After Bankruptcy, the Billionaire Asked Me to Marry Him!-Chapter 293: People Can Change

It looked like the beautiful girl in the center of the booth was celebrating her birthday, surrounded by a group of young men and women raising their glasses to toast her.

In a corner of the booth, Xie Yunkai, dressed in a white shirt, had a detached expression—his laughter mingled with the rest, making him seem particularly out of place.

"Lizi, I’m not sure if I recognized the right person, but check if that’s the campus hunk you mentioned."

The entire story of Ye Li changing her dormitory was well known to Qin Chu as her best friend.

Thus, she was even more familiar with Lu Xiaoxiao.

One was a poor but handsome campus hunk.

The other was an equally excellent childhood friend.

For Qin Chu, who did not believe that true love would ever find her but was willing to see it manifest in others, it seemed particularly wonderful.

Insisting on seeing how handsome the campus hunk really was, Qin Chu scrolled through Ye Li’s social circle and then saw a photo posted by Lu Xiaoxiao.

Initially, it was just a glance—Qin Chu wouldn’t have remembered what the campus hunk looked like if she tried to recall.

But when she saw that photo in the social circle, Qin Chu felt a moment of disbelief.

She had a feeling it was him.

Then, she received confirmation from Ye Li.

"It’s him."

After moving into the Fanxing Apartment, Xie Yunkai was a frequent visitor.

Even if the lighting was dim, she would not mistake his face.

Ye Li stared at that photo for a long time.

On the other end, Qin Chu also seemed to fall silent for a long while.

Then, she sent over a message: "Indeed, people do change!"

Everyone in the photo belonged to the extravagant young nobility of the Imperial City’s rich families.

With Xie Yunkai’s circle of friends, it was impossible for him to have known anyone there.

So there was only one possibility—he had been brought to the birthday party as a friend of someone.

Ye Li zoomed in on the photo, looking toward Xie Yunkai’s side.

Even though they were ostensibly celebrating the birthday, the girl next to Xie Yunkai turned her head to look at him.

With just a profile, it was hard to tell who she was.

But from their seated positions, the girl’s demeanor, and the curve of her smiling lips, it was not hard to see that she liked him.

After a long silence, Ye Li called Lu Xiaoxiao.

"Dear Lizi, good morning..."

Early in the morning, Lu Xiaoxiao was as lively as ever. "What brings you to call at this time, is there something you need?"

"Of course, there’s something."

Ye Li spoke with a smile, "Didn’t I tell you before about coming to my place for New Year’s Eve? I wanted to confirm it with you in advance: will you and Xie Yunkai be coming? Once it’s confirmed, my mom will be ready to show off her cooking skills."

Lu Xiaoxiao was evidently thrilled but worried about imposing, and she spoke cautiously, "It’s really not too much trouble?"

Ye Li laughed, "Of course not; it’s just about adding two more pairs of chopsticks."

"Alright, then we’ll definitely come!"

Excitement was apparent in Lu Xiaoxiao’s voice.

They talked about whether they had breakfast in the morning.

They discussed what each of them was recently busy with.

Hearing that besides her part-time job, Lu Xiaoxiao was spending all her other time with Xie Yunkai, Ye Li took the opportunity to ask about last night.

"Last night, Yunkai mentioned that a senior from his lab was celebrating her birthday, and they went to a bar together."

Lu Xiaoxiao laughed, "It ended after 1 a.m., and he has a physics tutorial at 9 a.m. today; oh, my heart aches for him!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, feeding dog food early in the morning, totally outrageous!"

Ignoring the faint, indescribable feeling in her heart, Ye Li joked, "Well, you go ahead then; we’ll see each other on New Year’s Eve!"

"New Year’s Eve, see you then! Lizi, love you!"

After hanging up, Ye Li stood by the roadside watching people coming and going in the square, feeling a quiet sigh well up inside her.