Chapter 478: Offering One's Pillow

"Ren Sheng Jin Jin Yichuan" (Life is a Skewer) is not a good place for a group dinner, because it doesn't accept reservations and is incredibly popular. Yet, it is indeed a good place for a group dinner, because it is truly too lively; drinking and bragging, it couldn't be more suitable.

To look after the graduating college student demographic, starting from the year before last, whenever this time of year arrived, all store locations everywhere would offer a 20% discount to any graduating college student who could prove it with their student ID, provided they could get a table. This lasted for eight days.

After more than three years of development, "Ren Sheng Jin Jin Yichuan" has now taken off. Relying on its huge late-mover advantage, it has expanded very quickly. Three stores in Jin Ling, three in Shanghai, three in Beijing, three in Shenzhen, plus stores in the Yangtze River Delta region like Suzhou and Hangzhou—dozens of locations in total. Naturally, this led to the formation of a specialized management company, with regional managers, a professional team for scouting locations, and a food company handling meat, vegetables, and so on. Big Sister Zhu is full of energy, working herself to the bone...

Wang Yan, Zhang Kai, Lin Jing, Zheng Wei, Ruan Guan, Li Weijuan, and Zhu Xiao Bei—the seven of them gathered for one last time in a private room. Of course, Lin Jing was just tagging along. They took their seats and promptly ordered beer, side dishes, and skewers.

Li Weijuan sighed, "Old Wang, haven't heard what your plans are? Are you going to continue on to get your PhD?"

"No need for my Brother Wang to speak; I'll explain it for you all." Zhang Kai waved his hand, speaking spiritedly about the conversation they'd had in the dorm earlier: "From now on, this is Wang Dong, and I am Zhang Zong."

Lin Jing, sitting to the side, nodded and pondered, "The feasibility is indeed very high, but the initial capital required is not a small amount, and for a long time, it will be losing money. Securing investment is a difficult problem."

"Is that even an issue? Wang Dong has great capabilities, doesn't he?" Li Weijuan laughed, thinking she was the only one who knew the truth: "Back when school started, when Old Wang was selling computers, I knew his future would be limitless. Now that we've graduated, he finally has the chance to show what he can do. Old Wang, don't forget about me once you've made it big."

"I could forget anyone, but I couldn't forget you. Don't worry, if you need anything, just say the word; I guarantee you'll be living the good life." Wang Yan smiled, though he could feel the immense sorrow permeating beneath the joy of the gathering.

"Hey, before this, it was internships all day, then busy with graduation stuff; we haven't really seen each other. I don't even know where you're all going? Tell us, let's see if it'll be easy to meet up later."

"Zheng Wei and I are both going to Shanghai, to the same company. It pays more there, and there are more rich people." Li Weijuan turned to look at Lin Jing, who was sitting with Zheng Wei: "For Zheng Wei's sake, Lin Jing is even quitting his job to go to Shanghai with her. With such a good man, you should be content, Zheng Wei."

Seeing Wang Yan and Zhang Kai looking over, Lin Jing smiled: "I also didn't want to be too far away, and Shanghai has more opportunities than Jin Ling. I can be with Zheng Wei and also look for opportunities—the best of both worlds."

Zheng Wei just stared at them with wide eyes, a polite smile on her face, looking very sweet.

Wang Yan looked at Zhu Xiao Bei: "What are your plans?"

This time, of course, she hadn't experienced the original plot of being wrongly accused of stealing in the school supermarket and eventually expelled. Come to think of it, that whole affair was indeed problematic; logically speaking, the school should protect its students. Even if she had smashed that supermarket, it should have been a major demerit or a written apology at most; she shouldn't have been easily expelled. Of course, the plot played out that way, so it's just idle talk.

