Pursuing Her Best Friend after Confession Failed-Chapter 27 - 26: The Green Tea’s Indirect Rescue, Heading to Modu
Li Yuan was also a bit perplexed. He had been prepared to ignore Bai Weixi, so why was she suddenly fawning over him?
This definitely isn’t the proper conduct for a master-level green tea. Could it be that at this stage, Bai Weixi hasn’t started turning into one yet?
University is a great dye vat, especially in a place like Modu. The city’s dazzling lights, luxuries, and constant barrage of information could easily lead a good girl astray.
Does Bai Weixi really have a thing for me?
The thought had no sooner surfaced than Li Yuan forcefully banished it, cursing himself for being a love-struck fool.
It’s all an illusion, a front put on by Bai Weixi. Li Yuan, you can’t fall for it again.
Never forget your original goal. In this life, you will live freely and unrestrainedly. To hell with the consequences...
Regaining his composure, Li Yuan nonchalantly returned Xu Zhi’s phone and said calmly, "So? What does this have to do with me?"
Seeing Li Yuan’s unruffled expression, Xu Zhi had the urge to punch him and grind his face into the dirt.
Go on, keep putting on that act. Just have to show off in front of the bros, don’t you?
Xu Zhi gave him a thumbs-up and exclaimed, "Yuan, you’re incredible. School Beauty Bai is now trying to get to you through a roundabout route, and she’s come to me."
"Compared to you, we’re just clueless fools. You’re on a whole other level. Way too high."
Li Yuan just smiled indifferently and shook his head. "So this is your great beauty, huh? How boring. And here I thought I was about to start a sweet romance."
Wang Shuai’s eyes widened. "Yuan, that’s Bai Weixi we’re talking about! The beauty of our high school, a goddess to countless people, and the solid number one on my personal beauty rankings! That smug look on your face is just begging for a beating. Zhen, don’t you guys agree?"
After seeing the message on Xu Zhi’s phone, Yang Zhen also felt that Li Yuan deserved a good thrashing.
"Yuan, are you really planning to cut all ties with School Beauty Bai?"
Xu Zhi pouted, an expression on his face that suggested he had seen through it all.
"Zhen, how can you not understand him? Bai Weixi is Yuan’s one true love. How could he possibly bear to cut her off completely?"
"He applied to Daxia University for her sake, risking a lower-tier placement or even having to repeat a year."
"I get it now! It’s Yuan’s classic push-and-pull strategy. Is that how you chase girls? You have to be hot and cold, keeping them close but distant, to finally win them over?"
Wang Shuai scoffed, "Heh, ignore him. Yuan’s just a hypocrite whose actions don’t match his words. I’ll bet you that as soon as we get to university, he’ll be wagging his tail and fawning all over her again."
"Get lost, all of you. Bai Weixi isn’t my type."
Li Yuan waved down a taxi. "A real man likes them big."
"Likes them big?"
Wang Shuai’s eyes lit up as he chuckled. "Yuan, great minds think alike. I also like older, more mature women."
"Get lost! Have you been reading too much about Cao Cao?" Li Yuan cursed laughingly, making a cupping motion with his hands as if grabbing two large balloons before ducking into the taxi. "I’m talking about physically big. Physically, understand, you moron?"
"But School Beauty Bai isn’t exactly small, is she?"
"Oh, shut up. How would you know? It’s not like you’ve tried." 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺
"Huh? Yuan, does that mean you have?"
...
The DMV was located in the northwest corner of the county, very close to Chunlei Driving School.
The four of them went into the main hall, showed their IDs, paid twenty yuan each, and received the first official license of their lives.
With this document, they could finally drive legally. Driving without one was just too risky.
"My first real license. Now all I need is a car," Wang Shuai said, quite excited as he held his driver’s license up to the sunlight. "Even my ID photo looks so handsome. I could cry from my own handsomeness. I wonder which lucky lady will get to have me."
Li Yuan walked over and gave him a kick. "Stop being so disgusting. Just make sure you don’t end up wasting it on some girl from a shady hair salon."
