Chapter 56

Xie Fuyi, now with his phone turned off and without a penny, wouldn’t waste the apparent kindness of the man in front of him. Moreover, such a wealthy and handsome man appearing here surely must be an important character.

He looked at the man as if grasping at hope, his expression sincere as he spoke, “My phone is dead. Could you help me charge it?”

The man’s cold gaze swept over his almost tattered T-shirt, barely covering the marks on his pale skin, his black eyes deepening slightly as he spoke indifferently, “Do you plan to stand by the car and charge it all night?”

Xie Fuyi was taken aback, then noticed the almost imperceptible gazes around him landing on him.

Previously, he might not have minded these looks, but after what just happened, his face turned pale for a moment.

On the other hand, the man had already spoken decisively, “Get in the car.”

“Thank you.” Xie Fuyi, coming back to his senses, maintained his lost and disheartened demeanor, opened the car door, and sat in the back seat.

The man drove to a quiet place before handing over a bag from the driver’s seat. “Your clothes are ruined. Change into mine.”

He paused for a moment before adding, “Brand new ones.”

Xie Fuyi’s T-shirt was almost reduced to rags, and his cold white skin was half-hidden, exuding a misty allure.

This appearance was not suitable to be seen by anyone at home. He could only accept the man’s clothes, thanking him warmly, “Thank you. Could you please help me charge my phone? I’ll transfer the money for this shirt to you later.”

As he spoke, Xie Fuyi handed over his phone. The man’s slender fingers took his phone and plugged it in for charging, saying nonchalantly, “No need. It’s too small for me anyway, and I couldn’t wear it.”

But Xie Fuyi’s heart skipped a beat – he remembered this scene from the plot. It seemed to be the scene where the protagonist, for the first time, met the character Ye Yunshen.

The protagonist’s clothes were soaked with alcohol while protecting the cannon fodder at the club, and coincidentally, Ye Yunshen arrived at the club. After being taken away by him, the protagonist changes into his clothes.

But now, he was wearing the clothes…

Xie Fuyi felt disoriented, his expression not quite natural, as he stiffly removed the rags on the back seat and put on the plain shirt.

Meanwhile, Ye Yunshen, who had already charged the phone, leaned back against the driver’s seat, his deep eyes reflecting Xie Fuyi’s every move in the rearview mirror.

His cold white skin was like fine jade, and his arms revealed the smooth lines of his muscles… But this perfect and sexy man’s body was covered with another man’s fingerprints.

His gaze was cold and heavy, seemingly noticing that the other seemed to be coerced.

When he heard about what the man had done for Yunshan, he had thought he was taking advantage of her and had even planned to teach him a lesson. But seeing the pictures, for the first time, he was moved just by a few pictures, thinking that even if the person had ulterior motives, wouldn’t it be easier to get someone like this?

But now, seeing the person… He realized that this person seemed to be different from what he had imagined.

His gentle eyes were clear and clean, seemingly able to embrace everything.

Maybe, he really just happened to help Ye Yunshan?

After a moment, Xie Fuyi had already buttoned up his shirt. He picked up his phone and turned it on, then looked at the man sitting with his back to him in the driver’s seat, speaking warmly, “I can’t just take such a good shirt for free. Can I add you on WeChat? I’ll transfer the money to you… Oh, I haven’t introduced myself yet. I’m Xie Fuyi.”

“Ye Yunshen.” Ye Yunshen said his name, added him on WeChat, and then said, “You don’t have to repay for the shirt. Yunshan has seen the photos of you taken by Yunshan. So, I should thank you for helping her that day.”

His voice was calm, and his deep black eyes fell on Xie Fuyi as if carrying some inexplicable emotion.

Xie Fuyi: “…Fortunately, the other doesn’t seem like he just wants to thank me. Clearly, he’s brewing up something big! So, it must be a case of ‘softly-softly, catchee monkey,’ already planning how to deal with me!”

Xie Fuyi breathed a sigh of relief inwardly, but on the surface, he looked as if he had just remembered something, looking at him with some surprise, he raised his eyebrows slightly and said, “Is Yunshan your sister? Actually, I didn’t do much, just a small favor.”

Just as Ye Yunshen was about to say something, Xie Fuyi’s phone rang.

He glanced at the caller ID, it was Xiao Yuanxi?

Xie Fuyi almost forgot about his dinner appointment with the other party. Could he still be waiting for him to have dinner?

Xie Fuyi looked a bit embarrassed as he glanced at Ye Yunshen, “I’ll take this call…”

Ye Yunshen nodded faintly, indicating that he should take the call first.

Xie Fuyi quickly answered the phone. On the other end, Xiao Yuansi’s voice was obviously suppressed with emotion, his deep voice carrying a hint of coldness, “Where are you? I’ve been waiting here for three hours!”

Xie Fuyi felt a little guilty. Indeed, he hadn’t informed the other party in advance and his phone had run out of battery and turned off. He hurriedly explained, “Brother Xiao, I, I had some sudden matters to attend to, my phone ran out of battery and shut down, so I couldn’t inform you… I’m sorry, it’s my fault…”

His gentle voice was filled with apology, and his expression was almost overflowing with guilt.

Xiao Yuansi, who had originally been repressing his anger, had never been stood up by anyone before! He even thought that if the other party had realized something and wanted to avoid him, he had plenty of means to make the other party obedient…

But now, his cold eyebrows gradually relaxed upon hearing the other’s gentle voice, and even the anger in his heart subsided.

“What happened to you?” he asked, loosening his tie and leaning back in his chair, his voice returning to its lazy tone. “Do you need my help?”

Xie Fuyi paused for a moment. How could he possibly mention the shameful incident he had just experienced?

His face paled slightly, and he pursed his lips. “No need, I’ve sorted it out, and I’m on my way home. Brother Xiao, I’ll treat you to dinner next time.”

Listening to Xie Fuyi’s somewhat abnormal words, how could everything be fine?

Xiao Yuanxi’s eyes narrowed, was he being lied to?

But his voice remained low and normal, with a hint of laziness, “Sure, let’s arrange it for next time.”

After apologizing again, Xie Fuyi hung up the phone, feeling relieved. He recalled the events of tonight and sat in a daze on the back seat for a while.

The car was silent, and Ye Yunshen could faintly hear the low male voice coming from the phone.

Xiao? The Crown Prince of the Xiao family was not an easy person to get along with, yet he seemed to be so accommodating to the other party?

So, he had just been coerced by one man and now owed another?

His cold brows couldn’t help but furrow, and his fingers tapped lightly on the steering wheel. This was his expression of impatience and irritability.

The soft tapping brought Xie Fuyi back to his senses. He checked his phone, which now had enough charge for him to call a cab home, then looked at the man in the driver’s seat. “My phone is fully charged now. Thank you for your help tonight, Mr. Ye. I’ve transferred the money for the clothes to your WeChat. I’ll see you next time.”

Seemingly surprised by his decisiveness, Ye Yunshen fell silent for a moment before calmly saying, “Goodbye.”

With that, Xie Fuyi had already opened the car door and got out.

Ye Yunshen watched his retreating figure, his gaze darkening. If he really wanted to use Yunshan to gain resources and climb up, then he should be trying to please him in front of him, shouldn’t he?

But he didn’t…

Ye Yunshen lowered his eyes, opened the photo album on his phone that he had saved before, examined a few photos, and then sent one to himself via WeChat.