After all, not to mention how rich Zhu Xiao Bei is now, another factor was the difference in behavioral trajectories. She might not have even gone to the supermarket that day, so naturally, it wouldn't have happened. And Wang Yan hadn't heard of anyone being searched for missing items at the supermarket. After all, college students are the pride of heaven; being searched is a suspicion of character and an insult to one's integrity—it's very shameful. If such a thing had really happened, there would have been some stir at the school.

Anyway, regardless of how you put it, it just didn't happen, and Zhu Xiao Bei graduated.

"I don't know yet, but I'm thinking of finding a job. But my sister wants me to continue my studies for a master's degree. What do you all think?" Zhu Xiao Bei said "you all," but she was looking at Wang Yan.

"Continue for your master's, then get your PhD later. You're not slow-witted, and you're not in a rush to make money, so just keep studying."

Zhu Xiao Bei nodded: "Then I'll go back and discuss it with my sister, see what happens."

Zhang Kai finally looked at the person whose plans he most wanted to know: "Ruan Guan, what about you? Any plans?"

Ruan Guan was as gentle as ever, smiling lightly: "I'll stay in Jin Ling. I think it's quite nice here, so I plan to stay. I've already found a job at an architecture firm, doing some odd jobs. It pays over five hundred a month, not bad. I start officially in two weeks."

"That's great." Zhang Kai clapped his hands: "From now on, we're all in Jin Ling, easy to look out for each other. If you need anything, just tell Brother Zhang; I'll go through fire and water for you."

"Don't worry, I'll definitely trouble you plenty."

Glancing at the grinning fool, Wang Yan looked at Li Weijuan and Zheng Wei: "You're leaving tomorrow or the day after, right?"

Li Weijuan nodded, feigning a carefree smile: "My train is tomorrow afternoon. My home isn't far, so I'll go back for a week first, then head straight to Shanghai."

"I plan to stay two more days, walk around the school and such, then go the day after tomorrow. The company dorms definitely won't be good, so I'll look for a place to rent first, then share it with Li Weijuan."

No one spoke anymore, because once the words of parting were spoken, the sadness welled up, and they couldn't be happy anymore.

After a long silence, Zhang Kai slapped the table, waking everyone from their individual sorrows: "Alright, alright, don't be sad, don't be upset. Today, at school, we are good students. Tomorrow, in society, we will be good pillars. We've been sitting here for half a day and haven't had a drop of alcohol; how can that be? It'll be hard for us to drink together like this again. Seizing the moment is what matters. Come, fill your glasses, bottoms up!"

Everyone perked up and started pouring their drinks. Excluding Lin Jing, who was just tagging along, the remaining six glasses clinked together: "Bottoms up!"

Today's theme was parting, and the core of parting can't escape reminiscing about the past and looking toward the future. A few drinks down, the conversation opened up, and the group talked about their shared past.

Zhang Kai talked about when school started and he went with Xu Kaiyang to pick up Zheng Wei. He talked about seeing Ruan Guan in a white dress, looking like a fairy. Ruan Guan acted like nothing happened, saying that when she first saw Wang Yan nodding at her, she had smiled back. Zhu Xiao Bei finally talked about her sister's bun shop and how she met Wang Yan back then. Li Weijuan talked about their chance encounter in the library, thinking Wang Yan was a real smooth talker and talented. Zheng Wei jokingly scolded him about how they met, talking about her anger during the model incident. Looking at her chatting and laughing, it seemed she had truly let it go.

Zheng Wei talked about how she had finally chased him to college, only for Lin Jing to disappear, and how sad she was, but fortunately, Ruan Guan—who looked gentle but was wild at heart—taught her to drink. Ruan Guan talked about when school first started, when it was just her and Li Weijuan, and how they met. Li Weijuan looked at Zhu Xiao Bei's ponytail and her long, flowing hair, talking about her first impression of her. Zhu Xiao Bei talked about not understanding Li Weijuan's germaphobia and once wanting to mess it up just to see how she would react.

They talked about not forgetting each other, about being best friends for life. They talked about being bridesmaids at each other's weddings, about being godmothers to each other's children. They talked about having to live well, about living a life of peace and smooth sailing.

