In the Cian District, in the Years Neighborhood, Li Peifeng arrived at the building of Ms. Sun according to the address given by Zhao Qingge. After making a call, a girl who looked about twenty-sothing ca down a couple of minutes later. She was dressed casually, with above-average looks, which seed ordinary to the well-traveled Li Peifeng. However, her long hair and mature deanor left a morable impression.
"Um... Are you the delivery guy?"
Ms. Sun was surprised to see Li Peifeng: "Was it you who called just now?" Her bewildered look seed to ask, is soone this handso also delivering packages?
"It should be ," Li Peifeng pretended to hesitate, "But, are you... Yun Xin Yue Xing?"
"Yun Xin..."
Ms. Sun was initially puzzled, then suddenly understood: "Oh, you’re that online friend she ntioned. I’m not Yun Xin Yue Xing, but you can just give the stuff to . I’ll pass it on to her."
Li Peifeng feigned hesitation and said, "The gift is quite valuable. Can I ask what your relationship with her is?"
"I am her... sister, yes, she is my sister."
"Then do you know her real na is..."
Ms. Sun interrupted: "I know, but I can’t say anything. She specifically instructed . If you’re worried, don’t give the gift."
"Yun Xin Yue Xing told she’s in the finance industry. Can you tell exactly where she works..."
"No."
"Alright then, I’ll give this to you and be on my way."
Li Peifeng felt he played his part well enough and turned to get in his car and leave.
As soon as he left, Ms. Sun imdiately took out her phone and called soone, looking quite excited;
"Not bad, old classmate, we all thought you’d end up alone for life, but here you are, hooking up with such a catch online?"
"Did he give you the stuff?"
If Li Peifeng were here, he’d recognize the voice as his respected ntor, Zhao Qingge...
"Yes, he did, Cartier jewelry."
Ms. Sun opened the box and exclaid, "A necklace and a bracelet, they don’t look cheap."
Zhao Qingge remained unfazed and continued to ask: "Did he say anything? Repeat his words exactly."
"At first, he suspected I was Yun Xin Yue Xing, but I said no, I’m her sister..."
"Haha," Zhao Qingge chuckled without saying more.
Ms. Sun justified herself: "Why? I do look young! Although I can’t compare to you in beauty and grace, my face is youthful, he believed I was your sister!"
"Alright, I know you’re young. What happened next?"
"Then he asked which unit you belonged to and your real na. I followed your instructions and didn’t say a thing!"
"Good." Zhao Qingge’s tone visibly relaxed: "Give the jewelry another day, and I’ll treat you to a al when I have ti."
"I don’t care about the al. I’m just puzzled why you don’t dare to et him? You’re a bit ungrateful, you know how handso your online friend is in real life? At least 1.9 ters tall, looking like a mix of Leon Lai and Daniel Wu. Why are you deceiving soone like that? I advise you to treasure it. Don’t be a grown-up blocking the way without drawing a conclusion, hurting a naive young man’s feelings. If you’re not interested, end it early and let have a go, as I’m planning to get a divorce and find a new husband..."
Ms. Sun continued her chatter, but Zhao Qingge had already hung up the phone.
...
Yun Xin Yue Xing: "The gift was received, love it, thanks, little brother."
At noon, Li Peifeng received a ssage from Yun Xin Yue Xing on his TT app. He only glanced at it, praised himself in his heart for the acting that morning, and didn’t reply before putting away his phone.
Because he had real business to attend to—having a al with two of his dorm mates!
"Using the thod of interviewing for the short video operation position to freeload the plan is indeed smart, but Yueyue, at least you need to have a company, and also rent a house as the interview venue..."
Xu Manning was eating happily with Wu Wenyue, but when she inadvertently saw Li Peifeng glancing at his phone and then quickly closing it and placing it on the table, she sensed sothing was off: "Which sister are you chatting with again?"
"Freeloading isn’t the correct term."
Li Peifeng corrected: "I actually let Yueyue recruit, but in the process of interviewing the candidates, I also strengthen my understanding of the entire industry."
"I wasn’t talking about that; I was asking who you were chatting with."
"I plan to lend Wenyue fifty thousand yuan to start a business, letting her set up a dia company." Li Peifeng took a bite of the chicken leg, seemingly seeking approval: "Do you have any opinions?"
As soon as he said this, Xu Manning imdiately forgot about the previous matter, frowning slightly and mumbling softly: "So formal, huh? I thought she was just trying to give it a try, why invest money from the start..."
"I initially wanted to start from zero cost, exploring bit by bit."
Wu Wenyue candidly said: "But after chatting with Peifeng yesterday, I felt like his plan has great feasibility. Also, since he’s willing to lend money to waste, it’s a golden opportunity, so I decided to give it a thorough try. At worst, I’ll lose fifty thousand, work hard for a few years after graduating, and pay off the creditor then."
If you can’t pay it back, will you pay with your body?
Xu Manning looked at the two of them, lowered her head again, and continued eating, saying nothing.
"Manning, I’m asking for your opinion?" Li Peifeng persistently asked.
"You can lend to whoever you want, no need to ask my opinion."
Xu Manning might have realized her words sounded a bit jealous, and she hurriedly added: "I absolutely support Yueyue’s entrepreneurship, and I can lend fifty thousand too. Right now, I don’t have much money, but if it’s not enough in the future, I can lend more. Whatever help I can provide, I’ll be sure to. Even if we end up losing money, it doesn’t matter, between us there’s no need to talk about money or not... it’s whatever."
Wu Wenyue’s initially tense eyes relaxed. She was genuinely afraid that Xu Manning would get jealous because Li Peifeng lent her money to start a business.
That’s more like it, after all, wasn’t she supposed to be Manning’s "boyfriend"? Didn’t Manning herself say "love you" to her yesterday, although she was being fiercely kissed by Li Peifeng, unable to resist at that?
Afterward, the three of them discussed matters related to the company na and procedures. As they were almost done with their al, Xu Manning suddenly recalled a crucial question...
"When did you two discuss starting the short video business yesterday? How co I didn’t hear a thing?"
The air suddenly beca still, and Wu Wenyue was the first to break the silence: "After you fell asleep yesterday, Peifeng and I chatted on WeChat."
Li Peifeng sighed silently because he felt this made-up excuse of ’chatting on WeChat’ insults people’s intelligence.
You can’t lie so leave it to to cover up, you spoke too soon and now I can’t help you out...
"Really?"
Xu Manning obviously didn’t believe it. Her lips twitched as she put down her chopsticks with a plonk, holding back her anger with a cold smile: "Yueyue, take out your phone, let see your WeChat chat history."
"..."
Wu Wenyue blinked her large eyes, looking towards Li Peifeng for help, with a touch of pleading in her gaze.
Help !
How can I help? You, lying heathen, can’t even fib properly!
Li Peifeng cursed inwardly, quickly thinking of a plan.
"Tell honestly."
Xu Manning took a couple of deep breaths and, clinging to her last hope, gritted her teeth: "Did you two do it? Did you sneak off to another room while I was asleep..."
"No!" Wu Wenyue shook her head repeatedly: "I went to the room to give him the keyboard and mouse, then we chatted about what you ntioned before sleep, nothing else!"
"I don’t believe it!! You two must have taken advantage while I..."
"Alright, alright."
Li Peifeng reluctantly placed his half-eaten chicken leg into Xu Manning’s bowl, and solemnly said:
"Manning, you must rember sothing important, Wenyue and I holding hands, hugging, kissing, late night... discussing entrepreneurship matters in the room behind your back. But we know, we still love you. So, next ti we’ll definitely include you!"
"Go find yourself a rope and hang yourself!!!"
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