Saving the Heartthrob Frenemy-Chapter 121: "Oh, my poor baby. Who bullied you?"

After saying these heartfelt words a long silence ensued and Qie Xieling who was looking up to the ceiling turned his head to look at Luo Muchen before asking, "What?"

Luo Muchen who was staring at him with an intense gaze parted his lips to say something but he didn’t immediately speak. After a while, he said, "I am sorry. I shouldn’t have left that way. I should have come to see you. I was... I was just afraid I would get you hurt again that’s why I left the way I did."

The pair’s eyes locked for a while before Qie Xieling broke eye contact and sat up. "Since we both apologised let’s move right along," he said trying to act like this was the only upsetting thing he had to apologise for. He would be damned if he apologised to BagerZ.

As Luo Muchen watched Qie Xieling’s disappearing back he suddenly remembered something that Bo Ailun said. What had Qie Xieling done that would upset him?

Luo Muchen couldn’t figure that part out so he followed behind while asking, "Lin Lin what did you-," when he was interrupted.

"Can I have your phone for a second?"

Luo Muchen didn’t think anything of it. He quickly gave it up and Qie Xieling pointed up the stairs. "You can go take a shower. Everything is already prepared."

After saying that he unlocked Luo Muchen’s cell phone and lowered his head. Luo Muchen wanted to ask but seeing that Qie Xieling looked focused he could only go upstairs. As soon as his figure disappeared, Qie Xieling scrolled through Luo Muchen’s DMs on the app.

From the chat records, it seemed this BagerZ was mostly having a one-sided conversation with Luo Muchen as he rarely or never replied.

With a smile showing off his tiger teeth, Qie Xieling clicked on the camera icon before snapping a taunting image with his tongue sticking out. With the picture he sent the words checkmate before deleting it in Luo Muchen’s phone and blocking BagerZ for a week. After eliminating the evidence his heart was pounding hard like a little thief.

He unlocked his cell phone and dialled his dad’s number. Now that he had driven that car he was going to have to either scam his parents into buying it for him or act all cute and shake the money tree.

With a soft tone the call connected and his dad’s face appeared. He looked like they were sitting on a couch in the hotel room. They were sitting with one leg over the other thoroughly abusing this single dog.

"Hey cutie, what’s up?" asked Wen Qinxi. He was slightly tipsy at that point.

Qie Xieling asked them about their day but didn’t keep the conversation for too long when Qie Ranzhe interrupted him. "Come on spill it. What is it?" he said and Qie Xieling gasped exaggeratedly.

"I would never. I was just calling to say hi. That’s all," he said but his father gave him the ’I know you are lying’ look forcing him to admit it.

"Fine fine... parents. You know I have been a good boy. I have been a diligent, hardworking and upstanding son."

"Oh boy, here we go with the speech," whispered Wen Qinxi and Qie Ranzhe smiled slightly. This was Qie Xieling’s speech when he wanted something he knew that both of them would refuse. In the past, he would leave printout papers of what he wanted in the fridge, on their bathroom mirror, in his dad’s work bag and even on the toilet lid.

"I will work even harder if you please please please get me this car. I will never ever ask for anything else," he said and they looked like they had sat through a rerun of a crappy show.

"Lin Lin, we already talked about this. You can’t have that car. It doesn’t look safe at a glance," said Wen Qinxi and Qie Ranzhe was just nodding his head agreeing but Qie Xieling doubted he was being genuine. It seemed his father had a whole other reason for refusing.

"Okay, I didn’t want things to go this far but I have no choice," he said before tapping on the screen and inviting his nana to the call.

"Wait, what are you doing?" asked Qie Ranzhe but he already knew. The brat was calling his mother.

Qie Xieling put on an expression like he was about to cry and when the call connected he cried out, "Nana"

"Ah shit," mumbled Qie Ranzhe wishing he could get up and leave before his mother saw his face.

"Oh, my poor baby. Who bullied you? What did you two do to him?" she said ready to tear them a new one.

Wen Qinxi, "..." 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"Nana, I want a car. A motorcycle is not good when it rains and I can’t always call the driver. Can you get it for me please," he said wiping his fake tears. If Luo Muchen saw this he would think he was in love with a conman.

"What kind of car is this that you two can’t afford? Can’t you see he is a very good boy and barely asks for anything? Don’t worry Nana will get it for you. Damn, I gave birth to a penny pincher," she said already grabbing her tablet to search for a nice car.

Qie Ranzhe’s lips twitched hearing his son saying, "Thank you, grandma. You are the best."

Just when he thought he had won, Nana Wen showed up on the call and said, "You can get the car if you bring someone home. Girl, guy we arent picky."

Qie Xieling, "..."

Qie Ranzhe, "..."

Wen Qinxi, "WTF"

What happened to him staying a baby forever? Nana Qie didn’t agree to this but now that her bestie had said it she couldn’t refute it in front of everybody.

She just gave her the ’are you kidding me’ look and Nana Wen replied, "What? Arent you all worried that he has not dated anyone before? Isn’t that abnormal? Just saying..."

At least Wen Qinxi showed some interest in someone before though that didn’t last. This grandson of hers though was a different breed. He never hid anything and his life was an open book to everyone in this family. If he wasn’t with Bo Ailun he was tagging behind one of them like a tail.

"But Nana?" he said but Nana Wen wasn’t negotiating.

"Even if you just met you can bring them. It will put your grandma at ease."

Qie Ranzhe was enjoying this. "You hear her. No partner no sports car. I told you you can get a sedan but no AH... baby I was wrong," he yelped after his waist was pinched.

As soon as the call ended Qie Xieling slumped heavily on the couch. It seemed he played himself this time. He suddenly heard a sound coming from upstairs and an idea popped into his head. How about bringing Luo Muchen to play along? Both his grandmothers liked him and he would never refuse him.