After Being transported into a book, I adopted the villain

by Usui Takumii

not mine, free web novel

5. 41 to 50

Ch.41 – Jealousy

After Tang Li entered the room, there were only three people left in the corridor, Shen Yu, Yi Heng, and Uncle Zhang.

Silence crept through the air.

Shen Yu thought that Yi Heng want to go out, so he manipulated the wheelchair to give him room for a few minutes. However, after waiting for half a day, he only saw Yi Heng leaning motionless against the door with his arms crossed.

He seemed to be waiting for something.

Shen Yu felt embarrassed and thought about talking to Yi Heng. Then he remembered Yi Heng not looking back as he went to the elevator. All the words he wanted to say were stuck in his throat.

Thinking more about it, Shen Yu completely swallowed those words back.

A second later, Tang Li came out. He only made time to put his suitcase in the right place and wash his hands, not even bothering to clean up the water from the sink counter before he rushed back.

"Brother Shen Yu." Tang Li went over to Shen Yu and cried out, looking nervous.

Shen Yu felt funny and could not help touching Tang Li's hair: "What are you so anxious about? We won't leave without you. Even if we did leave, don't you still know my room number?

Tang Li secretly looked at the motionless Yi Heng and said nothing.

Shen Yu said, "Let's go."

Tang Li nodded and took the initiative to take Shen Yu's suitcase from Uncle Zhang. The little villain's strength was so great that he carried both Shen Yu and his own suitcase all the way from S city to Jincheng without breaking a sweat.

Shen Yu wanted to say hello to Yi Heng. Turning his head around, he found that Yi Heng stood quietly upright and closed the door behind him. It seemed that he was going to leave with them.

Shen Yu was full of questions.

Yi Heng easily saw what Shen Yu was thinking, so he went forward and asked very naturally, "Uncle Shen, what are we going to eat tonight?"

"..." Shen Yu opened his eyes slightly in surprise and for a moment, thought that he had misheard.

When he went upstairs, he was so indifferent to them that Shen Yu thought he was just using them as an excuse so that he didn't have to go out for dinner.

However, Shen Yu's heart was still happy to see Yi Heng willing to take the initiative to get close to him. He preferred to be friends with the little male lead rather than strangers.

Or maybe he can help the little male lead as he grows up.

As long as the he is grateful towards him, he will not be so willing to tear him down in the future.

Shen Yu thought about a lot of messy things. When he finally collected his thoughts, he looked at Yi Heng's bright amber eyes. His eyes were very clear, as if Shen Yu could see through them.

The little male lead did not wait for Shen Yu's response, Yi Heng tilted his head and said jokingly, "What's wrong? Is it inconvenient for Uncle Shen to let me join you?

"Oh, no..." Shen Yu smiled and said, "What do you want to eat?"

Yi Heng shrugged his shoulders. "Anything's fine, I'm not picky about food."

Then the group of people walked to Shen Yu's room. Shen Yu gave Uncle Zhang the task of ordering the food. He asked Tang Li to help him sort out the suitcase and put out all the clothes and daily necessities.

Tang Li responded in a low voice. He hung all the clothes in the wardrobe with quick movements, and then picked up several towels and washing utensils which had been packed and went straight to the bathroom.

Throughout the process, Tang Li did not say another word.

Only when Shen Yu spoke to him would he return a few words with a very low voice and a reluctant tone.

Shen Yu could sense the abnormality in Tang Li. He sat in the living room waiting for a long time. Finally, he could no longer wait for Tang Li to come out of the bathroom. He had no choice but to manipulate his wheelchair and go to the bathroom.

With a click, he opened the door.

The bathroom was ablaze with lights and Tang Li stood motionless in front of the sink, facing away from Shen Yu.

"Chestnut." Shen Yu tentatively called out, while sitting in his wheelchair. He sighed softly and patted Tang Li on the shoulder from behind. "Are you all right?"

"I'm all right." Tang Li said, but still, he did not move.

Although Tang Li did not look back, from Shen Yu's point of view, he could see the reflection of Tang Li in the mirror – the eyelashes hanging down cast a small shadow on his skin, the corners of his mouth were tense, his jaw was clenched, and frustration almost overflowed from his expression.

Shen Yu was silent for a moment before finally asking, "Are you jealous?"

Tang Li raised his head sharply with a faint hint of self-ridicule. He smiled at Shen Yu in the mirror, and then at once, like a frightened rabbit, he started shaking his head like a little rattle drum.

"No!" The denial was extremely resolute.

"You are." Shen Yu deliberately teased him.

"I'm not." Tang Li finally summoned up courage and turned his head to Shen Yu. He hid his expression very well. He looked serious and tried to solemnly corrected Shen Yu. "I'm really not..."

In the end, his expression revealed a trace of guilt.

Shen Yu tried to hold back his laughter, so he looked at Tang Li drily, pretending nothing had happened. Then suddenly, he put his hand on Tang Li's head and rubbed the little villain's soft hair.

It felt as good as ever.

Ah...

Shen Yu loved it.

"It's time for a haircut again." Shen Yu changed the subject. "Your hair grows as fast as you do."

Tang Li licked his lips and gazed at Shen Yu.

Shen Yu smiled before sighing sadly, "Our Chestnut sure has grown up."

Sometimes when he looked up at Tang Li, his neck felt sore from looking up.

Just a year ago, Tang Li was as thin as a chicken, and his thighs were not even as thick as Shen Yu's arms.

Shen Yu sighed, just as he wanted to say something, the light in front of him dimmed. When he finally realized what had happened, he found that Tang Li had tightly wrapped his arms around Shen Yu's neck.

"I'm not going to grow up, I'm never going to grow up."

Tang Li's breath sprayed all over Shen Yu's neck. He shrank back unconsciously because of the heat, but Tang Li thought he wanted to avoid him and held on tighter.

This time, Shen Yu became like a frightened rabbit in Tang Li's arms.

Shen Yu touched Tang Li's back: "Everyone will experience the process of changing from a child to an adult. Everyone will change in subtle ways, and you are no exception."

After a pause, Shen Yu added, "In fact, change is not a bad thing, if you change in a good way."

Tang Li asked, "What about you?"

Shen Yu was stunned. "What about me?"

"Will you change?" Tang Li loosened his hands. When Shen Yu looked into his eyes, he saw undisguised stubbornness.

Shen Yu knew that Tang Li was asking this question very seriously. He meditated for a long time before he answered Tang Li with the same seriousness: "I can't guarantee what will happen in the future. I can only promise that I will try not to change as much as I can, just as I promised you that I won't get married before you grow up."

Tang Li nodded and said nothing more.

In fact, he still has a lot of doubts about Shen Yu's answer.——

For example, does Shen Yu's "no change" include "acting good to Yi Heng"?

For example, Shen Yu said that he would not marry before he became an adult. Does that mean that he could still fall in love with those women?

He paused for a moment, but still...

But he dared not ask.

—————

Uncle Zhang ordered a simple meal for the group.

Four people were sitting at the table in silence, the atmosphere in the room was so quiet that it was almost bizarre.

Only Yi Heng seemed to be totally unaffected by the surrounding environment, but his gaze constantly swept across Shen Yu's face.

It was already 8:40 p.m. by the time they finished dinner.

Uncle Zhang stood up and began tidying up the mess. He took two bags of garbage and said good night to Shen Yu. Then he left.

Shen Yu felt tired and began to urge Tang Li and Yi Heng to return to their room.

Unexpectedly, the two children seemed to be silently struggling with each other, their little bodies were glued to the sofa, and neither one of them would move first. They also pretended to be serious about playing with their mobile phones.

Shen Yu rubbed his temples as a headache began to form and directly addressed the little villain. "Tang Li, I don't want to say the same thing a second time."

Hearing this, Yi Heng immediately put down his mobile phone, his face was blank, but his eyes were full of happiness.

Tang Li ignored Yi Heng's scorching eyes and frowned pitifully. "Brother Shen Yu, I'm afraid to sleep alone. Can I sleep here tonight?"

"No." Shen Yu refused and pointed to Yi Heng. "Isn't Little Heng in the same room as you?"

When Tang Li heard his words, he turned his head to Yi Heng and said with a stiff look: "... Oh, you're here too."

Yi Heng's mouth twitched twice.

Then the two children were relentlessly driven out by Shen Yu.

—————-

The second day.

Because he had to accompany Tang Li to participate in the competition, Shen Yu got up very early. When he and Uncle Zhang went to knock on Tang Li's door, Yi Heng coincidentally opened the door.

Yi Heng was dressed in a yellow T-shirt and khaki shorts. He was handsome and refreshing. The bright color also made his skin appear even more sickly pale.

But Yi Heng seemed to be in a bad mood, with the frown on his mouth almost falling to his chin. He glanced at Shen Yu and Uncle Zhang in a cold way, then passed them and went straight out of the room.

Uncle Zhang spoke quietly, "There may have been a quarrel."

It seems that even Uncle Zhang could see the dislike between Tang Li and Yi Heng.

Shen Yu shook his head helplessly. "Children are short-tempered and unwilling to give in. It's easy to have disagreements. Maybe later they'll be just fine."

Although that's what he said, Shen Yu didn't believe his own words.

After all, Tang Li and Yi Heng are not ordinary children. They are the villains and the male lead of this world. After growing up, they are the two big tigers of the business circle. They would each wrack their brains to fight to the death.

Shen Yu recalled the fragments of the original story in which the male lead and the villain fought for the female lead, and immediately felt that the disagreement between Yi Heng and Tang Li was part of this world's natural law, and he couldn't help laughing.

However, when he saw the appalling bruises on Tang Li's right cheek, he could not laugh at all.

"What happened?!"

Tang Li turned his head away from Shen Yu's outstretched hand and hesitated before answering: "I accidentally bumped into something."

Shen Yu obviously didn't believe Tang Li's words: "What did you bump into?"

Tang Li: "Bedframe."

"How can you casually hit the frame of a bed like this?" Shen Yu's tone was chilly. He pulled Tang Li to the accused bed and sat him down. At the same time, he ordered Uncle Zhang to bring him a wet towel and ice compress.

Tang Li lowered his head dejectedly, letting Shen Yu use the wet towel on his face.

Shen Yu did not expect that the area of the injury would be so large that it almost covered half of Tang Li's face. He pressed the wet towel on the injury and heard Tang Li hiss painfully.

Immediately, as if afraid of his anger, Tang Li quickly silenced himself and raised his wet eyes to look at Shen Yu.

Shen Yu was so distressed and angry that he could not look at Tang Li injured face.

After cleaning the injury, Shen Yu could not help softening his heart and asked, "Did you fight with Yi Heng?"

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In fact, even before he asked, Shen Yu already knew the answer in his heart.

Even if Tang Li and Yi Heng didn't fight, the bruises on Tang Li's face were probably related to Yi Heng.

Tang Li didn't deny it. Between the lengths he went to in order to avoid Shen Yu's gaze, and his slightly reddish ears and tightly clenched jaw, it was enough to show his guilt.

Since Tang Li was reluctant to say any more, Shen Yu would not continue to ask any more questions.

——————

It's been half an hour since the bruise on Tang Li's face was dealt with treated, but in fact, the "treatment" was just trying to make the bruise look less frightening.

Tang Li did not seem to care much about his face. He was even too lazy to look in the mirror Uncle Zhang brought him. Instead, he watched Shen Yu's expression carefully.

Seeing that Shen Yu's face looked unhappy, Tang Li was a little anxious, he lowered his eyes and gently hung the corners of his mouth, he didn't even dare to breathe.

Shen Yu was both angry and baffled when he saw Tang Li like this.

He also felt heartbroken.

"Didn't I tell you to come to me when you encounter this kind of thing again in the future?" Shen Yu seized Tang Li's small face and said in a frustrated tone, "I see you didn't take my words to heart at all."

Tang Li blinked nervously and said, "I did."

Shen Yu asked, "Then why didn't you come to me?"

"I didn't want to bother you with a small trifle." Tang Li paused, then explained Shen Yu with an unnatural expression, "And I didn't fight with Yi Heng. Yi Heng just pushed me carelessly... and I hit the corner of the table..."

Not only does the little villain stumble, but by the end his voice became weaker and weaker.

Shen Yu gave a sneer with a crooked mouth.

If he had so easily believed Tang Li's words, even he could admit that he would have thought himself short of IQ points.

Did Tang Li take him as a fool?

"Do you think I'll believe you?" Shen Yu asked with a cold face.

"..." Tang Li was nervous and wanted to explain, "I really..."

"No more, that's the end of the topic." Shen Yu sighed and turned to Uncle Zhang, who was next to him. "You go down and talk with the vice principal, tell them to go to the library first, and we will take a taxi ourselves."

Uncle Zhang looked at Tang Li with twinkling eyes.

He seemed to want to say something to Shen Yu, but he hesitated for two seconds before he swallowed back the words that overflowed into his mouth.

After Uncle Zhang left, Shen Yu quietly sat in the room for about ten minutes. It was almost time to leave, then suddenly he took control of the wheelchair and went out of the room.

Tang Li followed Shen Yu silently.

When they arrived at the hotel dining room, the other guests were already gone. Uncle Zhang was sitting alone near the door and had already prepared breakfast for Shen Yu and Tang Li.

If it was in the past, Shen Yu would surely pull Tang Li over together, but right now he was still angry about what happened, so he did not call over Tang Li and instead went straight to Uncle Zhang's side.

"They're gone?"

"I had them leave first." Uncle Zhang went over as he spoke. Just as he wanted to sit in the chair in front of Shen Yu, he saw Tang Li quickly walk over and firmly take away the heavy-looking chair with one hand.

Shen Yu glanced at Tang Li.

Tang Li's expression changed instantly, and he looked at Shen Yu grievingly.

Shen Yu's eyes were cold and unmoved.

After a while, Tang Li gradually saw that Shen Yu did not buy his puppy dog strategy, so he tentatively grabbed the other dining chair and sat down silently.

Uncle Zhang looked at the interaction between the two people and shook his head helplessly. His eyes swept over the thin arms of Tang Li on the dining table and then looked down at the dining chair thrown aside. He was suddenly saddened.

When did this child become so strong?

It's not normal...

————-

After breakfast, the group of three went outside. The Jincheng branch leader, who had met them several times before on their vacation in the city, had been waiting for a long time.

When the leader received a call from Uncle Zhang about half an hour ago, he immediately ending the meeting he was in the middle and drove the company's car over to pick them up.

If the leader's attitude towards Shen Yu was flattery when he last met, this time, it was like he would like to crawl on the ground and let Shen Yu's wheelchair roll over him.

While driving, the leader quietly observed Shen Yu's expression in the rearview mirror.

After careful consideration, the leader laughed happily and said something in his speech: "Mr. Shen, thank you for thinking of me at this time. Truthfully, I thought I would never see you again."

Shen Yu looked out of the window in a daze, still thinking about the relationship between Tang Li and Yi Heng.

Hearing the voice of the leader, Shen Yu's mind was pulled back to the present. He held his chin with his right hand and looked up at the nervous face of the leader in the rearview mirror.

"Why do you say that?"

"I don't know when Shen Rong offended you, but it seems I mindlessly put you and Shen Rong together at the same table last time..."

