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Chapter 261 The Poor Don't Deserve It (Please Subscribe)

However, Fang Ziye's swagger didn't last long, not even half an hour, before he was defeated by the final calculations.

The minimum cost for a round-trip ticket from Ennis to Los Angeles over a week would be 13,723.

The cheapest option undoubtedly requires the longest travel time, involving three transfers. It involves flying from Enshi to Shanghai, then transferring in Xiamen, China, and finally taking off from Xiamen…

What's even more awkward is that Fang Ziye currently doesn't have 13,000 yuan in his account; he's short 2,000 yuan.

Although Fang Ziye has a credit limit on Huabei, it's still insufficient. Furthermore, the two cannot be used together, so Fang Ziye needs to use Jiebei first…

"Senior brother, why don't you not go?" After learning about Fang Ziye's planned itinerary, Lan Tianluo had only been 'romantic' for a while, but now he was starting to discourage Fang Ziye.

Indeed, Fang Ziye's impulsive decision to run abroad proves that he cares about Luo Tingzhu!

However, no matter how bad the relationship is between Luo Tingzhu and himself, he is still Luo Tingzhu's protector, while Fang Ziye is now playing the role of a pig!
Lan Tianluo himself was not very old, and he felt that his older sister was also still young and it was not yet time for her to get married early.

"No, I have to go." Fang Ziye shook his head; he was already a little too excited.

“But you can’t even afford a hotel,” Lan Tianluo said, his voice piercingly.

"Me?" Fang Ziye was forced back to reality by Lan Tianluo's words.

"Senior brother, besides, you can't even afford to treat me to something to eat..."

When Fang Ziye finally returned to the real world and stopped overthinking, he discovered that he couldn't repay the money he had just borrowed from Jiebei today. He could only repay it tomorrow at the latest, and he would have to pay a few yuan in interest to make it count!

His grand ambitions crumbled before they were even halfway through, thwarted by poverty.

In that instant, Fang Ziye suddenly became very clear-headed. Often, what girls like isn't money, but many of the things girls like are actually very expensive.

Or rather, if you were very rich, you could become more romantic, witty, and humorous than others...

"Stop talking! I'm not going, I can't go even a little bit." Fang Ziye looked at Lan Tianluo, this cabbage guard who was good at stabbing people in the heart, and reached out to stop him.

"With ten or twenty thousand yuan, what couldn't I do with it?"

Fang Ziye went into his room, leaving Lan Tianluo in the living room. A strange smile played on his lips, as if he felt he had fulfilled some kind of destiny of protection, and he was extremely proud.

'You want to mooch off my sister? You're dreaming!!! Haha.' Lan Tianlu thought with a touch of wicked humor.

……

It was early morning on Fang Ziye's side, which was around noon on Luo Tingzhu's side.

Luo Tingzhu originally planned to have hot pot with her senior sister, but Fang Ziye chatted with her many times and they even agreed to video chat, so Luo Tingzhu ordered a pizza and started eating it by herself.

“An eight-inch pizza is too much for me to finish by myself. But I have no one to share it with.” Luo Tingzhu opened the packaging and showed Fang Ziye its still intact outline while expressing her regret.

"Are pizzas from abroad much tastier than those from China? It's like how you say hot pot from abroad doesn't taste as good as regular hot pot from China," Fang Ziye asked curiously.

Fang Ziye wasn't in a hurry at all.

"Well, it's because I wanted to try hot pot from other countries. Their hot pot is very different from ours. Maybe we just prefer our own flavors," Luo Tingzhu said, tearing off a slice of pizza.

While eating, I held the pizza in my hand, afraid it would fall. The pizza was stretching and tearing as it was being torn, so it looked pretty good.

It gives me the illusion that I want to take a bite out of it.

Seeing Fang Ziye's slightly craving expression, Luo Tingzhu felt embarrassed and said, "How about I finish eating first and then we can video chat?"

"No rush, no rush, take your time eating!" Fang Ziye touched the corner of his mouth, his voice calm.

"You're not allowed to laugh at me, and you can't make any weird movements." Luo Tingzhu looked at Fang Ziye with a warning, as if she could hang up the video call at any moment.

Luo Tingzhu is much more generous now than when she first went abroad.

Perhaps it was because the atmosphere abroad was more open, or perhaps it was because her senior was really good to her and taught her a lot, or perhaps it was because she saw her senior's relationship that she learned to act coquettishly and cute.

Moreover, it's the kind of cuteness that seems effortless and naturally emanates from within.

For example, right now, she's puffing out her cheeks, looking like an angry pufferfish, gurgling away.

Fang Ziye waited patiently until Luo Tingzhu finished eating before she took the initiative to ask.

"Senior brother, you seem like a different person today. Why are you suddenly chatting with me so often?" Luo Tingzhu asked cleverly.

"Do you want me to tell the truth or a lie?" Fang Ziye asked.

