Over The Top! He Keeps Making the Gold-Digging Alpha Cry - Chapter 41

Xu Wanxing desperately tried to hypnotize himself, his eyes darting toward Lu Yanbai beside him.

What should I do? Even Lu Yanbai saw Shen Yuxuan’s public confession scene. Look, Lu Yanbai’s face is awful right now. He must be very upset.

Xu Wanxing had successfully turned himself into a stumbling block for the main Alpha and Omega protagonists.

Xu Wanxing: It’s over! Stumbling blocks usually don’t come to a good end. I only wanted to be a minor cannon fodder character and retire peacefully after the plot ended!

Lu Yanbai looked at Shen Yuxuan not far away, his expression grim. He had recognized him: his most loathed business rival.

Shen Yuxuan, who was terminally ill with ‘Straight Alpha Cancer.’

Why is he acting like an idiot, making a confession out of thin air here?

If Lu Yanbai hadn’t been watching Shen Yuxuan and noticed he was completely alone, he really would have been fooled.

Shen Yuxuan: It’s painful enough that Wanwan didn’t show up; now I’m being called an idiot…

Xu Wanxing watched Lu Yanbai nervously, his heart pounding. Lu Yanbai noticed this, reached out, grabbed Xu Wanxing’s hand, and smiled reassuringly at him.

Xu Wanxing: He even smiled at me! Is this not a smiling tiger? He’s smiling at me now, then planning to kill me later, right?

Xu Wanxing grew even more anxious, shivering as he leaned closer to Lu Yanbai.

Xu Wanxing felt his phone vibrating. He looked down. The dazzling light cut through the darkness, making Xu Wanxing’s face pale.

It was actually Shen Yuxuan! He sent him a video and then called him on voice chat?!!

Lu Yanbai was curious. “Baby, who is it?”

He leaned in and read out the name on the screen. “‘The Main Alpha Protagonist Who Loves to Explode Gold Coins’?”

Xu Wanxing immediately pressed the screen off and smiled sheepishly at Lu Yanbai. “Hubby, let me explain.”

Lu Yanbai nodded. “Go ahead and explain.”

Xu Wanxing: Why does this plot feel wrong? Why do I look like a cheating scumbag caught by his spouse?

Forget it, I’ll just brazenly lie.

“This is actually an upperclassman of mine. He has a special hobby: he likes giving others ‘gold coins’ [sending money],” Xu Wanxing said.

Lu Yanbai asked, “Then what does ‘Main Alpha Protagonist’ mean?”

Xu Wanxing racked his brains. “‘Main Alpha Protagonist,’ ah, ‘Main Alpha Protagonist’ is… it’s a dialect from my hometown. It means he’s a person who likes to ‘attack’ others, like a protagonist.”

System: [Starting to admire Host’s ability to make stuff up. 6.]

It was almost scared to death just now, thinking it had been exposed.

Lu Yanbai nodded. Xu Wanxing didn’t know if he believed him or not, and he felt a little apprehensive.

Lu Yanbai said, “Why is he calling you on voice chat so late at night?”

This was the point Lu Yanbai was most concerned about. This so-called ‘Main Alpha Protagonist’ clearly had ill intentions towards his baby.

Calling him so late—why couldn’t he just text? Lu Yanbai knew exactly what he was up to.

Looking at the nervous and seemingly naive little lamb—Xu Wanxing—Lu Yanbai sighed. He couldn’t push him too hard. Xu Wanxing was still young, and it was normal for him to enjoy playing around.

“He’s probably asking to borrow money. I just said he loves ‘giving out gold coins,’ but he doesn’t have much money himself. He really likes to ask others for loans. If someone doesn’t reply, he resorts to voice or video calls.”

I’m seriously good at making things up. Xu Wanxing wanted to give himself a thumbs-up.

Lu Yanbai frowned. “How can there be such a person? Borrowing money to ‘give out gold coins’? Delete him. An upperclassman like that is useless anyway.”

