"What’s up?"

He Hao asked.

Anning didn’t look at those few people, but focused on eating.

"I’m planning to start a business and wanted to see if you guys are interested in helping out?"

Xiao Yuan said while eating, talking to Fang Mingyu and the others.

All four of their dormitory were studying landscape architecture, and they were pretty good at it. Xiao Yuan’s entrepreneurship presented them as great helpers and partners.

Fang Mingyu thought for a moment: "I won’t join, since I’m the only one in my family, I have to go back and inherit the family business."

He Hao also waved his hand: "My dad wants me to go back and become a civil servant after graduation. My mom has been unwell for years, there’s too much going on at home, and if I’m not there, I’ll be worried."

In the end, only Xu Anshan agreed to help Xiao Yuan.

Then Xu Anshan asked Xiao Yuan: "Do you have the funds to start a business? The school can provide small loans, but the amount is too little, not enough for starting a business."

Xiao Yuan pointed at Anning: "She does."

Uh?

Xu Anshan looked at Xiao Yuan, then at Anning, feeling speechless. His own roommate was so comfortable with eating soft rice.

Anning had finished eating: "Do you need investment? Sure, once I cash out my stocks, I’ll transfer the funds to you. How much do you need?"

Well, one doesn’t feel like he’s freeloading, and the other is happy to give money. What can outsiders say?

Xiao Yuan finished eating and walked Anning back to the dormitory, talking to her while walking: "With the growth fluid we’re providing, Sister Shi going back to cultivation is absolutely feasible. I’ll start a landscape design company and partner with Sister Shi, it will definitely be profitable."

Anning nodded: "But you don’t have any reputation yet, you won’t get big projects easily. You need to make a name for yourself first."

Xiao Yuan smiled: "Don’t worry, I’ve thought it through. There will be a classical garden design competition soon, and I’ve already signed up. Also, the Zheng family just developed a new real estate project, it’s a high-end residential area that needs landscaping. I’ve already made the connections, sent the design drawings over, so once the company is up, we already have a project to work on."

"The Zheng family?"

Anning immediately knew which family it was.

The Zheng family in Hai City is very famous. They built their fortune on real estate and have been involved in real estate for years. However, the industry has cooled down recently, and they’ve been wanting to diversify, but haven’t found a good project, so they remain stuck in real estate.

"How did you get a project from them?"

Xiao Yuan held Anning’s hand and explained as they walked: "A few days ago, I saved Mr. Zheng’s life, and also helped introduce his family to the Yu family from Hua City. The Yu family has been doing new energy projects in recent years and are in need of funds, while the Zheng family has money but lacks projects. By connecting them, both families showed great enthusiasm."

Anning looked at Xiao Yuan with a mock-serious smile: "Impressive, in just a few days you even established a connection with the Yu family from Hua City."

Xiao Yuan patted Anning’s head: "Your husband is capable, and I won’t let your investment go to waste."

Anning seized Xiao Yuan’s hand: "I’m investing, so I want all the shares in the company. As for you, you’re just working for me."

"As you command."

Xiao Yuan smiled, his eyes full of affection.

"Senior Brother Xiao."

Suddenly, a girl in a plaid long-sleeved dress, with a knitted cardigan on top, approached Anning and Xiao Yuan.

When she looked at Anning, her face was full of reproach, but she seemed timid when looking at Xiao Yuan.

"Senior Brother Xiao, why are you with her again?"

The girl pointed at Anning, her expression somewhat unpleasant: "Don’t you know what kind of person she is? She’s just a green tea bitch, stringing you along while trying to climb the social ladder..."

Xiao Yuan gave the girl a few glances, looking confused: "Who are you?"

Uh?

The girl was stunned.

Xiao Yuan’s expression turned cold, and his words could freeze someone to death: "Classmate, I don’t know you at all, we’re just strangers. As a stranger, what right do you have to meddle in my affairs? Who I like and want to be with is none of your business."

After speaking, Xiao Yuan took Anning’s hand and left.

The girl refused to give up, relentlessly chasing after Xiao Yuan: "Senior Brother Xiao, Yan Anning is just using you, don’t let her take advantage of you, she has ill intentions and will harm you. I mean it, Senior Brother Xiao, you have to listen to me..."

Anning looked back at the girl: "Classmate, are you secretly in love with my boyfriend?"

The question left the girl standing there, frightened and speechless.

Anning sneered: "Seems so. I know my boyfriend is outstanding, it’s normal for you to have a crush on him. I don’t blame you, but classmate, accusing me out of self-interest and throwing dirt on me is not right, is it? What’s between me and my boyfriend is our personal business, our decisions are not even for my parents to question, let alone an outsider. Who gave you the right and courage to do this?"

The girl was dumbfounded, scared by Anning.

Anning assessed her with a disdainful smile: "Harboring shameful intentions, yet you just have to pin a crime on me. I’ve seen plenty like you, ignorant, foolish, and delusional. Heh, utterly ridiculous."

Anning’s words made the girl’s face turn red and pale in turns: "No, I’m doing this for Senior Brother Xiao’s good."

"For his good?" Anning glanced at Xiao Yuan with a smile and then back at the girl: "Are you his dad or mom? What qualifies you to be concerned about his good? And classmate, coveting someone else’s boyfriend and indiscriminately accusing others without knowing the truth is immoral and uncivilized behavior. Your actions are already slutty, how can you shamelessly call someone else the slut?"

After speaking, Anning took Xiao Yuan’s hand and walked on: "A Yuan, stay away from people with sick minds like this, understand?"

Xiao Yuan obediently nodded: "I’ll listen to you, stay far away from her."

He smiled and comforted Anning: "My heart belongs only to you. I won’t listen to anyone’s attempts to drive a wedge between us. No matter who it is, no one can separate us. Come on, don’t be mad, give me a smile..."

The girl was fuming after being scolded by Anning and hearing Xiao Yuan say that.

"You’ll regret it."

She shouted at Xiao Yuan’s back.

Xiao Yuan didn’t even bother to acknowledge her.

Later, Anning checked that girl’s identity and background.

Turned out, she was a distant relative of the Yan family, had been to the Yan home before, and knew about Yan Anning.

Being a distant relative of the Yan family, the girl naturally knew a lot of things outsiders didn’t. She knew Father Yan and Mrs. Yan intended for Anning to get into a marriage alliance and knew how intense things had been between Anning and Li Hai recently.

In fact, the girl even heard her parents mention that Anning looked down on Xiao Yuan for being poor, and wasn’t interested in him.

Since entering school, the girl had liked Xiao Yuan and was trying every possible way to get close to him when Yan Anning swooped in and hit it off with Xiao Yuan. Unable to provoke Yan Anning, she had to retreat.

But after the situation with Li Hai, the girl felt bad for Xiao Yuan. Seeing him dumped by Anning yet not minding staying with her, she felt indignant and resentful, leading to the earlier incident.