"There's no class this afternoon... Teacher Yu, how about coming to my place to help tutor me?"
Jiang Che's haunting voice sounded behind Yu Wan'er.
Yu Wan'er had her little backpack on and was about to get into Ye Mengyao's car. Usually on weekends... Yu Wan'er stayed with Ye Mengyao.
In daily life, she saved wherever she could and freeloaded whenever she could.
Anyway, Ye Mengyao's family had vast wealth. They could certainly afford to keep one little freeloader.
"Y-You... Jiang Che, I have something to do this afternoon!"
Yu Wan'er instinctively wanted to refuse. Go to Jiang Che's house to tutor him?
Wouldn't that be a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth? She had thoroughly seen through this nasty guy by now!
"Oh? Is that so? What a pity, then!"
Jiang Che licked his lips and chuckled.
"Since the top student doesn't want to lend a hand to a bottom-of-the-barrel student like me... then forget it! Top students don't understand the pain of poor students~"
Yu Wan'er: "..."
What a masterful round of moral blackmail!
Yu Wan'er was a girl of stark contrasts. Though she was deeply scheming, fake-sweet, and money-grubbing inside, everyone else saw her as soft, cute, beautiful, kind-hearted, and an exemplary student.
That was why she was so popular. At least... aside from Jiang Che, no one had seen Yu Wan'er's other side.
Yu Wan'er was caught between a rock and a hard place. "Mm... fine! But I only have two hours to tutor you!"
First, she had to keep her persona steady!
"Then I'll have to thank Teacher Yu. You haven't eaten lunch yet, right? How about we have lunch together?"
Yu Wan'er's nails nearly dug into her flesh, yet she still put on an innocent expression and even lightly bit her finger.
"Th-That wouldn't be appropriate, would it?"
A born actress!
"There's a newly opened Chinese restaurant across the overpass. How about eating there?"
Yu Wan'er hesitated. She really was hungry... and hunger was agonizing. She had long since grown sick of that feeling.
After thinking it over and over, the Little Loli nodded heavily.
Anyway, once she had eaten, she could just find an excuse to slip away. No matter how much of a bastard Jiang Che was, he couldn't possibly drag her away in broad daylight, right?
And she could get a free meal out of it. Wonderful!
Ye Mengyao, who had been left out in the cold, stepped forward at that moment. The relationship between Yu Wan'er and Jiang Che was clearly unusual...
For some inexplicable reason, Ye Mengyao became jealous again—and it was over her favorite, closest best friend!
So Ye Mengyao followed them directly. "I'm going too!"
Jiang Che shot her a glance. This Young Miss Ye... was really irritating to look at!
As Fated Female Leads, Ye Mengyao and Yu Wan'er's looks were unquestionably exceptional.
Most importantly... girls so brimming with youth and vitality were simply devastating to men.
No man could refuse a beautiful eighteen-year-old girl. They were beautiful and full of life.
He liked them, sure, but his aloof persona couldn't collapse.
"Hehe... Is Young Miss Ye planning to freeload some food and drinks?"
Ye Mengyao seemed determined to come along. She directly linked arms with Yu Wan'er.
"I'm going to eat with Wan'er. Is that not allowed?"
Jiang Che smiled faintly. Hooked!
"Fine. But if you go, then Yu Wan'er will be paying."
Jiang Che's words made Yu Wan'er's expression change slightly.
She... was paying?
Where was she supposed to get the money for that?
She had no idea how expensive that Chinese restaurant was, but any restaurant Jiang Che had his eye on... definitely wouldn't be cheap!
She understood now!
Jiang Che was doing this on purpose. He wanted to make a fool of her!
Sure enough, Ye Mengyao had no feelings whatsoever about paying the bill. In her eyes... spending money was as simple as swiping a card.
When a young miss went shopping, she never looked at the prices!
"Hmph, it's just a Chinese restaurant. It's not like we can't afford it!"
"Right, darling Wan'er?"
Ye Mengyao took Yu Wan'er's soft, boneless little hand.
"Mm~" Yu Wan'er nodded, her voice trembling slightly.
The newly opened Chinese restaurant was lavishly decorated. One look was enough to tell that eating here wouldn't come cheap.
"You two... Sister Yaoyao, you should order!"
Yu Wan'er had originally wanted to hand the menu to both of them, but cleverly gave it only to Ye Mengyao.
She knew very well that if she handed the menu to Jiang Che... that hateful guy would definitely order the most expensive dishes.
"Darling Wan'er, I love you so much!"
The young miss had a mind as simple as a child's. Aside from occasionally getting jealous... she was a textbook innocent little fool.
"Mm... one serving of Minnan ginger mother duck, scallion oil button mushrooms, stir-fried scallops with Chinese sausage, turkey-flavored crispy rice..."
Though Ye Mengyao was a little silly, she didn't order too much. She casually picked only a few reasonably priced dishes.
"Give me that! Who are these dishes supposed to feed?"
"If the people at the next table see this, they'll think we can't afford to eat!"
Jiang Che took the menu and added several more substantial dishes.
Yu Wan'er: "..."
The little girl secretly lowered her head and checked the few thousand yuan remaining in her account, her heart aching with every glance.
This meal would cost at least one or two thousand yuan.
Bad guy! What a bad guy!
Yu Wan'er felt like crying.
Until the dishes were served... and she looked at the table overflowing with delicious food, perfect in color, aroma, and taste.
Yu Wan'er's sorrowful tears finally flowed from the corner of her mouth.
Anyway, it was her own money being spent... so she might as well eat more and recover some of her losses!
Paying the bill was agony. Seeing 1,700 yuan deducted, Yu Wan'er was heartbroken beyond saving.
In her heart, she cursed Jiang Che countless times.
"Miss Campus Belle Yu? You seem a little unhappy. Could it be that treating us to a meal... makes you very upset?"
Jiang Che teased.
"No, no! Of course I'm happy! Actually, I've wanted to treat Sister Yaoyao for a long time. After all, Sister Yaoyao pays for me every time... I've always felt guilty about it!"
Yu Wan'er's acting was simply godlike.
Ye Mengyao was in a rather good mood. "What are you saying, darling Wan'er? Do the two of us need to distinguish between yours and mine?"
Then she turned her gaze toward Jiang Che.
"Jiang Che, the birthday banquet I told you about this morning... you'll come, right?"
Jiang Che pondered for a moment. His expression was as still as an ancient well, and he silently nodded.
Delight appeared on Ye Mengyao's face. She wanted to continue speaking... to ask who the woman with Jiang Che that night had been...
But in the end, she said nothing. After all... she was nothing to him now.
"Um... I'm also very good at math. I can help tutor you in math," Ye Mengyao tentatively offered.
Jiang Che slowly rose to his feet and wiped his mouth. "I won't trouble the Class Monitor with so much effort. I'm just a poor student, after all—a bottom-of-the-barrel student you look down on."
With that, Jiang Che took Yu Wan'er away.
Looking at Jiang Che's departing back, endless regret welled up in Ye Mengyao's heart.
Back then, she really had used his grades as an excuse... to reject Jiang Che's confessions many times, and her attitude had even been rather haughty.
But... the words she had spoken back then struck the girl's brow with the precision of a bullet.
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