I Just Want to Freeload on Your Luck - Chapter 44

When Shen Liyao came back, his face looked cold and silent like never before.

Yue Teng, his roommate, was eating barbecue with Ye Bai and two other people in the hotel room. When they heard the door opening, they all raised their heads. They saw Shen Liyao close the door silently, take off his coat and change out of his shoes. A shadow fell on him, making him seem dead.

Without saying a word, he went into the bathroom.

The other people in the room were stunned and the conversation came to an abrupt stop.

The faucet was unscrewed and the sound of cold water came from the bathroom.

Yue Teng was the first to notice the birthday cake box at Shen Liyao’s feet— Yesterday, Shen Liyao inquired about choosing a cake. After asking a group of people’s opinions, Shen Liyao did a data analysis and finally picked this shape.

However, it was lying there stiffly now, without being opened.

In addition, in the transparent crystal box next to him, Shen Liyao’s red and blue pile of gold medals, which was like a stamp collection since childhood, was also not sent out.

The atmosphere was silent for five minutes.

After they gradually realized what happened.

The people in the room were so shocked that their jaws almost fell to the ground.

Yue Teng covered his mouth and whispered, “God Yao was rejected? How could this be? Or did he have something to do on the way and didn’t go to Zhao Mingxi at all?”

Ye Bai hurriedly pushed him with his elbow. “Lower down your voice!”

Shen Liyao was obviously in a bad mood. His expression could even be considered gloomy.

Looking at this reaction, he really looked like he was rejected by Zhao Mingxi.

They all looked at each other and couldn’t believe it. They just thought it could be included as one of the most surprising things this year.

Ye Bai didn’t expect that his prediction would be wrong. In fact, no one would have thought of it! Forget the fact that Shen Liyao was suddenly given up by Zhao Mingxi. When he was determined to approach her, he was rejected repeatedly?!

Ye Bai swallowed nervously. He wiped his hands hurriedly, stood up and walked to the bathroom.

“Did something happen? Did you not see Zhao Mingxi or…”

“I saw her.” Shen Liyao’s voice was deep and hoarse. He held the sink with both hands and raised his head to look at himself in the mirror, water droplets still hanging on his chin.

There was nothing to deny.

His self-esteem was shattered long ago when Zhao Mingxi pulled Fu Yangxi away.

Shen Liyao’s eyes were even a little dazed.

…

Ye Bai was stunned. He had never seen such a gaze on Shen Liyao, as if he seemed to have lost control completely.

Ye Bai was suddenly anxious. “Then why did it turn out like this? Was there any misunderstanding? You are so proactive, yet Zhao Mingxi is still angry? This doesn’t make sense!”

Ye Bai glanced at the things that had been returned on the ground and analyzed, “Kong Jiaze and her colleagues are training in the hotel next door. Did Kong Jiaze come to us yesterday? Although you didn’t go out to see Kong Jiaze, you were still caught by Zhao Mingxi, so she must have misunderstood— Is she jealous?!”

Yue Teng and the other two from the School Representative Team also walked over and couldn’t help but said, “Yes, that must be the reason, right?”

Several people rushed to give Shen Liyao ideas.

“God Yao, what did Zhao Mingxi say when she refused you? Did she just say that she didn’t want your gift?”

“A girl’s mind is so hard to guess! Why did they circle around us every day last month, and now they ran away without a word?”

“Maybe I can call my elder sister to ask what is going on? What is Zhao Mingxi thinking?”

Shen Liyao’s brain was buzzing at first, but now he was getting more and more agitated with the noise. He could hardly restrain his calm expression.

“Everyone shut up!”

He was totally unable to say that when Zhao Mingxi refused him, the guy with the surname Fu was also there.

Rather than rejecting him, it was better to consider it a repetition. She was deliberately emphasizing it to Fu Yangxi.

So—

Did she fall in love with the guy surnamed Fu?

Shen Liyao could not accept this fact.

But his mind kept flashing over and over again the image of when Zhao Mingxi raised her eyes to look at Fu Yangxi tonight. It was glistening a little under the moonlight, which was exactly the same as when she looked at him before. No, it was not exactly the same. When she looked at Fu Yangxi, there was something more in her eyes. On the contrary, the look in her eyes when she looked at me before was just as plain as a fan watching an idol.

Why is this happening?

