Chapter 13: This is a Duel Between Men
“Nah nah nah…” Shen Chuimian blinked again: “Looks like you aren’t tired of him yet.”
He sighed with regret.
Jiang Xinian still shielded Shi Huaibai behind him, constantly vigilant against Shi Huaibai being snatched away by Shen Chuimian.
Shen Chuimian was a living monster.
His eerie green eyes seemed capable of bewitching hearts. His long hair was casually tied in a small bun at the back of his head, and a cross ear stud pierced his ear cartilage. He tilted his head cynically: “I’m not that scary, am I? Guarding him so tightly, like guarding against a thief.”
Jiang Xinian smiled on his face, but his tone was distant: “Huaibai is a bit shy with strangers. He’s not like you, Chuimian, who has drunk foreign ink. You’ll scare him like this.”
Don’t touch my fragrant, soft little cupcake!
“That’s a pity.” Shen Chuimian seemed to give up, his hand casually pinching open and closed, playfully making a farewell gesture.
Only then did Jiang Xinian’s tense nerves relax. He let out a long breath, his shoulders and back loosening: Finally about to drive this ‘god of plague’ away.
Shen Chuimian didn’t care about gender and changed partners more often than clothes. He liked whoever he saw. Who knew what dirty idea he was hatching again?
Jiang Xinian was only concerned with shielding Shi Huaibai at his side, strictly preventing him from being snatched by Shen Chuimian. His gaze was firmly locked on Shi Huaibai, completely failing to notice Shen Chuimian suddenly sticking close like a “spirit behind the back.”
The other party narrowed his eyes slyly.
Across Jiang Xinian’s outstretched arm, within a ten-thousandth of a second, Shi Huaibai’s cheek felt cold.
Shen Chuimian swiftly planted a heavy “Mwah…” on Shi Huaibai’s cheek.
The three of them were like a sandwich.
Shi Huaibai froze in place, his mind blank, his cheek burning hot. He reached out a hand and touched the kissed spot in a daze.
【System, I… am dirty.】
Jiang Xinian had already exploded. His long leg swept out with fierce force, fast as lightning.
Shen Chuimian retreated with a giggle, hands raised high in surrender, but his expression wasn’t sincere at all.
He was experienced in poaching. After stealing a kiss, he waved his hand inviting a beating: “Next time when Xinian isn’t around, let’s have a good chat, Little Beauty.”
Jiang Xinian’s entire face was about to crack. He growled at Shi Huaibai, who was still in a dazed state: “Don’t pay attention to him! He’s just a mental patient!”
Shi Huaibai’s soul was about to leave his body and turn into a little screaming figure: 【No, is there something wrong with him?!】
The System knew Shi Huaibai was a straight man, and it was normal for a straight man to resist male-male contact, but it didn’t expect him to be jumpy to this extent.
【Host, calm down a little bit.】
Shi Huaibai: 【Can’t calm down. He kissed me!】
The System closed its eyes and steeled its heart, starting its shameless linguistic arts again: 【He hangs out abroad every day, and his mother is French. You know, don’t foreigners often kiss hands and faces?】
Shi Huaibai wasn’t that easily fooled: 【Then why didn’t he go kiss Jiang Xinian?】
The System’s linguistic arts reached the peak of perfection: 【That’s naturally because you were too dazzling at the auction just now, Host! He noticed you back when the raw jade stone was opened. Ask yourself, who could not be subdued by your charm just now? Under your myriad rays of light, F1 paled in comparison. F3 naturally only wanted to befriend you! Who cares about F1!】
【Oh?】 Shi Huaibai’s expression instantly became subtle: 【Then… what you said isn’t without reason, ha.】
System: 【O(∩_∩)O】
It knew Shi Huaibai would fall for this.
Shi Huaibai asked again uneasily: 【Why have I been here so long and still don’t know who the female lead is?】
The System was silent for a long time. A system can’t be without a conscience: Conscience gone… can’t do anything about it.
【Female lead? There is, there is! We have four! The noble, cold, and glamorous glasses-wearing senior sister type; the sunny and cute junior sister type; the artistic, fresh, and beautiful type; the resolute and vigorous female CEO type. It’s not that they aren’t coming; the time hasn’t arrived.】
【So that’s it.】 Shi Huaibai patted his small chest, finally reassured.
Jiang Xinian looked at Shen Chuimian’s retreating back, still gritting his teeth secretly. Only when the other party went far away and was completely out of sight did he glance impassively at Shi Huaibai: “Let’s go, go home.”
Something was wrong. Nine out of ten things were wrong.
After dinner, Jiang Xinian was in no mood to pay attention to Shi Huaibai. He crossed his legs on the leather sofa chair, the faint light from his phone screen tracing his features.
He thought: Song Chi was right.
The campus forum was indeed full of Shi Huaibai. Since Shi Huaibai had been by his side, he had actually become Shi Huaibai’s resource.
Truly funny.
First, the video of Shi Huaibai and Qu You ballroom dancing caused an uproar on the forum. Handsome man and beautiful woman—naturally, everyone noticed that the timid special admission student in the academy was actually that good-looking.
Then, he took Shi Huaibai to many places. Gradually, there were far more photos of Shi Huaibai posted on the forum than of him.
Gradually, his name became a suffix to Shi Huaibai.
[Main Post: Was that Shi Huaibai who bought a raw jade stone at the auction in Dongcheng today?]
