In the girls' dormitory, in Jiang Xiaoguo's bedroom, Luo Yan glanced at Duan Jiabao's WeChat and said disdainfully:
"This person is really shameless. You have treated her to so many meals and given her so many gifts, and now she is trying to trick you into buying concert tickets. Did she give you the money?"
"Alas, Xiaobing is not that kind of person!"
Duan Jiabao ate his cross-bridge rice noodles while glancing at Luo Yan and defending his new friend. Before Luo Yan could continue to speak, Jiang Xiaoguo opened the door and walked in. Seeing Luo Yan and Duan Jiabao eating together, the room was filled with the aroma of food. Jiang Xiaoguo put down her shopping bags and backpack, and came over and smiled:
"It smells so good, what are you eating?"
Hearing Jiang Xiaoguo's voice, Luo Yan turned her head, looked at her and smiled:
"Dabao bought the Cross-Bridge Rice Noodles. Would you like some?"
"Okay, okay, let me have a taste!"
Jiang Xiaoguo came close to Luo Yan and took a bite of the Cross-Bridge Rice Noodles. He smacked his lips and said with endless aftertaste:
“It tastes good, it’s the Yunnan cross-bridge rice noodles I like!”
After that, without waiting for Luo Yan and Duan Jiabao to speak, Jiang Xiaoguo continued:
"By the way, who is Xiao Bing you are talking about?"
"Xiao Bing is Da Bao Gang..."
Before Luo Yan could finish her words, Duan Jiabao beside her interrupted:
"Xiao Guo, did you buy the clothes? Did you drink? Your face is so red and you smell like alcohol?"
“I got it!”
Covering her slightly hot face with her hands, Jiang Xiaoguo looked at Duan Jiabao and Luo Yan with slightly wide eyes and said:
"Am I really blushing?"
“Very red!”
"Who did you go drinking with?"
"Yuan Xudong!"
"who?"
"Yuan Xudong, didn't he dirty the clothes I borrowed?"
Seeing Luo Yan and Duan Jiabao looking at him with wide eyes, Jiang Xiaoguo said a little embarrassedly:
"He accompanied me to go clothes shopping, and he bought two pieces of clothing for himself and his sister. I gave him some advice, and he said he wanted to treat me to dinner. I was too embarrassed to refuse, so I agreed, and we even drank a bottle of red wine!"
"Is it that simple?"
“It’s that simple!”
After taking a look at Jiang Xiaoguo's confident face, Luo Yan thought for a moment and said with some suspicion:
"I've never heard that he has a sister. Are you lying to us?"
"No, I really don't have this!"
"real?"
"It's true, truer than gold. I guarantee with my character that every word I, Jiang Xiaoguo, say is true!"
"Forget it, I believe you!"
After taking a look at Jiang Xiaoguo, Luo Yan picked up a piece of rice noodle with chopsticks and fed it to her:
"Open your mouth, Daddy will give you a reward!"
“Ah~~”
Jiang Xiaoguo opened his mouth wide, and just when he was about to eat the rice noodles, there was a knock on the door, and at the same time, the dormitory manager said in a loud voice:
"Is Jiang Xiaoguo here?"
"What's going on?"
Hearing the dormitory auntie calling him outside the door, Jiang Xiaoguo ran over and opened the door and said:
"Auntie, what do you want from me?"
"Here, your boyfriend asked me to give it to you!"
After handing the things that Yuan Xudong entrusted to her to Jiang Xiaoguo, the dormitory manager prepared to leave and said:
"Okay, I've handed all the things over to you. I'm leaving now. Turn off the lights and get some rest early tonight!"
"Hey, Auntie, what boyfriend? Are you mistaken?"
Seeing the dormitory manager preparing to leave, Jiang Xiaoguo quickly stopped her and explained:
"Auntie, I don't have a boyfriend?"
"No boyfriend?"
