Let me show you something else good

"Anyway, when the time comes, neither of us should bother the other."

Pei Jinghe narrowed his eyes slightly. "What do you mean?"

Wu Jiangyuan quickly worked it out. "Exactly what I said. Once we're married, we'll lay down some ground rules and live our own lives. I won't stop you from doing anything, even finding yourself a little Omega."

"Likewise, stay out of my life."

"We'll just be husbands in name, that's all."

Wu Jiangyuan wasn't sure whether he was imagining it, but Pei Jinghe's expression looked a little dark.

When he looked closely again, Pei Jinghe's expression was back to normal, as though Wu Jiangyuan had imagined it just now.

"Suit yourself."

Pei Jinghe coldly tossed out those words, then walked away.

Wu Jiangyuan watched his retreating back. Was this guy angry?

He stepped forward to follow, but his legs inexplicably went weak. Through the crisp, cold air, he seemed to catch a faint scent of cliff cypress resin.

The scent was so faint that he wouldn't have noticed without paying close attention.

From it, Wu Jiangyuan sensed that the Enigma was in a bad mood.

He clicked his tongue softly, thinking Pei Jinghe really was moody. He'd been like this since they were kids and hadn't changed at all.

Wu Jiangyuan strolled over and saw Pei Jinghe standing at the door without going in.

"What?" Once he drew near, he teased, "Waiting to go in with me?"

Pei Jinghe lowered his eyes to look down at him and replied coldly, "Don't you want to live separate lives? Shouldn't we keep up appearances in front of our parents?"

His words reminded Wu Jiangyuan. "You've thought this through."

At this point, with both families' elders pressuring them, calling off the arranged marriage was impossible. If his parents saw that he and Pei Jinghe couldn't stand each other, who knew what else they'd come up with?

Knowing his mother, Wu Jiangyuan was certain Jia Xin'an would nag them to work on their relationship.

His mother had always been very fond of Pei Jinghe, ever since they were little.

Pei Jinghe calmly held out a hand.

Wu Jiangyuan glanced at the broad, fair palm before him. "What?"

Pei Jinghe said, "Don't you want to keep up appearances?"

Wu Jiangyuan slapped his hand away and said coldly, "Sleeping together once was enough. Do you seriously expect me to act all lovey-dovey with you?"

His ass still hurt, and so did his thighs. His sore, swollen muscles kept trembling from time to time.

All thanks to this guy.

Ignoring Pei Jinghe, he pushed the door open and went in first.

The moment he entered, he met the eyes of the elders in the front hall.

"You're back, Yuanyuan?"

The speaker was Yao An, Pei Jinghe's mother. Pei Fu sat beside her.

Wu Qi and Jia Xin'an sat across from them.

An elderly man sat at the head of the four. Though his hair was graying, he was full of vigor, and he beamed at the sight of Wu Jiangyuan.

"Come here, little Yuan. Let Grandpa have a look at you. It's been so long."

Wu Jiangyuan greeted him with a smile. "Hello, Grandpa Pei. What brings you here too? Something happened on the way and held us up. Please don't mind us being late."

Old Mr. Pei laughed so hard his beard shook. "This is a major event in both your lives. How could I miss it?"

Only then did he seem to notice Pei Jinghe behind Wu Jiangyuan, and he snorted. "At least you wouldn't leave Grandpa waiting for nothing."

Wu Jiangyuan glanced at Pei Jinghe. Sure enough, he hadn't told Old Mr. Pei yet.

Even Yao An and Pei Fu didn't look too pleased.

Jia Xin'an stood up to smooth things over. "Let's not stand around. Let's eat first. Both boys must be hungry. We can talk things over after dinner."

Once the elders had left, Wu Jiangyuan turned to Pei Jinghe. "Why didn't you tell them?"

Pei Jinghe looked a little puzzled. "Tell them what?"

Wu Jiangyuan said, "That you were actually with me last night. Grandpa Pei wouldn't be angry with you if you told him."

Pei Jinghe said, "No need."

Wu Jiangyuan said, "..."

What a punchable answer.

They hadn't had much contact over the past few years, and he suddenly realized he had to tilt his head up slightly to talk to Pei Jinghe. He'd grown taller during his years abroad.

They'd originally been about the same height. Now even a handsome guy like him, at 183 centimeters, was a head below him.

