Chapter 154

154 LOVE HIM? LIKE HIM?

Bai Chen had agreed to accept the mission from the system, and the system gave him twenty-four hours to complete it.

‘Zhu Ge is a shameless person, so it will be easy for him to say yes after I confess to him,’ Bai Chen was confident as he walked from the bathroom towards the place where he was going to have breakfast this morning. ‘Moreover, he seems to be interested in me, and I’m sure he won’t be able to refuse if I ask him to be my boyfriend.’

Bai Chen was sure that he would be able to complete the mission given by the system. He had known the man for almost three weeks, and he had always been sensitive towards the man, and that was why Bai Chen had assumed that the man was interested in him.

He had changed into clean clothes, and he could smell his body becoming more fragrant now, and even his hair was still soaking wet. However, he didn’t bother returning to Jing Pavilion to dry his hair and also style his brown hair.

‘I’m really hungry right now, but I also have to think about how I should confess to Zhu Ge so as not to look weird when that guy suddenly hears my confession,’ even if Bai Chen was sure he would be able to conquer the man who liked to wear red clothes, he didn’t know how he should confess, and that was why he was a little annoyed by the issue other than being bothered by his hunger.

Bai Chen was not a romantic man when he was still in his previous life. He did have a girlfriend back then, but the two of them just agreed to casually date without either of them needing to confess, and that was why Bai Chen didn’t really have any experience when it came to confessions.

What’s more, he had to confess to a man now, and he couldn’t even imagine what it would be like when he asked a man to be his lover.

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‘And I will confess to a male prostitute from the Red Pavilion, and he surely has more experience than me, right? Maybe other men have confessed to him in the past, and maybe he will also compare my confession to how other men have confessed to him in the past,’ Bai Chen once again wailed as he still couldn’t find a way to confess to a man named Zhu Ge.

His thick brows furrowed as he tried to recall the memories he had with the black-haired man. They had met each other for the first time about three weeks ago, and he had to admit that the two of them had made quite a several memories together during the short time they had spent together.

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Zhu Ge was quite annoying most of the time, and his perverted thoughts were the thing that annoyed Bai Chen most of the time. Even if Bai Lang once mocked Bai Chen for always thinking with his dick, Bai Chen believed that Zhu Ge’s brain was even made of dick.

He knew that it was just his ridiculous way of describing how perverted Zhu Ge was, but that was indeed how he had seen Zhu Ge in the past three weeks.

‘But actually, he’s not that bad,’ Bai Chen suddenly corrected himself as he once again thought of the other man.

Ever since they had met for the first time in the Red Pavilion, Zhu Ge had sometimes treated him quite well too. The man helped him fetch water when he was thirsty on their way back to his palace, and the man even saved him when he nearly fell while they were walking to the river.

Moreover, Zhu Ge also cared about how he should eat well, and the man even helped him prepare for the Beast Hunting Event. It was true that the man surnamed Zhu only taught him for a few days, but the instructions were quite helpful when he was in the Forbidden Forest.

‘He also said that he wanted to be my friend, and he even dared to call me by my name. I can’t lie that I felt closest to him when I was in this world,’ Bai Chen thought again, and without realizing it, a small smile started to form on his face.

Even if the man was bold enough with his attitude, Bai Chen had to admit that the man made him feel more comfortable. Not to mention that Zhu Ge was also quite protective of him.

Even if the man joked around a lot, sometimes Bai Chen could see the man’s serious pair of eyes, and sometimes he could also feel his heart being shaken when he was with that man.

‘Maybe I haven’t fallen in love with him yet, but I have to admit that I feel comfortable when I’m with him. I thought... it wouldn’t be too hard for me to confess to him. I don’t have to say that I love him, do I? It will be okay if I just say I like him, I guess. Yes, I quite like him as a friend, so it wouldn’t count as lying for the sake of the mission.’

Bai Chen was still unwilling to admit that he had fallen in love with Zhu Ge even if he felt a foreign feeling in his heart, and he kept telling himself that he liked Zhu Ge as a friend, nothing more and nothing less.

With that in mind, Bai Chen was confident that he would be able to have Zhu Ge in his grasp, but his confidence disappeared when he finally arrived at the place where he was going to have breakfast.

He was still in his palace, but instead of staying in the Jing Pavilion, he chose the garden pavilion as the place he would eat this morning. He had told his two servants about it, and now he could see one of the two servants standing alone in the garden pavilion.

Both palms pressed against the fence of the garden pavilion, a pair of brown eyes looked ahead undisturbed by the dazzling sunlight, and the black hair flew with the breeze.

The beautiful sight managed to steal Bai Chen’s breath, and he even forgot how to breathe for a few seconds before he finally remembered to catch his breath and continued walking towards the garden pavilion.

‘It’s just Zhu Ge. Why am I suddenly acting like this? Is it because I’m going to confess today that my heart was suddenly affected by it?’ Bai Chen wondered as he continued to carry his long legs toward the pavilion, but before he could find an answer to his question, he had already arrived at the pavilion, and Zhu Ge noticed his presence as he immediately turned around.

“You smell so good after bathing, ChenChen. Maybe you should let me join you for a bath next time so you can share your pleasant smell with me.”

Bai Chen almost snorted when he heard Zhu Ge increase his impudent attitude towards him. Just an hour ago that man dared to call him by his name in front of Ma Qiao, but now that man dared to use a pet name for him.

Should he change his mind about how he thought that Zhu Ge wasn’t that bad?

Bai Chen was annoyed, but then he remembered when he stupidly called himself by the pet name when he had just met Zhu Ge three weeks ago. Back then, Zhu Ge was a little suspicious because his character was different from the real Bai Chen, and he was forced to act so cheaply in front of that man.

It was he who coined the pet name, and just now Zhu Ge had used the nickname for him. Even if he once again felt that Zhu Ge had become more daring towards him, he couldn’t deny that he felt a little strange in his heart when he heard how the raven-haired man had smoothly produced the nickname with his sinful lips.

He was too absorbed in his thoughts, and he didn’t notice that Zhu Ge was now standing right in front of him and leaning forward so that his face was only an inch away from Bai Chen’s.

Bai Chen was taken aback by that, but before he could break away from the taller man, he could feel Zhu Ge’s warm hand on his left cheek before the owner of the hand spoke again, “I just realized that I miss you so much, Bai Chen. I can’t even control myself when I see you half wet like this. May I kiss you?”

Bai Chen froze in place, and his blue eyes could only fall on the pair of brown eyes that had also been glued to him the entire time. Before he could say anything, his lips were locked by another pair of lips, and the next thing he heard was something falling to the ground followed by the sound of it breaking into pieces.