Chapter 3 - Went to borrow money

Translated by Huntress. Edited by Jay-jay. Proofread by Kin.

“Come in and let’s talk about it!” Zhao Jiaqi led Ye Fanxing into the door. Mother Zhao was also present today.

Seeing Ye Fanxing come in, she greeted, “Xingxing is here.”

“Hello, Aunt.” Ye Fanxing sat down on the sofa.

Unlike her, Zhao Jiaqi’s family was very rich. Zhao Jiaqi was just like a little princess 1 .

Zhao Jiaqi looked at Ye Fanxing, “You just said you want help from me, what is it?”

Ye Fanxing clasped her hands nervously and said to Mother Zhao, “I want to ask Aunt Zhao if you could lend me some money.”

Ye Fanxing was really feeling very embarrassed. She had been Zhao Jiaqi’s classmate for three years but even so, she had never borrowed money from Zhao Jiaqi.

If it wasn’t because she needed tuition fees this time, Ye Fanxing would not have even opened her mouth.

She also took into account the Zhao family’s financial ability and only then did she make her request.

The moment she finished speaking, Zhao Jiaqi and her mother went silent.

Ye Fanxing continued, “My mother won’t let me go to school but I want to continue studying. I will certainly pay back the money so I hope that Auntie can help me.”

Mother Zhao looked at Ye Fanxing and said, “Um…… Xingxing, I’m really sorry. If I can, I also want to help you but our family really doesn’t have money now. I’m really sorry for this!”

The Zhao family was very aware of the situation of Ye Fanxing’s family. They knew that she lived in Nanchuan and that her parents didn’t have stable jobs. Lending her funds would simply be throwing money down the drain.

Zhao Jiaqi looked at Ye Fanxing and said, “Xingxing, I’m really sorry. You should go back and talk with your mother properly. You have good grades so she will definitely let you go to school.”

“……Okay.” Ye Fanxing responded somewhat stiffly. She knew that the Zhao family didn’t lack this amount of money but as other people said, it wouldn’t be good for her to force people to agree.

The air conditioning of the living room was so cold that it made Ye Fanxing feel a little chill, she said, “Then I’ll be going back first.”

“I’ll send you off.” Zhao Jiaqi accompanied her out. As a result, the two of them saw a handsome boy get out of a car as soon as they reached the door.

It was a very hot day. He was wearing a white shirt, and having just gotten out of the car his face showed no signs of sweat or redness.

Ye Fanxing didn’t expect to see him here. “Gu Yuze.”

Gu Yuze was Ye Fanxing’s boyfriend.

When they were still in school, Gu Yuze was the class monitor while she was a study committee member. In addition, they were seatmates.

His family’s conditions were very good so due to her own pride, Ye Fanxing didn’t tell him about the situation of her family.

Gu Yuze looked at Ye Fanxing. His eyes were very indifferent and his voice was filled with sarcasm, “You still remember me?”

Ye Fanxing froze for a moment. She remembered that after the college entrance examination, Gu Yuze asked her out several times but she had turned them down.

It wasn’t that she didn’t want to see him but she was just too busy. She had been working part-time since graduation and Nanchuan was somewhat far from here.

She looked at Gu Yuze. “Are you angry? Sorry, I was really busy.”

“I know.” Gu Yuze received her words, “Busy avoiding me! Ye Fanxing, if you want to break up, just say it straight. Is it necessary to look for excuses?

“Break up?” Ye Fanxing didn’t understand why he had such a misunderstanding, “That wasn’t my intention. I was really busy.”

“Let’s break up, okay!” Gu Yuze said, “Break up and you don’t have to avoid me anymore.”

Break up?

Ye Fanxing looked at him in disbelief, “Gu Yuze, you really misunderstood me. I didn’t want to avoid you. If you don’t believe me, you can ask Jiaqi. I was really busy every day.”

[End of this chapter]

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Footnotes

Little Princess(小公主) – it was literally translated but it can figuratively mean spoiled girl