109: Chapter 109 Why does Zhao Qiqi seem like a green tea bitch?

Shen Yuan was completely numb.

"I imagined a hundred different ways you might use that money—like signing up for a training camp, buying luxury goods, or even getting me a gift—but it turns out..."

"You just wanted to get the cash in your hands and touch it?"

"Very good, just like me..."

"Both of us only feel at ease when we're looking at those bright red bills!"

"Truly my own sister."

Chu Yiyi let out a breath. "Also, I want to do something within my power."

"I know how hard it is to live in poverty. Back then, I couldn't eat enough or stay warm, and I almost didn't even get to go to school."

Chu Yiyi's eyes softened. "I plan to split this five hundred thousand and donate it directly to some struggling families. Every little bit helps."

"Oh, right, Brother. I have a roommate whose family is extremely poor."

"She says her parents are in poor health and she has a younger sister who needs to go to school. I plan to take a portion of the money to help her out so she doesn't have to struggle like I used to."

Chu Yiyi said.

Shen Yuan: "..."

He fell silent, and his inner monologue came to an abrupt halt.

He sighed softly and ruffled Chu Yiyi's hair.

"You little fool! Do your family members know you're this kind?"

"Well, I know. Yiyi, if I hadn't transmigrated here... that night, you would have lost your life and died in despair. It would have been Chu Yang's lifelong regret."

"Fine! If you want to help people, then help!"

"We've got nothing to do anyway, so let's head over to your school," Shen Yuan said with a smile. "Our family has a scholarship fund."

"Let's go, let's see your classmate and roommate. If her situation fits, I'll talk to the company when I get back and put her on the fund's fast-track lane!"

Shen Yuan smiled easily.

Chu Yiyi smiled too. "She shouldn't have any problems!"

Chu Yiyi explained with a giggle, "Brother, you don't know, she's really in a difficult spot."

"Her name is Zhao Qiqi. On the first day of school, I was dragging my suitcase. She was wearing a faded dress and was very thin."

"She said she'd help me move my suitcase, but... she ended up spraining her waist! Then she said that her family was poor, she didn't have much strength, and she usually couldn't eat enough."

Chu Yiyi recalled.

Shen Yuan: "????"

Sprained her waist moving a suitcase? What kind of peak human frailty is this?

"I was poor back then too, so I comforted her a bit. She said she'd never used a luxury brand in her life, and that her mom told her... as a girl, you must be independent and not think about spending your family's money!"

Chu Yiyi continued, "I was so moved!"

Shen Yuan nodded. "Then you should have told her that in such a situation, she needs to study hard! They say that education is the only way out. Even if that's not always proven to be true... for a family like hers, if she doesn't study hard, there's definitely no way out," Shen Yuan sighed.

"You don't know! When she eats, it's always just a vegetable dish. She says, 'You guys eat, I won't. Mom says eating meat isn't good.' We know she wants to eat it, she's just embarrassed and can't afford it! So we'd pick up a piece of meat and give it to her. She'd say, 'Oh, that's so embarrassing, thank you so much, you're such a good person.'"

Chu Yiyi laughed happily.

Shen Yuan frowned. At this moment, his "green tea" radar suddenly started pinging... Why did this Zhao Qiqi give off such a "green tea" vibe?

"Wait a second." Shen Yuan said seriously. "Sis, don't you think something is off? Let me ask you, when you guys give her things, do you give them voluntarily, or does she play the victim first, and then you give them to her?"

Shen Yuan frowned.

Chu Yiyi looked innocent. "Is there a difference?"

"There's a huge difference!" Shen Yuan slapped his thigh. "If she didn't say anything and you gave it to her voluntarily, and she thanked you, that's called being sensible."

"But if she keeps muttering... 'Oh my, I've never seen this fruit before,' 'I've never eaten this since I was a kid,' 'I'm so envious,'" Shen Yuan imitated her vividly, "If she's said those things, that's a 'green tea' performance, playing hard to get!"

"And then you give it to her... She'll accept it reluctantly, and then thank you... It makes it seem like you forced her to accept it!" Shen Yuan said. "That's called a 'green tea'!"

Chu Yiyi: ∑(O_O;)

"Has she ever taken your stuff without asking?" Shen Yuan pressed.

Chu Yiyi thought about it: "She has... but she's even poorer than me, so we didn't mind. We're all in the same dorm, shouldn't we help each other out?"

Chu Yiyi scratched her head.

Shen Yuan: "..."

"Taking without asking is stealing!" He sneered.

Chu Yiyi glanced at him sideways. "Then when you took Chu Yang's things, did you ask?"

Shen Yuan: "Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough!!!"

"Men are different from you women! And Yang Zi is different from Zhao Qiqi!" Shen Yuan said stubbornly. "Men wouldn't be so... delicate!"

"Fine, I've got no excuses! I'm just being double-standard, so what?" He gave up. "Just tell me, what has she stolen?"

Chu Yiyi had a black line on her forehead. Brother, you didn't have to admit it so readily.

"Actually, it's nothing much. She just used our facial cleanser, cosmetics, toothpaste... and she secretly wore Niannian's clothes. But she said it was because she was too envious and too curious. Plus, she apologized sincerely, and hasn't taken anything since," Chu Yiyi explained.

"Heh." Shen Yuan sneered. "That's because you guys caught her, so she didn't dare take anything anymore!"

"Brother, you can't think of people so badly!" Chu Yiyi defended her hurriedly. "After her mom transferred money to her, she even spent a hundred yuan to buy fruit to share with us!"

Shen Yuan breathed a sigh of relief: "Fine, then I misunderstood. Knowing how to share makes her a good kid. As long as she's not a 'green tea'."

"She said she couldn't keep letting us spend money, and she wanted to show her appreciation. It's just that the fruit wasn't very good, half of it was wilted. The other two roommates didn't eat it..."

Chu Yiyi added in a low voice, "She has a very strong sense of self-esteem and said that if we didn't eat it, it meant we looked down on the fruit she bought!"

Shen Yuan: "..."

Why does this sound a bit like moral kidnapping?

Soon, the car drove to the downstairs of the school. Just as Shen Yuan accompanied Chu Yiyi to the entrance of the dormitory, they saw two girls helping a swaying girl walk down.

"Ah! Zhao Qiqi!" Chu Yiyi was shocked. "What's wrong with you?!"

The girl being supported looked up, first at Chu Yiyi, then quickly glanced at Shen Yuan, a trace of jealousy flashing in her eyes.

Shen Yuan frowned. He was at the Golden Core stage; he couldn't have misread it! That look just now was pure jealousy! What the hell is she jealous of?

"I feel so terrible..." Zhao Qiqi's voice was as weak as a candle in the wind. "I think I have a fever, I have no strength... Oh, I can't walk."

After saying that, she collapsed directly, and the two roommates couldn't hold her up at all.

"Hurry and take her to the hospital!" Chu Yiyi was anxious.

"Could you please help..." Zhao Qiqi said weakly, her gaze drifting toward Shen Yuan. "Can one of you carry me on your back?"

The three girls: "..."

We don't think we can carry you either.

Zhao Qiqi grabbed Chu Yiyi's hand, her eyes pitiful. "Is... is this your boyfriend? Can you let him carry me to the infirmary?"

Chu Yiyi! You were clearly as poor as me before! Why is it that now that your life is better, you have such a handsome boyfriend? It's not fair! I refuse to accept this, I'll torment you to death!