Han Tang never expected that he would actually be booked for a romance reality show, and to top it off, it was with Shen Kui!
Of course, his point of distress did not lie in participating in a romance show with the protagonist shou.
After all, he was a cannon fodder sugar daddy.
Participating in a romance reality show was simply another way for him to attempt a forced sugar-daddy arrangement on the protagonist shou, but the problem was that the person who arranged this romance show in the first place was definitely not him!
If it wasn’t Han Tang himself, who else could possibly secure such a resource for him?
Han Gui!
What is going on?!
Didn’t the two of them just go on a lovey-dovey date a couple of days ago? Why on earth is his older brother pushing people back toward his side again?!
Utterly baffled and unable to find a single logical explanation, Han Tang stopped torturing himself and dialed his brother’s number directly.
Receiving his younger brother’s active phone call for the very first time, Han Gui was filled with boundless joy.
Even though he guessed that his younger brother’s call was ninety-nine percent likely meant to thank him for arranging the romance show to pair him and Shen Kui up, excitement still bubbled uncontrollably within his chest, and he decided that such helpful assists could come a few more times in the future.
Yet he never expected that the voice coming through upon connection would not be words of gratitude, but an interrogation instead.
“Didn’t you already go to a couple’s restaurant with Shen Kui? Why did you still arrange a romance show for the two of us?!”
A couple’s restaurant?
When on earth did he go to a couple’s restaurant with that person?
Han Gui furrowed his brow in deep thought.
It took him a moment of mental buffering to realize that the restaurant where he had met Shen Kui two days prior was actually a couple’s restaurant!
A wave of annoyance washed over Han Gui. So that place was actually a couple’s restaurant? He had simply wanted to taste the food there; after all, Tangtang hadn’t rarely invited people to dine at that exact spot, and he had merely acted on a whim to try it out.
He never expected that a momentary whim would lead his younger brother to misunderstand and get jealous!
Han Gui had no desire to see their hard-earned reconciliation regress back to square one, so he rushed to explain, every single word springing straight from the depths of his sincere heart:
“I am sorry, Tangtang, I really did not know it was a couple’s restaurant. The reason I looked for Shen Kui that day wasn’t for any other reason; I just heard that you were getting along quite well with him, so I wanted to see him for myself. There was truly no other motive behind it.”
No other motive?!
Having no other motive made him even angrier.
Han Tang understood Han Gui well. Whether it was the second male lead in the book or the Han Gui he interacted with in reality, he did not believe the man would ever lie to him.
“Really, really, if you don’t believe me, you can go ask Shen Kui.” Not hearing a reply and assuming his younger brother remained unconvinced, Han Gui hurried to elaborate, “I know Shen Kui is your person; how could I possibly touch anything that belongs to you?”
“If there were truly anything between him and me, how could I possibly arrange a romance show for you and him?”
Han Tang felt a ball of frustration trapped in his chest. After listening to Han Gui ramble on with his explanations for ages, he grew even more furious.
“Fine, whatever! Do whatever you want!” With that, he slammed the phone down and hung up.
You cannot carve rotten wood!
Anyway, his primary mission was to propel the protagonist shou to the pinnacle of his career, and as for the romantic plotline…
He would just leave it to fate.
He only hoped his older brother wouldn’t live to regret this later!
Beep… Beep…
The call was disconnected. Han Gui initially intended to call right back to explain further, but the moment he thought of his younger brother’s guarded wariness toward him, he decided it would be a redundant gesture.
Tangtang already viewed him as a wicked villain who had usurped his rightful place, and now, through sheer carelessness, he had added a suspicion of trying to poach his brother’s romantic interest. At this rate, clearing up the misunderstanding was truly going to be an uphill battle.
As an heir who had spent his childhood tempered by treacherous power struggles, Han Gui quickly pulled himself together from the setback of once again annoying his younger brother, growing even more spirited and determined instead.
Rather than wasting time here indulging in sentimental self-pity and useless efforts, he might as well accelerate the pace of clearing out the trash!
Once he completely consolidated the corporation and returned everything to its rightful owner, all misunderstandings could be resolved naturally!
Of course, timely assists remained thoroughly essential as well!
It was simply that there was no longer any need to meet with Shen Kui in person moving forward.
Since Han Gui had voluntarily abandoned the romance plotline, Han Tang had no intention of wasting any more fruitless effort either.
Having discarded the psychological baggage of coveting his future sister-in-law, Han Tang felt his mission instantly become much simpler.
Previously, he had only attempted to sugar-daddy the other person through verbal hints, but now he could openly express a physical attraction toward Shen Kui in actual practice.
Let the midnight script-reading sessions begin!
Without even needing to invent an excuse, Han Tang headed straight to Shen Kui’s room that very night, completely empty-handed.