The Problem with Marrying Rich: Out of the Way, Ex

From spring to winter, the winter of 2014 arrived unconsciously. It was still a cold winter. The temperature in Ye City was 5 degrees below zero every day, or even lower.

He Xiyan was still busy. Every day, in addition to attending classes, she also needed to draw pictures.

As a junior, her classes had been greatly reduced. Sometimes she only had two classes a day.

After class, she would return to her small apartment and be busy with her part-time job.

Over the last year, she earned a lot. In addition to making 120000 yuan and paying off all her debts, her design level had greatly improved as well. Now she could complete the design of a brochure in almost one day. Moreover, she had also learned the design of UI interface on the mobile end. Since the improvement of her design ability, she had made more and more money. Now she could earn more than 1000 yuan by designing a brochure and thus she could earn 5000 to 6000 yuan by taking several orders every month. In addition to other part-time income, she could earn more than 12000 yuan monthly regularly.

She no longer needed to worry about her livelihood or to live frugally everyday calculating the cost of her living expenses every month.

To reward herself, this winter, she bought herself three new clothes, a new mobile phone and a new laptop.

As long as she worked hard, she thought, her future life would be very nice.

He Xiyan came out from the little kitchen. Today, she made braised pork ribs, spicy crabs, flavored clams and a large plate of cauliflower.

Certainly, she couldn’t eat so much by herself. All this was because her friend Yang Jing and her boyfriend came here for dinner.

Yang Jing fell in love this semester. Her boyfriend was one in their next class. The boy was not only good-looking, but also articulate, who was very attractive to girls. Yang Jing and this guy got along very fast. Even less than three months, they had moved to an apartment outside the university and lived together.

He Xiyan brought out the dishes one by one, and soon her little room was filled with a strong smell of food.

Without a dining hall, they had to have the meal in the room.

“Xiyan, your skill is really wonderful!” Yang Jing was full of praise for her while having a sparerib.

Her boyfriend beside her couldn’t help boasting, “It’s delicious, much better than that in the restaurant outside.”

He Xiyan chuckled.

“I’m flattered!”

She didn’t think she knew much about cooking. She could only make some homemade dishes, which she learned from her mother when she was a child.

He Xiyan also had two ribs. She really worked hard today, so the dishes tasted better than usual.

“Xiyan, how about going to the cinema with us in the evening? A new sci-fi movie seems to be called “Star Trek”, which was made by a famous director. You must like it.” Yang Jing said as she ate, then looked at her boyfriend Zhang Fan.

The guy also looked at her girlfriend.

The two of them looked at each other for a few seconds, flirting with each other through eyesight, just like all the lovers in love.

He Xiyan, however, smiled awkwardly.

“No!” After a pause, she replied, “I’m still busy with a brochure in the evening.”

He Xiyan was not really that busy, but she didn’t think it was appropriate for her to go to the movies with her friend and her boyfriend.

She didn’t want to be a third one besides them two. Otherwise, it would be very embarrassing. However, since Yang Jing had a boyfriend, the time she spent playing or even eating with her friend had become less and less.

Yang Jing didn’t force her friend either. Suddenly thinking of something, Yang Jing looked at He Xiyan with a smile and said, “By the way, Xiyan, how are you getting along with that handsome guy?”