After Becoming Financially Free, They Offered Their Loyalty - Chapter 83

Chapter 83: Being a Scumbag is Pretty Hard Too

TL: YYang

“Nana, if something happened between me and Liu Menglu, would you mind?”

Shen Yuan said on the phone.

This matter couldn’t be hidden anyway. It was better to confess proactively than for Chen Na to find out from Hou Qianqian or Liu Menglu.

Of course, no woman would not mind this kind of thing, but Shen Yuan wanted to hear her true thoughts.

Chen Na on the other end of the phone was stunned. Although she had been mentally prepared, hearing it from Shen Yuan’s mouth still made her chest feel tight.

It wasn’t until a long while later that she said sullenly, “Do you want to hear the truth?”

“Of course.”

Shen Yuan replied.

Chen Na took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down, but she still couldn’t hold back the sourness in her heart. Who would want the man they liked to have other women, let alone that woman being her best friend.

“I mind, but I know I have no right to mind. Give me some time, I will try to accept it, and I will slowly adjust my mentality.”

Chen Na said with a bit of a sob, and the meaning in her words made Shen Yuan feel a little heartbroken.

“Nana, your place in my heart is unique. No one can replace it.”

Shen Yuan said sincerely.

“Really?”

Although she didn’t believe it, Chen Na still wanted to ask.

“Of course.”

“Shen Yuan, you’ve only said this to me, right?”

Chen Na wanted to confirm again.

“Of course it’s only you. I’ve never said it to anyone else.”

Shen Yuan replied with great certainty.

“Okay, then I’ll believe you one more time.”

Chen Na felt a little better in her heart. She gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and continued:

“Shen Yuan, actually, I don’t want much. Just take one or two days a week to come to the coffee shop and have a cup of coffee I made, or come home for a meal I cooked when you’re free. I’ll be content.”

“I’m very grateful that you told me this. Actually, you could have not told me at all. I know you told me proactively because you care about me.”

As she spoke, Chen Na’s tone became a little choked again.

Although she couldn’t have him all to herself, at least she could have a part of him.

Chen Na comforted herself in her heart and then said, “Next time, if there’s something like this again, you don’t have to tell me. I’m afraid I’ll be sad again.”

Shen Yuan was also a little touched. He had anticipated Chen Na’s reaction after hearing it, but he didn’t expect it to be bigger than he had imagined.

“I’ll come over to accompany you tonight as compensation, okay?”

Shen Yuan said gently.

“Is tonight a proper compensation?”

Chen Na sniffled and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes.

“Of course it is. You know my character.”

Shen Yuan swore that he had absolutely no ulterior motives just now.

Chen Na remembered Shen Yuan’s cheesy “lies” and was so angry that she laughed. “Your character… do you even have any character left?”

“Of course I do!”

“Alright, you’ll know tonight~”

Shen Yuan flirted with Chen Na for a few more sentences, letting her mood slowly calm down, and then told her to go see the car when she had time, before hanging up the phone.

But facing Chen Na’s true feelings, Shen Yuan actually felt a bit of guilt.

“Damn, being a scumbag is really hard!”

Shen Yuan exclaimed. He didn’t know how those other men who were two-timing or even three-timing managed to do it.

Soon, Shen Yuan arrived downstairs at the apartment building. Two cardboard boxes had already been placed on the first floor. It seemed that Li Xiao and the others had moved them down.

So Shen Yuan climbed up to the sixth floor in one go. The door was open. Li Xiao and Li Meng were about to move a cardboard box downstairs.

The pair of sisters were moving today, so they were both wearing loose casual clothes. But even so, it was difficult to hide their beautiful figures.

It was already hot today, and they had to move so many heavy things. So Li Xiao’s forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat at this moment. Her white T-shirt was also soaked with some sweat, clinging tightly to her body, revealing her full chest and slender waist.

“Shen Yuan, you’re here.”

Li Xiao was working. Seeing Shen Yuan, she squeezed out a smile.

And Li Meng knew that Shen Yuan was here to help move. Compared to her previous cold expression, she was much more pleasant today, but she didn’t greet him.

Shen Yuan didn’t exchange many pleasantries either. He was here today to help his counselor move. Without a word, he carried the cardboard box downstairs.

Besides the cardboard boxes, the large items also included two or three old snakeskin bags.

After a few trips back and forth, he was also covered in sweat.

And Li Xiao and Li Meng were not idle either. They couldn’t move the large boxes, so they moved the washbasins, buckets, or some schoolbags and small boxes, which were relatively easy for them.

Women always had a lot of luggage, let alone two women. Shen Yuan folded down the back seats to barely fit this pile of things.

But this way, only one person could ride in Shen Yuan’s car.

Li Xiao gently wiped the sweat from her forehead and said to Li Meng, “Li Meng, anyway, the landlord is coming over later. You can accompany her to check the house, and then after giving her the key, you can take a taxi over yourself.”

“Okay.”

Li Meng nodded in agreement, then looked at this big car. She had some knowledge of car brands and knew from the logo that this was a Land Rover.

