Pursuing Her Best Friend after Confession Failed

Liang Jingjing looked at her best friend, gently tapped her on the head, and spoke with a tone filled with tough love. "Siyu, are you silly? If Li Yuan is willing to give it to you, why wouldn’t you take it?"

Qi Siyu didn’t answer, remaining silent. She always felt that if she accepted Li Yuan’s money, it would be like she was being kept by him...

Seeing her friend’s silence, Liang Jingjing stared at Qi Siyu’s face and earnestly advised, "Siyu, I know you like Li Yuan for his talent and his looks, but as women, we sometimes have to think about ourselves. We’ve known each other for so long, so I’m going to say something harsh. Please don’t take it to heart. Do you think Li Yuan will marry you?"

Hearing Liang Jingjing’s question, Qi Siyu trembled violently and swayed, nearly collapsing.

"Siyu, we aren’t young anymore, and Li Yuan is several years younger than us. Of course, age isn’t an issue; relationships with younger men are everywhere. Teacher-student relationships are also very common." Fearing her best friend was in too deep, Liang Jingjing continued to persuade her earnestly. "The key is that Li Yuan has several other girlfriends. Every single one of them is impressive, and they’re all very young..."

There was one thing Liang Jingjing didn’t have the heart to say aloud. Based on her observations, Li Yuan’s relationships with his other girlfriends were very strong. Her best friend stood no chance of competing with them.

Liang Jingjing was about to say more when Qi Siyu spoke. "Don’t say any more. I understand everything you’re saying. I just want to be with the person I like, regardless of the outcome. I have no intention of him marrying me. When I’m old and my beauty has faded, I’ll leave on my own. Being in love doesn’t mean it has to have a specific outcome, right?"

Liang Jingjing fell silent, her mind suddenly drifting to her own past relationships. Weren’t they just as Siyu described, all ending without a result? Her friend might be a romantic, but she wasn’t stupid. Quite the opposite, she was painfully realistic. From high school through university, graduate school, and now work, she had always been completely clear-headed. As far as Jingjing knew, Siyu had been pursued by plenty of rich and handsome men, but she’d turned them all down without exception. Then Li Yuan appeared. It was as if she’d finally met the right one, and she dove in headfirst without hesitation.

Liang Jingjing looked at Qi Siyu with admiration. "Siyu, maybe you’re right. A relationship doesn’t have to end in marriage. The most important thing is whether the journey itself makes you happy."

Qi Siyu glanced at Liang Jingjing. "Jingjing, sometimes I wonder if Li Yuan and I can go the distance. But since I’ve made my choice, I’ll see it through to the end, even if I end up shattered to pieces. As long as I’ve loved, I won’t have any regrets."

Liang Jingjing’s gaze fell on the wet wipes and tissues in the nearby trash can. Remembering the peculiar smell she had noticed upon entering, she teased meaningfully, "Siyu, I don’t know if you’ll be shattered to pieces later, but I bet your whole body felt like jelly just now, right?"

Qi Siyu looked startled for a moment before she understood her friend’s teasing. Her face instantly flushed beet red. With a hint of awkwardness, she pretended to be fierce and lunged at Liang Jingjing. "You little devil, what are you rambling on about?"

Liang Jingjing pursed her lips and snickered, putting on an "I get it" expression. "TSK, TSK, Siyu. How did it feel, doing ’it’ in the office? Was it incredibly thrilling?"

"You little devil, are you still going on about it?"

The two best friends teased each other for a while until the school day ended. At Liang Jingjing’s insistence, Qi Siyu went to the ATM next to the campus to check the balance on the bank card from Li Yuan.

When she saw the balance on the screen, Qi Siyu froze on the spot, stunned. Her body began to tremble uncontrollably.

Liang Jingjing urged from the side, "Siyu, how much is it? Hurry up and tell me!"

Qi Siyu remained speechless. Her mind was in turmoil, like a stormy sea. She never imagined Li Yuan would put so much money on a card for her. She recalled something Li Yuan had mentioned just before hanging up—that she should go look at some cars...

When Qi Siyu didn’t say a word, a curious Liang Jingjing squeezed in beside her to look at the numbers on the ATM screen. "One zero, two zeros... six zeros... What? There’s two million in this card?"