"At that ti, I had just returned ho, and my parents heard from sowhere that there were quite a few wealthy kids at the school I attended."
"They also said I should build good relationships with all of you, as one day they might co in handy."
"You know I disdained to do that. I told them I had already co back, which ant that sooner or later my relationship with you guys would break off."
"From now on, I would only develop my career around my hotown and no longer drift to the big cities."
"But my parents said, ’How could four years of classmates be cut off just like that? At the very least, send a ssage during the holidays.’"
"’Let them not forget you. A ssage costs just a few coins. How could we shalessly ask you guys for help?’"
"To dispel this idea from my parents, in a fit of anger, I cut up that SIM card."
"I got a new number, and I haven’t logged into my old social dia accounts since then."
"It’s really heaven’s grace that I t you just after I ca back, but we must not let my family know about it."
"Once they find out, their ideas will sprout like weeds, quickly taking root."
"You know how my good-for-nothing brother still doesn’t have a proper job."
"You see, I’m about to get married soon, and he hasn’t even had a girlfriend yet. If my parents knew we were back in touch,"
"they definitely would desperately push to find you guys and get him a decent job."
"They might even ask you to help him find a girl from the city to marry. How could I possibly push an innocent girl into a fire pit?"
"I barely managed to jump out of this fire pit myself; I can’t just watch others jump into it too."
He Qianhui felt gratified to hear Liang Xin speak like this.
"So that’s what you were thinking. Okay, but isn’t your wedding going to be in your hotown?"
"If I go, surely your parents will know."
Liang Xin, propping her chin with her hand, smiled and said, "But by then I’ll already be married, living at my in-laws’. Even if she wants to trouble , I can’t possibly turn my elbow outwards."
"Fortunately, my husband knows the kind of family I co from, and he’s willing to stand up against it with ."
"All these years, my parents haven’t stopped making money for my brother, but sadly, my brother keeps failing to attract any girls."
"Even if he owns a house, in the end, he’s still a bachelor."
The two talked for a long ti in the cafe and then went sowhere else to eat.
He Qianhui planned to drop Liang Xin off where she was staying, but Liang Xin refused.
The reason was that the hotel she was staying at was too shabby and cramped, and being seen there would be embarrassing.
Even though He Qianhui said he wouldn’t tease her, Liang Xin ca back with, "I have my pride; I don’t want to be looked down upon."
Fortunately, He Qianhui was soft-hearted and believed her words, not insisting further.
The two went their separate ways at the restaurant door, but He Qianhui felt sothing was off about Liang Xin today.
After so hesitation, he still followed her, thinking her place must be quite far from here.
But just after crossing two intersections, he saw her turn into a hotel.
After she went in, He Qianhui hurried to follow, only to be stopped by the receptionist: "Ma’am, are you looking to stay?"
Looking at the young receptionist, He Qianhui quickly shook his head and said, "The person who just ca in is my friend; she’s staying in room number ..."
The receptionist said, "Sorry, we can’t reveal the privacy of our guests."
"If you really need to see her urgently, you can call her to co down and she can take you up with no problem."
He Qianhui thought to herself that since she had followed here, calling Liang Xin would be like trying to hide one’s ears while stealing a bell.
However, now that she knew where she lived, it would be convenient to co here directly if there really was an issue.
But then she thought about how she would be leaving the day after tomorrow, and she might only have two more nights here.
He Qianhui hesitated sowhat, but in order to avoid drawing Liang Xin’s attention, she chose to leave the hotel first.
That evening, when Zhang Hao got ho, He Qianhui told him about what had happened during the day.
Zhang Hao looked thoughtful, "You’ve already given her the money, yet she wouldn’t let you see where she lives, that’s really strange."
"I have this really odd feeling now, that those fifty thousand yuan are definitely going to be wasted."
He Qianhui was a bit defiant, "Can’t you have a little faith in my classmate?"
Zhang Hao disagreed, "It’s not that I don’t have faith in your classmate, it’s her repeated actions that make suspicious."
"But since she did say she wants you to co to the wedding, we might as well go, and just treat it like a trip, how’s that?"
He Qianhui disdained, "A trip there, to that backwater place? Be careful, you might not be able to co back if you go."
"Besides, I never really planned on actually attending her wedding. Maybe when the ti cos I’ll just transfer the gift money back via mobile phone and just send a few congratulatory words."
Zhang Hao leaned back, "Are you two really good friends? Is this how good friends behave?"
He Qianhui didn’t respond and stood up to start cooking in the kitchen.
Just then, her phone suddenly rang.
"I’ll get it." Zhang Hao said.
He Qianhui responded nonchalantly, her mind thinking that the call was probably from a colleague or a client, or maybe just a spam call.
But when Zhang Hao answered the call, he heard a man on the line.
The number was from another region, which made him suspicious, "May I ask who this is?"
Initially, Zhang Hao thought the caller was one of He Qianhui’s forr clients.
Perhaps they wanted to sign a contract again, so they called ahead to inquire about the situation.
"Are you He Qianhui’s boyfriend?" the man on the phone asked.
Zhang Hao stared at the phone number sowhat lost in thought.
He Qianhui, curious, ca out of the kitchen and asked, "Who’s calling?"
"I don’t know, strange number. And he asked for by na. Have you ntioned to anyone?" Zhang Hao asked.
He Qianhui shook her head, "Even if I ntioned you, it would be to friends we both know."
"Besides, this is a strange number, unless the caller is Liang Xin."
Actually, at first Zhang Hao also thought that it might be Liang Xin.
Or possibly a friend of Liang Xin’s, but given the tone and attitude of the person speaking, it didn’t seem very friendly.
Zhang Hao hesitated, then the man on the other end of the line shouted loudly again, "Are you He Qianhui’s boyfriend?"
Upon hearing the tone, He Qianhui imdiately snatched the phone from Zhang Hao’s hand.
"May I ask who this is?"
Once the man on the phone heard her voice change, his tone also beca more gentle.
"You are He Qianhui, right? Do you know Liang Xin? I’m her brother. I heard you’re working around here, are you available to et?"
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