Pursuing Her Best Friend after Confession Failed

Chapter 692: Chapter 240 The dream has come true, but something is off_3

On the spacious, luxurious bed, Li Yuan was still fast asleep, with Bai Weixi cradled in his arms.

Zhong Tingyue’s gaze grew complicated as she glanced at the bedroom again. She quietly turned and walked into the bathroom.

When she saw her own clothes and Bai Weixi’s carelessly draped over the rack, and the luxury bathtub still filled with a pool of sparsely foamy water, it was obvious what had happened here last night.

Zhong Tingyue’s pretty face turned red. She scoffed quietly, then began to wash up.

After she finished, she looked in the mirror at her own alluring face—one that would make all men fall in love and all women envious. Her cheeks blushed slightly, and her gaze grew bewildered.

Her emotions were in turmoil, and she had no idea how she was going to face Li Yuan and Bai Weixi when they woke up.

Should I pretend I was drunk last night and don’t remember a thing? Or should I confront them and ask exactly what happened?

She shook her head, trying to clear the confusion. Biting her lip, a complex look in her eyes, she left the bathroom. She went downstairs to the kitchen, where she started making millet porridge and prepared some toast with cheese.

Hmph, that damn senior. You’re upstairs having fun with another girl while I’m down here making breakfast for you both.

The thought of Li Yuan upstairs, holding Bai Weixi as they slept, made Zhong Tingyue wrinkle her cute nose and mutter in dissatisfaction.

「...」

By the time Li Yuan woke up, it was already around ten in the morning; he was startled awake by his vibrating phone.

Still groggy, Li Yuan picked up the phone, saw who was calling, and answered.

Wang Shuai’s excited voice came through the line. "Yuan, you awake?"

Li Yuan yawned. "Your call just woke me up!"

"Haha, my bad, my bad! I thought you were already up. Sorry about that!" Wang Shuai said.

"What’s up, handsome guy? Calling so early," Li Yuan asked.

"Yuan, it’s not early, it’s already ten o’clock. Anyway, last night was Bai’s birthday, right? Well, after I got them all back to the hotel, they’ve pretty much all woken up. They’re having breakfast now and wanted me to ask if you have any plans for today. If not, they’re planning to head back to campus."

Hearing this, Li Yuan shook his head. "I don’t have any plans, and it’s raining outside anyway. If they want to go back to school, let them. Go find the hotel manager and have the hotel arrange a car to take them back."

Wang Shuai nodded. "Alright, I’ll get on it. Oh, by the way, Yuan, I have some good news for you."

Li Yuan laughed. "Oh? What good news? Did you win the lottery?"

"Of course not, I’m destined to never win anything in my life. Hehe, Yuan, last night, Dazhi finally sealed the deal with Little Chili!"

The news startled Li Yuan, and he quickly asked, "He really did?"

"Yeah, Dazhi told me himself. When I knocked on their door, I could even hear Yuchen yelling at him inside the room. Hehe, Dazhi’s the man! He finally did it!"

Just then, Bai Weixi stirred and woke up, asking drowsily, "Who sealed what deal?"

Li Yuan cleared his throat, rubbing Bai Weixi’s head with a smile. "Ahem, it’s nothing."

Bai Weixi stared at him. "No, I thought I heard you talking about Yuchen and Xu Zhi!"

Li Yuan stopped trying to hide it and explained with a laugh, "Haha, well, it’s just that Dazhi and Yuchen have become a *real* couple now!"

"A *real* couple?" Bai Weixi repeated his words. Thinking back to what she’d overheard about ’sealing the deal’, she instantly understood what he meant.

Her face flushed red as she gave Li Yuan’s arm a light pinch. Blinking her beautiful eyes, she asked, "Yuchen must have had quite a bit to drink last night, right?"

Li Yuan nodded.

"Hmph, I knew it!" Bai Weixi rolled her eyes at Li Yuan with an I-told-you-so expression.

