Chapter 61: Complaining (2)
After closing the door, Shen Yu walked towards the bed and conveniently threw his clothes and trousers on the bed. At this moment, he felt an unknown rage shoot straight up to the top of his head, no matter how much he constantly supressed and kept it under control.
He recalled all kinds of things that happened the day before and now.
Pile by pile and piece by piece...
Without any exception, the fault jeering at his foolishness.
He even said that Tang Li was a fool. Perhaps in the eyes of Tang Li and others, he was the real fool.
In order to see Tang Li's face, he didn't hesitate to put himself in a difficult situation.
Shen Yu pulled out his cell phone from under the quilt. He unlocked the screen and saw a pile of missed calls, unread text messages and Wechat. When he directly logged into his wechat, he saw a small number "1" in front of the only dialog box that is placed at the top.
It's a message from Tang Li—
[Sorry, I have something urgent that came up. I'll contact you later.]
It was concise and comprehensive.
It was to the extent that even Shen Yu didn't understand the meaning of this sentence.
What kind of urgent matter is it?
When is later?
Shen Yu dazely stared at his phone for quite a long while. Then, he forced down his thought of calling Tang Li. He only replied with an "okay".
Then, he sat by the bedside to wait.
He waited until 12 o'clock noon yet there was no reply nor message from Tang Li.
The "okay" he previously sent was lying quietly at the bottom of the chat box. It was a little brief and somewhat unrefined.
Shen Yu sighed. He logged out his Wechat and dialed Kang Lin.
Shen Yu was sent back on the spot by Kang Lin to the Shen family home. The entire house was so quiet that a needle dropping could be heard.
Uncle Zhang and Aunt Chen seem to have been guarding the living room all night. They were still wearing their clothes from last night. Their faces were full of fatigue. Below their eyes were dark eyebags.
Seeing Shen Yu coming back, Aunt Chen became so emotional that the rim of her eyes went red. She rushed over to welcome him.
"Are you all right, Sir?"
Shen Yu shook his head, "I'm alright."
Saying that, his eyes went from Aunt Chen, who was in front of him, to Uncle Zhang, who was quietly approaching him without uttering any word.
"Uncle Zhang, let's go to the study room to talk."
Uncle Zhang seemed to have guessed that Shen Yu would say so. There was no surprise in his expression, he nodded obediently, "Alright."
Aunt Chen wanted to bring Shen Yu's crutch, but Shen Yu refused. He walked slowly to the elevator as Uncle Zhang followed him from behind in silence.
Once they arrived in the study room, Shen Yu went straight to his desk and sat down.
Uncle Zhang came to the front desk and could only stand upright. Shen Yu hadn't ordered for him to take a seat, so he didn't dare to act rashly.
"Uncle Zhang." Shen Yu started, "Since my parents were gone. You've been like family to me. I have never thought that you would be somebody that my grandfather planted here to supervise me. I thought you wouldn't do that."
Uncle Zhang slightly drooped his head and breathed out, "I am sorry."
"But I don't want to hear you apologize." Shen Yu leaned back to the chair. His indiferent cold eyes also moved from Uncle Zhang to the gorgeous complicated patterns carved on the ceiling. He continued, "Just go. Since you only listen to my grandfather, you can go to attend my grandfather."
In the end, he laughed while mocking himself, "I just happened to save you from worrying about my huge farts matter."
Hearing this, Uncle Zhang was stunned. He raised his head and looked at Shen Yu.
"Sir." Uncle Zhang opened his mouth to talk, "I..."
Shen Yu made a hand gesture to directly interrupt what Uncle Zhang would say, "Sorry, I don't want to listen to your explanation."
Uncle Zhang was silent for a quite a while. He wanted to say something but he hesitated. Finally, with difficulty, he responded, "Okay."
"You hand over all important household matters to Aunt Chen. Give both dessert shops to Kang Lin to manage. Quickly finish those tasks. After that, you may pack your belongings and move out." Shen Yu propped up his chin to think for a moment. He then said, "I'll give you a week, is that enough?"
Uncle Zhang gulped, "...That's enough. "
Shen Yu nodded, "You can go now."
Uncle Zhang turned and walked to the door. He took a step outside the room, he was moving slow abd sluggish. Just as he was about to close the door, he couldn't help but let his voice out, "Sir, forgive me for being frank..."
This time, Uncle Zhang didn't give Shen Yu an opportunity to interrupt him. He continued without slightest hesitation, "I believe that there's no mistake in my way of handling things, let alone in my way of handling Master Shen's matter. Perhaps you weren't aware, but ever since the Shen family took Tang Li in, you underwent tremendous changes."
What he said made Shen Yu pause all of sudden. He raised his eyebrow at Uncle Zhang. He motioned his eyes as a hint for Uncle Zhang to continue.
Uncle Zhang swallowed subconsciously and slowly said, "Previously, you used to be decisive in your work. You were never sloppy nor do you act on impulse. Work is all you have. Even Old Master Shen did not spare any effort to criticise you regarding this matter. You were really working hard for the Shen family at that time."
Shen Yu, "..."
He seemed to have guessed what Uncle Zhang was going to say next.
As expected, he heard Uncle Zhang say, "But now you are single-minded in educating Tang Li as well as managing those two dessert shops on top of it. Most of the things in the company are piled up for Kang Lin to deal with. You have been absent in several important meetings because of Tang Li's minor illness. Some people even think that Kang Lin is you, Manager Shen."
Shen Yu was speechless. He really couldn't find words to refute Uncle Zhang.
"Sir." Uncle Zhang looked at Shen Yu with glistening tears in his eyes and sincerely said, "Perhaps Master Shen shouldn't have suggested that you take Tang Li in, or you wouldn't have degraded into this."
Shen Yu was speechless, "I..."
Uncle Zhang continued, "You always think about Tang Li these days, but have you ever thought about the Shen family?"
Shen Yu was unable to say anything.
The quiet air spread throughout the study room. The surrounding was so quiet that only their breathing could be heard.
Shen Yu was stiff, he did not move.
In fact, he had a lot to say to Uncle Zhang.
Such as the Shen family company's performance that had begun to decline. Probably in a short time, it will usher in bankruptcy as described in the original text. When the time comes, the whole Shen family will become impoverished.
For instance, he was just a pastry chef. The only thing he knew was how to make pastries as well as run a dessert shop. He really didn't have the ability to manage a large scale company.
Shen Yu didn't even know how he supported the Shen family up till now.
It was a pity that not much could be said. In the end, not a word came out from Shen Yu's mouth.
When Shen Yu returned to his senses, Uncle Zhang had already left the study room.
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Chapter 62: Leaving
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Shen Yu waited for a day, but he wasn't waiting for any news regarding Tang Li.
On the contrary, he was waiting for a phone call from Elder Shen in the evening.
Due to this informer―spy― Uncle Zhang, Elder Shen naturally knew exactly all Shen Yu's moves during this period. However, he did not find fault with him because he frankly spoke his reasoning.
"I know you love Chestnut dearly, but there are numerous eyes around watching us. The most irrational thing at this time is because you are using emotions when dealing with such matters."
Shen Yu leaned on the sofa. His eyes were staring dazely at the ceiling.
Once Elder Shen finished talking, he absent-mindedly responded.
Elder Shen knew that Shen Yu would turn deaf to what he said. He sighed, but he continued, "I really don't want to do anything to Chestnut. I keep him just for a show to those people to see. Do you think I will hurt him?"
Shen Yu pursed his lips repeatedly, "...Grandpa, this matter is already over. "
He didn't want to discuss it anymore.
As long as Tang Li's name was mentioned, he became upset.
It was vexing.
It felt like a wound that he managed to hide secretly with great difficulty was being pointed out by others and furthermore, sprinkling salt on his wound.
