After being forced into a marriage of convenience, a master of metaphysics manipulates a cold and al

"I know him. We were drinking together yesterday."

Ye Bai's heart skipped a beat, and he nodded without denying it.

The story of him drinking with Wang Teng and eventually making the eldest son of the Wang family vomit on the spot will soon spread throughout the entire elite circle of Jingzhou.

It was normal for David Chiang to hear this, but Ye Bai was just a little curious when the other party suddenly asked what that young master Wang was doing.

The two are friends, so they want to stand up for each other?

It doesn't seem quite like it.

Although David Chiang concealed it well, Ye Bai could still vaguely sense that the other man was gritting his teeth when he said the name "Wang Teng".

That's because Wang Teng "stole" Ye Ruyan's love, which made this traitor hold a grudge against him.

If that's the case, they might have something in common, since Ye Bai also looks down on Wang Teng.

This guy who keeps shouting that he has the "potential to be an emperor" should be beaten to death.

Just as Ye Bai had predicted, David Chiang's second question was: "Don't you and Wang Teng get along?"

"Don't listen to those lies, Wang Shao and I are best buddies!"

Ye Bai shook his head, directly denying it.

The biggest taboo in adult interactions is speaking too intimately with someone you don't know well. Ye Bai and Wang Teng certainly don't have a good relationship, but he's not familiar with David Chiang either.

"There's nothing to hide from me."

David Chiang shook his head helplessly, then said in a deep voice, "That Wang Teng is clearly plotting against your sister. As her younger brother, are you just going to stand by and watch her fall into a fire pit?"

Ye Bai was speechless, thinking to himself that Wang Teng was indeed no good, but you, this traitor, were a good person?

He didn't know David Chiang, but he knew that there were usually only two reasons why a man would be attracted to a woman.

One is beauty, the other is profit.

This is similar to how women are attracted to men either because they are handsome or because they are rich.

In this day and age, love is a luxury for everyone.

Therefore, David Chiang's approach to Ye Ruyan must have been for some ulterior motive.

"My sister is so outstanding, it's normal for Wang Teng to like her. But your relationship with my sister seems pretty stable, right? Why are you so worried?"

Ye Bai asked with a smile.

He wasn't sure who the fire pit was, but he was certain that if he meddled, he would be jumping straight into it.

If the Ye family were still the same Ye family, and he were still the same Ye Bai, he would indeed treat Ye Ruyan as Sister Qin.

But now, everything is different.

Although Ye Ruyan seemed close to him, he could clearly sense the underlying distance between them.

Putting everything else aside, the drinking contest at yesterday's gathering already revealed a lot.

If it had been Ye Xuanyuan instead of him present at the time, firstly, Ye Ruyan would never have allowed Wang Teng to force him to drink, and secondly, she would never have forced him to admit to cheating afterward.

The difference between a biological brother and an adopted brother is just too great.

Since he is not Ye Xuanyuan, he naturally doesn't need to worry about that.

"Actually, the relationship between me and Ruyan is not what you imagine."

David Chiang suddenly shook his head, then said, "She and I are just business partners..."

Ye Bai was taken aback and asked, puzzled, "You mean, you're not my brother-in-law?"

"of course not."

David Chiang shook his head and laughed, "Your sister and I are just good friends."

"Holy crap!"

Upon hearing the words "best friend," Ye Bai was instantly jolted, almost jumping up and down.

Is David Chiang actually the legendary "male best friend"?

Although he had never met a so-called male best friend, he had heard more than once that they were definitely not a good species.

People with normal sexual orientations are usually dishonest, and those with abnormal sexual orientations... well, aren't they gay?

Could it be that Queen Qin was truly insightful and saw through David Chiang's true nature at a glance?

But what was the meaning behind that admiring look he gave Xiang Xinyi just now?

Is it the legendary charm that appeals to both men and women? Or does he think Xiang Xinyi is a potential best friend/boyfriend?

Ye Bai couldn't be sure for a moment, and his head started to buzz.

He had absolutely no experience dealing with this species and was already starting to worry that if he sensed something was wrong and slapped it, the other creature might excitedly yell, "Harder! That feels good..."

Fortunately, David Chiang did not notice Ye Bai's strange behavior and continued to say to himself, "Of course, I like your sister too, she's so beautiful. It's just that my family situation is rather special, and I have no say in my marriage."

"But after knowing her for so many years, even if I can't marry her, I absolutely won't stand by and watch her be ruined by those scumbag bastards!"

As he finished speaking, a cold glint even began to flash in David Chiang's eyes.

"...Speak properly, why are you swearing!"

Ye Bai felt a surge of displeasure, but then he realized that the "scumbag bastard" Jiang Dawei was referring to wasn't him.

There was no way around it; Qin Wanqing had been scolding him like this for a while, and it had started to have a brainwashing effect.

As a result, Ye Bai is now extremely sensitive to the word "scumbag" and has a very strong sense of identification with it.

"Your relationship is quite complicated..."

Ye Bai shook his head, then said, "Then what do you want me to do?"

If what David Chiang said is true, he wouldn't mind helping the other party teach Wang Teng a lesson.

In any case, he and that young master Wang were destined never to be friends. After making him look so foolish during yesterday's drinking contest, their enmity was now firmly established.

Ye Bai is now so used to having so many troubles that he's practically immune to them all, and he seems determined to offend every single wealthy young man in Jingzhou.

There's no way around it; following the formula of those online novels, if you want to become the man standing behind Queen Qin, you naturally have to be an enemy of the whole world.

However, while collaborating with David Chiang is possible, it's also necessary to maintain distance, as he still hasn't figured out the guy's sexual orientation.

……

While Ye Bai was struggling with the dilemma of David Chiang's sexual orientation, there was another person whose head was also buzzing.

In her office at Jingzhou Medical University, Liu Banxia practically wore out her phone trying to figure out which of the people in her contacts was Ye Bai.

Judging from Ye Bai's WeChat chat interface, the two of them must have chatted recently, otherwise the chat history would have been scrolled down to the bottom long ago.

But this is Ye Bai's phone, not hers.

She has chatted with many people on WeChat in the past two days, most of whom are online friends.

So, behind which nickname is Ye Bai actually hiding?

However, she couldn't send messages to each person asking if they were Ye Bai, as that would cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Liu Banxia's only asset is her strong analytical and reasoning abilities.

They tried to find the scumbag's whereabouts by looking at the information on those WeChat accounts and the tone and habits of the two people chatting!

Wait, what a jerk...

Liu Banxia's heart suddenly stirred, and her gaze fell on a nickname.