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Hailan Dormitory, Jinling University.
Jiang Silu was working on the class assignnts her professor had given her for the day.
Although university coursework was certainly much lighter than it had been in high school, if she wanted to get a scholarship, she had to rank in the top ten for GPA on the final exams.
To get the National Scholarship, she would even need to be in the top three of her departnt.
For students from well-off families, this was just icing on the cake. They were more focused on getting high scores than on the 8,000 yuan prize money.
But Jiang Silu was different.
With that 8,000 yuan, she could do so many things.
For instance, she could take the high-speed train to go ho and visit her mom a few tis on the weekends next sester.
Or she could buy her mom a gold necklace for the New Year.
For all these years, her mother’s hands and neck had been bare. At most, she would wear a silver bracelet that cost a few dozen yuan.
This was why Jiang Silu had to diligently review her lessons and do her howork even after her classes were over.
Beside her, Song Miaomiao was watching a show on her phone. As soon as Jiang Silu finished studying, she couldn’t wait to say, "Lulu, this show, *Strange Legend of Tang Dynasty*, is amazing! I have to get you hooked on it."
Jiang Silu nodded. "Okay, but I don’t have a VIP mbership. I’ll wait until the whole series is out and then watch it."
"I don’t either. I’m just finding pirated streams online," Song Miaomiao said with a sigh.
In reality, an iQiyi mbership was only about ten yuan a month, the price of a cup of milk tea. But for these university students, spending money on a subscription just didn’t seem worth it.
Just then, Liu Shiting ca out of the bathroom after a shower. Hearing them talk about VIP mberships, she offered, "Miaomiao, I have a mbership. Do you want to use it?"
"Really? That’s great!" Song Miaomiao was ecstatic. "I was just worrying about how to watch tonight’s new episode. Thanks, Shiting!"
"No problem." As she spoke, Liu Shiting entered her phone account information to log in.
Once it was logged in, Song Miaomiao imdiately called Jiang Silu over to watch with her.
Liu Shiting watched Jiang Silu out of the corner of her eye while doing her skincare routine.
’This is a little strange,’ she thought.
The other day, Jiang Silu had received so many expensive gifts. Logically, her family should be well-off.
But in the last couple of days, she’d learned from Song Miaomiao that Jiang Silu also worked a part-ti job in the cafeteria.
She couldn’t even bring herself to pay for a VIP mbership to watch shows.
The contrast was just too great.
But she didn’t dwell on it. ’Maybe people from Guangdong Province are just more frugal, saving money where they can.’
Then, she climbed into bed and played on her phone.
A short while later, Lu Yao returned, humming a little tune.
As soon as she entered the dorm, she first greeted Liu Shiting, then sidled up next to Jiang Silu and asked, "What are you guys watching?"
"We’re watching a show," Jiang Silu said with a smile.
"Oh, you have a VIP mbership! If I’d known, I would’ve just borrowed yours. I was watching this show yesterday too. Lulu, can I borrow your account later~?" Lu Yao asked cheerfully, grabbing her arm.
Song Miaomiao calmly replied, "This VIP account is Shiting’s, not mine or Lulu’s."
"Oh, so it’s Shiting’s." Lu Yao imdiately turned toward Liu Shiting’s bed. "Shiting, can I borrow the account later~?"
"Sure. After Miaomiao finishes watching tonight, you can ask to log you in," Liu Shiting said. She wasn’t going to play favorites; whoever asked to borrow it first would get to use it first.
Hearing this, Lu Yao’s eyes darted around for a mont before she looked at Jiang Silu and said, "You know, Lulu, you really should just get your own mbership. I heard that binge-watching shows on a top-of-the-line iPhone 17 is incredibly satisfying."
"I... I don’t really follow shows that often. I usually just wait until a series is completely finished before watching it, so I don’t really need a VIP mbership," Jiang Silu explained awkwardly.
Song Miaomiao picked up on Lu Yao’s underlying aning and said sarcastically, "Yaoyao, Lulu and I are probably going to be watching for a while. Tonight’s episodes are really good. Why don’t you just watch tomorrow? Or, you could just get your own mbership."
