So What If the Beautiful Campus Belle Loves Money? (27)
Shi Zheng was startled and turned to look at him.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
When she saw the look on Hua Jinchen's face, she realized that he had noticed her little move.
There was not a trace of guilt on Shi Zheng's face, and the sight made Hua Jinchen grit his teeth.
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Two utterly different but equally oppressive gazes held her fast in the cramped space, like physical shackles.
They both seemed to be waiting for her answer.
In the blink of an eye, Shi Zheng made her decision.
After all, Hua Jinchen was her boyfriend, and she couldn't make him angry.
But Gu Yanshen was different. She had already made him angry once, so she wasn't afraid to do it a second or third time.
Besides, he was the other man, and the other man had to act the part.
Shi Zheng had no choice either. If she could help it, she wouldn't want to hurt Gu Yanshen's feelings. She believed he would understand her difficulties.
"Of course..." Shi Zheng turned her head, her soft lips brushing his jaw. "Yours is better*, baby."
"I really like your muscles, baby."
A perfectly timed blush spread across her face.
As soon as she finished speaking, it was as though a switch had been flipped.
A smug smile appeared on Hua Jinchen's face.
He had won!
In front of Gu Yanshen, Shi Zheng had chosen him.
Who did Gu Yanshen think he was? He was just a nobody.
The thrill of victory went straight to his head, instantly overpowering his earlier unease.
[Hua Jinchen's current favorability: 30.] [Gu Yanshen's current favorability: 60.]
Two system notifications sounded in Shi Zheng's mind.
Hua Jinchen turned to look at Gu Yanshen on the other side, his mouth stretching into an undisguised, openly boastful grin.
He moved his lips silently. "Loser."
Gu Yanshen naturally understood what he had mouthed.
He saw Hua Jinchen's smug, gloating expression and his despicable provocation in full.
He didn't lose his temper and lash out as Hua Jinchen had expected.
Instead, he kept his expression perfectly under control, his lips curving slightly into a mocking smile.
But the smile never reached his eyes.
Loser?
No, in Gu Yanshen's eyes, Hua Jinchen was the real loser, using such a childish trick to win a verbal "victory" and then congratulating himself over it.
He had already started disregarding both dignity and means.
That showed just how much more threatened and insecure he felt because of Gu Yanshen than he let on.
Gu Yanshen lowered his eyes, concealing the fathomless calculations in them.
His emotions were so easily stirred, his actions so easily thrown out of control... Hua Jinchen was nothing special.
Perhaps there was no need to rush.
Let the bullet fly a little longer.
Let Hua Jinchen lose control out of possessiveness and become the most powerful weapon for destroying their relationship.
And all he needed to do was wait patiently and, at the right moment... offer an embrace.
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The others, who had been chatting all along, finally belatedly sensed that something was wrong.
Most notably, the person at the center of the conversation hadn't joined in for quite some time.
The two were sitting very close together.
Hua Jinchen was turned slightly toward Shi Zheng, his head lowered as he leaned close to her ear, seemingly whispering something to her urgently. Their posture was intimate.
Under the dim lighting, Hua Jinchen's face was unusually red, his body stiff and his expression strange.
The red spread from the roots of his ears to his cheeks, and even his neck was slightly flushed. He looked completely different from his usual self.
This was far too unusual!
When had Hua Jinchen ever acted like this in public?
The conversation came to an abrupt halt, and the others followed his gaze and looked over as well.
Huang Siyuan deliberately raised his voice to tease him, trying to liven up the atmosphere. "Young Master Hua, why is your face so red? How much have you even had to drink?"
"Come on, Young Master Hua, your tolerance has gotten worse!"
"Did sister-in-law whisper something that made our Young Master Hua blush?"