Looking back at Jiang Xiaoguo, the dormitory manager explained:
"It was the boy who just sent you back. He was afraid that you would not accept them, so he left all these things with me and asked me to pass them on to you later!"
"Yuan Xudong?"
"Do you have anything else to do? If not, I'll leave first. Remember to turn off the lights and go to bed early!"
"It's okay, thank you Auntie, thank you for your trouble!"
"You're welcome!"
After watching the dorm aunt leave, Jiang Xiaoguo returned to the dormitory with the clothes and high-heeled shoes that Yuan Xudong said he bought for his sister. Before she could say anything, Duan Jiabao and Luo Yan, who had heard the general idea, came over and said with a smile:
"Xiao Guo, what's going on?"
"When did you get a boyfriend? Is it Yuan Xudong?"
"No, don't talk nonsense, how can I have a boyfriend?"
After putting the clothes and high-heeled shoes Yuan Xudong bought for her on the bed, Jiang Xiaoguo, who was still a little confused at first, suddenly understood everything. No wonder Yuan Xudong asked her to choose the clothes and high-heeled shoes she liked. Just as she had guessed, he was planning to buy them for her. Thinking of this, Jiang Xiaoguo was secretly happy, but her face was a little arrogant and she said:
"Do you think he is crazy? He asked me to try on clothes and shoes, and said he was going to give them to his sister, but he asked the dorm aunt to give them to me. What was he thinking?"
"What else can you think?"
After rolling his eyes at Jiang Xiaoguo, Duan Jiabao hooked his arm around her neck and said with a smile:
"It's obvious that I like you!"
"That's right, tell me quickly, what's going on between you two? Is this the legendary love at first sight or love at second sight?"
Luo Yan, who was standing by, hugged Jiang Xiaoguo's arm and joked:
"How do you feel about him? Even though he likes you, do you like him?"
"What?"
Seeing Luo Yan and Duan Jiabao chattering around him, Jiang Xiaoguo quickly explained:
"Can you please stop talking nonsense? He didn't say he liked me, and I don't like him either. He and I just met, how can it be as exaggerated as you say?"
"Ouch, you're blushing, Xiaoguo is blushing!"
Seeing Jiang Xiaoguo hurriedly explaining with a red face, Duan Jiabao couldn't help but touch her little face and teased her:
"You said you didn't like it, so why are you blushing so much?"
Luo Yan, who was standing by, also looked at Jiang Xiaoguo and chimed in:
"That's right. Explanation is covering up, and covering up is the truth. It's just a relationship, isn't there anything to be embarrassed about?"
"Forget it, I won't talk to you anymore. I'm going to return the clothes to Yuan Xudong!"
"Don't do that. How sad will that make others?"
Seeing that Jiang Xiaoguo was really going to take the clothes back to Yuan Xudong, Duan Jiabao quickly pulled her back. Luo Yan, who was standing by, quickly took the shopping bag that Jiang Xiaoguo had put on the bed and said with a smile:
"Let me see what you bought!"
"Shitou, Dabao, can you two stop messing around? Hurry up and give me my clothes back, the dormitory will be closed soon!"
"No, no, I won't give it to you!"
With a laugh, Luo Yan dodged Jiang Xiaoguo who was trying to catch her, and took out the white suit and black high-heeled shoes that Yuan Xudong bought for Jiang Xiaoguo from the shopping bag. She looked around and smiled:
"They look pretty good. You can wear them to show off your talents when you go out for interviews!"
"Let me see, let me see!"
Duan Jiabao took the clothes and high heels from Luo Yan, looked at them and said with a smile:
"Oh, it's a Misia brand. I didn't expect Yuan Xudong to be so generous. He must have spent a lot of money on you, right?"
"What do you mean by for me?"
Jiang Xiaoguo rolled her eyes at Duan Jiabao and Luo Yan, then took the clothes and high-heeled shoes from them, put them back into the shopping bag and prepared to return them to Yuan Xudong.
