Chapter 002
The clock pointed to twelve o'clock.
My roommates were all impressed by the Michelin restaurant with an average cost of two thousand per person. Sure enough, a glass of boiled water tasted better than what we had outside.
Yan Xi's eyes were fixed on the restaurant door.
She remembered this three-star Michelin restaurant. Zhou Qingyu had brought her here before and said that Pei Yubai really liked the coconut milk cake in this restaurant.
Yan Xi initially shared this as a love story between best friends, but in the novel, the one who truly loved coconut milk cake was not Pei Yubai, but Ye Luoyi.
Ye Luoyi, the heroine of the novel world.
Zhou Qingyu specially bought a coconut milk cake for Pei Yubai, who then gave it to Ye Luoyi.
Zhou Qingyu was filming near the Hongrui Shopping Mall today, and there is a high probability that she will come here to buy a cake.
A familiar figure walked into the restaurant. She didn't sit down directly, but ordered coconut milk cake from the waiter. She was wearing black sunglasses and a mask, but Yan Xi recognized her at a glance.
Yan Xi grabbed her roommate's hand and said, "Splash me with water! If you call me a mistress who stole your girl again, hurry up!"
Roommate:?
The roommate was from the drama club and was clueless about this, but she was very interested in acting. While saying, "I'm single, how could I have a boyfriend?", she grabbed the water cup and splashed it all over Yan Xi's face.
"Bitch! Who told you to steal my boyfriend?"
Very good, he even knows how to embellish the lines. The two words "scumbag" are vivid.
Zhou Qingyu became furious and rushed forward to protect Yan Xi behind her.
"What are you doing?"
When the roommate saw Yan Xi making faces at him, he immediately understood what she meant and continued the trick. He pointed at Yan Xi and said viciously, "She came between me and my boyfriend! She stole my boyfriend!"
Zhou Qingyu turned to look at Yan Xi, only to see Yan Xi lowering her head in shame, tears welling up in her eyes, "Didn't I tell you this morning that I was heartbroken..."
Zhou Qingyu felt mixed emotions, but still raised her head and looked at her roommate, "Don't talk nonsense without evidence! If you do this again, I will sue you for defamation!"
Yan Xi tugged at Zhou Qingyu's hand, tears streaming down her face. Zhou Qingyu looked at Yan Xi's tearful face, and her heart softened.
In the end, Yan Xi was at fault in this matter, but Zhou Qingyu would not admit it.
She turned her head and looked at her roommate, "Anyway, if you dare to bully Yan Xi again, I will make you pay for it!"
After saying that, Zhou Qingyu took Yan Xi's hand and left the Michelin restaurant.
Yan Xi followed Zhou Qingyu and secretly gave her roommates a sign of OK before leaving.
——
After walking out of the restaurant, Zhou Qingyu took Yan Xi to a quiet and deserted corridor.
"What's going on? The boy you like is that girl's boyfriend?"
Yan Xi nodded slightly, "I didn't know they were secretly in love, and they didn't tell me... Qingqing, this is the first time I've fallen in love with a man since I was a child, I feel so bad!"
Zhou Qingyu hugged Yan Xi and patted her back. "Three-legged women are hard to find, and two-legged men are everywhere? I'm sorry, you said you were heartbroken before, and I thought you didn't get the paper man..."
Yan Xi sobbed twice in agreement.
Just then, Zhou Qingyu's cell phone rang.
The system reminded Yan Xi: [That was a reminder Zhou Qingyu set, reminding her to meet Pei Yubai this afternoon.]
Yan Xi took the initiative, blew her nose, and asked in a low voice: "It's already past twelve o'clock. I remember you were going to accompany Pei Ershao in the afternoon. Is it too late?"
Zhou Qingyu's movements froze.
She liked Pei Yubai very much and wished to be with him 24 hours a day. Of course, she didn't want to miss the date with Pei Yubai.
Yan Xi saw Zhou Qingyu's hesitation and pretended to be strong, "Go ahead, it's nothing to fall in love with your roommate's boyfriend! I can do it alone!"
As Yan Xi spoke, her eyes turned red again and tears welled up in her eye sockets. She tried hard to hold them back.
Zhou Qingyu was surprised, "That girl is your roommate? You live in the dormitory now, won't you see her when you go back?"
Yan Xi lowered her head, her fingers fiddling with the corner of her clothes unconsciously. "It's okay. I've gotten used to it in the past week. Your business is more important. I'm your best friend. How can I delay you?"
