At the time, Ye Zijing was young and impetuous, and she thought that love was about possession and using all sorts of means to drive away women who tried to get close to Ji Siyuan.

She never imagined that Ji Siyuan might not have liked her at all from the beginning.

If Ji Siyuan doesn't like her at all, then all the sacrifices she makes for him are in vain.

Not only would it be futile, but it would also backfire, arousing Ji Siyuan's resentment and destroying the friendship that the two had built up since childhood.

Ye Zijing was unaware of this, so she began to use any means necessary to deal with Chi Chan.

At that time, she was like a madwoman, using every method she could think of to put pressure on Chi Chan and her career, wanting to make Chi Chan doubt herself, both physically and mentally.

You, Chi Chan, aren't you just an ordinary and very confident person?

Then I'll train a Jiang Jingjing, someone who surpasses you in appearance, knowledge, and all other aspects of performance, and see how you can still be confident!

Chi Chan, aren't you doing incredibly well with your video account?

Then I'll find someone who specializes in creating video accounts and make one of my own, so that this video account can completely outshine yours in terms of followers and popularity. Let's see how you can still feel superior then!

And those shops owned by your family, Chi Chan—if you didn't have financial support, you wouldn't be able to stay at No. 1 High School at all!

Ye Zijing used all available resources to completely surround Chi Chan.

This time, Ye Zijing was smarter and kept herself behind the scenes from beginning to end.

Ye Zijing puts idiots like Jiang Jingjing and Zhang Panli in the open, letting them fight like dogs with Chi Chan.

Meanwhile, she watched the show from the sidelines, managing to extricate herself completely unscathed.

Because Ye Zijing knew that ever since the junior high school girl jumped off the building, her parents disliked her doing these underhanded tricks.

She also knew that her brother Si Yuan hated scheming and wicked women the most.

Ye Zijing thought that everything she did was flawless, but little did she know that it was full of loopholes in Chi Chan's eyes, and the distance between her and Ji Siyuan was growing further and further apart.

Ye Zijing didn't understand why the more she tried to outwit Chi Chan, the closer Si Yuan got to Chi Chan.

Everything she did was clearly aimed at keeping Si Yuan away from Chi Chan.

But the result was completely contrary to her original intention.

Si Yuan's relationship with Chi Chan grew closer, while his relationship with her became increasingly distant.

She had become so estranged that her desire to walk home with her brother Siyuan after school and have a meal together, which used to be a very ordinary thing, had now become a luxury.

Si Yuan always replied that he was too busy.

Ye Zijing knew that Ji Siyuan wasn't busy; he just wanted to have dinner with Chi Chan and the others at Qiao Mama's.

Ye Zijing stared at the figures ahead, her eyes filled with an almost tangible jealousy.

"Clever Mom," right?

Then let's just go bankrupt completely, there's no need for us to exist anymore!

Ye Zijing used her brother Ye Lanxing's connections to help Zhang Panli's family's restaurant business, which was on the verge of bankruptcy.

Everything was going smoothly until Qiao Mama's restaurant business started to decline day by day.

The truth came out.

Zhao Yadan discovered everything Ye Zijing had done behind her back. After cleaning up Ye Zijing's mess, she gave her a severe scolding.

Ye Zijing is fearless, but in front of Zhao Yadan, as soon as Zhao Yadan's expression changes, she immediately becomes as docile as a quail.

This time is no different.

Zhao Yadan was very disappointed in her.

Stubborn, incapable of distinguishing right from wrong, and unscrupulous...

In the past, when Zhao Yadan criticized her, she mostly tried to reason with her. But this time, she used so many offensive words in one go.

Ye Zijing felt extremely wronged in an instant.

She just likes Brother Si Yuan, what did she do wrong?

It was that shameless Chi Chan who stole Brother Si Yuan from her.

Chi Chan is a tyrannical and unreasonable robber!

When she told Zhao Yadan what she was thinking, she saw Zhao Yadan looking at her with an extremely unfamiliar and angry gaze.

Ye Zijing stood there helplessly, like a child who had been severely scolded and was completely bewildered.

Zhao Yadan later told her, "It's not wrong for you to like Ji Siyuan and to be experiencing first love. First love is indeed a beautiful feeling, but Mom hopes you won't let love blind you. Besides love, there are many other beautiful feelings in this world."

"..."

"Even if you were to say you like Ji Siyuan so much that you wouldn't want anyone else, you should be thinking about how to make Ji Siyuan like you back, instead of focusing your attention on other people. That approach is not only wrong, but it will also push you and Ji Siyuan further apart..."

Zhao Yadan's earnest words undoubtedly stirred up a storm in Ye Zijing's mind.

It turns out she had been doing it wrong all along.

What she thought was the right thing to do was actually the opposite of what she was looking for and put the cart before the horse.

No wonder her relationship with Si Yuan was growing weaker and weaker.

Ye Zijin suddenly realized the truth.

She was incredibly grateful that she had remained behind the scenes while dealing with Chi Chan.

Now, she can approach them and join them with complete ease.

If you can't beat them, join them.

Ye Zijin understood this principle well.

Ye Zijing wasn't stupid; she could certainly sense the dislike the small group had for her.

Ye Zijing doesn't care at all how these people view her: her childhood nemesis Zhuo Zhiyuan, her current nemesis Chi Chan, Shu Jia who often annoys her like a fly, and Lin Da who often ignores her.

She joined the group despite feeling disgusted, and the only person she wanted to please was Ji Siyuan.

It must be said that this method worked.

Si Yuan's relationship with her gradually improved, returning to what it was before, and even better than before.

Because she was kind and gentle to Chi Chan and the others, Si Yuan's attitude towards her also softened, and he began to regard her as part of the group.

Later, because of the subtle exclusion that Shu Jia and the others had shown her, they even took better care of her.

After Ye Zijin realized this, she was even less likely to argue back when Shu Jia spoke ill of her again. She would only go to Ji Siyuan in a sad mood and cry to him, asking if the people in the clique didn't like her and only liked Chi Chan.

Ye Zijing understood Ji Siyuan's personality very well. She knew that Ji Siyuan was a person who appeared cold on the outside but had a soft heart.

She and Ji Siyuan had a childhood friendship, and Ji Siyuan would help her.

Just as she guessed, she was right once again. Every time she repented, Brother Si Yuan would take better care of her.

Ye Zijing knew that such methods were dishonorable, but so what?

This time, she didn't hurt anyone, and she certainly didn't wrong Chi Chan.

Love is inherently selfish!

She did nothing wrong!

Ye Zijin thought, let's wait a bit longer, until after the college entrance examination.

Si Yuan and that country bumpkin Chi Chan will never have any contact again.

They and Chi Chan were from completely different worlds!