I Have 10 Trillion Dollars only Usable For Simping
Chapter 134 Favorability +5

Chapter 134: 134 Favorability +5

[Li Shuru’s goodwill towards you +5]

Leaving the sports field and at the moment of parting, Jiang Chen heard the increasingly familiar notification sound.

Realizing it had only increased by five points, Jiang Chen, who had thought he could complete his conquest in one fell swoop, was slightly taken aback.

It wasn’t so much a feeling of disappointment, more like surprise.

In the past, the points had always been added in tens, but this time it was merely a single digit increase.

The goodwill points reached 85.

All beginnings are hard, and it seems the endings are just as tough.

Just like leveling up by defeating monsters in a game, it’s easy for beginners, but as the level gets higher, the difficulty of climbing further increases as well.

But by now, Jiang Chen no longer had any worries; Li Shuru’s attitude towards him had long ceased to be what it was at the beginning. The last five points were just a matter of time.

"Shu Rui, why did you come back?"

When the two arrived at the girls’ dormitory building, they unexpectedly ran into Xu Siyi.

It was clear she had just come back from outside, wearing a black jacket, tight leather pants, and the very pair of high heels worth over twenty thousand, all sexy and avant-garde.

Jiang Chen cleared his throat. He said to Li Shuru, "I’ll head back first."

Li Shuru nodded her head.

"Take care on your way back, Senior Jiang."

Xu Siyi smiled and waved at him.

Jiang Chen nodded naturally, turned, and left with slightly more hurried steps than usual.

Xu Siyi watched his retreating figure for a while, then turned her gaze back and asked Li Shuru with a smile, "When did you get back?"

"This afternoon."

"How come you didn’t tell me when I called yesterday?"

"Did we talk on the phone yesterday?"

"Didn’t you talk to Senior Jiang on the phone?"

Perhaps it was because her conscience was clear that Xu Siyi did not hide anything; by saying this, she indirectly told the other person that she had been with Jiang Chen the day before.

"It was a last-minute decision."

Li Shuru explained briefly.

"Oh."

Xu Siyi nodded, not sure if it was an illusion, but when these close friends reunited this time, there seemed to be an indescribable air between them.

"The shoes are pretty."

Li Shuru’s eyes moved downward.

Xu Siyi also looked down and smiled brightly.

"Right? I feel the same way."

Before Li Shuru could ask, Xu Siyi took the initiative and said, "These were bought for me by Senior Jiang. I just helped him with an invoice, but he insisted on thanking me, ah, he’s really too polite."

Li Shuru neither agreed nor disagreed, withdrawing her gaze from the pair of Manolo-Blahnik high heels she had no fortune to wear, "Let’s go up."

Xu Siyi nodded.

The two women walked into the dormitory building together.

"Shu Rui, you’ve got to keep it a secret, okay?"

As they climbed the stairs, Xu Siyi suddenly said.

"What secret?"

"Guo Ran and Jin Jin don’t know these shoes were bought by Jiang Chen for me, don’t tell them."

Li Shuru’s expression remained calm, "Why not?"

"It’s to avoid misunderstandings."

Xu Siyi explained matter-of-factly. "Jin Jin already has some criticisms of Senior Jiang. If she finds out that Senior Jiang bought me such expensive shoes, won’t the misunderstanding deepen? Maybe, they’ll even think there’s something going on between Senior Jiang and me."

Xu Siyi seemed amused by her own words, "So, let them think some other guy bought them for me."

"I don’t think they would think that way."

This time, it was Xu Siyi’s turn to ask.

"Why?"

"Your taste is famously picky, and even if Jin Jin has a huge problem with Jiang Chen, she’d definitely not doubt the issue you just mentioned."

Xu Siyi suddenly smiled. Her high heels clicked crisply on the cement stairs.

"Shu Rui, I have to disagree with you there. As for having high standards, among us, who can compare to you? Since you could fall for senior Jiang, it shouldn’t be too surprising that I fancy him too, right?"

Reaching the floor where their dormitory was located, Li Shuru stopped walking.

"Are you saying that you really fancy him?"

Xu Siyi’s expression tightened slightly, not expecting Li Shuru to be so direct.

For a moment, she indeed felt an impulse to nod and admit it, but ultimately she lacked the courage or, more accurately, the confidence.

She had always been jealous of Li Shuru, jealous that she was more beautiful than herself, jealous of her talents, jealous of her popular live streams, and even more jealous that the campus belle was her and not herself.

She was tired of being the greenery that set off the blooming flower; whenever she went out with Li Shuru, men’s gazes were always on Li Shuru, and she couldn’t say anything. She even had to force a smile and pretend to be happy, maintaining the facade of good sisterhood.

Why should it be so?

Jealousy, like a seed, once took root in her heart, had grown beyond her ability to suppress.

She acknowledged that Li Shuru was indeed nice to them, very generous, but that was just a way to win people over.

If she could make money like Li Shuru, she was sure she could do it even better!

Yes, I do fancy Jiang Chen, so what?!

Xu Siyi had already shouted in her heart.

But if she voiced this out loud, unlike previous minor conflicts, her relationship with Li Shuru would definitely break apart.

She knew only too well the weight Jiang Chen held in Li Shuru’s heart.

Besides that,

who would give up a man willing to casually throw out three million to help her out of a jam?

So-called sisterhood?

Don’t make me laugh.

Let alone the fact that they were just roommates; even if they were blood sisters, there have been countless instances of them turning against each other over a man.

Of course,

Xu Siyi naturally didn’t care much about the friendship between them; if she could truly succeed in snatching love, then let the fallout be what it may, right?

But the key issue was that she and Jiang Chen had no intimate relationship at the moment, and confessing would only leave her isolated, with nothing to gain.

She wouldn’t be so arrogant as to believe that after half a day’s scheming yesterday, she could make Jiang Chen unable to resist her.

Just like when a mistress confronts the wife, they’re usually well prepared, having at least a child on the way or some other ace up their sleeve, right?

She wasn’t naive enough to think that Jiang Chen seeing her body could ruin the relationship between Li Shuru and Jiang Chen. Then, not only would she sever ties with Li Shuru, but Jiang Chen would also come to dislike her.

She wouldn’t do such a foolish thing.

Xu Siyi took a gentle breath, her mind flashing through countless thoughts in an instant, then she broke into a warm smile, affectionately taking Li Shuru’s hand.

"Shu Rui, what are you talking about? He’s the person you like; how could I possibly compete with you over a man?"

Li Shuru wasn’t aggressive.

Of course, she wasn’t foolish.

That phone call yesterday when Xu Siyi purposely made noise while she was talking with Jiang Chen—Li Shuru sensed a hint of provocation.

Some things, although unspoken, didn’t mean they were not clear to everyone.

Living in the same dorm room for so long, Si Yi being jealous of her—how could Li Shuru not feel it?

It’s just that she didn’t want to break the dormitory’s harmony.

Even if it was just superficial harmony.

Now it was the same.

"Si Yi, I hope we can always be good friends."

"Me too."

Xu Siyi responded with a smile.