Why are you all trying to win over me, the male supporting character?

"The landlord is quite extravagant now, giving away such valuable items so casually."

His tone was somewhat sour.

Aisha smiled and said, "It seems that Mr. Lu gave me such an expensive gift, which made the little girl unhappy."

Vanilla snorted again: "Would I be unhappy! I just..."

As she spoke, she realized her tone was a bit sour, so she simply shut up.

Lu Chengzhou reached out and ruffled her hair.

"Alright, stop making noise, I'm going to sleep for a while."

As he spoke, he closed his eyes to rest.

Vanilla and Elsa glared at each other, then quickly looked away.

In fact, they all knew that their feelings for Lu Chengzhou could only go this far.

He will not accept their feelings.

But even if it's just accompanying him for this part of the journey, they feel content.

By the time they were halfway there, they too were getting sleepy from the bumpy journey.

When they arrived at their destination, Aisha was already asleep on his lap, while Vanilla simply wrapped her arms around his shoulders and hung half of her body on him.

When Lu Chengzhou woke up, he felt sore all over...

Looking down, he realized that the two of them were using him as a free cushion. How could he not feel tired?

"Hey, wake up, everyone!"

Lu Chengzhou woke them both up.

Elsa yawned.

I got up lazily.

I slept well, but I dreamt I was eating, and I felt a little hungry when I woke up.

Looking at his soaking wet pants, Lu Chengzhou couldn't help but gasp: "You, do you drool in your sleep?"

Elsa: "..."

She quickly wiped her mouth and got off the bus.

Her face turned red all the way to the roots of her neck.

I don't know what she imagined in that instant.

Lu Chengzhou: "..."

No, don't rush off. At least get rid of this thing for me, okay?

Vanilla looked at him with a mischievous grin, or rather, at the drool on his body.

"Looks like the bodyguard is really craving you."

Lu Chengzhou: "..."

No, what does this have to do with whether you're craving something or not!

It's probably just because of a bad sleeping posture that it's drooling.

However, Vanilla had no intention of listening to his explanation and simply opened the door and got out of the car.

Lu Chengzhou had no choice but to ask the driver to get out and buy him a new pair of pants.

The driver glanced back at him.

"Oh dear, I didn't know what size pants you wear."

"You decide what to buy! Buy one size fits all!"

……

Fifteen minutes later.

Lu Chengzhou changed out of his suit jacket and into a tracksuit.

After getting off the car, the Jin family's small villa was right across the street.

It's obvious there's a banquet going on right now; the parking lot is full of cars.

Lu Chengzhou, dressed in ordinary clothes, looked completely out of place among these upper-class people in formal attire.

However, his gaze was not on these people; he was only looking for Sister Meng.

After all, everyone had agreed to meet at the banquet.

Meng Jingting, carrying a glass of orange juice, walked through the crowd toward him.

The radiant Sister Meng, dressed in a well-tailored red gown, truly outshone everyone else.

Compared to Lu Chengzhou, he seemed even more inappropriate.

Fortunately, Lu Chengzhou has always been the kind of person who doesn't follow the rules.

He doesn't care about these external things.

"You're a little late."

She glanced at his clothes and smiled slightly.

"Moreover, she wasn't dressed very appropriately."

Lu Chengzhou sighed: "Something went wrong."

"You should know who this banquet is for, right?"

Lu Chengzhou shook his head.

"For Madam Jin's birthday."

As Sister Meng spoke, she took out a luxury box from her handbag and placed it in Lu Chengzhou's hand.

"I'm going to give her a gift later. I guessed you hadn't prepared one, so I prepared one for you in advance."

Puzzled, Lu Chengzhou opened the box.

Inside is a pigeon-blood red gemstone, set in a ring setting studded with tiny diamonds.

Even someone like Lu Chengzhou, who knows nothing about gemstones, could tell that it was quite valuable.

"This looks very expensive."

"It's an open secret that Mrs. Jin likes gemstones."

As Sister Meng was saying this, her gaze suddenly darkened: "The Jin family has been cooperating with our family for many years. My father and that old man Jin are even sworn brothers. This time, however, they have betrayed us without any courtesy. It's truly absurd."

"So, you gave me this gemstone because..."

Sister Meng glanced at him: "There's no problem with the gemstone."

Lu Chengzhou breathed a sigh of relief.

Sister Meng slowly added, "The problem is with this ring holder."

Lu Chengzhou, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly felt a pang of anxiety again.

What problems could there be with this ring holder?

Is there a hidden mechanism?

A storm of pear blossom needles?

"Don't overthink it, it's just a hidden listening device."

Sister Meng sighed.

If she could, she really wouldn't want to use these dirty tricks to coerce others into submission.

But she had no choice but to help her sister and father.

Lu Chengzhou suddenly laughed.

"So, you sent me to deliver this so that if things come to light, I can clear myself of any suspicion from your Meng family?"

Lu Chengzhou's words sent a chill down Meng Jie's spine.

She was about to say something in her defense when Lu Chengzhou interrupted her.

"I was just kidding, don't take it seriously."

372. All I wanted was for you to feel sorry for me.

"Oh? Lu Chengzhou said that?"

Before the banquet had even ended, Sister Meng mentioned what had just happened to her younger sister.

That remark made both of them feel uncomfortable.

After all, it does seem like the Meng family is using Lu Chengzhou.

However, in other words, the only outsider they could trust was Lu Chengzhou.

Since it was inconvenient for them to do this themselves, they had no choice but to let Lu Chengzhou do it.

This was a last resort.

Meng Wanyu remained silent for a moment, then sighed.

She knew how unpleasant it would be to be used.

However, she always thought that, given their long-standing tacit understanding, even if she didn't tell Lu Chengzhou directly, he would understand...

"Perhaps we should apologize to him."

Sister Meng mentioned it.

"I sensed he was somewhat disappointed."

Meng Wanyu shook her head, rejecting her sister's suggestion.

"Sister, we don't have time to do these things now."