Qu Fang never expected Xiao Tong, that kid, to be such an old soul in a young body.
He thought so too. Going too early would make him seem too interested in her, and after all, she was just a girl from the countryside. If it weren't for the fact that her family was fairly well-off and she could make money, would he even look at her?
Initially, he had planned to approach Yang Peiying by offering help and borrowing things a few times, naturally leading her to warm up to him. Unexpectedly, she was like a block of wood, only capable of saying thank you or nodding without uttering another word. Later on, it became even more common not to see her at all. It was his mother who came up with a plan, knowing that Yang Peiying was good friends with that Lin Family girl. They bribed the Li Family girl a little, to speak well of him in front of Yang Peiying. But Yang Peiying remained unmoved. He had never met someone so wooden, so ugly, and so mute—it was unprecedented.
