144 Am I invisible To You? (1/2)

The orphans did not have much confidence in themselves to begin with, and were a timid lot. When the young man shouted at them, they all got scared and took a few steps back.

”It's okay, nobody's gonna hurt you.” Xiaoyao quickly comforted them. She then turned and glared at the young man. ”Xiao Jianzhong! Watch your tongue! These are my friends you call pests! You are scaring them!”

Watching all that happened, Chen was disgusted by the man, but also changed his impression of Xiaoyao for the better. This girl was much kinder than she appears to be and would very much be a good friend.

”Aiya why didn't you say so! I love kids!” Xiao's expression changed instantly. ”Hey little friends, why don't big brother bring you all to the karaoke? Won't that be fun?”

”No...” The kids all hid behind Xiaoyao as if hiding from the big bad wolf.

”Jianzhong are you nuts? They're kids! Why'd you want to take them there?” Xiaoyao was angry.

”Xiaoyao, how can you say that to your boyfriend?” Xiao responded with a cunning smile.

”Pssst! I've rejected you more than eight hundred times! Since when have I ever agreed to become your girlfriend?” Xiaoyao's expression hardened. She then grabbed Chen by the arm and leaned against him before saying, ”You better open your eye wide and see this clearly! This guy here is my real boyfriend!”

”What?!” Chen and Xiao both exclaimed, unable to believe what she just said. Especially Chen, who was still trying to get a grip on the situation.

”Wait, everybody just hold on for a minute, okay...” Chen pulled Xiaoyao away from the others and whispered, ”What's this? You called me here to act as your shield against that asshole?”

”Yep! I need you to pretend to be my boyfriend to get that hateful bastard away from me!” Xiaoyao nodded.

”You think I'm stupid? Look at him! He looks like he's from a rich and powerful family, and you're asking me to piss him off while you have everything to gain from this? You must be dreaming!” Chen is no fool and out rightly rejected her.

”Don't you think that he's an asshole and want to beat him up so bad?” Xiaoyao asked instead.

”Oh, you don't say! I wanted to slap him in the face when I heard him yell at the children!” Chen replied.

”If that's the case then what's the matter? Are you scared?” Xiaoyao was obviously trying to taunt Chen into doing her bidding. But Chen isn't one to fall for her tricks.

”Scared? I don't remember seeing that word in my dictionary!”

”Then it's settled! Help me get him to piss off!” Xiaoyao pressed on.

”Don't pull me into your mess! What do I get from doing this? I'm not doing this for nothing.” Chen replied.

”Nothing? You get the privilege to act as my boyfriend and you still want more?” Xiaoyao replied angrily.

Chen pouted and stared at her chest before condescendingly say, ”You're as flat as a washboard. What privilege are you talking about?”