Chapter 1 The Exposed Affair

• It was evening. Tang Yin stood in front of the Wuhan Foreign Studies University’s entrance, his gaze scanning over the crowd, seemingly looking for something.
• The bouquet of fresh red roses in Tang Yin’s hands caught the attention of many students. However, they turned away with looks of disdain when they saw how shabby he looked.
• In their eyes, he belonged among poor losers. Despite the beautiful flowers in his hands, he couldn’t change the fact that he looked poor.
• Tang Yin couldn’t care less about what others thought about him. All he cared about was finding that familiar person in the midst of the crowd.
• For this year’s Girls' Day, Tang Yin had painstakingly purchased a pure gold pendant, which almost used up an entire month’s salary, just for a satisfied smile from her. As long as she was happy, Tang Yin felt that everything was worth it.
• He frowned when the crowd started dispersing. Tang Yin felt uneasy when he realized that the person he wanted to see wasn’t here yet. Remembering his initial intention of wanting to give her a surprise, he refrained himself from his urge to give her a call.
• Right as he was hesitating, he heard ringing laughter coming from the university.
• “Hahaha! Zhang Qiang, stop it! There are so many people here!”
• Tang Qin was delighted when he heard the voice and hurriedly turned around. However, the scene before him struck him like lightning.
• A man and a woman were leaving the university. The man was as skinny as a bamboo pole, with chiseled cheeks and heavy dark circles under his eyes whereas the woman looked gorgeous with her delicate features and soft flowy hair. Dressed in a white dress, she looked just like a blooming flower.
• The both of them were walking closely together, the man’s hand around her neck. His hand slowly slid into the collar down her top while he laughed lustfully.
• Tang Yin was seeing red. Anger started rising within him. The girlfriend that he had longed to meet for so long was comfortably snuggling in another man’s embrace?!
• “Tang Yin? Why are you here?”
• A hint of panic and alarm flashed through her eyes as she hurriedly removed his hand from her collar.
• “Tang Yin? Ruan Qin, is he your poor ex-boyfriend who waits tables at that small eatery?” Zhang Qiang eyed him up and down before bursting into laughter.
• Tang Yin’s heart fell. Ex-boyfriend? Since when did I become her ex-boyfriend?
• “Ruan Qin, who is this? Why are you with him?”
• Ruan Qin became silent and stared at Tang Yin calmly.
• Tang Yin felt as if a stone was crushing his heart. Looking at Ruan Qin’s calm expression, he was crestfallen. The more Ruan Qin remained silent, the more he knew that something was wrong.
• “Tang Yin, don’t you have work today? Why did you come to the university? Are you lying to me?” Ruan Qin raised her eyebrows. She seemed much more calm and composed now.
• “I’m asking you, who is this guy? What kind of relationship are the both of you in?” Tang Yin raised his voice and accused her.
• Ruan Qin’s face fell. The man next to her walked closer to scan Tang Qin before tutting, “Who am I? Can’t you tell? Are you blind? Can’t you see how close I am to Ruan Qin?”
• Tang Yin was enraged. He glared at Ruan Qin, his eyes ablaze with burning hatred.
• Ruan Qin’s face darkened. “Tang Yin, I’ll be honest with you now that you’ve seen it. Zhang Qiang and I are in love. I hope you won’t interfere with our relationship.”
• “Relationship? If he is your boyfriend, then what am I?” Tang Yin asked in anger.
• “What are you?” Zhang Qiang looked at Tang Yin’s outfit before walking toward him and clicked his tongue. “A guy who was cheated on?”
• Tang Qin’s face paled as he pushed Zhang Qiang away. Grabbing onto Ruan Qin’s wrist, he demanded, “What the hell is this?!”
• Ruan Qin pushed Tang Qin away before glaring at him disdainfully. “Keep your dirty hands away from me!”
• Tang Qin took a few steps back, the bouquet he held falling to the ground.
• “Tang Yin, we're through. I don’t think you can give me what I want,” Ruan Qin said emotionlessly.
• “You’re breaking up with me?” Tang Yin blanched.
• “Yes!” Ruan Qin’s face was steely. She couldn’t care less anymore. “If you can’t provide me the life I want or give me happiness, why should I still be with you? My friends received smartphones and luxury goods for their birthdays but all I’ve gotten from you were origami paper cranes! Are you aware of what year it is now? Why are you so outdated? Don’t you feel ashamed?”
• Tang Yin’s heart dropped. He had indeed gifted Ruan Qin one thousand paper cranes on her birthday. Those paper cranes were the result of his blood, sweat and tears; they had taken around half a year to complete. He didn’t expect it to mean so little to Ruan Qin.
• “Why would I be with you when you don’t even have any money or status? Do you want me to suffer with you? Or do you want me to wait tables with you?” Ruan Qin questioned coldly, “Tang Yin, I dated you initially because I heard that you were rich. But then, I realized later on that you’re just a poor loser. If you can’t even afford to spend 3000 a month on cosmetic products for me, how can I be with you?”
• Tang Yin bit his lip. He felt like laughing at himself.
• Looks like it is all about the money.
• Ruan Qin chose to betray him because she felt that she would be in poverty if she stayed with him?
• Tang Yin never would have imagined this was how it was going to end. He’d never imagine Ruan Qin to be someone like this. If it weren’t for his relationship with Ruan Qin, he wouldn’t have rejected the arranged wedding between his family and the Meng Family and sabotaged his relationship with his grandfather, rendering him penniless and forcing him to wait tables at the small eatery outside campus.
• After all he had done for Ruan Qin, even wanting to beg the old master to accept her into the family, she turned around and betrayed him.
• “What? You’re not okay with it?” Zhang Qiang jeered at Tang Yin and shoved his shoulders. “Stop talking bullsh*t here; just take a look at yourself! How dare you even fantasize about being with someone so out of your league when you’re so poor?! I’m warning you right now, Ruan Qin is my woman now. Stop bothering us anymore!”
• Tang Yin ground his teeth in anger when he heard what Zhang Qiang said. He turned back to look at Ruan Qin and asked coldly, “Ruan Qin, I’ll ask you for the last time; are you really leaving me because of money? You’re getting together with him because of money? Aren’t you afraid of regretting this in the future?”
• “Regret? Do you think I’ll regret this?” Ruan Qin looked at him with disdain. “Zhang Qiang bought me a phone and high-end make-up products in order to pursue me. He spent around 10 thousand on gifts for me in just one month. Do you think that you could do that?”