As the leader spoke while observing Shen Yu in the rearview mirror, he saw that Shen Yu was not angry at the mention of Shen Rong, and then went on with a more relaxed voice. "Mr. Shen, maybe you think I'm meddlesome, but I still want to remind you that Shen Rong's is a person that doesn't let grudges go easily. Right now, he's thinking about how to trip you up."

After that, the atmosphere in the car became a little cold.

The leader waited for Shen Yu's response for a long time. He thought that the other party hadn't heard him clearly. He really didn't want to say it again. However, he could see Shen Yu directly staring at him in the rearview mirror.

Leader: "..."

For a moment, he dared not say anything.

He feared that even breathing would cause Shen Yu to act out.

It has to be said that although Shen Yu is gentle in temperament and often wears an approachable smile, when he looks at a person seriously, he can easily scare a person into wetting themselves.

The leader couldn't help but swallow.

He thought Shen Yu would keep silent, but at the next moment he heard Shen Yu say, "I thought you had a good relationship with Shen Rong."

The leader smiled dryly and said, "You're not wrong, at least, it used to be good."

Shen Yu: "So what else do you know?"

Hearing this, the leader's cold sweat was suddenly turned on like a waterfall, he did know more, even about how Shen Rong intended to find a woman to use against Shen Yu.

In Shen Rong's own words, even if Shen Yu's legs cannot stand up, there are always other places to stand up, right?

Don't bother looking at Shen Yu now, as long as the woman is pregnant with Shen Yu's child and gives birth to the child, is Shen Yu not a sitting duck [1]?

It goes without saying that Shen Rong did not intend to find a famous or elegant woman to accomplish this task. He wanted to find a woman who was easy to control – those women who can sell their bodies for money, are not the best ones to control?

When Shen Rong told people on the phone about the plan, the leader shivered around the corner of the corridor.

He listened to Shen Rong's vicious plan without missing a word.

But he dared not tell Shen Yu those words. He could either alienate Shen Rong slowly or he would have to remind Shen Yu that once his eavesdropping on Shen Rong's phone call was exposed, Shen Rong would inevitably retaliate.

"I guessed it." The leader gripped the steering wheel and spoke calmly, "I have worked with Shen Rong for so many years and more or less know his personality."

Shen Yu was silent for a long time before he showed a big smile: "Thank you."

The leader knew that his words did not dispel Shen Yu's doubts, but since Shen Yu said so, it means that the matter is over. The leader laughed and said, "Mr. Shen is always polite."

————–

The group of people arrived at the library at 9:30 a.m., half an hour before the competition began.

Outside the library gates, there were crowds of people, and security lines and patrol car could be seen everywhere.

Tang Li's vice principal was looking for him in the crowd, and after he saw them, he then hurried away with Tang Li without saying a word.

Originally, the accompanying parents could go in with admission tickets, but the school did not expect Shen Yu to accompany Tang Li, and did not prepare for Shen Yu and Uncle Zhang's entrance.

—— In fact, among the students who come from all over the world to participate in the competition, those accompanied by their parents could be counted on one hand.

At this time, most parents happily followed the staff into the library, leaving Shen Yu and a young man squatting on the edge of the flower beds sighing.

The young man heard Shen Yu's sigh, and with a happy look, got up and ran over.

"Is your child in there too?" The young man's skin was almost transparent in the sunshine. He had beautiful features, black hair and a youthful appearance.

Although Shen Yu was not in the mood to chat with strangers, this person came to him smiling, and he could not treat the other coldly.

"Yes." Shen Yu smiled perfunctorily.

"Are they also participating in the competition?" The hair on the man's forehead was slightly long, and his eyes were round eyes were covered as they stared at Shen Yu.

Somehow, Shen Yu could not help thinking of a rabbit, and then of Tang Li.

According to his memory, whenever Tang Li's mood fluctuates greatly, he likes to open his eyes wide like a rabbit.

"Aren't all the children who went into the library participating in the competition?" Shen Yu laughed and thought that the young man's manner was similar to that of Tang Li in certain ways, which made him feel a little closer to the man.

So they continued to talk throughout the morning.

Eventually, the young man also joined Shen Yu and Uncle Zhang for lunch.

After chatting, Shen Yu found out that this man was also named Tang, he was from city C, and had deliberately pushed off all his work and accompanied his cousin to participate in the competition.

His cousin, Tang Wenjing, was the same age as Tang Li. In the eyes of his parents, relatives, teachers and classmates, his cousin is mud that cannot support the wall [2]. However, he was often taken abroad by his parents when he was young, so he has a good command of English.

Although Tang Ming spoke righteously, Shen Yu could still hear from his words that the cousins had traveled thousands of miles to Jincheng not to compete in English at all, but to find a girl.

[1] the idiom originally used here is something along the lines of " Man is a knife , I am a fish" meaning the right to kill is in the hands of the killing tool (the knife), and the "fish" is in the position to be slaughtered. So Shen Rong (the knife), would be in the position to kill Shen Yu (the fish). I'm little unsure of this one, but I think that's the gist.

[2] Meaning they're not really expecting him to contribute or grow the family's reputation.

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Listening to Tang Ming, that girl is Tang Wenjing's primary school classmate. After graduation, she came to Jincheng with her family, during which time they broke off contact.

It wasn't until two months ago that Tang Wenjing learned from his friend that there had been a change in the girl's family recently and that she might have to move again, so he wanted to take the opportunity of participating in the competition to meet the girl.

Of course, this is a private affair between Tang Wenjing and female student. Tang Ming can't tell Shen Yu too much, but after between the lines in Tang Ming's words, Shen Yu had a good idea of the whole story.

Perhaps it was Shen Yu's illusion, but the girl Tang Wenjing's heart misses gives him a sense of familiarity, as if he had heard this somewhere before.

Unfortunately, Shen Yu scratched his head and couldn't recall anything.

It was just a conjecture that took root and sprouted quietly in his mind.

The more Shen Yu thought about it, the more he affirmed the possibility of that conjecture. He hesitated for a moment and decided to ask for the girl's name.

Tang Ming, who usually looked a little grim was surprised. Then he scratched his head and pushed Shen Yu's question aside. "I don't know much about this," said the man. "He doesn't talk to anyone else about what's on his mind. Even his purpose in coming to Jincheng is something I learned from his friend."

"I see. It doesn't really matter; I was just curious." Shen Yu said in turn.

He knew that Tang Ming was lying, but it's not like he can put a knife to Tang Ming's neck and force him to say the girl's name.

Forget it.

It probably wasn't important.

Although the original female lead moved to Jincheng from C city when she graduated from elementary school, there are too many people who meet these requirements, besides, there are only two pieces of information about the girl.

Shen Yu consoled himself secretly, but when he thought of the male lead who had already appeared, his relaxed mind inevitably became heavy again.

Anyway, it's always good to pay more attention...

Since Tang Ming indirectly avoided Shen Yu's questions, the atmosphere between them had gradually become delicate.

Although Shen Yu never talked about the girl again, Tang Ming found out later that he had disclosed too much personal information to a stranger, so he made an excuse to slip away before the end of the competition.

In the end, Tang Ming quickly disappeared.

Shen Yu didn't know whether to cry or laugh, thinking that Tang Ming had said all that should be said and all that shouldn't have been said. What's the use of slipping away now?

Uncle Zhang seemed to be aware of Shen Yu's thoughts and sighed, "I didn't expect that there were such simple people in the Tang family."

Hearing this, Shen Yu made a strange expression and turned to Uncle Zhang: "Do you know him?"

"No." Uncle Zhang shook his head and then added, "But if I'm not mistaken, he should be a descendant of the Tang family in C city."

Shen Yu was a bit dazed: "Which Tang family?"

Uncle Zhang looked at Shen Yu meaningfully: "The Tang family where Tang Li's father once lived."

Seeing that Shen Yu had either been thinking for a long time and didn't seem to understand anything, Zhang Shu patiently explained, "The Tang family in C City is equivalent to the Shen family in S City, with a large family and a great career. They are the local emperor in the south. However, young master is the only seedling of the Shen family, while there are many descendants of the Tang family. There's seven or eight so-called heirs."

"..." Shen Yu was suddenly very glad that the old man Shen had not went out to have a few illegitimate children.

"Tang Li's grandfather was originally from C city and had the right of inheritance in Tang family. Unfortunately, in order to marry Tang Li's grandmother, he had to cut off his relationship with Tang family and came to S city. He then founded Dawan Group from scratch."

After that, Uncle Zhang suddenly remembered something and added with a complicated expression, "You may not know this, but the new company that acquired Dawan Group had some shares in the Tang family's company. Maybe it was really the Tang family who acquired the company."

Uncle Zhang did not speak ambiguously, and Shen Yu understood his implications in an instant.

"You mean..." Shen Yu breathed hard and even his heart beat faster. He grasped the arm of the wheelchair subconsciously and squeezed out a sentence from his throat. "It's not accidental that Tang Li's parents went bankrupt?"

Uncle Zhang answered, "It's just my guess. As for the specific situation, it still needs to be investigated."

As a housekeeper, he has limited abilities. The reason why he knows about things outside his work is that some friends had vaguely disclosed a little after they learned that Mr. Tang Li was taken in by his family's young master.

After listening to Uncle Zhang's words, Shen Yu was a little out of breath.

In fact, he was not at all that clear about Tang Li's entanglement with the Tang family in the novel. He only remembered that Tang Li had entered into a big family with the same surname as Tang. He also succeeded in gaining a firm foothold within the family. In the later period, he used all the rights of the family to deal with his rivals.

Shen Yu always thought that Tang Li had won the recognition of the family by strength, but unexpectedly it was by blood...

No wonder the people of that family were so miserable. Many died, were injured, or were sent directly to the mental hospital by Tang Li's men.

At that time, the commentary area of the original novel had exploded, and angry readers kept writing several paragraphs to denounce Tang Li.

Readers all think that the author wrote Tang Li to be to vicious. The Tang family was kind enough to take him in, but he in turn took their revenge and treated the Tang family as a sword to deal with his rivals, so that the Tang family, which once had infinite potential, broke apart overnight.

This kind of person is better off just rolling away!

At the time of Tang Li's death, there were cheers in the commentary area, and some readers gave red envelopes to the author to celebrate.

Once upon a time, Shen Yu was also a member of the cheerful crowd. Now that he had unexpectantly transmigrated to this world and took in the little villain, he gradually dispelled his original disgust and rejection of Tang Li.

And now...

He thinks the original author is really a fucking dog!

There are so many hidden plots in this novel, but they are still not written out! Are the readers simply monkeys to amuse? Huh!?!

Shen Yu scolded the author with a lot of dirty words in his heart, then called Kang Lin, asked Kang Lin to find someone to investigate the Tang family, and focused on investigating the bankruptcy and acquisition of Dawan Group.

After hanging up, he waited another ten minutes.

There was a sudden disturbance in front of the crowd. Teachers and students who participated in the competition left the library in turn under the escort of the staff.

Shen Yu looked for a moment, then he saw Tang Li behind the vice principal.

After the dialogue just now with Uncle Zhang, Shen Yu's distress for Tang Li has reached its peak.

He wished he could hold Tang Li in his arms and comfort him. For a moment, he forgot all the things he was angry about in the morning and shouted Tang Li's name in a rush of excitement.

Shen Yu's voice was easily drowned out by the crowds and noise around him.

It would be really difficult for Tang Li to hear Shen Yu's cry from such a long distance. So Uncle Zhang said, "Sir, you wait here for a moment. I'll go get young master Tang Li."

However, just when Uncle Zhang's words had been said, Tang Li, who was discussing something with the vice principal, seemed to suddenly sense something before looking to Shen Yu with a cold expression on his face.

Shen Yu waved in delight.

Tang Li's dim eyes lit up several degrees in an instant, just as the person who lingered in the dark for a long time found his own light, and the joy in his eyes condensed into something that seemed almost physical.

After saying his goodbye to the vice principal, Tang Li pushed the crowd aside and ran to Shen Yu as fast as possible.

But the next second, Tang Li suddenly remembered that Shen Yu was still angry at him this morning, and quickly took a step neck. His expression of joyful surprise turned into anxiety in an instant.

Tang Li hesitantly stood one meter away from Shen Yu and dared not advance.

When Shen Yu saw Tang Li's carefulness, he softly sighed and waved to Tang Li: "Come here."

Tang Li was stunned, and then he was like a puppy called by his master. His legs moved forward and he took Shen Yu's hand. If Shen Yu looked hard enough, perhaps he could see a tail wagging behind the little villain.

Shen Yu allowed Tang Li to hold his hand tightly and raised his other hand to Tang Li's head and ruffled his hair. He squinted and smiled, "How did you know I was here?"

"I heard you shouting at me." Tang Li said happily.

"How could you hear me?" Shen Yu was slightly surprised. "I thought you couldn't hear me shouting at you from so far away."

"I can hear it." Tang Li whispered, grabbing Shen Yu's hand and putting it on his cheek before rubbing his face against it, "As long as it's your voice, I can hear it."

Even Tang Li didn't really know why he could hear Shen Yu just now. It was as if he was particularly sensitive to Shen Yu's voice.

Even if they had hundreds of meters between them, if Shen Yu did so much as cough lightly Tang Li would notice.

But his special ability seems to work only on Shen Yu. In the past, Lei Yumeng and some girls in his class spent more than an hour talking into his ear, and he didn't know what those people were talking about at all. It took him a long time to understand that they were talking to him...

While Tang Li was lost in his thoughts, Shen Yu took his hand away and lightly chastised him, "You don't seem to dislike my dirty hands either."

Tang Li said straightforwardly, "My face and hands are dirty too."

Shen Yu chuckled and stretched out his hand to pinch Tang Li's nose: "Then let's go back to the hotel and wash up."

Shen Yu intentionally avoided the vice principal and other people as he did not intend to go back to the hotel with them. He asked Uncle Zhang to inform the vice principal before he and Tang Li took the lead in finding the leader who parked the car on the roadside.

Although the vice principal wanted to use this trip as an opportunity to strengthen his relationship with Shen Yu, Shen Yu did not give him a chance, so he couldn't say anything, and could only as watch Uncle Zhang turned away.

Shen Yu and Tang Li waited in the car for a few minutes before Uncle Zhang finally came back.

However, Uncle Zhang was followed by a small tail which was so silent, even the sensitive Uncle Zhang did not notice.

"Uncle Shen, aren't you going back with the others?" Yi Heng stood in front of the car door and put his hand on the semi-open door, successfully preventing Uncle Zhang from closing the door.

Upon seeing Yi Heng, Tang Li's face was not very good-looking. He subconsciously frowned and silently cast his eyes on Shen Yu.

Shen Yu turned his head and looked at Tang Li's cheeks, which were still very clear bruised. He was distressed and annoyed, but he could not directly make trouble with Yi Heng. He reluctantly pulled up the corners of his mouth and showed a very perfunctory smile: "Yes, my legs and feet are inconvenient, so I won't delay your journey."

"I am not afraid of being delayed." Yi Heng laughed lightly; his skin was so white with the sun shining on it that it was like there was no blood in it. "May I join you?"

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Shen Yu quietly looked at Yi Heng's seemingly sincere face.

He didn't speak for a long time.

