Honest Wage Slave: What-if Route (05)

Bai Wu's teasing tone was almost overflowing.

This kind of person is usually cold and aloof to everyone, but once they start acting up, they go completely wild.

Cheng Yuqing wanted to punch his brother hard.

Song Xueci will probably slap him too.

But he didn't expect that Song Xueci so dense that she couldn't tell that she was being bullied at all, and only showed a slightly surprised expression.

Her eyes were so wide open.

Don't seduce the straight guy on the other end.

Xue Ci simply felt that the protagonist this time was quite innocent.

Tech geeks really don't understand these things.

He looked at the third person present.

After their eyes met briefly, Cheng Yuqing immediately turned her face away, seemingly disgusted by what they were saying.

Xue Ci was too embarrassed to speak loudly, so she reached out and beckoned to Bai Wu, signaling him to lean over and come closer.

If Bai Wu hadn't been so captivated, he probably would have noticed that the gesture looked like he was calling a dog.

Unfortunately, everything about Song Xueci was attracting his attention.

He leaned down, getting close to the little boy, and felt the other person speak in his ear. The warm breath on his ear felt both numb and itchy.

Not just my ears, my whole body is itchy.

His breath and blunt words... Bai Wu stood up almost instantly.

My lower abdomen is burning badly.

The throat too.

The man couldn't help but swallow hard.

That sound was very loud.

Looking at him with a questioning gaze, Bai Wu Song Xueci so embarrassed that he wanted to disappear.

How could a straight man have such thoughts about another man? Even if Song Xueci has fair skin, big eyes, a slim waist, and long legs... as a straight man, he should be indifferent to all of that.

"Is it really necessary to do all this?"

His voice was hoarse as soon as he opened his mouth.

The other person usually spoke very softly in WeChat, so Song Xueci didn't notice anything unusual.

"I really enjoy doing these things with my boyfriend, brother."

"I'm also very clingy; I want to kiss and hug you every day."

Taking advantage of Bai Wu's stiff expression, Xue Ci said many similar things. He hoped that Bai Wu would break up with him, but he didn't expect that he had already aroused the two straight men present.

"You're so wonderful, you'll find someone you love in the future."

The boy lowered his eyelashes, placed the gift on the table beside him, and tried to hide his eagerness in his voice. "Brother, I'll be leaving now."

While Bai Wu was still in a daze, Cheng Yuqing had already chased after him. "I'll take you!"

*

Xue Ci, a poor little office worker who had been working overtime for three consecutive days, originally planned to catch up on sleep today, but this matter directly delayed her by half a day.

Fortunately, Bai Wu didn't persist, and the progress bar moved forward a little bit.

Cheng Yuqing didn't take him straight home. On the way, he asked him if he wanted lunch, explaining that he had misunderstood and wanted to treat him.

Xue Ci was someone who rarely refused others, and Cheng Yuqing was good at chatting, with a touch of comfortable dry humor in his words, so she agreed.

The two went to a private room at a Chinese restaurant; it was very quiet and there was no wait.

As the food was being served, Xue Ci's phone kept vibrating.

He opened the messages, and they were almost all from Chu Juesheng.

There was also a friend request from Bai Wu.

Fearing that passing the request would affect the plot's progress, Xue Ci temporarily ignored it and instead opened Chu Juesheng's message.

The 18-year-old boy was really energetic; he performed with a band at night and kept texting her during the day.

They weren't talking about anything important, like picking up his package, helping him take in the laundry from the balcony, or buying lunch only to find he wasn't home and asking if he'd gone out and when he'd be back.

Xue Ci put down her chopsticks and used her free hand to reply to each message one by one.

Cheng Yuqing saw everything he did while replying to the messages.

Thick, curled eyelashes droop down, casting shadows on the lower eyelids.

She might purse or bite her lip when she's struggling with what to reply.

The teeth were also rough, biting the soft flesh on the lips until it was soft and plump.

It looks like a juicy peach that's about to burst with juice.

Cheng Yuqing extremely agitated. He didn't dare to look around anymore and focused on peeling shrimp, feeding one to Song Xueci as he peeled it.

Song Xueci obediently opened her mouth.

Well... if it were to involve kissing, I'd probably obediently open my mouth and let my boyfriend suck my tongue and lick my mouth.

Cheng Yuqing is going crazy.

Why does he keep thinking about these things Song Xueci? The boy is clearly so innocent-looking!

He dismissed his gloomy thoughts, and seeing that Xue Ci had finally put down her phone, he casually asked, "Is Bai Wu bothering you to send messages again?"

Xue Ci didn't quite understand the word "entanglement".

Logically, Cheng Yuqing, as the protagonist's friend, should have felt that he was being persistent.

Seeing that the plot was starting to go astray, Xue Ci quickly corrected it. "No, Bai Wu is straight, he probably won't pay any more attention to me."

Yes, straight men.

Cheng Yuqing thought of Bai Wu staring at Song Xueci, her breathing rapid and her ears burning red, and scoffed inwardly.

The phone vibrated twice more.

