Crown of the Ultimate Scumbag

Jiang Qiao gazed at her affectionately. "I'm not talking nonsense. I'm serious."

"Besides, Shi Junyi is busy as hell. Given the Shi family's situation, he'll be running around for his career for at least the next twenty years. How boring would it be to follow him?"

"I'm different. Whether it's traveling, vacations, horseback riding, skiing, skydiving, surfing, flower arranging, shopping, or beauty treatments—whatever you want to do, I can go with you. I can protect you anytime, anywhere."

He made living off a rich partner sound perfectly justified.

Duan Xu looked at Jiang Qiao's face—a scumbag face entirely different in style from Shi Junyi's, yet equally devastatingly handsome—and fell suspiciously silent.

She actually looked a little tempted.

For the first time, Shen Guiyi learned that this was even an option. Under the table, she secretly gave Jiang Qiao a thumbs-up.

Jiang Qiao raised an eyebrow lightly at her and calmly accepted the praise.

Unfortunately, the temptation lasted only a moment.

Mostly because Jiang Qiao's face was simply too deceptive.

After that brief silence, Duan Xu thought of all the years she had spent yearning for Shi Junyi. She had liked him since childhood and had long considered herself Shi Junyi's fiancée.

She quickly calmed down. I need to stay away from Jiang Qiao and stop talking to someone this dangerous.

She casually picked out an essential oil, rose, and hurriedly said goodbye to Shen Guiyi. At the same time, she thought that she needed to find a chance to warn Shi Junyi appropriately—Jiang Qiao had sinister intentions and was definitely not a good person.

"Why do you always suddenly make things weird?" After Duan Xu left, Shen Guiyi asked in confusion.

It had been the same at their last dinner. Things never developed in the direction they were supposed to.

The dramatic showdown she had wanted to see was just gone.

Jiang Qiao spread his hands. "What else was I supposed to do? Fly into a rage and grab her by the throat, telling her to stay away from her fiancé?"

"The ugly face of jealousy doesn't belong to me. If you want to steal a man, you go after the man himself. Making things difficult for a woman isn't what a gentleman does."

Shen Guiyi rolled her eyes. "I don't see anything gentlemanly about you. You don't even like women, yet you'll still flirt with them whenever you please. The crown of ultimate scumbag definitely belongs to you."

"I'm not taking the blame for that. There isn't anyone in the entire Binhai Special Zone more devoted than I am," Jiang Qiao declared shamelessly.

He selected a bottle of tea-scented essential oil and handed it to the male therapist, who had been standing silently at the side like he was invisible. Smiling, Jiang Qiao said, "Let's go, babe."

He called someone babe the moment he opened his mouth. Shen Guiyi rolled her eyes even harder.

The massage rooms were private.

When the therapist saw Jiang Qiao's perfect physique after he took off his shirt, along with the mottled purple bruises all over his body that invited all kinds of indecent thoughts—

He suddenly understood why that young master Shi, who had such a perfect fiancée, had gotten involved with the man before him.

He swallowed. Before he could even lay a hand on him, Jiang Qiao said gently, "If you don't want your eyes, just say so. I'll help you dig them out."

The therapist immediately lowered his head. "Sorry, sir."

Jiang Qiao lay facedown on the bed, closed his eyes, and asked, "What did you hear just now?"

The therapist knew better than to make trouble. "I didn't hear anything, sir."

Jiang Qiao hummed. "Good. It's better to stay alive."

His tone was soft, tinged with exhaustion.

Yet the therapist's back went cold. His instincts told him Jiang Qiao was not making an empty threat. He was merely stating a fact.

If he dared tell anyone about what had happened today, Jiang Qiao would definitely find him and take his life.

He put away every inappropriate thought and focused wholly on serving Jiang Qiao, not daring to overstep in the slightest.

The professional spa treatment was astonishingly effective at relieving fatigue. Jiang Qiao got out of bed early the next morning, fully revived.

Because of Duan Xu's appearance, Jiang Qiao performed exceptionally well that day and completed every assessment required before officially starting work as a bodyguard.

He needed to start as soon as possible so he could keep an eye on that bastard Shi Junyi, who had met Duan Xu behind his back.

After receiving the training instructor's report, Chen Sheng immediately reported it to Shi Junyi.

Shi Junyi was surprised. "So soon?"

A month ago, Jiang Qiao's accuracy in long-range moving-target shooting had been outrageously terrible.

Chen Sheng nodded. "He's very talented and hardworking. More importantly, he seems rather anxious himself..."

He phrased it tactfully, but the implication was obvious: Jiang Qiao could not wait to work by Shi Junyi's side.

Chen Sheng was a smart man. He had long seen through Shi Junyi—though he acted awkward on the surface, he loved hearing these subtle indications that Jiang Qiao cared about him.

Shi Junyi was working and did not even raise his head. "Arrange it as you see fit."

Understanding the implication, Chen Sheng silently replaced Axu's shift tomorrow with Jiang Qiao's on the schedule.

"There's one more thing..." Chen Sheng hesitated vaguely.

Shi Junyi looked up at him. "Speak."

Looking at Shi Junyi's face, Chen Sheng somewhat regretted bringing it up. "It's nothing... You said there was no need to keep an eye on Jiang Qiao anymore, young master. Maybe I shouldn't say it after all."

Shi Junyi put down his work. "I already said there was no need to watch Jiang Qiao. Why are you still watching him? Is your work too easy?"

"No, no. Then I'll tell them to withdraw the surveillance on Jiang Qiao right away," Chen Sheng hurriedly said.

At that, the tip of Shi Junyi's fountain pen stabbed into the wooden desk with a crack. He gave a cold laugh but said nothing.

Chen Sheng shuddered. "Then we won't withdraw it. We won't."

Shi Junyi pulled out the pen and gave another cold laugh.

Chen Sheng: "..."

He could only regret it. Why had he opened his stupid mouth?

Shi Junyi laughed coldly if they withdrew it, and he still laughed coldly if they did not.

Chen Sheng broke down. "Young master, are we withdrawing it or not...?"

Shi Junyi's face darkened. "Figure it out yourself. Stop asking me about every little thing. Ask again, and I'll sew your mouth shut."

Chen Sheng: "..."

He felt that Shi Junyi really had far too many demands. He was difficult to serve, always saying one thing and meaning another, constantly making people guess.

He was just a bodyguard, yet he bore far too much.

Before coming to the Shi family, he had dated a girlfriend. Because she had always made him guess what she meant, she had tormented him until he was physically and mentally exhausted, and they had ultimately broken up.

But no matter what, she had been his own girlfriend.

And now, Shi Junyi and Jiang Qiao were dating. Shouldn't Jiang Qiao be the one doing the guessing?

Why was it him again?

He felt deeply aggrieved about having to bear all this in Jiang Qiao's place.

So when Shi Junyi frowned and asked again what it was, Chen Sheng decided to kick them while they were down and make things harder for this damned young couple.

With his head lowered, he declared forcefully, "Jiang Qiao went with Shen Guiyi to the Prince Charming club last night and didn't return until 1:32 in the morning!"

Everyone in the Binhai Special Zone knew that Prince Charming lived up to its name. Eighty percent of the male therapists inside had superb looks and figures—sweet younger guys, rugged bad boys, younger men, older men, they had it all.

And in Country Y, regardless of whether a club was high-end, mid-range, or low-end, not a single one of them was clean.

The instant Chen Sheng finished speaking, a streak of ink sprayed across his face.

The fountain pen in Shi Junyi's hand, worth tens of thousands, ultimately could not escape disaster. Its innocent body snapped in half.