Chapter 59: The Vicious Fake Young Master of a Wealthy Family · 59

After delivering the kick, Su Wenyu broke free of Zhou Xu’s grip and immediately burrowed into his blanket, leaving his three roommates with nothing but the sight of a lumpy, overstuffed duvet.

Xia Yehang’s jaw was still hanging open in shock. After a long moment, he finally swallowed and, showing rare concern, asked Zhou Xu, “You okay?”

That kick from Su Wenyu had been quick, but Xia Yehang had seen it clearly.

That one kick had clearly landed on Zhou Xu’s… man parts.

Thinking about Su Wenyu’s mid-air flying kick, Xia Yehang didn’t even have time to marvel at Su Wenyu’s unexpected agility. He just felt a sympathetic urge to cover his own little Yehang.

That had to hurt just watching it.

What had Zhou Xu done to provoke Su Wenyu so badly? There had been absolutely no mercy in that kick. It made Xia Yehang feel a phantom pain just seeing it.

Zhou Xu was leaning against the railing between their two beds, one hand covering little Zhou Xu, the other covering his face to hide the slight frown of pain.

Hearing Xia Yehang’s question, Zhou Xu merely shook his head to indicate he was fine.

When Su Wenyu had pulled that rabbit-kicking-eagle move, Zhou Xu had fortunately reacted fast enough to block it with his hand in time.

Otherwise, if that full-force kick had landed properly, he’d definitely have looked far more disheveled than he did now.

There had been zero mercy in that kick. Even the back of Zhou Xu’s hand, which had blocked it, was now reddened.

Zhou Xu leaned against the railing to ease the pain. Down below, Shen Yi glanced toward Xia Yehang, silently asking What happened?

Xia Yehang pointed at his own lower body and made a “Oof, that hurts” pained expression.

Vivid and utterly clear.

Shen Yi understood.

Zhou Xu must have done something to make Su Wenyu unhappy. Su Wenyu wasn’t the type to strike out physically without reason.

Shen Yi felt a grand total of 0.1 seconds of pity for Zhou Xu before retracting that tiny shred of compassion. He turned back, put his headphones on, and continued working on his homework.

The struggles of a law student were not something ordinary people could fathom. Shen Yi had too much to learn. Aside from their outings, his focus was primarily on his studies.

Didn’t he want to find time to hang out with Su Wenyu alone?

He did.

But Shen Yi wanted more than just the present. He also wanted the future.

As long as Su Wenyu didn’t agree to date anyone during his university years, Shen Yi stood a one-in-three chance.

Xia Yehang checked the time and reminded Shen Yi, “Lights out soon. If you’re going to shower, you’d better do it now.”

Shen Yi was wearing noise-canceling headphones and didn’t hear. So Xia Yehang walked over and pointed at the time on his phone for him.

Shen Yi caught it from the corner of his eye and nodded. After finishing the practice question he was on, he got up, grabbed a set of clothes from his wardrobe, and went into the bathroom.

Xia Yehang looked at Su Wenyu, who was hiding silent inside his blanket, and figured he might already be asleep. So he didn’t bother him further, just tidied his desk and bounded up his ladder in two steps.

Zhou Xu sat at the foot of Su Wenyu’s bed for a while longer. Only once little Zhou Xu was feeling less uncomfortable did he get up and return to his own side.

The others thought Su Wenyu had fallen asleep. Zhou Xu knew he hadn’t.

Because Su Wenyu was hiding under his blanket, phone in hand, spamming Zhou Xu with messages cursing him out.

Trouble was, Su Wenyu didn’t know any real curse words, so he just kept repeating ‘pervert’ and ‘shameless’ over and over.

Imagining Su Wenyu with his face flushed red, calling him a pervert… Yeah, that just turned Zhou Xu on.

Zhou Xu’s lips curled up. Looking at the spamming messages on his phone, he replied with a sticker: [Clinging Sticker.jpg]

Su Wenyu: […]

What a total pervert!

Getting kicked and still wanting to cling? Get lost!

Su Wenyu then sent a barrage of stickers he’d saved from who-knows-where—images of someone getting violently beaten. Without waiting for Zhou Xu’s reply, he slapped his phone face-down at the head of his bed, flopped down with exaggerated force, and made it absolutely clear through his actions that he was going to sleep and to stop messaging him.

Zhou Xu leaned against his bedside, pulled his pants aside to check that little Zhou Xu wasn’t damaged, and in a perfectly good mood, sent him one last message.

[Goodnight]

[(^3^)]

Su Wenyu didn’t see Zhou Xu’s message. But that night, his dreams were filled with him chasing Zhou Xu with a giant machete.

