Chapter 104: [Tsk, lunatic.] Not afraid of a god-like opponent, but…
“Oh dear, look at me. Did I recover at an inconvenient time?”
Le Can imitated Bai Xiaotong’s manner of speaking, attempting to use magic to defeat magic.
In the eyes of Bai Xiaotong and Fang Ruowan, the youth stood behind the seated man, his hands resting intimately on the man’s shoulders. He looked at them indifferently, his posture relaxed and natural.
He didn’t say a single word about his relationship with the man, nor did he launch a hysterical verbal attack on those who coveted him, yet he clearly demonstrated his dominant position at the top of the relationship.
In comparison, Fang Ruowan, who had proactively and urgently delivered herself to the door, appeared significantly overshadowed.
Consequently, Fang Ruowan, feeling a slight edge of desperation, suddenly tightened her grip on her skirt before letting go. Immediately after, Le Can watched as her expression underwent a “Sichuan Opera face-change”—transforming from shyness to teary-eyed in an instant.
Tears swirled in her eyes, hanging on the brink of falling. Her eyes and cheeks were tinged with a faint red glow, silently using a gaze of dependence and grievance to hook the most powerful high-ranking person present…
Uh, which would be his husband.
A man everyone knew was married.
The awestruck Le Can: “…”
Seeing that she was hell-bent on hitting the southern wall, Le Can decided to see the Buddha to the West. The finger that Xi Yun held in his palm twitched, poking the man sitting steadily on the “fishing terrace.”
“May I ask the party involved, do you not plan on responding at all?”
Xi Yun flipped his hand over to catch the restless finger back into his palm. Hearing this, he bypassed Fang Ruowan entirely and cast a nonchalant glance at the dark-faced Bai Xiaotong. “Liang Yusheng.”
The assistant whose name was called stepped forward. “Yes, President Xi.”
“Drive the obstructions away.”
Receiving the message, Liang Yusheng turned and looked at Bai Xiaotong, who was trembling with rage. With a decent smile and a straight back, he extended his hand in a “please” gesture.
“Madam Bai, please.”
Without waiting for Bai Xiaotong’s reaction, Liang Yusheng turned toward Fang Ruowan, who was rooted to the spot like a wooden stake, seemingly unable to move her feet.
“As for this lady, I am very sorry, but we do not require free caregivers.”
Liang Yusheng pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose and opened a file on his phone, displaying it to the piteously weeping Fang Ruowan.
“Furthermore, I believe that based on the information you have, specifically in the column regarding the most important assets, you should know one thing.”
“—President Xi would not take in an unknown outsider into his residence just to save money, adding uncertainty to the safety of himself and his family.”
“Do you think I’m right?”
The file Liang Yusheng showed Fang Ruowan was none other than the “bait” that Bai Xiaotong had sent her. The bait that lured her in and led her to take such irrepressible action.
This file should have only appeared in the chat records between the two of them, yet here it was, being brought out by Liang Yusheng.
This was a blatant warning!
He was warning Fang Ruowan that they had already seen through all the motives of her and Bai Xiaotong, and they knew exactly what kind of person she was.
Since it was now June, the outside world was gradually becoming hot. However, tonight in the hotel venue, the indoor temperature had long been adjusted to a comfortable level.
Yet at this moment, Fang Ruowan felt as if she had been stripped of her clothes and thrown into a world of ice and snow—chilled to the bone, eventually shivering violently.
She looked blankly at the smiling youth with peach-blossom eyes, then glanced at Xi Yun, who had seemingly never looked at her directly, and finally fled the scene stumbling.
Bai Xiaotong couldn’t help but reach out to stop her, but she was harshly knocked aside. After stumbling back two steps, her lower back slammed straight against the edge of a table.
She gasped in pain, her face rapidly cycling through several expressions. Ultimately, she could only grit her teeth and clutch her waist with a hateful glare, leaving with the help of a waiter.
Watching the other’s limping figure depart, Xie Jun, with her bright red nails, stroked her curled lips and tilted her chin toward Le Can.
“Guess where she’s going?”
[Where else can she go? She’s too weak herself, so she can only go get reinforcements.]
Her mind was too easy to guess; he didn’t even want to say it.
Having sent away the annoying people, Le Can lazily relaxed his body, resting his head on Xi Yun’s shoulder and letting out a shallow yawn.
Halfway through the yawn, the youth, with tears squeezed from the corners of his eyes, suddenly raised his head as he remembered something.
“Mhm, guess whether Jian Yu knows that Auntie Bai scouted and introduced a young ‘caregiver’ to Xi Yun?”
It seemed like a question, but knowing that Le Can already had the answer in his heart, Liang Yusheng didn’t speak further.
Xie Jun, because Le Can hadn’t answered her previous question, covered her mouth and laughed, intentionally replying: “Oh, who knows?”
Le Can didn’t care either. He immediately let out an [Oho] in his heart, lighting a row of candles for the perpetually unlucky Jian Yu.
[As they say, one isn’t afraid of a god-like opponent, but a pig-like teammate…]
Xi Yun was surrounded by teammates who were each smarter than the last. Even the only possibly simple-minded Yuan Cheng was unconditionally loyal, honest, and obedient, never causing any trouble.
On the villain’s side, looking at Jian Yu alone, he was indeed an old fox—calculating and leak-proof. But how long can a one-man war last?
[So what if the wise have a thousand thoughts? A pig teammate’s sudden ‘bright idea’ renders it all for naught.]
Le Can looked at a certain winner destined to smile until the end with a gaze that saw through everything. He used his free hand to pat the back of the winner’s hand that was gripping his own.
“Hey, President Xi, isn’t it time to let go?”
[People have already left and are far away. I know you cooperated well; you can step down now.]
The play had temporarily ended.
Le Can began to turn a cold shoulder.
Of course, that wasn’t the main reason. The main reason was… the gossipy gazes coming from all directions that seemed subtle but were actually more obvious than light bulbs…
Although the charity auction hadn’t officially started and everyone didn’t mind happily “eating melons” before the beginning, Le Can didn’t want to steal the event’s spotlight after learning about the theme.
The theme of charity should be charity.
“However, after letting go, does President Xi have time to accompany me to the exhibition area to take a look?”
Slapping him with a stick and then giving him a sweet date. After Xi Yun slowly let go of his hand, Le Can threw out an invitation with a light laugh.
“Tonight, I’ll have to rely on President Xi’s care!”
After all, while Le Can had plenty of pocket money, this was a rare, reliable charity project. Of course, the more he contributed, the better!
The youth, who was blatantly fleecing his own people, smiled wantonly. The man with softened eyes seemed to be infected by it, replying with a light smile: “Okay.”
T/N: “Southern wall” (撞南牆) is an idiom meaning to persist in a wrong course until one hits a dead end. “Sichuan Opera face-change” (川劇變臉) refers to the traditional art of changing masks rapidly, used here to describe someone’s faking of emotions. “Pig-like teammate” (豬隊友) is a common term for a teammate who hinders more than they help.
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