Winning the Male Lead - Chapter 4

Shen Lixing thought a lot on his way to the restaurant. If Shen Le Tian knew nothing, how would he face the innocent Le Tian, the only child he truly cared for in this world?

And now Le Tian’s reaction has said everything, he knows it. Shen Lixing’s eyes immediately turned cold. “When did you find out?”

Le Tian awkwardly put down his glass and lowered his head honestly. “On my 18th birthday”. On his 18th birthday, he was eligible to open his mother’s safe, but he didn’t find anything valuable, only a thin paternity test.

“Heh.”, Shen Lingxi sneered.

Le Tian shook and dared not to look at Shen Lixing. He quietly asked the system, “How does Shen Lixing look?”

System: “Very handsome.”

Le Tian: “…I’m asking you is he angry or not!”

System: “If you were in his shoes, would you be angry? He just bought you a yacht yesterday.”

Le Tian wilted. Shen Lixing and his elder brother depend on each other for their life. The elder brother’s wife left giving the deceased green hat. Shen Lixing had to take care of the illegitimate child left behind by his brother, who lived comfortably as the young master.

“I’m sorry,” Le Tian took the initiative to admit his mistake. He pleaded, “Uncle, please don’t reject me.”

I really want to be a wealthy young master for a long time…

Shen Lixing remained silent for a long time. This nephew had never gained his favor since birth, but Shen Lixing had endured it for the sake of his brother’s face, waiting for Le Tian to come of age. He had thought that perhaps Le Tian had matured after enduring hardships.

Now it was clear. Shen Le Tian knew that he was not of the Shen family and afraid, so he ran away from home to please him in every way. This purpose is very strong.

Thinking about how Le Tian had swayed him, showing so much affection that he had even included him in his will as inheritor, Shen Lixing felt a burning rage in his chest.

“Get up,” Shen Lixing said coldly. Le Tian stood up desolately and Shen Lixing took a sip of his wine to calm his rage, “Go back.”

Le Tian obediently walked out like a robot with one command and one action.

“Darn it. How did Shen Lixing find out?” Le Tian complained to the system.

The system calmly replied, “Shen Lixing is superior to you in all aspects, including luck. It’s already good that you managed to deceive him for three years.”

Le Tian: “…”

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Le Tian was depressed and waited for the parking waiter to drive. But only the valet arrived after a while and said with a troubled expression, “I’m sorry, Young Master Shen, Mr. Shen has already had someone take your car away.”

Le Tian: “…”

He slowly turned to look at the window where Shen Lixing was still drinking. Shen Lixing’s half-hidden silhouette was revealed from the reflective glass window outside.

Le Tian: “He looks so handsome, but he is so heartless. Even a dog would develop feelings after being raised for twenty years. Did he have to be this brutal?”

The system, hearing Le Tian compare himself to a dog, tried to console him, “Don’t be too sad, at least he let you go back to Shen’s house and didn’t throw you out.”

“It makes sense” Le Tian shrugged and tried to be optimistic. “After losing Master Shen, will my punishment also become less difficult?”

System: “ Yes, that’s right. If you think like that, it’s actually a good thing.”

Le Tian sighed for a long time and adjusted his glasses, worried, “But it’s too difficult to find someone more handsome than me. It’s true that beauty is a curse.”

System: “…” why did I keep feeling sorry for this wanted criminal again and again?!

Le Tian took a taxi back to Shen’s residence without any psychological pressure.

From the time he knew about Shen Le Tian’s true identity, he had saved a lot of money for himself, enough to live comfortably for a while.

“Oh, right,” Le Tian remembered.

“Keep the yacht and don’t sell it off. It’s nearly new, but nothing interesting happens.”

Anyway, now that he had shifted his goals, Shen Lixing was no longer the only option.

After Le Tian returned to Shen’s residence, he immediately took a bath, slept and hid in his room to avoid Shen Lixing’s disapproval, in case he was immediately thrown out onto the streets.

The system said, “You’re a rich man. Why are you afraid? You can live somewhere else.”

Le Tian replied, “No joke. Even though I have money, I need to be careful with my spending. Why live elsewhere if I can stay here until Shen Lixing kicks me out?”

The system watched as Le Tian transformed from a tyrant who blew up yachts and set off fireworks to the way he is now, its mood on cloud nine.

It wasn’t until late at night that Shen Lixing returned to the Shen’s residence. A home is called a home because of the presence of loved ones, but now he had nothing. Standing in front of the Le Tian’s room door, Shen Lixing felt a profound sense of loneliness and betrayal. How could Le Tian deceive him for three years? Perhaps it was because he had drunk that half a bottle of wine, his anger had softened slightly. He had cared for the obedient child for three years…

The door wasn’t locked, and Shen Le Tian had been like this since he returned to Shen’s residence. To show his complete dependence and trust in Shen Lixing. Shen Lixing opened the door, and in the pitch-black darkness, he found Le Tian’s bed.

Once his eyes adjusted to the darkness, he saw Le Tian sleeping soundly in a curled ball form, with a creased brow, looking restless even in his sleep.