Unexpectedly, Luo Tingzhu spoke first: "Why don't you tell me your reason for lying, Senior Brother?"

Even though it was fake, Luo Tingzhu still seemed a little expectant.

"The fake reason is that I heard a lot of bad things about you today, so I wanted to have a chat with you." Fang Ziye, in a somewhat straightforward manner, directly steered the conversation to the point he wanted to focus on.

Fang Ziye also knew that it was a bit awkward.

"Bad things? What bad things? What bad things could I possibly say?"

Luo Tingzhu realized something first. Sitting opposite the video caller, she twirled her right index finger around in the air before slowly turning her head: "Is Lan Tianluo saying something bad about me?" "No, wait, isn't he spreading rumors too?"

“Yes, Tianluo said you are a liar. You used to appear in his life around holidays.”

"Although others didn't notice, he noticed it many times, and because of his keen senses, he recognized you at first glance."

"Moreover, he also said..." Fang Ziye wasn't stupid. After the topic turned to the respiratory medicine department, Fang Ziye decided to dodge back to the topic again.

If this matter has hurt Luo Tingzhu, then deliberately bringing it up again will only make her unhappy.

If this matter hasn't caused Luo Tingzhu any harm, asking again would only seem like suspicion. Perhaps, the most appropriate time would be when Luo Tingzhu is willing to tell him the truth.

Even more extreme, Fang Ziye thought that perhaps because of Luo Tingzhu's father, Luo Tingzhu didn't have much access to the inside story.

All she knew was that she was being harassed while interning in the department, and that no one stood up for her.

She had no idea that during that time, she was a target, a moving, beautiful, and live target, with many of her secrets exposed to others.

There are also quite a few people who are taking advantage of her weaknesses and personality traits, hoping to take advantage of her vulnerabilities.

Luo Tingzhu immediately became somewhat guilty and flustered.

But as Fang Ziye spoke slowly, Luo Tingzhu felt that she was no longer as afraid as before.

"Senior brother, why didn't you mention these things during the May Day holiday last time? And the holiday before that?" Luo Tingzhu asked in return.

"Hmm." Fang Ziye raised his fist, and then raised one fist with each sentence he spoke.

"During the Lantern Festival, we ate glutinous rice balls together, right? And after the Lantern Festival comes Qingming Festival, which is rarely celebrated, isn't it?"

"May Day is not a traditional holiday, and there is no element of family reunion. So there is no need to bring this point up again."

"Yes, that's true."

Luo Tingzhu said, "May Day is indeed not a traditional holiday. But actually I'm fine now, maybe it's because you, my senior, spent the Spring Festival with me this year!"

After saying that, Luo Tingzhu smiled broadly, revealing her teeth, unlike a lady who would smile without showing her teeth.

Lunar New Year's Eve is the last day of the lunar year, but the first day of the lunar new year is the real Spring Festival.

Fang Ziye did indeed spend the Spring Festival with Luo Tingzhu in the evening this year.

At this point, Fang Ziye quickly added, "Tingzhu, you know what, I was originally planning to spend the Dragon Boat Festival with you, really."

"But I found out that I was so poor that I couldn't even afford a round-trip plane ticket."

"what?"

“Then tell me. I have it.” Luo Tingzhu said this subconsciously.

But just as she was about to say the words "I have money," Luo Tingzhu stopped abruptly, sensing something amiss.

Luo Tingzhu also realized that Fang Ziye often became insecure because of poverty.

Therefore, flaunting wealth to Fang Ziye is either a joke or a way to create a certain distance between you and him.

"Then you must be quite the little rich lady."

"Should I say something?!"

"Rich lady, are you hungry?" Fang Ziye naturally made a childlike gesture of reaching out his hand.

After performing these actions, speaking, and making sounds, Fang Ziye suddenly calmed down and felt a rush of energy throughout his body.

Looking at himself, he realized that he had indeed changed a bit.

It seems that after meeting Wu Xuanqi and witnessing his shamelessness, and then experiencing the incident with Uncle-Master Ma Dingyong, Fang Ziye has now taken the first step in embracing the concept of shamelessness to a certain extent.

Otherwise, Fang Ziye would never have said such a thing before.

Unless he's joking in front of men, Fang Ziye can't crack a joke in front of girls.

Luo Tingzhu frowned and subconsciously made a somewhat disgusted expression.

There was no other reason than that Fang Ziye's handsome features, coupled with his expression just now, easily reminded Luo Tingzhu of those rich women or their variants on the internet.

At least in terms of appearance, that's the case.

Of course, such thoughts are fleeting.

“Senior brother, I don’t think this is a suitable topic for us to discuss. Let’s change the subject,” Luo Tingzhu said.

"Okay, so how about we change the subject?"

"How about you give me a brief explanation of the person who made me a knight in shining armor back then?" Fang Ziye finally found a suitable angle to start his conversation.

(End of this chapter)