Chapter 233 Free Love, Fair Competition
Haidong Female Dormitory.
Jiang Yuxin leaned back in her chair, idly scrolling through Dou Ying, occasionally switching back to check the Fei Xin interface.
But Gu Yu's chat box remained silent and quiet without any activity.
"Sigh, why isn't Gu Yu replying to my messages?"
Jiang Yuxin sighed, rested her forehead on the table, and pushed her phone aside.
"Xinxin, why are you always mentioning him? You couldn't possibly like him, could you?"
Her roommate who was retouching her makeup to go out glanced at Jiang Yuxin through the mirror's reflection.
"How could that be! I haven't known Gu Yu for that long, okay! Besides, we haven't really been in touch much…"
Jiang Yuxin, hearing her roommate's words, jolted upright and quickly retorted.
But as she continued, her voice grew softer.
The roommate put down her lipstick and glanced at her, "Aren't you always posting his pictures and photos with him on Dou Ying?"
At the mention of this by her roommate, Jiang Yuxin's expression instantly turned embarrassed.
"Ah… that… you know, just riding the popularity wave! You know as well as I do that Gu Yu's popularity helped me gain nearly a million followers in just half a month!"
She pondered for a moment and quickly explained.
Roommate Gong Shuanghua turned around, her gaze fixed unblinkingly on her face.Nôv(el)B\\jnn
"Does our Room 302's national celebrity with ten million followers also need to ride the popularity wave?" Gong Shuanghua looked skeptical, as she was both Jiang Yuxin's best friend and agent.
Regarding Jiang Yuxin's Jingchuan Xiaoyu account, no third person was more familiar with it than she was.
Although leveraging Gu Yu's popularity could indeed increase followers, given her best friend's current number of followers, an additional million didn't really make much difference.
Jingchuan Xiaoyu was already a top trending sensation on Dou Yin.
Yet Jiang Yuxin still leveraged it.
"Of course! One more follower is always good!" Jiang Yuxin stretched her neck, defiantly stating.
But Gong Shuanghua merely pursed her lips, seeing right through her motive, "I think what you want to ride on isn't his popularity, but Gu Yu himself, right?"
At these words, Jiang Yuxin's expression froze for three seconds, then her cheeks visibly flushed red.
"How could that be… Gu Yu, he already has a girlfriend… and she's the school beauty at our university… how could I be the villain who ruins other people's relationships!"
Jiang Yuxin clutched her phone close to her face, her voice getting softer and her tone clearly showing her dejection.
In fact, her best friend was right.
She wanted to be close to Gu Yu. Whereas leveraging popularity and bringing Gu Yu into their influencer guild was one aspect, she herself had a strong affection for Gu Yu.
After all, a man who is nearly perfect in both academics and career, and few women could resist.
Gu Yu was a man who naturally emitted pheromones that attracted the opposite sex.
Just this one fact, just a look at those crazy fans on Dou Ying, and the National Husband support team would show it all.
Her 'Jingchuan Xiaoyu' account gained a million followers just by posting a few videos and photos close to Gu Yu!
Even through the internet and phone screens, one could imagine just how lethal Gu Yu could be to women!
She, Jiang Yuxin, was also a woman and naturally felt admiration for excellent men.
This was perfectly normal.
But she was not the kind of woman without principles; she knew Gu Yu had a girlfriend, so she had always restrained herself from pursuing him.
Besides, Jiang Yuxin had her own pride; she was the daughter of the chairman of Honey Jar Ice City, also a mega influencer with ten million followers, as well as a top student at Haidong University.
She could not afford to lower herself and do anything demeaning to woo Gu Yu.
Even when attracted to Gu Yu, she always perceived their interactions as equal exchanges.
Not as a pursuer-and-pursued relationship.
That was her pride.
"But Lin Xiaohua is just his girlfriend, not his wife, they're only in a relationship, so as long as it's not official, doesn't everyone have a chance?"
"There's no law against pursuing someone who's already dating! Hehe, Xinxin, do you want to try stealing him away?"
Gong Shuanghua chuckled mischievously, nudging her best friend's back with her elbow, continuously egging her on.
Jiang Yuxin twisted her waist, put down her phone, and rolled her eyes at her.
"Wouldn't that make me the other woman?"
What kind of "good best friend" was this, urging her to wreck Gu Yu's relationship!
"But they aren't married! Where does the concept of being the other woman even come from? Besides, love is free, competing for a partner is equal for everyone!"
Gong Shuanghua held the opposite opinion.
In her view, as long as the two hadn't confirmed their marriage, it didn't count as being the other woman.
Hearing her words, Jiang Yuxin admitted she was momentarily swayed.
But the next second, she vigorously shook her head, glaring at her best friend: "Pfft! What love is free and everyone is equal!"
"That's the logic, but morally, it's despised by everyone!"
She almost got roped into her best friend's scheme.
If she really went up to Lin Xinyue and said, 'Love is free, now I'm going to compete with you fairly for Gu Yu.'
Both of them would probably look at her as if she were a fool.
Everyone online knows this exemplary couple!
The two are deeply in love; at this time, there's no such thing as fair competition. If she really went through with it, that'd be provoking them!
Not advisable!
Jiang Yuxin discarded the unrealistic thoughts her best friend had planted in her brain.
But she still sighed longingly, "Ah, why didn't I meet Gu Yu first! Lin Xinyue got there ahead of me!"
She grabbed her best friend's mirror from the desk, looked at herself in it, and didn't think she fell short of Lin Xinyue in any way.
"When I told you to go for it boldly, you didn't want to, and now you've started to feel sorry for yourself."
Gong Shuanghua rolled her eyes at her, snatching the mirror from her hands.
"Then why are you even collaborating with him? You're not after his money, nor do you want to steal him away, so what, are you performing unrequited love?"
Gong Shuanghua stood up, grabbed the phone from the table, and pulled her to her feet.
"Come on, we need to shoot a new video. It's been two days since we last posted, and the fans are demanding an update!"
"I..." Jiang Yuxin's voice faltered.
Indeed! Why was she still contacting Gu Yu?
Logically, she should cut off contact with Gu Yu, but deep down, she still harbored a wicked anticipation.
She was hoping for a crack to appear in Gu Yu and Lin Xinyue's relationship, or even for it to break entirely.
Then could she start pursuing Gu Yu rightfully?
"Pfft! Jiang Yuxin, you're shameless, wishing for others to break up!"
This thought surged up and filled her entire mind.
Once she realized her own malicious thoughts, she couldn't help but scold herself.
"Let's go, let's go! Let's shoot a new video!"
She urged her best friend.
Meanwhile, her phone vibrated once; it was a message from Gu Yu.
She quickly unlocked her phone to check it.
Gu Yu: "Thank you, junior! I've already found a promotional partner for my new game. Hope we can work together next time!"
The tone was very formal, leaving Jiang Yuxin looking dejected.