As they talked, they cried; as they talked, they laughed again. Crying while laughing, laughing while crying—the joys, angers, sorrows, and happiness of four years finally unified into sobbing in each other's arms.

Zhang Kai drank the most; he really couldn't stand seeing these four women crying. Although the scene was different, the lines were the same. He stood up unsteadily, holding his wine bottle, unable to even speak properly: "Stop crying, let's have something positive and impassioned. I want to give a bold poem to you all, and to myself; let's encourage each other."

"Clouds and seas, ends of the earth, both are vague and vast. When will success be achieved, to return home? Drunken laughter accompanies you for thirty thousand rounds, no need to tell of the sorrow of parting..."

"Cheers to youth being immortal!"

"Cheers!"

The price of cheering to youth was only one thing: vomiting everywhere...

As an outsider, Lin Jing couldn't join in on their shared youth, so he just ate and drank leisurely, which was also quite nice. At this moment, watching the four women outside the store, blown by the wind, each holding a bottle of water after vomiting, drunk and babbling incessantly, plus Zhang Kai gargling with a wine bottle, he was speechless.

After a long silence, he looked at Wang Yan, who was smoking to the side: "You can't handle these five people; I'll help you send them back."

"Then I'll trouble you."

Wang Yan crushed his cigarette butt on the ground, directly propped up Zhang Kai and stuffed him into the passenger seat of a taxi, then helped Lin Jing send Zheng Wei to the back seat. Afterward, he helped Ruan Guan, Li Weijuan, and Zhu Xiao Bei into the back of another car, got into the passenger seat himself, shared a cigarette with the driver, and chatted along the way with the windows down, letting in the cool summer breeze.

The driver said helplessly but happily that at this time last year, he had made five hundred just from car wash fees. He chattered on, advising the young people to take care of their health and not drink themselves to death.

The three women in the back were huddled together, still muttering to each other. They didn't even know what they were saying, yet they were still having a nonsensical conversation.

Finally, the taxi drove all the way to the dormitory building. Wang Yan and Lin Jing helped them out of the car and went to wake the caretaker. Leaving Zhang Kai downstairs, Lin Jing helped Zheng Wei, and Wang Yan took the other three. It was a struggle to get them upstairs, and he thoughtfully sent Zheng Wei and Zhu Xiao Bei to their beds in the shop, stayed a little longer, and after confirming there were no problems, he went downstairs and left.

The process was quite smooth; they didn't run into any beauties not wearing clothes while going to the bathroom in the middle of the night. Of course, even if they had, no one would be saying anything about it being "low" at this point...

Lin Jing said goodbye and got straight into a waiting taxi and left, while Wang Yan propped up Zhang Kai and strolled back to the boys' dorm.

It was past twelve o'clock. Walking on the third floor of the dorm, one could still hear conversations in the darkness. No one forbade turning on the lights; they were all leaving anyway, so there weren't that many rules. But they didn't turn on the lights; they just stared with bright eyes in the darkness, laughing and talking about four years ago.

However, the lights in Room 310 were blazing, and the door wasn't closed. Chen Xiaozheng was sitting at the table patiently reading a book—it was English. After all, he was going abroad, and although he had passed his exams, he still studied more. Of course, he had no way to reminisce with anyone, and he had no other pastimes if he didn't read.

"Back?" Hearing the movement at the door, Chen Xiaozheng flipped the book in his hand face down on the table and hurriedly got up to help support Zhang Kai, who was reciting poetry and babbling while drunk.

Wang Yan didn't need his help; he easily threw Zhang Kai onto the bed and stopped worrying about him.

"Why didn't he talk this much when he got drunk last time?"

"That just means he wasn't that drunk last time." Wang Yan shook his head and smiled, going to the side to drink a glass of water: "They're all drunk; Ruan Guan and the others are the same, humming and hawing. I'll go wash up first, I'll talk when I get back."

