Why are you all trying to win over me, the male supporting character?

……

As Lu Chengzhou walked out the door with this basket of eggs, he felt that he was holding onto his integrity.

Ah, life!

How tragic.

I never imagined that the integrity I was so proud of was only worth five eggs.

Jiang Aiyu accepted his integrity... no, he accepted the five eggs, holding them in her arms as if they were priceless treasures.

"I can cook egg noodles tonight."

She said it in a calm tone.

"This saves me the cost of a boxed lunch."

Lu Chengzhou was extremely puzzled when he heard her say that.

In fact, he had been wondering about it for a long time.

Although the original novel does not describe the Jiang family's financial situation in detail, a family that could establish a relationship with Master Lin and almost succeed in a marriage alliance could not possibly be so poor, right?

Why is she so frugal?

It looks like their living expenses could be cut off at any moment.

"My dad went to work in the mines."

Perhaps sensing Lu Chengzhou's confusion, she directly explained her current difficult situation.

"I went to Africa and don't know when I'll be able to come back."

Sent to Africa to mine?

That's all.

Lu Chengzhou couldn't help but silently mourn for her for a few seconds.

No wonder she eats so frugally; her family must have fallen on hard times and can no longer make a living.

Thinking of this, Lu Chengzhou's sympathy began to ache again.

"Before he left, all his accounts were frozen, and he could no longer give me living expenses."

Jiang Ai sighed.

Lu Chengzhou sighed as well.

Just as he was about to say something, Jiang Aiyu pulled another unexpected move.

"only……"

"Recently I discovered that the walls in my house are hollow, and there are four walls full of hundred-yuan bills inside."

Jiang Aiyu became seriously troubled.

"I don't know what to do with this money."

108. Are we talking about the same thing?

what is this?

What is this?!

This is the ultimate Versailles, miss!

Lu Chengzhou was moved to tears.

I thought I had found someone as poor and destitute as myself, but it turns out I was the only one who was truly poor and destitute.

Even a starved camel is bigger than a horse; he can't compare to that.

"Teacher, do you need money?"

Jiang Aiyu's words successfully pulled Lu Chengzhou back to reality from under the lemon tree.

Yes, we need it!

Who doesn't need money?

However, Lu Chengzhou also possessed a certain arrogance as a man.

He does not advocate getting something for nothing; he prefers to earn rewards through labor.

Even though he himself knew that the little effort he had put in was far from enough to earn such a large reward...

"If the teacher needs money, I can give the teacher some."

Jiang Aiyu looked at him intently.

"However, I have one condition."

She slowly walked a few steps closer to him.

"Marry me."

……

"No, I refuse."

Upon hearing Jiang Aiyu's conditions, Lu Chengzhou naturally refused immediately.

Marrying someone just for the money inside the four walls—isn't that just being greedy?

He's not that shameless, really.

Jiang Aiyu sighed and said with a serious face, "I was just kidding, teacher."

Lu Chengzhou smiled slightly: "That's wonderful."

Thank goodness he didn't agree.

Wouldn't it be incredibly embarrassing to agree?

Of course, he never intended to agree in the first place.

Jiang Aiyu stepped back slightly.

He cleared his throat and continued speaking in that unhurried tone.

"The real condition is..."

“Teach me something.”

"What is love?"

Lu Chengzhou: "..."

silence.

Dead silence.

People around them began to cast strange glances at the two of them.

Surrounded by these piercing gazes, Lu Chengzhou felt that if there were a hole in the ground, he would crawl into it.

It was precisely in this situation that even a grown man like him would feel ashamed, yet Jiang Aiyu remained completely calm and composed.

What kind of amazing person is she?!

Lu Chengzhou practically worshipped her.

On the other hand, such a pretty young girl, wouldn't it be better for her to study something?

You have to study this kind of thing every day.

My mind is completely blank except for yellow; there's absolutely no other color in it.

Jiang Aiyu seemed worried that he hadn't heard her clearly, so she repeated it.

This time, Lu Chengzhou interrupted her spellcasting ahead of time.

He said righteously, "I can't take advantage of you; that's not something a man should do."

Jiang Aiyu glanced at him: "I don't think it's about taking advantage."

Looking into her pure and innocent eyes, Lu Chengzhou almost blurted out, "That's because you're stupid!"

What is it if not to bully a girl with emotional problems?

She's willing, but he's not!

Jiang Aiyu sighed: "I've already looked up information at the library, but there are still many things I don't understand. I just want you to teach me those things."

Lu Chengzhou's lips twitched: "You...you even went to the library to look up this?"

That said, the library is really open.

They even have something like this.

Perhaps this is the difference between this world and the real world? Tsk tsk tsk... It suddenly gave him a strong urge to go to the library and study properly.

Jiang Aiyu continued, "After going to the library, I went to an internet cafe and looked up some information. However, I still don't quite understand what this thing is all about."

Lu Chengzhou rubbed his forehead.

He couldn't listen anymore.

He felt afraid for her just thinking about how the people around her might look at what she was looking at.

Fortunately, he is a decent person and has no bad intentions.

If he's a scoundrel, then we can't have meat tonight?

……

The two chatted the whole way.

Basically, it was all Jiang Aiyu talking about how she found the information.

She was so serious that Lu Chengzhou's ears turned red from listening.

Even as they parted ways at the stairwell, they remained unaware that they were having a cross-server chat with each other.

……