Chapter 897: Tossing a Coin (2/2)

Murong Mingyue nearly spat out her liquor. ”You shameless bastard! How dare you say ‘the heartless brook ripples on’ when you’ve already kissed Beauty Lin! Not only that, our Eve is your victim as well! You’re the only guy in the entire world who’s lucky enough to get both of them!”

Beiming Xue looked up from her food and asked me, ”Is that true, big bro? And should I count myself among them? You did kiss me as well, didn’t you?”

A blushing He Yi immediately glared at me. ”You even kissed Beiming? Just how many girls have you kissed already?”

It was like someone had poked a hole in my soul and dragged out all my dirty secrets. How I wished to run out of the stall and jump down a storm drain right now!

Lian Xin burst into a giggle and raised her hand playfully. ”I hereby declare that big brother Lu Chen hasn’t kissed me yet…”

”Ohh!” Murong Mingyue raised her glass merrily. ”What a coincidence! This bastard hasn’t kissed me either!”

Surprised by the outburst, He Yi shot Murong Mingyue a wary look and asked her in an exasperated tone, ”Not you too? You want to be kissed by Lu Chen as well?”

”No way!” Murong Mingyue puffed up her c.h.e.s.t before replying, ”If a kiss is going to happen, it’ll be me who’s the initiator! Sorry not sorry, Eve, it’s your fault your Lu Chen is so cute…”

He Yi: ”...”

Murong Mingyue let out a soft chuckle before asking me, ”Why don’t we play a game, Lu Chen?”

”What game?”

”I have this game coin that I picked up from somewhere. It has a shield on one side and a sword on the other. Since you could never decide who you want to pick between Eve and Beauty Lin, why don’t we let the coin decide it for you? The sword is Beauty Lin, and the shield is Eve. All you need to do is to flip the coin and decide whoever came out on top will be your girlfriend. Let this be the end of all your struggles. What do you say?”

I blurted in shock, ”Uh, I…”

He Yi giggled at the side. ”That is a good idea. Either way, I could be free of this humongous pressure on my shoulders once and for all. You have no idea how irritating it is having to deal with a mother who wouldn’t stop pushing you on arranged dates…”

Beiming Xue blinked once before asking, ”Big bro, can you tell us the truth? Who do you like more, Sister Eve or Sister Lin Yixin?”

I s.u.c.k.e.d in a deep breath before replying, ”I don’t know yet…”

”Toss the coin! Toss the coin! Toss the coin!” Lian Xin chanted as if she couldn’t wait for the shitshow that was going to ensue.

”Fine…”

I took the coin from Murong Mingyue and flipped it into the air. After she caught it, she looked at us and said with a smile, ”The answer’s about to be revealed…”

Everyone was holding their breaths for the moment Murong Mingyue revealed the truth.

The palm covering the coin moved away inch by inch. Finally, we saw the result and felt our jaws hitting the floor without a resounding thunk—

The face of the coin… turned out to be a blooming chrysanthemum! The f.u.c.k? It’s just a normal coin!

”You!”

If looks could kill, Murong Mingyue would be dead under He Yi and my death glare already.

The embarrassed woman said placatingly, ”Aiyo, I’m so sorry, but it looks like I got the wrong coin! Seriously though, do you really want to decide something as important as your lifetime partner with a coin? I’m doing this for your own good, you brat. Anyway, what I’m trying to say is that both Beauty Lin and Eve are romantic beauties who’ll never let go once they’ve found their love, so it makes no sense to miss out on either one of them. So claim them all, Lu Chen! I will get you your 3P if it’s the last thing I do!”

I didn’t react. I was practically a statue at this point.

Beiming Xue pointed at Murong Mingyue and complained, ”You just won’t quit, Sister Mingyue! It’s always teasing big bro or teasing him some more!”

Murong Mingyue let out a cheeky laugh like what you would expect from a sadistic queen. However, she was a little too loud and successfully drew the attention of the students behind us. They squinted through the dim lighting until they saw Beiming Xue clearly, and in that moment their eyes widened into saucers, and their bodies froze like statues—

”Third, am I seeing right? That beautiful girl… looks so familiar for some reason…”

”Oh yes, she is. It’s almost like she’s that dark archer from Eternal Moon Corporation promotional poster, Beiming Xue. You see that small dimple at her cheeks when she smiles? It’s practically identical…”

”Now that you mention it, that guy sitting next to Beiming Xue looks quite familiar as well. Is he…”

”He’s Lu Chen! He’s got to be Lu Chen! I remember that look as clear as yesterday!”

……

The situation was rapidly devolving, so I asked the girls immediately, ”You girls done eating?”

”Mn!”

”Bill please, auntie!”

I footed the bill and ran away from the stall with the girls as quickly as humanly possible. Thankfully, when we stopped beneath a street lamp and looked behind us, we saw no one chasing out of the food stall. There was nothing more awkward than being recognized in public.

……

We returned to the workshop and went to bed early. Rest was necessary as the WEL play-offs of the China region would begin tomorrow!

The next day, I woke up to a bright and sunny day. Beiming Xue in her mini skirt opened the door to my room and said, ”Big bro, it’s 11 am already! Come eat!”