Chapter 974: Chapter 38: Xiao Chong Extra (Side Story)

There weren’t too few high school alumni who came to Qingbei with Lin Wanwan, there were ten of them in her year alone, and more than twenty over the three years above her.

But Lin Wanwan basically doesn’t keep in touch with her high school alumni. Even though everyone is from the same hometown, there was no real interaction during high school.

She was in the fast-track liberal arts class with a classmate who chose Tsinghua, and even though it was just across the street, they didn’t interact in real life, only occasionally contacted each other on QQ.

During high school, Lin Wanwan barely interacted with other classmates aside from those in her study group.

Not to mention seniors from other years.

University was a whole new beginning for her; unless someone deliberately investigated, no one knew her situation, which made Lin Wanwan feel at ease.

In late October, after the cold front, the weather suddenly turned cold.

Lin Wanwan took out the autumn and winter clothes she had packed in her suitcase and moved all the summer dresses Xiao Chong had bought to the place where Xiao Chong lived off-campus.

The house paperwork now bears both Lin Wanwan and Xiao Chong’s names, but Lin Wanwan doesn’t feel much attachment to it.

It’s similar to the dowry from the Xiao Family, just like an insurance added to a promise, without any other use. She saved it and didn’t think about spending it, just letting it lie there quietly in the bank account.

The academic tasks at Peking University were quite heavy, and Lin Wanwan was in a program that required a high volume of reading.

From poetry and essays to classics, from classical literature to foreign literature, she had to cover it all, which took up a lot of time. Also, it was very difficult to secure a recommendation for graduate school in this program, much harder than in science and engineering.

Therefore, apart from daily dates with Xiao Chong during their meals, Lin Wanwan spent most of her time with her classmates and roommates.

She didn’t even participate in campus club activities, simply because she felt her energy was not enough.

Unlike Xiao Chong, aside from studying, he joined the Traditional Chinese Medicine Club and the basketball association. He practiced acupuncture, played basketball, and occasionally participated in home games for the CUBA team.

If it weren’t for Xiao Chong having no intention of pursuing a professional basketball career, with his national championship title from senior year, joining the main lineup of a basketball team would have been no problem.

Even though Xiao Chong’s extracurricular activities were abundant, they did not interfere with his academic performance, which made people envious and jealous.

In fact, Lin Wanwan was quite interested in Traditional Chinese Medicine too, but she simply didn’t have the energy to blossom in multiple areas.

On this particular Saturday, Yan Yufei invited Lin Wanwan to work as a ceremonial hostess for a brand promotion event from 4 PM to 9 PM, for a fee of six hundred.

Since Yan Yufei was the introducer, she’d take a hundred, leaving Lin Wanwan with five hundred.

Lin Wanwan was naturally willing; the money was so easy to earn.

Speaking of which, Lin Wanwan didn’t have many places needing spending now; dinners were mostly with Xiao Chong, who even if she paid for her own meal, would generously buy lots more dishes for them.

To avoid waste, now Lin Wanwan let Xiao Chong take charge, allowing him to pay for the meals.

Besides meals, Xiao Chong would daily buy and send her a variety of fruits.

She herself just bought basic toiletries and hygiene products, rarely having additional expenses, spending little money.

Even so, it didn’t stop her desire to work and earn money; she liked the feeling of earning and saving her own money.

When Xiao Chong heard Lin Wanwan was going to work as a hostess, he didn’t say anything, just silently ordered a car, and sent the two girls to the mall for the event, then asked Lin Wanwan to contact him when the event ended so he could pick her up.

During the waiting period, Xiao Chong stayed at a nearby café, ordered a cup of coffee, and studied with his book and computer.

Yan Yufei said to Lin Wanwan, "Your campus idol really is unbeatable! You couldn’t find someone like him even with a lantern; I’m so envious! Lin Wanwan, I think you must have saved him in a previous life, otherwise, how could he be so good to you!"

Lin Wanwan just smiled. Whether she saved him in a previous life, she didn’t know, but in this life, Xiao Chong had changed her life.

If it weren’t for Xiao Chong, with her conditions and abilities, she wouldn’t have probably gotten into Peking University, but would’ve likely ended up at Yongda.

The gap in between was vast.

The two stood in the mall restroom, doing their makeup, using cosmetics Lin Wanwan bought with Yan Yufei’s help from overseas shopping sites, which were much cheaper than retail after-tax deductions.

Her makeup skills learned from Yan Yufei were still rough; Lin Wanwan was at a level where she couldn’t even blend foundation properly, let alone try detailed tasks like applying eye makeup.

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