Pursuing Her Best Friend after Confession Failed-Chapter 36 - 35 Bai Weixi: Brother, can we go back to the past, please?

Chapter 36: Chapter 35 Bai Weixi: Brother, can we go back to the past, please?

Apart from the calls, there was also a string of text messages.

14:43: Big Bro, I’m almost at the Modu train station. Can you come pick me up?

14:45: Why aren’t you answering your phone? I came by train all by myself. Mom and Dad aren’t with me, and I’m really scared.

14:53: Why aren’t you picking up? You just left me here all alone. Didn’t you promise a few days ago that you would come get me? Sob...

15:05: I’m at the train station. There are so many people outside. Li Yuan, you big jerk, if you don’t pick up soon, I’m going to get really mad and never speak to you again.

15:10: Big Bro, please pick up the phone. I’m all alone and really scared.

15:12: Big Bro, please, please, please, can you come pick me up? I feel like I’m being watched. They keep staring at me, and I’m so scared... Big Bro, hurry up and get here!

Li Yuan was exasperated by Bai Weixi’s barrage of messages. She’s such a delicate beauty, how did she work up the nerve to come to Modu all by herself? Aren’t her parents with her? In my past life, her parents accompanied her... As for being watched? That’s definitely possible. After all, Bai Weixi is breathtakingly beautiful, the kind you’d call a top-tier campus belle. Plus, she has that unique first love aura that naturally draws people’s eyes... You could say she attracts countless gazes wherever she goes.

After a brief hesitation, Li Yuan picked up his phone and dialed her number.

On the other end, Bai Weixi answered almost instantly. Her crisp voice, tinged with the sound of crying, came through the phone.

"Big Bro, you finally answered! I’m so scared. Can you come quickly?"

"Please, Big Bro, come quickly! I’ll never make you mad again. Can we just go back to how things used to be, okay?"

"Hurry and pick me up. I’m really, really scared."

Li Yuan sneered, "So, you need me now?"

"Big Bro, I was wrong," Bai Weixi said, her voice choking with unshed tears. "I was just trying to test you before. I never thought you’d be so heartless!"

A test? More like she’s farming a school of fish. It’s the standard tactic of a green tea: keeping guys on the hook in the name of ’testing’ them. I foolishly believed her nonsense in my past life and played the role of a servile follower for more than three years. Otherwise, with my looks and physique, let alone conquering the university dating scene, having a few girlfriends would have been no problem at all. My wonderful college years were completely wasted because of her. There were so many things... and positions... I never got to experience.

The mere thought of it made Li Yuan fume. If he had at least slept with her before being kicked to the curb, he might have accepted it. After all, not many college couples make it to the end. The journey from a first crush to the wedding altar is never that easy.

The key was that in his past life, he treated Bai Weixi like a goddess, his one true love, and never dared to force the issue. If he had just acted like the domineering CEOs in those novels, with their countless opportunities alone together, and just pinned her to a wall for a forceful kiss, maybe everything would have turned out differently.

Li Yuan, who now considered himself a true disciple of the master Jiangnan, was determined to write a different ending for himself in this life. In the words of the master: "Don’t miss out on a good girl; don’t waste a bad one."

Bai Weixi was very dissatisfied with Li Yuan’s silence. "Hey, you jerk, are you even listening? I’m talking to you!"

"I’m listening," Li Yuan replied listlessly.

"Then hurry up and come get me! I’m really scared. There are a few strangers lurking around me. I’m hiding in a KFC right now and I’m too afraid to go outside."

"Wait there."

"Mwah! Big Bro, you’re the best!"

Li Yuan glanced at Zhong Tingyue and Ding Shanshan, who were shopping excitedly. He thought for a moment, then walked over to them. "Junior sisters, I’m sorry, but something urgent came up. I have to leave for a bit."

Zhong Tingyue was slightly disappointed but didn’t let it show, smiling cheerfully. "Go on, Senior. Take care of your business." 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

"You two have fun. We can catch up some other time."

