Do Villains Have to Be Heartthrobs Too? [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 10
You are hurting me so much.
Chu Chao and Xu Chi met each other’s eyes, and both simultaneously looked away, both thinking, “Disgusting.”
Xu Chi’s feeling of disgust had nowhere to settle, while Chu Chao turned to watch Yun Zhixue wash his eyes. Yun Zhixue blinked in confusion, not understanding the tension.
At this moment, the flush on his face had not fully dissipated, spreading softly across his beautiful, snow-white cheeks. His large eyes were slightly upturned at the corners due to his bewilderment, and his lips were a bright, tender crimson. He looked incredibly radiant—a mix of white and pink—but because his expression was one of pure, innocent confusion, it revealed an air of pristine fragility.
This left Chu Chao momentarily dazed, though it also made his emotions even more complicated. Originally, Xu Chi was meant to be a tool for Chu Chao to disgust Yun Zhixue, and he had even secretly fueled the conflict between the two.
He had not expected things to spiral in such an unforeseen direction, nor that he himself would be captivated by Yun Zhixue. The way their relationship was developing had surpassed his expectations; why was there such a sense of intimacy? Chu Chao looked at Yun Zhixue, yet it seemed within his expectations.
Yun Zhixue was so beautiful, simple, and adorable. His personality was gentle, considerate, kind, and generous. Even his little pranks were just playful gestures. He was quite literally a peerlessly beautiful kitten placed right in front of Xu Chi.
Who could resist wanting to get close? This made him regret his initial decision immensely.
Yun Zhixue blinked, not understanding why they kept staring at him. Was his hair messed up by Xu Chi? He took a small mirror out of his schoolbag.
He checked carefully: there was no dirt on his face, and his hair was not messy. Why were they still staring?
Seeming to understand what was on his mind, Chu Chao took out a tissue, reached out, and gently wiped the corner of his eye, speaking softly.
“There was a bit of dirt on the corner of your eye; it is clean now.”
Yun Zhixue obediently stayed still, then listened to Chu Chao apologize.
“Zhixue, I am sorry. Because you were still sleeping and I did not want to disturb you, I took the liberty of submitting your homework for you.”
Yun Zhixue felt embarrassed; his eyelashes fluttered as he felt a bit shy. He also did not know why he had slept until the end of class—he felt just like a little piglet, eating and then sleeping.
He hurriedly said, “It is fine. I should be the one thanking you, Chu Chao.”
Chu Chao then asked casually, “That male classmate at the classroom door just now, is he your friend? Your relationship is truly good; it is so enviable. Unlike me, who has always been alone.”
Yun Zhixue did not know how to answer. Why did it feel a bit sour? He also felt Chu Chao seemed a bit pitiful.
Chu Chao continued, “It is just that there is something I do not know if I should tell you.”
“Huh? What is it?” Yun Zhixue asked, puzzled.
“Your friend does not seem to be a good person. I saw him after school yesterday.” Chu Chao paused, then sighed, as if Xu Chi had committed a grave error, and continued.
“I saw him kick someone on the backside, and that person flew two miles away. Then he punched another person in the stomach. After finishing, he lit a cigarette and drove off on a motorcycle with a roar, leaving behind several people lying on the ground in a mess. I do not know if those people lying on the ground were alive or dead.”
Chu Chao sighed, seemingly genuinely worried for those people.
Yun Zhixue’s face turned pale. He remembered his task was to act as a bully and to bully Xu Chi. Would Xu Chi kick him two miles away or punch him in the stomach?
If that happened, he would only be able to cry and wail in pain, unable to stop his tears.
Chu Chao’s eyes flickered. “Zhixue, I am not trying to drive a wedge between you two; I just feel you have the right to know what kind of person he is before deciding whether to be his friend.”
Yun Zhixue nodded frantically, his mind filled with the fact that he had promised to have lunch with Xu Chi at noon. Perhaps if he did one thing wrong or said one sentence that made Xu Chi unhappy, Xu Chi would fly into a rage and make him suffer the consequences.
Chu Chao knew that saying too much could lead to mistakes, so he said no more. However, his words were enough to make Yun Zhixue tremble with fear.
The System heard Chu Chao’s words and felt something was off. Although every word seemed to be for the host’s sake, every word was also speaking ill of Xu Chi. But regarding speaking ill of Xu Chi, its entire set of code agreed. How could a mere supporting male character dare to climb so high as to covet the host?
