Pursuing Her Best Friend after Confession Failed-Chapter 144 - 103: The First Love’s Pursuit – Accept or Reject?
After hanging up the phone, Li Yuan sighed. It’s so hard to be a master of time management.
Suddenly, his QQ messenger chimed again. This time, it was a message from his official girlfriend, Xia Zhijin.
*Li Yuan, I went to the library this afternoon and read some books on computers. It was this one, "Introduction to Computer Basics." Computer knowledge is kind of hard, but I will work hard. [smiling emoji]*
Seeing the picture Xia Zhijin had sent, Li Yuan suddenly felt a swirl of mixed emotions.
*My darling Zhijin, you’re doing great! Keep it up, but don’t stay up too late. You need your beauty sleep. I’m responsible for making money to support us; you just need to be responsible for looking gorgeous.*
As soon as Li Yuan sent the message, Xia Zhijin quickly replied.
*I want to help you. I don’t like seeing you so tired. I saw that your book updates are posted after two in the morning.*
*I know I’m not very smart and can’t help you much, but I just want to make things a little less tough for you.*
*Silly girl, I write very quickly, so don’t worry. The updates are all scheduled in advance. Have you eaten dinner?*
*Mhm, I had dinner with my roommates in the cafeteria. They’re very nice to me. I bought them a bag of apples and a bag of oranges from the campus store. It cost 20 yuan!*
*It’s good to get along with your roommates. You can buy them some fruit, milk tea, or snacks. But don’t feel like you have to go out of your way to please them. If they say anything that bothers you, tell me. Don’t keep it bottled up.*
*I know. Xiyu, Chenchen, and Xinxin are all really nice to me. They want to borrow my computer for a bit. Is it okay if I lend it to them?*
*No problem, just make sure to save any of the company’s files properly.*
*So, uh, are you coming back to campus tonight?*
*I might be back very late. Don’t wait up for me.*
*Okay!*
*I’m suddenly missing you a little!*
*Hehe, I miss you too.*
...
Li Yuan smiled. In the past, his chats with Xia Zhijin had always been simple and mundane, just sharing their daily lives. This was the first time she had ever told him she missed him in a message.
Suddenly, a hand tapped his shoulder. Wang Shuai chuckled, "Yuan, chat all you want, but what’s with that sleazy grin? Are you talking to that new girlfriend Xu Zhi mentioned?"
Li Yuan jumped, quickly shoving his phone into his pocket. He glared at Wang Shuai and said, exasperated, "Handsome guy, how did you get back without making a sound? You startled me."
"My footsteps were plenty loud. You were just too engrossed in chatting with your girlfriend to notice." Wang Shuai pouted, then teased, "Yuan, I think you’re just feeling guilty, aren’t you?"
Li Yuan retorted, "What do I have to be guilty about? I’ve always lived my life in an upright and honorable way."
"Upright and honorable? Yeah, right. Would you dare show your chat history to Bai Weixi?" Wang Shuai snickered. He didn’t believe a word of it. When Li Yuan was with them, his "driving"—his jokes—would hit 180 mph. He looked innocent on the outside but was a total player on the inside.
No, he doesn’t even look innocent anymore. His three years of high school were all an act. He revealed his true nature the moment the college entrance exams were over.
Wang Shuai sat down next to Li Yuan and looked at him seriously. He had just seen the photo on Xu Zhi’s phone of Li Yuan and Xia Zhijin holding hands from behind that afternoon. It confirmed that, besides Bai Weixi, Li Yuan had another, very beautiful girlfriend.
Li Yuan was truly two-timing. With two girlfriends at the same university, wasn’t he afraid of his ship capsizing?
Wang Shuai looked earnestly at Li Yuan and advised, "Yuan, seriously, what are you even doing? Bai Weixi and Wang Yuchen are not easy to fool. A woman in love has an IQ of 160. You’re going to get caught sooner or later if you keep this up."
"Besides, you and Bai Weixi have liked each other for three years. I think what you’re doing is pretty unfair to her." 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞
Li Yuan frowned slightly. Even his good friend thinks what I’m doing is wrong, that I’m a scumbag?
There were some things he just couldn’t explain to Wang Shuai and Xu Zhi. I can’t just tell them that Bai Weixi cheated on me and was just stringing me along in our past life, can I? That this is just me giving her a taste of her own medicine?
Wang Shuai and Xu Zhi would surely think he was insane. After all, in their eyes, the Bai Weixi of this life had, up to this point, done nothing to wrong him. Even her reason for rejecting his confession was completely fair and reasonable, with no fault to be found.
Li Yuan asked, "Handsome guy, are you siding with Bai Weixi?"
Wang Shuai nodded as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. "Of course. Bai Weixi was our classmate for three years of high school. Xu Zhi and I are definitely on her side."
"Yuan, let me give you some heartfelt advice as your friend, even though you might get mad at me for it."
"Since you and Bai Weixi have reconciled and she’s agreed to be your girlfriend, I hope you two can make it work. Don’t end up losing them both, or you’ll be the only one left crying in the end."
"Of course, you’re successful now, earning a million a month, so you’ll never be short on women. I’m just offering some advice. We’ve known Bai Weixi forever. She’s a high school classmate, your childhood sweetheart. It would be best not to lose her."
"I’m just sharing my thoughts. You have to make your own decisions, Yuan. I just hope that whatever choices you make, you won’t regret them in the future."
Li Yuan simply remained silent, listening to Wang Shuai’s admonition.
He wasn’t the only one who had considered the consequences. When everything inevitably blew up, it was possible that Xia Zhijin, Bai Weixi, or even Zhong Tingyue and Jiang Zhiyu would all leave him.
And yet, if he chose just one of them now, with his current wealth and future status, he would most likely be able to walk with her down the aisle.
