Chapter 718: Chapter 248 Expansion Plan for the Milk Tea Shop, The Beautiful Class President Comes to Raise Funds_3
Li Yuan saw Bai Weixi’s suddenly shy, blushing face and felt a bit baffled. Has she been influenced by Xia Zhijin and developed a shy personality?
"Let’s take a look at the map of Modu and decide where to place the new stores."
"I think we should consider locations near the major universities; the student population has high spending power. We should also look at areas dense with primary and middle schools, as well as high-end shopping malls, pedestrian streets, and so on."
The class committee of Computer Science Class One was engaged in a heated discussion about the first class autumn outing, scheduled for the day after tomorrow.
Youth League Secretary Dong Xu, known for his loud voice, was the first to object.
"I disagree with raising the fees further. One hundred yuan per person for the class fund is already a lot. You all know that some students in our class come from difficult family backgrounds. If we raise it to two hundred yuan for a single outing, we might as well cancel it."
Study Committee Member Liu Yongzhang replied much more diplomatically, "Monitor, I think we should explore other options. Two hundred yuan per person is indeed too high."
"Then what do you think we should do?" Monitor Tan Yanqiu furrowed her eyebrows, her voice tinged with frustration. She had assumed being a class monitor at a 985 university would be easy, but she was mistaken.
The students at a 985 university were all the cream of the crop, each one raised hearing praises like, "That’s so-and-so’s kid!" Once they entered the relaxed environment of university and their true natures were unleashed, they became even harder to manage. Everyone had their own opinions and stubbornly stuck to them. Unifying the entire class on anything was incredibly difficult.
Take this autumn outing, for example. While everyone was in favor of the activity, deciding on a location and how to collect the funds had become a major issue they had been arguing over for two days.
Dong Xu suggested, "The way I see it, we should lower our standards a bit. Let’s not aim for such a high-end place. We can just find somewhere to get together and have fun."
"Dong Xu has a point. With a limited budget, we don’t necessarily need to aim so high," Liu Yongzhang said with a playful smile. He gazed at Tan Yanqiu’s pretty face, feeling a bit tempted.
In Computer Science Class One, Tan Yanqiu’s looks were second only to Xia Zhijin’s. Since she was single, many of the boys in the class secretly had a crush on her. Unlike the ethereal Xia Zhijin, who had Li Yuan—a boyfriend who outshone every other guy—watching over her, the others could only set their sights on Tan Yanqiu and Wang Jierong, who were considered equally beautiful.
The usually quiet Sports Committee Member, Ren Jun, suddenly spoke up.
"Ahem, I think we might be forgetting someone."
As soon as Ren Jun opened his mouth, everyone else turned to look at him, waiting for his answer.
Ren Jun shrugged and joked, "We have a ready-made billionaire in our class. Why don’t we ask him for a sponsorship?"
At Ren Jun’s words, several people’s eyes lit up.
Dong Xu pouted. "He’s so elusive he’s rarely in class, and he doesn’t really hang out with us. Who would have the guts to ask him?"
Liu Yongzhang gestured toward Ren Jun with a smile. "Ren Jun, you and Li Yuan are on pretty good terms, right? You play basketball together a lot. Why don’t you talk to him? If he agrees to sponsor us, all our problems will be solved."
Ren Jun shrugged again, speaking self-deprecatingly. "I’m a guy, how could I bring myself to ask? Besides, I’m just the Sports Committee Member; I don’t really have the standing. I think if Squad Leader Xiang Qin were to ask, with Yuan’s generosity, he would definitely agree instantly."
Hearing Ren Jun’s suggestion, Dong Xu, Liu Yongzhang, and the other committee members all chimed in, jokingly encouraging Tan Yanqiu to be the one to ask.
"Monitor, if a great beauty like you asks, Li Yuan will be completely smitten. He’s sure to agree in a heartbeat."
"Exactly! It’s most appropriate for you to ask, Monitor. He wouldn’t give us guys the time of day."
Listening to their teasing, Tan Yanqiu’s delicate brows, shaped like mulberry leaves, furrowed slightly. She glanced at the people before her, an image of Li Yuan flashing in her mind, and finally nodded in agreement.
"I’ll give it a try, but I can’t guarantee success!"
On Friday morning, Li Yuan drove Xia Zhijin back to school in his Lamborghini.
Suddenly, his phone rang. It was a somewhat familiar number.
When Li Yuan answered, there was only silence on the other end, which puzzled him.
"Hello, who is this?"
The voice on the other end seemed a bit awkward.
"Uh, Li Yuan, this is Tan Yanqiu."
"Oh, the monitor?"
It dawned on Li Yuan why the number looked familiar. She had written it on the blackboard during the first class meeting, but he just hadn’t saved it.
Li Yuan asked again, "Did you need something?"
Tan Yanqiu’s voice was hesitant. "Um, are you free right now? There’s something I’d like to talk to you about in person."
"Something to talk to me about?" Li Yuan was slightly taken aback as an absurd thought suddenly popped into his head.
Could this beautiful class monitor be about to confess her feelings to me?
The thought had no sooner appeared than Li Yuan forcefully dismissed it.
If I really thought that, I’d be disgustingly conceited! He refused to believe every girl in the world would fall for him on sight. He wasn’t universally beloved, after all.
Li Yuan spoke nonchalantly, "Sure. I’m right outside the girls’ dorm building now."
Tan Yanqiu quickly replied, "Oh, okay! Wait a moment, I’ll be right down!"
Before long, Li Yuan saw Tan Yanqiu walking toward him. Her figure and face were quite impressive. Without Xia Zhijin in the picture, she would have easily been the class beauty.
Unfortunately, after having four campus-belle-level girlfriends—Zhong Tingyue, Xia Zhijin, Bai Weixi, and Jiang Zhiyu—his standards for beauty had skyrocketed. He had become somewhat face-blind, and only beauties of their caliber could now make him take a second look.
Tan Yanqiu approached Li Yuan and greeted him nervously, "Li Yuan, hello!"
"Squad Leader Xiang Qin, did you need something?" Li Yuan asked, getting straight to the point.
Seeing how direct he was, Tan Yanqiu first smoothed her hair, then lowered her hands to nervously fiddle with the hem of her clothes, looking every bit the flustered, shy girl. She stammered as she began to speak.
"Li Yuan, I feel a bit presumptuous bringing this up. We’re planning an outing for the weekend, but we’ve run into a little snag with the budget, so I was hoping to ask you to spon..."
Tan Yanqiu was too embarrassed to finish. This was the first time in her life she had ever asked to borrow money.
No, not borrow money. This was begging for a donation. And she was begging a university classmate, of all people. The shame made her want to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.
Listening to Tan Yanqiu’s unfinished sentence and seeing her bashful, embarrassed expression, Li Yuan understood why she had insisted on meeting him in person.
So, she’d come to ask for a donation.
Come to think of it, he was a little surprised. He was a somewhat famous billionaire now, after all. Why hadn’t anyone approached him for sponsorship before? In his previous life, while at Modu University of Technology, he had been in the student union’s publicity department for a while and had his own share of experiences shamelessly soliciting sponsorships from businesses.
"I agree. How much do you need?"
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