Lu Yuzhou's desire to be a kept man was harder than steel; Zhu Mingyue rejected him once, and he continued to try again.
Seeing that Zhu Mingyue was alone, he quickly held up the plush balloon he had bought and blocked her way.
"Mingyue, this is for you."
Zhu Mingyue: "..."
She frowned deeply, staring at the balloon shoved in front of her: "What is this thing?"
Lu Yuzhou smiled and explained softly, "These are the cute doll balloons that are all the rage online lately. People say that if you like a girl, you should give her the cutest doll balloon in the world. So, I bought them for you."
“…I don’t want to.” Zhu Mingyue’s refusal was cold and decisive.
"Why?" Lu Yuzhou frowned, his handsome eyes instantly filled with deep disappointment. "I bought this toy balloon especially for you. I even bought the top-of-the-line version."
Zhu Mingyue: "Even if you buy the luxury version, I still don't want it."
After saying that, he turned to leave.
"Mingyue!" Lu Yuzhou reached out to stop her. "Why don't you want it? Don't you like balloons or dolls? Tell me, and I'll change it right away!"
Zhu Mingyue glanced at him coldly: "I don't like you."
"Impossible!" Lu Yuzhou refused to believe it. "If you didn't like me, why did you agree to meet me all that time? I gave you coffee and you drank it, I bought you bags and cosmetics and you accepted them! You took advantage of me so much and now you say you don't like me? Aren't you just a gold digger?"
"I..." Zhu Mingyue was speechless with bitterness and had no way to refute Lu Yubai's words. She could only say, "Can I return all the money you spent on me?"
"No way!" Lu Yuzhou refused, his expression changing in the blink of an eye. "Mingyue, I don't want your money, I just want you to follow your heart and admit that you like me!"
"I...I don't like you!" Zhu Mingyue was almost red with embarrassment.
Lu Yuzhou selectively ignored her words and directly shoved the plush balloon into her hand: "Mingyue, I don't know why you deny liking me. Maybe another boy gave you a better gift."
"But it's okay, I don't care about that. Although I'm not very rich, I won't be outdone by others in terms of finances."
"Goodbye, bright moon. Next time, I will definitely give you an even more expensive gift."
After saying that, without caring how sour Zhu Mingyue's face was, Lu Yuzhou turned around and left with regret.
"..." Zhu Mingyue was completely petrified, holding the toy balloon in her hands.
"Attention! Attention! Never buy those trendy hydrogen balloons again. Hydrogen balloons are made of a special material, and they are very likely to explode when heated! A few days ago, a man surnamed Zhang in Beijing was unfortunately burned by an exploding hydrogen balloon..."
No sooner had Lu Yuzhou left than Zhu Jinzhao arrived at Zhu Mingyue's side with a science video.
"Mingyue, did you see the news?" She shoved her phone in front of Zhu Mingyue, looking horrified, and said, "These helium balloons are a no-no, they're too easy to explode and hurt people. You're so pretty, you can't keep such dangerous items around you."
"..." Zhu Mingyue remained silent and quietly threw the bunch of plush balloons into the trash can next to her.
"Hey..." Zhu Jinzhao was satisfied now. "I like talking to people like Mingyue who listen to advice the most."
Zhu Mingyue turned to look at her: "You, go buy me a cup of milk tea, I need to drink it to calm my nerves."
Zhu Jinzhao: "Alright!"
Those plush balloons weren't cheap, and Zhu Jinzhao thought that Lu Yuzhou probably wouldn't want Zhu Mingyue to just throw them away.
So she had Jiang Jingwen lie in ambush around the trash can to see if Lu Yuzhou would turn back to pick it up.
Sure enough, after Zhu Jinzhao and Zhu Mingyue left one after the other, Lu Yuzhou crouched down and sneaked back to pick up the toy balloon.
While picking it up, he was cursing and belittling Zhu Mingyue from head to toe.
That evening, Zhu Jinzhao had just finished showering and picked up her phone when she saw several WeChat messages from Jiang Jingwen.
Two of them are screenshots of sales on a second-hand trading website.
—Chao Chao, look! I found Lu Yuzhou's Xianyu account. He really is going to sell this doll balloon!
—Hahahaha, this man is truly exceptional. How come you didn't discover he was this kind of person after dating him for three years?
Zhu Jinzhao herself is also puzzled by this question. In the original novel, the fake heiress is described as someone with exceptionally high intelligence and emotional intelligence, excelling academically and having excellent interpersonal skills. How could someone so smart and outstanding end up with someone like Lu Yuzhou? And for a full three years!
I can't understand it, I absolutely can't understand it! She neither understands, respects, nor offers any blessings!
"Sigh..." she sighed and sat on the edge of the bed to reply.
—Maybe I was blind for those three years.
"Hahahahaha!" Jiang Jingwen found typing boring, so she simply sent a voice message to mock him, "Besides being blind, there's really no better reason to explain you for the past three years."
"..." Zhu Jinzhao couldn't laugh.
...
After his third attempt to curry favor failed, Lu Yuzhou quickly made a fourth.
On Friday afternoon, Zhu Mingyue finished her last class and happily packed her schoolbag, ready to go home.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she stepped out of the classroom, Lu Yuzhou blocked her way back.
"Mingyue, I have something I want to give you."
Lu Yuzhou put his hands behind his back and looked at Zhu Mingyue with gentle eyes.
Zhu Mingyue: "...Big brother, what are you going to give me this time? I told you I don't want it!"
Lu Yuzhou smiled, unaffected by Zhu Mingyue's attitude. He turned his hand and presented a beautifully packaged box to Zhu Mingyue: "Mingyue, guess what this is?"
Zhu Mingyue didn't even bother to look at him: "I don't want to guess, just take it away."
Lu Yuzhou acted as if he hadn't heard. Zhu Mingyue didn't guess, so he opened the box himself, revealing the diamond necklace inside.
"Mingyue, this necklace is something I had someone buy for me from out of town. It was very expensive. You should like it now, right?"
Zhu Mingyue closed her eyes, feeling a headache coming on, and gave the same answer: "I don't like it. I don't like the necklace, and you don't like it either!"
"Why?" Lu Yuzhou was genuinely angry now. He frowned and glared at Zhu Mingyue, his eyes instantly turning fierce. "You don't like cheap gifts, and you don't like expensive gifts either. What do you like?"
"I—" Zhu Mingyue was about to reply when she suddenly saw Qi Yu passing by the classroom door.
"Senior Qi!" She called out to Qi Yu almost immediately, without even thinking.
Qi Yu stopped upon hearing the sound and turned to look into the empty classroom.
"Mingyue?" His slightly surprised gaze swept over Lu Yuzhou and Zhu Mingyue, and he asked softly, "Why aren't you home yet after class?"
Zhu Mingyue slung her backpack over her shoulder, brushed past Lu Yuzhou, and ran straight to Qi Yu: "I still have something to take care of, Senior Qi, can you help me?"
Qi Yu glanced at Lu Yuzhou standing at the door and replied with a smile, "Of course!"
"Let's go then." Zhu Mingyue grabbed his sleeve and pulled him away from the classroom, completely ignoring Lu Yuzhou behind them.
"I have a feeling something bad is going to happen," Zhu Jinzhao said to Jiang Jingwen with a solemn expression, hiding in a corner of the corridor.
Jiang Jingwen stole glances at Zhu Mingyue and Qi Yu's backs and boldly guessed, "Is Lu Yuzhou going to kill Qi Yu?"
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