Meng Chuyue didn’t realize she had nurtured Tong Wen’s ambition.
She was still thinking about recommending Tong Wen to Professor Lee once the school term started.
The reason Tong Wen harbored hatred against Meng Chuyue was nothing but jealousy.
She once tried to forget Shen Ci.
But no matter what, she couldn’t.
Although she lacked the courage to steal someone’s lover, in the end, she was crushed by the guilt of coveting her friend’s man.
To ease her own conscience, she began to deceitfully pick at Meng Chuyue’s various faults, secretly telling herself that she was not wrong, because Meng Chuyue never truly considered her a friend.
To see more of Shen Ci, she chose the same major as Meng Chuyue and Shen Ci.
Her exam scores were decent, not outstanding, and it was difficult to catch Professor Lee’s favor, so Meng Chuyue was preparing to pull some strings for her.
Meng Chuyue wasn’t the type to boast about her achievements, especially since such matters should not be publicized, so apart from Shen Ci, no one else knew about it.
Unlike Lin Fangwei, although Tong Wen loved Shen Ci to the point of obsession, she understood she could never marry him.
To use a malicious analogy, even if Meng Chuyue died, Shen Ci would never marry her.
So, although her heart was always set on Shen Ci, she had decided early on that after her successful college entrance exam, she would immediately find a boyfriend.
To ensure she could continue seeing Shen Ci in the future, she set her sights on the friends and relatives of Shen Ci.
Previously, she dared not entertain the idea of pursuing these people, knowing she wasn’t worthy.
Now a student of Imperial University, she felt qualified and was ready to make her move.
Now around Shen Ci were plenty of eligible bachelors—Song Ennian, Song Enshu, Han Muyang, Zou Xiaojun, Song Yan, Meng Yajun...
And the good part was they were all decent-looking.
She had a wide range of options, so her initial targets weren’t just one, but four: Song Enshu, Han Muyang, Zou Xiaojun, Song Yan.
She even considered pursuing Song Ennian and Meng Yajun.
However, Song Ennian’s personality was too gloomy, and she feared she couldn’t handle him.
Meng Yajun had some past disputes with Meng Chuyue, an apparent risk, so she decided it was better not to stir trouble.
Among Song Enshu, Han Muyang, Zou Xiaojun, and Song Yan, she was most optimistic about Song Enshu and Song Yan.
Unfortunately, Song Enshu fell in love at first sight with Xia Ping, and Song Yan introduced Qin Wenqi, whom he met at a tutoring class, to everyone a few days later, claiming her as his childhood sweetheart and girlfriend.
Not genuinely loving them, but rather their prospects, Tong Wen felt no need to interfere and decided to focus on the remaining two.
Compared to Zou Xiaojun, Han Muyang, though an adopted son of Han Zheng, was well-liked by both Han Zheng and Meng Chuyue, and his prospects were better than Zou Xiaojun’s, which made her begin to focus primarily on him.
Direct confession was certainly out of the question.
Although she and Han Muyang had known each other for a while, she could have done so.
But she truly didn’t dare.
Because when Han Muyang didn’t speak, he appeared quite elegant and imposing, but once he spoke, he seemed like an immature, prickly-headed youth.
She worried that Han Muyang, naive in the matters of the heart, might be frightened by her brash confession.
She decided to play it slow.
She began intentionally creating opportunities to be alone and speak privately with Han Muyang.
She thought that over time, Han Muyang would gradually sense her affection.
But what she miscalculated was that although Han Muyang was slow in this aspect, others were shrewd.
Moreover, Han Muyang had many relatives and friends who cared deeply for him.
Upon noticing Tong Wen’s interest, they immediately teased him.
Yes, they teased him.
Everyone thought Tong Wen was a good person.
They didn’t see this as something bad.
Of course, the premise was that Han Muyang happened to like her too.
The problem was, Han Muyang didn’t like Tong Wen, not in the slightest.
It was Song Yan who first brought this matter to Han Muyang.