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Tang Yuru lowered her head, unable to see her toes. "I-can't you not say it...? Don't force me."

"Tell me about it?" Lin Zhou said. "I at least have the right to know, right? Even if I did something wrong, shouldn't I at least get an answer, like saying 'even if I die, I deserve'?"

"Can't you tell me?"

"……no."

"Then why do you run away every time you see me? I always thought it was because I did something to upset you in the past."

"No, you don't, you're really nice!" Tang Yuru's head bobbed like a rattle drum, and she answered this question very quickly.

Noticing Lin Zhou's expression, Tang Yuru hesitated for a while before whispering, "It's because my family... isn't well-off."

"I knew that from the beginning," Lin Zhou said.

"There are many other things... If you stay with me, there will be endless trouble in the future, and I don't want you to be involved too..."

Lin Zhou asked疑惑地, "So, you think I'll be better off after the breakup?"

"……Um."

Why?

Tang Yuru thought for a long time, but in the end, she said the same words that she had repeated to herself countless times.

"We are not from the same world."

She wouldn't have said that before.

But ever since that time—

……

……

That day, Tang Yuru had just finished her part-time job at the library and was about to go to the cafeteria to find Lin Zhou.

The short-haired girl called out to her from the doorway, "oi."

"Tang Yuru...right? Can we talk about it? About Lin Zhou."

"Who are you? You're Lin Zhou's friend... What can I do for you?" Tang Yuru looked at the short-haired girl in front of her and realized that the other girl's intentions were not simple. "..."

Ye Zhiyu crossed her arms, tilted her head slightly, and her bangs parted to reveal her emotionless eyes. "I heard that your grandfather passed away a long time ago?"

Tang Yuru paused, seemingly a little confused. "Yes... what's wrong? Why did you suddenly bring this up?"

"It's a long story... but I'll keep it short: you should break up with Lin Zhou. You two aren't a good match," Ye Zhiyu said.

"Ah..." Tang Yuru looked at the short-haired girl in front of her, hesitated for a moment, "You... are Lin Zhou's suitors?"

"Huh?" Ye Zhiyu raised an eyebrow. "What suitor? I'm his buddy, his best friend."

"Then why are you telling me this..." Tang Yuru said blankly, "I... I didn't do anything wrong."

"Of course, it's not your fault." Ye Zhiyu scratched her head. "Sigh... hell is just ahead (whispering)."

Tang Yuru: "?"

"I checked. Your grandfather couldn't afford the 100,000 yuan for surgery years ago, so he died," Ye Zhiyu said.

Tang Yuru pursed her lips. "Why did you bring this up... Are you deliberately mocking me?"

"No, I wasn't mocking you," Ye Zhiyu continued. "Do you think 100,000 yuan is a lot or not?"

"A lot...of course there's a lot, a lot." Tang Yuru lowered her eyes and muttered to herself.

"That's just the price of one of Lin Zhou's toys."

"Huh...?" Tang Yuru was stunned for a moment.

Tang Yuru knew that Lin Zhou came from a well-off family... but she didn't feel it very clearly when she was with him, because Lin Zhou would often go to eat at roadside stalls with her and plan together how to save a few more dollars.

"You don't really have a concept of big numbers, um... for example, one of our TVs costs one or two million. Do you understand what I mean?" Ye Zhiyu leaned closer to Tang Yurou.

Tang Yuru was so frightened that she backed away, and was eventually cornered by Ye Zhiyu.

"Electricity and television cost one or two million? You, you're lying to me, how can it be so expensive?" Tang Yurou said.

"So, you simply can't imagine things you've never seen before; you might even think they're fake." Ye Zhiyu tilted her head slightly. "You're not from the same world at all."

"Lin Zhou isn't very bright; once they get together, they'll probably keep talking forever."

"First of all, you can't get past your parents, because they simply can't accept a girl from such a different family background—and Lin Zhou is already surrounded by girls with good conditions, do you understand what I'm saying?"

Tang Yuru bit her lip.

To be honest, she didn't have much of a concept of these numbers, but she understood what 100,000 meant.

When her grandfather was sick, every time the family borrowed a little money, they would tell her... fifty, one hundred, one thousand, sometimes as much as three thousand. She listened and calculated at the same time. Even though they had been borrowing for so long, they could never raise one hundred thousand yuan.

No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't raise enough money for the surgery...

We can't get them all together, we really can't.

At her bedside, her grandfather gently patted her head. "Grandpa is alright. I've lived enough... I just pity you. Go to a good university and don't come back."

"No, no Grandpa, I don't want to..."

"Be good, listen to me."

……

"I don't have Tu Linzhou's money... I didn't know his family was so rich," Tang Yuru said softly. "I won't do those things... It's okay, I'll go to work, I'll spend the money I earn myself."

Ye Zhiyu simply looked at her strangely, "So, you think Lin's parents will accept you?"

"I……"

"But if you're just planning to have a casual chat, maybe even a casual fling, I don't care. But if you're aiming for marriage, I advise you to think it through, especially now... you've only just started dating, you haven't even entered the honeymoon phase yet." Ye Zhiyu finished speaking and waved her hand.

"This is for your own good."

"If you spend too much time with Lin Zhou, you have no idea what you'll be facing," Ye Zhiyu said. "Be careful you don't lose your life."

"Just a heads up, Lin Zhou said he has a fiancée."

"what……"

Tang Yuru stared blankly as Ye Zhiyu turned and left. She stood there for a long time, lost in thought, until her phone vibrated. It was a message from Lin Zhou.

[Lin Zhou: Yu Rou~ I've gotten my food at the cafeteria~ They have pork ribs today, and they're pretty cheap.]

Tang Yuru: "..."

She clutched the book in her arms tightly, but after taking only a few steps, she found a girl blocking her way.

Tang Yuru was taken aback for a moment, only to find that it was a girl with pigtails, incredibly beautiful, even somewhat dreamlike. "Tang Yuru?"

"Ah...you, who are you?"

The girl standing opposite him was expressionless, then suddenly took out a card. "Here's two hundred thousand. Leave Lin Zhou, and the price is negotiable."

Tang Yuru was stunned.

A few seconds later, large tears started falling uncontrollably, one drop, two drops, then a large amount landed on the floor.

The girl with pigtails paused for a moment, seemingly not expecting Tang Yuru's reaction. "What...do you mean? If you don't want to, you don't need to cry."

"I'm sorry... I'm so sorry..."

"I just..."

"So it's that easy to scrape together 100,000..." Tang Yuru squatted down on the ground, watching the girl in front of her take the money as easily as she would 10 yuan. For the first time, she felt her worldview crumble.