Shen Yu took a deep breath. He was somewhat shaking.
Elder Shen on the other side of the phone seemed to guess Shen Yu's state of mind. The explaining tone abruptly came to an end. After a good while, he sighed and said, "Xiao Yu ah, you are becoming more and more immature now."
It was the same thing again.
Yesterday afternoon, Uncle Zhang also said the same thing to him.
They were able to express their disappointment and dissatisfaction in such a straightforward way, however, for Shen Yu, he could only hold back. He swallowed all the injustice and annoyances into his stomach and pretended as if nothing had happened.
He knew that even if he would talk, it'd be impossible for anyone to believe him.
Shen Yu's face was pale. He placed his hand on the sofa and grasped it tightly. Then, he slowly breathed out and compromised, "Sorry, Grandpa."
Sorry.
He was not the real Shen Yu.
He didn't have the original owner's ability and resolution. Seeing the Shen family's company started to decline, he could only helplessly worry and watch. He had one's hands bound and was unable to do anything about it [1]. He couldn't think of a way.
{TN: [1] 束手无策/shùshǒuwúcè is idiom means helpless in the face of a crisis}
Elder Shen kept silent for a moment. He then said, "You can deal with the Jincheng Branch's business. All the needless expenditure will be saved. Later on, we will try to open a water source and reduce outflow [2]. Furthermore, there are also two branches in the southwest area. Dissolve them. They have been losing money for three years. No matter how much you support them, they will only continue to suffer more losses."
{TN:[2] 开源节流/kāiyuánjiéliú is an idiom means increase income and save on spending / to broaden the sources of income and economize on expenditure}
Shen Yu was stunned, "Are we going to give up the entire southwest market?"
"That's what I've been thinking currently." Elder Shen said, "The company's performance was not as good as it had been for the past year. If it keeps on developing like this, it will become an empty shell sooner or later. It's better to focus on the development of star projects in the company. As for the new ideas that those people come up with, it will be vetoed for the time being. We need to take a stable route."
Shen Yu obediently agreed, "Alright."
Just when Shen Yu thought that Elder Shen was going to end the conversation, he suddenly heard the other side ask, "Oh, by the way, how are your two dessert shops doing?"
Shen Yu didn't expect Elder Shen would jump to another topic so fast. After a while, he replied, "Business is still pretty good. I'm about to open another branch in the city center of a business district. Last month, I went with Kang Lin to look at the shop. Now, I'm negotiating with the landlord. If everything goes well, maybe the shop will open at the end of this year."
Talking about the dessert shop, Shen Yu swept away his depressed mood earlier and started to lively chatter about a lot of things.
It was until Shen Yu's voice slowly died down when he realized that Elder Shen hadn't spoken a word. From the beginning, he only listened to him quietly.
Shen Yu was a little embarrassed, "...Sorry. "
"It's alright. I like hearing you talk about it." Elder Shen chuckled, "You only become energetic when you talk about these things."
Shen Yu was speechless.
"Keep it well." Elder Shen said jokingly, "Once your side job expands later, we, both grandfather-grandson, would not be stranded on the street."
"En." Shen Yu closed his eyes and his heart felt unwell.
The afternoon the next day.
Shen Yu finally received a call from Tang Li.
Tang Li not only made a phone call, but also arrived at Shen family's home within half an hour after he hung up. He was followed by Tang family's servants and Tang Ming, who had once met Shen Yu in Jincheng.
Tang Ming was still fair and thin as he can remember. His skin was so clean that it was almost transparent under the sun. His facial features and temperament did not change much from five years ago, but his body exuded a lot of composure.
This group of people were led into the living room by Aunt Chen.
The Tang family's servants brought their own luggage and packing boxes. With Aunt Chen's consent, they went straight to Tang Li's room on the second floor.
Shen Yu was dressed casually at home. He sat on the sofa without any movement. The air conditioner in the centre was blowing strong cold air, which made his whole arms have goosebumps.
However, it was as if Shen Yu couldn't feel cold. Ever since Tang Li stepped into the living room, his eyes were fixed on Tang Li right away.
His line of sight moved along with Tang Li's footsteps.
Afterwards, he watched Tang Li go towards the power switch of the air conditioner. He knitted his eyebrows and reached out to push the button to increase it.
It didn't take long for the temperature in the room to rise a little.
Tang Li came to face Shen Yu again As he knelt down the ground, he held Shen Yu's ice cold hands and gently kneaded them. His tone was mixed with helplessness, "Next time, don't keep the temperature too low. Your health is not good, you might catch a cold when it's freezing."
Shen Yu's eyes drooped. He carefully looked at Tang Li's appearance.
He discovered that Tang Li had slimmed down and tanned.
He still remembered that time during summer vacation before. Tang Li often ran around with Shen Yu's assistant, bathing in the sun till his skin turned bronze. When night fell, he could only see his clothing and his rolling eyes.
Thinking about it, Shen Yu went soft.
"Thin." He caressed Tang Li's face. "It's better to be fat." Kneading it with his hand felt good too.
Tang Li looked at Shen Yu with his dark eyes. His eyes flashed. There were unknown surges such as tides in them. Then, he suddenly lifted his hand to hold Shen Yu's hand that was touching his face. He closed his eyes and gently rubbed against Shen Yu's palm.
Still, he seemed to resemble a kitten.
"I'll be fat again soon." Tang Li laughed. He even had a small canine tooth showing, "I get fat easily."
Shen Yu chuckled and smiled. He was about to speak, but he suddenly saw a figure behind Tang Li.
It was Tang Ming.
"If you have a weight-gain type of physique, how about us then ah?" Tang Ming jokingly grumbled. Then he looked at Shen Yu with a smile and greeted him, "Mr. Shen, long time no see."
Shen Yu's smile vanished and then nodded, "Yes. Long time no see."
Tang Ming looked at Shen Yu's legs and said with concern, "I heard Tang Li said that your legs can freely move now."
Shen Yu said with a smile, "I can barely walk."
During their chat, the people upstairs had already finished packing Tang Li's belongings. They moved all of it and started the car.
Tang Ming followed the servants to return to the car to give space for Tang Li and Shen Yu.
The living room that was lively earlier, instantly quiet down.
Shen Yu thought that Tang Li would have a lot to say to him. However, after a long time waiting, Tang Li still hadn't spoken. He raised his head just in time to see Tang Li's eyes. Both people were staring at each other with their eyes wide open.
Both of them 'smelled' the awkward trail on the air.
Finally, Tang Li broke the silence, "I'm sorry." He softly said.
Shen Yu shrugged, he pretended and lightly laughed, "It's alright."
After a while, Shen Yu asked, "Are you planning to transfer to another school?"
Tang Li shook his head and replied, "Tang Ming and Tang Wenjing are both studying at the same school. I ought to continue attending it until I graduate from high school."
"Very good then." Shen Yu smiled. When he looked at Tang Li who's crouching down and didn't want to get up in front of him, he patted Tang Li on the shoulder. "If they are bullying you, come back right away. The Shen family's door is always open for you."
With that, Shen Yu realized what had happened before, and quickly changed what he's about to say, "Anyway, the door here is always open for you."
Tang Li grasped Shen Yu's hand.
He held it very tightly.
Then, he slowly let it go.
"I will go now." Tang Li stood up to leave. "They're waiting outside."
"Go on then." Shen Yu said.
Tang Li was really gone.
He moved out from the Shen family's house and took all his belongings.
The current Tang Li wasn't someone who'd throw things or people away. Except for the bedroom he used to stay, there was almost no trace of him.
Soon, the bedroom was cleaned by Aunt Che. When Shen Yu went to look at the room again, he found that even a little bit of trace left by Tang Li had finally been erased.
There were numerous times that Shen Yu woke up in the middle of the night, feeling that everything happened before was like a dream.
