I'm Interested In Your Friend - Chapter 15
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The Tushan Rio Golf Course is the most exclusive golf club in Lihe City, sprawling across vast grounds with diverse course types. However, obtaining membership is extremely difficult.
This is a members-only club that operates solely on referrals.
Member information, sponsors, and license plate numbers are all pre-registered in the system.
Thus, Du Tanyu’s ice-purple Rolls-Royce Wraith with consecutive license plate numbers passed through the gates unimpeded.
Young uniformed guards on both sides saluted smartly as the car drove by.
With one hand on the steering wheel, Du Tanyu whistled: “Wouldn’t it be nicer if they were pretty girls instead?”
She glanced to the side—the petite beauty in the passenger seat was curled up, fast asleep, her delicate pink eyelids tightly shut.
She really was treating her like a chauffeur.
Du Tanyu called out, “Yu Lili, Yu Lili, time to eat!”
The girl remained deep in slumber, showing no signs of waking.
Noticing something outside the window, Du Tanyu smirked mischievously: “Hey! Tan Suran!”
The moment the words left her mouth, Yu Lili’s eyes flew open. She swiftly grabbed the sun hat beside her and plopped it onto her head, her voice thick with sleep: “Who? Where?”
Du Tanyu snorted a laugh: “In your dreams, huh? What, is Tan Suran your wake-up code now? Is that two million really that heavy?”
Knowing Du Tanyu was teasing her, Yu Lili yawned behind her hand: “Let’s not talk about depressing things when we’re out to have fun.”
She glanced outside: “Are we here?”
“Yep, you slept like a log, didn’t you?” Du Tanyu pulled up to the Rio clubhouse entrance, where staff immediately stepped forward to open the doors. She tossed the keys to the valet.
“Well, your driving is just that smooth.” Yu Lili said, linking arms with Du Tanyu as they stepped out.
Du Tanyu quipped, “Miss Yu, tell me, in this lifetime, will I ever get to ride in a car you’re driving?”
Yu Lili: “No problem. I’ll drive on the way back.”
Du Tanyu waved her hands frantically: “Forget I said anything. Sis, this paint job is new—I’d like to keep this car a little longer.”
Yu Lili: “What’s that supposed to mean? Like I’d do something to your car?”
Du Tanyu: “Last time I was at the dealership, I saw that Bentley getting its headlights replaced. I laughed so hard. I don’t want to be the butt of someone else’s joke like that someday.”
“Miss Yu, Miss Du,” the club manager greeted them warmly, followed by a group of staff. “Your golf gear and carts are all ready.”
Yu Lili eyed the pale pink open-top golf cart parked in front of her: “Give me the keys. Let me try driving.”
She then raised an eyebrow at Du Tanyu: “You’ll be riding in my car in no time.”
Du Tanyu hesitated: “Are you… sure you can handle it?”
Yu Lili was confident: “This little electric cart doesn’t even go 20 mph. I could drive it with my feet.”
Du Tanyu: Some people really don’t need to draft their boasts.
Watching the eager novice driver, Du Tanyu didn’t want to crush her enthusiasm. Instead, she turned to the manager: “Does your club… have insurance for guests?”
After a brief internal struggle between self-preservation and indulging her best friend’s pleading eyes, Du Tanyu impulsively agreed to board the deathmobile piloted by Yu Lili.
Yu Lili glanced in the rearview mirror at Du Tanyu’s getup and pouted: “Are you serious?”
Du Tanyu adjusted her helmet, then meticulously checked her gloves, knee pads, wrist guards, and other protective gear before sighing in relief: “You sure you don’t want a set?”
Yu Lili stared at the sky for a moment before giving up: “No thanks… It’s not like I’m driving at sea. Isn’t a life jacket a bit much?”
“I wouldn’t either, but this place doesn’t offer full-body armor.”
“Want me to dig up a suit from the Terracotta Warriors for you?”
Du Tanyu actually considered it: “That’s probably… illegal…”
Yu Lili mimed zipping her lips: “Alright, get ready. I’m starting the engine.”
Du Tanyu immediately shut up and gripped the cart’s handrail with survivalist intensity.