Alas, Zhou Xu was agile, long-legged, and fast. Su Wenyu spent the whole night chasing but couldn’t land a single chop.

Finally, just before dawn, Zhou Xu had even disarmed him, pinned him against a wall, and was leaning down to kiss him.

Su Wenyu jolted awake in fright. He sat up at the head of his bed, eyes wide open. Seeing Zhou Xu still asleep, he had the burning urge to go over and stomp on him again.

Pervert! Deviant! Lecher!

Couldn’t even behave in his dreams!

520 had seen through a lot. It drawled a reminder: 【Forget it, don’t stomp on him. What if you just end up pleasuring him again.】

Su Wenyu: …

He couldn’t even argue with that.

Before the alarm rang, Su Wenyu climbed down to use the toilet, then washed up.

His arms were still a bit sore from all the gun handling yesterday. After washing, he stood in the bathroom for a bit, moving his arms around as if doing radio calisthenics.

Only when the noise of an alarm clock echoed from outside the bathroom did Su Wenyu open the door and step out, perfectly meeting Zhou Xu’s gaze.

Su Wenyu immediately “Hmphed,” looking down his nose at him with his chin in the air.

Zhou Xu chuckled softly. Not only was he not angry, but he actually thought Su Wenyu’s behavior was like they were flirting, and he kind of liked it.

Su Wenyu’s anger was entirely futile. He gave Zhou Xu even more attitude all day long.

He even deliberately stuck close to Xia Yehang and Shen Yi. During the morning run, he jogged with them, ignoring Zhou Xu completely.

At breakfast after the run, he bought shumai for Shen Yi and Xia Yehang, pointedly getting nothing for Zhou Xu.

But somehow, methods that normally harvested considerable Villain Value seemed to have completely lost their effect that day. Not a single point increased.

At lunch, Su Wenyu put a spare rib in Shen Yi’s bowl. Zhou Xu just smiled.

He put a chicken leg in Xia Yehang’s bowl. Zhou Xu wasn’t annoyed. Instead, he even pushed his own small dish of sauced beef over to Su Wenyu.

Eating the sauced beef, Su Wenyu asked 520 with utter confusion: 【What’s going on? Did my kick to his… that place last night somehow connect to his brain?】

Otherwise, why was he acting so abnormally?

520 was no longer just a standard villain system. Its database was now packed with who knew how many tens of thousands of boys’ love novels from countless small worlds. 520 quickly provided an answer for Zhou Xu’s behavior.

【He probably thinks that you targeting only him means you’re interested in him.】 520 said.

Su Wenyu: 【Ha? Who says that?】

Targeting someone means you’re interested in them?

Zhou Xu’s brain must be broken for him to think that.

520: 【The novels all say so. You’re treating only him so uniquely. He’s probably secretly pleased.】

Su Wenyu: 【…】

【Then what do I do?】

Had he just lost his easiest method of earning Villain Value?

If from now on, any time he deliberately ostracized Zhou Xu, it was interpreted as ‘special treatment,’ how was he supposed to complete his missions?

【It’s fine. If mere exclusion and isolation don’t work, there are other methods.】 520 comforted him. 【You’ve already earned a lot of Villain Value and points. Even if I don’t issue you any more missions, it won’t affect your final score significantly. You’ll definitely be able to survive in the real world.】

Su Wenyu stared at the food on his plate, his appetite somewhat gone. 【That may be true…】

But if Villain Value stopped growing, Su Wenyu had no sense of security.

Finding a bug to exploit and earning so much Villain Value was a rare thing. It was all Zhou Xu’s fault.

Su Wenyu’s gaze toward Zhou Xu instantly became filled with resentment.

Zhou Xu paused mid-bite, misunderstanding his look. He pushed the last remaining meat dish from in front of himself toward Su Wenyu, his eyes asking: Want this?

Su Wenyu: “…”

He didn’t want it. But Su Wenyu, who channeled his grief into appetite, ended up devouring the food on his own plate plus the two extra meat dishes Zhou Xu had pushed his way.

Mood was bad, but his stomach capacity remained.

—

Over the following month, 520 released a few light, inconsequential missions. Su Wenyu completed each one, earning some points. But the bonus Villain Value stopped growing.

Christmas Eve fell on a Thursday. The next day, Christmas, they also had classes. The four of them decided not to bother celebrating this foreign holiday and didn’t go out.

On campus, only a few shops, aiming to create some festive atmosphere, had placed Christmas trees outside their entrances, adorned with decorations. After making a purchase, you could get a small wooden tag, write a wish on it, and hang it on the Christmas tree.

