Chapter 44

Li Zhikong nodded casually.

If you weren't like him, where would all those messy rumors have come from?

But maybe for these rich second-generation heirs, as long as they weren't into group sex, they counted as clean, decent men. Everyone's bottom line was on a completely different level.

Sigh, the second male villain had suddenly launched into a huge redemption speech, and he still had to nod along obediently. What a headache...

Author's note:

Finally finished revising it~ Helloooo, is anyone still here? If you're here, cuties, make a sound~ Life is truly lonely as snow~

Chapter 28 ◇

◎What an exciting dating sim!◎

Lu Yuan had no idea what he was really thinking. Seeing him nod, he assumed they had reached a consensus on matters of principle.

"Good. Since you understand—starting now, I ask and you answer. If you agree, nod."

Li Zhikong nodded.

"First question: what do you take me for?" Lu Yuan stared fixedly at the back of the little lewd rabbit's head and asked the question that had bothered him most deeply!

What do I take you for?

Li Zhikong did not even need to think about it. Did that really need asking? A fuck buddy, a massage wand, a tool for Dual Cultivation~

But he definitely could not answer like that. He was not some blunt idiot with negative emotional intelligence. Anyone could tell with their toes that handing in an answer like that would get him beaten to death.

He bit his lip, experiencing the thrill of playing a dating sim in the real world.

At a crucial turn, choose the right option and get a happy ending; choose wrong and die horribly. There was only one chance—it was all about the adrenaline!

Don't panic. Think about what Scum Lu wanted.

Possibility one: he did not want Li Zhikong clinging to him, afraid he would fail to recognize his place and get jealous for no reason—like today. So what if he played with women? Even if he really had, you had no right to resent it. And you dared throw a tantrum at me? How immature!

Possibility two: he had developed a taste for it and did not want him running off anytime soon. Then, putting himself in his shoes: I nearly made a mistake today, so what if, while I didn't know, the other person secretly put a green hat on me too? They had to establish their relationship! As the saying went, a proper name made one's words legitimate. That way, Young Master Lu would have the legal right to "fuck wild men to death": Heh heh, adulterers must die!

Possibility three: neither of the above. Young Master Lu had eaten too much and had nothing better to do, so he simply wanted to play a question-and-answer game.

Let's analyze the question. First, eliminate option three.

So should he choose one or two?

Li Zhikong's eyes shifted as he decided... to choose neither.

Because if he chose one, he would have to answer, "I take you as an ordinary little companion I can sleep with!" If Scum Lu thought the same way... first, he might not necessarily be happy that Li Zhikong thought so too—men and their pointless pride; second, if he did not think that way, then it would be, I take you as my true love, and you take me as a fuck buddy??? He was done for. He would probably trigger an instant-death effect on the spot, and what happened afterward would depend on just how insane Scum Lu was.

Option two was just as damned, because he would face two corresponding branches—should he agree to become Scum Lu's official boyfriend? If he refused, this perfectly useful Dual Cultivation tool would become useless. Never mind whether he could find a replacement anytime soon; even if he got lucky and found one, Scum Lu would see it and go, "Hah! You sure are good at seamless transitions! Are you some slut anyone can have?" [Reputation damaged; Bai Jinxiao, the dad who got GG'd on the first playthrough, is watching you.] His fate would probably be even worse than if he chose option one.

What, you said he could just not refuse? What was wrong with being Scum Lu's official boyfriend?

Naive!

Had he not considered his own situation? If a rabbit spirit went too long without "charging," his rabbit ears and rabbit tail could no longer be hidden, okay? So what if Scum Lu had no time? Should he risk exposure and wait miserably, or simply find someone else? The former would get him sliced into pieces; if he got caught doing the latter... heh heh...

Li Zhikong was still fairly quick-witted.

He decided to toss the ball back and see how Scum Lu handled it, then adapt accordingly.

"What do I take you for?" The rabbit spirit smiled faintly and asked in return, "As it happens, I want to know too. What do you take me for?"

Lu Yuan fell silent for three seconds.

Gritting his teeth, he said, "I don't know what true love feels like, but I definitely like you very much."

Li Zhikong: "!!!"

What was going on? Didn't young masters like these live entirely for their pride? That was how idol dramas always played it! Even if they loved the female lead to madness, lived for her and died for her, their mouths still had to stay stubborn. Until the final episode, they would never speak like a human being! The demonic words "I like you" automatically turned into "You're so annoying" the moment they reached their lips. In short, they would rather die than admit defeat first!

You really could let go, Scum Lu. You truly hadn't wasted that villainous face of yours...

Li Zhikong screamed silently for two seconds. Then, like the player with a mediocre hand at a poker table, once his opponent had raised, unless he folded and left, he could only force himself to hold on and shove out his own chips. "Call!" Then he waited for the other side to lose their nerve first.

"Of course I like you very much too!" The rabbit spirit showed no trace of guilt as he lifted his chin proudly. "Otherwise, why would I have made that kind of request of you at your birthday party?"

Listen to that—how reasonable and well-supported. In any case, it was far more believable than Scum Lu merely moving his lips and saying it.

The rabbit spirit thought he had regained a point, but his words sounded rather different to Young Master Lu—otherwise, why had you asked to spend the night together the first time we met?

Right. Why else could it have been?

Young Master Lu was so angry that the corners of his eyes turned red. Because you lusted after my body! There wasn't the slightest bit of sincerity in it! Otherwise, ask anyone—who asked the person they liked to fuck the moment they met? They would have to be cautious, tossing and turning, afraid of offending their beloved!

How pitiful. The first time I tasted the feeling of having my heart stirred, I gave it to a dead scumbag consumed by lust.

And my little brother was so disappointing too. There were countless good people in the world, so why had he set his sights on him? Was it because being played with by him had not been exciting enough?

Lu Yuan could normally hold his liquor fairly well, but his scumbag father had feared the drug would not be potent enough. Though the base liquor he chose tasted smooth and soft, its aftereffects were intense. On top of that, Lu Yuan felt his life had gone terribly wrong, and under the combined impact, he could no longer control himself.

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