My Brother's Arranged Marriage Partner Is My Boyfriend - Chapter 7

Tell him I’ll go.”

Bai Nanxing turned around, his expression returning to normal, yet his gaze had become exceptionally cold. Perhaps it was because Bai Yi’s name had been mentioned again, but Yan Mo felt that the current Bai Nanxing gave off a “murderous” aura.

In fact, this was not just Yan Mo’s imagination.

Bai Nanxing truly felt that way. Setting aside so-called ethics and morality, he and Bai Yi were not like father and son; they were more like enemies.

The kind that could not coexist under the same sky.

There was no father in the world like Bai Yi, who would treat his own biological child like a commodity to be sold off directly.

Since Bai Yi was being heartless, he couldn’t blame Bai Nanxing for being unjust.

Seeing him turn around, Bai Ruoning followed closely. Feeling that his previous words weren’t harsh enough, Bai Ruoning added, “Let me tell you a secret. Do you know why the Mo family insists on having you? Because that was the suggestion I gave to Father. The internal power dynamics of the Mo family are intricate and complex. As long as the head of the Mo family, Mo Yuncheng, hasn’t closed his eyes for the last time, anything could change.”

“The current heir to the Mo family is Mo Yichen, but that is only a temporary internal designation. To secure his position as the heir, he needs a helper, but he cannot enter into a marriage alliance with a woman. Once a woman has a child, it becomes a stumbling block on Mo Yichen’s path to success, making it easy for others to seize leverage. But marrying a man is different; he can keep the other person like a little lover. If they don’t behave, he can just kick them away without any worries.”

“So, I suggested to Father that the Bai family doesn’t support idle people. You’ve been eating and drinking for free in the Bai family for so many years; it’s time you made a contribution. You should thank me for letting a wild sparrow turn into a phoenix—though, you have to have the fate of a phoenix to pull it off.”

Bai Nanxing should have realized this long ago. With Bai Yi’s intelligence, he never would have thought of this layer of strategy.

Otherwise, after managing the Bai family for so many years, they wouldn’t still be in such an awkward, middling position.

Any family with a bit of influence could step all over them, and Bai Yi wouldn’t dare utter a word.

In this regard, Bai Ruoning was much stronger than Bai Yi.

His schemes were also much deeper.

When they were young, Bai Ruoning treated him passably—he didn’t like him, but he didn’t hate him either. But as they grew older, Bai Ruoning’s true intentions were exposed.

He would put on a facade and say nice things to his face, only to turn around and speak ill of him behind his back. He would “kindly” share things he liked with him, then immediately run to Bai Yi and falsely accuse him of stealing them.

Bai Nanxing couldn’t remember exactly when he saw through Bai Ruoning’s tedious scheming; he only remembered that from that moment on, he and Bai Ruoning had completely fallen out.

And Bai Ruoning’s targeting of him shifted from hidden maneuvers to direct, overt hostility.

“Yan Mo, let’s go.”

Bai Nanxing didn’t want to get further entangled with Bai Ruoning. it was meaningless and boring. His mind wasn’t focused on fighting Bai Ruoning within the Bai family; he had more important things to do.

Previously, because Bai Ruoning hadn’t made things explicit, he might have continued to endure for the sake of his birth circumstances. But now that Bai Ruoning had confessed unprovoked, there was no longer any need for him to yield at every turn.

“Nanxing, is everything he just said true?” Yan Mo said apologetically. “I thought you were really joking with me back then, so…”

“It’s not your problem, don’t worry about it.”

“But, but…”

“Aren’t you hungry?”

“Of course I am! My stomach has been growling since just now. It’s all because of that unlucky jerk!”

Hearing him curse so satisfyingly, Bai Nanxing’s mood brightened quite a bit. “Next time you speak to him, be careful. He really will strike. If your face gets scarred, there was a fifty percent chance you wouldn’t find a ‘Top’ before; if you’re disfigured, it’ll be a hundred percent.”

Yan Mo hurriedly reached up to touch his face, confirming everything was fine before letting go. He was both angry and annoyed. “If you hadn’t been so quick-eyed and fast-handed just now, I really would have been disfigured by that unlucky jerk. Who knew he couldn’t handle a loss? He couldn’t win the argument so he wanted to get physical. If I run into him next time, I’m definitely going to teach him how to be a decent person!”

On the way to the noodle shop, Yan Mo kept cursing, insulting eighteen generations of Bai Ruoning’s ancestors excluding Bai Nanxing. Feeling it wasn’t enough to vent his anger, he began to snidely talk about Bai Ruoning’s scandals at school.

Even Bai Nanxing didn’t know about this; Yan Mo had stumbled upon it by accident. Bai Ruoning was also gay, and he played around quite a bit, often taking different men to hotels. In the adult world, it was just those kinds of things, so Yan Mo understood what was going on at first glance.

Except Bai Ruoning played too hard and was “stepping on several boats” at once. As a result of poor time management, all the boats capsized. Several large men stood together in a “shura field” messy confrontation that scene was simply incredible.

“How did you know?”

