Translated by Eve
Edited by Wuxian
Thank you San Xiaojie again for the kofi ð Faster updates will come...I promise. Just need a liiiiiitle more time.
After realizing what he had just done, Yun Yi simply wanted to chop off his own hand! Although typically, he was ostentatiously domineering to outsiders, towards the brothers he had sincerely recognized, he was extremely accommodating and cared about them a lot. This was also why Yue Minghe had been able to stay healthy and lively despite lusting after Yun Yiâs woman. If it was anyone else, this vicious and cruel mafia crown prince would kill them in a second.
"S-sorry, sorry! Ah Ning, are you OK?! Itâs my fault. It was a conditioned reflex from my training. When I saw that something was going to bump into me, I reflexively wanted to block it. It really wasnât on purpose!" Yun Yi watched as his good friend slowly patted his dishevelled clothes, his always flirty and affectionate smile slightly rigid. He simply did not know what he should do.
Sui Yuan raised his eyes to look at the male lead, who was staring at him with frantic eyes, bewildered like a silly dog, without a trace of his previous flashy, domineering aura. He grinned and gave him two words, "Ha. Ha."
"Ah Ning, donât be like this! QAQ" Yun Yi nearly wanted to kneel! Usually, he would not lower himself so quickly, but unbeknownst to him, the moment he saw his familyâs good friend get angry, his first subconscious reaction was to apologize. He absolutely had to coax the other until he was happy again before he could heave a sigh of relief.
The female lead who had been completely ignored: ".............................."
"Pfft. OK, la. Ah Ning wouldnât get angry over such a trivial matter like having books smashing into him. Ah Yi, youâre really being too nervous," Yue Minghe couldnât help but chuckle as he mediated.
"Right, I wouldnât get angry over getting smashed into with books. What Iâm angry about is unexpectedly being dragged out by my good brother to act as his shield," Sui Yuan snorted, tone discontent.
Yun Yi: "...It was really just a conditioned reflex, ah! QAQ"
"A conditioned reflex of pulling your own people in front of you as your shield?" Sui Yuan side-eyed Yun Yi, arms crossed, "Donât you think thatâs even more repulsive?"
"No...I was just casually pulling at some random thing..." Yun Yi tried to explain, struggling at the end of his rope.
"Heh, so it turns out that Iâm just some random thing to you?" Sui Yuan raised his brow.
Yun Yi, who was left speechless because of how difficult his good friend was being, shifted his eyes and naturally took out his anger on the main offender, "Even if Iâm in the wrong, the one who brought about all of this is her!" Seeming to have found something to shift their attention to, Yun Yi angrily glared at the female lead and figuratively rolled up his sleeves, "Say! Shouldnât you apologize and compensate Ah Ning for injuring him?!"
The female lead who was suddenly mentioned was extremely frightened and she stammered her apology, "S-sorry. Itâs me who was in a rush and was not being careful of where I was going...."
"If apologizing was useful, then why would we need police officers?!" Yun Yi obviously didnât plan on releasing the anguished female lead. Only, before he could continue to intensify his act of making trouble over nothing, he was interrupted by Yue Minghe, "Leave it, ba. Is there really no problem with you, a mafia crown prince, repeatedly mentioning police officers? Besides, the one who was bumped into was Ah Ning. Ah Ning himself hasnât declared his position, so why are you talking on his behalf?"
Sui Yuan glanced at Yue Minghe, rather flabbergasted. The implicit meaning behind the supporting male leadâs words was to help the female lead escape. Could it be that he had already developed quite a bit of goodwill towards her? Sui Yuan thought back but could not, just when the supporting male lead had fallen in love with the female lead in the plot. He had no choice but to temporarily label it as âlove at first sightâ for now.
Although Yun Yi gazed at Yue Minghe in dissatisfaction, he still had no choice but to admit that he was right. He turned his head to look at Sui Yuan. In an effort to curry favour, Yun Yi handed over the authority to make a decision over to his good friend, "Then, how does Ah Ning think this matter should be solved?"
