Chapter 9

What kind of person is Wen Yu?

Perhaps because his family is very wealthy, Wen Yu believes that money can buy everything, including love, regardless of his appearance.

Likewise, because Ji Anning is sensitive to money, she understood this when he first asked her to be his girlfriend.

Thanks to her past experience, Ji Anning didn’t turn pale or hesitate. She simply told him, “No.”

Wen Yu: “…”

He raised an eyebrow and smiled, “Why not?”

Ji Anning didn’t need to say nonsense reasons like “I don’t know you well.” Without beating around the bush, Ji Anning told him, “I don’t have time for a boyfriend.”

Wen Yu rubbed his forehead.

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¹“诸口生金，积则毁骨” (zhū kǒu shēng jīn, jī zé huǐ gǔ) – Meaning that gossip can spread quickly but will eventually damage a person’s reputation or well-being.

Ji Anning looked up at him quietly without saying a word.

The sunlight shone on her cheeks, white as snow, with a hint of light pink plum blossoms. Her gaze was like tranquil water, deep and mysterious, and no one knew if there were hidden currents beneath the surface.

Wen Yu couldn’t keep laughing when he looked into her eyes.

Ji Anning wasn’t telling a joke after all. She was actually serious.

Wen Yu stopped laughing and coughed, saying, “You’re thinking too much. Who befriends and falls in love with whom is none of other people’s business.”

Ji Anning nodded, “You’re right. But… we all live in social groups, and humans are social animals. It’s impossible not to be influenced by others or not to influence others at all. Sometimes words can be deadly.”

As she was talking, how did they end up talking about death?

Wen Yu didn’t consider himself superstitious, but when Ji Anning said those words, he inexplicably felt uncomfortable.

“Let others say what they want. Just don’t let me hear it. If I hear it, they won’t have a good ending,” he forcibly changed the topic. “So, be my girlfriend.”

He stared intently at Ji Anning.

Perhaps a person like him has nothing to fear. But Ji Anning couldn’t be like that.

Just a single remark like “You’ve already found a rich second-generation boyfriend, why bother applying for a scholarship?” was enough to overwhelm her.

She worked multiple jobs every day to earn a living and medical expenses, but they couldn’t see that. They only saw Wen Yu pursuing her, sending flowers and gifts.

Of course, they couldn’t see Ji Anning’s rejection of Wen Yu.

Selective blindness.

“Being your girlfriend won’t work.” Ji Anning was silent for a moment. “At most, we can only be friends.”

She was serious. She still couldn’t accept Wen Yu in that way, but she couldn’t just ignore him like in her previous life.

To Wen Yu, it sounded extremely hypocritical.

How can there be simple friendship between men and women? Especially for a pretty girl like Ji Anning, no matter what face the man puts on when he approaches her, what ultimate goal is there besides wanting to sleep with her?

When a pretty girl solemnly tells a guy “let’s just be friends,” nine times out of ten she’s just keeping him on the back burner, and the remaining one or two are just pretending to be naïve.

Did Ji Anning want to keep him on the back burner, or was she pretending to be naïve?

Wen Yu ground his teeth, but he smiled gracefully: “Okay, then let’s be friends for now.”

Wen Yu thought his smile could deceive Ji Anning and make him appear to be a gentlemanly and personable senior. Little did he know that in her previous life, Ji Anning had suffered greatly from his rogue and shameless behavior, and had long known his true colors.

But if he wanted to act this way, Ji Anning couldn’t expose him. She could only nod and say, “Okay.”

During class that afternoon, a girl came over during break and asked, “Hey, Ji Anning, did you have lunch with the third-year Wen Yu today?”

Ji Anning’s hand paused. KFC was just across from the school gate, so it was natural for someone to see them.

“Yes,” she answered simply.

The girl was enthusiastic and asked, “Do you know him?”

Wen Yu was quite a big shot in the school, but it was only mid to late September. For a freshman to already know him, this girl, Sun Yaxian, was a well-informed and typical social butterfly.

She was quite beautiful, and if it weren’t for Ji Anning’s existence, she would probably have become the campus flower, department flower, and even school flower directly after entering university.

Unfortunately, she encountered Ji Anning.

On the first day of school, the entire department gathered in the staircase classroom. The head of the department told an inspirational story about a girl who, after losing her mother and losing contact with her father, relied on her grandmother to study hard and eventually get into university. She also talked about how the girl carried her grandmother on her back and came to this city from another one, never leaving her side.

The head of the department emotionally said that the students were lucky to have this girl as a classmate. Her name was Ji Anning.

“Come on, Ji Anning, come up and introduce yourself to everyone,” the head of the department waved to the back of the room and everyone turned to look.

The girl sitting in the inconspicuous corner in the back could only raise her head reluctantly.

Like an orchid in a deserted valley, like a snow lotus on a mountaintop.

In the noisy staircase classroom, there was suddenly a moment of silence where you could hear a pin drop.

