Chapter 35: 2.14
On Saturday, Junze arrived in front of the school dorm with his black mustang. He wore jeans black shirt, and a flower bouquet for Yunyu.
Yunyu was already waiting outside, he chuckled when he saw Junze nervously approached him and shyly gave him the bouquet, "A… a beautiful bouquet for a beautiful… man."
Yunyu almost laughed when Junze said those cringy lines. He accepted the bouquet and was escorted by Junze to the black mustang. Junze drove to the city, as they headed to the arcade. Yunyu jokingly asked something on the car, "Why are you so well dressed today? Do you want to bring me to your parents? I'm only wearing jeans and a plain t-shirt today."
Junze's heart skipped a bit. He knew that Yunyu was only joking, but it was dead accurate that he got nervous.
"I—I just want to look good for you. You always look good, even with a plain t-shirt," Junze said. Yunyu was amused, and somewhat happy with the atmosphere;
[Sigh, both Junze and Ronghui are good lovers. They are considerate and cute.]
[Pupa: So, which one do you like the most?]
[I don't know… Ronghui reminds me so much of Han Ye. But aside from that, Ronghui is also a gentle, considerate man. He will be a great husband material.]
[Junze is a possessive, he shows his feelings clearly with all his facial expression. He will also be a great lover, maybe even more fun than Ronghui. But both of them are not mine.]
[Pupa: Not yours?]
[You see, I'm just a third party entering this world to save it. Both Junze and Ronghui deserve someone better, just like Michael in the previous world, he also deserves someone better. I think he had moved on after my death, right?]
[Pupa:… perhaps. I don't have any information about the world after we left. But I can guarantee that the master of the world will live a good life after you fill the Breakmeter.]
Yunyu was relieved. Truthfully, he didn't want Michael to suffer, because Michael was not a bad guy. He was just misled.
Yunyu stared at Junze, and then he remembered Ronghui. True, both Junze and Ronghui were not bad guys. They were just young, impulsive boys. It was their entanglement that led to endless gang wars. Although Yunyu was a bit disheartened because of his mistake to trigger Ronghui, at least, he didn't want Junze to go the same path.
If he couldn't save Ronghui, then he should save Junze at least.
They arrived at the arcade. It was surprisingly empty, which stunned Yunyu. He looked at Junze whose face turned slightly red, "I've booked the arcade for us, we can play anything without queueing."
[Aww… Junze is so rich! He is a sweet, rich kid! My type!]
[Pupa:… you can erase the sweet and he will still be your type.]
Junze held Yunyu's hand and entered the arcade. All arcade machines were on with their bright and attractive lights. Yunyu felt that he was in heaven. He pulled Junze's hand excitedly and played some games.
"Let's go! I want to try everything!"
Junze followed excited Yunyu everywhere, he smiled when Yunyu said that he wanted to play shooter. Junze was really good at games, so he helped Yunyu to clear the levels, and after they cleared it, Yunyu stared at Junze in awe, "Wow, you are really good at this!"
Junze scratched his head embarrassedly, "I'm very good with games. I guess that's my acquired skill for being lazy."
Yunyu shook his head and said, "Playing games need a certain kind of talent! You could go to the pro league with this!"
Junze was not used to getting compliments except from his lap dogs. And those dogs were praising him to bootlick. Yunyu as the first to praise him genuinely for something that he thought was useless. Junze's heart beat faster, he glanced at Yunyu who was now busy with a drum machine.
'You can see something in me…'
[Pupa: Ding! Zhou Junze's Fatemeter increases to 60%.]
Yunyu stopped on a claw machine, he tried to get a doll from the claw machine, but he failed miserably. Junze chuckled and he stood behind Yunyu, "Do you want to win a doll?"
Yunyu nodded honestly, "Yes, well, I've never won a crane game before."
"That is easy, all you need to do is… be the crane," Junze laughed. He put his hand on top of Yunyu's hand on the crane control, then he gently caressed Yunyu's thumb with his, "Follow my lead if you really want to win, close your eyes, and be the crane."
Yunyu closed his eyes obediently, "Be the crane, beeee the crane."
Junze almost laughed out loud. He was only messing around with Yunyu. But it seemed that Yunyu was a bit gullible in his heart. Junze gently took the lead and he moved the crane controller. Junze's hand was so gentle that Yunyu felt that he was the one who moved the crane controller instead.
After Junze got the right angle, he pressed the button and the crane caught a white rabbit doll. When Yunyu opened his eyes again, he saw that Junze was holding a rabbit doll, "Congratulations, Yunyu."
"Did I… really win this? Did I actually win a crane game!? Yesss!" Yunyu snatched the doll and jumped to hug Junze.
Junze was taken aback, but soon encircled his arm around Yunyu's waist.
[System! I won against a crane game! You can call me crane master now!]
[Pupa: It was Junze who won the game, not you.]
[Ssshh… don't ruin my moment.]
Yunyu was very happy indeed, this date was something that he could never think of, but Junze made it possible. As a reward, Yunyu kissed the edge of Junze's lips and said, "Thank you, Junze."
[Pupa: Ding! Zhou Junze's Fatemeter increases to 65%.]
[Pupa: Ding! Yang Ronghui's Fatemeter increases to 75%.]
[Huh? Wait, how did Ronghui's Fatemeter get triggered? Is he watching somewhere?]
[Pupa: He is watching from the security camera.]
Ronghui watched everything from the security camera. He finally saw Yunyu's bright smile again, he also saw Yunyu's gentle face beaming with happiness, and he saw Yunyu kissing that bastard, Junze.
Ronghui's heart was pained, but he was also very happy when he saw how joyful Yunyu could be when he played the arcade machines. Because Ronghui knew that Yunyu was a poor orphan, playing in the arcade was something that he could never think of.
And Junze could give him that wish easily with his money.
'Everything comes down with money, power…' Ronghui was mixing in the underworld with the help of his bastard father. He wanted to slowly gain the trust of this old man and usurped his power soon, so he could get Yunyu soon.
The underworld was dark and bloody for a righteous man for Ronghui. But he kept remembering about Yunyu who was in Junze's hand now. He thought that Yunyu would cry every day and missed him. But it didn't seem to be the case now.
When he saw how happy and comfortable Yunyu had become with Junze, he was burning in jealousy. He wanted to kill Junze and take Yunyu back right here right now, but he was still nobody compared to Junze's family. If he was reckless enough to shoot Junze now, Junze's family will hunt him and Yunyu down.
Ronghui lamented over his fate, he never wanted to mix in the underworld like his bastard father, but he wanted to fight for his love.
"I promise that I will take you back no matter what. But I also hate this underworld. Yunyu, I swear that I will leave this underworld once I can kill Junze. I will not hurt anyone else after we are together."
"So please, don't forget me. Because I'm setting up for our peaceful future…"
[Pupa: Ding! Breakmeter increases to 45%.]