Stuck in a Chinese novel - Chapter 74

Chapter 74: Smile
Chapter 74

“You still can’t smile, can’t you?” Xia Lu asked. Wei Jun had come down and mingled with almost everyone. The only thing was, he didn’t smile the entire time.

“You know what I say about smiles, smiles…” Wei Jun began but was interrupted midway through by Xia Lu, “…are the key to happiness but happiness is contagious and might kill me so I always act like a stuck-up middle-aged man whose wife left him on the second day of marriage. Yeah, I know.”

“That’s not what I said.” Wei Jun as he saw the people around him laughing at Xia Lu’s joke.

“Really? I thought you meant something along the lines.” Xia Lu replied.

“I really did not.” Wei Jun replied, still no signs of a smile on his face. Xia Lu shook her head and picked up another glass of champagne. “Should you be drinking that much?” Wei Jun asked.

“Wow. Either I’m already drunk or you sound like you’re worried.” Xia Lu sarcastically remarked before she added, “I’m powerless, have a terrible boss and my uncle eats up my mother’s hard work while all I can do is watch. I should be doing nothing but drinking.” Xia Lu replied with a sour mood which dispersed the people around her because Wei Jun glared at them.

Xia Lu was already pretty drunk so Wei Jun pointed out, “Still, that’s no excuse to drink. Drinking can be dangerous to health.”

“You’d know that wouldn’t you? You don’t even drink gin and soda.” Xia Lu pointed out the fact that she had never seen Wei Jun drink. Even now when everyone around him was drinking, he was sticking to water.

“I don’t drink. Mostly it comes from my father. He says a man makes questionable decisions when he’s drunk.” Wei Jun replied.

“Really? I thought your father was a heavy drinker.” Xia Lu replied, referring to the current father of Wei Jun. Wei Jun didn’t bother correcting her, not that he could, so all he could do was nod and say, “I think you’ve had enough for the night.” He moved ahead to take the glass but Xia Lu stepped back. She stumbled and almost fell when Wei Jun hurriedly caught her by her arm. He pulled her up and said, “That’s enough.”

“Why!? The contract doesn’t say anything about drinking!” Xia Lu said in a little loud voice and the people around them turned to look at them.

“This isn’t about the contract. This is about your health and well-being.” Wei Jun replied while he still held her by her arm.

“Why?! Isn’t that all you care about?! The contract! When have I ever mattered to you?! HUH?!” Xia Lu pulled her arm to free herself but in doing so, she once again stumbled backward but before she could again fall, Wei Jun once again caught her.

Despite the awkward stares from around, a slight smile couldn’t help but crawl its way to Wei Jun’s face which would have been amazing usually but in this situation, it wasn’t so much.

“What?! Now you’re smiling! To make fun of me!” Still in a 135-degree position, held by Wei Jun, Xia Lu didn’t take kindly to the smile on his face. Before Wei Jun could explain himself, she began to struggle vehemently and her heels slipped, sliding her on the floor and she almost met the floor had it not been for Wei Jun holding her. He shook his head when Xia Lu began to throw a tantrum, “LET ME GO! GO! GO! GO! YOU MEAN BASTRAD FU*KER!”

It was safe to say she had learned some bad words from Wei Jun as well but Wei Jun only smiled as he couldn’t help but find the scene adoring. He shook his head again and pulled her up but instead of letting her stand, he perched on top of his shoulder and said, “I think it’s best if I retire from the party tonight. Thanks for the warm welcome.” The people in the lobby couldn’t help but be stunned by the charming smile on Wei Jun’s face. They didn’t even notice the background tantrum of Xia Lu and the flailing of her arms and legs.

Wei Jun’s smile extended even further as his pearly white teeth came into view, it was a short chuckle, something no one had seen before, and those who were behind him, could never understand why the people in front of Wei Jun were stunned with their mouths hanging open.

Wei Jun didn’t wait for a bit and left along with Xia Lu on her shoulder. He left under the stunned gazes of everyone and made his way to her room. He soon arrived at her room under her constant flailing and resistance. Wei Jun opened her door and was happy to know that it was unlocked. He entered the room and lowered Xia Lu on her bed. When she was in bed, she stared at him before she yelled, “Lecher! Fu*ker! Mean bastard! As*hole!”

And many more profanities left her mouth along with her hand with which she picked up the pillows and threw them at Wei Jun. When she ran out of pillows, she tried to pull the blanket but since she was sitting on it, she pulled too hard and fell off the bed when the blanket slid from underneath her.

Wei Jun’s smile remained constant but he stepped forward to help her up because she wasn’t moving anymore. She was just sitting there with small sobs leaving her lips. “I just… I don’t know… what to do…” Wei Jun shook his head, picked her up again, and lowered her in her bed.

She stopped sobbing as she saw Wei Jun caring for her and when they were in close proximity, she leaned forward with her lips puckered into a kiss but Wei Jun blocked her with his finger. She stared at him as her lips met his finger. Wei Jun smiled and said, “You might not remember any of this in the morning but, let’s not make any mistakes tonight.”

He stood up and grabbed her by her shoulder, pushed her into the bed, and laid her down. Then he said, “Go to sleep. I won’t say all your problems would be solved by the morning but many of them would be.”

Drowsiness took hold of her and she slowly closed her eyes. Wei Jun smiled and left the room. He made his way to his own room and opened the window to the balcony. He jumped from the balcony and landed on the ground effortlessly. He made his way to the villa wall in the back and climbed them up. There were security measures on the wall such as electric barbed wire but Wei Jun how to deal with them.

He landed on the road and his outfit changed via the inventory. Still, he was miles away from downtown and he couldn’t hitch a ride so he began to run to the warehouse where his bike was. He wanted to test his new physical limits anyway.

[Status]

[Wei Jun Ruan

Level: 19

HP: 2828

Cultivation realm: Mortal]

[Strength: 36]

[Stamina: 46]

[Agility: 45]

[Defense: 33]

[Qi: 0]

[Charm: 30]

[Luck: 7]

“Not bad.” Wei Jun murmured as he ran across town.

[These aren’t your full stats showing]

‘What do you mean?’ Wei Jun curiously asked. He felt strong enough so if the system was saying he wasn’t at full power, what did that mean?

[Your stats cannot go above forty at your current level]

[So although your stamina and agility are showing above forty, in reality, they are stuck at forty]

[You will have to level up to level twenty to fully unlock them]

‘I see.’ Wei Jun nodded inwardly. It was true that his stat limit was forty once he reached level ten. So if he wanted to go above forty, he would have to reach level twenty to remove the block on his stats. He had to admit that so far, the system was very thorough in everything. Everything was logical and to the point.

‘Tell me, if I were to kill a cultivator, would I still gain stats even if they were locked?’ Wei Jun asked.

[No idea]

[As I said, the system to absorb stats isn’t a function of the system so I cannot give you any output on that]

[Usually, if you reach your stat limit, no matter what you do, you won’t be able to increase them anymore]

[But I cannot say anything about the unique stat absorption]

[It could be possible seeing that you already have two stats above forty]

[But it could also not work]

[Like I said, no idea]

“I see.” Wei Jun replied.

He then began to contemplate various things and kept asking system questions too but they weren’t related to the system but more to the cultivation. Most of which were not answered since Wei Jun’s authority wasn’t high enough.

Just like that, in an hour he finally arrived at downtown where his garage was. He was a little fatigued but not so tired as someone who had run across town, almost twenty-two miles away in an hour at full speed in a tight partial metal suit and stuffy metal helmet.

Still, he took a stamina pill because he needed to be in optimal condition for what he was about to do next.