How could this be solved? Sui Yuan rolled his eyes. His character settings was that of a playboyâs. Towards all girlsâfrom eight to eighty years oldâhe was refined and courteous. Unless he wanted to OOC, he had no other choice, "The one Iâm angry at is Ah Yi, not this young lady! How do you think I want to settle this?" Sui Yuan replied to Yun Yi in an unhappy tone, then turned towards the female lead, smiling politely, "Next time, be a bit more careful, least you end up doing such a rude thing again."
"Y-yes, I understand. I am truly very sorry!" The female lead couldnât help but blush. She suddenly bowed at a ninety degree angle towards Sui Yuan, her grateful voice laced with an imperceptible tremble from her nervousness.
Upon receiving the female leadâs apology, Sui Yuan turned to look at Yun Yi, "Then, do you have any objections?"
ââSay that you do! Quickly, say that you do!
However, Yun Yi was destined to be unable to hear Sui Yuanâs true voice. He was no longer the âvictimâ who could act unreasonable and difficult, and create all sorts of difficulties for the female lead while believing himself to be in the right. The present Yun Yi had become one of the chief offenders, so how on earth would he dare refute or deny Sui Yuan? So long as he could cool his good friendâs temper, he would never dare to head west if Sui Yuan wanted him to head east. Thus, Yun Yi naturally shook his head repeatedly, "No, no. Ah Ningâs way of handling this is really good. I donât have any objections!"
Sui Yuanï¼"........................"
What happened to the promised chemistry between the male and female leads on their first meeting! What happened to âI bully you then you bully meâ, resulting in the female lead succumbing to Stockholm syndrome because of the male leadâs abusive love and the male lead being attracted by the female leadâs resolute and willful nature that refuses to submit, ne?!
Hehe, towards his ability to cause the plot to crumble as soon as he gets involved...he was already completely used to it...as if! Itâd be strange if he was!
ââSui Yuanâs heart felt incomparably weary.
Seeing that the issue had been perfectly settled, Yue Minghe smiled. He crouched down to take the initiative to help the female lead collect the exercise books that were scattered on the floor. Meanwhile, Sui Yuanâs character had always boasted of being a gentleman, so he naturally followed along in helping. Yun Yi stood by himself for a moment, conflicted. In the end, he also squatted down albeit reluctantly. After all, he was also a âguiltyâ one. He needed to properly fight for a merciful rulingâwasnât it just picking up an exercise book anyway? There was no pressure at all!
With the three peopleâs aid, the exercise books were swiftly piled up once more. The female lead picked up the exercise books, trembling, and looked with gratitude at Sui Yuan who had helped her up.
Sui Yuan seemed to be able to read the thoughts of the female lead at this time through her limpid and pure eyes: "They all say that the three young masters of the school are tyrannical and indifferent. Actually, the rumours cannot be trusted. They are all good people, ah~"
Sui Yuan: ...Hehe.
While he was watching the female leave with the exercise books in her arms with his own heart crushed, Sui Yuan had yet to have time to hold a silent tribute to the plot that had dispersed like smoke, when he was dragged by Yun Yi into the classroom. What was worth rejoicing over was that this aristocratic school was not at all alike to what 5237 had shown him. There was no homework or tests. Even the attendance rate varied from person to person. For example, the students with the highest statuses like Sui Yuan, Yun Yi could still smoothly move on to the next grade and even graduate without even attending a single day of class.
Towards this kind of setting, Sui Yuan felt dizzy. Only, even if this world did not require him to do well, Sui Yuan still went with 5237âs suggestion to find some time in his schedule to learn a bit with regards to this âschool curriculumâ, so that he wouldnât be confused if future worlds required him to know about it.
Sui Yuan dedicated the energy that the original character originally used to chase after girls to studying. Coupled with the memory faculty his Creator had bestowed him, Sui Yuan naturally advanced quickly. At the same time, he did not forget to pay attention to the changes in the world.
The internet in this world was extremely developed. Even without taking a step outside of oneâs home, one could know everything about it. Meanwhile, although 5237 had always played the role of an Actorâs pig teammate, it was still a high-end system. Playing around on this worldâs interweb posed absolutely no issue. Sui Yuan spent quite a few points to buy a program that would monitor the entire web. This way, if any new powers abruptly rose, he would be immediately notified and could deal with it in time.
As for Zhao Xiheâs developments on his side, it seemed to be going well. Each time information came over, it was always good news. Although he did not show his face, he still made his existence known before his lover. It was just that he always guarded his mouth like a closed bottle when it came to his own identity.
