He had originally transferred the same amount as before, but then something occurred to him. His fingers paused, and he deleted two zeros.
Sure enough, it was just as he thought.
He had transferred too much earlier—she must have been scared.
Shen Yuli didn’t bring up the matter of repaying the money with her again.
He wasn’t so poor that he needed someone to pay him back two thousand yuan.
L: [Are the test results out?]
Normally he wouldn’t be this talkative. This online romance was just a punishment for losing a game—he only needed to complete the daily check-in task.
But the image of that girl’s photo surfaced in his mind, like a pitiful little kitten, and he couldn’t help asking a couple more questions.
The other side took a while before replying—she was probably making the payment.
Su Yunting carried the medicine as she walked out of the school infirmary, replying to messages as she went.
Strawberry Sweetheart: [Mmhm, they’re out.]
Su Yunting didn’t know how he and He Jiaojiao usually chatted, but surely he wasn’t cold to her. She tried her best to make her tone sound like He Jiaojiao’s.
Strawberry Sweetheart: [The doctor said there’s nothing wrong with the results. Thanks so much just now—otherwise I would’ve died of embarrassment on the spot~ You’re such a good person~]
Shen Yuli: …
He’d been handed a nice-guy card.
Strawberry Sweetheart: [Your great kindness, I have no way to repay it, except…]
When she typed up to here, Su Yunting’s fingers paused.
Wait, that sentence didn’t seem right.
Shen Yuli looked at the string of messages that had come through. Except what?
The classic line almost instantly surfaced in his mind.
The next second.
Strawberry Sweetheart: [I’ll keep you company chatting, provide emotional value—is that okay?]
Strawberry Sweetheart: [Kitty peeking jpg.]
Shen Yuli: …
That’s it?
Su Yunting finished weighing her words and sent them out.
This way, there’d be no problem with her finding him to chat more often.
After a long while, the other party’s message popped up. Su Yunting’s eyes curved slightly.
L: [Okay.]
After Shen Yuli sent it, he glanced at their chat history.
She seemed really afraid of receiving money today.
Shen Yuli’s eyes paused slightly. She switched to a different social platform, and she doesn’t even want money?
Why did it feel like receiving money would cost her half her life?
If Su Yunting knew, she would absolutely mutter under her breath.
Half her life? It would cost her the rest of her life, okay?
Class ended, and Chen Che came over again, gossiping: “Still chatting with Sweetheart?”
Shen Yuli knew what Chen Che was like. He directly put his phone away, cutting off his gossiping gaze.
He picked up the book on the desk and turned to leave.
Chen Che laughed even louder behind him: “I wonder who didn’t want to do the punishment back then, and now he’s even added her on WeChat.”
He took two big strides to catch up with Shen Yuli ahead.
“You’re not going to be unable to bring yourself to delete Sweetheart later, are you?”
Shen Yuli ignored him.
“If you can’t bear to delete her, then meet up in real life.”
Chen Che didn’t care at all about the other’s coldness and kept talking.
“With your looks, Sweetheart would definitely agree to date you.”
Shen Yuli’s footsteps stopped. Chen Che immediately turned to look at him, smiling as he teased.
“My suggestion’s pretty good, right?”
Shen Yuli withdrew his gaze and continued walking.
His voice drifted back from ahead.
“I’m not as bored as you.”
Chen Che blinked, watching the person walk away, and grumbled.
“Keep talking tough.”
On the other side.
Su Yunting returned to the dormitory.
It was noon. When Su Yunting got back, He Jiaojiao and another roommate were both there.
Su Yunting carried the medicine in and sat down in her usual spot as always.
She took out a mirror and applied the medicine to herself.
He Jiaojiao, on the other side, had been staring at Su Yunting ever since she walked in.
She was still somewhat suspicious about Su Yunting changing her WeChat name.
It was really because she had used the other’s photo for an online romance, so she felt a bit guilty and was afraid of being discovered.
Although given Su Yunting’s personality, even if she found out, she wouldn’t do anything to her.
