlock Holmes: Who was this person who recharged her card? Why would she recharge her meal card with four thousand yuan? Why did she do this good deed anonymously?
Could it be Yuan Yuan?
Ye Wenyu sent Yuanyuan a private message, "Did you top up the money on my meal card?"
Yuan Yuan immediately replied, "No, I'm a girl, I'm not interested in you, so I won't top up your account."
Ye Wenyu laughed. Yuanyuan was good to her, but she was also a student. The two of them weren't close enough to spend money on each other so generously. So, who topped up her meal card? She looked out the window at the fluttering snowflakes. The snow seemed to be falling harder and harder, turning from light, fluffy snowflakes into large, goose-feather-like snowflakes. The ground and rooftops had turned into a white expanse.
A fairytale-like ice and snow world.
In this world, who will care about her, love her, and take care of her? Who will give her four thousand yuan?
Is it Mom? Impossible. Mom is busy with her own little family and can't even take care of herself. She's never even been to university. How would she know her meal card number? Is it Dad? Even less likely. She hasn't seen Dad for almost a year. He must be fighting with all his might for his youngest son.
So, what's the only possibility?
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