Chapter 64.2: “The person I like confessed to me!”

Bai DuanDuan couldn’t help but defend Ji Lin, “He did have some costs. He sent me red envelopes, several of them. Maybe it adds up to tens of thousands.”

“What’s tens of thousands? You need to know what level of beauty you are! If spending tens of thousands can win you over, then he should go burn incense! I have a female colleague who looks much worse than you, but her current boyfriend spent hundreds of thousands just to pursue her. Men, the more they spend on you, the more they care about you, the more they value you, and the less likely they are to cheat on you.”

Duan Yun became more and more spirited as she spoke: “Besides, with your spending habits and earning ability, you should find someone whose income is higher than yours, right? You casually buy a bag that costs tens of thousands of yuan, and he spends only a few thousand to pursue you? That’s too cheap!”

Bai Duandan cautiously probed, “But this man who is pursuing me is usually quite… quite thrifty. If he’s willing to spend tens of thousands, does that mean he really loves me?”

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“…”

Ji Lin, Ji Lin, look at the image you’ve created in other people’s eyes! Not a single person believes you would spend tens of thousands of yuan!

Bai Duandan thought for a moment and decided to try to restore Ji Lin’s image: “Actually, Ji Lin is not as stingy as you guys say. He is quite generous to his subordinates and to me. I think he’s a decent person…”

Because she had been busy for a long time since joining Sheng Lin, she had hardly had time to get together with Duan Yun and Xue Wen. Duan Yun’s image of Ji Lin obviously still remained the same as in the beginning: “Give it up, who are we to each other? You don’t have to be afraid to curse him in front of me just because he’s the boss. Although our company has business cooperation with him, I wouldn’t sell you out. Don’t worry, we can still curse Ji Lin together!”

Probably afraid that Bai Duandan would not believe her, after laughing boldly, Duan Yun added, “Besides, what did you say before? Men like Ji Lin, even if they are handsome, have good business skills and lots of money, they are still stingy and will only die alone! I remember it very clearly. You said at the time that you didn’t know what kind of woman would be blind enough to fall for Ji Lin. He probably wouldn’t be able to find a partner and would go extinct. Only a woman who committed crimes in her past life would hold hands with him in this life…”

“…”

“But since you dislike Ji Lin’s spending habits so much and he’s so different from you, why do you have feelings for a man who lives a very frugal lifestyle? He’s willing to spend a few thousand yuan on you and you get so excited and act like a deer in headlights? I remember when you just graduated, a coal mine owner’s son was chasing after you. That boy was also quite good-looking and had a decent education. He and his father had different tastes, and he gave you jewelry worth tens of thousands of yuan. He did things like proposing with balloons and writing love letters in the sky with a jet. He was so romantic and generous, but even then, you weren’t moved by him and rejected him. Now, just for a few thousand yuan in red envelopes, you can’t control yourself?”

“…”

Bai Duandan wanted to argue back, “Duan Yun, I don’t think you should have such strong prejudices. I think, regarding Ji Lin, if he meets someone he likes, he’ll be generous…”

“Impossible. I’ve known Ji Lin for a long time, and I know what kind of person he is. Even if someone is foolish enough to fall for him, I doubt he knows how to spoil his girlfriend. Even if he does, let’s say he falls deeply in love with someone and becomes generous, I don’t think any woman in the world can survive the period of transformation in the beginning. You have to be very charitable and saintly to persist in being with him, considering how much he changes…”

“…”

Bai Duandan felt a pain in her face, realizing that many things should not be judged too harshly at first, and that people should not be dismissed solely based on initial prejudices. Because everyone has flaws, but even if these flaws are significant, if we can suppress our preconceived notions and really get to know someone, we may find that they are reliable and completely worth getting to know. Many flaws are not fundamental errors but can be corrected, and even from a different perspective, they may not be flaws at all.

For the first time in her life, Bai Duandan reflected on her prejudice against Ji Lin and felt regretful and ashamed. If she had not encouraged Duan Yun and persuaded her to calm down, perhaps Duan Yun would not have such a radical attitude towards Ji Lin now…

Ji Lin was not that kind of person.

He was good, which was why she was unconsciously attracted to him.

But after hanging up the phone, Bai Duandan still hesitated and worried. She knew what kind of person Ji Lin was, and knew that he did not care about money when it came to her. However, after being swayed by Duan Yun’s twisted logic, she found herself hesitant.

How much did Ji Lin really like her?

Does he really think that saving face is more important than liking her, and that’s why he used being drunk as an opportunity to confess?

People are greedy animals. Before knowing that Ji Lin likes her, Bai DuanDuan never dared to think that he would have any other feelings for her. But once she found out that Ji Lin liked her, just liking her was not enough. She wanted more, she wanted him to like her very, very much.

She knew what Duan Yun meant. She talked on and on about it, but the main idea was that the man’s confession wasn’t sincere enough, because at this point in his drunkenness, he could retract his words at any time.

Whether it was unrealistic or just a woman’s fantasy, who wouldn’t want the person they liked to like them so much that they could ignore unnecessary pride?

Love is a very pure thing. Even Bai DuanDuan knew that mature men’s love is always restrained, and loving others always comes after loving themselves, but deep down she was also shaken.

She hoped that Ji Lin would like her, like her without reservation, and not worry about face or anything else. She wanted this kind of reckless love.

Even though Duan Yun had advised and admonished her for so long, after hanging up the phone, Bai DuanDuan became even more restless. The satisfaction and anticipation of being liked by Ji Lin were mixed with the uneasiness and anxiety deep in her heart, making it even harder for her to fall asleep.

She looked through Ji Lin’s WeChat messages again and again, as if trying to deduce his possible response and any other clues after he sobered up tomorrow.

However, Ji Lin’s kiss and the confession that followed had completely disrupted Bai DuanDuan’s mind. It was like a high-difficulty puzzle that was about to be completed, but was completely disrupted by someone who didn’t play by the rules, making Baiddan feel difficult and chaotic, sweet and sour.

It’s really hard to have a relationship.

She couldn’t sleep, tossing and turning in bed. She typed and deleted messages in the chat box with Ji Lin several times, trying to find the right words. Eventually, she remembered that she had something else to distract herself.

Earlier, she had 58 notifications on her phone, with 49 of them being from Ji Lin on WeChat and the other 9 being text message notifications. Normally, she didn’t like adding clients on WeChat to maintain a professional distance, so the ones who communicated with her via text were most likely clients. Even though there was no need to deal with work-related matters in the middle of the night, Bai Duan Duan thought that maybe focusing on work could calm her down and help her sleep.

However, when she clicked on the text message icon, she realized that she couldn’t sleep anymore…

Aside from the 49 WeChat messages, there were indeed 9 text messages, but when she opened them, she was completely stunned.

They were system messages from the bank, 9 consecutive notifications of deposits.

Nine messages, nine deposits, and each one was for…

520,520 yuan.

The Arabic numerals on her phone screen read 520520.

Each and every deposit was for that amount.

The sender: Ji Lin.

Bai Duan Duan was speechless as she looked at her balance…

Aside from sending her 520 and 1314 yuan red envelopes on WeChat, Ji Lin had transferred a total of nine deposits of 520,520 yuan directly to her, amounting to nearly 5 million yuan…

Bai Duan Duan’s mood took a turn for the worse. She began to question whether Ji Lin’s confession of love was reasonable or not, because he had just transferred almost 5 million yuan to her in one night!

This man probably had no idea what he was doing!