Chapter 44: The Vicious Rich Family’s Fake Young Master · 44

Finding Shen Yi in the Law School was even easier than finding Xia Yehang in the School of Physical Education.

Because Shen Yi was also a standard-bearer, marching at the very front of his unit. Su Wenyu spotted him immediately.

Su Wenyu quickly sat up straight, pulled out his phone, zoomed in on Shen Yi, and recorded a video of him.

It might have even been Su Wenyu’s imagination, but he felt like Shen Yi glanced in his direction the moment he entered the field. Yet, considering the huge crowd in the bleachers, he dismissed the thought as unlikely.

The military training performance lasted the entire morning. Many students in the bleachers, seeing that it was almost time for classes to end, started leaving early to grab lunch at the cafeteria.

Su Wenyu looked at the field and figured it was about over anyway. He couldn’t clearly see where Shen Yi and Xia Yehang were anymore, so he decided to get up and leave first. He planned to snag a table at the cafeteria first and get their meals ready for them.

In the past, they were always the ones getting food for him. Now that he had the time, Su Wenyu felt it was only right to return the favor.

After two weeks of cycling practice, Su Wenyu could now handle his bicycle quite skillfully. Even without the others, he safely rode to a cafeteria closer to this athletic field.

He used his backpack to temporarily save a table, then mentally recalled the dishes they usually gravitated toward at mealtime. He queued up at several windows one after another and bought their meals.

After getting their food, Su Wenyu didn’t neglect himself. He ordered a large serving of dry-fried shrimp and a portion of salt-and-pepper spare ribs, then bought four fresh-squeezed orange juices.

By the time Su Wenyu had arranged everything for all four of them, the lunch bell had rung. The leaders droning on the field also seemed to remember it was time for lunch. After a few brief additional remarks, they finally dismissed the formations.

The large group dispersing from the field naturally headed for the nearest cafeteria. In no time, the dining hall was packed with freshmen in camouflage.

Su Wenyu held down a four-person table all by himself, but since the table was laden with food, no one tried to share it with him.

After about five minutes, Xia Yehang and Shen Yi found him one after the other, then Zhou Xu arrived.

“So many people,” Xia Yehang remarked, eyeing the long lines at the cafeteria windows. He said to Su Wenyu, “Good thing you were here. I’m starving after standing all morning.”

Su Wenyu waved them over quickly. “Then hurry up and eat.”

Zhou Xu had ridden his bike over and didn’t take too long. By the time he found Su Wenyu, the others were just about to start eating.

Su Wenyu was sitting on the inside. The seat next to him had already been taken by Xia Yehang, who’d arrived first. Shen Yi sat across from Su Wenyu.

Zhou Xu looked at his own seat, diagonally opposite, the furthest spot from Su Wenyu: “…”

Was he going to have to fight these two rivals for a seat just to eat from now on?

Zhou Xu sat down next to Shen Yi with a dark expression, feeling this situation was becoming unbearable.

Su Wenyu, completely oblivious to his inner turmoil, even smiled at him and pointed at his tray. “I got all your favorite dishes.”

Zhou Xu’s mood immediately went from cloudy to clear. Okay, better.

Shen Yi said, “How do you know what we like to eat? Everything you ordered is also my favorite.”

Zhou Xu’s mood went from clear to cloudy again.

So it wasn’t just for him. He’d gotten food for the others too.

Su Wenyu, still not noticing Zhou Xu’s shifting expressions, said proudly, “I pay attention to what you guys usually enjoy.”

Xia Yehang, moved, took a big bite of his duck leg. He felt that if Su Wenyu noticed what they liked, he must at least have some favorable feelings toward them, right?

Would a normal roommate pay attention to what their dormmates liked to eat? Probably not.

Like him and Shen Yi, they’d known each other for years and still had no clue what the other liked. If one gave the other something they didn’t want, the response would just be: Eat it or don’t, who cares.

Xia Yehang gnawed on the duck bone, his eyes sparkling as he looked at Su Wenyu.

Su Wenyu picked up a piece of salt-and-pepper spare rib, preparing to happily dig into his food, when 520 suddenly popped up.

【Mission Issued: Host Su Wenyu, please offer the piece of salt-and-pepper spare rib in your hand to Xia Yehang.】

A slow question mark formed in Su Wenyu’s mind: ?

After issuing the mission, 520 confidently declared: [Trust me, based on the current situation, this is the easiest mission to generate Villain Value!]

It wasn’t that Su Wenyu didn’t trust 520. It was that giving the first bite of his much-anticipated spare rib to Xia Yehang… He couldn’t bear to part with it.

[Why does it have to be the spare rib? Why not the shrimp?]

The dry-fried shrimp was a large portion with plenty. But the salt-and-pepper spare ribs were just a small single serving, only a few pieces. Su Wenyu was getting a little possessive over his food.

520 indeed hadn’t considered that: [Alright. For the next mission, I’ll have you offer shrimp.]

The moment Su Wenyu learned there was a next mission, he vaguely guessed what 520 was planning.

He looked at the perfectly shaped piece of spare rib, beautifully dusted with salt and chili, held between his chopsticks. Gritting his teeth, he placed it into Xia Yehang’s bowl.

“You’re hungry. Eat more,” Su Wenyu said, trying hard to look deeply concerned.

Xia Yehang’s eyes widened. “For me?”

“Eat it. That was the best piece on my plate.” Su Wenyu reluctantly tore his gaze away and secretly licked the salt-and-pepper remnants off the tip of his chopsticks.

Xia Yehang instantly felt so touched his eyes were about to cry.

The eating motions of Zhou Xu and Shen Yi, sitting across from them, paused simultaneously. Their gazes fell on the spare rib in Xia Yehang’s bowl.

