Xie Ji sat in the car with his little rubber wife in his arms and let out a sorrowful sigh.
It must be because Lu Xunji didn't like rubber ones!
Xie Ji's curious gaze settled on Lu Xunji. He stared earnestly at his perfect profile and nodded.
Someone that handsome couldn't possibly have no girls who liked him, right?
Since he couldn't let those scumbag gongs take a fancy to Lu Xunji, wouldn't finding a way to make Lu Xunji like girls solve everything?
There was no second person in the car at that moment. Little Black silently emerged from his sleeve, coiled on Xie Ji's lap, and said, "Actually, there's another way..."
Before it could finish, Xie Ji reached out and pinched its snake head. "Shh, that's enough. Say no more. You know me. Out of thirty days in a month, I spend twenty-nine opposing homosexuality."
"..." The little black snake fell silent for a moment, then demonstrated its never-give-up spirit. "Doesn't that leave one more day?"
Xie Ji looked at Lu Xunji, his eyes sorrowful. "I spend that day brewing Chinese medicine for my dear son."
The little black snake: "..."
The other guests hadn't arrived yet, so they needed to wait here.
Lu Xunji really didn't want to breathe the same car's air as Xie Ji, so he simply leaned off to one side to enjoy the sea breeze. As the salty, damp air brushed past his ears, he noticed Xie Ji's gaze on him.
He had to admit, Xie Ji was absolutely the stunningly pretty type. His smoky-blue eyes always held a hint of affection, their outer corners drooping slightly. His lashes were long, but rather than curling upward, they grew straight out, trailing a seductive line at the corners of his eyes.
As seductive as a fox.
Lu Xunji stared into Xie Ji's eyes for a moment, dazed. His palms itched a little, and that familiar thirst spread across his lips and teeth.
...He really was an idiot, but that outrageously beautiful face more than made up for it, making anyone who looked at him slide helplessly into the abyss of desire...
Startled by his own thoughts, Lu Xunji quickly turned away and stopped looking at him. His well-defined hand gripped the wooden railing beside him, his nails digging a white mark into the wood.
It wasn't as though he didn't know his cravings in this respect were stronger than a normal person's. But in all these years, he had never felt such intense desire from merely taking a couple of looks.
Xie Ji was still considering what sort of daughter-in-law to find for his dear son when the system notification chimed.
[System notification: Target [Lu Xunji]'s favorability toward you has increased by 5. Current favorability: -190. Keep up the good work.]
Huh?
Xie Ji paused and gave Lu Xunji a puzzled look.
He happened to catch Lu Xunji withdrawing his gaze from him.
After a little thought, Xie Ji instantly understood.
"He actually likes my little rubber wife, but he's too embarrassed to say so, right? Why else would his favorability go up just from looking?" Xie Ji slapped his thigh. The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed, and he hugged the little rubber wife tighter.
Young people were just so thin-skinned.
As clever and perceptive as he was, he had young Lu's thought process firmly in his grasp.
Xie Ji was instantly brimming with confidence, convinced his plan was flawless.
Before long, the rumble of an engine sounded at the pier, and a fiery-red Maserati stopped beside Xie Ji.
The car door opened, and a pair of limited-edition sneakers came into view first.
Xie Ji's eyes lit up, then lit up again and again, until the young man in the car stepped out and removed his sunglasses, revealing a thoroughly defiant face.
"What kind of godforsaken dump is this..." the young man muttered with his head lowered. When he looked up again, he saw Xie Ji clinging to the car door and gazing at him with envy all over his face.
The young man froze for a moment, then curled his lips, bent down, and tapped on the car door. "My friend, any more staring and I'll have to charge you."
Xie Ji reached out through the car window and grabbed the young man's wrist. "Bro, that watch looks so expensive-no, so cool. Can I touch it?"
The young man lowered his eyes and glanced at Xie Ji's hand with a half-smile. "Aren't you already touching it?"
Xie Ji gazed at the watch, entranced. "Dear big brother, are those diamonds real?"
The young man chuckled, bending down until he was eye level with Xie Ji, and swept an intrigued gaze over his face. "This watch is worth thirty million. What do you think?"
Xie Ji leaned halfway out, blinking. "It's so pretty. Can you give it to me?"
The staff standing nearby: "?"
Bro, you're being that direct?
The young man scoffed. "No."
"Aw." Xie Ji sounded regretful. "Then can you pry a little bit off for me?"
The young man: "...No."
Xie Ji said, "Stingy. I curse your di... Forget it, I'll leave you three centimeters to carry on the family line. Just one centimeter shorter, then."
The young man: "?"
Lu Xunji glanced over, catching only Xie Ji's fawning cry of "big brother."
An inexplicable irritation rose inside him.
Could he address just anyone that intimately?
Dear big brother, even... Did that guy have the slightest thing to do with him? And he was calling him dear big brother already.
Xie Ji had just ducked back into the car when a series of system notifications chimed.
[System notification: Target [Lu Xunji]'s favorability toward you -1. Current favorability: -191.] [System notification: Target [Lu Xunji]'s favorability toward you -1. Current favorability: -192.] [System notification: Target [Lu Xunji]'s favorability toward you -1. Current favorability: -193.]
Xie Ji: "?!"
W-wait a damn minute!
I'm back!
Let me explain why I haven't updated in so long.
My puppy got sick. I took it to four or five different hospitals, and finally drove over forty kilometers to a hospital in the city before it was diagnosed with hip dysplasia.
I've been so anxious while caring for the dog these past few days that I couldn't eat.
Things have stabilized a little now!
Regular updates resume tomorrow!