Chapter 15

“So, how should we go to Jing Pavilion now?” After reluctantly meeting Yu Ming again to pay for the ‘hare’ he had chosen, Bai Chen and the hare stood in front of the Red Pavilion, and he broke the silence with a question.

In his heart, he kept wondering about the real Bai Chen’s habit of bringing prostitutes back to Jing Pavilion. It wasn’t that there wasn’t room in the Red Pavilion where they could jump into bed together and do something that would mess up the sheets, but the real Bai Chen chose to always bring prostitutes to his palace.

‘It’s not that I want to immediately do something with this person in the Red Pavilion, but it’s quite annoying since this matter is affecting the system. I have to arrive at Jing Pavilion with this person before I can get the reward points,” Bai Chen grumbled to himself.

He still hadn’t gotten a reward for his main mission of bringing a male prostitute home, and he assumed that it was due to the fact that he and the male prostitute he had chosen were still far from Jing Pavilion. To get the reward, he had to make sure that the man named Zhu Ge appeared at his pavilion.

“You don’t know how to return to your palace?” Zhu Ge asked with a frown while looking at Bai Chen, and Bai Chen just realized his mistake.

He casually asked the man about the matter without remembering that the real Bai Chen in this world should know the answer without needing to ask.

Now Zhu Ge looked confused as he continued to stare at him, and Bai Chen mentally slapped his forehead. ‘If he suspects me, it could jeopardize my mission,’ he anxiously bit his lip, and he tried to find another cover for the hole he had just dug.

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“Ah!” The Prince suddenly exclaimed. “You’re a human, so you don’t know the role-playing trend in my palace, right?”

“Role-playing?” Zhu Ge parroted.

And like a genius, Bai Chen began to explain role-playing, “It’s like opera in the human empire! We pretend to be someone other than ourselves, and it’s very interesting! I played a role just now.”

Bai Chen looked confident, but he didn’t even know if there was an opera in the human empire. Therefore, he nervously waited for Zhu Ge to answer his question, and the man’s dry expression didn’t let him guess what was on his mind.

“Who are you?” Zhu Ge’s response finally came, but instead of feeling relieved, Bai Chen widened his blue eyes after hearing it.

‘He asked who I am? Does that mean, he realized that I’m not the real Bai Chen? But the system doesn’t give me a warning! But maybe the system is late just like before!’ Bai Chen was conflicted inside, but suddenly, he winced in pain as he felt stung on his forehead.

Looking up at the taller man, he discovered that it was Zhu Ge who had just flicked his forehead.

“Today is the second time I’ve seen you, but the last time I saw you, you all smiled and never frowned at all. Why are you frowning too much today?” Another question came from Zhu Ge.

Bai Chen had his right hand stroke his forehead, but then he realized something from Zhu Ge’s question. “You said that today is the second time we’ve met? But, why did you ask who I was just now?” He asked back instead of answering.

The shorter man was worried that his target would find out his identity, but when he heard how the human was questioning him, he saw a glimmer of light peeking through the gap in the door.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Zhu Ge looked tired, and he sighed before replying, “You said you were playing a role just now, didn’t you? What role did you play? Who were you when you asked me about how we should go to Jing Pavilion?”

Bai Chen’s mouth formed a shape resembling a baozi upon hearing the taller man’s explanation, and he felt like the ropes binding his lungs were loosening as he could breathe freely again.

“I’m playing the role of...” He trailed as he tried to find the best answer. “Your new customer! Yes! I want to play the role of your new customer, and I’m so pure and innocent that I don’t even know how to get back to my house because this place is so far from home.”

At this point, one would not be able to tell the difference between innocent and stupid. Even an innocent person would know the way home, right?

“That’s interesting.” Fortunately, Zhu Ge seemed to buy the lame acting. Folding his left hand in front of his chest before placing his right elbow on the back of his left hand, he stroked his beard-free jaw. “You are my new customer, and I will act as the domineering male prostitute of the Red Pavilion. How about that?”

Bai Chen didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. From the outside, Zhu Ge didn’t look like someone who would cooperate easily as he often showed an expressionless face, but surprisingly, taller men foolishly fell into his trap.

Bai Chen secretly breathed a sigh of relief after successfully securing his identity. Smiling at the taller man, he then asked, “So, can this handsome gege tell me how I can get back to my palace? I can’t wait for gege to teach me how to play inside my pavilion.”

Saying such nonsense, Bai Chen felt like throwing up. ‘I should have chosen another role like kidnapper or assassin. Why did I choose to be a stupid customer?’ He mentally smacked his forehead again.

However, Zhu Ge looked amused when he saw how the man was acting. Raising his hand and using it to cup Bai Chen’s chin, he then replied, “We will be walking to your pavilion, and we will have to pass through a snow mountain in the process. If you feel cold on the mountain, I can always warm you with my body.”

Now, Bai Chen felt like running away.