Chapter 41: The Vicious Rich Family’s Fake Young Master · 41 Part 3

Because that girl was none other than the one who, during military training, had stopped him to ask for Su Wenyu’s contact info and been turned down.

If she saw Su Wenyu in person, wouldn’t she just ask him directly?

Although Xia Yehang felt that Su Wenyu was most likely gay—the interaction between him and Zhou Xu before had been pretty… gay.

But what if Su Wenyu was bi, and could like both guys and girls?

Having two male love rivals was already giving Xia Yehang enough of a headache. He really didn’t want to add a female rival into the mix.

Unfortunately, no matter how sincerely Xia Yehang willed the girls to sit far away from them, reality had to be faced.

The server seated them at the table that had just been vacated right behind their own. The girl turned her head and got a full, clear view of Su Wenyu’s face.

“Ah! It’s you!!” The girl immediately became excited. “Su Wenyu!”

Su Wenyu looked up blankly: “Hmm?”

Someone who knew the original host?

But Su Wenyu had no recollection of this girl in the original host’s memories. He couldn’t help but straighten up, watching as the girl walked up to him.

“Hi, I’m Xia Yehang’s classmate. My name’s Jiang Shuzhu, but you can just call me Bamboo,” Jiang Shuzhu said. She was a very outgoing girl and enthusiastically extended her hand to Su Wenyu, introducing herself.

Su Wenyu quickly put down his chopsticks, pulled out a napkin to wipe his hands, and gently shook her hand.

Jiang Shuzhu saw the gesture and liked him even more.

After shaking briefly, Su Wenyu politely let go and asked, a bit puzzled, “Have we met?”

“No, no. I saw your picture online,” Jiang Shuzhu pulled out her phone and asked, “I like you a lot. Can I add you on chat?”

At those words, the three other men at the table simultaneously stopped what they were doing and looked at Jiang Shuzhu in unison.

Jiang Shuzhu didn’t notice a thing, just looking at Su Wenyu with hopeful eyes and asking quietly, “Can I, can I?”

Su Wenyu was startled by Jiang Shuzhu’s straightforward confession. He unconsciously leaned back against his chair, a bit flustered. “Huh? Like me? Why?”

“You’re good-looking.” Jiang Shuzhu didn’t hide her reason for noticing him at all. “When I saw your photo on the forum back then, you were the only person I could see. No other guys caught my eye.”

The three ‘other guys’ sitting at the table: “…”

Xia Yehang thought silently, If I remember correctly, the other three guys in that photo Jiang Shuzhu was looking at were us three.

Meeting Jiang Shuzhu’s sparkling eyes, and completely unable to figure out how to refuse someone, Su Wenyu could only pull out his phone, his ears reddening. “Okay… I’ll scan yours.”

But he hadn’t expected that the other three girls nearby, upon hearing this, would immediately ask if they could add him too.

Having said yes to one, Su Wenyu felt too awkward to refuse the others. Gritting his teeth internally, he added them all.

The three ‘other guys’: “…”

Actually, two of the girls also wanted to ask for Zhou Xu’s and Shen Yi’s contact info. But those two looked so unapproachable that they didn’t dare speak up. After successfully adding Su Wenyu, they happily returned to their seats.

“You really don’t know how to say no,” Zhou Xu commented mildly, taking a sip of lemon water and finding it tasted sour on his tongue.

Xia Yehang’s hand was gripping his chopsticks so hard they were about to snap. If he’d known they’d run into Jiang Shuzhu by coming out for hotpot, he would absolutely not have come.

Only Shen Yi looked calm on the surface, but if one looked closely, they could see his expression had grown even colder.

Su Wenyu was sensitive to the shift in atmosphere at the table. Looking at his three clearly unhappy roommates, he hesitated before offering comfort: “Don’t worry, you guys are so handsome, girls will like you too.”

The three: “…”

It was obvious that Su Wenyu had completely misunderstood the reason for their dark expressions.

Zhou Xu took another sip of lemon water to cool down, suppressing his temper as he said, “Su Wenyu, are you trying to make me die of anger?”

