"...!" Hai Fu was a bit speechless. This Wen Qianyi, why is she so crude when she talks? "Don’t make fun of me, I know it’s shameful and something I can’t admit in public. I’m not like you..."

Hearing Hai Fu say this, along with her forlorn tone, Wen Qianyi felt a bit embarrassed. She only wanted to lighten the mood with a joke, not to mock or disdain her.

"Don’t say that... Didn’t he just admit he likes you? After spending a night together, you still have some feelings lingering between you two..." 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

"So what do you want to do?" Wen Qianyi wasn’t sure how to comfort her. The issue needed resolving. "You know he has a girlfriend; he made it very clear just now that he won’t give up Yu Xiaodi to be with you."

Hai Fu retorted, "And what about you? He just said that he likes you as well and won’t give you up either! With such deep feelings, how are you going to decide?"

"I..." Wen Qianyi was at a loss for words. I don’t know...

Hai Fu continued to ask, "You already know my story, can you tell me about yours? Like you said, you don’t have to see me as a rival; I won’t be your love enemy, so no pressure."

Wen Qianyi gave a bitter smile, "Between him and me, it’s not as much as you’d imagine. It’s just because... when I first arrived, I was favored by the CEO and Director Ye, so I was directly made a supervisor. Of course, that didn’t win over the crowd and couldn’t command those more senior. To prove my abilities, I chose the most useless person in the department, Li Yan, as my partner. This way, all business completions would show my personal performance; if Li Yan performed well, it would be credited to him being brought up by me..."

"Just... this simple?" Hai Fu found it a bit unbelievable.

"Uh... of course, also because when I came for the interview, he was with HR, those guys, clearly judged by appearances. That evening, we ran into each other at a bar. The way he talked was infuriating, so when I had the chance, I pulled him in to work for me."

"... "

"Afterward, we basically worked together every day, saw each other day and night. On weekends, we’d run into each other at bars, drinking together. Nothing particularly special, he just wasn’t someone I disliked. I don’t feel like I love him. Just friends." Wen Qianyi shrugged. After saying that, she felt a bit frustrated, why did it seem like Hai Fu’s relationship with him was deeper?

Women are always like this, no matter what they say about not caring, or if they really don’t care, when there’s competition, they always hope to have the upper hand, with a mindset of ’what you’re fighting for is something I don’t want.’

Hai Fu smiled slightly, "So... you two also developed feelings over time!"

"We didn’t..." Wen Qianyi immediately refuted.

"And you said when Li Yan was involved in recruitment, it was based on appearances. Could it be that you developed feelings over time, and he fell for you at first sight?"

"Hmph, for a lecher who judges by looks, there ought to be a sea of people he’s fallen for at first sight, right? Do you think he would dare to claim he had no thoughts about Zhang Yurong?" Wen Qianyi rebutted.

Hai Fu sighed, "For someone like Miss Zhang, every man would have thoughts!"

"Then there you have it! Such pure admiration for looks really can’t mean anything."

"But you’ve been together for a long time, spending every day together! Isn’t that beyond appearances?"

"..." Wen Qianyi fell silent. She had to admit, for a man she didn’t dislike, even had a favorable impression of, in a situation where both had no commitments, spending every day together was indeed dangerous.

"Enough, I don’t have anything with him, and I’m not interested in other men; I’m already tied down by him." Wen Qianyi tossed the hot potato to Hai Fu, letting her be perplexed.

Hai Fu wasn’t willing to let her escape and asked seriously, "Honestly, have you kissed him?"

"..." Wen Qianyi didn’t expect her to ask this. She wanted to deny it, but the other had even spoken of going to bed, so hiding it seemed insincere. To admit it was too embarrassing. "Alright, I admit we did, but that was due to unexpected circumstances..."

Hai Fu, uninterested in her explanation, continued asking, "Have you hugged him?"

"A hug... doesn’t count for much, does it?" Wen Qianyi could only say that.

Hai Fu chuckled, "I suspect... between you two, what’s the difference compared to me?"

"No, no, absolutely not." Wen Qianyi shook her head repeatedly to deny it, but regarding what happened on her birthday, even if it wasn’t enough, and not understandable, she would definitely not bring it up.

Hai Fu didn’t continue to press her. From her reaction, she already had a good idea. "Let’s not talk about the past, what about the future?"

"What do you mean, what about it?" Wen Qianyi was taken aback.

"I like him, you like him, and even that Yu Xiaodi likes him. And he likes all three of us..."

Hai Fu extended her hand, drawing a male symbol "♂" in the sand, then drew three female symbols "♀" beside it, connecting all three "♀" to the "♂".

"The current situation is like this; he can only choose one, and inevitably two must withdraw. Are you willing to give up?" Hai Fu looked at Wen Qianyi.

Wen Qianyi smiled faintly, "I told you, I’m not your rival. Seeing how proactive you were just now, even knowing there was someone inside, not avoiding it, you plan to fight for it, right? I support you. Although Yu Xiaodi is my friend, you are also my friend."

Hai Fu reached out, erasing one of the "♀" symbols from the sand, and asked, "Can you let go? Are you willing?"