Chapter 32: Not Bros!

『Weird, he actually agreed to walk me home…』

『Wasn’t Su Ze always a little evasive toward me before…』

『Maybe I should tease him a bit more and see what he is thinking…』

On the way to escort Qin Yushi home, Su Ze calmly kept eavesdropping on her thoughts.

Obviously, Qin Yushi had only said it off-hand at first.

She was merely trying to create a slightly ambiguous mood.

She never truly wanted Su Ze to see her home.

For just as Su Ze understood her, she also held certain fixed impressions about him.

In Qin Yushi’s eyes, Su Ze was certainly a smart man who knew his limits and saw things clearly…

Since it was something he could not obtain, spending energy and wealth for a bit of temptation was unnecessary.

Su Ze had always acted like that.

Knowing that Qin Yushi was not a woman he could touch easily, he had simply avoided her whenever possible…

Yet tonight…

“If the world’s doomsday never arrived…”

Lost in idle speculation, Su Ze drifted into a daze.

He wondered that if the doomsday never came, the sun would still rise as usual and the world would keep turning.

Then, with several golden Talents, would he not be living the Dragon-King script.

With Fallen Benefaction alone, he could become a living miracle doctor; even a 5-million-word medical webnovel could not finish listing his feats…

Back to the point.

The reason he agreed to take Qin Yushi home was obviously simple: he felt like it.

Fine, it was not the only reason, but it was definitely the most important one.

“Sigh, I’m going to study abroad next year,” Qin Yushi continued chatting and suddenly brought up the topic of overseas study.

“Really?” Su Ze answered blandly.

“Why so calm? Soon it’ll be hard for you to see this beauty again,” Qin Yushi chided playfully.

“Don’t worry…” Su Ze started to speak but stopped.

In three days the doomsday will be here, and you will not be going anywhere.

Of course he could not say that aloud.

If possible, Su Ze did not want anyone to know yet that he had learned of the coming doomsday in advance.

It was worth noting that, in the recent apocalypse simulations, no information indicated a second person who knew about doomsday ahead of time.

“Don’t worry about what? Oh… don’t worry, you won’t miss me, right? Heartless.”

Qin Yushi pouted, looking somewhat hurt.

A fox spirit from strange tales would probably be only at her level.

Although they seldom interacted, under Qin Yushi’s lead it felt as if they were very close, and most men could not withstand that tactic.

“So, before I go abroad, do you want to try courting me?”

Qin Yushi narrowed her eyes and smiled, her crescent eyes shining with charm.

Su Ze had heard similar words from the female class president only the day before, but the two were not comparable even though both were clearly joking.

“Forget it…”

“You’re boring, give it a try.”

“If I like something, I take it; if it isn’t given to me, I seize it, so I don’t need so-called courting.”

“Eh… are you possessed by chuunibyou?”

Qin Yushi exaggeratedly pulled back a bit.

Su Ze ignored her and kept walking at an unhurried pace.

Just ahead lay Qin Yushi’s residence.

It was an upscale villa district; he followed Qin Yushi through the gate, walked along the main road for a stretch, turned a corner, and then saw where she currently lived.

When they reached a suitable spot, Su Ze halted.

“This should be far enough; see you tomorrow.”

Su Ze looked around and memorized Qin Yushi’s address.

It might come in handy after doomsday descended…

“Wait, I feel you’re a bit strange today,” Qin Yushi stopped him, circled him once, and her faint fragrance lingered around, inevitably stirring some thoughts.

“But I can’t pinpoint exactly what’s strange…” Qin Yushi rubbed her cheek and stared at Su Ze as if analyzing him.

Suddenly she smiled sweetly and said, “I actually think you’re pretty good; how about I really give you a chance…”

“…” Su Ze stayed silent, though the urge to retort was written all over his face.

Qin Yushi raised the stakes, leaned closer, stood on tiptoe, and whispered in his ear, her breath like orchids, “If you seriously chase me, I’ll sleep with you once before I leave.”

Prince Xin had been right.

She really was a sizzling she-devil…

The blunt bait she threw out was deadlier than any flowery words.

『Even I feel a bit shy after saying that myself…』

However, her inner voice was not as poised as her surface appearance.

“Will you think about it? I’m serious.”

Qin Yushi stepped back half a pace and asked again with a smile.

“I’ll think about it.”

Su Ze smiled faintly and answered with indifference.

Doomsday is coming; what the heck is there to think about!

Isn’t a burlap sack more appealing!

“Then do your best; see you tomorrow.”

Qin Yushi waved and went inside.

Su Ze also turned and left, retracing his steps to the estate’s main road.

A black sedan drove toward him, stopped a short distance ahead, and two burly men got out and headed straight for him at an unhurried pace…

Seeing this, Su Ze immediately halted.

He thought, I knew getting close to Qin Yushi might stir up some trouble…

But…

Bro, you just show up because you feel like it?

Your Qin family’s Young Lady is so precious that someone who merely escorts her home deserves a beating, huh?

“Brother, sorry about this; we’re just following orders, and you’re in for a bit of pain.”

The two burly men came closer, their words polite but their hands…

……………

Su Ze washed away the faint traces of blood on his hands.

He had to clarify that the ones who had just caused him trouble had nothing to do with Qin Yushi or her family; it was merely the personal action of some Young Master.

In response, Su Ze simply gave the two thugs a beating.

He had not killed them…

The reason he held back was to see what follow-up reaction might come.

Of course, none of this counted as real business right now.

The real business was preparing for the imminent doomsday.

As at this moment, once he got home, Su Ze immediately plunged into constructing Avalon.

The project was enormous, and with only three days left, Su Ze did not plan to sleep.

Anyway, with Fallen Benefaction, if his body grew truly fatigued, he could just heal himself.

The exhaustion would vanish in an instant.

Though using a Talent for something like this felt a bit like wielding a sledgehammer to crack a nut…

“Bzzt… bzzt…”

His phone vibrated; Chen Keqing had sent a message.

“Will you be at the shop around 10 tomorrow morning?”

She was asking about meeting time; tomorrow she planned to bring Su Ze another cake.

“I can be there.”

Su Ze replied simply.

Since it was bedtime, Chen Keqing chatted only briefly before saying good night.

“As expected, Chen Keqing really is the cuter one…”

Su Ze sighed to himself.

He was not trying to take the moral high ground and say Qin Yushi was bad; he just personally preferred simpler, purer girls…