…

The big boys of the School Representative Team watched as Shen Liyao turned around and sat down on the bed with his jaw tight. Although Shen Liyao didn’t say anything, after having known each other for so long, training and competing together, they could clearly feel that Shen Liyao was trapped in an unprecedented annoyance.

There was a shadow under his eyelids, and he was not calm at all.

This was not like him.

Seeing him like this, they didn’t dare to speak any further. Ye Bai took the lead in comforting him, “Sometimes when a girl says she doesn’t like it, it doesn’t necessarily mean she doesn’t. God Yao, I bet Zhao Mingxi absolutely still likes you! Maybe now her crush is not so strong, but human emotions are like silk. It is impossible to take it all back in an instant! Do you know what movies would usually call this current predicament of yours?”

Shen Liyao never watched these boring things.

If this was in the past, he would reply to Ye Bai coldly and say that this was boring.

However, at this moment he couldn’t help but raise his head. “What is it called?”

“It’s called the great pain of coaxing your wife after having displeased her!” Ye Bai gave a group of boys popular science knowledge. “It means that she used to chase you before, but now you have to chase her back. This is a test for you, God Yao. And in this kind of drama, there is 100% that the male lead is successful. All it takes is a little energy and effort. Don’t worry!”

Yue Teng and the other two boys said, “…Really? Ye Bai, you haven’t even been in a relationship before.”

Ye Bai said, “I guarantee!”

“…”

Shen Liyao’s mind felt a little settled now. He didn’t believe that Zhao Mingxi really didn’t like him at all.

In the past, Zhao Mingxi pursued him for two years. It was not an easy feat to just erase those two years overnight.

Therefore, after such a deduction, the conclusion drawn now was very simple.

He should not give up.

If he backed down, Zhao Mingxi might really end up liking Fu Yangxi.

While Shen Liyao was thinking about the countermeasures, Yue Teng also called his elder sister at the same time. Several people here talked about the current difficulties Shen Liyao was facing.

Shen Liyao was a proud man, so it was difficult to confess such a thing. But since several people on the School Representative Team knew that Zhao Mingxi said, “I don’t like him anymore”, they couldn’t pretend to be ignorant. It was better to help him discuss it generously.

There was another thought for the members of the School Representative Team— Oh my God, this is God Yao! I can’t believe he would actually stumble for love!

Yue Teng’s elder sister who was in university quickly replied to them, “The difficulty that your friend is facing now is that the girl already has an equally excellent guy beside her. He is much richer than your friend, taller than your friend and looks even better than your friend, right?”

“No, no, no!” Yue Teng hurriedly said, “But my friend receives more love letters. The prince has a very bad temper and he barely makes an effort to come to school. Almost no one has ever given him a love letter.”

“That doesn’t mean that your friend is more handsome. He has fewer love letters because of the problem with his character.” His elder sister said, “I saw the photos you sent over. He is handsomer than your friend. If the girl is more of a visual sort of person, it’s normal for her to fall in love with him.”

“…”

There was a sudden silence in the hotel room.

Shen Liyao’s face turned pale.

Yue Teng was absolutely embarrassed. He hurriedly clutched his mobile phone and whispered, “Sis, can you please help me quickly? My friends are all listening.”

“Fine, this is just my own aesthetic.” Over the phone came the voice of Yue Teng’s elder sister, “The current method is to use your strengths and avoid your weaknesses. Don’t compare your money and looks with the other party. Just use your studies, temper and sensitivity to compete with him. Let your friend be better than everything he is better at.”

After hanging up the phone.

Ye Bai came to a realization. “Get into a robot transformation competition with the Fu prince?”

…

No matter what, Shen Liyao, who had obtained a few methods and clues, no longer looked so cold.

He heaved a sigh of relief and told himself to be patient. Then, he went and put the birthday cake at the door of Zhao Mingxi’s hotel room and left a note. She should be able to see it when she comes back.

*

Over here, the atmosphere of Zhao Mingxi’s birthday was full of joy.

The hotel room was lit with warm yellow lights, the off-white sofa was soft and the long table was filled with various snacks and food. In the middle was a three-tiered cake with cherries put together to form the words ‘Happy 18th Birthday, Zhao Mingxi’.

Everyone gathered together, luxurious and warm.

Everyone gave gifts, among which Fu Yangxi’s box was the largest. It could fit the entire table.

