The preparation of this meal was halted due to an unforeseen accident: the refrigerator did not have enough ingredients, so Yu Rui had to go out temporarily to do some shopping.
As he was in a bit of a hurry and was followed by Xie Li, Yu Rui did not go far to the cheap market but went directly to the supermarket diagonally in front of the district.
It was the weekend, many young couples or married couples were shopping for daily necessities and many more were shopping alone; Xie Li and Yu Rui, two tall and handsome guys walking side by side in the supermarket became an extraordinarily pleasant sight.
The attention rate reached 100%.
The fruit and vegetable section was a small half-circle, and Yu Rui was already tired of all the attention. He began to look at Xie Li, who was glued to his side in disgust, “Can you …… stand a little farther away?”
“Hmm?” Not knowing if he heard it or not, Xie Li moved closer together.
Two older women walked past them with a smile on their faces as they chatted.
“Oh. Look how well these two brothers get along.”
“That’s right, they even went out shopping together.”
“My two grandsons are always in a cockfight, I’d be lucky if they were that good.”
“Yes. And they look handsome.”
“But the one on the right is a little shorter.”
“He’s not short, he looks like he’s 180.”
“Look at the one next to him, he’s almost 170.”
“Aiyyaa, now that’ s short.”
Yu Rui: “….”
The gentle smile that is usually on Yu Rui’s face disappeared, and after a pause, he twists the direction of the grocery cart and turns to the opposite side.
Xie Li, “Don’t you want to finish this here first?”
“The kitchen garbage bag is missing.”
Xie Li obediently followed him.
To avoid the ladies in the fruit and vegetable section, Yu Rui pushed the cart down a long aisle, and being a little bored, he glanced sideways at the person next to him.
Xie Li was yawning with his head hanging down lazily.
That attention-grabbing handsome face had dark circles under his eyes which were further accentuated by his cold white complexion. His eyes were half-closed, and he looked like he wasn’t interested in anything, and his hair was in disarray.
Being this disheveled did not detract from the attractiveness of this face at all. Just because of the face alone, this world was unfair, Yu Rui thought mockingly, turning around. He completely forgot that according to this theory, he also belonged to the side that made people feel “unfair”.
“How did you end up in that cyber cafe?”
“Well.” Xie Li’s eyes wandered as he turned his face, “Are you curious about me as well?”
“I’m bored, you don’t need to answer.”
“I work part-time.”
“You work part-time at the cyber cafe?”
“What, the class president discriminates against cybercafe shops? “Xie Li laughed openly.
Yu Rui frowned, “You work there at night, right?”
“Hmm.”
“Is that why you always sleep during the day?”
“Hmm.”
Seeing the man’s indifferent look, Yu Rui’s heart fluttered inexplicably, and he restrained himself out of habit, his eyes slightly more serious, “With your grades, you could choose a better part-time job.”
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Xie Li lost interest immediately, “Forget it then.”
“But this is much easier than being in a cybercafe.”
“Teaching little kids? I’ll stick with the cybercafe.”
“…”
“Besides, not all people with good grades are suitable for teaching.”
Xie Li suddenly thought of something, and the corners of his lips hooked into a perverted, indulgent smile. Under Yu Rui’s wary gaze, he lowered his head to his ear, “Number two?”
“….”
Yu Rui looked at him with an expressionless face.
Xie Li lowered his gaze, neither retreating nor avoiding, seemingly smiling. At such a close distance even the constriction of each other’s pupils could be seen.
Yu Rui usually responded to Xie Li’s provocations and would never give in, but when it comes to the thickness of his skin, he is no match for Xie Li, so he didn’t last more than ten seconds under the strange gazes of the passersby, and Yu Rui took half a step back, “…. sick.”
He didn’t know whether he was cursing Xie Li or himself.
He didn’t see that in those few seconds, Xie Li suppressed the emotions and desires that were almost too close to overflowing from his eyes. Maybe it was too unbearable, even under his eyes, there was a grimace of pain. Just to slowly regain his calm.
Yu Rui distracted himself from the uncomfortable situation, “The academic load will double several times in our last year. You should reconsider the matter of changing jobs and give me an answer later.”
Xie Li twisted his head, looked at Yu Rui, and smiled, “Class President, are you always so responsible to everyone?”
Yu Rui froze.
Of course, he wasn’t.
What he feared most was trouble, and he never actively worried about anything that had nothing to do with him or things that didn’t benefit him.
Even being the class president, was something he had taken for granted since high school. There was only one reason he was willing to keep the position: if he wasn’t in charge, he would still be the one losing more time and energy from the cheap mistakes and inefficiencies of those in charge of the class.
In this world, he doesn’t care about anyone but Yu Li.
As for Xie Li, he didn’t want to owe him favors.
