112: Chapter 112 My rules are the rules!

Seeing this face, Su Ye couldn't help but be stunned.

The girl's face was a clean oval shape, with a jawline as soft as if it had been washed by early spring rain. Her eyes were exceptionally bright and clear, like a pool of tranquil lake water, with the corners slightly upturned. A drop of water that hadn't yet fallen hung from her eyelashes, and as she looked over, it happened to drop from her lashes onto her smooth cheek.

The bridge of her nose wasn't particularly high; it was a delicate root that tapered gently at the tip, carrying a hint of childish roundness. Her lips were pale, naturally showing a hint of pink, and were currently pursed tightly with a touch of stubbornness.

Several memories surfaced in his mind.

Back then, in the second year of high school when classes had just been reshuffled, Su Ye's grades weren't very good. It happened that a transfer student came to the school with decent grades, so following the principle of the advanced helping the lagging, she was assigned as Su Ye's desk mate.

During class in the classroom, the girl had gently nudged him and handed over a Dove chocolate:

“I saw you didn't eat lunch. Eat this quickly, don't get caught.”

Su Ye hesitated for a moment before taking it and swallowing it whole under the girl's cover. That piece of chocolate was the most delicious he had ever eaten, incredibly smooth.

In the empty classroom after school, the girl would gently tap his head with a ballpoint pen and say fiercely:

“Hey, Su Ye, how can you be so stupid? I've explained this problem so many times and you still can't learn it.”

Su Ye could only scratch his head and chuckle foolishly.

On the rooftop of the teaching building at night, the girl would nag while applying a band-aid to Su Ye's hand:

“Stop fighting from now on. I really don't understand why you boys fight every day. Can't you just talk things out?”

Su Ye pursed his lips and ultimately didn't say it—'I only acted because that guy was spreading dirty rumors about you behind your back.'

The girl appeared in Su Ye's world like a little sun and streaked across like a brilliant meteor in the night. She only stayed at the school for the first semester of their second year before dropping out for unknown reasons. This caused Su Ye to be depressed for a long time, standing at the school gate staring into the distance while tightly clutching a used Pikachu band-aid.

After all, the world is so big and there are so many people; once someone disappears into the crowd, meeting them again really depends on fate.

Su Ye had always been a relatively rational person. In the blink of an eye, eight or nine years had passed, and Su Ye had long since placed this memory in a corner, letting it gather dust. But he never expected that a reunion he thought would never happen would actually occur in this setting.

In an instant, the dust-covered memories began to surface—

Deng Jiaqi looked at the tall, handsome man in front of her who was staring at her with a vacant gaze. He looked a bit familiar, but she immediately dismissed the thought. This man was clearly a guest on the yacht. What was her status compared to his? If she knew someone like this, would she be selling her body for two hundred thousand?

“He—Hello, is there something I can help you with?”

Su Ye's memories were interrupted by Deng Jiaqi's words. His heart was filled with a mix of emotions, and he didn't know what to say. After all, the 'White Moonlight' of his youth was actually doing this kind of thing on a luxury cruise ship, which made Su Ye find it somewhat hard to accept.

Just as Su Ye was about to say something, an impatient voice rang out. A young man wearing a pair of shorts walked over from the side, pointing at Deng Jiaqi with rage:

“You damn bitch, you said you were going out to get something and you fucking ended up on the deck? And you're with another man?”

As he spoke, he prepared to step forward and get physical.

Qin Qitian felt that he was absolutely cursed today. He wondered if he was clashing with the Black Pearl. He had originally managed to enter Liu Yi's circle; after getting more familiar, he could have used the connections in Liu Yi's circle to get a lot of things done. Then, an increase in family status, endless wealth, and broader connections would have followed one after another.

He hadn't expected that his eagerness to perform would lead him to offend Liu Yi. Then, in his attempt to smooth things over, he not only earned Liu Yi's disgust but also didn't know if he had offended Little Brother Wang. After boarding the ship, Liu Yi simply stopped including him. Qin Qitian, who was fuming with anger, was planning to find a girl to blow off some steam.

He fell for the pure-looking Deng Jiaqi at first sight. When negotiating the price, he even learned that a beauty like Deng Jiaqi was actually a virgin. So, facing the high price of 300,000 opened by Deng Jiaqi, Qin Qitian agreed without hesitation. He'd played with enough young married women to be bored; changing the flavor occasionally was excellent.

Although the price was indeed a bit high, looking at Deng Jiaqi's figure and looks, Qin Qitian felt it wasn't unacceptable.

While he was showering, Deng Jiaqi said she wanted to go out to get something. Qin Qitian didn't think too much of it and wasn't afraid of her running away—after all, they were in the middle of Luhu Lake, where could she go? As a result, he had finished his shower and even taken a little blue pill, but Deng Jiaqi still hadn't returned. When Qin Qitian came out to look, she was actually flirting with a grown man on the deck.

Qin Qitian had naturally seen Su Ye earlier, surrounded by Yu Chen and Chen Ze while exchanging pleasantries with others. He couldn't afford to offend Su Ye, but surely he could afford to offend this woman? He was in the right in this matter.

Seeing the aggressive and ferocious-looking Qin Qitian approaching, Deng Jiaqi couldn't help but take a half-step back in fear, bumping right into a firm and warm chest. Turning her head, she saw Su Ye's well-defined jawline.

“Don't panic, I'm here.”

Hearing these words, Deng Jiaqi felt a strange sense of peace.

Su Ye didn't know why Deng Jiaqi was here or why she was doing this, but none of that mattered, because no matter what, he was going to step in.

Perhaps it was for that chocolate handed over in class, perhaps for the tutoring after school, or perhaps for that Pikachu band-aid whose whereabouts were long forgotten.

He grabbed Deng Jiaqi's wrist and pulled her behind him.

Seeing Su Ye's movement, Qin Qitian stopped about a meter away from him and asked with a frown:

“I negotiated for this woman first. You should know the rules.”

Out of jealousy, and because he felt he was in the right, Qin Qitian did not back down.

Su Ye was nearly a head taller than Qin Qitian. Looking down slightly, a smile curled at the corner of Su Ye's mouth:

“So what?”

So what??? Qin Qitian's head felt as if it had been struck by a bolt of lightning. No, how could you say such insulting words to me in such a flat tone? Do you not treat me as a human being at all?

Taking a long, deep breath, Qin Qitian suppressed the anger in his heart:

“I've already made it very clear. I've already negotiated a price with this woman. In this kind of thing, there's a first-come, first-served basis. Don't tell me your circle is so lacking in rules?”

Qin Qitian's voice couldn't help but rise. Su Ye clearly felt the girl's wrist tremble behind him, and he tightened his grip on her wrist.

Su Ye looked at Qin Qitian with a bit of pity. It seemed this person's status in Liu Yi's circle wasn't high. Rules are established on the premise of equality between both parties. If one side crushes the other, would they talk about rules with you?

Su Ye tilted his head, thought for a moment, and then said:

“My rules are the rules!”