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Chapter 40: Trend Magnet

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Gu Wei was starting to have fun. He started a second match and, following Jiang Xun's instructions, wandered around the new rainforest map.

Jiang Xun watched fondly as he took in Gu Wei's look of intense concentration. He couldn't help but smile. Little Gu, practically a magnet for trending topics, continued to explore the new world he had entered, blissfully unaware of the storm that was brewing in reality.

Ever since the 'incident' a while ago, Jiang Xun's cell phone had been vibrating nonstop. In just ten minutes, Jiang Xun's Weibo account had been @ mentioned over ten thousand times. Tabloids spread the video clip like wildfire, already starting to spin wild tales of discord brewing within Team TMW.

The topic was obviously going to trend.

"Bullshit," Kumachan declared. He was still streaming upstairs and had switched from the game to swiping through Weibo on his main account, denying all these wild tabloid claims of disputes within the team. "TMW is doing great."

"Ge, how do I get out of here?" Gu Wei asked, turning around to look at Jiang Xun. His maneuvering skills still weren't great, and he had gotten stuck in a corner.

Jiang Xun put down his cell phone. He looked down and covered Gu Wei's hand with his own, showing him the proper way to get free.

Gu Wei was a fast learner. He nodded and said, "I got it."

"There's actually a way you can learn even faster." Jiang Xun's hand still covered Gu Wei's right hand. "Want to hear it?"

"Of course," Gu Wei said. He turned to the side and fixed his gaze on Jiang Xun, his pretty peach-petal eyes unblinking as he gave Jiang Xun his full attention.

"Weiwei, if you sit in my lap, I promise I'll make every effort to teach you properly." Jiang Xun lightly pressed down on Gu Wei's hand. "How about it? Will you think about it?"

"I… I will not." Gu Wei was flushed with irritation. He knew exactly what kind of pervert Jiang Xun was, but he couldn't seem to commit it to memory no matter how many times he reminded himself. Every time, he still fell for Jiang Xun's dirty tricks.

It was only then that Gu Wei realized how close they had gotten. There was almost no distance between them. Jiang Xun had bent down again, and Gu Wei was trapped between his arms.

Jiang Xun lightly rested his chin on Gu Wei's right shoulder, and Gu Wei could almost swear he felt a brush of Jiang Xun's breath against his skin.

With his thoughts becoming a jumbled mess, Gu Wei instinctively shifted. But the movement only brought them closer together. His lashes were naturally long, and with so little distance between them already, a simple blink had Gu Wei's eyelashes brushing the skin of Jiang Xun's cheek.

Jiang Xun clearly felt it as well.

"Angel, don't tease me when we haven't set a wedding date yet," Jiang Xun chided. "When you tease me and get me worked up, you never take responsibility for it. I have to take care of it myself in private. The way you look is far too appealing to an old pervert like me."

Gu Wei was frozen and speechless.

Jiang Xun straightened up and put some more distance between them. "Play by yourself for a while. If there's anything you don't understand, just ask me. I'll be taking care of some business on Weibo."

He took a seat in the chair next to Gu Wei, but Gu Wei had yet to recover from the moment they'd shared in such close proximity.

His breathing was a little shallow and hurried, and his heart was beating a lot faster than usual. It was the first time he realized that, considering their sexualities and the ambiguous state of the engagement that still remained between them, they had been way too close.