It seems they're chatting with someone.

It's not surprising. With Song Xueci, it would be absurd if she didn't have any suitors.

There's no need to put all our eggs in one Bai Wu now.

Cheng Yuqing didn't know what he was thinking, but his heart was pounding. That very night, he added Song Xueci on WeChat.

He thought this young man was very affectionate and innocent—the person he liked was straight, and he must be heartbroken right now.

He must have gone to comfort his brother to atone for his sins.

Cheng Yuqing and Bai Wu are both cool guys with outstanding looks and good family backgrounds. They also have similar personalities, otherwise they wouldn't be so close.

However, there is one major difference --

Cheng Yuqing was able to put aside his pride.

Unlike Bai Wu, who stares intently at the screen without sending messages, and who might whine and cry behind someone's back after being deleted but refuses to make a phone call to inquire, he won't do the same.

He was proactive, but he also knew how to maintain a proper balance so as not to come across as overly attentive.

When he occasionally asked Song Xueci out for dinner, the small gifts he gave her seemed understated and cute, perfect for Song Xueci, but upon checking, they were all outrageously expensive.

Meanwhile, Bai Wu was also Song Xueci.

After he sent two friend requests in a row, Song Xueci finally accepted. He was used to pretending and liked to keep a distance, so he had never taken the initiative with anyone, and the frequency of his messages was naturally ridiculously low.

However, he couldn't keep up the act for long, because he really missed Song Xueci.

He initiated all the messages, and Song Xueci replied very slowly.

Bai Wu was getting increasingly irritable and his emotions were constantly fluctuating. He would feel hopeful about the future because of a cute emoji on the other end of the line, but he would also become furious if he didn't get a reply for a long time.

In short, in everyone's eyes, he was like a raging, impotent hunting dog waiting for its master to come home.

Modern people are glued to their phones almost every day, let alone Bai Wu, who posts these messages after work.

He felt neglected.

While neglecting others, who are you warming?

Bai Wu panicked.

But how could a straight man like him put that thing inside Song Xueci's belly and bounce it around like that?

They also had to bump people until they were covered in red marks and trembling violently.

He hasn't done any of these things yet...

Bai Wu didn't know whether he should continue being a straight man—even if he went against his conscience and stopped being straight, Song Xueci would probably be upset if she found out, feeling that she had deceived him and even taken his body away.

Although he would stand up and say a few words to Song Xueci's photo every night, and even stand up when he smelled her fragrance, Bai Wu knew that he was a conservative and traditional good man.

If he really does those things, he will definitely take responsibility and marry Song Xueci.

While Bai Wu was considering all this, he was unaware that his good friend had already started poaching his girlfriend.

*

Xue Ci has been deliberately trying to get closer to Cheng Yuqing lately.

The progress bar is stuck; I need to find a boyfriend to move forward.

He checked the information about the Cheng Yuqing in the system. The tag showed that he was a virgin, not straight, so he added him to his shortlist of potential partners.

Cheng Yuqing seems to be very sociable; I guess he won't be able to stand living a boring life at home with me in the future.

Everything fits perfectly.

After Xue Ci made up her mind, she started using her old methods, acting cute and calling him "brother" on WeChat, and even sending him selfies.

Compared to pretending to be a girl in front of Bai Wu, sending photos to Cheng Yuqing is much easier. She can just snap a picture and send it without even having to worry about the angle.

Cheng Yuqing was nearly dead from being fished.

He and Bai Wu are truly good brothers; they even have the same habit of staring intently at photos of young boys in the middle of the night.

The atmosphere began to become ambiguous. Not only did they contact each other frequently on WeChat, but after one meal, Cheng Yuqing did not leave immediately and went upstairs with Xue Ci.

He swore he didn't intend to do anything; he simply didn't want to break up so soon.

Xue Ci held the gift he had given her, handed him the key, and asked him to open the door.

This scene was witnessed by Chu Juesheng by sheer coincidence.

Chu Juesheng had known about Cheng Yuqing's existence for a long time. He would look downstairs when Xue Ci Xue Ci went out and see her get into a sports car that looked expensive but had no taste.

He wouldn't even take that kind of car if his family gave it to him.

The color is terribly ugly.

Ke Xue Ci seems to like it very much.

That evening, Chu Juesheng stopped Xue Ci at the bathroom door after she finished showering. The boy was very tall, with long legs and broad shoulders. He looked thin, but he was quite large.

That kind of stance is quite intimidating.

Xue Ci shrank back.

He was only wearing a long nightgown, which covered his shorts underneath.

The bizarre scene forced him to be on his guard.

In previous worlds, under these circumstances, he would be carried to the platform and kissed for a long time.

Xue Ci dislikes facing the mirror.

The men would say they would help him bathe, but in the end they would always hold him in their arms, shake him in front of the mirror, and whisper strange things in his ear like, "Baby wants to see with his own eyes how it's eaten," or "Bad baby, you've made the mirror dirty."

Xue Ci rubbed her burning ears and asked Chu Juesheng what was wrong.

