TGCF React

Chapter 7

"Teaching my ass!" Mu Qing cursed. "If you allow him to hold your hands, he will become bolder in the future and...and...aaggghhhh!"

"Calm down, I won't do anything gege doesn't want." Hua Cheng said, everyone but the 'gege' noticing his hidden words.  'I won't touch gege unless he asks me.'

From where he was suspended high up in the air, Lang Qian Qiu could see all this clearly. His eyes widened in disbelief at the dice results. "How is this possible? ?"

"It's Hua-chengzhu, you get use to it." Yin Yu heartlessly said. 

Hua Cheng loosened his hold a little and said to Xie Lian, "Shake it like this. Give it a try."

Xie Lian copied his movements and gave an experimental shake. "Not like that," Hua Cheng said.

Despite his reprimand, Hua Cheng's tone and manner were exceedingly patient and gentle.

"Of course it is." Pei Ming said with a smirk.

He gripped Xie Lian's lower hand again, and his left palm covered Xie Lian's right hand which was pressing down on the lid of the cup. "Like this," he said softly.

And in this way, the backs of both of Xie Lian's hands were enveloped in Hua Cheng's palms.

"Grrr." two people growled in annoyance. 

Hua Cheng's skin felt cool as jade, and the exquisitely beautiful silver vambraces emitted an icy chill like frosted steel. However, Hua Cheng kept his movements cautiously gentle, never allowing them to touch Xie Lian. Both his hands guided Xie Lian in giving the black, wooden dice cup a few measured shakes.

Once. Twice. Thrice.

Rattle, rattle, rattle.

The two dice rolled and bounced around inside the cup with crisp, clacking sounds. The gentle shaking motions made the backs of Xie Lian's hands feel numb and tingly. This thread of tingling numbness traveled from his hands up his wrists and crawled onward, gradually spreading out.

As he shook the cup, Xie Lian lifted his gaze and swept a quick glimpse at Hua Cheng, only to discover that the man's eye was not on the dice cup at all, but fixed steadily on Xie Lian instead. The corners of his lips were lifted in a sly smile.

"Aww, he's so sweet!" Qing Xuan said with a giggle before looking at Xie Lian with an approving smile and a thumbs up. "I approve of him, best friend!"

"For what? As my friend?" Xie Lian asked.

"...Yes...friend." Qing Xuan said after seeing the scary glare given to her by many people. 

'Are they planning on keeping the crown prince innocent all his immortal life? He's already 800 plus years old and still innocent which is a miracle in itself!' she thought.

Xie Lian could not help himself from grinning back at him briefly, before suddenly recalling that the mob of ghosts and other customers of the gambling house were currently eyeballing them from all angles. He immediately schooled his expression and lowered his head, studiously concentrating on Hua Cheng's motions. "Like this?"

The curve on Hua Cheng's lips deepened. "En, yes. Just like this."

As Xie Lian gave it a few hopeful shakes, Hua Cheng said, "Let's open and have a look?"

Xie Lian lifted the cup. On the cup's base were two white dice showing three points each.

Two threes were already unprecedentedly spectacular results. It was like a spring breeze was blowing through Xie Lian's heart as he wondered, Have I actually managed to pick up the trick?