"If you want!! I can help you to get closer to him!!"
The words echoed back in Qui Yuan's ears in slow motion, it was buzzing so hard. He was stunned the moment he realized what he got himself into.
DICCU: You're supposed to break them, not help them
[Omoo! But It's so hard! I am a rotten fujoshi in the heart]
Jinli slapped her forehead in her imagination, it is really so hard for her to separate the two. She didn't like sad ending stories. She cried for five days after watching the story of Ash and Eiji. She was so sad that she couldn't eat properly.
DICCU: Just this time, do the mission...You're ruining the first world already.
RING!!! RING!!
His phone vibrates inside his pocket with it's ringtone. Min Jiwoo was totally waiting for him in the library.
"Answer it" Jiang Rui ordered
Trembling Qui Yuan pulled his phone out of his pocket. He pressed the 'answer button'
"H-Hello.." he spoke
The male on the other line snorted "Where are you? I've been waiting here for a while...hurry and help me, I'm going to treat you lunch tomorrow" Min Jiwoo seems like a bit annoyed waiting for him in the library
Qui Yuan glanced at Jiang Rui, the male gave him a fearsome look, it was enough for him to understand what the male was thinking about.
He released a fake chuckle "Ehehe..I'm sorry Jiwoo,I ran into Jia--I ran into Rui by accident, he said that he can help you too" he said, trying to control his nervousness
Min Jiwoo frowned "Ehhhh?? You two better help me a lot, come here quickly….I'm still waiting" he said
"Y-Yeah! Sure...Wait there!" Then after hanging up the call, Jiang Rui grabbed Qui Yuan by the collar "You go home" he snarled
"Ehhh?!! But he was asking for my help?"
Jiang Rui tightened the grip on his collar "Are you really trying to help me? Huh!"
Qui Yuan on the other hand pushed the male lightly "O-Okay, I'm going...just tell him that I suddenly got some important matters at home"
Jiang Rui let him go and without even saying a second word, the male left him alone in the alley.
Jinli slid down on her knees, she released a long sigh. After a few minutes of thinking, her eyes beamed in delight like the stars at night. She couldn't help having butterflies inside her stomach. Then she remembered some familiar scenes in a shoujo manga/manhwa . The famous pinning against the wall happened to her a while ago.
Her cheeks turned red and then a smile stretched her face "Is this the feeling of getting pinned against the wall?" She blurted out
DICCU: Oh my! She totally lost it
***
Qui Yuan was walking back and forth and then his face would frown and then smirk. He was doing it for the past half hour.
DICCU: What are you doing?
[Shhhh! I'm thinking of a way]
DICCU: Thinking of what?
[If I want to break them, I need something! An alas!]
DICCU: Are you thinking of black mailing them?
[Nah, just Jiang Rui...I need to find his weakness]
Qui Yuan brushed his hair and then sat on the bench. He just finished eating lunch. He ran away from their classroom because he knew that Min Jiwoo would scold him again for not showing up at the library yesterday.
The bell rang, so he stood up and headed back. While walking in the hallway, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Jiang Rui walking in the opposite way "Ehh? Where is he going?" He thought
Qui Yuan knew the way to their classroom, his eyes followed the man. It seems like Jiang Rui was going to the old stock room, he followed him quickly and quietly.
He was stunned when a punch flew on Jiang Rui's face the moment he reached the back of the stockroom.
Qui Yuan slid down behind the tree. There are five male students, and it seems like they're all upperclassmen.
"Ehhh? What is this?" He mumbles
He was astonished after seeing the male in that state, he just took their punches without any complaint. The cold and scary Jiang Rui is now laying on the ground with bruises on his face. The big and muscular male crouched down and clenched Jiang Rui's cheeks. "I told you to follow us immediately, are you doing this on purpose? You can't escape your family's debt...I can even ask my father to kill you" his grumpy voice delivers shivers to Jiang Rui
"W-Wait! What?!" Qui Yuan almost exclaimed but he hurriedly covered his mouth so that they would not notice him.
Jiang Rui lost his consciousness, he was totally knocked out. When he woke up, he was in the School Clinic.
"Are you okay now? You got a lot of punches there"
A familiar face greeted his eyes, it was Qui Yuan, the male was smiling at him. Jiang Rui back away "What are y-you doing h-here?" He was still in pain so his voice was calm.
Qui Yuan took the seat beside his bed and then he sighed "I'm sorry if I couldn't save you a while ago..I just wait until they're all gone...but I brought you here quickly, you're so heavy Jiang Rui! I called the school guard to help me but don't worry I didn't tell Jiwoo about this, I know that---" he cut his words the moment he saw how flustered Jiang Rui was.
Jiang Rui couldn't help himself to stare at Qui Yuan blabbing things along the way. He was always hostile and dominant to others, he was afraid that when someone saw his other side, they're going to abuse him. It was the first time that somebody cares for him after seeing his weakness. He was so overwhelmed that he couldn't even process everything in his mind.
The male snapped his fingers in his face "Uhhh?? Jiang Rui? Are you okay?" Qui Yuan asked
Jiang Rui looked down, a light chuckle escaped his lips and then under that calm face, he whispered
"Thank you"