Two minutes later.
Still clutching the handrail in frozen vigilance, Du Tanyu couldn’t help but ask: “Are we moving yet?”
“Don’t rush me. So impatient…”
Ten minutes later.
Du Tanyu: “Lili, have you noticed something… magical?”
Yu Lili, hands firmly on the wheel, carefully eased onto the accelerator: “Don’t distract the driver.”
Du Tanyu stood up, bracing herself against the cart’s backrest: “I wouldn’t dream of it, but have you realized we’ve been stationary for ten minutes?!”
……
Yu Lili’s foot froze.
She slowly looked around. The sun umbrellas and wooden tables of the cart waiting area looked awfully familiar.
Even the manager and staff were still lined up outside, bowing slightly and waving farewell—their poses identical to when Yu Lili had first set off.
Behind them, the caddie’s white cart waited patiently.
Yu Lili: …This cart must be defective.
Five minutes later, the pink cart was finally on the move—with a different driver.
Yu Lili fanned Du Tanyu obsequiously: “I think this cart really likes you. It moved the second you took the wheel. Not like me—I couldn’t get it to budge.”
Unswayed by flattery, Du Tanyu deadpanned: “If you’d remembered to turn on the ignition, it might’ve liked you too.”
……
Unnoticed by either of them, a silver-gray Bentley watched as the little pink cart trundled away.
Soon, they reached the first tee.
Emerald grass stretched endlessly under a clear blue sky—a perfect day for golf.
As they walked toward the tee box, a high-speed ball whizzed past Yu Lili’s ear.
“Fore!” A caddie’s urgent shout followed as the white golf ball landed on the fairway.
“Lili, are you okay?”
“I’m fine. It didn’t hit me.”
After confirming Yu Lili was unharmed, Du Tanyu glared in the direction the ball came from: “Who the hell is shooting at us?”
Spotting the figures holding clubs, Du Tanyu sneered: “Song Xuxu, was that on purpose?”
“What’s this? Avenging Yu Mu?” Du Tanyu picked up a golf ball and tossed it in her hand, eyeing Yu Mu and Song Xuxu across the way.
“No, we were about to leave. She mishit,” Yu Mu said, restraining Song Xuxu’s arm. “Lili, are you hurt?”
The ball had grazed Yu Lili’s ear, leaving a faint sting.
Yu Lili ignored her.
Then Yu Mu gasped.
Looking up, Yu Lili saw Song Xuxu clutching her face—while the ball Du Tanyu had been tossing now lay at her feet, rolling away.
Du Tanyu had hit Song Xuxu.
Yu Mu checked Song Xuxu’s injury before turning to Du Tanyu: “She really didn’t mean to.”
Her delicate posture and pleading tone were almost pitiable.
Other players nearby began chiming in, siding with Yu Mu.
Du Tanyu rolled her eyes indifferently: “Still playing?”
Yu Lili grinned: “Of course.”
The two walked straight past Yu Mu and Song Xuxu toward the tee box.
As they began their game in earnest, Yu Mu sounded incredulous: “Don’t you have anything to say?”
Du Tanyu and Yu Lili acted as if they hadn’t heard.
A golf ball sat primly on the tee.
Yu Lili took the driver from the caddie, gripped it, spread her legs, bent her knees, and took a practice swing.
Then, with a powerful shoulder rotation, she sent the ball soaring onto the green. The caddie sprinted to track its landing.
Only then did Yu Lili lazily turn back, offering a perfunctory: “Oh, right. Du Du didn’t mean it either just now. Did it hurt?”
Du Tanyu lifted her chin: “I bet it did.”
“Good.” The two bantered effortlessly.
Yu Mu comforted Song Xuxu: “Lili, how could you be so cruel…”
Song Xuxu, however, dropped the act, pointing at them: “You bullies think you’re so tough? Just wait—this isn’t over.”
Yu Lili twirled the driver in her hands, testing its weight, then smirked.
In one fluid motion, she swung the club straight toward Song Xuxu’s face.
The whoosh of air from the powerful swing carried an audible swoosh.
