Useless Things

One sentence from Gu Xiao brought the conversation to a freezing halt.

Ji Chuan looked the worst of them all.

What did he mean by... useless things?

Gu Xiao held out his hand, and Fu Huai obediently took his clothes.

As Gu Xiao leisurely sat down, he sneered, "A-Chuan, don't use those tricks you use to chase alphas on me!

"If you weren't Ji Chuan, I'd have ripped out your tongue by now."

Ji Chuan's face turned pale and ashen. "A-Xiao, I haven't hugged anyone else."

"Really? What a coincidence." Gu Xiao tossed the tissue onto Ji Chuan and drawled, "Neither have I."

"Ji Chuan!" Angry and jealous, Feng Ji glared viciously at Ji Chuan and ground his teeth. "I shouldn't have let A-Xiao come here tonight!"

If he hadn't insisted on coming, how could Ji Chuan have stolen A-Xiao's hug?!

A-Xiao had always been a clean freak and never let anyone touch him.

Feng Ji wanted to kill Ji Chuan.

"A-Chuan, you really went too far." Fu Huai's gaze settled heavily on Ji Chuan as well. "Even if you're going to go crazy, you should pick someone else."

Ji Chuan tugged at the corners of his mouth, reached up, and swept all his hair back, revealing a pair of smiling peach-blossom eyes. "What? My hugs are very precious. A-Xiao said he'd accept whatever I gave him. What are you all so unhappy about now?"

"A-Chuan, you're drunk."

From Feng Ji's phone call, Fu Huai had already been able to tell that Ji Chuan must have been drunk.

Normally, he wouldn't have dared act so recklessly.

Giving A-Xiao a hug?

Heh, he really had to hand it to him for coming up with that.

Young Master Ji could spend a fortune on gifts for an alpha he liked; he could set off fireworks all night over the surging river for a little lover; he could also rent out an entire manor just so a little lover had somewhere to practice the piano properly...

Yet this Young Master Ji, so lavish with his money, had given A-Xiao nothing but a hug.

His first hug, at that...

Perhaps all people like them could offer was this sort of "innocence" that couldn't be brought out into the light.

But A-Xiao didn't care. A-Xiao didn't want it.

A-Xiao's reaction made Fu Huai even more displeased.

He hadn't reacted at all to A-Chuan's hug.

This had been A-Xiao's first hug, too!

Yet on this inexplicable night, Ji Chuan had inexplicably stolen it.

"Really? Maybe I really am drunk." Ji Chuan's gaze fell nakedly on Gu Xiao. That feeling just now had been wonderful.

It had been like holding a gorgeous iris.

It had made his entire soul tremble.

He didn't regret doing it.

In fact, barring anything unexpected, he would have given A-Xiao this "gift" on his birthday.

The eldest young master of the Ji family, whom everyone considered a womanizing playboy, was only a virgin who still had his first kiss.

Luckily, he had given away his hug just now.

"Rather than let someone else accidentally steal it in the future, I might as well give it to A-Xiao." Ji Chuan's peach-blossom eyes shimmered, naturally brimming with affection. "A-Xiao, you have to keep it safe for me."

Gu Xiao: "..."

He had thought Fu Huai was only giving this lunatic a way to back down by saying Ji Chuan was drunk.

Now it seemed he really was drunk.

Not only drunk, but insane, too. Otherwise, how could he say something so ridiculous?

"Ji Chuan, you..." Feng Ji was still glaring at Ji Chuan, glaring until his eyes felt a little tired. He wanted to curse him out, but couldn't get anything out.

What was there to say to a drunkard?!

In short, he really wanted to give Ji Chuan a few resounding slaps!

"A-Xiao, if you really hate He Shuyu, I can kill him for you." Ji Chuan narrowed his peach-blossom eyes and spoke with tender affection. "Who does he think he is, daring to make you unhappy?"

Ji Chuan continued, "And that Lu Keyan... so what if he's from the Lu Family? If you don't want to see him, I'll help you."

Gu Xiao felt considerably soothed.

Even though being hugged by Ji Chuan just now had disgusted him for a moment.

Still, it had only been a hug. It didn't amount to much.

It wasn't much different from one arm touching another.

Just a bit of contact.

Gu Xiao genuinely didn't care. He only acted as though he did because he didn't want to break "Gu Xiao's" character.

As for that subtle discomfort inside, he dismissed it as negligible.

Ji Chuan's insistence on giving his hug to him rather than saving it for the universally adored protagonist even gave him a subtle sense of pleasure.

He looked forward even more to the universally adored protagonist's arrival.

Someone capable of penning up this pack of lunatics was not to be underestimated.

"You're drunk." Even Gu Xiao's gaze held a measure of calm as he looked at Ji Chuan. "Besides, murder is illegal."

Fu Huai couldn't help chuckling. "A-Xiao, do you really think A-Chuan would do it himself? How could A-Chuan not know how to kill with a borrowed knife or obey outwardly while defying in secret?"

"What they've done doesn't warrant death," Gu Xiao said mildly. "I don't want to see anyone die in front of me, either."

In the apocalypse, he had killed far too many people.

Those who deserved to die and those who didn't, those he killed directly and those he killed indirectly, coercion and humiliation... countless methods had been used on him.

Although this world was strange, Gu Xiao enjoyed it immensely.

It was as though he had been born to be "Gu Xiao."

But Gu Xiao wouldn't allow himself to fall for some inexplicable "universally adored protagonist."

Nor did he think he would fall in love with anyone.

Ji Chuan kept edging closer, making Gu Xiao's brows furrow involuntarily.

He didn't like being pressed too close to other people.

Especially when this person reeked of alcohol and had just taken such liberties with him.

"A-Chuan, don't get so close to A-Xiao." Noticing Gu Xiao's displeasure, Fu Huai stepped forward helplessly and peeled Ji Chuan away from Gu Xiao.

Ji Chuan chuckled and let Fu Huai put him half a meter away from Gu Xiao.

"A-Xiao, I really thought you'd give me a vicious beating just now, or slap me outright." Ji Chuan's smile was a little unrestrained. "I didn't expect you not to care at all. That really breaks my heart~"

Gu Xiao didn't quite understand his thinking. He said politely, "If you want a beating, I can help."

Ji Chuan's gaze finally shifted away from Gu Xiao's body and onto his ankle.

"A-Xiao, if you insist on beating me..." Ji Chuan's smile faded a little, but his tone remained frivolous. "I'd like you to step on me. Of course, you'd have to let me fight back, like letting me grab your ankle."

A-Xiao's ankle was so slender. He could probably encircle it with one hand.

Ji Chuan's brazen words made Fu Huai and Feng Ji frown deeply.

Gu Xiao, however, looked at Ji Chuan with pity. This young master probably really thought he was impotent, and that was why his mind had become twisted.

Redeeming Ji Chuan was the universally adored protagonist's business. It had nothing to do with him.

Gu Xiao went along with his words. "Then you'd better be careful. I won't give you a chance to open your mouth. I'll cripple you outright."