Although she didn’t know the specific model, it probably wasn’t cheap.

Before Shen Yuan came, she had heard from her sister that this student’s family was doing well now, and he was also speculating in stocks and doing business. In that case, the bag her sister had received back then should also be real.

Combined with Shen Yuan’s diligence today, she could be 100% sure that he had ideas about her sister.

Although men were not good things, she had no right to stop her sister from pursuing her own happiness.

But, a teacher-student relationship…

Li Meng shook her head gently in her heart. It always felt a bit awkward.

Shen Yuan sat in the driver’s seat, waited for Li Xiao to buckle her seatbelt, and then stepped on the gas to go to the destination.

The new apartment the sisters rented was in Dongsheng Community, closer to the Foreign Economics College. Although it was also an old community, it had access control, a garden, and an elevator. The environment and facilities were much better than here.

“Shen Yuan, don’t mind it today. My sister is just like that.”

Li Xiao explained.

“It’s nothing. I feel like she’s much friendlier to me than the last two times,” Shen Yuan replied.

“That’s because you helped us move today. How could she dare to give you a cold face.”

Li Xiao smiled and then said, “Actually, she wasn’t like this from the beginning. She had a boyfriend in college. I’ve seen his picture. He was quite handsome, wearing glasses and looking very gentle.”

“They had a very good relationship. Because it was a long-distance relationship, one Christmas, they had a fight over something and didn’t meet. Later, after Li Meng thought it through, she specially went to his school to apologize in person, but she saw him holding hands with another girl.”

“Li Meng was so sad at that time. She wanted to go up and question him but didn’t dare, so she kept following them. It turned out that the couple, after leaving the school, went straight to a hotel to get a room. What’s even more outrageous is that while the guy was getting a room with another girl, he even sent Li Meng a holiday greeting message.”

“After she came back that time, Li Meng cried in the dorm for several days. When I went to see her, her eyes were all swollen from crying. So it was after that time that she completely gave up on men.”

It had been a long time since the incident, and Li Xiao calmly finished telling the story.

Although Shen Yuan felt a bit like he was looking in a mirror, he still said indignantly, “Damn scumbag, this kind of man is a social scum!”

Li Xiao couldn’t help but cover her mouth and laugh, raising her beautiful eyes. “You’re not a scumbag, are you? I see you’re always the one being dumped. Remember that time Zhou Wanting dumped you at the school gate?”

“Of course I’m not. I should be the purest kind of man.”

Shen Yuan said with a straight face, then turned his head and asked, “Li Xiao, what about you? What’s your attitude towards men?”

Li Xiao was slightly taken aback and felt a little unaccustomed to this form of address, because Shen Yuan had always called her “Counselor” or “Teacher Li Xiao,” and had never called her by her first name directly.

Li Xiao unnaturally tucked her black hair behind her ear and said, “Me? I have a normal attitude. Because I don’t have the same experience as my sister, I’m actually not against it.”

“Then what do you think of me?”

At this moment, they were waiting at a red light. Shen Yuan turned his head and looked directly at Li Xiao.

Huh?

Li Xiao was stunned. When she reacted, her heart started to beat faster. She didn’t know how to answer this sudden question.

She admitted that among the boys in the several classes she taught, she liked interacting with Shen Yuan the most.

But she wasn’t sure if this was a teacher’s affection for a student, or the affection between a man and a woman.

Shen Yuan said with a cheeky smile, “Alright, I was just kidding. Why are you so nervous?”

Li Xiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. While Shen Yuan was driving, she secretly glanced at him a few times. His sharp side profile had a faint smile on it at this moment, which was quite handsome.

‘Do I like him?’

Li Xiao was not sure, but she always felt that this idea was inappropriate. She was Shen Yuan’s teacher!

At the same time, she felt a little disappointed, because Shen Yuan had just said it was just a joke…

She wasn’t sure if Shen Yuan was joking or if he really meant it. If he did, she didn’t know how to refuse. Thinking of these things, her mind was in a mess.

Li Xiao shook her head gently, interrupting the distracting thoughts in her mind, and brought the topic back to the main point:

“Shen Yuan, the project team had a meeting last time and it has been decided that Fu Yingzi from the Youth League Committee’s news center will assist you in screening and evaluating the students to be invested in. The application forms received by the Youth League Committee in the future will be summarized and compiled by her, and then handed over to you.”

“In addition, a activity room has been arranged for you. You can use that room for office work in the future. The key is with Fu Yingzi. She will take you there. I will send you her WeChat later.”

“Okay.”

Shen Yuan nodded thoughtfully.

He knew Fu Yingzi. She was the station master of the news center’s radio station. She was in the same department and year as him, but not in the same major.

Every evening during dinner, he could hear her voice broadcast.

This girl’s voice was very versatile. He heard that she also worked part-time as a voice actress outside and had become a seiyuu.

This kind of girl was a blessing for voice control enthusiasts. She was Old Cao’s ideal type. He would howl every time he heard Fu Yingzi’s voice.