Volume 1 Chapter 163 Extra: I am so lucky to be honored
The meeting place was chosen to be a business club.
After class, Xu Jingmo drove alone to pick up Du Ruo from get off work. The two returned home and changed into casual clothes before heading to the club together.
When we arrived at the club, quite a few people were already gathered there.
Several boys were playing billiards at the pool table, and some girls were sitting in the booth chatting. Xu Daiyue was among them. Wen Fei and Ji Yunbai had not arrived yet.
Except for Xu Daiyue, Du Ruo didn't recognize anyone else present. Nearly a year had passed, and even those people she had met before, those insignificant faces, she had long forgotten their appearance.
She knew nothing about the people present, yet everyone knew everything about her.
The last time I saw Du Ruo was at Xu Hongjin's birthday party. At that time, they were just noisy bystanders and didn't bother to talk to her.
Today, Du Ruo's family background and academic achievements have been exposed on the Internet. Her popularity is even no less than that of first-line stars. Everyone knows her. Faced with such a person, they neither dare nor are they worthy to talk to her.
Perhaps from the very beginning, Xu Jingmo did not formally and seriously introduce her to everyone, which meant that they were destined not to be worthy of knowing her.
But at that time, they thought she was not worthy of joining this group.
The two walked in hand in hand, and immediately a boy came over to greet Xu Jingmo, "Brother Mo."
When his eyes passed by Du Ruo, he called her "Sister-in-law" with a respectful and cautious attitude.
Du Ruo raised his eyebrows in surprise at the new title and nodded politely.
According to the usual practice of previous parties, before the party officially starts, the boys usually get together, while the girls get together and play their own games. After the party starts, everyone will play some group games.
Before the two protagonists of the party arrived, someone invited Xu Jingmo to play a game of billiards.
"Brother Mo, you're a recluse now. We haven't seen each other for a long time. Let's play a game and see if your level has dropped."
Before Xu Jingmo could respond, Xu Daiyue came over from the booth and said to him, "You go and have fun. I'll accompany my sister."
Du Ruo glanced at Xu Daiyue and saw that there were no other girls at the pool table. She said to Xu Jingmo nonchalantly, "You go ahead."
Xu Jingmo didn't let go of her hand, and complained in a dissatisfied tone: "Who are you here with? You don't want me anymore after you just came in?"
Du Ruo: ??? What’s wrong with this brother? ?
Xu Jingmo held her hand and walked towards the pool table, saying disdainfully, "What's the point of playing with losers like you?"
He picked up the club and handed it to Du Ruo, provoking her: "Let's play a round."
Du Ruo looked at him and asked, "Are you serious?"
She can play billiard, or more precisely, snooker.
Ever since Xu Jingmo bought a claw machine at home, she would play with it whenever she had nothing to do.
Xu Jingmo asked in confusion: "With your perfect shooting skills, where is the fun in playing claw machines? Besides, aren't you busy every day? Why would you play claw machines? Who took you there?"
Du Ruo smiled and said, "I can't go by myself."
She manipulated the claw hook skillfully and grabbed the doll accurately, explaining: "I am busy, but I am also stressed. I need some activities to relieve stress. I have played claw machines, snooker, tennis... I have played them all."
"This kind of entertainment, which requires precise judgment and perspective analysis, is beneficial to me."
"You also know how to play snooker?" Xu Jingmo's curiosity was piqued.
Du Ruo replied casually: "Hmm, what? You want to compete with me?"
Xu Jingmo said confidently: "Are you sure you want to compete? I can clear the table with one shot."
Du Ruo snorted, "Why are you showing off? Everyone can do it."
At that time, the two of them only talked about this. A lot of things happened afterwards and they never found a suitable opportunity. Now is a good opportunity.
The tables in the clubhouse are for Chinese billiards. Although the rules are different, the techniques are the same.
Xu Jingmo walked over to Du Ruo with his golf club, leaned over and whispered in her ear, "The loser will have to say cheesy love words for a week."
Du Ruo turned her head and looked into his deep eyes. The competitive spirit in both of their eyes was aroused. She nodded happily: "Okay."
The two walked to the table, and Xu Jingmo casually pointed at a boy next to him and said, "You be the referee."
The first innings kick-off rights are determined according to the normal rules of the game.
Although there are many girls who play billiard nowadays, in real life, it is still relatively rare to find girls with superb billiard skills.
Apart from professional players, it is rare to see girls among amateur enthusiasts going to the billiard room to play billiards when they have nothing to do, like boys do.
There are even many girls who go to the billiard room mainly to accompany their boyfriends. In such occasions, one is not teaching seriously and the other is not learning seriously, and most of them are just some flirting techniques in love.
When the game between Du Ruo and Xu Jingmo started, it immediately attracted the attention of everyone present.
