Chapter 220: Side Story (1)

On the day Shen Li agreed, Xie Qin told his family about this matter. To be precise, he notified them!

Doing the deed first and then reporting it, this was very Xie Qin.

None of his family members disagreed; instead, they were very excited. Xue Jingshu kept telling Shen Li to go to Di Du, and privately, she generously transferred several sums of money to her. Xie's father was the same, transferring several sums from his private stash, none lower than five figures.

Shen Li looked at the balance on WeChat and was a bit startled.

She finally understood why Xie Qin could treat money like it wasn't money at Chengde University, casually transferring five thousand to Shen Zhaozhao like it was ten yuan, not taking it to heart at all.

Really, if this continued, Shen Li felt she didn't even need to work; just keeping this money in the bank and living off the interest every year would be enough.

Xie Qin's entire net worth was also in her hands. Shen Li didn't check his phone, so she wasn't quite sure how much savings he had.

Eleven o'clock at night, returning home from the hospital.

Xie Qin was in the kitchen boiling dumplings Zhang Zixin brought over. They were wrapped by her mother herself. She said there were too many to finish, so she sent some to her.

The taste hadn't changed from before, and Shen Li quite liked eating them; they were different from the frozen dumplings bought outside.

Xie Qin held chopsticks and stirred in the pot, "Did you ask for leave?"

Shen Li took a bottle of milk from the refrigerator, opened it, and was about to drink when she was stopped by Xie Qin, "Put it back! Don't you know your period is coming soon?"

Shen Li silently put it back in the refrigerator and took a room-temperature one from the box. She said: "It might be after National Day. The hospital will be quite busy during the National Day holiday. After I'm done, I can help arrange a three-day break."

Xie Qin nodded a few times, "Go take a shower first, call me when you're done."

Shen Li: "Hmm."

Shen Li returned to the room to find pajamas in the closet. Suddenly, she saw the phone charging by the nightstand. She stared at the phone for a few seconds, then looked at the tightly closed bedroom door.

Hesitating, she still picked up his phone and easily unlocked it.

Tapping on his WeChat balance, she found the balance wasn't even as much as hers.

Then she opened Alipay; there wasn't much in the balance either.

Until she exited.

A bank deduction message popped up, making her wonder if his savings were in this card.

Shen Li flipped through his phone and found that he had dozens of game apps installed. Finally, she found the Industrial and Commercial Bank app. The gesture password was also very simple; Shen Li had seen him unlock it last time, it was just a Z.

She didn't know if it was because she was being sneaky, but it made her heart beat so fast.

She took a sip of milk to suppress her shock.

On the other hand, she tapped on his account balance. Just one glance, and Shen Li choked on a mouthful of milk, almost unable to recover, "Cough, cough, cough..."

Xie Qin heard the coughing in the room, "Caught a cold?"

The bedroom door wasn't closed tightly, leaving a gap, and the sound drifted clearly outside.

Shen Li exited the background and put his phone back to charge, "It's fine, choked on milk."

Xie Qin: "..."

Master Xie...

Truly lives up to the name.

Many years ago, he rejected the girl who confessed to her, saying: "I'm too rich, you're not a match for me."

It was also true.

Xie Qin's wealth might not be just simple wealth; it was an inequality in class between Shen Li and him.

The sense of inferiority in Shen Li's heart became even stronger.

Such a young master, living in a hundred-plus-square-meter apartment with her was already wronging him, and he even had to help her wash clothes and cook.

The money in his balance, Shen Li felt she wouldn't even have his spare change after working for another ten years. Instantly, she felt the pressure increase, and a sense of guilt she couldn't describe.

She felt Xie Qin was compromising for her, living a bitter life here with her.

Shen Li finished her shower, walked out of the room in simple pajamas. Xie Qin was wearing black casual clothes, carrying two bowls of boiled dumplings, and placed them on the table. He lifted his eyes and glanced at her, "Come eat."

She nodded slowly, walked over with complex emotions, pulled out a chair, and sat down slowly.

After Xie Qin sat down opposite her, a while later, seeing her unusually silent, he stared at her and said: "Why aren't you talking? Tired?"

Shen Li held a spoon and ate the dumplings with soup, shook her head, and after a moment of silence, she asked: "Xie Qin, why did you come to Wuchuan to study back then?"

Xie Qin didn't hide it and told her: "Seems like I fought with someone in middle school and was expelled by the school. I wanted to transfer to Wuchuan myself. At that time, Xu Zhouyuan was the school boss of that middle school. I had only transferred for a few days when he came to find trouble in front of me, and I taught him a lesson, and that's how we met."

Shen Li: "You fought at such a young age?"

Xie Qin laughed: "If they don't provoke me, I won't make a move."

She nodded: "Oh, oh."

A while later, she added flatly: "I think you did the right thing."

"

"You hit them to protect yourself."

Xie Qin let out a low, muffled laugh in his throat: "You are... quite protective of your own."

So protective that, regardless of right or wrong, he could find a perfect excuse for him and be blindly partial.