This was a club capable of driving balls hundreds of yards—hitting someone’s face would likely rearrange their features.
Song Xuxu instinctively shut her eyes.
Beside her, Yu Mu scrambled backward, shielding her pretty face in panic.
Three seconds of suspended animation.
Everyone around them held their breath.
The expected impact never came.
Song Xuxu opened her eyes to find the clubhead hovering inches from her nose.
Gulping, she stumbled back.
The crowd exhaled collectively.
“Hole in one!” The distant caddie’s excited shout shattered the tension.
Regaining their composure, the staff burst into applause—any guest who scored an ace deserved recognition, no matter the circumstances.
Yu Lili leisurely retrieved her club, accepting the congratulations with a pleased “Wow,” before murmuring to Song Xuxu:
“That was an accident too. But next time…”
“It might not be.”
“Lili…” Yu Mu’s trembling voice interjected. “How could you become like this…”
Yu Lili finally turned to her: “I won’t go easy on you anymore. So my advice? Stay out of my way.”
The sound of rapid footsteps approached as the manager from earlier hurried over, scolding the caddies: “What happened? Why wasn’t this reported immediately?”
“Escort these rude guests off the premises.”
Though surprised the manager would offend the Yu and Du families for Song Xuxu’s sake, Yu Mu felt a thrill of satisfaction.
After a moment’s thought, she spoke up: “There’s no need—”
“The Rio Club does not welcome discourteous guests.”
“Therefore, Miss Yu—”
Miss Yu—it’s definitely referring to Yu Lili.
Song Xuxu’s expression turned smug.
“—and Miss Song.”
“You are both hereby banned from the Rio Club indefinitely.”
Accompanied by the manager, Yu Lili rode to the medical office to treat her minor injury.
It was barely a scratch, but since the manager had helped them vent and insisted so earnestly, she obliged.
Du Tanyu’s messages flooded in:
[Was my intel wrong? Isn’t this club Tan Suran’s?]
[Otherwise, why would they kick out their boss’s friends?]
[Did you see their faces? Like they’d eaten something rotten. Bet they’ve never been so humiliated. So satisfying…]
[And well-deserved.]
[Posted on Moments to commemorate this victory.]
[Lili, Yu Lili, if you’re there, reply with 1.]
Yu Lili tapped back: [6], then stepped out of the cart and entered the medical room.
The manager didn’t follow her in.
The door clicked shut behind her.
Instead of antiseptic, the room smelled faintly of clean lemon.
A female doctor in a mask and cap sat behind a desk, gesturing for Yu Lili to take the examination bed.
Her pink-edged white pleated skirt draped just above her thighs, revealing slender, porcelain legs.
White cotton socks hugged her delicate ankles.
Noticing the doctor’s gaze, Yu Lili clarified: “Not my legs.”
Without waiting for further explanation, the doctor lifted the hair covering her right ear—as if already aware of the injury.
The manager must’ve briefed her.
Pale, slender fingers brushed her ear—soft yet cool to the touch.
A light press.
Yu Lili gripped the bed’s edge, wincing with a soft hiss.
“Does it hurt?” The muffled voice through the mask was low and oddly familiar.
Yu Lili shook her head. The pain was bearable.
The doctor turned to the medicine cabinet, retrieving supplies—likely disinfectant or iodine.
What was she doing earlier if not treating it?
The wheels of a cart squeaked as it was pushed over, bearing cotton balls, iodine, and silver tweezers.
A click as a bottle cap twisted open.
The sharp scent of iodine overpowered the lemon freshness. For a fleeting moment, Yu Lili felt she’d missed something.
Then, searing pain erupted along her ear as the disinfectant soaked cotton swab pressed into the wound.
Yu Lili instinctively jerked back.
The swab pursued relentlessly, grinding against the injury.
With each pass, Yu Lili bit her lip against the sting.
That cool voice spoke again. The doctor’s free hand pressed against Yu Lili’s lips, prying them apart: “Don’t bite. You can scream if you need to.”
Yu Lili’s teary eyes fluttered open—
—and froze.
The once-aloof doctor’s gaze now burned with undisguised fascination.
Studying her every reaction.