That he and Tang Li knowing each other was a dream.
Watching Tang Li growing up was a dream.
Him helplessly seeing Tang Li leave was a dream.
Everything. All of it was a dream.
Maybe one day when he wakes up, he'd see a familiar little apartment. He might also receive phone calls from his friends. Everyday, he would be vexed about those girls who were crazily pursuing him.
Transmigrating into a book was just a dream.
Time passed by little by little.
A month later, the news that Tang Li left the Shen family's household started to spread among the upper class circle as well as the media ever since. Even Yang Jenny, who had not been contacted for a long time, heard the news. She intentionally made a phone call to console Shen Yu.
This time, Yang Jenny called Shen Yu directly from her father's cell phone.
Shen Yu looked at Yang Jenny's father's name displayed on the screen. He deeply sighed, despite his heart being unwilling, he had no choice but to be sensible and pick up the phone.
"Are you all right?" Yang Jenny asked in a gentle voice that overflowed with concern, "I heard about Tang Li and Shen Rong."
Hearing this, Shen Yu frowned.
He thought about how to tear Shen Rong's body again.
Before Shen Yu was able to say anything, Yang Jenny grumbled, "I knew that the child was not easy to teach. When he was a child, there was a serious accident in his family. His mind had been twisted for a long time. No matter how much you teach him, it was impossible for him to get back to normal. Fortunately, this time Shen Rong's injury wasn't that bad and nothing serious had happened..."
As she spoke, Yang Jenny breathed out a sigh of relief.
Unfortunately, the talk halted and she was suddenly interrupted by Shen Yu's cold voice.
"Who told you that?"
For a moment, Yang Jenny blinked stupidly, "What?"
"Who told you all these things?" Shen Yu asked firmly word by word.
Yang Jenny was shocked by Shen Yu's sudden change of attitude. She was speechless for a long while before she weakly responded to him, "I-It was said by the Shen family."
Awe Hidden Corner: Urghh.. I don't really like how Tang Ming interrupts their sweet time ah.
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Chapter 63: To Split Up (1)
The Shen family had always been the blabbermouths. Shen Yu came to know of it when he transmigrated into this world. At that time, the original owner had just suffered from an accident, and he was recuperating passively. For days and nights, he locked himself inside his room.
For this reason, the Shen family's relatives more or less spoke ill behind one's back.
Though it was known to the outside world that Shen Yu was the only legitimate successor of the Shen family, for a large and flourishing family, this didn't solve the problem of a group of bloodsucking vermin that's eyeing covetously around.
For the past few years, they stuck close to the original owner and he didn't know how much blood they sucked from him.
The original owner and his parents were doing their best, working hard. As for the others, they just hid behind their shadows and enjoyed themselves. Even if they didn't do anything every day, they'd take a piece of the Shen family's big cake.
Shen Yu had thought about it for a long time. He had an idea to divide the large family into smaller groups as a solution.
One afternoon, he told Elder Shen about this idea.
Shen Yu originally thought that it would take him some time to persuade Elder Shen to accept this. However, he didn't hesitate to say yes after hearing what he said.
"I'm old now. I am too exhausted to move around. You can just do whatever you want." Elder Shen spoke, "I had no choice but to interfere with the matter regarding Chestnut beating Shen Rong. In fact, the one who's in charge of the Shen family is still you."
Shen Yu drooped his head and agreed.
Elder Shen spoke again, "Xiaoyu, are you still angry with me about that matter?"
Hearing his question, Shen Yu was silent for a long time. Finally, he sighed and responded to him, "I'm angry with myself. I don't even have the capability to protect the people I want to protect."
"Now, Chestnut doesn't need your protection anymore. The Tang family is there to protect him. No matter what, nothing will happen."
Speaking of this matter, Elder Shen hesitated for a bit and changed the topic to something else, "From the start, you gave up the idea of getting married for Chestnut's sake. Now that Chestnut has his own life, it's time for you to think about yours."
Shen Yu frowned, "I don't have any feelings for Yang Jenny."
"I don't necessarily mean Yang Jenny..."
"The same goes for everyone else."
Elder Shen didn't speak. He was obviously shocked by Shen Yu's obstinate words. After a while, he abruptly raised his voice and started to speak unyieldingly, "You said you wanted to wait until Chestnut grows up and I agreed. You said you wanted to divide the family, I agreed. You said you don't want me to introduce girls to you, I agreed. I compromised so much. Why can't you think about what I say?"
Without waiting for Shen Yu to respond, Elder Shen continued and angrily said, "Your parents left early and I only have a grandson left. I just want to hold my great-grandson in my arms before I die. Is that so difficult for you to understand?"
Shen Yu clenched the phone tightly and said nothing.
Afterwards, he said with a lacking vigor, "Chestnut has not yet grown up. He is not seventeen yet."
Elder Shen, "..."
If it wasn't for Elder Shen's strong body, he would have perhaps vomited blood.
"I don't care. You have to get married before I die." Elder Shen didn't tolerate it and issued an ultimatum, "As for the Shen family, you can just break it up or scatter it if you don't feel like raising those useless bums. They are no good at earning money, but have a great ability at angering others"
With that, Elder Shen hung up the call.
Shen Yu shook his head helplessly. He didn't take Elder Shen's angry words to his heart. Kang Lin and several company's confidants discussed the division of the Shen family.
For the Shen family, to split up was not an easy thing.
After all, the whole Shen family has been developing together for more than hundred of years. The relationship between them was deep-rooted and closely linked, which was extremely complicated. If Shen Yu directly touched the interests of most people, he was afraid those people wouldn't give up. It was just like when they detained Tang Li previously...
Shen Yu was considering it and wanted to have a go. He felt distressed.
He had to call in a few close relatives who usually moved to make his intention of the family's division known to them. Furthermore, he promised them a large portion of a share as well as benefits.
Those people readily agreed, and soon after everything became busy.
In order for Shen Yu to divide this family and open another branch, he must handle this matter quickly like the wind. At the same time, Elder Shen on the other side was also busy.
Elder Shen was occupied with choosing Shen Yu's partner.
Every once in a while, Elder Shen would call Shen Yu's cell phone and think up every possible method to deceive him and go on a blind date.
If Shen Yu disagreed, Elder Shen changed the ploy that he learned recently from out of nowhere —One was crying, two was to make trouble, and three was to hang himself [1]. He made a ruckus so that Shen Yu would have no choice but to agree with his demand.
{TN: [1] 一哭二闹三上吊/yīkū'èrnàosānshàngdiào is an idiom means to make a terrible scene / to throw a tantrum}
At the beginning of winter, the dark night came quite early.
At eight o'clock in the evening, the sky outside that can be seen from the french window is deeply covered by a dark blanket of the night. There was no starlight present in the night sky. Only a lonely crescent moon can be seen and from time to time is surrounded by the passing clouds.
The restaurant is located in a bustling city center. Sitting by the french window, the red lanterns and a green wine [2], could be clearly seen from the street outside as well as the stream of people walking over on the pedestrian lane.
{TN: [2] 灯红酒绿/dēnghóngjiǔlǜ is an idiom means feasting and pleasure-seeking / debauched and corrupt environment}
The restaurant inside was very quiet. Except for the light music flowing in the air, the voices of people talking can hardly be heard. Only the sound of clattering knives and forks occasionally made sometimes could be heard.
Shen Yu sat at the dinner table leisurely. He was simply staring at the nightscape outside the glass window.
Chapter 63: To Split Up (2)
Chapter 1: Hello World
On this fine glorious day, people gathered from all over the world to witness the creation of THE foxaholic fanfic. Everyone watches how the story will unfold, how it will change everyone's view about humanity. WE SHALL SURVIVE TO INFINITY AND BEYOND TO SHOW YOU WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A DUCK.
