Chapter 120: Please let him go, just because he really likes you.
Wen Jiu got out of the car and walked alone in the heavy snow.
She could hear the words the old man had just said to her in the car.
Do you know what Yan Chuan has been up to lately?
“He cut off all contact with his family starting the year before last and began earning his own money.”
"At first, I did manual labor. No matter how strong I looked, my skin was still tender. By the end of the day, my hands and body were covered in injuries and bruises."
"I don't do those things anymore. Now I help other companies get projects. I'm young and have no connections, so nobody believes what I say. I can't even get a project after being bribed with countless drinks."
“Wen Jiu, he didn’t have to do these lowly things.”
"He also sold the house his mother left him and bought an apartment here."
...
"Little girl, need a ride? Where are you going in this snowy weather?"
Hearing the voice behind her, Wen Jiu turned around a beat late: "Auntie, can you take me to Haishi?"
"This won't do, it's already outside the city limits."
"You can just use the meter."
*
As Wen Jiu got into the car, her icy hands and feet gradually warmed up as she felt the temperature inside.
The woman in the driver's seat turned around: "Child, what are you doing going over there so late at night?"
"Go find your boyfriend."
"This guy is unreliable. It's so late and it's snowing, and he's not coming over, but making you go over there instead."
“He’s fine. He didn’t know I was going. I just suddenly wanted to go see him.”
The woman wanted to say something more, but Wen Jiu had lost the will to respond. She hugged herself and huddled in the corner.
As she got off the bus, she could still hear the old man saying behind her, "Just let him go, okay, because he really likes you?"
...
Wen Jiu stood on the side of the street.
The streets of Shanghai were still brightly lit in the early hours of the morning, and it was at this moment that Zhou Yanchuan appeared in her sight.
He came out of the hotel, his face flushed, his brow furrowed, and he coughed a few times, seemingly feeling even worse. He didn't know if he had been given alcohol.
But when the man in a suit walked up to him, he concealed his discomfort and bent down slightly to open the car door for him.
He was clearly such a proud person.
Wen Jiu's eyelashes trembled, and soon her delicate nose turned red.
She picked up her phone and made a call.
The call was answered quickly. After hearing what she said, he chuckled and asked, "Why do you think I would help you?" before hanging up.
No one knew that she took a bus to Haishi that day and then returned to Beicheng without saying a word.
After being tossed and turned in the blizzard, Wen Jiu fell seriously ill with a high fever that wouldn't go down.
When Zhou Yanchuan returned, he was also anxious, saying to her, "How could you have ruined yourself like this in just one day?"
She cuddled him affectionately, watching him scold her fiercely while feeding her medicine, laughing carefree.
Every time Wen Jiu finished taking her medicine, she would pester him to kiss her. He seemed to resist, but his kisses were more passionate than anyone else's.
When their feelings were intense, he would stroke the red birthmark on her wrist and whisper, "How about I get a little whale tattooed on my wrist too, so it can overlap with Xiao Jiu's when we hold hands?"
Several times they almost went too far. Zhou Yanchuan went to the bathroom, and Wen Jiu laughed at the door.
"Still laughing," he said, emerging from the dampness, his thumb and forefinger gripping her chin as he pinched her cheek. "Who is this all because of?"
"But it's not that I'm unwilling."
"You have a fever, if you keep going like this, don't you want to ruin your health?"
*
By the time Wen Jiu recovered from her illness, winter vacation was over.
Spring is a wonderful season, and the campus is gradually turning green.
Wen Jiu has two more courses this semester than last semester, one of which is taught by their dean.
On the first day of class, she was called on to answer a question, and afterwards the man called her back as she was leaving after class.
"Wen Jiu, come to my office."
The surrounding students' gazes immediately became meaningful.
Before Zhou Yanchuan appeared, there were already some rumors about her and He Shixu at school. The man was eye-catching, not to mention that he once stopped her directly at the gate of the school.
However, Zhou Yanchuan's appearance made people forget about the matter for a short time. Now, Dean He's sudden special treatment has stirred up those issues again.
"Why do you think she's so amazing? Last semester she would take leave for several weeks at a time, and when she came back she still got first place in the final exam."
"Who can blame her for having such a great boyfriend? Getting good grades and GPA is just a matter of talking to him."
"What's going on with He Shixu? I heard before that there was something between them."
"Aren't He Shixu and Zhou Yanchuan friends? That can't be right."
"You forgot that when Zhou Yanchuan didn't come, He was waiting for her at the door, and they were calling each other so intimately."
"Is her family well-off? Look at her demeanor and those clothes."
"For an average family, I saw her student file last time. Those were probably given by Zhou Yanchuan. Besides, if a family is well-off, why would they apply for scholarships?"
"She looks innocent, but her methods are truly impressive."
Ignoring the sounds from all directions, Wen Jiu calmly followed the man towards the office.
Sitting in her seat, Li Yue was annoyed by what she heard. After the girl left, she gave a cold glance to the people who were having the most heated discussion.
Those people fell silent when they met her gaze.
But as he stood up to leave, a girl scoffed, her voice neither loud nor soft, "What are you pretending for?"
"What did I pretend to be?" she immediately retorted.
"You two are exactly the same."
Upon hearing this, Li Yue immediately understood what the person meant. Without refuting, she asked calmly, "What, are you envious that no one is looking for you?"
"you!"
"What do you mean, 'you'?" Li Yue glanced at her disdainfully, her tone slow and deliberate. "After all, you know the guy who's keeping me is rich. If I just open my mouth, you can forget about graduating."
The girl's face turned bright red. She wanted to argue back but didn't dare. In the end, she flung her hand away and stormed off in anger.
After everyone left, Li Yue's expression returned to normal, but she was still thinking about Wen Jiu, who had just left as the dean.
What is this silly girl trying to do?
The day before yesterday, she went shopping with Jin Yiyan and bumped into Wen Jiu and He Shixu sitting opposite each other at a dining table.
The man had a faint smile on his lips, though it was unclear what he had heard her say.
As soon as Wen Jiu entered the room, the man by the window turned around and asked directly, "I heard from Shi Xu that you want to be my graduate student later?"
"Um."
He Wenyuan smiled, his expression unreadable: "Kid, for us law students, being too eager for quick success and instant benefits isn't a good thing."
*
As Wen Jiu emerged from the law building, the sun's rays momentarily blinded her. She shielded her eyes slightly with her hand, thinking that if she wasn't mistaken, he should have heard her by now.
While Zhou Yanchuan was revising the plan, Jiang Yue, who had just returned from outside, came over and asked, "Brother, can I ask you something?"
He didn't look up: "What?"
How did you and Wen Jiu meet?
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