Xia You’s current boyfriend was named Zhou Bin.
This guy wasn’t actually that bad—after all, Chen Tang and Liu Yan both had decent grades, and Zhou Bin getting into the same university was proof enough of his own ability.
But from another perspective, just because someone has a high education doesn’t mean they’re intelligent.
It only proves that a person has a certain level of learning ability and a fairly hardworking spirit… otherwise, they wouldn’t have been able to fight their way out of the hellish high school study environment.
However, this doesn’t represent a person’s fundamental nature.
To be frank, this was precisely the warming-up period for Xia You and Zhou Bin—although Zhou Bin had technically been beaten up in a sense, it was actually an action that boosted Xia You’s好感度.
Xia You had always lacked a sense of security. Her new boyfriend got into a fight to prevent someone from hitting on her… while it wasn’t pleasant to talk about, it made Xia You feel that her choice was correct.
So she was accompanying Zhou Bin to the hospital now, very concerned.
But she probably didn’t expect to run into Chen Tang here.
“What are you doing here?”
Hearing Xia You’s question and seeing her gaze, Chen Tang roughly understood that this woman was actually asking if Liu Yan was also here—after all, she seemed like Liu Yan’s Siamese twin.
Probably famous for that.
“You don’t need to look around, Xia You. I came to the hospital to see a patient… but it’s not Liu Yan. No need to feel guilty. Liu Yan is out on a date with Miss Bai right now… This is your boyfriend, right?”
She sized up Zhou Bin: “In terms of looks, he’s far inferior to Liu Yan. And academically, he doesn’t seem to be at the top. Is his family background excellent? I imagine since you two got set up together, your social class shouldn’t be too far apart.”
Zhou Bin was somewhat impressed when he first saw Chen Tang.
But hearing her words, he immediately felt annoyed.
What did she mean by “feel guilty”? Was his girlfriend afraid of seeing her ex-boyfriend?
What did she mean by “in terms of looks”? What did she mean by “social class shouldn’t be too far apart”?
Why was this person so infuriating with her words?
He suddenly remembered the rumors about the “Demon Ball School Beauty.”
He immediately concluded that the girl in front of him was that legendary Demon Ball School Beauty.
“What does my choice of boyfriend have to do with you?”
“Oh, getting worked up, are we? Miss Xia You, I suggest you calm down first.” Chen Tang’s aggression was maxed out. “I’m just making an objective evaluation. After all, humans should have the freedom to eat shit. You, the great school beauty Xia, like eating shit—no one can interfere. I originally didn’t plan to acknowledge you and was going to walk around you, but you called out to me first. That’s your mistake. You’re shoving crap in my face, and you won’t let me say a word about it?”
Before Xia You could say anything, Zhou Bin instantly turned red-hot: “What did you say! Say it again if you dare!”
“Hmm?”
Chen Tang looked at Zhou Bin: “Are you questioning me? Let me ask you, are you questioning me?”
“Who do you think I’m talking to?”
Chen Tang cast a slightly pitying glance at Xia You: “I originally thought that students from our school should at least have rational thinking ability. I didn’t expect your boyfriend to be so foolish. Classmate, do you know the consequences of questioning me?”
“What?”
Zhou Bin obviously didn’t understand Xia You’s implication.
“I think you want a package deal.” Chen Tang immediately said, “Classmate, I suspect you of secretly photographing me. Hand over your phone immediately for inspection, or I’ll call the police.”
“Huh?!”
Not only Xia You’s mouth fell open.
Even the passersby near the hospital entrance instinctively stepped back upon hearing this, afraid of getting involved.
“You—you’re slandering me!”
“Oh, so what? If you keep blabbering, I’ll call the police.”
Chen Tang pulled out her phone, which already displayed three digits.
Xia You quickly said, “Zhou Bin, don’t stoop to her level! This woman isn’t human!”
Zhou Bin’s face alternated between red and white. If Chen Tang had simply lashed out like the two men he fought earlier, that would have been fine. But her pulling this…
He only felt terror.