"I didn't ask him to buy such expensive clothes for me. Really, he just wants to cause trouble for me!"
After that, without waiting for Luo Yan and Duan Jiabao to speak, Jiang Xiaoguo took the shopping bag and prepared to go out and said:
"I'm going to return his clothes and heels to him. Do you two want to come with me?"
"Ouch, it's too late!"
Duan Jiabao glanced at the time, showed the lit phone screen to Jiang Xiaoguo, and smiled:
"It's already half past ten, the dormitory should be closed!"
"I……"
After glaring at the giggling Luo Yan and Duan Jiabao, Jiang Xiaoguo put her clothes and high heels back on her bed and said:
"Forget it, I'll give it back to him tomorrow!"
After that, without waiting for Luo Yan and Duan Jiabao to speak, Jiang Xiaoguo walked to Luo Yan's desk and sat down. While eating her cross-bridge rice noodles, she said proudly:
"I'm hungry, this bowl of cross-bridge rice noodles is mine!"
Seeing Jiang Xiaoguo start to eat her portion of cross-bridge rice noodles, Luo Yan walked over to her and acted like a lackey to please her:
"Master Xiaoguo, please enjoy your meal!"
"Not bad, not bad, this young man is teachable!"
Jiang Xiaoguo patted Luo Yan's shoulder and smiled as he ate the cross-bridge rice noodles. Seeing a coupon for Yunnan cross-bridge rice noodles on the desk, the kind that gives cash back on WeChat with a five-star review and a screenshot, Jiang Xiaoguo looked at Duan Jiabao next to him and said:
"Dabao, did you use your coupon?"
"No!"
"Here are five dollars. Don't you want it?"
"It's too much trouble. I have to give a good review, take screenshots, and add WeChat friends. I'll consider it if it's 50 yuan, but forget it if it's 5 yuan!"
“Rich people are just different!”
Looking at the wealthy Duan Jiabao, Jiang Xiaoguo took out a fifty-yuan discount coupon from her shoulder bag and handed it to her, saying:
"Here, this is a coupon from the old place. It's worth fifty bucks off. Remember to use it next time. The more money you can save, the better, you know?"
"Okay, thank you Xiaoguo!"
"You're welcome!"
Seeing Duan Jiabao accept Jiang Xiaoguo's discount coupon, Luo Yan next to her took the opportunity to persuade her:
"Dabao, did you see it?"
"What?"
"A true friend is someone who lets you use coupons, not someone who rips you off just because they know you have money!"
"Oh, I see!"
Seeing Duan Jiabao not taking her words seriously, Luo Yan couldn't help but shook her head. Without saying anything more, she looked at Jiang Xiaoguo beside her and smiled:
"Xiao Guo, you are so good at saving money. I really want to marry you!"
"You think I want to save money like this?"
Jiang Xiaoguo rolled his eyes at Luo Yan and spoke directly from his heart:
"If I were like you, owning two properties in Shenzhen before I graduated, or like Dabao, whose father is a well-known entrepreneur in Sichuan, or even like Liang Shuang, moving to Overseas Chinese Town and living in a luxury house, would I still need to save money?"
"Liang Shuang?"
Hearing Jiang Xiaoguo mention Liang Shuang, Luo Yan and Duan Jiabao couldn't help but look at Liang Shuang's bed. She had moved to Overseas Chinese Town and rented a house outside the school. Her desk and bed were just right for the three of them to store their sundries. Luo Yan smiled and said,
"We can't compare. The rent they pay every month is enough for us to eat in the cafeteria for a year!"
"No, I said I was eating well, why did you mention her?"
Duan Jiabao put down his chopsticks and said depressedly:
"I lose my appetite when I hear her name!"
"Forget it, I won't say any more. Just eat well!"
After finishing the remaining cross-bridge rice noodles in a few bites, Jiang Xiaoguo threw the disposable chopsticks and lunch box into the trash can. He took out his phone, opened WeChat, and prepared to transfer money to Yuan Xudong and sent a message:
"I'll tell Yuan Xudong to return his clothes and high heels tomorrow. Do you think I should be more tactful or more direct?"
