I Didn’t Want to Fall, but My Arch-Nemesis Is Just Too Handsome - Chapter 12

Director Zhao was mingling in the live stream, enjoying the soaring viewership and replying to netizens’ comments.

The comment section was filled with: “Director Zhao, stop chatting! Your NPC has been snatched away.”

Director Zhao tapped a few keys without concern: “Calm down! There are thousands of NPCs; if one gets snatched, there are plenty more.”

His gaze drifted to the screen inadvertently. When he saw the NPC Jiang Xu was dragging along, Director Zhao jumped up from his equipment with a shout: “No! This one is absolutely out of the question!”

The audience in the live stream could not hear the director’s anxious howl and were still discussing the NPC beside Jiang Xu.

[I cannot see his face, but I just feel like he is so handsome. Is this really just an ordinary NPC?]

[Am I seeing things? I think I just saw my idol.]

[I look at my idol’s photos eight hundred times a day. I absolutely cannot be wrong; this is definitely him.]

[Jiang Xu found Film Emperor Xu as his Alpha male guest? What kind of twisted fate is this!]

[I will ship this pair first as a sign of respect.]

[Those saying it looks like Xu Zhiyan must be Jiang Xu’s fans! They say they fight their arch-rival to the death, but they are secretly leeching off his popularity. Ugh! Disgusting!]

[Those who leech off popularity, get lost! Bah!]

Amid the noise in the comment section, Cui Qinglan finally found the Alpha male guest paired with him.

Ni Wentian, an actor, twenty-eight years old.

The screen displayed his personal works. He was a professional supporting actor in the entertainment industry and had appeared in many well-known film and television dramas.

Cui Qinglan and Ni Wentian arrived at the hotel lobby and saw the man beside Jiang Xu. He was wearing a mask, his entire body wrapped in black, like a god walking out of the dark night.

Cui Qinglan made a sound of surprise: “Is this not an NPC?”

Jiang Xu: “The one I found is an NPC.”

Luo Yuan asked blankly: “Did the director not ask us to find an Alpha male guest?”

Jiang Xu looked at the man beside him: “Are you an Alpha?”

“Yes.”

Jiang Xu curled his lips: “Does this not fit perfectly?”

Luo Yuan scratched his cheek, always feeling that something was not quite right.

Director Zhao was searching for Jiang Xu in the building, planning to intercept him in advance and snatch back his own NPC. The deputy director’s voice came through the earpiece, saying that Jiang Xu was already in the hotel lobby.

Director Zhao changed direction and rushed downstairs, shouting breathlessly: “Teacher Jiang, you can choose anyone, but you cannot choose him.”

Jiang Xu was rebellious: “I am choosing him!”

He tilted his head and looked at the man beside him: “I choose you, do you agree?”

The man wore a thick metal mask, so his expression could not be seen, but Jiang Xu felt like he had smiled. Why did it feel so strange?

“I agree.”

Jiang Xu’s hesitation dissipated in the man’s firm answer. He raised his eyebrows at Director Zhao: “Look! Director, you heard it too; he said he agrees.”

Director Zhao was stunned, and the look of surprise instantly turned into ecstasy: “Then it is happily decided.”

Jiang Xu stared at Director Zhao. He always felt his expression was very strange. He had refused adamantly a moment ago, so why did he suddenly become so straightforward?

Director Zhao was visibly becoming happy. He picked up his megaphone and shouted with great vigor: “The three Omega guests have chosen their partners. Please show your cards; the same cards mean a successful pairing.”

Luo Yuan and Ling Jiuxiao displayed their cards, both of which were flickering red candles. Pairing successful.

Cui Qinglan and Ni Wentian’s cards were talismans. Pairing successful.

Jiang Xu displayed his card and looked at the man beside him: “Do you have a card?”

The man opened his palm; it was empty.

Jiang Xu: “That is a disaster!”

[Aha! Jiang Xu has crashed, has he not?]

[Can you have some professional ethics? How can you just grab an NPC to be your partner?]

[Let us just say, is it possible that this man is Jiang Xu’s spouse?]

