"Oh, it's alright if Brother Yuan doesn't want to come tomorrow."

Shao Cheng coldly answered after hearing Ren Yuan answer, especially when he perceived that the man seemed to be scheming something in his complicated and hard to understand mind, which usually involves unreasonable ideas that made a person want to beat him up to death.

"...!!!"

Whitey, you gave up so easily! Didn't you say that I'm the most important person in your life aside from your family? So are you really sweet talking to me before and didn't really mean it?

Ren Yuan lip twitch trying to maintain his usual grin on his face while gazing as his heartless special friend began to eat up all the snacks he spent his money on, especially when he wasn't even given any of it after speaking the unsure answer.

Hmph, how petty-minded! I just want you to beg me alright? Is it that hard to do? You were so adorable when we first met each other too!

How come you have changed so much after we have gotten closer?

Ah... I definitely miss the special and amazing conditions I could have experienced if we didn't get to be friends quite fast… maybe you would have nodded your head if I ask you to dress in female clothing?

Damn! I suddenly feel regretful! But then... If I didn't get closer to Whitey quite fast, I definitely wouldn't have gotten to taste his delicious foods… nor would I get to see and experience the gentle side of Whitey…

Even Whitey might have finally had crossed the line with someone else if I didn't appear to kindly help him up during the aphrodisiac situation… urgh… thinking about it made me want to kill the person who dares to taint Whitey...

While Ren Yuan was going crazy in his own unreasonable thoughts, Shao Cheng was able to easily finish all the snacks on the table, before reaching over and taking a sip of the cup of hot tea, secretly glancing once in a while at the silent man.

… huh, I wonder what Ren Yuan is thinking about, it's really suspicious for him to remain this quiet...

When Shao Cheng planned to speak up, it seemed that his attribute of having a troubled magnet physical body had finally acted out again. Since shortly, a young man dressed in blue robes had elegantly walked in their direction and started greeting in a gentle voice.

"Cousin, it's quite a surprise to meet you in this kind of place."

"Go away, I don't want to play with you right now."

"Cousin, don't act like this. Why don't you introduce this young man? I have been hearing your precious friend lately, he is the person right? Or I can do it too. Hello, my name is Ren Jing, cousin of Ren Yuan on his father's side. Nice to meet you."

Ren Jing gentle eyes finally landed at the young man dressed in beautiful snow white robes, with a thick cloak woven with special silk, and at the same time, wearing a delicately created silver mask over his face.

So this is also one of the famous youngsters known in the entire Chang Capital, the third young master of the Shao Family.

Even with the mask on the young man's face, Ren Jing could definitely tell that this person is a rare beauty, especially after having the cold and indifferent atmosphere that made him more attractive.

Ren Jing could tell that the young man's temperament was natural rather than a forced appearance or pretense, completely different from what he usually witnessed when meeting the other young nobles.

Besides, even some of the powerful grown-ups will find themselves losing in the young man's temperament.

I finally figured out why those people dared to foolishly kidnap this person despite knowing that he is the most favored child in the Shao Family. Fortunately, apart from the rare and eye-catching temperament, this person has a lot of weaknesses.

I don't need to worry too much about this person suddenly mixing up in the inner core of the next generation of people that will lead the Empire in the future.

For now, I should destroy the relationship the young man has with Ren Yuan, the Shao Family will become troublesome to deal with after I make my move later on.

However, no matter what Ren Jing schemes in his mind, a few seconds had already passed by, and the young man didn't even react to his introduction, not even a single glance in his direction.

"Pfft! Hahaha! Ah, don't mind if Little Cheng ignored you. He is normally like this to strangers and unimportant people."

After letting out a rather obnoxious laugh, Ren Yuan has leaned over to shoot a wide grin to the annoying sly snake that wanted to get closer to Little Cheng before reaching over and gently taking the slender hand of the young man that was playing with the teacup.

Ren Yuan felt delighted when the young man didn't shy away and obediently let him hold his hand, before giving a pointed look to his cousin that tried to maintain the amiable smile on his face.

"Of course, I'm different from you cousin, I'm Little Cheng's special friend, which no one would be able to replace. So don't try to get Little Cheng's attention away from me alright? It wouldn't work out even in a million years."

Tsk… special friend? It should be lovers, right? Just look at how suspicious and ambiguous the two of you right now. No one would believe that nothing is going on between the two of you if they saw how intimate you are acting with each other.