Xu Wanxing nodded. “I want to delete him, but he knows my Calculus teacher. I’m afraid if I delete him, he’ll badmouth me to the teacher and cause me to fail my finals. Hubby, let’s just tolerate him for now.”

Lu Yanbai’s expression worsened. “What’s his name? I’ll talk to your school leaders.”

Xu Wanxing’s face changed drastically. He absolutely couldn’t reveal that. If he did, everything would blow up.

He was spreading rumors that Shen Yuxuan was poor here. If he mentioned Shen Yuxuan’s name, Lu Yanbai would know he was lying.

Xu Wanxing quickly shook his head, hugging Lu Yanbai’s arm, his voice sweet and soft. “It’s fine, Hubby. You’re already so busy usually. I don’t want to bother you with such trivial matters.”

“Besides, the upperclassman probably doesn’t have bad intentions. Hubby, it’s okay. You don’t have to worry about this. I’ll handle it.”

Only after seeing Lu Yanbai nod did Xu Wanxing let out a sigh of relief.

It wasn’t easy being cannon fodder these days. He still had to coax Lu Yanbai into marrying him.

The road ahead was long and arduous.

System: [Host, keep up the good work! Thumbs up! You’re already excellent and miles ahead.]

Xu Wanxing: Of course I know I’m excellent. Useless system, weird protagonists, and a broken me.

Sigh.

Back at school, Xu Wanxing finally dared to open his phone to watch the video Shen Yuxuan had sent him. The video was of the drone performance he had seen earlier by the Qing River.

As for the gigantic heart and the huge bouquet of roses Shen Yuxuan had painstakingly arranged, Xu Wanxing didn’t see them.

Even the final words, “Wanwan, I love you,” from the drone display were missing from the video Shen Yuxuan recorded. They must have been edited out.

For a moment, Xu Wanxing couldn’t figure out what Shen Yuxuan was thinking.

He replied to Shen Yuxuan, keeping to his character persona.

“Wanwan: Wow, what a beautiful drone show, Brother! Where was that? I was so sleepy from studying that I accidentally fell asleep and didn’t reply to your message in time. I’m so sorry.”

On the other end, Shen Yuxuan leaned dejectedly against the river railing, his feet next to the slightly wilting roses.

He had recorded the entire drone performance but, after thinking about it, still removed the final explicit message.

He felt that a confession made online wasn’t as formal, or as genuine. So, he made a video call to see what Wanwan was doing, but Wanwan didn’t even answer that.

His heart was completely broken.

Shattered into pieces—the kind that couldn’t be put back together.

Seeing the message from Wanwan, his disheartened heart began to pound again, as if injected with a stimulant.

Seeing Wanwan’s half-hearted words, Shen Yuxuan raised his phone, smiled, and looked at the rippling water surface in front of him before sending a voice message.

“It was the Qing River. I mentioned it to you before, Baby. You must be tired from studying all day. Go to sleep now.”

Putting down his phone, Shen Yuxuan felt inexplicably that he was running away.

He wasn’t usually like this. When faced with setbacks, he always met them head-on, but this time, he felt helpless despite his willingness.

It was like a giant dragon guarding its treasure, being extremely cautious, even sleeping next to its darling at night.

Xu Wanxing was relieved by Shen Yuxuan’s message. The main male protagonist is still normal; he’s telling me to go to sleep.

In the duplex villa.

Lu Yanbai looked at the pair of fluffy, snowy white fox ears in his hand, giving them a squeeze.

Soft.

They were just like the feeling Xu Wanxing gave him.

Xu Wanxing always said these ears suited him, but Lu Yanbai thought that a cute and beautiful little Alpha like Xu Wanxing was the one most suited to wear these fox ears.

Wicked and playful, yet very beautiful.

Pure and alluring, seducing people unknowingly.

He wouldn’t stop until he completely hooked a person’s heart.