Chapter 244: You're Not Even as Good as His Ex, and You Think You Can Compete With Me?
Stomach pain? Actually, it was only an act.
Walking like she could barely stand? This also was just an act!
Otherwise, how else could she show off how strong her boyfriend, Xia Changyu, was?
They might not have taken the final step in her rented apartment, but she still had to make it look like something intense happened, just to give her boyfriend face.
Before they even reached the bottom floor of the apartment, Zheng Siyen asked with ‘concern’, “Hi, um, are you okay?”
Lin Yibai touched her stomach, put on a “satisfied” look, shook her head, and said softly with a sweet smile, “I’m fine~”
Zheng Siyen pointed at her belly and asked with a confused expression, “But then... what’s with that?”
Lin Yibai blushed and replied, “Ah… Sorry, it’s nothing really! Haha, hahaha…”
Zheng Siyen added, “But your legs are shaking too! Why’s that?”
Lin Yibai quickly said, “It’s cold! It’s definitely just because of the cold weather.”
For a moment, neither of them spoke.
Through these small hints, Lin Yibai was indirectly saying what really went on inside the room, how intense it was. And as her neighbor, Zheng Siyen must’ve heard everything through the walls, right?
From Lin Yibai’s point of view, ‘We’re already like this, don’t tell me you’re still thinking of being the third wheel and trying to steal my boyfriend?’
If that’s what she was planning… Then Lin Yibai wouldn’t go easy on her!
They got into the elevator together, and soon reached the hallway outside their apartment doors.
Just before saying goodbye, Lin Yibai paused and said,
“Zheng Siyen, right? I just want to say something… um… With your looks and personality, I’m sure you must have lots of people chasing after you! You should be a person of integrity and high standards, don't you think? Not like me, I gave in after a little bit of chasing.”
Lin Yibai believed that not everything needed to be solved through drama or direct conflict. Sometimes, it’s better to handle things the normal way.
This was her way of saying, ‘Don’t even think about making a move.’
Zheng Siyen looked away for a second. Clearly, Lin Yibai had hit a sore spot. After a while, she finally said with a forced smile,
“You’re right. I do get a lot of people chasing me. But… I still envy you, Lin Baiyi.”
Lin Yibai smiled and asked, “Why?”
Zheng Siyen replied, “Numbers don’t matter much. Even if ten guys chased after me, they still wouldn’t be as good as your boyfriend.”
Lin Yibai asked, “How can you tell?”
Zheng Siyen continued, “Your boyfriend, Xia Changyu, he must be super rich, right?”
Lin Yibai replied, “So what you like about him is his money?”
Zheng Siyen nodded and shook her head, then said,
“Mostly, but also because he's handsome and still young. Maybe his personality too, I’ve run into him a few times at the unmanned store downstairs. We chatted a little… I think he’s probably really kind, right?”
“He is,” Lin Yibai agreed. “Not only that, his relationship history is super clean. He had a crush in 10th grade, then another one after switching classes in 11th grade. In his 3rd year of college, our department’s prettiest girl chased after him, and that became his first real relationship. But she couldn’t hold onto him, I took him down after just a few tries.”
To be honest, when it came to relationships, Xia Changyu really was very “clean.”
Handsome, rich, and not messy with girls in the past. What kind of girl wouldn’t like that?
Zheng Siyen’s heart probably fluttered even more after hearing this. She asked curiously, “So you won him like that?”
Lin Yibai quickly waved her hands and replied helplessly, “No, no, you got it wrong… I never tried to ‘win’ him. He just kept chasing me non-stop, and in the end, I thought… maybe I’ll just say yes.”
Zheng Siyen thought for a moment and said, “Then what do you think? I don’t think it would be hard for me to beat you.”
Lin Yibai smiled and replied, “First of all, you’re not as good-looking as me.”
Zheng Siyen frowned and said, “But I don’t think Xia Changyu is the kind of guy who only cares about looks, right?”
Lin Yibai couldn’t help but laugh and asked, "So, you think your fake and cunning little personality is good then?"
Zheng Siyen’s frown deepened. After a while, she said, “Wait… are you secretly recording this to play it back for him later, just to make me look bad?”
Lin Yibai sighed and shook her head.
"See? That's exactly why I said you're scheming. I don't even need to record anything, because both of us already know your bad character. We're very open with each other and we always communicate, and it turns out you've been constantly telling him lies about me!"
Zheng Siyen: “……”
Lin Yibai continued, “And I’m not saying looks are everything, but to be honest, even though you’re pretty and have good style, you’re still not as attractive as the girl from our department who used to chase after Xia Changyu, or should I say his ex.”
Zheng Siyen replied with frustration, “What do you mean by that?”
Lin Yibai chuckled, “I mean, you’re not even as good as that girl who threw herself at him, so what makes you think you can compete with me? What gives you the right to talk to me like we’re on the same level in terms of looks or personality?”
Zheng Siyen got a bit angry and said, “You’re way too full of yourself. If he really liked you that much, why would he let you live in a cheap apartment like this, just over a thousand yuan a month? It’s only about 20 square meters and packed full of furniture. I feel like I’d go crazy just staying in a place like this.”
It was like she found her chance to fight back.
She started to believe maybe Xia Changyu didn’t love Lin Yibai that much. Otherwise, why would he let her live in such a cramped place?
As a woman who thought she deserved luxury, Zheng Siyen hated this kind of apartment.
She felt like she had the upper hand now, like she had found Lin Yibai’s weakness and could attack with full force.
She stepped forward and pressed her, “Well? Say something!”
Just then, at the third-floor elevator —
Ding
The sound of the elevator arrived.
Xia Changyu had come back.
He had left earlier, but just as he was taking off his pants… cough cough, anyway, the keys in his pocket were uncomfortable, so he had taken them out and dropped them at the table, then forgot to pick them up.
His car was still parked in front of the building.
He thought, “It’ll only take a few minutes to go upstairs and grab the keys. Shouldn’t block anyone.”
Anyone who has stayed in this kind of budget apartment knows, the layout is like a hotel. One long hallway, with rooms on both sides, and lots of turns.
As soon as he walked out of the elevator, he heard two girls arguing loudly. Their voices echoed down the hallway.
He might not have caught everything. But he definitely heard the part about how he’s so rich, and yet he still lets Lin Yibai live in a place like this.
That part? Xia Changyu paid very close attention.
Meanwhile, Lin Yibai just shrugged, and found it kind of funny.
She gave a small smile and revealed even more.
“Let me tell you the truth. My boyfriend, Xia Changyu, not only drives a luxury car, he’s also a real rich second-generation. Not some spoiled brat either, he even started his own company and it’s doing well. One day, he’ll inherit his family business. So, when you hear all that and assume I’m suffering by living here, what if I told you, even the rent for this apartment, over a thousand yuan a month, is paid by me? How would you respond then?”
Wait, she pays the rent herself?
Zheng Siyen was completely stunned. For a few seconds, her brain just froze. Because this was nothing like the world she thought she knew.
Impossible.
This girl…
Was she joking?