Mingxi looked curious and immediately wanted to open it, but Fu Yangxi raised his hand and pressed it on the box. “Open it once you get back.”

Mingxi couldn’t help asking, “What’s in it and why is it so big?”

“Just some miscellaneous gadgets. Don’t worry, it’s not worth a lot. Is it possible for me to run around the street and prepare a gift so carefully?” Fu Yangxi stood aside, put his hands in his pockets and tried his best to keep the coldness on his face. However, the tips of the ears were slightly red.

Mingxi’s heart thumped loudly and she couldn’t help but feel happy. She lowered her head, licked her lips and took a sip of her drink. “Then I will take it home and open it later.”

Dong Shen glanced at Zhao Mingxi and then at Fu Yangxi. He felt very upset.

He forced himself in and sat down between the two of them. He excitedly took Zhao Mingxi’s arm. “Mingxi jie, look at mine, look at mine! Mine doesn’t have as many rules as a certain Young Master, so you can tear it open now!”

A big living person squeezed in in the middle, so Mingxi had to move one position to the left.

Fu Yangxi immediately pulled a long face. He glared at Dong Shen.

However, Dong Shen didn’t notice it. He moved his hips left and right, trying to push Fu Yangxi out of the sofa.

Fu Yangxi wanted to find fault in him, but he resisted it. Since this was Mingxi’s friend, he endured it for three seconds with a long face. However, he glared at Dong Shen’s hand which was holding Mingxi’s arm. In the end, he still exploded in an instant, “Little friend, is your butt a little too big?”

When Dong Shen was picked up by Fu Yangxi and Ke Chengwen, Fu Yangxi made a foul face and set three rules for him.

1. No physical contact with Zhao Mingxi is allowed.

2. Physical contact with Zhao Mingxi is still not allowed.

3. He will beat him if he has too much physical contact with Zhao Mingxi.

Oh, he dares to threaten me.

I’m not afraid of you.

Dong Shen was a newborn calf that was not afraid of tigers.

Dong Shen turned his head and glanced at Fu Yangxi. “Bro, if you think the sofa is too small, you can sit there. There are so many places on the opposite sofa and it’s just a few steps away. Are you too old to even move your legs?”

???

Fu Yangxi raised his eyebrows inconceivably. He was the only one who dared to provoke others, and no one dared to provoke him so grandly! Is this kid tired of life? Does he wanna die?! Fu Yangxi walked away in an instant. He stood up and lifted Dong Shen’s back collar with one hand, wanting to lift him off.

Ke Chengwen stopped him and persuaded him, “Forget it, Xi ge, for the sake of him being half a relative to Little Mask, he might even be your brother-in-law in the future…”

Fu Yangxi gave him an angry glare.

Ke Chengwen quickly changed his words, “Zhao Mingxi.”

Despite this, there was still laughter in the room.

Jiang Xiuqiu with his peachy eyes, sang with the microphone in his hand and cast a smile at the waiter who brought in the dinner and fruits. The waiter blushed and couldn’t help but look at him more. He Yang, who was gnawing at the watermelon from a distance, saw this scene and felt a little sad.

Many of the fruits brought in were Zhao Mingxi’s favorites, pineapples and mangoes. She ate them until she was full.

When the song reached its climax, Mingxi pulled He Yang up and participated in singing together.

Fu Yangxi took a deep breath quietly, pretending to just appreciate them listening to the song. He tried to walk behind her calmly and pretended to be nonchalant.

The distance was so close.

The light and shadow flowed. Fu Yangxi lowered his eyes slightly, staring at Zhao Mingxi’s earlobe and side profile. The colorful lights fell on it, sliding and flowing, just like Fu Yangxi’s mood. It was as if small fireworks exploded in his heart, and ever since he saw her, it never stopped.

Fu Yangxi couldn’t help but think of the way she said she expressed her dislike in a loud voice to Shen Liyao. Thank goodness. Thank goodness she didn’t like someone else. He rubbed his face and tried to keep the corners of his mouth from going up so pompously.

It may be because of the combination of Mingxi, He Yang and Jiang Xiuqiu, their voices were so penetrating that the balloons on the ceiling fell one after another.

Accompanied by the singing on the big screen.

The red, yellow, green and blue colorful balloons flew so lightly. Everyone couldn’t help but look up and smile happily at the same time.

