Chapter 81: Act 23: Continue to be fierce

Ruan Chao's acting skills are not that great, and Chu Xinglan has no acting skills at all.

No matter how willful, unreasonable, and irrational Ruan Chao was, even if the tassel on Chu Xinglan's sword was not the color he liked, he would find a reason to lose his temper. If he came back a little late from sword practice in the evening, he would cross his arms and ask him with a cold face if he had someone else outside.

But even so, Chu Xinglan still couldn't act impatient at all.

It made the Nguyen Dynasty seem like a one-man show.

No matter what he did, the other party was very good-tempered and accepted it all.

This won't work.

Although Ruan Chao was a little annoyed with his acting, Chu Xinglan was unwilling to give him any negative emotions, so how could he smoothly propose a breakup afterwards?

...need to put in a little more effort.

I must make Chu Xinglan angry once, and then directly hint to him to break up and put an end to this torturous drama.

Ruan Chao leaned against the door frame and began today's game of finding faults.

He rubbed his face, maintaining an angry expression.

His long and thin eyebrows slowly frowned, and there was a hint of displeasure in his light-colored pupils. The corners of his lips drooped slightly... He crossed his arms and looked Chu Xinglan up and down with a bad look.

The boy had just returned from sword practice and his breathing was still a little disordered.

When her gaze turned to him, the silent starlight in her eyes suddenly lit up and stared straight at him.

As if expecting something.

In the past, Ruan Chao would definitely come up to him, throw himself into his arms and act coquettishly, and the two of them would cling to each other for a while, saying some disgusting words...

Then Chu Xinglan would take out a portion of food specially bought from the mountain from his storage ring and feed it to Ruan Chao.

Sometimes it would be a box of exquisitely crafted pastries and candied fruits, sometimes it would be meals packed from a restaurant, and sometimes it would be snacks bought from a stall... Every day is different, and every day makes Nguyen Chao full of anticipation.

Whenever Chu Xinglan goes out, she will bring him delicious food.

As long as he puts his arms around her waist, buries his face in her chest, says a few nice words in a soft voice, calls her brother twice... Chu Xinglan will fill his hands so full that he won't be able to fit any more.

I don’t know what Chu Xinglan brought him today.

Ruan Chao's thoughts were flying, and he subconsciously took two steps towards Chu Xinglan, just a little bit away from opening his arms and hugging her again.

Habits do harm, habits do harm…

Ruan Chao came to his senses in time. He suppressed the impulse, patted his face lightly, and made himself maintain an angry expression again.

Then a cold question came out of his mouth.

"Why did you come back so late? Do you know how long I have been waiting for you?"

Chu Xinglan: “………” Has it started again?

The boy was a little disappointed because he didn't get a soft, warm hug like before, but he quickly calmed down and began to act with Nguyen Chao.

He lowered his eyelashes and apologized more skillfully.

"I'm sorry Chao Chao, I didn't mean it. I will come back earlier next time."

"This time is not enough, do you want to do it again?" Ruan Chao raised his voice, nitpicking at the mistakes in his words. "Then next time, will you just sleep outside and not come back?"

Chu Xinglan: “…”

Ruan Chao began to make up stories: "I've noticed that something is wrong with you. Not only do you come home later and later every day, you're also getting more and more impatient with me. No matter what I say, you just keep a straight face and don't reply, as if I don't exist... Do you know that this is annoying?"

Chu Xinglan: “…I’m sorry.”

Ruan Chao: "What else can you say besides sorry?"

And also say...

"I was wrong."

Chu Xinglan thought about it and added, "I won't do that again in the future."

The Nguyen Dynasty was very dissatisfied.

This was not the answer he wanted at all.

He could only continue to be unreasonable: "Your apology is just a perfunctory one."

Ruan Chao took a step forward and almost pushed Chu Xinglan against the wall.

The boy was much taller than him, and his lowered gaze seemed to be looking down from a high vantage point.