"No?"
Seeing that Jiang Xiaoguo was still sending WeChat messages to Yuan Xudong so late, Luo Yan, who was about to wash her face and go to bed, complained:
"Sister, it's almost eleven o'clock. Do you want to harass him?"
"Who wants to harass him? It's not even eleven o'clock yet, he must not be asleep!"
"You can't post it if you haven't slept!"
Giving Jiang Xiaoguo a blank look, Luo Yan couldn't help but shook her head and said:
"You're right to listen to me. Girls should be more reserved. If you send him a WeChat message so late at night, he might think you like him!"
" Okay, let's talk about it tomorrow. Now turn off the lights and go to bed!"
"sleep!"
…
The next day, a cell phone rang. It was Jiang Xiaoguo's phone. She took out the phone from under the pillow and took a look. The caller ID showed Yijie, the boss was calling. Jiang Xiaoguo woke up instantly. After counting a few seconds in her mind, she quickly answered the call and said with a smile:
"Sister Yi!"
"Okay, okay, I got it, thank you Sister Yi!"
"Goodbye Sister Yi!"
"YES!"
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Xiaoguo couldn't help but exclaimed excitedly. It turned out that Sister Yi was going to take her to interview a big shot in the financial world, a private equity tycoon known as the "Rose of Time", and reminded her to remember to dress appropriately and manage her personal image and that of her company in front of the big shot.
"Jiang Xiaoguo, what are you doing so noisy so early in the morning?"
Luo Yan next to her said that she was playing a game in her dream. Just when she was about to complete a pentakill, Jiang Xiaoguo's "YES" made her shudder all over and she fell directly from heaven to hell. The glorious pentakill record was gone just like that.
"I'm sorry, I'm too excited. You know what? Sister Yi is going to use me. I think I'll be a regular employee soon!"
"Congratulations. Remember to close the door when you leave. Bye!"
"Really? I haven't left yet, okay?"
Rolling her eyes at Luo Yan who was half asleep, Jiang Xiaoguo got down from the upper bunk, washed her face and brushed her teeth. After hesitating for a while, she took out the clothes and high heels that Yuan Xudong had bought for her, muttering, "I'll only wear them once today!" While standing in front of the floor-length mirror and putting on new clothes and high heels, Jiang Xiaoguo looked at her cute self in the mirror, turned left and right and smiled:
"It's quite cute. Come on, Jiang Xiaoguo, you are the best!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Duan Jiabao's voice sounded behind her:
"Xiao Guo, didn't you say you were going to return this dress and high heels to Yuan Xudong? Why are you wearing them again?"
"Can't I wear it once?"
Hearing Duan Jiabao teasing her, Jiang Xiaoguo turned around and looked at her, posing and saying:
"How is it? Isn't it beautiful?"
"Beautiful, beautiful enough to kill you!"
"Bah, you're just jealous of my beauty!"
Jiang Xiaoguo spat softly, picked up her backpack and prepared to go out.
"I'm leaving now, bye!"
"Bye, close the door!"
"Got it!"
…
At the financial scene, Jiang Xiaoguo walked into the company confidently wearing new clothes and new shoes. She put her shoulder bag on her seat, brewed a cup of ginger tea from the tea room, brought it into Sister Yi's office and said:
"Sister Yi, ginger tea!"
"Well, put it there!"
"Okay, Sister Yi!"
Jiang Xiaoguo placed the ginger tea on Sister Yi's right hand side and waited quietly by the side. After a while, after finishing the work at hand, Sister Yi looked up at the refreshed Jiang Xiaoguo and smiled:
"Not bad, new clothes?"
"No, I borrowed it from a friend. How can I, an intern, afford such expensive clothes?"
“It tastes good!”
