After The Honest Person Was Discovered For Simultaneously Pursuing Three People - Chapter 31

Chapter 31: His Antidote

The man across from him had his arms crossed and a grim expression on his face, seemingly very reluctant. As expected, Song Yuceng said without hesitation, “You don’t deserve it.”

Tao Ning was already prepared to be rejected. He wasn’t sad or disappointed. He even nodded and said, “Okay.” Then, he didn’t ask again and continued to look at the phone numbers in the notebook.

“…”

He didn’t see that because of this, the person’s face became even paler. His expression was dark and indifferent, and the awkwardness and disappointment hidden deep in his eyes grew deeper. After a long time, a somewhat impatient voice sounded, “Why should I tell you my number?”

Tao Ning was stunned, looking a little confused. He didn’t ask again. He had only asked A Yun about the second young master’s number for the convenience of the mission. If there was an emergency mission that required him to contact him, he could quickly call him to complete the mission once he knew the number. He didn’t want to experience the feeling of failing a mission for a second time.

The man was full of thorns and always hurt everyone who came near him. Tao Ning felt a little helpless. When faced with his sudden question, he didn’t know what to answer.

The boy closed the notebook. The black-rimmed glasses on his face made him look a little dense. His answer was also very serious: “Well, you don’t have to tell me.”

But this answer obviously didn’t satisfy the man opposite him. His pale face became even darker. The two looked at each other, one filled with an unknown anger, and the other confused and bewildered.

Song Yuceng didn’t say anything, but his fists were clenched tightly. After a long while, he snorted coldly and closed his eyes. Gradually, cold sweat beaded on his forehead. Occasionally, the car would have a small bump, and he would let out a muffled grunt. His cold and intimidating eyes would suddenly open, and he would curse, “If you don’t know how to drive, get your salary and get out.”

—The man was like a savage beast, full of thorns, with an unpleasant way of speaking. He would attack everyone around him. Sometimes it was hard to believe that this beast came from a wealthy and educated family. If he weren’t a target, Tao Ning would definitely stay away from such a dangerous person.

The driver’s hands trembled on the steering wheel. He quickly said, “Yes, second young master.”

This driver was honest and kind. On the day he was discharged from the hospital, Tao Ning also rode in his car. The driver looked a little like Secretary Liu. Tao Ning pursed his lips and said softly, “It’s normal for the car to be bumpy. You can’t blame him.”

Song Yuceng’s face became even colder. He stared at him. “You haven’t even hooked up with Song Heng or become the proper young mistress of the Song family, and you already want to boss me around? Do you deserve it, country bumpkin?”

Even the most good-tempered person couldn’t stand being slandered for no reason. Tao Ning was very angry. He felt that the number of times he had gotten angry for this person since he came to the Song family was more than all the times he had gotten angry in the past combined. But he wasn’t very eloquent, so he just said, “You… you’re shameless! I have nothing to do with your big brother. Don’t slander me…”

If Tao Yuan were here, he would definitely be surprised and relieved. Surprised that this person, who was usually as quiet as a gourd except when explaining problems, was actually talking back, and relieved that Tao Ning finally had a little bit of the temperament of a young boy.

“Then you like him in your heart?” Song Yuceng’s face was still cold, but on closer inspection, the violence in his eyes had dissipated a lot.

“I don’t!”

“You do…”

“I don’t!”

The system watched the two people arguing like three-year-old children while eating sunflower seeds. Although it didn’t like this target either, sometimes, it admired this target’s ability to annoy people.

The two of them argued until the end. Tao Ning turned his head, and also crossed his arms like Song Yuceng. His rosy, full lips were tightly pursed, clearly showing that he didn’t want to talk to the person opposite him anymore.

Seeing that he had angered the person again, a trace of annoyance flashed in Song Yuceng’s eyes. Cold sweat slid down his forehead. “Hey, country bumpkin, didn’t you really want my phone number? I can give it to you…”

“I don’t need it.” The boy’s voice was actually very soft, but these three words were spoken with force, clearly showing that he was very angry.

“You!” Song Yuceng gritted his teeth. This was almost the first time he had given someone a way out, but he didn’t expect that the person he wanted to give a way out to didn’t care at all. Then why did this country bumpkin ask that servant for his number? He must have wanted it.

