1: Chapter 1: Breakup at the Start

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"Li Luo, don't! You can't lick that, it's dirty."

A woman with delicate features, wearing a JK uniform and black translucent stockings, let out a scream in the living room.

Looking at her boyfriend, who had drunk too much and was hugging the table while licking it vigorously, Shen Lin was speechless...

She didn't know what madness had possessed her boyfriend to insist on proposing to her tonight.

Did he have no self-awareness at all?

Could he even afford the 380,000 yuan bride price? And yet he dared to propose.

After work tonight, her boyfriend had called her to come over to his rented apartment for dinner.

He normally never touched a drop of alcohol, but he insisted on drinking some to liven things up.

And then it turned into this, him using the liquid courage to propose to her.

If it hadn't been for that one day she worked overtime and got off late.

On her way home, she was followed and harassed by a drunkard who said he wanted to take her to "get an injection."

Luckily, Li Luo happened to be driving his ride-hailing car past them and yelled at the drunkard, scaring the man so much he didn't even care about his belt and ran off while holding up his pants.

Grateful to him, she added his contact information and said she would treat him to a meal when she had time.

But as soon as she got home, she regretted it; a simple thank you would have been enough.

Why treat him to a meal? It was just a waste of money.

Through their subsequent chatting, she learned that Li Luo was single.

Perhaps she really did feel grateful to him at the time.

One thing led to another, and they became boyfriend and girlfriend.

But she only planned on dating Li Luo; she never thought about marriage!

Although Li Luo took great care of her, being meticulous in every way.

But being "nice" doesn't put food on the table.

She knew Li Luo's situation; he was an orphan who grew up in a welfare home.

Plus, he wasn't very tall, and he wasn't handsome either.

The most important thing was that he had no money, so how could he give her the life she wanted?

By now, Li Luo was probably tired from licking; he was slumped on the table, snoring loudly and leaving a puddle of drool.

She looked at the engagement ring on the table, which had a diamond so small it was almost invisible.

After a moment of hesitation, Shen Lin picked it up and put it in her purse.

It could probably still be sold for a bit of money.

Looking at him, he definitely wasn't getting up, but what was even more disgusting was the puddle of drool at the corner of his mouth.

Shen Lin felt a wave of nausea. (＞_＜)

Let's do a good deed.

Since she took his ring, she had to do something in return.

She could only drag him from the stool to the sofa, cover him with a blanket, and then leave.

The next day.

The alarm went off right at 8 o'clock.

Li Luo rubbed his bleary eyes.

His alcohol-soaked brain was still a bit groggy.

He sat up from the sofa and rushed to the bathroom; the urge to urinate had nearly burst his bladder.

While relieving himself, he suddenly shuddered.

"Refreshing."

After finishing, he washed his hands.

Li Luo rubbed his still-dizzy head and looked up at himself in the mirror.

No wonder Shen Lin often grumbled to him.

"You should at least have either money or looks. Having neither makes you a total loser."

Li Luo sometimes felt inferior, and having a beautiful girlfriend made him even more protective and caring toward Shen Lin.

He remembered specifically buying a box of incense at the supermarket and lighting it at home to pray, fearing that Shen Lin would eventually dump him for being poor.

He had been dating Shen Lin for almost a year.

So he decided to cut the Gordian knot and propose as soon as possible.

If only Shen Lin had said yes... thinking back now, he was too naive.

He remembered what happened after he proposed last night.

Shen Lin's words were still echoing in his ears.

"Li Luo, we're both adults. Let's be realistic, okay? Love without material support is like a pile of sand; it scatters without even a breeze."

He remembered saying something like:

"I'll just mix some cement into it, then it won't scatter!"

He didn't expect he still couldn't escape it.

She gave him a "Good Person" card.

"Li Luo, you're a good person. Let's break up."

Li Luo couldn't remember what he said at the time.

He had scrimped and saved for months just to propose to Shen Lin last night.

He had saved over five thousand yuan just for that small diamond ring, wanting to give Shen Lin a home.

Who would have known that now, not only was the dream of a home gone, but the person had fled too!

He remembered telling her not to regret it.

Now that he thought about it, he didn't know if Shen Lin regretted it.

Li Luo was starting to regret it; if he had known, he wouldn't have brought it up, and at least he'd still have a girlfriend to simp for.

Now what the hell is he supposed to do?

From now on, he could only rely on his hands.

"Wait, when I was with Shen Lin, I also relied on my hands!"

The number of times Li Luo had actually touched her could be counted on both hands.

He casually wiped his face and looked around his small rented apartment.

"Looks like I'll have to find a time to cancel the lease with the Landlord."

The reason he rented this small apartment in the first place was because of Shen Lin.

Although she didn't live with him.

He remembered Shen Lin telling him back then.

That he should live in a nicer place; he was quite touched at the time.

"Thinking about it now, that was so damn shameless. She wasn't the one paying for it."

Given Li Luo's personality, he would have shared a place with others long ago.

Although it wouldn't be as convenient, it would be much cheaper!

"Money isn't easy to earn in today's society."

He got dressed, grabbed his car keys, and went downstairs.

Li Luo was currently driving a ride-hailing car in Jiangning; to earn more, he always worked until very late.

He worked so hard just to give Shen Lin a better life.

But in Shen Lin's eyes, no matter how hard he worked, he couldn't even afford a single LV bag.

He looked at his second-hand BYD electric car, which he had bought with savings from working since graduating from middle school.

He had saved some more since he started driving the ride-hailing car, but having a girlfriend was just too expensive.

Especially after spending his last five thousand yuan on that small diamond ring yesterday; now he only had a few hundred left for food.

"Better start taking orders quickly, or I won't even be able to pay next month's rent."

He had signed an eighteen-month lease with the Landlord, and the term wasn't up yet.

If Li Luo suddenly stopped renting, he definitely wouldn't get his deposit back.

Landlords are all the same: they're like cats seeing fish when collecting rent, but like cats seeing dogs when it's time to return a deposit.

"Holy crap."

He suddenly remembered something. "Where's my ring?"

Li Luo hurriedly searched his pockets. "How can it be gone?"

That was over five thousand yuan. He held his head and thought back to after dinner last night.

"I remember after I proposed and Shen Lin refused, I just left the ring on the table."

"I didn't see it in the house just now either."

"Don't tell me Shen Lin took it!"

"Dammit, if you don't want to marry me, fine, but why take my ring!"

He picked up his phone to send a message, but it showed that he needed to send a friend request first.

"She deleted me that quickly?"

"Damn it, don't let me run into you."

"Fuck."

He opened the Ride-hailing service backend and started taking orders, wondering how much longer this kind of life would last.

*Ding!* "You have received a real-time order. Please proceed to Mochou Road to pick up the passenger."

Seeing the order, Li Luo finally started the car and drove out of the residential area.

He picked up two steamed buns at the entrance of the neighborhood on the way.

Ten minutes later.

Li Luo reached his destination.

He saw two slender and striking figures walking side-by-side toward him.

They didn't look very old, and they were chatting as they walked.

Li Luo sighed. "It's good to be young!"

"So hot, so hot, so hot."

After the two of them sat inside.

Li Luo finally took a look at the two Girls before him, his gaze sweeping over the Girl on the left.