Chapter 829: Love Starting from a Breakup 18

Qiao Xu heard it, got anxious, stared, and looked over.

"No!"

Jin Chen raised his brows to look at him, his pupils showing unclear emotion, "Why not?"

Qiao Xu finally made eye contact with him, his tone much softer, as if acting coquettish.

"Anyway, it's not allowed—how could you look for a male model?"

Jin Chen hummed, "Only the prefect may set fire."

"I don't have any!"

Qiao Xu frowned, "It wasn't me who summoned them, and I didn't do anything!"

"You, get out."

He pointed at the male model, looking disdainful, "You're not allowed to sit with me."

The tall male model, now understanding what happened, realized it was a lovers' quarrel, coming here to provoke each other.

But they were all prominent figures; it wasn't his place to speak, so he gave an apologetic smile and sat beside a familiar face.

The anger began to stagnate; Jin Chengtian tried to smooth things over.

"It's my fault—I shouldn't have arranged a male model for the Young Master; I'll punish myself with three drinks."

Jin Chen's eyes flickered with a smile, he didn't mention calling another male model, and leisurely sipped his drink.

So, have these two actually broken up or not?

The surrounding people exchanged puzzled glances, unable to figure out the situation, only able to look toward Gu He, who might know, with questioning eyes.

Gu He was also puzzled, how had things come to this, but he felt Jin Chen still cared about Qiao Xu.

This wasn't in their plan at all.

If Jin Chen continues to help Qiao Xu, then the Qiao Family will surely be under his protection.

When the day comes to truly close the net, who knows how difficult it will be.

No, we can't let them continue developing.

Gu He glanced at the ordinary man in the corner, then lifted his chin toward one of the male models.

The latter understood, got up, and left.

Afterwards, Gu He deliberately raised his voice, speaking to Qiao Xu at a volume Jin Chen could hear.

"Xiao Xu, you said you wanted to get over the breakup, and that you'd have fun tonight and then forget Jin Chen."

Hearing that, Qiao Xu was startled, choked on his drink, coughed for a while, his eyes red from the irritation.

"What nonsense are you spouting? I never said anything like that."

If it were before, he might have considered Gu He's face as his cousin, but not today.

Gu He had never been rebutted like this; his pride was slightly bruised, but with everyone watching, he couldn't show weakness.

"Alright, then it never happened—just be happy."

He wore a helpless, resigned expression, as if Qiao Xu was being unreasonable, sat back down, and in a voice only the two could hear said: "Xiao Xu, what's wrong with you tonight? Do you still want something with Jin Chen? Don't forget, Jin Chen is a dangerous person."

"Do you really want to keep living in that fearful household?"

Qiao Xu listened calmly, this time not getting angry right away, just staring intently at Gu He's face, as if trying to see something.

"Brother Gu, you seem to really want me and Jin Chen to break up, even to never associate again."

His tone was so calm it frightened Gu He; his fingers gripping the cup tensed, his expression barely held, forcing out a smile.

"What are you saying, Xiao Xu? You're my brother; I naturally want you to be well."

"Really? That's quite kind of you."

Qiao Xu turned his head away, clearly not wanting to speak to him anymore.

【Detected Villain Blackening Value 5, accumulated 35!】

"Alright, let's play a game, Qiao Xu, join us."

Jin Chengtian really couldn't stand the awkwardness, hurriedly called everyone to start playing.

"Roll the dice—whoever gets the lowest number loses and must do truth or dare."

"Come on, don't just sit there foolishly."

Of course, no one dared to call out Jin Chen.

It's a joke—his family runs a casino; who could compete with him?

Jin Chen also enjoyed the ease, his gaze lazily sweeping over the few people playing.

The first round's loser was the Young Master Qiao, who had never touched such a thing before.

He didn't even know how to roll the dice, shook them randomly, and lost completely.

Yet even so, Qiao Xu still thought it was a luck game.

"I'm the highest!" Jin Chengtian laughed, "Young Master Qiao, do you want truth or dare?"

Qiao Xu felt a bit down, thinking everything today went against him, though his luck used to be good.

Seeing Jin Chen's delight dampened a bit.

"I choose truth."

"Truth, then..."

Jin Chengtian rolled his eyeballs; they were all seasoned players, naturally knowing what question would be most explosive, but today they didn't dare much.

So he picked a question he thought was already not too explosive.

"Qiao Xu, what do you think is your biggest personality flaw?"

For the arrogant Young Master Qiao, this question was already quite hard to answer.

Everyone awaited his answer.

Qiao Xu lowered his gaze, staring at the pale blue liquor, thought for a moment, and said softly, "Trusting those who shouldn't be trusted too much always gets me into trouble."

It was like that in their youth, and even now that they've grown up, it's still the same.

Upon hearing that answer, several people exchanged glances, subtly looking at Gu He and Jin Chen.

The only people who could earn the young master's trust before were probably just these two.

Could there be some secret they don't know about?

Though Qiao Xu was unwilling to say more, even so, it still gave Gu He quite a shock.

Who was Qiao Xu talking about, himself?

So this is why Qiao Xu has been unwilling to talk about his feelings with himself lately?

No matter how turbulent his feelings, at least on the surface Gu He still showed nothing.

When Jin Chen heard that answer, he happened to meet Huo Chen's gaze looking over, and Huo Chen said, "Hey, who is your young master talking about?"

Not denying that, Jin Chen glanced at Huo Chen and said, "Gu family person."

"Not easy, he finally realized that everyone around him are white-eyed wolves."

Huo Chen clicked his tongue twice, "Surely a breakup isn't without reason, you little schemer, your mind is deep."

Jin Chen gave him a look.

After chatting for a while, Qiao Xu lost another round.

Perhaps having finally realized something, he lowered his head to glance at the dice box in his hand, then looked toward the others at the table who were avoiding his gaze.

"You guys deliberately made me lose!"

The young master's temper flared up immediately.

"No, no, it's just a low-probability event; how could we deliberately make you lose?"

This round's winner wasn't the previous round's player, but another flamboyantly dressed young master who is also a seasoned player; unlike Jin Chengtian, he never worries about anything.

"Since you lost, you have to accept the penalty; this time you can't choose truth or dare."

Qiao Xu took a deep breath, silently urging himself, Jin Chen is still here, don't get angry for no reason.

"It's just a dare, come on!"