After Breaking Up, I Shared an Apartment With My Best Friend and Her Boyfriend (H) - Chapter 40: Guard Against Fire, Theft, and Best Friends

Chapter 40: Guard Against Fire, Theft, and Best Friends

All this started because of Wen Sui, leading to the relationship between Chen Qiao and Lin Yizheng. Later, unexpectedly, Xu Yanqi appeared, shattering Lin Yizheng’s dream.

That was the first time Chen Qiao saw Lin Yizheng lose control.

His nice row of teeth bit hard on his bloodless lips, his face covered in tear stains, crying like a child.

Lin Yizheng went through a very dazed period. At that time, Wen Sui and Xu Yanqi were deeply connected, and she often showed off their love in front of Lin Yizheng. Whenever this happened, Lin Yizheng would seek out Chen Qiao. When he drank too much, he’d open his mouth wide, sobbing loudly in front of her‍

System: her, crying so hard it was heartbreaking, with no regard for his pride.

Until one day, Chen Qiao was busy with part-time jobs to earn money, so she didn’t pay much attention to Lin Yizheng. After that busy period, she suddenly noticed Wen Sui and Lin Yizheng’s relationship had progressed quickly.

The two, who usually didn’t interact much, with Lin Yizheng’s feelings being one-sided, had become friends within just a week.

Chen Qiao asked Lin Yizheng about it. The man had a joyful smile, lifting his chin, hands on his hips, and told her.

“I’m big-hearted, Chen Qiao, don’t you know? There’s a saying: if you can’t be her boyfriend, be her best guy friend.”

Chen Qiao, seeing his unusual behavior, furrowed her brow and asked, “Who told you to do that?”

He leaned in smugly and whispered that Wen Sui had suggested it.

She asked him why he could be Chen Qiao’s best friend but not hers.

Lin Yizheng thought about it and agreed.

This way, he wouldn’t lose her.

This way, it wouldn’t hurt as much.

Similarly, after Lin Yizheng told Chen Qiao, she noticed Wen Sui acting oddly. Ever since Wen Sui got together with Xu Yanqi and their relationship stabilized, Wen Sui often casually asked Chen Qiao about her relationship with Lin Yizheng.

Chen Qiao told Wen Sui more than once that she didn’t like Lin Yizheng, that he was just her pursuer, trying to get close to Wen Sui through her.

After Wen Sui got with Xu Yanqi, the lovey-dovey moments between them were captured by Chen Qiao.

But Xu Yanqi never knew about Chen Qiao helping them take those happy photos.

He thought, as Wen Sui said, that random campus people took them, since she was the goddess of many guys.

In the year Wen Sui and Xu Yanqi dated, Chen Qiao rarely appeared in front of Xu Yanqi. Not just Chen Qiao, but Wen Sui’s other friends too—Xu Yanqi seldom met them.

Wen Sui deliberately avoided letting Xu Yanqi meet them. Her possessiveness was strong; she prevented him from meeting any talented girls around her.

Even though Chen Qiao helped Wen Sui take photos and did many things with her, Wen Sui still guarded against her. For example, when Wen Sui asked Chen Qiao to call Xu Yanqi, she’d immediately clear the call history from her phone. Also, when Xu Yanqi came to school to drop something off and Wen Sui was too busy to pick it up, she’d send Chen Qiao but insisted on staying on the phone the whole time to ensure they didn’t talk.

Later, during a late-night snack, Chen Qiao asked Wen Sui about it, deliberately asking, “Are you not confident?”

Wen Sui, hearing this, replied in a joking tone but with a fake smile, “Qiaoqiao, do you think I’m not confident? Haven’t you heard the saying: guard against fire, theft, and best friends?”