Lu Yan rejected Bardot's invitation to endorse her, and politely informed them that she would not change her mind easily and hoped they could find a better candidate.

Susan insisted that Lu Yan should think about it carefully and offered her a very generous salary package.

This made Xu Panyang and the others jealous and extremely uncomfortable.

You know, the advertising fee for Bardot's one endorsement is more than the combined expenses for several advertisements she has endorsed in the past.

However, when Lu Yan heard the salary amount, she didn't even blink.

So for her, money is not the most important thing, time is.

When leaving later, Ofina said to Susan: "It looks like there is no chance. Her attitude is very firm, and she is not moved at all by the salary we offer."

Susan smiled and said calmly and calmly: "I'll give her three months to think about it. Don't make a conclusion now."

"Do you think she will ever change her mind?"

"Everyone changes their mind sometimes."

"Susan, this girl's conditions are indeed very good, but she is not irreplaceable. Why does it have to be her?"

Susan turned to look at Aofina and said firmly: "She is the one and only one. Not only do I want to sign her, I also want to sign her for a long time. This girl's future will be... unlimited."

…

In the first semester of her freshman year, Lu Yan started to be motivated to lose weight.

She was deeply aroused by the slender and slender girls in school.

Nancheng University of Communication is an art school. Most of the girls here will make their debut in the entertainment industry in the future. They are particularly strict about managing their bodies. The figures of most girls in the school...are definitely like clothes hangers.

son.

Lu Yan is a greedy cat. She has never deliberately restricted food or lost weight in the past. From time to time, she would go out with Lu Zhen to make skewers and eat barbecue. Therefore, compared with the skinny and pale girls around her, her face is fuller and rounder, with

Healthy color.

Now that she has embarked on this path, Lu Yan certainly knows the importance of managing her figure, so no matter how Jian Yao tries to seduce her every night, she will resolutely control her food intake and never eat too much.

In the evening, Shen Kuo took Lu Yan to have dinner at a newly opened dumpling shop at the back door of the school.

Two steaming bowls of oil-soaked dumplings were served. Shen Kuo took two bites and his eyes rested on Lu Yan's chopsticks.

She pounded it around with her chopsticks, peeled off the dumpling wrappers, and ate the vegetable and meat fillings.

Shen Kuo tapped the rim of her bowl and said casually: "Next time, how about I take you to eat meat?"

Lu Yan curled her lips and said, "The dumpling skin is too thick, and I'm trying to lose weight."

“Eat meat to lose weight?”

"You don't understand. Dumpling skins are made of starch. Starch is definitely a catalyst for obesity. On the contrary, meat is rich in protein and is not easy to gain weight. So to lose weight... you have to eat meat."

Shen Kuo frowned, not quite understanding Lu Yan's "weight loss theory".

Not only him, but Lu Zhen also doesn't understand. People of their generation simply can't understand the behavior of girls clamoring to lose weight.

Shen Kuo looked at her greasy little mouth, with a loving look in his eyes.

No one can lose weight by eating meat.

He also used chopsticks to smash open the dumpling wrappers, and gave the meat dumplings inside to Lu Yan, then put the dumpling wrappers in her bowl back into his own bowl.

Lu Yan said: "What are you doing?"

"I like to eat dumpling wrappers."

"Nonsense, you just think I'm a waste."

"Isn't it a waste?"

Lu Yan looked at the dumpling wrappers in her bowl. It seemed... quite wasteful. She grinned and handed all the dumpling wrappers in her bowl to Shen Kuo: "Then help me eat."

Shen Kuo did not refuse. He thought it was always good to eat more meat, so he gave all his meat to Lu Yan.

Lu Yan propped her elbows on the table, looked at the people around her, and whispered to him: "Others will think we are disgusting."

Shen Kuo picked up a piece of dumpling wrapper with his chopsticks, lowered his head to eat, and said casually: "I don't care what others do."

I don't mind you.

Lu Yan pursed her lips and wanted to laugh, but she tried her best to hold it back and looked at him without smiling.

Shen Kuo lowered his head to eat, his eyelashes were long and his eyes were downcast.

No matter what he does, he is very serious, even when he eats.

I don’t know if I would be so serious about doing other things...

The picture in my mind suddenly became a little difficult to describe.

Her cheeks turned slightly red, and she quickly shook off the random thoughts in her mind and continued to eat with her head down.

