Pursuing Her Best Friend after Confession Failed

Chapter 431 176 Being Watched at the Start of School, Bai Weixi First Meets Xia Zhijin_4

"Besides the class competition, there are also matches between different departments. With your skills, Yuan, if you join our department's basketball team, it's a sure thing."

Li Yuan suddenly realized he hadn't played basketball recently, nor had he paid much attention to it.

"Alright, I'll check my schedule. If there's nothing special going on, I'll go practice in the afternoon."

Liu Jia chuckled. "You got it, Yuan! It's settled then. I'll give Ren Jun and the others a heads-up after school. We'll practice our teamwork, get familiar with the tactics, and strive to break out of our department and become the best in Daxia."

Li Yuan gave Liu Jia a strange look. "Liu Jia, you're certainly confident. Did Liang Jingru give you that courage?"

Liu Jia grinned. "It wasn't Liang Jingru, Yuan, it was you."

"With your strength, Yuan, our starting five—you, me, Ren Jun, Wu Hao, and Yu Shihao—might actually be able to take on the guys from the Physical Education Department."

"Heh, I can already picture it. The moment you step onto the court, Yuan, the stands will be filled with beautiful upper- and underclassmen cheering for us... I have to perform well. What if some upperclassman takes a liking to me? This is a rare chance to finally get a girlfriend."

"Mouse, don't you think I'm right?"

Wu Hao scratched his head and chuckled. "Liu Jia, you've got a point. We have to use our basketball skills to attract girls. I've heard that in college, the guys who are good at basketball have the easiest time finding girlfriends."

Li Yuan said wryly, "You two really have this all figured out. I'll have to see this afternoon if your skills have improved. I hope you can give me a challenge, because constantly crushing you gives me no sense of accomplishment."

"Heh heh, we'll definitely satisfy you, Yuan," Liu Jia said with a mischievous smirk. "Let me tell you a secret, Yuan. I've already developed a six-pack. It's a shame, though. All this powerful core strength with no battlefield to test it on."

Li Yuan glanced at Liu Jia's physique; he did seem a bit more built.

"Liu Jia, if you're really that thirsty, I suggest you pay for some company. I hear you can even fly them in from across the country now..."

***

In the academic building next to Li Yuan's, Bai Weixi was listening to her calculus lecture absent-mindedly, her thoughts already having flown to the other building.

Beside her, Wang Lisha whispered, "Weixi, should we go over after class ends?"

Bai Weixi looked flustered.

Just today, her roommates Wang Lisha and Deng Meiqi had suggested waiting for Li Yuan at his classroom after school so they could all go to the cafeteria for lunch together. According to Wang Lisha, "Weixi, you and Li Yuan are childhood sweethearts, a match made in heaven. Everyone else is an outsider. You have to show some spirit and scare off the competition."

Bai Weixi was deeply conflicted. After hearing the story Li Yuan told last night, she understood that she wasn't nearly as important in his heart as she had imagined. But she couldn't bring herself to tell Wang Lisha and the others about it.

Besides, a part of her wanted to see what this girl named Xia Zhijin, whom Li Yuan liked so much, actually looked like.

If it were Zhong Tingyue, that would be one thing. Even she had to admit that her roommate was stunningly beautiful, possessing the aloof, goddess-like demeanor that made men want to conquer her. She was the type that was universally appealing.

Deng Meiqi seemed to sense Bai Weixi's hesitation and offered some comfort. "Weixi, you can just find an excuse, like waiting for Li Yuan to have lunch with him."

Wang Lisha pursed her lips in a sly smile. "Speaking of which, that scoundrel Li Yuan hasn't even treated us to a meal yet. It wouldn't be asking too much for him to treat us to lunch at the cafeteria today, right?

"I've already found out where they are. They're in the building right next to ours, and there are still over twenty minutes of class left. We can head over right when it ends. The timing is perfect..."

Persuaded by Wang Lisha and Deng Meiqi, Bai Weixi hesitated for a long time before finally deciding to go to Li Yuan's classroom.

