Pursuing Her Best Friend after Confession Failed

Chapter 419 174: Bai Weixi's Defense Broken, PUA Master Li Yuan_2

Zhong Tingyue clicked "Select All," intending to completely delete her chat history with Li Yuan.

Yet, a resolute voice kept echoing in her mind, stopping her. Her hand hovered in the air, unable to press down for a long time.

How I wish I could erase everything we had, but I just can't bring myself to do it. These are my only happy memories, even though I'm now covered in scars.

Zhong Tingyue glanced again at the last message from Li Yuan, sent ten minutes ago.

[Little Moon, the story I told you has a prequel and an ending song. I hope that one day, I can tell you about them in person—Li Yuan]

Reading his message, Zhong Tingyue's once-dead heart revived slightly as a voice inside her pleaded relentlessly.

Little Moon, give him another chance. A story needs a beginning and an end, and he still owes you that one request.

Whatever happens, give yourself, give this love story, a proper ending.

An unreadable emotion flashed through Zhong Tingyue's swollen, red eyes.

The first love of one's life—perhaps the last—is always so hard to forget. Can I really let go?

She couldn't.

***

"Weixi, no matter what, you need to think this through carefully so you don't have any regrets later," Wang Lisha consoled.

As Bai Weixi cried, her phone, lying on the table, suddenly vibrated. She looked over immediately, her tears stopping in an instant.

It was a text message from a contact named "Husband":

[Bai, I'm back at school. Come out for a bit. I have something I want to tell you.]

To Bai Weixi, Li Yuan's message felt like a blade of grass clutched by someone drowning in despair; it was a ray of sunlight that suddenly flashed through an overcast sky.

Wang Lisha also heard the phone vibrate and, seeing the change in Bai Weixi's expression, asked curiously, "Weixi, did he send you a message?"

"Yeah," Bai Weixi nodded, her voice holding a hint of cheer.

Wearing an "I knew it" expression, Wang Lisha continued to play the role of "love advisor" and asked curiously, "What did he say? Let me help you figure out how to reply."

Bai Weixi hesitated for a moment before showing the message to Wang Lisha. Her feelings were a tangled mess, and she couldn't decide how to face Li Yuan. She was terrified of truly losing him, yet also scared that her feelings were unrequited and that he no longer loved her.

After seeing the message, Wang Lisha's mind raced, and she immediately began to analyze it for Bai Weixi. After a moment, her eyes lit up. She stared at Bai Weixi and whispered her analysis.

"Weixi, judging by this message, he knows that you're aware of the situation. He's asking you to meet so he can explain."

"Right now, you have two choices. First, you can pretend you didn't see it. Ignore him and wait for him to keep messaging or calling to apologize."

"The second option is to agree and hear him out, but doing so would weaken your position."

"Weixi, what will it be? Ignore him, or go see him?"

Bai Weixi shook her head, her expression hesitant. "I don't know," she murmured. "A part of me really wants to see him and ask him why, but another part of me doesn't want to deal with him at all. Shasha, Meiqi, what do you think I should do?"

Deng Meiqi had also read the text. After a moment of thought, she offered her kind advice.

"Weixi, since you're not planning to cut ties with Li Yuan completely, you should go see him and get everything out in the open. Let him know how you feel. If he's willing to change, you can stay together. If not, then you can part on good terms. In this world, no one is indispensable."

Wang Lisha chimed in, "Meiqi has a point. It's better to meet him and clear the air so you don't have any regrets."

Hearing her two roommates advise the same, the confusion in Bai Weixi's eyes gradually gave way to determination. She looked at Wang Lisha and Deng Meiqi and nodded.

"Okay, I'll give him one more chance to explain."

With that, Bai Weixi picked up her phone, looked at Li Yuan's message, and typed a reply.

"Alright. Wait for me downstairs."

Seeing that Bai Weixi had taken their advice, Wang Lisha and Deng Meiqi exchanged a look, both sighing in relief.

The situation had become complicated now that Li Yuan's identity was completely exposed to the public. He was no longer just an online novelist; he had acquired a host of other titles. A Great Writer, a student at a prestigious 985 university, earning a million a month, a singer, tall, rich, and handsome—all these labels now belonged to him.

They could already imagine how popular Li Yuan was about to become. Leaving everything else aside, the four songs he had written would alone bring him immense fame and attract countless adoring fans. And among those fans, the vast majority were female. Even the girls in their own dorm felt their hearts flutter after listening to his songs, to say nothing of other girls who didn't even know him. On the school forums, threads were already popping up from accounts that clearly belonged to girls, all asking for an introduction…

However, very few people actually knew his contact information.