Su Wenyu shot him a quick glance and then looked away, pretending he hadn’t said anything.

With so many people around, and Xia Yehang and Shen Yi sitting right across from them, he didn’t believe Zhou Xu would dare do anything to him in front of them.

And as it turned out, Su Wenyu guessed right. Zhou Xu indeed didn’t do anything to him.

After all, there were outsiders around. Even for the sake of Su Wenyu’s face, Zhou Xu wouldn’t get handsy with him.

But Zhou Xu just came right out and said it.

“It’s not like you don’t know I like you,” Zhou Xu stated, his tone as calm as if he were commenting that the meal today was good. “Rather than getting girls to like you, how about you just keep liking me.”

This time, it was Su Wenyu who choked on what he was swallowing.

He coughed until tears welled up. After downing a huge glass of water, he stared wide-eyed at Zhou Xu in disbelief.

What does he mean?

He just came out so casually in front of the two roommates?

Shen Yi, however, caught the key point in Zhou Xu’s words: ‘keep liking me.’

Ever since that afternoon, when Su Wenyu hadn’t asked Zhou Xu to teach him to ride but instead turned to them, Shen Yi had sensed something was off.

Shen Yi had previously guessed that something must have happened between these two when they went home. Could it be that in those two days, Zhou Xu had realized he liked Su Wenyu? But Su Wenyu no longer liked him?

Shen Yi felt his guess was about ninety percent accurate. A test would confirm it.

So, before Su Wenyu could even process that Zhou Xu had just come out in front of his roommates, he heard Shen Yi coolly ask Zhou Xu: “Last time I asked if you liked Su Wenyu, didn’t you deny it?”

Su Wenyu: “?”

Shen Yi had asked Zhou Xu a question like that? When? Why?

Xia Yehang’s gaze also fell on Shen Yi. He had no idea about this either.

Zhou Xu gave a short laugh. “Wasn’t sure before, but I am now. Got a problem with that?”

“Problem? No,” Shen Yi said, feeling his guess was correct. He chuckled and let his gaze land on Su Wenyu’s face. “But there’s something I need to make clear to Su Wenyu.”

He looked at Su Wenyu and said seriously, “I like you.”

Su Wenyu: “?”

“What?”

Upon hearing this, Xia Yehang grew frantic.

“Don’t listen to them, I like you! I like you the most!” Xia Yehang was also afraid of negatively impacting Su Wenyu, so he didn’t dare speak loudly. He could only lower his voice and desperately confess his feelings, wishing he could erase every other confession Su Wenyu had just heard.

How could Xia Yehang have known he had so many love rivals!

In the short span of one meal, right after Jiang Shuzhu’s confession, both Zhou Xu and Shen Yi had followed suit.

Xia Yehang hated that his own confession was too late. If he’d confessed earlier, maybe he would be the one leaving the deepest impression on Su Wenyu’s heart today!

Su Wenyu was completely dumbfounded. He thought they were joking. “Stop teasing me…”

“It’s true.” Shen Yi didn’t want Su Wenyu to mistake his feelings for a joke, so he said very earnestly, “Do you remember when I asked you before if you had a girlfriend or a boyfriend?”

Su Wenyu remembered that, so he nodded.

Shen Yi said, “I also asked you what you thought of me.”

Su Wenyu had an impression of that. He remembered his answer—that Shen Yi was very handsome.

Seeing that he remembered, Shen Yi smiled at him. “I already liked you back then.”

Zhou Xu glared at him coldly. What was this, a competition to see who liked him first?

If they were comparing who liked Su Wenyu first, Xia Yehang had the best claim. He immediately raised his hand. “I liked you from the first time I saw you at the hospital! Really! From that day on, I couldn’t stop thinking about you. I dreamed of you at night. When school started and I saw you, I was so happy. When I found out we were in the same dorm, I was so thrilled I wanted to run several kilometers around the track. I really, truly do like you.”

