If you're not going to marry me, why are you flirting? If you dare run away, I'll sever yo

Inside the school's coffee shop, Lin Xiaoxiao hesitated, "Brother Ye Fan, will I get my money back?"

"Of course, it's just a matter of time."

"But didn't your school's secondhand platform project already fail?"

Ye Fan was a little embarrassed, but he forced a smile and said, "As the saying goes, failure is the mother of success. My failure this time is just accumulating experience for better entrepreneurship in the future."

"But I'm a little short of money right now..."

"Need money?"

Ye Fan nervously took a sip of coffee. "I thought this was your spare money."

"It is indeed spare money, but I've maintained my habit of spending a lot of money. When Qi Nan was pursuing me, he was willing to spend money on me, but things are different now that he's gone..."

Lin Xiaoxiao's words clearly implied a hint of complaint.

Ye Fan's face darkened.

"Xiaoxiao, do you think I'm inferior to him?"

"That's not what I meant..." Lin Xiaoxiao murmured, "It's just...it's just a bit of a letdown..."

"Alright, then go find Qi Nan. I won't stop you."

Lin Xiaoxiao whispered, "But what about the 100,000 you owe me?"

One hundred thousand, and another one hundred thousand.

When Ye Fan accepted Lin Xiaoxiao's money, he never thought the project would fail. Now that the money he invested has gone down the drain, where is he going to find 100,000 yuan?

"Xiaoxiao, wait for me. I will definitely pay you back when I succeed in starting my business. And you need to understand that this 100,000 yuan is an investment. All investments have risks. Even if you lose it, there's nothing you can do about it."

"But...but that money came from buying all those expensive items..."

Lin Xiaoxiao didn't understand what investment was. She lent Ye Fan the money because she believed he wouldn't lie to her, but she never expected his platform to collapse so quickly. It was a full 100,000 yuan; even throwing it into a lake would at least make a splash, but it just vanished like that.

Upon hearing this, Ye Fan continued to complain to Lin Xiaoxiao.

"Xiaoxiao, I'm the one who's suffering the most from this project failure. You lost 100,000 yuan, but do you know the pressure I'm under? I can't eat or sleep, and the psychologist says I'm on the verge of depression."

Lin Xiaoxiao listened to his complaints, and although she wasn't in a good mood, she still chose to offer a few words of comfort. She even had some self-doubt, wondering if she was really too materialistic. After all, Ye Fan's project failure wasn't his fault; it was just bad luck that he encountered a competitor of the same type.

"Alright, Xiaoxiao understands. Then I won't make you pay it back for now. I look forward to Brother Ye Fan's future success."

"Thank you, Xiaoxiao. I'm so glad to have a girl like you who understands me."

Lin Xiaoxiao took a sip of coffee and inexplicably felt a slightly bitter taste in her mouth.

"If there's nothing else, I'm going to class."

"Wait a moment."

"What's wrong? Is there anything else?"

"New Year's Day is coming soon, so I wanted to ask if you have time to spend New Year's Eve with me."

New Year's Eve?

Lin Xiaoxiao recalled that she seemed to have spent New Year's Eve with Qi Nan last year. He took her to Disneyland and they ate at the most expensive restaurant there. Finally, they counted down to the New Year during a grand fireworks show.

Although they had a fight over accommodation, it didn't affect how much fun they had that day. Qi Nan arranged the entire itinerary and expenses, while all Qi Nan had to do was enjoy the activities and take beautiful photos.

"No, I probably won't be free for New Year's Eve."

Lin Xiaoxiao thought about it and declined Ye Fan's invitation. She actually wanted to spend the New Year with Qi Nan. After all, Ye Fan didn't have any money right now. Even if she went to celebrate the New Year with him, they would probably just be like idiots, watching the mall's big screen release balloons in some unknown square, and then squeezing into the crowd to go home. They might even encounter traffic control, and without transportation, they probably wouldn't even be able to hail a taxi.

"Well, that's a real shame."

Ye Fan was already dissatisfied with Lin Xiaoxiao. She should have been the one throwing herself at him, but now he was rejected even after taking the initiative to invite her. Well, just wait and see. Once I win over Xia Ningqi, you'll be in for a world of hurt.

...

Qi Nan kept his promise and came to the hair salon once again.

He promised Xia Ningqi he would dye his hair back, so naturally he wouldn't break his promise.

Yanzi was somewhat surprised to see that the person who came was Qi Nan.

"Hey handsome, are you here today to get a new hairstyle?"

"No need to change your hairstyle, just dye your hair back to black."

"Dye it back to black? Why? Do you think it doesn't look good?"

Qi Nan shook his head. "No, it's just that it doesn't feel right for me."

"Well, that's a real shame. I thought it looked pretty good, anyway."

Qi Nan was on the verge of tears. It didn't matter if he thought it was beautiful; the main problem was that Xia Ningqi, that ancestor, didn't like it.

The swallows went to prepare the dye.

On the street outside the shop, Lingya was accompanied by her best friend Jiang Qian.

"Ya Ya, you've seemed a bit distracted these past few days, and you haven't even started organizing any nightclub parties."

"It's nothing, I'm just feeling a little unwell, and I'm taking a couple of days off because my period is here."

"Don't lie to me. Didn't you just have your period at the beginning of this month? It's only been a short time. Do you have irregular periods?"

"Don't talk nonsense, my periods are perfectly normal."

Jiang Qian put her arm around Ling Ya's, said "Oh," and then chuckled mischievously, "So, it's not because that boy named Qi Nan hasn't been visiting you lately, so you're feeling lonely, is it?"

Lingya denied it outright, "Go away, how could I be lonely? Don't you know who I am? If I sent a mass message, the men who want to go on a date with me could stretch from the North Pole to the South Pole."

"Really? Then send a message now and ask them to bring me a penguin."

Your joke was really lame.

Jiang Qian laughed and said, "Ya Ya, you should be more honest. There's nothing shameful about liking young men. Besides, you've met so many men, and you can still have a liking that isn't bound by self-interest. That's a good thing."

"But..." Lingya lowered her eyes, her voice tinged with sadness, "My past experiences are shameful... I guess even he would find me dirty..."

"That's all in the past."

"What does the past matter? Once it's done, it's a mark for life. For women like us, getting a simple love is harder than climbing to heaven."

Jiang Qian didn't know what to say, because what Ling Ya said was true. Since they had chosen this path, they would inevitably be rejected by the world. Although it was helpless, it was a prejudice engraved in people's DNA that was difficult to change.

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