Wang Shuai’s eyes glinted slyly as he snickered. "Hey, fellas, let’s make a bet. Who finds a new girlfriend first in university?"
Xu Zhi was about to say he already had a girlfriend but then realized Wang Shuai had specified a "new" one.
He immediately shot Wang Shuai a malicious glare. "Handsome guy, just because you’re single, don’t go trying to break us up."
Wang Shuai pouted. Xu Zhi was always giving off the sickeningly sweet stench of love lately.
"Dazhi, do you know why people have two feet?"
"Duh. Two feet are for walking, obviously. Can you walk on just one?"
Wang Shuai patted Xu Zhi’s arm and reminded him meaningfully, "Exactly. So if a person needs two feet to walk, how can one girlfriend ever be enough?"
"Am I right, Yuan?"
Li Yuan was genuinely impressed with Wang Shuai. To come up with such a profound principle at his age... it resonated deeply with him.
If Bai Weixi can cultivate a whole pond of fish, then what’s wrong with a tall, handsome, rich guy like me keeping a few spare tires, just in case? A car has four tires, so shouldn’t I get four spares? If one tire goes flat, I can just swap it out and keep on driving. I can’t let my brand-new driver’s license go to waste, right?
The four of them joked around as they ate lunch at a streetside food stall, with Wang Shuai treating.
Xu Zhi said with feeling, "School starts in half a month. I’m so excited to see what university life is like!"
Li Yuan chimed in, "College students... they’re very skilled."
Xu Zhi’s eyes widened as the implication dawned on him. "Holy shit, Yuan, I feel like you’re making an innuendo!"
Wang Shuai curled his lip. "What do you mean, ’feel like’? Every word out of Yuan’s mouth is him flooring it!"
"Still, I’m curious, Yuan. How would you know college students are so skilled? Have you tried one?"
Yang Zhen interjected, "Yuan is an old pro hiding in plain sight. Are you guys only just figuring that out?"
"For all we know, Yuan’s little bird of youth flew the coop a long time ago."
Li Yuan simply smiled enigmatically and used his chopsticks to put a piece of black wood ear fungus in his mouth.
It was perfectly crisp, with no fishy taste. Truly authentic.
...
After bidding farewell to his friends, Li Yuan took his driver’s license and headed home.
Once everything was ready, Li Yuan grabbed his laptop, driver’s license, admission letter, and ID card. The family of four then headed straight for Modu on a long-distance coach.
At the time, there was no high-speed rail connecting the surrounding cities and counties to Modu, making the coach a convenient, if lengthy, option. The journey, full of stops and starts, took nearly ten hours.
Arriving in Modu from their small county town felt like stepping into another world.
By then, Modu was already an international metropolis, though not yet on par with Beijing. Skyscrapers pierced the clouds, and a kaleidoscope of neon lights shone brightly enough to compete with the starry sky.
"Bro, is this Modu? The buildings are so tall and beautiful, and the air is so fresh! It smells like freedom."
Li Zixia took a deep breath of the Modu air, her face a mask of pure bliss.
Hearing this, Li Yuan’s eyes narrowed, and he playfully cornered her against a wall. "What freedom? That’s the smell of money."
"You see all those skyscrapers? Do you know what they represent?"
Li Zixia looked at her brother, feeling wronged. "What do they represent?"
"Endless wealth!"
Li Heng frowned and chided him, "Yuan, stop talking about money all the time. You’re still young. You should have your own dreams, not be a money-worshipper."
Xia Qin wanted to argue on her son’s behalf, but she ultimately held her tongue.
Li Heng was right. Li Yuan had become a bit too materialistic lately, prioritizing money above all else. That wasn’t the right mindset for a young man who had just graduated from high school and was about to enter university.
Li Yuan didn’t argue back, feeling awkward. Even though I’ve been reborn, how could my values possibly change? In my past life, I suffered more than enough from being penniless.
This dazzling, decadent metropolis was called Modu, the Demon City, for a reason. It was because this city possessed a demonic power, one that subtly corrupted the minds of the millions who lived here, all of whom became possessed by the pursuit of wealth.