Ruan Chao stretched out his hand to cover his eyes, feeling the other's long eyelashes, which flickered gently twice in his delicate palm like a small brush... It was a little itchy.

But he did not withdraw his hand, instead he chose to take advantage of the situation and said, "I don't like you looking at me like that."

"That condescending look, as if I were an ant that you could crush with just a stretch of your hand, as if you were born without feelings, as if nothing in the world is worthy of your care..." Ruan Chao's voice became softer and softer, and inevitably with some guilt, because he knew very well that he was telling a lie, a lie that he could only tell to cover Chu Xinglan's eyes.

"You are a son of heaven, the chief disciple of Guiyuan Sect with a promising future, and a rare genius in cultivation. And what about me? I am just an ordinary person in the lower realm, with mediocre qualifications and a physique of a furnace, coveted by a bunch of bad guys... Whether it's family, status or ability, there is a huge difference between you and me."

Ruan Chao hesitated for a moment, but finally said the following words.

"Chu Xinglan, have you always felt that I am not worthy of you and have always wanted to break up with me..."

Nguyen Chao let go.

Staring straight into Chu Xinglan's eyes.

There was a beautiful streak of light gold between the boy's lacquer-like pupils. Whenever he raised his eyes, the streak of gold would glitter slightly, as dazzling as the most precious gemstone, attracting a lot of attention.

Even though he knew he was acting and that these words were not what Ruan Chao really meant, he still looked unhappy. The gold in his eyes dimmed a lot, like a puppy with its tail drooping.

Ruan Chao noticed the changes in Chu Xinglan and wanted to reach out his arms to hug him, touch his eyes, and explain to him in a low voice that he had never thought of this before, and that he had to do this because of the situation...but now was not a good time to comfort anyone.

With emotional fluctuations...it will be easier to bring up the breakup later.

Ruan Chao secretly winked at him with his right eye, signaling him to quickly answer the call and break up with him.

Chu Xinglan knew in his heart that Ruan Chao's efforts could not be wasted. He took a deep breath, suppressed his complicated emotions, and continued to act out the play.

He guessed Ruan Chao's intention and spoke tentatively: "You know, I have never thought about it this way..."

No, no, no!

Wrong! Wrong!

Ruan Chaochong lip-synced to him, telling him that it was time to break up with him.

Chu Xinglan asked silently: "Now?"

Ruan Chao also answered silently: "Right now, after the performance is over——"

"It's over."

The system that has a full view of their actions: […………]

I know you have a good relationship and I know you wouldn't say harsh words to each other, but you should always act more sincerely. It's okay to just exchange glances, but how can you secretly gossip with each other? This is too unprofessional!

The system coughed twice very deliberately, signaling Ruan Chao to be more restrained. It was already the end, and he should hold on a little longer and not give up.

Ruan Chao shut his mouth.

She could only signal Chu Xinglan with her eyes to quickly say the word "break up".

Chu Xinglan: “…”

He turned his eyes away, his gaze falling on the scratch on the corner of the table, which was accidentally made by Nguyen Chao when he overturned the table in an attempt to show his mood swings.

It was a very small scratch that only scratched the surface, revealing a little bit of the white wood inside. If you didn't pay attention, you couldn't see it at all.

…

It seemed that if he turned his eyes away and stopped staring at Nguyen Chao, the unpleasant words that were about to be said would not be directed at him.

Chu Xinglan said expressionlessly, "You've been really weird lately, really annoying... really unpleasant. You get really angry at the slightest displeasure, and you're not as lovable as before."

Ruan Chao habitually put all the blame on Chu Xinglan and refuted without any hesitation: "It's all because of you. Otherwise, how could I become so annoying?"

Chu Xinglan's voice became colder and colder, slowly freezing into ice. "Since you are so dissatisfied with me, let's just..."

The following words were extremely difficult to say. I paused for a long time and almost spoke them through gritted teeth.

"Let's separate for a while and calm down."

Ruan Chao widened his eyes.

I couldn't wait to say yes.