“It’s nothing. Everyone has things they’re not good at. Not knowing one skill isn’t a big deal. Maybe we’re just more talented somewhere else.” Bai Shuijin held a bright red snake apple with a big bite taken out of it.
Lei Liming turned his head to look at him.
He had never paid much attention to Bai Shuijin before, but now, upon looking, he noticed the other person’s eyes were lively and bright, like beautiful gemstones.
He looked for a second, then turned his gaze away.
Bai Shuijin felt that sitting around eating fruit was boring. He was so bored he was about to sprout. He took out his phone and asked Lei Liming beside him, “Do you play games?”
“No.”
Wasting time on games ruined people. He was busy with work every day and would never play that kind of thing.
The next second, Bai Shuijin said, “Then download one.”
He held his phone up in front of Lei Liming. “This one, King Of Glory. It’s a competitive game you can play in teams.”
Ten minutes later, the two of them had started a match. Although Lei Liming was a beginner, his control was very good.
Bai Shuijin stared at the victory banner on the screen.
“Have you ever played before?”
“No.”
“Oh, it turns out the memory of your previous life wasn’t wiped clean.”
“…”
Bai Shuijin turned to him and smiled. “You’re quite talented at this, unlike with golf.”
Lei Liming was stunned. His rough hand rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly. “Really?”
“Of course.” Bai Shuijin didn’t hold back his praise. Maybe Lei Liming could help him rank up in the future. With Lei Liming’s skills, he could just lie down and win. Wouldn’t that be sweet?
At this moment, Wang Huanxiu returned from the golf course, followed by Jiang You and Fang Ming. It seemed something urgent had come up.
Bai Shuijin looked up from his phone immediately. “Laogong-ge.”
Wang Huanxiu glanced at him, his expression as indifferent as ever. “I need to step out for a bit. Are you staying here or going home?”
He had business to attend to and couldn’t say exactly when he’d be back.
There was nothing to do at home, and no one to play with either, so Bai Shuijin decided to stay. “I’ll stay and get in some golf practice.”
At his words, Wang Huanxiu frowned slightly, as if he’d just heard something unbelievable.
“Be careful.”
Bai Shuijin: “Laogong-ge, don’t worry too much.”
“I was talking about your caddie.”
“…” Just leave already.
Wang Huanxiu left his golf club set for him. Bai Shuijin looked at the gear in the caddie’s arms and thought it looked very cool. “Go ahead, laogong-ge. I’ll train well and give you a big surprise when you come back.”
Wang Huanxiu didn’t respond. It was unclear if he believed him or not. After the group left, Bai Shuijin and Lei Liming played a few more games, then they both got up to start learning golf from the coach.
The first time is new, the second time is familiar, and practice makes perfect.
After two hours of professional training, Bai Shuijin evolved from completely missing the ball to… skillfully missing the ball.
Meanwhile, Lei Liming kept hitting the tee.
Lei Liming said to Bai Shuijin, “You’ve improved.”
Bai Shuijin smiled confidently. “So have you.”
The golf coach: “…”
Two hidden dragons and phoenix chicks.
The golf coach couldn’t help but feel worried. What if these two went out and told others it was him who taught them golf? Wouldn’t his reputation in the industry be destroyed?
After two hours, they were both tired. Bai Shuijin returned to the VIP room to eat lychees while Lei Liming stepped out to make a call.
Bai Shuijin planned to wait for him to come back and dive into another exhilarating match.
But after a long time, Lei Liming still hadn’t returned with his cool moves, so Bai Shuijin started a solo match. As a result, he was brutally defeated and was pinned to the ground by the opponent.
In-game chat:
Northwest Lone Wolf: “Hahahahaha, trash chicken.”
Bai Shuijin was furious. “Just wait until my jungler comes back!”
To divert his attention, he resumed practicing golf. Another twenty minutes passed, and Lei Liming was still not yet back.
There must be something wrong when something is unusual. Could it be that the other party went to the toilet after making a phone call and ran out of toilet paper and hasn’t come out yet? Bai Shuijin picked up his golf club and went out to look for him.
After circling a few corridors and reaching the main hall, he spotted Lei Liming.
Not just him, there were several other people standing in front of him, people Bai Shuijin had never seen.
Just then, a staff member passed by, and Bai Shuijin casually asked for information.
Among the group facing Lei Liming was Lei Huan, the fake young master who had been switched at birth with Lei Liming. Even after Lei Liming was recognized and brought home, the Lei family hadn’t kicked Lei Huan out but continued to raise him.
But the real and fake young masters didn’t get along. Lei Huan often mocked Lei Liming openly or covertly for being uncultured and ignorant.
As Bai Shuijin approached to retrieve his jungler, he could hear more clearly what Lei Huan was yelling about.
It sounded like he had lost a lot of money from reckless investments, so Lei Liming had frozen his cards. In a fit of anger, he came to him and made sarcastic remarks about Lei Liming.
“A brute is still a brute. I’m telling you, restore the credit limit on my card, or I’m going home to tell Mom and Dad.”
“Those few business deals you pulled off were just dumb luck. If it weren’t for the Wang family backing you, you think you could’ve done it?”
Although he was the biological son, he hadn’t grown up in the family. Even after being brought back, it was Lei Huan who still received more parental affection.
In front of Lei Huan, Lei Liming naturally felt inferior. The other party knew everything he didn’t know and was unfamiliar with, not only in education, but also when it came to the relationship with his parents.
Maybe no matter how hard Lei Liming worked, he could never make up for those ten-plus years in a mountain village.
Lei Huan’s tone was arrogant and overwhelming. “If it weren’t for Mom and Dad, I would’ve left a long time ago.”
