Pursuing Her Best Friend after Confession Failed-Chapter 365 - 160: Earning Ten Million a Day, Rumors Flying Around at the Finance Academy_4

Chapter 365: Chapter 160: Earning Ten Million a Day, Rumors Flying Around at the Finance Academy_4

"This matter is being fueled behind the scenes and has already caused a huge uproar in our Finance Academy. All the signs point directly to Weixi and Tingyue. Tingyue is especially being painted as the third party who came between Weixi and Li Yuan..."

"How malicious can you get? This is meant to completely ruin Tingyue’s reputation at our school. Damn it! Who the hell is behind this?"

A male student from their Finance Academy suddenly flashed into Xu Tingrou’s mind. He had been pursuing Zhong Tingyue since their first-year military training and had even confessed to her publicly under the dorm building on National Day... If it was him, he’d certainly have the motive. But how would Fang Zheng know that Tingyue and Weixi share the same boyfriend? Could Fang Zheng have also added Weixi on QQ and seen the photos on her profile?

Ding Shanshan frowned and asked, "Tingrou, why don’t you ask Li Yuan again if he’s seen Tingyue? Is she alright?"

"He’s the one who caused all this trouble. If anything actually happens to Tingyue, I’ll never forgive him."

Xu Tingrou nodded and dialed Li Yuan’s number.

The call connected quickly. Seeing the curious gazes of her three roommates, Xu Tingrou put the call on speaker.

"Hello, Student Xu. Is there something I can help you with?"

Xu Tingrou asked nervously, "Li Yuan, have you seen Tingyue? How is she? We’re all very worried about her."

There was a pause on the other end of the line before Li Yuan’s voice came through.

"I’ve seen her. She’s in Sucheng and isn’t in a good mood. Her mother is bringing her to Modu tomorrow."

Xu Tingrou’s heart tightened. Li Yuan had personally gone to Sucheng to see Zhong Tingyue, yet the situation hadn’t improved. One could only imagine how terrible Tingyue must be feeling. Thank goodness she was in her hometown with her family to look after her. If she had been alone, who knows what she might have done in such an agitated state.

"Um, Li Yuan, does Weixi know about this yet? How are you planning to handle it?"

After Xu Tingrou asked this, Ding Shanshan, Wang Lisha, and Deng Meiqi all held their breath, awaiting Li Yuan’s answer.

The girls had incredibly mixed feelings about Li Yuan. They admired his talent and respected his generosity, but they despised him for being a womanizer. It seemed Bai Weixi was still in the dark, but the girls were certain she would find out as soon as classes started the day after tomorrow. Even if the four of them said nothing, someone else in the Finance Academy would surely tell her in secret. They could already imagine the pandemonium that would erupt in their dorm.

As the girls waited, there was another pause on the other end of the line before his voice came through.

"I have a meeting at my company soon. We can talk when I’m free. I’ll handle it."

Then, Li Yuan hung up.

The girls stared at each other, stunned by his response.

Ding Shanshan’s fiery temper flared up instantly. "That scumbag!" she scoffed. "He’s completely brushing us off. How is he going to ’handle it’? By stalling? Is he still dreaming of having his cake and eating it too?"

"In my opinion, we should just tell Weixi everything and let both her and Tingyue kick that jerk to the curb. With their looks, they could find any outstanding guy they want."

"It’s everyone’s duty to stay away from scumbags."

Xu Tingrou and Wang Lisha were speechless. Ding Shanshan made it sound easy, but it wasn’t that simple.

Putting aside Zhong Tingyue, who had known Li Yuan for a relatively short time and could just chalk it up to bad judgment if they broke up, Bai Weixi and Li Yuan had been high school classmates for three years. They were basically childhood sweethearts. If she found out the truth, she would be so devastated she might do something drastic.

This was a decision only they could make.

Deng Meiqi sighed and threw up her hands. "Ugh, matters of the heart are so troublesome. After this whole mess, I’m already becoming jaded about love."

Xu Tingrou, Wang Lisha, and Ding Shanshan all nodded in unison.

It had truly cast a shadow over their hearts.

「...」

In the conference room of Datang Technology Company at Longyu Building.

Li Yuan sat at the head of the table, listening as Lin Yuwei used a PowerPoint presentation to introduce the beta test plan for the Zhihu website.

"Director Li, I suggest we first select a few universities in Modu for testing to collect user feedback. After optimization, we can then launch it to the national market..."

Li Yuan asked, "Which universities are you planning to select?"

Lin Yuwei smiled. "We plan to choose three schools: Modu Finance University, Daxia University, and Modu University of Technology. We’re prepared to distribute invitation codes at these schools to conduct a beta test with rewards for feedback. The preliminary plan is to include around 500 people, with prizes totaling about 10,000 yuan."

Li Yuan thought for a moment and felt it was a reasonable plan. User feedback from the beta test would make it easier to implement improvements.

"That’s fine. Are there any other issues?"

Lin Yuwei glanced at Li Yuan before continuing. "Director Li, we might be short on manpower. I suggest we recruit more people, preferably talent in website operations and marketing. The art design for ’Honor of Kings’ that we’re responsible for is already falling behind schedule..."

Li Yuan glanced around the conference room. He had to admit their workforce was a bit thin.

"Alright. Group Leader Lin, please draft a plan first. List the personnel we need and report it to me."

"Also, for the National Day holiday, all staff who stayed to work overtime will receive triple pay. The group leaders should tally the hours and report them to Secretary Xia for review and distribution..."

The moment Li Yuan finished speaking, the employees in the room erupted in excited cheers.

The boss is amazing! I love you! MWAH!

Director Li is so generous! Now everyone’s fired up to work harder!

Triple pay! Tsk, tsk. I worked overtime for three days, so that’s over 3,000 yuan. This is awesome!

I need to report my overtime hours to Secretary Xia right away...

Beside Li Yuan, Xia Zhijin’s face flushed with a hint of shyness as she saw everyone looking at her expectantly. She was now in charge of the company’s finances, which included distributing employee salaries. Now, she had to issue overtime bonuses before the first month’s wages had even been paid.

Under the table, Li Yuan patted her thigh and squeezed her nervous little hand, giving her an encouraging smile.

"That’s all for today’s meeting. If you encounter any difficulties, report them immediately. Don’t hide them."

"We may be just a small, insignificant group right now, but I believe that with our combined efforts, our company will flourish, and each of you will be able to achieve your dreams."

「...」

After the meeting, Li Yuan led Xia Zhijin to his office.

"Zhijin," he said with a smile, "just calculate everything based on the actual hours. Pay them triple their daily wage and deposit it into their bank accounts..."

"Mm-hmm, I got it," Xia Zhijin nodded shyly. Her gaze drifted down to Li Yuan’s large hand, which was still resting high on her thigh. She was wearing a long skirt today...

Li Yuan chuckled. Xia Zhijin had a fantastic figure but always dressed conservatively. This was the first time he had ever seen her in a skirt.

"Zhijin, don’t forget your own overtime pay..."