The night before the college entrance exam results were released, I redeemed my Peking University ad

He's busy dating!

We arrived last night, intending to go directly to him, but our superiors said we couldn't disturb his important business!

So picking up girls is more important than national-level projects!

【Ugh! I'm so angry!】

[Cousin, isn't that infuriating!]

【cousin?】

【cousin?】

Never mind, you go ahead and do your thing.

Seeing that Ye Lan hadn't replied, Qin pouted and stuffed his phone into his pocket.

My cousin is sometimes even busier than me; it's common for me to not be able to contact her for ten days or half a month.

She didn't care, turned her head to look out the window, and continued to sulk.

Meanwhile, in the capital city, a thousand miles away...

Ye Lan sat motionless in the back seat of the van, holding her phone.

She read through the message Qin Ye had sent.

I watched it again.

Dating?

Is he on a date?

Ye Lan felt a strange, indescribable feeling welling up inside her; it was a little bitter, and a little empty.

In fact, she knew very well that her relationship with Ji Bai was nothing more than a transaction.

She provided the money, and he wrote the songs.

She gave him stockings, and he handed in his homework.

That's all there is to it.

Besides, what's wrong with a promising young genius going on a date and having a relationship?

Who gave her the right to be unhappy?

I understand the道理 (principles/reasons), but I still feel uneasy.

Just like when I was a child, I would keep my favorite fountain pen in my drawer and never think of using it. But if I saw someone else using it to write, I would feel inexplicably upset.

Moreover, Ji Bai was different from all the men who pursued her.

She had only experienced that feeling with a very few people in her life.

Ironically, she didn't dislike him at all.

Some people even find it addictive.

Ye Lan sighed softly, deleted the words of comfort she had typed, and retyped:

I have some work to take care of, I'll talk to you later. Goodnight, take care of yourself.

After sending the message, Ye Lan put down her phone and gazed absently at the bustling traffic outside the car window.

In the end, Ye Lan couldn't resist and picked up her phone again to make a call.

"What was Ji Bai doing last night?"

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, followed by a voice that clearly carried a reprimanding tone:

"Why are you just like your cousin? Why are you always asking about other people's business?"

"You can't just ask about Ji Bai's affairs. Mind your own business!"

The phone hangs up.

Ye Lan was stunned for several seconds.

Immediately, his expression turned completely cold.

She is the apple of the eye of both the Ye and Qin families, their eldest granddaughter!

I've never suffered such injustice in my entire life!

You're not going to tell me, are you?

Row!

I'll look it up myself!

Ye Lan sat up abruptly and said to her agent, Xu Jing, in front of her:

"Let's go to Fucheng!"

"what?"

Xu Jing turned her head, looking completely bewildered.

"To Fucheng? Now?"

"Now, immediately, right now!"

"That won't work, Lanlan. There's a business dinner tonight, and we have to film GG tomorrow, and the day after..."

"They've all been cancelled!"

"what?"

"Is that not allowed?"

"OK!"

Xu Jing smiled.

"If Miss Ye has spoken, what's wrong with it!"

These business activities originally belonged to Ye Qin's two companies; it was all just a matter of Ye Lan's word.

"But...why are we going to Fucheng?"

Ye Lan leaned back in her chair, her red lips parted slightly, and she uttered two words:

"Collecting debts."

"Collecting debts?"

Xu Jing was even more confused.

Who would dare to owe Miss Ye a debt?

Ye Lan didn't say anything more, only a cold smile appeared on her lips.

It's been almost a month since I last saw Ji Bai.

That guy had promised her two more hit songs within a month.

Ye Lan originally didn't want to rush him.

After all, she knew that the boy hadn't been idle lately.

He achieved room-temperature superconductivity, received an award abroad, weathered a major crisis, and then returned to utterly defeat a century-old conglomerate.

Any one of these things could be enough for an ordinary person to brag about for a lifetime.

But he did it all within a month.

So even though he was behind on two songs, Ye Lan didn't really intend to urge him.

She even planned that next time they met, she would tell him frankly, "It's okay, I don't need these two songs."

But now.

That guy is on a date!

Then we need to talk about it properly.

As the eldest granddaughter of the Ye and Qin families, she is a top-tier female celebrity in the entertainment industry. From childhood to adulthood, she has always been the one being chased and fawned over.

No man has ever taken her money in full, agreed to her requests, and then turned around and dated someone else without even sending her a message.

She paid the full amount back then!

Or... in that way.

Thinking of this, Ye Lan's ears involuntarily turned red.

"Go home first."

"Why go home? I've already bought all the tickets."

"Get...get a few pieces of clothing, quick!"

"oh!"

Soon, the car turned into a quiet alley next to the Second Ring Road.

The car came to a stop in front of a small, unremarkable courtyard.

Ye Lan got out of the car and went inside.

The courtyard wasn't large, with blue bricks and gray tiles. Two old locust trees grew in the corner, their branches rustling in the night wind.

The interior decoration is not luxurious, but exudes an understated elegance.

But to own such a small courtyard in this location is itself a symbol of status.

Ye Lan walked straight to the dressing room.

The walk-in closet is very large, with three walls lined with floor-to-ceiling wardrobes, a jewelry cabinet in the middle, and a full-length mirror in the corner.

During this time, a storage locker was added here.

This newly added locker doesn't store ordinary clothes, but rather colorful stockings.

Flesh-colored, black, gray, white, burgundy... they come in all sorts of colors.

Ye Lan stood in front of the lockers, her gaze sweeping over the stockings.

She thought for a moment, then reached out and took out a flesh-colored one, and then a black one.

Seeing this, the assistant next to her quickly reminded her, "Sister Lan, those two are worn, the new ones are over here."

"Okay, I understand."

Ye Lan paused for a moment, then casually put the two stockings back in their place: "You can go out now."

"Sister Lan, I haven't finished packing your luggage yet."

"It's okay, I can do it myself. You can go out now."

"Oh well."

The assistant went out and thoughtfully closed the door behind him.

Ye Lan stood there, looking at the newly bought suitcase with a fingerprint lock on the ground. After thinking it over and over again, she still didn't put the two new stockings into the suitcase.

Instead, she found a small gift box, carefully folded the two stockings, and put them inside.

She then put the small gift box into her bag.

In fact, Ye Lan herself couldn't understand why she wanted to bring this thing.

But there seemed to be a voice in my heart saying, how can I visit my younger brother without bringing a gift?

Younger brothers... are meant to be pampered!

She straightened her hair in front of the mirror, took a deep breath, and her face regained its cool and confident look.

"You little brat, you just wait."