Looking at the girl's face, full of resentment, Chen Jiancheng felt as if a hammer had struck his heart.
He didn't want to indulge this little girl emotionally, but he also didn't want her to suffer.
He wasn't sure if he was starting to see her as his niece.
He only knew that when he saw her weak and fragile appearance, he couldn't help but want to protect her.
"I'll lend it to you first; you can pay me back slowly."
"No, Uncle."
She looked at him with very sincere eyes and refused.
He observed her every gesture, from being dazed to suddenly brightening up, and then she smiled and pulled him towards the living room.
Wan Ru told him to make himself at home and then went into the kitchen to arrange the fruit.
"I'm in a good mood today, Uncle, don't let unrelated matters affect it."
Chen Jiancheng didn't bring up the matter again, just sat and listened to her prattle about issues on TV.
He also didn't understand why he had stayed so long.
It was past nine when Wan Ru finally saw him off.
The atmosphere in the room returned to silence. Li Wanru cleaned up alone. She had to carefully plan for the future; the original owner's scoundrel father was completely unreliable.
The next day, she went to school to complete the procedures for deferring her studies.
She could only do that. As she was idly looking around, someone caught her attention.
A girl who looked very familiar, perhaps one of the three who had cornered Wan Ru at the restaurant and were caught by Chen Jiancheng.
This girl hadn't said anything, so she remembered her face.
The beautifully dressed girl walked into a bar.
Wan Ru looked up at the bar in front of her, feeling a bit hazy. Only now did she notice that this bar was both the largest and most glamorous in the vicinity.
While she was still a bit dazed, the girl came out again and bumped into Wan Ru.
Seeing Li Wanru, the girl seemed startled and hid something she was holding behind her back.
Wan Ru also noticed that the girl seemed to have a guilty conscience, so she mimicked the demeanor of her bullies.
"Yo! Look who it is."
The girl's face turned pale and green as she looked at Wan Ru, stammering her question.
"Wan Ru... Ru... what are you doing here?"
Wan Ru smirked, putting on an expression as if she had seen through everything, and calmly said,
"Let's see what this little friend is doing here."
The girl looked panicked. Wan Ru was about to enjoy the show when another person suddenly appeared, making her curse inwardly.
A tall young man also walked out of the bar. Seeing Wan Ru standing with the other girl, he walked over and stood next to the girl, placing his hand on her shoulder. He exhaled a puff of smoke and said,
"Look who's here!"
How quickly times change. This young man was the very person who made her spine feel unstable – Zhou Lin Kang.
Li Wanru sensed the danger in his eyes and stepped back.
"Thao My, did you lure this rabbit here?" He asked the girl next to him.
Only then did Wan Ru realize that this girl was Thao My, who hung out with Cha My and Qing Nga.
They were the trio of mean girls who often appeared in the story. Among the group, Thao My was very quiet and didn't seem like a mean person.
It was true that in this fictional world, some characters just kept running into each other.
Except for her handsome man, Chen Jiancheng, she never met him anywhere.
"No, it was just a coincidence."
Thao My cowered in fear before Lin Kang.
Li Wanru, seeing that the situation was still manageable, immediately turned and ran away, needing to run as fast as possible.
That brat Lin Kang would be nothing to her if his strength weren't so formidable.
Better to stay as far away as possible.
Watching Wan Ru run for her life, Lin Kang merely smirked from behind her. He turned to look at Cao Mi coldly.
Who didn't know that this Lin Kang was crazy? Besides his handsome face, his personality was extremely bad.
Another thing everyone knew was that Zhou Lin Kang was infatuated with Li Wan Ru, but in a very negative way.
He was a notorious playboy, rich and powerful, yet very reckless.
He lowered his voice, making Cao Mi tremble as she listened. He said,
"How about you and I make a deal? As long as you bring that rabbit to my bed, I'll clear your debt, and you won't have to work in the bar anymore."
"But... I don't know her. We really just met by chance."
Cao Mi wanted to refuse, feeling awkward.
"I don't care. I only need results. A girl like you could sleep with a hundred more men and still not earn enough to pay me back. It's your choice."
With that, he walked away, disappearing from sight, leaving behind a figure deep in thought.