After several questioning sessions yielded nothing, Sui Yuan directly tossed it to the side. In any case, it didnât matter what character he became. Zhao Xihe would always be Zhao Xihe.
A beautiful person would soon become a pile of withered bones. No one understood this reasoning as well as he did. Sui Yuan basically did not care how beautiful or ugly someone was on the outside. Thus, he did not understand why Zhao Xihe was dissatisfied with his own outer appearance to the point of being unwilling to appear before him.
Towards this, 5237âs response was âyouâre insensitiveâ. Striving for perfection and wishing to appear at their own finest before oneâs own lover was common sense. It was only dim-witted fellows like Sui Yuan who did not understand the conflict in a young girlâs (?) heart.
"...In any case, he canât avoid me forever," Sui Yuan stammered for a while before he retorted with a bit of discontentment, "Sooner or later, there will be a day I see him. Isnât it better to just get it over with?"
5237: "...If Zhao Xihe daren heard what you just said, he would definitely cry. â®(â¯â½â°)â"
After Sui Yuan was done putting everything to order, he was pulled out by the male lead to go somewhere at night, fulfilling their earlier appointment. The goal of their night out was mountain road racing. This was probably the safest of the games out of Yun Yiâs repertoire. It was a normal sport, although after each bout of road racing, there would always be one or two fellows whose skills werenât good enough, or their luck was just too bad, who would get hurt and have to be hospitalized.
When Sui Yuan arrived at the agreed upon location in his car, he saw Yue Minghe quietly standing there on his own, entirely different from the surrounding âbad childrenâ. He stood out, like a light in the dark night. Sui Yuan got out of his car and walked to Yue Mingheâs side. The two exchanged glances and both could not help but show bitter smiles.
If it wasnât because of Yun Yiâs intense begging, they would not have ran over here in the middle of the night to race. As soon as they got here, they could feel how out of place they were. Their style was completely different!
Fortunately, they two people did not wait long. They saw Yun Yiâs familiar motorcycle approach. What made them surprised was that after the motorcycle stopped, Yun Yi turned around and pulled an incessantly struggling girl off!
"Let me go! You b*stard! Egomaniac!" The girl angrily shouted, like a kitten with its fur all puffed out, itching to scratch the other personâs handsome face. Meanwhile, Yun Yi did not have the slightest intention of letting go and walked over to Sui Yuan and Yue Minghe.
The girl stumbled as she was pulled along, cutting an especially sorry picture. When she met with Sui Yuanâs stunned gaze, her body immediately stiffened and her whole face flushed red.
"Ah Yi, this is...?" Yue Minghe asked.
"This girl offended me! It was just right that I was missing a girl sitting behind me tonight, so I directly pulled her over here!" Yun Yi said casually, fiercely glaring at the girl who had lowered her head, feeling ill-at-ease, "This girl is simply clumsy. Before, it wasnât enough that she bumped into Ah Ning, but she also unexpectedly poured her drink on top of me!"
"I-it wasnât on purpose...someone tripped me..." The girl simply wanted to cry. She occasionally glanced at Sui Yuan and explained anxiously, as if she was afraid of leaving a bad impression.
Sui Yuan fell silent, speechless. On one side, he was happy that the male lead and female lead had an unbreakable chain of fate between them and had ended up back on the original plot after running around in circles. On the other hand, he felt greatly pressured being stared at like that by the other. My beloved female lead little sister, the first love of yours ordained by the plot is the one called Yue Minghe who is standing beside me! Donât always look at me, ah! QAQ
Although he was ignored by the female lead, as a supporting male lead, Yue Minghe was still resolute in rising to the challenge. He smiled, comforting the female lead, "Donât worry. Ah Yiâs motorcycle piloting technique is very good. You wonât be in any danger."
"Thatâs right, ah!" The corner of Sui Yuanâs mouth rose, and his ambiguous gaze flickered between the male and female lead, implying something, "The seat behind Ah Yi is not somewhere just any girl can sit. This young lady is really fortunate, to unexpectedly gain Ah Yiâs attention."
"Donât speak nonsense!" Yun Yi glared at Sui Yuan, raising his fist menacingly, "Iâm not interested in that ugly girl at all!"
