Lin Wan was stunned. She stared at Yang Ziyan in surprise, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Yang Ziyan looked extremely serious. Gazing straight ahead, he controlled the car as it slowly moved through the traffic and said, "It was my fault in this matter. I feel guilty, and the guilt is especially heavy. I just don't want you to be wronged."
Lin Wan's pupils shrank sharply. Hearing Yang Ziyan's words, a strange feeling suddenly welled up in her heart.
"…Alright." Lin Wan leaned back on the passenger seat. She propped her elbow on the car window and rested her head on her hand. A slight curve appeared at the corner of her mouth.
Yang Ziyan was taken aback. Before he could react, a car cut in front of him.
"Damn it!" he cursed under his breath. He quickly glanced at Lin Wan, and embarrassingly, his face turned red.
"I'm not wronged. You don't have to act like this in the future. It makes me feel so embarrassed. I always feel like I'm bullying you." Lin Wan shrugged and said softly.
Yang Ziyan pursed his lips. After hesitating for a while, he said, "Then… can we be friends?"
Lin Wan was stunned. Seeing Yang Ziyan looking so embarrassed, she couldn't help but find it both funny and sad. "Sure. Don't tell me you've been hesitating for so long just because of this?"
"I really want to be friends with you." Yang Ziyan gritted his teeth and spoke his mind.
"Okay, I know." Lin Wan smiled, her eyes curving in the sunlight.
Yang Ziyan only took one look and quickly turned his head to look at the road ahead. He was a bit worried that he might crash the car because of Lin Wan's smile.
"Stop the car up ahead. I'll buy some things and go back to the dormitory." Lin Wan pointed at the food street next to the school.
Yang Ziyan parked the car by the roadside. Lin Wan closed the door and waved at him. "Bye. See you the day after tomorrow."
"See you the day after tomorrow." Yang Ziyan also waved. He watched until Lin Wan's figure disappeared into the crowd before starting the car again and turning it around to drive home.
"You're not going to play the game today, right? I remember you said you had an exam?" Lu Zhihang sent a caring message when he got off work in the evening.
Lin Wan was just carrying dinner back to the dormitory.
"Yeah, I'm going to review." Lin Wan replied to the message with difficulty using one hand.
There was a continuous clatter in the dormitory. Lin Wan looked up and saw Ye Zi packing her luggage vigorously. She raised her eyebrows slightly. "You're packing so early. When did you buy your train ticket?"
"A month ago. A junior helped me buy it. I'm going back with him." Ye Zi replied without looking up.
Lin Wan gave a soft grunt and sat down in front of the computer without saying a word.
"I won't accompany you this summer vacation. Don't miss me too much, muah~" Ye Zi said with a giggle. She rushed over, hugged Lin Wan's arm, and then snatched the biggest piece of meat from her lunch box.
Lin Wan let out a sound of disgust. "Get out of here quickly. Stop being so mushy. I don't want to see you!"
Ye Zi giggled twice and slammed the suitcase shut.
Lin Wan sighed and quickly finished her dinner. Then she crossed her legs and picked up an English book to read.
Lin Wan's major only had three exams, and they were all scheduled for tomorrow. So Lin Wan only asked for one day off and would go back to work the day after tomorrow.
Just as she was halfway through reading, her phone suddenly rang.
It had been a long time since she received a call from anyone. Usually, the person she talked to on the phone the most was Ye Zi, who was packing up next to her. At other times, she never had any phone contact with anyone else.
She picked up her phone and took a look. Lin Wan's eyebrows knitted together immediately.
The caller was marked as "Uncle".
"Hello, Uncle." Lin Wan answered the phone and softly called out. Her voice was so soft that Ye Zi, who was packing, didn't hear it.
"Xiaowan, I heard you went to work today, right?" A middle - aged man's voice came from the other end of the phone. Lin Wan breathed a slight sigh of relief. Many times, she didn't like answering her uncle's calls because most of the time, it was her aunt's sarcastic voice she heard when she answered.
Over time, she stopped interacting with her uncle's family.
And Lin Wan never expected that this time, her uncle would find such a job for her.
"Yeah." Lin Wan nodded and got up to sit on the bed.
"How do you feel? Did anyone bully you?"
"No. Thank you, Uncle." Lin Wan lowered her head and unconsciously picked at her fingernails. Her voice was very low.
"That's good. If you have anything to do, call me. Don't be stubborn. You're just a little girl. It's not safe for you to be alone outside."
Lin Wan let out a soft grunt.
Probably because her uncle also felt a bit awkward, he gave a few more instructions and then hung up the phone.
Ye Zi had already finished packing and was sitting on the bed playing with her phone.
The next day, Lu Zhihang went to bed early. He originally planned to go home to find Lin Wan, but on the way in the car, he received a call from his elder brother and then changed his route to the company in Bihu District.
When the car drove into the parking lot, before Lu Zhihang got out of the car, he heard a voice whispering, "That Lin Wan isn't coming today, right?"
"Yeah. It seems she has an exam and can't come." Another person answered.
Lu Zhihang's hand paused. A thought flashed through his mind. He turned off the engine and sat in the car without moving. As the voices got closer, he could hear them more clearly.
"She got in through connections. She's really something. She dared to ask for leave on the second day."
"Don't talk like that. Be careful someone hears you and gives you a hard time."
"What the hell. There's no one here. I just can't stand that girl. She's so young but acts so high - and - mighty. God knows how cheap she is in her heart. Her mother…"
"Hey, stop talking. You'd better say less of this kind of thing in the future."
"Humph!"
The sound of footsteps gradually faded away. Lu Zhihang narrowed his eyes into a slit. He stared intently at the back of the person who had just spoken ill of Lin Wan, his lips pressed into a straight line.
…
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Lu Shun touched Lu Zhihang's face with an iced Coke and looked at him with amusement.
"I just asked you to come here. Are you so angry?"
Lu Zhihang turned his face away, reached out to take the Coke, opened it, and took a sip. Then he asked, "Brother, did your company recently recruit a little girl named Lin Wan?"
Lu Shun was stunned. The name sounded familiar, but hearing Lu Zhihang's words, he laughed. "I'm not from the Personnel Department. How would I know such things? Should I call the manager to ask for you?"
"Yeah." Lu Zhihang nodded, obviously still a bit absent - minded.
"I didn't expect you to really ask me to call. Who is that little girl to you? Could she be the little girlfriend you mentioned?" Lu Shun was a bit amused. He was just joking at first, but seeing Lu Zhihang's reaction, he still called the Personnel Department manager.
The manager had never been summoned by the boss before. He was extremely nervous all the way. Especially when he saw Lu Zhihang in the office, he felt that he was probably going to be silenced soon and might even be buried in the foundation of the building.