After all this time, he found out that his original assumption was wrong. He thought that through his intervention, Yi Heng and Tang Li could live in harmony. Unfortunately, he ignored the fact that the two men themselves were the biggest enemies in the original novel.

Shen Yu was suddenly very depressed.

Now that had Yi Heng left such obvious bruises on Tang Li's face, Shen Yu couldn't help complaining about Yi Heng in heart.

"We aren't planning on having dinner with them. So it would be more convenient for you to follow the vice principal and the teacher." Shen Yu's face was covered with a fake smile that did not leak any of his inner thoughts.

However, Yi Heng didn't seem to understand the intent of refusal in Shen Yu's words and said, "It's just that I don't want to be with them, so can I follow you for dinner?"

Shen Yu: "..."

Previously, he thought that Yi Heng was just a lonely child, but now it seems that this child's face is very thick.

Shen Yu was gradually becoming more agitated. He didn't want to be around Yi Heng anymore and was ready to refuse him straightforwardly.

However, before Shen Yu could utter a word, he heard the voice of Tang Li coldly reply, "Are you still not leaving? Do you plan to stay here for the night?"

Hearing these words, Yi Heng was stunned, and then he turned his eyes to Tang Li.

Although there was no expression on Tang Li's face, his eyes were extremely cloudy. Even at a distance, Yi Heng could feel a strong sense of unhappiness around him.

Yi Heng has always been sensitive to his surroundings, and naturally caught the deliberately concealed vigilance in Tang Li's eyes. He stared at the bruise on Tang Li's right cheek for a moment. Finally, he understood what was happening and laughed, "What are you so anxious about?"

Tang Li narrowed his eyes and his lips clenched shut.

"Does Uncle Shen know where the bruise on your face came from?" Yi Heng shrugged his shoulders before giving Shen Yu a meaningful look. "He bumped himself into the bedframe."

Shen Yu took a deep breath: "I know."

"I just pushed him carelessly, but he bumped into the bed frame and hit his face." At this point, Yi Heng suddenly paused and laughed more brilliantly. "Uncle Shen, you're being so cold to me, don't you think I hit him?"

"Of course not." Shen Yu's words were concise.

But even if Yi Heng didn't directly do anything to Tang Li, Tang Li's injury had something to do with Yi Heng.

Maybe this time it's just a quarrel, but next time it will be an all-out battle.

After this incident, Shen Yu felt more and more that he should get Tang Li away from Yiheng. He could not intervene with the natural animosity between Yiheng and Tang Li, so he could only try to distance them.

Yi Heng's eyes wandered over Shen Yu's face. He seemed to have guessed Shen Yu's intention. The laughter that had flowed into his eyes dispersed like the tide, and he soon regained his usual indifference.

"You..."

Yi Heng's words had just begun when suddenly, Tang Li rose up.

Then there was a bang...

The door was closed.

Tang Li turned to the leader sitting in the driver's seat and said, "Uncle, can we go now?"

The leader wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and thought that the young man's temper was too fierce. He subconsciously looked at Shen Yu through the rearview mirror.

Shen Yu nodded, "Let's go."

Tang Li, who had just been so outspoken, sat back in his seat and turned into a miserable little daughter-in-law. He hung his little head and dared not look up at Shen Yu.

Shen Yu laughed at Tang Li's helpless appearance before rubbing Tang Li's hair. "Okay, stop pretending."

The camouflage was broken, and the regretful expression on Tang Li's face disappeared in an instant. He looked up at Shen Yu, and only after he was sure that Shen Yu was not angry, did he speak carefully: "You don't blame me?"

"Why blame you?" Shen Yu said, "That child is really a bit pestering."

Tang Li's eyes brightened before he frowned in disgust. "Like a piece of taffy candy, you can't shake it off."

Uncle Zhang, who was sitting in the passenger's seat, listened to this and said with amusement, "Young master Tang Li, since you came to the Shen household, isn't that how you stuck to young master Shen?"

Tang Li was silent.

No one could tell what he thought of, but the tips of his ear became instantly became ruddy.

As Shen Yu saw this, his hands seemed itchy, so he quietly clipped the earlobe of Tang Li with his forefinger and thumb and pinched it lightly.

Ah...

It feels so good!

It feels even better than pinching Tang Li cheeks!

Shen Yu was as happy as he could be to discover this new world of possibilities, but he didn't notice that the red on Tang Li's ears spread directly to him cheeks. At last, he was so red that he could almost drip blood.

After a while, Tang Li stammered, " Expect me, no one can stick to Shen Yu."

"Who said so?" Uncle Zhang deliberately teased Tang Li, "Miss Jenny Yang came to see the young master a few days ago."

Tang Li was stunned and looked at Shen Yu.

Why was Tang Li's stare so sharp?! Shen Yu actually heard a "swish" like it was a knife penetrating the air.

Somehow, Shen Yu was suddenly frightened and started sweating all over. He quickly released Tang Li's earlobes and waved his hands like wind shield wipers. "Jenny Yang called me on another person's phone and asked me to go out for dinner, but I refused!"

Finally, Shen Yu emphasized, "I didn't promise her anything!"

Tang Li's blushing face collapsed. With a soft hum he turned his head towards the window.

"Ah..." as a new headache was developing for Shen Yu, he did not forget to stare at Uncle Zhang, the original trouble maker.

Even knowing of Tang Li's insecurities, he deliberately mentioned that woman's name.

It's true that once said, something can't be unsaid [1].

Uncle Zhang, who was being stared at, knew that he had said to much. He quickly turned away, looking straight ahead and pretending nothing had happened.

The originally lively car suddenly became quiet. The leader and Uncle Zhang's nerves were both tense. While Uncle Zhang didn't dare to even breathe loudly. He did listene to Shen Yu's comforting Tang Li in a soft voice. Suddenly, Uncle Zhang shed some tears in his heart.

The noble and cool master of his family...

He had never lowered himself to coax anyone before, even Miss Du Pingting, whom his young master has loved for many years, has not enjoyed such treatment. How can he become a slave to a mere child now?

Child-rearing is harmful to the mind!

Ah...

It's funny, too.

Shen Yu was angry in the morning, and it was now Tang Li's turn to be angry in the evening.

In fact, Tang Li seldom gets angry with Shen Yu. Even when the little villain is unhappy, Shen Yu doesn't need to take the initiative to coax him. In a short time, Tang Li will turn into taffy and stick to Shen Yu immediately.

This time, however, Shen Yu was caught by the sudden eruption of a volcano that had been silent for a long time. He kept coaxing Tang Li for three or four hours.

At eleven o'clock in the evening, Shen Yu let Uncle Zhang return the little cold-faced villain to his room before breathing a sigh of relief.

For the first time, he found that children could be as difficult as girlfriends.

In the past, his married friends complained to him about how disobedient the children were and how they were often nothing but headaches. Shen Yu felt that his friends were making a big fuss over nothing. A child's world was very simple, and you could coax a child with whatever they were interested in.

Now it seems——

At that time, he really was talking out of his own ass.

Shen Yu sighed softly, took out his phone, looked through him mailbox, and held a video conference with Kang Lin for half an hour before he packed up his night clothes and went to the bathroom to take a bath.

Now Shen Yu was able to barely stand for a little more than ten minutes. However, that's under the assumption that there is no extra strain on his body, so each bath is still quite troublesome.

It took Shen Yu more than an hour to take a bath.

After a long day's tossing and turning, he was already exhausted, and as soon as he laid in bed, he fell asleep.

In the middle of the night, Shen Yu was awakened by a slight knock on the door. He opened his eyes in the dark and listened carefully for a few seconds to make sure he wasn't dreaming. Indeed, someone was outside the door.

Shen Yu raised him upper body and turned on the light that rest on the nightstand.

Dim light instantly engulfed some of the darkness. Shen Yu got up and got out of bed, pushed aside the wheelchair parked by the bed, and with the support of the wall, walked slowly towards the door.

The whole process took nearly twenty minutes. When he finally came to the door sweating, the slight knock on the door had disappeared into silence, as if it had just been Shen Yu's hallucination.

There was a peephole in the door, but Shen Yu could only see the empty corridor outside.

"Chestnut." Shen Yu softly called out.

No one answered him.

Shen Yu directly opened the door and saw Tang Li crouching on the ground with his pillow.

Tang Li was wearing green frog pajamas bought by Shen Yu and was stealthily hiding outside his room like a burglar.

After hearing the sound of the door opening, Tang Li was momentarily stunned. Then he looked up at Shen Yu with a dazed expression while gradually becoming more and more nervous.

Shen Yu looked down at the nearly shrunk Tang Li and opened him lips expressionlessly: "You..."

"I didn't knock on the door!" Tang Li shouted out.

Shen Yu shut him mouth and was silent for a while before he said, "... I'm not asking you about that."

Tang Li: "..."

Shen Yu added, "And I said I didn't like lying children."

Tang Li was flat-mouthed and looked a little aggrieved. Just now he knocked on the door before instantly regretting it. He wanted to avoid the peephole and leave quietly, but Shen Yu guessed that the knocker was him and directly opened the door.

Truthfully, Tang Li was happy inside.

The explosive joy gushed out of his heart like it wanted to drown him.

He was willing to drown.

Nevertheless, none of these feelings were shown by Tang Li's expression. He was still playing a wronged and pitiful child, standing up slowly with his pillow in his arms and hesitating to say, "I don't want to sleep in a room with that boy."

Shen Yu said, "That..."

Tang Li quickly interrupted him: "I don't want to sleep in a room with Uncle Zhang either."

Shen Yu paused for two seconds and said, "Otherwise..."

Tang Li continued to interrupt him: "It's too much trouble to get another room."

Shen Yu: "..."

What the fuck!

How does this kid know what he's going to say?!

Shen Yu is not completely foolish; besides, Tang Li has clearly shown that Shen Yu is only an amateur at guessing the little villain's thought.

Considering the state of his legs, Shen Yu wanted to refuse. Unfortunately, the eyes of Tang Li, which were full of expectations, seemed to glitter with hope. Even after half a day, Shen Yu wasn't able to refuse.

Finally, he sighed, "Come in."

Shen Yu didn't notice how long he stood in front of the door. When he was ready to turn around and go back to his room, he found his legs were numb and almost unconscious. He quickly told Tang Li to push his wheelchair over before returning to bed.

Tang Li climbed into the bed and gave Shen Yu a leg massage with ease and familiarity.

After massaging for more than an hour, Shen Yu felt better and his expression was no longer as burdened as before.

When Tang Li saw the situation, he immediately went to the bathroom to get a wet towel and wipe Shen Yu's face and body down so he wouldn't be covered in cold sweat.

Tang Li was extremely serious, serious as if he were performing a task of life and death. Shen Yu's cheeks were burning slightly under the little villain's attentive eyes.

In fact, Tang Li never did these things for him, not that he didn't want to, but that Shen Yu wouldn't let him.

There are so many inconveniences in his life that even when he first came to this world, he needed Uncle Zhang to stand outside the shower curtain to help deliver things.

As the elder of Tang Li, he was still unwilling to be seen in such a manner by Tang Li.

But tonight...

Ah, forget it.

Do disabled people need self-esteem anyway?

Shen Yu looked down and thought about it.

Suddenly, he felt arms gently wrap around his neck, followed by the warm touch of Tang Li's face against his neck.

Tang Li is hot all over. The warmth sticks to Shen Yu like a fireball, but it feels quite comfortable in a room with plenty of air-conditioning.

"Don't let Yi Heng come near you in the future." Tang Li kept his voice low and said almost imploringly, "That fellow has a bad mind, it's sour and jealous. He must have been a sauerkraut fish in his last life."

Shen Yu, who was in a bad mood, was instantly amused by Tang Li's description and patted the little villain on the back, "You two are birds of a feather."

Tang Li disagreed: "I am much better than him!"

Shen Yu raised him eyebrows: "Didn't you intentionally hit the bedframe so that I would alienate him?"

Tang Li: "..."

[1] Originally it was an idiom that said something like, "to pick the kettle that is not boiling." Basically, it's used to indicate that someone is saying or doing something that shouldn't be mentioned in front of others, or that someone is bringing up a sensitive subject. It's based off an old story that I provide a link to better explain.

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Tang Li didn't expect Shen Yu to see through his tricks so easily and was immediately rendered speechless.

In fact, he found that he underestimated Shen Yu. He thought that Shen Yu would not pay attention to such small details. In fact, Shen Yu's mind was sharper than many people assumed.

After a long period of silence, Tang Li loosened his arms from around Shen Yu's neck, before deciding to just speak his mind. He said bluntly, "I just don't like him."

After saying these words, Tang Li gradually grew more nervous. He thought Shen Yu would be unhappy and draw back from him like he did before. In the end, he was too anxious to quietly wait for Shen Yu's reply.

Tang Li raised his eyes and looked at Shen Yu.

Then he saw Shen Yu gaze was already locked directly on him.

There was only a dim yellow light in the room to stave off the darkness. Making it so that Tang Li felt as if his vision was slightly restricted.

However, at that moment, he could see Shen Yu's face very clearly, even the most subtle changes of his expression were picked up by the little villain's eyes.

There was no blame...

Only peace.

"If you don't want to like him, you don't have to like him." Shen Yu smiled, his eyes overflowed with tenderness, and the small dimples on him cheeks seemed to highlight his already handsome face.

He touched Tang Li's head and said, "Neither we nor Yi Heng are saints. He isn't required to like us, nor are we required to like him."

Tang Li's hair was rubbed until it was sticking up on all sides. He looked up at Shen Yu with a gaze of pure adoration.

Shen Yu said, "Why don't you stay close to me tomorrow and try to avoid Yi Heng?"

Tang Li nodded, a little stunned: "Okay."

Shen Yu smiled and pinched Tang Li's face. "It's late. Let's go to bed."

Tang Li obediently climbed into the bed to be near Shen Yu before he settled in. He closed his eyes nervously. He felt Shen Yu move over to give him half of the mattress before switching off the light.

The whole room was filled with silence.

Tang Li's body laid stiffly in the bed, and he dared not move out of fear of disturbing Shen Yu.

Be it on the bed, on the quilt, or on the pillow, the smell of Shen Yu's was like a strong net that wrapped Tang Li so tightly that he gradually grasped the sheets with both hands, his heart almost beating out of his chest.

Although his relationship with Shen Yu was very close, it is the first time in history that they have slept in the same bed.

Tang Li took two deep breaths before daring to turn over to face Shen Yu. He propped his hand under his face and stared straight at the side of Shen Yu's face, which was a mere outline in the dark.

Shen Yu should have fallen asleep by now, and his even breathing sounds tickled Tang Li's ears.

Tang Li had originally thought he would lose sleep tonight, but soon he felt his eyelids become heavy before slipping into unconsciousness.

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The next day.

Before Shen Yu even opened his eyes, he noticed a burning stare fixated on his face.

Shen Yu didn't have to think about it to know who was staring at him.

"How long have you been awake?"

"Well..." Tang Li's hoarse voice trailed off.

Shen Yu opened his eyes slowly and was immediately stimulated by the bright light in the room. He subconsciously raised his hand and laid it in front of his eyes, breathing a long sigh of relief.

His head was throbbing with a dull ache.

He thought that maybe it was because he spent all day of yesterday outside in the scorching sun. It probably didn't help that when he got back to the hotel, he went crazy blowing air conditioning onto his face in order to dissipate the heat.

