So, I Want to Pursue You. Will You Let Me?

Bai Jin paused with his noodles halfway to his mouth. Lowering his eyes, he looked at the black card Lu Chengze had pushed over for several seconds before slowly pushing it back. "I have money."

He only looked like a pitiful little thing who wasn't favored, but in truth, the balance on his card was enough to buy the entire Bai Family company.

"If I give it to you, take it." Lu Chengze forcefully and domineeringly shoved the black card into Bai Jin's pocket. "I'll be staying in Xu City for a while. Consider it payment for food and lodging."

Bai Jin said, "...I don't want it."

"Tsk! You're forcing me to get rough, aren't you?" Lu Chengze's voice turned cold.

Bai Jin blinked, hiding the disdain in his heart. He set down his chopsticks, lowered his head in apparent grievance, and murmured in a voice only he could hear, "But what you're doing feels like you're forcing yourself to keep me..."

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Though Bai Jin had spoken softly, Lu Chengze still heard him.

Keeping him?

He choked hard twice.

The little thing didn't have much courage, but he sure had a wild imagination.

Still, his train of thought never seemed to line up with Lu Chengze's.

"Kid, look at me." Lu Chengze gripped Bai Jin's chin, forcing him to raise his head and meet his gaze. "Since you've figured it out, let's lay everything out."

A flash of panic crossed Bai Jin's eyes. He tried to evade Lu Chengze's hold and even stammered, "Lay—lay out what?"

But Bai Jin's slender, fragile body had no room to resist in Lu Chengze's grasp. Lu Chengze subdued him with ease.

Lu Chengze refused to let Bai Jin break free and began his confession in the most blunt, most suggestive tone. "Baby, you're beautiful. From head to toe, I like every part of you. I've got my eye on you."

Then, under Bai Jin's shocked gaze, Lu Chengze leaned closer until their noses were nearly touching.

Without giving Bai Jin even the slightest chance to reject his confession, he asked, "So, I want to pursue you. Will you let me?"

Bai Jin said, "..."

What the hell?

Whose confession looked like a forced-marriage scene?

Will you let me pursue you?

If it weren't for Lu Chengze's face, with this dog of a man's painfully corny confession, just watch him see whether Bai Jin would beat him up.

Bai Jin said nothing and merely stared blankly at the overwhelmingly imposing Lu Chengze.

That innocent, pure, clear, captivating gaze made Lu Chengze utterly adore him.

Lu Chengze had always been flamboyant. As the young master of Beijing's most powerful family, he had been tyrannical since childhood. There had never been anything he wanted but couldn't get.

Yet after meeting obedient, innocent Bai Jin, he could never bear to use his usual forceful, domineering methods on him.

Otherwise, with his usual attitude of "I'm the goddamn king wherever I go," the first time he met someone who stirred his heart, he would have already taken him home and devoured him.

Would he need to use such innocent tactics with Bai Jin?

Although Lu Chengze had never dated, the rich young men around him were all playboys who left affection everywhere they went.

Even if he had never eaten pork, hadn't he seen pigs run?

Which of his friends, upon taking a liking to someone, didn't simply carry them off and eat them, regardless of whether they were willing?

As for how long that feeling of liking someone could last, that depended on how skilled they were in bed.

Lu Chengze swept his gaze over Bai Jin. This little thing was as pure as a sheet of transparent white paper; his skills in bed definitely wouldn't be much.

Perhaps sensing Lu Chengze's wolfish, ambiguous gaze, Bai Jin secretly looked up, and their eyes met in midair.

Lu Chengze didn't know whether sparks had crackled between them, but that familiar, burning sensation rose in his chest again.

Lu Chengze abruptly grabbed Bai Jin's hand. "Baby, give me a straight answer. Will you let me pursue you?"

Bai Jin said, "..."

This time, Bai Jin was genuinely embarrassed by Lu Chengze. The blush on his face spread all the way down his neck.

He desperately tried to pull his hand back.

But the more he struggled, the more excited Lu Chengze became.

Bai Jin had no doubt that Lu Chengze would put on a live *** for him right there.

Bai Jin was nearly crying from anxiety. "Fifth Master, you... I don't ag—mmph..."

Hearing that Bai Jin wanted to refuse, Lu Chengze immediately sealed his lips.

What a joke. It was his first time confessing to someone. Whether Bai Jin accepted it or not, he had to accept it.

Bai Jin's pupils contracted sharply. His chin was held, his mouth was blocked, and even his hand was caught. He was truly afraid that Lu Chengze's desire would flare up and make him disregard everything else.

Fortunately, though Lu Chengze could be a bastard, he still considered Bai Jin's feelings.

Other than kissing Bai Jin until he was dizzy and limp all over, he had no intention of taking things further right away.

Bai Jin panted in Lu Chengze's arms, rolling his eyes while secretly feeling relieved.

Thank goodness, thank goodness!

This dog of a man might be a bit of a dog, but he wasn't so domineering that he had lost all reason.

Otherwise, with nothing prepared at home, Bai Jin definitely didn't want his first time to end in bloodshed.

"You've kissed me and touched me, so I'll take that as you agreeing." Lu Chengze stroked Bai Jin's burning-hot nape. "From now on, I'm your boyfriend."

Bai Jin said, "..."

Even when Lu Chengze drove him to the entrance of his school, Bai Jin still hadn't recovered from Lu Chengze's shameless behavior.

"Be good and wait for me at the school gate after class. I'll pick you up." With that, Lu Chengze stepped on the gas and sped away.

Leaving Bai Jin alone, utterly disheveled in the wind.

Once Lu Chengze's car had disappeared completely, Bai Jin turned around and walked into the school with his head lowered.

If Lu Chengze had still been there, he would have noticed that none of the innocence or helplessness from when Bai Jin had been "bullied" by him remained on Bai Jin's face.

Instead, a wicked, triumphant smile curled at the corner of his lips.

Someone lightly bumped his shoulder, and Li Ming's barely restrained laughter rang out. "Yo! Bai Jin, you're smiling so happily. Did you hear that your illegitimate little brother's hand was crippled?"

Bai Jin froze at that. "Bai Jianian's hand was crippled? Who did it?"

Li Ming shrugged. "Who knows? I only heard about it this morning. He was sent to my family's hospital in the middle of the night. His hand was completely ruined. Even my dad personally stepping in couldn't save it."

The Li Family was among the very top wealthy families in Xu City's upper society and was also a family of doctors. Xu City's largest hospital belonged to them.

When Bai Jianian was injured, Bai Deye would definitely send him to the Li Family hospital first thing.

So no matter how well Bai Deye hid news of Bai Jianian's injury, he couldn't hide it from Li Ming.

When Li Ming heard his father mention it that morning, he was so happy that he ate two extra beef buns.

Bai Jin's eyes flickered as though he had thought of something, and Lu Chengze's figure surfaced in his mind...

Could it have been him?