The CEO’s Little Wife 1 8
“Are you okay?”
The voice by his ear was gentle and mellow, and just hearing it made one think of the gentle, top-student type from campus days. But Qiao Yu pretended not to hear at all.
The reason was simple: when he fell, he had bumped his waist and couldn’t get up.
『Little Fish! He’s the protagonist’s love interest!』
It was 01’s words that made Qiao Yu open his eyes and glance at Lu Huai. Sure enough, he was the protagonist’s love interest… different from everyone else, and he truly lived up to the reputation of being a white moonlight.
As the white moonlight that made Shen Yan fall in love at first sight, Lu Huai was also very good-looking, with a cool, detached quality tinged with a bit of gentle elegance. At 1.8 meters tall, his white shirt gave him an extremely untouchable aura, even when he was worried and frowning.
Truly worthy of being the protagonist’s love interest… he had nearly broken his waist.
After all, it was in public. Since Lu Huai came to help him, Qiao Yu tried his best to get up, though he was still a bit unsteady. But with Lu Huai supporting him, it wasn’t a big problem.
“I’m sorry, are you okay?”
The guilt in Lu Huai’s words was sincere. He really hadn’t expected that one bump could knock someone over like this. If he had known, he would have chosen a different way to strike up a conversation.
Yes, Lu Huai bumping into Qiao Yu wasn’t a plot conflict; it was purely a pick-up attempt.
When Qiao Yu first arrived at the school, he had also been on that Banyan Avenue and had witnessed firsthand the face that was being hyped up on the campus forum.
It was really beautiful… beautiful enough to make his heart tremble.
He wasn’t going to act like those fools, crowding into the crowd to sneak a peek, nor did he want to awkwardly strike up a conversation. So Lu Huai chose to be on Qiao Yu’s path, holding a book and pretending to be in a hurry as he bumped into him.
He just hadn’t expected Qiao Yu to be so fragile.
“Do you want to go to the hospital? If you’re really hurt, I’ll make it up to you. My name is Lu Huai, a third-year medical student.”
“Were you going somewhere?”
Lu Huai’s hand gently supported Qiao Yu’s waist, his expression seemingly very worried. In just a short while, many students had stopped to watch the commotion.
“I’m fine. I need to go.”
Hearing Qiao Yu say that, Lu Huai’s heart quickly flashed with panic. Then he put on a slightly guilty smile and dutifully supported Qiao Yu by the shoulder.
“Are you going out? How about I walk you? I’m worried about you looking like this.”
Truly worthy of being a protagonist… too kind, perfectly playing into Qiao Yu’s hands.
Even so, Qiao Yu still refused.
“No need, someone’s coming to pick me up.”
A flicker of dimness passed through Lu Huai’s eyes, and he tentatively asked, “Really? Who?”
As soon as he said it, he seemed to feel it was inappropriate. “I didn’t mean anything by it. I’m just worried that if that person isn’t close to you, they won’t be able to take care of your injury.”
Qiao Yu let out a relieved sigh in his heart, thinking that this protagonist’s love interest was truly considerate. He wondered what would happen later when he found out that the person coming to pick him up was his future husband.
Would he want to run him over?
“Then thank you.”
Come to think of it, was this really the first meeting between the protagonists?
Qiao Yu couldn’t quite remember, but it didn’t matter to him anyway. He just needed to wait peacefully for the two of them to get together and then have them kill him off.
Whatever Lu Huai’s intentions were, when walking, he deliberately slowed his pace. Even Qiao Yu, who was moving at a snail’s pace, felt it was a bit slow, but Lu Huai himself didn’t seem to notice. In fact, every few steps he would stop and ask Qiao Yu how he was doing.
A bit too thoughtful.
By the time the two of them finally came out, Shen Yan had already been waiting at the school gate for nearly twenty minutes.
This was the fourth time Shen Yan had checked his wristwatch and the third time he had sent Qiao Yu a message. Just when he couldn’t hold back and was about to go in to look for him, his gaze, fixed on the main gate, suddenly caught sight of Qiao Yu.
But before he could even show a faint smile, Lu Huai’s figure also appeared… a completely unfamiliar man, holding Qiao Yu’s waist and supporting his shoulder as they slowly walked out.
As if they were reluctant to part.
Shen Yan’s face immediately darkened. He strode over to Qiao Yu’s side and, using his height advantage, looked down at Lu Huai.
With just one glance, his radar had automatically confirmed Lu Huai’s threat level: not very tall, a pretty boy appearance, and clearly not a single advantage over him. If there was one thing that surpassed him, it was that Lu Huai was young enough.
His brows furrowed even tighter. Shen Yan’s heart was filled with almost tense displeasure and irritation, but on the surface, he still maintained a proper, cold demeanor.
Shen Yan wasn’t an impulsive person. Rather than loudly demanding to know if Qiao Yu was trying to seduce and abandon him or cursing Lu Huai as a homewrecker, he was more likely to notice Qiao Yu’s walking posture.
He was hurt.
“Mr. Shen.”
The moment Qiao Yu’s eyes landed on Shen Yan, they suddenly lit up, like a butterfly finding its favorite flower branch, swaying as he rushed over.
With the warm softness in his arms, Shen Yan’s violence instantly subsided a great deal. Because he noticed that Qiao Yu’s waist might be the problem, even when looking at Lu Huai, he could still considerately wrap his arm around Qiao Yu’s waist.
Qiao Yu’s openness and dependence told him that, at least for now, Qiao Yu still liked him.
Shen Yan’s sense of crisis was relieved, and his hostile gaze toward Lu Huai also slightly receded, replaced by a look of scrutiny and mockery. “I don’t know who you are, but thank you for accompanying our Little Fish for a part of the way.”
Shen Yan’s words had a double meaning. He looked down at Lu Huai from an extremely arrogant posture, with Qiao Yu in his arms… a body type that couldn’t be more different… his large hand covering Qiao Yu’s waist almost entirely.
Under normal circumstances, someone who felt inferior would naturally give up or become angry and humiliated. But Shen Yan was quite surprised to find that Lu Huai did not get embarrassed or show any ugly, defensive expression. Instead, with a faint smile, he calmly and gently watched Qiao Yu’s retreating figure.
“It’s alright, Mr. Shen. My name is Lu Huai. You’ll remember me soon enough.”
Shen Yan frowned slightly, as if pondering the meaning of Lu Huai’s words. Since this person knew him, how could he dare to show such a provocative attitude?
Lu Huai’s voice was a little light. A hint of malicious smile slowly crept onto his clear, refined brows and eyes as he spoke softly: “I’ll soon take you away.”
He didn’t say the rest. Instead, he mouthed two words to Shen Yan.
“I’ll soon take your wife away.”
From Shen Yan’s perspective, Lu Huai was indeed declaring war on him. But Qiao Yu had his back to him and didn’t see the last two words at all. He almost naturally assumed that Lu Huai had already set his sights on Shen Yan from this moment.
No wonder he had bumped into him earlier.