Rejected by the Campus Belle, I Find My True Love-Chapter 169 - 168: Don’t Tell Xue Yang About the Favor I Did for You
Cui Hao figured the answer would be the same.
To his surprise, Chen Ying replied with a slight smile, "Is that so? In that case, I’ll have to trouble Junior Brother Cui to give me a ride."
He was speechless. I should have kept my mouth shut.
How could Cui Hao bring himself to refuse such a beautiful girl? "Senior Sister, let me help you with your luggage."
"Thank you."
Cui Hao hailed a taxi and placed her suitcase in the trunk. Chen Ying, holding her own bag, got into the car first. Then, Cui Hao opened the front passenger door and sat down.
"Sir, to the train station, please."
The atmosphere during the drive was quite awkward. Cui Hao found he didn’t even know how to start a conversation with Chen Ying. Everyone said she was aloof and didn’t like talking to people, but he had only casually asked if she needed a ride, and she had accepted.
Of course, Cui Hao wasn’t narcissistic enough to think she was interested in him. It’s one hundred percent because I’m friends with Xue Yang.
"Cui Hao, aren’t you guys developing a new game? How’s it going?"
In the game, the character Daji was modeled after Chen Ying. It was a perfect fit, and Cui Hao couldn’t help but admire Xue Yang’s impeccable taste. He had been the one to later negotiate the likeness agreement with Chen Ying, and the process had gone very smoothly. That was when Cui Hao’s opinion of her had started to change.
"The beta version of the game is out now. Our main goal is to find people to help us promote it."
"I have quite a few followers on Weibo—hundreds of thousands of them. I can help you guys promote it."
Hundreds of thousands of followers? She was a major influencer.
Cui Hao’s eyes lit up. "Really? Thank you so much, Senior Sister Chen!"
"Don’t mention it; it’s no trouble at all. Let’s add each other on QQ first. You can send the game to my phone later. I don’t have much to do when I get home, so I can help you with an initial promotional push."
Cui Hao immediately took out his phone and added Chen Ying on QQ. He casually clicked into her profile and saw that her QQ Space seemed quite empty. She had barely made any posts. Her visitor count, however, was quite high. He figured they were all drawn in by her reputation, only to find the campus belle’s QQ Space was bare and then promptly leave.
It was hard to imagine that such a person had hundreds of thousands of followers on Weibo. Cui Hao was very curious about what she usually posted.
"Senior Sister, what’s your Weibo username? I want to be your newest follower."
"Firefly Embracing the Moon."
Cui Hao was stunned. "’Firefly Embracing the Moon’ is actually you, Senior Sister!"
"You know of it?" Chen Ying seemed a little surprised as well.
"To be honest, Senior Sister, I’m already a follower."
The "Firefly Embracing the Moon" account was mainly known for posting inspirational articles. Sometimes, when Cui Hao felt lost, he would read them. He never would have imagined that the author was actually Chen Ying. That’s a huge shock... no, ’unexpected’ is a better word for it.
"Thank you for following."
The person he’d been so unimpressed with had just transformed into someone he admired. Cui Hao was completely dumbfounded.
"When I get back from the break, I’ll bring you some specialties from my hometown. They’re really delicious."
"That sounds great, thank you."
"You’re helping me out so much, Senior Sister. It’s the least I can do. If you say thank you again, you’re being too formal."
Chen Ying smiled. She was already beautiful, and her smile seemed to pierce right through to one’s soul, making Cui Hao’s heart pound.
Then, he heard her say, "Cui Hao, don’t tell Xue Yang that I’m helping you with the promotion."
When she spoke, a clear trace of loneliness tinged her voice. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚
"I’ll have a contract drawn up for you, Senior Sister, and we’ll pay you according to the standard market rate."
"There’s no need. Really. I just genuinely want to help him."
Cui Hao opened his mouth to say something, but ultimately said nothing at all. He had previously felt that Chen Ying was always stringing Xue Yang along, giving him hope only to let him down, and he had been pretty indifferent toward her. But now... it seemed the situation wasn’t as bad as Xue Yang believed. Perhaps she really did like Xue Yang but just couldn’t make up her mind to accept him.
Unfortunately, it was too late for any of that now. Xue Yang already had a girlfriend, and they were deeply in love. You could tell just by reading *My Precious Boy*. Their love story moved hundreds of thousands, even millions of people. They were all hoping to see them get together and witness the girl get into the same university as Xue Yang next year.
"Senior Sister, do you read novels?" Cui Hao suddenly asked.
"I do."
"When you have time, you should check out *My Precious Boy*. It’s a really good novel, and the relationship between the main characters is very moving."
"Xiao Ya mentioned it before, but I’ve been too busy to read it. Since you’ve brought it up, I’ll look for it when I get home."
"Senior Sister, you really have to read it. The relationship between the main characters is incredibly touching."
"Okay."
Chen Ying found his insistence a bit strange, but after a moment’s thought, she decided not to ask any more questions. Could Cui Hao possibly know the author of this novel?
Even though they had missed the holiday travel rush, the train station was still packed since it was the end of the year. To say it was a sea of people would be an understatement. Cui Hao usually traveled by car or plane and had never seen a crowd this massive.
"Senior Sister, there are so many people. Will you be okay on your own?"
Truthfully, it was quite unsafe for a girl as beautiful as Chen Ying to travel by train alone.
"It’s fine. I was alone when I came, so I’m used to it. Thank you for seeing me off."
After waving goodbye to Cui Hao, Chen Ying plunged into the crowd and quickly disappeared from view. Cui Hao stood there for a moment. Instead of hailing a taxi, he found a nearby internet café to get online and contact some gaming influencers to help promote their game.
"Alright, two lovely ladies, the new car’s on the road. Where to?"
"Didn’t we say we wanted to check out your office? How about today?"
"Sure."
Xue Yang gripped the steering wheel, made a U-turn at the next corner, and headed toward Yanbei University.
Half an hour later, the Audi parked in front of an office building. In Yancheng, where luxury cars were a common sight, the Audi didn’t particularly stand out. What made people stop and stare were the three beautiful and handsome young people who stepped out of it. Any one of them appearing alone would cause a stir; the three of them together was a truly stunning sight.
"This way, lovely ladies."
Xue Yang led them into the elevator and up to their office on the 8th floor. While she waited for Xue Yang to unlock the door, Si Wen glanced around. "So this is your office? It looks pretty basic."
"We’re just starting out, so it’s a bit spartan, but that’s okay. I believe that one day, our office will become a landmark in this city."
Si Wen glanced at Lin Xi, then remarked, "Pretty ambitious."
