ushernet Chapter 429
Chapter 429
Chapter 429
"And this is Jin, my maternal cousin." She finally introduced the boy who was brimming with a bright smile, impatiently waiting for his turn.
"I am honoured to meet you, Master Demiliore!" Jin, who was a boy of seventeen, courteously bowed to him, and it was the courtesy that youngsters showed to their seniors or people whom they deeply respected.
"He is a fan of yours. Don't mind him if you catch him creepily smiling at you." Feifei grinned as she crossed her cousin, who was seemingly a little embarrassed by her words.
"I just admire all that you have achieved and how you lead your life, Master Demiliore. Forgive me if I came out as a little too excited." The boy bowed him again, and this time, his cousin approvingly nodded her head at his manners, making Keith chuckle at her antics.
"It's fine." He patted the boy's shoulder and then smiled at Feifei's team.
There were now seven people on it, including him and Iseul.
Other than herself and Jin, she had a girl named Baobao on her team, who was her junior at the University and looked rather cute in her bob cut. And the two people on her team were her bodyguards, who were disguised as her friends and had been convinced by her to race in the event.
"I hope you can all drive."
"They can." Feifei assuredly nodded to him. "As for Jin, he might not look like it, but he's brilliant."
"Wow, did I just hear you praise me?" Jin looked at her in disbelief, obviously feigning it, and his cousin just ignored his words. "Where's Shao Li? I thought he would be here as well." He curiously asked.
"He's not coming, and won't be coming."
"Why?" Baobao curiously asked.
"I did not invite him." Feifei shrugged, making both Baobao and Jin raise their brows at her. "Come on, don't act like you did not see it. He was trying so hard to garner your favours because he wanted to ask me out." She rolled her eyes, and Baobao sighed at her words.
"He did?"
"Yes." She nodded to Jin, and the boy smirked at her.
"You broke his heart, didn't you?" He knowingly asked.
"Don't know." She shrugged again, seemingly not caring about it. "Now, pay attention..."
Feifei then started discussing the plans for the night with the team, tasking each of them with their respective race categories.
Each of them was going to participate in two races, one of which was going to be a rolling relay race as a team.
"Keith, Jin, Iseul, and I will take part in the relay race 1. Baobao, and the two of you," She looked at her bodyguards, "will take part in the second race. Depending on the result, we will decide which one of us enters the last lap. Okay?"
"I am fine with it." Baobao nodded her head, and Jin did the same.
"Yes, Miss." Her bodyguards obediently nodded their heads as well. Not that they were allowed to have any say in the matter.
"Hey, Fei, why are you calling Master Demiliore by his first name?" The young boy leaned in and whispered near her ear, but Keith and Iseul clearly heard him.
"Because I can." She told him, making him more curious, but Jin did not say anything about it again, knowing well that if he kept whispering, it would be very rude of him.
Baobao curiously looked at Fiona, seemingly intrigued by the colour of her hair, and when his maid finally met her eyes, she found the Chinese girl break into a smile.
"You are wearing one." She narrowed her eyes at him but frowned when he shook his head again.
"I don't wear perfumes or scents, Fei."
She kept looking into his eyes, and she frowned some more as she sensed that he was telling the truth.
Feifei leaned in and inhaled his scent, an action that appeared very intimate to the onlookers, and then she raised her head to ask him about it.
"What's this scent then?"
"It's natural."
"Is it?" She sceptically asked.
"Yes." He nodded to her and watched her take a few more sniffs.
"Doesn't seem like it." She grinned. "Humans don't smell like this."
"True." He nodded and then looked into her dark eyes. "But I never said that I am human."
Keith smiled when he heard her heart thump against her chest, and the fleeting fear that crept into it for a moment did leave some fissures in her composure.
Had there been anyone else, they would have taken his words as a joke, but Feifei could sense that he was not jesting.
"I am Divine, my dear Fei." He leaned near her ear and whispered, making her body tremble in response. "So, do you like how I smell?" He teasingly asked and chuckled at the blush that bloomed on her face.
"I-I think it's enough." She knew people were looking their way, so, she could not shy her eyes away. Otherwise, Wang Zemin would have some doubts about their relationship.
"Is it?" He leaned in again, whispering the question, and then he did something that froze her.
She felt him plant a kiss on her forehead, and when he pulled back, she felt a lingering warmth there that made her heart skip a beat. And then her anxious heart started racing, resulting in her cheeks growing redder.
Feifei tried to muster up some anger and glare at him, but seeing the gentle smile on his lips, she lost her resolve.
"Let's head back." She timidly said and then grabbed his arm again, pulling him back to the group.
And Keith smiled as he found her grip tightening on his arm.
Of course, she was doing it subconsciously, and even though he had the urge to poke some fun at her, he refrained from it.
"Feifei is a little unhappy with me that I am cosying up with our rivals in tonight's races, Heir Wang. And I would rather not make her more unhappy than she already is." He spoke as soon as they came close. "We will chat once the event is over."
"That's fine." Wang Zemin put on a smile and nodded understandingly, but Feifei smiled in her heart as she could sense how upset he was inside.
"Good luck, Master Demiliore. We won't be going easy on your team."
"Doesn't matter if you go easy on us or not. Our victory is inevitable." He lightly smiled, and for some reason, his words sent chills up their spines.