Chapter 55: The Vicious Fake Young Master of a Wealthy Family · 55

520’s mission came without warning, indeed outside of Su Wenyu’s expectations.

Ally with Xia Yehang and Shen Yi specifically to eliminate Zhou Xu?

Su Wenyu tried to put himself in Zhou Xu’s shoes. If Xia Yehang, Zhou Xu, and Shen Yi had teamed up to take him out first, he would definitely have felt upset.

It would feel as if, within their group of four, the three of them had ganged up and excluded him.

Su Wenyu instantly grasped the purpose behind 520’s mission: to band together and ostracize Zhou Xu.

When doing missions, Su Wenyu usually didn’t dwell on it too long. After all, his life depended on it.

So while Xia Yehang was holding his gun with a demeanor ready to annihilate everyone, Su Wenyu gently tugged his sleeve and asked, “Do you know where Shen Yi is?”

Xia Yehang rolled up his sleeves, his face full of enthusiasm. “Take out Shen Yi first?”

“No.”

Su Wenyu was amused by Xia Yehang’s eagerness. Holding back his laughter, he leaned close to Xia Yehang’s ear and whispered, “Let’s join forces with Shen Yi and take out Zhou Xu first.”

Su Wenyu smelled good. Even after rolling around in the dirt, his excessively fine features were hard to mask.

When his breath brushed past Xia Yehang’s ear, Xia Yehang’s spine instantly stiffened. His Adam’s apple bobbed heavily, and the skin around his ear tingled with numbness.

Xia Yehang hadn’t heard a word of what Su Wenyu had just said. The physical reaction had come too suddenly, making his entire face flush bright red.

It was just that his skin wasn’t that pale, making it hard to tell under the shadows of the cover.

The wide, careless way Xia Yehang had been crouching subtly became more restrained.

Su Wenyu, not getting a response, tilted his head in confusion. He tugged his sleeve again, softly asking, “Did you hear what I said?”

Xia Yehang was only grateful this wasn’t a real battlefield, but just a game.

Otherwise, his current state would make survival very difficult.

“What did you… just say?” Xia Yehang rubbed his slightly burning ear, forcing himself to calm down. “Take out Zhou Xu first?”

“Yeah, we find Shen Yi first, then together we eliminate Zhou Xu.” Su Wenyu nodded.

Hearing that Su Wenyu wanted to find Shen Yi was like a bucket of ice water abruptly poured over his head. Xia Yehang cooled down in an instant.

“You want to find Shen Yi? Why?” Xia Yehang felt sour.

He had gone through so much trouble, crossing countless obstacles to find Su Wenyu, and now Su Wenyu wanted to find Shen Yi.

So he was the clown after all.

Xia Yehang wilted completely. An unbelievable suspicion even rose in his heart. “Don’t tell me… you, like, like him?”

Su Wenyu: “?”

He reached out and touched Xia Yehang’s forehead. “No fever.” So why was he talking nonsense?

“I just want to team up with you two and eliminate Zhou Xu first,” Su Wenyu explained.

As for whether he liked Shen Yi, Su Wenyu didn’t want to explain anymore.

No matter how many times he clarified, Xia Yehang would still insist he was gay. The incident of crawling into bed really couldn’t be washed away. Su Wenyu just had to swallow this loss.

Xia Yehang said in a super small voice, “Even without Shen Yi, I can still work with you to eliminate Zhou Xu.”

Su Wenyu immediately coaxed him, “Of course, I know you’re the best!”

“But I want to team up with both of you, okay?” Su Wenyu had already learned Xia Yehang’s weakness. He tugged his sleeve, rocking it back and forth like a coquettish child. “Xia Yehang, is it okay?”

Xia Yehang was instantly filled with fighting spirit, as if injected with adrenaline. “Okay!!”

At this moment, even if Su Wenyu wanted him to single-handedly blow up the earth, Xia Yehang would find a way!

