Chapter 84: Chapter 82: The Downward Blow from a Wealthy Woman!
Even though Yao Mingyue appeared with a smile on her face,
the air was still filled with the scent of gunpowder.
Zhou Hangyu and Li Rundong looked at Yao Mingyue, dumbfounded.
Wasn't she the girl who was making the bed in Xu Musen's dorm room today?
They then glanced at Lin Daiyu, who was sitting next to Xu Musen.
Good heavens, was this turning into a battlefield in person?
The two of them were surprised, and a bit schadenfreude tickled their hearts, thinking, "Look at you now, trying to act all cool, kid!"
Now a collision was bound to happen.
However, they looked at Lin Daiyu, a sure campus belle, then at Yao Mingyue, who was clearly one level higher—a campus queen.
One voluntarily made his bed, the other took the opportunity of a drinking party to make contact with him.
God damn it, this is the price of being a playboy; no need to feel sorry for him!
The female students exchanged doubtful looks among themselves; being girls, they were more sensitive to the tension between love rivals.
They looked at Yao Mingyue and Lin Daiyu.
Although as roommates they definitely sided with Lin Daiyu,
they had to admit that this girl who suddenly appeared suppressed Lin Daiyu utterly in both beauty and temperament.
Xu Musen didn't expect that even going out for a simple meal could stir up so much trouble.
This 'little delicate flower' was truly his fated nemesis.
Lin Daiyu also felt the hostility emanating from the other party, and she too was a bit displeased.
Before Xu Musen could speak, Yao Mingyue's lips curled with a sense of superiority.
"We're all from the same school, sharing a table wouldn't bother you, right?"
Without giving anyone the chance to refuse, Yao Mingyue went straight to Ma Yaxing's side, smiled at him and said, "May I sit here, classmate?"
Since he was sitting with Xu Musen, he immediately blushed from nervousness when faced with such a beautiful woman's request and stood up right away.
"Thank you."
Yao Mingyue swiftly took the seat, without any hesitation sitting close to Xu Musen.
She sandwiched him in between, as if embracing him from both sides.
This scene made many people in the restaurant itch with curiosity.
Xu Musen's mind suddenly flashed to a scene from "Flirting Scholar."
Others think I enjoy the blessings of everyone, but in reality, I'm surrounded by hungry wolves...
The originally well-organized drinking party was suddenly interfered with by a stranger, who acted as if she were the official partner.
It made Lin Daiyu look like a little mistress who was secretly seducing someone else's man.
"Who are you?"
Lin Daiyu's brows furrowed slightly.
"Won't you introduce us?"
But Yao Mingyue was already looking directly at Xu Musen, as if she was the legitimate girlfriend.
Xu Musen glanced at both of them and took a casual sip of beer.
He said, "She is the girl I mentioned earlier, the one who has rejected my confessions several times."
Xu Musen finished speaking calmly, with no change in emotion and even a smile on his face,
as if he was merely introducing something trivial.
But to everyone else, this statement was like a bombshell.
"What??"
Damn, is this drama happening right before our eyes?
The girls, who had been skeptical that someone as outstanding as Xu Musen could be rejected,
instantly felt more at ease upon seeing Yao Mingyue's face.
Indeed, if they were that good-looking, they would be more discriminating too.
Zhou Hangyu and Li Rundong, on the other hand, swore under their breath.
If it were them, they wouldn't have the guts to share such a humiliating past, especially in front of the concerned party.
Wasn't that just like shitting in the street?
But it had to be said that Xu Musen's ability to handle the situation with disarming candor was somewhat impressive.
Zhao Lianmai, who had been silent all this while, finally looked up at Xu Musen with a hint of change in her eyes.
Lin Daiyu was dumbfounded for a while, her round almond eyes still full of disbelief.
As she stared at Yao Mingyue's smug smile, as if the field was all hers, her little fists clenched tight with anger.
This feeling of being pressed to the floor and rubbed against was igniting her competitive spirit even more.
"However, I can now answer your second question,"
Xu Musen smiled again and continued.
"I was young and foolish when I made those confessions, and now we have no relationship whatsoever, so I would appreciate it if everyone would stop bringing up this matter in the future. She doesn't have a boyfriend yet, and I would be very guilty if I hindered her chances of finding someone."
Xu Musen's tone was joking, but every word he said was crystal clear.
The more casual the tone, the deeper the knife often cut.
Yao Mingyue's expression darkened, and she bit her lip, her chest heaving with emotion.
"Oh~ so that's how it is, no worries, we can still be friends if not lovers."
Lin Daiyu seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, then showed a tinge of embarrassment: "It's my fault; I didn't expect to ask such a timely question today. I apologize."
This smooth series of maneuvers indeed had a bit of a Lin Daiyu's green tea vibe to them.
Yao Mingyue narrowed her eyes. If Xu Musen had spoken to her like this in private, she would have definitely made a scene.
But seeing the overconfident girl who had appeared, her pride would not allow her to be outdone.
She turned her head to look at Xu Musen: "But you didn't reject me the last time you confessed."
"What's the point of bringing this up now, aren't we both doing fine on our own?"
"You think it's fine to just go our own ways? Why didn't you think of that when you confessed to me in front of the whole school? Now that you've made me fall for you, you want to run away? Why do you get to decide when to stop chasing?"
Yao Mingyue fixed her gaze on him, bombarding Xu Musen with a rapid sequence of pressing questions, rendering him speechless.
Seriously, it's always been me who has been rejected, so why does it sound like you're the victim, deceived and abandoned by a scumbag?
