Pursuing Her Best Friend after Confession Failed

"Hmph, Bai, just stop meddling in our business. I’m going to put him on ice for a few days first, let him realize his mistake, and then he’ll obediently come running over to apologize to me..."

Xu Beibei clicked her tongue in amazement on the side: "Tsk tsk, Yuchen, looks like you’ve got Xu Zhi completely wrapped around your finger. The way you talk is so domineering."

Wang Yuchen lifted her chin proudly and snorted coquettishly: "Hmph, men have to be properly trained, otherwise they’ll just get too full of themselves, and they’ll never truly value you."

"Beibei, let me tell you, if some guy starts chasing you, you have to keep your eyes wide open. Test him more, probe him more, see if he’s actually willing to spend money on you."

"Now I fully get it: a man who’s willing to spend money on you doesn’t necessarily love you deeply. But if he’s not willing to spend money on you, then he definitely doesn’t love you."

"Because if he’s not willing to spend money on you, that means in his heart, you’re not worth a damn."

"Our youth as girls is so precious. If he doesn’t cherish you, then don’t waste your time on him—go find a man who does."

Listening to Wang Yuchen’s so‑called "relationship experience," Xu Beibei’s eyes lit up, looking thoughtful.

"Yuchen, from the way you sound, I bet you’ve got quite a few admirers at your school, right? Doesn’t that put a lot of pressure on Xu Zhi?"

At this, Wang Yuchen perked up, a hint of pride flashing across her face.

She was at a science and engineering university, with a ridiculously skewed gender ratio; the quality and quantity of girls at the whole school were both pretty low.

Her skin, height, and figure were all quite good, and her looks were a bit above average. With a bit of makeup, she was really popular on campus and had lots of guys chasing her.

Among them, a few of her suitors made her seriously tempted; in all aspects, their conditions were far better than Xu Zhi’s.

Thinking of this, Wang Yuchen felt a little agitated and upset, mixed with a strong sense of regret.

"Hmph, Beibei, that’s why you absolutely have to keep your eyes open and carefully pick your boyfriend. Don’t agree to anything casually, or you’ll definitely regret it in the future."

"There are way too many outstanding guys in this world. As long as you wait seriously and choose carefully, you’ll definitely find the Prince Charming you have in your heart."

Xu Beibei asked skeptically, "Yuchen, is what you’re saying really true?"

Wang Yuchen vowed firmly, "Of course. On a daily basis, you should dress yourself up a bit, learn some makeup, take care of your skin, get your hair done, match some nice, trendy clothes, make yourself look more put‑together..."

"Only when you make yourself more outstanding will you attract those genuinely high‑quality guys, and at the same time keep those short, poor losers from daring to bother you..."

...

Listening to Wang Yuchen and Xu Beibei’s conversation, Bai Weixi frowned, and a thought suddenly rose in her heart.

She seemed to somewhat understand why, in her previous life, she had done that kind of thing to Li Yuan!

Right now she was basically standing outside the situation, looking at Xu Zhi and Wang Yuchen’s relationship from a bystander’s point of view.

In her eyes, in this relationship, Xu Zhi had already done really well—he’d given everything he could for Wang Yuchen.

Yet her own bestie was still not satisfied.

Could it be that human desire really is endless?

Or was it that, in her previous life, she had thought the same way as Wang Yuchen?

Li Yuan had clearly already given her everything, but she was still not satisfied?

So she ended up hurting him that deeply?

Yet he had loved her so much.

Even though in her last life she had hurt him like that, in this life he only threw a small tantrum with her at the beginning.

Once she took the initiative, he went back to being unconditionally good to her, just like before...

"Bai Weixi, oh Bai Weixi, you really managed to lose the one man in this world, aside from your parents, who loved you, pampered you, and liked you the most!"

Bai Weixi muttered inwardly, her heart a tangled mess of emotions.

When she looked at Wang Yuchen again, there was more complexity and hesitation in her eyes.

She now knew for sure that the way Wang Yuchen was thinking right now was definitely wrong.

But she didn’t know how to persuade this high‑school classmate of hers, this best friend she told everything to.

She had already tried to persuade her a few times before, but Wang Yuchen was always uninterested and didn’t want to talk about this topic.

After a brief thought, sticking to the principle of "persuade to stay together, not to break up," Bai Weixi still chose to offer a serious word of advice:

"Yuchen, I think Xu Zhi treats you pretty well. Sometimes you also need to stand in his shoes and think from his perspective more. That’s the only way you two can keep going for the long run."