"What are you thinking about?" Shen Kuo noticed Lu Yan's blushing cheeks.

"No, I didn't think about anything."

Shen Kuo's eyes were dark and searching, as if he could see into her heart, which made Lu Yan feel guilty.

She rubbed her nose and continued to eat with her head down: "Stop staring at me!"

Shen Kuo smiled faintly: "I understand."

Lu Yan asked alertly: "What do you know?"

He put down his chopsticks and said nothing.

Lu Yan felt a little panicked and grabbed his sleeve: "What do you know!"

Shen Kuo still didn't speak, and nodded her eyebrows: "Don't talk when you eat, eat seriously."

At this moment, a tall boy wearing a sweatshirt sat across the table from the two of them——

"Shen Kuo, what a coincidence! You have dinner too."

"Um."

"Hey, eh? This girl is..."

Shen Kuo said without hesitation: "My girlfriend."

"Eh????"

The boy became more and more surprised and scratched his head: "Girlfriend? You actually have a girlfriend!"

Lu Yan asked back: "Why can't he have a girlfriend?"

The boy reacted for several seconds and finally said: "That's not what I meant. Sister-in-law, don't mind. I am Shen Kuo's roommate. My name is Yang Yan."

"Hello, my name is Lu Yan."

Yang Yan stared at Lu Yan for a while, obviously not expecting that Shen Kuo actually had a girlfriend, let alone...his girlfriend was so beautiful.

"Sister-in-law, you don't know that there were so many girls in our school chasing him, but Shen Kuo rejected them all. We thought he didn't like women."

Lu Yan blinked: "Really? Do you think he likes boys?"

He scratched his head and laughed evilly: "Didn't Lu Zhen always ruin the girl's confession to him? Once I received an invitation, but it hadn't been opened yet, so Lu Zhen snatched it and tore it into pieces. We all thought he and

Lu Zhen...what's there?"

The corner of Lu Yan's mouth twitched: "Lu Zhen still dares to tear up his love letter..."

"No, Shen Kuo's peach blossoms this year have been blocked by Lu Zhen. It's incredible."

Yang Yan was a cheerful and talkative person, and he kept talking: "During my freshman year, Lu Zhen even said that Shen Kuo is from our Lu family, and no one can touch him..."

Lu Yan held her forehead in embarrassment and was too embarrassed to look at Shen Kuo.

Yang Yan said "Hey" again and stared at Lu Yan for a long time——

"Your eyes...are similar to Lu Zhen's, and your nose is also similar..."

Lu Yan didn't want to admit that she had anything to do with that idiot Lu Zhen: "It's not like that, we don't have anything at all..."

"She is Lu Zhen's sister." Shen Kuo said calmly.

“Holy shit!!!”

Yang Yan's eyes widened and he looked at Lu Yan, suddenly realizing: "So that's it! No wonder Lu Zhen is so protective of our brother Shen, he turns out to be his brother-in-law, hahaha."

Lu Yan became interested and asked quickly: "Is Lu Zhen very protective of him?"

"That's not the case!" Yang Yan simply ordered a bowl of dumplings, sat down and said slowly: "Lu Zhen is a man with a sharp mouth and a soft heart. On the surface, he says he hates him, but in fact, he is nice to him. All delicious food will be delivered to his dormitory; we are in the same class, and we buy two Cokes for physical education class; if anyone dislikes Shen Kuo and says a few words, Lu Zhen will have a bad temper and will not care about anything. I want to roll up my sleeves and get started..."

The corners of Lu Yan's lips raised, feeling pleased with herself.

Her father is such a person, he has a straightforward temperament, does not have so many twists and turns, and has no narrow-mindedness. He loves the house and the people. He will do his best to protect the people Lu Yan likes and cares about...

When the hot dumplings were served, Yang Yan took off the disposable chopsticks and said smoothly to Shen Kuo: "By the way, Shen Kuo, don't take it too seriously about this scholarship. I didn't get it this time. Come back next year." "

"Then let's go back first. You can eat slowly." Shen Kuo picked up Lu Yan and left.

Lu Yan caught the key words in the words and turned around to ask Yang Yan: "You said he didn't get the scholarship this year?"

Yang Yan put the hot dumplings into his mouth and said in a straight voice: "Yes, he failed the class and took the make-up exam."

"Failed the course?!"

Lu Yan's expression changed instantly: "Why did he fail the exam?"