Shen Yu thought of today's competition and was prepared to tough it out, but just as he was about to sit up, he was pressed back down by Tang Li, who was already dressed and sitting on a chair next to the bed.

"You're sick." Tang Li put his hand on Shen Yu's forehead and sighed, "It's my fault that I didn't notice earlier."

In fact, as early as yesterday afternoon when he returned to the hotel, Shen Yu's face looked a little pale.

At that time, Tang Li was only concerned with sulking after hearing about Jenny Yang. He didn't even notice that anything was unusual. Thinking of this, Tang Li felt so much regret that his intestines turned green and he wished to slap himself a few times.

He looked down at Shen Yu's sickly red cheeks, and his heart was doused in self-hatred and distress.

Although Shen Yu couldn't see the expression of Tang Li as the light was shining directly behind the little villain, obscuring his expression, from the tone of Tang Li's voice it was easy to tell that the child must be trapped in his own head again

Shen Yu whispered in a somewhat helpless voice, "I feel all right."

Tang Li muttered, "You're not okay at all."

It's really bad.

By the time Tang Li discovered that Shen Yu's body temperature was unnaturally hot, it was already five o'clock in the morning. He was so frightened that he got up to shake Shen Yu awake.

Unfortunately, Shen Yu seemed unconscious at that time. No matter how Tang Li called to him, there was no response.

Tang Li couldn't remember how he stumbled out of the room, knocked on the door to wake up the sleeping Uncle Zhang, and wait anxiously for Uncle Zhang to bring the doctor to the hotel.

The group of people were busy for hours.

It was not until half an hour ago that Shen Yu's condition eased. Uncle Zhang took the doctor away and went out to buy them breakfast.

But Tang Li did not intend to tell Shen Yu about this.

Shen Yu had no memory of what happened in the early morning. He only knew he was burning up a little when he woke up, but he did not forget his goal. He grabbed Tang Li's wrist and asked seriously, "What time is it now?"

Tang Li hesitated, "A little after seven o'clock."

"Who are you fooling? How can it be so bright at seven o'clock?" As soon as Shen Yu heard that Tang Li was lying, he could not help but increase the volume of his voice. "What time is it exactly?"

Tang Li hung his lips into a tight frown and said nothing.

Shen Yu's mind was instantly scattered, his head still throbbing. His anger had spiked when suddenly, he let out a violent cough.

When Tang Li saw this, he panicked at once.

He quickly picked up Shen Yu, who was struggling to sit up, and leaned him against the head of the bed. He looked like a frightened rabbit carefully waiting on a big gray wolf.

Shen Yu was about to laugh at this metaphor, but after remembering their current situation, his laughter died in his throat.

After a pause, Shen Yu looked sideways at the clock on the wall.

Tang Li quickly sensed Shen Yu's intention and moved his body to the side, trying to block Shen Yu's vision.

But Tang Li's action was still a step too late. Shen Yu only glanced at it and saw clearly that it was now 10:30 a.m.

That is to say...

The English contest has already begun!

And Tang Li was absent.

Shen Yu was shocked, and then turned his eyes silently to the puppy-like villain. His expression was cloudy and uncertain, scaring the little villain who had always feared his anger.

"Shen Yu..." Tang Li went to pull Shen Yu's on hand.

Shen Yu did not shake him off, nor did he speak.

"I couldn't leave you alone in the hotel." Tang Li explained softly, "And that game doesn't matter to me. Even a single hair on your head is more important than a silly game."

After listening to Tang Li's true feelings, Shen Yu felt frustration gnawing at him. His breath, which had just been held in his stomach, disappeared completely in an instant.

He found that Tang Li usually looked good and obedient, but sometimes, he could be extremely stubborn. Once he had decided on something, no matter how you tried to persuade him, he will not change his mind.

"I'm not alone." Shen Yu released a sigh and asked, "Where's Uncle Zhang?"

Tang Li answered, "Uncle Zhang went out to buy breakfast."

"..."

It seems the little villain already had thought about this.

Shen Yu didn't want to argue with Tang Li on this issue. He just regretted that he was no good at out talking Tang Li.

He wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to teach Tang Li a good lesson, but in less than a minute, he was dispelled by Tang Li's quick wit.

What's the difference between this and being a paper tiger?

No...

A paper tiger can also shake in the wind. Maybe in Tang Li's eyes, he is a dog that can be dealt with at any time.

Think of here, Shen Yu's heart became more depressed.

Ten minutes later, Uncle Zhang came back with their meal.

After Shen Yu had eaten the meal and the medicine prescribed by the doctor, but still felt uncomfortable, so he lay down in bed and rested.

He slept on and off for a day, during which time Tang Li and Uncle Zhang stayed in the room. In order not to disturb his rest, the two men walked lightly and even tried to keep their breath to a minimum, as if they wished to communicate directly with their thoughts.

Shen Yu slept lightly and opened him eyes several times when Tang Li and Uncle Zhang were not paying attention. Naturally, he took note of their careful movements with amusement. It was funny and somewhat touching.

Ah...

It feels good to be cared for.

In the past, he used to be alone. He watched friends and classmates around him form a family one after another. It would be a lie to say that he didn't feel lonely in his heart.

However, he didn't like to let others know how lonely and pitiful he was, nor did he like to be looked at with sympathetic eyes. So he kept his thoughts in his heart so that no one knew his worries.

His friends would all say that he is a person who is used to being alone and enjoys loneliness. Unfortunately, no one knew that he is in fact very afraid of loneliness.

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The next day in Jincheng.

Shen Yu spent the whole time in bed.

On the morning when the students were supposed to leave Jincheng, the vice principal and teachers came to see Shen Yu. It was a pity that such a good opportunity to socialize with Shen Yu was wasted by an unexpected accident. Moreover, Tang Li's performance on the first day of the competition could rank first among all the students participating in the competition.

When they came over, it seemed like Shen Yu was very self-conscious.

At last, Tang Li interrupted their gushing words with a tough attitude and drove them away with a tiger's face.

Shen Yu sat by the bed and watched with laughter as Tang Li came back in a raging manner. The low pressure emanating from all over his body could almost fill the whole room.

"Come here." He waved to Tang Li.

The shadow in Tang Li's eyes disappeared in an instant. He rushed to the bedside and sat on the chair next to it, quietly waiting for Shen Yu's speech.

Shen Yu stretched out his hand to rustle Tang Li's hair.

Tang Li did not intend to resist at all. Instead, he squinted his eyes in joy, as if he enjoyed Shen Yu's fingertips shuffling between his hair.

"I don't blame you." Tang Li was a little annoyed when he remembered what those people had just said. "It was I who chose to not to go, and it was only because you want me to, that I came to the competition in the first place. I was not interested in these things at all."

"Oh?" Shen Yu said, "What are you interested in?"

Tang Li thought about it carefully and was suddenly anxious that Shen Yu wouldn't like his honest answer. Instead, he replied, "As long as you are with me, even things I don't like will become interesting."

Shen Yu chuckled and rubbed Tang Li's hair again. His hand slid down the little villain's face. He pinched his cheek lightly. "Your mouth must be smeared with honey."

But soon, the smile on Shen Yu's face disappeared. His face gradually became serious. He put down his hand and looked at the red cheeked little villain. He said, "Although I offered you a helping hand when you needed it most, it does not mean that you should take me as the center of your life. You have your own life trajectory. So look forwards, not backwards."

Hearing this, Tang Li blinked vacantly. As he seemed to comprehend the words, the joy overflowing in his eyes slowly started dissipating.

The two people stared at each other for half a day.

Tang Li shook his head and said, "I don't understand what you're talking about."

"You're still young. So it's okay if you don't understand." Shen Yu took Tang Li's hand and squeezed it gently. "Later you'll understand."

Somehow, Tang Li felt a panic after hearing these words. He wanted to refuse Shen Yu's words, but before he could speak out, he saw Shen Yu close his eyes.

"I'll sleep a little longer. Wake me when it's time to leave." Shen Yu said.

Tang Li stared at Shen Yu's pale, bloodless face. After hesitating for a long time, he swallowed back the words that had poured into him mouth.

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Two o'clock in the afternoon.

Tang Li woke up Shen Yu and, after tidying up, set off for the airport.

When they arrived at the hotel lobby, the vice principal and the rest of the teachers and students had been waiting in the lounge with their respective suitcases.

These past few days, Shen Yu had hardly interacted with them, so he didn't know what the result of the competition were. Looking at their reaction, it is estimated that they are both happy and sad.

As the group of people were waiting outside the hotel for a bus, Yi Heng, who had not seen him for a long time, came quietly over to Shen Yu and complained, "You have finally appeared. I thought I would not see you until we returned to S city."

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Shen Yu smiled and said, "Aren't you seeing me now?"

A perfunctory answer.

Yi Heng seemed unsatisfied with Shen Yu's words, and did not know how to reply.

In fact, even if Shen Yu ignored him, it's not like he had and qualifications to accuse Shen Yu. After all, there was no special relationship between them, unlike Tang Li and Shen Yu.

Thinking of Tang Li, Yi Heng's eyes dimmed a little, but his face still maintained a pure and innocent smile.

"I heard you were sick. I wanted to see you, but Tang Li kept standing in my way," Yi Heng said.

"Oh?" Shen Yu said quietly, "Maybe it wasn't very convenient, and that's why he blocked you."

Yi Heng was stunned. He didn't realize that Shen Yu would take the initiative. Shen Yu was like a cold-hearted person who was thousands of miles away, and his laughter had disappeared in the distance.

He tilted his head and approached Shen Yu. He asked in a very serious tone, "Do you hate me?"

Shen Yu didn't hate him.

He just didn't like him.

Shen Yu answered in his heart but dared not say it to his face. For better or worse, Yi Heng is the hero of this world. He has the halo of the hero, so Shen Yu knew he should try to avoid starting any conflicted with the little male lead unless absolutely necessary.

While Shen Yu was struggling with how to reply, he suddenly heard quick footsteps coming up from behind him. Before Shen Yu could respond, a tall and thin figure had blocked Yi Heng from his line of sight.

"He may not hate you, but I hate you very much." Tang Li did not hide the strong disgust in his tone and stared at Yi Heng coldly.

After that, Tang Li turned around and put a bottle of mineral water into Shen Yu's hands.

The water bottle was ice cold, Shen Yu's was relieved by the cold feeling. He grabbed Tang Li's hand from behind and squeezed it gently two times. He smiled and said, "Thank you, Chestnut."

Tang Li's cheeks were slightly red, and the depression that had just risen in the face of Yi Heng's presence disappeared in an instant.

Then Uncle Zhang came and said, "Sir, the car is here."

Shen Yu nodded. "Let's go."

Before leaving, Shen Yu looked at Yi Heng, who stood opposite Tang Li, and saw that Yi Heng also stared at him with an indescribable feeling in his eyes.

The teacher standing by the road called out for Yi Heng.

Yi Heng responded, and then turned his head and left.

The second before turning his head, he recovered his usual expressionless face, as if the smiling face just now was a mask. He could take it off if he wanted to and put it back on when he wanted to.

Apparently Tang Li also noticed the change of Yi Heng's expression and raised a corner of his mouth in a mocking manner.

But when he looked back at Shen Yu, he suddenly resumed his gentle smile.

Shen Yu: "..."

When it comes to changing facial, the male lead and villain are on par with a face changing performer[1]!

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The English contest in Jincheng was held for only two days. They should have stayed in Jincheng for only two days before returning. However, Shen Yu suddenly fell ill and delayed their journey.

The vice principal intentionally flattered Shen Yu, so he dragged the teachers and students to stay in Jincheng for a few more days. Of course, all the expenses were reimbursed by the school.

Returning to the airport in S city, Shen Yu looked at the flattering smile of the vice principal and felt sorry. He immediately decided to donate two more dormitory buildings.

It didn't matter, the Shen family has a lot money.

When Shen Yu told the vice principal about the decision, the vice principal was surprised and delighted. He held Shen Yu's hand excitedly and refused to let it go for a long time.

Uncle Zhang took great pains to break off the vice principal's vice like grip.

Shen Yu smiled helplessly, unconsciously turning to search for Tang Li's figure, but instead met the cold eyes of Yi Heng.

Yi Heng was not far behind him, leaning lazily on his suitcase. He was wearing a white shirt and jeans which made his his sickly pale face appear bloodless.

His facial features are extremely delicate, but unfortunately, they looked unhealthy.

Some doubts appeared in Yi Heng's eyes, and Shen Yu's eyes were full of exploration.

Two people and four eyes stared at each other.

Shen Yu felt a little embarrassed.

Just as he was about to turn his eyes away, he suddenly saw Yi Heng grinning at him, and then the little male lead said with envy coloring his voice, "You are so kind to Tang Li..."

There was a little distance between them. So in the bustling Airport lobby, Shen Yu couldn't hear Yi Heng's voice. But Yi Heng's words were simple. Just by looking at his mouth move, Shen Yu could guess what he said.

Shen Yu was stunned for a moment.

He had not yet responded before Yi Heng had turned his head and looked blankly in the other direction.

"..."

Before he couldn't guess the male lead's thoughts. Yi Heng was very indifferent to him when they met for the first time. However, when they arrived in Jincheng, he suddenly became enthusiastic about Shen Yu.

But now, he could vaguely guess the thoughts of Yi Heng.

Perhaps it was because of his biological family's influence, but he was always unconsciously looking for a sense of belonging. In his eyes, Tang Li, who has the same type of tragic past as him, is the same kind.

Unfortunately, he was regarded Tang Li as someone who "betrayed" him.

Because Tang Li came to Shen's house...

After thinking about these things, Shen Yu was a little helpless and angry. He didn't like the idea that Yi Heng selfishly wanted Tang Li to be suffering. Just because Yi Heng still lived in the past, Tang Li must be tormented by those pains in his past too?

What's more, Shen Yu didn't think that Yi Heng's experience was more tragic than Tang Li's.

There are more miserable people in the world.

After saying goodbye to the vice principal and the others, Shen Yu left with Uncle Zhang and Tang Li. He did not look at Yi Heng anymore and also made up his mind to avoid Yi Heng from now on.

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Only a week after leaving, the company had piled up with both large and small affairs for Shen Yu to handle. Additionally, near the end of the month Shen Yu was required to check the accounts of the two dessert stores.

As a result, Shen Yu began to be busy again.

Although Shen Yu did not spend all his energy on dessert shops, he spent a lot of time pondering the signature dishes and the business model. Although the business of the two dessert shops was not outrageously prosperous, he still had a group of loyal customers.

Now the two dessert stores are on the right track. Apart from checking the accounts at the end of each month, Shen Yu almost never asks about the dessert store and leaves it to Uncle Zhang.

Uncle Zhang could feel the importance Shen Yu placed on the two dessert stores, so he did his best to manage the store's business, but at the same time, he also had many doubts in his heart.

One afternoon, Uncle Zhang couldn't help saying to Shen Yu, "Sir, the value of any random project under your command is enough to make the ten years' worth of the two stores profits. Isn't too wasteful to spend your time on the stores..."

Shen Yu sat in his wheelchair, facing the bookcase that occupied the entire wall. He held a half-opened book in his hand and turned his head to Uncle Zhang.