After taking a sip of ginger tea, Sister Yi picked up a document from the desk and handed it to Jiang Xiaoguo, saying with a smile:
"These are the questions we'll ask during today's interview. Check them out and see if there's anything to add. Come with me this afternoon to interview 'The Rose of Time'. By the way, do you know him?"
"I know, 'The Rose of Time'. He's the one that's been talked about online lately. The stock market index has risen sharply, but the net value of the fund he manages has fluctuated very little, less than 1%. I heard that he sold his shares to stop losses when the market fell a while ago, and missed out on a surge!"
"Yes, that's him. However, the topic of this interview is that fund managers strictly follow relevant regulations to stop losses and exit the market in order to avoid liquidation of their funds. In addition, the fund manager has promised not to charge any management fees, so do you understand what I mean?"
"I see. Just say something nice and avoid the important issues, right?"
"Yes, that's right. We need to emphasize the fund manager's decisiveness and bravery when he sells his shares, and highlight that he does this to help his clients avoid greater losses!"
"clear!"
Nodding slightly, Jiang Xiaoguo held the document and thought about it, and said with some doubt:
"But Sister Yi, according to relevant regulations, when a fund falls to a certain level, it must stop loss. This should be considered a passive stop loss. Isn't it a bit unrealistic to say that he is decisive and brave? Can readers believe us?"
"What's the news?"
Glancing at Jiang Xiaoguo, Sister Yi couldn't help but teach her:
"News is about click-through rate and traffic. To put it more simply, it means people have to read it. It doesn't matter if it's liked or disliked. As long as enough people read it, it's fine. Controversial news is more likely to attract readers, you know? Let me give you a very simple example. If someone who bought a fund loses money and then sees a news article praising the fund manager, do you know what he will do?"
"curse?"
"Yes, it's just swearing!"
Sister Yi nodded and smiled:
"As long as he clicks on this news, reads it from beginning to end, and speaks in the comment section, whether he curses 'The Rose of Time' or the reporter who wrote this news, he has contributed click-through rate and traffic to us. So it doesn't matter whether readers like it or not, and it doesn't matter whether the news is strictly in line with the facts. What matters is the click-through rate and traffic, which must bring tangible benefits to the company. In other words, no matter how well you write an article, if no one reads it, it is garbage. No matter how vulgar your article is, as long as someone reads it and there is traffic, it is a rare good article. Do you understand?"
"I understand. Thank you for your guidance, Sister Yi!"
"You're welcome, go to work and prepare your manuscript!"
"Okay, Sister Yi, you go ahead and do your work. I'll go prepare the manuscript!"
"Well, go ahead!"
…
In the afternoon, Jiang Xiaoguo followed Sister Yi to interview "The Rose of Time". After returning to the company, she processed and organized the content of the interview and wrote an article titled "Everyone is drunk, and the sober one needs courage and determination, exclusive report of 'The Rose of Time'!"
The entire article was several thousand words long, and the general meaning was that the stock market plummeted, and "Rose of Time" stopped losses in time, thus avoiding greater losses for the client. This move was not easy, and required great courage and determination, comparable to Buffett, surpassing Peter Lynch. As for the money that the client had already lost, and the performance of the stock market starting to rise after the stop loss, it was glossed over. Looking at this piece of shitty article written against his conscience, Jiang Xiaoguo handed it to Sister Yi with some difficulty and said:
"Sister Yi, I've finished writing it!"
"Let me see!"
After taking the manuscript and taking a look at the title, Sister Yi smiled and said:
"Yes, a good title is half the battle, or even more than half. People nowadays are very impetuous. Following the rules will only lead to their own destruction. Only by attracting attention can you achieve a surprise victory!"
After roughly browsing it, Sister Yi returned the manuscript to Jiang Xiaoguo and said with a smile:
"Okay, no problem, publish it online, and remember to add some good pictures!"
"Okay, Sister Yi!"