It took everything Ren Jing has to maintain his friendly expression, especially when not only was his cousin being annoying in which he has already been used to after the years of trying to get on his nerve, but the utter disregard from the other person is what made him absolutely irk.

Damn, my cousin found a similar person that can make people go mad, only with different actions.

"Ah, I see! I seemed to have bothered Young Master Cheng precious time with his special friend. I apologize for being rude and for disturbing you. I was a bit excited to finally get acquainted with Young Master Cheng after hearing so much about you."

No matter what, Ren Jing continues to get closer to the third young master of the Shao family even though he was being ignored. He believes that as long as he keeps trying, the young man will someday get curious and interested in getting to know him.

"You are really annoying… well, keep trying for your entire life. Little Cheng would never want to be friends with you. I'm all he needs, isn't that right, Little Cheng?"

Instead of Ren Yuan reacting violently or crazily like his usual attitude, he has chosen to display how much favored he is to the young man, completely forgetting the doubt and suspicion he once thought after the petty-minded attitude a while ago.

"I'm done. Let's go."

Shao Cheng stood up and gently placed a silver ingot on the table, choosing to pay for the cup of hot tea instead of letting Ren Yuan spend his money, before flawlessly shifting the position of the hand holding his and gently pulling the man out of the tea house.

And the entire time, Shao Cheng has shown in action how true Ren Yuan words out, completely disregarding the friendly attitude of the person that wanted to get along with him.

As for the reason why Shao Cheng has shown a bad attitude when he usually displays how he was trying to interact more with other people, even if it's only a few words, he was reminded of the severe situation that occurred in the previous life after knowing the young man's identity.

"Brother Yuan, I advise you to remove that person as soon as possible."

After Shao Cheng had taken Ren Yuan in an alley, using the place to walk in another place rather than one of the countless main streets in the Chang Capital. He calmly voiced out his troubled thoughts while leading the way with Ren Yuan walking behind him.

"Oh? I knew that Little Cheng could see that person as a bad one. Don't worry, he is one of the evil relatives I spoke to you before."

"You don't understand."

Shao Cheng suddenly turned around with a hint of purple light glowing in his pair of sapphire pupils before quickly pushing Ren Yuan against the wall and gently placing his hand over the side of the man's head.

"That person will grow into someone that can push you into great despair."

Although you will win the fight against the relatives who wish you harm, nonetheless, you will end up losing more than what you can get.

Ren Jing had managed to push Ren Yuan into deep hell during the events when the Princes were fighting for the throne.

It occurred before Shao Cheng had gotten to know the real Ren Yuan that already had the idea of rebellion.

Suddenly, Shao Cheng couldn't help but remember the lonely figure of Ren Yuan quietly standing before the broken and empty residence of the Ren Family after the Prime Minister died in the power struggle, causing the Ren Family influence, authority, and power to reduce.

Although the Ren Family has a better fate than what happened to the Shao Family, when there are only three or more people who remain alive, completely unskilled and no ability to carry on the family, it already has the same fate as what happened to Shao.

"Um, Little Cheng… I get it… you know that I believe in you. I promise to deal with him as soon as I can. See? I listen to you. How about you calm down a bit?"

Ren Yuan's grey pupils reflected the beautiful pupils of the young man under the silver mask with his heart unconsciously speeding up a bit. And before he can react, his body has already unconsciously moved, swiftly switching their position.

Bam!

"Ok, Little Cheng, take a few calming breaths. Hey, don't stare at me like that. Don't think I couldn't tell how you are thinking some dark thoughts again. We really need to deal with that negativity you sometimes unconsciously display."

Ren Yuan couldn't help but wonder if he was going to get punished or the young man would retaliate later when he daringly used his hand to lift the young man's chin with an amused tilt on his lip.

"Come, Little Cheng, look closely into my eyes. Now.. take a deep breath… then release it… that is right… continue to do it… Hey! Don't throw me a look that says 'what this fool is doing?'. Just to let you know, someone has once mentioned how hypnotizing my charming eyes are."

So, forget whatever bloody schemes have definitely emerged in your mind! Honestly, why are you always plotting bloody schemes lately?

Where did my innocent Whitey has disappear into? Damn... it was definitely those stupid people's fault for pushing you to become like this!

When Ren Yuan planned to further help the young man stop his new habit of always plotting in a bloody direction when solving a problem, there was suddenly a loud gasp ringing in the entrance of the alley, before it was followed with a rather excited scream.

"WOW! Everyone! Come and take a look! The famous rascal is harassing a man in the alley!"

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