Words like expulsion, public announcement, refinement, and Graduate School Pill appeared in his mind, leaving him unable to utter a single word.
Chen Tang gave him a contemptuous look.
“Lao Xia! Take care of yourself!”
Chen Tang patted Xia You’s shoulder with a smile: “Your true love better really be your true love.”
“What do you mean?”
“Nothing.”
Chen Tang quickly walked away like that.
She had no interest in Xia You at all… Although she had previously considered whether to let Liu Yan re-seduce Lao Xia, now—seeing Lao Xia supporting Zhou Bin to the hospital—she suddenly felt it was unnecessary.
A character that was already past tense seemed unnecessary to bring back into Liu Yan’s life.
After all, although she knew that Lao Xia was a conservative person, she had ultimately been in a relationship with another man.
She had liked this man named Zhou Bin… And this novel wasn’t the kind of urban high-martial or traditional xianxia where people could just vanish. Even if Miss Bai wanted to do something like that, she would have to pay a huge price.
It wasn’t possible to just kill Zhou Bin. For Liu Yan, the fact that Zhou Bin had stolen his girl and that Lao Xia had broken up with him would always exist.
Even if Lao Xia later broke up with Zhou Bin—what happened had happened.
It would be hard to guarantee that Liu Yan wouldn’t hold a grudge. There was absolutely no need for her to try to bring them back together.
Eh~ Thinking from this perspective…
Maybe she didn’t have to target the heroines from the original book.
Her goal was to make Old Liu a scumbag to avoid the original ending.
From another perspective, since she couldn’t change the outcome of these girls dating Liu Yan and then breaking up with him, she might as well just “dilute” it.
She should perhaps target the beautiful girls who appeared in the original book but never ended up dating Liu Yan… Being able to secure them would be a good choice.
For example, the “Shi Yiyi” she saw lying in the hospital bed earlier.
In the original book, although Bai Mengling was subject to moral blackmail, she was ultimately a good person. So after Liu Yan helped her resolve her heart knot, she still sponsored Shi Yiyi and cured her illness. Shi Yiyi would later become Bai Mengling’s secretary in the story—and it was Shi Yiyi who reported the news of Liu Yan’s disappearance and death to Bai Mengling.
Of course, that wasn’t too important.
The important thing was the description of Shi Yiyi’s appearance in the original book.
“If not for being too thin, she would definitely be a beauty.”
That was Bai Mengling’s thought when she met Shi Yiyi.
When Liu Yan was dating Bai Mengling, Shi Yiyi was still receiving treatment, in the process of recovery, so Liu Yan had never seen Shi Yiyi.
This girl might not be bad either…
Could she find a way to secure her?
As for money…
Chen Tang actually had it.
After all, she was a person who had transmigrated into a book.
She clearly knew how to make money in the book.
She had directly bought a virtual currency in the book, left it there untouched, and kept dumping money into it… She could cash out when needed.
Putting together ten or twenty million seemed possible… But she hadn’t considered this important before.
After all, both families weren’t exactly short on money.
If she could get Miss Bai to foot the bill and have Liu Yan take the credit, that would be using Miss Bai’s money to pick up girls—a great deal.
If that couldn’t be done, she could still find a way to pay for Shi Yiyi’s treatment herself.
My god.
Liu Yan should kneel down and kowtow to her twice right now.
She was practically his second parent!
Shi Yiyi’s matter was tentatively settled. It could only be said that the author’s hand of Heaven’s Will was too strong.
…
“This… isn’t that a bit much?”
Liu Yan looked at the 5090 placed in front of him. Although he was tempted, receiving a gift from a girl on the first date… his personal thoughts leaned toward being conservative.
Bai Mengling looked at Liu Yan with suspicion: “What’s wrong with it? I’ve already checked—boys like these things, right? Or are you not interested in this?”
“I definitely like it.” Liu Yan answered very honestly, “But accepting a gift like this makes me feel like a kept man being spoiled by a rich woman.”
