Chapter 20: Chapter 20: The Cheers and Envy of Colleagues
The delivery guy, hearing this, had all his doubts instantly vanish.
He quickly opened WeChat, took a screenshot of his payment code, and sent it to Wu Wei through the delivery app.
Then, he anxiously waited.
Seconds later, a WeChat notification popped up, one thousand yuan credited!
"Holy shit, it's really a thousand yuan!"
"This guy's a real boss!"
"Lucky bastard, you hit the jackpot!"
…
The surrounding delivery guys were stunned by the sight, their eyes filled with sheer envy and jealousy.
This one order was worth several days of work for them!
How come they hadn't grabbed this order themselves?
"Haha, this boss is so generous!"
Feeling the gaze of his peers, the guy smiled proudly and then hopped onto his little electric scooter: "Off I go, gotta buy the boss his milk tea!"
He went straight to the Cultural and Creative Center by Daming Lake and headed to the front of the queue.
He only spent the equivalent of two milk teas to secure a spot near the front.
Because he had said directly to the person in front: "Let me take your spot, and I'll treat you to a milk tea."
That person, hearing such a sweet deal, naturally agreed.
He bought nine cups of milk tea in one go.
Six to deliver, two to treat, and one for himself as a reward.
After all, with this order, he had made a clean 1200 yuan!
Definitely a cause for celebration!
After purchasing his milk teas, he hummed a tune happily as he rode to the hospital, his destination.
Sun Yi was currently doing experiments at one of their school's directly affiliated hospitals, which was seven or eight kilometers away from the school.
But being just three or four kilometers from Daming Lake, he could easily deliver the milk teas within the stipulated time.
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Receiving a call from the delivery guy, Sun Yi, who had just finished her morning experiments, came downstairs to pick up her lunch and milk tea.
"What is all this?"
Sun Yi walked in carrying a big bag and her colleague, Yao Jing, with whom she was on good terms, immediately asked out of curiosity.
"Delivery, and milk tea."
Sun Yi placed the two big bags on the table and first opened the one with milk tea, saying, "I'm treating you to milk tea!"
"That's so sweet of you!"
Yao Jing didn't hold back, walking over while talking, "What kind of milk tea is it?"
"I'm not sure."
Sun Yi took out a milk tea to look at it, "But the packaging is quite pretty."
"You don't know?"
Yao Jing was a bit surprised and walked over to take a look, instantly recognizing it, "Wow, this is the Cultural Creative milk tea from Daming Lake!"
"Oh, seems like it is."
Sun Yi remembered that when she visited Daming Lake with Wu Wei the day before yesterday, she saw many people drinking milk tea with this packaging.
At that time, Wu Wei had told her they'd go for an afternoon tea later instead of buying it then, promising to get it for her another time.
She had thought Wu Wei was just saying that offhand, but he had actually remembered and bought it so quickly for her.
On realizing this, Sun Yi couldn't help but feel a sweet warmth inside.
"It's so pretty!"
She took out her phone, carefully snapped a few photos, then picked a flavor she liked and said to Yao Jing, "Pick one too."
She then said to everyone else, "There's one for everyone, pick whatever flavor you like."
"Come on, come on!"
After Yao Jing chose one, she turned around and called out, "This is the Cultural Creative milk tea from Daming Lake, very hard to come by!"
The other colleagues, hearing this, were all interested and walked over happily.
"I'm here, I'm here!"
"Such beautiful packaging, I want to snap a picture for my Moments."
"Last time I went to Daming Lake with friends, wanted to buy it but saw a long queue, so I didn't!"
"I've wanted to buy one for a long time but never got a chance!"
...
Everyone was discussing animatedly when Yao Jing looked at Sun Yi with confusion and asked, "Sun Yi, how did you manage to buy it?"
"Yeah!"
The others, upon hearing this, grew very curious as well and followed up with, "Does their restaurant offer delivery now?"
"I don't know, someone else bought it for me."
Sun Yi shook her head and answered in detail.
"Someone else bought it for you? Is it another guy chasing after you?"
Yao Jing couldn't help but feel speechless, "After all these years, how come these guys still haven't given up? Is it that junior from the dental department? Or the pretentious guy from the central campus?"
"It's neither, it's an old classmate from junior high."
When Sun Yi mentioned the words 'old classmate from junior high,' the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly, "This milk tea is his treat for everyone."
As she spoke, she inserted a straw, took a sip of milk tea, and then nodded her head with a face full of enjoyment.
"No, something's off about you!"
Yao Jing realized something as she observed Sun Yi, "Whenever guys gave you stuff in the past, you mostly refused straight away, and if they insisted on giving, you would pass it on to someone else, never keeping anything for yourself. But today you're actually drinking it! Come clean, what's going on?"
The others, upon hearing this, immediately sensed some juicy gossip and looked at Sun Yi excitedly.
"Yeah, what's going on?"
"Could this classmate be your boyfriend?"
"Treating us to milk tea, even if he's not your boyfriend, he's definitely interested in you!"
"Do you have feelings for him too?"
"Wow, Sun Yi, you're silently in a relationship now!"
...
The crowd was teasing her with one remark after another.
As the most beautiful belle of her medical college and one of the three campus beauties of Jicheng University for eight years, Sun Yi's love life had always been the subject of much curiosity.
Because she had never dated, there were even rumors at one point that she was lesbian.
However, nobody had seen her being overly close with any girl, and the rumors gradually dissipated.
Those who knew her were aware that the reason she had remained single until now was because she had high expectations for love and valued feelings enormously, refusing to settle for less.
And now, it appeared that she might be in love, how could they not be curious!
"I'm not in a relationship, you all are jumping to conclusions!"
Sun Yi's cheeks blushed slightly with embarrassment from the teasing, and she said shyly, "Stop gossiping and go back to eating!"
However, a group of women stirred up by gossip was not about to let it go that easily.
At this moment, one of the women turned towards the lunch delivery bag at the side, and her eyes lit up immediately.
"That takeout is from him as well, isn't it!"
Speaking, she bent down to look at the takeout receipt.
"My goodness, 892 yuan!"
She exclaimed in surprise after seeing the price.
Others, upon hearing this, crowded around out of curiosity.
"Wow, that's expensive!"
"One, two, three, four... 8 dishes, and it comes to 900 yuan!"
"I spent less than 200 for two people the last time I had Cantonese food."
"This is Yue Xiu, you can't compare them, this is pretty much the most expensive Cantonese restaurant in Jicheng!"
...
All of them looked surprisingly astonished.
Sun Yi also looked surprised; she hadn't seen the receipt earlier and hadn't noticed the price, only now realizing that so many dishes had been ordered for her, costing so much money.
"Sun Yi, your junior high classmate is really generous! This meal plus the milk tea must have cost at least over a thousand!"
Yao Jing looked at Sun Yi with a face full of excitement, "He must like you for sure!"
Hearing this, Sun Yi laughed shyly and didn't respond, then she opened the bag and took out the dishes.
Eight dishes, laid out to fill a table.
"Wow..."
Seeing this, her colleagues couldn't help but let out sighs of envy.
Listening to everyone's "wow," Sun Yi's vanity was greatly satisfied, and her blushing face beamed with happiness.
In her mind, she couldn't help but think of Wu Wei.
What was he doing now?
At this moment, she suddenly wanted to see him, wishing he could join her for the meal.
She didn't realize that this was her missing him.