When she raised her head, Mingxi couldn’t help but glance at Fu Yangxi who was beside her.

The corners of his mouth were also curled up into a smile. The short black hair made his skin fairer and his handsome eyebrows were a bit less irritable, looking a little childish.

During this period of time, he has always been in a bad mood. Mingxi had never seen him so happy before. Could it be that his family’s affairs have been resolved?

Because he was happy, Mingxi’s mood became even brighter.

Mingxi turned her head and continued to look at the falling balloons, reaching out to grab one of them with interest.

Fu Yangxi also turned his head to look at her at this time.

He saw her eyes turning into crescents. Two strands of hair were scattered around her ears.

Fu Yangxi swallowed, his eyes dark. He subconsciously wanted to raise his hand to help her put it behind her ears, but when he realized that his fingers had already been raised, he immediately retracted his hands with a “swish”.

His ears were red and he felt extremely guilty. He quickly held his disobedient right hand from left to right and looked around. Only when he saw that no one was paying attention to him was he slightly relieved.

“What should we do with all the fallen balloons?” Ke Chengwen asked. “If we step on them and explode them one by one, those who are downstairs will say that we are being a nuisance.”

“Then so be it.” Fu Yangxi looked arrogant and cold-hearted with a face practically saying ‘I am rich’. “It’s rare for Little Mask to celebrate her birthday, so it’s okay to be a nuisance for once. Worse comes to worst we’ll just pay them a lot of money.”

Ke Chengwen: Have you only been a nuisance once? You are ‘not a nuisance’ surviving in the middle of ‘nuisances’.

“I have a way.” Mingxi said, “Wipe the balloon on your hair and it will float up.”

Then, she picked up a balloon.

Ke Chengwen looked at her in surprise, “Is there such a thing?” Subconsciously, he and Fu Yangxi bent down at the same time and moved their heads over. Upon seeing this, Dong Shen also hurried over.

Mingxi chose Fu Yangxi’s head without even thinking about it.

Ke Chengwen: …

Dong Shen: …

What happened?

What’s the situation?

Why did they suddenly feel that they were exuding the fragrance of a single dog??? Was it their own misperception? These two were clearly still in a cold war two days ago!

Mingxi wiped the balloon on Fu Yangxi’s head indiscriminately and then threw the balloon to the ceiling. The balloon quickly flew back to the ceiling leisurely.

With messy black hair, Fu Yangxi looked at Ke Chengwen triumphantly with his hands in his pockets. He turned his head and glanced at Dong Shen.

Ke Chengwen: …

I’m not jealous, thanks.

Dong Shen: …

Damn it, I’m so angry.

Others picked up the balloons one after another and followed suit. Soon the balloon on the spot was thrown to the ceiling by six people. When it was almost 12am, the candles were lit and the lights were turned off, leaving only the romantic music playing slowly.

12am sharp. Mingxi was surrounded in the middle.

Fu Yangxi and the others began to sing her birthday song, both in Mandarin and English.

Mingxi put her hands under her chin and hung her head. She closed her eyes, smiled and made a wish.

—This was the happiest birthday of her life.

Her wish was for the fate of the female side character and terminal illness to disappear as soon as possible, the Dong family to be in good health and for there to be someone named ‘Fu Yangxi’ accompanying her on her birthday every year.

Mingxi suddenly thought, am I too greedy to ask for three at a time?

If I can only keep one.

Then.

God, please grant my last wish.

I will wish for the rest next year.

Fu Yangxi didn’t know that in fact, as early as this year and this day, Mingxi made such a wish related to him.

…

It was past midnight. The moonlight outside was bright. In the cheerful atmosphere, Mingxi blew out the candles.

At this point, the boys were not sleepy, but the girls and Jiang Xiuqiu were sleepy.

“Let’s have some supper and then I’ll take you back.” Fu Yangxi said to Mingxi.

He went to the door to pick up the supper delivered by the waiter. Then, he closed the door with his feet and spread the supper on the table.

While everyone was eating supper and Fu Yangxi was paying, Mingxi saw Jiang Xiuqiu sitting in the corner, dozing off. She couldn’t help but walk over and push him. “Jiang Xiuqiu, can I ask you some questions?”

Jiang Xiuqiu raised his eyes to look at her. “What sort of questions?”

Jiang Xiuqiu didn’t know why, but he immediately understood her. “About Fu Yangxi?”

