212: Chapter 212: He is My Man 212: Chapter 212: He is My Man Su He, worried that Jiang Yan would overstimulate Xi Jue, timely interjects, “Husband, let it go, Mr.
Xi Jue has his own considerations, and if he is unwilling, we should not force him.”
Her words sounded normal, but the next second…
“It could also be possible that Mr.
Xi Jue is a bit timid, or perhaps he dislikes gambling, upholding moral integrity.”
Xi Jue, again, was left speechless: “…”
Things didn’t seem to unfold as he anticipated!
Without waiting for Xi Jue to speak, Su He looked at him and asked, “Mr.
Xi Jue, if I may be so bold to ask, are you worried that I might trick you?”
Xi Jue’s eyebrows furrowed tightly, just as he was about to speak, Su He once again beat him to it: “Actually, you don’t need to worry, because the content of the challenge can be set by you, so you don’t have to worry about this being a trap.”
The moment her words fell, Xi Jue looked at her with a profound gaze, his eyes filled with curiosity and astonishment.
Su He truly was unpredictable, occasionally saying things that took one by surprise.
Her statement not only shocked Xi Jue, even Jiang Yan and Lan Yan were taken aback.
Is she playing that big of a game?
Xi Jue still hadn’t agreed, but instead counter-questioned, “Miss Su, are you sure you can make decisions for him?
If I agree to compete with you and you lose, you need to hand over your husband to me.
What if you regret it later?”
“The grudges between us can’t just be resolved with a fight, are you sure about this?”
Without hesitation, Su He replied, “Then I can have my husband draft a written agreement for you, that should be sufficient, right?”
Jiang Yan: “…”
After Su He finished speaking, she turned her head towards him, winked, and asked, “Husband, could you please draft a written agreement?”
Jiang Yan sighed in his heart and responded, “Okay.”
To think that he was used by his own wife as a bargaining chip, not only to be used as one but to also write a guarantee letter…
this really is quite absurd…
And yet, he agreed…
Immediately after, Su He turned back to Xi Jue and raised her eyebrows, “See?
He agreed, that’s sincere enough, right?”
Xi Jue’s lips twitched: “…”
She had said everything, what more could he say?
If he hesitated any further, it would just show his own cowardice!
“Fine, I’ll take you on, but…” he paused, then continued, “I’m not someone who likes to take unfair advantage.
It will be the best of three rounds, where you and I each choose the contents of one round, and the last one will be decided by drawing lots.”
Su He curved her lips into a smile and responded, “Fine, no problem.”
She was waiting for exactly these words!
Ten minutes later.
The group moved from indoors to an outdoor area, arriving at a shooting range outside the estate.
The shooting range was fully equipped and looked very professional.
The first round was set by Xi Jue.
Su He asked, “So, for this first round, Mr.
Xi Jue, do you want to compete with me in shooting?”
Xi Jue, with a smile at the corner of his eyebrow, said, “Correct, as I have nothing in abundance here except for firearms.”
Su He calmly lifted her brows.
He continued, “You’re a woman, I won’t make it tough for you.
I’ll be blindfolded; you don’t have to be.”
But as soon as he finished speaking, Su He declined, “That won’t be necessary.
I’m quite a stickler for fairness.”
Xi Jue expressed surprise, “You want to be blindfolded too?”
Su He casually nodded and hummed in affirmation, and even countered, “Why not?”
Xi Jue grew curious, “Miss Su, have you played with guns before?”
Su He casually mentioned, “I’ve handled fake ones, never touched a real one.
But I’m pretty good with a slingshot, and the principles of the two are pretty similar.”
“…”
Jiang Feng and Lan Yan stood by the side, watching.
Jiang Feng was visibly worried as he had never seen Su He handle a gun and he didn’t know how proficient the Young Madam was with firearms.
They’re gambling with their family’s Master…
The stakes are incredibly high; if word got out, it would certainly scare someone to death…
Only the Young Madam of their family has the guts and the authority to use Master as a bargaining chip.
Most importantly, Master was fully cooperative throughout, without any concern for his own life and safety.
When no one was around, Jiang Feng leaned over to Lan Yan and whispered, “Lan Yan, how’s the Young Madam’s shooting?”
After all, Lan Yan had been with the Young Madam for so long, she definitely knew more than he did.
Lan Yan looked at him, didn’t say a word, just gave a thumbs up.
Jiang Feng didn’t react at first, and after a few seconds of stunned silence, his eyes suddenly lit up, then he vigorously nodded, “I understand!”
Then, his tense heart finally settled down, and he could watch the scene at ease.
Xi Jue’s profound and narrow eyes squinted slightly but ultimately remained silent.
However, one thing is certain, this woman should not be underestimated.
Her words are too casual, and her demeanor too relaxed, making it hard for him to catch any hint of her true intentions—how much of what she says is true, and how much is false.
