The WeChat message was a product link with the words "New store opening, unlimited coffee" in large print.
Zhu Jinzhao knew what Lu Yuzhou meant with just one glance.
Ever since she started fawning over Lu Yuzhou like a lapdog a few days ago, Lu Yuzhou has been sending her these kinds of links from time to time.
And it comes with a highly suggestive quote—
"A new braised chicken restaurant just opened downstairs from my house, it smells so good! There are even group deals on Meituan..."
"These headphones are so cool! The internet is full of positive reviews, I really want to own them..."
"These shoes come in a new color! I want to buy them. My old pair is so worn out..."
Zhu Jinzhao knew Lu Yuzhou was begging for food, but she would still buy it for him despite feeling disgusted every time. He seemed to have accepted Zhu Jinzhao becoming a simp very easily. Ever since Zhu Mingyue, the real heiress, appeared, he went from being the perfect boyfriend to a complete gold digger.
And this time, unsurprisingly, he made another pointed remark.
"This coffee looks delicious, I really want to try it..."
"..." Zhu Jinzhao rolled her eyes at her phone and replied through gritted teeth.
—Then I'll buy it for my brother. Where is he? Is it convenient for him to come?
Lu Yuzhou replied almost instantly, a rare occurrence: "I'm right outside the coffee shop, you can just buy it, I can take it. Um, you can buy two cups, Mingyue is still here."
Wishing you an evil smile today: Of course, I'd buy two even without you telling me, brother. I've already bought them, brother, go get them!
--Um.
Lu Yuzhou replied with just one word.
After buying coffee, Zhu Jinzhao logged out of WeChat and wrote down the bill in his little notebook, not erasing a single penny.
Although the money she's spending now comes from the Zhu family, the Zhu family's money doesn't grow on trees. Spending a single penny on a despicable man like Lu Yuzhou is a waste.
So she decided to write down every penny she spent on Lu Yuzhou, and then ask him to pay her back when she dumped him!
After finishing their hotpot, it was almost time to go back to school. Zhu Jinzhao didn't text the two of them; she and Jiang Jingwen simply took a taxi home.
They got back quite late, and Zhu Mingyue was already in the classroom when they arrived. Zhu Mingyue was the true heiress of the Zhu family, and both her dazzling background and excellent grades made the classmates want to get close to her.
She already had classmates sitting around her, so Zhu Jinzhao could naturally sit further away from her.
“These people are all snobs…” Jiang Jingwen put her schoolbag in the drawer and glared unhappily at the people next to Zhu Mingyue.
Zhu Jinzhao followed her gaze and smiled indifferently.
"It's okay. It's their freedom to be friends with whomever they want. We can't interfere."
"They were clearly your friends before Zhu Mingyue appeared!" Jiang Jingwen clenched her fists, speaking through gritted teeth. "Zhu Mingyue had only been at school for one day, and they all flocked to her like dogs smelling shit!"
"Hey, Song Zijing, we ran into her when we went upstairs just now, and she acted like she was mute and didn't even greet us! Her mood changes faster than flipping through a book!"
"Let them change." Zhu Jinzhao has always been very open-minded about these kinds of things. She patted Jiang Jingwen on the shoulder and gently comforted her, "Those who can change aren't true friends. It's not a loss to see through a group of people based on one incident. Besides, it's not about having many friends, but about having good ones. I don't really need them."
"Having you is enough."
"...Look at you, so silly." Jiang Jingwen felt a lump in her throat from what she said, and her anger subsided by more than half.
"Little Jiang, do you want some lychees?"
Song Zijin, whom Jiang Jingwen had just scolded, walked over with a few lychees and asked with a smile.
Jiang Jingwen refused curtly, "I won't eat."
"Oh." Song Zijing turned and left, completely ignoring Zhu Jinzhao's presence. She didn't even ask Zhu Jinzhao a question, nor did she spare him a single glance.
"Mingyue, you can have them all." She took the lychees back and placed them all on Zhu Mingyue's table. "These are seedless lychees from Hainan. They're delicious. You should try them."
Zhu Mingyue: "Thank you."
Song Zijin sat down at the table in front of her: "You're welcome."
"What does she mean?" Seeing this scene, Jiang Jingwen's anger, which she had just suppressed, suddenly flared up again. "She asked everyone else but not you. What did you do to offend her?"
Instead of being angry, Zhu Jinzhao laughed: "I didn't offend her, I just can't be considered her friend. The friend she wants is the real daughter of the Zhu family, not Zhu Jinzhao."
"Playing favorites against people? Bah!" Jiang Jingwen's face turned red with anger. "She's fawning over Zhu Mingyue like this, and does Zhu Mingyue even consider her a friend? Nonsense..."
"Don't be angry, Jiang Jiang. Get ready for class. Midterm exams are next week."
Jiang Jingwen reluctantly gave an "Mmm".
Zhu Jinzhao smiled and didn't say anything more.
As the person being targeted, her reaction was unusually calm. Song Zijin was deliberately ignoring and isolating her, but she didn't care at all, and even had the mood to laugh.
She can do this not because she is particularly insightful, but because she is used to it.
She was unlucky; before transmigrating into the book, she was always the target of bullying. As a child, she spoke slowly and had a slow mind, and from elementary school to high school, she suffered from school bullying.
Fortunately, those people didn't hit her; they just ostracized her and led others to avoid her. At first, she was very upset and confused, but she gradually got used to it. Once she did, no matter how much those people targeted her, she could remain calm, unperturbed, and unconcerned.
She had no friends before, but she managed to get by on her own. Now that Jiang Jingwen is by her side, what is there that she can't forgive?
Wishing you a happy day.
Just before class was about to start, Zhao Haizhou suddenly sat down behind Zhu Jinzhao and called out to her in a strange tone.
"Hmm?" She turned around and looked at Zhao Haizhou with a cold gaze.
Zhao Haizhou lowered his eyes and didn't look at her, his right thumb constantly rubbing the tip of his nose: "Um... I said something really rude yesterday, I apologize to you, I'm sorry."
"ah?!"
Jiang Jingwen was startled by his words, her eyes widening instantly: "Zhao Haizhou, are you alright?!"
Zhao Haizhou blushed and looked embarrassed: "I... I'm definitely fine. I thought about it after class yesterday and realized that I did say something hurtful, so I wanted to apologize to Jinzhao."
"Don't take it to heart today, we'll still be friends."
"Heh," Zhu Jinzhao chuckled, a slight smile playing on her lips. "Alright."
Zhu Mingyue finally made her move.
In the novel, in order to solidify the accusation that the fake heiress isolated her, Zhu Mingyue's first plan was to have Zhao Haizhou and others deliberately approach the fake heiress and only play with her, creating the illusion that the fake heiress was very popular at school.
When the fake heiress had a group of friends while Zhu Mingyue was all alone, her grades started to decline, she became depressed, and even cried every day.
It wasn't until Zhu Xingye noticed something was wrong that he sent people to the school to investigate.
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