But she was afraid the matter would get out to her online boyfriends.
That would be terrible.
So even though Su Yunting looked no different from usual, she was still a bit worried.
Thinking of something.
He Jiaojiao picked up her phone and opened the online romance app MI.
MI: Muse Ink, meaning destined encounter.
She began sending messages to her online romance partners, testing the waters.
MI Sweetheart: 【I got hurt today, not happy.】
Instantly she received a bunch of heartache and comfort, all asking what happened, are you okay, a pile of concerned words came flooding out.
Seeing them like this, He Jiaojiao instantly felt relieved—she hadn’t been discovered.
It seemed Su Yunting changing her WeChat name really was just a coincidence.
MI Sweetheart: 【Just got a bump on my head from being hit, it’s fine, doesn’t hurt, if you don’t believe me, I’ll show you a photo, brother.】
Thinking of something, He Jiaojiao walked over to Su Yunting with her phone: “Su Yunting, let me take a photo of you.”
Su Yunting paused her movements, realizing what she wanted the photo for.
She was going to use her photo to Photoshop again.
Su Yunting: “Take a photo of me?”
“Yeah, I saw you got hurt on your head, and I happen to know a doctor friend. I’ll send a photo over and let him take a look for you.”
He Jiaojiao casually made up an excuse—after all, Su Yunting wouldn’t refuse her.
She had already opened the camera.
Su Yunting: “No photos.”
He Jiaojiao: ?
She froze with the phone in her hand.
She hadn’t expected to be refused.
Every time before when she took photos, Su Yunting had been very cooperative.
“I was just trying to help you since you’re hurt, why are you acting like this?” He Jiaojiao frowned and accused.
Su Yunting laughed upon hearing this, turned around with a pair of smiling eyes fixed on He Jiaojiao: “Really?”
He Jiaojiao felt a bit guilty under such a gaze.
He Jiaojiao forced herself to keep up her stance: “Of course it’s true.”
“Oh…” Su Yunting responded, paused for a few seconds.
“Still not taking it.”
After saying that, she ignored He Jiaojiao and turned back to continue applying medicine.
She just never caused trouble, but she wasn’t stupid.
Being honest and dutiful wasn’t the same as being a pushover.
Knowing that He Jiaojiao would shift the blame onto her because of the photo, how could she possibly agree to let her take a picture?
Wishful thinking.
He Jiaojiao: …
She gripped her phone tightly. If she hadn’t just been chatting with those online romance partners and sensed nothing wrong from them, she really would have thought that Su Yunting, saying those words, knew something.
“Fine, don’t take it then.”
He Jiaojiao turned around angrily and went back to her seat.
While saying that, she picked up her phone and sent messages to her online romance partners.
“It’s just a photo, who cares.”
On MI, several people had waited a long time without getting He Jiaojiao’s photo, and all came to ask her.
MI Sweetheart: 【Sorry brother, I got hit on the head, the photo is a bit ugly, I don’t want you to see me looking bad.】
While replying to messages, she cursed Su Yunting in her heart.
If it weren’t for her not letting her take a photo, would she have to make excuses here?
After sending a string of messages, she noticed a chat window at the very bottom.
It was L.
Aside from being enthusiastic on the first day, no matter how many messages she sent him afterward, he would only reply with a period: .
As if he were just completing a task.
However, ever since she sent that photo, the other party’s replies had increased a bit.
But compared to the enthusiasm of her other online romance targets, this L was practically ice-cold.
He was really hard to deal with.
But she still didn’t want to give up on this high-quality catch.
MI Sweetheart: 【My head hurts so much, bro.】
Su Yunting was still thinking about how to earn money to pay back Shen Yuli.
Then she turned her head and saw He Jiaojiao holding her phone and sending messages.
Remembering that she had just asked her for a photo.
Her heart immediately sounded a warning alarm.
Oh no!
This was going to be a disaster!
Su Yunting grabbed her phone so fast it left afterimages.
Strawberry Sweetheart: 【Bro!】