Chapter 501: Chapter 501: Secret Rivalry
As soon as Lin Fei spoke, Zheng Yutong and Yang Jiahao couldn’t help but freeze.
Especially Yang Jiahao, feeling a bit displeased: To think this Lin Fei is quite arrogant!
Su Xiaoyue clearly likes him, yet it seems he wants to distance himself from her.
However, it can’t be ruled out that Lin Fei is simply a blockhead.
Anyway, Yang Jiahao doesn’t have a good impression of Lin Fei, he’s cold as ice, clearly a bodyguard, yet acting like a young master of a prominent family.
In her heart, Su Xiaoyue is the best candidate for her sister-in-law.
She knows her brother has liked Su Xiaoyue for years, and if Xiaoyue could marry her brother, she could simultaneously have a sister and a sister-in-law; it would be perfect.
But over the years, her brother’s deep affection for Su Xiaoyue has been met with little response from Su Xiaoyue, more of a friendship feeling.
Now with Lin Fei’s appearance, he poses a greater threat to her brother.
Even though Yang Youlin heard Lin Fei say he is Su Xiaoyue’s bodyguard, he still harbors enmity towards Lin Fei.
Because he can feel Su Xiaoyue’s different affection for Lin Fei, if he were just an ordinary bodyguard, why would she blush and show shyness?
He’s been childhood friends with Su Xiaoyue for so many years, never has he seen her blush and act shy towards him.
“Xiaoyue, Yutong, and Xiao Ling, Xiaoyue’s bodyguard Lin Fei, let’s all sit down!” Yang Jiahao called Zheng Yutong, Su Xiaoyue, Lin Fei, and Xiao Ling to sit down in the salon.
Seeing Zheng Yutong and Xiao Ling sitting intimately together, Lu Yichen across from them flashed a hint of jealousy and said to Zheng Yutong, “Yutong, when did you get a boyfriend? Why not introduce us?”
Zheng Yutong had long felt Lu Yichen’s hostility towards Xiao Ling; she did not expect Lu Yichen would appear here.
But thinking about it, it’s clear this is Yang Jiahao trying to match her with Lu Yichen.
Lu Yichen, like her, is a young master of one of the top ten prominent families, with a family background in the military.
He and Zheng Yutong have been classmates from elementary to high school, and he has liked her ever since junior high, but Zheng Yutong has never had any feelings for him.
Later, she went to Kyoto for school, and Lu Yichen entered military school, so she almost completely forgot about Lu Yichen.
Now it seems Lu Yichen hasn’t given up on her.
Zheng Yutong did not immediately respond to Lu Yichen, but first introduced Lu Yichen to Xiao Ling: “This is my classmate Lu Yichen, a young master of the top ten prominent families in Shencheng, and this Dragon Club is run by his family.”
“Hello Young Master Lu! I’m Xiao Ling from Huadu.” Xiao Ling stood up and extended his hand to Lu Yichen.
Lu Yichen stood up, lazily extended his hand to hold Xiao Ling’s, and said, “You’re truly fortunate, able to become Yutong’s boyfriend; I’ve liked her for a long time but haven’t managed to win her heart yet. I like her; you don’t mind, do you?”
As he spoke, Lu Yichen stared directly at Xiao Ling, his arrogance was evident.
This was equivalent to telling Xiao Ling, even if you became Zheng Yutong’s boyfriend, even if Zheng Yutong fell for you, I would not give up on her.
In plain words, Lu Yichen wanted to compete with Xiao Ling for Zheng Yutong.
Hearing Lu Yichen’s provocative words, Xiao Ling was naturally very angry but did not immediately show hostility like Lu Yichen.
Because he is Zheng Yutong’s boyfriend, while Lu Yichen is not.
Therefore, he could remain composed, smilingly saying to Lu Yichen, “Of course I mind; Yutong is my girlfriend, so I don’t want other men to like her.”
One is haughty, the other smiles, yet is not weak.
Lu Yichen’s eyes subtly showed sharpness, he applied strength to his hand.
Xiao Ling immediately felt an immense force from him as if trying to crush his hand.
This made Xiao Ling very angry; Lu Yichen was not only openly expressing his intention to compete for Zheng Yutong, but was also competing with him clandestinely.
Yang Jiahao internally sighed, realizing this was bad, regretting not knowing Yutong had a boyfriend and inviting Lu Yichen, leading to this face-off between the two men.
“Lu Yichen, I invited everyone to a gathering today, not for you guys to fight, so release your hands and sit down.” Yang Jiahao said to Lu Yichen.
Zheng Yutong knew that Lu Yichen’s martial arts skills were famously strong and that he was the top fighter in their school during high school; after attending military school, after undergoing military training, his skills had further improved.
So Zheng Yutong feared Xiao Ling might suffer and quickly said to Lu Yichen, “Lu Yichen, what are you trying to do?”
Lu Yichen curved his lips into a smile, then released his hand, saying to Zheng Yutong, “Yutong, no need to worry, I’m just trying to get to know Xiao Young Master better. Just now, I was joking with Xiao Young Master; I didn’t expect him to take it seriously, haha.”
Lu Yichen smiled, his sharpness vanishing, his imposing manner was gone, changing so quickly it was unbelievable.
Of course, Lu Yichen said this not because he was genuinely joking but because he didn’t dare fully anger his goddess, Zheng Yutong.
As for Xiao Ling, he could deal with him slowly.
During the handshake, he had already gauged Xiao Ling’s strength as far below his own.
Lu Yichen and Xiao Ling respectively returned to their seats, and Yang Jiahao then introduced her brother to Xiao Ling and Lin Fei: “Xiao Ling, Lin Fei, this is my brother Yang Youlin.”
Lin Fei and Xiao Ling nodded at Yang Youlin.
Yang Youlin also nodded lightly.
Though Yang Youlin didn’t display obvious hostility like Lu Yichen, Lin Fei could sense his veiled enmity towards him.
Obviously, Lin Fei could easily guess this enmity stemmed from his relationship with Su Xiaoyue.
However, Lin Fei didn’t care since he’d said he was a bodyguard; others could believe it or not.
If it weren’t for protecting Su Xiaoyue, he really wouldn’t have any interest in coming here to compete with these men.
Then came drinking and dining, and soon Yang Jiahao, Zheng Yutong, and Su Xiaoyue started chatting and laughing, becoming lively.
Yang Youlin also chatted with Zheng Yutong and Su Xiaoyue, and Lu Yichen joined their conversation.
They deliberately excluded Lin Fei and Xiao Ling, aiming to ostracize the two.
Lin Fei wasn’t interested in their topics anyway, so he enjoyed a quiet moment, poured himself a drink, and savored it alone, finding personal enjoyment in it.
In Su Xiaoyue’s eyes, this personified maturity, mixed with a hint of solitude, melancholy, and unruliness, making him extraordinarily appealing, almost bewitching her.
Regaining her senses, Su Xiaoyue used a fork to pierce a piece of fruit and offered it to Lin Fei, saying, “Lin Fei, don’t just drink, have some fruit.”
Lin Fei smiled, accepting the fruit from her hand, saying, “Xiaoyue, thank you.”
Seeing him accept her fruit, still gentlemanly smiling at her, Su Xiaoyue felt sweetness seep into her heart, softly said, “No need to thank me, Lin Fei, eat more.”
This made Yang Youlin, who was just about to offer a piece of fruit to Su Xiaoyue, flash jealousy in his eyes, the fork in his hand bending under his subconscious grip.
Seeing Su Xiaoyue’s care for Lin Fei, even Yang Jiahao worried for her brother: It seems her sister-in-law might become someone else’s!