Everyone has seen Xu Jingmo's billiard skills. Now seeing him so serious about competing with Du Ruo that he didn't even give her the chance to start the game, everyone can't help but become curious. Could it be that Du Ruo also knows this? ?
The game officially started and Du Ruo won the kick-off right.
Xu Jingmo stood aside, holding the golf club in one hand and resting the other hand lightly on the table. He looked at Du Ruo leisurely and said jokingly, "It won't end right after it starts, will it? Give me a chance, fairy."
Du Ruo observed the game on the table intently, then found the right angle, leaned forward, and tilted her slender neck slightly forward, outlining a beautiful arc. The corners of her mouth slightly raised, her eyes locked tightly on the target ball, and a trace of calmness and confidence appeared in her eyes, as if she had accurately predicted the trajectory and landing point of the ball.
"Bang---" With a crisp impact sound, the ball went into the pocket.
She raised her eyebrows at Xu Jingmo and said playfully, "Please beg me, I will consider whether you should show mercy."
Xu Jingmo couldn't help laughing, tapping the table with his fingertips, and said with a hint of joking, "That's so boring, just continue."
Du Ruo shrugged nonchalantly and then selected the next target ball.
In less than five minutes, Xu Jingmo's posture remained almost unchanged and the game was over.
The onlookers were all stunned and couldn't help but sigh, is this a genius... He has no shortcomings???
Du Ruo walked up to Xu Jingmo proudly, nudged his arm, and asked with a smile, "Are you convinced?"
Xu Jingmo raised his hand and pinched her neck, his eyes full of doting smiles, "You are really good, but I am not convinced."
Du Ruo looked up at him and snorted, "Best of three, I'll start the next game. Are you sure you don't agree?"
Xu Jingmo leaned over and whispered in her ear, "What's so shameful about losing to you? Just give it your all, Ruobao."
Du Ruo gave him a meaningful look.
When the second game started, Wen Fei and Ji Yunbai arrived just in time. Seeing everyone gathered together, they couldn't help but ask curiously, "What's going on?"
Someone explained to Ji Yunbai, "Brother Mo and sister-in-law are competing."
Ji Yunbai was surprised: "My sister can also play billiard???"
"It's amazing, and he cleared the table with one shot. Wow, Mo Ge didn't even have a chance to play."
Wen Fei's worshipful face: "Wow~"
Ji Yunbai was horrified: "Fuck!"
He walked up to Xu Jingmo, patted his shoulder, and couldn't help but sigh: "Brother, what kind of monster is your girlfriend? Nothing can compare to her."
Xu Jingmo shook his hand away in disgust, with a hint of sarcasm in his tone: "Where did you come from, you bastard? How dare you comment on my little fairy?"
Ji Yunbai said helplessly: "As a man, I feel sorry for you."
"No need." Xu Jingmo still had a cold expression.
If Du Ruo concentrates on clearing the balls, with only the last ball number 7 left, he can play black 8.
Someone nearby started to make a noise, "Brother Mo, what role did you play in this competition?"
"My sister-in-law is awesome."
Xu Jingmo smiled and replied, "It's for showing off."
"..."Okay, okay, let's show off our affection, right?
"Brother Ji, can you tolerate this? You are already a certified person."
Ji Yunbai looked at Wen Fei, who was staring at Du Ruo with stars in his eyes, and said faintly, "I can bear it."
“…”
Everyone assumed that Du Ruo would continue to clear the table with one shot, and her strength was beyond doubt.
As a result, Du Ruo seemed to have forgotten the number 7 ball and directly hit the black 8. The black ball went into the pocket and the referee called it a foul.
Xu Jingmo raised his eyebrows in surprise and looked at Du Ruo.
Du Ruo complained to Wen Fei in annoyance, "Sister Fei, please take care of your husband. He's distracting me."
Wen Fei immediately gave Ji Yunbai a glare.
Ji Yunbai: ???
No, who did I offend?
Du Ruo walked up to Xu Jingmo again and said magnanimously: "You have no chance to win, the fairy will give you a chance."
Xu Jingmo looked at her with an ambiguous expression in his eyes and said, "Then don't regret it."
Du Ruo snorted, "Am I the kind of person who can't afford to play with me?"
Xu Jingmo wiped the club, adjusted the angle, and moved quickly and casually, quickly clearing the table with one shot.
He looked at Du Ruo and asked with a smile: "I'm the one who starts the next game, are you afraid?"
Du Ruo also looked at him and smiled, deliberately saying, "I'm scared to death."
Both of them couldn't help but tilt their heads and laugh out loud.
In the third game, Xu Jingmo opened the game without any mistakes and cleared the table with one shot.
Xu Jingmo wins after two wins in three games.
"Brother Mo is awesome."
"My sister-in-law is awesome. I've never seen a girl who can clear the table with one shot."
"Brother Mo's sword is still as sharp as ever."