Wang Yuchen was in the middle of excitedly passing on her "relationship experience" to Xu Beibei. Hearing Bai Weixi’s advice all of a sudden, her expression turned slightly displeased, and she replied perfunctorily:

"Hmph, got it, I’m already good enough to him!"

Hearing Wang Yuchen’s so perfunctory tone, Bai Weixi frowned slightly, sighed quietly in her heart, and said nothing more...

Feelings are supposed to be mutual. Even if for a moment Wang Yuchen figures it out, after a long time she might still have these thoughts.

What’s more, right now Wang Yuchen simply can’t listen to any advice!

What else could she say?

"It’s almost time, let’s head to the restaurant, they should all be there already!" Bai Weixi said.

After finding out Li Yuan wasn’t going to this high school reunion, she actually hadn’t wanted to go either.

But she really couldn’t stand up to the persuasion from good high school friends like Wang Yuchen and Xu Beibei, plus Li Yuan asked her to go on his behalf, show her face casually, so she came.

Wang Yuchen glanced at the time and curled her lips:

"It’s almost six in the evening, time really flies. Too bad that billionaire Li Yuan isn’t coming, takes a lot of fun out of it."

Xu Beibei pressed her lips and chuckled, teasing: "Even though Li Yuan didn’t come, Lady Li is here!"

"Right, Bai?"

Bai Weixi gave a shy smile, her cheeks slightly red, not refuting out loud, clearly acknowledging Xu Beibei’s words...

Wang Yuchen burst out laughing and joked:

"Haha, isn’t that so? Because Bai is coming, our dinner for tonight’s reunion got booked at the best restaurant in the whole county!"

...

Modu, Xinghe Bay, Villa No.16.

Even though he’d promised to accompany Zhong Tingyue to Beijing, there were already no tickets left for the same-day flight, not even business class.

No choice, he could only book a business-class seat for the next morning.

After dinner, Li Yuan accompanied Zhong Tingyue for a walk in the park in front of the compound to help digest.

In Li Yuan’s mind, the standard kit for a billionaire: private jet, luxury yacht, multimillion supercar, holiday mountain estate, private winery and so on...

He held Zhong Tingyue’s hand, walking along the riverside, enjoying the river breeze, and asked with a smile:

"Little Moon, do you think we need to buy a private business jet?"

Hugging Li Yuan’s arm, hearing this idea from him, Zhong Tingyue asked in surprise:

"Senior, you’re actually thinking of buying a private jet?"

Li Yuan nodded: "Yeah, when the company keeps expanding in the future or opens new lines of business, having a private plane will be more convenient, and it can also serve as a business jet for the company executives."

Zhong Tingyue looked deeply at Li Yuan, her beautiful eyes blinking as she teased:

"Director Li really is generous and bold, you’re way too good to your employees, even talking about buying a private plane."

Listening to Zhong Tingyue, Li Yuan reached out and pinched a certain part of her body that was gradually becoming more plump, threatening:

"Little Moon, you’ve got guts now, daring to joke about your husband. Be careful tonight, I’ll serve you with my big stick and let you taste what ’carrot and stick’ really means!"

Zhong Tingyue’s pretty face flushed red. She slapped away Li Yuan’s hand and guiltily glanced at the pedestrians around them. When she saw that just five or six meters away there was a middle-aged couple also strolling, her heart jumped into her throat. Her beautiful eyes glared hard at Li Yuan as she huffed proudly:

"Stupid Senior, all you know how to do is bully me."

As she spoke, Zhong Tingyue quietly leaned her head close to Li Yuan’s ear and whispered:

"Hmph, I don’t care, tonight I’m going to eat you up and lick you clean!"

Li Yuan’s heart throbbed, and he chuckled: "Then I’ll be waiting. I’m just afraid it’ll end up like last night—said we’d go three hundred rounds in a big battle, and before we even hit two hundred, someone raised the white flag."

"Heh heh, Little Moon, if you lose again tonight, you’d better fulfill that promise!"

Inside, Zhong Tingyue panicked a little, both eager to try and a bit flustered. She really looked forward to and enjoyed doing those not-for-kids things with Li Yuan.

But Li Yuan’s strong body made her feel pain mixed with pleasure.

"Stupid Senior, which promise are you talking about?"

Li Yuan grinned wickedly, lowered his head to her ear and said with a bad smile:

"Little Moon, if you surrender again, you have to call me Da~ddy~!"