Yun Zhixue started to get scared again, but since he had already promised to eat with the other person, should he go back on his word? If he did, he would have to tell Xu Chi, and what if Xu Chi flew into a rage?
He thought back and forth but could not find a good solution, so he could only ask the System embarrassedly.
“System, is that temporary pain shielding still usable? I promised to have lunch with Xu Chi, and I am a bit scared.”
System: “What? I do not understand the host’s logic. Why would eating require pain shielding? What is the connection between the two? Does the host fear choking while eating?”
“Little Xue, I do not understand. Does eating have anything to do with pain shielding?”
Yun Zhixue felt he was being too cowardly, so he said embarrassedly, “Xu Chi seems to have a bad temper. I am afraid of pain. If I accidentally say the wrong thing, what should I do if he hits me?”
The System was almost amused by its own host. However, thinking back to when it first bound to the host, it had given the host the first task of bullying Xu Chi, and the host had been just like this—afraid of being hit and therefore hesitant to act.
“If you are scared, then just do not go. Being willful and reckless is what fits this persona. I will turn on the pain shielding for you.”
Just as the System finished speaking, a colder electronic sound rang out.
Ding!
Triggering random task:
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- Collect disgust values. Xu Chi: 15/100 Qi Qian: 0/100 Chu Chao: 20/100 Xu Lin: 0/100 Yun Zhiqiu: 0/100
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- Please remember you are a fickle little young master with a cross-dressing fetish. Please have three relationships that start but do not end, including but not limited to completing dates, kissing, cohabitation, and other things couples should do. You may choose from the following targets: Xu Chi, Qi Qian, Chu Chao, or Xu Lin.
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- Go abroad. Dating progress: 0/3 Couple events: 0 Reward: 1000 points
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Yun Zhixue’s attention was diverted by this sudden task. He studied what it meant carefully. The disgust value should mean making them dislike him.
Originally, he thought the person who disliked him the most should be Xu Chi, but his kind and friendly desk mate Chu Chao actually had a value of 20. The sky had fallen. Just now, Chu Chao had even warned him to be careful of Xu Chi, yet the person he should be most careful of was Chu Chao! He truly lived up to the name of a straight-A student, playing him in circles.
However, he could not blame Chu Chao, as he was the one who bullied him first. Yun Zhixue felt aggrieved; he did not want to be a bad guy either. Then he looked at tasks two and three, pondering what they meant. He understood task three—the ending was to go abroad. But task two, what did “start but not end” mean? Did it mean dumping the person halfway through? And he had to do it with three people!
Would that make him too promiscuous?
System 666 felt guilty. After all, this was its first time completing a task. Summarizing the host’s plot task points and arranging them was its job, but it was just following the novel’s plot, developing it as it went. The System felt guilty, feeling that the persona of being omnipotent and reliable in front of the host had collapsed. Fortunately, the host did not know this; he was silly and very cute.
Yun Zhixue was pondering the meaning of “start but not end,” but could not figure it out, so he asked the System directly. Because he had been forced by the System to be a “bad guy” and was being disliked by others, he unconsciously let out a huff, looking a bit angry and particularly delicate.
The System felt guilty and very attentive. “It just means Little Xue, you have a relationship with someone, then dump them when the two of you are at your sweetest and most affectionate. For Little Xue, it must be very simple!”
The System looked at the task and snapped its code! It suddenly realized: wouldn’t that mean the host must go to lunch with Xu Chi! And they must go buy dresses together. Wasn’t this a ready-made one-on-one date! After the date should be being together. It was simply easy as pie.
It told Yun Zhixue and swore that it would definitely keep the pain shielding on for him. Only then did Yun Zhixue set aside some of his worries. This way, when Xu Chi could not stand him and tried to teach him a lesson, he should not be able to feel the pain.
The whole morning passed by in a flash. The dismissal bell rang, and students swarmed out, using all their strength to grab food. Only a few people were slow, looking completely unhurried, including Yun Zhixue and Chu Chao.
Chu Chao slowly organized his desk. Yun Zhixue lay by the window, looking from the top down at the scene that looked like a marathon sprint, sighing at how hard everyone worked for a bite of food.
Before he could watch for long, his vision was blocked by someone covering his eyes. He blinked, his eyelashes fluttering.