Seeing Bai Weixi agree, Wang Lisha and Deng Meiqi exchanged a smile and secretly gave each other a "V" for victory sign. After Bai Weixi and Li Yuan had left last night, the two of them had decided to become Bai Weixi's love gurus and help her win him over completely.

The bell signaling the end of class rang soon after.

"Weixi, stop hesitating. Let's hurry over," Wang Lisha and Deng Meiqi said, pulling the still-reluctant Bai Weixi toward the door.

"Ah, okay then," Bai Weixi agreed, her heart pounding with nervousness. She felt a sense of guilt, as if she were doing something wrong.

After Bai Weixi, Wang Lisha, and Deng Meiqi left, Ding Shanshan, who was sitting behind them, pouted and whispered to Xu Tingrou beside her, "Tingrou, look at them, so eager to help Weixi scheme and drive away all her rivals. It's such a shame for Tingyue to just give up. She cried her eyes out over Li Yuan and didn't even come to class today..."

Xu Tingrou nodded in agreement and sighed helplessly. "Tingyue has her own ideas. It's useless for us to try and persuade her."

"Besides, Li Yuan might seem like a big shot now, but who knows what the future holds. Guys like him are never short of beautiful women. Instead of staying entangled, it's better to let go early, find a man who truly loves her, and live a simple, happy life.

"I think Tingyue is doing the right thing. When it's time to cut ties, why drag it out?"

Ding Shanshan nodded. "Maybe you're right, Tingrou. We should focus on our studies and keep improving ourselves. That way, we can find good jobs in the future and be financially independent. That's what we, as women of the new era, should do."

***

Bai Weixi, Wang Lisha, and Deng Meiqi quietly approached the building next door. They looked at the large lecture hall, their hearts pounding as if they were walking to the gallows.

Wang Lisha checked the time and gave Bai Weixi a push of encouragement. "Weixi, there are five minutes of class left. Let's sneak in from the back."

Clutching the LV bag Li Yuan had given her, Bai Weixi looked extremely nervous. "Shasha, if we just go in like this, won't the professor notice us?"

Wang Lisha chuckled. "What's the big deal? This is a university, not high school. The professors don't care. Besides, it's a general education course."

"Hurry up, stop dawdling. If we wait until their class is over, it won't have the same impact."

Bai Weixi nodded hesitantly. "Okay then."

Excited, Wang Lisha pulled Bai Weixi straight up the back staircase and quietly pushed the door open. The three of them had expected to slip inside unnoticed.

But as soon as they pushed the door open, before they could even find a seat, they found themselves under the direct gaze of the lecturing professor.

Yi Gang adjusted his glasses, looked at the three girls, and frowned. "Which class are you three from? Class is almost over. Why are you only just arriving?"

At his words, the gazes of more than a hundred students from the Department of Computer Science turned in unison toward Bai Weixi and her friends.

Hey, who are these three girls? Are they from Class Two? I don't remember them at all. That girl in the jeans is gorgeous. She took my breath away. Who is she? I don't recognize any of them. Did they walk into the wrong classroom?

Li Yuan had been playing on his phone. Hearing the murmurs around him, he turned his head and saw Bai Weixi and her two roommates looking around nervously, completely at a loss. Startled, his eyes widened, and he couldn't stop a curse from escaping his lips.

"Damn, why is Bai here?"

Liu Jia, who was also staring at Bai Weixi, heard Li Yuan and instinctively asked, "Yuan, you don't think she's here for you, do you?"

Before Li Yuan could answer, Wang Lisha had already summoned her courage to reply loudly to Professor Yi Gang.

"Professor, we're not in this class. We're here waiting for someone."

As she spoke, she scanned the room, searching for Li Yuan. Her eyes met his just as he was looking toward Bai Weixi.

She immediately pointed at him and shouted, "Professor, we're looking for Li Yuan!"

As soon as Wang Lisha spoke, all the other students in the classroom instantly shifted their gazes to Li Yuan.

Even Xia Zhijin, who was sitting in the front row and paying close attention to the lecture, looked over and saw Bai Weixi, the most beautiful of the three girls.

As if by some telepathic connection, their gazes met in an instant.