At 2:15 PM, Li Ran stood waiting at the entrance of Yuhang University.
His heart was a tangled mess. This complexity stemmed from a dawning realization of his own "simp" tendencies—a realization that had begun to take hold but hadn't yet fully matured. From Li Ran’s perspective, the things Brother Ye had said made a lot of sense, and it was entirely possible that he was truly being treated as nothing more than a spare tire. It was highly likely that Jiu Jiu had never once considered him; she was simply riding a donkey to look for a horse. Once she found someone more suitable or wealthier, she would kick him to the curb without a second thought, and everything he had sacrificed would become a punchline.
Yet, a shred of wishful thinking lingered in his heart. *What if?* What if, deep down, Jiu Jiu actually did care for him? With that, Li Ran decided: after this afternoon's interview, he had to ask her point-blank.
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