105: How can it be that every relationship is the same? - Part 2 (Bonus Chapter)

The question was a bit too blunt, and Jin Lulu's expression instantly froze as if her tail had been stepped on. "Ye Cheng! I've noticed you're speaking so harshly lately! We're doing this out of the kindness of our hearts!"

"Kindness?"

Ye Cheng sneered, "Then should I send you a commemorative banner? Shengyin's Number One Madam?"

"You!" Jin Lulu's eyebrows shot up as she was about to snap.

"Lulu, don't be angry, let's talk nicely... Cheng Cheng, you shouldn't be so stubborn either."

Sheng Jin quickly pulled her back and looked at Ye Cheng, sighing speechlessly. "Even if you really want to date and marry normally, if you just stay with someone for two years... don't we still have a year and a half until graduation? Or just date for a year and a half. By then, with several million in assets, whether you want to find a proper job or find an 'honest man' to date and marry, wouldn't everything be exactly as you wish?"

Ye Cheng acted as if she had heard something hilarious, her tone mocking. "I'm really puzzled, what did 'honest men' ever do to you guys? Why do you have to target them for ruin?"

After she finished speaking, she didn't bother wasting any more words. She directly opened WeChat, brought up her chat interface with Jiang Ye, swiped a couple of times to find the transfer records for 100,000 and 12,000, and held them in front of the two.

"Yes, my boyfriend might not be able to give me 400,000 a month. But..."

Before she could finish, a new message notification suddenly popped up at the top of the screen.

[Jiang Ye transferred 250.00 RMB to you]

A text message followed closely behind:

Jiang Ye: [Cheng Cheng, the market hasn't been good lately, I didn't make much. Plus, I need to save some money to see a doctor at a psychological clinic. Sigh, I don't know what's wrong, but I always feel a bit uneasy in my heart... spend sparingly.]

Jin Lulu and Sheng Jin craned their necks to see the message, tilting their heads simultaneously with faces full of question marks.

Ye Cheng's eyelid also twitched violently, and the corner of her mouth quirked.

This bastard! Coming to sabotage her at the critical moment!

She immediately held down the voice message button and, squeezing her throat, sent a voice message in a voice that was sickeningly sweet and utterly affected:

"Ah? My big handsome boyfriend, what's wrong? I thought a man like you, with a handsomeness level of 120 out of 100, wouldn't have a single worry in the world~ Quick, tell me, who made you unhappy?"

Not long after the voice message was sent, a text reply came from the other side:

Jiang Ye: [Question: Where do I fall short compared to Eddie Peng and Daniel Wu?]

Ye Cheng glanced at her two roommates, whose expressions had become even weirder. A smile curled on her lips as her fingertips quickly typed:

[You fall short in being low-key! You're just too low-key, baby! Otherwise, what would be left for those guys in the entertainment industry? You should have unified everyone's aesthetic long ago!]

Jiang Ye: [Tsk, This Emperor is most gratified.]

Immediately following that, with a "ding," another transfer message popped up:

[Jiang Ye transferred 100,000.00 RMB to you]

Looking at this number, Ye Cheng was also slightly startled, but her surface remained calm and indifferent. With a tap of her finger, she accepted the payment instantly.

Then she looked up again at Jin Lulu and Sheng Jin, who were already a bit dazed, and shook her phone screen.

"There, see? Although my boyfriend might not be able to give 400,000, he still has twenty or thirty thousand to give as pocket money whenever he feels like it."

"Lulu, Xiao Jin, tell me. On one side is 400,000 but needing to serve some unknown old man, possibly with some disgusting conditions attached. On the other side is two or three hundred thousand, someone my age, with real feelings, an official boyfriend I can laugh and play with. You tell me, how should I choose?"

She took a step forward, her gaze sweeping across their faces, her tone carrying a hint of banter.

"So, I'll ask you again, is dating really the same no matter who it is?"

Jin Lulu was choked into silence. After a long while, she stiffened her neck and said, "Cheng Cheng, this price... if you're really not satisfied, my husband said he can go help you negotiate the terms again. And..."

She sneered, "The more a man is young and has a bit of money, the more women he has around him! Especially your boyfriend, he looks like the type who has no stability and doesn't know how to care for people at all! To put it bluntly, in a month or two, after you get pregnant, he'll kick you out! When you end up with neither the man nor the money, don't blame your sisters for not warning you!"

Ye Cheng smiled, a smile filled with a certainty that Jin Lulu and Sheng Jin could not understand.

"Xiao Jin, Lulu, because you don't have feelings, you don't believe. Because the only bond between you is money, you're constantly worried about being replaced. But he and I are different; we have feelings, so I trust him."

She paused, as if thinking of something, and coughed lightly. "Cough... Of course, he might have many women in the future, but I believe he definitely won't leave me behind. And... even if there really comes a day, as you say, when he gets bored and leaves, what he gave me during this time isn't just money, but something you will never understand or possess. That's enough."

Sheng Jin looked at the light in Ye Cheng's eyes, opened her mouth, and finally let out a helpless, bitter laugh.

"Fine, fine, fine, we can't win an argument against you. You're happy just having love, right? Anyway, we've delivered the message. For the Christmas Eve dorm gathering, that friend of Lulu's husband will also be there. You can talk to him yourself then; we won't interfere anymore."

Ye Cheng shrugged indifferently. "Suit yourselves. Anyway, I've made myself clear today, so don't get any more ideas regarding me in the future. Never mind 400,000, even if it's a million, or two million..."

Her gaze swept over the two of them, her tone resolute. "As long as it's not from him, I won't care for it."

Jin Lulu and Sheng Jin rolled their eyes simultaneously, their faces written with 'just keep pretending,' clearly not believing a single word of Ye Cheng's 'grand speech.'

Ye Cheng didn't bother to explain further. She picked up her bag and stretched. "I'm going to eat, bye."

With that, she walked straight out of the dormitory door.

Walking on the way to the cafeteria, the afternoon sun felt warm.

Ye Cheng took a deep breath of fresh air, feeling unexpectedly refreshed.

She pulled out her phone and sent a WeChat message to Jiang Ye:

Ye Cheng: [Good performance~ [giggle]]

Jiang Ye's reply was quick: [What do you mean good performance? Did you use my photo to take off? Your phone didn't get water in it, did it?]

Ye Cheng: [...]

Her eyelid twitched; the good mood from winning a small round was mostly gone.

Ye Cheng: [Forget it, never mind... Eh? Why is it another 100,000 this week?]

Jiang Ye: [Didn't I say I'd give you a Christmas and New Year's gift? I was wondering what you'd like. After wondering for a long time and going through a rigorous logical analysis, I felt... you still like money the most. How about it, did this gift hit your soul?]

Looking at the screen, Ye Cheng couldn't help but laugh: [Not bad~! You actually understand me pretty well!]

Jiang Ye: [That's a must. So, where's my tribute?]

Ye Cheng's face warmed slightly: [What's the rush? Isn't there a gathering next Wednesday? I'll give it to you then!]

After sending this message, she subconsciously switched to JD.com and glanced at her shopping history.

The most recent order was one she had placed just this morning—an extremely sexy, almost transparent, silk bodysuit.

Ye Cheng's face turned red. She quickly locked the screen and stuffed the phone back into her pocket as if it had burned her, huffing at the air irritably:

"Pervert... sniff, sniff, sniff... this time I'll let you sniff your fill!"