Chapter 176 - BULLYING SHEN JI YUN

IT was the last class before lunch and Luo Yan, as usual, was pretending that he was listening diligently to the teacher.  But his mind was wandering all over.  He was curious as to what the effect of his advertis.e.m.e.nt would be.  He hadn't checked the game forum yet to see the reaction of other players or if they were even talking about it.

He planned to do that later once he came back home.  He wanted to wait for at least a day after the video was released to look into it.  Because by then, a lot of people had already given their opinions.  Then he could clearly see if the effect of the advertis.e.m.e.nt was positive or negative.  But even without checking that, he was still quite certain that it would be positive.    

Luo Yan was proud of the video he shot and edited.  It's creative and of high quality.  His employees that showed up in the video were all beautiful and talented.  And most of all, he even showed up in the video himself.  Him being there added an extra flavor to the video, making it more mysterious and intriguing.  How would it even flop with all those factors combined together?

What he actually wanted to know was if his advertis.e.m.e.nt was trending or not.  Because that would mean that a lot of people were talking about it.  And more attention meant more customers for him.

Speaking of customers, he suddenly remembered that small talk he had with Shen Ji Yun after he told him that he threatened a 'possible customer'.

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"What would you say if I apply as a bodyguard in your pavilion?" 

If Luo Yan was drinking something at that moment, he would have probably choked because of Shen Ji Yun's question.  "Why would you even want to do that?" he asked back, a bit incredulously.

Shen Ji Yun scratched the back of his head, as if just realizing that what he asked was pretty stupid.  But he had already asked it, so he might as well continue on.  "Don't your building need protection?  I mean, players like that guy earlier would visit your pavilion.  They might harass the NPCs there."

Luo Yan chuckled.  "Brother Ji Yun, have you forgotten that there's a rule that prevents players from harassing NPCs?"

He heard that during the first year of the released of the VR version, they were players who abused NPCs.  Even though they were just a bunch of data, abusing them was still pretty inhumane.  So, they set up that rule.

Of course, Shen Ji Yun knew about that.  What he truly wanted to say was that he's worried that other players might harass Luo Yan.  But if he said that, the rabbit might think that he's being overprotective.  Telling a guy that you would act as his bodyguard because some people might try to harass him was definitely not something one would like to hear from another guy.  He didn't want Luo Yan to think that he's annoying.  But how else would he tell him what he wanted to convey?

Luo Yan stared at Shen Ji Yun.  His brows were slightly furrowed, as if he's thinking real hard what he should say next.  He couldn't help but laugh a little.  How could someone who just beat someone up, while looking extremely cool, struggled to find the right words right now?  

"Are you worrying that some other player would come in the pavilion and harass me?" he asked, taking a guest.

"Yes."

He noticed Shen Ji Yun's ear tips turning red when he answered his question and confirmed his guest.  Man, the gap in this guy's personality was really just too adorable.  "That won't happen because I won't be there.  Me appearing on that video advertis.e.m.e.nt was just a one-time thing."

Why would he even go and serve customers when he was the boss?  He'd probably show himself from time to time when needed but certainly not every night.  Besides, his pavilion had enough security to handle unruly customers.  That also came as a package when he received the pavilion from the King of Arcadia.  It seemed that when the King said that everything that was in the original Yuexing Pavilion he truly meant 'everything'.  Which he was really thankful for.

When Shen Ji Yun heard that answer, he finally felt relieved.  Then immediately felt embarrassed.  "I'm sorry.  You must totally think that I'm being such a nag."

Luo Yan felt like he was seeing a puppy with its ears down.  He chuckled.  Seriously, how could this guy be so cute?  That urge to bully Shen Ji Yun surged up again in him.  

And so, he succ.u.mbed to his urges.

He looked down and made his voice tremble a little.  "Yes, Brother Ji Yun always act like a worrywart.  It's- it's suffocating!" He raised his head and appeared as though he was about to cry.  "Does Brother Ji Yun not trust me at all?  That I don't even have the ability to protect myself?"  

Shen Ji Yun felt like he was frozen on the spot, nailed on the very ground he was standing.  Anxiousness and nervousness both filled him.  Was he really being too much?  What if Luo Yan started to hate him because of this?  No!  He didn't want that.  Just thinking of that possibility, his heart already felt like it's being pierced by hundreds, no, thousands of tiny needles.

He removed his mask, so that he could convey what he wanted.  "No… that's not it.  I- I'm—"

When Luo Yan saw the frustrated expression on Shen Ji Yun's face, he felt like he had gone overboard a little.  He scratched the tip of his nose.  Ah, how could he be so black hearted?

"Ahm, sorry, Brother Ji Yun.  I was just joking.  You look so cute and adorable.  I just couldn't help but want to bully you.  Sorry."

Shen Ji Yun felt like the hand gripping his heart just loosened when he heard what the rabbit said.  And then when Luo Yan's reasoning completely registered in his brain, his whole face heated up.  How could he see him as 'cute' and 'adorable'.  Those two words were the farthest thing that should be used to describe him.  If there's someone 'cute' and 'adorable' here, then that would only be Luo Yan.

"J-just don't do it again.  I- I don't like it when you act like you hate me."

Seeing his red face and hearing those words, Luo Yan couldn't help but feel an unknown emotion feeling his heart.  What it was, he wasn't sure yet.  He just knew that it was something he had never felt before.

So, right now, he could only smile and say, "Okay."

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Then the bell rang, completely cutting off Luo Yan's train of thoughts.  He no longer thought of those things.   Because right now, there's only one agenda on his list.  He immediately looked at a certain direction.  At the back where Yu Jiao was sitting.

Because today was the day he's starting his 'be friends with Yu Jiao' plan.