…
The people around him kept cheering and flattering him, but Xu Jingmo didn't care. He took Du Ruo's hand and said, "Come with me to wash my hands."
Du Ruo walked towards the bathroom with him.
The people behind were still discussing who was more skilled between the two.
Walking into the bathroom, there was only a single washbasin. Xu Jingmo hugged Du Ruo from behind and let the water wash their hands. He pressed some hand sanitizer, rubbed her fingers, leaned over and gently bit her ear, which made Du Ruo subconsciously shrank, and she looked up at him in the mirror with dissatisfaction.
Xu Jingmo's eyes met hers in the mirror, and he asked in a low voice, "Why do you have to give in to me?"
Du Ruo: "Who said I gave in to you?"
Xu Jingmo was about to bite her again, and Du Ruo quickly turned her head to avoid him, "Itchy, don't mess with me."
"Don't pretend. With your acting skills, you wouldn't survive one episode in a palace drama. You lost to me on purpose." Xu Jingmo bluntly pointed out to her.
Du Ruo said, "Why? Isn't it good to lose to you? Don't you like me telling you some corny love words? I just made a mistake accidentally."
Xu Jingmo continued, "You love me so much that you don't know what to do?"
"..." Du Ruo muttered: "Why are you trying to steal my lines?"
Xu Jingmo chuckled, rinsed the foam off the hands of both men, picked up a few tissues at random and wiped them dry.
Then he suddenly picked her up, gently placed her on the sink, and whispered, "I've already told you that your reserve of sweet words is all left over from my fun."
"I forgot to tell you that the love words we said before don't count. Find new ones to tell me."
Du Ruo: “…………”
Xu Jingmo pinched her chin, bit her lips lightly, and smiled happily, "Do you regret giving in to me?"
Du Ruo: "A little bit."
Xu Jingmo continued to ask: "Why should you let me?"
Du Ruo raised her arms, put them around his neck and said, "You were the one who let me tee off first. What are you doing? Are you looking down on me?"
Xu Jingmo was stunned. He obviously didn't expect that such a subtle little operation of his would be discovered by her.
Xu Jingmo said: "If I were to open the first game, it would be the same situation. There would be no chance for you to leave the court. I would have to test your strength. Anyway, they all know my strength."
Du Ruo said: "Are you sure you don't want to show off to me?"
Xu Jingmo smiled and pecked her lips lightly, saying, "Yeah, I just want to show off, whose girlfriend is so great, she's an all-rounder, proficient in everything."
Du Ruo said, "I've known for a long time that you're a scheming boy, but you can't hide it from me. Humph, as soon as you let me play, I knew you didn't really want to play with me, you just didn't want me to stay with Sister Dai Yue."
"You're worried that I won't feel comfortable with them. If you insist that I stay with you, then others won't object, but they'll inevitably talk about me behind my back, saying that I don't fit in and no one cares about me."
"If you insist on dragging me along to play, it will only make others think I'm awesome and I won't have time to think about anything else. Anyone who dares to say anything about me will appear to be petty and jealous."
"Am I right? Scheming Xiao Xu."
Xu Jingmo was surprised and said, "You always say that I am the roundworm in your stomach. You, a little worm, evolve very quickly. How can you guess this?"
Du Ruo hummed complacently: "After sharing the same bed for so long, isn't it normal for me to get to know you better and better?"
Xu Jingmo said in a somewhat ambiguous tone: "In-depth communication is still beneficial, right?"
Du Ruo blushed for no reason and stretched out her legs to kick him, but he dodged with a smile, parted his lips and kissed her tenderly.
From shallow to deep, the two people's breathing became more and more rapid. Xu Jingmo tilted his head to bury it in her neck to calm his breathing, and said hoarsely: "Let me guess, did you hear what Ji Yunbai said and deliberately let me win because you were afraid that I would lose and embarrass myself in front of my friends?"
Du Ruo's breathing was rising and falling, and he said frankly: "It's your place. I'm giving you face as a man. You don't have to be polite."
Xu Jingmo laughed quietly: "So considerate?"
Du Ruo: "How do you say it? Do you feel like your heart is fluttering and you feel like you love me more?"
Xu Jingmo: "Well, I love you more and fall in love with you."
Du Ruo was so angry that he slapped him on the arm.
Xu Jingmo smiled and hugged her down and said, "As a man, I can save my own face. As the boyfriend of a fairy, not everyone has this face. I just like the way you shine in front of others, and I feel honored."
Du Ruo said: "I am so lucky to have such a good boyfriend."
When the two walked out of the bathroom, they met meaningful looks from a group of people.
Du Ruo asked quietly: "Why are they looking at us like that?"
Xu Jingmo said calmly: "Maybe it's because we washed our hands for 10 minutes."
Du Ruo: “…”
"Do they look down on you?"
Xu Jingmo: ???
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