(17)
"Really?" Hearing Lin Tingfeng's affirmation and encouragement, Ye Wenyu looked up, her heart finally feeling less heavy. She saw Lin Tingfeng staring at her, and she wondered how long he had been watching her like that. She had been looking down the whole time; had he been watching her like that the whole time?
Thinking about it this way, Ye Wenyu's face began to burn.
Lin Tingfeng only saw two small pink blushes appear on the girl's originally fair face, then the small pink blushes turned into a bright red like the morning glow, and finally, like a fiery cloud, the red blush extended all the way to the tips of her ears, making her earlobes look like agate. His eyes lit up with laughter, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up. He lowered his eyes and even saw that the fingertips of her two hands hanging at her sides were also slightly red, which was really very cute.
He said gently, "Of course it's true."
Ye Wenyu's anxious heart finally settled back into her chest. He smiled gently at her, his expression seemingly telling her that there was no need to be nervous or worried. She hadn't offended him; on the contrary, her candid honesty, born from her ignorance of the truth, had even won him his favor.
So he came to send her tuition fees, and he did so for four years.
The saying goes, "No one accepts a reward without merit." There are no free lunches; only hardship comes from above. Therefore, it's best to clarify things from the start. He and she are not related; they've only met once. Why would he pay for her four years of tuition? What are the conditions behind this? He's a shrewd businessman, meticulous about profit and return, and extremely astute about the balance of investment and reward. What is his purpose in doing this? If she can accept it, she will definitely agree. After all, a stranger suddenly helping you pay for four years of tuition, allowing you to successfully complete your university studies, is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If the conditions are excessive—for example—Ye Wenyu felt all the blood rush to her face as she thought about this, then she would definitely refuse outright. After all, she still has her pride.
Therefore, Ye Wenyu raised her head, mustered her courage, and asked again, "President Lin, I am very grateful for the four years of tuition you paid for me. May I ask what you need me to do?"
Before they went for a walk, the two of them stood outside the principal's office. For the first time, she asked him what his condition was for helping her like this. He replied that the condition was that she accompany him for a walk. This was definitely a joke. Nearly 100,000 yuan was an astronomical figure for her, a poor and homeless college student. Yet his requirement was that she could repay it by accompanying him for a walk. If it were that easy, then why did she have to work so hard to go to university? She could just accompany President Lin for walks every day and live a life of luxury.
This was Ye Wenyu's naive thought in her previous life, and it was this thought that led to her tragic life.
When Lin Tingfeng heard Ye Wenyu ask the question for the second time, he lowered his head and gave her a meaningful look. Conditions? Helping her was a very simple thing. He met her by chance, heard her story, and found her to be smart, beautiful, and pitiful. Today, thinking of her, who was struggling to pay her university tuition, he couldn't sit still in his top-floor office building, so he asked his driver to take him straight to her campus.
On the long-missed university campus, he didn't even know how to find her, only remembering her name (which he had learned from his younger sister, Lin Tingyue). After meeting her that day, he didn't sleep a wink all night. The next day, he was at the office, but suddenly returned home and knocked on his sister's door, who was sleeping in. His sister was wearing a white bathrobe, her eyes still sleepy, and asked him what was wrong. He pretended to be nonchalant and asked her, "Last night, you seemed to have something to ask me?" Although he seemed calm, his heart was racing. He had to stand a little further away so his sister wouldn't notice.
Lin Tingyue said irritably, "I wanted to introduce you to a smart and beautiful girl, but you disappeared as soon as you turned around. She's a student from Q University, the most beautiful girl I've ever seen. You're really unlucky—"
Lin Tingfeng smiled slightly and said casually, "Really? My company has many graduates from Q University. They're smart and beautiful. I don't believe the ones you introduced are anything special. Are they as outstanding as Zhang Yi'er?"
Lin Tingyue was annoyed. She glared at her brother and said loudly, "If you don't believe me, her name is Ye Wenyu. Go and ask around if you don't believe me."
Having succeeded, Lin Tingfeng memorized the name and headed straight for Q University. He didn't have her phone number; he only knew she was a freshman who had lost all her money and home overnight and couldn't pay her tuition. It was highly likely that she would have to drop out of university because of this.
Q University is the dream university for all students, one in ten thousand. So how could he let such a lovely young girl ruin her future? So he went to Q University, where he knew the president. Therefore, he went straight to the president's office.
As for conditions, I haven't thought about them. The only condition is—
Thinking of this, Lin Tingfeng gazed at Ye Wenyu for a moment before softly saying, "No conditions."
No conditions? How could that be? Ye Wenyu's eyes widened in surprise. After a few minutes of silence, she took a step back, waved her hand, and said, "Then I can't accept your money."
Lin Tingfeng was stunned for a moment. Just then, his phone rang. He took it out and saw that it was an important call from the company. Therefore, he said to Ye Wenyu, "I have to leave immediately because of an urgent matter."
Ye Wenyu nodded and said to him, "Thank you, Mr. Lin, but I can't accept your money—" Lin Tingfeng found it amusing, worried that the girl really wouldn't accept his money. Therefore, he thought for a moment and said, "I haven't decided on the terms yet. I'll go back and think about it." Then he left in a hurry, with his driver waiting for him in a black Rolls-Royce not far away.
Ye Wenyu stood there, watching Lin Tingfeng, dressed in a black suit, walk briskly towards his car. She thought to herself, "He must have come from the company. Why is he helping me? He said he hasn't decided on the terms yet, so does that mean he'll contact her again in the future, and she'll see him again?"
Ye Wenyu watched Lin Tingfeng get into the car and drive away, still standing there dumbfounded, a big question mark rising in her mind.
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