The First Pot of Gold

Chapter 16: First Pot of Gold

In this unfamiliar city, without Lin Jing, Wang Yue was the one Zheng Wei knew best.

Wang Yue walked with her to the small lake, listening to Zheng Wei's intermittent chatter about her day, and formed a general idea of what had happened.

So, not knowing how to comfort girls, Wang Yue slowly told Zheng Wei a story about a friend of his...

In Wang Yue's story, his friend's boyfriend left without a word. At first, his friend cried herself to sleep every day, but less than a year later, she found a new boyfriend who treated her very well.

As for the ex-boyfriend, after experiencing much hardship, he realized he still loved this friend. Thus, in the future, a touching love triangle story would unfold between the three of them.

Zheng Wei was still upset about Lin Jing and initially paid little attention. But as she listened to Wang Yue's flawed, unconventional love story, she couldn't help but feel it sounded made up. And based on her own situation!

However, as she listened to the story, the grievance in her heart unknowingly lessened. Would Lin Jing regret it in the future?

"Want to try the buns from the school gate? We northerners miss home if we don't eat them for a day." Seeing that Zheng Wei's emotions had stabilized, Wang Yue guessed she hadn't eaten. He took out a bun from his hand, took a bite, and found it quite good.

He handed the rest to Zheng Wei, telling her to eat directly from the bag. In his heart, he thought about his brothers in the dorm; it wasn't that they weren't loyal.

As the saying goes, women are like clothes, and brothers are like limbs. After all, there are many people walking around with missing arms or legs, but very few are naked, so it's obvious which is more important.

"Really? Let me taste if I can taste the flavor of Jiangxi!" Zheng Wei took one out, took a small bite, and found it quite good! I really miss my mom.

"You're from the South, aren't you!" Wang Yue mercilessly exposed her.

"In the eyes of Guangdong people, everyone else is from the North!" Zheng Wei, perhaps truly hungry, ate like a little hamster.

The two of them ate another large bun by the small lake, and their stomachs no longer protested. All their troubles seemed to vanish with the buns.

Seeing that Zheng Wei's emotions had stabilized, Wang Yue looked at the mechanical watch on his wrist and said to her, "It's getting late, I'll walk you back to the dorm!"

It was almost 10 PM when Zheng Wei returned to the dorm. Her roommates were worried about her, and they were relieved when they saw her return.

Zheng Wei felt warm seeing them all worried about her. She placed the buns in her hands on the table and said to them in Wang Yue's words, "These are buns that make you miss home, try them."

"What do you mean 'buns that make you miss home'? I'll have one!" Zhu Xiaobei said, grabbing one energetically and taking a bite. But at that moment, she froze. This was the taste her older sister made!

Zhu Xiaobei watched her roommates happily eat the buns, praising them as they ate. She felt both joy and panic in her heart.

"Did you get your 'Brother Jing'?" Li Weijuan asked casually while eating a bun. She never believed such a person truly existed.

Ruan Wan also looked up at Zheng Wei, but what she saw were Zheng Wei's red eyes and the tears welling up.

"Eating can't shut your mouth!" Zhu Xiaobei, still lost in her thoughts, saw that Zheng Wei wasn't right and quickly interrupted.

"Lin Jing doesn't want me anymore!"

The next day in class, Wang Yue sat in the third row as usual, quietly reading. His classmates gradually entered the classroom. Zheng Wei was not seen until the very end of class.

Wang Yue didn't inquire. He continued to study at his own pace as always. After all, the protagonist had his own social circle, and Wang Yue didn't try to enter it, nor did he deliberately distance himself.

Since the day Wang Yue saw Zheng Wei crying for Lin Jing, he felt that perhaps, just perhaps, their relationship might evolve into friendship, rather than just acquaintances.

After Zheng Wei disappeared for a few days and then returned, the slight warmth that had existed between them had largely faded. They would occasionally sit together in class and chat a few words. Most of the time, they had little interaction.

Zheng Wei's behavior quickly made her a prominent figure on campus, and every move she made became a topic of gossip among her classmates. Her roommates also had their own share of rumors.

Wang Yue also heard various versions of Zheng Wei's heartbroken suicide attempt from his roommates.

Wang Yue knew that wasn't true, as he had witnessed the real day she was heartbroken. However, these versions must have contained different stories that occurred among the main characters. The names that frequently appeared in these stories included Zheng Wei's roommates, Zhang Kai, and Xu Kaiyang.

On the first day of club recruitment in late October, Wang Yue, just like in his previous life, didn't join any clubs. Instead, he went to an internet cafe again. He wanted to check how much bounty he had earned from his work through online banking.

If it wasn't enough, he needed to quickly think of another way to make money. After all, in this era, employers' integrity was truly tested.

To his surprise, when he checked, there was over thirty thousand yuan in his bank card. Wang Yue felt he was a disgrace to transmigrators; how could others spend money so effortlessly?

Wang Yue compared the receipts sent by the employers via email with his online banking statements one by one. For those few who deducted excessively, he bid them farewell!

After Wang Yue finished complaining about those unscrupulous merchants, he contacted the generous employers again, asking if they had any new outsourcing projects. He had to provide the most satisfactory service to these wealthy bosses, going the extra mile.

To his delight, he actually received a new job. After negotiating the price, there was nothing more to say; he got right to it.

The seats around Wang Yue saw people come and go, several shifts of people. Wang Yue remained there, diligently and seriously busy, not even going to the restroom during this time. He felt as if he had returned to his busy working days.

After several hours of intense work, he finally finished. After checking everything, he sent it to the boss. Once everything was done, Wang Yue stretched, about to spin his chair to get a drink of water, when he suddenly remembered he was in an internet cafe.

Helplessly, he shut down his computer, went to the restroom he somewhat dreaded, and then headed to the counter to pay with the attendant.

While waiting for his change, Wang Yue suddenly noticed that someone sitting not far from him seemed to be Ruan Wan, Zheng Wei's roommate.

Ruan Wan seemed to sense someone looking at her, and when she looked up and saw Wang Yue, she smiled and nodded at him.

Wang Yue also smiled at her, pointed outside, and turned to leave. He really hadn't expected such a beauty to be at an internet cafe at this time, and he couldn't help but glance at her a couple more times.

On his way back, Wang Yue strolled through the pedestrian street near the campus, thinking he needed to do something practical, otherwise the money he had wouldn't be of much use.

He originally had an income of a few thousand yuan a month to improve his life, but now it had become tens of thousands. He couldn't just let it sit there.