…
As night falls, Jiang Xiaoguo finishes work and prepares to go back to school. The next two days are Sundays, so she can have a good rest for two days. According to the company's rules, interns are not allowed to work overtime. The reason is to take care of the interns and let them slowly adapt to the company's rhythm and work intensity. But what is the reality?
In Jiang Xiaoguo's opinion, she would rather come to the company to work overtime on Sundays, because there is no salary for overtime work on weekdays and it is voluntary labor, while overtime work on Sundays not only has double salary, but also more than 50 yuan in meal and transportation subsidies. Unfortunately, only formal employees can apply for overtime. On weekdays, they work more than ten hours and get double salary and no subsidies, but on Sundays, they only need to work eight hours and get double salary and subsidies. The difference is too big, which makes Jiang Xiaoguo envious. She almost wants to become a regular employee immediately and then actively apply for overtime.
After returning to school and putting the backpack back in the dormitory, Jiang Xiaoguo, Luo Yan, and Duan Jiabao went to the school supermarket to shop for some daily necessities.
The three girls walked around the supermarket shelves and glanced at the listless Jiang Xiaoguo. Duan Jiabao picked out the daily necessities she needed and said to her with concern:
"What's wrong with you? You look listless?"
"Nothing, just a little tired. Aren't I going to take the Chartered Financial Analyst exam soon?"
Hearing that Jiang Xiaoguo was going to take the CFA exam, Luo Yan, who was following behind her, spoke up while carrying a shopping basket and selecting items:
"Didn't you say that you can take the test every year? Why do you care so much?"
"I can take the exam but I can't. The registration fee is several thousand yuan. Who can afford it?"
When it comes to money, Jiang Xiaoguo instantly becomes more energetic:
"With so much money, I have to pass the exam in one try, otherwise, what a waste it would be."
“That makes sense!”
"Is it?"
As Jiang Xiaoguo spoke, she picked up a box of toothpaste, looked at it, and then put it back. Seeing her like this, Luo Yan next to her said curiously:
"Hey, didn't you run out of toothpaste?"
"Who said I was done?"
Jiang Xiaoguo glanced at the toothpaste on the shelf and said:
"I haven't finished the sample that someone gave me last time!"
“You’re awesome!”
"What's so great about it?"
Jiang Xiaoguo rolled his eyes at Luo Yan, walked forward a few steps, took a few bags of instant noodles from the shelf and said:
"I'd better solve the problem of food and clothing first. Before hunger, everything else is insignificant!"
“That makes sense!”
After walking for a while, Jiang Xiaoguo picked up a bag of Sophie's that she had to buy. She was about to go to the cashier to pay when she suddenly saw Wang Wei, who was wearing new clothes, standing in line at the cashier. She quickly patted Luo Yan who was following her and asked:
"Hey, look at this. Have you seen Wang Wei's clothes?"
Following Jiang Xiaoguo's line of sight, Luo Yan shook her head and said:
"I haven't seen her wear it, it must be new!"
"New clothes!"
After confirming that Wang Wei was wearing new clothes, Jiang Xiaoguo opened his eyes slightly and said happily:
"Hey, help me get it!"
After that, without waiting for Luo Yan to say anything, Jiang Xiaoguo handed the shopping basket to her and ran out of the supermarket. Wang Wei had already paid and was ready to leave the supermarket.
After chasing her outside the supermarket, Jiang Xiaoguo ran up to Wang Wei and said directly:
"Wang Wei, last time I lent you three hundred yuan, and you said you would pay me back when the scholarship came in. Can you pay me back this time?"
"Um... my... scholarship hasn't been issued yet!"
Wang Wei said somewhat embarrassedly, "I didn't expect to run into Jiang Xiaoguo outside the supermarket."
"But... you bought new clothes!"
"This is because... the job fair is about to start, and I want to buy a formal suit for the interview!"
"It's okay. The first-class scholarship is 4,000 yuan. Your clothes shouldn't cost 4,000 yuan, right?"
