Winning the Male Lead - Chapter 9

Le Tian had never seen Shen Lixing look so bad before. That day, when they confronted each other’s identities in the restaurant, Shen Lixing didn’t express himself that he was so angry, that’s why Le Tian didn’t noticed it until Shen Lixing take back the car. He got up nervously, avoided Shen Lixing’s gaze, and said softly, “I’m sorry, Uncle, I’m not used to the work yet.”

This kind of nonsense might fool the system, but it’s not enough to fool Shen Lixing. Shen Lixing wearily waved his hand and said, “You can leave.”

As soon as Le Tian heard his tone, he immediately felt that something was wrong. He hurriedly reached out to pull Shen Lixing’s sleeve and used the same old tricks, with glint of tears in his eyes, “Uncle, I was wrong, please don’t leave me alone.”

Those big round eyes blinked with mist, causing a pang in Shen Lixing’s heart. He undeniably couldn’t bear to part with Le Tian, but he still had to hardened his heart, pulled back his grabbed sleeve, and said lightly, “You are not a part of Shen family anymore.”

The hand with the pulled sleeve still hung in the air. Upon hearing Shen Lixing’s cold words, Le Tian’s hands, as white as jade, trembled slightly before slowly retracting and curling into a ball in front of his abdomen. Le Tian lowered his head in silence.

System mocks Le Tian, “Young Master Shen’s personal wallet has run away.”

Le Tian mewled.

The two of them remained in a stalemate for a while, and suddenly Shen Lixing reached out and pinched Le Tian’s chin. Le Tian was startled and took a half step back, causing the chair behind him to make a grating noise as it fell against the floor.

“Un— Uncle…” Le Tian’s voice trembled slightly.

Shen Lixing retracted his hand and stood still in his place, with his crow-like eyelashes covering his eyes. He said coldly, “Go back.”

Le Tian drooped his shoulders and softly answered, “Okay” as he lightly walked out of the office.

The door closed slowly. Shen Lixing extended his hand, staring at his palm for a long time. His fingers seemed to still retain the warm touch of his adorable nephew. He seemed to understand how to resolve his conflicting emotions now.

Le Tian entered the elevator and pressed the button of the lower floor. Because the elevator had surveillance cameras, he still dutifully performed a face full of fall down.

“Something seems a little off.” The system said to Le Tian, with a serious tone.

Le Tian raised his hand to touch his chin and thought to himself, “That’s true, something is definitely not right! It’s so hot outside, why is Shen Lixing’s hand so cold? Could he be suffering from kidney deficiency?”

System: “…”

As the character deemed by the system to be superior to Le Tian, Shen Lixing’s kidneys are definitely not deficient!

Le Tian took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, and said with a touch of sadness, “I was hoping to continue to act as Young Master Shen for a few more days. Well, what a pity…”

Ding

The elevator door opened, and Le Tian walked out, took out his phone, and called Yu Miao. He hadn’t contacted Yu Miao for long time, so it was quite a surprise for Yu Miao to get a call from him, “Hello, Sir Shen?”

*TL/N: I wrote “Sir” rather than Mr. here because she called Le Tian with the title you’d call a teacher or a honourable person 先生 (xiānshēng).

Le Tian sounded low-spirited on the phone, “I want to meet you.”

Yu Miao couldn’t help but feel nervous, “Is there something wrong?”

LeTian avoided the question and simply gave an address.

It was the hospital where the female lead’s mother lived, and also where Xu Tao’s clinic was located. That was why Le Tian had asked Xu Tao to take care of the female lead before.

The two agreed to meet in the hospital’s little garden.

When Le Tian arrived, he noticed Xu Tao was also there, chatting with Yu Miao in the garden, and they seemed to be enjoying each other’s company.

Le Tian suddenly became tense and walked over a few steps, “What are you guys doing?”

Xu Tao had seen him early on, deliberately pretending not to see him just to tease him, and with a smile on his face, he said, “We’re talking about your engagement ceremony. You like roses, and Yu Miao likes lilies. We don’t know what to do.”

Le Tian looked suspiciously back and forth between the two of them, and Yu Miao returned a slightly awkward smile to Le Tian.

Le Tian asked the system in his mind, “Do they have a thing for each other?”

System: “The female lead really likes Xu Tao.”

Le Tian casually patted Xu Tao on the shoulder, “That’s not your concern to take care of, hurry up and leave.”

A hint of displeasure appeared on Yu Miao’s face, she did not approve of Le Tian’s frivolous attitude towards Xu Tao.

In her opinion, although Xu Tao was also a second-generation rich, he was much more solid and reliable than Le Tian, who was indolent and irresponsible.

However, Xu Tao did not get angry because of Le Tian’s attitude. He was used to Le Tian’s childish temper, and he also lightly patted Le Tian on the shoulder, jokingly saying, “Now that you have a wife, you throw away your buddies.”

“Get lost.” Le Tian tried to patted him back, but Xu Tao agilely dodged and waved his hand as he walked away.

Le Tian slowly sat down, and the stone bench still retained the warmth left by Xu Tao, indicating that Xu Tao must have chatted with Yu Miao for a long time. Le Tian was a little nervous, and asked the system, “Is Xu Tao capable of making me wear a green hat?”

The system immediately replied, “Not capable.”

Le Tian became even more nervous and seriously warned Yu Miao, “Xu Tao has playful demeanor, don’t let him trick you.”

Yu Miao, who was inexplicably warned, also looked serious, “Sir Shen, I know my own identity, and I only had a few words with Sir Xu.”

