Let me win you over, and you'll become a heartthrob before I even begin?

Li Yao made her first friend. She went from resisting going to school to looking forward to going to school every day, looking forward to entering the classroom and seeing her favorite friend.

Every day at noon, someone would go to lunch with her.

Yan Weixi also bought her a hair clip. The diamonds on the hair clip were dazzling and beautiful. At first, she didn't want to accept it, but when she heard that the hair clip was very cheap and only cost a few yuan, she accepted it with great care.

She would work part-time on weekends handing out flyers to save up pocket money, wearing a stuffy mascot costume and handing them out one by one under the scorching sun.

"Amusement park special offers! Come and check it out! There's a great puppet show!"

It might be because it was too hot, or because there were too few people on the street, or maybe because too many flyers were handed out and no one was taking them.

Li Yao's performance was very poor today; she could barely hand out any flyers.

She endured the unbearable heat while diligently handing out flyers. After being repeatedly rejected, she sighed softly and lowered her head in frustration. Suddenly, she heard a girl's pleasant and sweet voice, which was as refreshing as a glass of orange sparkling water on a hot summer day.

"Can I have one?"

Li Yao immediately looked up and excitedly said, "Yes!"

The moment Li Yao saw the other person's face clearly, she seemed to freeze on the spot. The person in front of her was none other than her deskmate, Yan Weixi.

Li Yao panicked for a moment, but then she remembered that she was still wearing the mascot costume. She breathed a sigh of relief and pretended to be calm and casual as she handed out the flyer.

After taking the flyer, Yan Weixi asked, "Could I have another one?"

Li Yao gave it to her again.

"Can I have another one?"

"Give."

Yan Weixi kept asking for flyers until they were almost halfway there, then she stopped and said, "Let's go, I'll help you hand out flyers, Yao Yao."

After saying that, Yan Weixi went to the other side to help hand out flyers.

Li Yao didn't react for a moment, remaining stunned for quite a while, until she suddenly realized what was happening. Then, she moved over with heavy steps and said in a muffled voice, "How did you know it was me?"

“I recognize your voice.” Yan Weixi straightened the flyer. “Besides…”

"Only you would give me so many flyers. Anyone else would have refused." Yan Weixi waved the flyers in her hand.

"Anyway, I'm bored on the weekend, so I'll keep you company."

Li Yao tried to persuade her to go back, but she refused.

Li Yao finally relented: "Okay, thank you, Xixi!"

You're welcome.

Li Yao sent messages very quickly today. She was happy and wanted to treat Yan Weixi to a drink. Yan Weixi did not refuse the 2.5 yuan soda.

The two squatted by the roadside, happily drinking soda.

Yan Weixi couldn't help but ask her, "Are you short of money?"

Li Yao spoke frankly: "We're short of them."

Yan Weixi hinted indirectly, "Once I have money, I'll be your rich best friend and support you, just like in those short videos!"

Li Yao refused: "No, everyone's money is hard-earned. You can spend it yourself. I don't want you to support me."

"why?"

"I guess... money is the most important thing in my heart, number one. I would feel bad if I gave something so important to someone else, and I wouldn't want to. Similarly, I don't want others to waste money on me... or something like that?"

Li Yao rubbed the soda bottle and said in a low voice, "I can't quite describe the feeling, but if you have money, you should keep it for yourself. I can earn my own money. I know this idea is weird and strange, but that's how I think."

Li Yao looked up at Yan Weixi, her eyes filled with a serious expression.

Yan Weixi took a swig of soda: "I understand."

When Li Yao finished work, the boss said she had performed very well and gave her an extra ten yuan, which made her very happy.

Later, Yan Weixi would accompany her to hand out flyers and would squat by the roadside with her to drink the soda that was her reward after a hard day's work.

The boss would give her an extra ten, twenty, or even fifty yuan every day, saying it was a reward for her hard work as a high school student working part-time.

Although she didn't know why her stingy boss was suddenly so generous, she didn't think much about it and just felt extremely happy.

This year's birthday.

Yan Weixi made a special trip to her house to celebrate her birthday and even brought a small cake.

This time, Li Yao didn't pretend to be ugly; she generously revealed her true face.

Yan Weixi asked her, "Why do you have to pretend to be ugly?"

Li Yao: "Beauty becomes a disaster in the face of poverty."

Yan Weixi didn't continue the topic. Instead, she silently pulled her to the bed and carefully helped her with her hair and makeup. She took out hair clips from her backpack to clip them up and used her own cosmetics to apply makeup to her.

"Okay, take a look!"

Li Yao picked up the mirror and looked at herself. Seeing how beautiful she was, she asked in surprise, "Is this me?"

"Of course!"

Yan Weixi laid out the cosmetics one by one: "I don't have much money... These cosmetics aren't that expensive, but I carefully selected them as a birthday gift for you..."

"I didn't know you were so beautiful. I gave you cosmetics to tell you that you don't need to feel inferior. You are still beautiful with makeup on. You don't need to doubt yourself because of what others say. We have countless ways to please ourselves."

"Encouraging yourself is one way, applying makeup is another, it's all about methods."

"I'm not good with words and don't know how to encourage you to heal the wounds that have accumulated over time, so I chose this method. I hope you like it."

"Yes, I like it too! Thank you!"

Li Yao put candles on the small cake and made a wish while Yan Weixi sang "Happy Birthday":

Li Yao and Yan Weixi will stay together forever.

This year, Li Yao met Yan Weixi.

This year, Li Yao and Yan Weixi celebrated her birthday together.

After Yan Weixi left, Li Yao wanted to check the price of the cosmetics Yan Weixi had given her, planning to save up money to give her a set for her birthday.

But she couldn't find any information on the packaging bottle.

Later she learned that the cosmetics were specially made by Yan Weixi after she went abroad to find a professional makeup artist to analyze her skin type and had the brand customize the cosmetics. She also secretly changed the bottles so that Yan Weixi wouldn't know the price.