Chapter 309: Enemy for Life
The group of male classmates collectively bit into a lemon, and the sourest of them was, without a doubt, Cao Jun.
Even though he's aggressively pursuing Jiang Shasha now, that doesn't mean he's lost interest in Liu Ying.
On the contrary, his feelings for Liu Ying are even stronger than before.
Back in freshman year, he and Chen Feng almost simultaneously began pursuing Liu Ying, the class beauty. But Liu Ying was aloof and disdainful back then, not paying him any attention at all. After all, he had average looks, and besides being eloquent and socially adept, his family background was just ordinary.
Initially, because they were classmates, she would spare him some face. But later, when he greeted her, she directly ignored him, and it was the same for invitations to go out. Flowers given to her were directly thrown on the ground.
The treatment from Chen Feng was much better; at the very least, he could normally talk and interact with Liu Ying. Moreover, Cao Jun several times personally witnessed Chen Feng and Liu Ying eating together in the cafeteria, chatting and laughing. Chen Feng was handsome, Liu Ying was beautiful, they seemed like a perfect match, driving Cao Jun crazy every time he saw them, wishing he could flip the table.
It must be said, this is a world that judges by appearances. Chen Feng's financial situation was also quite ordinary at that time, and his grades weren't as good as Cao Jun's, he wasn't even a class officer. Yet, just because he was handsome, Liu Ying took people at face value, getting along well with Chen Feng while being dismissive of her class officer, Cao Jun.
At that time, Cao Jun was exceptionally jealous of Chen Feng, so naturally he began spreading rumors about Chen Feng, trying to create discord between Chen Feng and Liu Ying. His scheming succeeded.
Liu Ying, believing it to be true, felt that Chen Feng was using his pursuit of her as a gamble and boasting material to others, feeling enormously insulted and exceedingly angry, she immediately took revenge on Chen Feng: publicly humiliating him in front of the entire class.
Cao Jun's plan was successful; however, what he did was quickly discovered by Chen Feng, who directly got into a fight with him in class.
Although Chen Feng had no evidence, once this kind of thing is spoken out, anyone with understanding naturally knows.
Though Cao Jun adamantly wouldn't admit it, it was futile; anyone with a brain in the class knew it was him.
Now, years later, meeting Chen Feng again, sure enough, enemies meeting turn red-eyed, leading to an immediate quarrel.
But Cao Jun considered himself very gentlemanly, not lowering himself to Chen Feng's pathetic level.
Of course, the main reason was that he didn't want to leave a bad impression on Jiang Shasha, so he chose to endure. Otherwise, he had plenty of ways to deal with Chen Feng.
He never imagined that Chen Feng would end up tangled with Liu Ying, and judging by the looks of it, Liu Ying was the one who initiated it. This made him feel extremely uncomfortable, sour to the core.
After all, when Liu Ying had just returned to the country after her divorce, she had actively contacted him, and they had even gone out to dine together alone, twice.
At that time, Liu Ying had already known about his achievements in his career and obviously had a good impression of him. During their two meals, their demeanor and words carried some level of flirtation.
He was very confident that after their third meal together, he could have her. Previously, she had been the high and mighty class beauty, but now their status and position were completely different.
Now, he was the deputy general manager of a Xiu Zhou branch of one of China's top ten real estate groups, with an annual salary over a million, while she was merely a twice-married woman returning to China after a failed marriage with a foreigner, offering nothing more than a still pretty face.
But later, for unknown reasons, Liu Ying stopped contacting him, didn't even respond to his messages, and eventually didn't answer his calls, leaving him reluctantly to temporarily shelve the matter.
After all, his main focus was to win over Jiang Shasha; apart from that, and his work and career, everything else seemed unimportant to him.
What he didn't know was that Liu Ying stopped contacting him because she found out about his pursuit of Jiang Shasha.
She even made a point to reach out to Jiang Shasha and arranged to shop and eat together, confirming things on the matter from Shasha's own words.
It turns out that while Cao Jun passionately pursued Jiang Shasha on one side, he dined alone with Liu Ying on the other side, behaving amorously in a way clearly aiming to bed Liu Ying.
Cao Jun's two-timing behavior was undoubtedly a sign of a scumbag.
That's not the crux of the issue, the main issue is that Cao Jun is clearly just looking to toy with her, not to have something genuine, because his dream girl, ideal partner was clearly Jiang Shasha.
Even though Liu Ying was prettier than Jiang Shasha, she was thoroughly beaten by Shasha in every other aspect, not to mention Liu Ying had been married and had children, how could Cao Jun possibly choose her over Jiang Shasha?
So, from start to finish, Cao Jun was genuinely pursuing Jiang Shasha and only playing around with Liu Ying.
And Liu Ying had no real chance to stand out even if she wanted to compete with Jiang Shasha, moreover, considering Cao Jun, is he really worth competing for with another woman? The answer is obvious.
In the eyes of other women, Cao Jun's million annual salary might be quite impressive, but to a worldly woman like Liu Ying, it's merely somewhat adequate.
Not to mention, the property prices in the urban area of Xiu Zhou have reached five thousand per square meter. For a 100 square meter apartment, it would cost five million. Even if Cao Jun didn't spend a penny annually, it would take him five years to save up.
If the property is larger or a villa, Cao Jun, being just a senior employee, simply couldn't afford it.
So, she quickly eliminated Cao Jun and, later on, Heaven seemed to reward the diligent; she spotted Chen Feng and learned of his family background.
However, due to the "misunderstanding" back then, Liu Ying couldn't get Chen Feng's approval so far; they were still just lovers, not a couple.
The main culprit behind the misunderstanding between her and Chen Feng was Cao Jun.
Though Liu Ying was already fed up with Cao Jun, this incident made her despise him bitterly.
She couldn't expose it outright considering the situation. Yet, her mind was set on revenge, a simple means: ensuring he couldn't win Jian Shasha.
Right now, Cao Jun is completely unaware of Liu Ying's bitter hatred; in his heart, he still harbors a longing for Liu Ying, the class beauty, thinking of getting her into bed to fulfill his wish.
Previously, limited by his pursuit of Jiang Shasha, he couldn't openly chase Liu Ying, but he kept planning to find a suitable chance to invite Liu Ying out and employ some means to get her.
Originally, this class reunion seemed suitable for that, but now Liu Ying is already taken by Chen Feng.
The familiar sour and envious feeling from back then rose again in Cao Jun's heart; after all, Chen Feng was indeed his lifelong nemesis.
So many years have passed, and as soon as they met, they re-established the rivalry.
"Chen Feng, tell me the truth, how did you win over the class beauty?"