Chapter 53: Boys Need to Protect Themselves Well Out There

Boss Cutie

Mi Lu smiled gorgeously. "I'll skip the two thousand. Consider it a free gift. But you have to hand over a profile on Jiang Muye—his hobbies, interests, what he does day to day, his clothing sizes, his zodiac sign, and his entire romantic history. Every last detail."

To chase a man, you first had to know your enemy and know yourself.

She never fought a battle she wasn't sure of winning.

She'd been worrying about not having enough helpers, but now that these three roommates of Jiang Muye's had come to her, it was like a turning point had appeared before Mi Lu's eyes.

With Jiang Muye's brothers helping her, her odds of winning him over had just gone up enormously.

"Senior Mi, don't put us on the spot. We can't sell out our brother like that," Old He said awkwardly.

He liked money, sure, but brothers were more important.

The other two nodded along. Jiang Muye usually treated them well—how could they betray a brother?

"How is this selling him out? This is helping your brother out. Your brother's a single dog right now—how can you bear to watch? You've obviously got to help make connections for him, let him escape the left-hand life sooner and get into a happy, fulfilling future."

Mi Lu coaxed them. "Besides, aren't you afraid I'll hold you accountable for scamming me out of money? If I really make a fuss, you'll be the ones losing out."

Seeing the three of them still hesitating, Mi Lu pouted and muttered, then tried goading them. "Besides, I'm just testing how well you know your brother. Could it be

you don't even know these things? Then what kind of brothers are you?"

Little White Dove said indignantly, "We're real brothers. How could we not know? Here, I'll tell you!"

"Little White Dove!" Kai snapped.

Little White Dove rolled up his sleeves. "We did something wrong, so compensation is only fair. And Campus Belle Mi's request isn't over the top. If Kai gets off the market because of this, he should be thanking us for helping a friend."

Kai thought that made a lot of sense.

If they didn't help out as brothers, Jiang Muye might really stay a bachelor forever.

As brothers, they definitely had to give things a push. Actually, Senior Mi wasn't bad—rich, pretty, great figure, and warm and generous too. Maybe she and Jiang Muye really were a good match.

Besides, they had pocketed the money back then, which was genuinely wrong. Now that they had a chance to make up for it, they shouldn't hesitate.

"Alright, we'll tell you everything." Kai made up his mind and told Mi Lu every last detail.

Mi Lu was astonished when she heard it.

She'd heard before that there was a famous Romeo at school who showed up rain or shine, every day, to propose to Xia Xiran.

But she wasn't the gossipy type, and with work keeping her busy, she couldn't be bothered to find out more.

Yet Mi Lu had never imagined that this Romeo was Jiang Muye!

No wonder Leng Ruoli, pretty as she was, had only secretly crushed on Jiang Muye at the outset instead of launching a pursuit. So at the time, Jiang Muye had still been deeply in love with Xia Xiran, unable to free himself.

But from Kai's tone, Jiang Muye had already pulled himself out and let go of Xia Xiran.

That created an opportunity for Mi Lu. What did a heartbroken man need most?

A beautiful woman's comfort, and the nourishment of love, of course!

Mi Lu didn't care about Jiang Muye's past at all. As long as his future had her in it, that was enough. This was the perfect chance to strike while the iron was hot and win Jiang Muye over early.

Mi Lu's lovely eyes blinked, and she beamed at the three of them. "Actually, I have one more request. I need your help."

Looking at Mi Lu's smile, the three of them suddenly had a bad feeling.

After the slanting sunlight came the evening glow spreading across the sky, embracing the night.

Jiang Muye and the others arrived at the "Ghost Escape" escape room center by the school gate.

Jiang Muye wasn't really interested in escape rooms, but his beastly roommates kept egging him on, saying how thrilling and fun it was, how all young people loved it, and dragged him along insistently.

Jiang Muye figured he'd never tried it, so it wouldn't hurt to give it a go. So he went.

When they got to "Ghost Escape," the system began to remind him: 【Congratulations, Host. Check-in at the escape room center successful. Reward: 300,000 rmb, and 20 points of reconnaissance ability.】

Just in time—escape rooms ran on brains.

Jiang Muye had brains, but not enough attention to detail.

Now that his reconnaissance ability was raised, he'd be even better at clearing the rooms.

But Jiang Muye had never imagined that when he reached the front desk, he'd see the sexy girl sitting in the sofa area.

