When Luan Yenan heard Zuo Baixuan's question, he smiled and replied, "Yes, the school lent me this classroom. They want me to be a guest performer in the campus's top ten singers competition. My only request was to have a practice room for me. Even if it's a simple one, it doesn't matter. They agreed."
Zuo Baixuan then understood the whole story.
It turns out that this room wasn't borrowed by Luan Yenan specifically from the school for dance practice, but rather the school offered it to her for singing because they needed her help. How she wanted to use it was up to her.
"Then we can practice later. Shouldn't you let go of me?" The heat from her body made Zuo Baixuan sweat profusely, and the sweat stuck her shirt to her back. Being held by Luan Yenan made her feel a little uncomfortable.
Luan Yennan released his hand, and Zuo Baixuan simply left Luan Yennan's embrace without retreating.
Seeing Zuo Baixuan's reaction, Luan Yenan put his hand on Zuo Baixuan's shoulder and said, "I'm going to the company this afternoon. Would you like to come with me? Our company has expanded quite a bit since it started."
"No, I don't think so. I'm a senior now and I'm going to the library to write my graduation thesis. If the company needs me to write any programs, you can give them to me. I'll charge according to the difficulty and the time required." Zuo Baixuan knew that her name was listed in Luan Yenan's company information, but at this moment she still wanted to keep their financial relationship separate and did not want to get too involved in the company's internal affairs.
Luan Yenan didn't insist, but said with some regret, "It's such a pity that it's a company that belongs to both of us, but I'm managing it all by myself."
She turned around, picked up her phone, and sent the company's current address to Zuo Baixuan.
“Never mind, I’m used to handling things on my own. We’ll see when our supervisor wants to come over; you’re welcome anytime.” Luan Yennan said without lingering, “Here’s the key; remember to lock the door.”
Luan Yenan's decisive actions almost caught Zuo Baixuan off guard.
Luan Yenan left without making any demands or even inviting him again.
Zuo Baixuan felt a pang of pity, as if she had done something wrong. Watching Luan Yenan's departing figure, she felt a sense of loneliness.
Zuo Baixuan immediately closed her eyes. What loneliness? How could this person possibly feel lonely?
After leaving school, Luan Yenan remained very busy for some time.
She first received a private contact from Luan Muyin, who provided some information to "Frontend," and then received an official contact from "Frontend," who wanted to conduct a cooperative transaction on cloud computing power with her company.
In addition, the company has other businesses that are progressing smoothly, keeping them busy until late at night almost every day.
Even with such a busy schedule, she still goes to school every day.
Regardless of whether Professor Chen held a group meeting or not.
She and Zuo Baixuan agreed to meet at a specific time each day in the music academy's classroom to sing a piece of music.
This became her regular relaxation time in her monotonous life.
The condition of her glands and pheromones has also stabilized considerably because she can see Zuo Baixuan every day.
Luan Yenan wasn't the only one accustomed to this kind of life; Zuo Baixuan was too.
"Hey, Zuo'er, don't you think you look radiant lately? Something's not right! Something's really wrong!" Jiang Lingdan couldn't help but ask as she saw Zuo Baixuan humming a familiar tune from a world-famous song as she walked briskly into the dormitory.
She had been holding this question in for several days. She could see with her own eyes that Zuo Baixuan had been in a good mood lately, and today she finally caught her red-handed.
Zuo Baixuan was taken aback by the question, and after thinking for a moment, she replied, "It's probably because Luan Yenan has been very busy lately, so I have a lot of freedom. I've been writing my graduation thesis smoothly, and I've also been doing very well with the part-time jobs I've taken on."
Jiang Lingdan jumped up and spun around Zuo Baixuan, clicking her tongue twice before saying, "No, no, no, I've observed it. Before, when Luan Yenan was very busy, you weren't like this at all. I know, you were both very busy, the only difference is that now, even if Luan Yenan is busy, he still comes to practice dancing with you every day, right?"