Yu Rui frowned thoughtfully.
When he looked back, Xie Li was already gone.
Yu Rui paused quietly, his eyes scanning the passersby around him.
He soon noticed that a few meters behind him, two girls who looked like high school students were looking in the direction of a certain row of shelves while whispering and laughing.
Yu Rui turned his cart that way.
As he walked along the shelves, Yu Rui saw Xie Li standing somewhere in the middle, holding an object in his hand and looking a little lost in thought.
Yu Rui took a closer look at him.
What Xie Li was holding in his unfolded hand was a cooking apron. But compared with similar items in his surroundings, the only difference it had was… the one in Xie Li’s hand, was transparent.
That is, except for the color on the corners, the rest is completely transparent plastic, and if you wear it you can see what clothes you are wearing.
Yu Rui’s heart was inexplicably boiling with some strange feelings when he suddenly saw Xie Li turn his head. The smile was…. “familiar”.
“Are you wearing clothes?”
“… what?” Yu Rui wasn’t sure if he misheard.
Xie Li changed his words, “Don’t you wear an apron in the kitchen?”
Despite not knowing what Xie Li was thinking at this moment, Yu Rui sensed that he wouldn’t want to know the answer. He pushed the cart with an expressionless face, “I don’t wear any.”
“Tsk. Too bad then.”
“…” Too bad, my ass.
“You don’t own any?”
“No.”
“Well, next time then.” Xie Li put back the transparent apron with much, much regret.
For some reason, Yu Rui suddenly wanted to turn around and hit this person on the head.
When Xie Li and Yu Rui arrived carrying the fruits and vegetables they had bought from the supermarket, they found several elderly people gathered in the hallway on the second floor and were talking together with a sigh.
Xie Li didn’t react much yet, but Yu Rui’s face changed slightly. He handed the bag to Xie Li, and without bothering to explain, walked up to the nearest elder and asked, “Grandmother Zhang, is something wrong?”
“Xiao Rui? You’re finally back, come up and take a look! Your father is in debt again, he was pushed in by some thugs, they just went upstairs!”
“Sorry to bother you again, Grandma Zhang.”
“It’s okay, it’s not your fault either. If you want to blame it, blame it on that bad father of yours…”
Yu Rui finished apologizing and quickly went upstairs.
Xie Li had already judged what was going on from the previous conversation, and at this moment, he frowned slightly. Taking advantage of his long legs to move forward, “What’s wrong?”
Although Yu Rui’s pace was hurried, his expression was not panicked, more like he had experienced it quite a few times before. He looked back after hearing Xie Li’s words, “This matter has nothing to do with you.”
“I’ll go up with you.”
“…”
Yu Rui didn’t dare to argue with him and nodded hastily.
The two of them soon arrived at the door of Yu Rui.
The iron gate was wide open, and several young men were inside and outside the gate, some standing against the wall, some sitting on the railing, laughing and cursing. Their voices echoed throughout the building.
Until someone saw Yu Rui and Xie Li coming up the stairs.
“Hey, the son is here.”
“Fck, he’s finally back, making me wait until death.”
“Have him make up for the mental damage.”
“Hahahahaha….”
As they laughed, Yu Rui took one step at a time and walked towards them.
“Excuse me.” The teenager smiled politely, “Do you guys want anything?”
“Don’t play dumb, Lao Tsu doesn’t buy it. Your father has a debt, and as the saying goes, if the father can’t pay it, you, the son, will have to pay it!”
“Yes, yes, yes, bring the money!”
Yu Rui’s gaze scanned them and then receded as he smiled faintly, “I don’t think Yu Congsheng borrowed the money from you, are you collecting the debt for someone?”
The thugs froze for a couple of seconds before they realized that Yu Congsheng who Yu Rui called out was his father, and the one in the lead laughed playfully, “Interesting.”
And he took a step forward.
“Even if we are not the debtor, the debtor is still our friend. We are helping him collect it because he agreed to it. All you have to do now is to take out the money and we’ll give you back the promissory note with your father’s fingerprints on it, and that’s it!”
Yu Rui was not the least bit overwhelmed by the other party’s aura.
He didn’t even seem to notice the other party’s few coercive postures, his smile was still sunny and harmless, “Can I see the promissory note?”
“Fck. Do you think we’re stupid? What if you tear it once we hand it over to you?”
“Then show me a picture so I can confirm it.”
“……” They looked at each other, and someone turned to pull out his cell phone.
Half a minute later, a hastily taken photo was shown to Yu Rui.
The corners of Yu Rui’s mouth curled up as he lowered his gaze.
The one in the lead was indignant, “What are you laughing at! You still haven’t handed over the money.”
“Excuse me, but this note of yours is not fully structured. But to know if it has legal validity, it needs to be brought to court for an admissible trial.”
