Chapter 38 Landing on the Island Jealousy

Early the next morning, they took a yacht to the island. It happened to be a weekend, and as soon as they arrived, they saw quite a few people playing on the beach.

The azure, clear seawater was like transparent sapphires, and the refreshing sea breeze made everyone feel joyful. After disembarking, Gao Qiong didn’t even want to carry her luggage. She excitedly ran to play in the water with several girls without even changing into swimsuits.

Fang Chuning also wanted to join them. She tossed her luggage to the hotel manager who came to receive them, and changed into her swimsuit directly on the yacht. The swimsuit style was the type that exposed her navel, with a bra inside and a short top outside. The swim shorts were gathered at the waist and puffy. Her exposed waist and straight, fair long legs attracted attention.

The boys who hadn’t yet disembarked from the yacht couldn’t help but let their gazes drift towards her. Even Qin Shaoqing couldn’t resist looking twice, muttering softly, “Not a bad figure…”

Xu Muzhou was standing right next to him. He slightly pursed his lips, his cold gaze sweeping across their faces. His hand at his side clenched into a fist, a suffocating jealousy spreading in his heart. The joy from the previous day vanished in an instant.

“Muzhou, I want to go back to the hotel to change first. Will you come with me?” Qin Shaoqing, completely unaware of the atmosphere, clung to the young man’s arm and coaxed.

Xu Muzhou turned slightly to look at him, rather coldly pulling his arm away, “Alright.”

Meanwhile, Fang Chuning, who had changed into her swimsuit, was preparing to swim directly to the shore. She was warming up when a boy suddenly walked up to her, “Hey, this isn’t the swimming area, are you really planning to jump in like this?”

Fang Chuning turned her head and glanced at him. The boy was brought by Gao Qiong, not the one from Boiling Point last time. Gao Qiong’s speed of changing boyfriends was always faster than one could imagine, so she wasn’t surprised.

“Don’t worry, I’m a very good swimmer.”

“I’m so envious, I can’t swim at all,” the boy said, full of admiration, but quickly complained, “Qiong doesn’t take me to play with her, leaving me here is really annoying.”

Why was he complaining to her? Fang Chuning put on her goggles and slightly raised her chin, pointing to the boys from Class 1 behind her, “She probably thought you’d want to play with the boys.”

“Those boys from your class are too arrogant, they don’t want to hang out with me at all.”

The boy looked at her expectantly: “Will you take me with you?”

“How can I take you if you can’t swim?”

Their interaction was observed by others. Qin Shaoqing sneered coldly: “That guy is really shameless. With Gao Qiong not around, he’s clinging to the Fang girl. People from the slums are always trying to climb up, they have no sense of shame.”

Xu Muzhou didn’t respond to him, his cold eyes examining the boy’s face. He slowly walked over, stepping out from under the sunshade. As the sunlight fell on his face, the gloom in his eyes dissipated. He raised a shy, harmless smile, “Classmate, why don’t you come with us on the rubber raft? I can’t swim either, we can keep each other company.”

The boy turned to look at him, hesitating. Isn’t this guy a couple with the girl in front of him? He looks so good-natured, he seems a bit stupid.

“Is it really okay? They don’t seem to like me very much.” The boy glanced meaningfully at the boys from Class 1.

“They’re just not used to you yet.” Xu Muzhou extended his hand friendly, “I’m Xu Muzhou.”

The young man smiled shyly and innocently, coupled with his enviably good looks, isn’t this exactly the type that women find most heart-fluttering?

Too bad his personality is so white and pure, wasting such good conditions. This kind of person is best to take advantage of. If he could establish a relationship with him, wouldn’t his own path be smoother?

Thinking this, he smiled and reached out to grasp the young man’s hand, “I’m Lin Yuze. You’re so nice, can we be friends?”

The boy thought he had hidden his intentions well, but the determination in his brow was seen by Fang Chuning. She frowned slightly, opened her mouth wanting to interrupt the friendly atmosphere between the two, but the young man looked over at her.

Fang Chuning’s heart skipped a beat, and she closed her mouth again.

Xu Muzhou looked at her with rippling eyes, feeling resentful but not wanting to vent at her, “It’s a bit far from the shore here, I’m worried about you. Why don’t you come to shore with us before swimming?”

That “I’m worried about you” made Fang Chuning’s heart pound. She didn’t want to control her joyful emotions and smiled as brightly as the sun overhead, “You know how good I am in the water, this distance is nothing!”

From elementary school until now, Fang Chuning had always been the swimming champion at school, and Xu Muzhou, who had been in the same class with her all along, knew this better than anyone.

“Then, put on some sunscreen. The sun is too strong, it’ll hurt if you get sunburned.”

“No need…” Fang Chuning instinctively wanted to refuse, but when she saw the young man’s expression darken at her refusal, she immediately changed her mind, “I don’t have any sunscreen.”

“It’s okay, I have some.”

After applying sunscreen as he wished, Fang Chuning looked at him, her gaze seeming to ask if he had anything else. Xu Muzhou smiled slightly, “Shall we have lunch together later?”

“Sure.”

Confirming there were no other issues, Fang Chuning leaped into the sea like a mermaid. The cold seawater stimulated every pore. She was like a fish in water, holding her breath and swimming underwater for a long distance before breaking the surface.

Her graceful figure could be clearly seen through the crystal-clear sea surface. Xu Muzhou stood on the yacht, quietly watching.