Bai Mengling laughed out loud: “I like your honesty. You didn’t make up any fake excuses to fool me. But if you consider this level as being kept, that’s insulting me, Bai Mengling. If I wanted to keep you, I’d just give you a salary and allowance directly.”
She said this with full confidence: “This kind of thing is just a small gift. Mm, just like the bouquet of flowers you bought me earlier—no different. When I saw that peony bouquet, I felt very happy, and I hope you can feel happy too.”
That bouquet had already been taken away by a specialist, who said it would be arranged in the vase in the young lady’s room.
What could Liu Yan say?
Being too pretentious would indeed look down on Miss Bai.
This kind of thing was precious to him, but to Miss Bai, it was probably no different from that bouquet.
This relationship felt really stressful to navigate…
“I’ll have someone deliver it to your home.”
Speaking of this, Miss Bai paused: “But from what I heard yesterday, you seem to be living with your childhood friend…?”
Suddenly bringing this up out of nowhere made Liu Yan’s back go cold: “Our families jointly bought a house. They just let us live together. But the house itself is quite large, with several rooms. We live separately, like roommates sharing an apartment. Nothing big.”
“But that doesn’t seem quite appropriate, does it?”
“Indeed, it’s not appropriate. My parents and her parents probably planned to set us up, since both families know each other well.” He remained very honest, “But she and I really don’t have that kind of romantic feelings. If anything, maybe when we both reach thirty and haven’t married anyone, we might consider marrying each other just to get by.”
Hearing this, Bai Mengling couldn’t help saying, “You’re being a bit too honest. I know you’re not lying to me, but did you really need to say those latter parts? What, do you not have any intention of marrying me? Are you just dating me for fun?”
This topic was even more dangerous.
His scalp felt itchy.
“I am sincerely dating you. But I have to say, before I confessed to you, I thought you wouldn’t agree—after all, there wasn’t that much deep感情 between us… I mainly confessed because you’re beautiful, have grace, and have money.
Since we’re talking about it, I want to know, why did you agree to date me? There must be many people who confess to you, right?”
“Quite the opposite.”
Bai Mengling immediately said, “Actually, very few people confess to me. I should say, no one like you, who doesn’t really know me in a sense, dares to confess directly like this. You have a lot of courage. On the other hand… do you know that you’re actually a very popular person?”
“Huh?”
Liu Yan didn’t think so.
“You might not think so yourself, but you’re often a topic of conversation among the girls.”
Liu Yan really didn’t know that.
“Because you have a childhood friend who’s the Demon Ball School Beauty, and your ex-girlfriend is the Commoner School Beauty, Xia You.”
“What necessary connection does that have?”
“Have you heard this saying: A man’s best accessory is his woman. Even if a man looks like a lecherous uncle, if he has a very attractive, flashy woman by his side, his status immediately becomes a hidden boss… Do you understand what I mean?”
Bai Mengling explained this concept to Liu Yan: “Your conditions aren’t that outstanding, but with these two very eye-catching women around you, in the eyes of other women, your value has been infinitely elevated. To put it more bluntly—if someone could snatch you away from Chen Tang and Xia You, it would prove that her charm is superior to Chen Tang’s and Xia You’s.
Men might not fully understand this, but it’s actually a very intense method of competition or revenge among women.”
Would men take revenge on someone by stealing their wife? Maybe, but if someone went to that extent… it might be easier to just stab the guy.
Liu Yan considered this aspect.
But he could understand what she meant.
“So, in your eyes, I’m also a man of value?”
“Not exactly. In the end, I don’t have a competitive relationship with Chen Tang or Xia You. Their presence around you only indicates that you might have something. The main reason I agreed to your confession is that it was an opportunity for me.”
Liu Yan nodded: “I thought so too.”
Both of them laughed.
Their relationship had indeed become closer without them realizing it.
“So, you don’t need to worry about my status. This is my first relationship. I’m even more nervous than you. If I hadn’t been the Student Council President for so long, my hands would probably be shaking.”
Both of them relaxed considerably.
“Then let’s just enjoy this time together!”