Chapter 48

<details><summary>Characters List</summary></details>

<details>Le Han – Main Character</details>

<details>Gua Gua Gu – In-game main character’s name Daji / Enchanting Imperial Concubine – In-game alternate character’s name</details>

<details>Qi Xun – Male Lead</details>

<details>Mu Yi Cheng Zhou / Mu God – In-game main character Zhan Ge – In-game trumpet’s name Spark’s singer</details>

<details>Zhou Yao – Qi Xun’s best friend</details>

<details>Meng Bu Meng – In-game main character’s name Spark’s member</details>

<details>Luo Yan – Zhou Yao’s husband</details>

<details>Lu Jiao (Emperor of Qi) – In-game main character’s name Spark’s drummer</details>

<details>Qin Yuyuan (Princess Qin) – Qi Xun’s pursuer</details>

<details>Axue – In-game main character’s name</details>

<details>Zhang Yang (Prince Tang) – Le Han’s pursuer</details>

<details>Qiao Rui – Le Han’s roommate and friend</details>

<details>Spark’s bassist</details>

<details>He Yiming – Le Han’s previous crush and senior student</details>

<details>Zhao Yifei – Le Han’s high school classmate</details>

<details>Yu Manman – Le Han’s high school classmate and He Yiming’s ex-girlfriend</details>

<details>Xu Jingsen – Le Han’s high school classmate</details>

<details>An Ke – Yu Manman’s friend</details>

<details>Yao Lingyu – Le Han’s high school classmate</details>

Edited by Bubbles

The dark night was illuminated by the bright moon, accompanied by a cool breeze.

The street lights flickered, and the music and cheers from the crowd came from inside the side door. The noise seemed hazy and distant.

In the alley, a group of people gasped for breath.

The three men had suffered some damage. Liu Yifan’s shirt had a few buttons ripped off, and the corner of his mouth was bleeding. Xu Jingsen stood in the same place, and his hair was messed up. His eyes were fierce, and as soon as he raised his hand, he wiped off the blood on his nose. Yao Lingyu was on the ground, and when he saw someone coming, he scratched his hands and feet on the ground a few times before he got up and retreated to Xu Jingsen’s side.

An Ke covered her mouth and shrank in the corner, while Yu Manman was in a state of shock.

Le Han was tired, and his head was a little dizzy. He almost fell to the ground, but he was firmly hugged by the person behind him. Then, a group of people came out from the side door. It was the bar’s staff.

Le Han panted, shaking all over.

The arms holding him tightened, and the person said anxiously, “Le Han? Are you alright? Le Han?”

The person held his face, checked his condition, and quickly wiped off his nosebleed.

Le Han couldn’t speak; he seemed to have lost his voice.

He swallowed and stared at Xu Jingsen’s group.

Seeing that the situation wasn’t right, Liu Yifan frowned and patted Xu Jingsen. “Hey, let’s go.”

The look on Xu Jingsen’s eyes was terrifying. He stared at Le Han, smiled coldly, and slowly said, “Le Han, you can avoid the first day of high school, but not the fifteenth.”

Le Han’s body tensed all of a sudden.

His eyes were red, and the person behind him stopped him when he was about to pounce—

Qi Xun grabbed Le Han and raised his voice. “Le Han!”

The cry sobered Le Han a little, and he trembled.

Although Qi Xun didn’t understand what was going on, it didn’t prevent him from judging the situation. As soon as he stopped Le Han, he raised his chin to Luo Yan and said coldly, “Don’t let them go like this.”

“Ha?” Liu Yifan heard this, and before he could say anything, Luo Yan motioned to the brothers in the bar.

They had requirements when recruiting, so almost all these men were over 1.8 meters and had muscular bodies. The alley had a dead-end, and the only exit was blocked by seven or eight strong men. It was really difficult for Xu Jingsen and the others to go out.

Liu Yifan didn’t expect things to turn out like this. He jumped in anger. “What the hell do you mean? Do you think of yourself as a policeman? So nosy?!”

