Chapter 2 Three men make a drama
Regardless of what Bai Lan thought, Jing Yuan believed he had told him the truth. Whether Bai Lan believed him or not was her own business and had nothing to do with him.
Yawning and wiping away the tears from the corners of his eyes, Jing Yuan felt a little sleepy. He decided not to linger with Bai Lan any longer and planned to go back to the hotel for a good rest.
Bai Lan had no intention of letting him leave so easily. She grabbed Jing Yuan's wrist, her eyes cold.
"What? You don't mean you want to fight me here, do you?" Jing Yuan didn't seem surprised at all, and his gaze towards Bai Lan remained gentle.
Having lived for hundreds of years, Jing Yuan considered himself quite tolerant of young people. Although the young man in front of him was not a well-behaved child and could cause a huge mess when he acted up, Jing Yuan was already used to it.
No matter how crazy Bai Lan is, he can't possibly cause the same kind of trouble that his old friends have been unable to clean up even after he's been a general for hundreds of years.
Besides, this isn't Luofu. What does the collapse of the sky have to do with an alien like him? Moreover, this planet is being protected by people in secret. If things really get out of control, that bespectacled uncle who always has a soft spot for ramen won't just pretend he didn't see it.
“You can’t leave until I get a satisfactory answer,” Bai Lan said.
This stubborn look and tone reminded Jing Yuan of Yan Qing, whom he had raised single-handedly. However, Yan Qing, who only reached his chest, was much cuter than this enormous cotton candy fairy in front of him.
"Okay, okay, I won't leave. Can you let go of me first?" Jing Yuan said with a smile.
Although he wasn't afraid of pain, he didn't like Bai Lan gripping him with such force that it could break his wrist. Moreover, their current posture was too suggestive, and Jing Yuan had already noticed the gazes of the surrounding guests.
“I won’t fall for the same trick twice,” Bai Lan said, refusing to accept the offer.
Jing Yuan slipped through his fingers like this last time, and Bai Lan had no intention of falling into the same trap twice.
Oh dear, the child has grown up and is not so easy to fool anymore.
Jing Yuan sighed inwardly.
Before Jing Yuan could say anything, the coffee shop door opened again, and this time a slightly thin boy walked in.
The boy's eyes are red and blue, with the Chinese character "六" (six) in one of them. Coupled with his unusually pineapple-like hairstyle, he is none other than Rokudo Mukuro, a wanted criminal from the Mafia's underworld who successfully escaped from the Avengers' Prison and eliminated several Mafia members.
Rokudo Mukuro walked straight to where Jingyuan and Byakuran were, his gaze lingering on their hands for a moment before he said in a somewhat ambiguous tone, "It seems I've come at the wrong time."
“No, you’ve come at just the right time.” Jing Yuan pried open Bai Lan’s fingers one by one as they were gripping his wrist, and then said, “Mr. Bai Lan is crying and making a scene because he’s lost the person who used to spend afternoon tea with him. Luckily, you’ve arrived just in time.”
Bai Lan: ...Do you want to hear what you're saying?
However, Bai Lan is not the kind of person who will blush and stammer when teased, and keep explaining himself. On the contrary, he is the kind of person who knows how to take advantage of others' opportunities.
So, Bai Lan put on a pitiful expression and said in a mournful tone, "There's nothing I can do. Mr. Jing Yuan is always so heartless. Oh well, I'm used to it anyway. In his heart, I'm always the one who's unimportant."
If Rokudo Mukuro hadn't clearly known that there was no relationship between Jingyuan and Byakuran, he would have been completely bewildered by Byakuran's attitude and imagined hundreds of thousands of words of love and hate in his mind.
Three good-looking men standing together were already quite conspicuous, not to mention the somewhat ambiguous atmosphere between them. In an instant, the three of them became the focus of the entire coffee shop, and even passersby outside the glass window would glance at them.
"Are you sure you want to be surrounded by people here?" Jing Yuan flexed his wrists with a hint of helplessness. "Let's find another place."
Byakuran and Rokudo Mukuro didn't like being stared at like monkeys, so they agreed to Keigen's suggestion.
"Where do you live now?" Rokudo Mukuro asked.
"Want to go to my place?" Jing Yuan raised an eyebrow and said with a smile, "There's nothing good to eat there."