“You two have such a good relationship,” the boy beside him suddenly spoke.

Xu Muzhou’s eyelashes lowered shyly, his pure and satisfied appearance making Lin Yuze incredibly jealous. Before this, he had always thought that girls from rich families at this age only dated boys for fun, like Gao Qiong. He knew she was very fickle, still flirting with other boys while dating him. He didn’t care as long as she was willing to give him money to spend. Being a bit fickle wasn’t a big deal.

He had never seen a woman from a powerful and wealthy family like Gao Qiong care so much about her boyfriend, not to mention this Fang Chuning seemed to be from an even more influential family than Gao Qiong’s.

Without comparison, there is no hurt. Comparing his own girlfriend with someone else’s made Lin Yuze even more jealous, bubbling with sourness.

His gaze fell on the sunscreen in the young man’s hand that he had just used on the girl. He had seen that brand before, it was definitely not something he could afford. “Muzhou, can I use some of your sunscreen? I forgot to bring mine.”

The boy called him intimately. Xu Muzhou handed the sunscreen to him, smiling gently, “Of course, go ahead and use it.”

Fifteen minutes later, in the hotel room, Xu Muzhou was changing clothes. Qin Shaoqing held the sunscreen bottle, which was already two-thirds empty, with a look of disgust. “This kind of person really knows how to take advantage. Did he eat it or use it? He squeezed out almost the whole bottle!”

From the changing room, the young man’s voice was gentle: “It’s just sunscreen, it doesn’t matter.”

Qin Shaoqing was angry inside, tossing the sunscreen aside and sulking silently.

Xu Muzhou came out of the changing room wearing a white loose long-sleeved shirt paired with black knee-length shorts, just like what he usually wore. Simple yet very attractive and suited him well, giving people the impression that he was soft and weak, easy to bully.

“It’s your birthday today, and you’re just wearing this?”

“Hm?” Xu Muzhou put a milk candy in his mouth, his red lips moving slightly, his breath carrying a sweet milky scent, “Doesn’t it look good?”

How could it not look good? He had never seen him wear anything that didn’t look good. “Let’s go downstairs quickly, it’s almost eleven o’clock. We still need to go for lunch later.”

Xu Muzhou nodded, and before leaving, he threw the half-empty sunscreen bottle into the trash can.

The beach was getting more and more crowded. Near the beach, there were stalls selling ice cream and various seafood snacks. Xu Muzhou’s gaze swept across the faces of those eating, but none of them was her.

“Muzhou, they’re over there!” Qin Shaoqing, holding his arm, pointed to the shallow water on the right.

Xu Muzhou looked in the direction he was pointing, and his eyes instantly turned cold.

On the other side of the shallow water, Fang Chuning was extremely impatient with the boy who had come over, “If you want to learn how to swim, go find Gao Qiong. Why are you looking for me?”

“But she’s ignoring me. What’s wrong with you teaching me a bit!”

This guy really can’t understand human language, “It’s none of my business if she ignores you, stop bothering me.”

Lin Yuze persisted: “Hey, I’m your boyfriend’s friend now. How can you be so stingy!”

The same wheedling tone, but Fang Chuning felt he was worlds apart from Xu Muzhou, no comparison at all. She took off her goggles and walked towards the beach.

“Hey!” Lin Yuze followed behind.

Fang Chuning was so annoyed she wanted to push him into the sea. She had never seen a boy with such thick skin before.

She raised her hand to brush her wet hair back, and quickly noticed the two people standing not far away. Her face immediately broke into a smile as she went over to greet them, though her eyes were glued to the young man.

In the sunlight, he was glowing white, but his expression seemed a bit unhappy.

Fang Chuning took out a small, brightly colored piece of coral from her pocket and held it out to him like a treasure, “I found this while diving just now. I thought it looked pretty nice.”

Xu Muzhou slightly pursed his lips, raising his hand to take the coral. His eyelashes lowered, “Thank you.”

He still didn’t look very happy.

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Fang Chuning’s voice softened a bit: “It’s your birthday today, don’t be unhappy, okay?”

Tears welled up in the young man’s eyes. He looked up at Lin Yuze behind her, then quickly averted his gaze.

Lin Yuze finally felt a bit awkward. He rarely did things like trying to seduce someone’s girlfriend in front of his “friend”.

“Muzhou, don’t misunderstand, there’s nothing between us,” he said weakly.

It wasn’t clear if this was an explanation or a deliberate attempt to make people think more. Fang Chuning felt a trace of anger in her heart, but ignored his existence, “Are you hungry? Let’s go eat something.”

Xu Muzhou’s fingers tightly squeezed the coral as he nodded gently: “You go change clothes first.”

“Mm, I’ll call you when I’m done.”

After she left, an angry Qin Shaoqing walked over and slapped the boy across the face. Lin Yuze was a bit stunned by the slap, covering his face in disbelief, “You hit me?”

Qin Shaoqing narrowed his eyes, “What are you? Why can’t I hit you?”

Lin Yuze’s eyes welled up with tears, looking at the beautiful young man: “I really don’t have anything with her, it’s just that Qiong left me here and I felt bored so I chatted with her a bit more…”

He was sure the young man was naive and easy to bully, so he played the victim role to the fullest.

“You’re still pretending…”

Xu Muzhou stopped Qin Shaoqing’s action, his eyes showing a trace of doubt: “Really?”

“Mm-hmm! It’s true, we really don’t have anything!”

The young man seemed to believe him and smiled.