And indeed, there was a shimmer in Yao Mingyue's eyes that seemed to plead for pity.
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I never realized she was a top-tier master of acting and tea art!
The spectators were internally exclaiming at the spectacle.
"..."
"My stomach feels a bit uncomfortable, I'm going to the restroom."
Xu Musen stood up and left the place of dispute right away, lest the drama queen would really flip the table.
He headed to the front desk to settle the bill, since the problems at today's gathering had arisen on his account, he would treat it as his treat, and find an excuse to slip away later.
...
Now, without Xu Musen at the table, it seemed as though the last barrier had completely disappeared.
Yao Mingyue's expression of grievance in her eyes vanished in an instant, replaced with a somewhat stern glare at Lin Daiyu.
"Classmate, please keep your distance from Xu Musen in the future."
Lin Daiyu, seeing her face change as quick as a Sichuan Opera mask, grew even more indignant, "Why should I stay away from him?"
"Because he likes me, and always has."
"Heh, didn't you reject him already? He also said that there's nothing between you anymore."
"He's just pretending to be tough. It won't be long before we get back together," Yao Mingyue said calmly.
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Lin Daiyu laughed out of anger. I think you're the one who's really tough-talking here, right? Aren't you just a little too conceited?
"You're not even a couple, who he is with has nothing to do with you!"
Yao Mingyue picked up the beer glass Xu Musen had drunk from, took a small sip, and looked Lin Daiyu up and down with a curve forming at the corner of her lips as she continued to speak.
"Do you think you have something that compares to me? Why would he choose to leave me for you?"
Yao Mingyue was relentless when it came to her rivals in love.
"What makes me inferior to you?" Lin Daiyu retorted, even though she really was beautiful.
But she was not lacking herself.
Yao Mingyue continued to look at her, her phoenix eyes giving off a penetrating vibe: "In terms of figure, appearance, ability, and even wallet, where can you outdo me? Only I can give him everything he wants!"
Yao Mingyue's words were a direct punch to the heart, devoid of mercy.
Whether one is rich or not is fairly obvious at first glance.
Lin Daiyu came from a fairly well-to-do home, but that was only by ordinary standards.
Yao Mingyue was a bona fide industrialist and a rich woman.
Lin Daiyu then took a good look at Yao Mingyue.
A flawless visage, exquisite as if created by God's favorite muse.
Moreover, with Yao Mingyue's height of 1.72 meters, she was definitely tall and outstanding among girls, and her figure... was also perfectly proportioned, leaving an impeccable impression.
Even though her body proportions weren't bad either, her height was a clear disadvantage.
For a moment, she felt a sense of defeat.
"My family has three houses in Hangzhou!"
Before she could finish, Yao Mingyue smiled faintly and pulled out a silver-white credit card from her purse.
"This is a credit card that can be applied for only with a deposit of over ten million."
Yao Mingyue shook the card and said no more.
You see, fixed assets and cash deposits are two different concepts. You might afford a million-dollar house in a big city,
but you may not be able to shell out one hundred thousand in cash all at once.
This move could be considered a dimensional strike, utterly crushing.
We're all just poor students, even if some of us come from decent homes, we usually just flaunt our clothes, food, housing, and transportation.
But who goes around flashing a credit card worth millions right from the start?
It's no different than someone just starting a card game with a three, and you countering with a royal flush and a straight flush.
Not to mention the girls present, even the boys were left speechless for a long moment.
A little heiress worth tens of millions?
Did Xu Musen really reject a little heiress worth tens of millions who was willing to throw herself at him, offering opulence and beauty with legs for days?
At that moment, not just Ma Yaxing and Li Rundong, but even Zhou Hangyu, who came from a relatively well-off family, couldn't utter a word.
If it were them, they would have agreed to be a rich woman's dog!
Lin Daiyu clenched her fists. In fact, she initially had only a passing crush on Xu Musen and wasn't really serious.
But the aggressive behavior of the girl in front of her aroused an even stronger defiant spirit in her.
"So what? He doesn't like you, still doesn't like you. Even if you were the top female tycoon Dong Mingzhu, it would be useless!"
Lin Daiyu straightened her back: "Let's compete then, and see who's really the unwanted one!"
With that, she angrily stood up and left.
Yao Mingyue just sneered.
Even though Xu Musen had changed a lot, Yao Mingyue still knew him well.
He truly wasn't interested in average girls.
Yao Mingyue never really saw her as a contender, but the only one she should be wary of,
was the girl sitting in the wheelchair, looking simple and naive.
She glanced in the direction Xu Musen had left, slowly stood up, and waved at the three dumbfounded boys, "I should be going too. Oh, and please wish Musen a good night for me. Tell him to have sweet dreams."
After that, she turned and walked away.
The lively restaurant was now left with just the three of them staring at each other.
Damn! What happened to the social get-together?
What happened to showing off our skills at picking up girls?
It turned into Xu Musen's personal rich woman battle?
"Damn it, why can't I meet such a rich woman? Xu Musen even rejected her, he really doesn't know what's good for him. If it were me, I'd even be willing to scrub myself with a steel wool pad every day!" Zhou Hangyu said with envy and frustration.
"But I think this girl is too oppressive; she seems hard to get along with..." Ma Yaxing shook his head. He was well aware that they were simply not in the same league.
So he saw things more clearly.
And Li Rundong was there, drowning his sorrows in drink. He had come eager to flirt, yet the girls didn't even give him a second glance.
He chugged a beer with a bitter taste in his mouth, lamenting, "It was so hard to be moved for once, and yet she crushed me so utterly.
Damn!"
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