One week. It turns out this incident has happened for a week.
No wonder Yan Xi was listless when Zhou Qingyu contacted her two days ago. It turned out that she was heartbroken at that time! As Yan Xi's best friend, she didn't know the truth until she saw Yan Xi being treated coldly today!
Zhou Qingyu felt sad and uncomfortable, and she felt even worse when she saw Yan Xi's pitiful look.
Yan Xi has always been heartless, when did she become so pitiful?
Although Zhou Qingyu has no experience in love, she felt a little sad when she saw the video of Pei Yubai and Ye Luoyi hyping up their couple relationship. This made her understand the sadness of frustration. Every time Pei Yubai rejected her in the past, Yan Xi stayed by her side, but what was she doing this time?
Her best friend needs her so much, yet she is still thinking about a date?
It’s the hardest when you’re heartbroken, so of course you have to stay with your bestie!
Zhou Qingyu immediately turned off the phone and reminded, "It's okay, it's just a date. I'll be with him for the next few days anyway. You are more important right now!"
Yan Xi looked at Zhou Qingyu, and the tears lingering in her eyes finally couldn't be held back and fell like a curtain of beads.
Zhou Qingyu wiped the tears from Yan Xi's cheeks, "It's not worth crying for a man! Come on, I'll take you shopping! There is no happiness that money can't buy! If it doesn't work, then spend more!"
Yan Xi: “Yeah!”
——
Hongrui Shopping Mall is the top shopping district in Haicheng, and the first floor of the mall is full of high-end luxury stores.
Zhou Qingyu took Yan Xi into a random store, and the receptionist bowed 90 degrees to welcome the two of them.
Yan Xi was pushed by Zhou Qingyue and took a white skirt to the dressing room.
As soon as I closed the door of the locker room, the system prompt sounded in my mind——
[Ding! Stop Zhou Qingyu and Pei Yubai from dating, Zhou Qingyu's luck value increases by 1 point]
"Luck value?"
Yan Xi blinked. She remembered that the system had mentioned this when it appeared, saying that the male and female protagonists were "children of luck."
Although it was just a passerby system, the system still carefully answered Yan Xi's doubts: [Luck value is an important indicator in novels. Fame and wealth are both manifestations of luck. When the male and female protagonists of novels snatch opportunities from the supporting characters, they are actually snatching away her luck. ]
[Zhou Qingyu gave Pei Yubai resources and money because she loved him, and her luck was sucked away by Pei Yubai.]
[In fact, every time Zhou Qingyu follows the plot of the novel, she loses her luck, but you stop the plot, and Zhou Qingyu's luck will naturally recover! ]
Yan Xi's eyes lit up: "If I have more luck, can I also change the main plot?"
[That's the truth! Every time you unlock a stage of luck, Zhou Qingyu will be less controlled by the plot. But only when the luck value reaches 100 points can you completely avoid the predetermined ending of the novel! ]
[But now the novel is already halfway through. Host, no matter how hard you try, you can't rely on this to help Zhou Qingyu gain 100 points of luck! ]
This is also the reason why the system does not think Yan Xi can succeed. By simply relying on avoiding the plot to gain luck, Zhou Qingyu can only gain 50 points of luck at most, not to mention that there are many main plots. Now Zhou Qingyu is controlled by the plot and cannot avoid it at all.
After hearing this, Yan Xi made up her mind. After changing her clothes, she walked out of the dressing room.
Outside, the salesgirl was holding a skirt and showing it to Zhou Qingyu, "Miss Zhou, this skirt is our store's new summer product. Look at its style and cut, it will definitely suit you very well!"
Zhou Qingyu glanced at her skirt, unable to hide her disdain, "This skirt with small white flowers is so ugly, how can you have such bad taste? Would you recommend it?"
The salesgirl was speechless. She turned around and saw Yan Xi changed her clothes and walked up to the two of them.
Zhou Qingyu's eyes lit up. "Xixi, this skirt looks so good on you! Buy it!"
The saleslady looked at the skirt Yan Xi was wearing, and then looked at the identical skirt in her hand.
Saleslady: “……?”
The little white dress cost more than 100,000 yuan. Zhou Qingyu did not hesitate and took out her black card to let the saleswoman pay.
The salesgirl's frustration was swept away, and she happily took her card to the counter to pay.
