Chapter 6 It's You 3
Qian Mengmeng had two classes on Thursday morning. When the bell rang for the break, she sat down to stretch her muscles and was thinking about where to go to rest when she suddenly heard someone calling her name at the door: "Qian Mengmeng!"
Qian Mengmeng looked over subconsciously and saw Yuan Xinyi hiding behind the door with a sneaky look on his face. When he saw her looking at him, he kept waving at her, motioning her to come out quickly.
She walked out confused, and realized the looks from people around her. She asked helplessly, "Why are you sneaking around? Someone who doesn't know would think you're up to something. What's the matter?"
"Of course there's something wrong." Yuan Xinyi grabbed her hand without explanation and pulled her out, saying mysteriously, "This is not a good place to talk."
Qian Mengmeng was used to her like this, so she sighed and followed her resignedly. Before they had walked for long, Yuan Xinyi suddenly stopped. Qian Mengmeng was puzzled, so she looked over and saw Mi Su walking towards them while talking to her classmates. She remembered what happened in the restaurant that day, and didn't want to argue with her anymore, so she hid behind Yuan Xinyi. However, Mi Su had already spotted her, and was standing not far from her, looking at her coldly.
The classmate next to him looked confused. Seeing Misu stopped, he asked curiously, "What's wrong, Misu?"
"Nothing." Mi Su retracted his gaze, replied in a light-hearted manner, and walked past Qian Mengmeng arrogantly.
Yuan Xinyi rubbed her bare arms: "Why do I feel like the campus goddess is glaring at me? Mengmeng, do you feel it? Is it my illusion?"
Qian Mengmeng naturally knew that Mi Su was glaring at her, but she had no intention of explaining. When she heard Yuan Xinyi's question, she nodded perfunctorily and urged, "It's an illusion. Didn't you say you had something to talk about? Let's go, or class will start soon."
What Yuan Xinyi was talking about seemed much more important than the campus goddess, so Yuan Xinyi didn't ask any further questions. She nodded and took her to a remote and deserted classroom.
After closing the door carefully, Yuan Xinyi stretched out his hand to her and said, "Hand it over."
Qian Mengmeng didn't react and asked blankly, "What do you want to hand over ?"
Yuan Xinyi said angrily, "Of course it's intelligence, Pei Haochuan's intelligence. It's been so long, you must have some new information."
Qian Mengmeng then remembered what she had promised Yuan Xinyi. Her eyes were fixed on the gray floor tiles. She opened her mouth but couldn't say anything. Although Pei Haochuan was picky and could sometimes make people angry, he was actually very good to her and saved her father's life. If she continued to provide information to Yuan Xinyi, wouldn't it be too unfair to Pei Haochuan?
After hesitating for a moment, she looked at Yuan Xinyi and quietly refused: "Otherwise... let's just forget about it."
"How can we just let it go like this?" Yuan Xinyi was a little anxious, but she suppressed her impatience, exhaled, and discussed with her softly, "Mengmeng, this report is really important to me and the future development of the official account. If I fail this time, the sponsorship may fall through. And this is also a good opportunity for you to make money. I can talk to the advertiser and increase your compensation."
Qian Mengmeng didn't say anything, she put her hands behind her back and just looked at the ground.
Yuan Xinyi continued to persuade her, "Although I don't know what happened in your family, Mengmeng, I know you need money. As long as you say something about Pei Haochuan, you can earn 20,000 yuan. Isn't this much faster than working hard? And I promise you that I will never, ever tell anyone about this. Believe me, okay?"
Seeing Yuan Xinyi's sincere words, Qian Mengmeng saw that Yuan Xinyi was her only good friend in college. She bit her lip, hesitated for a while, and finally compromised and said, "I, I understand. I'll only do it this time, next time..."
Yuan Xinyi clapped his hands and assured in a spirited manner: "Don't worry, our report will be out soon, and there won't be a next time."
Qian Mengmeng exhaled, as if she was relieved, nodded, and said, "That's good. Pei Haochuan seems to come from a relatively well-off family. He is a science student and loves experiments, but I don't quite understand what his experiments are about. He has a strong personality and doesn't admit defeat... but he is actually quite gentle sometimes. It just looks..."
Before she could finish her words, she heard rustling sounds outside the half-open window. She stopped talking immediately, walked to the window suspiciously and looked out. Apart from the low bushes, she didn't see anyone.
Scratching her head, she walked back and asked Yuan Xinyi curiously, "Didn't you hear anything?"
"This classroom has been abandoned for so long, almost no one comes here." Yuan Xinyi also walked to the window and looked out, then carefully closed the window. "Did you hear it wrong ?"
"Maybe..." Qian Mengmeng looked at the window again worriedly and replied vaguely.