“You… you are trying to deceive us and try to renege on the money now, aren’t you?”
“It’s okay if you don’t believe me, we can call the police and ask them.”
“How dare you threaten me, do you still want to live in this place?”
“It’s not up to me if I want to, and it’s not up to you either. It could be up to the owner of this promissory note. Give me his contact information and I’ll talk to him myself to find out how much to pay back and how to do it.”
“……”
The faces of several thugs changed.
It was only at that moment that they reacted one after the other, and although it was still that sunny and harmless-looking teenager in front of them, unbeknownst to them, the situation had slipped out of their control.
The teenager neither bit the bullet nor refused to compromise, they were stranded in an awkward situation, but could not find a reason to take action directly.
In case the teenager decided to pay, but they messed up, then, as the other party said, it was the owner of the promissory note who would do something to them.
In a few minutes, they grasped the main point and understood the situation, and several thugs looked at Yu Rui with strange eyes.
But the pay for recovering a debt was not low, and there were still people who were willing to do it. The young man on Yu Rui’s right rolled his eyes and had a bright idea.
“If I remember correctly, you have a sister, don’t you? Aren’t you afraid of her having an accident, or something happening to her while walking? Such a little girl, if she accidentally cuts her face, how can she…”
The words didn’t finish.
The young man’s gentle smile seemed to remain on his face, but the next second he suddenly burst out.
No one reacted.
When they looked back, the fellow who had opened his mouth had been slammed hard against the sharp-edged dusty steps.
The teenager’s face was grim, his eyes dark, his cheek taut, and his hard jaw resembled a sharp blade.
He had a death grip on the other man’s throat, squeezing it so hard that the man groaned in his throat and begged for mercy.
“You, what are you doing!” Several people recovered from the initial shock.
On Yu Rui’s face, not even his usual smile was visible.
He sniffed and raised his eyes, with a faint bloodshot look around his dark eyes. The teenager’s expression was calm, almost cold, and his voice was icy.
He dropped the struggling young man to the ground and looked at everyone else. But the cocked eyes and hoarse voice sent shivers down their spines.
“If anything happens to my sister, then none of you, nor I, will live, got it?”
…woah. Truly a man worthy of another lunatic!
for me he’s acting what a normal brother should, someone was threathening the life of ur small sibling, a girl at that, i’d lost it too, like- i’m also very protective of my loved ones. i love that he’s not submissive and know how to outsmart these dumb b*tches 😭💅 really clever and can be a demon if his loved ones are being threatened/hurt. really strong character i love it. 😊👍
It’s indeed understandable to lose it but I don’t think everyone would have guts to threaten with murder!
I would honestly lol especially if it’s the people important to me, it’s eye for an eye after all. Thug threatened to hurt his sister so he threatened to kill them if they do 🤷
O-O well i am the weakest out of my siblings so I never had the chance to be so protective… But that’s very cool of you!
oh.. not the murder part atleast! but i’d be willing to beat up someone if they hurt my loved ones.
They truly are well matched! Maybe they recognize it in each other, but Yu Rui avoids trouble because he has his hands full, Xie Li is attracted to it and wants to make it submit and cry.
+1 😂
Whahhh! Your secret face is too cool You Rui!
thank you for the chapter rottenmindedbigsis!!!!!!! yo da best!!!
thanks for the chapter, love!!
Thanks for the chapter!
What a Boss! That’s what you get for threatening to harm his sister!!! I love that he’s no push over!!! Thanks for the chapter ☺️
Ai~ yu rui is so handsome!!! (≧▽≦) Goo brother Yu!!! These thugs dare thinking of hurting our Xiao li then they must be seeking death.
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
So badass 😳
Damn- from 0 to 100 real quick I wonder what Xie Li is thinking about at this time 👀👀
I dont know how I feel about this yet, but I will give it more time.
thanks for the chapters <3
So cool!!!!
Thanks for the chapter ❤️ ❤️
AH! not only is the ml a hottie but so is the mc 💘
There’s a different between cute and hot…. and they’re both… hot
That will teach people to make assumptions about sunny faced teenagers! However, I don’t think this is going to make Xie Li any less sick 🙄 because that was pretty hot.
Well, now that we know he can protect himself, I guess Yu Rui doesn’t need to run. In fact, maybe he needs an outlet 😉
I knew it😆 yu rui is someone scary when mad
《The thugs froze for a couple of seconds before they realized that the Yu Congsheng who Yu Rui called out was his father, and the one in the lead laughed playfully, “Interesting”》
Sorry sir, but this word with flying comas is solely dedicated to male leads…..sometimes second male leads.
😂 lol, took me a while to get it lmao
Hardcore! At least he isn’t a pushover. Thanks for the chapter.
These two hot crazies deserve each other…
Yu rui is so hot!!