"Now I also need... a pair of shoes for the job interview!"
Hearing Wang Wei say this, Jiang Xiaoguo couldn't help but glance at the shoes she was wearing, a pair of worn-out white sneakers. Knowing that Wang Wei's family conditions were indeed not good, Jiang Xiaoguo forced a smile and said:
"I understand, but I'm really in urgent need of money recently. I need to buy a cell phone. The scholarship is 4,000 yuan. Can you give me 300 yuan?"
"I've allocated all the money for the interview!"
"Then you..."
Seeing that Wang Wei didn't seem to have any intention of returning her money, Jiang Xiaoguo couldn't help but said anxiously:
"You promised me the other day that you would pay me back once the scholarship arrived. Are you acting like you don't intend to pay me back?"
"Jiang Xiaoguo, how could you do this?"
"How am I?"
"Well, I said I would pay it back!"
"You still want it?"
"Well, I said I would pay it back, but not today. Do you want to humiliate me like this for three hundred dollars?"
I didn't expect Wang Wei to say this to me. Besides, people around me started to gather around to watch the fun. Jiang Xiaoguo slightly widened his eyes and said impatiently:
"No, how did I humiliate you? Explain yourself clearly to me, did I hit you or scold you?"
Before Wang Wei could answer, a tall girl next to her came over and asked with concern:
"Wang Wei, what's wrong?"
Seeing someone asking her, Wang Wei wiped her tears and cried:
"Jiang Xiaoguo forced me to pay back the three hundred yuan today!"
"What do you mean I force you to..."
"Jiang Xiaoguo, don't go too far!"
Before Jiang Xiaoguo could finish her words, the tall girl interrupted her and said:
"Don't you know what's going on at Wang Wei's house? It's only 300 yuan, and we're all classmates. Why are you doing this?"
Seeing someone accusing him from a high position, Jiang Xiaoguo said angrily:
"What's wrong with three hundred yuan? Three hundred yuan is my money. Besides, I lent it to her because I knew her family was not well off. What does it have to do with you?"
“But I still have to go to the interview!”
Seeing Jiang Xiaoguo questioning her friend, Wang Wei blurted out:
"To you, these three hundred yuan are just entertainment expenses for buying a mobile phone. They are dispensable. But to me, they are a stepping stone that can change my destiny. I have no background and no connections. I just want a nice set of clothes and a pair of good shoes. I also want to be treated fairly for once!"
"Fairness? You're talking about fairness here? If you really want fairness, just use your own money to buy shoes and clothes. Besides, instead of complaining about unfairness and letting others urge you to pay back the money every day, you might as well pass the Chartered Financial Analyst exam!"
Seeing people around pointing and talking, and some college students who were eager to watch the fun taking photos with their phones and posting the videos on social media, and people who didn't understand the truth and made random comments under the videos, Luo Yan and Duan Jiabao quickly walked out of the crowd and tried to persuade Jiang Xiaoguo to leave.
"Xiao Guo, stop talking, let's go!"
"What are you doing? Why should I leave? I lent her money, am I wrong?"
Looking at Jiang Xiaoguo, Luo Yan, and Duan Jiabao, who were all wearing designer clothes, Wang Wei couldn't help crying.
"You people who wear designer clothes just don't understand. You were born with good luck. So what if you give it to me once?"
"Why are you crying?"
Looking at the crying Wang Wei, Jiang Xiaoguo couldn't help but said angrily:
"You are right if you cry, but you are yelling at me? It has been so long since last semester. It was you who said you would pay me back. I am wrong to ask you for money. Am I a sinner?"
"Forget it, Xiaoguo, let's go!"
"No, how...how did it become that I was wrong? What on earth did I do wrong?"
"Forget it, Xiaoguo, stop talking, let's go back!"
"No, how...how did it become that I was hypocritical? I...what happened to me?"