It is not simple, being a duck of Foxaholic. Especially when said duck is tossed out of the frying pan into the fire. Foxaholic duck is cheap but tasty when made into Peking duck meat. That aromatic smell, that crispy skin, that tantalizing meat….just thinking of it makes one salivate. Cheap and affordable, anyone could get it.
I knew i had to eat it. As a bonus, the duck feathers make fantastic winter coats to brave Canadian winters. Duck's jijis are long especially this Shan's imaginary big thick jiji. Shan the duck even had a wife,lynn and some side chicks like trash who skipped classes yesterday.
Eat her?
The duck liked to be eaten in a 'special' way. It looks for its spiritual jiji which was lost in Neverland. However, the way of the spiritual jiji was just lost, somewhere out in the world, waiting for the right person to cultivate the duck of Foxaholic could cultivate it to such an extent.
The spiritual jiji is an immortal weapon that shot indescribable liquid as defence, and cultivate into a highly prized cultivation tool. The people of Foxaholic wanted nothing but the way to cultivate the spiritual there's a right way to cultivate it, if one couldn't do it the right way, they will die cruelly by the liquid of the spiritual jiji.
This liquid was scorching and melts you from the inside when sprayed the wrong into you, causing the most unexpected things to occur inside. The liquid had infinite spiritual energy that can help u ascend into heaven of pleasure.
But the question is, can it produce a seed ?
If you do it the right way, eventually the spirit energy will condense into a smaller version of you as it pops out after enough time has , slimy, and hot. As the duck obsessed over the perfect spiritual jiji, the other members of foxaholic decided to leave it to its the immortal weapon lost in neverland, shan read bl in order to properly cultivate as immortal duck.
I remember Z wanting to try the spiritual jiji. So Z set off on a journey to find the spiritual jiji.Z encounter a duckling along the way so Z followed it.
The duck thought to herself, 'oh z how I love you so, I await for you to find the perfect spiritual jiji!'
Determined and fueled by love, Z searched high and low for the spiritual , he encountered a cliff which full of fluffy cats. From amongst the cats came out a Lazykat along with the duckling Z petted the cats. They were lolicons, dangerous ones. It maybe called Lazy kat but it was loli diligent cat.
The Lazykat did not like to be pet, at least not by anyone who wasn't a loli. Z could not sense the danger. The Lazykat sat upon its throne looking condescendingly upon its visitor. Lazykat noticed Z carried a lot of cookies He wanted to steal them.
"What brings you disgusting creatures here to my paradise?"
"ONLY LOLIS CAN COME TO MY PARADISE!"
He thought a little more to himself before continuing, "…Unless you're here to talk about panties."
"Ahem, who are you to step in here when you're not a loli!"
Z was pressured and confessed his love for lolis and panties to find a way to escape! Then a pigeon and alien come to rescue Z. JS entered the scene with a loud bark, Albeit disoriented, Z was rather thankful for the distractions. Z went to pigeon kingdom with alien's ufo.
"Where's the duck!" Yelled a lady in miko clothing.
Z who was blinded by pleasure for a long time, woke up from euphoria when js, pigeon and alien came. Z could not find the duck anywhere. Meanwhile, Lazykat descended upon JS, presented all his cookies, and said "…I just had some extra, that's all. "
The duck was left alone for the entire night and saved by a beautiful maiden,Lynn. She held the duck in her bosom and stroked it gently.
"Baby duck,you are safe now".
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Touched, the cheap duck immediately asked for Lynn's hand in marriage even though she wasn't the Z of her dreams, hubba hubba. But as soon as Lynn agreed, the duck just tossed her to the side and left her to gather dust. Although the duck tossed her to the side,the beautiful maiden obviously love cute little duck. The cheap duck ran to seduce more people, gathering a harem that pitied Lynn and hated the duck. However, despite saddened from being forsaken by the duck, she still quietly waited with bot games until the day she is noticed once again.
One day, the harem maybe abandoned shan and become lynn's harem, then lynn, this beautiful maiden was left crying while bearing the child left by the duck. a fatherless duckling. Lynn remained faithful to the duck nonetheless. Love is beautiful and lynn always believe in power of love.
So she waited for the duck to come back, but the duck had always believed in the power of lust. Driven by lust, the duck set off to retrieve the spiritual jiji again! unknowing of the figure lurking behind the shadows. The beautiful maiden lynn who believe in love adopted children who could accompany her in happiness and hardships. It was also at this time that she met Vex.
Vex, although he looked like a child, was actually a robot. He pitied the young maiden and wanted to provide her with some comfort, so they had a rendezvous at a hotel, but the young maiden could not get her love out of her head.
However Z came in the middle and gasped out in horror, "VEX! How could you?! I thought…I thought we had something special between us!"
Vex then vowed to take lynn's child as his own and raise it together with the young maiden but she decided to live her life as a nun. However, on the day she was supposed to let down her hair, her duck came running. Poor Z, heartbroken and sad, married Cherry.
The duck was running from pursuers who wanted to eat it. But Cherry was not one to be chained down. The duck kissed the beautiful lynn and said,"I love you, Lynn! LET'S HAVE A FOURSOME WITH VEX AND Z!"
Vex can vibrate, The duck got slapped away and landed into a trash bin. As he looked down at the duck in contempt, Z snatched vex away and said, "….Of all things….it should be a 5 some with Cherry too!" Z could handle 5 vibrators at once indeed. The trash bin (which is actually Trash in disguise) fell in love with shan's jijis. The trash bin loved the cheap duck and felt happy he (duck) went into her (trash) at last. And Cherry–poor cherry–who knew of Z's strange preferences was satisfied with a contractual relationship (with z) and left the country.
The heartbroken lynn raised Xercia, her octopus child, into a pretty girl.
Chapter 64: Party (1)
Translated by IAllsIsAwe
Proofread by Kyeopchi
But on second thought, considering that the girl came to meet him for dinner, Shen Yu suppressed his intention to leave. He tried to reason with the girl, "I'll send you home first. Once I send you back, you may do whatever you want and go wherever you wish to go. I won't care for you."
The girl chuckled and tilted her head, "What a bother. Why do I have to make such a big detour with you?[1]"
{TN: [1] She means like why she needs to go home and then come back to the club again without him}
Shen Yu frowned. He pursed his lips and set his sight on the girl.
The girl seemed to notice the impatience in Shen Yu's eyes. She sighed heavily and tried to compromise, "It's only eight o'clock. How about you come in and sit with me for a while."
Seeing that Shen Yu didn't speak, the girl continued, "Although I don't know what kind of life you, a 30-year-old man, have, I want you to take a look at my living environment. If you can accept it, we will get along with each other. If you can't accept it, I won't pester you anymore."
She raised her eyebrows as she asked him, "What do you think?"
Shen Yu was speechless.
As a result, the two people hit a deadlock for quite a long while. It was a strange sight for the staff at the club. Then, a burst of cold wind gave Shen Yu goosebumps.
He shook his head helplessly and told the driver to wait by the curb as he followed the girl into the club. The girl was very happy that she encircled around Shen Yu, like a merry little bird.
As they were led to the elevator by the staff, the girl raised her head and looked at Shen Yu. She whispered, "By the way, can I ask you a question?"
"No."
Shen Yu answered simultaneously when the girl had yet to ask him, "Are you still in touch with Tang Li?" she asked.
Shen Yu, "…I said no."
The girl was disappointed. She curled her lips and made a comical face towards Shen Yu's side. Then, she tactfully changed the subject, "The fourth floor here has been chartered. Wait a bit and you can walk around freely later. Of course, you can also follow me along."
The girl pretended to be coquettish and winked at Shen Yu.
