In the morning economics class, the professor's voice on the podium was so soothing that it made me drowsy, and he flipped through the PowerPoint slides one page after another.

Li Qingqing sat in the middle of the classroom, near the front, with a notebook open in front of her and a pen in her hand, looking as if she was listening attentively to the lesson.

But her gaze always seemed to drift towards the corner by the window, almost imperceptibly.

Lu Jingxiu sat there.

He wore a simple white shirt today, with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, revealing his well-defined forearms.

He kept his head slightly lowered, his gaze fixed on the open textbook, occasionally glancing up at the PowerPoint presentation, a pen between his fingers, jotting something down on the edge of the pages from time to time.

In the morning light streaming in from the window, his profile was clearly defined, with a straight nose and a clean, sharp jawline.

He was listening attentively to the lesson, and didn't glance at her even once.

Looking at that face, Li Qingqing felt a slight sense of irritation and confusion.

This morning, she had just left her dormitory and was walking along the tree-lined path to the classroom when her phone vibrated.

It was a WeChat message from Chen Xinghai.

The message was very polite. First, it thanked her for her help over the past few days, and then it tactfully indicated that the pretending to be her girlfriend was no longer needed for the time being, but the job as a love strategist could continue, only the salary needed to be adjusted.

It went from 50,000 per day to 50,000 per month.

She saw right through it.

Chen Xinghai doesn't need her to come up with ideas at all.

This clearly shows that they have found a replacement, but are too proud to kick her out directly, so they are using this 50,000 yuan as compensation to maintain a facade of politeness.

I woke up one morning and my job was gone? My daily wage of 50,000 yuan turned into a monthly wage of 50,000 yuan?

Before she could even think about what was going on, news about Li Li bombarded her with messages.

One voice message after another came in, the speaker was excited and incoherent, embellishing the events that happened in the cafeteria that morning.

The article emphasizes Lu Jingxiu's sister and Lu Jingxiu's shady move of calling Chen Xinghai to steal his business.

When Li Qingqing heard Lu Jingxiu actually go to Chen Xinghai and say, "I only need 40,000 a day, and I guarantee you will succeed," she was stunned.

She stood on the steps in front of the teaching building, holding her phone, stunned for a full half minute.

She tacitly allowed Li Li to explain to Lu Jingxiu.

Based on her understanding of Lu Jingxiu's past personality, upon hearing this inside story, even if he didn't immediately turn back to apologize to her, he would at least feel hostility towards Chen Xinghai, or feel guilty towards her.

In this way, she can regain the initiative.

But to her utter surprise, Lu Jingxiu didn't play by the rules at all.

Not only did he act unpredictably, but he also tried to steal her clients.

This is absolutely outrageous.

But soon, Li Qingqing gleaned a more important piece of information from Li Li's chaotic description.

A beautiful girl appeared beside Lu Jingxiu.

Lu Jingxiu introduced her personally, saying she was his sister.

younger sister?

Li Qingqing frowned slightly.

She and Lu Jingxiu had been together for quite a while, and she had never heard him mention that he had a younger sister.

Moreover, even if they were distant cousins, it would be impossible for them to be so close as to go to the cafeteria together for breakfast early in the morning.

And what a coincidence! This younger sister just appeared out of nowhere right after she broke up with Lu Jingxiu?

Considering Lu Jingxiu's unusually cold and resolute demeanor over the past two days, and his actions this morning that were completely out of character...

Li Qingqing suddenly had a vague guess.

Could it be that this suddenly appearing younger sister is up to something behind the scenes, causing trouble?

The moment the thought popped into her head, it took root and spread rapidly in her mind like a vine.

She couldn't concentrate on the lesson.

She couldn't hear a single word the professor was saying on the podium.

She quietly took out her phone, dimmed the screen, and swiped her finger through the contacts, finding a name: Tang Cheng.

Tang Cheng is Lu Jingxiu's brother, and they have a very close relationship.

When she was with Lu Jingxiu before, she often asked Tang Cheng for information or asked him to speak well of her in front of Lu Jingxiu.

She opened Tang Cheng's WeChat and started typing on the virtual keyboard.

"Tang Cheng, are you free at noon? Want to have lunch together? I'd like to talk to you about something."

Click to send.

Then he flipped his phone face down on the table, looked up at the blackboard again, and his face returned to the expression of a good student who was listening attentively to the lesson.

In a lecture hall in another teaching building, Tang Cheng was lying on the last row, wearing Bluetooth headphones, his phone in landscape mode, his fingers flying across the screen, controlling the character in the game to wreak havoc.

A WeChat message notification suddenly popped up at the top of the screen.

He originally intended to just cross it out, but then he glanced at the sender: Li Qingqing.

Tang Cheng's hand trembled, and his character in the game made a positioning mistake, getting focused down and killed by the enemy.

"Damn it!" he cursed under his breath, exited the game, and opened WeChat.

Upon seeing Li Qingqing's message about a dinner date, Tang Cheng paused for a moment, then frowned.

Li Qingqing invited me to dinner?

Since her breakup with Lu Jingxiu, he and Li Qingqing haven't had much contact.

The only thing the two had in common was Lu Jingxiu, and judging from the current situation, this meal was 100% related to Lu Jingxiu.

His first reaction was to take a screenshot, and then quickly forward it to Lu Jingxiu.

"Damn it, Brother Lu, Li Qingqing asked me to lunch, saying she has something to talk about. What's going on? Should I go?"

He sent the message and stared at the screen, waiting for a reply.

After waiting for a long time, there was still no movement from Lu Jingxiu's side.

Tang Cheng scratched his head.

Is Lu Ge not checking his phone during class? Or did he see it but is too lazy to reply?

With the end of get out of class approaching, Li Qingqing stopped sending messages to urge him, but Tang Cheng was still a little uneasy.

He thought about it for a moment, and then replied to Li Qingqing.

"Okay, Qingqing, where should we meet for lunch?"

Let's agree first and then talk about it.

Anyway, it's just a meal. He'll hear what she has to say, and then he'll improvise. He'll treat it as gathering information for Brother Lu.

Click send.

Tang Cheng switched back to the game interface, but his mind was no longer on the game.

The bell finally rang, signaling the end of get out of class.

The midday sun shone brightly on the campus. There wasn't a breath of wind, and the heat was intense. Even the sycamore leaves along the roadside drooped listlessly.

Students poured out of the teaching building, most of them walking in a hurry, either heading straight to the cafeteria or rushing back to their dormitories to enjoy the air conditioning.

In this kind of weather, nobody wants to stay outside for even a second longer.

Not far from the school, in a simply decorated local restaurant, the scene on the second floor was quite different.

The air conditioner was on full blast, and a cool breeze was blowing.

The round table was laden with steaming dishes. Lu Jingxiu and Xu Na sat on one side, while Chen Xinghai sat opposite them.

Xu Na quietly picked up her chopsticks and ate, saying very little. Lu Jingxiu leaned back in his chair, listening to Chen Xinghai finish explaining the whole story, his face expressionless.

"Brother Lu, this is the situation between Zhuang Xue and me," Chen Xinghai said, pulling a pack of 95 Supreme cigarettes from his pocket, expertly flicking out a cigarette and handing it over. "Look, do you have any good ideas?"

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