Yuan Xinyi was in a hurry to go back and finish writing an article for the WeChat official account, so she left the classroom in a hurry. Before the bell rang, Qian Mengmeng walked to the classroom with a heavy heart. As soon as she went up the stairs, she saw a lot of people crowded at the door of the next classroom, most of them were girls. They were leaning on the door frame, looking at Qian Mengmeng's class, chattering.
"Am I seeing right? That person is Pei Haochuan? Why is he here? Is he looking for someone?"
"Who's the guy next to him? I don't think I've seen him before, but he looks pretty handsome..."
Hearing Pei Haochuan's name, Qian Mengmeng quickly pushed through the crowd and walked over. Before she could stand firmly, she saw Pei Haochuan and Wen Yuzheng, two "big Buddhas" standing on the left and right in front of her classroom door. Although neither of them looked at each other, for some reason the atmosphere seemed very tense.
It was really strange that these two people appeared in front of her classroom door at the same time...
Qian Mengmeng stopped hesitantly and asked curiously: "What are you two doing?"
Wen Yuzheng's eyes lit up, he pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses, waved to Qian Mengmeng, and greeted her gently: "Xiao Meng."
Pei Haochuan realized it later. When he saw Qian Mengmeng, he glanced at Wen Yuzheng and just nodded slowly.
Qian Mengmeng felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by the people around her. She quickly walked up to the two of them and asked quietly, "What are you doing here? Is there something important ?"
As soon as she finished speaking, they both took out the same silver-backed gold-stamped invitation from their arms and handed it to Qian Mengmeng, saying in unison: "This is the invitation to the Shengtian Group's anniversary celebration. Can you accompany me?"
After saying this, the two of them seemed to realize that they came here for the same thing. They looked at each other in surprise, then looked away with disgust, their hands still stubbornly holding the invitation letter without giving in.
She seemed to have heard of Shengtian Group... where was it?
Qian Mengmeng was so slow that she didn't realize the undercurrent between them. She just looked at the name of Shengtian Group in capital letters on the invitation letter, wondering where she had heard of it.
While she was still thinking, Pei Haochuan and Wen Yuzheng abandoned her and started a war.
Wen Yuzheng pushed his glasses up, his tone gentle but a little distant: "Don't bother, Pei. Xiao Meng is my sister, I have been with her for so many years, I would feel uneasy if I gave her to someone who has no relatives or friends at this kind of party."
Pei Haochuan frowned, his eyes dimmed, and he replied in a low voice: "As far as I know, Mr. Wen is a highly regarded employee of Shengtian Group. He will have to attend the anniversary party, but Qian Mengmeng is not good at dealing with such an environment. It is better to leave Qian Mengmeng to me. At least there will be someone to take care of her."
Wen Yuzheng raised his eyebrows: "Take care of her? You should be busier than me. I..."
"Okay, okay, stop arguing."
Qian Mengmeng didn't know why the two of them suddenly started arguing. She felt annoyed and interrupted them.
Wen Yuzheng did not continue talking, but glared at Pei Haochuan secretly, and persuaded Qian Mengmeng kindly: "Xiao Meng, you should go with me. Although it is indeed a bit noisy, I will stay with you."
Pei Haochuan didn't say anything, but gave Qian Mengmeng a threatening look that said, "You know the consequences of not going."
Qian Mengmeng rubbed her brows and looked at the two invitations in front of her with embarrassment.
She was alone and didn't know how to split herself into two bodies, so she couldn't go with two people. But if she went with Pei Haochuan, she couldn't bear to reject Yu Zheng's kindness; but if she went with Yu Zheng, Pei Haochuan looked like he was going to deduct her salary.
Faced with a dilemma, she pushed both invitations back and refused in a firm tone: "I have to study. I won't go, I won't go anywhere." Without waiting for the two of them to say anything, Qian Mengmeng returned to the classroom, closed the door neatly, walked quickly to her seat, picked up the textbook, concentrated on her studies, and acted as if she was immersed in the world of learning.
Wen Yu was helpless, looked at her through the glass of the back door, and had to leave. Pei Haochuan did not leave so quickly, standing at the door and looking at Qian Mengmeng's increasingly guilty face behind the book, raised his eyebrows, snorted in an ambiguous way, and left on his own.
Qian Mengmeng breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that the two of them had finally left. She spread her textbooks flat on the table and leaned back in her chair. Suddenly, a hand grabbed her shoulder, which startled her. She subconsciously raised her head and saw several girls standing behind her. They surrounded her and asked with a smile, "Classmate, what is your relationship with those two people?"
Qian Mengmeng swallowed.
The real crisis has arrived.