What's wrong with Miss Zhou being arrogant? What's wrong with Miss Zhou scolding her for having no taste? As long as Miss Zhou is willing to spend money, she is God!
Yan Xi felt embarrassed because Zhou Qingyu always bought things for her and she couldn't pay them back.
"Forget it, I think this skirt is just average..."
[Ding! Best friend Yan Xi received a gift from Zhou Qingyu. Zhou Qingyu's luck value increased by 0.1 points. The current luck value is 1.1 points.]
Yan Xi: “——!”
Yan Xi was surprised. Could this kind of thing also increase luck?
The system was also confused, and after thinking for a long time, it finally understood the reason: [Host, I guess it's because you and Zhou Qingyu are from the same faction. If she were down and out, you would help her; so the richer you are, the better her luck will be.]
This explanation is also reasonable. The key is that this growth in luck has nothing to do with the plot of the novel and is considered extra income.
Even though it’s only 0.1, a mosquito leg is still meat!
The saleslady was afraid that Zhou Qingyu would suddenly stop buying, so she quickly packed up the clothes. Yan Xi did not refuse again. After all, who would go against money (crossed out) luck?
After paying the bill, Zhou Qingyu took Yan Xi to the next store.
On the way, Yan Xi reviewed the plot of the novel in her mind: participating in the variety show "Let's Travel Together" is the main plot of the novel. In the novel, Zhou Qingyu took her "best friend" Xu Yangyang to participate in the variety show. She gave Xu Yangyang one million yuan and asked Xu Yangyang to plan the travel route. Who would have thought that Xu Yangyang embezzled the one million yuan and let Zhou Qingyu travel all the way, which led to Zhou Qingyu's arrogant temper being exposed. She kept scolding Xu Yangyang on the way, and their fake friendship was also ridiculed by the whole network.
Later, the Zhou family went bankrupt, and Zhou Qingyu sought help from Xu Yangyang, but was ridiculed by Xu Yangyang and was almost forced to commit suicide.
"Xixi! That red bag is especially suitable for you! Come and try it!"
Just as she came to her senses, Yan Xi had already been pulled into another luxury store by Zhou Qingyu.
Zhou Qingyu held up various bags and tried them on Yan Xi. Yan Xi had some ideas in her mind, and she seemed to have no interest when she tried on several bags.
Zhou Qingyu was puzzled, "What's wrong? Are you still thinking about that man? Don't think about it. That kind of man is not worth it!"
Yan Xi was worried, "Qingqing, I won't be sad when you are here, but you will leave tomorrow, what should I do alone?"
When she said this, she looked at Zhou Qingyu with eager eyes, looking particularly pitiful.
Zhou Qingyu was stunned. Thinking of the variety show tomorrow, she was also very entangled. "This variety show is very important to me. Brother Yubai is also here... I'll give you the secondary card. If you're in a bad mood, go shopping. If there's no credit limit, just swipe it as you like!"
Yan Xi's heart sank. The system was right. Even if Zhou Qingyu was worried about her, the main plot could not be easily changed.
However, Yan Xi knew the result of this, and changed the subject, "You don't need a secondary card, and I don't want to disturb you and Mr. Pei's trip. But I heard that you can bring friends to your variety show, can you take me? Going abroad to relax will make me feel better."
Yan Xi didn't know whether letting Xu Yangyang take part in the variety show would ruin the main plot, but she thought she could give it a try.
She looked at Zhou Qingyu nervously, fearing that Zhou Qingyu would reject her tactfully again.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Qingyu's eyes were filled with joy, "Xixi, are you coming? That's great! I wanted to invite you in the first place, but I was afraid that it would delay your studies!"
The original intention of "Let's Travel Together" is to invite friends, relatives, or couples to travel together. Zhou Qingyu wanted to invite Yan Xi at first, but she was worried that she would be affected because she was not in the circle.
Yan Xi asked again: "The variety show will start tomorrow, will Xu Yangyang disagree?"
Zhou Qingyu didn't care. "Xu Yangyang is an artist in our company, there's nothing to be afraid of! We can just give her other resources when the time comes!"
Yan Xi breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that apart from the main plot related to Pei Yubai and Ye Luoyi, which is difficult to change, other plots are not so difficult to avoid.
Zhou Qingyu held Yan Xi's arm and said, "Since we have a show tomorrow, we should buy more clothes and bags. It's just the right time to buy them all today~"