GTAS Arc 1 Ch. 9

Song Qihan glanced at Shen Liyu and saw that despite him just bravely confessing to him a few moments ago, he stood straight in silence and even slightly lowered his head as if expecting his refusal.

The word of rejection lingered on Song Qihan’s lips and on the tip of his tongue. His right hand that rested on his lap clenched into a tight fist, leaving four small crescents on his palm from his neatly trimmed nails. The stinging sensation that he then felt afterward immediately brought him back to his senses…

The deep, dark eyes behind his lenses dimmed, and his broad chest visibly heaved. Then, a helpless and low voice sounded between the two.

“In school, it’s prohibited… prohibited for students to be in relationships…”

Upon hearing this, Shen Liyu closed his attractive peach blossom eyes and muttered something in his heart, feeling a bit resentful. Clearly, he had those “lewd” thoughts about himself, but now he was saying this… What a hypocrite! He could really put on an act! Even more than he could!

Just right after System Little Six’s voice echoed in Shen Liyu’s mind, Shen Liyu subconsciously asked again, trying to confirm what he had just heard. 

“Can you repeat that again?!”

In the agreement that he had with the system, he was only given the task of tormenting scums and not conquering anyone?! But now he just told a lie, and it was somehow able to activate Song Qihan’s romance route. How did that even happen?!

【 Host, didn’t you hear it clearly? Let me repeat it. Congratulations, host, for successfully activating Song Qihan’s romance route. In order to prevent the world from collapsing and to allow it to develop normally, please quickly increase Song Qihan’s favorability and successfully conquer Song Qihan. 】

System Little Six repeated it again. After Shen Liyu regained his senses, he straightened his posture again. He lowered his head slightly, frowning, as he asked, “So what will happen if I choose to refuse this task?”

【After you refuse, there’s a high chance that this world will collapse. Naturally, you won’t be able to complete your mission. If you can’t complete it, then you won’t be able to return to your original world; and you will truly die.】

The sudden lack of emotions in System Little Six’s mechanical voice made Shen Liyu’s heart grow colder and colder inside as he listened. Just then, he heard Song Qihan start to reject him.

Shen Liyu’s peach blossom eyes brightened before being squinted. He still remained silent though and unresponsive as he asked System Little Six in his mind, “Now that Song Qihan has rejected my confession… If I agree with his decision, do I still need to conquer him?”

【 Host, you can’t. Because your unnecessary actions have already caused the “trigger” to appear, you must let Song Qihan live with the same “result” as in the original plot. 】

“What is Song Qihan’s ‘result’?”

【 To live happy, happily, and in happiness. 】

Upon hearing this from System Little Six, Shen Liyu couldn’t help but click his tongue. Damn, who doesn’t even want to live like that? He also wants to live happy, happily, and in happiness!

Seeing Shen Liyu’s head lowered and his eyelashes trembling, Song Qihan was stunned. Was Shen Liyu… crying because of his rejection?

Thinking like this, Song Qihan reached out to put his hand on Shen Liyu’s shoulder. However, before his hand could even make some contact, Shen Liyu raised his head. The dazzling light in his beautiful peach blossom eyes made Song Qihan unable to look away for a moment. He even felt like he was almost getting sucked in…

Song Qihan’s hand paused in mid-air between the two of them. He was neither withdrawing nor moving forward as he felt an inexplicable embarrassment…

Suddenly, a slightly cool little paw [1] pressed onto his palm, followed by the act of interlocking all ten fingers. The owner of the little paw even mischievously traced his index finger lightly with the palm of his hand.

This light sensation almost made Song Qihan lose control. His body couldn’t help but tremble.

With this little hand came a warm body temperature, which now started to approach him. Song Qihan silently gulped as he unconsciously leaned back against the chair until he had nowhere else to retreat anymore. As Shen Liyu started to get closer, the deep, dark eyes behind his lenses could only widen in bewilderment.

Shen Liyu was not being ambiguous either. He understood the reality before him. The most important thing was to stay alive.

Shen Liyu reached out his other hand and grabbed the tie under Song Qihan’s collar, forcing Song Qihan to straighten his chest and look at him.

Then, in his usual soft and tender voice, Shen Liyu spoke again in Song Qihan’s ear. However, since they were currently in Song Qihan’s most familiar office and the words Shen Liyu dropped were both bold and ambiguous, it made it even more difficult for Song Qihan to restrain himself.

“Yes, Senior Song, what you said is correct. It’s prohibited for students to be in relationships at school…”

Shen Liyu deliberately paused before turning his head slightly to the side and bringing his mouth closer to Song Qihan’s ear. His voice was now sticky as he continued, “But, it didn’t say anything about students being in a relationship with graduates, did it? Senior, you’ve graduated a long time ago. It has been years. Don’t you remember? “

Feeling Song Qihan’s breath starting to become heavy, Shen Liyu bent his attractive peach blossom eyes knowingly. It seemed that Song Qihan had feelings for him, so things should be much easier from now on…

[1] 爪子 (zhuǎzi): “paw” It can be used figuratively to describe someone’s hands or fingers in a playful or metaphorical way.