Recueil des beaux hommes du monde des arts martiaux

Chapitre 32

It's too glaring; the way this woman is laughing for another man is too glaring.

Unable to control his anger, Zhou Zice yelled at the scholar, "What right do you, pretty boy, have to interrupt!"

The scholar glanced indifferently at the furious man before him. "I'm truly sorry, but this young man is Miss Fan's fiancé."

"Pfft!" These words instantly broke Fan Qingbo's guard, who was in a state of readiness for battle. She shoved him away and couldn't help but laugh and scold, "Get lost! How can you take advantage of someone's misfortune like this!"

Flirting...flirting openly...

Zhou Zice exploded: "You still say there's nothing between you and him?!"

"What I have with him, or what I don't, is none of your business!"

...

Very well, the argument has returned to square one.

Miss Xu paused for a moment, then gave the scholar a deep curtsy and said, "Young Master Zhou is a bit too straightforward. Some of his words were not meant to be malicious. I hope you won't take them to heart."

The scholar quickly returned the bow, "It's nothing, it's nothing. Miss Fan is just straightforward, please forgive her, Miss Xu."

After they finished speaking, the two looked at each other, both sensing something strange. This situation was so much like "two families' children fighting at school, and the parents apologizing to each other"...

"Pfft."

Miss Xu couldn't help but chuckle, letting out a laugh that a lady shouldn't make. She blushed and lowered her head, saying, "Excuse me."

The scholar reflexively bowed and replied, "You're too polite, Miss."

Seeing his restraint, Miss Xu relaxed. She covered her mouth with a handkerchief and smiled, "Is Mr. Shu thinking right now that it's fortunate Miss Fan isn't as overly polite as me?"

The scholar glanced at her in surprise, which was taken as tacit agreement.

Miss Xu shifted her gaze to Zhou Zice, who was arguing heatedly beside her, and said leisurely, "Because I was just thinking that, fortunately, the young master of the Zhou family is not a very polite person."

Both men were people who valued etiquette and followed rules, and in their lives, they had inevitably thought of finding a like-minded partner to live a life of mutual respect and harmony. Ironically, however, it was only today that they realized how complicated it was to be with someone who also adhered to etiquette. Could this be considered another form of hypocrisy, like Lord Ye who professed to love something but was terrified of it?

Miss Xu's two simple sentences deeply moved the scholar.

Looking back on all the confusion he had felt before, he wondered why he couldn't answer her question, "Do you like me or not?", why she could repeatedly overturn his principles and his aesthetic sense, and why he would use every means to try to take responsibility, even though he knew she was unwilling, with methods that were almost shameless... It turns out that all of this had a traceable origin.

A single word awakened me from my dream.

It turns out that it was all because he had misunderstood what he wanted from the very beginning.

So when you encounter what you truly want, only to find it vastly different from your ideal, yet you can't help but follow it, you become confused, conflicted, resistant, yet inexplicably attracted, even stubbornly using "responsibility" to explain all your seemingly irrational actions...

When all the confusion was resolved and all the contradictions disappeared, the scholar was overwhelmed with emotion and eager to find someone to share his feelings and confess his love. This person was naturally the culprit who had troubled him for so long—Fan Qingbo.

He suddenly stood up and walked over to the two people who were arguing.

Just then, the two were arguing fiercely, and Fan Qingbo declared that from now on they would be free to marry and have nothing to do with each other. Zhou Zice then shouted at them, "Who in the whole capital doesn't know that you are mine? Tell me, who would dare to marry you!"

"Pah!" She must be blind! How come she never noticed before that this guy also possessed the charming and arrogant attributes that she hated the most!

Fan Qingbo was always easily provoked; the more you forbade her to do something, the more she wanted to do it, especially with this kind of threatening provocation. She felt she had to retaliate. She turned around and met the scholar's gaze, blurting out, "Scholar, do you dare marry me?"

The scholar abruptly stopped, and his usually bright and clear eyes instantly became as shimmering and sparkling as clear water.

He pursed his lips slightly, revealing a smile full of springtime charm, then bowed slightly, his long sleeves drooping, and said, "What is there to be afraid of?"

Author's Note: Cough cough, I was a little out of it just now, but I've finished it now...

I have my CET-6 exam tomorrow, and someone who hasn't touched English in two years has decided to give it a try... Go away.

twenty two

22. You can't deny the consequences of your actions...

This is bad news. Fan Qingbo glanced at the scholar beside him, who was grinning from ear to ear, and felt extremely annoyed.

Was she crazy or stupid? Knowing full well that this guy was just waiting to take responsibility for her, she still asked him if he dared to marry her? He certainly wouldn't dare, but she absolutely wouldn't! Now look what happened, she's gone from one danger to another, she walked right into the trap.

No, I still need to make things clear.

Fan Qingbo pulled the scholar into a small alley. "That..."

"Um?"

No, scholar, your flirtatious smile is against the rules!

Her legs went weak, and she swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue. "It's okay..."

Fan Qingbo, you're such a loser! This scholar isn't even a stunning beauty, yet you're so infatuated with him? In terms of looks, he can't compare to Gongye Bai; in terms of masculinity, he can't compare to Zhou Zice; in terms of physique, he can't compare to the painter Jin; and even when it comes to his specialty—acting crazy and silly—he can't compare to Fan Bing!

After a moment of self-reproach, Fan Qingbo rallied his spirits. This time, he resolutely refused to look him in the eye.

“Hey scholar, just listen to what you said in the restaurant and don’t take it to heart. I was just provoked by Zhou Zice’s attitude of wanting nothing more than him. You know I love to talk nonsense, so don’t take it to heart.”

You said it all in one breath! Well done, applause.

"Huh? What did you say?"