Chapter 48: Xia Xiran, Are You Really This Pathetic?

Boss Cutie

Xia Xiran cried until her voice went hoarse, and her eyes were swollen red like peach pits.

Even Leng Ruoli found it hard to watch.

She understood all too well what it felt like to like someone. She had once been just as miserable.

"Xia Xiran, are you really this pathetic?" Jiang Muye raised his head, his face full of disappointment. "Even if I did like you before, it was the confident, optimistic, resilient Xia Xiran I liked—not this tearful, pleading, pitifully sensitive Xia Xiran standing in front of me now."

Seeing Xia Xiran like this, having lost herself, made Jiang Muye's heart heavy.

Xia Xiran's throat tightened. She lifted her eyes to look at Jiang Muye's cold expression.

His gaze held intense disappointment. Then he stepped past her.

He didn't spare her so much as a glance, and her attempts to hold him back couldn't shake his departure.

Xia Xiran clutched the bento box to her chest, her heart tearing apart, and crouched down. Just as she was sobbing uncontrollably, a tissue was suddenly held out in front of her.

Xia Xiran froze.

She followed the tissue upward and met a pair of beautiful, icy eyes.

"Wipe your tears," Leng Ruoli said coolly.

"Go ahead and mock me if you want," Xia Xiran shot back stubbornly, her eyes bright red.

"Why would I mock you?" Leng Ruoli lifted her chin arrogantly. "Or do you look down on yourself too?"

She could empathize with what Xia Xiran was feeling, and she would never mock a girl hurt in love—even if that girl was her rival.

But being able to empathize didn't mean she pitied Xia Xiran, much less that she would hand Jiang Muye over to someone else.

On the contrary, Leng Ruoli only grew more determined to win Jiang Muye for herself.

She didn't want to end up like Xia Xiran, regretting only after she'd lost him. So she would seize the moment, find her way into Jiang Muye's heart, and become his girlfriend.

While Xia Xiran was still dazed, Leng Ruoli had already left the scene with a cold look in her eyes.

This made Xia Xiran clutch the tissue tighter, growing even more stubborn.

…

At noon, Jiang Muye and the others arrived at the barbecue restaurant, which was already packed with groups of people.

The air was thick with the aroma of meat, along with the sizzling sound of it being grilled.

A drop of hot oil splattered, sending up a faint wisp of smoke. The meat slices began to sweat oil, their beautiful marbling slowly changing color, taking on a pale deep pink as they gradually cooked through.

Little White Dove and the others had been dying of hunger for ages and had started licking their lips. Even Jiang Muye felt his appetite surge.

Jiang Muye's system panel sent a reminder.

【Congratulations, Host, on successfully checking in at the barbecue restaurant. You have received 500,000 rmb, and as a bonus, you have been granted the Eat-All-You-Want-Without-Gaining-Weight physique.】

Eat all I want without gaining weight?

Amazing. Wasn't this his favorite kind of physique?

Jiang Muye actually had a body that gained weight easily—just eating a little would make him put on pounds, so he was always fairly restrained. If he really couldn't hold back and ate a lot, he'd have to exercise for ages.

Now that he had this skill, what did Jiang Muye have to worry about when it came to gaining weight from eating?

Counting calories was all bullshit. Eating whatever he wanted was the Righteous Path.

After dismissing the panel message, Jiang Muye found a seat and had everyone sit down.

Today, besides him and Leng Ruoli, there were his three beastly roommates, who had each brought their girlfriends along to mooch a meal.

The waiter had already brought the menus and handed one to Jiang Muye.

Jiang Muye instinctively passed the menu to Leng Ruoli and said, "See what you want to eat. Order whatever, it's on me."

Little White Dove immediately started cackling. "Oh, why'd the menu go to her and not us brothers? Forgetting your friends over a pretty face, huh."

"Get lost, there are plenty of menus on the table, don't you have hands?" Jiang Muye glared at Little White Dove.

Leng Ruoli's little face turned bright red. Especially being protected by Jiang Muye like that, her heart felt like it had eaten honey.

"I'm not a picky eater, I'll eat anything. I'm not very good at ordering, so you order for me," Leng Ruoli pushed the menu back toward Jiang Muye and said shyly.

"Alright, let me take a look." Jiang Muye opened the menu.

"Hey, order for me too, I'm not picky either," Little White Dove started up again with his sarcasm.

Old He chimed in to back him up. "Me too, I've got decision paralysis. Muzi, be a pal and order for me too."

Leng Ruoli's ears burned at this. Her beautiful face was already blushing a gorgeous, delicate red, and even her lips were a vivid crimson, making her look all the more appetizing.

Jiang Muye lifted his eyelids and immediately began to put these two beastly roommates in their place.

"Oh, sure, I'll order then. I'll order Little White Dove a plate of large intestine and call it a day." Jiang Muye glanced at the menu again and said, "And for Old He, durian shrimp."

"Holy shit, spare me, I really can't handle organs like large intestine, okay!" Little White Dove let out a miserable shriek.

Old He wilted too. "Is durian even edible? And with shrimp on top of that? That's Dark Cuisine, right? Please don't actually order it."

"So, do you two still dare to run your mouths?" Jiang Muye's lips curled into a smile, and he turned to their girlfriends. "Keep your men in line."

At that, Suya gave Leng Ruoli a wink and a grin. "Cold Campus Belle, you keep your man in line. Don't let him bully my boyfriend."

Lu Jingjing nodded with a smile. "Exactly, exactly."

Old He and Little White Dove were so happy they wanted to applaud. Their revenge was complete.

"Cough, cough, cough." Jiang Muye, who had just been drinking water, heard what Suya said and nearly sprayed it everywhere.

What the hell! What was that supposed to mean? Suya was really fierce!

This woman, she really would say anything!

Leng Ruoli, having been teased, had ears that were already burning red. When she saw Jiang Muye choke and spray his water, she immediately grew anxious.

Instinctively, she began to gently pat Jiang Muye on the back, and even took a tissue to wipe his mouth, her face full of concern. "Are you okay?"

Her slender, jade-like hand patted his back as softly as a feather.

Even through his shirt, he could feel the smoothness and warmth of her fingers. Jiang Muye felt like a fire had been lit inside him.

Not to mention how Leng Ruoli was now wiping his lips with that innocent yet alluring manner of hers—Jiang Muye was instantly electrified.

Fuck, numb.

Even someone as thick-skinned as him was feeling a little embarrassed now.

Especially with those beastly roommates across the table watching him the whole time with ill intentions.

He regretted it. He never should have brought these beasts out to eat, and he regretted letting them bring their girlfriends along to torment him.

"I'm fine, what would I be?" Jiang Muye took the tissue and wiped his mouth.

He shot Suya a resentful look. "Could you not say weird stuff while I'm drinking?"

Suya smiled brightly. "How am I saying weird stuff? If you had nothing to feel guilty about, why would you spray your water?" As she spoke, she winked at Leng Ruoli.

Leng Ruoli smiled faintly. She turned her lovely, beautiful face toward Jiang Muye, her eyes so gentle they could melt a person.

She bit her lip lightly and said shyly, "I'll work hard to make him my man."

Jiang Muye was astonished.

Forget everyone across the table egging him on—even Leng Ruoli was…

She'd been corrupted!