The Spoiled Little Beauty is Always Abusing the Protagonist [Quick Transmigration] 52p1

Chapter 52: What’s Wrong with a Spoiled Beta 14 p1

The rain had just stopped for half a day, and the ground was wet, the fog not yet dispersed, making the surroundings feel gloomy.

At the gate of the Chu residence, Shu He puffed out his cheeks and stubbornly looked at the few people in front of him. He was already suspicious, feeling that those fighters would not be so absurd as to stand guard nearby every day.

Then should he even go out?

As for the few people at the gate, they couldn’t even express their grievances in the face of Shu He’s stubborn gaze. They stammered and repeated the same old story.

“Young master, it’s really, really dangerous outside.”

“You can’t be too careful. It’s safer for you to stay at home.”

“Do you have something you need to do outside? You can tell us, and we’ll do it for you.”

Shu He stomped on a small puddle on the ground.

He was not happy.

How could they help with this? Should he ask them to go find Chu Chuanting and say they were breaking up? That would be no better than sending a message on his terminal.

Shu He lowered his head and stomped on the puddle, splashing a little water, and then gave up and pursed his lips and turned around. A few sighs of relief came from behind him. Shu He’s cheeks puffed out even more, like a pufferfish.

He quickened his pace, ran back to his room, and slammed the door, and opened his terminal.

Chu Chuanting had asked him out online several times these past few days, and not once had he been able to get him out. It was the same this time.

Shu He reluctantly declined the date invitation and then made up an excuse: 【There was a shooting near my house these past two days. My parents are afraid to let me out. Next time. (T^T)】

Chu Chuanting: 【A shooting?】

Little Hua: 【Mm (T^T)】

Chu Chuanting stared at this message and frowned, and exited the page to search for recent news in Shangyu City.

The Chu residence was on Shangyu Road in the center of Shangyu City. Not only was the powerful Chu family located in this area, but there were also several other powerful families. Not to mention, the soldiers trained by the Chu family would patrol the vicinity non-stop every day. How could there be a shooting?

Chu Chuanting searched for more than ten minutes, but did not find any corresponding news on his terminal.

He kept his brow furrowed and switched back to the chat page. In these ten minutes, Shu He had not sent any more messages. The last message was still that 【Mm (T^T)】

Chu Chuanting’s fingertips stroked this short message, his dark eyes deepening a little.

He wasn’t sure if it was his imagination.

He felt that Shu He had become much colder to him.

When they had just started dating, Shu He would send him good morning, good afternoon, and good night at a fixed time every day, and would care about whether he had eaten. Every time he was out of class, he could always see his new message.

There was no break-in period. It was a passionate love from the beginning.

But now, in twenty-four hours, Shu He might not even send him a single message.

Especially today, the first message was his date invitation, and the second message was Shu He saying okay.

Then, after a few dozen minutes, Shu He told him there was a shooting nearby and he couldn’t go out.

But there was no relevant news, and there couldn’t be a shooting on Shangyu Road.

Chu Chuanting couldn’t be sure if he was tired of him and wanted to break up, or if something else had happened. He didn’t dare to test him easily, for fear that the next sentence would be Shu He saying it was boring and let’s break up.

…Tsk.

This relationship had started inexplicably.

The ending seemed to be inexplicable too.

Chu Chuanting lowered his dark eyes and looked at the time, then closed his eyes and sat in the coffee shop, supporting his hand and waiting. Ten minutes later, the door was pushed open from the outside, and the sound of a chair being pulled out came from the glass table.

“Chuanting.” A hoarse voice brought Chu Chuanting back to his senses.

Chu Chuanting opened his eyes and looked at the person in front of him with a flat expression—the old master Chu. The old master Chu was sixty this year, and he looked even older than a normal sixty-year-old, with silver hair all over, and his voice was also weak, a little powerless.

He was not sick, but after living in a nursing home for so long, he had developed an illness even if he wasn’t sick. His eyes were sharp, but his fatigue was obvious. Chu Chuanting met this pair of eyes and gave a noncommittal “Mm.” “What do you need me for?”

The old master Chu waved his hand, and the person behind him immediately held out a file. He took it in his hand, spread it on the table, and said, “Didn’t you just graduate a few days ago? As your father, of course I want to care about you. Do you have any plans for the future?”

Chu Chuanting glanced at the blank-covered file in front of him.

“It won’t take you long. Didn’t you say you had a date? When is that person coming?” The old master Chu coughed. “When the person you’re meeting comes, I’ll go.”

Chu Chuanting: “I was stood up. He’s not coming.”

His tone was still very flat.

But he wasn’t sure if it was the old master Chu’s imagination, but he seemed to have heard a hint of displeasure in his tone.

…Is it possible?

The old master Chu moved his cloudy eyes, a little suspicious but with no proof. After all, he had never really understood this late-born son of his, Chu Chuanting.

In the few years after Chu Chuanting was born, he would still go to see him often. Later, when the matter of the illegitimate child was exposed, and his eldest son’s wings had grown and he could fly, he had actually eaten away at his power by seventy or eighty percent. He was so busy fighting with his eldest son that he barely touched the ground and basically didn’t care about Chu Chuanting anymore.

It wasn’t until Chu Chuanting’s mother died in an accidental car accident that he came face to face with this second son of his again at the funeral. He didn’t seem to have seen him lose his temper, and even at that funeral, he didn’t see Chu Chuanting shed a single tear.

—This was very similar to Chu Chuanbai.

But the old master Chu hated Chu Chuanbai’s personality. He frowned, and his wrinkled hand pressed on the file on the table, and he asked with inquiry, “The person you’re meeting, is it your friend or your partner?”

Chu Chuanting lifted his eyelids and said, “Why are you asking this?”