"She asked me to practice dancing, what's there for me to be happy about? I'm just putting in the effort. But it does feel really good after exercising, it releases all the stress I usually have," Zuo Baixuan replied without changing her expression.
This was the answer she had told herself countless times.
Jiang Lingdan narrowed her eyes.
You can fool someone once, you can fool someone twice. Jiang Lingdan felt that she had been fooled several times already. Every time Zuo Baixuan said no, no, she would turn around and slap her in the face.
Moreover, I don't know why it keeps hitting my face!
Jiang Lingdan rubbed her face, thinking to herself that she couldn't believe it this time!
Zuo Baixuan knew her good friend well. Seeing the disbelief in her expression, she knew that explaining would be useless at this point, and changing the subject was the key.
She glanced at Jiang Lingdan's laptop, which was currently displaying the interface showing her getting to know her sugar daddy.
Zuo Baixuan said, "Aren't you the one acting strange? Lately, you've been chatting with big shots all the time, whether you have a mission or not. What's going on? Is something happening?"
When Jiang Lingdan heard Zuo Baixuan talking about this, her attention was indeed diverted, and she immediately became interested: "Oh my, the sugar daddy is so cool, I want the sugar daddy to face me directly."
She even hesitated a little while saying it.
Zuo Baixuan couldn't help but laugh helplessly. She knew that Jiang Lingdan had no sense of propriety and often said a lot of frivolous things, but she never responded to her jokes, so she rarely said them in front of her.
But now, his coy and flirtatious remarks made Zuo Baixuan think that the big spender must be "Huanyu".
If Jiang Lingdan knew that she was fantasizing about the popular online novel "Huanyu," it's hard to say whether it would increase her interest or spoil it.
"Didn't you used to be at odds with your sugar daddy? How come you seem to be on good terms with him now?" Zuo Baixuan asked again.
"Oh dear, our sugar daddy is so quiet. We used to have misunderstandings because she doesn't talk much, which is why we don't get along. But lately she's been giving us more tasks, so we've been chatting more. I also know she's a girl."
Is "Huanyu" a girl?
This online celebrity, who has always appeared anonymously in the virtual world, has never revealed any information about his nationality, age, occupation, gender, or anything else.
Although he didn't know if it was true or not, he actually told Jiang Lingdan.
Surprised, Zuo Baixuan still clicked her tongue in amazement at Jiang Lingdan: "Something's really wrong with you. You're acting like this just because you know the big shot is a girl? What if she's not an Alpha?"
Jiang Lingdan immediately picked up a pen and held it in front of her, pretending it was a mosaic, and began her dangerous statement: "I don't care, even if my sugar daddy isn't an Alpha, I still want to try. If she won't confront me, I can confront her! Just imagine, making a taciturn tycoon blush—that's so exciting!"
"Alright, alright, stop talking. If you keep going, I'm afraid I'll call the police and have you arrested." Zuo Baixuan smiled and sat down in her seat.
Jiang Lingdan sat back down, picked up her snacks, and said, "Speaking of calling the police, you should spend more time worrying about your teacher, Mr. Luan."
"What?" Zuo Baixuan turned around in confusion.
"Huh? You didn't know? Then I really believe that there's nothing between you and Luan Yenan, and you've been seriously preparing your graduation thesis lately, you haven't even been watching the news, have you?" Jiang Lingdan picked up her tablet and opened the information interface.
Zuo Baixuan frowned immediately as she looked at the contents of the tablet.
Although it wasn't official news from state media, its incredibly eye-catching headline garnered over 100,000 views and numerous reposts and comments.
Is "Blockchain" a "Front-End" Information Technology or a "Pyramid Scheme" and "Illegal Fundraising"?
"Pyramid scheme"?
"Illegal fundraising"?
With the gradual development of the internet, many telecommunications fraud schemes have been exposed to the public.
Scammers have updated and come up with even more disgusting tricks.
In recent years, several major cases of pyramid schemes and illegal fundraising have been cracked, sounding an alarm for the public.
The implication is quite clear when such a charge is placed together with the deliberately quoted word "front end".
