Prince charming, your persona has collapsed!

"I'll be really quiet and behave myself from now on; I won't cause trouble for no reason..."

In a short while, Zheng Yanyan sent over a bunch of chat logs.

After seeing them, Zhou Yuwen felt somewhat helpless and said, "I'm not ignoring you."

"I was having drinks just now."

Actually, to be honest, it would have been better for Zheng Yanyan to just cut off contact with Zhou Yuwen altogether; maintaining this connection and hearing about Zhou Yuwen's life only made Zheng Yanyan want to be part of it, like when she heard what he said.

Zheng Yanyan then asked, "Are those two just pouring drinks for you alone?"

"Yeah."

"No one is helping you..." Zheng Yanyan's implication was clear.

Zhou Yuwen did not take the bait, saying it was alright.

"You've also been tired all day, go rest early. I still have some things to do," Zhou Yuwen wanted to reduce contact with Zheng Yanyan.

Zheng Yanyan actually wanted to continue chatting with Zhou Yuwen, but worried that Zhou Yuwen would find her annoying, so she could only respond with, "Mhm..."

Today, Zhou Yuwen was solely accompanying Liu Shuo; in fact, the main reason Liu Shuo insisted on waiting for Zhou Yuwen to return to view the apartment was that he really did not have much money left...

His allowance was a bit more substantial than other students, and following Zhou Yuwen, he had also earned a fair amount of money, but equally, Liu Shuo was rather extravagant in his spending.

To rent an apartment, the least one would have to spend is a deposit and three months' rent upfront, fifteen hundred per month, so that's six thousand in total.

It was tough for Liu Shuo to outright ask Zhou Yuwen for money.

Zhou Yuwen had come to understand Liu Shuo, so without him having to ask, Zhou Yuwen confirmed the rental of an apartment, in Zhonghai community, two bedrooms.

When Zhou Yuwen proactively paid the money, Liu Shuo did not know what to say for a moment; he was a straightforward guy, his money would have been enough if it was just him spending, but he insisted on emulating others in keeping a girlfriend, and moreover, one who was seven years his senior.

He wasn't adept at expressing his feelings, but he knew who treated him well.

So after struggling for a long time, while Lv Hui was not paying attention as they viewed the apartment, he quietly said to Zhou Yuwen, "Thanks, bro."

"Bro, when I have money,"

"Don't talk too much." Zhou Yuwen interrupted Liu Shuo; honestly, Xu Huai hadn't earned too little in these past few months, it's just that the year-end bonus hadn't come yet, and Zhou Yuwen hadn't given Liu Shuo too much money either.

Not only did Zhou Yuwen pay the rent for Liu Shuo, but he also gave him an additional three thousand so he could buy a bit of furniture.

This whole setup deeply moved Liu Shuo, so much so that he didn't talk; he just felt a tightness in his nose and constantly wanted to cry.

Zhou Yuwen said, it's not a solution to always rent, property prices in Jinling will rise in the next few years.

"This time when you go home for the holidays, have a good talk with your dad, ask him to buy you a place in Jinling. Your family has the means," Zhou Yuwen said.

"Hey!" Liu Shuo wiped his tears, saying, "Bro, I'll listen to you."

Lv Hui really wasn't a good girl but to Zhou Yuwen, that didn't matter; letting Liu Shuo experience a bit of life was good. Anyway, Zhou Yuwen could cover for Liu Shuo.

Helping Liu Shuo move, they bought some daily necessities.

They were busy until after nine in the evening.

Liu Shuo insisted on treating Zhou Yuwen to dinner.

During this time, Zheng Yanyan tried to chat with Zhou Yuwen, but Zhou Yuwen brushed her off.

And then, not long after,

Zheng Yanyan poked Zhou Yuwen again.

Zhou Yuwen asked her what's up?

She said she couldn't sleep.

"Can you open your Moments for me?" Zheng Yanyan asked.

"There's nothing much in my Moments."

"But I want to see them..."

Zheng Yanyan told Zhou Yuwen, she had flipped through the photos she took merging their chat logs twice already; she felt that when she was with Zhou Yuwen, she indeed had been somewhat willful, but now she understood everything and would be more considerate in her future interactions with Zhou Yuwen.

"Alright." Zhou Yuwen opened his Moments for her.

"Are you still out?"

"Yeah."

"I want to go too..." Zheng Yanyan said tentatively.

At this moment, Zhou Yuwen was already at a billiards hall playing pool with Liu Shuo.

For Lv Hui, nearly 26 years old, she had long since lost interest in pool and was playing with her phone alone.

Liu Shuo couldn't bring her any emotional value.

But Li Qiang from the Capital city could.

Lv Hui and Li Qiang had a lot of common topics.

For example, Li Qiang would show Lv Hui his limited-edition sneakers.

"What the fuck are you doing with my sneakers!"

In the dorm, Chang Hao looked at Li Qiang with dissatisfaction.

Li Qiang grinned and said, "Just taking a photo, Brother Hao, no need to be so stingy, right?"

Chang Hao was speechless.

With Chang Hao's personality, he would list his own sneakers, Fukujin, and several other pricey trendy brands to Li Qiang diligently at the beginning of the term.

Naturally, saying it once meant no one would remember.

But Chang Hao would repeat it every few days.

Sometimes, he would also brag in the dorm about mechanical watches and such, talking about the top ten luxury watch brands, saying the Longines that Zhou Yuwen wore was over ten thousand and there was also an IWC, probably around two hundred thousand or more.

Chang Hao said he only had one watch, a Tissot, also a top ten luxury brand, though his wasn't a mechanical watch but a quartz, costing over three thousand when he bought it; his uncle had a Rolex that cost thirty thousand.

Li Qiang felt those tens of thousands in watches were too far out of his reach, but the three thousand yuan Tissot watch that Chang Hao had seemed very nice to him; he felt that after graduating, being able to wear a Tissot would mean he had made it in life.

He parroted all the disjointed bragging Chang Hao said in the dorm to Lv Hui.

To Lv Hui, this was emotional value.