His roommates had all left, and he couldn't stay in school for more than two days, so he packed up his bedding and moved to 310.

Soon, he returned after washing up. Looking at Zhang Kai, who was left in only his underwear: "You took them off for him?"

Chen Xiaozheng, who was already lying on the bed, waved his hands repeatedly: "I don't have that hobby. It's so hot in the room; he took them off himself just now."

"Just kidding." Wang Yan smiled and put the basin on the ground: "Lights out?"

"Yeah."

With a "pop," the lights went out, and only the moonlight from outside shone in, hazy and blurring the view. Wang Yan jumped lightly onto the upper bunk above Zhang Kai, swayed twice to find a comfortable position, and quieted down.

"Still eating at 'Ren Sheng Jin Jin Yichuan'?"

"Yeah, Zhu Xiao Bei has strong connections."

"You sent them all back?"

"Yeah, that's for sure. Otherwise, what if something happened? Zheng Wei and Zhu Xiao Bei were sleeping on the upper bunks; I threw them both up there."

After a moment of silence, Chen Xiaozheng asked again: "Zheng Wei went back too? Isn't she dating that Lin Jing guy?"

"Narrow-minded, aren't you? Who says dating means sleeping together? Who says not dating means you can't sleep together?"

Chen Xiaozheng on the lower bunk tilted his head to look at the upper bunk opposite, only hearing him continue: "I know you're interested in asking about Zheng Wei; no need to beat around the bush and lead the conversation to her. She's going to Shanghai; her job is all set. Chen Jing is quitting his current job to go with her. He said he wants to stay at school for two days, then leave the day after tomorrow to find a place to stay in Shanghai first."

There was no answer for a long while. Wang Yan continued: "Honestly, I think you and Zeng Yu are quite good together. Of course, this is my personal opinion. After all, Zeng Yu has been guarding your side wholeheartedly for five years and even got you a government-sponsored study abroad spot. When she goes over next year, won't you two be very happy flying together in America? Your future definitely won't be bad. And Zeng Yu looks good, comes from a good background—both are top-tier; she's more than enough to match you."

"It's precisely because she's more than enough to match me that I can't be with her. She's too high; I can't reach her."

"That's just your own wishful thinking. You don't refuse, you enjoy the government-sponsored spot Zeng Yu fought for you, as well as the good future ahead, yet you're here saying you can't be with her. Do you know what this behavior of yours is?"

"Despicable, filthy, shameless, bastard." Chen Xiaozheng's voice sounded, very decisive, without much emotion.

"It's good that you know what you're doing. Actually, it's no big deal; it's nothing more than failing a girl's love." Wang Yan didn't dwell on it, instead asking: "I heard you were raised by your mother alone, and you're going abroad soon. Not going back to see her?"

"Tomorrow noon train. What about you?"

"Tomorrow too. The place is already found; I'll just pack up and get out. Alright, it's getting late, sleep."

No more words, but a long time later, a long sigh came from below...

The next day, Wang Yan got up early as usual. It was just graduation, not a big deal; he did what he had to do. He jumped lightly off the bed without disturbing Chen Xiaozheng or the snoring Zhang Kai, and stood by the window looking out.

As if knowing today was the day of parting, the sky was a bit gloomy, and a light rain began to fall, bringing a chill amidst the stuffiness. Seeing that it didn't hinder running, he drank some water, changed his clothes, put on his shoes, went to the washroom to splash his face, opened the dorm building door, and ran out, still running around Xuanwu Lake.

It was just past seven after exercising. He ate a bite at a breakfast shop, then packed a huge pile. He went to the girls' dorm first, asked someone to help deliver breakfast to Ruan Guan and the others' room, and then returned to the boys' dorm.

"You're still an animal, Brother Wang. It's graduation, and you're still so diligent?" Zhang Kai leaned against the head of the bed like he was dying, humming and hawing at Wang Yan as he entered.