As for the female lead, she was even more eager to cry outâThatâs right! Iâm not acquainted with this tyrannical gorilla at all! Male god, please donât misunderstand! Male god, please donât fool around! QAQ
Regardless of how the male and female leads tried to explain things, Sui Yuan still firmly believed that there was still something fishy going on between the two of them. Yue Minghe, who was watching on the side, felt especially helpless and could not help but interrupt, "I see that the others are also riding motorcycles. Is it a motorcycle race today?"
"En, thatâs right." Yun Yi immediately shifted his attention, "Only, I know you two donât dabble in that, so I helped prepare something for you guys in advance!"
While speaking, Yun Yiâs subordinates brought some motorcycles over. Although Sui Yuan did not really understand this kind of vehicle, he could rely on his sight that had been honed in the mecha world and could discern that they were high quality goods.
Yun Yi dragged the girl over to the motorcycle he normally used. He then raised his chin to the remaining two people, "You guys discuss between yourselves and then choose, ba!"
Sui Yuan hesitated and then chose one that he felt was comparatively eye-catching. Meanwhile, Yue Minghe helplessly released a bitter smile, "Youâre making things difficult for me, Ah Yi. Iâve never touched a motorcycle and have also rarely participated in street racing. A motorcycle really wonât do."
Yun Yi had obviously not thought of this point. For a minute, he was stunned, "Then what should we do?!"
Yue Minghe pondered over it for a while, "Since you can take someone in the seat behind you, then Iâll ride in Ah Ningâs back seat. This way, I can enjoy that fast thrill youâve been talking about. This is the best of both worlds."n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
This was indeed that best solution. Yun Yi could not leave behind his friends who he had invited to play around happily on his own. So, he cast a questioning gaze towards Sui Yuan.
Naturally, Sui Yuan could not refuse. He shrugged his shoulders, "I have no objections. Only, my skills are limited to âcan ride a motorcycleâ, thatâs all. I can take you for a spin, but donât think of anything more."
"Thatâs enough," Yue Minghe smiled lightly, nodding. He then confidently sat on the seat behind Sui Yuan and wrapped his arms around his waist.
Sui Yuan twisted his waist rather unnaturally. He was really not used to being so close to âstrangersâ. Only, he very quickly buckled down and threw his conflicted feelings away. He turned his head to glance at Yun Yi and the female lead and was gratified to find out that, although the two of them were awkward and thought the other was displeasing, they still smoothly prepared for the competition.
Putting on the helmet, knee pads, and gloves, Sui Yuan and the others lined up together. Then, following the sound signalling the start, they all released the brakes at the same time.
Although Sui Yuan had never experienced a motorcycle competition before, he had trained his discerning eyesight, willpower, and reaction speed in the mecha world. It was enough to place him above these young masters that only rode them in their spare time. It was just a pity that because of his character settings, he did not intend to win. He truly only strived to âgo out for a spinâ.
However, although Sui Yuan thought what he was doing was merely going out for a spin, actually, the speed of the motorcycle could not be considered slow. He could even easily and skillfully keep up with the majority of the other guys, placing him right in the middle.
As the mood got increasingly hotter, their velocity also got higher. Sui Yuan followed along, gradually increasing his speed. Meanwhile, the grip of Yue Mingheâs arms around him clenched around his middle all the more tightly.
Sui Yuan could sense that there was nearly no space between Yue Mingheâs chest and his own back. Through their clothes, he could feel the otherâs heat and rhythmical heart beat. Yue Mingheâs head leaned closer and closer to Sui Yuan, until it directly fell onto his shoulder in the end.
Sui Yuan felt that this posture and distance was really fishy. Only, in his peripheral vision, he could see that the female companions sitting in the rear seat of the other guys had a similar position, so he temporarily threw this baffling feeling to one side, treating it as a subconscious self-defensive mechanism of the human body when traversing through high speeds.
ââSui Yuan evidently forgot a point. The people sitting in the rear seats of the surrounding young masters were female friends or lovers. Meanwhile, the one sitting behind him was his friend. [lights candle]
Eve: Guess how many hearts SY is going to break this time.
Wuxian: Just hazarding a guess here but probably four.. or.. More..? XD