“Even though at first I was attracted to your face, after spending time with you, I discovered you have so many more admirable qualities!”

Su Wenyu was blushing furiously from his confession. He quickly raised a hand in a ‘stop’ gesture. “Stop, please stop.”

If this kept up, he was going to crawl under the table.

But even after the meal was over, Su Wenyu still hadn’t figured out why they all liked him.

On the way back, Su Wenyu was once again sandwiched between the three of them.

Only then did Su Wenyu notice how abnormal their way of walking was. Normally, they should walk side-by-side, or two in front and two behind.

So they were telling the truth. Everyone except Zhou Xu had liked him… since the start of school.

Wait.

Su Wenyu suddenly remembered the scene of him changing clothes in the dorm.

No wonder he’d felt so many gazes on him back then. They were all gay, all after his body…

Su Wenyu swore he would never, ever change clothes in the dorm again, sob.

This world was terrifying. How were all his roommates gay?

Back in the dorm, Su Wenyu stared at the three tall roommates who had entered ahead of him and suddenly felt this dorm was nothing but a wolf’s den! And he was the only innocent, poor, pure little lamb.

Zhou Xu placed the unfinished snacks on the table and turned to see him still standing at the door. “Not coming in?”

Xia Yehang and Shen Yi immediately looked over as well.

In the past, Su Wenyu had gotten used to them watching him like this.

Now, with them watching him like this, Su Wenyu felt his calves trembling.

“My… my calf seems to have cramped up.” Su Wenyu held onto the doorframe, really not wanting to go in.

Shen Yi heard this and looked down at his calf. “Is it from riding too much this afternoon? And we did walk quite a bit just now. Let me massage it for you.”

Xia Yehang stepped in front of Shen Yi, blocking his path.

“What do you know about massaging? Are you more professional than me at this?” Xia Yehang walked over and squatted down next to Su Wenyu. “I know how to do this, let me help.”

Before his hand could even touch Su Wenyu’s leg, Zhou Xu pressed a hand on Xia Yehang’s shoulder and pulled him back.

“Do you need to meddle in my little brother’s business?” Zhou Xu used his position as the older brother directly to suppress others.

Xia Yehang slapped Zhou Xu’s hand away, straightened up, and stared him straight in the eye. “What, being his older brother makes you so great? I’ve never heard of an older brother who likes his younger brother.”

Zhou Xu frowned, his voice cold. “You want to fight?”

Xia Yehang let out an angry laugh. “You’re the one who put your hands on me first.”

Shen Yi bypassed the two of them directly, extending a hand to Su Wenyu. “Come in first, I’ll help you stretch it.”

Su Wenyu looked in a panic from Shen Yi, to Zhou Xu, to Xia Yehang, terrified they might actually start fighting over him. He quickly said, “It’s fine, I’m fine. My leg’s better now. Not cramping anymore.”

He’d been faking it all along. Su Wenyu immediately hopped on the spot twice and then squeezed past the hair-trigger battlefield, trying to soothe both sides. “Okay, okay, stop being angry. You guys acting like this really scares me.”

Hearing Su Wenyu say he was scared, Zhou Xu and Xia Yehang finally backed down and looked at him with concern instead.

“Really all good now?” Zhou Xu frowned. “Tell me if it hurts.”

Su Wenyu shook his head repeatedly. “It’s fine, it’s fine.”

He wouldn’t dare have a problem. With that scene just now, if he really had cramped up, the three of them probably would’ve started brawling before anyone had time to help him.

“It’s getting late. You guys all need showers, right? Go shower first.” Su Wenyu rubbed his eyes and yawned. “I’m so tired today, already sleepy.”

Xia Yehang immediately said, “Then you go first. I’m in no rush.”

Shen Yi and Zhou Xu weren’t in a hurry either. So Su Wenyu grabbed a clean set of pajamas from his closet and quickly escaped the battlefield, slipping into the bathroom.

Once inside with the door closed and the smell of gunpowder shut out, Su Wenyu let out a heavy sigh.

Sob, this dorm was way too scary. He wanted to go home.