anovelconsole Chapter 26: Was I treated as a love rival?
Chapter 26: Was I treated as a love rival?
"Su Ran?"
Lin Xuan paused, looking in the direction of the sound.
On the right side of the street, several boys were walking towards them.
The leader was a man who looked to be in his early twenties, tall and slender with regular features and a sharp look in his eyes.
"Zhao Lei?"
Su Ran turned around, and when she saw that face, her brows furrowed slightly, and a hint of impatience flashed in her eyes.
Back in college, this guy had been pursuing me all along.
Despite her repeated rejections, the other party persisted.
I never expected to run into him here.
It's truly bad luck that opens the door to more bad luck; bad luck has reached its peak!
"Su Ran, I didn't expect to run into you here. Are you also here to rest? Which section are you staying in? I'm staying in Accommodation Section B, which isn't far from here. Do you want to—"
"No."
Su Ran interrupted him directly, her tone icy.
As she spoke, she unconsciously leaned closer to Lin Xuan beside her.
Seeing this, Zhao Lei's smile froze, and his gaze slowly shifted from Su Ran to the man standing beside her, giving him a once-over.
"And this is...?"
He narrowed his eyes and said coldly.
"Who he is doesn't seem to concern you!"
Su Ran took a deep breath and said impatiently,
"Su Ran, I'm just worried about you. There are all kinds of people in this game, so don't get fooled."
Zhao Lei shrugged, a slightly sinister smile appearing on his face.
As he finished speaking, his gaze fell on Lin Xuan again, the person he was referring to was self-evident.
Noticing the other person's gaze, Lin Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly.
Looks like this guy sees me as a love rival!
However, he's not one to be trifled with either.
"Zhao Lei, right?"
Lin Xuan smiled and stepped forward, then took Su Ran's hand in front of him and said, "Let me introduce myself, I'm Su Ran's boyfriend, Sun Ze!"
Feeling the warmth of her palm, Su Ran's body stiffened slightly, and two delicate blushes instantly rose on her originally fair face.
She pursed her cherry lips, glanced up at that exquisite face, and a smile slowly crept onto her lips.
"Boy friend?"
Zhao Lei's expression changed; the smile that had just been on his face was instantly replaced by a fierce look.
He stared intently at Lin Xuan, his icy voice almost squeezed out from between his teeth, "Boyfriend? How come I never knew Su Ran had a boyfriend like you?"
Whether she has a boyfriend or not is something she shouldn't need to tell you!
Lin Xuan glanced at him and said indifferently,
"you……"
"Su Ran, are you very familiar with this person?"
Lin Xuan ignored the enraged man in front of him, then lowered his head to look at the girl who was almost pressed against him.
"We were just college classmates, not close at all!"
Su Ran pursed her cherry lips and said calmly,
Upon hearing this, Zhao Lei's face darkened even further.
Being told "we're not that close" by a girl you like is more hurtful than any sarcasm.
He took a deep breath, his gaze coldly fixed on the man standing beside Su Ran. "Sun Ze, is it? I'll remember you!"
"Now can you get out of here? We need to go to our accommodation to rest!"
Lin Xuan slightly raised his eyes and spoke calmly.
At that moment, a boy with a pointed face and monkey-like features behind Zhao Lei suddenly took a big step forward.
He glared at Lin Xuan and said, "Kid, do you know who you're talking to? Our big brother is ranked 9668th on the leaderboard!"
"I think you're deliberately courting death!"
"Wow, 9668th place! That's amazing!"
Lin Xiaoxiao's mouth gaped open, and a hint of undisguised excitement flashed in her eyes. "Anyone who didn't know better would think you were reciting a phone number!"
"you!"
In an instant, the boy with the pointed chin and monkey-like face turned bright red, and his fists clenched.
In a game with five billion players worldwide, making it into the top ten thousand on the leaderboard is an achievement that only one in ten thousand can achieve.
But to their surprise, this little girl didn't take their boss seriously at all.
"You're asking for it!"
The boy with the pointed chin and monkey-like face snorted coldly, then looked at Zhao Lei beside him with a fawning expression, "Boss, should we teach them a lesson?"
Zhao Lei glanced at Su Ran, then silently nodded.
This man named Sun Ze made him lose face in front of everyone. If we don't teach him a lesson today...
How will he gain the respect of the people in the future?
Moreover, he also wanted to show Su Ran that only a man as strong as himself was worthy of her!
"Okay!"
Seeing his boss's tacit approval, the weasel-faced man grinned with a sinister smile.
He waved his hand, and the three men behind him immediately surrounded him.
They were menacing, looking as if they wanted to devour Lin Xuan and the others alive.
This scene also attracted many players in the surrounding area.
They all stopped in their tracks, watching from a distance, whispering amongst themselves, but no one dared to approach.
Most of the people who come to this service area now are those who are barely surviving in this game, just hoping to get a few more days of peace and rest here.
The man opposite him was ranked in the top 10,000.
Although it may not sound like a high ranking, it's important to remember that this game involves a total of five billion people.
Even if you are one in a million, there are still at least hundreds of thousands of people ahead of you.
This person must be extraordinary to have ranked in the top 10,000 so quickly.
To oppose such a person is to be doomed!
Just then, a lazy, laughing female voice drifted over from the other side of the street.
"This is a service area; fighting is not allowed here!"
Lin Xuan looked in the direction of the sound.
A woman with red, wavy hair was walking towards them from the direction of the fountain square.
Exquisite features, tall and slender figure
She was wearing a burgundy halter-neck dress with a very low neckline, revealing a large expanse of fair skin below her collarbone and a deep, unfathomable cleavage.
Two full, soft mounds, wrapped in burgundy silk, created a breathtaking curve, trembling gently with her steps.
The skirt was slit up to mid-thigh, revealing a section of her fair and slender legs as she walked.
She wore a pair of black stilettos, and every step she took exuded a unique charm of a mature woman.
Zhao Lei's gaze lingered on her for a moment, his Adam's apple bobbed, and then he looked away.
The men around him lingered on her for a longer time.
Especially the boy with the pointed chin and monkey-like face, whose eyes were practically glued to the top, but when the woman glanced at him with her amber eyes, he immediately shrank back nervously.
The woman's gaze swept across everyone's faces, lingering particularly on Lin Xuan for a few moments.
She covered her mouth and chuckled, saying lazily, "Fighting is prohibited in the service area, everyone. Calm down, can't we talk things out?"