Chapter 17: Transmigrated as a Cheapskate Phoenix Man (17)
The moment Cen Yu finished his line, even he felt he was being a bit too much.
And in the very next second, Yu Xinyu looked up—just as Cen Yu thought the man couldn’t bear it any longer and was about to snap and chop this scumbag to death, he saw Yu Xinyu adopt that meek, submissive, gentle look once more.
With both elbows resting on Cen Yu’s knees, he looked up at him.
Seemingly reluctant to let go of the warmth of Cen Yu’s hand as it had passed through his hair, he grabbed Cen Yu’s palm and pressed his cheek against it, acting like a giant dog in desperate need of a master’s comfort. “Touch my… hair a bit more.”
“…” Don’t pause like that when you speak.
It’s terrifying.
With his hand gripped tightly by Yu Xinyu, Cen Yu couldn’t move at all. Looking down at Yu Xinyu staring back up at him, he also felt his attitude just now had been genuinely out of line—even if he was playing a scumbag, there didn’t seem to be any need for that, considering how dedicated Yu Xinyu was.
Thinking up to this point, he reached out again and patted Yu Xinyu’s head, giving it a few perfunctory strokes.
This time, the man didn’t stop him from pulling his hand away, and the smile on his face grew noticeably brighter.
“I’m going to wash the clothes now.” Yu Xinyu stood up from the carpet. Leaning down, he looked at Cen Yu. “Get some rest first.”
Cen Yu shifted his body somewhat uncomfortably.
When Yu Xinyu leaned over, he suddenly felt a wave of pressure. Because the man always wore soft, light-colored clothes paired with a gentle smile on his face, it always led people to subconsciously assume that Yu Xinyu ought to be delicate, fragile, and submissive.
Yet when he braced one hand on the sofa armrest and leaned over to look at him, Cen Yu felt a direct, palpable sense of pressure.
The light above his head was almost entirely blocked out by the man’s broad, flat shoulders.
It felt as though he were completely shrouded beneath the shadow of Yu Xinyu’s body—fortunately, that lasted only for a split second. Yu Xinyu quickly moved away from the sofa and slowly returned to his usual spot for washing clothes.
Sitting there, he put on his apron and began hand-scrubbing the clothes Cen Yu had changed out of.
Cen Yu figured his head probably wasn’t clear, which was why he had found such a pure white rabbit from the original novel to look so dangerous.
He recalled the plot in his head…
There’s no deviation!
Then there shouldn’t be any problem at all!
“…By the way.” As Yu Xinyu sat there scrubbing the clothes, he suddenly seemed to remember something. “Little Yuan’s hot spring villa is opening, and he asked if we have time to drop by and show some support.”
Here it comes, here it comes!
The moment Cen Yu heard this key phrase, his spirits instantly lifted.
The “Little Yuan” Yu Xinyu spoke of was his gentle childhood friend—and Male Lead 2 besides Lou Baichuan!
In the rivalries of the romance stock market, he was considered a top-tier contender!
Coming from a background equal to Yu Xinyu’s family, he had inherited the family business at a young age. He was noble, gentlemanly, and polite, rarely speaking ill of anyone; even when he disliked someone, he merely kept a smiling, distant demeanor.
Yet even a person with a persona like that flew into a rage for Yu Xinyu’s sake!
Qiang Yuanqing had initially assumed his childhood friend had simply turned into a romantic fool who took a fancy to some low-class nobody from the outside, treating it as mere play.
Although he knew Yu Xinyu had broken ties with his family and rarely returned to the Yu household over this man, whenever he met Yu Xinyu on the rare occasion and heard him talk about the guy with a face full of happiness, he assumed the man treated Yu Xinyu well.
That was why he thought about inviting his close friend over for a vacation right before his hot spring villa opened.
Naturally, he also intended to probe and check out what kind of person Cen Yu was.
Yet he never expected Cen Yu to be so utterly vile—calling him a petty man was a compliment; he was vulgar, violent, and exceptionally stingy.
Seeing Yu Xinyu being barked at and berated by Cen Yu made his heart ache even more, and he nearly got into a physical brawl with Cen Yu for Yu Xinyu’s sake—until Yu Xinyu stopped both sides and hurriedly led Cen Yu away.
Only then did Qiang Yuanqing sit in his courtyard and ponder what kind of feelings he actually harbored toward his childhood friend Yu Xinyu.
It could be called the grand opening of the chaotic romantic rivalry!
At that thought, Cen Yu grew thoroughly excited, yet on the surface he maintained an utterly disinterested facade—
“Who’s Little Yuan? What hot spring villa? It isn’t some ten-yuan-per-session bathhouse, is it?”
Cen Yu began measuring a gentleman’s heart with his petty mind, maliciously speculating about Qiang Yuanqing.
“Let me tell you, I’ve seen plenty of guys like that. They get a tiny bit of cash at home, open some trashy bathhouse, and go around bragging that it’s a hot spring villa or a resort mansion.” He leaned back against the sofa.
“Besides, what kind of rich friends could you possibly have?!”
Cen Yu said.
This was also part of the original plot.
Considering Cen Yu’s petty nature, Yu Xinyu had only revealed that his family’s background was decent and held a bit of wealth.
So until the very end, when Yu Xinyu was spoiled to death by three big shots, Cen Yu only then discovered Yu Xinyu’s true identity—he was actually the young master of the Yu family.
His elder brother consistently graced the cover of major financial magazines.
When it came to the Yu family, it was practically a household name.
…Thinking of Yu Xinyu’s elder brother gave Cen Yu a bit of a headache too.
That guy was a character who appeared later in the story. Previously, because Yu Xinyu was head over heels for a wild dog like him, he had held back and refrained from stepping in.
It wasn’t until later, after Yu Xinyu ruthlessly dumped the scumbag and left, that Cen Yu—discovering how noble the man’s identity actually was—became even more shamelessly clingy, even resorting to threats by claiming he had secretly taken intimate photos of Yu Xinyu (which was fake).
Only then was he thoroughly dealt with by the Yu family’s elder brother and Yu Xinyu’s male leads.
Leading to his final ending of jumping off a building.
Cen Yu touched his own head, wondering if it would hurt when the time came to execute the plot and jump off the building to leave this mini-world…
On the other side, Yu Xinyu remained unbothered despite being refuted so harshly by Cen Yu.
Not a single change showed in the smile on his face.
He sat there quietly, his fingers submerged in the cold water, watching Cen Yu as he lay sprawled on the sofa, continuously complaining about something.
“Little Yuan probably wouldn’t lie to me,” he said softly.
“He invited us to stay for two days, it’s just that the place is a bit far…”
“Then we’re not going, hailing a ride costs a ton of money.”
“He said he’d drive over to pick us up,” Yu Xinyu continued.
“Oh right, Little Yuan said the place seems to be opening soon, and there’s some promotion online. It seems to be called Nanfeng Villa.”
Hearing this, Cen Yu immediately opened his phone and searched the name “Nanfeng Villa,” finding that the internet was indeed flooded with promotional material.
Claimed to be a top-tier resort hotel crafted by the Qiang family.
Every single room was a private hot spring suite with a massive courtyard area, featuring not only private hot spring pools but also specialized spa services.
A single night’s room fee was worth nearly half a month of Cen Yu’s salary.
Just as he was reading through the place’s description, he suddenly heard Yu Xinyu speak softly from a short distance away—
“Little Yu, were you pretending to be drunk just now?”
