Chapter Fifteen: The Workshop

  On the giant stone, two people sat quietly, chatting in the gentle autumn breeze. Time seemed to speed up, and before they knew it, more than two hours had passed.

  At nearly half past nine, Wu Mengui and another person left Yìnshān Park.

  The girl stopped in front of the dormitory building, Wu Mengqi stopped her footsteps, looking at the determined and slightly green face in front of her, a string in her heart seemed to be touched, it was an unprecedented feeling.

  On the way back, both people seemed to feel a sense of strangeness and didn't say much, just silently feeling it.

  "I'm back, you can go back too." Wu Mengqi said to Lin Hui, handing over the clothes on her body.

  Lin Hui nodded, "You go rest early."

  "Uh-huh." Wu Mengqi waved at Lin Hui and walked into the dormitory building. Just as she was about to enter, Wu Mengqi turned her head back and smiled, saying, "Don't forget about tomorrow's thing, you promised after all."

  Lin Hui naturally knew what Wu Mengqi was referring to and smiled, "Don't worry, I have to go for that meal too."

  Watching Wu Mengqi walk into the stairs, Lin Hui also walked towards the boys' dormitory building.

  Just as Lin Hui was about to arrive at his dormitory, his mobile phone received a text message. Lin Hui took a look and it turned out to be sent by Wu Mengqi.

  "Thank you, I'm feeling much better now."

  Lin Hui smiled and put his mobile phone into his pocket.

  A night without words.

  The next day, Lin Hui got up very early. Yesterday, he had promised Wu Mengqi to do some hard work. Actually, he was also quite curious about Wu Mengqi's workshop.

  "Lin Hui, where are you going?" Ye Jinghao asked at this time.

  "Let's go." Lin Hui smiled slightly.

  Yan Keli's face suddenly showed a 'I'd rather die than believe you' expression, "Cut the crap, no one would believe you. I think you're just going to pick up chicks, you've become quite dishonest lately."

  "Why don't we go together?"

  Upon hearing this, Yan Ke immediately waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I'm not used to being a light bulb. You'd better go alone, besides, I have an important task today." He also put on a mysterious and profound look.

  Ye Jinghao, Li Lifen and Lin Hui shot him a disdainful look, this kid is going out to harm innocent girls again.

  At nearly eight thirty, Lin Hui arrived at Wu Mengqi's dormitory building.

  "Lin Hui, wait for me for a minute, I'll be right down." Wu Mengqi said over the phone.

  It's the weekend and the weather has been getting cooler, so there weren't many people on the school roads in the morning. However, it seemed like there were a few "fellow travelers" under the girls' dormitory building, all waiting for someone.

  Lin Hui glanced at a person standing next to him, his eyes eagerly looking into the corridor, and surprisingly still holding a bouquet of roses in his hand.

  It's really enthusiastic to send flowers early in the morning.

  Lin Hui smiled awkwardly and didn't continue paying attention to him. Some people's thinking was something he couldn't keep up with.

  In less than a minute, Lin Hui saw Wu Mengqi walking out of the corridor. Today's Wu Mengqi was still as beautiful as ever, and although he had already gotten used to it, there was still a feeling that made his eyes light up.

  Just then, before Lin Hui could say a word, the man standing next to him with a bouquet of roses in hand walked up quickly with a smile on his face.

  "Meng Qi." Wang Gang called out with a smile.

  Wu Mengui also noticed Wang Gang at this time and looked at the rose in his hand, frowning. "Wang Gang, what are you doing here?"

  "I knew you'd be out this weekend, so I waited here especially for you. This flower is for you." Wang Gang handed the flower in his hand to Wu Mengqi, and he seemed to have already gotten used to Wu Mengqi's indifference.

  Although Wu Mengqi always seemed very cold on the surface, Wang Gang believed in his heart that no girl would not like others to give her flowers, it was a kind of vanity. After running through the flower cluster for so many years, this trick had never failed.

  In his opinion, it was only a matter of time before he won Wu Mengui over. Looking at Wu Mengui's curvaceous figure and flawless face, Wang Gang suddenly felt a surge of passion in his heart.

  If Wu Mengqi can be won over, everything is worth it.

  "Sorry, I won't take this flower. I have something to attend to and will leave first." Wu Mengqiu said with a gentle tone, but her words were clearly tinged with a hint of coldness, and her eyebrows were slightly furrowed. As for Wang Gang, he was not unfamiliar with this expression.

  Wu Mengui didn't say anything to Wang Gang and walked directly towards Lin Hui who was not far away.

  "Let's go." Wu Mengqi said with a smile on her face.

  As Wu Mengui walked towards Lin Hui, the smile on Wang Gang's face disappeared in an instant, and the next moment, his face looked even more unpleasant. When facing Lin Hui, Wu Mengui actually had a smile on her face, looking very intimate. He had never seen Wu Mengui with any boy like that before.

  Wang Gang is one grade higher than Wu Mengqi, and was also a student union member. From the moment he laid eyes on Wu Mengqi, he secretly made up his mind to win her over, thinking that if such a treasure were to fall into someone else's hands, he would regret it to death.

  At that time, he already had a girlfriend and was also the president of the student union, so he didn't immediately make a move on Wu Mengqi. Instead, he tried to get along with her in every way possible. It wasn't until the second half of his sophomore year, after he got bored with that girlfriend, that he began to launch an attack.

