Chapter 540: Chapter 199 Li Yuan in Terror: Could Today Be a Battleground?_2

As for simple part-time jobs like handing out flyers on the street, the pay was only twenty to thirty yuan a day, and the work was incredibly tiring.

"Rongrong, do you really have a way to persuade Li Yuan? Besides, would his company even be hiring?" Fang Yanni asked doubtfully.

Wang Jierong gave a mysterious smile, leaned close to Fang Yanni’s ear, and whispered, "Yanni, I’ll tell you a little secret, but you can’t tell anyone else."

"Li Yuan has already applied to use the university’s entrepreneurship base, located in the Teaching and Research Building. He’s planning to recruit some of our fellow students for part-time work there."

Fang Yanni’s expression shifted dramatically, her face a mask of disbelief. "Rongrong, is that reliable? Li Yuan is really starting a company at the university?"

Wang Jierong patted her ample chest and replied with full confidence, "One hundred percent reliable. When have I ever lied to you? You’ll see in a few days. As long as I ask, Li Yuan definitely won’t say no!"

"Yanni, please, come with me! I have to be my god’s number one cheerleader!"

Fang Yanni gave Wang Jierong a strange look. Where on earth does she get all this confidence?

She sighed in exasperation. "I give up. Fine, I’ll go with you!"

"Hee hee! Yanni, MWAH! You’re the best!" Wang Jierong twirled around, showing off her sensual figure, and asked excitedly, "Yanni, is the outfit I’m wearing today sexy enough? Will it completely dazzle Li Yuan?"

Fang Yanni glanced at her gorgeous and stylish roommate. With her exquisite makeup and carefully chosen outfit, her beauty had been elevated to a whole new level.

"Yeah, you’ll definitely be the most stunning girl on the court today!"

...

In the adjacent girls’ dormitory, Gao Xin was looking at a message in the class group chat. She turned excitedly to Xia Zhijin, who was engrossed in a book.

"Zhijin, Li Yuan is playing in the basketball game later! Aren’t you going to go cheer for him?"

Xia Zhijin glanced at the time. It was already 4:40 p.m., just twenty minutes before the 5:00 p.m. game. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

She hurriedly set down her book on financial management and got up in a rush. She had been so engrossed in her reading that she’d almost lost track of time.

At the company today, Li Yuan had specifically asked her to go to the court and cheer for him.

An image of the basketball court appeared in Xia Zhijin’s mind, and she felt a little shy. She turned to Gao Xin and her other roommates, asking quietly, "Xinxin, Chenchen, are you guys coming with me?"

Ge Chenchen naturally wanted to go but felt awkward about going alone. Hearing that Xia Zhijin was going gave her the perfect excuse. She answered with a grin, "Of course! The basketball game is a chance to win honor for our class. As part of the class, we should definitely go and cheer them on!"

Gao Xin’s eyes lit up with anticipation. "Chenchen’s right. Let’s hurry up and go!"

...

With the explosive popularity of the "Zhihu" website, Li Yuan’s fame grew. He was now a household name among the students of Daxia University. Titles like "Supreme God of Web Fiction," "Genius Musician," and "Zhihu Founder" were bestowed upon him by fans of his books and music.

Alongside the positive fame, some negative titles were also attached to him. Nicknames like "Patriarch of Scumbags," "Daxia’s Ximen Qing," and "The Great Stud" were gleefully spread online by his detractors.

When Liu Jia, Wu Hao, and the others leaked the news that Li Yuan was participating in the afternoon basketball game, numerous posts instantly flooded Daxia Tieba and the Zhihu website.

[Zhihu Founder Li Yuan Spotted at the Basketball Court! Let’s go, sisters!]

[Where are my "Xia Hua Fan Support Group" sisters? Everyone get to the basketball court to cheer on our god!]

In an instant, a crowd of curious onlookers, along with Li Yuan’s music and book fans, began swarming toward the basketball court.

...

In the School of Finance and Accounting, the freshman classes had just ended.

Bai Weixi clutched her textbooks, walking back to the dormitory with Wang Lisha and Deng Meiqi in an absentminded daze.

At lunch, she learned that Li Yuan was the developer of "Zhihu," the hot new website everyone was talking about. Her mood instantly plummeted, and she had been silent and miserable all afternoon.

Seeing Bai Weixi’s furrowed brow, Deng Meiqi forced a chuckle and tried to comfort her quietly. "Weixi, don’t be sad. Li Yuan probably didn’t mean to hide it from you. Maybe he was planning it as a surprise."

Inwardly, Wang Lisha seethed, feeling it was profoundly unfair to Bai Weixi. Starting a company, developing a website... these are huge things! And Li Yuan didn’t tell her beforehand. She only found out after it became the talk of the entire university. One can only imagine how devastating this must have been for her. For a boyfriend to hide such things... any girl would find that unbearable.

"Weixi, Meiqi is right. Li Yuan probably just didn’t want you to worry," Wang Lisha said, though she didn’t believe a single word of it. It was just an attempt to comfort Bai Weixi.

"Mm," Bai Weixi nodded, forcing a smile. Her heart felt like it was bleeding. She couldn’t help but think of the story Li Yuan had told her that day on Mandarin Duck Slope. I hurt him so much in my past life... that must be why he’s hiding everything from me now. He started writing novels right after the college entrance exams, but I was the last to know. He applied to the same university as me, and again, I was the last to know. Now that the Zhihu website is online, I’m still the last one to know...