Lu Yao just said, "Oh," and took her clothes to the bathroom.
After she went into the bathroom and closed the door, Song Miaomiao took out a pen and paper and wrote: [The only reason she said that was to deliberately get you to buy a mbership so she could borrow it. It’s just like that makeup your relative bought you. You’ve barely used it, but she’s already used it two or three tis.]
Seeing Song Miaomiao stick up for her, Jiang Silu gave an embarrassed smile.
She took the pen from Song Miaomiao and wrote back: [It’s okay. We’re all roommates, we should help each other out.]
Song Miaomiao sighed after reading this. [No way. You’re too kind, and you’ll get taken advantage of and bullied. You don’t see Shiting and acting like that.]
Jiang Silu then grabbed her hand and urged, "Co on, let’s just watch the show. This male lead is so cool."
"Yeah, yeah! He’s Lu Lingfeng, the Stubborn Master! As in, stubborn as a mule, haha."
...
Since it was Saturday, Jiang Sifan arrived at He Lingyi’s house before it got dark.
Aunt Zhang opened the door and asked, "Teacher Jiang, have you eaten?"
Jiang Sifan nodded. "Aunt Zhang, I’ve already eaten."
"Good. Lingyi is already waiting in her bedroom," Aunt Zhang explained.
Jiang Sifan walked inside and knocked on the bedroom door.
From the side, Aunt Zhang called out, "Lingyi, Teacher Jiang is here! Hurry up and open the door."
"Coming, coming!" He Lingyi imdiately opened the door, a smile blooming on her face. "Hello, Teacher Jiang~ Co on in."
Then she said to Aunt Zhang, "Mom, can you get two drinks from the fridge? One for and one for Teacher Jiang."
Seeing her daughter so eager for her lesson, Aunt Zhang was pleased. "Alright, alright. You’re the boss, whatever you say goes."
Then she went to the fridge and got two drinks.
Jiang Sifan quickly thanked her, "Thank you, Aunt Zhang."
"You’re welco. Take a look at Lingyi’s test papers from this week. See if there are any questions she couldn’t do and help her with them."
"Okay."
Aunt Zhang then went to the living room and started watching television.
After she left, He Lingyi eagerly took out her test paper to show Jiang Sifan. "Teacher Jiang, the concepts you tutored on last week? There were two multiple-choice questions on them this week, and I got them both right!"
Jiang Sifan took a look and saw that she had actually gotten four multiple-choice questions right this ti. It was a cause for celebration.
Looking at the score of 45 marked on the test, he saw that while it was still a long way from Aunt Zhang’s goal, progress was always a good thing.
So, he encouraged her, "Not bad, that’s progress. When you improve by another 15 points, I’ll treat you to so milk tea."
"Really? Hmm... let think what kind of milk tea... I guess I’ll choose Bawang Chaji." He Lingyi replied.
Jiang Sifan froze for a second, then nodded awkwardly.
’So this girl has no idea you’re not supposed to add "I guess" when you say "Bawang Chaji".’
’Oh well. She’ll figure it out once she gets to university.’
Then, Jiang Sifan began to seriously explain the questions she’d gotten wrong on the test.
Throughout the process, He Lingyi was secretly staring at his face.
Jiang Sifan noticed and tapped her on the forehead. "See? You’re getting distracted in class again, aren’t you?"
He Lingyi rubbed her forehead and giggled. "It’s mainly because Teacher Jiang is too handso. I can’t help but look at you."
"As long as you study hard and bring up your math scores, once you get to university, there will be plenty of guys more handso than —more than you can ever look at," Jiang Sifan said with a laugh.
But He Lingyi shook her head. "I don’t believe you. I still think Teacher Jiang is the most handso."
She then asked curiously, "Teacher Jiang, do you have a girlfriend?"
Seeing that this girl was up to sothing, Jiang Sifan stated proactively, "I have a girlfriend."
"I don’t believe you." He Lingyi held out her hand. "Not unless you show a picture."