Shen Yu's face showed no expression, his eyes did not even fluctuate at all. He was looking at the girl with eyes which resembled a puppet without a soul. He said coldly and lightly, "I'll just sit for a while and leave soon."
The smile on the girl's face instantly froze. After a while, she sighed, "You really are a hardcore straight man[2]. No wonder you haven't had a girlfriend until this age."
{TN: [2] 钢铁直男/gāngtiězhínán literally means iron and steel/hardcore straight man. In Chinese, the term "straight men" is sometimes associated with "male chauvinism" and "bad taste in clothes," But a "hardcore straight man" is often insensitive towards women and has a bad taste for fashion, but he is not obnoxious like those male chauvinists.}
Shen Yu was silent and turned a deaf ear on the girl's words.
Soon after, the elevator stopped on the fourth floor.
As the elevator doors opened, the view of the lounge's surrounding was immersed with dim blue lighting, relaxing music was flowing in the air. There weren't as many people in the hall but it also wasn't that less.
It was supposed to be a private reservation for a small party.
It was reckoned that all people here were the girl's acquaintances.
The girl turned her head towards Shen Yu and smiled. She reached for Shen Yu's hand, but Shen Yu avoided her nimbly.
For a moment, the girl's face looked somewhat embarrassed. However, she didn't take long for her to return to her normal expression, "Let's go."
Shen Yu nodded. He walked out of the elevator together with the girl.
Who knew that as soon as they took a few steps out of the elevator, the few people recognized who the girl was. They immediately swarmed like bees and buzzed around them to talk to the girl.
"Xiaohui, didn't you say you can't come? Why are you here now?"
The girl answered beamingly, "Jia Zhe likes to act like a spendthrift. How could I miss the chance for his treat?"
"Oh right, Jia Zhe is too strange." The other girl said, "Firstly, the new year's party. Then the masquerade party, and now a birthday party. Is he that rich? There is so much money that there is no place to spend."
"…Let's forget about the birthday party. Did he think we didn't know his birthday was in another two months? There is no such thing as an early birthday. "
As a group of girls talked, their attention finally turned to Shen Yu, who was standing idly.
Shen Yu, who came out for a blind date this evening, was dressed formally. He had his hair specially taken care of. He was tall, and he looked elegant and refined. Even though the lighting around him was dimmed, the sense of his presence was too strong to be ignored.
In a split second, the girls' eyes, whether older or younger, became bright like a light bulb. They were ruthlessly staring at Shen Yu and surged to him like a rushing water.
"Hi, are you Xiaohui's partner? We are Xiaohui's classmates. You are so handsome ah! "
"Cute brother, you look better than in the photo."
"Not only does he look better than the photo, I think he can win Tang Li by a landslide. If this cute brother is just ten years younger, how would our school's most handsome boy, Tang Li, have any chance?"
The girls continuously tried to compare Shen Yu and Tang Li until Xiaohui couldn't take it anymore. She forced her way through and said, "Alright, alright. He's already thirty years old. What is there to compare a youngster like Tang Li?"
Shen Yu, "…"
He put his clenched hand to his lips and coughed twice, "I'm not thirty years old yet. I'm about twenty-nine and a half years old…"
Xiaohui turned her head and gave him an eye roll, "Excuse me, is there any difference?"
Shen Yu, "…"
He wanted to say that there was a difference. A very big difference.
This half-year-old thing was something he was stubborn about before he reached forty years old.
Chapter 64: Party (2)
Translated by IAllsIsAwe
Proofread by Kyeopchi
The girls covered their mouths and giggled at the conversation between Shen Yu and Xiaohui. They gathered around Shen Yu, who was sitting on the sofa and enthusiastically brought fruit tea and other refreshments.
Originally, Shen Yu intended to go with the girl and sit in just for five minutes. However, in the end, now that the young girls kept on encircling him to chat, he suddenly didn't know how to leave.
He has been sitting like this for half an hour now.
Shen Yu, who already had his fill, once again stuffed a pile of fruit into his stomach.
Xiaohui seemed to notice Shen Yu's dilemma. So, she clapped her hands and said in a loud voice at her friends, "Ok ok ok, please let him go. You are blocking him right now. My partner can't even go to the bathroom if he wants to."
When the girls heard the words, they hurriedly gave way. They smiled mischievously to ridicule Xiaohui at the same time.
"Boo, he's obviously only a blind date's partner. The eight characters are not even written yet[3] and you already started to take advantage of cute brother huh."
{TN: [3] 八字还没一撇/bāzìháiméiyīpiě is an idiom. It means things have not even begun to take shape / no sign of success yet}
"Now, we are cute brother's righteous angels tonight. If you want to abduct the cute brother, you have to pass us first!"
Xiao Hui complained in dissatisfaction, "You're the group of fake sisters who have agreed to stand by me and now you try to hold onto my blind date. I want to break my relationship with you guys!"
Several girls burst into laughter and made some fuss.
Shen Yu got a headache from their quarrel. He kneaded his temples, got up, and went to the bathroom inside.
From the look of their clothes, the people here should be students or Tang Li's schoolmates. Shen Yu could see a lot of people in their school uniforms.
At the same time, those people probably knew each other. Just as Shen Yu passed through them, they turned their heads tacitly. They looked at Shen Yu in surprise several times, and then they whispered to each other.
"Who is that person ah? He doesn't seem to be a student from our school. "
"Nonsense, he doesn't look like a student. It seems that Song Hui[4] brought him here. Maybe it's her boyfriend."
{TN: [4] Song Hui is Shen Yu's blind date partner a.k.a Xiaohui. Song is her family name and Xiaohui is kinda her nickname}
"It can't be. That person looks familiar. It seems that I've seen him somewhere…" The speaker held his chin and racked his brain for a moment. Then he knocked his head when he realized who it was, "He is Shen Yu! I attended his grandfather's birthday banquet before!"
"WTF! Shen Yu?!"
"It can't be… How could such a bigshot come to our little abode… "
Shen Yu, who listened to all of their conversations behind him, suddenly felt his thoughts in turmoil.
There was an overwhelming feeling that he didn't belong in this place that was similar to a fine net wrapping him and gradually tightening up to keep him trapped inside.
He thought that these people were Tang Li's classmates, perhaps fellow students. They all know Tang Li. They're the same age as him as well as studying in the same school…
But Shen Yu couldn't fully understand what they were saying.
They talked about going to the class for make-up class. They talked about teachers together with fellow students. They talked about new things that happened in school recently, and they even talked quite a lot about star chasing, watch-binge drama, and concert topics.
And also the 'things' that have faded away from Shen Yu's life for a long time.
Shen Yu didn't even remember what it felt like to do these things when he was younger. All he knew was that he was immersed in adult life now. He was hovering between occupying himself to open a shop all day long, having a blind date out of boredom. He was squeezed by the pressure of life to the point where he didn't have a moment to properly breathe.
The disparity between him and those people also represented the gap between him and Tang Li.
Shen Yu splashed his face with cold water and felt that his jittery, restless mood eased a bit. He thought about it and took out his cellphone to call Xiaohui.
On the other side, Xiaohui quickly answered, "Brother Shen Yu, what happened?"
"I'm leaving first. You can have fun by yourself. Pay attention to safety when you go home." Shen Yu said.
Xiao Hui was surprised for a moment. She then teased him, "Why are you in such a hurry to leave? Aren't you going to take me home?"
"You're already eighteen years old. You have the ability to be independent. Even if something goes wrong, you don't need me to be your guardian." Shen Yu paused and then continued, "Furthermore, I believe there is a big generation gap between us."
Without giving Xiao Hui a chance to speak, Shen Yu hung up the phone.
He pulled out two tissues to wipe off the water on his face and turned to leave the bathroom.
Just as he was about to walk out of the half-open door, he suddenly heard an extremely familiar voice from the outside.