What else could Chu Juesheng want? He just wanted to find out who Cheng Yuqing was.

He was too embarrassed to ask directly; he had no right to. After all, he was just having a crush on her, and in Xue Ci's eyes, he was just a rather enthusiastic ordinary neighbor.

After some subtle questioning, leaving Xue Ci completely bewildered, she finally realized that their relationship wasn't officially confirmed yet.

Chu Juesheng breathed a sigh of relief.

He still has hope.

Seeing Xue Ci sleepily like a kitten, he took the initiative to tidy up Xue Ci's dirty clothes. "It's okay, I was going to wash them anyway."

Xue Ci said thank you. He was so tired that he didn't even realize when his underwear had been packed away.

Chu Juesheng rubbed the object vigorously with his hands while simultaneously smelling it through his nose.

He might feel that his behavior is abnormal, but he can't control it.

After finishing the laundry, the boy popped a piece of chocolate into his mouth; it tasted bitter after melting.

--Of course, none of them saw Cheng Yuqing's information.

I thought he was just a nouveau riche, but it turns out he's a high-achieving student raised by a prestigious family.

He doesn't yet have the air of a pampered young master.

Chu Juesheng was overwhelmed by a sense of powerless inferiority that night—he came from a good family and had good grades, but in the end, he was just a kid who relied on his family and hadn't even finished college.

How could Xue Ci possibly be interested in someone like him?

If he doesn't work hard, he won't even have the right to confess his feelings.

*

Xue Ci slept soundly that night.

After I got up, I had a lot of WeChat messages.

He replied according to their importance; for example, at this stage, Cheng Yuqing is the most important to the development of the plot.

[He's a college student and a tenant here; he's always helped me a lot.]

Xue Ci just finished sending the message when she received a reply instantly.

I bought breakfast at your apartment door.

Xue Ci was stunned for a moment, then curled up the corners of her mouth.

[11, We're about to succeed.]

[Cheng Yuqing seems to like me a little.]

There's a little bit there.

He was incredibly tough from the start.

Xue Ci opened the door, Cheng Yuqing carried a large bag of breakfast. The man had dark circles under his eyes, looking like he hadn't slept all night.

Xue Ci hadn't washed up yet.

No sooner had she entered the bathroom Cheng Yuqing followed her in, his main purpose being to say that people in bands are all pretty scumbags, definitely bad people, and wouldn't offer help for no reason.

He even asked Xue Ci if she wanted to move out, since he happened to have a spare apartment.

Xue Ci was still half asleep; her face was dazed, and her mind was foggy.

You're a bit noisy.

He frowned slightly. "If you ask me these questions again while I'm washing my face, I'm going to kiss you."

Cheng Yuqing was stunned, thinking he had misheard.

"What.

After uttering a syllable, he saw Xue Ci's beautiful face magnified, the fragrance mingling with the cool minty scent, leaving a mark on the corner of his mouth.

The gentle touch of a dragonfly skimming the water stirred ripples in his heart.

"You... you're so sweet."

The kitten's affection is simply irresistible.

Cheng Yuqing's ears burned, and he was absent-minded all morning, constantly reminiscing about that kiss.

He took Xue Ci out shopping, and after buying things and dropping her off at home, he went to the gym for two hours to work out.

That's still not enough.

Prices are still rising.

The excitement lasted until I returned to my apartment.

Bai Wu was sitting on the sofa staring at his phone when he saw Cheng Yuqing's lustful expression and finally realized something was wrong.

Cheng Yuqing hadn't originally intended to hide it; he couldn't very well stop introducing his wife to his brothers in the future.

He told the other person the truth, and even put on an expression that seemed to be hoping for their blessing.

The people of Bai Wu are about to break apart.

He refrained from Cheng Yuqing, his voice trembling with anger as he asked menacingly, "Aren't you straight?"

"It's already been adjusted to level 1," Cheng Yuqing said nonchalantly.

What's with this talk of straight men and straight men?

The moment he saw Xue Ci, he went straight.

Bai Wu felt his blood rushing backward, his temples throbbing, and even the veins on his forehead bulging.

Cheng Yuqing could tell he was unhappy, but he couldn't bring himself to do anything to wrong his brother, so he patted him on the shoulder and offered a few words of comfort, "Don't worry, I'll take good care of him. You'll still be friends."

"You should find someone soon too."

Cheng Yuqing returned to his room leisurely. He hadn't expected that this was the most Bai Wu had ever listened to advice.

She set off early the next morning to find herself a partner.

In a small room.

Xue Ci was cornered against the wall, completely enveloped by the aura of the tall man opposite her.

He looked incredulous, and after a few seconds of stunned silence, he slowly asked, "You mean, you're not straight anymore?"

Bai Wu hummed in agreement.

The man had thin lips and a sharp, defined jawline, giving him a cool and aloof yet masculine appearance.

He swallowed hard, then said in a cool, serious tone, "I know you don't believe me. I can pull you onto my lap and kiss you right now."

"What do you think about kissing for half an hour?"

Author's Note:

I think straight men just don't understand.

let me.

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