He raised his left hand, waved it lightly, and someone brought the tools over.
When everything was ready, Su He suddenly turned to Jiang Yan, her voice cold yet playfully coquettish, “Husband, why don’t you teach me how to use this first?”
She pointed to the pistol on the table.
Then, she looked at Xi Jue and asked, “Mr.
Xi Jue, may I try it first?
After all, I…
am using a real gun for the first time…”
Xi Jue nodded, “Yes.”
Following that, Jiang Yan seriously taught her how to use it, what posture to pay attention to, as if she really didn’t know how.
Next, under his explanation, Su He prepared to try shooting.
As instructed by the man on how to stand, she got ready, closed her eyes, and randomly fired a shot.
“Bang!”
As expected, the bullet missed terribly…
Xi Jue saw this whole scene clearly; her skills and expressions didn’t seem like an act.
Moreover, whether someone can truly handle a gun or not—he isn’t blind; he could tell.
Clearly, Su He didn’t know how to use it.
This scene left both Jiang Yan and Lan Yan, who had seen her shoot before, in silence.
At this moment, having her pretend she had never used the weapon was indeed hard on her, and even he had to admire her act.
Su He took back the gun, not feeling embarrassed.
She looked at Xi Jue and said, “It seems, in this round, there is little hope of winning.”
Xi Jue felt something odd about her statement, but couldn’t quite pinpoint what it was.
“Mr.
Xi Jue, we can start now, you go first,” she said.
“There’s no such rule as ‘ladies first’ here.”
Originally, Xi Jue was going to say “ladies first” as a gentleman, but since she said that, he had nothing else to say.
Moreover, by saying that, she seemed like the one in charge here, giving a feeling of the guest taking over the host’s role.
He signaled his bodyguard with a glance; the bodyguard understood immediately, handed him a black cloth strip, and then covered his eyes.
The man’s tall figure stood before the shooting stand.
With his left hand holding the gun, he quickly chambered it.
Without any hesitation, he raised the pistol and fired five shots at the nearby target.
The whole process took only about twenty seconds.
Above his head, the monitor displayed his shooting results—five shots, all hitting the bullseye!
Xi Jue removed the black cloth, didn’t even look at the results because he was very familiar with his own shooting skills.
He looked at Su He and said, “You can use your right hand; you don’t need to do the same as me using the left.”
He had forgotten to mention that earlier.
Su He responded with a light smile, “No problem, Mr.
Xi Jue.
Whichever hand you use, I’ll use the same—it’s only fair that way.”
Xi Jue: “…”
She was really obsessed with the word “fair,” mentioning it every time she spoke.
Su He didn’t waste words; she moved forward a few steps to the shooting stand and had just picked up the black cloth when Jiang Yan snatched it from her hands.
“I’ll tie it for you, just stand still.”
A deep and charming voice came from beside her ear.
The man gathered her long hair behind her back, and surprisingly produced a rubber band from somewhere, using it to secure her hair at the back of her head.
His movements throughout the process were gentle yet skilled, as though he had done it hundreds of times.
This scene was quite pleasing to the eye, resembling a scene from an idol drama.
After arranging her hair, he then tied the black cloth over her eyes.
He then spoke, “Just do your best, no need to feel too much pressure.”
Xi Jue stood to the side, his tongue pressing against his back molars and then his cheek, his expression not extremely gloomy, but obviously not looking too pleased.
Watching these two display affection in front of him made him extremely displeased.
These two really didn’t regard him as an outsider at all!
Su He reached out, touching the pistol placed on the table.
Her movements seemed clumsy, but the next second…
Her speed in loading the gun was incredibly fast, almost describable by lightning, and before the observers could see how she did it, she had already fired at the target in the distance…
“Bang bang bang bang bang!”
Five shots as well, and she was even seconds faster than Xi Jue!
When Xi Jue saw her stance and movements, his brows instantly frosted over, his eyes gleaming darkly, a hint of cold light flashing through them.
At the moment the results were displayed, he realized he had been tricked!
Su He was not just capable of using a gun, her marksmanship was comparable to his!
Su He removed the black cloth and took a moment before opening her eyes.
She looked up at the score displayed on the monitor, a cunning gleam in her eyes, then turned to look at Xi Jue whose face was extremely dark, and smiled lightly, “Sorry, it seems I tied with Mr.
Xi Jue.”
Xi Jue’s mouth twitched slightly, his voice hoarse and cold as he pressed, “Miss Su, didn’t you say you couldn’t shoot?”
Su He smiled broadly, somewhat innocently, “Oh, I forgot to mention, my gun skills with my right hand aren’t as good as with my left hand, and since I haven’t touched a gun in a long time, I’m a bit rusty.”
Listening to her casual words, the veins on Xi Jue’s forehead nearly burst!
