Chapter 103: The Three-Way Championship!

Jing Du calmly withdrew his hand, his expression relaxed and ordinary: "With your artistic sensibilities, going there would be like playing the lute to a cow—a complete waste of time."

"Ha." A laugh spilled from Jin Shaoyu's throat.

Yu Shixue was indifferent; he had never had any curiosity about art. His sharp gaze landed on the pin on Ling Wu's chest, and he looked at Jin Shaoyu, raising an eyebrow: "What to do, our poor little thing didn't wear his school badge to the commendation ceremony. Minister Jing will surely be magnanimous, right?"

His eyes looked toward Jin Shaoyu, but his words were directed at Jing Du.

"?" Jin Shaoyu: "You recorded his name?"

Jing Du had his hands in his pockets: "Otherwise?"

Jin Shaoyu took the strawberry-flavored lollipop out of his mouth: "Truly impressive. I never imagined that one day, the name of one of us from the Jin Family would end up in your esteemed Life and Death Ledger."

Jing Du's tone was steady: "You flatter me."

"I saw you all from far away, what are you arguing about?" Yin Huaiyu appeared from who knows where. He stood next to Ling Wu, generously pulling him into his arms, his fingertips trailing down to rest on his collarbone: "Don't scare our brother Ling Wu."

He lowered his head to Ling Wu's ear and said: "Right?"

Ling Wu coldly pushed him away: "Not at all."

There was a hint of seriousness on the youth's cold, clear face.

Jin Shaoyu silently moved a bit closer to Ling Wu's side.

Yin Huaiyu could only withdraw his hand in chagrin. He mentioned again: "Shixue, how is the talk of the marriage with the eldest daughter of the Bai Family going recently?"

"When you get engaged, I will definitely send a grand gift."

Yu Shixue's expression was distant: "You are concerned too early."

"Adu is getting engaged next month; you should prepare his gift."

A flash of unnaturalness crossed Jing Du's habitually cold face, but it quickly returned to normal. Then, he said concisely: "Invitations will be sent to you; don't trouble yourselves with anything else."

After a moment of silence, Yu Shixue's gaze wandered over Jing Du and Ling Wu with a mischievous glint. He remembered the matter of that love letter and asked: "Ling Wu, will you come to Adu's engagement banquet?"

"We can take you out for a good time."

Jin Shaoyu: "What could he possibly play? And you're the one taking him?"

Yin Huaiyu brushed his bangs back, his tone probing: "Ling Wu, if you can't make it on the day of the engagement banquet, Adu will be angry. Why don't you say congratulations in advance, how about that?"

He turned to the side, his eyes fixed only on Ling Wu, not noticing any unnaturalness or disappointment from the youth.

Yin Huaiyu understood and found it interesting; it seemed Ling Wu had long since stopped liking Jing Du.

And Jing Du stood with his back to the light, his expression unreadable.

Ling Wu: "I already said congratulations yesterday."

"Oh." Yin Huaiyu: "Is that so."

"That's very good then."

Jing Du's icy tone drifted over: "I still have things to do, I'm leaving first."

The bullet comments started acting up:

【Round one: The enemy launches a multi-player battle, contestant Jing Du is outnumbered and is the first to be eliminated!】

【Next, we enter the tense and exciting Three-Way Championship!】

【Passion and excitement, let's see who can have the last laugh!】

【Our Young Master Jing came coldly, and left coldly.】

【The excitement continues immediately!】

Yin Huaiyu asked: "Didn't you two say you weren't coming to the commendation ceremony?"

"Mm." Yu Shixue: "We weren't planning to come, but the Academy board of directors moved the Tree Planting Charity Meeting up."

The so-called Tree Planting Charity Meeting was for the nobles to promote environmental protection and hypocritically maintain their noble image; in reality, the nobles were the ones who cut down the most trees and used the most water. The Tree Planting Charity Meeting was more like a large-scale picnic.

After all, if you asked noble young masters and ladies who never lifted a finger to plant trees, do you think it's possible?

Who would plant those trees?

Giving you three seconds to think:

Three.

Two.

One.

You guessed right, of course it's the cheap Special Students.

Yin Huaiyu said "Oh": "When is it?"

Jin Shaoyu replied: "In two days."

"Does everyone have to attend?" Ling Wu spoke up.

Jin Shaoyu nodded: "You can't escape it anyway."

"The location this time is on Song Mountain in the suburbs of Beidu."

Yu Shixue lowered his eyes and leisurely changed the subject: "Ling Wu, I just remembered, after we went out to eat last time, I still have a coat left at your villa."

Ling Wu remembered it was the time Zhuli Pavilion used Yu Shixue to provide an alibi. His expression was very natural: "Mm, I sent your coat to the dry cleaners. Seeing that you didn't mention it, I thought you didn't want it anymore."

"Do you still need it?"

Yu Shixue's tone was familiar: "Just leave it at your place."

Ling Wu: "Mm."

Jin Shaoyu slowly turned his gaze over.

"???"

"No, when did your coat get left at his place?"

"You all better explain this clearly!"

【We see contestant Yu Shixue launch the first attack, dealing 9999 points of true damage to the enemy unit Jin Shaoyu!】

【What is going on? Starting off with an ultimate move right in the face!】

【Yu Shixue (eyes darting, corners of mouth lifting): I have a plan!】

【Jin Shao is bristling with anger!】

【Jin Shao appears to be at a disadvantage...】

Ling Wu tugged on Jin Shaoyu's sleeve: "Don't you know about this?"

"I know? Am I the Jade Emperor, knowing everything? How truly interesting." Reminded, Jin Shaoyu immediately recalled it and retorted: "You all were eating out, and it even reached the point of eating at home?"

Seeing the situation was not good, Yin Huaiyu immediately pacified Jin Shaoyu: "Shao Yu, isn't it just a meal? What's the big deal? One should be more magnanimous."

"Besides, don't we get together to eat every few days?"

Jin Shaoyu did not speak and shoved the lollipop back into his mouth.

Yin Huaiyu looked at him with those peach-blossom eyes, looking very sincere and earnest: "Ling Wu, I am still on your blacklist. Since you can go out to eat with Shixue, you should at least take me off it."

Ling Wu glanced at him: "Do you have some kind of obsession with this matter?"

Last time, when Yin Huaiyu was in the dressing room, he also brought up the matter of a friend, and then started acting crazy and unreasonable.

Watching the youth's refined and calm appearance, Yin Huaiyu drawled, the curve of his lips deepening: "It's all my fault for offending brother in the dressing room last time. I won't be like that again. It's been so long, it's time to let go of your anger, right?"

【You won't admit your mistakes; you only regret not being beaten hard enough.】

【Young Master Yin, you aren't still secretly savoring it, are you?】

【A man's mouth is a lying ghost!】

【Supporting male lead, don't believe him! This Yin Huaiyu is very bad. Only I am a good person. Everyone else has ulterior motives toward you. Hurry and hide in my arms!】

Yu Shixue frowned: "Huaiyu, you went backstage last time?"

He had been suspicious at the time as to why Yin Huaiyu had returned looking refreshed with a slap mark on his face, not even bothering to cover it up, as if being beaten were an honor.

Jin Shaoyu's tone was deep: "What else is there that I don't know?"