Chapter 62: Deadly! The Psychotic Male Lead Only Wants Forced Love [18]

Chapter 62: Deadly! The Psychopath Male Lead Only Wants Forced Love [18]

Lin Zhibai was furious, glaring viciously at Gu Yu, not even sparing a thought for the pain in his shoulder.

Today wasn't the right time or place, and he hadn't expected to get a definitive answer from Bai Yan today either.

But Bai Yan said he would consider it, which meant it would most likely happen.

But of course Gu Yu had to barge in and ruin it at that exact moment!

Lin Zhibai practically snarled through gritted teeth, "Gu Yu, don't think that just because A Yan doesn't get it, I don't know what you're really up to!"

Gu Yu didn't bother to hide it, curling his lips into a smirk.

"Oh? Is that so? Even if you do know, what are you gonna do about it?"

"Lin Zhibai, you've had everything handed to you for so many years. I think you've forgotten who you are. One word from me and I can destroy everything you've got."

"So with that, do you really think you can give A Yan the happiness he deserves?"

Gu Yu raised an eyebrow, his voice dripping with indifference, not bothering to hold back at all.

Lin Zhibai locked eyes on Gu Yu, then lunged and grabbed him by the collar!

"GU! YU!"

But Gu Yu just calmly pulled out his phone, completely unfazed.

Seeing how composed Gu Yu was, Bai Yan felt a pang of disappointment.

He'd been hoping they'd actually throw down.

Watching the male lead and the male supporting character who should've been part of the protagonist squad go at it—he would've loved that.

Just as Bai Yan was wondering if he should egg them on a bit to get them to actually fight—

A sudden notification chime shattered the eerie silence.

It was Lin Zhibai's phone.

Lin Zhibai frowned, a bad feeling creeping up in his chest. He shot Gu Yu a venomous glare, let go, and pulled out his phone.

717 explained: [It's a message from Old Man Lin.]

[Gu Yu just sent Lin's mother everything—Lin Zhibai's real identity, the evidence, the paternity test results.]

[Back then, when Lin's mother lost her child and was devastated, Lin's father brought Lin Zhibai home and said adopting him would help ease her grief.]

[He even convinced Lin's mother to let the kid live on as Lin Zhibai, and she went along with it.]

717 let out another sigh as he copied the file Gu Yu had sent and forwarded it to Bai Yan.

[The death of Lin's mother's original child was a pure accident, but Gu Yu didn't just send her all those documents and proof—he also subtly hinted between the lines that Lin's father had done it on purpose...]

[The Lin family's about to be thrown into total chaos. But since the Bai family has so many ties with them, it'll probably affect us too.]

Bai Yan looked up thoughtfully, watching Lin Zhibai freeze for a second before his expression went ice-cold, and felt a twinge of regret.

What a shame—looks like they're not gonna fight after all...

Lin Zhibai turned to look at him, forcing a stiff smile while his eyes stayed terrifyingly dark.

"A Yan, you said you'd consider me... I'm in a bit of trouble right now, but don't worry, I'll take care of it as fast as I can."

Lin Zhibai gave Bai Yan one long, lingering look, said a single "Wait for me," and turned to leave.

Gu Yu casually fixed his collar and strolled over to Bai Yan.

"You seem disappointed?"

Gu Yu's hand landed on Bai Yan's shoulder, practically pulling him fully into his arms.

"A Yan, am I not good enough? Why even consider him?"

Gu Yu lowered his voice, letting out a soft sigh in a tone only the two of them could hear.

"Is it because of your mission? That thing called a system—it shouldn't be forcing you to be with him."

Bai Yan had been disappointed about missing the show, but now, hearing Gu Yu's words, the amusement in his eyes faded and his smile disappeared.

A sharp chill flashed through his eyes as he tilted his head slightly to look up at Gu Yu, saying nothing.

717, meanwhile, was wide-eyed in the system space, panicking and tripping over his own words.

[What the hell! What the hell is going on?! Wait, the higher-ups said this male lead was normal—this is what they call normal?!]

[He even knows I exist, and he knows we're on a mission—does he have mind-reading powers or something?!]

[I remember in those past cases with other Taskers, there were indeed protagonists who could read minds...]

[But those were either cultivation worlds or apocalyptic worlds—this is a normal world, damn it! Isn't the Heavenly Dao gonna do something about this bug?!]

Gu Yu's sudden revelation left 717 completely dumbfounded.

Bai Yan, on the other hand, stayed pretty calm—after all, he'd genuinely run into protagonists with mind-reading abilities before.

But even then, with the system's warnings, he'd played the villain role to perfection, never letting them catch on that something was wrong.

Except with this Gu Yu—he remembered that Gu Yu didn't have mind-reading powers...

And given how they'd interacted during this time, if Gu Yu really did have mind-reading powers.

Then he'd know that Bai Yan genuinely wanted to kill him right now—not because of any system or mission.

Bai Yan stared at Gu Yu, his mind racing.

In just a split second, he'd already gone over everything that had happened since he started doing missions in this world.

No wonder Gu Yu had seemed off from the start.

So it was because he could read minds?

But now, Bai Yan genuinely wanted to kill Gu Yu, wanted to steal his luck.

Yet Gu Yu still thought he was controlled by the system and the mission—which meant Gu Yu no longer had mind-reading powers.

Bai Yan thought to himself, then mentally ran through a plan to kill Gu Yu as a test—but Gu Yu showed no sign of noticing anything.

This realization made Bai Yan let out a small sigh of relief.

Now that Gu Yu no longer had mind-reading abilities, his memories were still stuck on the time when Bai Yan first came here to do his mission.

He believed that even if Bai Yan seemed to despise him now, it was all just an act he was forced to put on.

Bai Yan lowered his gaze, a faint smirk tugging at the corner of his lips.

Since that was the case, there was no need for him to keep up the villain persona anymore.

No matter what he did, Gu Yu would automatically whitewash him in his head.

Maybe he could use more direct means to plunder Gu Yu's luck...

Bai Yan ran his tongue over his dry, slightly chapped lips.

[717, you saw that too—the male lead of this world is off, maybe even has mind-reading abilities. So there's no need for me to keep up the villain act, right?]

717 hesitated. A psycho male lead with an extremely high corruption value and mind-reading abilities.

It would probably be hard for Bai Yan to even survive under a male lead like that, let alone if he insisted on Bai Yan keeping up his persona.

[Big Shot, this one's on us. I'll apply as soon as possible to get the higher-ups to sort this out. As long as you don't do anything too extreme during this period, it won't be a problem.]

717 sighed, feeling a bit guilty:

[To keep him from overhearing anything he shouldn't, I'll go offline for now.]

[If there's nothing important, don't contact me either, but I'll keep an eye on things on your end.]

The excitement and delight in Bai Yan's eyes were almost impossible to hide.

This was, truly, exactly what he wanted...

Feeling the connection with 717 cut off, Bai Yan let out a soft chuckle.

"Hmm... so what?"

"Brother..."

Bai Yan looked up at Gu Yu, his voice soft and slow, his fingertips brushing over Gu Yu's thin lips before trailing down to his Adam's apple.

"What are you trying to do, saying all this?"

His fingertip traced a circle, then slipped past the wide collar of Gu Yu's shirt and slid inside.

Without the system's influence, he could freely break character and plunder Gu Yu's luck.

From here on out, everything was his to play with...