"Bought breakfast, get up and eat something. Brought some for you too, let's eat together." Wang Yan glanced at Chen Xiaozheng, who was packing his things to the side.

Chen Xiaozheng was stunned for a moment; he hadn't expected Wang Yan to bring him breakfast too: "Thanks."

"Don't be so polite, it's just breakfast; consider it a send-off."

Zhang Kai rubbed his head and sat up, saying weakly: "Yeah, Ah Zheng, you've seen my situation, I'm going to meet my maker at any moment, so I won't see you off. It's not like home over there, take care. Oh, I know you haven't left yet, I'm just saying it first. Eat, eat, hurry up and drink some millet porridge to save your life."

Chen Xiaozheng shook his head helplessly, stopped his work, and the two ate together.

"Hey, Old Wang, didn't you send a portion to Ruan Guan and the others? I remember they didn't drink any less."

"I came back only after sending it to them."

Zhang Kai raised his eyebrows cheekily: "Entered the Spider Cave, see anything spicy?"

"Had someone send it up. Ruan Guan greeted me from upstairs. Didn't get a partner in four years of college, but you've got plenty of dirty talk every day."

Ignoring him, Wang Yan took his basin to wash up...

When it's time to part, time always feels like it passes quickly. Chen Xiaozheng felt that after he finished breakfast, he hadn't even stayed in the dorm where he'd lived for four years for very long before Zeng Yu came looking for him. It was time for him to leave.

He dragged his suitcase with one hand and carried his luggage with the other, while Zeng Yu beside him helped him carry a large backpack: "Old Zhang, Old Wang, I'm leaving."

Wang Yan nodded: "Take care."

Zhang Kai waved his hand with a smile: "Have a safe trip."

"Take care."

Chen Xiaozheng carried his things to the door, then turned back to look at the dorm that was no longer dirty and messy, looking at the two people inside who were looking at him with smiles. He grinned, revealing an ugly smile: "Leaving!"

Having said that, he turned and disappeared into the doorway with Zeng Yu. He must have had a lot of reluctance too...

Zhang Kai squatted on the table by the window, still grinning foolishly and waving at Chen Xiaozheng, who was looking up from downstairs, until he watched him walk far away. He sighed: "They're all gone. It's good that they're gone, it's good..."

"Think positively, Zhang Zong, a great future is waiting for you to work for."

"Right, tell me, Wang Dong, how do we do it? I'll resolutely obey the leadership."

"I'll put up 100,000 first, and get you five computers. You use this money to find an office space, then trick some programmers into developing our website. At the same time, find people on some forums who like to write and love writing, establish contact first, and collect some articles. And whatever else, anyway, you're in charge, you decide. I'll just put up the money and the ideas. Don't worry about losing money; I have a feeling this definitely has a future. Just let go and do it. When our product comes out, I'll be responsible for securing investment."

While speaking, Wang Laowu opened a small bag not far away, took out ten thousand, and threw it lightly on the table: "There, ten thousand on hand; the rest, I'll go to the bank tomorrow and take it out for you."

Zhang Kai's eyes stared unblinkingly at the stack of money on the table, and he swallowed: "Old Wang, aren't you afraid I'll take the money and run?" He knew Wang Yan was very rich, so the only surprise he had about Wang Yan casually throwing out ten thousand was that Wang Yan actually kept so much cash on him.

"Old Zhang, look." While speaking, Wang Yan flipped his hands back and forth, then punched the iron bed: "We're friends who have known each other for four years; could I be afraid of you running? If you run, it's nothing; it just means I, Wang Yan, am blind, and using money to see you clearly is also quite good, avoiding more losses in the future."

Looking at the bed that was visibly bent, Zhang Kai swallowed again and gave a thumbs up: "You're right, we're good friends, good brothers; I couldn't cheat you even if I wanted to cheat anyone. You can rest assured with me handling things. I'll rest today, and tomorrow I'll officially go find people. Actually, ten thousand is too much; there are many computer geniuses in our school. Give them a thousand or eight hundred, and developing a website is easy."

