Torn-Up Tickets

Torn-Up Tickets

Wang Ping fell silent.

He simply couldn't be bothered to talk to Liu Qing.

Never try to reason with someone who refuses to listen to reason.

Liu Qing kept complaining, saying that this year he would have to live frugally, survive on the cafeteria's free rice and soup, and buy one-yuan packets of pickled mustard greens to get through his senior year.

He also had to find a way to get a ticket so his girlfriend could attend Lin Qingyue's concert.

As for himself, he truly didn't have enough money to buy another ticket.

As long as his girlfriend got to go, he would be satisfied.

Lin Yuan's ears were getting irritated from listening to his endless rambling.

He happened to have three tickets: one for himself, one for Gu Lianyin, and the last one had originally been meant for sale.

Since Liu Qing needed one, giving it away was out of the question, but selling it to him was fine.

"Liu Qing, I have a Lin Qingyue concert ticket I can sell you."

"What?"

Liu Qing, who had been frowning miserably, abruptly lifted his head. He thought he had wanted a ticket so badly that he was hearing things.

Lin Yuan repeated what he had just said.

"Lin Yuan, you really have a Lin Qingyue ticket?!"

Lin Yuan nodded.

As if he had grabbed hold of his last lifeline, Liu Qing hurried over and started kneading Lin Yuan's shoulders and pounding his back.

He knew what kind of person Lin Yuan was. He wasn't someone who liked lying or making jokes.

He probably really did have a ticket.

"Even though we're roommates, Lin Qingyue concert tickets are pretty expensive. How much are you planning to pay for it?"

"Tickets are selling for over eight thousand now. Besides, look at our relationship—how about giving me a discount? I'll pay five thousand six."

Wang Ping couldn't stand listening any longer.

"Didn't you set aside seven thousand eight to buy a ticket? What, trying to take advantage of Lin Yuan?"

Having been exposed, Liu Qing's face grew a little awkward. At the same time, Wang Ping's big mouth annoyed him.

He had no choice but to quickly change his offer. "How about seven thousand five? Let me keep some spending money. Please, Lin Yuan, with our relationship..."

Liu Qing pleaded earnestly and poured out all kinds of grievances, saying that he had no money to buy clothes this year, couldn't afford to eat at small restaurants, and still had to save some money to buy his girlfriend her first milk tea of autumn...

In the end, Lin Yuan agreed and sold his extra ticket to Liu Qing for seven thousand five hundred.

The moment Liu Qing got the ticket, he hurriedly called his girlfriend and told her that he had managed to get one.

"Thanks, Lin Yuan. My girlfriend finally isn't mad at me anymore."

Lin Yuan was speechless. Was he really that humble?

But they were roommates, so Lin Yuan couldn't say much.

The concert happened to be this Saturday, and there were no classes that day.

The campus singing competition was still being promoted, and preliminary auditions would begin next week.

Nearly a hundred people had signed up, but many of them were only amateurs and would need to be eliminated in the auditions.

As for his appointment with his elementary school classmate Zheng Xiaoqi, it was on the fifth of next month. There was still plenty of time.

The next day, when Lin Yuan handed the ticket to Gu Lianyin, she was completely stunned.

"A diamond concert ticket! Lin Yuan, where did you get this ticket?!"

She had thought it was only an ordinary ticket, but she had been wrong. It was actually a diamond ticket.

One was currently being scalped for tens of thousands, and they were impossible to find even at that price.

Gu Lianyin could more or less guess at Lin Yuan's family circumstances.

The food he ate in the cafeteria wasn't expensive, just the cheap kind, and his clothes weren't designer brands either. His family background should have been quite ordinary.

Although she didn't mind that at all, she worried that Lin Yuan might have been scammed.

After all, there were plenty of people online selling fake tickets.

They came up with all sorts of excuses, such as breaking up with their girlfriends and selling tickets cheaply.

Or claiming that a friend was an insider and could get tickets at a low price.

Lin Yuan smiled. He could see Lianyin's concern and said, "Don't worry. I guarantee it's real."

"As for where I got my ticket, you wouldn't believe me even if I told you."

"How could I not believe you? Tell me!"

"Lin Qingyue gave it to me personally."

"I don't believe you!"

Gu Lianyin thought Lin Yuan was joking with her.

She never would have imagined that he was telling the truth.

That afternoon, Lin Yuan immediately sold his stocks.

He made more than six hundred thousand.

"We made so much money in just over ten days. Am I dreaming?!" Gu Lianyin was beside herself with excitement when she saw the balance in the bank account.

"Classmate Lin Yuan, give me your account number. I'll transfer you your share when I get back."

She hadn't forgotten that half of the money belonged to Lin Yuan, and naturally, she wouldn't keep it all for herself.

Lin Yuan gave Gu Lianyin his account number.

With this money, he could improve his family's life.

Although he also had a villa under his name and wanted his mother to move in, how he was supposed to explain it was a major problem.

School was over.

"Classmate Lin Yuan, see you tomorrow!"

Gu Lianyin waved and smiled as she said goodbye to Lin Yuan.

The students in the class were no longer surprised by this sight.

Some had even begun to speculate whether the two were dating.

Lin Yuan watched Gu Lianyin leave through the school gates before heading back to the dormitory himself.

The moment he entered the dormitory, Lin Yuan looked down and saw Lin Qingyue's diamond concert ticket, torn in half and thrown onto the floor.

(End of Chapter)