Almost everyone in the industry now knows that "blockchain" is linked to Luan Yenan.
But many ordinary people don't even know what "blockchain" is.
But they knew what "front-end" was.
This title is misleading, but even if the "front-end" team wanted to sue, they wouldn't be able to get anything out of it.
Just seeing the title made Zuo Baixuan realize something was wrong.
The crisis that Luan Yenan is about to face has already begun to emerge, and those who want to harm her behind the scenes certainly won't stop there.
Zuo Baixuan thought for a moment and clicked into the article to see the details.
The article begins with a lengthy explanation of advanced science, followed by a suggestive title and phrases.
People who don't know information technology will naturally categorize it as a new type of scam that's just trying to be mysterious.
Not to mention the extensive descriptions of "scam cases" at the end of the article.
The article says that some people reported that they bought this so-called "blockchain currency" but could only use it at designated locations, and the price of the "blockchain currency" on any given day depended on supply and demand, which almost resulted in them losing a lot of money.
Later, some people on the forum said that as long as more people were recruited, the price of the coin could be increased.
What is this? Isn't this a classic pyramid scheme tactic of recruiting people?
Several cases have reached a consensus.
They also posted screenshots of posts from the forum.
The forum has no entry requirements; you can still access it by searching.
There were skeptical voices in that forum from the beginning, and now they've been amplified to an extreme degree.
Some "victims" even posted online, revealing which company was behind all of this, and that they wanted to go to that company to seek redress and demand an explanation. They even formed a group.
Although the company name wasn't explicitly mentioned, it was practically a given that "Yituan E-commerce Co., Ltd." was being referred to.
Zuo Baixuan put down her tablet, thought for only three seconds, and then stood up and walked out.
The scene of Zuo Baixuan storming out had happened once before, and the strong sense of déjà vu made Jiang Lingdan tease her, "Hey, hey, hey! Little Zuo, what's wrong with you now? Did Luan Yenan steal your computer again?"
Zuo Baixuan ignored the joke and said seriously, "I'm going to the company with Luan Yennan."
"Little Zuo, what's wrong with you? I showed you this article just for fun. This kind of attention-grabbing article is definitely someone trying to stir up trouble. Which of us programmers doesn't know the 'Global' big name? How could 'blockchain' possibly be..."
Zuo Baixuan interrupted Jiang Lingdan's attempt to comfort her: "The company is a joint venture between Luan Yenan and me. Regardless of whether the article is true or false, the damage to our reputation is real, and I can't let her face it alone."
Zuo Baixuan didn't know what was wrong with her, but she suddenly remembered the lonely figure of Luan Yenan leaving alone a few days ago.
Luan Yenan is a person, but aren't I also fighting alone?
But since they signed a contract as both parties, they should no longer be alone from the day they became partners.
Jiang Lingdan watched as Zuo Baixuan stormed out the door, opened her mouth but couldn't say a word. Finally, she couldn't help but complain to the computer: "Daddy, I think my friend has really fallen for him."
"how?"
"They are clearly extremely concerned about the slightest thing the other party does, but they pretend to be nonchalant. They are just being stubborn."
The sponsor remained silent for a long while.
The answer was a long sentence: "It's also possible that he's unsure of the other person's feelings, or that he feels he and she aren't a good match, so he's cautiously testing the waters, worried that the other person doesn't like him, and that once his dream is shattered, even getting close to her will become a disturbance."
? ? !
Jiang Lingdan was astonished; the sentence was so long, and it seemed to be full of genuine emotion.
"You seem to know quite a lot, my sugar daddy... You wouldn't happen to have someone testing you too, would you?" Jiang Lingdan pounced on the computer, completely forgetting about Zuo Baixuan.
Forgotten, Zuo Baixuan quickly ran out of the dormitory building and headed towards Luan Yenan's usual parking space.
Having just finished dance practice, Luan Yenan recharged for the day and strolled back to the parking lot, ready to return to work with peace of mind.
But as soon as she got into the car, the passenger door was rudely opened.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out that this person was Zuo Baixuan.