At the school gate, Qiu Jie looked extremely hurried. The moment class ended, she came here, unlocked a shared bike, and seemed to be rushing off to her next part-time job outside campus.
Wang Dachui, who was leaving school to eat, spotted her and asked in surprise, "Qiu Jie? Where are you going?"
Hearing this, Qiu Jie looked at Wang Dachui, her little face flushed red. "S-Senior, I'm going to work hourly shifts at the pedestrian street."
Upon hearing that, Wang Dachui suddenly recalled that during her last part-time job, Qiu Jie had said she was earning money because her boyfriend's birthday was coming up.
Thinking of that, Wang Dachui could not help praising her. "With a girlfriend as wonderful as you, your boyfriend must be happy as hell."
"Thank you."
Qiu Jie lowered her head shyly.
"By the way, are you getting your boyfriend a gift?" Wang Dachui asked casually.
"No, my boyfriend goes to university in the capital, and I'm saving up for plane tickets... As for a gift... a gift..."
Since she had to buy round-trip plane tickets, the gift she had prepared was not expensive. It was a photo album she had made herself.
"It's fine. If I were your boyfr—pfft, if he were your boyfriend, seeing you like this, he wouldn't care what the gift was at all. The thought behind it matters more than anything."
Wang Dachui pointed at Shen Qiao beside him. Shen Qiao wore an incredulous expression and slapped away the hand Wang Dachui was using to point at him.
"R-Really?"
Qiu Jie's eyes lit up, and she seemed genuinely comforted by those words.
They were not familiar with each other, so after exchanging a few polite words, Qiu Jie rode her shared bike toward the subway entrance.
Wang Dachui sighed. "Ever