Mingxi knew little about Fu Yangxi, which was a sharp contrast to how much Fu Yangxi knew about her.

In the beginning, she only used him as a Wifi spot and didn’t care about his affairs too much. Then, she regarded him as a boss. She didn’t have any unreasonable thoughts and didn’t think of inquiring.

But now, when Mingxi determined that he was her crush, she couldn’t help but want to learn more. In particular, what kind of medicine did he usually take? Apart from being afraid of dogs, did he have anything he couldn’t eat or taboos she shouldn’t touch on?

Mingxi felt that her mindset of a young girl was so embarrassing that she almost exploded. She blushed and became a little embarrassed. She turned around and looked at the door. Seeing that Fu Yangxi hadn’t returned yet, she hurriedly seized the time. “Yes.”

Jiang Xiuqiu couldn’t help laughing for some reason. “It’s better for you to know some things through him, but I can tell you this.”

“What?” Mingxi sat aside and asked curiously.

Throughout Fu Yangxi’s life, he never liked any girl. In fact, he didn’t even speak more than 10 sentences to them. When someone came to strike up a conversation, he would look like a bully with a face saying ‘wanna fight?’. So his luck with girls could be said to be very bad.

But Jiang Xiuqiu smiled with his peachy eyes, feeling mischievous.

He caught a glimpse of the flying chess on the table and began to rant, “Fu Yangxi used to have a childhood sweetheart who was very beautiful. She was comparable to you.”

Mingx’s heart fell.

Jiang Xiuqiu didn’t dare to make up too much of a story. “He didn’t like her, but we were very familiar with her. We studied together abroad when we were young. Fu Yangxi often took her home to play and always called her Little Flying Chess because she often played flying chess with Fu Yangxi— Little Mask, you haven’t played flying chess with Fu Yangxi yet, have you?”

Mingxi felt angry for a moment.

What the hell?

The nickname he gave her was probably an imitation of what he gave to others.

Mingxi almost exploded in anger. “I see.”

When Fu Yangxi came back from paying, his eyebrows and the corners of his mouth were raised happily. He was planning to send Zhao Mingxi home. But in the end, as soon as he opened the door and came in, Zhao Mingxi was glaring at him.

As he walked over, Zhao Mingxi went to eat supper without saying a word.

What’s going on?

Fu Yangxi’s smile froze. Jiang Xiuqiu walked over with the wine glass and patted his shoulder. “Do you remember the incident when we climbed trees together when we were young, but you didn’t hold me and caused me to fall and break my leg so I ended up in the hospital for three months?”

“Why are you suddenly talking about this? You wanna fight?” Fu Yangxi raised his eyebrows coldly.

Jiang Xiuqiu smiled and shrugged. “Nope. I can’t beat you.”

…

Fu Yangxi’s attention was still on Zhao Mingxi. Several people stretched their waists, packed their things and planned to leave. Fu Yangxi picked up his coat and the gift box and sent Zhao Mingxi home.

In the middle of the night, the moonlight was very bright. The others went to take a taxi while the two walked all the way back to the hotel where she was training.

For some reason, Fu Yangxi felt that Little Mask’s mood suddenly went down.

He frowned and was wondering how to ask her about it when the two of them had already returned to the training hotel without knowing it.

As soon as they returned to the entrance of the room, they saw the cake Shen Liyao placed at the door.

“…”

Fu Yangxi lowered his head and glanced at it. His face turned dark immediately. Why isn’t this kid giving up yet? Little Mask already said she doesn’t like him anymore. Does he not understand what it means to not like someone? It means she hates him! Can’t he be at least a little self-aware?!

Although Little Mask didn’t like him, not liking him meant that there was unlimited space.

Fu Yangxi immediately kicked the cake box aside with his feet while pretending to be nonchalant. He was still not satisfied, so he picked it up again and said to Mingxi, “I’ll throw this away.”

Mingxi didn’t care about it. She nodded. “Thanks.”

Fu Yangxi noticed that her gaze was still on the cake, and he started to feel jealous again. “Was the veal steak in the western restaurant delicious that day?”

As a result, Zhao Mingxi looked up as if she was jealous. The scent of jealousy was all over her body. She gave him a scoff and stared at him. “Is flying chess fun?”

Fu Yangxi: ???

What flying chess?