Pursuing Her Best Friend after Confession Failed

Upon hearing Chu Yanyan finally agree, Zhang Xiulan and Sun Junjun were overjoyed. They hugged her arms from either side, leaned in, and kissed both of her cheeks.

"MWAH! Yanyan, darling, you’re the best!"

***

Two days went by in a flash. During that time, the various arrangements for the "Milk Tea Girl" awards night were mainly handled by Zhong Tingyue, Bai Weixi, and Xia Zhijin.

As for Li Yuan, he was busy rehearsing with his hired band for what would be his first-ever "solo concert." Many fans had spent thousands on expensive tickets for this awards night just to see him perform. If his live performance was poor, it would have a terrible impact on the massive fanbase he had worked so hard to build and would become a black mark on his record.

Although he didn’t plan to pursue a career in the entertainment industry, having so many loyal fans would help him grow future ventures quickly, whether in gaming, food delivery, or short videos. It was just like the Tea Color Moonlight tea shop; without the support of his large fanbase, it never would have grown so fast. This business model was one that others couldn’t easily imitate, even if he were willing to teach them step-by-step. It all came down to personal influence. As for the quality and service of the tea, those were secondary—merely the icing on the cake.

***

「On the afternoon of January 5th」

The plaza in front of Longyu Building was already packed with people and surrounded by a huge number of fans. As the organizers, all of the major Tea Color Moonlight shops would be broadcasting the awards night live. In addition, the event would be live-streamed by Modu TV Station and other online media on a massive electronic screen, dozens of meters high, on the exterior of Longyu Building. The stage inside the Longyu Grand Hotel, which could accommodate about 3,000 people, had been completely transformed.

Li Yuan, along with Zhong Tingyue, Bai Weixi, Xia Zhijin, and Su Yunting, was making the final preparations.

Li Yuan asked, "Bai, is all the prize money ready for distribution?"

Bai Weixi nodded. "Mhm, it’s all ready. For the top ten winners, carrying that much cash would be inconvenient, so we’ll present them with medals and transfer the money to their bank accounts on the spot.

"As for the others, we’ll directly hand them their prize of 10,000 in cash."

Zhong Tingyue added, "This method of distributing cash isn’t very safe. If you hadn’t insisted, Senior, I would have suggested transferring it all to their bank accounts."

Li Yuan smiled slightly. "I know, but handing out physical cash has more of a shock factor. It’ll be better for hyping up the atmosphere.

"Besides, it’s only 10,000 per person. Each winner can bring three people with them. Surely they can look after 10,000, right?"

The girls laughed at his reasoning and didn’t object, since he did have a point.

"By the way, Senior, should we hand out tonight’s program schedule to them now?"

Li Yuan shook his head. "No, don’t hand it out. Just have the host announce the events. I’ve written a few new songs and I plan to give the fans a surprise."

Hearing that Li Yuan had written new songs, Zhong Tingyue, Bai Weixi, and the others grew very curious about them. However, seeing that he wasn’t willing to say more, they had to let it go.

Li Yuan checked the time. It was already 5:00 PM, just one hour before the 6:00 PM awards ceremony.

"We have one hour until it officially begins. Let’s go over all the segments one more time and make sure we haven’t missed anything. We have to make this awards night a success and build our reputation."

The girls responded in unison, "Okay, we know!"

Li Yuan smiled. "Alright then. Notify the hotel staff that the fans waiting outside can now enter in an orderly fashion."

***

「Outside Longyu Building」

As good friends of Li Yuan and Bai Weixi, Xu Zhi, Wang Yuchen, and Wang Shuai had naturally received invitations to the awards night.

"Handsome guy, there are so many girls here tonight," Xu Zhi remarked. "Look, aside from a few couples, the whole plaza is filled with young women."

Wang Shuai’s gaze was already wandering all over the plaza. Even though it was January and the weather in Modu had turned cold, many girls had still come to the grand event dressed to impress, with some in rather revealing and sexy outfits. The vast majority of them were dressed to the nines.

"TSK, TSK. I feel like Yuan’s event has managed to net all the beauties in Modu."

As a single guy, Xu Zhi’s eyes lit up seeing all the beauties around him. "Heh, with so many pretty girls here, it’d be amazing if I could just start dating one of them," he chuckled.

Nearby, Wang Yuchen, who was carrying an LV bag, heard Xu Zhi and Wang Shuai’s conversation and snorted in dissatisfaction.

"Can you two not be so pathetic? You fall for any girl as long as she’s pretty?

"And Wang Shuai, I’m not trying to pick on you, but aren’t you getting along pretty well with Weixi’s college classmate, Zhou Lei? If you put in a little effort, you might just win her over," she advised.

Wang Shuai gave a sheepish smile, glanced at Wang Yuchen decked out in designer brands, and was too embarrassed to say anything.

He used to think that Wang Yuchen and Xu Zhi were a good match. But after finding out how much money Xu Zhi had been spending since they had gotten together over the last month or two, he was suddenly starting to feel that she wasn’t right for his friend at all.