Prince charming, your persona has collapsed!
Chapter 823 - 339 Actually, I'm Just a Normal Friend with Your Cousin

Lu Wanting's father is in business; the family does have some money. Buying a Mercedes-Benz and such is no problem. Actually, when she was on the phone with her father that day, although he said he wouldn't buy anything in the Mainland, if Lu Wanting insisted on staying in Jinling, the graduation gift would surely start with a BBA.

But what a father gives and what a boyfriend gives are not the same.

This isn't a matter of money.

It's about whether your boyfriend loves you or not.

From the very first meeting, Lu Wanting had been observing the way Zhou Yuwen and Su Qing interacted. From the small details, it was clear that Zhou Yuwen genuinely thought of Su Qing as part of their shared "two-person world."

Their relationship had a "you in me, me in you" type of connection. This car purchase, which seemed carefree, was also Zhou Yuwen's expression of trust toward Su Qing.

Lu Wanting had interacted with many people abroad—not to mention Peng Xiaoyong, but even other male classmates seemed generous yet were actually overly calculating. Some friends who had girlfriends living with them still insisted on splitting expenses equally.

Looking at it this way, Zhou Yuwen's love for Su Qing was truly rare and precious.

A Mercedes-Benz, after all—the interior was undeniably beautiful.

And it was brand new.

Lu Wanting sat in the passenger seat, fiddling with the car's various features. She said that if her dad had bought it, he probably would've given her the same.

"But you know, I'm still so envious of you for finding a boyfriend who loves and cherishes you this much."

Su Qing felt a little embarrassed hearing this. She drove while saying, "Uh, the situation between Zhou Yuwen and me is special. From the moment we got together, we knew we were the one for each other. We'll definitely get married in the future, so what's his is mine, and what's mine is his—it's our tacit understanding."

"Hearing you say that makes me even more envious," Lu Wanting responded.

Su Qing gazed straight ahead, but the corners of her mouth couldn't help curving into a smile as she said, "You and Xiao Yong will be like this in the future too. You're moving to Jinling soon, and with your ability, starting your own home in two to three years is totally achievable."

Su Qing repeatedly brought up Peng Xiaoyong and their situation, which made Lu Wanting hesitate. She thought Zhou Yuwen and Su Qing were good people. Besides, being alone back in the country, she didn't have many friends. If she returned to Jinling, she might end up seeing Zhou Yuwen and Su Qing again, and keeping this from them felt somewhat inappropriate.

With this thought in mind, Lu Wanting said, "Hey, Su Qing, let me tell you a secret—you have to keep it a secret for me, okay~"

"What is it?" Su Qing, who loved gossip the most, asked eagerly.

Actually, she hoped to become friends with Lu Wanting. After all, with Lu Wanting's overseas study experience, some of her ways of thinking were indeed different from ordinary people. Talking more with her might help Su Qing learn many things she hadn't known before.

In recent days, Su Qing had even been chatting in the dorm group about this, saying she'd befriended someone from Singapore and how remarkable that person was.

Upon hearing the other person was foreign, Shen Yu showed slight interest and exchanged a few words with Su Qing.

Meanwhile, Zheng Yanyan, seeing the chat records in the group, sneered and said, Su Qing was just showing off.

"Basically, it's just blind worship of foreign things."

"It's already the 21st century—please open your eyes to the world, okay? @Zheng Yanyan."

Zheng Yanyan: "(smirk)"

Girls inevitably have a bit of vanity and desire for so-called high-quality social circles.

Especially when Lu Wanting was Peng Xiaoyong's supposed girlfriend.

Su Qing was definitely going to marry Zhou Yuwen in the future.

Then wouldn't her relationship with Lu Wanting essentially be like that of sisters-in-law?

Getting closer wouldn't hurt.

And now, Lu Wanting wanted to share a secret with Su Qing—didn't that mean she truly thought of her as a friend?

Su Qing immediately showed a face full of interest.

Lu Wanting hesitated slightly. "Actually..."

"What?"

"Peng Xiaoyong and I are just classmates."

"Huh???"

Su Qing indeed froze for a moment. What did that mean?

Lu Wanting explained in her slightly Taiwan-accented Mandarin that Peng Xiaoyong was indeed pursuing her.

"We're sort of close, but to be honest, I'm just missing that feeling for him. You know, that spark?"

"I understand," Su Qing said.

Su Qing kept driving, but deep down couldn't help feeling that mischievous delight at overhearing someone else's secret.

She was already eager to share this news with Zhou Yuwen.

She'd talked to Zhou Yuwen about it before.

She felt that Lu Wanting and Peng Xiaoyong didn't seem like a real couple.

Plus, she distinctly remembered in her past life that Peng Xiaoyong didn't have a girlfriend.

So why did a girlfriend suddenly appear in this life?

Now, hearing Lu Wanting's explanation, it finally made sense.

Lu Wanting said that she actually hadn't planned to develop in Jinling.

"But our company adjusted its strategy at the end of the year, saying they were short-staffed in Jinling, so they assigned me there."

"And at the time, I had nothing else to do, so I thought I might as well go home with Peng Xiaoyong and experience the atmosphere of Chinese New Year."

"He asked me to pretend to be his girlfriend, saying it'd make things easier."

"And since he seemed sincere, plus me suddenly visiting did cause him some trouble, I thought I'd help him out."

Lu Wanting explained everything in detail.

Su Qing, on the other side, thought that with this explanation, everything finally clicked.

She had previously discussed with Zhou Yuwen that Lu Wanting's presence was some kind of butterfly effect.

Now everything matched perfectly.

Zhou Yuwen started a food delivery company in Jinling.

This made Meituan's expansion plans more challenging.

Then Zhu Hong sent an application to headquarters.

Headquarters reassigned Lu Wanting, who originally should have been in the Capital city, to Jinling instead.

This serendipity led her to Zhou Yuwen's home.