26: Chapter 26 Getting Involved

After Li Zhuoran left, Lin Yi, Chen Yao, and Chen Fei had a very happy meal.

Chen Yao and Chen Fei felt much more relieved since they had finally gathered enough money for their mother's treatment.

As for Lin Yi, eating Western food with these two pleasingly beautiful women was naturally a pleasure.

After eating, the sisters proposed to draw up a loan contract with Lin Yi on the spot.

Lin Yi flatly refused.

After all, the system's rule was that cashback only applied to spending on the opposite sex.

If a loan contract was signed, it wouldn't count as spending.

What if the system took back the money it just gave him?

He didn't want to take that risk.

Seeing Lin Yi's strong refusal, the sisters were deeply moved.

They hadn't expected this man to trust them so much.

So Chen Yao and Chen Fei suggested that after arranging their mother's treatment, they would invite Lin Yi to their home for dinner to let him taste their cooking.

Lin Yi readily agreed.

Whether he actually ate or not didn't really matter.

The main thing was that he couldn't go to someone's house empty-handed; he'd definitely have to buy some gifts.

Wouldn't that be a perfectly legitimate way to spend money on the sisters?

He'd be able to get some cashback then.

Thinking of this, Lin Yi smiled happily to himself.

Suddenly, a phone ringtone interrupted Lin Yi's fantasy.

As soon as Lin Yi pressed the answer button, Wu Jie's anxious voice came from the other end.

"Old Lin, where are you! Hurry back!"

"He Linwei and Hu Kai are fighting!"

Lin Yi was full of question marks.

These two were as close as brothers just a moment ago; why are they fighting now?

After hanging up, Lin Yi quickly said goodbye to Chen Yao and Chen Fei, saying he had to rush back to school.

Seeing that Lin Yi had urgent business, the two women didn't try to keep him longer. After a few words of thanks, they saw him into a car.

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Lin Yi rushed back to the dorm in a hurry.

As soon as he pushed open the door, he saw He Linwei with a bruised corner of his mouth and a face full of resentment.

Hu Kai wasn't doing any better, turning his back to silently wipe away a nosebleed.

"What's going on?"

Lin Yi pulled Wu Jie aside and asked in a low voice.

Wu Jie covered half his mouth with his hand and whispered what had just happened to Lin Yi.

"Old Lin, let me tell you, it's like this..."

"Hu Kai has a goddess he's had a crush on for a long time, and she also got into Nanjing."

"She's at Nanling University of the Arts, majoring in music."

"We were just talking about this, so we started teasing him to see a photo of her."

"But unexpectedly, after Hu Kai took out the photo, Old He actually found the girl very familiar."

"Then he scrolled through his phone for a bit and found that a high school classmate of his had just posted a photo with this girl a few days ago."

"In the photo, Old Hu's goddess was proactively holding that guy's arm, looking very intimate."

Lin Yi was a bit confused.

"It's normal for a girl to date in college, right?"

"There's no need for Old Hu to fight with Old He over that!"

"It's not like Old He stole her away."

Wu Jie sighed upon hearing this and continued to explain.

"Sigh, you don't know."

"That guy is really ugly—short, dark, and covered in acne."

"Old He said that guy's family is very rich and thinks Old Hu's goddess must have been after his money."

"Old Hu refuses to believe it, saying his goddess isn't that materialistic."

"And the most crucial thing is..."

"This girl often hints to Old Hu in their chats to buy her cosmetics, skincare products, and such."

"Tonight, she even had Old Hu order fried chicken takeout for her entire dorm."

He Linwei also turned around at this point, pointing at Hu Kai with a look of disappointment.

"Anyone with eyes can see that this woman is just stringing you along."

"She enjoys your unconditional devotion but gives you no response."

"She's clearly a scumbag girl!"

"You idiot, and you're still speaking up for her!"

"Is there something wrong with your head?"

Hu Kai also turned his head, still looking stubborn.

"Impossible, you don't know her!"

"I've been classmates with her for so many years; I know what kind of person she is."

"Besides, buying her things and ordering takeout is all voluntary on my part; she didn't force me. What right do you have to say there's something wrong with her character!"

Hearing Hu Kai's rebuttal, He Linwei's anger flared up again.

"Are you fucking missing a brain cell?"

"She's already taking photos arm-in-arm with that pig-faced guy!"

"What could your goddess see in him? Does she love his ugliness? Does she love his acne-covered face?"

"It's obviously for the fucking money!"

"Use your brain, will you!"

"Even now, you're still rushing to buy her things and order takeout."

"Are you a dog she's raising?"

"If you have so much money you don't know what to do with it, I suggest you just donate it."

"And while you're at it, donate that stubborn pig brain of yours too!"

Hearing this, Lin Yi roughly understood the reason for the conflict between the two.

He Linwei meant well; he didn't want to see his roommate being cheated by a woman.

But unfortunately, Hu Kai was obstinate.

He won't shed a tear until he sees the coffin!

He won't turn back until he hits the wall!

He won't give up until he reaches the Yellow River!

But then Lin Yi thought, he was kind of like that with Guan Zhixue too.

In fact, he had noticed long ago that Guan Zhixue's attitude towards him was gradually turning cold.

But he still wishfully sent Guan Zhixue a thousand yuan for living expenses every month to express his love.

Hoping to maintain the relationship between them this way.

It wasn't until he saw Guan Zhixue get into Liu Jiangbo's car with his own eyes that he completely woke up from his self-created fantasy.

The current Lin Yi could be considered an experienced veteran in such matters.

He had plenty of experience.

In Hu Kai's current state, nothing said to him would work.

He only wanted to believe his own internal judgment and couldn't listen to a single bad word about his goddess.

Rather than saying he didn't want to believe it, it was more that he didn't dare to.

The goddess he had crushed on for so many years suddenly had her image collapse today.

If he believed all this, it would be a devastating blow to Hu Kai's heart.

To Hu Kai, the goddess was definitely like a spiritual pillar.

If this pillar fell, his inner world would also be destroyed.

However, as a roommate, he didn't want to see Hu Kai continue to deceive himself like this.

If not stopped, who knows how much more wasted money Hu Kai would spend on this girl.

These past two days, Lin Yi had seen Hu Kai only order the cheapest vegetarian dishes at the cafeteria, not even a trace of meat.

Presumably, it was to save money to buy things for his goddess.

Looking at the current Hu Kai, Lin Yi felt like he was seeing himself during his repeat year, eating free white rice and drinking free egg drop soup every day.

He didn't want Hu Kai to repeat his past mistakes.

"Alright, stop arguing."

"Old He, you should say less too."

Lin Yi gave He Linwei a look, indicating that he already had a plan.

When encountering such a thing, the only solution is to let Hu Kai see his goddess's true colors with his own eyes.

Only then would he give up.

If this had happened before, Lin Yi might not have been able to help.

But now, he knew all too well how to deal with this kind of gold-digger.

There was no other way; for the sake of his roommate, he'd enter the game himself this once!