“Just concerned about you.” The old master Chu quickly changed the subject. “So what are your plans after graduation?”

Chu Chuanting: “No plans.”

“Just going to muddle along and wait to die?” The old master Chu tapped the table. “Look at your big brother. Can’t you learn from him?”

Chu Chuanting actually smiled at his words.

He bent down, and his sharp, rebellious brow looked unapproachable in the sunlight. Just as the old master Chu was about to ask him what he was laughing at, he heard the young man in front of him say, “Learn from him? Learn from him to send you to a nursing home?”

The old master Chu: “…”

“Be honest. You want to see us fight each other, don’t you?” Chu Chuanting looked at the old master Chu’s slightly changed face, not caring, and leaned back in his chair. “Alright.”

The old master Chu: “What?”

Chu Chuanting said, “Didn’t you want to use me to fight with Chu Chuanbai? I said, alright.”

“…”

Who would say such a thing without being a riddle-maker? Only Chu Chuanting had put everything that was in the dark out in the open from the beginning. The old master Chu was not used to his rhythm, his expression both surprised and suspicious, and for a moment, his throat was stuck and he couldn’t speak for a long time.

A minute later, the old master Chu’s hoarse voice sounded. “…Don’t speak so harshly.”

Chu Chuanting: “Where did I say it wrong?”

“…”

Taking a deep breath, the old master Chu pressed his faintly aching heart and quickly re-planned the situation in his mind.

Chu Chuanting was right.

He needed a legitimate person to enter the Chu family’s company, and Chu Chuanting was the most suitable person to play this role. He was his second son, and Chu Chuanbai was his eldest son. The two brothers would help each other on the surface, and no one could say anything.

But he hadn’t expected Chu Chuanting to agree so easily.

Why?

Before this, he had not not looked for Chu Chuanting. At that time, Chu Chuanting was still a year away from graduating, and he couldn’t wait too long. He wanted to arrange for Chu Chuanting to enter the company in advance.

How could he not understand that at this time, Chu Chuanting would definitely become a target, and if he was not careful, he would be dealt with by Chu Chuanbai? But he couldn’t care so much. Chu Chuanting and Chu Chuanbai had very similar personalities. He didn’t believe that Chu Chuanting was so useless that he had no power to fight back at all.

In the end, Chu Chuanting had rejected him several times.

This time, the old master Chu had also come with little hope. He could see that Chu Chuanting had no great ambitions and just wanted to muddle along and wait to die. And once he officially stood against Chu Chuanbai, the entire Chu family would immediately become chaotic.

It was normal for Chu Chuanting not to want to get involved. It was just one thing that the old master Chu still couldn’t understand.

Last time at the banquet, he had pretended to say that his mother was not killed by Chu Chuanbai, but in fact, he was trying to remind Chu Chuanting that Chu Chuanbai was his mother’s killer.

Did Chu Chuanting not know the truth? Of course he knew, but in the end, he had no desire for revenge at all. The old master Chu really couldn’t understand. He stared at Chu Chuanting for more than ten seconds before he pushed this file in front of him.

“I don’t have many shares left in the Chu family’s headquarters. As long as you can establish yourself in the company, I will transfer all the rest to you,” the old master Chu said. “Besides that, there is another way.”

“Enter the army. Your uncle holds military power and has no children. You can get his trust and take his place.”

“However, I don’t recommend the latter. Your uncle and Chu Chuanbai have always been on good terms. Even if you don’t get tripped up, even if you can get promoted quickly with connections, you’ll still need at least five years. I’m sixty this year, and my last physical examination was not very good, so I hope you choose the former.”

The old master Chu coughed a couple of times as he spoke.

He no longer needed any power.

He just wanted to pull Chu Chuanbai down. This rebellious son had treated him like that when he was young. He would not rest in peace if he did not see him fall.

Chu Chuanting lifted his eyelids and looked at his coughing appearance, not answering quickly.

He picked up this file, lowered his eyes, and looked at the words inside. The old master Chu was sincere this time and had not set any traps in the file.

Chu Chuanting said thoughtfully, “At least five years?”

The old master Chu said wearily, “You choose to enter the army? That’s fine too. I can still hold on. If you’re sure, I’ll contact your uncle and arrange for you to go in. Your military academy grades are good. After you enter the army, you can go on missions to build up your resume, so you can get promoted faster.”

Chu Chuanting put down the file.

“I choose to enter the company.”

The old master Chu glanced at him. “You don’t seem willing.”

“The risk is high, and the reward is small. I’m indeed not willing.”

Chu Chuanting’s voice was faint. “But the army is at least five years. I can’t afford to wait.”

The old master Chu’s expression was indescribable. “? Are you terminally ill?”

He, a sixty-year-old man, hadn’t even said he couldn’t afford to wait. He, a young man in his twenties, said he couldn’t afford to wait?

Even if he went to the army, he would still be in his twenties when he returned. What did he mean, he couldn’t afford to wait?

Of course, Chu Chuanting did not explain. He put away the file, stood up, and was about to leave. The old master Chu saw him walk to the door, and suddenly stopped and turned back, his dark eyes showing no emotion. “Has there been any shooting in Shangyu City recently?”

The old master Chu was stunned for a moment. “How can there be a shooting in Shangyu City?”

With so many soldiers patrolling, how could anyone be so bold as to cause trouble?

“But I remember there seemed to be a shooting near where you were studying before?” The old master Chu remembered this. “The one who died was from the Shu family. I don’t know who did it.”

Chu Chuanting: “…”

He was expressionless, turned, and left. The old master Chu seemed to remember something, and stood up with a slow movement. “Let me give you a reminder. The pheromone gene research project that Chu Chuanbai is currently working on can be a breakthrough. He has touched too many Alphas’ cakes.”

Chu Chuanting did not even turn his head.

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