The next day.
The dormitory curtains blocked out most of the sunlight. The person in bed had her beautiful brows tightly furrowed, clearly caught in some unpleasant dream.
The alarm went off beside her.
Jiang Jiayue was already up. It was her first time sleeping in the dorm, and she hadn’t slept soundly, so she’d woken up early.
Seeing that the alarm had been ringing for a while and Su Yunting still hadn’t gotten up, she felt a bit puzzled.
She leaned over from the edge of the bed, poking her head through the bed curtain, and shook Su Yunting’s arm. “Su Yunting, your alarm’s been ringing. Get up, we have class.”
Su Yunting’s eyes snapped open, her expression still dazed.
Seeing her blank look, Jiang Jiayue asked, “What’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell?”
The sound of the other girl’s voice pulled Su Yunting back to her senses.
It took her two seconds to snap out of it and compose herself. “I’m fine, I was just groggy from sleep. I’ll get up now.”
She reached over and turned off the alarm.
Jiang Jiayue said “okay” and went back to her own business, leaving her alone.
Su Yunting clutched her phone. She’d dreamed of the book’s ending again.
The unease and despair in her heart still hadn’t faded.
A moment later, she immediately opened WeChat and started her daily check-in, “prying” at her boyfriend.
Strawberry Sweetheart: [Good morning, big brother~ Another day of missing you~]
After sending the message, she felt much more at ease. She could definitely escape the story’s ending.
All four people were in the dorm. Another girl noticed Jiang Jiayue talking to Su Yunting and looked a little surprised, asking He Jiaojiao beside her, “Since when did those two get so close?”
“And didn’t Jiang Jiayue never stay in the dorm before?”
He Jiaojiao glanced at Su Yunting, a thoughtful look in her eyes.
Ever since yesterday, something seemed different, but she couldn’t quite put her finger on what.
He Jiaojiao looked away and glanced down at her MI. She had four chat partners there, plus L, that made five.
These were all people she’d carefully selected.
Messages from the others had already come in, and He Jiaojiao replied to them with copy-paste responses.
Then she switched to L’s page.
It was completely quiet.
Clearly, a long time had passed since she’d seen his message.
He’d asked how much she’d spent on medicine for her injury.
Finally seeing L show concern for her, He Jiaojiao had been delighted and replied with a lot.
But a whole night had passed, and he still hadn’t responded.
Could it be that he was upset because she’d replied late?
That possibility was very likely.
If it were anyone else, after chatting for this long without any warmth in return, she would have given up long ago.
But he was clearly wealthy, so she could hold on a little longer.
She opened the chat window and continued sending messages with persistence.
Shen Yuli’s phone buzzed nonstop. He glanced at it.
Sure enough, it was Sweetheart.
Not only on WeChat, but also on MI, and even more messages there.
Shen Yuli raised an eyebrow slightly.
Was this… her so-called “test” starting again?
Shen Yuli ignored the messages on MI and switched directly to WeChat.
L: [Having fun?]
Su Yunting looked at the message with a puzzled expression.
Huh?
She’d only sent a good morning message. What fun was there to be had?
Strawberry Sweetheart: [Confused cat?]
L: [Your “missing me” is too heavy. If MI had a physical form, you’d probably have blown it to pieces.]
Su Yunting immediately realized—it was He Jiaojiao sending messages on MI.
After yesterday’s ordeal, she had now grown.
No matter what He Jiaojiao said, she could interpret it as a so-called test.
After all, if Shen Yuli had really discovered something, he wouldn’t be talking to her so calmly right now.
So the current Su Yunting expressed: It’s fine, no need to panic.
Strawberry Sweetheart: 【I haven’t played enough yet, I’ll still play in the future, hehe~】
Shen Yuli raised an eyebrow when he saw the reply.
Fine, still quite tenacious.