It was as if Su He didn’t see his darkly ominous face; she maintained her light smile and said, “Mr.
Xi Jue isn’t a sore loser, is he?”
Her tone was gentle, but her words could infuriate someone to death.
Xi Jue’s hand by his side clenched into a fist, his jaws tight.
But soon, he unclenched his fist, restoring his expression to normal.
He spoke in a deep voice, “Fine, the first round is a draw, what shall we compete in for the second round, Miss Su please say.”
Su He pondered for a moment, her red lips slightly parting, “Then let’s not waste the venue, I’m too lazy to move.”
Everyone curiously watched her, waiting for her to emphasize her point.
She paused for a few seconds, fiddling with the pistol in her hand that she had yet to put down, then said, “Let’s compete in speed of disassembling and assembling a gun, the same gun – first disassemble, then assemble, both done simultaneously, and then whoever fires the gun first wins, how about that?”
“…”
Xi Jue furrowed his eyebrows, “Are you sure you want to compete in that?”
Su He glanced at his right hand, adding, “I won’t take advantage of you; you can find someone to replace your right hand.”
Xi Jue: “…”
She really knew how to hit where it hurt!
Xi Jue pressed his tongue against his molars again and said, “No need!”
“Miss Su, I feel compelled to remind you friendly—I’ve been handling firearms since I was capable, and I could disassemble and assemble them even with my eyes closed.
Are you sure you wouldn’t rather change the competition?”
He could accept a draw in the previous round, but he didn’t believe she could win this round.
Su He didn’t take his words seriously, instead saying lightly, “Then why not let’s do this round blindfolded as well?
It doesn’t matter if I win or lose this round, isn’t there still a third round?”
“…”
Her statement made sense indeed.
Finally, both of them blindfolded again, stood in front of the shooting bay, each with a black pistol lying in front of them.
A bodyguard shouted: “Start!”
Their hands moved as if at ten times the normal speed, very fast, and both were very familiar with the parts of the pistol.
Jiang Feng was utterly astonished.
“Damn!” He said excitedly: “Young Madam’s speed in dismantling the gun is comparable to a sports car!”
It was so fast it made your head spin…
Moreover, you had to pay full attention, otherwise, you wouldn’t even know how she made her move.
Both of them finished almost simultaneously, then quickly reassembled the gun, loaded it, secured the safety, chambered a round…
The whole process was fluid and lightning-fast, making onlookers tense.
“Bang!”
Both raised their guns and fired at the same time…
This…
A tie again?
Everyone present fell silent.
Only Jiang Yan, from the beginning to the end, his gaze was fixed on one person, Su He.
He knew she was knowledgeable and clever, but this was his first time seeing this side of her.
She seemed enveloped in a golden glow, capturing everyone’s attention.
His gaze was intense, tender, appreciative, all filled with indulgent love, as if admiring a rare treasure.
Su He pulled off the black cloth blindfolding her eyes, and her lips subtly curved up, “Oh dear, it seems like it’s a tie again.”
Xi Jue: “…”
At this moment, Xi Jue couldn’t find any words to describe his current emotions.
Meanwhile, his curiosity about Su He grew even more!
What kind of merit did Jiang Yan have in his past life to marry such a woman?
He turned his head and looked at the man standing like a Poplar tree, asked abruptly, “Did you save the Milky Way in your past life?”
Jiang Yan, expressionless, replied: “I don’t know about saving, but you’ve indeed proved today that you’re pretty useless.”
“Jiang Yan!”
Xi Jue’s mood was very unstable now; a tie felt even worse than losing!
And the opponent was a woman!
He raised his gun towards Jiang Yan, but just as he aimed, there was also a gun pressed against his forehead.
In an instant, the bodyguards present drew their guns, aimed at the four of them.
“Mr.
Xi Jue, we still have one last round to go, don’t be so impatient, put down the gun.”
Su He’s cool voice, with a hint of nonchalance and chill, reached his ears.
Xi Jue’s lips curled into a cold sneer, it had been a long time since someone had pointed a gun so close at his head, Su He was the second person ever!
His voice hoarse like a sharp arrow: “Miss Su, you have just one gun, do you think you stand a chance?”
Su He remained calm, she chuckled lightly: “Doesn’t matter, having Mr.
Xi Jue as company on Huangquan Road doesn’t seem like a loss.
You’ve seen my hand speed just now, I don’t need to emphasize it again, right?
Or do you want to try whether your people are faster, or mine?”
Xi Jue said, “Miss Su, I quite admire your character, courageous and strategic, and also beautiful.
To tell the truth, this is a grudge between Jiang Yan and me, I don’t intend to involve you, if you’re willing to stand with me, I can let you go, but Jiang Yan must stay!”
Su He narrowed her eyes slightly, a faint light flickering in her clear eyes.
“Sorry, he is my man, I naturally can’t leave him to you!”