‘It’s best to keep being like that‘, Le Tian complained in his heart. ‘Just thinking that you’ll be with my uncle, which is a top-tier man. What is Xu Tao even worth of? As a female lead, you should raise up your standards!‘

Le Tian, who had made up his mind, said in a gentle tone, “Do you have time today? I would like to take you home to meet my uncle.”

“Ah?” Yu Miao was very surprised, and her expression became flustered for a moment.

In fact, she had already figured out how to obtain money to repay the debt she owed Shen Le Tian. With the title of Shen Le Tian’s fiancée, she had received a lucrative endorsement deal for a jewelry brand, in addition to having several film contracts to consider. Now, she had the ability to repay the debt she owed to Shen Le Tian.

The only problem she can’t figure out is when Shen Le Tian helped her and their engagement’s news spread in the media, she didn’t feel comfortable to take the initiative to discuss more about it.

And the reason Shen Le Tian got engaged to her in the first place was to deal with his family’s pressure to get married. Yu Miao thought that Shen Le Tian only needed her in the name only, but she didn’t expect that he would go as far as to meet his parents. This was a bit beyond Yu Miao’s expectations and tolerance.

Yu Miao held tightly onto the small handbag in her hand and bit her lip before declining, “I can’t today, I have a performance tonight.”

‘Do you think anyone will believe that?‘

Although Le Tian was a little impatient, he remained composed on the surface, “Okay, then free up tomorrow night and come to my place for dinner.”

“I have plans tomorrow, too.”

“When are you free then?”

“I— I’ve been pretty busy lately…” Yu Miao ran her fingers through her hair that didn’t actually have any loose strands, avoiding eye contact and speaking vaguely, “Let’s wait until this hectic period calm down.”

‘After that, you’ll definitely dump me!‘ Le Tian, with a sense of frustration in his heart, ‘If you refuse to see Shen Lixing now don’t regret it. Later, the moment you see him, you will know what the definition of handsome and extraordinary male god are!‘

Le Tian did not continue to force Yu Miao. He will find another opportunity to arrange for the two to meet, while Shen Lixing has not yet completely made it clear that he wants to kick Le Tian out of the Shen family.

“I must accomplish the mission before losing the identity of Young Master Shen!” Le Tian said with great determination, he never want to become a poor man!

—

In order to prevent the tragedy from happening, Le Tian started avoiding Shen Lixing and tried to minimize his presence in the Shen family, so as not to upset Shen Lixing and get kicked out in a fit of anger.

Little did he know, Shen Lixing had quietly removed him from the household registration of the Shen family.

This matter was not announced by Shen Lixing, but the upper circles in the city still knew about it. After all, there are no secrets in this world, especially for top-notch families like the Shen family. Every little thing can affect the whole circle.

Soon, the news of Shen Le Tian being expelled from the Shen family spread throughout the circle.

Upon hearing the news at a gathering, Xu Tao was very surprised, “Impossible! Uncle Shen is very fond of Le Tian.”

“It’s possible since the it’s definitely true.” said Lu Tianning, pointing to the sky with three fingers, “My uncle is the chief of the public security bureau, so this can’t be a fake news.”

Xu Tao shook the glass in his hand and said thoughtfully, “What on earth happened to cause such a thing happened?”

Everyone knew that Xu Tao and Shen Le Tian had a close relationship, and they encouraged him to invite Shen Le Tian out.

Recently, Shen Le Tian has been keeping a low profile to a terrifying extent. He hasn’t been seen at social gatherings in the circle for a long time. Everyone thought Shen Le Tian was going to get married, and he started to fix up his moral character. Now, when everyone starts to observes it, all kinds of thoughts popped up.

Xu Tao couldn’t resist everyone’s banter, so he nervously called Le Tian to come, and Le Tian readily agreed. He’s now afraid of running into Shen Lixing at the Shen family’s house, so as soon as Xu Tao called him, he secretly slipped out.

—

The usual place – “Blue Moon.”

It was the first time Le Tian took a taxi, and he really wasn’t used to it. He sighed and said, “I even don’t dare to touch the sports car at home.”

Recently Shen Lixing has been looking more and more scary, leaving early and returning late, seemingly intentionally avoiding Le Tian. When they occasionally meet at home, not a word is spoken. Le Tian has already arranged for Yu Miao to come to Shen’s house tomorrow, determined to make himself wear the green hat immediately.

“It’s okay, once you complete the mission, you can leave this world. In the next world, you’ll have power and influence, I’ve already arranged it,” the system comforted gently.

Le Tian was moved, “After I finish the punishment, I will definitely turn over a new leaf and be a better person.”

The system was satisfied, “Remember what you said today, don’t forget.”

When the manager of Blue Moon saw Le Tian, he immediately greeted him with a smile, “Sir. Shen, everyone is waiting inside for you.”

Le Tian waved casually, “Lead the way.”

Actually, as long as he pays more attention, he should have realized that the manager no longer calls him “Young Master Shen” as before.

Opening the door of the box, all the seconds generation in the box whistled and cheered when Le Tian appeared. Le Tian was shocked and imagined himself as a very beautiful woman that keep pulling everyone eyes, only to feel that the eyes of those people contained lasciviousness. When his glance fell on Xu Tao, Xu Tao immediately lowered his head guiltily.

Le Tian asked the system puzzledly, “What’s going on?”

The system replied, “Shen Lixing has already removed you from the Shen family’s household registration.”

Le Tian was shocked, “When?!”

The system said, “Three days ago.”

Le Tian mourned, “Shen Lixing is so kind to me.” So kind that he hid the fact that Le Tian had been kicked out of the Shen family for three days and still hadn’t officially kicked him out from the residence.

‘Truly the greatest uncle in the world!’