My Virtual Girlfriend-Chapter 378: Huh, Bestie?

She looked at Yang Nuan Nuan somewhat helplessly and said weakly, "Thank you, Sister Nuan Nuan."

"But... what’s wrong with you?"

"You look so unfamiliar to me now."

Yang Nuan Nuan sighed as she looked at Yu Qiao Qiao’s fragile, dazed expression.

She really felt a bit heartbroken for Yu Qiao Qiao.

But then again... she didn’t feel like she had done anything wrong.

Just like men choosing outstanding women to marry and have children with, women naturally want to rely on the strong and bear children for them.

Because, only in this way, their offspring would be "stronger" and have greater advantages.

It was a choice etched into their genes.

Although she hadn’t made up her mind to get involved with Chen Yan so far,

But then again... if not her, would there be no one else?

Lu Man, Zhao Ying, and even He Mengxue, who hovered around Chen Yan every day, which one didn’t want to steal the simple girl’s man?

Only this naive girl still knew nothing.

And Yang Nuan Nuan actually had been suppressing, really suppressing her own feelings.

So far, she had not done anything particularly out of line, mostly due to her guilt towards Yu Qiao Qiao.

However, Yang Nuan Nuan did not wish to let this guilt continuously affect herself.

Therefore, she hoped she could minimize her debts to Yu Qiao Qiao,

This way, at least in the future, if one day she decided to get involved with Chen Yan, her conscience could be more at ease.

So, seeing Yu Qiao Qiao looking like that, Yang Nuan Nuan just shook her head and said, "It’s nothing. I’m just a bit tired lately."

Having said that, she pressed the bank card into Yu Qiao Qiao’s hand and said, "I’ve given you the card. The password is your birthday. Remember to withdraw or transfer it."

"Let me know if you need me to do anything."

Yu Qiao Qiao held the card, feeling like Yang Nuan Nuan was about to leave her.

Her eyes reddened involuntarily, and grasping Yang Nuan Nuan’s hand, she whispered, "Sister Nuan Nuan... please don’t be like this, please. I’m really scared..."

Yang Nuan Nuan only gave a bitter smile, then gently hugged Yu Qiao Qiao, and whispered, "Qiao Qiao, don’t be so naive all the time. Some things, if you don’t protect them, once you regret it, it’s really too late."

Saying this, a struggle appeared on her face.

In the end, she sighed deeply and still said, "A man as outstanding as Chen Yan, there aren’t many of him in the whole world."

"Twenty-something years old, worth billions. And still rapidly progressing."

"He’s kind to the people around him, values relationships, and is generous to his woman."

"Do you know, how fatally attractive this type of man is to a woman?"

She looked at Yu Qiao Qiao, looked into her eyes, and said seriously,

"Attractions of some people, some things, can’t be resisted emotionally."

"What’s more frightening is, they can’t even be resisted rationally."

"Do you know, what that means for a woman?"

Stopping here, she paused and forcefully said,

"So, don’t trust anyone around you. Including me, including your Sister Man Man, Sister Xue, including Lu Lu, Nana, Pingping. Also including... Brother Ying."

She firmly patted Yu Qiao Qiao on the back and said, "Go protect your love."

Having said that, she stylishly turned and then left the office.

She left decisively, leaving Yu Qiao Qiao, who was now completely stunned, alone in the office.

Although Yu Qiao Qiao was indeed a bit naive and silly, what Yang Nuan Nuan said was already obvious.

To accommodate Yu Qiao Qiao’s "intelligence," those weren’t hints at all, it was nearly as if she recited her identity card number.

So, for a moment, Yu Qiao Qiao herself was a bit dazed.

"Is... someone trying to steal Chen Yan?"

"Sister Man Man? Sister Xue? Sister Nuan Nuan? Lu Lu, Nana, Pingping... even Brother Ying?"

Yu Qiao Qiao couldn’t help but murmur, "No way..."

And at this moment, Yang Nuan Nuan, who had left the office, just wandered aimlessly.

She also didn’t know how long she had walked or where she had reached.

Originally, she wanted to sever her emotional ties with Yu Qiao Qiao today,

And she had done so.

But... after seeing Yu Qiao Qiao’s reddened eyes and her frail expression, she suddenly felt a bit reluctant to leave.

However, she was truly tired.

This kind of life, tormented by friendship and love, was really driving her insane.

She arrived at the glass curtain wall area, blankly staring out at the bustling Qin Island.

Yang Nuan Nuan stood for a long time, a very long time.