It looked a bit tacky, but plenty of people were joining in the fun.

Though Su Wenyu didn’t actually believe in it, he went along for the fun, bought some snacks, and after paying, received a little wooden tag.

Xia Yehang was a bit curious. “What are you going to write?”

Su Wenyu: “If I say it out loud, it won’t come true.”

Xia Yehang’s romantic cells were rather lacking. Hearing this, he only said, “But once you write it and hang it up, people will see it anyway.”

Su Wenyu: “…Then let them see.”

Su Wenyu hadn’t written any kind of embarrassing wish. Stroke by stroke, with perfect seriousness, he penned a few words on the small wooden tag.

Hope to live healthily and safely to one hundred years old!

Signed: Wenyu

The Christmas tree outside the shop was quite tall. By now, the middle and lower sections were nearly all covered in tags. Su Wenyu wanted to hang his at the very top, but his height limited him.

“Want me to hang it for you?” Zhou Xu offered.

He was tall and could reach a spot most people couldn’t with just a stretch of his arm.

But at this moment, Su Wenyu had become superstitious. “I feel like it’ll be more sincere if I hang it myself.”

Fine.

Zhou Xu didn’t press the offer. Instead, he crouched down in front of Su Wenyu and gestured. “Hop on. I’ll give you a boost to hang it.”

Quite a few other students were around. Hearing this, everyone’s gazes instantly swiveled over, staring directly at them.

Su Wenyu hadn’t had many opportunities to appear on forums or in group chats recently, as his photos were deleted the moment they were posted. So some didn’t immediately recognize him at first.

Those who did didn’t make a sound. They were merely surprised. This real young master the Su family had found seemed to be treating the fake young master awfully well.

Even real brothers might not be this good.

Noticing the surrounding stares, Su Wenyu had absolutely no face to actually let Zhou Xu carry him to hang the wooden tag. He could only pat him and say, “Get up. I don’t need you to carry me.”

Shen Yi stood to the side. He had remained silent until now. Hearing this, his gaze fell on Su Wenyu. As if casually, he asked, “I’ll carry you?”

Su Wenyu’s movements froze immediately.

Truthfully, Su Wenyu was a bit conflicted.

Recently, completing missions hadn’t increased Zhou Xu’s Villain Value. With 520’s hints, Su Wenyu now understood why.

520 knew Su Wenyu disliked honey trap missions, so the recent tasks it had issued were bland and standard, none touching boundaries for the sake of Villain Value.

But now, looking at Zhou Xu’s furrowed brow, Su Wenyu suddenly felt like testing whether physical contact with someone else would cause the Villain Value to fluctuate.

In the eyes of others, Su Wenyu only hesitated for two seconds before nodding and smiling at Shen Yi. “Okay, then I’ll trouble you.”

Shen Yi was also tall, sturdy, and strong, not much shorter than Zhou Xu.

He was also surprised Su Wenyu had actually agreed. But given this chance to be close to him, Shen Yi naturally wouldn’t pass it up.

He bent down and crouched, arms reaching back in a gesture to steady him.

Right in front of everyone, Su Wenyu leaned down and lay onto Shen Yi’s back.

Zhou Xu, who had shown no particular reaction until now, instantly clenched the hands hanging by his sides.

520 popped out immediately, announcing elatedly: 【Villain Value is increasing!】

Su Wenyu blinked. So it worked.

He wrapped his arms around Shen Yi’s neck. As Shen Yi stood up, to steady Su Wenyu, his palms supported Su Wenyu’s thighs, giving him a little upward heft.

Zhou Xu’s gaze immediately locked onto Shen Yi’s hands supporting Su Wenyu and the arms Su Wenyu had wrapped around Shen Yi.

With Shen Yi straightening up, Su Wenyu’s line of sight suddenly rose. He could easily reach the top of the Christmas tree just by stretching out his hand. The surrounding students’ gazes were also all drawn to him. At the same time, looking down, one could see Shen Yi beneath him.

A few girls hadn’t recognized them, but that didn’t stop them from enjoying the sight of handsome guys.

Zhou Xu overheard one girl let out a soft “Ahhh” and say to her friend beside her, “Look, quick. Aaaah, a hot guy carrying a hot guy.”

“So handsome. As expected, all the hot guys are taken by each other.”

“Not necessarily. Just because two guys are together doesn’t mean they’re a couple. Maybe they’re just good friends.”

“Either way, Zhang Fei would never carry Guan Yu to hang a wish tag.”

The others instantly had nothing more to say.

Zhou Xu stood there quietly, listening to the whispered conversations around him. His face remained expressionless.

But the previously slow-growing Villain Value suddenly skyrocketed!