TFS | Chapter 32

“What do you mean, how?”

Qi Yue lifted his eyes. “I mean, how do you see me?”

Seeing how low he felt, Xu Linruan still didn’t know what he meant, but she became interested and said, “Mm, do you want the truth or a lie?”

Qi Xiaoyue was immediately annoyed. So she was even thinking of lying to him? He shot her a look, his eyes full of grievance. “Of course I want the truth. Who would want to hear you lie to me?”

“Mm, you really want to hear it?”

Qi Yue’s expression froze.

Xu Linruan glanced at him and kept smiling as she said, “Alright, then I’ll say it, but don’t get mad.”

Anyone could tell it wouldn’t be anything nice. She definitely didn’t have a good impression of him, but even so, he still wanted to know what her evaluation of him actually was.

So the young master hardened his heart, unwilling but still nodding. He even stressed very stubbornly, “Just tell the truth. As a man, this young master isn’t that petty.”

Xu Linruan tilted her head and smiled, sizing him up again and again before propping her chin on her hand. “Fine, you said it.”

The girl hummed and went on. “Although you’re good-looking, you don’t seem very smart, and your personality is awful, your temper is terrible, and you’re not gentlemanly enough toward girls. Most importantly…”

“What is it?”

Almost every time she said a sentence, Qi Yue’s face darkened a little more.

Xu Linruan didn’t mind at all. Her smile only grew gentler. “Your grades are just too bad. Completely embarrassing to take out in public.”

Damn it.

The young master was so angry he wanted to grind his teeth. His whole aura turned fierce in an instant. She’d told him to speak the truth, not to say only bad things about him.

He glared at her fiercely, his gaze lingering on her neck as he hesitated over where to bite first, thinking that maybe he should just bite her to death.

That bad woman only knew how to bully him. He had a bad temper, he had a terrible personality, he was useless, so what?

He liked her so much. Who could compare to him?

Qi Yue was fuming, clearly hit hard by her words.

If someone had said that to him before, Qi Yue would have already beaten them until they were crying for their parents without another word. But now, being judged like this by the person he loved, all he felt was endless sadness and grievance.

Did she look down on him that much?

The young master ground his teeth hard, unable to suppress his irritation. “If I’m really that lousy, then why are you still my girlfriend?”

His angry posture looked pretty intimidating, but Xu Linruan wasn’t afraid. Instead, she bared a hint of her white teeth and looked at him with a smile. “Didn’t you tell me to speak honestly? You were just promising me with such confidence that you wouldn’t get mad, and now what? Are you mad?”

“…How can that be the same?” The young master instinctively protested, turning his face away in annoyance, his expression a little ugly. “You already dislike me that much. Am I not even allowed to be mad and sad for a little bit?”

His tone was obviously a little aggrieved. In the end, he still didn’t dare truly get angry at her.

Xu Linruan propped her chin on her hand and poked his cheek with her finger. “Mm, you really are mad. But I’m not done yet.”

As soon as the young master heard that, he seemed to come back from the dead. He lifted his dog-like head again, full of expectation, and looked at her with seriousness mixed with grievance.

Go on.

“Although your flaws are too many to count, you’re not completely without strengths. For example, your skin is pretty thick, thick enough that people can’t bring themselves to hate you.” Her voice was soft and gentle, and while she spoke, she lightly pinched his cheek. The pressure was so light it didn’t hurt at all.

The young master felt a little depressed, his brows faintly knitting together.

How was that a strength?

Having thick skin?

Wasn’t that… just an insult?

Qi Yue struggled with his expression, wanting to say something but not knowing what to say. Was she really praising him?

…Was that all his strengths amounted to?

The more he struggled with it, the stranger his expression became. Even his handsome face scrunched up. A grown man looking all wronged and biting his lip as he racked his brains nearly made Xu Linruan laugh out loud.

Qi Yue only got more confused and looked up at her.

She was still smiling, the corners of her mouth curved softly. When she noticed him looking, she gave him an even prettier smile, light glimmering in her eyes.

At that moment, Qi Yue suddenly wasn’t quite so angry anymore.

Although… he still felt a tiny bit unhappy, but who told him he liked her more? One look at his girlfriend’s smile and he was already dizzy, only wanting to smile together with her.

“Fine, it’s my fault. I shouldn’t have gotten mad.” Qi Xiaoyue kept his face tight, still unwilling to give up as he asked, “But I still have one question for you.”

“Between me and Xu Canyang, who do you think is more handsome?” His voice was lowered a little, as if he were afraid to hear some kind of answer. He looked a bit unconfident.

Xu Linruan blinked. “What did you just say? I don’t think I heard clearly.”

Qi Yue was a little embarrassed into anger and didn’t want her to see his current awkwardness at all. “You clearly heard me. Don’t pretend you didn’t! Today you have to tell the truth. Between me and Xu Canyang, who is more handsome?”