Not knowing how much time had passed, Yang Nuan Nuan suddenly chuckled twice, "Besties? Haha... disgusting! I couldn’t care less about such friendships!"

Although she said this, after she finished, she let out a long, deep sigh.

Then, she took out her phone and sent a WeChat message to her mother, "Mom. I don’t want to do it anymore. I feel so weary from work, it’s affecting my studies. Please help me with my resignation."

"Besides, I want to rent an apartment to live independently for a while."

"I want it to be near the school, and for a long-term lease. I want to continue living there even after the semester starts."

After sending the WeChat message, she then opened QQ.

Her gaze lingered on the nickname "The Number One Bad Woman," which she had marked as "Yang Nuan Nuan Is The Number One."

Her finger lightly caressed it, and her eyes showed much reluctance and hesitation. But, after hesitating, she still gently pressed the "Delete" button.

Lastly, she pulled out her black round-framed glasses from her pocket and placed them on the bridge of her nose.

Perhaps it was a psychological hint, but after putting on the glasses, her smile seemed much warmer.

Using her sweet, sticky Jiangnan Wu dialect voice, she gently said with a smile, "Hello. My name is Yang Nuan Nuan. Nice to meet you~"

Just like when she had first introduced herself to Yu Qiao Qiao in the dormitory during her freshman year...

Unfortunately, Yu Qiao Qiao wasn’t here now, and nobody else was around either...

...

Chen Yan found out about Yang Nuan Nuan’s resignation the next day.

And he heard about it from Yu Qiao Qiao.

According to Yu Qiao Qiao,

After Yang Nuan Nuan said a bunch of strange things to her that day, she left without bidding farewell.

Then she went to Yang Rou to resign and left the company, blocking Yu Qiao Qiao, Zhao Ying, and the ’three little ones’ on her phone and WeChat.

She was completely untraceable.

Had it not been for Yu Qiao Qiao going to find Yang Rou, who mentioned that Yang Nuan Nuan had gone traveling, Yu Qiao Qiao would have thought Yang Nuan Nuan had vanished.

Listening to Yu Qiao Qiao’s recount, Chen Yan stroked his chin, looking perplexed.

He still couldn’t figure out what Yang Nuan Nuan was up to.

He had somewhat figured out the personalities of the few women he was close to. But only Yang Nuan Nuan still puzzled him, even after using "Headphones" several times.

He felt that perhaps due to her being from a single-parent family and Yang Rou’s unique character, she might have some psychological issues.

Like... lacking fatherly love, like... admiring strength, and... being somewhat contradictory and sensitive...

Moreover, she seemed to pay particular attention to him, so Chen Yan always felt it was a bit risky.

Thus, her departure didn’t particularly concern him.

Rather, it was the married author he had helped several times suddenly deleting him that bothered Chen Yan.

Was this burning bridges after crossing?

Or ingratitude?

It surely couldn’t be that she took him for a swindler and did the opposite of his stock recommendation?

So, for the past few days, Chen Yan had been constantly trying to add this author on QQ, wanting to talk to her seriously and ask what she was really up to!

But, the author seemed to be playing dead, always unreachable.

Feeling deceived and used made Chen Yan somewhat annoyed.

And what disturbed Chen Yan wasn’t just this author. There was also Zhao Ying...

Whether it was because Chen Yan had just performed too well, or Zhao Ying had truly become deeply interested in him, Zhao Ying’s favorability had skyrocketed "swiftly."

In just two days, it had risen from 91 points to 97 points.

Not only had he easily achieved the target of over 90 favorability with Chen Yan, but he was also about to reach 100 points very soon, confirming his feelings for Chen Yan and progressing to the next stage of relationship development.

And with the rising favorability, Zhao Ying truly no longer treated Chen Yan as an outsider.

Which indeed made Chen Yan, who drove himself hard every day, really anxious.

Honestly, Chen Yang was flustered.

He had always planned well, considering Zhao Ying’s favorability quite controllable.

But now that it had lost control, he was truly bewildered.

Was he supposed to think of some way to lower Brother Ying’s favorability?

So, for a while, the departure of Yang Nuan Nuan, the married author deleting him as a friend, and the nearly maxed favorability of Zhao Ying, really had Chen Yan at his wits’ end.

This also made him somewhat overlook Yu Qiao Qiao’s strange behavior these past few days...

...

Since Yang Nuan Nuan left, Yu Qiao Qiao had actually been unable to recover.

Yang Nuan Nuan’s words repeatedly echoed in her ears.