  Although Wu Mengqi appears to be very friendly to everyone on the surface, Wang Gang is clear in his heart that Wu Mengqi keeps a subtle distance from boys in her heart, which is enough to make many people hesitant.

  But now, Wu Mengui is showing some intimacy to an unknown boy, which makes him feel a sense of crisis. This is absolutely not what he wants to see, for the sake of getting Wu Mengui, he has made great efforts and cannot afford to lose at this point!

  Seeing several people around him with a somewhat strange gaze, Wang Gang's eyes towards Lin Hui became slightly unfriendly.

  Lin Hui and Wu Mengqi were just about to leave when they saw Wang Gang walk up to Wu Mengqi, with a somewhat forced smile, saying "Mengqi, who is he? Aren't you going to introduce me?"

  Looking at Wang Gang, Wu Mengqi showed a hint of impatience, always being chased by one person was annoying, and anyone would be annoyed, besides he knew very well what kind of person Wang Gang was.

  "This has nothing to do with you, we still have things to attend to first." With that, she pulled Lin Hui's sleeve and walked out.

  Lin Hui was taken aback for a moment, and when he saw Wu Mengqi's somewhat unnatural expression, he suddenly understood that she had used him as a shield, but he didn't expect Wu Mengqi's face to be so thin.

  Lin Hui glanced at Wang Gang's somewhat unpleasant expression and smiled faintly, directly grasping Wu Mengyi's hand.

  That's a reward in itself.

  In an instant, Lin Hui clearly felt Wu Mengqi's body stiffen, and a faint blush rose to her pale face.

  Wu Mengqi glared at Lin Hui with a scowl, immediately turned her head away, and didn't say anything. But in her heart, it was as if a small deer was jumping around.

  Wang Gang stared blankly as the two people walked slowly into the distance, originally he had only thought that Wu Mengqi had just used Lin Hui as a shield to make him misunderstand, but he hadn't expected that the two of them were already holding hands.

  Ignoring the strange expressions of several people beside him, Wang Gang directly threw the flower in his hand into the trash can and quickly left.

  Lin Hui walked slowly with Wu Mengqi, a faint smile on her face, and neither of them said a word.

  "Still not letting go?" Wu Mengqi finally couldn't bear it anymore, turned her head and stared at Lin Hui, with a hint of shyness still in her eyes.

  "Am I not helping you?" Hearing Wu Mengqi say this, Lin Hui couldn't continue pretending anymore and reluctantly let go of Wu Mengqi's hand.

  "You know it yourself, humph." Looking at Lin Hui's seemingly smiling but not quite smiling face, Wu Menggui glanced at him and then ignored Lin Hui.

  Lin Hui smiled and followed along, pretending to be angry in a way that wasn't very convincing.

  Wu Mengui's studio office is not far from school, and it's just across the street from Jiangnan University. After twenty or so minutes, the two of them arrived. Along the way, the two of them seemed as if nothing had happened at all.

  "It's here." Wu Mengui pointed to the second floor of the building. The street was lined with commercial storefronts, most of which were three-story buildings. Compared to the first floor, the rent for the second and third floors was much cheaper.

  A few minutes later, the two people walked up to the second floor. After Wu Mengqi opened the door, Lin Hui entered Wu Mengqi's studio.

  The area is not large, about 50-60 square meters, with five or six tables and some essential professional equipment stacked inside, none of which look brand new. Wu Mengqi obviously hasn't tidied up yet, the whole room is still a bit messy, with many things still packed in boxes.

  "You're really something." Lin Hui said with a smile.

  "Don't mock me, I thought I had considered everything thoroughly, but when it actually came to doing it, there were many difficulties that I hadn't anticipated." Wu Mengui said as she looked at the somewhat disorganized workshop. Some things can only be truly felt by actually doing them, and over the past few months, she had genuinely experienced this.

  In this city, she has almost no one to rely on and everything is up to herself. Of course, this also comes from her personality, if she opens her mouth, there are definitely many rich young men willing to help.

  "I don't know what you're thinking, but a good life has become so tiring. However, it's really impressive." Lin Hui indeed admired Wu Mengjie a bit, while others were still enjoying campus life, she had already opened her own studio. It could be seen that Wu Mengjie's family conditions were not bad.

  For a girl, this is absolutely not an easy thing. The hardships of entrepreneurship can only be deeply felt by oneself, and although Lin Hui has not experienced such difficulties in the past year, he has freelanced at many start-up companies and understands the difficulties involved.

  "Don't flatter me anymore, I can get arrogant." Wu Mengqi said.

  A few minutes later, the two of them started taking action, although everything was already ready, but nothing was fully prepared.

  Just as the two were tidying up, the door was pushed open and three people walked in, all with a sullen expression.

  "Boss Wu, you're finally here, I've been waiting for a while. What do you think?" The man who spoke first walked up to Wu Mengqi and leaned against a table, wearing a floral shirt, light-colored cowboy pants, with a cigarette in his mouth blowing out smoke rings, his eyes openly sizing up Wu Mengqi.

  Hearing this voice, Lin Hui, who was tidying up things on the other side, suddenly looked over. Seeing the person in charge, Lin Hui was slightly stunned, what is he doing here?

  The one who was in charge was actually the same Dàqián Hēi who wanted to teach him a lesson last night.