Title: The OOC Villainess and the White Moonlight Heroine are BFFs
Translator: Little Bamboo Spirit
Chapter 41 - Why did it seem… like she had forgotten something important? (4)
On the other side, Yue Xia was ready to start.
She very calmly picked up the gun and unloaded it. Her finger movements were extremely smooth. Although she was a bit slow, it was still pleasing to watch. Everyone held their breath and watched as she stretched her arm and aimed. There was a slight recoil, and the ends of her pitch-black hair floated in the air for a moment.
Her movements were neat, efficient, graceful, and smooth. And then, she missed all five shots.
Jiang Shuyao: "..."
The mood was a bit awkward, but Yue Xia wasn't anyone important. She fiddled with her hair and calmly said, "My hands are a bit unfamiliar."
Jiang Shuyao: "Mhm, yeah."
Yue Xia: "You should give it a try."
Jiang Shuyao: "Okay, sure."
Jiang Shuyao couldn't bear to let Yue Xia continue to be in this embarrassing position. She could only take the gun, blink, and aim.
Ninth ring, ninth ring, eight ring, seventh ring, ninth ring.
(T/N: There are ten rings on the shooting range paper with the tenth ring being bullseye.)
Yue Xia: "..."
They looked at each other. Jiang Shuyao looked even more awkward than Yue Xia.
Yue Xia gave a heartfelt sigh. "Are you secretly working another job? For example, a high-risk job like sneaking into the presidential palace."
After Jiang Shuyao tried it once, she found that Yue Xia had reloaded the gun for her. It was hard to refuse her kindness, so she tried again, and then again, and again…
The girls on the platform were still pushing each other to go forward.
"Go ask for her number."
"You go, I went last time."
"I don't dare…"
"Zhuang Xiaohan definitely has her number. We can go ask her."
"She probably made that account as a joke… I'll go check it out."
When Shen Yu and his friends entered, this was what they saw.
The crew cut guy saw the group of girls on the platform. He scoffed, feeling a bit annoyed. "These women aren't here to shoot. They're so noisy. They wait here all day to see you."
He patted his buddy's shoulder.
Dou Hui straightened the collar of his black sweatshirt and expressionlessly said, "Whatever."
Shen Yu actually quite enjoyed the attention from the opposite gender. Just as he was about to take off his coat and move around, he discovered something very strange.
Which was that even though they had come here, the girls didn't notice them. They might as well be invisible to them.
He followed the girls' line of sight, and his pupils immediately trembled.
F*ck. Why were Yue Xia and Jiang Shuyao here?!
He wasn't the only one surprised by this weird combination. When the crew cut guy looked over there, his jaw almost dropped too.
Dou Hui saw their exaggerated expressions and turned his head away in disinterest. A hint of confusion appeared on his usually expressionless iceberg face when he saw what they were looking at.
The crew cut guy looked around and failed to find Shi Qingyin. He was forced to accept that Jiang Shuyao had come here with Yue Xia. He felt like his reality had upturned. "What's going on? Is his girlfriend and his side chick getting along? Shi-ge is amazing!"
"No way." Shen Yu muttered, "Yue Xia…" was a terrifying person that slapped Shi Qingyin into the air. He had rolled around like a Micheline tire! Shi Qingyin would be crazy to accept her! He would have to be tired of living! Did he get a fever and burn out his brain?
Dou Hui didn't understand what they were talking about.
Yue Xia had originally come here to see if Shuyao enjoyed shooting, only to discover that Shuyao's athletic talent was maxed out. She considered whether to bring Shuyao to another boxing lesson again. It would be a good opportunity for Shi Qingyin to experience being thrown in the air again
Jiang Shuyao instinctively noticed that more people had entered and moved closer to Yue Xia.
Shen Yu: "..."
The crew cut guy: "..."
"Is someone going to come to take charge of this?" Shen Yu blankly asked, "Where's Qingyin? Has he gone on a business trip? How come we haven't heard anything about him lately?"
The crew cut guy also blankly shook his head. "Don't know."
***
Meanwhile, Shi Qingyin waited for Shuyao to bring him soup for two days. He persistently waited for her, but she never came. Instead, his demon of a brother came.
When Shi Yunjian entered the room, he brought a gust of cold air with him. Shi Qingyin immediately felt nervous. He asked, "Older brother, are you here to see me?"
He had been lying here for the past few days. Although the environment was good and he wasn't lacking in people to attend to him, he inevitably felt lonely.
Shi Qingyin inwardly mockingly and sorrowfully laughed. He wasn't laughing at another person. He was laughing at himself. He didn't expect that the only person who came to visit him was his old brother, who he had a lukewarm relationship with.
Shi Yunjian glanced at him with an explicable look and indifferently took out a stack of documents. "Sign."
Shi Qingyin: "?"
He felt like his face had been slapped. It was already hurting to begin with. He forced himself to sit up. As he looked through the documents, his heart fell.
This was… another seizure of his power. This was the second time it happened during this period.
Was this his father's intentions? Because of his stupid behavior? Was it because of Jiang Shuyao? Yue Xia? Was his father disappointed again because of the big disturbance over a woman?
It seemed that Shi Yunjian was only here for work. After taking the documents and organizing them, he turned around to leave without any reluctance.
"Wait!" Looking at his brother's back, Shi Qingyin felt his resentment rising like a fire. However, when he met Shi Yunjian's eyes that didn't have fluctuations, it felt like he was pelted with snow. "Is… is there nothing that you want to say to me?"
He needed to get a handle on Shi Yunjian's attitude. Although Shi Yunjian would never be reused or receive their father's love because of that matter, and he knew that his position as heir was secure, but… but what if?
Shi Yunjian paused. "You want me to say something?"
Shi Qingyin's eyes were calm. "Yes."
Their hot and cold gazes met. Shi Qingyin clenched his fingers, held his breath, and focused to the point that he couldn't focus harder.
Shi Yunjian's gaze swept from his cheeks to his calf. A subtle, barely audible, mocking laughter came from his throat. Then, he looked down at him and lightly said, "You deserve it."
Shi Qingyin: "???"