Chapter 171: 171 Difficult Choices Chapter 171: 171 Difficult Choices The story goes back to the previous night, past eleven, with few custors in the noodle shop, making it seem sowhat deserted.
Chen Xu sat at a table near the entrance, one hand holding a cigarette, the other browsing on his phone. Chen Ziqi had already gone to sleep, and after the last custor left, he was alone.
Tap!
The sound of high heels striking the floor was exceptionally clear, soone ca in.
Chen Xu’s eyes left the phone screen; he looked up and saw a pair of light-colored, shiny high heels. Above them, long, slender legs encased in a leather miniskirt. Further up, a black striped blouse with crossed arms in front, holding a black handbag.
Without seeing the face, he knew who it was—Liu Yung, Luo Xiyun’s good friend. Honestly, he didn’t have a good impression of this woman. Never in his life had a woman pointed at his nose and cursed him, and so hideously at that.
“Hello, what can I do for you?” He took the cigarette from his lips, snuffed it out in the ashtray, and waved his hand to disperse the smoke before him.
After all, she was Luo Xiyun’s friend. “Face the Buddha by looking at the monk,” as they say—he had to show basic courtesy.
But when he saw her icy deanor, he knew she ca with bad intentions.
Liu Yung coldly said, “Chen Xu, do you intend to keep up this cold war?”
Chen Xu averted his gaze to the phone in his hand, the screen filled with news about Bai Jinxuan.
Seeing his lack of reaction, Liu Yung’s face grew even angrier, “What is this now? You’re just dragging your feet; are you still a man?”
Hearing her harsh words, Chen Xu couldn’t help responding, “What exactly do you want to say?”
“If you were a real man, you’d be straightforward.” Liu Yung snapped, “If you can’t accept her, then tell her clearly and cut ties completely. If you can’t bear to lose her, then hurry and find her, cheer her up. What does it an to keep her hanging?”
“Even if you’re not emotionally intelligent, you would still know how to please a girl, right?”
“Or are you expecting her to co to you? If you really think that way, then you’re truly shaless.”
Chen Xu’s expression changed several tis, his grip on the phone tightening. After a while, he asked in a sowhat hoarse voice, “Did sothing happen to her?”
Liu Yung was observing his expressions. Although she didn’t know what was troubling him, given Luo Xiyun’s unusual behavior these last two days, there seed to be so connection.
“If you still care about her, co with ,” she said coldly and turned to leave.
Chen Xu closed his eyes, his mind half filled with Bai Jinxuan and the other half completely occupied by Luo Xiyun.
It wasn’t until Liu Yung was about to open the car door that he finally opened his eyes, stood up, closed the door, and walked toward the red Maserati parked on the roadside. He opened the car door and sat in the passenger seat.
After starting the car, there was a mont of silence.
After a while, it was Liu Yung, who was holding the steering wheel, who spoke, “To be honest, I don’t like you at all. You are simply unworthy of her.”
Chen Xu remained silent; he wasn’t even in the mood to argue now.
“I just don’t want to see her so distressed.”
“I don’t think she has deep feelings for you either. She’s just projected her beautiful imaginations of love onto you. She’s never been in love; I don’t know how you impressed her. However, I believe your relationship won’t last long.”
“Won are like that. Before experiencing love, they always imagine it beautifully. Only after living with a man and facing repeated disappointnts do they co back to their senses, realizing these creatures are not worth entrusting their hearts to.”
“Every woman has to go through this; consider it a discount for you.”
At this point, Chen Xu couldn’t hold back any longer and said, “Don’t make won sound so innocent, like it’s always the man’s fault and won are always the victims. Saying such things, do you even have a brain?”
Without waiting for her to retort, he scoffed, “Of course, why need a brain when you have an ass. Standing from a woman’s perspective, of course, you would push all faults onto n. Otherwise, wouldn’t that an admitting your own mistakes?”
“What, you still upset?”
“All I know is, if a couple breaks up, no matter what happened between the two, it’s the man who’s blad. Such a claim is definitely nonsense.”
“You’re twisting my words.”
“Isn’t that what you implied just now? In a relationship, if a woman gets hurt, the man must be condemned. Isn’t that your logic? Oh, only won get hurt; n don’t? You only think about what n do to hurt you, never considering whether your actions might hurt a man.”
Chen Xu said this and scoffed, “When it cos to being selfish, you won are no less. Let’s not point fingers at each other here.”
Liu Yung impatiently said, “It’s all sophistry. Stop talking to ; it’s irritating.”
Chen Xu felt he must have been confused to even discuss this with her. But after arguing a bit, he felt sowhat relieved.
The day before yesterday, he had seen Bai Jinxuan’s interview online, which weighed heavily on his heart. Her words were clearly about him.
He had never expected she would recall the mories from their dream so quickly.
Even less did he expect she would be so bold as to publicly reveal her romantic feelings in front of the dia, without regard for the potential fatal impact on her acting career.
