Hearing Xia Shiyu agree with Su Lin, Ye Feng grew furious and sneered. "Heh! Xiao Yu, since when have you become so close with Su Lin?"
Ye Feng's words made Xia Shiyu's chest heave rapidly with anger. "Ye Feng, who I'm close to and who I'm not close to is none of your business!"
"This..."
"Every day, all you do is play games. Other than Xu Jie and Yan Huan, who else in the class is even willing to hang out with you?"
After saying that, Xia Shiyu regretted it a little. The two of them had grown up together, and she knew Ye Feng's personality better than anyone. But when she thought of everything that had happened at home lately and Ye Feng's indifferent attitude, Xia Shiyu turned and walked out of the classroom.
Ye Feng wanted to say something else, but when he turned around, Xia Shiyu had already reached the doorway.
When he came back to his senses, he saw the contempt in Lin Xiaowan's eyes.
"I..."
Ye Feng wanted to explain himself, but in the end, he realized that he had no way to defend himself.
Anything he said would sound like an excuse.
He could only return to his seat gloomily, take out a notebook, and begin scribbling down major future events.
"Brother Feng, what are you writing? Why are you covering it with your hand?"
"Nothing."
Xu Jie grinned as he pried Ye Feng's hand away. "What are you writing? Let me see."
"You wouldn't understand it even if I showed you."
"Come on, let me see."
"Fine, fine. Go ahead."
Ye Feng spread open the notebook for Xu Jie to read.
"What is this? I can't understand a single word."
"Heh, I told you that you wouldn't understand it, but you insisted on looking."
When Ye Feng saw Xu Jie, the plan in his mind gradually became clearer.
But when he thought about how close Su Lin had become to Xia Shiyu, his brows furrowed again.
"Looks like I was too rash this time. They're all seventeen or eighteen now. I can't treat them like children, or I'll be the only clown here."
Noon~!!
The final class ended.
Ye Feng had already rehearsed what he wanted to say. Once he left school with Xia Shiyu, he would find a way to get her to lend him the fifty thousand yuan.
But the moment he met up with Xia Shiyu, Ye Feng was dumbfounded.
"Xiao Yu, didn't you say we were going to the hospital to see Uncle Xia?"
"Yeah. We're going to give my dad the money. We still owe quite a bit in medical bills." Xia Shiyu said it as if it were only natural.
"Then they..."
Lin Xiaowan frowned. "We're going to the hospital with Xiao Yu. She's carrying more than two hundred and eighty thousand yuan. How could she go without anyone protecting her?"
"Two hundred and eighty thousand?!!!!"
"Why is it two hundred and eighty thousand? Where did two hundred and eighty thousand come from?" Ye Feng felt as though his memories were crumbling apart.
In his memories, there had clearly only been a little over fifty thousand. How had it suddenly become more than two hundred thousand?
Su Lin looked at Ye Feng as if he were an idiot. "Ye Feng, are you still half asleep? The two hundred thousand-plus is donation money the school raised for Xiao Yu's dad."
"Huh? More than two hundred thousand in donations? Where did so much come from?"
Su Lin smiled. "For that, we have to thank our generous class monitor. She donated two hundred and twenty thousand all by herself. Truly a model for us all."
The moment Su Lin said that, he received looks from two people at once.
One was Lin Xiaowan's eye roll, and the other was Xia Shiyu's gratitude.
Ye Feng stared at Lin Xiaowan as though she were some kind of monster.
"Where did two hundred and twenty thousand suddenly come from?"
Hearing Ye Feng mutter to himself, Lin Xiaowan's pretty face darkened. She kicked Su Lin and said, "Stop talking to him. This guy is playing dumb."
"Let's hurry up. The hospital isn't far, but we still need to get back before self-study."
Su Lin nodded with a solemn expression. "Alright~!!"
With that, the three of them headed toward the school gates, leaving Ye Feng to trail behind them, muttering to himself nonstop.
"Everything has changed. Lin Xiaowan suddenly donated so much. Her family is rich, sure, but I clearly remember her donating ten thousand..."
