Chapter 010: Outstanding Students

This continued for four years. After graduation, Zhai Yu found a job in City S, while Xu Sheng worked in City X, and the two no longer had any substantial contact.

During her university years, Zhai Yu was often mistaken for a relative visiting the campus, and she invariably fit the stereotype of a curious little sister who had not graduated from high school and was eager to experience university life. She was naturally petite, with a pale, doll-like face, dressed in extremely plain, oversized sportswear that resembled a high school uniform. Her hair was tied in a ponytail, and sometimes she would clip a particularly silly floral hairpin in her bangs. She exuded an air of malnutrition and naivety, as if her world was simply a thin sheet of white paper, and a particularly fragile one at that. She was naturally petite, with a pale, doll-like face, dressed in extremely plain, oversized sportswear that resembled a high school uniform. Her hair was tied in a ponytail, and sometimes she would clip a particularly silly floral hairpin in her bangs. She exuded an air of malnutrition and naivety, as if her world was simply a thin sheet of white paper, and a particularly fragile one at that.

A certain man, whose real name is Xu Sheng, is a student with athletic talents in the Chinese Department of a certain school. He is warm-hearted and friendly, and he works at a stall in a computer market. Zhai Yu's family and his grandmother's family are neighbors. Due to the particular difficulties faced by Zhai Yu's family, he provides a small amount of financial assistance to Zhai Yu every month out of neighborly concern. He has a girlfriend, and their relationship is very good, with no involvement concerning Zhai Yu.

That boy has a girlfriend. Later, Zhai Yu's classmates embodied the spirit of limitless gossip, spreading rumors about countless schools on the campus network, and finally uncovered the boy's true identity on a certain school's forum.

However, Zhai Yu has already graduated for two years. She is 26 years old this year, still wearing an oversized blue and white sports outfit, with a plain face and a ponytail identical to the one she had in high school. Her appearance is almost the same as it was in high school, and while walking on the street, she is still mistaken for a little sister who has not yet graduated from high school

She was admitted to S University with the second highest score in the province and has received a substantial scholarship throughout her four years. She is small and underdeveloped, which is attributed to her family's difficult circumstances. However, the specifics of her family's situation remain unclear to her classmates. Zhai Yu is very slender, yet her demeanor is quite aloof, and she possesses a strong sense of self-esteem, rarely engaging in conversation with others. Initially, her dormitory mates speculated that she might have autism, depression, or perhaps be mentally unstable. However, they later realized that she does not ignore everyone; her coldness is quite pronounced.

However, those who know her are aware that Zhai Yu is not just a little girl, but also an outstanding student

By the time Zhai Yu's classmates saw Xu Sheng's name again, it was already in the newspaper of City X. The newspaper stated that Xu Sheng might be the fifth individual involved in the recent series of online gaming-related suicides, and it also published a screenshot of Xu Sheng's computer at the time of his death

A young man visits her once a month, and he is quite handsome, always arriving on a bicycle. At first, everyone thought he was her boyfriend, but later it was discovered that he merely came to give her a little money each month to support her living expenses. The amount he provided was not substantial; sometimes it was one hundred, sometimes two hundred, and at times it was just loose change. Every time Zhai Yu waited for him at the school gate, her expression was gentle, and sometimes she even smiled a little. Rumor has it that the young man is her brother, though not a biological one. It is clear to those with discerning eyes that Zhai Yu has feelings for him, but evidently, he does not regard her as a girlfriend.

Zhai Yu is a very strong-willed person, yet she is willing to accept Xu Sheng's financial support. To be precise, apart from Xu Sheng's assistance, she does not want anyone else's money. In fact, by her senior year, she was already working part-time and no longer needed the small amount of money Xu Sheng provided each month, but she still chose to wait for him at the school gate

Perhaps it was just to see him once a month, and they hardly spoke; he simply stopped his bike, smiled at her, and then rode away again. She smiled back at him and returned with the money