Acting as a Shield

Wang Ye was naturally unwilling to remain just a card dealer. What he truly wanted was to lease his own dedicated line and build his own phone card brand!

Just like the China-Russia Connect Card Liu Jun had mentioned.

This was probably the best-known phone card among Chinese people in Russia at the moment. The first phone card Wang Ye had ever bought was one of these.

The cards sold over at the big market were basically all this brand too.

The big market alone was enough to keep that company afloat. It seemed that if he wanted to expand the phone card business, messing around on a small scale at school would not be enough. He had to develop toward the big market as well.

But with only a few thousand dollars in his pocket, it was unrealistic for Wang Ye to consider that now. That was something for the future.

After eating, Wang Ye ordered another five thousand dollars' worth of cards.

Just like last time, eighty cards with a fifty-dollar balance and thirty cards with a hundred-dollar balance.

Before he left, Liu Jun said with a beaming smile, "Sell the cards without worry. Whenever you run out, call me anytime! I'll definitely bring them over right away."

Without a doubt, Wang Ye had become his "biggest customer," so naturally he received different treatment.

Wang Ye nodded and waved to him.

The five thousand five hundred dollars in Wang Ye's wallet had not even had time to warm up before they were "spent" again...

Now, only five hundred dollars remained in his wallet.

He still had to go shopping for clothes with his cousin this weekend, so he needed to keep some money on hand for "protection."

Even if they were somewhat related, he could not let his cousin pay to buy him clothes, could he? Wouldn't that be shamelessly living off a woman...

Wang Ye was not that thick-skinned!

Besides, Ruan Xiaozhu could not possibly give things to this "cheap cousin" after meeting him only once.

When he returned to the dorm, Song Xiaogang was not there. After classes ended at noon, he had not even stopped to eat before running all over the place delivering phone cards to people.

The phone numbers on the promotional posters Wang Ye had put up beneath each dorm building had also been changed to Song Xiaogang's.

It was Song Xiaogang's first time "doing business," so he was a little excited and full of energy!

Every card he sold earned him five or ten dollars!

After handing the People's Friendship University business over to Song Xiaogang, Wang Ye had some free time.

He did not attend class that Friday either, instead staying in the dorm and sleeping in late.

After waking up and washing up, just as he was about to find something to eat, the other students returned from class...

Little Black, his roommate, enthusiastically invited Wang Ye to eat with him. Wang Ye repeatedly shook his head and politely said that he had something to do outside.

In truth, he had nothing to do. He simply had absolutely no appetite for the food Little Black was eating.

Song Xiaogang had probably gone out to deliver phone cards again. Wang Ye had not seen him yet.

He slipped out of the room, intending to freeload a meal at Zhou Yuan's place, only to run into Wang Dan and Li Xiaoyun coming toward him.

Each of them carried two dishes, walking from the kitchen back to their room.

When Wang Dan saw Wang Ye, she quickly called out, "Brother Ye, Brother Ye! Are you heading out?"

Wang Ye stopped and replied, "No. I was going to see whether Old Zhou had started cooking yet. I'm too lazy to cook for myself, so I'm going to freeload a meal, haha."

Freeloading meals was quite common here.

Everyone basically cooked for themselves anyway. One more person at the table was no big deal—just another pair of chopsticks and another bowl of rice.

Nobody would deliberately make several extra dishes or anything...

But when Wang Dan heard that, her face lit up. "Then come eat with us instead. Don't go to Brother Zhou's place. We just finished cooking and were about to eat."

Wang Ye was a little surprised. Although he and these two girls had arrived in the same group and got along reasonably well, they were not close enough for them to actively invite him over to freeload a meal...

"Huh? Is it some special day? Why are you suddenly treating me to dinner?" Wang Ye asked in surprise.

The dishes the girls were carrying did not look like their usual make-do meals, after all.

They were all students, so even when cooking for themselves, they usually kept things as simple as possible.

Even Song Xiaogang, the "master chef," usually made simple food like noodles or scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

Who had the time to fuss over making several dishes...

Of course, vegetables were expensive here too, and they could not afford such "luxury"!

Wang Dan looked around the hallway, and after confirming there was no one there, she quietly told Wang Ye, "Zhang Ke is coming over for dinner today. He's mentioned it several times, and he's been running around helping Xiaoyun and me these past few days, so we really couldn't turn him down. That's why we made a few dishes to treat him today. But we don't want to invite him alone, so..."

Xiaoyun, standing beside her, said with a giggle, "Zhang Ke likes Xiaodan. He's probably trying to pursue her."

Wang Dan's face flushed bright red. She shot Li Xiaoyun a glare. "What nonsense are you talking about? I barely know him. Besides, I have a boyfriend back home!"

Wang Ye finally understood what was going on.

Zhang Ke had probably failed to pursue Nalan Yaqi, so he had shifted his target and decided to pursue Wang Dan instead.

And Wang Dan was thin-skinned, too embarrassed to say no outright, so she wanted to drag him along as a "shield."

After all, everyone knew that Wang Ye had beaten Zhang Ke up on his first day in Moscow.

If she invited Wang Ye along when treating Zhang Ke to dinner, Wang Dan's meaning would be obvious...

Wang Ye frowned, hesitating over whether he should go.

Zhang Ke was indeed annoying, but there was no deep hatred between them. He could not exactly interfere just because the guy was pursuing a girl, could he?

That would probably turn them into real enemies...

He had just been about to refuse when he saw Wang Dan looking up at him pitifully, her face full of pleading. He could not bring himself to turn her down.

Girls like Wang Dan and Li Xiaoyun had come alone to an unfamiliar foreign country at only seventeen or eighteen. To be honest, it was easy for people to take advantage of their vulnerability...

If they met someone who truly liked them, that would be fine. But if they encountered someone with ulterior motives, the outcome could be rather tragic.

If Song Xiaogang, Liu Xiaojie, Zhou Yuan, or someone like them were pursuing Wang Dan, Wang Ye would only offer his blessing and would never interfere.

But Zhang Ke...

"Fine, then I'll go freeload at your place. These dishes look pretty good. Whose cooking is it?" Wang Ye asked with a smile.

"Xiaoyun made them. I only helped out a little," Wang Dan quickly said.

When she heard Wang Ye agree to come over, a smile appeared on her face.

Inside Li Xiaoyun and Wang Dan's dorm room.

Zhang Ke sat by the dining table, pretending to read a copy of the Moscow Chinese Newspaper in his hands. In truth, his mind was nowhere near the newspaper.

All he could think about was how to get Wang Dan into his hands...

After getting to know her for a while, he had set his sights on Wang Dan.

Wang Dan was not particularly beautiful. In terms of looks, she could not compare with Nalan Yaqi.

Zhang Ke had his reasons. He had discovered that this girl's family was far from ordinary!