From that moment on, the ambitions of Sun Yaxian to be the class flower, the department flower, and the school flower were all shattered.

Ji Anning’s black eyebrows and eyes stared at Sun Yaxian and nodded, “Yes.”

She was proud and cold, like a princess. In reality, she was a poor ghost who couldn’t even bear to eat meat.

Sun Yaxian was angry in her heart, but had a look of enthusiasm on her face. She directly sat in the seat in front of Ji Anning, her arm resting on her desk, and said, “Wen Yu is a famous person in our school, how did you get to know him?”

She squeezed her arm and pressed it against Ji Anning’s books. Ji Anning’s pen drew a line on the book.

3,000 yuan for one night? Is she worth it?

Sun Yaxian’s voice echoed in her mind. Ji Anning’s gaze was fixed on the line she drew on the paper.

Sun Yaxian still had a gossipy expression on her face, itching to find out how Ji Anning had met Wen Yu, who was rumored to be from a super rich family.

“It’s just an acquaintance,” Ji Anning said without saying much, looking up. “Classmate, I’m doing my homework.”

She had to work part-time at night to earn money and didn’t have time to leisurely drink milk tea in the library like these resident students. She had to study during the day.

This rejection was very disrespectful. A pretty gild like Sun Yaxian rarely encountered such treatment. She felt a bit embarrassed and sarcastically stood up, saying, “Wow, you really work hard at studying.” She turned and left.

Back at her seat, she complained to those around her, “What kind of person is she? Can’t she talk? So arrogant.”

Her classmates looked at each other and comforted her, “She usually speaks normally, maybe she’s not in a good mood today?”

Sun Yaxian sneered, “Come on, who does she even bother talking with? She eats with the rich second generation at noon. She’s this cold and arrogant. It’s clear that she doesn’t want to associate with us ordinary classmates.”

The classmates immediately became curious, “What rich second generation?”

“Do you know Wen Yu? No? Your information is really outdated. Next time, when you see me, I’ll show you…” Sun Yaxian said.

Ji Anning quietly studied.

Although Sun Yaxian and her friends spoke in low voices, one could still hear them if they listened closely. Ji Anning was a bit surprised that some of her classmates spoke up for her. Then she remembered that, at this point, even though she wasn’t familiar with her classmates, they still interacted normally.

It was all because of Wen Yu’s appearance that things had turned sour later.

Sun Yaxian couldn’t get what she wanted to know about Wen Yu, so she turned to taunting Ji Anning, a financially disadvantaged student, for hanging out with the rich second generation. At first, her classmates didn’t believe her and there are always some people speaking up for Ji Anning.

Gradually, there are more rumors around. Wen Yu fought with others for her several times, but eventually no one spoke up for her.

Ji Anning knew that half of those rumors came from Sun Yaxian, while the other half sprung from the existing rumors and spread even further. They became more and more absurd, even claiming that she charged three thousand yuan for a night.

Everyone said she acted poor and sold her misery.

The girls distanced themselves from her, and even the boys who once liked her now looked at her with disdainful eyes. They eagerly agreed with the rumors and explained that the reason she didn’t like them or accept their confession was that she was materialistic and loved money.

After her rebirth, she considered improving her relationship with her classmates, but when she saw their faces and remembered how they eagerly gossiped about the mystery of her death, she felt disgusted. Their insatiable curiosity and their joy at hearing and spreading rumors made her feel sick.

Ji Anning lowered her eyelashes and studied quietly.

Despite looking thin and frail, Ji Anning had been toughened by life and could carry heavy bags on her shoulders. After quickly finishing her delivery job for dinner, she ran out of the school gate. As soon as she looked up, she saw Wen Yu leaning against his black Hummer, smiling at her with a cigarette in his mouth.

“Hey!” He greeted her with a finger holding the cigarette. “Friend.”

The word “friend” was emphasized by him, full of playful and sarcastic meaning.

Ji Anning stopped and hesitated for a moment before asking, “What are you doing here?”

Wen Yu had a dormitory in the school, but it was only for resting after lunch. In fact, he was a local resident of the provincial capital and did not live on campus. He drove his cool black Hummer to and from school, making many male students envious and many female students send him flirtatious looks.

But in Wen Yu’s eyes, there was only one person who was tough to deal with and didn’t give in to his pressure, and that was Ji Anning.

“Waiting for you,” Wen Yu said. “Are you going to Guangming Road? I’m heading in that direction, so let me give you a ride.”

He teased her with her own words: “Didn’t we agree to be friends? Since we are friends, don’t be polite.”

He smiled like the scorching sun in this autumn wind, with bright eyes.

Ji Anning felt a little dazzled.

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Sansukini: I hope you are all enjoying reading this story.
This ML is really not the perfect type. In fact, he has a lot of flaws like being too overbearing and devil may care. In fact, his character will definitely grow up. He has one of the best character development I’ve seen in a cnovel.

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