"We’ll talk about it after you improve by 30 points on your next test," Jiang Sifan said, naturally not giving in to her demand so easily.
Hearing that, He Lingyi’s brow furrowed, and she looked aggrieved. "Improving by 30 points? You might as well just kill ."
"You have to trust , and you have to trust yourself," Jiang Sifan encouraged.
"Fine, fine..."
The one-and-a-half-hour one-on-one session ended. Before leaving, Jiang Sifan reminded her, "Rember, you have to improve by 15 points on next week’s quiz to get that milk tea."
"I know~"
Just before he left, He Lingyi suddenly grabbed a Christmas reindeer antler headband from her bed. "Teacher Jiang, do you think I look good with these reindeer antlers?~"
Jiang Sifan smiled. "You look great."
"Hee hee, I knew I looked good in them~"
It had to be said that no matter their age, a love for beauty was in a woman’s nature.
On the way back, Jiang Sifan rembered that Christmas was approaching.
So he opened Taobao, intending to buy a similar headband for Huang Hui. ’Girls definitely like this kind of little trinket,’ he thought.
After paying for it, Jiang Sifan sent her a ssage: [Huihui, what are you up to? I just finished my session.]
At that mont, Huang Hui was chatting with a rich second-generation guy she had never t.
When she saw the ssage from Jiang Sifan, she imdiately replied: [I’m just playing on my phone in bed.]
Huang Hui: [You worked so hard, babe~!]
Jiang Sifan: [Not tired at all. Once I save up a bit more money, I’ll take you out for barbecue on the weekend.]
Huang Hui: [Sounds good!]
Realizing he hadn’t seen Huang Hui all day, Jiang Sifan missed her.
So he made a small request: [Babe, can you send a selfie?]
Huang Hui: [Nooo, I’m in my pajamas, and I don’t look good without makeup.]
Jiang Sifan: [It’s fine, we’re dating, what does it matter? I haven’t seen you all day, and I miss you.]
Huang Hui: [Aiya, no. We’ll see each other tomorrow. Okay, I’m going to get my beauty sleep. You should hurry back~]
Jiang Sifan glanced at the ti. It was indeed getting late, so he replied: [Okay, goodnight then, babe~]
Huang Hui: [Goodnight~]
After ending her chat with Jiang Sifan, Huang Hui was about to say goodnight to the rich guy, Lin Bei, as well.
But unexpectedly, a new ssage from him popped up: [Haha, I still haven’t seen what you look like. How about you send a selfie so I can see?]
Huang Hui imdiately blushed, feeling a bit shy: [I’m in my pajamas right now, and I don’t look good without makeup.]
Lin Bei: [It’s okay. As the saying goes, a person’s soul is their most beautiful feature; their appearance is just the icing on the cake. Besides, my classmate said you’re gorgeous. I refuse to believe you don’t look good without makeup.]
Being praised like this by Lin Bei, Huang Hui felt a little smug.
But she still maintained so modesty. After all, they were just online friends, and she had a boyfriend. If word got out that she was sending selfies to a guy she’d only been talking to for a couple of days, it wouldn’t look good.
Huang Hui: [How about so other day? I’ll post a selfie on my Monts after I put on so makeup.]
Lin Bei: [Sure, or you could just turn off the "Visible for last 3 days" setting on your Monts. I can just look at them there.]
Huang Hui thought that was a good idea, so she opened up her permissions.
Huang Hui: [Okay, I’ve opened up the permissions. I’m going to sleep now.]
Lin Bei: [Okay, goodnight~]
Huang Hui: [Mhm, goodnight.]
After their chat ended, Lin Bei slowly scrolled through Huang Hui’s Monts. The charming and sexy woman in the photos was certainly attractive.
But the most important part was the added label: "soone else’s girlfriend."
anwhile, Jiang Sifan got back to his dorm just before curfew.
After showering and lying down in bed, he opened WeChat, preparing to scroll through his Monts for a bit. That’s when he happened to notice that Huang Hui’s Monts permissions had been fully opened.
He rembered that it had always been set to only show content from the last three days. ’Why can I suddenly see everything?’
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