“Then go.”
A voice cut in.
Lei Huan was stunned. “What?”
Bai Shuijin popped out from behind. “If you want to leave, just leave. Your legs are attached to your body. No one’s stopping you.”
“You don’t understand human language? I said I can’t leave because I care about Mom and Dad!”
“You don’t understand human language? All I said was go. I didn’t say you couldn’t come back. Leaving the Lei family doesn’t mean you vanish off the face of the earth. Have you ever heard of phones or video calls?”
Lei Huan looked at the sudden newcomer and gritted his teeth. “Who are you?”
His gaze shifted back and forth between Bai Shuijin and Lei Liming. “Okay, okay, Lei Liming, you’re now raising people outside? I’m telling Mom and Dad right now!”
Lei Liming’s face darkened. “Watch your mouth.”
“Then tell me, what’s your relationship?!”
Bai Shuijin jumped out, all 176cm of him standing in front of Lei Liming, shielding him completely. “He’s my jungler!”
Then he gave Lei Huan a disdainful look. “Your heart is just like a dirty bun.”
When the heart is dirty, everything looks dirty.
“You!”
Lei Huan noticed the golf club in Bai Shuijin’s hand and sneered. He had come burning with rage to get his card limit restored and forgot all about Lei Liming being unable to play golf. So what was he doing here? Showing off?
“What are you doing at a golf course? Do you even know how to play? Or did you think waving a club around like a lunatic would make you look cool?” Lei Huan mocked. “If you ask me, Lei Liming, you’re still better off slaughtering pigs.”
Bai Shuijin suddenly blurted out, “I’ll sha you.”
**”Sha” is a phonetic stand-in for “kill”.
“…” Lei Huan shuddered. “What nonsense are you spouting?!”
He had never seen the person in front of him before. He was good-looking and was defending Lei Liming so much. If he wasn’t being kept, then what was he?
The life of extravagance and glamour was tempting. Lei Liming used to be a butcher, how could he have the self-control? Saying he wasn’t keeping someone was just stubborn denial.
“Okay. Aren’t you two here to play golf? So, can you play now?”
Bai Shuijin answered honestly. He wasn’t in the habit of lying. “Not yet, I’m still learning.”
Learning never ends. He believed that as long as one was willing to learn, there was nothing that couldn’t be mastered, it was only a matter of time. Unless someone had a significant shortcoming in a particular area, like being tone-deaf and trying to learn to sing, then it was understandable if they couldn’t manage it.
As long as he and Lei Liming kept working hard, they would be able to play golf someday. They were still in the learning stage, so what was there to laugh at?
Lei Huan sneered at the two of them. “There’s nothing that can’t be learned. You just don’t have the temperament for it.”
Bai Shuijin: “You’ve been speaking since elementary school, and you still haven’t learned how to do it properly.”
Lei Huan realized that there was something behind his words. “What do you mean by that?”
Bai Shuijin: “Not a single word from your mouth sounds like a human being’s.”
“You fuck…!” Lei Huan couldn’t stop himself from swearing. He grabbed at Bai Shuijin’s fist, aiming a punch at his face, but Lei Liming reacted swiftly and pulled him back in time. In the struggle between the two, Bai Shuijin, who was caught in the middle, had his golf club knocked forward by the force, and it stabbed directly into Lei Huan’s stomach…or rather, Lei Huan directly bumped into it.
A loud “yue” sound escaped, and Lei Huan almost vomited from the impact. He clutched his stomach, his face twisted in pain. It was obvious the hit had been quite strong, like his stomach had been shoved into the Southern Hemisphere.
“You… fuck…” Sweat beaded on Lei Huan’s forehead from the pain, and he could barely speak. The people behind him rushed to support him, but he pushed them away. “What are you doing helping me? Grab him for me!”
Lei Liming stepped in front of Bai Shuijin’s golden body, and the few people on the other side hesitated. Lei Liming used to be a pig butcher, and was strong enough to carry a 200-pound pig.
Back then, Lei Huan only dared to be so arrogant because Lei Liming hadn’t retaliated out of respect for their parents.
Just as Lei Huan was about to start cursing again, a cold voice rang out. “What’s going on here?”
Lei Huan swallowed back the curse he was about to say. He became speechless instantly when he saw Wang Huanxiu suddenly appear in front of him, not knowing why the other party appeared here.
All the mocking, arrogant words were immediately swallowed…this man’s family background wasn’t something he could afford to provoke.
Not willing to let his anger and the stab go unanswered, Lei Huan was about to speak when a figure jumped in front of Wang Huanxiu.
Bai Shuijin clung to Wang Huanxiu and hid behind him, saying pitifully, “Laogong-ge, he hit my mutton-fat jade.”
“…”
Wang Huanxiu glanced at Bai Shuijin’s face…it was fair and smooth, without a single blemish.
Lei Huan stared at the two of them. They were standing close to each other and their posture was intimate. So he wasn’t Lei Liming’s kept little lover…he was Wang Huanxiu’s?
No wonder he was so bold and dared to shout in front of him.
Hearing the accusation that he had hit him, Lei Huan jumped up to defend himself. “Nonsense! I didn’t even touch you, it was you who stabbed me in the stomach with a golf club!”
Bai Shuijin shook his head like a bamboo dragonfly. “Slander.”
He was holding the golf club in his arms, it was clearly Lei Huan who had bumped into it.
Bai Shuijin leaned close to Wang Huanxiu’s ear and whispered, “I didn’t hit him.”
Lei Huan was furious. “Bullshit! My stomach still hurts!”
Bai Shuijin looked at him for a few seconds and asked, “You little brat, are you on your period?”