When Xu Chi walked into Class 2, Grade 3, he saw Yun Zhixue lying on the windowsill, propping up his small head and looking down, as if something below was attracting him. The back of his neck, hidden behind black hair, occasionally revealed a flash of snowy white skin due to his movements. Looking closer, that fragile bone revealed by his lowered head was embedded small and delicate at the base of his neck.
His hand felt itchy. Unconsciously, he placed his thumb on the back of his neck. Because Yun Zhixue’s face was small, one hand could cover it, and there was still room to cover Yun Zhixue’s eyes.
Mmh, the skin is smooth.
Then he felt the itch of eyelashes gliding across his palm, and a tingling, numb sensation spread from the center of his palm. Xu Chi found it difficult to describe this feeling in words. If he had to describe it, with his limited brain, he could only think of one sentence: It feels pretty great. Thinking about it, he inexplicably felt that he might be a little perverted.
Yun Zhixue was actually a bit unhappy about having his eyes blocked like this, but then he thought of Xu Chi’s track record and was a bit scared. He dared not say anything, but inevitably, some little expressions showed on his face. His large cat-like eyes widened, his mouth pouted downward, and his eyebrows wrinkled slightly. Then his cheeks were pinched by Xu Chi. The strength was not great, just enough to pinch him into a duck-mouth.
With his pink, moist lips pouted, Yun Zhixue widened his eyes and, using a breathy voice, threw a small tantrum.
“Why are you doing that? Hate you.”
Xu Chi raised an eyebrow, shifting the blame. “Why are you pouting? Asking for a kiss? Oh, you like me.”
Chu Chao watched from the side and frowned, saying, “Can’t you see he is uncomfortable?” He used a bit of skill to rescue Yun Zhixue.
Ding!
Chu Chao disgust value +10. Xu Chi disgust value +5. Chu Chao: 30/100 Xu Chi: 20/100
Originally, Yun Zhixue was looking at Chu Chao gratefully, but as soon as he heard this prompt, he immediately widened his eyes. Too much! He had done nothing and hadn’t even started being bad yet, and they were increasing his disgust value. They were the bad guys!
He rubbed his cheeks and secretly glared at Xu Chi. As soon as he saw those fierce eyes and eyebrows, he immediately hid behind Chu Chao, trying to hide from the reality. After all, Xu Chi really would hit people. He hadn’t been the one glaring just now, so he couldn’t be blamed.
Xu Chi didn’t want to let go but was afraid of hurting Yun Zhixue, so he had to let go. He looked at the two imprints left on the white, delicate face, which looked like kitten whiskers. He cursed inwardly; he hadn’t used any force, so why did two imprints remain?
He looked at the bespectacled guy again and again and felt he was an eyesore, especially with Yun Zhixue subconsciously hiding behind this person, making it look like the two of them were accomplices. He frowned. Xu Chi was already roguish by nature, coupled with a hooligan-like temperament that made people want to avoid him for fear of being kicked for no reason. When he was angry and emotional, he looked as fierce as a Rakshasa.
Xu Chi just glanced at Chu Chao with disdain, not taking him seriously at all. He gently grabbed Yun Zhixue’s hand. Mmh, soft and tender, like a piece of fresh tofu. Then, with a fake smile, he said, “Thank you, classmate, for your concern. I will definitely be careful next time.”
Chu Chao did not answer, but instead touched Yun Zhixue’s head, his voice gentle, and said with implication: “Zhixue, you are too kind. I am truly afraid that you will be hurt. If you need anything, you can find me anytime.”
Yun Zhixue was moved, silently condemning himself in his heart. He was not kind at all; he was so bad, especially since he treated Chu Chao this way, yet Chu Chao was still willing to help him. Chu Chao was truly a good person.
Then he was held in the crook of Xu Chi’s arm, annoyed. Yun Zhixue’s feet left the ground, and he was easily carried away. His feet, wearing small leather shoes, swayed twice. He was carried downstairs just as easily as if carrying a kitten.
Yun Zhixue was even more scared. What great strength; it must hurt a lot to be hit. Yun Zhixue didn’t dare to speak, fearing he would make Xu Chi unhappy. He raised his head, his eyelashes opening and closing, secretly observing Xu Chi. As soon as he noticed Xu Chi was about to say something, he immediately seized the initiative to shift the blame.
“You are hurting me so much. My waist must be red from you pinching it.”
He even repeated it in a low voice to increase the credibility.
“It hurts so much. It must be red. It is all your fault.”