"You know I've liked you for so many years?" Guan Ruxin's voice suddenly became louder.
"I..." Xing Gaohan then realized that he had said the wrong thing.
Guan Ruxin sneered: "We're all adults. It's fine that we didn't clarify our relationship before. If you don't like me, you can refuse me. I'm not the kind of person who clings to you."
"But you shouldn't have someone else in your heart while stringing me along. That makes me look down on you." With that, she flung her hand away violently.
Xing Gaohan was stunned for a moment. How did Guan Ruxin know that he had someone else in his heart? He had kept this a secret very well; only he knew.
"Clang," the cardboard box in his hand fell to the ground. He recognized everything in it; they were all things he had given to Guan Ruxin before. Even a small gift could make her very happy.
He never understood why he couldn't even be friends with her just because he confessed his feelings.
He slowly picked up the things on the ground. He picked up the bracelet, which was the most expensive item here. Why would he give her this bracelet?
Xing Gaohan couldn't remember anything else. He only remembered that the jewelry he casually gave to Yingying was much more expensive than this bracelet.
He suddenly remembered that when he took Yingying to buy bags, this bracelet was a gift from her. Yingying didn't like it, so she just handed it to him.
He didn't know what he was thinking when he gave it to Guan Ruxin. She liked it very much when she received it, and at the time, he felt a little guilty.
Just as he was reminiscing about the past, a bright light entered Xing Gaohan's hand through the bracelet.
"He touched my talisman. When you get back, put the talisman under your pillow and you'll know your future together."
"Thank you, Master Lin." Guan Ruxin looked at Lin Zhilu with gratitude.
"You spent money," Lin Zhiluo said realistically.
Guan Ruxin was speechless. The master's words always touched her heart, but she was also heartbroken right now.
When Lin Zhilu arrived at her workplace, she looked around and realized it was too far from where she lived.
Before getting out of the car, Lin Zhiluo said to Guan Ruxin, "Your future will be bright."
She worked at a convenience store, and the owner was a mean-spirited middle-aged man.
"Lin Zhiluo, why are you late again today? You'll lose pay."
Lin Zhiluo did the math: "Then settle my remaining salary, I want to resign."
The boss frowned. He had figured out Lin Zhiluo's weakness: this girl was short of money.
If Lin Zhiluo leaves, he won't find an employee as easy to bully as her.
"You have to think about it, once you leave here, you won't have such good conditions." At least his convenience store can still have air conditioning.
“There will be even better conditions waiting for me,” Lin Zhiluo said.
“Leaving you will not only bring me a higher salary, but also a better boss.” She looked the boss up and down.
Despite being a man, he had a shrill voice, small and narrow eyes, a sunken nose, and downturned lips; he was not an easy person to get along with.
“Our contract states that we will not pay you if you do not work for a full month.”
"Really? If I take your flawed contract to court, do you think you'll win, or will I get more compensation?"
"You!" The convenience store owner's contract was just downloaded from the internet; upon closer inspection, it was full of problems.
The original owner knew all this, but she just didn't want to lose her job.
The boss softened his voice: "Back then, you had nowhere to go, and I was the one who gave you a job. You're being ungrateful..."
“Boss,” Lin Zhilu interrupted her boss, “Yes, you gave me a job, but over the past two years you’ve deducted at least 20,000 yuan from my pay for various reasons. I’ve already repaid your kindness, and I still need to make a living.”
As the boss spoke, a bowl of steaming instant noodles popped into her mind.
Lin Zhilu continued, "Besides, boss, the instant noodles you gave me back then were expired. You couldn't bear to throw them away, so you ate them. Then you used that favor to blackmail me for two years. I feel like I've already repaid you enough."
The convenience store owner remained reluctant: "If you want to leave, then leave. I don't have any money to give you."
"No money?" Lin Zhilu sneered, "Then let's talk about how you handle near-expiry food? You sell it specifically to young people who don't check the production date..."
The boss's face was ashen; no one but himself knew what he had done.
"I guess I'm just unlucky." They started calculating Lin Zhiluo's working hours for the month, adding and subtracting until they came to 1,800.
Lin Zhiluo looked at the date; it was already the 25th, and she only had 1,800 yuan left.
"If I finish this month, I might not even get 1,500."
The shop owner threw the money in front of Lin Zhiluo: "Consider it as me saving an ungrateful wretch back then."
"Tch." She scoffed lightly. "That's a bowl of expired instant noodles, not a bowl of gold."
With only half a month left until Chinese New Year, Lin Zhiluo figured that the 1,800 yuan she spent on New Year's goods would be enough for her to eat by herself.
"Boss, you should be honest. I advise you not to sell expired food today, or you won't be able to keep your business."
"Are you cursing me? Get out of here." The boss's face darkened after hearing Lin Zhiluo's words.
Stepping out of the convenience store, the gloom that had been lingering in my heart dissipated considerably. This gloom belonged to the original owner of this body, indicating that she wasn't happy working here either.
But the original owner was a pushover; he couldn't outmaneuver this kind of boss even when he tried to be a rogue, so he could only be bullied.
Her phone rang; it was a notification that two million yuan had been deposited into her account.
Looking at that string of zeros, Lin Zhiluo felt extremely relieved and casually donated another million.
She was mentally calculating how to use the money in her hand.
The original owner no longer needs to worry about tuition fees. She can move to a better house that is closer to the school. After the start of the semester, she won't have to live in the dormitory, and it will also be convenient for her to do live streaming.
This body needs proper care, otherwise having cold hands and feet in winter is not a good thing.
She slowly walked to the bus stop, and the movement warmed her up a bit.
She went back to her place and told the landlord that she would rent a different place after the New Year. This landlord was different from the convenience store owner. Seeing that she was a young girl, the landlord even reduced the rent a lot.
The first thing she did when she got home was to turn on the air conditioner. Once the room was warm, she planned to continue her live stream.
She slapped a talisman on her face, so everyone saw her face during the live stream. Once she ended the stream, her features would become blurry.
Even if she becomes famous all over the internet in the future, no one in real life will be affected by remembering her face.
After Lin Zhiluo got ready, she found an angle to start her live stream. Unexpectedly, she received ten Carnival gifts as soon as she started the live stream, and the number of viewers in the live stream room broke through five figures in an instant.
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