[1L: Was at the auction too. I saw Shi Huaibai as well. He dressed super cute today. Didn’t expect he knew how to evaluate jade.] [2L: Offering two beautiful photos of Xiao Bai with both hands.] [3L: So beautiful.] [4L: So beautiful.] [5L: So beautiful.] [6L: So beautiful.] … [10L: Isn’t he just a gold digger? How can he dig without dressing up a bit? Shallow eyelids, just hopping around relying on Jiang Xinian.] [11L: Reply to 10L, why are you in every post about Shi Huaibai? Can you change your ID and come back?] [12L: Reply to 10L, bro, you scolded every Shi Huaibai post, then clicked into every Shi Huaibai post. What? An insult-chasing fan?] [13L: Reply to 10L, what, do you want Shi Huaibai not to dig for the Chief, but dig for you?] [14L: Now that you guys mention it, I just realized that the person next to Shi Huaibai in the photo is actually Jiang Xinian. My baby’s face is just too authoritative; I didn’t notice Jiang Xinian at all.]
Reading this, Jiang Xinian finally couldn’t resist smashing the wine glass on the edge of the table fiercely onto the floor. His hand hung down weakly, veins bulging on his wrist, and he unhappily ground his gold-rimmed glasses under the sole of his foot.
Shi Huaibai. Why is it always Shi Huaibai?
Annoying. So disgusting.
…
He seemed to laugh out of anger, dizzy. A lot of information piled up in his head, lingering. He didn’t understand; it was just a Shi Huaibai, yet he made him have so many things to consider.
Hearing the sound of shattering glass, the butler rushed over as if facing a formidable enemy: “Young Master. Are you alright?”
When the butler pushed open the door, Jiang Xinian was holding the armrest of the sofa as if nothing had happened, smiling gently: “Nothing, I accidentally knocked over the glass.”
There was a lingering smell of cigars in the room.
The butler’s expression was grim: The Young Master has always been heavy-hearted. He looks refined and gentle, but his mind twists and turns nine times. He smokes, but rarely in front of people. Normally, he wouldn’t let me smell the lingering cigar smoke when I enter the room.
Jiang Xinian maintained that gentle tone, asking seemingly inadvertently: “Where is Shi Huaibai?”
While cleaning up the broken glass, the butler said: “Seems he went out to play with Miss Qu.”
Jiang Xinian looked up instantly: “Qu You?”
The butler nodded: “Yes. After Miss Qu called, Young Mr. Shi yelled ‘I knew I was a straight man’ and then went out.”
It seems that the kiss from Shen Chuimian left a large psychological shadow area on Shi Huaibai.
The butler looked at his watch again, thought for a moment, and said: “He’s been out for five hours. He might stay out all night.”
If it were anyone else out, Jiang Xinian was absolutely not a meddler who interfered with others’ whereabouts.
But Shi Huaibai didn’t play by the rules. Letting Shi Huaibai go out alone was like releasing a tiger back into the mountains. Who knew what trouble this guy would cause before coming back?
Jiang Xinian called Shi Huaibai almost immediately: “Where are you?”
It was very noisy on the other end. Shi Huaibai’s voice was still dazed: “I’m with Qu You at the boxing gym.”
Jiang Xinian asked unhappily and fussily: “What are you doing at the boxing gym?”
Shi Huaibai’s tone was firm: “Blowing up Song Chi.”
Jiang Xinian: “…”
Huh???
Does Shi Huaibai mean that Song Chi is also there now?
Jiang Xinian couldn’t care less about discussing issues like “I became Shi Huaibai’s foil” anymore. He was impatient: “Send me your location. I’m coming over immediately.”
What trouble now?
A burst of harsh noise suddenly came from the other end of the phone. Shi Huaibai didn’t respond for a long time. A few seconds later, Song Chi’s arrogant tone came from the other side: “My Lord Chief, don’t be so anxious. I won’t eat him.”
“We’re just making a bet. Whoever loses will serve tea and water to the other for a week. Qu You is here too; I won’t go too far.”
“Song Chi, you…”
Jiang Xinian wanted to say more, but the other side had already hung up.
Jiang Xinian immediately threw on his coat: “Butler, drive the car.”
Inside the boxing gym, Qu You looked up and glared fiercely at Song Chi: “Was it you who locked Huaibai in the changing room before? Brother Xinian told me everything. You bully Huaibai every day. Are you shameless? Aren’t you going too far?”
The System let out a hysterical scream again: 【No, no! The timeline is wrong!】
Is it possible… it was your lackey who did it, Campus Belle!
Shi Huaibai didn’t hear the System’s chatter at all. A voice seemed to echo in his brain:
I protect my woman.
Sorry, I can’t do anything that makes a woman lose.
Shi Huaibai was extremely cold: “Let us settle this fair and square.”
Girl watching the battle, Brother’s face (honor), Aotian’s lifetime!
Elements complete!
“This… is a Duel Between Men!”
Song Chi looked at Shi Huaibai’s thin arms and legs, licking his lips as if savoring something: “I won’t bully you either. I’ll give you a one-hand handicap.”
Joke. This appearance of Shi Huaibai is actually endearing.
Thin arms and legs. Hitting him is just like flirting.
Song Chi thought to himself: I am really too smart. If I’m in a bad mood later, I won’t go easy; if I win against Shi Huaibai, I’ll make him serve me tea and water.
If Shi Huaibai is so cute later that I feel pity, I’ll go super easy on him. Then I’ll have a reason to stick to Shi Huaibai for a week.
Author’s Note: [Evil Smile][Evil Smile] Insult-Chase Bro is about to get beaten up!
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