Heartthrob, Your Image is Crumbling!

Chapter 425: Reconciled?

Zheng Yanyan and Lu Lin were the only ones left in the massive apartment. With no one around to interrupt them, they could freely tear into each other on the bed.Lu Lin had just woken up and was wearing nothing but a semi-transparent black camisole. It was undoubtedly sexy, but that sheer sexiness only fueled Zheng Yanyan's fury.

Even after being slapped by Lu Lin, Zheng Yanyan didn't feel any pain. Instead, she immediately grabbed Lu Lin's black camisole and demanded, "Are these your clothes?"

"How come I've never seen you wear this before?"

"Is this what you wear to seduce men?"

Zheng Yanyan's anger escalated with every word, looking as though she wanted to strangle the other girl to death. However, Lu Lin was not an easy target either. She tried to force Zheng Yanyan to let go, but the latter held on for dear life, nearly stretching the shoulder straps of the camisole out of shape. Growing irritated, Lu Lin gave up on saving the straps and snapped, "Are you done yet?"

"No, I am not! I'm asking you, how did you seduce Zhou Yuwen?"

"How could you do this to me?"

"Do you have no conscience at all?"

"I treated you as my best sister, and this is how you repay me?"

At this moment, Zheng Yanyan was truly in a state of frenzy. Looking as if she wanted to rip Lu Lin apart, she threw herself at the other girl, pulling at her clothes and hair.

As she grabbed and tore, she shrieked, "If you're going to be this cheap, why even bother wearing clothes!"

"Wouldn't it be better if you just stripped naked!"

"I never dreamed that you would betray me too!"

"I'm the one who bought the clothes you're wearing right now!"

"What do you even have?"

"What makes you think Zhou Yuwen would ever like you?"

"What gives you the right?"

In the beginning, Lu Lin had been somewhat tolerant of Zheng Yanyan, but eventually, she lost her patience and engaged in a full-blown scuffle. Logically speaking, Lu Lin was much better in a fight than Zheng Yanyan.

However, Zheng Yanyan currently had the upper hand, so despite Lu Lin's superior combat skills, she couldn't immediately turn the tables. The two tumbled across the bed in a tangled mess. Since Zheng Yanyan was tearing at her clothes, Lu Lin showed no mercy and started pulling at Zheng Yanyan's clothes in return.

Zheng Yanyan hadn't spent much time dressing up this morning, simply throwing on a loose white T-shirt and a pair of baggy light blue jeans. But in just a few moments, her T-shirt was completely stretched out of shape.

Meanwhile, Lu Lin's camisole had inevitably been completely torn off by this point, leaving her fully exposed, though fortunately, there was no one else in the room.

The two girls went from wildly clawing at each other to eventually exhausting themselves, resorting to hurling curses back and forth.

Zheng Yanyan repeated over and over that Lu Lin was shameless and a traitor.

Tired of the insults, Lu Lin finally snapped, "If it weren't for me, do you really think you'd still be dating Zhou Yuwen right now?!"

After thirty minutes of brawling, Lu Lin finally managed to pin Zheng Yanyan down. She glared and yelled, "Did you forget who protected you when Tao Tian attacked you in the canteen?!"

Zheng Yanyan struggled to get up, but Lu Lin shoved her back down, declaring furiously, "If it wasn't for me, Zhou Yuwen would have dumped you a long time ago!"

Unable to break free, Zheng Yanyan had no choice but to cry. "Even so, you shouldn't have stolen my boyfriend! Boo-hoo!"

"I treated you like my own biological sister!"

"Biological sister? What kind of biological sister insults me the way you did in Suzhou?!"

At the mention of this, Lu Lin's eyes reddened. She was usually sensible, but that didn't mean she had no temper. Back in Suzhou, when Zheng Yanyan had berated her so viciously, she hadn't said a single word in retaliation.

Later, she even forgave Zheng Yanyan, staying by her side to help her through the darkest days of her heartbreak. And now, Zheng Yanyan actually had the nerve to attack her?

"Zheng Yanyan, ask yourself honestly, what have I ever done to wrong you?!"

"Without me, could you have handled Tao Tian?"

"Forget Tao Tian. Even Su Qing gets to flirt playfully with Zhou Yuwen, so why can't I?!"

Lu Lin's voice grew louder with every sentence, while Zheng Yanyan could only respond with uncontrollable weeping.

Perhaps she was just tired from the fight.

Mainly, looking down at Zheng Yanyan sobbing beneath her.

Lu Lin felt genuinely frustrated, so she simply let her go.

Zheng Yanyan didn't try to continue the fight. Instead, she sat up, curled into a ball, and bawled her eyes out.

Meanwhile, Lu Lin tore off the tattered remnants of her camisole, walked over to the nearby wardrobe, and pulled out a fresh set of pajamas to put on, completely disregarding who they actually belonged to.

