Pursuing Her Best Friend after Confession Failed

Chapter 664: Chapter 233: The Covert Competition Between Girlfriends_2

Seeing everyone staring at her, Zhong Tingyue gave a faint smile, having already guessed what was on their minds.

She first looked at Bai Weixi, then at her other roommates. Smiling faintly, she asked, "Girls, does anyone want to go shopping with me right now?"

As soon as Zhong Tingyue spoke, some were still puzzled, but others understood instantly and eagerly raised their hands.

Ding Shanshan was the first to speak up. "Tingyue, I’m in!"

Xu Tingrou also raised her hand. "Me too!"

Wang Lisha and Deng Meiqi exchanged a look and nodded in agreement. It was only 12:00 PM, and with their class not starting until 2:30 PM, they had more than two hours—just enough time to go shopping for Bai Weixi’s birthday present.

Wang Lisha laughed and said, "Tingyue, let’s all go together then."

"Hee hee, let’s go, then! I want to pick out a really nice gift for Weixi," Deng Meiqi said, already changing her shoes and tidying her hair. "Weixi, you should stay here. Just wait for us in the dorm."

「Later that afternoon...」

A taxi pulled up outside the north gate of Daxia University, and two men and one woman stepped out.

"Hey, handsome guy," Xu Zhi said to Wang Shuai curiously, "Yuan told us to come to his university first. Did he tell you where he is now?"

They had originally planned to go directly to the restaurant for the birthday banquet, but Li Yuan had insisted they come to Daxia University first, leaving them confused about his intentions.

Wang Shuai looked at his good friend holding hands with Wang Yuchen, and a strange light flashed in his eyes.

It’s great to be rich, he mused. A relationship that was on the verge of breaking up is now as good as new.

Like Xu Zhi, after hearing what Li Yuan had said, he had also scraped together a "huge investment" and bought 20,000 yuan worth of Bicrown Di stock.

Last night, he received a call from Xu Zhi, who relayed Li Yuan’s suggestion that they could consider selling their shares. So, as soon as the market opened this morning, they sold all of their stock, netting a profit of over 100,000 yuan.

In less than a month, they had earned enough to cover four years of university tuition and living expenses.

The feeling of raking in cash so easily was somewhat addictive for both of them.

With money coming in so fast, they naturally became much more generous with their spending.

Over the past few days, Xu Zhi had really splurged to win Wang Yuchen’s favor, showering her with various gifts and little surprises. He was truly experiencing what it felt like to be one of the ’rich second generation.’

"Yuan should be on campus. Let’s give him a call and ask," Wang Shuai said.

He dialed Li Yuan’s number and quickly got a response.

"Yuan said we should go find Bai Weixi first. He won’t be able to get here for a little while."

Xu Zhi nodded, smiled at Wang Yuchen, and said, "Yuchen, let Bai know we’re here at her university."

It had been a while since Wang Yuchen had seen her best friend. Feeling a little excited, she immediately took out her phone to call Bai Weixi.

"Bai, we’re at the north gate of your school."

"You’re coming down to get us?"

"Okay, great. We’ll wait for you here."

After hanging up, Wang Yuchen looked at the gift she was holding and asked, "Should we give the gift to Bai now, or wait until dinner?"

"That Li Yuan is being so mysterious about a simple birthday. What could he be up to? It’s already five in the afternoon, and he’s still not back at school."

All three of them had prepared a gift in advance. Hearing Wang Yuchen’s question, Xu Zhi scratched his head and replied, "When one of us guys has a birthday, we don’t really give gifts. We just give red envelopes and then go out for a meal. What about you girls?"

"I think you guys are just lazy! Too lazy to put any thought into a gift."

Wang Yuchen rolled her eyes at Xu Zhi. If she hadn’t reminded him, this guy wouldn’t have had a clue what kind of gift to buy a girl.

Xu Zhi cleared his throat. "It’s not laziness," he explained. "We just genuinely don’t know what to get, and giving red envelopes is more convenient. If you don’t believe me, ask the handsome guy here. That’s how all of us guys are."

"Yuchen, Dazhi is right. That’s really how we guys are," Wang Shuai said with a nod and a smile. Xu Zhi was telling the truth.

Among guys, they rarely exchanged gifts, preferring to give red envelopes instead.

Back in high school, everyone would pitch in 50 yuan. The birthday person could then use that money to treat everyone, which was essentially like crowdfunding a party.

If you received a physical gift, you couldn’t sell it. That meant you’d still have to shell out several hundred yuan of your own money for the party, making the birthday celebration practically unaffordable.

Wang Yuchen didn’t argue. As she considered Li Yuan’s financial strength, her expectations soared.

"Where do you think Li Yuan will throw Bai’s party, and what kind of gift will he give her?"

"Li Yuan is so rich and generous. The party he’s planning for Bai’s birthday must be incredibly extravagant, right?"

Remembering what Li Yuan had said last night, Xu Zhi nodded emphatically. "Definitely. Yuan is on another level now. He’s ridiculously wealthy, with a net worth of over a hundred million."

"What? Yuan’s net worth is already over a hundred million?" Wang Shuai asked in shock.

Wang Yuchen also looked stunned. She stared eagerly at Xu Zhi and quickly asked, "Xu Zhi, where did you hear that? Is Li Yuan really worth over a hundred million?"

"Ahem, Yuan told me himself," Xu Zhi said, immediately regretting his big mouth. Just last night, Li Yuan had told him not to go around talking about the stocks.

"Anyway, just know that Yuan is extremely wealthy."

Wang Shuai grew thoughtful. He had a pretty good idea of where Li Yuan’s money came from.