"It's not a waste." Shen Yu smiled and said, "Baking is my hobby."

Uncle Zhang was speechless.

He wanted to say that Shen Yu did this not out of interest for a mere hobby, but as if he was leaving a way for himself in case something went wrong.

But this sentence is too straightforward, so Uncle Zhang hesitated for a long time but in the end, dared not say it.

Did god hear him slandering Shen Yu in his mind? He heard Shen Yu sigh sadly: "Besides, what if the Shen family went bankrupt? People always have to leave a way out for themselves."

Uncle Zhang: "..."

At this moment, Uncle Zhang almost doubted that he hadn't accidentally said what he was thinking.

Shen Yu raised his eyes and saw Uncle Zhang's nervous appearance. He knew he had guessed the other party's mind. He was immediately amused and waved his hand. "I'm kidding. Don't take it so seriously."

Uncle Zhang's solemn expression did not relax under Shen Yu's comfort. He was silent for a long time and opened his mouth in earnest: "The Shen family has a big business and a strong foundation, it's not a small family established in a few years or more. Even if something happens later, it will surely survive, after all, a plucked phoenix is still better than a feathered chicken."

Shen Yu laughed and said, "I hope so."

But no one knows for sure what will happen.

If the phrase " a plucked phoenix is still better than a feathered chicken" could be used in any case, there would not be so many bosses who were forced to jump from a building and commit suicide by the company's bankruptcy in the original novel.

Moreover, the original plot clearly states that the Shen family will go bankrupt.

Shen Yu had thought about protecting the Shen family through his own efforts. Unfortunately, he was a dessert master who could only bake. He had come to this world knowing nothing about the company's affairs or how to run a corporation.

He worked hard, and exhausted all his perseverance, but it was still difficult running the company.

Uncle Zhang has taken care of Shen Yu for so long, it was natural to know that Shen Yu works very hard every day but still has worries. There are even many things that need Kang Lin's help.

Uncle Zhang knows all about it, otherwise he wouldn't even consider the worst case scenario.

The two people stared at each other in silence for a full minute, and finally Shen Yu burst into laughter. He pointed at Uncle Zhang and laughed for half a day, and tears gushed from the corners of his eyes.

Uncle Zhang was in a daze.

"It's the first time I've seen you look so miserable." Shen Yu raised the back of his hand to wipe away the tears on his cheeks and coughed twice with his fist to his lips. Then he resumed his serious manner and said, "Chin up, you look better when you're cold-faced."

Uncle Zhang's smile broke through in an instant and he laughed.

The two men laughed at each other silently for a while. Shen Yu shut the book in his hand and handed it to Uncle Zhang. "Put this in Chestnut's room."

Uncle Zhang looked at the word "management" on the cove, and hesitated slightly: "Chestnut is only eleven years old, won't it be too early to learn this?"

Shen Yu shook his head. "It's not too early for him."

Uncle Zhang could not understand the meaning of Shen Yu's words, but he said nothing more and left the study with the book.

———————–

In the final exam of the second semester, Tang Li again won first place in the whole grade, only 17 points short of a full score. It is also the first place of the same grade in the whole city.

The principal warmly invited Shen Yu to attend the end-of-year school meeting for the whole school. He personally sat at the parents' table with Shen Yu and watched Tang Li's speech as a student representative. He also indicated that he would prepare a bouquet of flowers for Shen Yu and arranged the staff to send flowers to Tang Li.

Shen Yu couldn't figure out whether to laugh or cry.

If other parents saw this scene, who knows just how depressed they would be? The spotlight for the end-of-year meeting was completely snatched away by him and Tang Li.

The principal spoke excitedly about Shen Yu staying to chat but was eventually declined by Shen Yu.

It's not that he afraid of causing complaints from other parents. It's just that he didn't want to accidentally run into Yi Heng.

He listened to the principal saying that Yi Heng not only took the first place his whole grade, but also went to Jincheng to take part in the English contest. Only Yi Heng made it to the top five and even went on to win the championship.

Therefore, when Tang Li's speech is over, it was Yi Heng's turn to take the stage. Unfortunately, Yi Heng's parents are too busy to be here.

After hearing these words, Shen Yu, who had just refused him in a very euphemistic way, immediately became upright and blunt.

"Don't try to persuade me." Shen Yu lowered his voice and said sharply, "Do you think I'm not busy?"

If he stays, he was afraid Yi Heng would cling to him again.

Originally, the principal wanted to try and persuade Shen Yu again. However, when he noticed Shen Yu's anger, he dared not say anything more on the matter. He carefully said a few flattering words, and then quickly ended the conversation.

In the blink of an eye, it was summer vacation.

Shen Yu pushed away all the remedial classes and private lessons Tang Li usually had, and spent a lot of money hiring two retired top-level employees to explain business and management to Tang Li.

In order to ensure that Tang Li's knowledge can be fully utilized, Shen Yu arranged Tang Li to work in the Shen company over the summer break. He closely followed Shen Yu's second assistant every day, without a penny's salary, only getting an allowance for lunch and overtime dinner.

Many times, Tang Li became confused.

After all, he is still under twelve years old. Although he is smart and precocious, he has no idea about the operations and projects of the Shen Company. He can only gain some knowledge from the second assistant.

Two months later, Tang Li was tired and thin.

Shen Yu looked at the lackluster Tang Li, and became very distressed, but at the same time he did not regret his original decision.

He didn't really care if Tang Li learned anything about a company's work, but just wanted to increase the ability of Tang Li to resist pressure. Now he's training Tang Li. In the future, once Tang Li and the Tang family get involved, it's not like they can just wish to go back and do more to prepare.

Fortunately, Tang Li never complained.

Although he did not know why Shen Yu did this, since Shen Yu said so, he would go all out to act in the way Shen Yu wanted.

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After the summer vacation, Tang Li began the sixth grade of primary school life.

However, instead of the burden on his shoulder relaxing, it became heavier and heavier.

Shen Yu began to expose him to computers.

Not just learning how to use a computer but instilling a deeper level of learning skills such as coding.

When Uncle Zhang and Aunt Chen learned Shen Yu's plan, they were so shocked that their chins almost fell to the ground.

Before when Shen Yu arranged for Tang Li to work in the company for summer vacation,they did not express their opinions but thought that Shen Yu wanted to increase Tang Li's ability to endure hardships.

But now that Shen Yu has arranged for Tang Li to learn coding. Uncle Zhang and Aunt Chen can't figure out his objective.

Uncle Zhang and Aunt Chen, who were deeply distressed for the little villain, talked for half a day and decided to go together to persuade Shen Yu.

That afternoon, Shen Yu directed several servants to empty a spare room and turn it into a small study for Tang Li.

While the other servants had received their orders and began to quickly leave, Uncle Zhang and Aunt Chen slowly placed themselves in front Shen Yu.

Shen Yu wanted to check the computer. However, when he looked up, he saw two figures standing quietly in front of him. He was shocked and complained, "When did you get here?" He didn't hear them come in.

"Just now." Aunt Chen muttered.

After that, Aunt Chen quietly bumped Uncle Zhang with her elbow.

Uncle Zhang hesitated and looked at Aunt Chen several times. At last, urged by Aunt Chen's sharp elbow, he opened his mouth with a hard scalp and said, "Sir, we want to discuss with you about young master Tang Li."

"Well?" After hearing the little villain's name, Shen Yu, who was absent-minded at first, immediately gave his full attention to the duo. "What's wrong with him?"

Uncle Zhang said: "Software programming is something that most people need to learn when they go to college. I'm afraid that young master Tang Li will be too busy if he learns it earlier, and next year will be the unified examination for elementary school. I think the young master should concentrate more on his studies."

Shen Yu smiled and said, "Chestnut's academic performance is very good. Before the beginning of school, I asked him to do the unified examination exam from last year. The scores were not low. There is no problem with the elementary school exam."

Aunt Chen couldn't help saying, "Actually, we are just distressed for the child..."

After a pause, she added, "When my children were Chestnut's age, they couldn't even do housework. All day long, they knew they would just make the house filther."

Hearing this, Shen Yu's expression appeared a little helpless, he shrugged his shoulders: "I did not have Chestnuts do any housework."

Aunt Chen: "..."

When Uncle Zhang saw Aunt Chen being overwhelmed by Shen Yu's quick tongue, he had to help and said, "We mean that young master Tang Li is still a child. Maybe he shouldn't be under such pressure. A child should have time to play. It's not too late for you to arrange these courses for when he's in high school..."

"No." Shen Yu shook his head and interrupted Uncle Zhang. "By then it would be too late."

Uncle Zhang could not understand Shen Yu's meaning: "Young master Tang Li will only be fifteen or sixteen years old when he was in high school. It was just the beginning of his life. How could it be too late?"

Because he's the villain.

Because he was destined to have a sad ending.

Because the male lead has already appeared, and female lead could land in their lives at any time.

Because of so much uncertainty, Shen Yu had to be prepared in advance.

There are still quiet threats like the Tang family in C city. If we follow the plot line, then the time for Tang Li and Tang family to get involved with each other is just three or four years from now, the situation is very urgent.

Sometimes Shen Yu can't even sleep because he has so much anxiety bottled up in his heart.

He used to be anxious about his own destiny, fearing that he would be killed by Tang Li one day. Now he is anxious about Tang Li's destiny. He does not want to see the child he raised set on the wrong road.

A lot of thoughts flashed through Shen Yu's mind, but he did not reveal a single one to Uncle Zhang and Aunt Chen.

He gradually fell silent until he heard footsteps behind him.

"Shen Yu!"

Tang Li just came out of his bedroom after taking a bath. He was wearing a loose jacket and shorts. His hair was blown dry, so it was very fluffy. He looked like a puppy waiting for his master to pet him.

His voice was clear and melodious, like a spring breeze, which instantly dispersed all the troubles lingering in Shen Yu's heart.

"Here we are." Shen Yu turned to look at Tang Li, and when he touched the little villain's hair, and his face rippled with a gentle smile. He had led Tang Li to the spare room that was going to be his new study. "The servants have moved everything in. Do you want to go in and have a look?"

"Of course." Tang Li showed a happy expression, but his dark eyes were like a calm, wave less lake.

Obviously, Tang Li was not interested in his new study at all, but in order to please Shen Yu, he deliberately put forward a very happy and interested look.

Uncle Zhang and Aunt Chen have been around for many decades. How can they not see the real inner thoughts of Tang Li?

They looked at each other before Uncle Zhang hesitated and said, "Young master Tang Li..."

Uncle Zhang's words had just started, but Tang Li seemed to know what he was going to say. He turned his head and ran directly into the study.

"..." Uncle Zhang gave up and swallowed back all the words that had just barely reached his mouth.

When Shen Yu manipulated the wheelchair to follow Tang Li into the study, Uncle Zhang turned his head and smiled bitterly at Aunt Chen.

"It's his choice." Uncle Zhang said, "We can't interfere."

Aunt Chen nodded and felt a little strange.

She always thought that children like Tang Li, who had experienced many things, would have their own ideas, and it would be difficult to listen to other people's teachings.

But Tang Li is totally different...

He almost regards Shen Yu's words as a holy decree, even if Shen Yu wants him to jump from a building, he won't even blink his eyes. He will immediately find a roof and jump down without hesitation.

————–

Shen Yu was challenging the limits of Tang Li.

He arranged Tang Li's daily life to be completely full. When Tang Li opened his eyes in the morning, there were a lot of things waiting for him to finish. He could not relax even a little before going to bed at night.

To be fair, if Shen Yu was Tang Li, he would have never lasted that long.

Therefore, he is waiting for Tang Li to take the initiative to tell him that he is tired. Only when he knows where the limit of Tang Li is, can he make better use of the little villain's time to arrange a suitable schedule for him.

Unexpectedly, five years had already passed without that happening.

In the past five years, Tang Li was promoted from sixth grade to the second grade in high school. He not only accomplished every extra-curricular task Shen Yu left him, but also maintained first place in his grade.

As if in the blink of an eye, he grew from a thin child to a tall, handsome young man.

Shen Yu didn't know what to say.

Tang Li, a sophomore in senior high school, is over 1.8 meters (5ft 9in) tall, half a head taller than Shen Yu, who is only about 1.78 meters (5ft 8in) tall!

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During these past five years, Shen Yu's legs also gradually improved.

Although he can now basically walk around, it's still difficult for him to walk and jump freely, and as long as he walks fast, his legs will be sore or even start twitching.

Doctor Liu checked Shen Yu's symptoms, saying only that the deep tissue scars from the car accident were serious, so they should increase the exercise plan in the future.

For convenience, Uncle Zhang prepared a pair of crutches for Shen Yu.

In addition to the necessary rehabilitation training, people like Shen Yu usually use crutches to walk. In strict sense, despite getting rid of wheelchairs, there are still many inconveniences.

Ah...

Shen Yu always said that he had been used to being disabled for a long time.

However, if you can walk normally, who would like to be a disabled person who has difficulty even trotting?

Tang Li has always been sensitive. Ever since the beginning, he noticed Shen Yu's depressed mood and said he wanted to take Shen Yu out to relax.

Now, Shen Yu doesn't outright reject going out like he before. He held his cheek in his hand absentmindedly and looked at Tang Li's face. He asked, "Where do you want to go?"

Tang Li said, "No matter where you want to go, I will accompany you."

Shen Yu thought for a while before he said, "Let's go and see the cherry blossoms then."

"Okay." Tang Li laughed and his beautiful phoenix eyes arched into cheery crescent-moons. He leaned over and held Shen Yu's right hand gently. "Anything you want."

Shen Yu couldn't help but break open Tang Li's hand and reach up to pinch Tang Li's cheek.

But as he lifted his hand into mid-air, he suddenly realized what he was about to do, and his expression became a little awkward. He dropped his hand back to his side.

Tang Li noticed Shen Yu's awkward behavior, blinked, and looked at him with a questioning expression.

Shen Yu sighed, "You have grown up."

Children of Tang Li's age are full of pride, and they usually don't like to be touched by others on their hair and cheeks.

He just didn't want to admit that Tang Li really grew up.

It's not just age, height and appearance changes, but also temperament and psychological changes...

Tang Li's appearance was gorgeous and aggressive before, but now there was a more elegant and bewitching beauty to the growing villain.

His eyes were dark and deep, like a bottomless lake without any ripples. His upper eyes always have a sense of distance. His lips are very pale. Even now, they seem to be malnourished.

The most important thing is that——

Tang Li was only a sophomore in senior high school, and his height had already broken through the barrier of 1.8 meters. When he stood opposite Shen Yu, he needed to bow his head slightly in order to get a better view of Shen Yu!

Whenever Shen Yu thought of these things, he felt as if he has been stabbed in the heart.

Heaven's bias is too much!!!

Shen Yu's heart was already sad, and he had not responded yet. Suddenly, Shen Yu saw Tang Li grab his hand before he immediately put his own cheek in the captured hand.

"Don't you like pinching my face?" Tang Li spoke softly while rubbing Shen Yu's hand like a kitten.

Tang Li's one question pierced Shen Yu's defenses. Shen Yu, who was always thin-skinned, felt embarrassed. He tried to pull his hand back unconsciously but found that Tang Li gripped his hand tightly and had no intention of letting go.