Shen Lixing leaned down and the scorching smell of alcohol wafted onto Le Tian’s face, waking him up. As he opened his eyes, he saw a face looming dangerously close, nearly making him scream.

In his mind, he had already summoned the system, “Fuck! Shen Lixing! Why is he staring at me like that? Does he want to strangle me while I sleep?”

System: “Murder is illegal.”

“Uncle, you are drunk.” Le Tian said weakly.

Shen Lixing stared intently at Le Tian, “Your eyes are too big,” he said. His personality was fundamentally different from Shen family too. He couldn’t believe he had been blinded, without even considering that angle before.

Just then, the scent of wine filled with rose petals overwhelmed Le Tian. Shen Lixing, which he rarely saw drinking, probably had a low alcohol tolerance. Le Tian didn’t want to reason with a drunkard, so he shrank back and wanted to slip away. However, as soon as he moved, Shen Lixing did the same.

Shen Lixing stretched out his hand and grabbed Le Tian’s shoulder exposed outside the quilt, staring at Shen Le Tian with both eyes. Shen Le Tian looked at him in horror, his round eyes showing a trace of water in the darkness.

Le Tian: “!!! This baby is afraid, what does he want to do?!”

System: “Lowering risk being sanctioned by the law to strangle you?”

Shen Lixing’s next actions made him feel horrified.

His left hand gently stroked Le Tian’s shoulder to his cheek, covering his round and bewildered eyes with a firm hand, and his right hand grabbed Le Tian’s neck.

Le Tian trembled, “I’m going to hit him with a hammer now. Is it  included as self-defense?”

The system sneered, “Don’t joke, you are unable beat him.”

Le Tian wanted to cry without tears, as he couldn’t let Shen Lixing strangle him.

Le Tian decided to struggle, “Unc-”. Before he could finish, Le Tian’s lips were suddenly touched by a soft and fragrant kiss, filled with the fragrance of roses, and the perfect lips of Shen Lixing landing on the corner of his mouth.

Le Tian: “!!!”

System: “!!!”

Shen Lixing’s heavy body pressed against him, and his face slowly slipped into Le Tian’s shoulder, Is he drunk?

Le Tian slowly lifted him, Shen Lixing followed Le Tian’s hand strength fell to the ground motionless.

Le Tian said to the system: “Just how much did he drank until he became like this?”

The system crashed and couldn’t say anything.

Le Tian got up and turned on the light. He saw Shen Lixing lying on the ground with two blushes comparable to plateau on Shen Lixing’s face and muttered again, “Or, how much do I actually drink.” The system also felt a bit tipsy.

Le Tian didn’t dare leave Shen Lixing alone. He propped him up and prepared to help him back to his room. But he realized Shen Lixing was too heavy to move, so he let him sleep in his room.

After Le Tian threw Shen Lixing on the bed, the system stopped from crash and said, “You look very calm.”

Le Tian: “It’s okay, it’s nothing serious. He was drunk, not on purpose, and I have to be generous.”

The system always feels that something is wrong, but it can’t analyze what is wrong.

Le Tian took off Shen Lixing’s shoes. When he took off his pants, he hesitated for a while but didn’t do anything. He covered him with a quilt, turned off the light, and went downstairs to sleep.

The guest room was also very clean and tidy. Le Tian lay on the bed happily and thought, it’s good to have money.

The system finally reacted a little bit, realizing that Le Tian’s behavior wasn’t quite normal. He was surprisingly calm even after being accidentally kissed by Shen Lixing.

The system couldn’t help but ask, “Are you not angry?”

Le Tian: “Why should I be angry?”

System: “…Generally speaking, straight guys would get angry if kissed by a man.”

Le Tian: “That doesn’t count as a kiss. He was trying to strangle me, but lacked the strength and accidentally kissed me. It’s not a kiss, it’s accidental contact.”

The system starting to doubt Le Tian’s orientation, “Even if it’s an accident, you shouldn’t be so calm.”

Le Tian: “What’s your implication? You are doubting my sexual orientation?”

The system hesitated, it really did have doubts.

With the two orientations romance between man and man, how can they pour out their hearts and lungs to the heroine?

While the system was trying to analyze its extensive database, Le Tian calmly said, “You’re half right. Have you heard the saying, ‘It’s not that I love men, but the person I happen to love is a man.” The system was shocked by his almost affectionate statement. It had all his data when he was captured, and there was no record of him falling in love with a man.

It finally felt like it had caught Le Tian’s weakness, and cautiously asked, “Did you fall in love with someone at work?”

Le Tian straightforwardly said, “Yes.”

The system guessed, “The male lead?”

Since as a male second lead, the only person that could catch his eye was probably the more perfect which is male lead.

Le Tian sighed, “The man I fell in love with is the most handsome, intelligent, and elegant man in the entire Alliance.”

The system started to filter out the top male characters Le Tian had encountered in the worlds, trying to find this shameless person’s true love.

Le Tian continued, “Do you know? Every time I look in the mirror, I cry because of how handsome he is.”

The system stopped filtering, “…”

Le Tian smiled, “Let’s go to sleep, dear. Please stop speculating about my orientation in the future. I love myself, yay!”

System: “…” I really want to curse him.