Pursuing Her Best Friend after Confession Failed-Chapter 278 - 138: Asset Inventory, Showing Off Always Happens Unintentionally_2

Wang Yuchen gave a perfunctory reply.

She thought of Xu Zhi’s clumsy advances and how unwilling he was to spend money on her. Snorting coldly, she felt a swell of dissatisfaction.

During their first National Day holiday together, she had originally planned to visit famous tourist spots with Xu Zhi, but he hemmed and hawed, only wanting to wander around Modu. This had led to a few arguments between them.

Bai Weixi continued to press, "So what’s the real reason? I thought you two had a good relationship."

Wang Yuchen pouted and grumbled, "What else could it be? Incompatible values. Forget it, I don’t want to talk about him. Bai, please don’t ask anymore."

Bai Weixi tried to mediate. "Yuchen, Xu Zhi is a pretty good guy. You two shouldn’t fight so often; it can really damage a relationship."

Li Yuan was speechless. He couldn’t be bothered to ask for details, as he seriously doubted Xu Zhi and Wang Yuchen would ever work out. Still, judging by the tone of the message that guy sent this morning, it didn’t seem like they’d had a fight. After my ’tutoring’, his courage has grown quite a bit. He’s turned into a real bootlicker.

"Li Yuan, it’s National Day," Wang Yuchen asked. "What kind of feast are you treating us to?"

Li Yuan didn’t answer her, looking instead to Bai Weixi. "Bai, what would you like to eat?"

Bai Weixi shook her head; she really had no idea what good food Modu had to offer.

Wang Yuchen chuckled. "Bai, let’s bleed Li Yuan dry again today! How about seafood? That buffet at the Longyu Building was pretty good last time."

Bai Weixi looked hesitant. That seafood buffet was extremely expensive—a single meal could easily cost several thousand yuan. She felt the price was too high but was too embarrassed to say so directly, so she could only cast a pleading glance at Li Yuan.

Li Yuan strongly suspected the only reason Wang Yuchen wasn’t on a date with Xu Zhi today was so she could freeload a meal off them.

He’d just had fresh abalone in the small hours of the morning. The thought of eating actual seafood again made him a bit nauseated.

"Let’s get hotpot. After we eat, we’ll go look at cars," Li Yuan decided, putting an end to the discussion.

He’d always found Wang Yuchen a bit of an eyesore. If he bought a car today and wanted to test its new shock absorption, having her around as a third wheel would be extremely inconvenient.

An idea struck Li Yuan, and he smiled. "I’ll call Dazhi and ask him to join us."

"What do you think, Bai?"

Bai Weixi naturally had no objections and nodded lightly.

"I’ll go with whatever you decide."

Wang Yuchen, however, was clearly displeased. With a very unhappy expression, she demanded, "Li Yuan, what do you think you’re doing? I already said I don’t want to see him."

She’d originally thought Li Yuan was pretty decent: generous, handsome, young, rich, and physically fit. But this chauvinism of his was unbearable. Bai used to be so proud, but after getting with Li Yuan, she’d been trained into total submission, molded into whatever shape he wanted. She felt it was necessary to stand up for her best friend and teach him a lesson. It definitely wasn’t for any other reason...

Li Yuan was speechless and remained silent, focusing on driving. He had no desire to engage with Wang Yuchen. She’s really latched onto me and Bai Weixi with absolutely no self-awareness about being a third wheel.

Noticing Li Yuan’s impatience, Bai Weixi quickly tried to soothe Wang Yuchen. "Yuchen, calm down. If you don’t want to see him, then we won’t."

Wang Yuchen glared at Li Yuan, feeling gloomy but restraining herself from making a scene since Bai Weixi was there.

For the next ten minutes or so, the atmosphere in the car was rather awkward. Bai Weixi tried to start a few conversations, but Li Yuan just brushed them off with noncommittal replies like "Uh-huh," "Okay," and "Sure."

Seeing that Li Yuan was in a bad mood over the issue with Wang Yuchen and Xu Zhi, Bai Weixi, who had been so eagerly looking forward to their date, found herself frowning inwardly.

She suddenly felt a pang of regret. She shouldn’t have asked Wang Yuchen to stay over last night. It seemed like Wang Yuchen and Li Yuan were just naturally incompatible, always clashing the moment they met—a fact she found utterly incomprehensible. Our rare time alone together... I was a bit foolish to give that up. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Suddenly, she found herself fervently hoping that Xu Zhi would hurry up and take Wang Yuchen away.

「Outside the Xiaolongkan Hotpot Restaurant.」

"Dazhi, over here!" Li Yuan called out, waving to a travel-worn Xu Zhi who had just rushed over.

Seeing Li Yuan, Xu Zhi said gratefully, "Yuan, you’re a true brother."

Li Yuan asked with a chuckle, "Dazhi, what’s going on with you and Little Chili? She said you two had a fight?"

At the mention of this, Xu Zhi grew a little angry, his expression one of utter frustration. "Yuan, I think I’m finally experiencing the downside of being in love. Yesterday, I had everything planned out. We’d spend the National Day holiday strolling around the local campuses and Modu. But she insisted on going to places like West Lake, the Humble Administrator’s Garden in Sucheng, and the Huangshan scenic area. I told her the costs were a bit high and that we could visit those places gradually in the future, suggesting we just stick to Modu this year. She suddenly got angry, calling me stingy and saying I wasn’t sincere about her... Yuan, I’m just an ordinary college student. How could I possibly afford that kind of expensive travel?"

Li Yuan couldn’t help but laugh, patting Xu Zhi on the shoulder. "Dazhi, are you trying to cry poor to me?"

Xu Zhi quickly shook his head. "No way, Yuan. I’m well aware of my own limitations."

Li Yuan could understand Xu Zhi’s position. Compared to his own situation in his past life, Xu Zhi had it much harder.

Although Bai Weixi could be quite the schemer, she was nothing compared to her best friend, Wang Yuchen. Wang Yuchen was extremely materialistic—the type of girl with sky-high ambitions but a fate as thin as paper.