Long brown curls, alluring electrified eyes, a high pert nose, full sensual lips—that gorgeous, delicate face blended charm and sexiness in just the right measure.

Not to mention her devilishly hot figure, which was even more eye-catching. A low-cut white lace top showing cleavage up top, a pencil skirt below flaunting her long legs. When she saw Jiang Muye, she deliberately stretched her legs out, then deliberately shrugged her shoulders to show off her collarbones, her cleavage flaunted with utter arrogance—an absolute grand canyon.

The boys were about to spurt nosebleeds. That figure was truly top-tier.

But Jiang Muye was unmoved.

What was there to show off about a couple pounds of flesh on the chest? Squeeze enough and anyone's got it.

A woman's sexiness displayed through her chest or legs was just vulgar. True sexiness came from within, shy and half-hidden, leaving endless room for the imagination—that was the classy kind.

But that wasn't the issue.

The issue was—

"What's Mi Lu doing here too." Jiang Muye's sharp gaze cut over.

So he finally knew why his beastly roommates had been so enthusiastic.

They'd dug the pit in advance and brought him along to jump in.

"Uh, Senior Mi wanted to play the escape room with us too. It's more fun with more people," Little White Dove said, sweating cold.

"Not fun. I'm leaving." Jiang Muye looked thoroughly put out and tried to leave, but the three beasts clung to him and dragged him back to where he'd been standing.

"You can't go, help us out! We promised Senior Mi!" Little White Dove looked at Jiang Muye pitifully.

Old He nodded rapidly, clinging to Jiang Muye's waist and refusing to let go. "Yeah, we're paying anyway, just treat it as playing along."

Kai pleaded, "We're all roommates, don't just watch us die."

"Get off!" Jiang Muye ordered coldly.

"Muzi—" the three of them said in unison.

Jiang Muye's eyes were icy. "A bunch of grown men hugging me, don't you find it gross? Fine, since you're paying, I'll play."

"Great!" The three of them were delighted and quickly let go of Jiang Muye.

Jiang Muye stood there with a dark face. Seeing him unhappy, Mi Lu immediately stepped forward with a smile. "Playing an escape room together is so much fun, don't pull such a long face. Are you thirsty? Want me to order you a juice?"

"No need," Jiang Muye said. "I'm not thirsty."

【Congratulations, Host. Rejected Campus Belle Mi's friendly gesture. Gained 200 Grit Points, 500,000 rmb, and 20 points of intelligence.】

Mi Lu wasn't deterred by Jiang Muye's coldness. Instead, she warmly and generously stepped forward and grabbed Jiang Muye's hand. "Come on, sit for a bit. We still need more people for the escape room, so let's wait."

Her hand, with its pale pink crystal nails, made Jiang Muye's scalp tingle the moment it touched him. He instinctively shook off Mi Lu's hand.

"Men and women shouldn't touch. Senior, have some self-respect," Jiang Muye said without changing expression.

But Mi Lu absolutely loved that cold, aloof streak in Jiang Muye.

Not interested in taking advantage of her, and principled too—so different from those perverts out there.

Mi Lu's eyes rippled with charm, and she leaned her soft body toward Jiang Muye, smiling coyly. "What's the matter, are you shy in public? I haven't even done anything, and your skin's already thick."

Jiang Muye's eyes were full of reproach. "I don't even know how to write 'shy,' but you could at least be a little reserved."

"What's there to be reserved about when chasing a boy I like? Stay reserved and he'll get chased off by someone else." Mi Lu huffed, thoroughly disagreeing with what Jiang Muye said.

Her hand kept reaching over to pinch Jiang Muye's waist.

Jiang Muye expressionlessly removed Mi Lu's hand. "Senior, if you keep teasing me like this, I'm leaving."

His eyes carried a deep threat, full of deterrence.

"Alright, I'll stop playing around, isn't that enough." Mi Lu harrumphed and reluctantly withdrew her hand.

Anyway, she could cop a feel all she wanted in the escape room. She didn't mind waiting a bit.

Escape rooms—dark and windy, pitch black—were the easiest place for feelings to heat up.

Heh heh, when the time came she'd throw herself into Jiang Muye's arms and go boo-hoo-hoo, and he'd definitely be tender toward a pretty girl.

While Jiang Muye stood there with a dark face, ignoring Mi Lu, a lovely figure suddenly appeared before him.