Shen Yu's cheeks were burning red and he rebutted with a hard scalp: "I'm just pinching and playing."

"Then you can play now." Tang Li was smiling, and his black eyes were full of deep laughter. He said, "I don't mind."

Shen Yu squeezed Tang Li's face reluctantly.

It still feels so good.

It looks tight but when it's pinched, it's as soft as a marshmallow.

Afterwards, while Tang Li was not paying attention, Shen Yu quickly took his hand back.

"How could you let someone touch your face so casually?" Shen Yu picked up the crutch and got up from the chair in front of the desk, "Shouldn't it only be your girlfriend who can touch your face?"

Tang Li stood up with him, turning away from Shen Yu and looking down in an instant.

Shen Yu: "..."

He felt like his chest had been pierced.

Tang Li, who usually follows Shen Yu like a little tail, said in a wronged tone, "I don't have a girlfriend."

When Shen Yu staggered out of the study with a crutch, he stopped and turned to look at the "little tail" behind him. "By the way, do you have any girls you like in school?"

Shen Yu was genuinely curious and inquisitive.

Who knew that this one question would have touched Tang Li's bottom line?

Shen Yu was also shocked by his sudden reaction. He looked at Tang Li in a daze and dared not speak for a moment.

The two men stood at the door of the study, for a long time. Tang Li's expression became more and more serious. He stared at Shen Yu without turning his eyes away. Then he asked with a suspicious tone, "Why did you suddenly ask such a question?"

Shen Yu slowed down and noticed something was wrong. He pretended to laugh lightly and said, "I guessed it?"

"No." Tang Li immediately shook his head like a rattle drum. "I don't have anyone I like."

Shen Yu pouted his lips, apparently not believing Tang Li's answer.

If Tang Li had nobody in mind, why did he react so fiercely just now?

Unfortunately, before Shen Yu could speak his doubts, his wrist was once again grabbed by Tang Li. Shen Yu looked up and saw Tang Li's fast approaching face. There was no superfluous expression on his face and his deep eyes seemed to be suppressing something.

"You asked me this..." Tang Li deliberately dampened his tone, but it was difficult to hide his emotional panic, "Because you have someone you like?"

Shen Yu was shocked: "I..."

"Didn't you promise!" Tang Li was obviously out of control, but he couldn't calm himself down at all. It was like he was on the verge of pure mania, "You won't get married until I'm an adult!"

Although Tang Li intentionally controlled the strength of his hands, he still pinched Shen Yu's wrists until they hurt and even turned pale.

Shen Yuba said loudly, "When did I say I was going to get married?"

Tang Li was stunned for a moment. Just like that, Shen Yu's voice pulled him back from the abyss, almost like magic.

"I... I'm sorry..." After watching Tang Li, Shen Yu realized that he had lost his attitude and had become very confused.

He quickly released Shen Yu's hand and saw several clear and visible fingerprints pinched into his white wrist. He felt his eyes prickle with pain, and soon his vision became blurred with unshed tears.

"Sorry, I'm sorry... I didn't mean to..." Tang Li was like a child who has done something wrong and realized that he made a mistake that was irreversible. He timidly wanted to pull Shen Yu's hand, but he shrunk back in fear of hurting him again. "Sorry Shen Yu, I just can't control it. I..."

"It's all right." Shen Yu rubbed his wrist and interrupted Tang Li's words.

This was a sentence Shen Yu often says, one that has become his habit.

Afterall, this wasn't the first time Tang Li's mood has collapsed.

The only thing that makes Shen Yu feel strange is that over the past five years, he has put all kinds of burdens on Tang Li's shoulders. Tang Li has not let out a single word of complaint, and instead has carried the burden in silence.

So, why does Tang Li lose control every time it comes to whether he is married or has a girlfriend?

They have been living together for six years. Is Tang Li still so insecure?

Shen Yu sighed, patted Tang Li on the shoulder, and said wearily, "I have promised you countless times that I will not marry or have a girlfriend before you grow up. Do you have so little faith in me?"

Tang Li's eyes were red and looked pitiful. Even his voice became hoarse. "I just don't believe in myself."

Every time Shen Yu faced Tang Li like this, his scolding words could not come out even if they brewed like fire in his stomach. He could only comfort him by saying, "You are a clever child, but don't overthink things too much."

Tang Li closed his eyes and nodded.

Shen Yu reached out to wipe the tears from Tang Li's eyes. He wanted to say something when suddenly, he heard the sound of footsteps behind him.

"Sir." Uncle Zhang's voice called out.

Shen Yu quickly retracted his hand and turned to Uncle Zhang with his crutch.

Uncle Zhang said, "The list of preparations for the birthday banquet has been drawn up and you need to check it in person."

"Good," said Shen Yu happily.

He turned and followed Uncle Zhang to the living room on the first floor.

——————

Standing in the same place, Tang Li watched Shen Yu and Uncle Zhang leave in the same direction for a long time without moving.

His eyes were still red, but his expression was not as grieving and pitiful as before.

It was in a state of complete indifference.

After a long time, Tang Li sighed softly and turned back to the room.

Since he finished all the courses arranged by Shen Yu in the third year of junior middle school, he took two private jobs on the advice of his teacher.

He is not short of money, and he never aims to make money. He just wants to practice.

Unexpectedly, the two software programs he improved for a small company were highly praised by netizens. They became popular overnight, and made the small company leap from an unknown workshop to the dark horse in the industry.

Shortly after he left University, the owner of the small company did not have much experience, but he was far-sighted. When he made money, he immediately recruited people, bought supplies, expanded his business, and spent most of his money on the company.

At the same time, the young boss also contacted Mr. Tang Li several times, always carrying a bag of valuable gifts to offer to his new idol and only hoping to have even the opportunity to meet up with Tang Li.

Knowing that he was too young to be tied down to any one job, Tang Li decisively refused his boss's request for an formal interview.

But for the past five years, he has been in contact with his boss through his teacher.

Tang Li went to his desk, picked up the cell phone, and saw on the lock screen of the cell phone that he had received more than fifty messages.

After using his fingerprint to unlock the phone, the message clicked into Wechat. All the messages came from a small group called "L. P".

[Zhou Che: They have already reached 8 million in their offer. Shall we consider the deal?]

[Lin Pinran: I guess that's the highest amount they can give. What if we still hold out and they suddenly change their mind?]

[Zhou Che: It's impossible. Anyway, the Tang family is also the head snake of C city. It has been the king of the city for more than 100 years. It's not like eight million would cause them to lose sleep.]

[Tan Dong: Let's wait to hear what Tang Li has to say. This project was organized by him. He should have his own ideas.] When that was read, everyone else was quiet.

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Later, the three people in the group chatted for a while, and they all avoided the subject of the Tang family and simply talked about the project tacitly.

Looking down at the phone, Tang Li roughly flipped through the chat record in front of him and then pressed the chat box.

The slender fingers fluttered on the screen of the mobile phone and quickly typed out a few words.

[T: It doesn't matter.]

As soon as the message from Tang Li was sent out, the small group that had been silent for some time became lively again in an instant.

[Lin Pingran: Really don't care? I was afraid that they would choose to abandon us for better projects, and then we'd lose the rice with the chicken. [Laugh and cry] [Laugh and cry]

[Tan Dong: just forget the rice, we can't interfere with their decision, as long as we do our work well it should be fine.]

[Lin Pingran: Okay...]

[Zhou Che: @T, then I will continue to stall with them and see what their limits are.]

[T: Ok.]

[Lin Pingran: @T although I don't know if you can listen to my layman's words, I still want to make a suggestion to you...]

[Lin Ping Ran: If you are aiming at making money, I advise you not to confront the Tang family. The Tang family has a foothold in C city. Now they want to expand into S city. It is a good opportunity for us to have a good relationship with them. If we manage to latch onto Tang family's golden thigh in the future, maybe our company will have less problems.]

Even through the screen of the mobile phone, it was easy to feel Lin Pingran's tone of seriousness.

Zhou Che and Tan Dong did not speak, probably waiting for Tang Li's answer.

Tang Li turned around and leaned gently against the edge of his desk. Behind him was a few clean windows. Outside the sky, a large red cloud spread. The bright red color added a strong flavor to the surrounding air.

The glory of the fiery afterglow poured down on Tang Li.

He stood in the light and shadow, his face contoured with a warm orange glow, but if one looked carefully, they can see that a thin layer of frost has formed in his eyes.

Tang Li raised the corners of his mouth and his face was full of sarcasm.

He knocked out a sentence in the chat box.

[T: @Lin Pingran, since you have so many opinions, why don't you go and talk to those Tang people?]

In short, it was a reply full of gunpowder.

Lin Pingran did not seem to have expected that Tang Li would speak so plainly. This left Lin Pingran unable to respond.

In the end, it was Zhou Che and Tan Dong who came out to play round.

[Chou Che: Brother Tang, don't be too mad. Anyway, this man is good at everything, but his mouth is a bit broken. If he offends you, please don't take it to heart.]

[Tan Dong: You are the great benefactor of our company. This is your project so we will follow your lead and always follow your request. Don't worry.]

Zhou Che and Tan Dong kept slinging flattery at Tang Li. As a result, Tang Li didn't say anything else.

It wasn't long before the group chat returned to silence.

On the other side.

Lin Pingran sat on the sofa in his living room, gripping a cell phone with both hands. His expression was slightly fierce, and he stared at the chat record on the screen of his cell phone for a long time before he gradually recovered.

"You're just a little bit competent. Do you really think of yourself as a great emperor?" Lin Pingran was indignant and said to himself, "Does he think I'm as stupid as a donkey?!"

Lin Pingran spent most of the day scolding Tang Li, but by the evening, he was still angry so he simply dialed Zhou Che's phone.

Zhou Che quickly picked up his phone call.

The other party seemed to guess what he was calling for, and before Lin Pingran could speak out, Zhou Che gave a full rebuke: "Didn't you hear what I said? If it's a project of our company, you just argue with him. It's clearly his own business. What's an outsider like you got to do with it?

Zhou Che and Lin Pingran are university classmates. They have been classmates for four years, plus two years of working together. They have known each other for six years and had naturally become best friends.

At this moment, however, his good friend blamed him mercilessly for a person who had not even shown his face before.

Lin Pingran, who had calmed down a little, was completely riled up again.

"I would like to ask you, what ecstasy did Tang Li give you that made you obey him like a dog? That project is indeed his, but it's handled through our company's hands, if there's any mistakes made, the people who have to clean up the mess are us! "

Zhou Che was shocked, baffled, and annoyed. "Are you fucking sick in the head?"

"You're fucking sick, your whole family is fucking sick!" Lin Ping ran jumped up from the sofa and walked around the tea table in anger. He gasped. "I don't deny that Tang Li really helped us a lot, but have you ever thought about how many disasters we would face if we offended the Tang family?"

During Lin Pingran's speech, Zhou Che had calmed down.

After a long silence, Zhou Chen only gave a sneer, and then said without shying away: "You talk so much, but in the end isn't it just that you want to take the Tang Li's project so you can suck up to the Tang family?"

Now that he had been seen through carefully by the other side, Lin Pingran will no longer hide it. He rightly said, "Tang Li is not even a registered employee in our company. We have taken all the risks, helped him out, and not held him to any obligation. Besides, more than half of the eight million dollars that Tang family gave towards the project went directly into his pocket!"

Lin Pingran spoke on and on, trying to convince Zhou Che.

Unfortunately, Zhou Che didn't buy what he was selling. Before he finished speaking, Zhou Che interrupted him impatiently. "Good, you finally told me your real thoughts."

Lin Ping did not speak, and his face turned ugly.

Zhou Che said, "For the sake of our friendship, I will give you two choices. Either you persuade Tang Li to hand over the project management to you, or you completely stop thinking about it and don't force me to choose a side."

Lin Pingran: "Hey, I..."

Beep...

Zhou Che had hung up the phone.

Lin Ping suddenly became angry and slammed his mobile phone to the ground.

"Fuck it." Lin Pingran stared fiercely at the cell phone lying on the floor and burst out. "I'm the third boss of this company. How can I live so hard? I'm not even living as good as a stranger..."

Before the words were finished, the black screened cell phone suddenly lit up.

Someone was calling.

The word "Tang Li" was displayed on a screen that had been wrecked from Lin Pingran's abuse.

Lin Ping, who was speaking ill of others, felt his heart jump and shrank his neck back in a guilty way. However, when he recalled what Tang Li had said in the group chat, he felt a little angry.

After a moment of hesitation, Lin Pingran went over slowly and picked up his cell phone.

Then he pressed "Accept Call".

In the next second, a middle-aged male voice with low timbre sounded in his ear. Although there was no sound of electric current, Lin Pingran's two years of experience told him that the speaker was using a voice converter.

"Is this Lin Pingran?" Asked the person on the other side.

For the first time in more than two years, Lin Pingran was talking to Tang Li outside of WeChat.

In fact, he did not know Tang Li's age. He heard Zhou Che and Tan Dong call Tang Li, "Brother Tang", so he could only assume that the other man was older.

"Well..." On a one-to-one phone call, the paper tiger Lin momentarily forgot his previous arrogance. He smiled uneasily. "What do you have to say to me that would make you call so late at night?"

"I have something to speak with you about." Tang Li spoke in a dull voice without any inflection, as a result, Lin Pingran could not detect any of his emotions.

Lin Pingran swallowed: "What's the matter?"

After two seconds of pause, Tang Li began to laugh, and the calm middle-aged male voice showed a touch of kindness. He said, "I know you're not happy with my decision..."

"No, no, no!" Lin Pingran quickly explained, "Brother Tang, I just have a quick mouth and say whatever I think, but I have no malice and didn't mean to bother you."

Tang Li said, "I know."

After that, without giving Lin Pingran an opportunity to speak, Tang Li continued, "In fact, my program is a small project, really just a trivial gadget. I am very moved that you can be so attentive to that gadget with your busy schedule."

Lin Pingran's head was so confused by Tang Li's words that he scratched his head and felt a little embarrassed: "Brother Tang is overpraising me."

"So I thought about it and decided to ask you to help me negotiate with them about the project." Tang Li quickly jumped to another point and said sincerely, "I don't know if you'd like to help with this."

Lin Pingran was shocked.

Within two seconds, he reacted quickly and nodded with excitement. "Of course, it's my pleasure that you trust me so much!"

Tang Li laughed and said, "I don't mean to trouble you."

Lin Pingran's heart flew up into his throat from excitement, but on the surface, he spoke calmly and politely, "It's no trouble, no trouble at all."

It's not easy to hand over a project, but the main agreement has been nailed down and there's no rush.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Pingran excitedly lay down on the carpet and rolled around a few times. His face and body were sweaty with heat. Only then did he find that he had rushed home in a hurry before and forgot to turn on the air conditioner.

Lin Pingran picked up the remote control and turned on the air conditioner. When he put the remote control back on the tea table, his eyes involuntarily fell on the mobile phone.

He bit his lip and his eyes sparkled.

After struggling for a long time, Lin Pingran finally made a decision, picked up his mobile phone, found the unnamed number he had called the other day, and dialed the phone.

Shen Yu had no idea that Tang Li had been involved in so many things. In his eyes, Tang Li was still the same irritable little boy. For this reason, he had been distressed for some time.