"Hey, you don't know yet, he didn't come to take the first exam."

"I'll explain it to you on the way."

Shen Kuo grabbed Lu Yan's hand and pulled her away, not wanting Yang Yan's big mouth to say anything again.

His hand was so hard that Lu Yan's fair wrist turned red. She broke away from him and asked, "What's going on?"

Beneath the treetops in the shadow of the moon, Shen Kuo replied casually: "I was in Beicheng during the first course exam."

"Why are you in Beicheng if you don't take the final exam?"

"I'm outside the isolation building of the hospital..."

Lu Yan was suddenly speechless and suddenly remembered that at that time, she was quarantined because she was suspected of having SARS...

"Were you always outside the hospital at that time?"

"Um."

Lu Yan recalled that she was quarantined for three weeks at that time.

"No, during those three weeks, you..."

"Come every day." Shen Kuo said calmly: "Except for sleeping and eating, I have been waiting for you downstairs."

Lu Yan felt a surge of soreness in her throat.

At that time in Beicheng, the temperature was minus 20 degrees, and he just stood in the snow...waiting for her.

"Why are you waiting for me?"

She felt extremely distressed, and her eye circles were slightly red. She reached out and patted his chest gently, but Shen Kuo held her hand instead.

"I'm scared."

She looked up at him in surprise. His eyebrows were lowered. Under the street lamp, his dark eyes were hidden in the shadows, with a glimmer of light.

"At that time, I was really afraid. I was afraid that when I woke up, you would no longer be in this world, and I was afraid that I wouldn't know where to find you."

Lu Yan's mind suddenly went blank for a few seconds. She had never seen Shen Kuo looking so helpless and frightened.

He is Shen Kuo, the man who is calm and composed at all times, but there are times when he is scared.

He was afraid that there would be no more her in this world, but she... didn't belong to this world in the first place.

Lu Yan hugged Shen Kuo's waist tightly, buried her head into his chest, and said coquettishly: "Shen Kuo."

"What's wrong?"

"I can't go anywhere."

"Um?"

"Time can't separate us. Even if we are separated, you have to wait for me. I will find you, I will!"

Shen Kuo frowned: "Suddenly it feels like parting ways between life and death."

"Promise me! If I disappear suddenly, you can't get married, you must wait for me, you...promise me!"

A few tears leaked out of the corners of her eyes, and all of them fell on his clothes.

The emotion just now was gone, and Shen Kuo was amused by her: "Can't we get married?"

Lu Yan felt even more sad and cried: "You can't be with anyone else anyway... because I will definitely find you. If you get married when I find you, I will be very sad."

Shen Kuo suddenly wanted to laugh, but seeing that the little girl was serious about it, he felt helpless and said softly: "Didn't I already promise you a long time ago?"

He had promised her long ago that she would be the only one in his life.

I won’t marry anyone but her.

Lu Yan's heart became heavier and heavier, and she became more and more frightened.

Shen Kuo in his previous life never married; Shen Kuo in his previous life also said that he was waiting for someone.

Lu Yan closed her eyes and didn't want to think about it anymore.

She hugged him tightly and said in a slightly hoarse and weak voice: "I love you, Shen Kuo."

Shen Kuo lowered his head and kissed her hair: "I know."

He knows that Lu Yan loves him very much...

After that night, Lu Yan recalled the events of her previous life countless times in her dreams.

After Lu Zhen went bankrupt in his previous life, the bank confiscated all his assets, including their house.

She and Lu Zhen, the father and daughter, lived in a cramped rental house. Lu Zhen was burdened with a high amount of debt. Those loan sharks came to collect the debt and threatened to use his daughter to pay off the debt, which almost drove him crazy.

Lu Yan has seen how crazy a man can be. In order to protect her, her father stayed awake every night, guarding the door with a knife with red eyes.

Lu Zhen couldn't bear to see his father becoming increasingly haggard. He once went to Shen Kuo in tears and begged him to let Lu Zhen go.

At that time, Shen Kuo was wearing a suit and leather shoes, with no wrinkles on her clothes. Although she was old... the years had not left any trace on his face. He looked so young and so handsome.

But unlike the young man, his eyes were dark and deep, filled with wind and clouds.

Without the recklessness and immaturity of a young man, he had the poise and magnanimity that a mature man should have. At that time, he was definitely... the most perfect moment in a man's life.

