Chapter 17: Scumbag

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Fu Xiaoya stood in the corridor outside for a long time, but Qin Huaichen hadn’t come out yet. She began to suspect that he might have fallen into the toilet bowl. Just as she was about to ask a passerby to check on Qin Huaichen, she saw him limping out of the men’s restroom. As soon as he saw Fu Xiaoya, he immediately pretended to be fine and walked normally, as if nothing had happened.

Qin Huaichen said, “Waiting for me here? Feeling guilty, huh? I helped you this morning, and you stepped on me…”

“Serves you right! Who told you to intentionally drink my glass of water, you scumbag!” Fu Xiaoya’s face remained expressionless. She had long seen through Qin Huaichen’s pathetic attempts at flirting.

“I really didn’t know,” Qin Huaichen explained earnestly. He truly didn’t know that the glass of water belonged to Fu Xiaoya. He added, “I’m not a scumbag. I haven’t even been in a relationship…” He said the last part in a soft voice.

Fu Xiaoya looked at him with a look of disbelief. What a joke! Qin Huaichen was around twenty-three or twenty-four years old, the same age as her brother. How could he claim to have never been in a relationship? Such a guy couldn’t possibly exist in this world!

“Um… I don’t care if you’ve been in a relationship or not. My brother is your fan, so he was happy to have a meal together with you,” Fu Xiaoya tried to maintain a better attitude, as she still wanted to ask for his help.

Qin Huaichen thought he had misheard and furrowed his brows as he asked, “What did you say?”

“My brother is your fan. He really likes you,” Fu Xiaoya said earnestly.

Well, Qin Huaichen’s good mood was completely ruined. He frowned and said, “I don’t like men!”

Fu Xiaoya was at a loss for words. Why did he suddenly get angry? She didn’t quite understand. Her brother saw him as an idol and liked him, so why did it make him so repulsed?

“Fine then, goodbye.” Fu Xiaoya only wanted to talk to him to prevent him from blurting out anything, but now that he was angry, he probably wouldn’t dine here anymore, and there would be no danger of him speaking out.

As Fu Xiaoya walked out of the corridor, she saw a father and daughter having a conversation in the restaurant’s main hall. It was the foster father of the original owner of her body, Shen Nanhai, and his daughter, Shen Youyou.

Shen Youyou asked cautiously, ” Dad, why do you have the time to visit Hai City” Her face showed a hint of displeasure.

Shen Nanhai, dressed in a black suit, had a rare smile on his stern face. However, his eyes were excessively gloomy, making his smile look particularly eerie. He said, “I came to Hai City to find your sister.”

Hearing this, Shen Youyou wasn’t too pleased. She turned her face away and wished that Fu Xiaoya, that trash, would disappear forever!

Shen Youyou exclaimed, “Dad, why do you even bother looking for Fu Xiaoya? She’s already gone.” The mention of Fu Xiaoya seemed to embolden her.

Shen Nanhai gently patted Shen Youyou’s head, his gaze drifting into the distance, lost in thought. After a while, he stood up and said, “You don’t need to worry too much about my affairs. Go back and accompany your mother.”

Shen Nanhai walked in the direction of Fu Xiaoya.

Having overheard the conversation between Shen Nanhai and Shen Youyou, Fu Xiaoya understood it clearly. Shen Nanhai came to Hai City to look for her? There was no father-daughter bond between the original owner of her body and Shen Nanhai. It seemed that he was here to harm her.

Fu Xiaoya wasn’t worried about herself, but she couldn’t let her family be dragged into this. Thinking about her biological parents leading a stable life in Anning Village, and her brother being alone and vulnerable, she couldn’t endanger her loved ones. It seemed that she couldn’t return to Anning Village.

Shen Nanhai’s footsteps grew closer, and she couldn’t let him discover her presence. Unfortunately, there was nowhere to hide in the vicinity. Fu Xiaoya clenched her teeth and, seeing Qin Huaichen still following behind her, she decided to throw herself into his embrace.

Qin Huaichen’s hands froze in place as the delicate fragrance of the girl filled his nostrils. His mind went blank, and his earlier discontent vanished.

Qin Huaichen stammered, “You… Why are you suddenly being so proactive?” His hands, stiff and uncertain, obediently wrapped around Fu Xiaoya’s slender waist as he held her in his arms, his ears tinged with a blush.

Ignoring Qin Huaichen’s confusion, Fu Xiaoya nestled her face against his chest and cautiously observed Shen Nanhai. When she saw Shen Nanhai looking in their direction, she quickly buried her face deeper in Qin Huaichen’s embrace and whispered, “Hold me tightly! Like you would hold your girlfriend. Hurry!”

Qin Huaichen wanted to say that he didn’t have a girlfriend, but his hands dutifully held onto Fu Xiaoya’s waist, embracing her as if she were his lover. His eyes were filled with affection.

“What a coincidence, Heavenly King Qin,” Shen Nanhai halted in front of Qin Huaichen, paying no attention to their intimate embrace. After all, which young master wasn’t lascivious these days? Shen Nanhai had sent his daughter into the entertainment industry with the hope of establishing connections with the Qin family’s heir. As long as he could hitch a ride on the Qin family’s ship, the future of the Shen family would be smooth sailing.