Song Yuceng said with a grim face, “Do you want it or not?”

The boy’s tone was firm and unmoved: “I don’t.”

This was also the first time the system had seen him so stubborn. It even dropped its sunflower seeds: [Little dummy, do you really not want it? Are you not doing the mission anymore?] It knew the purpose of Tao Ning wanting Song Yuceng’s number.

Unexpectedly, this dumb host was really stubborn: No, I’m not doing it. He even didn’t forget to add: I hate him.

But even though he said that, the next second, the familiar mechanical voice sounded in his mind:

Ding-dong! Triggering the second mission of Song Yuceng’s single-player route—give him a hug after getting out of the car. The duration must not be less than thirty seconds. Let the two of you bury the hatchet! At the same time, I would like to remind the host that because of the last mission failure, you have already accumulated one failure. If you fail this time, the punishment will be more severe than the last time!

Please continue to work hard, host!

Tao Ning: “…”

The system asked: So, little dummy, are you going to do this mission?

And so, it received a muffled answer: Yes… Although he didn’t want to do the mission, he didn’t want to be punished even more.

Tao Ning hypnotized himself in his mind. Song Yuceng was a super invincible idiot and scoundrel! He was exactly like the stupid turtle Little Meng caught in the river before! Thinking this way, the person opposite him indeed looked much more pleasing to the eye.

Coincidentally, the car had arrived, but Oksen College had a rule that unless you had a special pass, no outside vehicles were allowed on campus, regardless of their identity. Therefore, countless cars that Tao Ning didn’t recognize were parked at the gate of the castle-like college. The vast majority were luxury cars and the same model of Alphard that had been provided for Tao Ning before.

But the Song family was a specially approved family, so the Song family’s car didn’t need to stop outside the college and could enter the school directly. Because the international class Song Yuceng was in didn’t have boarding, the car went directly to the ground floor of Tao Ning’s dorm building.

Song Yuceng stared at Tao Ning, who was getting ready to get out of the car. He snorted coldly and turned his head away, a strange feeling of grievance and anger surging in his heart.

Why doesn’t he want my phone number? What’s so good about those pieces of trash’s numbers? Are they worth this country bumpkin’s flattery?

Song Yuceng fell into a state of self-loathing and powerless anger from which he could not escape. He knew that he should take his medicine in this situation, but ever since Tao Ning appeared in his life, the frequency of taking his medicine had been increasing.

His clenched fists had fingertips sinking into his flesh, piercing the skin. Song Yuceng found a little bit of peace from this self-destructive pain.

At this moment, a sweet and fresh lemon scent filled the air, wrapping around him like a warm stream of water. Compared to the pain in his palms, this warm and clean scent easily dispelled the violence in his heart, making him want to greedily grab it all and use this scent as a cure.

To eat it, chew it up, and finally swallow it.

But Song Yuceng’s remaining pride acted up, and he forcefully suppressed the desire that surged in his heart. He snorted, not keeping the boy who was about to get out of the car.

It wasn’t until the boy reached the car door that he seemed to remember something. He turned back, standing against the light. The light scattered on the boy’s slender body. His skin was so pale it was almost transparent, and the blue veins were clearly visible.

Song Yuceng heard the boy lower his head. He seemed to find the words he was about to say hard to speak. His fair cheeks were slightly red, and he asked softly, “I’m sorry about earlier. I didn’t mean to reject you… Can… can I hug you?”

Can I hug you?

When these words fell, Song Yuceng felt his heart was about to jump out of his chest. His rationality wanted him to refuse on the spot. After all, how could such a country bumpkin be worthy of hugging him? But the deepest desire in his heart was screaming: Say yes, this is what he wants most.

It’s just a hug. Just a hug. So when the words were on his lips, the man’s fists clenched tighter. His handsome face was also very tense. Awkwardly and reluctantly, he said, “Oh.”

The simple word fell, and the tension and expectation instantly became two knives, cutting the flesh from his body.

Before he could feel the pain, the next moment, a soft body rushed over. Slender hands wrapped around his waist. The boy’s body was as warm as a hot spring, making people want to drown in it forever.

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