Get in Line If You Want to Chase Me

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Lu Jiayin is fair-skinned, beautiful, and elegant, with everything going for her, except for her questionable private life.

Rumors claim she's involved in a transactional relationship with a rich woman. Every Friday, people often see a Porsche parked outside the school, with a stunning, sophisticated beauty inside.

After a few months, the Porsche stopped showing up. People started saying the rich woman had dumped Lu Jiayin, and felt sorry that their distant, untouchable beauty had met such a fate.

In the first thirty years of her life, Cheng Qingning had countless relationships, passing through a garden of flowers without letting a single petal cling to her.

And she and Lu Jiayin were exactly as the rumors said: she paid, and they were simply using each other.

As the young woman by her side was about to graduate, Cheng Qingning decided to end their relationship.

On the day they broke up, the girl cried until her eyes were red and tried desperately to make her stay.

Cheng Qingning sighed and said earnestly, "Kid, you need to grow up. Life doesn't offer that many shortcuts. I can only go this far with you."

Not long afterward, Cheng Qingning switched jobs and joined a group company.

On her first day at work, she saw someone familiar in the office. The woman wore a designer suit and was dripping with brand names.

Cheng Qingning exclaimed, "Didn't you say you had no money for food? And didn't you say you weren't a rich kid?"

The girl seemed like a different person, wearing a polite but distant smile.

"I'm not," Lu Jiayin replied calmly. "My grandpa is."

"..."

After that, Cheng Qingning's life seemed to be bewitched. She felt absolutely nothing when beautiful women flirted with her.

Meanwhile, Lu Jiayin was hot and cold with her, yet got into the car of a department head from the next office right in front of her. Today, she was even planning to have dinner with a colleague.

She seemed to be having a wonderful time, nothing like the girl who had once cried and begged Cheng Qingning to stay.

Cheng Qingning grabbed Lu Jiayin and pulled her away.

After a thousand words, all she could manage was a line drenched in jealousy: "Didn't you say I was your favorite?"

"It was just for fun," Lu Jiayin said with a playful smile. "Don't tell me you've fallen for me?"

Cheng Qingning felt as if she'd been struck by lightning. Before she could answer, she heard words that sounded strangely familiar.

Lu Jiayin reached out and tapped her chest with one finger:

"There are no shortcuts in life. Get in line if you want to pursue me."

From then on, Cheng Qingning, who had lived thirty years without knowing what it meant to pursue someone, took a number and waited for her turn to be favored.

She ordered a huge bouquet of roses and delivered it to Lu Jiayin herself.

Who knew Lu Jiayin would hand the flowers to her assistant in front of her? "Give these to everyone. Be sure to thank President Cheng."

She bought Lu Jiayin a designer handbag.

Lu Jiayin tossed it aside. "My family has plenty of junk like this. Don't use the same tricks on me that you use to flirt with other women."

Cheng Qingning snapped: "Then do you want me to give you myself?!"

Lu Jiayin started undoing her buttons. "You said it, not me."

Cheng Qingning: ???!!!

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Next story: Her Thousand-Layered Schemes

Blurb:

Wen Yuqing had been single since birth for years. The most reality-shattering thing she'd ever experienced happened one weekend:

Her useless little brother, who did nothing but play video games, actually brought home a goddess-like girlfriend.

"Sis, this is my girlfriend, Jiang Yao."

Wen Yuqing stared at the face that had appeared countless times in her old dreams, and the spicy snack in her hand fell to the floor.

She grabbed Jiang Yao's hand, struggling to contain her tumultuous feelings. "He's dark, skinny, and stupid. What could you possibly see in him?!"

Jiang Yao gently held her hand in return, her fingertips seeming to brush Wen Yuqing's palm.

Her voice was languid, with a hint of teasing. "Guess."

[New Help Post on the Forum]: [Help! My brother's new girlfriend is the school senior I had a crush on in high school. What should I do?! Urgent, waiting for replies!]

[Reply]: Obviously you steal her away~~ If you make the first move, the two of you can have a story!

[Poster's Reply]: Stop it. I haven't loved straight girls in years.

[Update]: Help, my brother's new girlfriend keeps asking me to go out when he's not around, and she even gives me presents...

[Reply]: She definitely likes you!

[Poster's Reply]: Don't be ridiculous.

Until one night, Wen Yuqing ran into Jiang Yao at a lesbian bar, surrounded by girls asking for her contact information.

"Player!" She angrily rushed over and dragged Jiang Yao into an empty private room. "Are you trying to trick my brother into a marriage of convenience? What are you really after?!"

Jiang Yao turned the tables, gently pinning her against the door. Her warm breath drew close as her fingertips lifted Wen Yuqing's chin.

In the darkness, her voice was utterly bewitching. "What am I after...?"

"I had to deceive him so I could have a legitimate excuse to keep visiting someone..."

"A silly girl who only dared sneak glances at me in the library back then, but couldn't even say hello."

Wen Yuqing froze, her mind completely blank.

"So, here's the answer to your question."

Jiang Yao's lips nearly brushed her ear.

"The one I like..."

"Has always been his older sister."

Theme: Love yourself before you love someone else.