Chapter 240: Life-or-Death Maze (18)
His courtship failed, and because it was so utterly baffling, Jiang Ting's hand still hadn't dropped. The image of this man with his hand open and a question mark over his head was so rare that even Qin Yanshu couldn't hold back a soft laugh.
Ji Ning didn't dare laugh. She was actually a little panicked, hiding behind Qin Yanshu and stealing glances at Jiang Ting. "It's not what you think, I have a perfectly valid reason…"
"Come here," Jiang Ting said in a deep voice.
Ji Ning's hand silently tightened on Qin Yanshu's arm. "Just listen to my explanation…"
Before she could finish, Jiang Ting strode over and forcefully grabbed Ji Ning's other arm.
Qin Yanshu turned his body, pulling Ji Ning along with him in a direction slightly away from Jiang Ting. "Brother Ting, don't scare her."
Though his voice remained faint, his attitude was not soft. He already had the presence to stand as an equal against Jiang Ting.
The two men locked eyes. There were no flashing blades, no flying sparks, but something intangible and different was silently growing between them.
Ji Ning's head poked out from the right side of Qin Yanshu's body. Weakly, she said, "Jiang Ting… it's because I don't want to consume Arousal, so I have to stay away from you…"
Before she could say the next line—"Yanshu is much more well-behaved than you"—she saw Jiang Ting's expression turn from cloudy to sunny.
"So you think Yanshu's charm is less than mine, and that's why you want him and not me, right?" He raised an eyebrow slightly, returning fire at Qin Yanshu's previous provocative remark.
Livestream comments:
"Good brothers turning against each other for love, how thrilling"
"These two competing for a mate is actually this intense, hahahaha"
"Keep snapping at each other, I love watching this"
"Xing Ye: Just said you two were older and mature, and you immediately prove me wrong"
The situation took a sharp turn for the worse. The two men's tempers flared, twisting a simple matter into something more and more complicated. Ji Ning felt like crying but had no tears. She felt she had done something wrong and said the wrong thing.
But the problem was, Jiang Ting wasn't giving her any chance either.
Just as she was wallowing in regret, Qin Yanshu, standing in front of her, said nothing. He simply crouched down and said flatly, "Come, I'll carry you."
Ji Ning glanced nervously at Jiang Ting. Seeing that his mood seemed fine for the moment, she took the opportunity to lie on Qin Yanshu's back. "Then let's set off quickly."
"Alright." Qin Yanshu stood up with her on his back and walked toward the remaining unexplored passage marked by the other two teams that had already departed, leaving a sentence behind. "Brother Ting, mark the route."
After a few steps, Ji Ning hugged Qin Yanshu's neck tightly and explained, "Yanshu, I didn't mean it that way. It's because you're more proper, that's why…"
"It's fine, I don't mind."
Because Qin Yanshu was in front, his voice reached the air first, so it sounded a little ethereal when it reached Ji Ning's ears.
Coupled with those words, it made him seem even more like he was making a clumsy attempt to hide his true feelings.
Ji Ning thought to herself with some distress, He does mind, doesn't he?
Because what Jiang Ting said was still quite harsh, and their relationship was so good. Even the most thick-skinned person wouldn't be completely unruffled.
After mulling it over for a while, because she truly couldn't figure Qin Yanshu out, Ji Ning didn't know what to say to perfectly smooth things over. So she remained silent for a moment.
"You don't believe me?" Qin Yanshu's voice suddenly rang out.
Ji Ning perked up her ears to listen, trying to discern his emotions.
He still spoke in that even, unhurried tone. Every word, every sentence, seemed to follow his own rhythm and melody, isolated from the world and undisturbed.
"I don't care about empty things. I only care about the tangible benefits I receive."
"You chose me both times. I won't ask you why, because actions are truer than words."
Ji Ning's eyes widened again and again. After Xing Ye, there was actually someone else who had seen right through her.
But she never would have guessed that person would be Qin Yanshu. Because she felt that, compared to the person chosen, the one not chosen would be more concerned about whether the process was fair.
"Why?" She couldn't help but voice her thought.
Qin Yanshu smiled faintly. "Not Sheng Churan, and even less so Xing Ye. Yet there's no regret in your eyes, is there?"
Livestream comments:
"Pretty Boy Qin is so awesome!"
"This choice was actually controlled by Ning-Ning? If Lao Qin hadn't said it, I wouldn't have noticed"
"Ning-Shu shippers are eating real sugar today"
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