Pursuing Her Best Friend after Confession Failed-Chapter 385 - 165: Little Fish’s Sad Diary, TV Station Interview_4

The interview proceeded quickly with a series of questions and answers. Having prepared his script beforehand, Li Yuan responded fluently. His answers were official and formulaic, avoiding any particularly sensational topics. Before long, the interview segment was concluded.

Fang Jueqing blinked, a playful glint appearing in her beautiful eyes. She looked at Li Yuan, and her lips parted in a charming smile.

"Xia Hua, I’d like to ask you a more personal question," she said. "Do you have a girlfriend right now?"

The moment she finished speaking, the venue fell silent. Hundreds of people waited with bated breath for Li Yuan’s response, especially a number of female readers who were visibly nervous and curious. His friends—Liu Jia, Wu Hao, Wang Jierong, and Fang Yanni—were equally curious about how he would answer during a televised interview. Even some of his book fans, like ’Warm Sun After the Storm,’ who knew about his relationship with Jiang Zhiyu, waited expectantly.

Li Yuan glanced at Fang Jueqing, who was still staring at him intently. He had the strange feeling that this rather attractive female reporter was giving him an odd look. Of course, he could also be suffering from the common affliction all men are prone to—she likes me.

Li Yuan looked out at the hundreds of readers below the stage. Just as he was about to answer, his gaze swept across the crowd and he caught sight of a familiar face. He couldn’t be more familiar with this young, stunningly beautiful face—it was Little Fish, the very person he had just been thinking about.

Excitement surged through him, and Li Yuan shot to his feet, staring in her direction. But when he focused his eyes, she was already gone.

「...」

When Fang Jueqing had asked Li Yuan if he had a girlfriend, Jiang Zhiyu couldn’t help but step out from her hiding spot, wanting to see his answer for herself. She never expected that in that very instant, their gazes would meet as if they were telepathically connected. She immediately shrank back again.

Jiang Zhiyu’s heart hammered in her chest like a startled deer; she knew Li Yuan had definitely seen her. With red-rimmed eyes and tear stains still fresh on her cheeks, she ducked into a corner and continued to listen for his answer.

Up on stage, after seeing Little Fish, Li Yuan quietly sighed in relief, and a smile returned to his face. Her being here meant she still couldn’t let him go. It meant this wasn’t the end. If she hadn’t come at all, treating him like a stranger, he would have been heartbroken. That would have meant their fate together had truly run its course.

Scoundrels are always so greedy!

Looking at the expectant faces of his fans, Li Yuan raised the microphone. With a faint smile, his clear, strong voice carried throughout the entire venue.

"I know everyone is curious about whether I have a girlfriend, and I can give you all a definite answer. I do have a girlfriend. She’s here in the audience right now, but for certain reasons, she doesn’t want to reveal herself."

When Li Yuan gave such a definitive answer, the ones who were most shocked weren’t his university classmates like Liu Jia and Wang Jierong, who were familiar with his situation. It was Jiang Zhiyu, listening silently from her corner.

At that moment, Jiang Zhiyu’s mind went completely blank, with only a single thought echoing inside.

Xia Hua... he’s confessing to me in public.

She had been waiting for this day ever since they first met. She had confessed to Li Yuan countless times—in QQ messages, through online posts, over the phone, and even face-to-face. But never once had she heard a clear reply from him. She never imagined that he would confess to her on such an occasion—in front of hundreds of his fans and the reporters from Modu TV Station.

Her emotions, like a rollercoaster, shot from the lowest valley to the highest peak in an instant.

Jiang Zhiyu’s sorrow turned to joy, and a wide smile bloomed across her face, revealing her dimples. Her beautiful eyes gazed at Li Yuan on the stage, and she suddenly had the overwhelming urge to rush out, get on that stage, and give him a huge hug.

Fang Jueqing subconsciously scanned the crowd but didn’t spot anyone out of the ordinary. There weren’t many female readers, only twenty or thirty, and some of them could have just been passersby. Suddenly, her gaze fell upon Wang Jierong in the crowd. Wang Jierong was dressed fashionably and sexily in a flamboyant outfit that left her shoulders bare. She was, admittedly, quite attractive.

Could it be her? Fang Jueqing wondered. Her gaze lingered on Wang Jierong for only a moment before she turned her head back and smiled at Li Yuan.

"Xia Hua, whoever gets to be your girlfriend will surely be very happy," she said. "Of course, there might be a lot of trouble too, since you’re so outstanding you easily attract other girls... Just kidding, of course."

"And with that, today’s interview comes to a close! Thank you, everyone! Thank you to Yuandian Web, thank you to Fang Zheng Publishing House, and a special thanks to the great Xia Hua for his support..."

The interview had barely ended when, spurred on by a few instigators, the crowd erupted into enthusiastic chants, "Xia Hua, give us a song! Xia Hua, give us a song!"

Did I really sing that well? Li Yuan wondered. Are these fans trying to put me on the spot and embarrass me?

The host, Wu Wenhui, cleared his throat with a cough, interrupting the crowd’s unified chant. The official program for the book signing wasn’t over yet. The interview with Modu TV Station was merely the first step. Next, he was to introduce Yuandian Web.

"Here at Yuandian Web, we are dedicated to becoming the leader of the online literature industry in our country. We provide an excellent, fair, and just creative environment and platform for all our writers, and we offer our readers a vast selection of high-quality books..."

Wu Wenhui spoke at length about the history and advantages of Yuandian Web. Down below, the audience grew drowsy, their quiet murmurs making their disinterest obvious. Accustomed to this sort of reaction, Wu Wenhui maintained his professional smile, his expression otherwise unchanging.

"Next, let’s welcome Boss Zheng from Fang Zheng Publishing House for the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Xia Hua’s new book! Let’s give a warm round of applause for Boss Zheng from Fang Zheng Publishing House!"

The applause was sparse. Everyone was still waiting for Li Yuan to sing, their excitement having been thoroughly stoked by the cheers and their own mounting curiosity.

Zheng Kaimo walked calmly to the center of the stage. Staff members had already neatly arranged a stack of the first volume of the hardcover edition of *Battle Starry Sky*. The books were draped with a red silk cloth emblazoned with the logos of Yuandian Web and Fang Zheng Publishing House.

"Welcome, friends, to the official *Battle Starry Sky* book signing, hosted jointly by Yuandian Web and Fang Zheng Publishing House," Zheng Kaimo announced.

"And now, let us invite Xia Hua, CEO Wu, Reporter Fang, and Starry Sky to cut the ribbon for this batch of hardcover editions. Everyone, please come up on stage."

Li Yuan smiled and stepped forward, his eyes still searching the corner where he’d seen her. Little Fish seemed to have vanished, but he was certain she hadn’t left the venue.

As Zheng Kaimo finished speaking, background music began to play. A staff member brought out a tray of scissors, and photographers began snapping pictures. As Li Yuan, Wu Wenhui, Fang Jueqing, and the others snipped with their scissors, the red silk cloth fell away, revealing the true appearance of the special hardcover editions meant for the signing. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Dear readers, please form an orderly queue to come up on stage and receive your hardcover edition. Due to production costs, each book is fifty yuan."

After speaking, Zheng Kaimo turned and smiled at Li Yuan. "I’ll have to trouble you now, Xia Hua. It’s a lot of work to sign for all the readers."