Pursuing Her Best Friend after Confession Failed-Chapter 370 - 162 I’m the Man You Can’t Have, The Surprise Prepared by Mother-in-Law
Liu Jia listened to Li Yuan’s inquiry, feeling somewhat embarrassed and hesitant to speak up.
Li Yuan was speechless. "Liu Jia, what’s there to be embarrassed about? Don’t tell me the get-together you mentioned is with Wang Jierong’s dorm?"
Liu Jia was startled and blurted out, "Yuan, how did you know? Did they contact you in advance?"
"Pfft, with the way you’re fidgeting, who else could it be but their dorm?" Li Yuan huffed, seeing right through Liu Jia’s little scheme.
This guy had said numerous times that he only liked sexy, mature women. Wang Jierong’s figure and face were a perfect match for his tastes, possessing both sexiness and maturity. That day in the classroom, after Li Yuan had coldly and brutally turned down Wang Jierong, Liu Jia had chased after her, even sparking rumors about the two of them. The guys in the dorm had thought Liu Jia had succeeded right away. Who would have known he was just bragging? He hadn’t even touched a single hair on her head, let alone gotten a kiss. Over the past half-month, Li Yuan had heard from his roommates that Liu Jia was diligently playing the role of Wang Jierong’s loyal lapdog. He was constantly doting on her, bringing breakfast, delivering milk tea, and buying snacks. His little stash of money from high school was almost completely drained.
As for Wang Jierong, Li Yuan truly felt nothing for her at all.
It wasn’t that he was a germaphobe; as long as a girl was clean, pretty, and not some kind of biohazard, she was fine. In his previous life, he hadn’t been that picky or obsessed with the idea of pure love. But in this life, after already encountering campus beauties with goddess-level looks like Xia Zhijin, Zhong Tingyue, and Bai Weixi, his aesthetic standards had been raised. An average girl just couldn’t catch his eye anymore, unless she came with the bonus of a special status, like his instructor, Ms. Qi Siyu.
Li Yuan thought about the various ’benefit’ photos Wang Jierong sent him punctually every day, and he really wanted to just pull them out and slap Liu Jia in the face with them.
But then again, he figured it wouldn’t be a bad idea to let Liu Jia taste the saltiness and bitterness of love for himself. With Liu Jia’s eloquence, looks, and financial ability, it wouldn’t be easy to find a girl more outstanding and beautiful than Wang Jierong anyway. Perhaps he could even learn some ’driving skills’ from her...
Li Yuan shook the ridiculous thoughts from his mind and smiled. "Liu Jia, I have other plans tonight, so I won’t be going. You guys go ahead. Try to drink a bit more and seal the deal."
Liu Jia’s face instantly fell. He pleaded, "Please, Yuan, don’t do this! Help a brother out, I’m in a bind. I’ve already promised them! Do me this one favor, just this once."
Li Yuan chuckled and chided, "You sly dog. Since when did you learn to act first and report later? I really do have something tonight; I’ve already made plans with someone else.
"If I were free, I’d definitely join you to meet those little enchantresses from our class."
Tonight, he had to have dinner with Bai Weixi’s parents. Those prospective in-laws of his were planning to return to their hometown tomorrow. The three of them were already waiting for his grand arrival in their residential community, so it wouldn’t be right to cancel at the last minute. A dorm get-together wasn’t some particularly urgent or important matter anyway.
Seeing that Li Yuan truly had plans and wasn’t just making excuses, Liu Jia fell silent, sighing helplessly. "Alright then, I’ll just tell them you’re busy. With you not going, I don’t feel confident at all."
"Haha, Liu Jia, since when did I become your source of confidence?" Li Yuan laughed. "Besides, you’re not going on a blind date. What’s there to be afraid of? It’s just a meal.
"Gotta go, I’m driving now."
On the other end of the line, in male dormitory D-3223, Liu Jia, Wu Hao, and Xu Ziqiang exchanged bewildered glances.
Xu Ziqiang suggested, "Hey, Liu Jia, since Yuan isn’t free, why don’t we just reschedule?"
Liu Jia frowned. "I already promised Wang Jierong and her roommates. If I change the time on them now, she’ll definitely get angry."
Wu Hao chimed in dejectedly, "But with Yuan not going, I just feel like we’re lacking some backbone. When he’s around, we can walk sideways through this school."
Zhou Tianyu turned off his hairdryer, sprayed some gel on his hair, and snorted, "I swear, can you guys even function without Li Yuan? So he’s not going, what’s the big deal?
"Stop dithering around. If you’re not going, say so now instead of wasting everyone’s time."
Liu Jia gave Zhou Tianyu a strange look. For the past few days, the guy had been incredibly irritable, ready to blow up at the slightest thing and picking a fight with everyone he saw. It was as if he’d swallowed some expired gunpowder. He had vaguely heard that Zhou Tianyu was pursuing some girl and that it was going so badly he’d become dejected and full of resentment.
"Alright, fine. I’ll let Wang Jierong know," Liu Jia said with a helpless smile. He walked out onto the dorm balcony and even deliberately shut the door before dialing her number.
"Rongrong, I need to tell you something," Liu Jia said, a bit embarrassed. He had really boasted to Wang Jierong earlier.
Over the phone, Wang Jierong’s voice came through, neither warm nor cold. "What is it now?"
Liu Jia cleared his throat. "Um, Li Yuan has something on tonight. He can’t make it."
"What? Li Yuan’s not coming?"
"How did this happen? Didn’t you guarantee he would be here tonight?"
Wang Jierong’s heart tightened, and a wave of irritation washed over her. She hadn’t given up her offensive against Li Yuan. For days, she had been scheming of ways to get closer to him.
Today, after hearing from Liu Jia that Li Yuan had returned to Modu, she had specifically suggested the two dorms have a get-together.
She planned to use a different approach to win Li Yuan over. And now, despite Liu Jia’s repeated assurances, Li Yuan had suddenly bailed?
