Pursuing Her Best Friend after Confession Failed-Chapter 236 - 128: Selling Game Rights, Negotiating with Little Moon (Combined - , Please Subscribe) - Part 2
This is what it takes to be a devoted playboy: you must spread your affection evenly and not favor one over the other.
Of course, his own skill level wasn’t high enough to juggle them all at once.
Li Yuan asked, "Little Moon, want to go out for lunch together?"
Zhong Tingyue replied immediately, without a hint of hesitation, "Just the two of us? Shouldn’t we invite Tingrou and Shanshan?"
I specifically want to avoid them so I don’t blow my cover. That’s why I turned down lunch with all of you in the first place.
"Little Moon, don’t you think having a few third wheels around would be an eyesore? Let’s go out to eat, just the two of us."
"Senior Li Yuan, I think you’re up to no good. You promised you’d eat with them before."
"I am a perfect gentleman. I’ll treat your roommates another day. Today, I’m asking just you out. Do you have time?"
"Mm-hmm. So, where should we meet?"
Li Yuan almost said, "In front of your dormitory," but then thought it might be unsafe. He replied, "Let’s meet at the school’s north gate. I’ll wait for you there."
"Okay, I’ll head back to my dorm first. See you there."
"OK."
After ending his chat with Zhong Tingyue, Li Yuan’s eyes lit up. An idea for the afternoon’s negotiation with Wangyi Company over the game’s copyright quickly formed in his mind. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺
He was reluctant to give up on a perfect Goddess like Zhong Tingyue, yet he was unsure how to attract her.
Although they had kissed twice, their relationship hadn’t been firmly established; both times had been a matter of coincidence.
If he only relied on the sad story he had fabricated and the song he wrote, ’Nanshan South,’ his cover would eventually be blown, which could backfire.
Up to now, their relationship remained in the ambiguous phase of "more than friends, not yet lovers." They were just circling each other, and without a special opportunity, it would be difficult for things to progress.
Li Yuan had already conceived "Operation: Conquer Little Moon," but he still had no clear idea how to implement it.
Zhong Tingyue’s situation was completely different from that of Bai Weixi, Xia Zhijin, or Jiang Zhiyu.
He had already claimed first blood with Bai Weixi, so he didn’t need to worry about her for the time being.
He could win over Xia Zhijin at any moment; he just wanted to be more considerate of her feelings. Given her personality, she was practically defenseless against him. If he had really insisted last night, Xia Zhijin would have given in...
As for Little Fish, the top-ranked wealthy girl, Li Yuan didn’t dare get too close. This little heiress seemed naive, lively, and cheerful, as if she didn’t have a scheming bone in her body. However, her unfathomable background made Li Yuan hesitate. If he truly wronged her, he could end up dumped in a river without anyone even noticing. After all, this was 2008...
Maintaining an ambiguous relationship and being her "nominal," one-sided boyfriend was good enough.
As for Zhong Tingyue, her family background was likely complicated. They might not be an elite, wealthy family, but they held some social standing, meaning she probably wasn’t free to make her own decisions. She also held a fatal attraction for Li Yuan, making her the most difficult of the four girls to conquer...
As Li Yuan thought about this, he suddenly gave a bitter, self-deprecating smile. No wonder I was led on for seven years in my past life by a girl like Bai Weixi, who didn’t even seem that skilled. Maybe I just have low emotional intelligence, a tendency to be a simp, and I’m a hopeless romantic at heart...
Damn it! In other novels, all sorts of beautiful women throw themselves at the reincarnated protagonist. But here I am, still having to scheme and chase after them. The difference in class is just too vast...
He typed a little more, then glanced at the time. It was already 11:30 AM. He quickly washed his face, brushed his teeth, styled his hair, and changed into an Armani suit and leather dress shoes. Grabbing his LV men’s wallet, he finally left the dorm.
Today wasn’t just his first solo lunch date with Zhong Tingyue; he also had to negotiate a massive deal worth tens of millions, perhaps even a hundred million, with Wangyi Company. If he didn’t dress formally, he’d be looked down upon right from the start.
He couldn’t be bothered with the whole "playing the pig to eat the tiger" trope. With his height, looks, and aura, he simply couldn’t pass for a pig, no matter how one looked at it...
「Mei Yuan, Girls’ Dorm A-1314」
Xu Tingrou watched as Zhong Tingyue meticulously applied her makeup and asked in surprise, "Tingyue, why are you putting on light makeup and dressing up so carefully in the middle of the day? Are you going on a date?"
Ding Shanshan was also overcome with curiosity. She marveled at Zhong Tingyue, who was wearing black stockings with a JK skirt, her beautiful black hair draped over her shoulders. Dressed so exquisitely, she looked like a perfect Goddess. "Tingyue, if you walk around campus dressed like that, you’ll make every boy we pass swoon! Hurry up and tell us, who are you going on a date with? Is it that genius childhood friend of yours?"
Having just sent a text to Li Yuan that read, "Honey, want to have lunch together?" Bai Weixi also glanced at Zhong Tingyue with a bit of surprise.
Even with her pride and aesthetic standards, she had to admit that Zhong Tingyue was the kind of girl who was perfect in every conceivable way.
"Tingyue, are you going on a date with your boyfriend?"
Zhong Tingyue blew her hair dry for a moment, then turned to her roommates with a radiant smile. "Don’t be silly," she chuckled, "he’s not my boyfriend yet."
Ding Shanshan pouted playfully. "Oh, come on. ’He’s not my boyfriend yet?’ Who would believe that? We don’t have class this afternoon. Tingyue, are you even coming back tonight? Are you going to stay out all night like Weixi?"
