Pursuing Her Best Friend after Confession Failed-Chapter 198 - 118: This Humble Maid Bai Weixi, Please Treat Me Tenderly (Must-Read, Revealing, Please Subscribe)
Li Yuan gazed at Bai Weixi. She was dressed in vibrant, youthful clothes that accentuated her perfect, curvy figure. With a face that could topple nations and a sweet, demure smile, she made an itch rise in his heart that he couldn’t scratch, a restless heat threatening to burst forth.
He couldn’t wait any longer and blurted out, "Bai, get in. Let’s go home first."
Meeting Li Yuan’s fiery gaze, Bai Weixi seemed to guess his thoughts. Her cheeks suddenly flushed red, and with a soft "Mhm," she slipped into the passenger seat. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶
The atmosphere in the car instantly grew charged. With his left hand on the steering wheel, Li Yuan placed his right on the center console and reached straight for Bai Weixi’s thigh.
It had to be said, in his judgment, Bai Weixi’s legs were truly spectacular. She was nearly 1.7 meters tall but weighed less than 110 pounds. Her long legs were fair and slender, smooth and straight, easily rivaling Zhong Tingyue’s. He realized that in both his past life and this one, he had a special weakness for long legs. Some people liked dainty feet, some favored an A4 waist, and others adored a large bust, but he was exclusively devoted to long legs. Unfortunately, Bai Weixi was wearing tight jeans today, not a short skirt or black stockings...
As Li Yuan’s hand gently rubbed her thigh, Bai Weixi’s face grew even redder.
As his large hand continued to roam, her breathing began to grow heavy.
When Li Yuan’s hand crept ever closer to a certain sensitive area, Bai Weixi quickly slapped it away and huffed coquettishly, "Li Yuan, you perv! Stop messing around and focus on driving."
Li Yuan chuckled mischievously. "But I *am* driving."
Bai Weixi shot him a shy glare. "I told you to focus on driving the *car*."
"No problem, I can drive two at once," Li Yuan laughed, unfazed. He asked curiously, "Bai, do you like wearing stockings?"
"Hmph, why would I wear stockings?" she asked, confused.
Li Yuan answered with a straight face, "Well, they feel better."
Only then did Bai Weixi understand his meaning. She scoffed and glared at him. "You scoundrel. I didn’t expect you to have a fetish like that. You’re so indecent, not at all the proper guy I thought you were."
"Back in high school, you were so well-behaved and gentle. Now it’s like you’ve become a different person, a bit frivolous...
"Sometimes I even wonder if you’re like the protagonist in your book, Xiao Yan, possessed and reborn by some old monster."
"Cough, cough. Bai, you have a wild imagination. I’ve always been me; I just figured some things out, that’s all."
Li Yuan snickered. "Women love a man who’s a little bad. I was so proper before, and you still didn’t say yes to me. So I decided to make a change, work hard to earn money, fill my pockets, and stand up straighter. And look, love just came knocking, didn’t it?"
Li Yuan thought of the four women in his life: Bai Weixi, Jiang Zhiyu, Zhong Tingyue, and Xia Zhijin. If he were still the poor boy from his last life, nothing would have ever come of it, even if he had met them. Take the treasure that was Xia Zhijin. How could a penniless version of himself have ever helped her tragic family? She needed financial support, not just so-called love. If he hadn’t appeared, perhaps some kind boy from a decent family would have fallen deeply in love with her and helped pull her out of that mire. As for Zhong Tingyue, it was even more clear-cut. In his past life, given his poor background, he would have been lucky if a girl like her had ever deigned to glance his way. Kissing under the moonlight or exploring the smoothness of long legs encased in black stockings would have been an impossible dream. Then there was the little rich girl, Jiang Zhiyu. They were from completely different worlds. Without his rebirth, their paths would never have crossed. Besides, as a top-tier heiress, she wasn’t interested in money, but in talent... Damn it, "the rich rely on technology, the poor rely on mutation." How true that is.
Hearing Li Yuan’s words, Bai Weixi’s expression changed in a flash. Her beautiful eyes reddened as tears began to well up. She stared at him in disbelief, her voice choking as she spoke.
"Li Yuan, after everything we’ve been through... I’ve given my all to you. Are you still holding a grudge because I rejected you back then?
"What exactly do you want me to do? What will it take for you to be satisfied and finally let go of this resentment?
"I told you before that we could try things out once we got to university; I never gave you a hard no. Do you have any idea how many boys I turned down for your sake in high school? You should know, I gave you all their love letters.
"Why do you think I chose to be your deskmate for two years straight, starting in our sophomore year? Did you really think it was just because you could help me with my homework? Li Yuan, do you have any idea what a girl needs, or what she worries about?
"Did you think I chose to be with you for the money? You know there were plenty of rich guys chasing me in high school. Did I say yes to any of them? Did I even speak a single word to them?
"Li Yuan, if that’s really how you see me, then let me out of the car. Let’s break up right now. Let’s pretend we never even met."
Bai Weixi’s tone grew more and more furious as all her pent-up frustration burst forth, tears streaming down her cheeks.
Li Yuan was stunned by her intense reaction. He had just been speaking casually. Had he struck a nerve and completely broken through her defenses?
He quickly reached for her hand, but she slapped it away again.
"Bai, I’m sorry, that’s not what I meant."
Bai Weixi stared at him blankly. "Then what did you mean?
"Besides not immediately accepting your confession right after the college entrance exams, what else did I do wrong?"