The people around were pointing and talking. Everyone felt sorry for the crying Wang Wei, but Jiang Xiaoguo, who was so confident, was looked at with awe. People said she was overbearing and bullying her classmates. Seeing this, Luo Yan and Duan Jiabao quickly pulled the angry Jiang Xiaoguo away from the scene, fearing that she would have a direct conflict with others.
On the way back to the dormitory, Jiang Xiaoguo said with lingering anger:
"I just don't believe it. Is there any law in this world? I lent her money out of kindness, and now she is... thinking that I am a bad person?"
After saying that, Jiang Xiaoguo looked at Luo Yan and Duan Jiabao beside him and said:
"Also, why did you pull me just now? What did I do wrong?"
Seeing Jiang Xiaoguo so angry that even her voice began to tremble, Duan Jiabao hesitated for a moment and stammered:
"No, there were a lot of people taking pictures just now, I was afraid..."
"What are you afraid of? I just want to ask you what you are afraid of. It's a good opportunity for everyone to judge. Is it reasonable for her to borrow money and not pay it back?"
Seeing Jiang Xiaoguo so excited, Luo Yan opened the mobile phone forum and handed it to her:
"Just take a look!"
"What?"
After looking at Luo Yan, Jiang Xiaoguo took her phone and started looking at it. Someone took a group of photos and posted them on the school's forum. In the photos, Wang Wei could be seen crying and wiping her tears, and Jiang Xiaoguo with her eyes slightly wide open. People who didn't know the truth could easily be misled by these photos.
The poster also exaggerated what happened. The general idea was still about the debt issue, but the emphasis was completely off. Wang Wei's failure to pay back the money was simply mentioned in passing, saying that she didn't have the money to pay back, not that she didn't want to pay back. The rest of the post was all about how Jiang Xiaoguo was unreasonable, bullied classmates, only had money in his eyes, etc. He also gave it a very eye-catching title, "Shocking, a large-scale fight between girls in our school!"
Jiang Xiaoguo was furious when he saw the familiar news. It was exactly the same as the online marketing news of his own company. What was black could be washed white, and what was white could be washed black. As for the truth of the matter, it was not important. They just did whatever they could to attract attention. The people who wrote the articles wanted attention, and the people who read the articles wanted to have fun. As for the parties involved in the incident, no one cared. As long as they were happy, why bother about other people's life or death?
Jiang Xiaoguo quickly turned to the comments below the post.
ID please call me keyboard warrior:
"It's really ugly to be so aggressive. It's just three hundred yuan. We're classmates. Is it necessary to be so aggressive?"
ID spectators:
"Write a couplet for them. The first line: Forcing a classmate to cry over debt repayment is really rare. The second line: Changing phones just for vanity is really a city boy. The horizontal scroll: Is it that necessary?"
ID Cuckold:
"Too selfish, money isn't everything!"
ID is happy to watch the fun:
"The one above is not selfish, but vain. Didn't she say she wanted to change her phone?"
ID Angel Tachibana Kanade:
"The people above are all idiots. If I hadn't been born a keyboard warrior, the keyboard world would have been dark forever. This is the quality of college students. If you have the guts, tell me in person, type out your real name and let me see what you look like in the real world."
ID Celia's Guardian:
"Shocked! The Angel has come out. I want to buy gold coins. What is the current ratio?"
"1:37, how much do you want to buy?"
"I want 1,000. Where can I buy it in Anhui District 2?"
"Channel 10, Galanthis, online trading now?"
"Wait for me two minutes, I'm going to the bathroom!"
"Okay, I'll wait for you here in Grandis. My ID is Angel Tachibana Kanade, the 85th level creator!"
"Understood. I'll transfer the money to you via Alipay first!"
"Okay, thank you, boss!"
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Looking at the mixed comments section, except for "Angel Tachibana Kanade" who firmly supported him, everyone else either ignored him or followed the crowd to condemn him. Jiang Xiaoguo couldn't help but feel a little sad.
“They say I’m a bad person?”