He never had any particular requirements for food, clothing, housing, or transportation. Even when he was a general, he would make do with whatever he could. So the hotel he booked was not a five-star hotel. He just happened to see a hotel nearby while walking and checked in directly.
"I'm not a child." Rokudo Mukuro looked at Jingyuan with some dissatisfaction, as if he had only followed him for the food.
As Rokudo Mukuro's mother, Jingyuan knew it was best not to argue with a child when he said that, so she said "Yes, yes, yes, right, right, right" with extreme sincerity, which made Rokudo Mukuro, even though he knew that he was just being perfunctory, not want to get angry with him.
After the group arrived at the hotel where Jingyuan was staying, Rokudo Mukuro and Byakuran each occupied a sofa and ignored each other, which made Jingyuan laugh out loud.
Seeing that the two of them were looking at him, Jing Yuan explained, "It's nothing, I just wanted to ask what you two would like to drink."
"Do you have any wine?" Bai Lan asked.
“Yes, there are, but the taste isn’t as good as the ones you’ve collected,” Jing Yuan said.
As the leader of an Italian Mafia, the wines served to Bai Lan are all top-notch, and he also owns his own winery. Jing Yuan had the opportunity to taste his wines once when he dealt with him before, so he knew very well how different the wines in this small hotel were from Bai Lan's private collection.
"It's okay, as long as I can drink it." Bai Lan wasn't a particularly picky person. Just like how a dessert made by a five-star chef couldn't compare to a bag of cotton candy bought casually from the roadside.
As for Rokudo Mukuro, this kid basically grew up in the Estraneo family's laboratory. Let alone alcohol, it's rare for him to even drink water without any additives, so naturally he wouldn't be picky about anything.
Because he was still a minor, Jingyuan did not pour him wine, but instead placed a glass of juice in front of him.
Seeing that Rokudo Mukuro's expression was somewhat subtle, Jingyuan asked, "Should I change it to milk?"
"No need," Rokudo Mukuro declined. "Juice will do."
He prefers fruit juice to milk, although he also wants to drink alcohol.
"Mr. Jingyuan seems quite adept at handling children," Bai Lan asked with a smile. "Is Mr. Jingyuan already married and has children?"
"No, not at all," Jing Yuan said.
For the past few centuries, he has either been leading his army to hunt down abundant monsters in the universe, or he has been holed up in the Divine Strategy Palace handling official business of the immortal ships.
Unlike other immortal ships, Luo Fu's sword pommel was always suspended in mid-air, and Long Zun was still a little kid who hadn't fully inherited the power. Plus, it was the first ship, so Jing Yuan had too many things to do. Not to mention that his old friends would occasionally cause him big trouble. He really didn't have time for romance.
"Really? I don't believe it." Byakuran's eyes darted between Jingyuan and Rokudo Mukuro, then she gave a wicked smile and said, "Could it be that Mukuro-kun is your illegitimate son?"
Otherwise, why would Jing Yuan protect this unrelated child, and even go against the Avengers Prison for his sake?
Rokudo Mukuro knew, of course, that Byakuran was deliberately trying to disgust him, so he also forced a somewhat twisted smile and said in a sweet voice, "You care so much about this, are you jealous? But unfortunately, you're not Jingyuan's type. I suggest you cut off half of your leg before you come back."
"Oh dear, I thought you two were father and son, but I never expected you to be Lolita~" Bai Lan looked at Jing Yuan with a reproachful gaze, "I never expected that the righteous Mr. Jing Yuan would be a pedophile, it's really sad."
Jing Yuan wasn't angry at being unjustly accused of forbidden love, paraphilia, and pedophilia. He simply smiled and said to Bai Lan, "So, are you going to join this family?"
Good heavens! Bai Lan couldn't help but lean back slightly.
He originally thought his thick skin was unmatched, but he didn't expect Jing Yuan's to be just as thick.
In fact, Jing Yuan really wanted to say that after being bombarded by novels like "The Overbearing Dragon Lord Falls in Love with Me", "The God of War of the Other Shore Flower, Please Love Me Gently", "The General Is Actually a Woman", and "The Charismatic Me Actually Caused the Five Heroes of the Clouds to Collapse", he was no longer afraid. Not to mention that "Phoenix Seeks Phoenix" won the novel competition for five consecutive years.
Immortals are fearless.JPG
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