Thinking about how the time when Tang Li is supposed to return to the Tang family is approaching gradually, like Tang Li, from time to time, he looks both nervous and frustrated. He was afraid that the little villain would be eaten by the Tang family to the point that even bones weren't left.

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In just a few days, it would be Grandpa Shen's birthday banquet, which will be held by Shen Yu, the only grandson.

Due to time constraints, Shen Yu has spent almost all his energy on planning the event. The birthday banquet wouldn't be held at Shen Yu's home, but a hotel owned by the Shen Company. As early as a month ago, Shen Yu instructed the hotel managers to suspend business for a week when the time came and arrange for the banquet wholeheartedly.

As for the list of invited guests——

Shen Yu had developed an ongoing headache for this matter.

When Tang Li was first taken in, Elder Shen still had the intention to arrange a match for Shen Yu but overtime he had been fooled by Tang Li so that no match ever took.

Later, Shen Yu simply told Elder Shen that he had promised Tang Li that he would not find a girlfriend until the little villain became an adult.

After hearing this, Elder Shen was angry for a long time. He accused Shen Yu of not being mindful of his responsibilities. He actually missed the event he had been planning ever since Shen Yu was born for the sake of a half-way adopted child.

Shen Yu was not upset either. He listened quietly to Elder Shen's complaints before slowly and calmly saying, "Didn't Grandpa tell me to take good care of Chestnut? I'm just doing what you said."

Hearing the words, Elder Shen was so angry that it seemed like smoke was coming out of his ears. He picked up the tissue box on the tea table and threw it at Shen Yu.

Shen Yu did not bother to evade the tissue box, so he was hit in the middle of his chest.

Really, such a thing wouldn't hurt anyway.

"You really piss me off! I asked you to take care of Chestnut, but I didn't ask you to throw away life and become a monk for Chestnut! Are you going to spend your life with him? Do you think Chestnut is willing to do that?! Later on Chestnut will find a girlfriend to marry and have children with! And you... you can only wait for a lonely death!" Elder Shen pointed at Shen Yu and scolded, "If your parents could hear your disgraceful remarks, they would tear off one of your legs!"

Shen Yu, with an absent-minded smile on his face, did not listen to Elder Shen's words at all. He sighed, "Even without their help, my legs are no different from broken ones."

Elder Shen: "..."

Elder Shen typically eats soft but does not eat hard[1]. Although he usually scolds Shen Yu and complains that Shen Yu doesn't come to see him very much, once Shen Yu's sad face of self-abandonment appears, it was like his anger was a balloon punctured by a needle. The whole person's momentum will soften instantly.

"I'll give you five more years." Elder Shen made a final concession and said with a serious expression, "I won't nag you in the next five years, but if you haven't solved your marriage problem by then, don't blame this old man for his meddling. You are the only child of our Shen family. I'm under such great pressure to support you every day, and it's time for you to do the same." I already talked about it with the rest of our Shen family.

Shen Yu pinched his lips together into a polite smile and did not promise or refuse.

Now, five years have passed.

As he had promised, Elder Shen began to look for Shen Yu's wife with great fanfare.

The elder was old and disliked the fake politeness and excessive atmosphere such banquets required. However, in order to find a suitable wife for Shen Yu, he told his old friends that he was going to have a party on his birthday and advised them to bring their younger generations with them. Whether it's a daughter or a granddaughter or a niece, the visitors will not be turned away.

The old friends instantly understood the implications of Elder Shen's words and nodded their heads.

So when Shen Yu browsed through the guest list compiled by Uncle Zhang, he saw a lot of strange names, and could tell at first glance that most of them were woman, and a small number of the names had talked about by Elder Shen several times before.

Shen Yu's face was covered with black lines. Even if he only had a single brain cell left, he could guess what kind of thoughts Elder Shen had when he decided to hold a birthday party.

"These people –" Shen Yu pointed out a few names on the list and drew several circles around them. He raised his head and told Uncle Zhang, "Take out their names and don't send them invitations."

Uncle Zhang hesitated slightly: "It seems that they will all come with their elders, who are all friends personally invited by Master Shen."

"It's all right." Shen Yu shook his hand disapprovingly and laughed at himself. "Even if we don't send invitations, they will come unasked. I just want to let them know my attitude."

"Understood." Uncle Zhang replied.

"That's it." Shen Yu closed the directory and handed it to Uncle Zhang. "How are things going over at the hotel?"

Uncle Zhang answered, "The arrangement has been laid out, we're waiting for the host and the performers to gather for rehearsal. Would you like to see it?"

"No, I'm too lazy to go." Shen Yu closed his eyes and leaned back on the the chair. He rubbed his temples and looked tired. "You can go instead in my place."

Uncle Zhang nodded, collected the list, and then turned and left the study.

Suddenly there was only Shen Yu in the study. He sighed listlessly. He felt the silence around him as if he could hear the sound of the air flowing. Over the years, he was used to Tang Li's lively chirping. Now the little villain was at school, and he felt very uncomfortable.

It seemed like his life suddenly lacked something important.

How strange.

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Weekend.

Uncle Zhang drove Shen Yu and Tang Li to a scenic spot in the suburbs to see cherry blossoms.

Currently, it was the height of cherry blossom season, many people came to visit. The parking lot is almost full, so Uncle Zhang followed the guidance of staff to find a temporary empty parking space.

After getting out of the car, Tang Li instantly regretted it.

He didn't expect so many people to come here to play, even to the point where the ticket office is crowded.

Shen Yu clutched his crutches. It was hard to walk in the crowd without a lot of inconvenience.

Shen Yu turned his head to see Tang Li's ugly face and guessed what he was thinking. He smiled and reached out to pinch Tang Li's face, but before his fingertips touched Tang Li's skin, again he paused in realization before dropping his hand to Tang Li's shoulder.

All Tang Li's attention was focused on Shen Yu. So, he naturally perceived Shen Yu's cautious and awkward movements.

He squinted slightly, and something dark flashed in his his eyes before it quietly blended back into his thick black pupils.

Shen Yu did not notice the flash and instead patted the little villain on the shoulder, smiled and comforted him, saying, "I haven't been out for several days. It will be nice to visit a crowded place and experience a lively feeling."

Tang Li murmured and leaned close to Shen Yu.

This park is a major feature of S city. Not only is it too large to walk around the perimeter in a single day, but cherry trees are planted in all corners of the park. Even beside the bathroom, which is relatively concealed, brilliant cherry blossoms can be seen.

The park was also divided into popular spots and less popular spots.

The popular spots have only recently caught fire on the microblogs. Marketing slogans claim that they are one of the places that tourists have to visit when they come to S City. So most tourists go directly to those places when they enter the park, which meant that almost no one went to the less popular spots.

Shen Yu didn't like to make a spectacle of himself. When he heard the girl talking about the microblogs as she passed by, he said nothing and led Uncle Zhang and Tang Li to a less populated place.

Who could have known that the park was just too big?

Even before reaching his destination, Shen Yu was exhausted and almost collapsed to the ground.

Today's amount of exercise was far more than he had pushed himself to do before.

Shen Yu leaned against a tree and refused to go any further.

Tang Li approached, unscrewed the bottle cap of mineral water in his hand, and handed it to Shen Yu: "Drink some water."

Only then did Shen Yu realize that he had been dry-mouthed. He didn't bother refusing out of politeness before he took his two crutches in one hand and freed up his other hand to take the mineral water bottle. He turned his head up and drank two mouthfuls.

When the cool liquid slipped through the throat, Shen Yu wanted to breath a relief. At last, he felt a lot of dryness, heat, and exhaustion go away.

Shen Yu wiped the corners of his mouth with the back of his hand and reached out to ask Tang Li for the bottle cap.

Instead of giving it to him Tang Li asked, "You don't want anymore?"

"No, I'm fine now."

Tang Li said, "Then I'll take it."

Shen Yu thought that the meaning of Tang Li's sentence was to help him take the bottle of water so he could free up his hands. After all, it was really inconvenient to hold both crutches and the bottle, so he handed Tang Li the remaining mineral water.

As a result, Tang Li took the mineral water and directly took a drink from it.

In a few moments, most of the water was gone.

Tang Li naturally twisted the cap of the bottle back on and raised his right hand and threw it. The empty bottle drew a semi-circular arc in mid-air, and landed in the garbage can that was not far away.

When Shen Yu saw this scene, his whole body felt unwell.

Although he is not mysophobic, he has been trying to avoid both direct and indirect contact with Tang Li in the process of raising him.

He didn't give Tang Li something he ate from, didn't use his own chopsticks to add vegetables to Tang Li, and so on...

It wasn't really in consideration of a hygiene problem, but he clearly remembered that Tang Li in the original novel grew up to be a very critical person and had a slight case of mysophobia. Once his assistant prepared him a pair of unsterilized chopsticks, and he was scolded in front of the rest of the employees.

So naturally after remembering that scene, Shen Yu maintained the mentality of avoidance.

Looking back and seeing that Shen Yu's eyes were as wide as saucers, Tang Li, who originally had no expression, suddenly drew his lips up, and the smile in his eyes almost overflowed.

He copied Shen Yu's previous actions and reached out his index finger to poke Shen Yu twice on his cheek.

"What's wrong?" Tang Li asked.

"Oh, nothing." Shen Yu looked back and blinked his eyes. He even forgot to move Tang Li's hand away from his face before hesitantly asking, "Why did you drink my water?"

Tang Li calmly retracted his hand and said innocently, "You said you didn't want to drink anymore."

Shen Yu said gloomily, "I meant that I didn't want to drink it now. I'll drink later when I'm thirsty."

"It's all right." Tang Li comforted him. "If you're thirsty later. I'll buy you another one."

Shen Yu didn't know whether to cry or laugh, "Actually, I didn't mean that..."

Tang Li tilted his head slightly, with some doubts in his eyes. He was puzzled by Shen Yu's words.

Shen Yu wiped his lips and hesitated for a long time before he whispered, "I drank from the bottle, so my saliva is on it, then you drank it. It's not very hygienic."

Tang Li began to laugh, and his beautiful black eyes seemed to be full of speckled lights.

It doesn't matter. Besides, the water you drink from is sweeter.

Tang Li added this sentence silently in his heart, but he dared not speak it out loud.

After more than ten minutes of rest, Shen Yu said that he could move on.

Shen Yu wanted to reach for the two crutches beside him when he was the light in front of him dim. When he looked up, the two crutches were in Tang Li's hand.

Tang Li handed his crutches to Uncle Zhang and squatted down in front of Shen Yu. "Get on, I'll carry you."

Shen Yu was stunned and immediately refused, "No, I can go myself."

However, the rejected Tang Li didn't intend to give up. He squatted half-way in the same place without moving. The little villain was positioned so that Shen Yu could not move unless it was to get on Tang Li's back.

The two men stood still for a long time under Uncle Zhang's helpless gaze, and finally Shen Yu compromised. He staggered forward half a step and carefully leaned on Tang Li's back.

Perhaps it was Shen Yu's illusion, but it seemed like Tang Li's tight body suddenly relaxed and seemed to be relieved but still trembled with nervousness.

Tang Li's hands passed behind Shen Yu's knee and easily lifted him up, then he slowly stood up and said, "Ready?"

Shen Yu said, "Let's go."

[1] Meaning he can't scold Shen Yu with serious intent.

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Although Shen Yu is not fat, he is an adult man in his late twenties. Even Uncle Zhang usually feels that it's hard to support him for a long time, so for Tang Li, who is a 16-year-old child, carrying him must be especially difficult.

Originally, Shen Yu was going to have Tang Li put him down after a few steps after the little villain showed the slightest sign of stress. He never imagined that Tang Li would carry him all the way to their destination with his face never changing or running out of breath. It was if he was carrying a puppet on his back, not a full-grown man.

The scenery was really beautiful. Looking at it, Shen Yu felt like he was swimming in a pink ocean.

Recently, Shen Yu has been holed up in his house working day in and day out. He rarely goes out to breath in some fresh air. Now, after smelling the faint flowery fragrance drifting through the air, he feels relaxed and happy at once. Even the irritation of being urged to quickly get married by Grandpa Shen gradually disappeared in the cool breeze.

Tang Li carried Shen Yu half a circle around the lake. Uncle Zhang kept his distance and followed them slowly.

Shen Yu was in a good mood and asked Tang Li about his studies.

"Have you ever thought about studying abroad?" Shen Yu stared at the tip of Tang Li's reddish ears and tried to control his desire to pinch it. "If you want, I'll ask someone to help you, and you can start preparing now."

Tang Li shook his head and answered quickly, "No, I don't want to."

"Why?" Shen Yu finally could not control his urges. He carefully reached out and pinched Tang Li's earlobe.

Ah...

It felt too good.

However, Shen Yu could clearly feel that Tang Li's body became stiff under his touch. It took the little villain a long time to relax again. He whispered, "Without you, I would be bored."

Shen Yu continued to pinch Tang Li's soft earlobe and said with a smile, "You study abroad to further your education, not to take a vacation. How am I supposed to improve your academic performance?"

Tang Li answered straightforwardly: "At least you can keep me in a good mood."

Shen Yu was instantly happy, and then he thought of something. He became a bit sad and said with a soft sigh, "You won't say that in the future when you find a girlfriend."

"Why?" Now Tang Li couldn't figure out what Shen Yu was thinking. He turned his head and tried to observe the other man's expression.

"Watch where your walking!" Shen Yu took a hold of Tang Li's head in both hands and forced Tang Li to turn back. Then he opened his mouth. "Friends and family can't accompany you for the whole of your life. Only husband and wife can be together every day. They are tied together for life, supporting each other and growing old together."

Tang Li slowly tightened his arms around Shen Yu, and he hummed.

Shen Yu continued, "No matter what you think now, one day you will get married and start a new family of your own. I'm afraid you won't be willing to face this rambling old man at that time."

Tang Li was still walking along in silence.

The atmosphere grew a little awkward.

Shen Yu lay on Tang Li's back. He had waited for Tang Li's reply for a long time, but it never came. He thought that Tang Li was not interested in this topic, so he smiled helplessly and was ready to change the topic.

At this time, Tang Li's low voice broke the silence: "Shen Yu."

"Huh?"

"Those things you said may never happen to me."

Shen Yu blinked vacantly. After a while, his confused brain finally understood the meaning of Tang Li's words.

"You don't want to get married?" Shen Yu's first reaction was to think of this possibility. Combined with Tang Li's role in the original novel, he easily accepted Tang Li's intent and comforted him by saying, "Actually, there is nothing wrong with being unmarried. Nowadays, it's popular for young people to be late to marriage, late to childbearing or even remain unmarried. If you think about it, you can simply adopt a child in an orphanage in the future, so not having one biologically is okay as well."

"I don't mean that." Tang Li suddenly interrupted Shen Yu's endless stream of words.

Subsequently, he bent down and put Shen Yu on the ground, turned around and grabbed Shen Yu's two arms so that Shen Yu could put most of his body weight on him.

Shen Yu, who was being supported by Tang Li, looked at him in amazement for a moment before he asked, "What do you mean then?"

Tang Li's expression was serious. He stared into Shen Yu's eyes for a moment and said solemnly, "I don't like girls."

"..."

"I like boys."

"..."

