After class, Gu Mei cleverly shook off Bai Fangfang who was following her and came to the small lake in school according to the note. She saw Zhou Tao waiting there at a glance.

  "What's wrong?" Gu Mian curiously looked at Zhou Tao.

  Since she sold the porcelain pillow and gave the 10,000 yuan to Zhou Tao, they have become more familiar with each other, occasionally chatting, but without further communication. She really can't figure out why Zhou Tao would mysteriously ask her out with a note.

  "I have something I want to ask for your help." Zhou Tao looked a bit down, his hair was messy and he didn't speak with much confidence.

  "What's going on?" Gu Meng looked at Zhou Tao with a suspicious gaze and didn't answer immediately, instead asking back.

  She had only been gone for more than a week, and Zhou Tao had become like this, as if he had suffered some kind of blow. She still clearly remembered the scene when Zhou Tao had successfully picked up the leak and shouted that he would treat everyone to a meal.

  "I...". Zhou Tao looked at Gu Mian with a hesitant expression, struggling inwardly before finally speaking up: "Can you lend me some money?"

  Gu Xiang looked at Zhou Tao with a puzzled expression, unable to understand how he had managed to borrow money from her. It seemed that the two of them were not yet familiar enough with each other to be borrowing money.

  Zhou Tao saw that Gu Ming didn't respond, and he couldn't help but feel a bit anxious. He licked his somewhat dry lips and quickly said: "If you have some extra money, can you lend it to me? Don't worry, I'll pay you back soon, and I can even pay interest according to the bank's rate."

  Gu Mian looked at Zhou Tao, who was starting to sweat on his forehead, but still didn't say a word.

  "I, I don't have anything that can be used as collateral, but I..." Zhou Tao rubbed his hair fiercely, seemingly unsure of how to express himself.

  "How much do you want to borrow?" asked Gu Mian.

  "Twenty thousand." Zhou Tao looked up at Gu Mian with a surprised and delighted expression.

  Gu Xiang looked at Zhou Tao in surprise, she thought it would be at most a few thousand yuan, but didn't expect to borrow 20,000. Looking at Zhou Tao who usually doesn't seem to lack money, could there be some problem at home?

  "I know 20,000 is a bit too much, but..." Zhou Tao's voice trailed off, and he let out a sigh before nodding apologetically at Gu Mian: "Forget it, just pretend I never said anything. Sorry for wasting your time."

  After finishing speaking, Zhou Tao didn't wait for Gu Mian's reaction and turned around to run away directly.

  Gu Meng looked at Zhou Tao's back in a daze, feeling somewhat perplexed. She had been mysteriously asked out by him, and before she could even say whether or not she would lend him money, he had already taken off.

  After selling the ceramic pillow, she also returned the money borrowed from others, and deducted her grandfather's medical expenses and her mother's insurance. Gu Mei still had a lot of money left in her hand. If Zhou Tao really needed it, she wouldn't take it out, but on the condition that she didn't think it was necessary.

  Since the person who wanted to borrow money had given up, there was no need for her to chase after them to offer a loan. With a flick of her head, Gu Mei also couldn't be bothered to care about what was wrong with Zhou Tao and turned to go to the cafeteria, where Bai Fangfang must have already helped her get food.

  Their school cafeteria is actually quite good, the taste is good and it's also very affordable. Generally speaking, students in the school still prefer to eat at the cafeteria.

  "What did Professor Wang want with you?" Bai Fangfang handed a plate of food to Gu Mian and asked casually.

  Just now, Gu Mian used Professor Wang's having something to ask her as an excuse to get rid of Bai Fangfang.

  "There's nothing, just a small problem that I haven't figured out yet, let me take a look." Gu Mei didn't plan to let Bai Fangfang know about Zhou Tao borrowing money from her.

  "Oh." Bai Fangfang nodded and didn't think much of it either.

  "By the way, during my absence from school, has anything interesting happened?" Although Gu Mian knew that it was best not to interfere with other people's business, thinking of Zhou Tao's absent-minded appearance, she couldn't help but want to ask Bai Fangfang about something.

  "There's nothing interesting, actually." Bai Fangfang tilted her head and thought for a moment, then suddenly lit up and leaned in close to Gu Mian, pointing towards the direction of the cafeteria entrance: "See? The art department's beauty Zhang Tingting."

  "What's wrong?" Gu Mian curiously looked over and found that Zhang Tingting was still standing in front of her, along with Zhou Tao who had just parted ways with her.

  Two people stood together, seemingly discussing something, but Zhang Tingting's facial expression didn't look very good.

  "I forgot to tell you, not long after you followed Professor Wang, someone in our department spread the news that Zhang Tingting, the flower of the Fine Arts Department, and Zhou Tao from your class are actually childhood sweethearts who have been dating since high school and continued their relationship after entering university." Bai Fangfang said with a gossipy face.

  "What's this? I've never heard of it before!" Gu Mian was shocked.

  Zhou Tao may not be ugly, but he is absolutely not handsome. On the other hand, Zhang Tingting is a well-known beauty, and her boyfriends since entering school have been counted in dozens.

  Two vastly different people were suddenly brought together, which was truly astonishing.

  "Who says it's not? If it weren't for the rumors that Zhang Tingting was being kept by someone a while back, Zhou Tao really couldn't hold it in. Probably everyone wouldn't even know until graduation." Bai Fangfang said with disdain.

  Gu Mei frowned and looked towards the canteen entrance again, but Zhang Tingting and Zhou Tao were nowhere to be seen.

  "Actually, Zhou Tao is quite pitiful too. I heard that many of the branded goods on Zhang Tingting's body were bought by Zhou Tao. He has been cheated on in bed multiple times, and every time it was Zhang Tingting who begged for forgiveness, lowering her posture and pleading with him to forgive her. And Zhou Tao really likes Zhang Tingting, so after getting a guarantee from her that she wouldn't make the same mistake again, he let her off lightly. I just can't understand, isn't it said that men hate being cheated on the most? How could Zhou Tao, who usually seems so clever, be so blind?" Bai Fangfang sighed.

  "One is willing to fight and the other is willing to be beaten, how can we outsiders know what's going on?" Gu Mei shook her head, not very interested in this.

  From Bai Fangfang's words, she probably guessed that Zhou Tao wanted to borrow money from her for whom.

  "It's not like being pretty and having big breasts is any good." Bai Fangfang said sourly.

  Gu Meng glanced at Bai Fangfang and couldn't help but sneer at the small hill that was only slightly better than a flying airport.

  Bai Fangfang glared at Gu Ming and poked at the rice in her own plate with a chopstick.

  Originally, Gu Mian thought that Zhou Tao's matter had nothing to do with her, but she never expected that in just a few days, Zhou Tao and Zhang Tingting's affair would actually involve her.

  Listening to the deafening music around her, watching the crowd of people dancing wildly in the dance pool, she really didn't know what was going on and somehow ended up being brought to this kind of place.

  "Gu Meng, I'm really sorry, I have no choice." Zhou Tao's face was pale, his two hands clenched into fists, his whole body tense, as if he would bounce out with a slight touch.

  Update 2 is here, seeking recommendation votes and collection~~~~ Thanks to Luoyan Xianju for the mooncake gift, thanks everyone for your support, all kinds of happiness~~~~