The rumors about Enigmas going through a second growth spurt really weren't a lie.

Damn it. He used to be just a guy who followed me around.

His phone chimed with a notification. Wu Jiangyuan took it out and saw a message from Aji.

[Boss, PR has the public reaction under control. We're confident the trending topics about you will drop off within three days.]

Wu Jiangyuan replied with a dry smile. [Well, thank you all so much. Such efficiency.]

Three days? That's enough time for me to go several rounds with the haters.

He gave Pei Jinghe a languid glance, stopped walking, and opened WeChat before holding his phone out.

"Do me the honor?"

Pei Jinghe tilted his head, not understanding what he meant.

Wu Jiangyuan said, "Add me. Didn't I delete you before?"

"Since we'll have to cooperate and get along, we might as well add each other back."

Pei Jinghe asked, "You deleted me?"

Wu Jiangyuan said, "..."

This bastard never noticed, did he?

He snorted. "Yeah. I deleted you years ago."

Pei Jinghe lowered his eyes. Rather than take the phone, he pulled out his own. After a few taps on the screen, Wu Jiangyuan's phone vibrated.

-[PJH has requested to add you as a friend]

Wu Jiangyuan accepted. When he looked up again, Pei Jinghe had already walked away.

After a moment's thought, he changed Pei Jinghe's contact name to [Resting bitch face who's asking for a beating].

Mm, that looks much better.

Only the elders chatted and laughed over dinner. Both Wu Jiangyuan and Pei Jinghe chose to remain silent.

Wu Jiangyuan hastily finished first, then got up and sat on the sofa to one side, idly scrolling through his phone.

First, he opened Weibo and gave his private messages a cursory scan. Unsurprisingly, they were all from haters.

Many of the smear posts carried the hashtag #Wu Jiangyuan get out of showbiz#.

Wu Jiangyuan took a photo of the flowers in a potted plant in the corner and uploaded it to Weibo. He leisurely typed a few words, then hit send.

After the page loaded for a moment, Wu Jiangyuan's Weibo updated.

[The flowers at home have bloomed, like a bunch of clowns. Ridiculous and adorable. (Finger heart) (Clown)]

Within minutes, the comments were overrun.

Herding ducks onto the grill: Clowns? Are you talking about yourself?

For real bullcrap: You've still got the nerve to post on Weibo. The shameless really do get everywhere. (Thumbs up)

Cleavage sandwich cookie: Other celebrities are shining examples of justice, while you're a walking example of what not to do.

Tigress escaped from the zoo: No, bro, how do you still dare show your face online? Hahahaha...

Chairman of limited abilities: I went to the zoo today and saw so many of you streamers. Look~ (Attached monkey picture)

Evil gardenia: Who said these flowers were bad? These flowers are fantastic!

The more Wu Jiangyuan scrolled, the more his fingers itched. His urge to reply reached its peak just as a barrage of messages arrived from He Qu.

Little Bun: [Holy shit! What the hell did you post?! Delete it right now!]

Little Bun: [Wu Jiangyuan, I'm telling you, you're done for! Hurry! Right this second! Immediately! Delete it!]

Little Bun: [Aaaah! The hater army is here! Whatever you do, don't reply to them!!]

Little Bun: [I know you can see this! I already saw you typing-]

Little Bun: [Let me handle this. From now on, you are not allowed to post a single word!]

3Q: ...OK.

Wu Jiangyuan closed WeChat and, with nothing to do, opened his photo album, where he saw the photos he'd taken that morning.

His hand paused. He quickly glanced around, and only after making sure no one had seen did he look toward Pei Jinghe, a mischievous glint flashing in his eyes.

Pei Jinghe was sitting quietly in his seat, listening to the elders talk, when his phone suddenly vibrated.

3Q: [Image]

He opened WeChat. In the chat was a photo of him asleep with his eyes closed.

Resting bitch face who's asking for a beating: [?]

3Q: [Let me show you something else good~]

A few seconds later, a bare ass without any pants on abruptly appeared before his eyes.

Pei Jinghe said, "..."

The image was quickly unsent a few seconds later, but with that conspicuous red mole on the ass, Pei Jinghe could hardly fail to recognize it.

Wasn't that his ass?

And Wu Jiangyuan had the photo?

Heh.