111 Ye Xun Benefits
While doing his linear algebra homework in the dormitory, Wang Heng received a call from Pei Ningle.
“Hello, Mr. Manager, can you come to my place this Saturday afternoon? My song is almost finished, but I need a little reference for the lyrics.”
The girl’s tone was a little excited, which made Wang Heng secretly vigilant—this deliberately happy tone was not a good thing in his memory of the first timeline.
So Wang Heng said decisively, “If you need a reference for writing lyrics, don’t look for me, look for a dictionary.”
Pei Ningle: “…”
Wang Heng: “Is there anything else?”
Pei Ningle: “Then can you help me contact a recording studio? Although the lyrics aren’t completely finished, the arrangement needs to be hurried. This is very important. Won’t you come over?”
Wang Heng: “Oh, this is very simple. I can just help you contact one online.”
Rejected twice, Pei Ningle asked weakly, “Are you busy on Saturday?”
“Of course, I have a part-time job.”
Are you kidding? Without a sufficient and reasonable excuse, how could Wang Heng dare to refuse her casually?
After hanging up the phone, Wang Heng stretched and turned to look at his other roommates.
Fu Hanwen was playing ranked solo, Tang Hexing was feeding the cat, Wang Ke was giggling at his tablet… Hmm, the dorm was as peaceful as ever today.
Looking at the little hamster beside him, Wang Heng frowned.
This unscrupulous little thing seemed to be smiling?
**
Pei Ningle hung up the phone, and her originally confident expression quickly collapsed.
And Han Yixuan, sitting opposite her, had already written a text message and clicked send.
【I’m going to meet a friend near your school this Saturday. If Student Wang Heng is free, why don’t we come out for a cup of milk tea?】
A casual tone, a suitably distant address—in Han Yixuan’s view, the success rate of such an invitation would obviously be higher. Compared to Pei Ningle’s urgent and insufficient reason, she felt that she was undoubtedly much wiser.
While waiting for a reply, Han Yixuan looked at her disappointed love rival and asked with a smile, “What was his reason for rejecting you?”
Pei Ningle whispered, “He said he has a part-time job… It should be true. I went to the Penguin building before and saw that he really works part-time there.”
At this moment, Wang Heng’s reply arrived.
【Sorry, I have a part-time job tomorrow.】
Han Yixuan thought for a moment, looked up at the girl in front of her, and asked, “Have you been to his office?”
“No, I’ve only been downstairs at his office, but…”
Speaking of this, Pei Ningle remembered someone and suddenly had a bad premonition. What exactly was the relationship between that big sister who had bought her a plane ticket and Wang Heng?
So she asked tentatively, “If there was a pretty sister who was a bit older than us but not old, and had a lot of money… How attractive would such a person be to Wang Heng?”
Thinking of Wang Heng’s family background, Han Yixuan was instantly horrified. “That would be terrible! What, does such a character really exist?”
Pei Ningle nodded and whispered, “I saw her once. Her name seems to be Lu Qi…”
Han Yixuan immediately pressed, “Who is this Lu Qi? Wang Heng’s boss?”
Pei Ningle recalled carefully and said vaguely, “Seems like it. I can’t remember exactly what they said that night.”
Han Yixuan couldn’t sit still anymore.
The girl stood up, paced back and forth for a while, and quickly made up her mind.
She sat back in her original seat and said seriously, “No, I must go and see on Saturday.”
Pei Ningle’s small face was full of surprise. “You’re going to stalk him!”
Han Yixuan sneered and retorted, “Didn’t you stalk me all the way to my school? Why do you look so surprised when talking about stalking?”
Pei Ningle was instantly speechless.
“That’s it then. It seems your progress isn’t much better than mine, and you might have even gone down the wrong path of being a ‘sister’. So I have nothing to worry about. Goodbye.”
With that, Han Yixuan stood up and turned to leave.
But just then, Pei Ningle jumped up hurriedly and slammed the table. “Don’t think you’re the only one who can stalk. I can do it too!”
Han Yixuan turned to stare at her and smiled provocatively. “Alright then. Lunch on Saturday, want to go together?”
“Together it is!”
**
The peaceful time passed in a flash, and the leisurely time of Saturday afternoon finally arrived.
But for Ye Xun, Saturday was not leisurely. In the high school she transferred to, freshmen could still enjoy a two-day weekend, but sophomores only had one and a half days. On Saturday morning, she had to attend classes with her classmates, and in the afternoon, it was one-on-one tutoring. No matter how you looked at it, it was exceptionally busy and fulfilling.
But for the one-on-one tutoring in the afternoon, the girl had an unspeakable expectation. The closer it got, the more her heart raced… After school in the morning, she hurriedly finished her lunch in a few bites, went home to change into a nice JK skirt, and even put on a little light makeup before taking the bus over.
Arriving at the entrance of the coffee shop, she waited for less than half a minute before the punctual Wang Heng arrived.
The girl’s expectation was finally fulfilled, but her heartbeat didn’t slow down; instead, it beat faster.
Wang Heng came up to her and greeted her casually, “Good afternoon.”
Ye Xun was standing at the entrance of the shop holding her schoolbag. At this moment, she subconsciously hugged her schoolbag to her chest and bowed nervously. “Good afternoon!”
Wang Heng smiled bitterly. “Did you go to school in Sakura Island? No need to be so polite, it’s too exaggerated.”
Ye Xun nodded obediently and followed him into the coffee shop.
Like last time, the two sat down by the window—the light here was brighter, but not directly exposed to the sun, which was very convenient for reading and doing problems.
“Have you organized the wrong question notebook I mentioned last time?” After ordering drinks, Wang Heng asked.
Ye Xun quickly took the notebook out of her schoolbag and handed it over.
Wang Heng opened the notebook, looked at a couple of pages, and nodded. “Okay, not bad. I’ll explain in more detail today and connect the knowledge points for you properly.”
Ye Xun nodded repeatedly. “Mhm, mhm!”
But the two didn’t notice that in a milk tea shop diagonally opposite, two people were staring intently at them.
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Translator’s Notes
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Sakura Island (樱岛, Yīngdǎo): A nickname for Japan, referring to its cherry blossoms.