"Even if I subtract two hundred and twenty thousand, it still doesn't add up. There's another sixty-thousand-yuan difference. How could this happen?"
Looking at the three of them chatting and laughing ahead of him, Ye Feng's mentality collapsed once again.
Especially when he saw how intimate both Lin Xiaowan and Xia Shiyu seemed with Su Lin.
In his previous life, the two women had barely interacted at school.
"Could it be because I was reborn, causing a butterfly effect?"
"But I was only reborn today. The donations happened days ago, and everything should have still followed the original timeline back then. How could there have been a butterfly effect?"
Even with more than a decade of experience from the future, Ye Feng was having trouble making sense of this.
"Could I have remembered it wrong?"
"I might be wrong about other things, but I definitely can't be wrong about the donations. I can tell the difference between fifty thousand and more than two hundred thousand, and that's only counting what one person donated."
"Lin Xiaowan... Could Lin Xiaowan be a reborn person too?"
"Impossible. If Lin Xiaowan really were, and she wanted to help Xia Shiyu, she definitely wouldn't have donated only two hundred thousand. Besides, a person's experience and temperament can't be hidden. She's completely and utterly just a high school student."
"Forget it. Maybe I'm overthinking this. This world might be a parallel world, not the world I was reborn from."
"If that's the case, then a few changes are normal. And with an extra two hundred thousand, it'll be easier for me to make my move."
Ye Feng's Miscalculation: Please Send Flowers and Votes
Ye Feng quickly caught up.
Seeing Ye Feng walk alongside them without saying a word, quietly listening to the three of them chat, Su Lin sighed inwardly. This guy really does have an extra decade or so of experience. He's trying to pick up useful information from the three of us.
Fortunately, neither Xia Shiyu nor Lin Xiaowan would bring up the donations. Otherwise, with Ye Feng's brain, he would definitely realize that the problem lay with him.
"Su Lin, the monthly exams are coming up soon. How's your preparation going?"
Su Lin smiled. "Not bad. As everyone knows, English is my weak point. I looked over both of your class notes this time, so I should improve quite a bit."
"Hehe, then I'm looking forward to seeing you make a splash. Maybe you'll even surpass Xiao Yu and become second in the entire school."
Su Lin looked at Lin Xiaowan and smiled. "Second in the school? Why can't I be first?"
"First?"
Lin Xiaowan giggled. "That would be nice too. It'd give me a sense of crisis. I've been first for three years already, and I'm getting a little tired of it."
Look at that. When women showed off, they didn't hold back at all.
Xia Shiyu looked at Su Lin. "Su Lin, you should focus on the notes I gave you. Maybe you'll manage to surpass me."
"Ha ha ha~!!"
The two girls burst into laughter at the same time.
Seeing Xia Shiyu's dazzling, heartfelt smile, Ye Feng was completely stunned.
He could not remember how many years it had been since he had seen her smile like that.
After leaving the school, Su Lin suggested taking a taxi.
Both girls readily agreed.
Before long, a taxi passed by.
Lin Xiaowan and Xia Shiyu sat in the back seat. Su Lin reacted quickly and slipped in after them.
The three of them fit perfectly in one row, leaving Ye Feng to unhappily open the front passenger door.
Ye Feng felt like he was somewhat unnecessary now.
He could already tell that, perhaps because Lin Xiaowan had donated so much money, Xia Shiyu had become very close to her. They had already developed into the kind of relationship good sisters had.
Thinking about it, that was only normal. Xia Shiyu was that kind of girl. She would repay anyone who treated her well in her own way.
As for Su Lin, he was simply catering to their preferences.
He joined the two girls in conversation.
Ye Feng felt that Su Lin's methods were still rather immature. By following the girls' topics, he had no rhythm of his own.
Without his own rhythm, there was no way he could pursue girls, especially smart girls like Xia Shiyu and Lin Xiaowan.
Ye Feng had no idea that as long as Su Lin did not do anything stupid, he had already secured an unbeatable position. At this point, there was no need for him to control the rhythm at all.
Watching the three people in the back seat chat excitedly, Ye Feng felt that it was time for him to speak.
He cleared his throat, drawing the attention of all three.
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