He stole his best friend's photos and fell for a tycoon's heir through online dating.

Liu Yinan suddenly remembered that she had done the same thing in the cafeteria that morning.

She sat across from him, grinned, pushed her breakfast towards him, said, "I bought too much," and then turned and ran away, not giving him a chance to refuse.

It is not charity.

"I'm sorry. I didn't understand clearly." There was a hint of unease on his usually cold face.

Lin Wanzhi quickly waved her hand, "It's okay, it's okay! It's really okay! You didn't know the situation, it's good that the misunderstanding is cleared up!"

"I'll treat you to a meal another day to make amends." He left without waiting for their refusal.

As the two were walking up the stairs back to their dorm, Lin Wanzhi leaned closer:

"Ruoruo, you're so amazing!"

"Um?"

"When you were talking just now, you sounded like... like a female lawyer in a TV drama!"

It's that feeling of 'delivering the final blow to the defendant in court'!

Xia Ruo paused, turned her head to look at her, and asked, "What TV dramas do you watch?"

"He's just so handsome!" Lin Wanzhi's voice was filled with a heartfelt and undisguised admiration.

"But you were so fierce just now... I've never seen you like that before."

Why are you so angry?

"It's nothing."

"I just don't like him."

Lin Wanzhi followed behind, watching her tall and straight back, and muttered to herself, "She's clearly just disappointed in her..."

"What did you say?"

"I said Ruoruo is the best!!!" Lin Wanzhi's voice boomed in the corridor, and all the motion-activated lights turned on.

Xia Ruo's ears were ringing from her shouting, and she covered one ear with her hand: "Keep your voice down."

"Hehe." Lin Wanzhi laughed carefree, skipping and hopping after her.

When the two pushed open the dormitory door, Mu Zhizhi was lying on her bed looking at her phone. Hearing the noise, she immediately peeked out.

"So, so, what's up? What did that handsome guy want with Wanwan?"

"It's nothing, just a misunderstanding, it's been resolved."

As Lin Wanzhi spoke, she put down her bag, picked up the now-cold lunchbox from the table, opened the lid, looked inside, and sighed.

"It's definitely cold now."

"Let's heat it up in the microwave," Mu Zhizhi said.

"Never mind, it's edible even when it's cold." Lin Wanzhi picked up her chopsticks, took a bite of rice, and puffed out her cheeks like a hamster.

Xia Ruo also sat down and opened her lunchbox.

Just as she was about to take her first bite, Lin Wanzhi's phone rang.

Lin Wanzhi glanced at the caller ID, her mouth still full of food, and mumbled, "My brother."

Then I answered the call, turned on speakerphone, and placed the phone on the table.

"Hey, bro?"

"Are you off work yet? How was your first day?"

"It's fine!" Lin Wanzhi said, chewing her rice, her voice muffled.

"Manager Zhang is very nice; he even showed us around the company's operations. It's just that General Manager Huo is a bit intimidating..."

"Mr. Huo?"

"That's our company's president. He even had a private talk with me today."

"Oh right, brother," Lin Wanzhi suddenly remembered something, her chopsticks holding a piece of braised pork suspended in mid-air.

"I have something to ask you—that sponsorship from Liu Yinan, was it you who negotiated it with him? What's the contract like?"

"What's wrong?"

"He said there's a clause in the contract that forbids dating. Dude, why would you bring up such a condition? That's so weird..."

There was a two-second silence on the other end of the phone.

"He came to see you?"

"Yes, just now, downstairs."

"What did you talk about?"

"We didn't talk much. He thought we were giving him charity, so he said some very rude things."

Then Ruoruo spoke up for me and scolded him, and he apologized.

As Lin Wanzhi spoke, she turned to look at Xia Ruo and smiled.

"Ruoruo was so fierce just now, I've never seen her like that before."

Xia Ruo was eating when she heard this and almost choked. She picked up her water glass and took a sip.

"Can you please stop exaggerating?"

"I didn't exaggerate!" Lin Wanzhi turned her head confidently and added into her phone.

"Brother, you didn't see it. Ruoruo's eyes were so fierce back then that the boy didn't dare to look at her."

Xia Ruo wished she could disappear into a crack in the ground.

"Is she alright?" Lin Wanxun's voice suddenly lowered.

"I mean...she wasn't harassed by that boy, was she?"

Lin Wanzhi paused for a moment, then blinked:

"No, Ruoruo is so capable, who could make things difficult for her?"

"That's good."

There was another brief silence on the other end of the phone.

Then Lin Wanxun spoke, her tone neither hurried nor slow:

"Give her the phone, I'll say a few words to her."

Lin Wanzhi's eyes lit up instantly, and her mouth stretched visibly to her ears.

She held her phone up, screen facing outwards, and waved it at Xia Ruo: "Ruo Ruo—my brother is looking for you—"

Xia Ruo's chopsticks were suspended in mid-air, and she froze.

Looking for me? What do you want?

Is there anything I can't convey through you? I'm not even that close to him!

She mouthed to Lin Wanzhi, "I won't answer."

Lin Wanzhi mouthed back, "Catch it—"

"I won't answer."

"Catch it, catch it, catch it—"

Lin Wanzhi had already shoved the phone in front of Xia Ruo's face, the screen clearly displaying the word "Brother," and the call was still going on.

Xia Ruo took a deep breath:

"Brother Wanxun, what's the matter?"

"How was your first day at work?"

Xia Ruo's heart skipped a beat.

He asked her if work was going well. Are they that close?

"Fortunately, there was no specific work on the first day; it was just about getting familiar with the company's operations."

"Just do your best. If you're not used to it, then don't go."

"It's still the same as usual, and the contract has already been signed."

There was a pause of a few seconds on the other end of the phone before a voice came through:

"Okay, then you should get some rest."

"Yeah, Brother Wanxun too."

"Ruoruo".

Lin Wanxun suddenly called her name.

Xia Ruo's fingers tightened slightly.

"If you ever need anything, big or small, feel free to come to me. Wanwan is too young to be of any help."

Xia Ruo's mind went blank.

What do you mean? What do you mean Wanwan can't help? If Wanwan can't help, can you? By what right do you say this? Your best friend's brother?

No, no, no.

She didn't want to get involved in any more disputes.

Zhou Siyan was already enough to give her a headache, and with Lin Wanxun joining the fray, her transmigration story was going to turn from "survival" into a "battle royale."

"Okay, thank you, Brother Wanxun." Her voice was perfectly steady, without a trace of emotion.

"I'll hang up now, I haven't finished eating yet."

"Okay, go ahead."

Lin Wanxun's voice carried a faint smile, as if she had sensed her avoidance.

Lin Wanzhi took the phone, said "Bye-bye, brother" into the receiver, and then hung up. She turned around, and the expression on her face could be described in four words—"His intentions are as clear as day."

"Ruoruo—"

"Shut up."

"I haven't said anything yet!" Lin Wanzhi pouted, feeling wronged.

"I know what you're trying to say without you having to." Xia Ruo picked up her chopsticks again, took a bite of rice, and said expressionlessly, "Eat quickly, the rice is getting cold."

"Oh..." Lin Wanzhi poked at the rice in the lunchbox, hesitated for two seconds, but couldn't hold back any longer, "But don't you think my brother cares about you a lot?"

Xia Ruo paused for a moment as she picked up some food.

"He cares about everyone," she said.

"No, that's not true. He doesn't treat me like that at all—"

"You're his sister, so he cares for you in a different way."

"And for you too—" Lin Wanzhi began, but was stopped by a look from Xia Ruo.

"Let's eat," Xia Ruo said.

"oh."