Under his gaze, Lu Yan shivered with fear. She cried and begged him, also calling him Uncle Shen, begging him to let her father go.

In the dream, Lu Yan recalled many of these details.

For example, Shen Kuo didn't want to see her at first. She blocked him at the door of the company. He stared at her face for a long time, then took her into the office, kicked everyone out, closed the door, and gave her

Pour a glass...

tomato juice.

Her favorite tomato juice...

For another example, when she called him Uncle Shen, she saw that his hands were visibly shaking.

Later, Shen Kuo told her that she could let Lu Zhen go, but there was one condition——

She moved into Shen's house and lived with him.

At that time, Lu Yan felt dizzy and frightened. She thought Shen Kuo was going to do something terrible to her.

However, it turns out that she thought too much.

Shen Kuo asked her to move out of the rented house with a bad environment. He gave her an independent room in the Shen family mansion, which was larger and more luxurious than her previous room.

Shen Kuo was busy with work on weekdays and didn't pay much attention to her. He only kept her at home.

But the servants at home treated her with great respect, and Shen Kuo would sometimes stop at the door of her room for a long time when he came back from get off work.

But he never bothers her.

In other words... he carefully restrained himself to avoid scaring her.

Lu Yan actually noticed these details, but she didn't think much about them at the time.

Until this moment, bits and pieces of the past gathered in her heart, and the answer seemed to be clear...

Does this mean that one day, she will disappear from this world?

According to the current development of the plot, Lu Zhen and Jian Yao will definitely get better and better, and then another one of her will be born in this world.

She doesn't belong to this world.

Her mission in this world has not been completed yet. She has not found her aunt yet, and she has not yet figured out the cause of her mother's death...

I'm not willing to leave like this, and I don't want to leave either.

Lu Yan was worried and melancholy for several days, but she felt that her worries were unfounded, her destiny had its own arrangement, and it was useless to think about it now.

That afternoon, Lu Zhen passed by the college office and happened to hear Shen Kuo and the counselor talking about student loans.

"In your case, you can apply, but you have to go to the neighborhood committee to get it stamped and then go through the process."

"How long will it take?"

"The number of student loan places is limited, and there are many students in the college who are in a similar situation to yours, so there is no rush. We will still have to take assessments when the time comes."

Teacher Qin thought for a while and then said: "Shen Kuo, in your case, you can actually apply for a subsidy for poor students. It should be approved soon. The student loan cycle is too long."

Shen Kuo shook his head and refused: "I don't need subsidies. I will pay back the loan when I earn money later."

"Hey...then go back and wait for news."

Shen Kuo nodded, took the documents and walked out of the office. Lu Zhen hurriedly hid behind the office door, with his back against the wall, for fear of being seen by him.

Shen Kuo seemed to be deep in thought and did not notice him.

Lu Zhen looked at his leaving figure, touched his chin, thought for a moment, and immediately walked to the counselor's office.

"Teacher Qin, I also want to apply for a student loan!"

When the counselor, Teacher Qin, saw Lu Zhen coming in, he scolded: "Why are you just joining in the fun?"

What is the background of the Lu family? He applied for a student loan. Isn’t this a joke?

Lu Zhen put his hands on the edge of his desk and asked Teacher Qin: "What are student loans and what are poverty subsidies?"

Teacher Qin explained: "Student loans are loans applied to the bank. They are repaid after graduation. Poverty subsidies do not need to be repaid. They are the welfare of the school and come from kind donations from people in society."

Lu Zhen nodded thoughtfully.

In the evening, when Lu Zhen called Lu Yan, he said casually: "That guy is too arrogant. He would rather repay the loan than receive the school's welfare subsidies."

Lu Yan listened to her story and said nothing for a long time.

Lu Zhen continued: "His tuition is deducted from the scholarship, but speaking of which, he failed last semester. If there is no scholarship, how will that guy pay for this semester's tuition?"

"Does he have other sources of income? For example, like in high school...doing some small business or something." Lu Yan asked.

Lu Zhen smiled and said: "Do you think that the top computer department in the country at Q University was for nothing? Not to mention the overwhelming number of classes every day, and the heavy study tasks after class, which are even worse than those in the third year of high school.

Worse than that."

Lu Yan curled her lips: "Then I think you are quite free."

"Ahem, this... isn't really free, it's just that your dad will arrange his time reasonably."

