Chapter 17 The Other Party Has Not Added You as a Friend

Li Fan lowered her eyes silently, giving away no emotion.

Liang Kang glanced at her several times, deliberately flashing a provocative smile.

“Teacher Gu even set him as a starred friend—shows he must weigh quite a bit in your heart.”

Ruan Li chimed in with a teasing tone, “So sweet! I’m almost shipping this CP (couple) already.”

Gu Lan smiled teasingly, “That’s enough, stop joking around. We’re just friends.”

Gu Lan’s expression darkened slightly. She turned her face away, refusing to look at Gu Lan’s smug smile.

For some reason, she felt a heavy, suffocating feeling in her chest.

That “friend” from Gu Lan was far more ambiguous than the “friend” she had just mentioned.

Had she known, she wouldn’t have brought it up, only handing the opportunity over to Gu Lan.

Qiao Xiao laughed and said, “Let’s just call first. I’m getting impatient.”

Gu Lan stopped teasing and cleared her throat, “Don’t make a sound, I’ll just say a few words to him quickly, he’s very busy.”

So, under everyone’s watchful eyes, she pressed the voice call button.

No familiar voice came through; instead, a message popped up.

[The other party has not added you as a friend, voice call is not possible.]

Gu Lan’s expression froze, staring at the screen in disbelief.

Ruan Li burst out laughing, “Looks like Teacher Gu and Siye (Fourth Master) aren’t that close after all. Even ordinary friends wouldn’t delete each other on WeChat.”

Everyone else laughed too, even Gu Lan’s face broke into a faint smile.

Gu Lan gritted her teeth, glancing at Ruan Li, “You’re no better than me. Those height-increasing insoles must be at least five centimeters, right?”

[Hahaha, the smile hasn’t faded, it just moved from Gu Lan’s face to mine.]

[When will my awkwardness on behalf of others ever get better? My toes are about to build a castle!]

[Ruan Li: Thanks to Gu Lan for saving me, Gu Lan: Come on, hurt each other!]

Gu Lan was also rumored to have had an affair with Han Xuzhou, but she never seemed to be reaching for someone higher up.

Everyone was busy teasing Gu Lan, except Li Fan silently complained in her heart: [Han Xuzhou is really a jerk.]

Even if it was just a fling, it was still a cooperative relationship, right?

To be kicked out like that without even a notice.

Li Fan had no doubt that once she was no longer useful, Han Xuzhou would treat her the same way without mercy.

Such a ruthless man—good thing she got out in time.

She thought for a moment and suddenly felt the urge to confide. She opened WeChat, but only had a few contacts and wasn’t sure who to talk to.

After a moment of hesitation, she decided to message Chen Ji.

After all, she had helped him remove his green hat (saved him from being cuckolded), he should at least thank her.

Li Fan texted simply: [Assistant Chen.]

Chen Ji replied: [?]

Li Fan: [Your Fourth Master deleted Gu Lan on WeChat without even telling her. It caused her a huge embarrassment on the show. Such a jerk.]

Chen Ji: [What can I do? .jpg]

Li Fan only wanted to vent; she didn’t expect him to join in cursing Han Xuzhou.

But she successfully piqued Chen Ji’s curiosity, and he searched online for Gu Lan.

It wasn’t even necessary to search. The hashtag #GuLanDeleted had already become trending.

He glanced calmly at Han Xuzhou, not knowing when exactly he had deleted Gu Lan.

However, he briefly put himself in Li Fan’s shoes — if Gu Lan had really called Han Xuzhou’s WeChat and he answered, that would have been truly embarrassing.

Lately, Chen Ji wondered if he was still affected by post-green hat syndrome, because he kept feeling Han Xuzhou was kind of a scumbag.

“What are you looking at?” Han Xuzhou lazily lifted his eyelids.

Chen Ji snapped back to reality and quickly closed his phone.

“Nothing.” Scumbag.

The popularity even surpassed the matter of Ruan Li’s height-increasing insoles.

Gu Lan was laughed at, felt embarrassed, and left the scene shamefully.

As she left, Li Fan got up as well.

“I’m going to take a nap.”

She usually slept until 10 am, but had gotten up early that day to catch a flight and was already at her limit.

As soon as she said she was going to nap, everyone returned to their own rooms.

Li Fan dozed off but was woken by a rustling sound.

She opened her eyes, still sleepy, and saw Ruan Li sneaking some snacks.

006 (texting): [I told you, she’d definitely sneak some food.]

Li Fan: “…” Really didn’t know what she was up to.

When in doubt, don’t panic; first record a video and post it on Douyin (TikTok).

Li Fan opened her phone, not noticing WeChat was still on the chat with Chen Ji, and instinctively clicked “record.”

She recorded a video of Ruan Li sneaking food and sent it.

The video was sent to Chen Ji.

At that moment, Ruan Li realized Li Fan was awake.

“Hey! What are you doing?!”

Li Fan sat on the bed wearing a camisole nightgown.

There were no cameras in the room, so she didn’t have to worry about privacy.

As she sat up, the blanket slipped down, revealing her full chest.

Ruan Li even swallowed hard, “Li Fan, you’re so pretty.”

Pretty and tender, and full.

Ruan Li ignored the fact she was caught sneaking food and crawled toward her.

“Did you get work done? Which hospital did you go to? Introduce me.”

Li Fan snorted, “Sorry, I’m all natural. You can’t pull it off, you little bony girl.”

Ruan Li: “…”

“Not eating proper meals, only snacking on worthless stuff. No wonder you’re a little skeleton,” Li Fan teased her fault.

Then gave a small threat: “If you bother me again, I’ll post this video of you sneaking food and ruin your image!”

Ruan Li: “!!!”

“Li Fan, you’re so mean! You secretly filmed me and want to post it?”

Ruan Li tried to grab her phone in a panic, but Li Fan held her head with one hand, preventing her from moving.

Ruan Li looked at her chest bouncing wildly with each movement, dazzling her eyes.

“So… big…”

Li Fan grabbed a pillow nearby and threw it at her, “Close those dog eyes.”

She picked up her clothes and went to the bathroom to change.

When she came out, she saw Chen Ji replied with a “?”.

Li Fan thought, well, it wasn’t the first time she chatted gossip with him, might as well tell him again.

So she told him about Ruan Li’s little stomach and sneaking snacks behind the camera.

Chen Ji had just taken a break and secretly searched for the show “Peach Blossom Deep” and found out Ruan Li was the little star wearing height insoles.

He couldn’t help but laugh.

Pretty funny.

That earned him a death glare from Han Xuzhou.

“Assistant Chen.”

“Yes?”

“Have you not gotten over your heartbreak yet?”

Chen Ji: “…” No need to rub salt in the wound.

Han Xuzhou glanced at him with faint peach blossom eyes, “Want Yang Xun to introduce you to a psychiatrist?”

Chen Ji, expressionless: “Thanks, Fourth Master, not needed for now.”

Han Xuzhou lazily raised an eyebrow, “Then control your emotions.”

“Yes.” Chen Ji smiled.

Just tell your wife to stop sending me gossip.