As Wang Yuchen’s best friend, Bai Weixi had known that Wang Yuchen had almost slept with Xu Zhi on the same night she and Li Yuan had first crossed that line. They talked often, so she understood her friend’s mindset. She knew Wang Yuchen had been saving herself. Her friend wasn’t completely satisfied with Xu Zhi and would occasionally complain to her about all of his flaws. Although she had tried to warn Wang Yuchen indirectly, her friend never really took her words to heart.

She could guess some of the reasons, and she and Li Yuan were a big part of it. Seeing Li Yuan buy her sports cars and all sorts of designer jewelry, clothes, and cosmetics, not to mention living in an exquisitely decorated mansion, Wang Yuchen would inevitably compare Xu Zhi with him subconsciously.

Li Yuan chuckled. "Hehe, Dazhi has been chasing her for so long. Now that they’re together, it’s normal for things to progress!"

Bai Weixi gave Li Yuan a faint, knowing smile but said nothing. She knew her best friend’s little quirks all too well. If she hadn’t been drinking at the birthday party last night, she definitely wouldn’t have given Xu Zhi the chance just yet.

Li Yuan held up his phone. "Bai, about your classmates, should we have them sent back to school now, or...?"

Bai Weixi thought for a moment. "Let them go back. They partied pretty hard last night. By the way, how are they getting back? Taking a taxi?"

The words had barely left her mouth when Wang Shuai’s voice came through the phone. "Don’t worry, sister-in-law, Yuan has already arranged it. I’ll take them back to school in the hotel’s car in a bit."

Hearing his voice from the phone startled Bai Weixi, and she immediately felt shy again. Wang Shuai calling her "sister-in-law" really struck a chord with her.

Bai Weixi shyly replied, "Uh-huh, thank you for your help, Wang Shuai!"

"Hehe, no trouble at all! It’s a piece of cake!"

Li Yuan asked, "Anything else, handsome guy? If not, I’m hanging up."

Wang Shuai chuckled teasingly, "Nope, that’s it! Yuan, you and sister-in-law enjoy your private time."

Li Yuan laughed and shot back, "You little punk. Don’t forget to seize your own opportunities. Among all of us brothers, you’re the only single dog left."

"Boo-hoo-hoo... Yuan, that’s a low blow! I don’t wanna live anymore..."

After hanging up the call, Li Yuan gazed at the gorgeous Bai Weixi and pulled her into his arms, ready to get amorous. But Bai Weixi quickly pushed him away, looking shyly toward the bedroom door.

"Darling, the door’s open! Tingyue is right there!"

He just smiled naughtily, completely unfazed. "It’s fine. We all slept in the same bed last night, what’s there to be shy about?"

Bai Weixi’s face turned crimson as she stammered, "But... but... if she suddenly sees us... I’ll die of embarrassment..."

"Enough with the ’buts’!" Li Yuan cut her off abruptly, leaning down and declaring with domineering confidence, "If Little Moon sees, she can join in."

"You’re terrible! So wicked! Don’t you ever think about that again. Last night was a one-time thing."

"Hehe, whatever you say, baby. Now, come here."

「...」

Downstairs, Zhong Tingyue was bored senseless waiting for Li Yuan and Bai Weixi to come down, and her stomach was already growling with hunger.

She checked the time; it was already past ten.

It’s already past ten. They should be up by now, right? Should I go check on them?

After a moment’s hesitation, Zhong Tingyue stood up and headed for the stairs, deliberately stepping heavily on the floorboards to give them a warning.

As soon as she reached the second-floor landing, standing in the small sitting area, she heard Bai Weixi’s distinctive cries coming from the bedroom.

She was all too familiar with that sound.

Whenever she and Li Yuan "played poker," and he had beaten her soundly, she couldn’t stop herself from crying out just like that.

Zhong Tingyue scoffed. Shameless! Fooling around in broad daylight first thing in the morning!

In an instant, she froze. She shot a resentful, lingering glance at the half-open bedroom door, stomped her foot hard on the floorboards to make some noise, and then retreated back downstairs.

In the bedroom, Li Yuan and Bai Weixi had naturally heard the noise Zhong Tingyue intentionally made.

Bai Weixi’s face instantly flushed crimson. She burrowed against Li Yuan, holding him tightly and burying her face in his chest, too embarrassed to look up.