I'll Get Even for This Sooner or Later

Chi Yan felt stifled. After more than ten seconds of silence, he said, "It's best if you can think that way."

...You're dead.

System 001 wanted to plug its own ears too. The alarm for the soaring destruction value made its ears ache, and it hurriedly coaxed him, "Cute and charming Host, calm down, calm down! Let's give him a little more time. He can still be saved!"

Xia Yu sneered. "Hehehe, he can't be saved. Carry him away."

"Host..."

"When can the System Shop be upgraded?"

"Huh?"

"When can the items in it be used on people other than the protagonist?"

System 001 glanced at the remaining points and felt guilty for a moment. Upgrading the shop required points, but it had splurged recklessly, leaving them with almost nothing. "It... it still needs one hundred thousand points..."

"Mm, got it."

Chi Yi and Chi Er returned at just the right time. The moment they got into the car, they sensed the standoff between the two men in the backseat and did not dare say a word.

Chi Yan raised a hand and pressed his brow. "To the airport."

"Are you going back?" Xia Yu seemed to have adjusted his emotions as he asked gently.

"Mm."

"Then let me off at the intersection ahead."

Chi Yan frowned in displeasure. "You're coming back with me."

"I'm not going back."

"Xia Yu, didn't you say you wouldn't make a fuss?"

Xia Yu lowered his head. "I'm not making a fuss. My cat is still at home. Besides, you can't treat me like this. Even if I like you that much, I'll still be hurt. I want to be alone for a while. You go back first. Chi Er, stop the car."

Chi Er did not dare disobey him and stopped at the intersection.

Xia Yu pushed open the door and got out. Standing by the roadside, he bent over and waved. "Goodbye."

Chi Yan's face darkened. "Drive!"

Watching the taillights of the speeding Mercedes-Benz disappear, the gloom in Xia Yu's eyes could not be dispersed at all. "He left me alone under the blazing sun?"

What the hell is wrong with you, Chi? System 001 was about to have a heart attack. "Host, he really does love you! He just hasn't realized his feelings yet!"

"Hehe, I suspect you're lying to me."

"No! Absolutely not! Even if you gave me a hundred times the courage, I wouldn't dare lie to such a kind Host!"

He called a car on his phone. "Whatever. Tell me when the shop is upgraded. I'll get even for this sooner or later."

"...Okay." This was already good enough. The Host had not exploded outright, which meant there was still hope.

The Mercedes-Benz had driven less than a hundred meters when Chi Yi cautiously glanced at the boss in the backseat, who was radiating cold air, and hesitantly spoke up. "It's so hot out, and there isn't even any shade where the young master got out. I wonder if he managed to call a car..."

Chi Yan cast him a cool glance.

Chi Yi shuddered, sat up straight, and urged Chi Er, "Is the car out of gas? At twenty miles an hour, we won't reach the airport before nightfall."

"Turn around."

Chi Er's lips drooped. "Yes, sir."

However, by the time they returned to the spot, Xia Yu was nowhere to be seen.

Chi Yan's expression turned even darker and colder.

"Sir, the young master may have gone home. Are we still going to the airport?" Chi Yi asked anxiously. "The return flight has already been arranged. There are three hours left..."

Chi Yan rubbed his thumb over his phone screen. "Which home?"

"Uh... the Xia Household, of course." Before coming here, Xia Yu's whereabouts had already been thoroughly investigated.

Chi Yi hurriedly pulled out his phone and opened a document. "The young master only has one illegitimate younger brother around his age in the Xia Household. Oh, and he has a childhood friend he grew up with, but after the young master went abroad, they stopped keeping in touch."

"Childhood friend?"

"The eldest young master of the Chu Household. His name is Chu Lan, and he's one year older than the young master. Their families are neighbors."

"Xia Yu was close to him growing up?"

"Maybe..."

A sinister look slowly crept into Chi Yan's eyes. For some reason, he felt extremely irritated.

"Sir, are we still going to the airport?" Chi Er had never been good at reading the room.

Chi Yan considered it for only a second before saying coldly, "To the Xia Household."

"Why go to the Xia Household? The young master said he wanted to be alone. Sir, you should stop bothering him."

Chi Er and Chi Yi had grown up alongside Chi Yan since childhood, so they were not as restrained around him as other bodyguards were. Chi Er, especially, was straightforward to a fault. After being assigned as Xia Yu's personal bodyguard three years ago, he had gradually begun treating Xia Yu's words as absolute truth. Even Chi Yan ranked second with him.

He had known early on about Xia Yu's feelings for his boss. He had also witnessed everything that happened last month. No matter what, he stood on Xia Yu's side. When Xia Yu had been angered into returning home, he had even quietly blamed his boss for it.

Chi Yi wanted nothing more than to knock him on the head twice. "Just do as the boss says!"

"Okay." He turned on the navigation and drove toward the Xia Household villa.

Halfway there, unable to hold it in any longer, he began standing up for Xia Yu again. "Sir, don't let the young master's age fool you. He has his own mind and knows what he wants. For the past few years, his feelings for you have been obvious. Maybe you're straight and couldn't tell, but on his birthday night, he made it very clear to you. Yet right after rejecting him, you took him to bed. That's more than just a little scummy..."

Chi Yi glanced at his boss, whose face was black as the bottom of a pot, and felt his blood pressure shoot up. "Chi Er! Don't meddle in the boss's affairs!"

"But the boss can't bully someone like this, can he? The young master is so good. His feelings are pure, and even after being wronged, he doesn't say anything. He just came back by himself to heal. Sir, you're being so indecisive. If you don't love him, then cut things off cleanly. Stop showing up in front of him all the time. Not only does that rub salt in the young master's wounds, it also hurts his self-respect. The young master is so smart; he won't hang himself from one tree forever. Sir, if you appear in front of him less, he'll let go eventually."

Chi Yi pinched the bridge of his nose in horror. Chi Er, are you really that stupid? You dared to say all that? Are you trying to get yourself killed?

Bang! A phone flew straight from the backseat and smashed into the windshield, which instantly shattered into countless cracks.

Chi Er hurriedly slammed on the brakes and pulled over steadily by the roadside.

A voice suppressing towering rage came from the back. "Do you want to die?"

He answered honestly, "No, but I don't want to see the young master suffer either. Sir, you need to reflect on yourself properly."

"Shut up!" Chi Yi roared. "Get out and call for another car, now."

"Oh."

Chi Yan radiated an oppressive chill. "Chi Yi."

"Here!"

"Does he like Xia Yu?"

"What?! Who?!"

"Chi Er."

Chi Yi waved his hands in terror. "No, no! He's straight! He has a girlfriend! He would never dare have improper thoughts about the young master! He, he, he just admires the young master a lot. The young master sparred with him before, and he lost. After that, he became the young master's little fan. He's just protecting his idol and got carried away. Sir, please don't take it to heart."

Chi Yan lifted his eyelids, his gaze sharp. "You think he's right too?"

"Yes... Ah! No, no!"

"You also think I should stay farther away from Xia Yu? If you dare lie, you can go dig potatoes in Siberia."

Chi Yi took a deep breath and closed his eyes as though facing death. "Sir, if you only see the young master as a younger brother, then it would be best not to look for him for a while. Otherwise, the young master will misunderstand again. I know you're worried about him, but short pain is better than long pain..."

Chi Yan's gaze darkened further. His thin lips pressed tightly together, and he said nothing more.