The physical reaction had subsided. Xia Yehang listened carefully to the sounds around them, confirming the nearest gunfire was ahead on their right. Then, watching in all directions and listening on all sides, he led Su Wenyu to find Shen Yi.

Usually carefree, Xia Yehang now had a bit of a crafty scheme.

He extended his hand toward Su Wenyu and said, “There are many obstacles on the ground. Can I hold your hand?”

Su Wenyu really wanted to say that holding hands might be even more inconvenient for walking, but seeing the expectant look in Xia Yehang’s eyes, he obediently gave him his hand.

Xia Yehang was glad he’d worn gloves. When he held Su Wenyu’s hand, only the tips of his fingers, extending from his fingerless gloves, actually touched Su Wenyu’s. His heart pounded wildly, and his palm was instantly drenched with excited sweat.

“This way, follow me.” Xia Yehang held his gun in one hand, bending low as he led Su Wenyu away from an active firefight zone, heading to find that third-wheel, Shen Yi.

During the search for Shen Yi, Xia Yehang lost count of how many times he hoped Shen Yi had already been eliminated, or at least that they’d find him much later.

That way, he could keep holding Su Wenyu’s hand until the game ended.

Unfortunately, Shen Yi was like a lingering ghost.

In just five minutes, Xia Yehang spotted Shen Yi. His instinct was to raise his gun and shoot, but Su Wenyu had also seen him. Su Wenyu instantly let go of Xia Yehang’s hand and waved at Shen Yi, calling out in a suppressed voice, “Shen Yi, Shen Yi.”

Shen Yi keenly caught Su Wenyu’s voice. Hiding behind cover, he exposed a sliver of his vision to look toward Su Wenyu’s direction, and then saw Su Wenyu, his eyes also peeking out, waving at him with delighted surprise.

Shen Yi’s alertness relaxed slightly, and he began moving toward Su Wenyu.

Only when he saw that Xia Yehang was right beside Su Wenyu did Shen Yi’s expression change a little.

Xia Yehang wore a smug look. “I found Wenyu first, you know.”

Shen Yi: “Hah.”

Though jealous, this didn’t stop him from mocking Xia Yehang.

Su Wenyu quickly pulled Shen Yi over to hide behind a wall with him and asked, “Have you seen Zhou Xu?”

Shen Yi nodded. “Yes. Even had a round with him.”

Shen Yi pointed to his helmet. The green light bar on it was noticeably shorter. “Traded a life for a life with him.”

Su Wenyu hadn’t expected they’d already fought. He quickly recruited Shen Yi. “Then how about the three of us team up to take down Zhou Xu?”

Shen Yi looked at him, a glint of surprise in his eyes. “We team up to take down Zhou Xu first?”

Su Wenyu nodded repeatedly.

Shen Yi’s finger, resting on the gun, curled slightly. He didn’t quite understand why Su Wenyu wanted this.

“Your attitude towards Zhou Xu… seems different from how you treat us.” Shen Yi gazed down at Su Wenyu, his tone unreadable.

Before Su Wenyu could make up an excuse, Xia Yehang patted Shen Yi’s shoulder with an “I get you” expression. “I know, you’re jealous too.”

Jealous that Su Wenyu showed such unique treatment only to Zhou Xu.

Su Wenyu looked at them, baffled. “Jealous of what?”

Jealous that Zhou Xu was being ostracized?

He really didn’t understand what these gay guys were thinking.

Shen Yi sidestepped Su Wenyu’s question. Since they were going to target Zhou Xu, they’d go all in.

He pointed to a location. “Zhou Xu is in that direction. We can surround him.”

Xia Yehang immediately looked at Su Wenyu. “Split up and pincer, okay?”

Su Wenyu instantly flashed an “OK” sign.

The Eliminate Zhou Xu Alliance was officially formed!

The three huddled together and planned the fastest way to eliminate Zhou Xu.