In a split second, Shen Yu recognized that it was Tang Li who was talking.
"Do you know how annoying you are? This is my last warning to you. Next time, don't blame me for turning my back on you."
Before Tang Li's words could finish, another male voice rang out, "Chestnut, I really, really like you. Even both of my mom and dad know about your existence and they are also supporting me in pursuing you…"
"Shut up."
"Could you hear me out first?" The male voice said in an almost soft tone, "My father said you just returned to the Tang family and your position right now is still unstable. In addition, you were being bullied by those shady sons of a bitches. If you are with me, I will let my father protect you. My father can help you consolidate your position in the Tang family, as long as you promise me…"
He has yet to finish his words. However other footsteps can be heard from a distance.
The boy immediately said, "Let's go to the bathroom and talk."
Tang Li clicked his tongue impatiently. He was very unwilling to take consideration of the place or follow the boy to the bathroom.
Shen Yu blanked for a moment but he suddenly reacted and promptly hid in one of the stalls inside.
Chapter 65: Confession (1)
Translated by IAllsIsAwe
Proofread by Kyeopchi
Even though the bathroom area isn't that small, it's also not that big enough not to know whether there was someone in the stall. As long as there was someone entering the bathroom, they could basically see everything in a glance.
Therefore, when Shen Yu heard Tang Li and the other boy's footsteps getting closer and closer, he unconsciously hid in the innermost part of the stall.
He leaned against the corner and tried to hold his breath as slowly as possible.
After a while, Shen Yu heard a 'click' sound. It should be the sound of the bathroom door being locked.
"Chestnuts." The boy said, "I…"
Tang Li interrupted him coldly, "Hold on."
The boy seemed to be confused, "Huh? What's wrong?"
However, Tang Li did not answer the boy, rather he walked directly to the stalls. He then began to check it one by one.
Shen Yu was hiding in the innermost stall. In order not to attract people's attention, he deliberately opened the door. In other words, if Tang Li completely pushed the door open, he would find him hiding in the corner in a cut sorry figure.
Just imagine the scene if he was found out, Shen Yu would be embarrassed, ashamed and he won't be able to show his face.
He struggled to shrink his body and minimize his presence. At the same time, he constantly prayed that Tang Li wouldn't find him and it would be good if he turned around to walk away.
Unfortunately, God didn't seem to hear his prayers.
Tang Li did not only checked the last stall, but he also pressed the door to the wall without demur.
It was 'bam' all of sudden.
There was a slight noise when it collided with the wall.
Immediately after that, Shen Yu felt an extremely heated gaze roaming over him.
Shen Yu was stunned for two seconds before he slowly turned his head. He then came in contact with Tang Li's astonished face.
Tang Li seemed like he just hurriedly went there from the outside with travel-worn and weary appearance. He was wearing a light gray toggle coat with black turtleneck on the inside which made him look a bit mature.
It's been a long time, his skin colour had become fairer and his hair had also grown.
Only his refined features and his beautiful phoenix eyes had not changed at all. Although compared to the usual, they were a bit cold.
Tang Li just stared at Shen Yu without blinking and hadn't moved since.
Shen Yu's face was thoroughly red. He felt his limbs gradually becoming stiff. His heart was palpitating as if it would pop out from his throat.
It was too awkward…
And too embarrassing…
Presently, Shen Yu was regretting that he hid in there like a thief. He could just frankly go out and meet Tang Li face-to-face and inquire how Tang Li and that boy had developed in passing by.
In the end what happened was it looked like he was eavesdropping at the corner of the wall.
Shen Yu moved his already sore arm, "I…"
At the same time, the boy's voice sounded outside, "Chestnut, what are you trying to find?"
Hearing the voice, it seemed as if Tang Li had just snapped out from his bewitched state. He instantly controlled his expression to move his line of sight and walked away.
"You're not afraid if there is someone in the bathroom?" Tang Li coldly said to the boy, "Next time, pay attention when you speak."
The boy seemed to be a little dissatisfied. He said in a low voice,"Even if there is someone, I like you openly. I'm not afraid if other people know."
Having said that, the boy also added, "In fact, I wish the whole world knew I like you."
Tang Li replied decisively, "Sorry. I don't want you to like me, let alone people know the matter of you liking me."
The boy was stumped at once, "Why?"
"It's because I don't like you." Tang Li said.
The boy retorted, "Your reason is too sloppy."
This time, Tang Li hadn't spoken anymore, rather he continued to be silent. The boy didn't make any sound either. They were probably in the middle of confrontation. The whole bathroom was so quiet that even breathing couldn't be heard.
Shen Yu kept on leaning against the corner of the wall. He didn't even dare to breathe for fearing he'd accidentally alarm the boy.
He thought that Tang Li would not continue this topic and leave the bathroom without saying anything. Half a minute later, he didn't expect that Tang Li's voice to suddenly echo around the restroom.
Chapter 65: Confession (2)
Chapter 3: Z's pursuit for the spiritual jiji again
While tai was pursuing the couple, Z on the other hand, was still on the run. On the way, Z meet kin who was eating a pizza, The then innocent Kin, was talking to blood red drink, and was happily eating the pizza.
Who is that blood red drink? It was her future hubby, Crim.
crim's blood, that's crimsonade changed into human when saw z. Z walked closer, steal the pizza, and try to seduce crim. Then Z found villager A, Kin was affronted but faithful crim didn't submit to Z. The villager a is so beautiful that he left them alone, Z couldn't handle the beauty. and seduced her. this random man came out of nowhere, stole her pizza, tried to seduce crim with said pizza, and then found villager a. Kin watched with her mouth ajar.
Kin proposed to Crim after divorcing herself, The mon and awe, the lord of cats are watching while munching on popcorns. Crim, unfortunately, wasn't ready yet Kin seduced Crim with all her might. Crim afraid that kin will go papapa with others, Poor kin needed some
Mon then needed a drink because he choked when he ate so much pop corn at once. then he saw crim. When she couldn't seduce crim, she had no choice but to ask some help.
Kin got some pizza with aphrodisiac and feed crim. Kin was saddened. She even divorced herself for Crim, but she had no idea what Crim was interested in or what Crim liked. She then papapa him so hard. Everything was going well until something happened. Crim who is responsible guy married kin. Kin's old waifu, Z, returned.
But only he knows what he really thought about the matter. About being drugged. Crim was feeling like he gonna wear green hat.Z was brilliant at letting others wear green hats.
Kin thought Z was seducing her with his breath. Should he get divorced? Before wear green hat. his voice was once of his assets in seduction. So both Kin and Z made their hubby and wife wear green hats. Crim mused if he should take advantage of Z's presence to get divorced.
Kin was loyal.
Kin the pizza crazy lover was being seduced but crim let out coughs which made her awake, But Z, ever so fickle, still left kin, then let them produce toys at the factory. suspicious toys.
She ran back to her hubby Crim and papapa him, Only Crim could make her feel amazing, so she remained loyal in between. The minors like Jun who watching have to close their eyes. Z was again left without a partner. Kin was a firm believer that any disagreement could be solved with a round of negative distance interaction. If not, well….there's always pizza.
Z remembers about duck, he remembered the power of the spiritual jiji. Z snapped out of it and remembered his true goal.
He wanted the immortal weapon spiritual jiji to become a god of harem and take everyone's wives.
Z was really ambitious but he also had the means, Taitai also wanna be god of harems because Z thought every husband loves NTR and so Tai and Z worked together. They have to get the immortal weapon and share. There was a guy named kuze who became a harem protagonist. Z reckoned that he wasn't any worse than kuze, he was confident that he could be charming and an okay guy. Then, taitai and z meet each other in inn with kuze.
Kuze accidentally said, "…so, the last fart–"
After all, people have said it to his face before that he's okay. However, he did have a secret thing for dakemakuras. People being salty. Salty counts as plural, because it's salty + boots.
