Chapter 92: When It Concerns Oneself, Draw the Sword
Liang Bo had fire in his heart and drove in sullen silence.
Aside from being completely confused, Shou Jiaxun was also quite dissatisfied with Liang Bo’s reckless jealousy just now.
In President Shou’s view, as his boyfriend, Liang Bo certainly had the right to be jealous, but he couldn’t do it regardless of the occasion.
If he and Xiao Yu had gone to get a room, or even if they had appeared in any remotely ambiguous location, Liang Bo’s jealousy would be justified.
But a gallery was a place filled with cameras, brightly lit, and bustling with people. If he had wanted to have anything happen with Xiao Yu, it would have been impossible to choose this place for a meeting.
The key point was that they weren’t even married yet—what would it be like after marriage?
—“So, can this marriage still happen?” President Shou asked himself in his heart. This question was much more urgent and important than clearing up the misunderstanding with Xiao Yu.
After a long silence, Shou Jiaxun spoke with a serious face, “Can you explain to me… why your grandfather suddenly sprained his ankle, and why you suddenly appeared at ‘158’ today?”
Facing a candidate for his future partner, he didn’t want to beat around the bush. If their communication was convoluted today, then the future would only be more exhausting.
So, after a bit of thought, he brought the topic into the open to be frank with the other man.
Liang Bo frowned and tilted his chin toward the center console storage bin. “Check your phone yourself; it’s in the messages.”
Shou Jiaxun picked up Liang Bo’s phone, held it up to unlock it with Liang Bo’s face, and then flipped straight to the messages. He asked with a frown, “What does he mean by this cryptic message? Why is he telling you to keep a close eye on me? Did he call you to come find me?”
Liang Bo pursed his lips and took two deep breaths, giving him the full account from the beginning. “Last week, I got his number from Xiao Bai and went to see him. I told him I’m your boyfriend and to stop harassing you.”
“Mhm.” President Shou nodded, indicating he had no objection to this part of the story.
Liang Bo continued, “He said that in his eyes, you’re the same as that Yin-whatever, just someone working the floor… He said it’s only natural for him to pay to solicit you.”
President Shou frowned. “And then?”
“I couldn’t stand him insulting you, so I got into a fight with him. He sliced a gash near my ear. Because I felt humiliated and didn’t want you to know about it, I hid at home for two days.”
Shou Jiaxun sighed. “Before Uncle Guo and I sold fruit, I did work in a nightclub for a few days. He went to play with some friends and called for me to accompany them for drinks. Later, we even got a room.”
Liang Bo’s eyes filled with astonishment as he glanced over.
“Drive properly,” Shou Jiaxun reminded him before continuing to confess his past. “When Xiao Yu and I got the room, I regretted it halfway through and kicked him. While he couldn’t get up, I hurried and ran away.
Because of that incident, I pretty much saw reality clearly… I wasn’t cut out for that line of work, so I packed my bags and resigned overnight.
The next day, Yin Xi handed my nightclub staff ID to the teacher. I simply dropped out of school and started a proper fruit stall with Uncle Guo.
None of these things are secrets. Uncle Guo, Guo Duoyu, and my former classmates—plenty of people know.
I assume what bothers you the most is whether I actually slept with Xiao Yu.
I’m telling you clearly now—it didn’t happen back then, and I have no such plans for the future.”
Liang Bo turned his face toward him again, his lips pressed tight and his eyes looking pitiful.
“Watch the road!” Shou Jiaxun reminded him once more.
Only after a few minutes did he speak again. “Xiao Yu is a stubborn person, but he isn’t bad at heart. There are mainly some misunderstandings between us that have been dragged out until now without being cleared up due to a series of coincidences.
…I don’t know if there will ever be a chance to explain it clearly in the future.
But in short, I hope you won’t have any form of communication with him in the future. There’s no need to fight, and don’t discuss my personal privacy with him again.
If people can’t get along, then just don’t talk. You understand what I mean, right? Because it’s utterly meaningless.”
Liang Bo nodded, but asked in a small voice, “But… where did your scent patch go?”