Yan Mo laughed. “Oh, if you don’t want people to know, don’t do it. He always acts like you’re working part-time at a hotel and have already been ‘done’ by someone, but actually, he’s the one being ‘done,’ and he’s shameless enough to spread rumors about others. If I had known, I should have taken a photo so he could experience what it feels like to be loathed! If he dares to trouble you again, I’ll leak this news. Everyone can lose face together—let’s see who loses more!”

In truth, liking men wasn’t particularly rare in today’s society, especially since same-sex marriage laws had been enacted. Naturally, the LGBTQ+ community wasn’t criticized as they once were.

However, the public only accepted it slightly. Most of the time, they still looked on with strange eyes. After all, such relationships didn’t follow the natural laws of reproduction and couldn’t “spread the leaves and branches” like heterosexual couples—and that was considered the original sin.

So, not only was Bai Ruoning gay, but he was a gay man playing with multiple people. If this were leaked, people who already had a hard time accepting the community would hate them even more, and it would likely explode at school.

Bai Nanxing knew Bai Ruoning was like a piece of sticky candy—once you were stuck, it was hard to break free. He didn’t want Yan Mo to be targeted. “Just give him a lesson. It’s not worth dragging your own reputation into it.”

Yan Mo felt Bai Nanxing had a point. “True. As expected, it’s better to use hands than words.”

As they were talking, a familiar figure suddenly sat down in front of them.

Noodle shops often involve table-sharing; usually, it’s four or six people to a table. Bai Nanxing and Yan Mo were only two, so there were two empty seats next to them.

Mo Leyang took the opportunity to sit down.

“Little Junior, what a coincidence.”

He propped up his chin, squinted his eyes, and smiled at Bai Nanxing.

Bai Nanxing instinctively wanted to sit further away, but there were no other seats in the noodle shop. He could only greet him reluctantly, “Senior… what a coincidence.”

Yan Mo was completely starstruck. No matter how you looked at him, Mo Leyang was exactly his type. He had the looks; he had the body—he was simply the “heavenly choice” of No. 1 Middle School!

“Senior, are you here to eat noodles too?”

Mo Leyang replied, “A classmate recommended that the boss here makes the best noodles, so I came to try them.”

Although he was talking to Yan Mo, Bai Nanxing could clearly feel Mo Leyang’s gaze circling him, in a very blatant manner.

Fortunately, Yan Mo’s attention wasn’t on that, so he didn’t notice the abnormality in Mo Leyang’s gaze.

But before Bai Nanxing could breathe a sigh of relief, Mo Leyang started acting up again.

Under the table where no one could see, Mo Leyang used his foot to hook him. Feeling that wasn’t enough, he even started using his hands.

Bai Nanxing turned to glare at him, but because Yan Mo was right there, he could only suppress his emotions. He shifted to the side, widening the distance between them.

Yan Mo, being a true visual-driven person, wasn’t hindered at all in his pursuit of admiring the man. He was chatting away happily and with great energy.

“Senior, I know which beef noodles in this shop taste the best. Next time it’s my treat—how about I invite you to come along?”

“Oh?” Mo Leyang said thoughtfully, his eyes darting toward Bai Nanxing from time to time. “Next time… it’s not impossible. But I’d rather taste them now. How about this—no time like the present. Little Junior, why don’t you treat me?”

Bai Nanxing turned his head sharply. For a moment, he didn’t know whether to complain about how utterly shameless this person was, or how he was doing it on purpose.

But Bai Nanxing guessed it was one hundred percent intentional.

Yan Mo spoke first: “Senior is right! Who knows when another chance like this will come? Today is my treat. Senior, what do you want to eat? I’ll go order for you right now!”

Bai Nanxing really wanted to go up and slap Yan Mo awake from his “worthless” state. Some people just have a good shell but are actually wolves’ underneath who eat people without spitting out the bones. If this continued, Yan Mo would be beyond saving.

However, just as he was about to speak, Mo Leyang cut him off. “Alright, then I’ll thank this junior. I just got here today and don’t know what tastes well. I’ll have to trouble this junior to pick for me.”

Yan Mo stood up without a second thought.

He was determined to never return from his path of being a visual-chaser.

After Yan Mo walked away, Bai Nanxing finally had a chance to speak.

“You’re doing it on purpose.”

Mo Leyang admitted it very frankly. “That’s right, I am. So, what are you going to do about it, Little Junior?”

Bai Nanxing had no way; he was helpless against Mo Leyang. “Why?”

Mo Leyang played dumb. “Why what?”

“At the gymnasium, you did that on purpose too. Why?”

“Just like you saw, I did it on purpose. There is no ‘why’.”

“Nobody is so bored they’d do that for no reason!”

“But what if I just happen to be that bored?”

Bai Nanxing felt this person was simply unreasonable. He wanted to lose his temper but couldn’t. He could only grit his teeth and slurp his noodles.

Seeing him stop talking, Mo Leyang found it boring and stretched his foot out again to intentionally hook him.

Bai Nanxing could only move his feet to the side. Just as he was about to look up and scold Mo Leyang, Yan Mo returned after placing the order.

“The boss said it’ll be ready soon. Senior, would you like something to drink first?”

Mo Leyang hadn’t come here to eat noodles in the first place. He had seen Bai Nanxing and Yan Mo coming here to eat and had followed them in. “No need, I’ll just wait. It just so happens I want to chat with my juniors.”