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Tai tai said" im anti jiji…so just get me lynn ,the beauty"
It turns out that lynn is the secret master of one who has caught them all. Lynn spiritual body is rich with energy which can help tai tai become overlord, but the duck left her with a child. Jun planned to help tai tai and killed the child,but Kin saved the kid.
The unborn child died and cursed Jun so Jun become baby, Her child, xercia, is amazing at multitasking because she's an octopus. True to her roots, she has many slaves willing employees for her numerous projects. Kin revived the kid after she knew the plan, without jun and tai tai knowing. Kin had revived the kid.
Lynn still loyal to the duck, Jun's plan failed. but she had a hidden harem.
Crim gave his blood to the revived kid to survive so the kid had an octopus mutation. Taitai started to look for another member of harem and started the journey of tentacle pleasure.
Meanwhile,the vex was found by a group of knights, He is a lost princess of bot kingdom and could talk to animals and birds. He live in secluded palace while playing games, vex remembered when he was snatched by Z in the hotel room so he refused to go back the the kingdom and waited for z to find him, He remembered the way he was snatched by the handsome hentai Z, oh, the way how he held vex's arm and way how Z smelled; He fell in love.
Poor vex waited but Z never came so he set off on a journey to find his beloved Z. z who left the in start his journey to ascend to immortality, who is looking for the immortal jiji.
Vex got to where Kin and Crim and the kid were.
Chapter 66: Kiss (1)
Translated by IAllsIsAwe
Proofread by Kyeopchi
Therefore, he buried his head and quietly watched Tang Li's long and beautiful hands gently kneading his lower legs.
After ten minutes, only then did Tang Li stop and retract his hand back. He stood up and lent his arm to support Shen Yu.
"Can you try to walk?"
Shen Yu's weight was easily supported by Tang Li and got up to move his feet. He was not as sore as he was earlier.
"Thank you." Shen Yu pulled up the corners of his mouth awkwardly.
Tang Li looked down and stared at Shen Yu's face for a moment. He seemed to have thought of something and let out a helpless sigh, which was almost inaudible.
Shen Yu thought that Tang Li was angry at him for eavesdropping. He immediately flushed from shame. He thought that he should give an explanation to Tang Li, even if it's an excuse. It would be better than not saying anything at all.
In the end, before Shen Yu could make a sound, he heard Tang Li start, "Actually, those words I said earlier are the truth."
"Huh?" Shen Yu reacted slowly.
"The things that I said to Jia Zhe." Halfway through, Tang Li suddenly realized that Shen Yu didn't know Jia Zhe. So, he changed his way of saying it, "Just what I said about liking you."
Shen Yu, "…"
Originally, Shen Yu wanted to pretend that he didn't hear anything, but he didn't expect that Tang Li would frankly tell it to him. He didn't know how to react.
It seemed that regardless of how he'd answer, it's a little strange and uncanny.
Under Tang Li's scorching gaze, Shen Yu was silent before he gave a nonchalant 'oh'. Then, he calmly said, "I know."
Tang Li was stunned for a moment.
Before he spoke about it, he imagined several of Shen Yu's possible reactions. Almost all of which were negative and intense. He had no idea that Shen Yu would act so calmly.
It was as if he was not talking about love between lovers, but the love of the younger generation towards the elder.
However, he said it directly and clearly enough earlier. In addition, with Jia Zhe's undisguised blatant words, it was impossible for Shen Yu to not be aware of what he wanted to express.
Unless—
This means that this was a rejection.
Upon thinking about this possibility, Tang Li's eyes instantly dimmed. His long eyelashes now casted a small shadow. His smile quickly faded away.
At this moment, Tang Li even thought of countless ways to forcibly tie Shen Yu to his side.
He acknowledged that he was not a kind person by nature. Even if someone would say that he is an ingrate or a bastard, he would admit it as long as Shen Yu remains by his side…
Tang Li found that despite how calm and relaxed he usually acted, when it was all about Shen Yu, his emotions would be out of control like a wild horse. He couldn't rein his own thoughts and his actions.
Like now…
The thought of Shen Yu rejecting him made him feel like he was going crazy.
At the same time, Shen Yu suddenly called out his name, "Chestnut."
Tang Li's drifting thoughts were immediately pulled back. He turned his head only to find that Shen Yu's eyes were set on him. Those fickle and frivolous peach blossom eyes now full of seriousness.
The expression on Shen Yu's face was very serious. his eyebrows were slightly wrinkled. It was as if he was confronting an extremely important lifetime event.
"I want to think it over for a while before I give you an answer." Shen Yu hesitantly said, "Furthermore, you are going to take the college entrance examination in the summer next year. Your studies are a priority. I don't want you to be distracted this time round."
Hearing that, Tang Li was stupefied for a good while.
As soon as those words processed in his mind, his dead dejected heart became radiant once again.
He prudently asked, "When you say you want to think it over, do you mean…we can date?"
Shen Yu frankly replied, "If you are an adult, I could try dating you. However, you are still a high school student, and you haven't turned eighteen yet. I don't want to be accused of abducting minors."
Tang Li hurriedly said, "I'm 18 years old according to the Chinese calendar."
Shen Yu was in a good mood and felt that it was funny, he shrugged, "The law won't acknowledge your age according to the Chinese calendar."
Having said that, Shen Yu literally walked out of the bathroom.
Tang Li hastened and followed him like a puppy, excitedly circling Shen Yu. His eyes crinkle in happiness, looking at Shen Yu with eyes that are as gentle and lukewarm like spring water.
"You said you would think over it for some time. How long will it be?"
"Before your college entrance exam."
As soon as the words left his mouth, Shen Yu saw Tang Li count his fingers very earnestly.
"There's still seven months to go." Tang Li frowned. He seemed to be quite dissatisfied, "It's too long."
Chapter 66: Kiss (2)
Translated by IAllsIsAwe
Proofread by Kyeopchi
hand and lightly clicked between Tang Li's eyebrows. When the little "川"1 there unfolded, he said, "It's not that long. You are almost eighteen years old. Time passes fast."
Now, Tang Li was half-head taller than Shen Yu. He clearly needed to bow when looking at Shen Yu.
Shen Yu somewhat remembered the appearance of the Little Douding2, Tang Li.
Unknowingly, he felt it was a pity.
As they arrived at the hall, they found that the birthday party was in full swing. A waiter pushed a cart with a five-layer of big cake slowly to the center of the crowd full of endless excitement.
Everyone was chattering non-stop and excitedly gathered around the cute birthday boy who was wearing a party hat.
The birthday boy tonight seemed to be in low spirits. His face was showing a reluctant smile. From time to time, he would absent-mindedly stare at the same place. In the midst of everyone's urging voice, he absently picked up a plastic knife to cut the cake.
Shen Yu was looking at him and thought that the boy seemed familiar.
Then, he turned his head and asked Tang Li, "Is he the one called Jia Zhe?"
Tang Li nodded, "En."
At the same time, Shen Yu also recalled back. It turns out that Jia Zhe was the boy he and Tang Li met in the restaurant half a year ago. At that time, Tang Li was coming out to him that he liked the boy. In addition, he thought that Jia Zhe was the person that Tang Li liked.
For this matter, he also drank a lot of flying vinegar for a long time.
Thinking of this, Shen Yu suddenly felt that he hadn't matured. He unexpectedly had been feeling sullen for such a long time for a completely unrelated person.
When Jia Zhe blew out the candle, everyone's claps were followed afterwards. Shen Yu saw the time and realized that it was late. He wanted to leave and pulled Tang Li's hand and opened his mouth to speak.
Suddenly, it was dark.
It was as if the whole world was sinking into darkness.