"That's all your business, I won't worry about it. But let's get this straight: brothers settle accounts clearly. The money is for you to manage, but I need to know where it's spent. Later, I'll hire an accountant to go over, and you just report the accounts to him regularly. When the company is established, you'll get a 20% commission for your hard work. No problem, right?"

"Brother Wang, from now on, you're my own brother." Zhang Kai answered very decisively. After all, Wang Yan was putting up 100,000 now, and his 20% commission meant he was worth 20,000. There's a future in this.

Wang Yan showed off his strength just to tease Zhang Kai. He still trusted Zhang Kai's character; otherwise, why help him? After all, even if that website makes a lot of money in the future, he wouldn't take it to heart. He didn't even want to waste energy on this kind of thing that requires various financing over time and accumulating users to get traffic. Even if he didn't have to manage it personally, he would still have to spend some effort.

"Work hard; the better you do, the more money you'll have. You know my cell number, right? If you have anything, just call. I'm leaving."

His things had just been packed up; there wasn't much in total, just one suitcase. The bedding and pillows were all given to the caretaker downstairs to deal with.

Zhang Kai sent his Brother Wang off with a smile. Because he was still dizzy and his stomach was churning with acid, he lay on the bed, but he was happily fantasizing about the future, thinking about how he should trick others into working for him for free.

But when that energy passed, he looked at the empty wooden bed boards, looked at the dorm that had never been so clean, and his ears were no longer filled with the usual liveliness. A huge sorrow welled up in his empty heart, and a tear couldn't help but slide from the corner of his eye.

He got up in a panic, wiped away the tear, opened the unopened pack of "Huazi" cigarettes his Brother Wang had left him, took one out, put it in his mouth, and lit it. He took a long drag, sitting on the edge of the bed, dazed, forlorn, and blank...

At noon, Li Weijuan packed her luggage and looked at the three good sisters who were staring at her in unison: "I'm leaving."

"Don't see you off." Zheng Wei, who had been crying in her arms yesterday, was now full of impatience. Because the two of them were going to live together, it was just a few days of not seeing each other.

Zhu Xiao Bei looked at her big and small bags: "How about I send you to the station? With so many things, can you carry them?"

"It's fine, it's fine. When I first started school, I came like this, and now I'm going back like this. No problem."

"Alright then." Seeing her determination, Zhu Xiao Bei didn't insist, but urged her: "Then take care of yourself. After you get to Shanghai and start working, don't be so gossipy; it'll affect your future."

Li Weijuan gave her a big eye-roll and ignored her.

Ruan Guan smiled: "Have a safe trip, keep in touch often; don't let the distance make the relationship fade."

"Oh, don't worry. Besides, Shanghai to Jin Ling is a round trip in a day; if we really want to see each other, we can. Enough talk, I'm off!" Li Weijuan waved her hand with a smile and dragged her big and small bags away, turning and leaving.

But just as she turned, her eyes were already blurred with tears...

The three women in the dorm looked at each other, and after a long while, they sighed in unison.

"Time really passes quickly."

"Who says it doesn't?"

"Can't go back anymore..."

Although they had already been sad yesterday, when someone really left first, they couldn't help but feel sad. The three of them couldn't help but reminisce about four years ago.

When Li Weijuan left the school gate, her tears had already dried. She got on the bus to the train station. The distance wasn't very far; it was only separated from Southeast University by Xuanwu Lake.

So very quickly, she arrived at the train station. But she didn't get off the bus, and it wasn't until three stops later that she got off. Dragging her luggage to a phone booth on the side of the road, she inserted a phone card and dialed the phone number she already knew by heart.

"Hello? Old Wang? I'm leaving."

"I'm at... can you come over? I'll treat you to a meal."

"Okay, I'll wait for you."

Hanging up the phone, she waited on the side of the road, dragging her big and small bags of luggage, clenching her fists tightly, her knuckles turning white, staring blankly at the vehicles and pedestrians coming and going...

