Pursuing Her Best Friend after Confession Failed-Chapter 395 - 168: From Best Friends to Love Rivals, Bai Weixi Collapses_2

This reminded her of a terrifying possibility, and Li Zixia suddenly shivered. She muttered to herself, her eyes widening in shock.

It can't be, can it? Please, please don't tell me that this beautiful woman is also one of my scumbag brother's girlfriends. Am I getting yet another sister-in-law? There's Zhijin, Weixi, and now this Tingyue... How on earth does my brother deserve three such beautiful girlfriends? And then there's 'Love Eating Cilantro,' who often leaves comments on my brother's social media page... She might be involved with him, too...

Li Zixia's mind raced as she observed the reactions of Zhong Tingyue and Gu Lanxin. She had a sinking feeling that she had guessed right. She took a long look at the haggard Zhong Tingyue, who resembled a delicate, ailing beauty, and suddenly felt a pang of pity for her. It was a shame she had to run into a scumbag like her brother.

Li Zixia felt she had to say something. She spoke up sweetly, "Miss, do you know my brother, too?"

The moment Li Zixia spoke, Zhong Tingyue was not the only one taken aback. Bai Weixi also looked between them in confusion, a terrible premonition rising in her heart. Zhong Tingyue stared at Li Zixia, whose face was still childish but already held the promise of a great beauty. Her expression froze and her mind became a tangled mess. Shaking her head slightly, she offered a single, terse reply.

"I don't know him!"

Bai Weixi breathed a sigh of relief and Gu Lanxin frowned. Li Zixia, however, became even more certain that there was a story between this woman and her scumbag brother.

Zhong Tingyue suddenly looked at Bai Weixi again, forcing a faint smile onto her pale face.

"Weixi, I wish you both happiness."

Before Bai Weixi could respond, Zhong Tingyue's body trembled. She turned to Gu Lanxin and said bitterly, "Mom, let's go back."

Gu Lanxin gave Bai Weixi a long, searching look and sighed again, momentarily at a loss for what to do. She could only support Zhong Tingyue as they walked toward the building. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

Bai Weixi stood dumbfounded, rooted to the spot as she watched the mother and daughter leave. She, too, had noticed that something was wrong. Zhong Tingyue's words, "I wish you both happiness," were clearly pointed.

Li Zixia nudged Bai Weixi's arm and whispered, "Weixi?"

Bai Weixi snapped back to her senses. Looking a bit flustered, she answered absentmindedly, "Zixia, what is it?"

Thinking of her brother's scummy behavior, Li Zixia couldn't bring herself to leave it at that. She boldly asked, "Weixi, what if... and I'm just saying what if... my brother..."

The words were on the tip of her tongue, but Li Zixia didn't know how to continue. It was the 21st century. Her brother's behavior of two-timing—or three-timing—was completely unacceptable.

There was Zhijin, Weixi, and that stunningly beautiful girl, Tingyue. Each one of them was gorgeous. Having even one of them as a girlfriend would be a tremendous blessing, yet her scumbag brother was dating all three simultaneously.

"What if what? Go on, Zixia," Bai Weixi urged curiously, seeing her trail off.

Li Zixia scratched her head, feeling like it was about to explode. My brother's girlfriends are all so smart and exceptional, all top students from the same university. I just don't get what he's thinking. Even if you're going to be a scumbag, shouldn't you at least pick girls from different cities, or at the very least, different universities? But no. He managed to have three girlfriends from the same school, two of whom are best friends and roommates! This web of relationships is too much for my little brain to comprehend. What on earth was my scumbag brother thinking? Did he find life too easy and decide to crank up the difficulty? Or did he just become a womanizer after making a fortune writing his novel?

She figured the latter was more likely. After all, her brother had crazily pursued Bai Weixi for three years in high school.

'A man turns bad the moment he gets rich.' It's completely true.

Li Zixia had intended to probe further, but she stopped herself. This mess was something her scumbag brother had to solve on his own. As a girl who'd never even been in a relationship, she had no business getting tangled up in such complicated emotional affairs.

"Ahem. Weixi, I... I suddenly forgot what I was going to say."

Bai Weixi was speechless, her curiosity thoroughly piqued. Her mind was also a mess, full of questions she desperately wanted answered.

Before, she had never given it much thought because she trusted Li Yuan's feelings for her. A man had pursued her for three years, starting from their first year of high school. They had even been deskmates for two of those years. For her, he had faced the immense pressure of retaking the college entrance exam just to enroll in the same university. She found it impossible to imagine that he would cheat on her—especially with her own roommate—right after she had finally said yes and they had just started dating.

The young woman and the teenage girl walked toward the elevator, each lost in her own thoughts.

...

Meanwhile, the moment she was out of Bai Weixi's line of sight, Zhong Tingyue could no longer contain her emotions. She squatted on the ground, hugging her knees as tears streamed down her face, her body shivering uncontrollably.

Seeing her beloved daughter in this state broke Gu Lanxin's heart. She squatted down as well, gathering Zhong Tingyue into her arms and patting her gently on the back. "Little Moon, there's no hurdle we can't overcome. If it comes to it, just break up with him.

"You must never wrong yourself, and don't you dare have any dark thoughts. I only have you to rely on now.

"Why must we, mother and daughter, both face the same choices? Why is our fate so bitter?"