Chen Jiancheng's lecture went very smoothly. Mei Jin saw Chen Jiancheng off, reminding him before he left to help take her best friend home.
Chen Jiancheng agreed. After giving his niece a few instructions, he went to wait in the parking lot.
Yuan Ru read the message Mei Jin sent her and quickly ran to the parking lot.
On the way, near the parking lot, Yuan Ru bumped into a taller male student.
Because she was running, she fell due to inertia. She was wearing a dress today, so her legs were exposed and got scraped.
The male student quickly helped Yuan Ru up, picked up the scattered items on the ground and returned them to her, then quickly bowed his head and apologized.
"I'm so sorry, are you okay?"
"Oh, no, it's fine, it's my fault."
"Your leg is scraped!" The male student pointed to Yuan Ru's leg.
She was in a hurry, so she ignored it.
"It's okay, I'm sorry."
With that, Li Yuanru turned and ran off.
She was getting a ride and making someone wait, and on top of that, the person was handsome.
How rude of her.
Li Yuanru ran to the parking lot, vaguely searching. She spotted a sleek black Audi in a corner and shyly walked closer.
She gently tapped on the car window. The person inside didn't roll down the window to confirm, but instead stepped directly out and walked towards Li Yuanru.
"Hello, Uncle. Something came up, so I'm a little late."
"It hasn't been long, it's okay."
Chen Jiancheng opened the car door for Yuan Ru.
The young girl's heart pounded as if it wanted to burst from her chest.
A normal person would unlock the car and let her open the door herself and get in, but this handsome man directly got out of the car and opened the door for her.
So incredibly chivalrous!
Chen Jiancheng drove off immediately. After she gave him the address, Li Yuanru sat perfectly still.
A little later, feeling a slight sting in her leg, she noticed the scrape on her knee was oozing tiny trickles of blood.
She didn't know what the character Li Yuanru was like, but as Cai Jinru, she was extremely afraid of blood and open wounds.
Even a slight scratch, just a little blood oozing out, made her feel dizzy and lightheaded.
She covered the wound with her hand, gently took a tissue from her bag, and gently wiped the wound clean.
It was just a slight fall, and the wound was nothing serious.
Although Chen Jiancheng was driving, he still noticed the furtive actions of the person next to him.
He reached for the first-aid kit in the car and handed it to the girl.
"There are bandages and antiseptic in the box."
Li Yuanru dazedly opened the first-aid kit to look. Indeed, it had everything.
But she only took a bandage to put on the wound, then returned the kit to its original place.
The two didn't say anything to each other. When they arrived, Li Yuanru got out of the car by herself and even bowed her head to thank Chen Jiancheng.
On the surface, she appeared calm, but inside, her heart was churning like waves. This was clearly the type of person she liked back in the real world.
Back in her room, Li Yuanru tossed and turned on her bed, scrolling through Chen Jiancheng's social media profile.
A profile typical of someone "of a certain age."
Nothing was posted, only posts where family members had tagged him.
Although there wasn't much content, Chen Jiancheng appeared in every photo posted, and he looked very handsome.
She clicked "send friend request," smiling to herself as she looked at her phone.
That whole day, even into the evening, there was no activity. Li Wanru kept checking her phone for notifications.
Around eight in the evening, Chen Jiancheng's Facebook accepted her friend request.
"Hello!" Li Wanru quickly sent him a message.
A while later, a reply message came.
"May I ask who this is?"
Li Wanru's face darkened. This person didn't even bother to check her profile to see who she was. It was a waste that Li Wanru had such a beautiful face, yet there were people who didn't even care to look.
"I'm Mei Jin's friend, the one you gave a ride to this afternoon!" she replied.
"Is something wrong, kid?"
Li Wanru was suddenly speechless. She felt like she was bothering someone, so she quickly replied.
"No, it's nothing. Please go back to your work, Uncle."
There was no reply from the other side, and her mood suddenly plummeted.
She really was bothering someone. She had never experienced this feeling in real life.
"You don't need to come by my place tomorrow, I don't have class tomorrow."
She redirected her message to Mei Jin.
Strangely, the other side didn't reply either. She muttered to herself, "This uncle and niece pair are really busy."
After she finished eating, a reply came, but strangely, the one who replied was Chen Jiancheng.
"Okay, I won't drop by your place tomorrow."
Huh? Her face went blank. She carefully re-read the message she had sent. Who would have thought that the message meant for her friend, Chen Meijin, she hadn't sent, but instead sent it to the uncle, Chen Jiancheng?
She hastily replied right away.
"Oh, Uncle, I sent it to the wrong person. I meant to send it to my friend Jin, but I accidentally sent it to you. I'm sorry."
"Okay. But was there something you needed earlier, kid?" Chen Jiancheng also replied quickly.
"No, it's nothing. Please continue with your work, Uncle."
Wanru was so afraid of bothering him that she didn't want to prolong the conversation.
The other side didn't reply again, but she didn't question it further.
This time, she carefully clicked on Mei Jin's profile and sent a message.
"Mei Jin!" she called.
"Yes!" Mei Jin replied immediately. It seemed only the uncle in this family was busy.
"You don't need to come by my place tomorrow, I don't have class tomorrow."
"Okay."
"Oh, and from now on, Jin, you don't need to pick me up anymore."
She said, hesitating.
"Why? Is something wrong, Ru?"
"Oh, no, it's just that I have some things I need to do, so I can't go with you, Jin."
"Oh, okay then. If you ever need anything, just call me, Ru."
"Okay, Jin."
After the conversation, she breathed a sigh of relief. Mei Jin was truly a good friend. If she was going to live this life, she didn't want to lose a friend like Mei Jin.
The reason Wanru wouldn't be going with her anymore was because she had to work part-time.
She had to earn her own money to help with living expenses.
In the real world, she was an orphan struggling alone, so that was understandable. But in this world, she had a family, yet that wretched family was as good as nonexistent. No matter where she was, no matter who she was with, she was still all alone.