Zheng Yanyan was crying with a beautiful, tear-stained face, but upon seeing Lu Lin pull the nightgown over her head, she still managed to sob out, "Those are my clothes. You're not allowed to wear them."

Hearing this, Lu Lin rolled her eyes in exasperation. "You don't even plan on staying in this apartment anymore, so why are you making such a fuss? Who are you going to wear these clothes for anyway?"

Zheng Yanyan grew even more frantic at those words, gasping for breath as she cried, "I... I never said I wasn't staying here! I didn't!"

"You were the one who said things were over between you and Zhou Yuwen!"

"No, I didn't!"

Zheng Yanyan felt like she was going to hyperventilate, remaining on the bed as she clutched her knees and wailed.

Lu Lin looked at her with disdain and asked wasn't she the one who said she was done with Zhou Yuwen last night?

Zheng Yanyan shook her head back and forth like a rattle-drum, refusing to admit to it, insisting that she hadn't.

Lu Lin scoffed. Sure, you didn't.

"Look at yourself right now. Do you honestly think you can handle Su Qing, or take on Tao Tian?"

"Tao Tian is currently working at Zhou Yuwen's company. Do you really believe there's nothing going on between them?"

Lu Lin bombarded her with reality, and deep down, Zheng Yanyan knew it was all true.

Leaving the others aside, Su Qing had boldly moved right in and lived under the same roof as Zheng Yanyan for over half a month. How could Zheng Yanyan be entirely oblivious to the relationship between Zhou Yuwen and Su Qing?

Would a normal couple ever allow such a living arrangement?

Moreover, it wasn't as though Zheng Yanyan hadn't noticed Tao Tian working at his company, but when she asked him about it...

Zhou Yuwen had simply said, "Oh, Senior Sister Tao Tian has decent work skills, so she was hired."

Could such a perfunctory excuse really fool her?

To say that Zheng Yanyan had no idea what was going on would be a total lie.

She simply couldn't let go of the glory and status that came with being Zhou Yuwen's girlfriend. Everyone in her class knew that she lived in a big flat luxury apartment, was chauffeured everywhere she went, and exclusively wore designer clothes.

If she broke up with Zhou Yuwen, would she be able to keep any of this?

On top of that, Zhou Yuwen's businesses were expanding rapidly. His food delivery company hadn't even been sold yet, but everyone already knew that this writer could casually start a company and sell it for twenty million yuan. People constantly praised her excellent judgment in finding such an amazing boyfriend.

Even when Zhou Yuwen simply threw a party at home, countless classmates would eagerly line up, trying to butter her up just to score an invitation.

Without her connection to Zhou Yuwen, what did she amount to?

She would just be another university school beauty from Jingcheng.

But compared to everything she possessed right now, wasn't the mere title of school beauty a bit too flimsy?

That was why she chose to turn a blind eye. So why was it that other girls were acceptable, but Lu Lin wasn't?

Besides, she had explicitly stated before that she wouldn't mind if Zhou Yuwen was with Lu Lin.

Now that the two of them actually were together?

She suddenly snapped and completely lost it?

Lu Lin's relentless barrage of words pierced right into the deepest, most vulnerable parts of her heart.

Of course, Zheng Yanyan couldn't muster a reply. She could only sit there, holding her head as she wept bitterly. Up until now, she had been wrapped up in the sweet dream that Zhou Yuwen would forgive her, and that they would go back to being an exclusive couple forever.

But Lu Lin's revelation meant that the fantasy of just the two of them was shattered permanently.

It would be three of them. Maybe even four, or five.

What girl could possibly accept that?

She had no choice but to hug her head and cry uncontrollably.

Earlier, Shen Yu had offered her advice.

No matter how great a man like this was, he just wasn't worth it!

A clean break would be for the best!

But the problem was, Zheng Yanyan just couldn't do it.

And then Lu Lin confronted her, asking why other women were fine, but she wasn't.

"If it wasn't for me, do you really think you could handle them?"

Zheng Yanyan's eyes were puffy and red. Glancing at Lu Lin, she sobbed, "You... you always told me you had a boyfriend. Did you... get dumped, and that's why you came to steal Zhou Yuwen from me?"

"No," Lu Lin denied flatly, offering the brutal truth. "I've been with Zhou Yuwen this whole time. Since October, actually..."

"You!" Before Lu Lin could even finish, Zheng Yanyan was pointing a trembling finger at her, gasping for air.

Zhou Yuwen had been busy with his housewarming party over the last few days, which gave these two good sisters a full day to hash things out. Zheng Yanyan was undeniably furious, but it was clear she had absolutely no intention of leaving Zhou Yuwen.

Likewise, Lu Lin didn't want Zhou Yuwen to lose Zheng Yanyan because of her. Therefore, her goal had always been to persuade Zheng Yanyan not to care so much, even claiming that her presence would be more of a help to her.

At first, Zheng Yanyan didn't seem to care about her reasoning; she just kept crying.