[I just want to know how this will end now.]

Director Zhao cast a look, and a staff member immediately pulled out a spare card, walked over, and placed it in the man’s palm.

?!!!

Could Director Zhao’s favoritism be any more obvious?

It was clearly possible.

Director Zhao said with a smile: “The cards are the same; the pairing is successful.”

The oddity in Jiang Xu’s heart became clearer and clearer. Why was Director Zhao’s attitude toward the NPC so good? Could it be that this was not an ordinary NPC?

Jiang Xu’s gaze fell involuntarily on the man beside him. He tilted his head slightly, measuring the man’s height and figure with his eyes. The man in front of him gradually overlapped with that figure in his mind.

Jiang Xu’s heart jumped violently. He reached out subconsciously and lifted the man’s mask. The mask was only lifted a crack before Jiang Xu quickly covered it again.

His gaze trembled, and his lips also trembled: “Director Zhao, can I apply for a partner change?”

Director Zhao answered straightforwardly and crisply: “No!”

Ni Wentian had joined the dating show specifically for Jiang Xu. He had originally thought he could pair with him, but he had not expected Jiang Xu to choose an NPC. Seeing Jiang Xu back out now, Ni Wentian felt his opportunity had arrived: “Director Zhao, can you give Jiang Xu another chance to choose? After all, pairing up is very important, and one should choose someone suitable. Choosing a partner based solely on cards feels a bit rash.”

“You do not think that a successful card match counts as a successful hand-holding, do you? In the end, it is a two-way choice.”

Director Zhao’s meaning was clear: you think the partner is not suitable, but perhaps the partner feels the same way. It was just that the other person had better manners than you and was leaving you some face by not saying it in public.

Ni Wentian was left unable to step down and stayed silent, swallowing his words.

[Look! Jiang Xu is sneaking to the side. Why does he look like he is about to run away?]

[Ever since he lifted the NPC’s mask, his attitude has done a 180-degree turn.]

[Could it be that the NPC is too ugly?]

The audience in the live stream discovered Jiang Xu’s anomaly. He was avoiding the man beside him.

A black-gloved finger reached over and gripped Jiang Xu’s wrist. The distance that had quickly widened was suddenly shortened by the man’s deliberate tug. Jiang Xu had just moved away when he was pulled back. He tried secretly to break free from the man’s imprisonment.

The man suddenly leaned over, tilting his head to look at him: “Is Xu Xu going to abandon me?”

The cold, gentle voice came through the microphone, clear and pure as if it could wash away all dust, flowing softly into everyone’s hearts. There was an element of bewilderment in his magnetism, making him sexy and charming.

Screams erupted in the comments.

[Help! I am experiencing pregnancy symptoms!]

[Damn kidnapper, I can hear this is my husband’s voice. It is a pity that my husband and I have been separated since birth. If you let me reunite with my husband, I would be willing to live in a mansion and drive a luxury car.]

[Ah! My idol! This is my idol’s voice.]

[If this is not Xu Zhiyan, I will live-stream eating poop.]

[Jiang Xu lifted the mask and saw the arch-rival’s face. This kind of fear needs a lifetime to heal.]

Jiang Xu was lost in the sexy voice for a moment. He covered his ears, his emotions spiraling out of control: “You are not allowed to talk to me like that!”

The man sighed gloomily. The melancholy in his voice bewitched the heart, and people inside and outside the screen were saddened along with him.

[How pitiful! Xu Xu, do not scold him.]

[Hurry and coax him! I feel like he is about to cry.]

[Jiang Xu is truly heartless, like a scumbag who slept with someone and does not want to take responsibility.]

[You were not like this when you held his hand. You are just refusing to acknowledge the account after pulling up your pants.]

“Xu Xu, are you really unwilling to choose me?”

Without the interference of pheromones, Jiang Xu was still dizzy from this voice: “Choose you! I choose you, is that not enough?”

“Xu Xu is so good to me!”

The clear, moist voice was bewitching.

There was a gasp in the comments: [Alert! A male Daji has come out to wreck the street.]