Lu Zhen brought the topic back to Shen Kuo: "That guy is like an emotionless learning machine. Apart from classes, he spends most of his time in the library. At the same time, he seems to have to do projects with a group of graduate students. He probably doesn't have time.

Go out and do other things."

"oh..."

In other words, he has no source of income anymore, so no wonder he has to apply for a student loan.

Lu Zhen was a little gloating and said with a smile: "It can be seen that that boy is definitely not as rich as he was in high school, otherwise why would he not be able to think about... eating steamed buns soaked in soup in the cafeteria?"

Lu Yan hung up the phone. After thinking about it, she felt something was inappropriate, so she called Zhong Kai again.

"Hey, Xiao Yanyan, are you okay with calling me so late?" Zhong Kai seemed to be very busy, and the background was noisy. You could still hear him greeting: "Put it there, put it there, hey, be careful, don't give it."

I stumbled."

"Brother Zhong Kai, I just want to ask you, is Shen Kuo... not doing anything with you now?"

Zhong Kai touched his head and asked blankly: "You mean doing business?"

"Um."

"No, he has been very busy since he went to college. It is difficult for us to meet him."

"Then he...has other sources of income?"

"I really don't know this."

Zhong Kai said frankly: "After Shen Kuo's father left, his burden was not so heavy, so he did not focus on making money. He said it himself, only after going to college did he realize that his past vision was limited, and he wanted to

I will be able to do great things in the future, so I must seize all the time now to learn knowledge and improve my abilities.”

"I understand, thank you Uncle Zhong Kai."

Zhong Kai asked worriedly: "Did something happen to him? He is short of money. Please tell me, I..."

"No, no." Lu Yan said quickly, "It's okay, I'll just ask him casually. Don't ask him."

Lu Yan knew that boys always want to save face.

Zhong Kai sighed softly, fearing that Lu Yan would dislike Shen Kuo, so he said to her: "Xiao Yanyan, our brother Shen is in a very poor state now. There is nothing we can do about it. His father has been ill for many years, which has almost destroyed the entire family.

It’s all gone, but if you give him some time, he won’t be poor all his life, you...don’t be too dissatisfied with him!”

"How could..."

How could she dislike him?

After hanging up the phone, Lu Yan walked back to the dormitory with heavy steps.

In the dormitory, the girls were already asleep. She climbed onto the bed softly and looked at the dark ceiling, not feeling sleepy at all.

Jian Yao, who was in the next bed, climbed onto her bed, lay next to her, and asked softly with her breath: "What's wrong?"

"I have been worried a lot lately." Lu Yan was wrapped in the quilt and whispered: "My boyfriend is so poor and I am so sad. Although I know it will get better, I still..."

I feel so sorry for him.

He is such a proud and stubborn person, but he is driven to a dead end by life.

Jian Yao turned over, hugged her, patted her belly gently, exhaled softly, and said softly: "You can help him, but you have to be skillful and don't let him feel his self-esteem is hurt, understand."

"My own money is all given by my family...I, I can't use my family's money..."

Jian Yao raised the corner of her mouth and said slowly: "You want to make money, but are you afraid that there will be no way out?"

Lu Yan suddenly remembered something, hugged her, buried her head in the crook of her neck, and murmured: "You reminded me, mom..."

"Hey, you little girl, what are you shouting about again..."

Lu Yan refused to let go.

Jian Yao just thought she was acting coquettishly and did not push her away. She followed her words and said, "Go to sleep, sleep with your mother in your arms."

The next morning, Lu Yan dug out the business card from her schoolbag that Susan, the previous person in charge of Bardot, had given her. After hesitating for a few minutes, she finally called her.

"Hello, Ms. Susan, I am Lu Yan."

Susan was obviously very surprised when she received the call. She even stopped her morning meeting and came to the quiet floor-to-ceiling window and said enthusiastically: "Miss Lu Yan, have you thought about giving me a reply?"

"Well, I've thought about it. I want to take back what I said before about not considering endorsement. I am willing to be the spokesperson for Bardot's new products this season."

Susan excitedly clenched her fists and said yes, but luckily there was no one around.

She immediately straightened her clothes, restrained her excitement, and said in a calm tone: "I will send you the company address right away. You can come to the company headquarters at any time. We will sign a contract. It is best to come today without making an appointment. Just go to the front desk and say

Just my name will do."

"that..."

Susan heard Lu Yan's hesitant tone and asked quickly: "Do you have any more questions?"
Chapter completed!