Xu Jingsen had been hot-blooded when fighting just now. When Qi Xun had called Le Han’s name for the first time, he hadn’t reacted, but when the other had called Le Han’s name for the second time, he realized that the relationship between the two was unusual…

In particular, Qi Xun’s posture of holding Le Han in his arms didn’t seem like an ordinary friendship.

Xu Jingsen’s eyes were filled with hostility, and he turned to look at Yu Manman.

Yu Manman was startled by his gaze and instinctively said, “They, they know each other!”

An Ke’s eyes widened— Le Han actually knew her male god?!

She whispered, “Why didn’t you say it earlier!”

Yu Manman bit her lower lip. How could she say it!

At the dinner table, when An Ke had talked to her about Spark’s fan meeting, she didn’t know how to mention Le Han and make him look bad. As soon as she said it, she regretted it, because what had happened in front of Qi Xun and Le Han in the bar that day had been humiliating for her!

Seeing Yu Manman shrinking in the corner, Qi Xun smiled angrily. It’s this weird woman again?!

A few days ago, he’d told Le Han that if this woman dared to come to their bar once more, he would kick her out, but he didn’t expect that she would actually come back.

Qi Xun had met her three times in total, and every single time she was making trouble for Le Han. What was going on this time? Did she bring a few men over to gang on Le Han?

Qi Xun nodded, and his voice made Yu Manman’s scalp sweat. “I remember you. You better don’t show up in front of Le Han or me again. Don’t be conceited, or you’ll know the consequences. Don’t ask me how; I’ll be watching. You better scram as far as possible.”

As soon as Yu Manman heard this, she couldn’t stand it anymore. She sharply retorted, “This matter has nothing to do with me!”

“It has nothing to do with you?” Qi Xun swept his gaze over her companions and coldly asked, “Then you don’t know these people?”

“I—” Yu Manman’s words choked in her throat. She stuttered for a moment and angrily said, “It wasn’t me who wanted to trouble Le Han this time. I was dragged over by them, okay?!”

“Manman, what the hell is going on…” An Ke pulled at Yu Manman’s clothes uneasily.

Yu Manman was so angry that she slapped her hand off and yelled to Xu Jingsen, “Hey, explain what you were doing clearly yourself!”

Xu Jingsen lifted his chin and stared at Qi Xun. “Who are you?”

“You entered our bar and didn’t know who I was?” Qi Xun sneered. He keenly felt something from the man’s eyes whenever he looked at Le Han. He tightened his embrace on Le Han and even turned him around a little bit, allowing the younger man to lean his face in his arms without facing this stranger.

These actions full of possessiveness made Xu Jingsen’s eyes darken. He pressed his tongue against his cheek, laughed, and lazily asked, “Le Han, who is he?”

Le Han clenched his fists and tried to breathe, but his voice was still unable to come out.

Because of the fight, Le Han’s clothes were torn, his forehead and the corners of his mouth were bruised, and his chin and collar were stained with blood. There were scratches on the back of his hands, and his jeans were damaged.

Qi Xun felt distressed when he saw that Le Han was still agitated and trembling slightly. He stroked the back of Le Han’s neck and said in a low voice, “It’s okay, it’s okay.”

Qi Xun’s chin touched Le Han’s forehead.

His embrace gave Le Han a little warmth. Surrounded by it, he closed his eyes and took a few breaths before finally calming down. After he was calm, anger, shame, lingering fears, and grievances all surged up. Le Han’s eyes and nose began to ache, and there was a whimper in his throat.

Qi Xun was about to die of distress. He didn’t ask Le Han anymore and said to Luo Yan, “Did you see what happened in the surveillance?”

Luo Yan said calmly, “They asked for trouble first, and they tried to—”

Luo Yan looked up and down at Xu Jingsen and hesitated.

In the footage captured by the surveillance, what the guy with the slicked back hair was doing wasn’t right. But it didn’t seem convenient to say it so openly.

Qi Xun saw Luo Yan hesitate and frowned. He clearly understood that Le Han wouldn’t take the initiative to make trouble. He wanted to know the cause of the matter, but looking at Luo Yan’s reaction, it seemed inconvenient to say?

What would make Luo Yan hesitate?

Looking at the scene in front of him, Xu Jingsen felt repulsed and sneered. He deliberately said in a meaningful tone, “Say, what did I do to Le Han just now?”

