Chapter 75: Chapter 75 Senior Female Schoolmate is Also an Elder Sister
Wu Wei did feel a bit uncomfortable at first, but seeing her come clean and sincerely apologize, the discomfort gradually dissipated like smoke in the air.
After all, she had used him, but hadn't he wanted to use her as well?
Moreover, she just wanted to borrow his influence for a bit and didn't have any ill intent.
The worry and panic she showed when she thought he was going to fight the other guy couldn't have been faked.
Instinctively, Wu Wei was about to say: It's okay.
But then he thought better of it. Such a response was too ordinary, too honest, too dull. It wouldn't spark any emotion in his senior sister at all.
How could he increase his favorability with her that way?
So, he sighed deeply and pretended to be extremely disappointed, "Senior sister, you've really broken my heart. How could you do this?"
Zhou Yujie's expression instantly became flustered, and she hurriedly said, "Wu Wei, I really didn't..."
Wu Wei didn't let her finish, interrupting her and switching the direction of the conversation: "You were facing such trouble; you could have just told me during dinner. Why hide it from me? Wouldn't I have helped you? What kind of person do you think I am!"
Listening to Wu Wei's words, Zhou Yujie was taken aback.
This was somewhat different from what she had expected.
So what he cared about wasn't that she had used him, but that she hadn't trusted him to help her?
Zhou Yujie's hanging heart immediately settled down, and she began to explain, "I did mean to tell you, but after all, we haven't seen each other for so many years, and you've changed a lot. Now you're a successful person, someone with status, so I was afraid you wouldn't want to get involved with this kind of matter. I had the words on the tip of my tongue, but then I swallowed them back down..."
"So in the end, you still don't trust me,"
Wu Wei shook his head and said, "Senior sister, maybe to you, I'm just a junior you know, no different from anyone else. But it's different for me; to me, you're more than just a senior I know."
"When I first arrived at school, I was on my own and didn't understand much, feeling very nervous, and a bit lost and uneasy about my future life at school."
Looking sincerely into Zhou Yujie's eyes, Wu Wei continued, "It was you, senior sister, who from the very beginning had always been there to help and look after me, giving me a feeling akin to family. So in my heart, you've been more than just a senior sister for a long time; you're more like a big sister!"
Hearing Wu Wei's words, and feeling his sincere gaze, Zhou Yujie was full of surprise.
She had never imagined she held such a special place in Wu Wei's eyes.
But the term 'big sister'; that was something she felt a bit reluctant to accept.
Initially, it was because she had found him introverted and quiet, looking frail, arriving at the enrollment alone and with a mountain of belongings, that she had taken extra care of him during freshman orientation.
Afterwards, when she learned about his family situation, she felt extra sympathy for him.
At that time, she was a student council officer in her department, so she naturally took more care of him and had no idea that she had left such a deep impression on him.
"Well, I really didn't do much at the time."
Zhou Yujie said, feeling a bit embarrassed.
"It may not seem like much to you, but I've kept it all in my heart!"
Wu Wei said earnestly, "So senior sister, if there is anything you need my help with, just ask me. It doesn't matter if we haven't seen each other for six years, or even sixteen years, I would never refuse you. The way you're acting now is just too distant!"
Hearing Wu Wei's words, Zhou Yujie felt a warm current surging within her heart.
Lately, her ex-boyfriend had been driving her to the brink of collapse, and only as a last resort had she come up with the idea of having Wu Wei pretend to be her boyfriend.
After all, Wu Wei was the wealthiest person she knew at the moment. Just having him show up in his newly bought Panamera in front of her ex-boyfriend would probably be enough to stun him.
The only thing she was worried about was that Wu Wei might not agree.
After all, they hadn't seen each other for many years.
She even thought about convincing him through his girlfriend, since girls could relate more to her situation.
But to her surprise, all her worries were unnecessary.
It turned out that Wu Wei's feelings for her were much deeper than she had thought!
All her previous concerns were completely unwarranted!
Seeing the moved expression on Zhou Yujie's face, Wu Wei's heart thrilled with excitement.
It seemed his strategy had worked!
Indeed, shifting from school senior to sister, that was the very method Wu Wei had previously thought of to enhance Zhou Yujie's goodwill towards him.
Since he and Sun Yi were now officially boyfriend and girlfriend, something the school senior also knew,
it meant that trying the usual romantic tactics to increase this goodwill was likely to fail.
After all, there was a moral line that was difficult to cross.
But who said that goodwill had to be of the romantic kind?
Goodwill from a familial bond is still goodwill, after all!
And compared to romantic love, familial goodwill was even easier to enhance.
So Wu Wei deliberately guided their relationship towards a brother-sister dynamic.
After all, school senior was still a 'senior sister'!
Once they established a brother-sister identity, shifting from romance to kinship, everything was completely different.
He could then spend money on her without any scruples.
As for whether this so-called "kinship" would change in the future, who could know?
Anyway, they weren't real siblings, so anything was possible.
But Wu Wei wasn't concerned about that at this moment; he was only focused on whether he could eventually receive attribute points and cash back.
Therefore, he continued to strike while the iron was hot, "School senior, I guess you don't have a younger brother. If you're willing, you could totally see me as your younger brother in the future. You know my situation, I don't really have any relatives, and if I could have an older sister, I would be so happy!"
Wu Wei's final plea directly struck Zhou Yujie's heart.
Suddenly, she completely understood Wu Wei's feelings for her.
It turns out he was desperately longing for familial affection, which is why he developed a sister-like affection towards her when she helped him.
With this realization, any last trace of doubt or hesitation in her heart vanished.
She was even moved.
"Okay."
Zhou Yujie agreed on the spot.
Just then, the system popped up a message notification.
[Zhou Yujie's goodwill +17]