You Turned Down My Proposal? Then I’m Taking Your Best Friend!

At graduation, I carefully planned a grand proposal, hoping to surprise my girlfriend of four years, the campus belle Liu Shanshan. I also planned to reveal my long-hidden true identity: the heir to the Lin Group.

But instead, she dumped me in front of everyone. “You’re a nobody. What kind of future can you give me?” She climbed into a BMW with Gao Ning, the son of a manager at a publicly listed company, and drove off without a backward glance.

At the lowest point in my life, the one who stepped forward was her best friend, the quiet and reserved Su Xiaoxiao. She looked up at me, her eyes clear and brave. “Lin Yi, if she doesn’t want you, I do. Will you be with me?”

As if in a daze, I nodded. From then on, I found myself a treasure. We crammed onto buses together to look for work, and celebrated her first job offer at a smoky barbecue stall. I borrowed 500,000 yuan in startup capital, and we set up our company, Keyi, while living in a tiny loft. She stayed up with me through countless nights, using her gentle, meticulous nature to support my earliest entrepreneurial dreams.

While Liu Shanshan and Gao Ning continued showing off their BMW and luxury home, Su Xiaoxiao and I raced forward hand in hand along the road we had made our own. Then one day, at a business reception, a senior executive from the Lin Group bowed ninety degrees to me in front of everyone. “President Lin, the group meeting is waiting for you to chair it.”

Liu Shanshan collapsed on the spot, and Gao Ning turned ashen. Su Xiaoxiao simply took my hand gently. There was surprise in her eyes, but even more understanding and tenderness.

It turns out that the person who truly loves you has never loved your dazzling status, but you