Sarcastic Remarks

He walked around the pool, ignoring the hot, sexy beauties and the handsome men with abs he used to love looking at. He crossed the courtyard and entered the lavish villa.

Ridiculously, there were actually signs posted on the restroom doors on the first floor of Xie Xun's house.

And judging by the setup, they often held parties like this here—there were three separate restrooms in a row.

There was a small foyer outside the restrooms with an entire wall of floor-to-ceiling mirrors. Several women stood there now, chatting and laughing as they fixed their appearances.

Normally, given Jiang Qiao's nature, he would definitely have pretended to be blind so he could strike up a conversation with those girls and have some fun.

But he was in no mood for that now. He simply kept his head lowered as he passed behind them, entered the restroom on the left, and shut the door.

Jiang Qiao leaned against the wall and lit a cigarette.

The restroom was quiet, utterly at odds with the clamor outside.

People in quiet places could often clearly hear all sorts of sounds from noisy environments, while people in noisy environments often had no idea that someone in a quiet place could hear them.

"Did you see that guy just now? He's so handsome!"

"Are you going to ask for his contact information?"

"I'm not going. I'd faint if I tried talking to a guy that handsome."

"Don't look at me. Tonight, I only want to hook up with one person."

"Young Master Shi? No way, you still haven't given up? Come on, sis. Just look around—whose family doesn't have dealings with the Shi family? Whose parents or siblings don't have Shi Junyi's contact information in their phones? Who would dare ask him out?"

"He doesn't look that cold and heartless."

"But he has no scandals. He must have rejected them all. Besides, the Shi family has a marriage agreement with the Duan family. Don't set your sights on Young Master Shi. If you just want to have some fun with a rich young master, you might as well go for Xie Xun."

"Isn't Xie Xun only into one-night stands?"

"Listen to you. If the Shi family's young master offered you a one-night stand, would you go?"

"Of course. You'd be an idiot not to..."

Jiang Qiao snorted. These women were dreaming.

If Shi Junyi dared ask someone else out, Jiang Qiao would put a bright green eco-friendly hat on him, then chop off his dick as an offering to heaven.

He waited until the chattering voices had gone far away before washing his hands. The moment he opened the door, he ran into the cool and aloof young man coming out of the restroom next door.

It was the one who had been beside Xie Xun.

Jiang Qiao was rarely embarrassed. If he could hear that conversation through a single door, then the man next door definitely could too.

But the young man did not seem to care. He took the initiative and said, "If you're serious, you can consider breaking up. If you're just fooling around, pretend I never said anything."

He did not say it outright, but Jiang Qiao knew he meant Jiang Qiao being with Shi Junyi.

Jiang Qiao raised a brow. "Why?"

The young man said, "They're all cut from the same cloth. Not one of them is any good. Unless you can bring him enough benefits, there won't be any outcome for the two of you."

"What about you?" Jiang Qiao asked.

The young man's eyes were clear, holding neither disappointment nor hope. They were clean and empty, like a pool of stagnant water. "I'm already preparing to say goodbye to all of this, so I'm advising you not to waste your energy and time."

After saying that, he added, "Of course, whether you listen is your own business."

Although his tone was utterly calm when he mentioned saying goodbye, Jiang Qiao somehow heard immense sorrow in it.

He did not answer. He merely asked the young man, "Do you know Shi Junyi's fiancée?"

The young man looked at Jiang Qiao with a strange expression and nodded. "I thought you knew."

Jiang Qiao let out an ah and rubbed his nose. "I just found out."

The young man looked at Jiang Qiao. "The youngest daughter of the largest arms manufacturer in Country Y—Duan Xu."

In a sudden brain fart, Jiang Qiao had no idea what he was thinking when he abruptly asked, "How do you know I'm not the one on top?"

The young man froze at that, then suddenly burst out laughing.

He blinked, carrying a hint of playfulness that did not suit his appearance at all. "I didn't know, but now I do. What I said was only about relationships."

Jiang Qiao gave a dry laugh. "Fine, thanks. But I'm not like you. You're very calm. I can't do that."

"I'm a madman," Jiang Qiao said.

The young man smiled and said no more. He went with Jiang Qiao to look for Xie Xun and Shi Junyi.

As he looked at Jiang Qiao's profile, he thought that everyone in this world was the same. They all believed they were different, only to discover in the end that no one was different.

As for this matter, if Jiang Qiao said he cared, it seemed that because he knew Shi Junyi would resolve it in the original novel, it did not particularly make him anxious.

But saying he did not care was impossible too. Shi Junyi's feelings for him had not reached that point yet, and Jiang Qiao did not think he had the protagonist halo Fu Zhilan possessed.

There was such a major fiancée right here, and Fu Zhilan at home. Wolves in front and tigers behind—this truly was not an easy road to walk.

So he had thought he was stealing Fu Zhilan's man, never realizing that Fu Zhilan had also stolen someone else's man.

What a fucking sin.

Jiang Qiao exchanged a few casual words with the young man and learned that his name was Lin Yuan. Before long, he would be leaving for Europe to pursue his own career.

When he and Lin Yuan found Shi Junyi, more than a dozen people were playing King's Game under a canopy tent beside the barbecue grill.

The seat beside Shi Junyi was empty, so Jiang Qiao walked over and sat down directly.

Everyone first froze at the sight, then immediately began to chant, "Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink!"

Jiang Qiao jumped, and amid the chorus of "drink," he only caught the words of a fat man across from him. "Young Master Shi's first boyfriend to be brought into the light!"

Without wasting words or acting coy, he picked up the glass in front of him and drank three cups in a row. He showed everyone the empty glass before finally managing to barely bring the situation under control.

"Straightforward!" someone laughed.

"Again! Again! Again!"

Jiang Qiao's face stiffened slightly. He squeezed Shi Junyi's hand, asking him to help defuse the situation.

Shi Junyi gave a light cough. "That's enough."

Everyone present was socially adept. They knew when to egg someone on and when to rein it in, creating enough atmosphere without making anyone uncomfortable.

Smiling sweetly, Jiang Qiao asked the fat man who had spoken earlier, "What do you mean, the first boyfriend brought into the light? What, were there boyfriends who never saw the light?"

The fat man was not offended. He quickly poured himself a penalty drink. "Just joking, brother. Who doesn't know that President Shi has always kept himself clean all these years? There's never been anyone by his side."

Jiang Qiao glanced at Shi Junyi. "Is that so, gege?"

Shi Junyi cast him a glance. "Don't you know?"

The first time he slept with Jiang Qiao, he had nearly embarrassed himself due to inexperience. Jiang Qiao had caught him and teased him a few times, saying that if he could not do it, they could switch to someone else.

Only the second time had he barely performed normally, salvaging his dignity and thoroughly putting Jiang Qiao in his place.

Jiang Qiao shook his head. "I wouldn't dare say. Anyway, if you had secrets, you wouldn't tell me."

Hearing Jiang Qiao's sarcastic tone, Shi Junyi frowned and asked, "What secrets do I have?"