The young master asked her word by word, looking like he was ready to let it all go. So what if it was embarrassing? It’s not like he had never been embarrassed before.

Anyway, in front of her, embarrassment had already become a habit.

Xu Linruan hummed meaningfully. “That would be…”

The young master immediately glared at her in displeasure. “What do you mean, ‘that would be’? Don’t try to change the subject, hurry up and tell the truth!”

He was a little irritated by his girlfriend’s calm, indifferent reaction. Didn’t she think he couldn’t tell? That was clearly not caring at all.

The young master ground his teeth again, considering where to bite her this time. If she said the wrong thing again, he would definitely bite her to death.

Xu Linruan smiled, her eyes sparkling. “Of course it’s you who’s more handsome.”

R-really?

The expression on that side instantly couldn’t hold steady anymore. His eyes were watery, looking like a complete fool, the corners of his mouth splitting open, joy shining sincerely in his eyes. “I knew it. The person you like best is still me, right?”

Xu Canyang was nothing. If he wanted to steal his girlfriend, that was impossible for this lifetime!

But before he could even finish feeling happy, he heard his girlfriend shift her tone and continue, “However, he has more substance than you.”

Qi Yue: “…”

Damn it, there was no way to live like this.

Was this really his own girlfriend? How could she talk him down like that?

Qi Xiaoyue couldn’t hold it in anymore. His girlfriend was praising another man for having substance right in front of him. Could he even tolerate that?

He couldn’t.

He grabbed her small hand and pressed it against his body. “What’s the use of substance? My substance is way more solid than his, strong and hard. Don’t believe me? Feel it yourself?”

“…”

That skin really was thick enough, wasn’t it?

Could she slap him to death?

Still, Xu Linruan had her own way of dealing with him. Don’t let this guy’s outward appearance fool her, he was really just a beginner on the inside.

The fingers pressed against his chest moved slowly. Her motions were gentle, the pads of her fingers soft and delicate. In the end, they stopped at his waist and didn’t move anymore.

“Is it here? The part that feels strong and hard?”

The instant she finished speaking, the boy’s ears turned red at once, and even two faint patches of red appeared on his fair, handsome face.

He coughed. “I’m telling you, as a girl, can’t you be a little more restrained? Clinging to your boyfriend for kisses and hugs all day long, what does that look like?”

Qi Yue put on a show of grabbing that soft, pale hand, his expression serious and his face tightly set, and he really did look somewhat stern.

As a man, he had dignity too, okay? Especially in front of his girlfriend, he absolutely couldn’t lose his future family status.

Xu Linruan looked at him with a smile. She drew her hand back, then gently stroked his face. “So you think I’m not restrained enough?”

Her voice was soft and light, her posture somehow unbearably tender and seductive.

Qi Xiaoyue suddenly felt a little itchiness in his throat. His Adam’s apple bobbed several times, and he swallowed unconsciously. “Uh, it’s not that I dislike you, it’s just…”

“Just what?”

Xu Linruan still wasn’t angry. She kept smiling as she pressed for an answer, her fingertips lightly rubbing his cheek before moving to his glabella.

Her fingertips traced his brows and eyes tenderly, her movements slow and deliberate, as if she were intentionally tormenting him, teasing him until he was left hanging between wanting and not wanting.

The young master couldn’t take it anymore and let out a strained sound. “It’s just… could you stop touching me everywhere all the time?”

This was really not good.

Qi Yue’s ears were burning red. He felt that if his self-control were any weaker, she might have teased a nosebleed out of him on the spot. This bad troublemaking girl was absolutely doing it on purpose.

Thinking that his dignity as a man absolutely couldn’t be trampled on, he very promisingly turned his face away and added in a muffled voice, “I’m not that kind of person. I wouldn’t just bow down to beauty so easily.”

The expression was very convincing.

Unfortunately, the tone wasn’t convincing at all.

Xu Linruan couldn’t help laughing.

Her laughter was as gentle as a spring breeze. She tilted her head slightly, a few strands of black hair sliding over her cheek, her long eyelashes curved into two beautiful crescents.

The young master took one look and felt dizzy. Didn’t he already say he wouldn’t bow down to beauty? Then why was she still smiling so beautifully?

He couldn’t help closing his eyes, driving that beauty out of his mind.

Xu Linruan’s fingers slid from his chin to his collar. She was deliberately being naughty. She hadn’t even touched him yet when that guy suddenly opened his eyes.

That handsome face was flushed bright red. He grabbed the fingers roaming around his collar, embarrassed beyond belief, and reminded her, “O-okay, there are too many people here. Let’s go home… go home, and then I’ll let you touch enough, okay?”

After saying that, the young master’s ears felt hot.

He still cared about saving face, especially out in public. How could he mess around like this? It was just too embarrassing.

Still, there was nothing he could do if his girlfriend liked being clingy.

What else could he do? Of course he had to spoil her. Besides, who told her to be so beautiful? The moment she smiled, mm, he was already thinking about which school their future child would attend.