"I understand, I'll transfer it right away." Ye Wan hung up the phone, clicked on her bank account, and transferred the fifteen thousand yuan she earned from her part-time job last month to the hospital's account.
Seeing that her balance was only a few yuan left, she put away her phone and took a bus to the city center. She bought a one-yuan flatbread at the school gate and ate it as she walked.
After school, Ye Wan walked out with her classmates. Suddenly, a boy holding a bouquet of flowers rushed in front of Ye Wan and said excitedly, "Classmate Ye Wan, I like you! I hope you can accept me!"
Ye Wan looked at the boy in front of her expressionlessly and said, "I don't like you, and I can't accept you!"
The boy looked at her in shock. "Why? I know you're poor, but I don't care. I have money, and I can support you! I can give you a thousand yuan in pocket money every month! You won't have to live so hard!"
"..."
Ye Wan didn't want to waste any more words with him. She walked around him to leave. The boy, unwilling to give up, stopped her again. "Ye Wan, I really like you. Please consider me!"
"I'll say it again, I don't know you, and I certainly don't like you! Please don't appear in front of me again!" Ye Wan said and quickly left, not looking back at the boy again.
Not far away, Gu Yunting, accompanied by a group of school leaders, saw this scene clearly. His gaze fixed on the boy holding the flowers, he sneered and turned to leave.
The principal was startled and quickly followed, asking with a smile where this benefactor wanted to go.
Ye Wan went to the cafeteria and had a bowl of plain white rice. She found a corner to sit and began to eat with her chopsticks. The students around her cast strange glances at her, but she remained unfazed, diligently eating the plain white rice in front of her.
The school cafeteria was broadcasting the latest news. The finance channel was reporting on the impending marriage between the two major Gu and Lin financial groups. The president of the Gu Corporation and the eldest daughter of the Lin family were a perfect match, hailed as a beautiful story.
"Miss Lin is so beautiful. She and President Gu are a perfect match. I envy them for having such a good family background and such a good man."
"Envy is useless. We insignificant people are not even worthy of carrying Miss Xiao's shoes. Her starting point is a height that people like us can never reach in our lifetime."
The girls beside her sighed with envy.
After finishing her plain white rice, Ye Wan looked up at the TV screen. It happened to be a background photo of Gu Yunting and Lin Feihui choosing wedding rings in a jewelry store. Although it was just a blurry photo, she could still recognize him. Her familiarity with him was etched into her bones.
If Gu Yunting got married, could she finally escape her suffering? She was now really looking forward to him marrying Miss Lin soon! Then she would be free.
...
In the restroom.
Ye Wan began to worry about her income this month. She could eat and drink less, but her brother's medical expenses couldn't wait. After being tormented by Gu Yunting this time, she wouldn't be able to do fashion shoots for at least half a month. That was her highest-paying part-time job.
Four years ago, her mother, who had been missing for several years, suddenly appeared and thrust a one-year-old boy at the sixteen-year-old her, saying he was her brother, and then disappeared again.
She had been hiding Xiao Ye Cheng in the basement of the Gu mansion to raise him. With Sun Ma's help, she had raised him for more than half a year without being discovered. One night, when she went to see Xiao Ye Cheng, she found him unconscious in the basement. When taken to the hospital, she was told that the child had congenital leukemia and needed to be hospitalized for treatment to save his life.