He rembered asking her in the dream what they would do if they returned to Earth. She had answered, willing to be an ordinary person again. Surprisingly, she truly ant it.
How could he remain indifferent faced with such a girl?
On one side was Luo Xiyun, who had been with him for several months in the first dream; on the other was Bai Jinxuan, with whom he had spent six months, sharing deep feelings. Choosing either would cause pain to soone. He didn’t know how to choose.
Reason told him he should choose Luo Xiyun, not for any other reason but based on practical considerations. After all, Bai Jinxuan and he were from completely different worlds.
Yet, the words Bai Jinxuan had said in an interview kept echoing in his ears, like a heavy stone pressing on his heart, preventing him from making a decision.
This damned dream device.
Over the past few days, he had lost count of how many tis he had cursed that broken system—it was its fault he was in such an uncomfortable dilemma.
Liu Yung’s arrival had finally tipped the balance in his heart towards Luo Xiyun.
He knew that dragging this on was becoming increasingly unfair to both girls.
When he got into the car, in his heart, he had already made a decision.
“Jinxuan, just pretend I’m dead.”
He stared out the window, quietly thinking to himself.
Half an hour later, the car stopped near a bar.
“Get out.” Liu Yung said coldly.
After Chen Xu got out of the car, he followed her into the bar, frowning slightly—he did not like such places, nor did he want to bring a girl he was close to sowhere like this.
That was what he thought, but he didn’t say anything. After all, he and Luo Xiyun weren’t anything to each other now.
Passing through a door, the booming music vibrated his eardrums, and in the dim light, colorful lights flickered chaotically. In the middle of the dance floor, nurous young n and won were gyrating their bodies.
The air was filled with a mix of perfu and alcohol, the sensory overload seed to quicken his blood flow, his heart beating faster with the pulsating music.
The bar was crowded, the dim lighting intermittently pierced by various colored spotlights, making it hard to see faces clearly—only able to distinguish between n and won.
Chen Xu followed Liu Yung to a corner where a few sofas were placed and a few people, both n and won, were sitting; he recognized Luo Xiyun at a glance, sitting there alone, quietly drinking.
The flickering lights occasionally fell on her face, revealing a sowhat desolate expression, distinctly out of place with her surroundings.
Liu Yung stopped and didn’t approach. “There she is, it’s up to you now.”
Just as Chen Xu was about to go over, he saw a man sit next to Luo Xiyun with a drink in hand, “Beauty, I’ve been watching you for a long ti. What’s the fun in drinking alone? Join .”
Luo Xiyun didn’t look at him, her tone cold, “Go away.”
The man laughed, “Don’t be so cold, let’s be friends…”
“She told you to go away.” At this mont, Chen Xu walked up to the table, already a bit angry, and spoke very impolitely.
On the side, Liu Yung saw this, made a gesture to a man not far from Luo Xiyun, signaling him not to interfere. Then, she decided to see how Chen Xu would handle it.
The man leaned back, looking annoyed, and asked, “Who the hell are you?”
“She’s my girlfriend.”
Chen Xu walked around the table, pulled Luo Xiyun up, and positioned her behind him.
The man was startled by his words, turned his head to look at Luo Xiyun behind him, and said, “Beauty, you have poor taste. Ditch this guy. I can introduce you to so others…”
Chen Xu didn’t want to bother with this person, took Luo Xiyun by the hand, and said, “Let’s go.”
“Don’t leave.” The man suddenly stood up, blocking Chen Xu’s path, “I don’t think this beauty wants to go with you.”
Chen Xu’s expression turned cold, and he spat out a word, “Scram.”
“Ooh, threatening ? I’m so scared,” the man said, and several other n ca over.
On the other side, seeing that the situation was about to spiral out of control, Liu Yung quickly waved her hand to get that man to intervene. Just as the man moved, Chen Xu had already kicked him in the stomach.
The man’s body bent like a shrimp, knees hitting the ground, a strained noise coming from his throat. Just seeing him in that condition, it was clear how hard the kick was.
“Fuck.” The man’s companions hadn’t expected him to actually start a fight and cursed angrily, rushing forward with weapons.
Seeing an actual fight break out, people in the bar quickly gathered around.
Liu Yung was also shocked. Chen Xu, who looked like soone who couldn’t fight his way out of a paper bag, was quite impulsive when angered. She hurried over, trying to pull Luo Xiyun out to avoid her getting caught in the lee.
However, just as she managed to push through, she saw the five or six n who started the fight lying on the ground, groaning, while Chen Xu stood there, shaking his hand.
What had just happened?
She was a bit perplexed.
In just a few seconds, had Chen Xu taken all these guys down?
Were these people just stooges he had hired?
While she was bewildered, Chen Xu had already pulled the equally surprised Luo Xiyun through the crowd and left the bar.
PS: Here’s a book recomndation, also featuring a harem and is a fantasy genre, by the author Ji Cha, titled “Please Behave, Fairy.” Worth a try if you’re looking for sothing to read.
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