Wu Xin came from an ordinary family and had never seen so much money. Her eyes turned green with envy, and without thinking, she blurted out, "Is all the money up there from your boyfriend?"
Qiao Ci nodded and paid her no further attention.
Some people just didn't understand what was being said or couldn't read the room. It was a society governed by law, but she couldn't drag Wu Xin out and beat her. It was best to move out of the dormitory as soon as possible.
"Your boyfriend is that rich..."
"There are risks in stock trading; many people fail and jump to their deaths. I'm telling you..."
"It's so good to have a rich boyfriend..."
Wu Xin continued to talk, but Qiao Ci treated her like she was invisible, focusing on her own tasks.
She had no classes that afternoon. Remembering it was Monday, Qiao Ci left the campus and returned with a lottery ticket in her hand.
Wu Xin thought she had gone to see her boyfriend and was surprised she returned so quickly.
Seeing the lottery ticket in her hand, Wu Xin became even more convinced that Qiao Ci was an ambitious woman, involved in stock trading and buying lottery tickets. She clearly wasn't someone who would settle down. Wu Xin couldn't help but feel sorry for Qi Che.
The next day, there were no classes in the afternoon either. Wu Xin went out and bought some things. While sitting on the bus, she suddenly saw Qiao Ci walking towards the lottery center. Wu Xin couldn't help but shake her head.
Seeing that Qi Che was not with her, she couldn't help but feel a sense of schadenfreude.
She thought Qiao Ci must be hiding it from Qi Che and using his money to buy the tickets. Otherwise, why wouldn't she ask Qi Che to come along?
Upon returning to school, near the cafeteria, Wu Xin suddenly saw Qi Che.
Her eyes lit up, and she walked up to him.
"Hello, Qi Che."
Qi Che, seeing it was her again, wasn't very inclined to talk to her. Out of politeness, he just nodded.
Wang Lei, standing nearby, mistook her for Qi Che's girlfriend and muttered to himself:
No matter how you look at it, this doesn't seem worth a casual hundred thousand.
Qi Che's lack of enthusiasm didn't anger Wu Xin. She waved at him, "I need to talk to you about something. Let's go over there."
Qi Che raised an eyebrow. He didn't move at all, wondering where she got the confidence that he would walk over with her.
Qi Che's refusal made Wu Xin feel a bit awkward, so she directly said, "I saw Qiao Ci outside just now, and I have something I want to tell you."
"You can say it here," Qi Che replied, looking displeased.
Wang Lei finally realized that the girl in front of him was not Qi Che's girlfriend.
"Are you sure you want to say it here, in front of outsiders?" Wu Xin confirmed repeatedly.
"If you don't say it, I'm leaving," Qi Che said, too lazy to talk to her further. He felt she was acting strangely and might be contagious.
"Don't, I'll say it then," Wu Xin replied, her tone carrying a hint of complaint and coyness.
Wang Lei's skin crawled. Damn it, if you didn't know better, you'd think she was Qi Che's girlfriend with that clingy attitude. Didn't she see that Qi Che clearly didn't want to bother with her?
"Today I saw Qiao Ci go to the lottery center. She's probably buying lottery tickets again. By the way, do you know she's trading stocks? Stock trading is very risky; one wrong move and you could lose everything. I've advised her many times, but she just doesn't listen. I hope you can persuade her, after all, it's your hard-earned money she's spending, you..." Wu Xin started talking non-stop, acting as if she had Qiao Ci's best interests at heart.
"Are you finished?" Qi Che found this self-righteous girl increasingly annoying. "What she wants to do is her freedom. I support it completely. In the future, there's no need to specifically tell me about her. If I want to know, I'll ask her myself."
With that, Qi Che turned and walked away, showing no interest in continuing the conversation.
Wu Xin stomped her feet in anger. It was like a dog biting a kind-hearted person; ungrateful! She was furious!
Wang Lei looked at Qi Che as if he were a big fool. He chased after him, walking parallel, and patted him on the shoulder without saying a word.
He felt that his detached, distant, and simple-minded roommate might genuinely be deceived by a woman.
Seeing how the girl earlier was ignored, he figured it was useless to say anything. He would understand once he truly suffered a loss.
At the end of class that day, Wang Lei found his phone was dead. He wanted to call his mother, so he borrowed Qi Che's phone.
Qi Che unlocked it and handed it to him.
As Wang Lei was about to dial the number, he noticed a text message from Qi Che: Wealth Connect Payment Technology Company completed a代付 transaction of RMB 5,000,000.00 to your account ending in 9372 at 12:05 PM on January 1st. Your balance is 50,128,952.36.
Immediately after, a message from someone named "Porcelain Baby" arrived on WeChat: Returning your money, 50 times.
Followed by a "cool girl" emoji.
Wang Lei felt a bit dazed.
With so many zeros, how much money was it?
He couldn't help but tap on it and count.
Oh my god, five million!!!
He immediately stopped trying to make his call and shakily handed the phone back to Qi Che. "You... your baby returned your money."
Hearing this, Qi Che felt a bit embarrassed.
Because Qiao Ci always called him "cub," he had saved her contact as "Porcelain Baby"... He hadn't expected his roommate to see it.
He took the phone back, saw the message from Qiao Ci on WeChat, and quickly checked his text messages. He found that there was indeed five million. He immediately called her, and she answered instantly.
Qi Che: "Hello, A'Ci."
Qiao Ci: "What's up? Did you receive it?"
Qi Che: "Yeah, why so much?"
Qiao Ci: "Don't ask. If you ask, it's interest. If you ask again, it's because I love you."
Qi Che felt his cheeks burn and replied softly, "Mhm." kuAiδugg
After Qi Che hung up, Wang Lei was still in a daze.
Then he grabbed Qi Che's arm and called out earnestly, "Brother Che! Does your girlfriend need to borrow money? I'll sell everything I have and even donate a kidney to help her!!!"
Qi Che shook his head, "Probably not."
The next afternoon, Qi Che's WeChat was buzzing. He opened it to find ten messages from Qiao Ci.
All of them were photos of the interior decoration of a house.
Porcelain Baby: "What decorating style do you like?"
Qi Che: "Any is fine."
Porcelain Baby: "Then I'll decide based on that."
Qi Che: "What is this?"
Porcelain Baby: "Our future cozy home!"
Qi Che: "Is the money enough?"
Porcelain Baby: "It's enough!"
After their chat, Qi Che said to Wang Lei, "Uh, you don't need to help me find a place anymore. Thank you."
Wang Lei looked confused. "Ah?"
Qi Che said with a hint of boastfulness, "My girlfriend has her eye on a house and is planning to buy it and renovate it."
Wang Lei: ...
After a long silence, he asked a question from the depths of his soul: "Brother Che, what sleeping position should I use to dream of a girlfriend like this?"
Envious, just utterly envious! His eyes were green with envy!!!
Qi Che smiled and said nothing.
Wang Lei continued to wail, "Your girlfriend is so good at making money! Ahhh, I'm so hateful! Why was I born with a face like a donkey's!"
"I could have been happy, but it's lack of money that's ruined me!"
"Of course, ugliness is the original sin!!!"