Saving the overbearing CEO

Chapter 488: Dangling A Juicy Steak In Front Of A Puppy

With Nu Shen onboard Qie Ranzhe felt a warm sensation in his chest. At that time he found this to be the best plan because he had zero experience pursuing anyone especially a man. Never in his life had he imagined he would be smitten by a man to the point of having spring dreams.

On plenty of occasions, he had woken up with a sticky substance on his crotch area after dreaming himself pressing that nerd down in the most inexplicable places. He had dreamt of pressing him down in the janitor's closet, the staff room, swimming building's locker room and even the library.

It's safe to say he was going crazy. The somewhat normal things that Gecko used to do before seemed seductive to him. Like the way, he twirled a pen in between his slender fingers and placed it behind his ear while solving equations with a serious face. Even the simple action of drinking water during physical education had subtle hints of provocation in it.

The way his Adam's apple bobbed underneath his skin with drops of sweat dripping from his dampened short hair trailing all the way down his cheeks, his lovely neck and collarbone before disappearing underneath his sports t-shirt. It painted an 'I am thirsty so come get me' picture in Qie Ranzhe's eyes.

He was no longer participating in physical education class just sitting there on the terrace bench watching him like a starved wolf eyeing its prey. This version of Qie Ranzhe raging with hormones had the girls blushing as they couldn't tell who Qie Ranzhe was ogling at for the entire period.

Since the prince had taken an interest in one of them there was a sharp increase in wearing makeup in that class. But the person who was actually been watched had no idea.

Even if it ever crossed his mind it would be the most absurd idea on the planet. Much more absurd than the idea that humans would travel to the sun to explore. Firstly, he is a boy and didn't have any particular interest in dating the same sex or maybe it just hadn't crossed his mind.

Secondly, he was an invisible nerd with no good points so why would anyone let alone a boy take an interest in him.

Well, that's at least what he thought until Nu Shen suddenly started sticking to him like gum under his shoe. This change took him by surprise that he wasn't adapt to a pretty girl calling his nickname affectionately while dragging his wrist.

It was always "Gecko, let's go watch swimming practice" or "Gecko, let's go watch a movie" even this "Gecko, let me take a picture of you. Oh, and smile a little". If this girl wasn't interested in him then his surname wasn't Wen. What was funny was that wherever he was dragged to, Qie Ranzhe and his blond sidekick would always be close by. 

One time they were walking towards the swimming building when Nu Shen said she wanted to use the bathroom and that he should wait for her. While he was waiting Qie Ranzhe showed up out of nowhere and handed him an empty packet of twinkies while saying, "I am late for swimming practice so can you throw this for me," before he patted his cheek and strode away.

Wen Qinxi looked at the trash can that wasn't even a meter away from them then glance back at the disappearing figure before looking at the wrapper. A 'what the fuck' expression was written on his face as he repeated this cycle two more times.

The trash can was right there so what did he take him for? A butler or garbage collector? Wen Qinxi casually tossed the wrapper in the trash can with a vexed expression while placing his hand on his cheek that had been touched. This is when he first thought 'Qie Ranzhe was a jerk' and would use this as his password in the future, of course, followed by a lot of symbols and ellipses.

Wen Danzhe soon spotted changes in his brother's habits and straightforwardly asked, "So you are saying the hottest girl in your class who is from a wealthy family just started dragging you along everywhere out of the blue? Is that right?"

Wen Qinxi swirled around in his swivel chair to answer his question. "Yeah, do you think she likes me? I mean it's a little weird, isn't it?" asked Wen Qinxi while pushing up his glasses.

Wen Danzhe lay on his brother's bed throwing a dragon ballz stress ball up in the air before catching it in his hand when it fell back down. Forgive him for thinking this way but ever since his brother was diagnosed with short-sightedness, bite issues and had a teen breakout before graduating out of junior high school he hadn't received any of those pink letters like he used to before.

The probability of a hot girl suddenly developing an interest in him was next to zero especially when he kept to himself at school. It's either she wanted something, wanted to make someone jealous or someone sent her. Something smelt fishy but he wasn't going to tell his brother that so he asked, "Do you like her?"

Wen Qinxi didn't really know the meaning of the word like at that age or how it felt but she was fun and liked hanging with him so he nodded his head. Anyway, boys at that age wouldn't mind having a girlfriend even if it wouldn't last.

Wen Danzhe got up and tossed the stress ball into Wen Qinxi's hands and said, "Then ask her out. Just don't let mum find out otherwise we are both dead." 

This advice had Wen Qinxi contemplating for an entire fortnight. He liked how soft Nu Shen's hand felt when she held his wrist whenever he refused to go with her. He would deliberately refuse first so she could drag him along. He started buying her favourite snacks and at times she didn't even have to ask when Wen Qinxi would give exactly what she wanted at the right moment.

Even when it was that time of the month for her Wen Qinxi could tell from her sullen mood that he would bring along a heating pad as well as pain relievers for her. He was the number one considerate friend that touched Nu Shen's heart. All the hand-holding and doting actions fell into Qie Ranzhe's eyes and boy was he like a raging bull during those days.

It was a well-known fact that one shouldn't provoke young master Qie because he would erupt like a volcano taking things from zero to a hundred in a second. But he couldn't be angry with Wen Qinxi because it was his own fault for dangling a piece of juicy steak in front of a puppy.

Thus Nu Shen was invited to the Maybach once more but this time her Sailor Luna card was under threat. Qie Ranzhe was holding a lighter he got from his driver twirling it in between his long fingers while staring at the card.

"We had a deal," he said in a lowered but menacing voice like a demon speaking through possession. The air inside the car was chilling to the bone that even Machu felt the chill from the outside.