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Chapter 51: You Used This to Test Me

The night deepened.

Shen Qingxuan lay on the sofa and prepared to start another ranked match.

The hero was selected.

He ate a salted egg yolk pastry while he calculated in his mind how to carry this game.

However, when the game reached the loading screen, a slender hand suddenly stretched over his shoulder and snatched away the tablet.

“No? What are you doing?”

Shen Qingxuan froze and turned to look at Jiang Yubing behind him.

She wore a loose set of loungewear, her long hair draped casually over her shoulders, and a trace of mystery lingered on her face.

Jiang Yubing said without room for refusal, “Let me borrow the tablet for a while.”

After speaking, she walked into the bedroom without waiting for Shen Qingxuan’s reply.

Jiang Yubing’s action left Shen Qingxuan utterly baffled.

What did she plan to do?

It was so late at night, what business required closing the bedroom door?

She could not possibly guard against him!

He was a dignified gentleman; what needed guarding?

What frustrated Shen Qingxuan even more was that Jiang Yubing actually took his tablet as well!

It was not as if she lacked a tablet herself.

He had just queued into a ranked match!

His credibility points were already low; this round was doomed.

Shen Qingxuan ground his teeth in secret and swore that if Jiang Yubing failed to give him a reasonable explanation, he would… he would… would what again?

Words stuck in his throat as his thoughts spun rapidly, and he finally forced out a line: he would not sleep with her!

He did not know how long passed.

Only then did the bedroom door open, and Jiang Yubing’s voice came out.

“Stop playing; come to bed.”

Shen Qingxuan almost fell asleep while he waited.

When he went inside, Jiang Yubing casually closed the bedroom door.

She placed the tablet on the nightstand and then turned to look at Shen Qingxuan.

“Lie down.”

Jiang Yubing pointed at the bed.

Shen Qingxuan sighed and lay down obediently.

He just wanted to ask what Jiang Yubing actually intended, but he saw her mysteriously pick up the tablet from the nightstand and hand it to him.

“Look at this.” Jiang Yubing’s voice carried a trace of expectation.

Shen Qingxuan took the tablet in confusion and opened the album.

The next second, his eyes flew open and his finger stiffened on the screen—the album contained more than a dozen photos of black stockings from different angles, each one shot exquisitely and temptingly.

“Cough, cough, cough!”

Shen Qingxuan broke into a violent cough, and his face turned scarlet in an instant.

He instinctively tried to close the album, but Jiang Yubing pressed down his hand.

“So, do you like them?”

Jiang Yubing leaned close, her voice gentle.

“Uh… this…”

Shen Qingxuan stammered, his gaze drifting, “Actually… they are just okay…”

“Oh? Really?”

Jiang Yubing raised an eyebrow, the corner of her mouth curling into a meaningful smile, “Then why is your face so red?”

“I… I am just a bit hot…”

Shen Qingxuan tried to explain, but Jiang Yubing obviously refused to let him go.

“Tell the truth.”

Her voice suddenly turned cold, and her eyes sharpened.

“F-fine, they look good.”

Shen Qingxuan finally surrendered and admitted softly.

“That is more like it.”

Jiang Yubing nodded in satisfaction, then flashed a wicked grin, “I took these just now!”

Shen Qingxuan muttered, She took them just now…

Damn!

No wonder, despite having seen countless legs, he felt these ten-plus legs belonged to one person.

“But since you enjoy looking at them so much, I helped you clean up your ‘Favorites.’”

“What Favorites?”

Shen Qingxuan froze, and an ominous feeling surged within him.

“Those treasures in your private spatial ring.”

Jiang Yubing spoke casually. “I already deleted them; no need to thank me.”

“What?!”

Shen Qingxuan shot upright, his face turning pale at once. “You… you deleted them?”

“Yes.”

Jiang Yubing shrugged, her tone relaxed, “Didn’t you say you liked the photos I took for you?

Keeping those things was pointless, right?”

Shen Qingxuan opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but he finally fell back powerlessly.

He wailed in his heart.

Gone… everything was gone.

Life suddenly lost its meaning.

Back then he bled and cried and… and they were just deleted like that.

Yet on the surface he could only force a smile and squeezed out, “Mm… you are right.”

“Good boy.”

Jiang Yubing patted his cheek in satisfaction and lay down beside him, “From now on, stop looking at that messy stuff, understand?”

“Understood…”

Shen Qingxuan answered weakly, while tears flowed in his heart.

Jiang Yubing looked at his appearance and could not help laughing.

She pinched Shen Qingxuan’s face, a trace of pride in her tone:

“Don’t be so depressed; I did it for your own good.”

“Yes, yes, for my own good…”

Shen Qingxuan sighed helplessly, but he secretly swore that he would hide things even better next time.

Jiang Yubing observed his dejected expression, and a mischievous light flashed in her eyes.

“If you perform well next time, there will be another chance…”

She deliberately lengthened the ending, her voice tinged with teasing.

Shen Qingxuan blanked for a moment, then widened his eyes in disbelief.

“There is… a next time?”

Joy already bubbled in his heart.

The point was there would be a next time!

With that said, he no longer felt sleepy.

“You look very excited.”

“Cough, cough…”

Shen Qingxuan cleared his throat, pretending to be calm while he tried to hide his turmoil.

Was he that obvious?

“I am a gentleman. You use this to test me? What gentleman could resist such a test?”

He spoke righteously, yet his eyes drifted toward Jiang Yubing.

Jiang Yubing cast him a lazy glance, her eyes full of mockery.

“Forget it then. I thought you would like it.”

Jiang Yubing sighed in feigned disappointment.

Shen Qingxuan panicked instantly, cursing his stiff mouth in secret.

Did she not understand the art of playing hard to get!

Saying no actually meant yes!

He rubbed his nose awkwardly and laughed dryly. “Look, I got anxious again!”

“I am still considering…”

He acted as though he was seriously thinking.

A smile flickered at the corner of Jiang Yubing’s eyes as she watched his performance.

“Tests like this, the more the merrier.”

Jiang Yubing chuckled and shook her head. “Then you must behave well.”

Shen Qingxuan nodded repeatedly, already plotting how to ‘behave’ next time.

…

The next day.

“Get up, lazy pig.”

Jiang Yubing pressed her face close to Shen Qingxuan’s and stared at him with a bright smile.

Shen Qingxuan was in the middle of a wonderful dream!

Long legs filled his dream.

Jiang Yubing’s shout jolted him awake.

Shen Qingxuan woke up in a foul mood, “Which little bastard dares disturb my sweet dream?”

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