It wasn't until Lu Lin sighed helplessly and said, "Worst comes to worst, I won't fight you for him. I'll let Zhou Yuwen marry you in the future, okay? I'll just be the mistress kept on the outside."

The moment those words left her mouth, Zheng Yanyan's crying ceased abruptly. She looked up at Lu Lin with an expression that practically screamed, 'Really?'

Lu Lin shot her an incredibly speechless look.

But to coax this childish girl, Lu Lin continued, "Without me, there is zero chance you can outmaneuver Su Qing and the rest of them. With me on your side, your odds of winning are at least a little higher."

"Besides, before it was just you alone, but now it's the two of us."

"If you were Zhou Yuwen, who would you choose?"

"Do you really think Su Qing could still beat you?"

After hearing this laid out piece by piece, Zheng Yanyan finally stopped crying. She even grabbed some tissues to wipe her tears. When she spoke, there were still a few hiccups, but she had calmed down significantly. "Are... are you telling the truth?"

"..."

Lu Lin remained speechless. "When have I ever lied to you?"

Zheng Yanyan perked up immediately, but then she remembered how she had stormed off in a fit of pique last night. Zhou Yuwen was definitely angry with her.

"I... I suddenly ran off last night. Did... did Zhou Yuwen say anything?"

"What could he say? Deep down, he's definitely upset," Lu Lin replied. Knowing Zheng Yanyan's temperament perfectly, she intentionally played to her ego.

"Upset? Zhou Yuwen is upset?"

As expected, Zheng Yanyan instantly grew anxious. Previously sitting at the head of the bed hugging her knees, she quickly crawled over to Lu Lin's side, her eyes filled with desperate curiosity to know why Zhou Yuwen was upset.

Lu Lin explained, "You basically declared that you were cutting him out of your life forever. Of course he'd be upset."

"He's been dating you for this long. If I said he didn't care about you, would you believe it?"

Zheng Yanyan shook her head; of course she wouldn't believe it.

She sniffled and said, "I know Zhou Yuwen loves me. Otherwise, he and you wouldn't have kept this a secret from me for so long. If he didn't care about me, he could have just dumped me and been with you instead. The fact that he hid it means he still wants to keep me, right?"

Hearing this sort of logic, Lu Lin literally laughed out loud.

Zheng Yanyan asked her what was so funny.

Lu Lin waved it off, saying it was nothing.

"I just thought, looking at it your way, you're not wrong."

Feeling validated, Zheng Yanyan felt a surge of joy. She pressed on, "Then, did Zhou Yuwen say anything else to you last night?"

Lu Lin pretended to think for a moment before replying, "He didn't say much else. Just that he felt guilty and shouldn't have lied to you for so long. He really wasn't himself last night. He felt terrible."

Zheng Yanyan bolted upright. "Then did he sleep well last night? Weren't you two being intimate?"

"After the scene you made last night, neither of us was in the mood for intimacy."

"Ah!"

Zheng Yanyan couldn't suppress a grin. Grabbing Lu Lin's hands, she beamed, "Then, Linlin, he still loves me, right?"

"Yeah, right."

"I can't just sit here! I have to go find him and clear things up!"

Overjoyed, Zheng Yanyan immediately scrambled to change her clothes so she could run to Zhou Yuwen. She needed to tell him that she wasn't angry anymore, and that he shouldn't feel sad either.

From now on, the three of them living a good life together would be better than anything else!

Just as she was in a frantic rush to leave and find him.

Lu Lin interjected, "Are you planning to go see him looking like that?"

"Huh?"

Zheng Yanyan looked down at herself and realized that not only were her clothes a wrinkled mess, but her eyes were puffy and red from crying. Plus, she hadn't slept well the night before.

So all in all, she looked incredibly haggard.

Zheng Yanyan shook her head. No way, she definitely couldn't let Zhou Yuwen see her like this.

"I need to do my makeup first!"

Saying that, she hurried over to the vanity mirror to touch up her face.

Lu Lin was truly exasperated. "Zhou Yuwen is working right now. Even if you rush over there, what are you going to say to him? Are you going to demand he take time out of his day just to coax you?"

"Then... then what should I do?"

"Go take a shower and get a good sleep. You can just wait until he comes home to talk; there's no rush," Lu Lin suggested.

Zheng Yanyan thought about it and decided that made sense.

Meanwhile, Lu Lin was clearly worn out from dealing with Zheng Yanyan's tantrum. Stifling a yawn, she said, "Do whatever you want. I'm taking a shower and going to bed."

Seeing Lu Lin head toward the restroom, Zheng Yanyan hesitated for a moment before cheerfully throwing her arms around Lu Lin from behind. "Linlin!"

"What?"

"Linlin, you really are my best sister. Thank you. And about earlier... did I hurt you? Linlin."

"So you finally know you were wrong?" Lu Lin asked.

"Mhm, it's my fault. Shen Yu even told me I should never speak to you or Zhou Yuwen ever again. She's so mean, trying to drive a wedge in our relationship."