Li Yuan felt a pang of regret. Zhong Tingyue, having just started university, hadn’t yet fully evolved into the aloof goddess of the future. I still have a chance with her. With her looks and figure, it would be a real shame not to even try! And if I fail? It doesn’t matter. She’s not the only one out there. But if I could actually win over the aloof goddess Zhong Tingyue and then flaunt it in front of Bai Weixi... the thought alone is thrilling... Bai Weixi, in this lifetime, just you watch how I turn the tables on you!

He hailed a taxi and said, "To the train station, driver."

「...」

After Li Yuan’s taxi departed, Ding Shanshan looked at Zhong Tingyue curiously. "Tingyue, what’s the deal with that senior? Is he your boyfriend?"

Zhong Tingyue’s pretty face flushed as she quickly explained, "Shanshan, don’t be ridiculous. He might have been an old classmate of mine, but I can’t remember who he is."

"An old classmate?" Ding Shanshan asked suspiciously. "Then shouldn’t he be in our year? Why is he a senior?"

Zhong Tingyue shook her head. "I’m not sure. Maybe he skipped a grade. Some students with exceptionally good grades did that back in middle school."

Ding Shanshan suddenly gave her a sly smile. "Hee hee, Tingyue, I think this old classmate of yours is pretty handsome! He’s tall, has a nice facial structure, and he’s muscular too! Aren’t you going to consider him?"

Zhong Tingyue’s cheeks grew warm. Li Yuan was indeed very attractive and completely her type. But a sudden thought of her family situation caused the light in her eyes to dim. "Shanshan, I’m not planning on dating in university. There’s no chance for him and me. If you like him, you could give it a shot."

Ding Shanshan looked awkward. "I’ll pass. I know my limits. A stud like him isn’t my type. In university, I just want to find an ordinary boyfriend who is ambitious, responsible, and treats me with his whole heart! It’d be best if he’s a Modu local." Then, she looked at Zhong Tingyue again. "Tingyue, you’re definitely going to have a lot of admirers at school. I think your senior is interested in you. When he was walking with us, his eyes were glued to you. He didn’t even look at me once..."

Zhong Tingyue’s mood soured. "Shanshan, let’s not talk about this. Let’s just hurry and finish our shopping."

「...」

Daxia University wasn’t far from the Modu Train Station, and the drive took less than half an hour.

Inside the KFC in front of the station, Bai Weixi, dressed in jeans and a white jacket, nervously sipped a Coke. Her eyes kept darting toward the window, and a pink suitcase sat by her feet.

In truth, she hadn’t come alone. She had arrived with Xu Zhi, Wang Yuchen, and Wang Shuai. But to wait for Li Yuan, she had told the others he was coming to pick her up and that they should go on ahead. Xu Zhi, Wang Shuai, and Wang Yuchen hadn’t suspected a thing.

As for being watched, she wasn’t lying. She had definitely seen a few shady figures lingering nearby, which had made her heart pound with fear.

Stinky Li Yuan, bad Li Yuan. This is how you take care of me? You big liar, you big bully. You came to Modu ahead of time and didn’t even tell me.

Tears welled up in Bai Weixi’s eyes. She felt like she had tried so hard to stay close to Li Yuan and maintain their three-year "friendship," but recently, all she got was hurt. Everything had changed after she rejected his confession at Wanfo Pagoda Park following the college entrance exams.

Over the past two months, she had asked herself again and again if she truly liked him. She couldn’t be sure. She definitely had feelings for him—after all, he was handsome, tall, smart, and always so good to her. Any other girl in their class would have probably thrown themselves at him and sealed the deal by now. But she carried the shadow of her parents’ unhappy marriage, a shadow that filled her with a deep-seated fear of romance.

Li Yuan, if only you could be this good to me forever. Wouldn’t that be wonderful!

Bai Weixi stared out the window, once again lost in melancholy thoughts.

「...」

Li Yuan got out of the taxi, his gaze sweeping the area. He spotted the KFC beside the station and strode quickly toward it.

The moment he entered, Bai Weixi, who had been waiting anxiously, looked up. Their gazes met and locked, and an invisible spark ignited between them.

Bai Weixi stood up, her beautiful eyes a mixture of surprise and brimming tears as she simply stared at him. Li Yuan saw her—tearful, pitiful, and yet so radiant in the crowd that even without makeup, she had captured the attention of many other travelers.

He walked straight over and stopped right in front of her.