Lin Mian's pupils suddenly dilated as she looked at him in disbelief. She had kept this matter extremely secret, even making phone calls in secluded corners; how could he know about it? "I didn't, I didn't, don't talk nonsense!" she said. "Did you eat the candy I gave you?" Song Zeyuan asked with a mischievous smile, "Do you want me to give you another one?" Just thinking about last night, Lin Mian felt completely numb. The candy had been slipped into her pocket by the class president, and it turned out to be from Song Zeyuan. But she dared not admit to eating it; if she did, wouldn't Song Zeyuan know everything? Lin Mian bit her lip, as if fearing that something would be exposed, and had no desire to continue entangling with him. She turned and wanted to run upstairs. Song Zeyuan grabbed her arm and easily pulled her back. "Don't run away, I know you're short of money, I have plenty of it here. How about this, you spend a night with me, and I'll give you ten thousand for one night, how does that sound?" Lin Mian didn't expect him to speak so bluntly. Her face instantly paled, a sense of humiliation from being toyed with and looked down upon. She forcefully shook off Song Zeyuan's hand. "I'm not short of money, don't come looking for me again." With that, she hurriedly fled towards the dormitory building. From behind, the man's provocative voice faintly came: "It's no use running, I'll wait for you to come to me willingly."

Lin Mian clenched the medicine bag in her hand, her steps quickening. It wasn't until she returned to the dormitory that her heart was still 'thumping' faster, unable to calm down for a long time. There was someone in the dormitory today. Lin Mian put her bag on the bed, then secretly clutched the medicine box and hid inside the tent on the bed. Recalling Song Zeyuan's words just now, her heart felt uneasy. It turned out that it was really the candy last night that was problematic; she had been calculated by Song Zeyuan. She felt it necessary to explain. She took out her phone, opened the chat window with Shi Lin, and sent a 'Are you there?' message, only to have a red exclamation mark pop up on the screen the next second. She had been blocked! Lin Mian stared at the screen for a full minute before digesting this fact. It seemed that the man did not want to have any relationship with her, probably thinking that she went to the hospital today on purpose to pester him, right? That's why he transferred her double the money, buying off a night's relationship. He didn't even want her to pay him back. Lin Mian pursed her lips and silently exited WeChat. 'Knock knock!' Someone was knocking on the door outside: 'Mianmian, open the door for me.' Lin Mian immediately came back to her senses, quickly put away her phone, then swiftly opened the medicine box in her hand, took out two pills according to the instructions, swallowed them raw, hid the medicine box, and opened the door. Her roommate, Mu Tao, was waiting outside and asked her in surprise when she saw her. 'Eh, what's rare, didn't you go to work at the supermarket today?' Lin Mian would go out to do odd jobs during vacations and when she didn't have classes, so it was rare to see her in the dormitory during the day. 'I had something to do today, so I took a leave.'

Lin Mian casually found an excuse and then burrowed into the quilt. There was only one month left until her internship, and she was busy working on her final project, as well as doing some part-time work for her supervisor to earn some internship experience and living expenses. Therefore, she couldn't afford to be idle and plunged herself into her studies. ... Over the next week, Lin Mian was bustling about, running between the dormitory and the teaching building every day. She deliberately avoided Song Zeyuan, not seeing him for a whole week. The thing she was worried about did not cause a ripple; everything was proceeding normally, and Lin Mian's tightly coiled nerves relaxed a little. Perhaps Song Zeyuan had lost interest in her. That would be best. Her father's surgery was also completed, and now he was in the recovery period, requiring a three-month hospital stay. The surgery was expensive, and the post-recovery medication was not cheap either. Lin Mian thought it over and then gritted her teeth to transfer another ten thousand yuan; she wanted her father to use some good medicine. As long as her father could stand up, she felt that anything was worth doing. ... On a weekend evening, her roommate Mu Tao leaned over mysteriously and asked Lin Mian. "Mianmian, do you want to make a lot of money?"