Having a general idea of where Zhou Xu was hiding, Xia Yehang signaled them with a few hand gestures. The three immediately split up, moving to encircle Zhou Xu’s position.

Zhou Xu had just eliminated a player and was hiding behind cover, steadying his breath while scanning the area for any sign of Su Wenyu.

He found it strange. He’d encountered so many people, yet Su Wenyu seemed to have turned invisible, not even a shadow in sight.

Had he already been eliminated?

Zhou Xu pressed his lips together and prepared to search further east.

This venue was large, but it only had 30 players. It was possible to simply not run into a specific person.

Just as Zhou Xu rose, he heard a very soft set of footsteps behind him to the right.

Zhou Xu immediately hid alertly, his back pressed tightly against the wall, turning his head slightly to observe who it was with his peripheral vision.

But the newcomer was also cautious, as if guessing someone might be here, and stopped moving.

Zhou Xu was never one to wait passively. If the enemy wouldn’t move, he would.

Just as Zhou Xu gripped his gun, ready to circle around and take out the approaching person, he heard a soft call.

“Bro, is that you?” Su Wenyu used himself as bait to lure Zhou Xu deeper.

Zhou Xu’s wariness instantly plummeted to zero. Surprised, he lowered his gun and looked toward where the sound came from. “Su Wenyu?”

Su Wenyu was crouching behind an obstacle. Hearing this, he obediently peeked his head out. “Bro.”

Zhou Xu scanned the surroundings, a bit surprised. “You found your way here yourself?”

Su Wenyu nodded repeatedly and beckoned to Zhou Xu. “Come here first.”

Zhou Xu actually felt something was odd about how Su Wenyu had found him.

It wasn’t that he doubted Su Wenyu’s abilities, but why had Su Wenyu called his name when he hadn’t even shown a shadow? It was as if Su Wenyu knew exactly where he was hiding.

But when it came to Su Wenyu, Zhou Xu was simply too unguarded.

Maybe Su Wenyu called his name at every spot he reached, just to test?

Zhou Xu quickly deceived himself into believing this.

After observing that there were no other suspicious figures around, he used the cover of obstacles to move toward Su Wenyu.

Though he had lowered his guard towards Su Wenyu, Zhou Xu still retained some vigilance about the surrounding environment.

Su Wenyu lay on an obstacle like an innocent little lamb, obediently waiting for Zhou Xu to approach.

Xia Yehang and Shen Yi hid behind cover on either side, waiting for the right moment to strike.

When Zhou Xu was just three meters away from Su Wenyu, Su Wenyu tilted his helmet up slightly, revealing an innocent smile to Zhou Xu. “Bro, sorry about this.”

Zhou Xu stopped walking. From the corner of his eye, he saw the muzzles aimed at him from both sides.

It was Xia Yehang and Shen Yi.

Su Wenyu had used Zhou Xu’s feelings for him, luring Zhou Xu into their three-way ambush.

Zhou Xu understood now.

The three of them had teamed up.

They wanted to eliminate him first. Why?

Zhou Xu held his gun. Right now, all he needed was to raise his hand, and before being eliminated himself, he could take Su Wenyu down too.

But Zhou Xu didn’t move.

Because he saw Su Wenyu’s raised gun, aimed directly at him.

It was just a game. One life—he could give it to him.

Zhou Xu lowered his gun, allowing Su Wenyu to pull the trigger. The laser shot struck his chest, feeling as though it had hit his heart. Xia Yehang and Shen Yi on either side also aimed at his helmet.

The alarm on his body repeatedly blared: ‘Hit, be careful,’ ‘Hit, be careful.’

The health bars on his helmet and vest decreased, bar by bar.

When only the last bar remained, Su Wenyu met Zhou Xu’s gaze. His heart inexplicably trembled.

The final shot struck. Su Wenyu earned the points for eliminating Zhou Xu.

Zhou Xu was eliminated and exited the game.