Shou Jiaxun reflexively touched the back of his neck. “Eh?”
Liang Bo let out a heavy sigh. “I feel like you don’t really know him well.
When I arrived at the gallery today, you were sleeping with your head on his lap.
He even hinted to me that you two had just done it in the gallery restroom.”
“Done it?!” Shou Jiaxun’s face was full of disbelief. “He told you that?”
Liang Bo stared straight ahead and gave a small nod. “I didn’t believe him, but I couldn’t stay calm.”
“Ha!” Shou Jiaxun was instantly fuming. While responding to Liang Bo, “Fine, fine, I really don’t know him. I’m not familiar with him at all…”
…he used Liang Bo’s phone to dial Xiao Yu’s number. As soon as the call connected, he started cursing, “I’ll fck your ancestors, Xiao Yu! You’re actually spreading lewd rumors about me? Is your brain filled with sht?”
This was what it meant to “remain indifferent when it doesn’t concern oneself, but draw the sword when it does.”
Xiao Yu gave a soft “oh” and retorted, “Is he still pestering you about that? It seems he doesn’t trust you very much.”
“You little brat…” Shou Jiaxun gritted his teeth, his mind on fire. He automatically adjusted their relative seniority and began to lecture him, “Brat, I’m warning you, we aren’t close. If you talk nonsense to people again, I’ll have your father deal with you!”
Xiao Yu gave a few slow, low chuckles. “Well… I’m actually quite surprised that you could get mixed up with my father.”
“What the hell do you know!” Shou Jiaxun’s momentum didn’t falter. “Your father is reasonable and highly learned. You should hurry home and learn how to be a proper human being from him!”
Xiao Yu gave a cold sneer. “You don’t actually want to be my stepfather, do you?”
“I’ll be your ancestor! I only met your father this morning; what kind of dog-sh*t are you spewing here?”
“I almost forgot… you’re a businessman now.” Xiao Yu seemed to have a sudden realization, sighing sarcastically, “No wonder then. Shou Jiaxun, you really are something! So, do you plan to have my father invest a few hundred million in you?”
The more Shou Jiaxun cursed, the angrier he became. “I spit on you, you traitor! There are plenty of people who want to invest in me! Go home and ask your father—who is the one currently rushing to cooperate with whom? How did a refined scholar-businessman like Xiao Zhiheng raise such a brainless son!”
Xiao Yu scoffed. “Fine, I hear you. My father is the one actively pursuing you.”
“You are truly beyond saving!”
Shou Jiaxun hung up the phone indignantly, huffing and puffing as he turned to complain to Liang Bo, “I really was the one who took the initiative to meet Xiao Yu today; I wanted to talk to him about the misunderstanding from back in school.
I met his father at the venture capital meeting this morning. His father is interested in investing in ‘Guoran,’ so we chatted for a bit and then had lunch together at noon.
…He probably saw us.
But I just don’t understand! How can he even be jealous of his own father? It’s one thing for him to spend his days obsessively overthinking things about me, but how can he not even know what kind of person his own biological father is?”
Liang Bo didn’t speak for a while. Only after two minutes did he murmur a guess, “When you were eating with his father, your phone was on ‘Airplane Mode’ the whole time, wasn’t it?”
Shou Jiaxun recalled for a moment… indeed.
Liang Bo sighed. “In the future, when you are alone with an Alpha, don’t turn off your phone. That way, not only will someone get jealous, but I’ll also be worried.”
President Shou gave an indignant sneer, not answering whether he would comply or not.
He questioned the “employee” instead, “I remember on your first day of work, I taught you that for important meetings, you must turn off your phone or turn on ‘Airplane’ mode.
Are you now teaching me how to handle my work in reverse?”
Translator’s Note: The phrase “When it doesn’t concern oneself, hang it high; when it concerns oneself, draw the sword” is a variation of a Chinese idiom about being indifferent to things that don’t affect you. Shou Jiaxun is definitely a “hot-tempered beauty” when provoked! Also, “Yellow rumors” (造黄谣) specifically refers to spreading sexual or lewd slanders about someone. It’s a very serious insult in Chinese culture.
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