“Zhou Ge! Have you finished chatting with my brother?” Song Yuan greeted Jiang Zhou, who suddenly appeared, with a cheerful smile.
Hearing Jiang Zhou’s name, Chen Ju’s heart skipped a beat. He raised his head and met a pair of dark eyes. Jiang Zhou stood behind him with no expression on his face. He released the grip on his collar and grabbed Chen Ju’s shoulder. Bending down slightly, he reached out to wipe off the cream at the corner of Chen Ju’s mouth. In a deep voice, he said “Didn’t I tell you not to eat cake? I don’t care if you have a toothache.”
A deep voice came from above, tinged with a hint of hoarseness. Chen Ju’s ears instantly turned red, as if they were about to bleed. He stared blankly at the handsome face in front of him.
Chen Ju’s empty mind only had three words left: so handsome.
Song Yuan didn’t mind being directly ignored. He hurried forward, apologizing: “Ah, Chen Ge, you have bad teeth? I’m really sorry, I didn’t know. Chen Ge, if you have a toothache, come to me, and I will contact you with the best dentist!”
Chen Ju came back to his senses and realized that Jiang Zhou had just wiped his mouth for him. A sudden wave of embarrassment surged within him. How could he have gotten cake on his mouth, and let Jiang Zhou help him wipe it off?
He hurriedly lowered his head, quickly wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, and stammered: “N-No, my teeth are fine and don’t hurt.”
Song Yuan was about to say something when he saw Jiang Zhou hold Chen Ju’s hand and slightly position his body, blocking between the two of them, completely shielding Chen Ju with his tall frame.
“It’s almost time, I’ll take you back.” Jiang Zhou said with curved lips, as if Song Yuan didn’t exist at all.
“Oh, okay!” Chen Ju nodded, blushing, unable to look into Jiang Zhou’s eyes.
Song Yuan was a little conscious at the time. He looked at the two people with a hint of scrutiny in his eyes, then pulled the corner of his mouth and said with a smile, “Zhou Ge, Chen Ge, take care on the way. See you next time ~”
“Yeah, n-next time…” Before Chen Ju could finish his sentence, Jiang Zhou pulled him away.
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Jiang Zhou walked very fast, and Chen Ju had to trot to keep up.
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This time Jiang Zhou stopped. Chen Ju stood still, panting slightly, one hand rubbing his stomach, and wore a gentle smile: “I’m sorry, rest, just a little while, and it will be fine.”
Jiang Zhou stared at Chen Ju with squinted eyes. After a while, he asked, “What’s your relationship with him?”
“Just high school classmates,” Chen Ju felt embarrassed to talk about the past. Back then, Jiang Zhou didn’t how he formed cliques. He emphasized again, “ordinary classmates.”
“Ordinary classmate?” Jiang Zhou frowned, as if he wanted to say something, but he held back and did not continue. He only let out a cold snort from his nostrils and said, “Chen Ju, let me tell you in advance. Don’t mess up anything else that would embarrass both of us during the contract period.”
The smile on Chen Ju’s face froze, gradually fading away. Moments ago, his joyous mood plummeted. He lowered his head and said in a muffled voice, “Oh, I understand.”
Jiang Zhou stared at Chen Ju and was about to speak when the phone in his pocket rang. He looked away and picked up the phone.
The screen displayed three words: Liu Shengyue. He paused for a few seconds with downcast eyes before answering the call.
“Jiang Zhou, come and pick me up!” Liu Shengyue’s voice on the phone sounded intoxicated. “If you don’t come pick me up, you will be miserable. I’ll expose your secret to the world!”
Jiang Zhou’s eyebrows furrowed and he whispered, “I’m busy right now. I’ll have Jing Que come and pick you up.”
“No! I want you, kid, to pick me up. If you don’t come, I will immediately tell everyone about your biggest fear…” Before Liu Shengyue finished speaking, she was interrupted by Jiang Zhou’s cold and emotionless voice.
“Give me the address.”
“Haha, Bar Zero. I’m waiting for you~”
Jiang Zhou hung up the phone and lifted his eyes, meeting Chen Ju’s gaze. The man’s eyes are round, black and shiny, with pupils occupying almost half of his eye sockets, appearing clean and bright like a newborn fawn.
“You go ahead and attend to your business. I can go back on my own.” Chen Ju said quickly. He had heard earlier that the call was from Jiang Zhou’s girlfriend. At this moment, he should be sensible and leave.
Chen Ju showed a well-behaved smile, waved to Jiang Zhou, and said, “I’ll go first. S-see you next time.”
After speaking, Chen Ju turned around and walked towards the exit. He had only taken two steps when Jiang Zhou walked to his side and grabbed his wrist involuntarily.
“I can go back on my own.” Chen Ju quickly insisted, trying to pull his wrist back, but it was useless. Jiang Zhou held onto it tightly.
In the parking lot, Jiang Zhou opened the co-pilot’s door and said coldly, “Get in.”
Chen Ju wanted to say something, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he met Jiang Zhou’s icy gaze. Startled, he shut his mouth obediently and bent down to get into the car.
The car started, and Jiang Zhou remained expressionless, staring ahead with a cold face all the way, without saying a word.
Chen Ju said weakly: “You can drop me off at the supermarket ahead. I’ll get off there.”