“I’ll savor this,” Xia Yehang promised Su Wenyu. He was determined to gnaw the bone down to a nub.

520 announced the mission complete and noted the immediate spike in Villain Value from Zhou Xu.

Mm, just as I thought. This has potential.

520 issued a new mission: 【Host Su Wenyu, please offer a piece of shrimp to Shen Yi, across from you.】

Shrimp, there was a whole big plate of it. Su Wenyu was willing to part with one and, without much hesitation, placed a piece in Shen Yi’s bowl.

Su Wenyu had no idea that Shen Yi had a major mysophobia about eating. For instance, he never ate food someone else had put in his bowl with their own chopsticks. Even if it were his own parents, if their chopsticks went into their mouths and then placed food in his bowl, he wouldn’t eat that entire bowl of rice.

Shen Yi glanced at the piece of shrimp on his rice, then looked up at Su Wenyu, who was watching him expectantly.

“Thank you.” Shen Yi accepted the gesture, eating the shrimp with a pleasant mood. He didn’t even waste the somewhat tough shell, treating it as calcium.

Finally, only Zhou Xu remained.

520 once again announced mission success, informing that in addition to the mission points, a considerable amount of extra Villain Value had been obtained.

Su Wenyu knew 520 would never issue a mission to offer food to Zhou Xu. So he lowered his head guiltily, avoiding Zhou Xu’s gaze and pretending to be entirely focused on his meal.

Zhou Xu watched his cheeks puff out, full of food, and his eyes narrowed. Fine. This was done deliberately for him to see, wasn’t it?

Even by the time they all finished eating, Su Wenyu hadn’t offered a single bite of food to Zhou Xu—not even a grain of rice.

Zhou Xu’s face showed no emotion, but Su Wenyu still felt rather guilty. Back at the dorm, after using the restroom, Su Wenyu immediately pretended to be very busy packing his suitcase, afraid Zhou Xu would ask him why he’d done that.

Both Su Wenyu and Zhou Xu still had two classes that afternoon. After classes, the driver would pick them up to go home, so Su Wenyu packing now wasn’t unusual.

After rinsing his mouth, Zhou Xu came out of the bathroom and stood next to Su Wenyu, staring at him for a full five minutes with an intense presence before turning away to pack his own luggage.

In a direction facing away from Zhou Xu, Su Wenyu secretly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

These types of missions were indeed a bit of a test for Su Wenyu’s mental fortitude.

But compared to missions like climbing into bed before, Su Wenyu found this much more acceptable, so he didn’t ask 520 to change the mission direction.

Once Su Wenyu and Zhou Xu had packed, Shen Yi came over with a prepared travel itinerary to discuss the meeting time and place.

Su Wenyu didn’t dare decide the time. He could only poke Zhou Xu, who was standing next to him, and throw him meaningful looks.

Zhou Xu frowned, trying to decipher what Su Wenyu’s glances were trying to convey. Ultimately failing, he said flatly, “If you want to say something, just say it.”

Su Wenyu asked, “What day can we go out? I think the 2nd is pretty good. What do you think?”

Zhou Xu didn’t understand what Su Wenyu was trying to get at. What did it matter what day they went out? Wasn’t it just his own opinion that mattered? Even if he wanted to go right now, Zhou Xu would agree. With two third wheels around, nothing else worth anticipating was going to happen.

Zhou Xu could only try to match Su Wenyu’s thought process and go along with it: “Mm, that’s fine.”

Su Wenyu immediately relaxed. “Then you remember to tell Mom and Dad. Tell them you want to take me out to have fun.”

Zhou Xu: “…”

“I want to take you out to have fun?”

Su Wenyu instantly looked at him with wide, innocent eyes. “You mean you don’t want to?”

“…Fine.” He’d just say it was his idea.

So the meeting time was set for the 2nd, and the place was S City High-Speed Railway South Station. The rafting spot was in the neighboring city. It was only a twenty-minute high-speed train ride to get there, followed by another forty-minute drive to reach the rafting site.

Shen Yi took their ID numbers and directly booked four business-class train tickets. Then he started scrolling through hotels. “How should the four of us stay? Two standard rooms, or…”

The mention of room arrangements immediately energized Zhou Xu and Xia Yehang.

“For a normal dorm trip, you’d book standard rooms, right?” Xia Yehang shot a sneaky glance at Su Wenyu, quickly voicing his suggestion first. “I want to share a room with Su Wenyu.”

Shen Yi spat out two words with a deadpan face: “Dream on.”

“My little brother and I will share a room.” Zhou Xu brought out the ‘big brother’ card.

Shen Yi slid his finger across the screen looking at hotel suites and didn’t make a sound, clearly disagreeing.

Su Wenyu looked left and right, then obediently raised his hand to express his confusion. “Can’t we… just each get our own room? Is money an issue?”

The three fell silent.

They could. But they just couldn’t give up the chance to try for sharing a standard room with him.

The so-called early bird gets the worm. This holiday, they were determined to go all-out pursuing Su Wenyu. Sharing a room would be the perfect opportunity.

“How about this: we draw lots. Whoever gets the winning lot shares a room with Su Wenyu.” Xia Yehang suggested a method relying on luck. That way, whoever won, it would just be that person’s good fortune.

Su Wenyu: “?”

Had no one heard what he just said?

“Can’t we book four rooms?” Su Wenyu raised his voice, trying to get their attention.

Shen Yi put down his phone: “Fine, then we’ll draw lots.”

Zhou Xu turned around, grabbed the leftover disposable chopsticks, and used a red marker to mark one of them. He then handed them to Su Wenyu: “You hold them. We’ll draw.”

Su Wenyu: “… So, the part where I said let’s book four rooms—are you just not hearing me?”