Wang Yan had many places to stay, but there were only two places he should stay. One was where Shi Jie lived, and the other was where Ruan Guan lived. Shi Jie had to work and usually lived with her parents, only going to the house that had long been transferred to her name on her days off. So naturally, he went to Ruan Guan's place. After two more days, when everyone had left, Ruan Guan would come over and be shameless.

After hanging up Li Weijuan's phone, he got up, went downstairs, drove the Santana, and went straight to the location mentioned in the phone call just now.

It wasn't far, and the road wasn't very congested. After a while, he drove to the place and saw Li Weijuan standing on the side of the road from afar.

Parking beside her, he got out of the car and went to Li Weijuan: "Aren't you leaving? I remember your train is tomorrow afternoon, right? There isn't much time left?"

"Have something to tell you. Since I've been tossing and turning with these bags for so long, I'm hungry, so let's have lunch. Don't worry, it won't delay anything; there's enough time."

"You look all mysterious." While speaking, he opened the passenger door to let Li Weijuan in, and put her big and small bags of luggage into the trunk.

Returning to the driver's seat, he said: "I'm the big spender, I'll treat you. Shall we find a place nearby to have a simple meal?"

"Whatever you say." Li Weijuan nodded.

Wang Yan started the car, circled around, found a restaurant nearby, ordered a few dishes, opened two bottles of soda, and placed one in front of Li Weijuan: "Speak, what's the matter?"

Li Weijuan didn't look him in the eye, her hands gripping the bottle tightly, her head lowered as she sipped the drink through a straw.

Wang Yan didn't urge her, also drinking his drink.

After a while, Li Weijuan let out a long breath and looked straight at Wang Yan: "Old Wang, I like you, I want to be with you."

Stunned for a moment, Wang Yan looked at her with a smile: "For money?"

Li Weijuan nodded honestly: "But I do indeed like you very much, really, Old Wang, I'm not lying to you. In fact, from the day I met you in the library when I started my freshman year, I liked you. You know, my family conditions aren't good, I just want to have money, I just want to live a good life. And you are very rich, and I like you—is there anything better than this? You don't have to say whether you like me or not; anyway, I just want to be with you. To tell you the truth, I didn't even buy a train ticket home."

"So decisive? Don't you know about Shi Jie? So confident?"

"I know about Shi Jie, but I know Ruan Guan even better. I'm offering myself up, Old Wang; what are you hesitating about?"

"When did you find out?"

"Found out a long time ago."

Wang Yan thought for a moment, understood what was going on, shook his head and smiled: "Don't pretend to be so confident; at least put your hands under the table, right? Look at how you're gripping it; doesn't it hurt?"

Li Weijuan shook her head and didn't speak, quickly putting her hands under the table, staring stubbornly at Wang Yan.

Wang Yan looked at her, his face still wearing the same unchanging smile: "You won't regret it?"

"Unless you don't give me money."

What an honest girl, with a clear attitude, knowing exactly what she wants and knowing what she should pay for it. Although she is inferior to Ruan Guan in appearance, overall, she is quite good. And she's open-minded, willing to cooperate—very good, very comfortable. If he cultivates her a bit more and practices a few special skills, it will be even more comfortable in the future.

He said: "The food is here, let's eat, eat more."

"What about after the meal?" Li Weijuan wanted a definite answer.

"Sleep!" Wang Yan's reply was equally definite.

Li Weijuan let out a long breath, her hands trembling as she picked up her chopsticks to eat, the food tasting like wax. She was too nervous; even though she had gotten a definite answer, she was still nervous, nervous about what would happen after lunch.

Offered up for free, why not take it? And she's easy to deal with, as long as the money is there—what else is there to say?

Wang Yan didn't care how nervous she was, eating the food in big mouthfuls. He had physical labor to do; how could he do it on an empty stomach... ===== CHAPTER 479 =====