Jiang Zhou didn’t speak, as if he hadn’t heard. Chen Ju didn’t dare to continue talking and lowered his head, staring at his fingers.
Having not slept well during the day, as the quiet settled in, a wave of sleepiness swept over Chen Ju like a tide. He couldn’t hold it any longer, so he fell asleep with his eyes closed.
Not knowing how long he had slept, Chen Ju heard a woman’s voice dazzily He woke up and opened his eyes only to see Jiang Zhou carrying a woman by the waist and walking to the back seat. He opened the car door and placed the woman inside.
The woman was the one he had met at the hotel that day, and seemed to be named Liu Shengyue.
As if sensing Chen Ju’s gaze, Liu Shengyue, who was still drunk just now, suddenly opened her eyes and stared at Chen Ju. Blinking twice, she opened her mouth and said, “Where is the little brother from? So cute. Let this sister give you a kiss~”
With that, she suddenly sat up and leaned over. Chen Ju had just woken up, and he was in a daze. Before he could react, his chubby cheek was pinched.
“It’s so cute, come on, give this sister a smile~” Liu Shengyue smiled so proudly.
Chen Ju stiffened his body, afraid to move. In the next second, a hand reached out and grabbed Liu Shengyue’s collar, pulling her back.
“Don’t move around, put on your clothes.” Jiang Zhou threw his own coat at Liu Shengyue.
Liu Shengyue picked up his coat, smiled and said, “Yo, my boyfriend’s coat? I’m so touched by this treatment~”
Hearing the conversation between the two, Chen Ju’s chaotic mind suddenly cleared. He straightened his back, tightly clenched his fingers together, and felt a spasm of pain in his stomach.
A buzzing sound echoed in his ears. But Chen Ju didn’t pay attention to what Jiang Zhou and Liu Shengyue were talking about. There was only one thought in his mind; he wanted to leave this place.
I don’t get it, what’s his deal actually?? Is she his girlfriend fr? If yes thn y does this guy need chen ju?…I don’t get it
I’m also confused as to why he needs chen ju if he has a gf already. The relationships r very confusing so far. I get the feeling each is for a different purpose maybe.
And if it’s as the summary says tht it is for revenge he is doing so thn with his abilities I don’t think he has to go as far as to make chen ju pretend to be his lover, he could have just kidnapped him or something nd do whtever he wants…their relationship may have to do something with the old man whom Jiang called in one of the previous chapter
Maybe cuz chen ju always loved him and knows that he still loves him so he is acting as a lover and hurting the next moment just to stab right in the heart…idk
If so thn y is he acting so aggressively towards him…if he wants to hurt him like tht, shouldn’t he deceive him by acting all sweet nd caring?
That’s true but the revenge can be more satisfying for ml by teasing chen ju as his fake bf while knowing his feelings from high school persisted. Is that cruel? Yes but thats the point lol.
But didn’t u notice how he would get super repulsive if he saw chen ju with someone else. And what’s the deal with this gf? I get it tht he is hurting him tht way, I just wanna know what he really feels about all this since we don’t know what he thinks
I dont think they are in that kinda relationship since she was talkin about having to go on a blind date in the hotel chapter so maybe she like him but he have to deal with it
Thank you so much for the update ..i was waiting for it……❤
I will lose all my hair from gripping it at this point because of Jiang Zhou! Come get a beating!! Rolls sleeves
+1 I wonder why he would choose Chen Ju out of all the people out there. Even though I know their past was not that good, I still don’t like the fact that he’s using Chen Ju for his own sake.
Yeah 😞
Stop being a scum jiang zhou 🙄 as far as we’ve known, chen ju’s way of pestering him during high school didn’t seem as bad as the treatment he’s subjected to now. Feels like trampling on a weak, sick puppy. So tasteless 😕
+1 omg, you get me! It feels like what Chen Ju did before was childish teasing, but what’s Jiang Zhou doing right now feels like emotional bullying. Idk, maybe it’s just me being one-sided as well. Hopefully, Jiang Zhou pays for all the stuff he did to our MC.
Mhm you feel me too! Maybe we’ll see flashbacks of high school chen ju being truly mean to jiang zhou but so far yeah, it’s just harmless pestering 😩
Despite my lack of love for Jiang Zhou, I still hope he’s not that much of a scum to Chen Ju. I hope he wakes up in just a few chapters, and then love Chen Ju wholeheartedly. Sadly, the summary states otherwise. I’ll just cry and keep on ordering tissues here ಥ‿ಥ
Thank you for translating this! Loving the quality so far <3
And… I was so good and stockpiled this story knowing id hoover it up and I did and now must have it slowly revealed through drip feed
I’m honestly on team jiang zhou lmfao i hate bullies idgaf but he really is screwing up here like i cant wait till both of them are on an equal footing and try this relationship again
Thanks for the chapter <3333
The real question is why did an old man call to check on our Mc? This girlfriend is a shield to keep family issues at bay clearly with his speaking of and to her. And then our Ml also processeds to pickup the MC in a contract relationship instead of anyone else. It seems like feelings are clearly there for the Ml towards the Mc and the girlfriend is making threats towards his reputation
I’m starting to think that Jiang Zhou misunderstood Chen Ju’s attempts at affections for mockings back in their school days because it seems as though Chen Ju was trying to win Zhou’s heart but did it very clumsy