Indebted

Yun Wei's glanced at the people and shook her head. "Not all of them. Hua Shasha and I are freshmen, and Bai Wenping's already in his third year. Amongst these people, there are some freshmen, sophomores, third-year students, and also some who are already working."

"Any of them worth being friends with?" Lu Zhanting asked, staring at her.

Indeed, she'd never even thought about that before.

Now, having seen Hua Shasha continuously try building relationships with friends and classmates, Lu Zhanting's question made Yun Wei pause and think.

In the future, if she wanted to make any achievements on her own, having good, useful friends was very important.

This wasn't being calculative and materialistic. Rather, it was a social norm.

Since she was an adult now, she needed to think ahead and be responsible for her own future.

After some thought, she said, "The three guys who haven't said much? They're academic geniuses. Very low-profile, and they have excellent EQ. The girl in the white dress is also quite a nice person."

"In that case, settling the bill just for the sake of these four would still be a worthwhile thing to do." Lu Zhanting nodded.

He summoned someone and gave him some instructions.

Looking on, Yun Wei smiled.

After a short while, the waiter left the room and said with a smile, "Everyone, no more cause for concern. The hotel manager has waived the bill for all of you. Also, we have a small gift for each of you."

"Oh? The hotel manager? Is this because of Hua Shasha?" some of the classmates asked, surprised.

Hua Shasha had always been the generous one amongst the classmates, behaving like the typical rich, beautiful and talented girl.

When they heard the waiter's announcement, everyone laughed and said, "It's definitely because of Hua Shasha that the hotel manager waived the bill. What do you guys think?"

At that moment, not knowing what exactly was going on, Hua Shasha chose to keep quiet.

But since everyone had assumed so, she simply nodded.

Regardless of who'd settled the bill, they had resolved her crisis. It was a nice way to restore and greatly boost her reputation. She was now able to stand tall in front of her classmates and face them with dignity.

Smiling, the waiter remarked, "This should be considered a gift from your friend Yun Wei. She went to the counter, intending to settle the bill, but our hotel manager recognized her as his friend's daughter and, seeing that it's a rare occasion for her to visit the hotel, he waived the bill for all of you."

"Yun Wei? So it was Yun Wei." Everyone realized their mistake and added, "No wonder she left the room earlier. It was to settle the bill."

"Yeah. When I saw her with that diamond necklace not too long ago, I knew that her family must be pretty well-off. I never expected her to be so generous, though."

In a flash, all the attention was now focused on Yun Wei.

Looking none too pleased, Hua Shasha said, "Everyone, it was me who called Yun Wei and asked her to pay on my behalf. I will definitely reimburse her..."

No one in the group paid much attention to Hua Shasha's words. "You don't need to reimburse her. Didn't they just say that the managed waived the bill in honor of Yun Wei? Besides, Yun Wei definitely wouldn't want you to reimburse her for tonight."

"But…" Hua Shasha wanted to keep talking, but she couldn't get a word in.

"I guess we're indebted to Yun Wei for tonight's dinner." Everyone nodded in agreement.

Yun Wei and Lu Zhanting exchanged looks and agreed that it was now a good time to head out there.

Yun Wei gracefully walked out of the room, her face brilliantly lit up with a sweet and innocent smile.

From the moment she saw Yun Wei, fired seemed to spew from Hua Shasha's eyes as she rudely demanded, "Yun Wei, where have you been? Didn't I tell you to stay close to us?"

"I…" Yun Wei put on an aggrieved expression, replying, "You asked me to go settle the bill, so that's where I went."