The Male Leads Who Are Becoming Stranger and Stranger [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 14

Chapter 14

Jian Yan stepped into the villa and saw this exact scene.

A white shirt and a pair of black jeans outlined a slender and graceful figure. Inky hair reaching the waist was tied high behind the head, revealing an exquisite profile. The eyelashes were long, like small fans, slightly lowered.

The person was standing sideways to him by the window. Light shone in from outside, as if draping him in a layer of luminescence; the entire scene was quiet and beautiful, like a scroll painting.

As if noticing the movement from his direction, She Yi turned his head slightly, and his eyes brightened instantly.

“Xiao Yan!”

A smile blossomed on his lips, brilliantly radiant beyond measure.

His gaze darkened slightly. Jian Yan walked over, his eyes sweeping across the dining table nearby. Lunch was already set out a very ordinary meal of two meat dishes, one vegetable, and a soup but there wasn’t a single trace of it having been touched.

“Why haven’t you eaten?”

Jian Yan asked, despite already knowing the answer.

“I was waiting for Xiao Yan so we could eat together.”

Receiving the expected answer, Jian Yan couldn’t help but curl the corners of his lips.

“In the future, you don’t need to wait for me specially. If you’re hungry, it’s fine to eat first.”

“No!”

The forceful reply seemed to startle even himself. She Yi’s cheeks flushed a faint red, and he said somewhat bashfully:

“…Ah, no, I mean… um, I want to eat with Xiao Yan…”

His eyes softened a few degrees more. Jian Yan walked over and rubbed the other’s head. Just as She Yi was about to indignantly protect his neat hair from the “poisonous hand,” Jian Yan’s fingers skillfully shifted direction and suddenly grasped the hand the other had reached up.

“Let’s go eat.”

He forcefully held the other’s hand as they walked toward the dining table together, while waving a hand at the two servants standing nearby. The servants bowed and naturally retreated.

“Come, eat more of this, it’s nutritious.”

Looking at the shredded meat Jian Yan placed in his bowl, She Yi cooperatively ate it. In fact, such intimate gestures occurred quite frequently.

“That… Xiao Yan…”

Halfway through the meal, She Yi suddenly spoke, his expression appearing somewhat hesitant.

“Hmm? What is it?”

Jian Yan looked at him with a smile, warmth flowing unconsciously in his eyes—reserved only for this person.

She Yi seemed to hesitate for a moment but finally spoke: “Have you encountered some difficulties lately? I see you leaving early and returning late, looking very busy…”

“Why do you ask?”

“If there really is something, I also want to be able to help Xiao Yan in some way.”

Putting down his chopsticks, She Yi gazed at him worriedly. That pure gaze of only wanting to help the other person made Jian Yan’s heart stir slightly. Silently picking up a napkin to wipe his lips, Jian Yan met that anxious look and smiled slightly.

“Don’t worry. It’s just some small fry; I’ll handle it very soon.”

In the end, he still did not let him interfere in those matters. As for the reason, perhaps only he himself knew.

“Oh…”

She Yi lowered his head somewhat listlessly, though he thought to himself: Even if you don’t tell me, I have ways of finding out.

“Alright, let’s eat. You know I don’t want you to get hurt. So, don’t make me worry about you, okay? Leave those outside matters to me to handle.”

Being gazed at by such an affectionate look, She Yi uncomfortably looked away, yet his cheeks quietly reddened.

Jian Yan, who was constantly monitoring the changes in his expression, saw this scene and couldn’t help but darken his gaze. He told himself over and over in his heart that this person belonged only to him, and no one could take him away.

Beast-like eyes opened in the darkness, staring fixedly at that little lamb who had no sense of crisis at all; once fixed, he could never let go.

After finishing lunch, Jian Yan left hurriedly, just as he had when he arrived.

“He really seems very busy…”

Looking at his retreating back, She Yi murmured while standing at the door. Then, as if having resolved something, he clenched his fists to cheer himself up.

“Even though Xiao Yan said he didn’t want me involved, it shouldn’t matter if I help out quietly, right? As long as I don’t let Xiao Yan find out.”