This tone made Qi Xun pause, and he suddenly remembered how the other’s eyes had seemed when he looked at Le Han. An idea emerged in his mind, and his face darkened immediately.

Qi Xun had never been so angry about anything in his life until today.

Right now, anger continued to emerge from his chest and it almost made him out of control.

He stared at Xu Jingsen, and his muscles tensed. Even Le Han, who was held in his arms and couldn’t see his expression, realized that Qi Xun almost couldn’t control the urge to beat others.

Liu Yifan noticed that the lead singer of the band, Qi Xun, had an unusual relationship with Le Han. Seeing that he wanted to beat them up, he cursed in a low voice, “Fuck!”

Just now, they’d fought with Le Han. Even if he was fierce, it wasn’t a problem. But presently, about ten people were blocking their way out. How could they fight? During the third year of high school, even if Le Han had fiercely resisted, they could still manage him. But how could they fight today?

Standing behind Xu Jingsen, Yao Lingyu had been staring at Le Han and Qi Xun. When he noticed Qi Xun’s care and protection for Le Han, he lowered his eyes and clenched his fists.

Xu Jingsen was already uncomfortable because of the couple. Seeing Qi Xun’s appearance, he said defiantly, “If you want to beat me, do it, or do you not dare?”

When Liu Yifan heard his provocation, he almost wanted to vomit blood. “Can you fight them? Because I can’t!”

Xu Jingsen tilted his head and said mockingly, “Don’t forget they were in the middle of a fan meeting, stupid.”

It was easy for Xu Jingsen to identify people like him. He and the man in front of him weren’t the same type of person. He didn’t think Qi Xun would dare to get into a group fight behind the bar during a fan meeting. On the other hand, he wanted to make things bigger.

Liu Yifan was suspicious when he heard this.

As soon as Qi Xun heard Xu Jingsen’s words, he laughed angrily and was ready to move, but Le Han grabbed his arms.

Qi Xun’s muscles were tense and stiff.

Aware of Le Han’s movements, Qi Xun said in a low voice, “Let go, I have to beat this person!”

Xu Jingsen’s eyes flashed, and he raised his voice. “If you want to come, come quickly! We will fight one-on-one. If you lose, don’t worry about today’s affairs, and let me take Le Han away!”

Qi Xun’s face became cold, and Le Han promptly hugged his arms.

Qi Xun said, “Le Han!”

Le Han tried hard, and his voice finally came back.

He said in a hoarse voice, “Don’t go.”

Qi Xun said angrily, “You just fought with three people, and now you forbid me to beat him up? I need less than a second to crush this kind of trash!”

Xu Jingsen’s expression was distorted for a second when he heard his words. As he was about to provoke the other once more, he unexpectedly heard Le Han say, “…Why are you going to fight with him?”

Qi Xun was about to explode. “What did this man do to you just now? Do you still have to ask why I should beat him up?!”

As soon as the words came out, Qi Xun paused.

He thought that although he had done everything according to the plan, things weren’t going well.

He didn’t know when Le Han was brought out and if he had heard his last words. He didn’t know whether Le Han had any idea about the relationship between them now.

There were obviously many things to explain, but he was interrupted by this inexplicable mess. At the moment, everything he said seemed strange and sudden.

Qi Xun was angry and annoyed. He didn’t know where to start, but he didn’t expect Le Han to shrink into his arms.

Qi Xun was stunned.

Xu Jingsen’s face stiffened, Liu Yifan showed an expression of disgust, and Yao Lingyu’s eyes were glued on Le Han all the while.

Suddenly, Yu Manman seemed to have realized something and she said in amazement, “You—”

An Ke’s face was full of confusion.

Le Han stretched out his hands and tightly hugged Qi Xun’s waist.

His forehead was pressed against Qi Xun’s shoulder, his voice was still low and hoarse, and he said slowly, “…Why do you let his words provoke you? If you can’t beat him, you really won’t care about me and let him take me away?”

Qi Xun was confused.

His brain went blank for a while, and it took him some time to understand Le Han’s meaning.

His heart became warm as it began to beat faster.

He called out in a low voice, “Le Han.”