Chapter 29 : Patron, Please Keep Me 9 (2/2)

‘Getting a verbal praise from me(bbb) is already not bad but you still want a sincere one? In your dreams!’

Lu Qingyun “…”

For the first time, he found himself unable to say anything to that. ‘Isn’t this being a bit too honest?!’

“Eh? Lu Qingyun, where’d you kidnap this girl from? All I did was go to park the car and you abandoned me! And I even went to the trouble of fetching you too, are you still human?!”

‘Kidnap? This phrasing was simply…’

Shi Sheng looked at the newcomer. He was dressed normally for this kind of event and looked rather good too.

Not waiting for Lu Qingyun to reply though, he immediately leapt to the next topic, “I saw Lu Dapeng just now. Did he eat gunpowder or something? He was ranting at a woman, just what did you do to him?”

Shi Sheng was speechless. ‘It seems like this fellow really understands Lu Qingyun ah. All he saw was Lu Dapeng getting angry and he could guess that it was Lu Qingyun’s doing. There’s only one person that fit this description, and that’s Lu Qingyun’s good friend[2]/accomplice: Su Yixiu.’

“And this is?” Su Yixiu changed the topic back to Shi Sheng in a flash as he curiously examined her. “Lady, your heart must be huge if you can stand with him for this long.”

‘Wasn’t this the one Lu Qingyun asked me about the last time? Being able to stand with him without any change in expression, no wonder he wanted to ask about her.’

“Big enough for the world[3].” Shi Sheng spoke with a straight face.

“Pft~” Su Yixiu couldn’t help laughing.

Shi Sheng glared at him. ‘What are you laughing at, eh?!’

“I am Jiang Wan.” ‘He’s on future patron’s side. Just ignore him.’

Su Yixiu revealed an expression of pleasant surprise and his tone was more excited than before. “So you’re Ms Jiang. I am Su Yixiu, Lu Qingyun’s childhood buddy cum nanny.”

Shi Sheng’s lips twitched. ‘Childhood friend and nanny… you sure those fit? I(bbb) don’t understand the logic of villains!”

“Thanks for that matter last time. Had it not been for you, I figure Lu Qingyun would’ve probably been done for back there. You might not know this but his only flaw is that his stamina is horrible. Why, back in junior high…”

“If you’d shut up, you’d be more pleasing to look at.” Lu Qingyun interrupted Su Yixiu.

“Even if I’m don’t, I’m still eye-candy.” Su Yixiu humphed though he didn’t continue his previous line of conversation.

Shi Sheng “…”

‘Hehe[4], I feel like I’ve fucked a dog[5]. Why is there such an adorably dumb person in the villain camp?’

“Ms Jiang, are you here alone tonight?” Since Lu Qingyun was interested in this girl, then as his nanny/assistant/best friend, he naturally had to help him out.

“Temporarily yes.” Xi Mo hadn’t showed up yet, not sure what he was up to.

“That’s great. Uh, I’ve got some stuff to deal with so I gotta go first. Lu Qingyun’s only just returned from abroad and isn’t quite used to this place yet so might I be able to trouble Ms Jiang to help me look after him for the night?” ‘Bro, I can only help you to this point.’

Shi Sheng felt like there was something weird with Su Yixiu’s choice of words.

“Then it’s settled. Ms Jiang you’re a good person. Then, I’ll just take my leave now.” Su Yixiu finished his one-sided ‘conversation’. As if he wasn’t reassured though, he warned Lu Qingyun, “Lu Qingyun, I am telling you right now, don’t fuck this up. Our friendship won’t be able to stand it.”

Su Yixiu then ran out the door as if someone was hot on his heels.

Shi Sheng, who had received a ‘good person card’, was speechless. ‘Hey, the hell? I haven’t agreed yet and you just left? Though… I wouldn’t have rejected anyways.’

[1] An idiom for letting petty stuff like jealousy, greed, etc win against his conscience.

[2] There’s a connotation for gay fuck buddy here. This will be relevant later on. (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[3] This has several meanings. One is caring for the world (Which I doubt is what Shi Sheng meant since she’s… well, Shi Sheng). Another is having grand ambitions (i.e conquer the world)

[4] Guess there was no getting around this one was there? Well this is the pinyin for what the raws say is ‘呵呵’. It can convey… a lot of things. Mostly used to express ‘I am so done with your nonsense’. It’s one of those language specific slangs. I couldn’t replace it here like I did before. It’s pronounced more like hurhur than heh heh.

[5] NO THIS IS NOT LITERAL. It’s just to emphasize her disbelief. See also: Looked like she had swallowed a fly. It’s basically like saying ‘WTF?!’ but reekahia said this sounded more charming so it’s staying in.