50: Chapter 50 Best Friend's Advice

Li Xue looked down, her long hair falling to cover half her face.

"If you really want to be with him for the long haul, there's only one way." Li Ruonan leaned in, lowering her voice. "Make him unable to live without you."

Li Xue looked up. "What do you mean?"

"Dummy!" Li Ruonan poked her forehead. "Men are visual creatures, but you can't keep someone just with your face and body. You have to make him feel—that you're different from the others."

She counted on her fingers:

"First, don't be jealous or give him the cold shoulder at every turn; men hate that the most. Second, learn some 'special talents,' like dancing, massage, or little romantic games... In short, you have to make him feel a fresh sense of excitement every time he sees you. Third—"

Li Xue was stunned, listening blankly. "Where... where did you get all these theories?"

"Ha, your sister here has read over a hundred romance novels." Li Ruonan flipped her hair triumphantly. "Trust me, this set of tactics will absolutely work on Jiang Jing."

Li Xue fell into deep thought.

She had to admit, her best friend made sense.

Jiang Jing wasn't an ordinary man; you couldn't catch him with conventional methods. Instead of getting angry about his flirting with others, she should think about how to make herself the most special one.

"Then... what should I do?" she asked quietly.

Li Ruonan's eyes lit up, and she immediately took out her phone. "I've already prepared it for you!"

On the screen was a pile of saved links:

《30-Day Sexy Dance Crash Course》

《How to Make a Man Obsessed With You》

《Guide to Choosing Sexy Lingerie》

Li Xue blushed furiously. "This, this is too..."

"Too what? It's practical!" Li Ruonan clicked pay without giving her a chance to argue. "Start with the dancing first. Doesn't Jiang Jing like that girl from the Art Department? Just dance better than her, and you'll be fine!"

She leaned into Li Xue's ear and smirked. "I have a friend who knows a nightclub lead dancer who specializes in teaching this. Learn for three days, and I guarantee your Jiang Jing's eyes will be glued to you~"

Li Xue bit her lip, her heart racing.

Reason told her this was absurd, but a voice deep inside was urging her—what's the harm in trying?

...

When Zhou Wenying got out of Jiang Jing's car and walked onto campus with a joyful gait, her phone kept vibrating in her Hermès bag, with notifications sounding one after another.

She knew what that was—the nine-grid photo post she'd uploaded to her Moments half an hour ago was causing an earthquake.

The first photo was her back against the floor-to-ceiling window of a show unit at the Yunhai View Mansion, with the bustling night view of Rong City outside.

The second was the property purchase contract spread out on the coffee table, with her slender finger deliberately pointing at the signature line.

The third through sixth photos were close-ups of a diamond necklace from various angles.

The seventh was a pile of luxury shopping bags; the eighth was a selfie of her leaning on Jiang Jing's shoulder, revealing only the man's perfectly chiseled jawline; the last one was their hands clasped together, with a simple yet explosive caption: [Thank you, my dear.]

"Ding-dong," "ding-dong," the phone notifications chimed incessantly.

Zhou Wenying deliberately didn't check them immediately, instead slowing her pace to enjoy the stunned gazes cast by the students around her. She could hear the whispers behind her:

"Isn't that Zhou Wenying from the Art Department?"

"Oh my god, is she wearing the latest Cartier?"

"I heard her boyfriend drives a lamborghini veneno..."

The corners of her mouth curled up involuntarily. Zhou Wenying straightened her back. By the time she walked to the dormitory building, her phone had already vibrated dozens of times.

She finally couldn't resist taking it out for a look—the little red dot on her Moments showed "99+", the like list was impossibly long, and the comment section had exploded.

[Holy crap! Yunhai View Mansion?! Isn't that the most expensive luxury residence in Rong City?!]

[I've seen this diamond necklace at the boutique, it's over eight million!]

[Yingying, who is your boyfriend? He's way too rich!]

[Who said Zhou Wenying was being kept before? This is a proper relationship, okay?!]

[Please introduce me to the wealthy circles!]

[Senior is too amazing, can you teach us your secrets?]

What gave her the most secret satisfaction was that even Chen Yue, the vice-chair of the Student Union who used to be indifferent to her, had left a comment: "Yingying has been getting prettier lately, when are we going to eat together?"

Zhou Wenying's red lips curved slightly. Her slender fingers swiped lightly on the screen, deliberately not replying to anyone's questions, just occasionally liking a few comments to let the mystery continue to ferment.

She knew that the more she did this, the more it would pique everyone's curiosity.

In the corridor in front of her dorm, she ran into Lin Yu from the next class. The girl who used to talk behind her back about how she was "acting high and mighty" now had eyes wide as saucers. After scanning her from head to toe, she squeezed out an exaggerated smile: "Yingying, you look so beautiful today! Is this dress new?"

"Yeah, the new Chanel early autumn collection." Zhou Wenying replied nonchalantly, deliberately shaking the Hermès bag in her hand. "My boyfriend insisted it suited me, so he bought it."

Lin Yu's expression instantly became spectacular; envy, jealousy, and regret played out on her face in turns.

Zhou Wenying almost laughed out loud; this feeling was simply wonderful.

The moment she pushed open the dormitory door, the originally noisy room suddenly went quiet.

Three roommates turned their heads in unison, six pairs of eyes scanning her like searchlights, finally settling on the diamond necklace on her neck and the Hermès bag.

"Yingying is back?" Roommate Zhang Xiaowen was the first to jump up, her face plastered with unprecedented enthusiastic smiles, her voice sickeningly sweet, "Is it hot outside? I poured you some iced lemonade!"

Zhou Wenying raised her eyebrows slightly—at the end of last semester, it was this spoiled young lady who had mocked her for an entire week because she accidentally knocked over a cup of milk tea, and now she was voluntarily pouring her water?

"Thanks, no need." She deliberately placed the Hermès bag on her desk at a leisurely pace, watching the three pairs of eyes instantly focus on it, feeling a secret thrill.

"Is, is this an Hermès bag?" Another roommate, Wang Li, leaned over, eyes wide, her fingers itching to touch it but not daring to. "I've seen it in a magazine, it costs at least over two hundred thousand..."

Zhou Wenying smiled without speaking, took a limited-edition Chanel perfume out of the bag, and elegantly sprayed it into the air twice. The rich floral fragrance immediately filled the dormitory.

"Wow!" Zhang Xiaowen exclaimed, her nose involuntarily following the scent, "Did your boyfriend give it to you?"

"Yeah." Zhou Wenying finally spoke, her tone as casual as if she were discussing the weather. "He said the scent suited me, so he bought the whole set."

"The whole set?!" The three screamed in unison.

"Yingying, who exactly is your boyfriend?" Wang Li couldn't help but ask, her voice trembling with excitement, "He spoils you way too much, right?"

Zhou Wenying sat on the edge of the bed, slowly taking off her high heels.

"His surname is Jiang." She deliberately only said half, watching her roommates' anxious expressions, feeling delighted inside.

"Jiang?" Zhang Xiaowen suddenly widened her eyes, as if thinking of something, "Could it be that... owner of the lamborghini veneno? The one that went viral on Douyin a few days ago!"

Zhou Wenying smiled without confirming or denying, which counted as tacit agreement. This reaction instantly caused the dormitory to explode.

"My god! It really is him! I saw the video! He's super handsome!"

"That veneno is limited to eight units worldwide! I heard you couldn't buy one even with fifty million!"

"Yingying, you're too amazing! How did you meet him?"