Seeing Shen Yu change his expression several times in a few seconds from dullness to surprise to incredulity, Tang Li still remained unchanged and asked, "Do you understand what I mean?"

"Understand..." Shen Yu answered in daze. When he finally regained some of his composure, he opened his mouth and asked, "How do you know you like boys? Isn't Lei Yumeng, your first love, a girl? How did your likes change this much?"

Tang Li's next words were concise: "Because I have a person I like."

Somehow, Shen Yu's throat felt somewhat astringent, like it was painted with acid. He had never seen Tang Li so strict: "... Who is it? "

"Sorry." Tang Li said, "It's a secret."

Shen Yu grinned bitterly: "All right."

That was the end of the conversation.

There's no need to switch to new topics anymore. There seems to be nothing left to say between them.

Uncle Zhang, who followed, did not hear their conversation and was very happy to borrow a bicycle for four people.

Uncle Zhang and Tang Li rode in front, and Shen Yu sat silently behind them sightseeing with the crutches in his arms.

But he has lost his good mood.

Tang Li saying that he liked boys was like he cast a magic spell that never disappeared, deeply imprinted in Shen Yu's mind, so that when Tang Li and Uncle Zhang chatted in front of him, it was like Shen Yu could only hear him repeat that he liked boys over and over.

Tang Li is the villain in the original novel.

The villain loved the female lead to the point of obsession and held absolute loyalty to her. Even when he later learned that the female lead had fallen in love with the male lead, he never thought of giving up on trying to earn her affection.

How could Tang Li, who was so deeply in love with the lady, become a homosexual halfway?

Did the author of the original novel bury a BL line in the original plot line?

The more Shen Yu thought about it, the more puzzled he became, but no matter what he thought about it, he would not admit his true feeling – he was a little unhappy.

It feels like a carefully cultivated cabbage has been eaten by a pig.

The key is that he doesn't know if this is a good pig or a bad pig. A trained pig or some wild boar.

At the thought of Tang Li and the pig being in places he did not know, doing things he did not know, saying he did not know, and discussing people he did not know. Shen Yu felt like he was going to collapse!

Fuck off!

Tang Li is only sixteen years old!

He hadn't even grown up; how can he develop some puppy love?

At this moment, Shen Yu, who was so angry that he felt smoke coming out of his head, forgot exactly who it was gossiping about Tang Li getting a girlfriend not long ago. At that time, he wanted to persuade Tang Li that he would one day have a family and wife of his own.

It's a slap on the face...

Unfortunately, Shen Yu didn't seem to realize this.

Shen Yu's restless thoughts had already spread to outer space. Just then, he saw Tang Li turn his head and say to him, "I like boys."

"..." Shen Yu was so irritable that he almost threw away the two crutches in his arms. "Why are you still talking about this!? Aren't you finished already?"

Tang Li was stunned. "What's wrong with you?"

Uncle Zhang also turned his head with a slightly strange look.

Shen Yu quickly broke free from the magical state and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. He stiffened his scalp and asked, "What did you say just now?"

"Are you thirsty?" Tang Li repeated the question just now.

"Not thirsty." Shen Yu shook his head and thought that he was really frightened by Tang Li's blunt words and that's why he was hallucinating.

Tang Li gave a hum and turned his head back quickly.

Soon, the four-person bicycle started again.

They stayed in the park until 6 p.m. before driving to a traditional Chinese restaurant that Uncle Zhang had called ahead to reserve a room.

This one is expensive, and only accepts appointments. Uncle Zhang can book a place that day, but he still has to rely on the reputation of the Shen family to do so.

The taste of the food is really worthy of the golden reputation of the restaurant. It's a shame the three people sitting in the room were eating like statues.

Shen Yu was full of thoughts, Tang Li was absent-minded, leaving Uncle Zhang in a dilemma and trying to ease the atmosphere. When he finally saw that Shen Yu and Tang Li refused to even have basic eye contact, Uncle Zhang gave up the struggle.

When they left the restaurant, a boy shouted Tang Li's name.

The boy was a little shorter than Shen Yu, but he had lively eyebrows and big eyes. He was very sunny and beautiful. When he laughed, a shallow dimple appeared in the corner of his mouth, making him look as sweet as honey.

"Chestnut." The boy pulled down Tang Li's arm in a familiar way and said with surprise and delight, "I didn't expect to meet you when I came out for a meal. Are you with your family?"

After speaking, the boy suddenly turned his head and looked over from Tang Li, who was in front of him, to Shen Yu and Uncle Zhang who were standing behind Tang Li.

The boy grinned at them; his smile brighter than the light in the corridor they currently occupied.

But Shen Yu's face was not very good-looking. His mind repeated the words Tang Li said in the cherry blossom field during the day. For a time, he doubted whether or not the person Tang Li liked was this boy.

He knows Tang Li, a person who can shout Tang Li's nickname in a public place... It can't ba an average person.

At least Tang Li has some weight in his mind.

Although he felt uncomfortable again, Shen Yu nodded to the boy with a polite smile.

The next second, he heard the boy shout happily: "These two uncles are good!"

Shen Yu: "..."

Without waiting for Shen Yu to respond, Tang Li, who standing in front of the boy, greeted him with a rude slap on the head.

The boy covered his head and looked pitifully at Tang Li with his mouth in a pitiful frown. There was a feeling of bitterness coming from him as he glared at Tang Li.

"What are you beating me for?" The boy said discontentedly, "Do you know that beating people on the head is taboo?"

Tang Li's face was expressionless: "I don't know."

The boy was just tall enough to reach Tang Li's eyes. He looked up and glared at Tang Li angrily. At last, he was defeated by the cold stare of Tang Li and moved his eyes away.

Tang Li was impatient, so he got straight to the point: "Did you need something?"

"You really are... Can't you shout when you see someone you know?" The boy muttered in a low voice and then said happily, "I just want to ask you, are you going to the masquerade party next month?"

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Even when faced with the boy's lively and hopeful face, Tang Li refused to humor him: "No."

Hearing these words, the boy's face instantly froze: "Why?"

"There's no particular reason." Tang Li said, "Do you need anything else?"

"No..."

"Then I'm going."

After that, Tang Li turned around and left.

The boy stared at Tang Li's back for two seconds and suddenly responded.

"Chestnut, wait up..." He ran forward, holding out his hand to grasp the wrist of Tang Li

Unfortunately, it was like Tang Li had eyes in the back of his head. Before the boy's fingertips could touch his skin, he suddenly turned and avoided the boy's movements.

The boy's hand was empty, and it hung in mid-air for a long time before it was withdrawn.

"Anything else?" Tang Li asked.

"Nothing important..." The boy touched his nose in embarrassment and continued hesitatingly, "Anyway, the second year of senior high school is not to stressful. Come out and play. We haven't seen you for a long time. Xiao Hui misses you a lot."

The boy spoke sincerely, but unfortunately Tang Li was not moved by him at all.

"I already said no, I will not go." Tang Li frowned slightly. "Have fun. I'll leave first."

This time, the boy did not dare to stop Tang Li. Although his eyes were full of reluctance to give up, he swallowed back all the words he wanted to say. Then, he turned his head and looked at Shen Yu.

A little stunned, the boy painted on a brilliant smile, waved to Shen Yu, and said cheerfully, "Good-bye uncle."

Shen Yu: "..."

This kid, just who's your uncle?

You're an uncle!

Your whole family is an uncle!

For the first time in his life, Shen Yu was depressed about his age. He was only twenty-nine years old! It's strange that he was called Uncle by a boy who was obviously a senior high school student.

Thinking of how he was called uncle in front of Tang Li... For a while, Shen Yu became even more depressed.

On their journey home, Tang Li and Uncle Zhang both noticed that Shen Yu was in a bad mood.

However, considering what he told Shen Yu earlier today, Tang Li thought that Shen Yu was still angry with him, so he sat in the passenger's front seat silently, quiet as a mouse, nervous, and without enough courage to even look at Shen Yu in the rearview mirror.

Poor Uncle Zhang continued to be oblivious——

He could not understand at all. Just earlier today young master Tang Li was still walking in the lakeside courtyard with the master on his back. How could the two men become like this after a few words?

And when young master Tang Li spoke to the boy just now, his face was very ugly, and he seemed to dislike the boy very much.

The accumulated doubts gradually converged into an overwhelming net, which covered Uncle Zhang firmly.

From the rearview mirror, Uncle Zhang looked blankly at Shen Yu, who was staring outside the window in a daze. He opened his mouth but dared not say anything.

The three men were silent all the way home.

After taking a bath, Shen Yu sat in his bed just thinking for a while. In the end, he couldn't resist and walked out of the bedroom with his crutches.

However, when he reached the door of Tang Li's bedroom, Shen Yu became anxious.

His heart began to struggle.

After all, Tang Li told him such a private matter because he trusted him. If he took betrayed Tang Li's trust in order to attack him...he did not know how Tang Li would think of him in the future.

But after recalling the strange boy from earlier looking at Tang Li with admiration, Shen Yu felt his whole head spiral into a mess.

He didn't know what with him.

But he knew he wasn't happy.

He didn't expect that the pig that could eat his precious cabbage was a little pig, shorter than even he was.

Shen Yu thought for a long time, but in the end, he couldn't find a suitable reason to ask Tang Li about the boy.

Just as he was about to go back to his bedroom to think about it again, he heard a soft click, and the door in front of him opened.

Tang Li appeared in front of the door in black pajamas.

Shen Yu could not see the little villain's facial features and expression clearly the dim light. He could only see his black hair sticking wetly against his cheeks, a few drops of water still running down his face. Most likely he had just taken a bath.

Shen Yu did not expect that Tang Li would suddenly open the door, and suddenly felt a sense of shame when he was caught and could only stand frozen to his spot.

"What's the matter?" Tang Li spoke in a low voice.

"Noth...nothing." Shen Yu stuttered.

"Um." Tang Li hummed a simple tone and waited for a while. After some time, Shen Yu was still motionless, so he squinted, with a little laughter in his eyes. "After acting so tired today, you plan to stand here all night?"

"..." Shen Yu suddenly realized what was happening. "No, how do you know I've been standing here all this time?"

Tang Li's smile grew: "I heard your footsteps."

Shen Yu looked suspicious and obviously did not believe Tang Li's words.

Now that summer is approaching, the villa has a central air-conditioner maintaining a suitable temperature 24 hours a day. The living room on the first floor and the corridor on the second floor are also covered with seasonal fluffy carpets.

Usually when Aunt Chen pushed the cleaning cart through the corridor, even if the door of the study was half open, Shen Yu could not hear the sound of wheels sliding by the study.

Not to mention that he walked lightly just now.

Tang Li guessed what Shen Yu was thinking but had no intention of explaining any further. He stepped back and said, "Are you coming in?"

"No." Shen Yu was still struggling with how to ask the question that had been bothering him.

After hearing Shen Yu's answer, Tang Li immediately felt both a little funny and slightly helpless.

The next second, he suddenly took two steps forward, and quickly approached Shen Yu.

Shen Yu was shocked by Tang Li's sudden action. By the time he used his crutch in order to retreat, the little villain had already grabbed his arm.

Then Tang Li's fingertips moved up and lightly pinched his ears.

Ah...It's cold.

It's a very delicate feeling.

"This place." Tang Li said, "It's very sensitive to your voice, even a hundred meters away, I can hear your call."

They were very close, and Tang Li's breath when talking caressed Shen Yu's cheeks. This caused an itch that gave Shen Yu an uncontrollable desire to retreat.

In fact, he staggered back a little.

Tang Li did not stop Shen Yu. He waited until Shen Yu had a firm foothold before taking back his hand.

Shen Yu gripped his crutches, which felt slightly unstable. After a long pause, he asked, "What if I can't hear you?"

"Then don't be too far away from me." Tang Li looked directly at Shen Yu, and there seemed to be a surge of something dark at the bottom of his dark eyes. "I'll never lose track of you either."

After he heard this, Shen Yu was stunned for several seconds.

His intuition was telling him that there is something more in Tang Li's words.

But he couldn't hear what Tang Li wanted to say, and he was too timid to directly ask what Tang Li was really saying.

It was as if they were separated by a thin veil. Shen Yu wanted to pull off the veil to see what he was facing, but at the same time, he was afraid of facing consequences that he could not afford.

Curiosity and fear tormented him.

After a long standoff, Shen Yu hesitated to break the silence. "By the way, you said you like boys..."

Tang Li nodded: "Yes."

"Is that man we met in the restaurant tonight the one you like?"

"No." Tang Li denied it very simply. Talking about the boy, his eyes flashed a little irritation. "I don't like that type of pestering person."

Shen Yu unconsciously smiled and asked, "What type do you like then?"

Tang Li hung his lips into a frown and was silent for a moment. Then he said, "Sorry, I can't tell you for the time being."

"Oh, that's all right." Shen Yu looked down with some loss in his eyes and laughed. "It's late. We should go to sleep."

Tang Li nodded, "Good night."

Shen Yu said good night, clutched his crutches and turned back to his bedroom.

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Any person would have to admit it.

Shen Yu was influenced by Tang Li's words.

Even in his sleep, he still had some strange dreams. He dreamed that Tang Li took the boy home with him and said that he wanted to marry him.

The boy snuggled shyly in front of Tang Li's chest, looked up at Shen Yu, and raised a brilliant smile. The small dimple floating on the corner of his mouth was particularly noticeable.

The boy said in a crisp voice, "Uncle, I really love Chestnut. Please bless our marriage!"

Shen Yu was struck dumb.

Then a mouthful of old blood came out.

Over the past few days, these dreams have formed into in a regular soap opera series, which has developed to the point that Tang Li and the boy are going to go abroad to get married and hold their wedding.

They also actively and enthusiastically invited Shen Yu to be a witness, because Shen Yu was the only one who witnessed the history of their great romance.

"Shit! What about Uncle Zhang?", Shen Yu cried out angrily for the sake of all the single dogs in the world.

Then, Tang Li and the boy were quiet.

It seems like the whole world is quiet.

"Sir?" Uncle Zhang's voice of doubt rang in his ear. "Sir, did you call me?"

Shen Yu suddenly woke up, and his scattered eyes focused instantly on Uncle Zhang's worried face.

"Are you all right, sir?" Uncle Zhang touched Shen Yu's forehead and muttered to himself, "It doesn't feel like a fever, maybe I should call Dr. Liu to make sure."

Shen Yu calmed down: "... I'm fine."

Uncle Zhang said, "Are you really all right?"

Shen Yu asked seriously, "Does it seem that something is wrong with me?"

"..." Uncle Zhang was speechless and thought that something really was off.

Shen Yu sighed lightly but did not continue to tangle with Uncle Zhang on this issue.

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He turned his head and looked at the table in front of him without eating even two mouthfuls of his breakfast, only feeling dazed.

He sat opposite of Tang Li and seemed to have no appetite. Only looking at the little villain from time to time.

Even knowing that those dreams were made up in his own mind, Shen Yu still felt a bit odd when he saw Tang Li's face.

In particular, he recalled the picture of Tang Li holding the boy's hand and vowing to marry him.

Shen Yu didn't want to stay for a second longer.

"I'm full." Shen Yu suddenly put down his knife and fork, got up, picked up his crutches and left the dining room.

Uncle Zhang and Tang Li were left looking at each other in confusing.

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