Ms. Tan Is The Real Boss

“I…” Lan Ning was almost crying in urgency, “I don’t want to lose you guys as friends. You have been very kind to me, and I want to be good friends with you all my life. I know your families are all very well off, and it’s my honor to be friends with you, so I’ve always wanted to maintain this friendship, but…”

As she spoke, tears welled up in her eyes, “I feel a bit sorry for Li Li. She has been so good to me, yet I am trying to take the person she likes.”

“What?” Tan Rou was also surprised, as if she had heard something shocking, “You’re trying to take her boyfriend?”

Lan Ning pursed her lips, “I didn’t mean to steal her boyfriend, but Senior Wu Hao somehow got my contact information, and then he kept texting me to go out and hang out, and even gave me gifts alone.”

Tan Rou’s mind was overloaded. Li Li liked Wu Hao, and while Wu Hao was giving gifts to Lan Ning, Lan Ning and Li Li were good friends; wasn’t this a love triangle? Or perhaps not, depending on whether Lan Ning liked Wu Hao or not. If Lan Ning liked Wu Hao too, this whole thing would probably get very complicated.

“Ning Ning, do you have feelings for Senior Wu Hao?” Tan Rou brought Lan Ning to a nearby chair to rest, “Let’s sit down and rest for a bit, and then later we can go find Li Li and the others.”

“I don’t like Senior Wu Hao,” Lan Ning said directly. “Right now, all I’m thinking about is studying hard, finding a suitable job after graduation, and then bringing my younger sister to the Capital for her studies.”

“Mmm, I know your plan.” Tan Rou, concerned that Lan Ning couldn’t differentiate between love and sisterly affection, asked, “So what do you feel about Senior Wu Hao?”

Lan Ning honestly said, “I don’t feel anything for him. If it weren’t for Li Li liking him, I wouldn’t even contact him. Last time he got injured, Li Li went to see him, and I tagged along because I couldn’t go empty-handed, so I bought a fruit basket. After that, he kept contacting me, saying he wanted to invite me for a meal. When I didn’t agree, he just said he’d ask again another time.”

“Does Li Li know?” Tan Rou asked.

“She probably doesn’t know,” Lan Ning said sadly. “I don’t dare tell her. If I did, she definitely wouldn’t talk to me anymore.”

Tan Rou smiled a bit, “If Li Li stops being your friend over this, then there’s no need for you guys to continue being friends.”

Lan Ning immediately shook her head, “No, I don’t want that!”

Tan Rou held Lan Ning’s hand and said, “What I mean is that your relationship shouldn’t change just because of a guy, especially since it’s the senior who likes you, not you deliberately trying to steal the guy Li Li likes. So Li Li definitely wouldn’t blame you after finding out.”

Lan Ning still didn’t dare to say, because she knew Li Li genuinely liked Wu Hao. If she admitted Wu Hao liked her, Li Li would definitely get angry, and once angry, Lan Ning would be left without friends.

As far as Lan Ning was concerned, Li Li, Tan Rou, and the others were already close; they had known each other since high school, and if she and Li Li had a falling out, Tan Rou and the others would definitely side with Li Li.

She didn’t want to be friends with them just because they were wealthy, but because they had helped her. In Lan Ning’s heart, she felt she must repay them to maintain their lifelong friendship.

“Lan Ning, this isn’t your fault, and you don’t need to dwell on it anymore,” Tan Rou said. “He’s your suitor. If you don’t like him, just reject him outrightly and demand that he never appears in front of you again.”

Lan Ning had told Wu Hao as much, but Wu Hao simply wouldn’t listen, insisted on sending her gifts, and even threatened that if she didn’t accept, he would tell others.

Who that ‘others’ might be, Lan Ning could guess without a doubt.

Upon hearing this, Tan Rou frowned deeply, “So, he has been threatening you?”

Lan Ning was startled, “Is that considered a threat?”

“Of course, it is!” said Tan Rou very confidently, “He must have realized you are easy to talk to, which is why he keeps threatening you. If it were Li Li, she probably would have thrown the gift back in his face already.”

Lan Ning laughed, moved by her words, “Li Li would indeed do that.”

“Where did you put his gifts, then?” Tan Rou asked.

Lan Ning said, “I didn’t dare keep them and later returned them to his roommate.”