Strawberry Sweetheart: 【It’s all because you’re too outstanding, brother, I feel insecure~】
Su Yunting had seriously caught up on her studies yesterday, and had gained a certain grasp of online chat techniques.
Excuses came easily, and she seized every opportunity.
Strawberry Sweetheart: 【How about you delete MI, and I won’t message-bomb you anymore, blink jpg.】
He could hear her scheming even through the phone screen.
L: 【Not deleting.】
Su Yunting: ……
Alright, plan failed again.
A message popped up on MI again.
Shen Yuli glanced at it, then turned on do-not-disturb for MI messages.
The world was quiet.
Let her send whatever she wants.
She said she was afraid he’d chat with others on MI and get jealous.
Being afraid he’d chat with others was probably true.
As for being jealous?
Not a single truthful word in her mouth.
Su Yunting had classes all morning, her head once again stuffed full of knowledge.
She had no classes in the afternoon, so Su Yunting went to the library to study, bringing Jiang Jiayue along.
After completing the study tasks she had set for herself, Su Yunting began pondering how to make money.
Su Yunting browsed the part-time job platform for a long time. The positions listed were too miscellaneous, giving people a headache just looking at them.
After watching Su Yunting browse for quite a while, she picked a few suitable ones from a pile of sales jobs and submitted her resume.
It was already several hours later when the two walked out of the library.
Jiang Jiayue stretched hard and sighed: “I’ve simply been too hardworking. To reward myself, I’ve decided to eat something good.”
“Su Yunting, what do you want to eat?”
“Hm?”
Su Yunting turned her head: “Me?”
“Yeah,” Jiang Jiayue nodded: “Didn’t I say I’d treat you to a meal?”
She always kept her word.
“No refusing allowed, otherwise you’re not treating me as a friend.”
Jiang Jiayue chattered on beside her for quite a while, looking as if she was determined to convince Su Yunting.
“Don’t worry, I’ll definitely take you to eat and drink well.” Jiang Jiayue promised.
Seeing this, Su Yunting smiled: “Alright.”
“I’ll follow you to eat and drink well.”
She’d just treat her back later.
Jiang Jiayue tilted her head up: “Of course, leave it to me.”
“If I really run out of money, I’ll just mooch off my uncle.”
Su Yunting: “……”
That really wasn’t necessary.
The two put their heads together and discussed for a long time, and finally decided to go eat hot pot.
There was a very delicious restaurant outside their school.
Without another word, they grabbed their bags and set off.
The restaurant was doing good business. Su Yunting and Jiang Jiayue ordered dishes.
Once the dishes were on the table, Jiang Jiayue took out her phone and snapped a photo.
She opened WeChat and sent it to Shen Yuli.
Jiang Jiayue: 【Thanks to my generous little uncle for this hot pot meal!】
The photo captured the entire table of ingredients, and a small part of Su Yunting.
To be precise, only a bit of her wrist was showing—fair and slender.
Shen Yuli glanced at the photo, then closed it.
Shen Yuli: 【No money.】
Jiang Jiayue looked at the message her little uncle had sent, then looked at the words she hadn’t finished typing yet.
Jiang Jiayue: 【It would be even better if you could send me a bit more money】
She silently deleted the message.
Jiang Jiayue: 【Little uncle, how could you think of me that way? Am I really that kind of person?!】
Shen Yuli: 【Aren’t you?】
Jiang Jiayue: …
Just four words, dripping with sarcasm. Jiang Jiayue could even imagine the nonchalant way he said those words.
Jiang Jiayue gritted her teeth: 【Little uncle, with such a sharp tongue like yours, you’ll never find a girlfriend!】
Find a girlfriend?
Shen Yuli looked at that line of text, along with the latest message that popped up, then let out a light scoff and typed back slowly and deliberately.
Shen Yuli: 【No need for you to worry about that.】
The message from “Strawberry Sweetheart” appeared prominently on the screen.
Whether he had a girlfriend or not was unknown, but one thing was for sure—he currently had an online girlfriend.