Pursuing Her Best Friend after Confession Failed-Chapter 246 - 130: 50 Million Copyright Fee, Little Moon’s Devoted Kiss (Two-in-One, Request for Subscription, Request for Monthly Ticket) - Part 3

Chapter 246: Chapter 130: 50 Million Copyright Fee, Little Moon’s Devoted Kiss (Two-in-One, Request for Subscription, Request for Monthly Ticket) - Part 3

"As for milk tea shops, there are no high-end brands in the country right now. The market is a chaotic mess of miscellaneous labels, stuck in a state of disorganized development."

"In my opinion, these countless milk tea brands will eventually be replaced by a few major players. They will create a powerful brand effect, lead future trends, and the market for it will be enormous..."

"Little Moon, would you consider investing with me?"

Zhong Tingyue listened to Li Yuan’s impassioned speech, her bright, limpid eyes shining with an unusual light.

"But, Senior, I really don’t have any money. Why would you think I’m wealthy?"

Zhong Tingyue felt a bit embarrassed. She thought Li Yuan must have a serious misunderstanding about her.

"My family situation is a bit special. While we’re better off than the average family, it comes at a price."

"As for the specifics... Senior Li Yuan, you should already know from our past life, right?"

Li Yuan laughed out loud. He knew next to nothing, only having a vague guess. He was completely ignorant of her actual circumstances.

He suddenly took Little Moon’s hand and looked at her with deep affection.

"Little Moon, there are some things I intended to do quietly and then surprise you with."

"But after giving it some serious thought, I feel it would be better if we strive for it together."

"Let’s work hard together to rescue you from that vortex. We can make up for the regrets of our last life, so we’re no longer worlds apart, longing for each other but unable to meet."

Zhong Tingyue met Li Yuan’s sincere gaze and suddenly laughed. It was a joyous laugh, like a rainbow appearing after a storm, clearing the gloom from her heart and leaving behind a dazzling radiance.

"Li Yuan, are you serious?"

Li Yuan immediately replied, "More real than 24-karat gold."

Touched, Zhong Tingyue bit her lip. Thinking about her situation, she began to speak hesitantly.

"But I’m not worth you doing all this. I don’t want to be a burden on you."

"You’re already a multimillionaire. You could easily pursue someone better. There are so many girls at our school who are prettier and more outstanding than I am..."

Before Zhong Tingyue could finish, Li Yuan silenced her with a kiss...

"Little Moon, the regrets of our last life, the promises I made to you... I’ll spend this lifetime repaying them."

"L-Li Yuan, don’t. We’re on a public street."

"So what?"

"Not here."

"Then where? A hotel? Or the car?"

"Ah? You hooligan."

"Little Moon, how am I a hooligan?"

"Hmph, you just are."

"Stop talking. Just focus on the kiss..."

"MMPH! MMPH! MMPH! You’re terrible..."

After the passionate kiss, Zhong Tingyue lay in Li Yuan’s arms with flushed cheeks, held in his tight embrace.

"Little Moon, can you tell me your story now?"

Zhong Tingyue looked at Li Yuan, her face still crimson. She could hardly believe they had been kissing on a public street for nearly half an hour.

For someone like her, who had always maintained a cool and aloof heart, this wild act felt special. It was as if she had suddenly shattered her mental shackles, setting her true self free.

"Li Yuan, what do you want to know?"

Li Yuan held Zhong Tingyue in his arms as they sat on a bench in a park pavilion, and he smiled.

"How to rescue you, of course. I already promised I would."

Zhong Tingyue’s eyes lit up. As she looked at Li Yuan, her feelings were completely different from that night when she was in a drunken haze.

Back then, she had believed the story Li Yuan told her, simply clinging to the hope that he could rescue her. Now, after witnessing his copyright deal with Wangyi Company with her own eyes, she believed in his capabilities.

But is he really willing to do so much for me? Am I worth that kind of sacrifice?

Zhong Tingyue’s heart was in turmoil.

She lay in Li Yuan’s arms, a whirlwind of thoughts in her mind, and slowly began to speak.

"Li Yuan, I’m from Sucheng in Jiangnan. My father’s side of the family could probably be considered a scholarly family. Clan structures are very common in Jiangnan. Some of my relatives are in business, others in politics. My father has three brothers, making four of them in total, and our branch’s status within the clan is quite ordinary..."

"For reasons I’m sure you can guess—and it sounds incredibly melodramatic, but it’s a very real situation—the marriages of most women in our family are not their own to control once they come of age."

"Often, the clan will select one or several of the most beautiful girls and spare no expense cultivating them. They are trained in the classical arts, dance, music, and social graces, all so that one day, they can be sacrificed for the family’s benefit..."

"And I, as one of my father’s illegitimate daughters, was the one they chose."

"That’s why I refuse to be manipulated, to be treated like a commodity to be bartered away. I want to escape that dark vortex..."

"Li Yuan, do you understand what I’m saying?"

By the time Zhong Tingyue finished, her eyes were red and swollen. Tears streamed down her face, soaking the front of Li Yuan’s shirt.

Li Yuan gently kissed her forehead and held her hand tightly, pulling her closer into his embrace. He could feel her body trembling.

Li Yuan had originally assumed that a girl from a prominent Jiangnan family like Zhong Tingyue was destined to be a sacrificial pawn in a political marriage. He never expected her background to be so complicated and painful.

She was an unacknowledged, illegitimate daughter.

She was also a specially cultivated ’Jiangnan girl,’ groomed to be a beautiful and talented tool, proficient in the arts, dance, and music.

Outwardly, Zhong Tingyue was a glamorous and stunningly beautiful woman, a cold and aloof Goddess.

But what heart-wrenching pain was hidden beneath that beautiful facade?

Li Yuan cupped Zhong Tingyue’s tear-streaked face, his heart aching with deep anguish. A girl as captivating as this didn’t deserve such a tragic fate.