Reborn to Outshine My Ex and His White Moonlight-Chapter 35 - Fake Best Friend

Chapter 35: Chapter 35: Fake Best Friend

Chapter 35 -35: Fake Best Friend

Lin Zhiyi quickly grasped her hand, “Of course I forgive you. I know you had no choice. I believe in you.”

Her face, tinged with the smell of alcohol, carried a very genuine warmth as she smiled.

Shen Yan nodded vigorously, but inwardly she scoffed.

So naive, still remembering those little favors to this day, you deserved to be deceived!

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Shen Yan switched to a concerned tone, “Zhiyi, I heard you’re dropping out of the competition? It’s really okay, just honestly look for a job. There’s no need to be so competitive.”

“Shen Yan, as my good best friend, shouldn’t you be encouraging me?”

“I… I just don’t want you to take on too much, that’s all I meant,” Shen Yan stammered.

“Hmm, speaking of the competition, I noticed that someone tampered with my design draft. You have the key to my dorm, right?” Lin Zhiyi probed.

Shen Yan started crying again, her voice filled with grievance, “You suspect me? We’ve been good friends for so many years, and besides, your roommates have always been against you. It’s been me who’s been protecting and accompanying you. What if it was them?”

“You better not talk nonsense. It’s already wrong to make duplicate keys, and now you’re speaking ill of them. If they get angry and report it, you could be penalized. We’re about to graduate, you wouldn’t want this on your record, right?”

“That’s not what I meant.” Shen Yan was ultimately weak under pressure and seemed somewhat desperate.

“Then give me the key. I’ll flush it down the toilet in front of them, so they definitely can’t blame you.”

Lin Zhiyi stretched out her hand.

Shen Yan hesitated for a long time but, fearing punishment, finally handed over the key.

Taking the key, Lin Zhiyi pretended to be drunk and started talking nonsense.

“My design draft is gone, I have nothing left, I’m ruined…”

Shen Yan supported her, a smile flickering at the corners of her mouth, then she walked her back to the dorm and left.

As soon as Shen Yan left, Lin Zhiyi sat up from her bed and gave the key to the other three to destroy.

Then she sat at the desk and began to work on her own design.

She didn’t finish her design until three in the morning.

The next morning, there was a breakfast wrapped in a winter milk tea insulation bag on her desk.

Beneath it, there was a message from her roommate.

“Zhiyi, thank you for transferring my money. I’ve decided to fight for my future and am heading to the company. The IOU is at the bottom, I’ll pay you back once I’ve earned some money.”

“Zhiyi, thanks for the reminder. I talked to my mom last night, and she discovered that the company hadn’t hired a single intern permanently after every major show. That was a close call.”

“Zhiyi, remember to eat your breakfast.”

Lin Zhiyi smiled as she ate the lovingly prepared breakfast, then took her draft and rushed out to make the sample.

…

Three days later, on the day of the competition.

Lin Zhiyi got up early, and as she was about to leave with her bag, her three roommates unexpectedly blocked her way.

“Wait, you’re going to the competition like that? Online, it says Song Wanqiu is wearing haute couture. What if the judges are unimpressed by your simple outfit?”

Hearing this, Lin Zhiyi looked down at her attire. It was plain, but her dress was new.

Before she could respond, she was dragged back to the center of the dormitory.

The other two roommates brought in a huge box. Seeing the logo on it, Lin Zhiyi was shocked.

RR Showroom dresses.

“You guys… robbed someone?”

The three of them laughed.

“Somebody said they were delivering a package for you this morning; we just brought it back for you. Oh, there’s just a card on top. Take a look.”

Underneath a velvet ribbon lay a plain white card.

Lin Zhiyi pulled it out and opened it; nothing was written, just a single letter G.

Her roommates asked curiously, “What does G mean?

G, Gong.

Apart from Liu He and Gong Shiyan, there was only one person in the Gong Family who would be this good to her.

Neither Liu He nor Gong Shiyan were secretive people; she feared they would make a big show, so she specifically didn’t mention the competition date.

That left only one person.

Gong Yan.

He had called her just yesterday, wishing her all the best.

She hadn’t expected a surprise today.

Her roommates couldn’t wait to open the box, inside which lay a grayish-purple long silk dress.

The chest area adorned with hand-beaded beads of various sizes that glistened with a soft and luminous sheen under the light.

From the waistline downward were two layers of ultra-thin silk, one dark and one light, casting especially dreamy colors.

“Wow, this dress even glows under our dorm’s lights; wouldn’t it be… dazzling on stage?”

Her roommate’s deliberately imitated voice made Lin Zhiyi laugh.

“Stop laughing and hurry up and change; you still need to have your makeup done.”

“…”

An hour later, Lin Zhiyi was admired by her roommates like a doll.

“You look so beautiful. Zhiyi, even as a woman, I’m almost falling in love with you.”

“Zhiyi, go for it, you’re number one in our major.”

“Zhiyi, relax a bit; we believe in you.”

Lin Zhiyi nodded, threw on her coat, and prepared to depart.

Although her roommates really wanted to go to the venue, they had just started internships at a company and really couldn’t take leave.

But their encouragement felt sufficient for Lin Zhiyi.

Forty minutes later, Lin Zhiyi arrived outside the venue.

This competition for new designers featured among its judges a well-known domestic jewelry designer whose studio was renowned both nationally and internationally.

The first-place winner would be able to directly intern in her studio.

This was akin to a novice being mentored by a master in a high-end setting, ensuring they learned much more than the average intern.

Hence, the competition was so grand, surrounded by rows of reporters, three deep inside and three deep outside.

At that moment, Song Wanqiu and Gong Chen were being interviewed.

Song Wanqiu, clad in a diamond-studded white dress, stood next to the tall and spindly Gong Chen, looking every bit the ethereal princess.

Gong Chen, as always, wore a black suit, his expression faint and his features sharply handsome.

Flicking a ring on his finger off and on, the privilege underpinning his intimidating demeanor was evident.

Enchanting yet dangerous.

The reporters around them seemed a bit crowded as Song Wanqiu leaned towards Gong Chen.

Gong Chen, in turn, lifted his hand to protect her.

The prince and princess together always looked so well matched, causing an endless flurry of flashes around them.

Suddenly, Gong Chen looked up and caught sight of Lin Zhiyi.

Lin Zhiyi blinked, thinking with so many people around, he would be more restrained.

Yet, his gaze boldly scanned her, completely regardless of the reporters potentially noticing.

Had he lost his mind?

A suffocating feeling climbed up Lin Zhiyi’s chest, and she hurried to regain her composure, stepping quickly through the side door into the backstage area.

Not until the gaze behind her had disappeared did she catch her breath.

But just as she was about to enter the dressing room, she heard Shen Yan’s voice from behind.

“Zhiyi, Zhi…”

Shen Yan walked up to Lin Zhiyi, her voice suddenly faltering, her eyes wide in disbelief as they fixed on Lin Zhiyi’s face.

Though trying hard to control her emotions, Lin Zhiyi caught a fleeting glint of jealousy.

She calmly asked, “Shen Yan, what’s the matter?”

Shen Yan then regained her composure, lips tight, but swiftly forming a concerned smile.

“I came to cheer you on. My roommate mentioned a brand of imported milk that’s really delicious, so I went out early in the morning to buy it, hoping to give it to you before the competition. Here! Let’s drink one together.”

Shen Yan smiled sincerely, handing over the imported milk with careful movements, appearing unworldly and somewhat out of place.

It pained one to watch.

But Lin Zhiyi knew the ruthlessness beneath her polite exterior, and also knew the milk wasn’t right.

Nevertheless… she still took the milk.