“I don’t need it. I can go back by myself,” Lin Ruyuan declined Qin Jianchuan’s offer. Right now, she didn’t want to have any dealings with anyone connected to the Fang family.
Qin Jianchuan could clearly feel Lin Ruyuan’s resistance toward him. His eyes darkened slightly. “Actually, you still owe me a favor.”
Lin Ruyuan froze, turning to look at him in surprise. “What?”
What favor could she possibly owe Qin Jianchuan?
“I know you want to annul the engagement, but Old Master Fang wouldn’t have agreed so easily. So on the day of the annulment, I had my grandfather help out a little.”
Of course!
Lin Ruyuan had wondered at the time how Old Master Fang could have intervened on her behalf without reason.
It turned out he was Qin Jianchuan’s grandfather—the elder of the Qin family.
Qin Jianchuan had gotten his grandfather to help ensure the annulment went through.
Now Lin Ruyuan was even more puzzled. Qin Jianchuan and Fang Shijun were close friends, the Qin family and the Fang family had a special relationship—so was Qin Jianchuan helping Fang Shijun or helping her?
If he was helping Fang Shijun, then why had he just said he was helping her?
As the saying goes, a woman’s heart is unfathomable, and now men’s hearts seemed just as inscrutable.
Lin Ruyuan stared at Qin Jianchuan for a long while. “What do you mean?”
“I mean Fang Shijun isn’t worthy of you,” Qin Jianchuan said in a low, serious voice. “If you tried to annul the engagement on your own, it definitely wouldn’t have succeeded. So you owe me a favor.”
Lin Ruyuan frowned. “What favor do you want me to repay?”
She didn’t have much contact with Qin Jianchuan to begin with.
Besides, she didn’t think there was anything she could do to help him.
“You can repay it slowly. For now, when it comes to someone who’s helped you, you can’t refuse them.”
Qin Jianchuan’s thin lips curved lightly. “I’m sending you back home.” Just like that.
Lin Ruyuan: “……”
This man, Qin Jianchuan, might really be a little crazy.
If he weren’t, why would he talk in circles like this, when the whole point was simply to send her home?
And as it turned out, when Qin Jianchuan said he would send her home, that was exactly what he did.
When Lin Ruyuan entered the courtyard and heard the car recede into the distance, she furrowed her brows even more.
…
Lin Ruyuan’s transfer request was officially approved.
She had officially transferred from the Finance Department to the Agriculture Department.
Her decision was hard for the professors in Finance to understand.
After all, Lin Ruyuan had been one of their best students in Finance, and she had entered university as the top scorer in the college entrance exam!
Professors from other departments would have done everything possible to recruit such a talented student.
And now, just before graduation, she had switched to Agriculture.
The prospects in Agriculture certainly weren’t as bright as Finance. What was she thinking?!
“Ruyuan, you can still regret it. I have connections; after graduation, you could immediately start an internship at a state-owned enterprise,” Professor Zheng advised earnestly. “Or if you have other plans, speak up. Keeping it to yourself won’t solve anything.”
“I want to thank you for your guidance these past two years. Actually, I’ve always liked the Agriculture Department. I just chose the wrong major at first,” Lin Ruyuan said, a faint smile on her lips. “I want to work in agricultural research. I’m not cut out for the scheming and rivalry in business.”
Professor Zheng hesitated, at a loss for words. “Ah, what a waste of talent!”
“Oh? I finally found such an excellent student, and you, old man, are talking nonsense!” Professor Zhang from Agriculture cheerfully interjected, having overheard the remark.
“Hey—you!” Professor Zheng stiffened, ready to argue.
Lin Ruyuan quickly intervened, “It’s my own decision, and no one else has anything to do with it.”
“Fine. If you ever regret it, you can switch back anytime!” Professor Zheng said reluctantly as he watched Lin Ruyuan leave with Professor Zhang, not even paying attention to lunch anymore.
The Agriculture Department was also a key program at the university. Lin Ruyuan had originally chosen Finance because the Fang family wanted her to know business, but this time, she would make decisions for herself.
“My class currently has ten students, and you’re the only girl,” Professor Zhang said cheerfully. “If you ever have questions, just ask me. I heard you’re from Jing City? If you don’t go home for lunch, I can help you apply for a dorm room.”
“Yes, please help me with that. I won’t go home for lunch,” Lin Ruyuan said. Coming back and forth would waste a lot of time, so it was better to use it for studying.
“Alright!” Professor Zhang took Lin Ruyuan to the classroom. As soon as she entered, the noisy classroom fell silent.
“Look at you all, useless lot!” Professor Zhang scolded. “Let me introduce Lin Ruyuan, who just transferred from Finance. She’ll be part of our class from now on!”
“……” Someone started clapping, and soon the whole class joined in.
Lin Ruyuan smiled faintly. “Please take care of me in the future.”
“We will! You’re the only girl in our department, and you’re beautiful too. Of course, we’ll take care of you!”
“Finally, a living female student in class after all this time…”
“From Finance? Did you transfer because Finance was too hard?”
“……”
The chatter continued until Professor Zhang scowled and silenced them.
“No one is allowed to disturb Lin Ruyuan except regarding studies!”
He arranged her at the front row. “Class begins now!”
…
After about an hour, the class ended. No classes in the afternoon, so Lin Ruyuan planned to go home.
As Professor Zhang left, a few male students immediately approached her.
“Hello, Lin! Introduce yourself. I’m Ma Shengli—‘victory’ is in my name. Easy to remember, right?”
Lin Ruyuan smiled. “Hello. I’ll remember it.”
“And I’m Xu Xuejun…”
“……” Other students began introducing themselves. Lin Ruyuan had a good memory and, since the class was small, she could remember everyone quickly.
Compared to the tense atmosphere in Finance, Agriculture was certainly more relaxed.
“Alright, alright. Lin must be hungry. Don’t keep her. See you tomorrow!” Ma Shengli waved.
“See you tomorrow!”
…
The campus of Jing University was beautiful, especially now with the leaves just turning yellow—like a painting.
But beauty is always fragile, waiting for an unwary hand to disrupt it—