Recount of a Cannon Fodder’s Counterattack (3)
Wang Lizhi got on the stage after Jin Jingyao.
Surprisingly, Wang Lizhi was pretty popular and there was a significant amount of applause.
Seeing how strongly the person beside him was clapping, Lu Shijin asked, “You’re clapping so hard, are you his fan?”
“Of course.” She stopped clapping and smiled, “Don’t you know that Jin Jingyao’s next cosplay is going to be from da-Pen’s work? I heard he even invited da-Pen to join him. I’m looking forward so much to seeing my two male gods cooperate! And don’t you think da-Pen’s pretty handsome? I think he matches Jin Jingyao pretty well!”
Matches, your ass.
Lu Shijin felt his heart break. He had decided to not let Wang Lizhi anywhere near Jin Jingyao, lest he sully his husband.
But cosplaying together? Over his dead body!
Lu Shijin swore to write Wang Lizhi as a weakass character in his novel.
After all the authors had made their speeches, the banquet was pretty much over. Other than the main characters, everyone else was supposed to leave.
Platinum arranged for a post-banquet gathering for the big authors. Lu Shijin naturally asked Wang Lizhi to bring him.
Wang Lizhi originally planned to go to induce some emotional connections between himself and Jin Jingyao. If he had Lu Shijin beside him, it would be impossible to get close to Jin JIngyao.
“Don’t you hate this kind of gathering?” Wang Lizhi coaxed, “It’s very boring, just a bunch of people praising each other. You definitely won’t like it, it’ll make you unhappy. Why don’t you go home first? I’ll go straight back after I’m done with this.”
“But I want to go.” Lu Shijin insisted, “I don’t want to be home alone. It’s boring when the house is all cold and empty. Please bring me there, I’ll just stand in the corner. I won’t bother you.
Wang Lizhi coaxed for a long time, but Lu Shijin didn’t agree. Finally, he snapped and asked, “What’s going on? I feel like you suddenly became very strange. You clearly hated interacting with people, so why are you insisting on going today? Are you trying to supervise me?”
“Why would you think that?” Lu Shijin asked, “I just want to interact more with society, isn’t that a good thing? Why are you so against it, not letting me go? Are you going to betray me?”
Wang Lizhi noticed that Lu Shijin’s gaze changed. Before, it was clearly like a puppet, dead, with no sign of life. But today, or rather, recently, it suddenly became sharp and alive.
Lu Shijin’s retort made him unable to answer.
Wang Lizhi felt helpless. He couldn’t destroy his relationship with Lu Shijin yet, so he had to put his plan for Jin Jingyao aside.
But he wasn’t satisfied. Lu Shijin wasted such a good opportunity, he clearly had to get rid of this burden.
Wang Lizhi said to Lu Shijin unhappily, “Okay, okay, you can follow if you want. You better watch me carefully, watch how I’m going to betray you!”
When it began, the guests entered slowly.
Wang Lizhi was a new god that Platinum had signed, so he was at the main table with senior executives. Those executives kept praising Wang Lizhi, making him very proud and happy.
Lu Shijin sat in a corner, coldly observing the main table.
He wondered if all those people who graduated from the best schools knew that they were praising a liar who only graduated from a technical high school. If they knew, would their intestines turn green from anger?
Jin Jingyao only came after half an hour.
He was wearing a dark blue custom suit. The perfect fit displayed all his assets, and made him seem very energetic and noble.
His entrance became the focus of attention. Even though there were no common fans, all the big authors there looked at the perfect male god with adoration or appreciation.
When Jin Jingyao came in, he only greeted a couple guests who were seated near the front, then took a seat at the main table. His seat happened to be right beside Wang Lizhi.
Lu Shijin was in the furthest corner. Jin Jingyao didn’t notice anything.
Lu Shijin sat there silently, but waves of jealousy scorched his heart. Even though he knew that that was Jin Jingyao’s characterization, and didn’t really mean his husband was like that, he still felt an urge to kidnap Jin Jingyao right now and hide him so no one could see.
Especially not that Wang Lizhi bastard!
Jin Jingyao was Wang Lizhi’s official couple in the story, but because Jin Jingyao’s system was the Ancient Scum System, his most important task was to mess with Wang Lizhi, which would inevitably mean physical interactions.
Wang Lizhi was sitting beside Jin Jingyao. He didn’t know what Jin Jingyao said to him, but Wang Lizhi’s smile was almost splitting his face in half, and the wrinkles on his forehead from smiling were almost deep enough to kill flies!
Keep on smiling, while you still can. Lu Shijin gritted his teeth. He would make Wang Lizhi cry so much in the future.
Jin Jingyao and Wang Lizhi talked the entire night, and Lu Shijin ate lemons the entire night.
When it was finally over, and their table was almost empty, Wang Lizhi reluctantly stood up and said goodbye to Jin Jingyao.
Lu Shijin took his opportunity to go over and pretended to overlook Jin Jingyao, quietly urging Wang Lizhi, “Let’s go, it’s already very late. If we don’t go back soon, there won’t be enough time to update.”
Jin Jingyao glanced at Lu Shijin, asking Wang Lizhi with interest, “This is?”
Before Wang Lizhi could respond, Lu Shijin answered, “I’m his boyfriend.”
Hearing this, Jin Jingyao slightly frowned and looked towards Wang Lizhi for confirmation.
In front of Lu Shijin, Wang Lizhi had to admit it and nodded awkwardly.
“Da-Pen’s taste in partners isn’t bad. You two suit each other.” Jin Jingyao stood up and politely extended his hand to Lu Shijin, “Hello, I’m Jin Jingyao, what’s your name?”
“Lu Shijin.”
Lu Shijin shook his hand. He was going to release it after a second, but surprisingly, Jin Jingyao gripped his hand very tightly and even tickled it, filled with teasing. It was definitely done on purpose.
Lu Shijin lifted his head and met with Jin Jingyao’s teasing gaze. It definitely wasn’t the way a stranger should be looking at him.
So before he could start getting on with Wang Lizhi, Jin Jingyao decided to target Lu Shijin?
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