The Scummy Top Desperately Tries to Win Back His Ex After the Breakup - Chapter 17

To be fair, as a benefactor, Pei Youting was considered quite excellent. He was generous and granted almost every request. However, humans are naturally greedy; once they occupy a moment of his time, they begin to dream of staying by his side forever.

The reason a benefactor spends manpower and financial resources to keep a lover is self-evident.

Yet, Pei Youting never touched him. Su Leyan had put effort into changing this; he dressed himself up meticulously, pushed aside his work, and arrived at the villa early to prepare a full table of food for Pei Youting.

But when Pei Youting returned, he only took one look before his brows furrowed. He looked at Su Leyan with displeasure. “You do not need to do these useless things.”

Su Leyan froze on the spot. “What?”

“I told you not to do these things. Do you not understand me?”

Pei Youting’s already limited patience was further exhausted. “I remember telling you, right? Do not take the initiative to come to me without a message from me. Did I give you the villa keys just so you could do this?”

Su Leyan’s face turned deathly pale, and he apologized repeatedly. “Mr. Pei, I am sorry. I,” he began.

Pei Youting was already in a bad mood today. Seeing Su Leyan acting clever only made him more irritable. He immediately reached out his hand toward Su Leyan. “The keys.”

Su Leyan could only hand over the keys with a trembling hand. Pei Youting turned and walked out without giving him a second glance. As he put on his shoes, he pointed at the table full of food. “Clear away this trash.”

“If there is a next time, we should stop seeing each other.”

Pei Youting dropped those words and closed the door as he walked away. Where he went, Su Leyan did not know. Pei Youting owned more than just this one property, and Su Leyan was merely one of a thousand choices.

He failed to climb into the bed and lost his keys in the process. It was a complete loss.

For a time, Su Leyan felt extremely depressed. This push-and-pull relationship could end at any moment, which made him feel very insecure. When they were together, he became increasingly seductive and inquired about Pei Youting’s preferences through various channels, only to receive an even more impatient attitude from Pei Youting in return.

He stayed by Pei Youting’s side for about a month with that anxious state of mind until he finally received a message: Pei Youting wanted him to accompany him to a banquet.

The princeling party of the upper-class social circles gathered whenever they had nothing to do. It appeared to be for pleasure, but in reality, it was for exchanging newly acquired information, a disguised form of social networking. Certain words were not meant for someone of Su Leyan’s status to hear.

So, when the topic of conversation shifted, Pei Youting made a gesture for Su Leyan to leave. “Go outside for some fresh air and come back in a while.”

Su Leyan knew the rules, nodded, and headed out. Pei Youting sat in the main seat, casually shaking dice. One of the princelings glanced in Su Leyan’s direction and teased, “Young Master Pei has changed partners again?”

“Quite the romantic, are you not?” The man clicked glasses with him with a smirk, smacked his lips, and began to pass judgment. “This figure is not bad, but,” he let out a regretful click of his tongue, “he is a bit too vulgar. He lacks the temperament of the one you had before.”

“Hey, speaking of which, you smashed Liu Yiming’s head in for that previous kid, which really gave us a scare. I even told the guys that you had moved your true feelings this time. Why did you kick him away so suddenly?”

As soon as Jiang Zui was mentioned, Pei Youting’s expression changed, looking like a storm was brewing. Yan Wenhe laughed so hard he fell onto the sofa. “You really know how to pick the wrong topic. It was the other guy who dumped him!”

He pointed his finger at Pei Youting and mocked while clutching his stomach. “It was bad enough that this animal could not control his lower half, but he even got caught in bed. That kid was a stubborn greenhorn and refused to stay with him.”

The princeling was stunned for a moment, then laughed as well. “That guy surnamed Jiang has quite a temper.”

“Yan Wenhe!” Pei Youting suddenly slammed his glass on the table with a loud bang. The room instantly fell silent. “How much longer are you going to talk about this?”

The others were frightened and went back to drinking and chatting amongst themselves, no longer provoking him. Yan Wenhe maintained his usual reckless attitude and exhaled a cloud of smoke. “What? Did I touch a sore spot?”

“He was just a lover. There is no need to bring him up repeatedly,” Pei Youting said with a cold, sharp look.

Yan Wenhe shrugged and smiled. “I do not think that is necessarily true.”

“If you really did not care as much as you say, why have you been living like a monk every day? You keep a low-quality version by your side and do not even touch him. Are you trying to be Tang Sanzang?”

Pei Youting frowned. “I am just not in the mood.”

Yan Wenhe looked at him, sighed, and patted his shoulder. “Brother, we grew up together in the same compound. An onlooker sees most clearly. I am telling you this from the bottom of my heart. If you really have feelings for him, do not do those bastardly things. Apologize and coax him back. I am truly afraid you will regret it later.”

Pei Youting looked down at the spilled wine on the table, which shimmered with a unique luster under the flickering lights like colored glaze. He said, “You are wrong.”

“Whether it is Jiang Zui or anyone else.”

“I will never fall in love with anyone in my life.”

This was just a small interlude that quickly settled into calm. No one noticed that the door to the private room had been pushed open a crack at some point, and the person standing outside was none other than Su Leyan.

He had timed it carefully, thinking Pei Youting and the others should be finished with their talk, and was prepared to return. He did not expect to hear those words. In that instant, the mysteries in his heart were solved.

Why did Pei Youting not touch him? He once thought Pei Youting simply lacked the interest lately, but now it seemed that was not the case at all. But on what grounds? Su Leyan had to admit that besides wanting Pei Youting’s wealth and power, he also held some unrealistic fantasies.

He did have feelings for Pei Youting. Long ago, during a drinking session when Pei Youting intervened to help him out of a situation, Su Leyan had already fallen for him. Spending time together like this every day, it would be strange not to fall for him.

Su Leyan did not go back inside. His heart felt heavy as he smoked a cigarette at the entrance of the club. He did not know how long it took for Pei Youting to come out. Seeing him, Pei Youting frowned with some displeasure. “What are you doing here?”

Pei Youting pulled his coat tight and said heartlessly, “You can go now. Call a designated driver yourself. I am very tired and do not want to take you.”

Su Leyan was startled by him. The cigarette ash fell onto the back of his hand, making him shiver from the heat. He turned around and looked at Pei Youting through the dim moonlight, lowering his head in a daze. “I understand.”

“What are you doing?” Pei Youting scanned him from head to toe, finding it quite strange. “Why are you making that kind of face?”

Su Leyan also looked up at him. He seemed to have been drinking, as his eyes appeared particularly bright and clear, showing a sense of total trust.

Jiang Zui also always looked at him like that. Pei Youting suddenly remembered for some reason. It was Jiang Zui again. He felt a bit annoyed, but his tone involuntarily softened. “What exactly is wrong?”

Su Leyan continued to look at him without speaking. After a while, just as Pei Youting was losing patience and preparing to leave, he saw Su Leyan step forward. Su Leyan actually grabbed his shoulders, lifted his chin, and pressed his lips against his.

Pei Youting’s eyes widened suddenly. His first reaction was to push him away, but then he thought of something. He gradually stopped resisting and instead began to deepen the kiss.

He remembered what Yan Wenhe had just said.

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