Suddenly, he turned around and smiled at a small maid nearby who was only seventeen or eighteen. That overly gorgeous handsome face made the little maid instantly flustered, and the sudden blossoming of that bright smile made her face turn beet-red with a “whoosh.”

“Se-Second Young Master…”

Even though she saw him every day, the Second Young Master was truly unfairly handsome!

“Xiao Xia, you’ll keep my secret, won’t you?”

Placing a fair, slender finger against his lips, She Yi flicked his long, alluring eyes.

The little maid took a critical hit; her HP instantly dropped to zero.

“Yes, Second Young Master! I didn’t hear anything just now!”

She Yi rubbed the little maid’s head and turned back into the house. Those eyes that were clear and bright a moment ago sank into silence in an instant, leaving only a bottomless pitch black.

The seed has been sown.

…

The protagonist wanted to annex the other two factions to expand his power, but with his current capabilities, it was still somewhat difficult. Therefore, he had hooked up with the Zhang family’s eldest daughter, Zhang Rourou, intending to use the Zhang family’s strength.

This was exactly why Jian Yan had looked so busy lately.

She Yi thought of the words Bai Mu had said at the banquet that night—

“I know you want to help Jian Yan… take S City, right?”

“If you’re the one asking, I can help…”

“I’ll be waiting for your good news—”

His brow furrowed slightly as if a flash of anger passed through, but then the joy of being able to help Xiao Yan took the upper hand, diluting that anger.

Today, taking advantage of Jian Yan leaving the villa, She Yi also quietly went out without alerting anyone.

…

Stopping for less than a second before an ancient and luxurious mansion, She Yi bypassed it and walked toward the back door. He was on a secret mission now, so he naturally couldn’t come openly.

Even at the back door, as the residence of one of the leaders of the six major powers in S City, the defense was naturally tight especially during this special time of superficial peace and turbulent undercurrents.

“I want to see Bai Mu.”

She Yi, who had disguised himself well before leaving, spoke his purpose loudly just before he was about to be seized as a suspicious person by the two bodyguards in black.

Though still somewhat suspicious, the bodyguards finally let go of She Yi’s hands, though they continued to watch him warily.

As if somewhat annoyed by his own lapse, She Yi removed the scarf wrapped around his face, revealing an arrestingly gorgeous handsome face. Both bodyguards were inevitably stunned for a moment.

“I am She Yi. Tell Bai Mu my name, and he will know.”

The two bodyguards exchanged glances; one nodded and turned to walk inside, presumably to report to Bai Mu. The other kept a close eye on She Yi, his vigilance not dissipating because of a single sentence.

She Yi did not make things difficult for him; he was very understanding and respectful of their professional behavior in protecting their master. Even his brow, which had furrowed slightly because he had to see Bai Mu, smoothed out, his eyes flickering with small, broken stars of joy.

The original soul was a kind child.

Yes, a kind white lotus.

It was just that his slightly improved mood darkened again upon seeing a certain someone, though none of this was shown; he still remembered he had come because he needed a favor from the other.

“Bai Mu.”

She Yi nodded somewhat stiffly toward the gentle young man walking over.

Compared to his cold attitude, Bai Mu was much more enthusiastic.

“So it’s Xiao Yi. Why didn’t you come directly inside to find me?”

His arm naturally draped over She Yi’s shoulder. Feeling the body beneath his palm stiffen slightly, Bai Mu smiled even more tenderly. He leaned a little closer to the other, his low, silk-like elegant voice carrying an ambiguous undertone.

“I have been waiting for you, all this time, Xiao Yi…”

Suddenly, She Yi shoved him. Caught off guard, Bai Mu was pushed back two steps, but he laughed entirely without minding.

“Let’s go. Didn’t Xiao Yi come to find me? Why don’t we find a place to sit down and have a good talk?”

Glaring at him, She Yi walked straight past him into the house. Regardless, he was the one asking for a favor first.

Bai Mu turned his head to look at his slender retreating back, then waved his hand at the two bodyguards.

“You two continue guarding here.”

Then, his gaze swept across the corner of a building outside, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly.

Just now, a piece of clothing had flashed there

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