There were constant shrieks and people's voices around accompanied by the chaotic sounds of others running in panic.
"What's going on? Why is it dark in here!"
"It can't be a power outage. I'll call the front desk and ask, okay? Don't worry everyone."
Despite that there were people bringing out their cellphones to light up the place, a few troublemakers couldn't resist taking advantage of the darkness to scurry through the crowd. The crowd that was just about to quiet down was restlessly stirred up once again.
Since Shen Yu's legs were quite numb and weak for him to run, he could only stand in one place. He didn't know who was laughing merrily and as they ran past him, he was accidentally pushed.
Shen Yu was caught off guard and fell straight down.
Fortunately, Tang Li had been holding his hand, aware of his movements. He immediately pulled him back up.
In the next second, Shen Yu was instantly into Tang Li's embrace.
The noise around him was like a dense net, trapping Shen Yu's ears. Yet, in such an environment, all he could hear is Tang Li's strong and powerful heartbeat.
Ba-dump ba-dump—
It was pounding heavily on his ears.
Shen Yu was startled for a moment. He immediately wanted to create some distance between the both of them.
As he was just about to straighten his body, he felt the hand on his back pressing him again.
"Chestnut…" Shen Yu's voice was swamped with other people's voices.
Tang Li didn't give him a chance to break away. His hands clung to him. It was as if he wanted to pound him into his arms. His strength was so great that Shen Yu could hardly breathe.
"Tang Li!" Shen Yu raised his voice, "Let go of me first."
"I won't let go." Tang Li freed up his hand to grope Shen Yu's face in the darkness. He quickly leaned close to him and said in a huffing tone, "No one can see us anyway."
Shen Yu suddenly had a bad feeling, "You…"
The rest of his words were blocked with a sudden kiss.
Tang Li carefully yet nervously held his cheek as if he was holding a fragile baby. Every kiss was very green without any skills, yet it was scorching hot and passionate.
Everywhere it went, there was enough fuel to ignite a prairie fire.
Shen Yu was scared witless by his family's darling. He feared that the light inside the hall would suddenly light back up.
What if other people saw him and Tang Li kissing, he was afraid that both their names would appear together on the headlines by the next morning and what will greet them is a terrible scolding.
Shen Yu didn't care what other people would say about him, but he didn't want those people's views to affect Tang Li's normal college entrance examination.
Unfortunately, Tang Li's strength was so strong that he couldn't break free at all. He was worried that they were making too much noise, thereby attracting other people's attention. Shen Yu was annoyed and angry. He was itching to kick Tang Li away.
While he was in bewilderment, Tang Li did not hesitate to besiege him in a tough manner and forced the defenseless Shen Yu to repeatedly suffer defeat. He finally had no choice but to bear this stormy, intense kiss.
Shen Yu, who was single ever since he was in his mother's womb, had never been in love, let alone had done such intimate acts with anyone.
For the first time in his life, he was kissed and had to be constantly on guard from other people. A kiss that left a shadow in his heart.
Not knowing for how long, Tang Li was finally willing to part with Shen Yu, who he kissed to death.
Soon, the lights in the hall came back on.
The world regained its light.
Shen Yu also saw Tang Li standing in front of him clearly. He noticed that Tang Li was still the same, even his hair was not disheveled.
On the contrary, he…
Even if Shen Yu couldn't see his own appearance, he could guess that he ought to look miserable.
"Shen Yu…" Tang Li showed a pitiful expression, the expression he does when he did something wrong just like he did in his childhood. He said weakly, "I…"
Shen Yu waved his hand to interrupt him, "Stop talking."
Tang Li instantly became silent. He observed Shen Yu impatiently.
Shen Yu took deep breaths and forced himself to calm down. He didn't know if there was anyone who saw what he and Tang Li were doing just now. However, if he continued to stay here, he would only feel out of place.
"What are you doing? Are you waiting for Jia Zhe to give you the cake? " Shen Yu glared at Tang Li fiercely, "Go away."
Tang Li's face that was gloomy turned fine in a split second. He hurriedly followed Shen Yu from behind.
When they reached the elevator, they happened to meet Song Hui who was coming up from below.
Song Hui originally thought that Shen Yu had left a long time ago. Seeing him again now, she couldn't help being surprised, "Brother Shen Yu, haven't you already left? Where are you going in such a hurry? "
Shen Yu, who was perturbed, absolutely didn't want to talk to Song Hui, so he curtly said, "Going home."
Song Hui said in a coquettish voice, "We are going to eat cake soon. Please have some cake before you leave."
"I'm not hungry." As he said that, Shen Yu already entered the elevator.
Even though Song Hui was too slow to notice this time. In the end, she still noticed Shen Yu's unhappiness. She couldn't help but worry. After thinking about it, she went into the elevator, "Brother Shen Yu, are you ok…"
Before she could finish talking, a tall figure suddenly stood in front of her.
Song Hui was startled. She raised her head and saw Tang Li's face that looked sinister and eerie. His cold eyes swept over Song Hui's face, making her scalp numb.
"What's all this nonsense?" Every word that Tang Li spat out seemed to be wrapped in a layer of cold air.
Song Hui instantly became frightened. She hurriedly apologised and quickly retreated from the elevator.
As Shen Yu and Tang Li walked out of the club, the poor driver had been waiting in the car for more than two hours.
Shen Yu intended to send Tang Li home, but before he could say anything, he heard someone calling out Tang Li's name from a distance.
At a glance, he saw a Porsche parked there. Tang Ming was leaning against the driver's door as he waved to Tang Li.
- 1. 川 is the eyebrows frown/crease/wrinkle.#easy-footnote-1-30704
- 2. Little Douding is a character in a cartoon called 大耳朵图图/Big Ear Tutu. So, the 'child' Tang Li is a Little Douding look alike.#easy-footnote-2-30704
Chapter 67: Future
Translated by IAllsIsAwe
Proofread by Kyeopchi
Tang Ming quickly recognized Shen Yu, who was next to Tang Li. While smiling, he nodded to him as a greeting.
"Tang Ming was the one who drove me here." Tang Li seemed to be aware of Shen Yu's disappointment. So, he carefully explained to him, "They have a dinner party tonight and they still want me to return."
This 'they' naturally referred to the Tang family.
At first, Shen Yu didn't notice. However, after Tang Li had mentioned that, he realised that he smelled of alcohol.
It's just that the smell was not strong, perhaps he tried to cover it up.
Tang Li's face was pale, but he didn't look like he had drunk any liquor. However, his bloodshot eyes and the tiredness between his eyebrows could not be concealed.
Shen Yu knew that Tang Li's livelihood would be difficult after he returned to the Tang family. He had already been mentally prepared for it. However, when he saw his family's darling, Tang Li's exhausted appearance and lack of sleep, he could not help but feel heartache.
If Tang Li wished for it, he would take him home now and treat it as if he had never met the Tang family.
Unfortunately, Tang Li didn't wish for it.
Shen Yu sighed. He wanted to touch Tang Li's face but he qualmed that Tang Ming was watching him from a distance. He could only resist his impulse.
"Go home early." Shen Yu admonished, "Don't tire yourself too much."
Tang Li obediently nodded, "I know."
Shen Yu wanted to say something but he hesitated. After dilly-dallying for a long time, he couldn't restrain himself and said, "Actually, you don't have to push yourself so hard. As long as you turn around, there is a way out."
Saying that, Shen Yu stepped forward and pulled Tang Li's hand. He gently grasped it for a little while, "I am your way out."
As his voice fell, Shen Yu wanted to take his hand back, but it was tightly gripped by Tang Li.
Tang Li imitated Shen Yu's manners from a moment ago and held his hand.
"I don't want it to forever be you who is giving, and me, who will always be like a little child hiding under your wings, sheltering me from the wind and rain." Tang Li said word by word seriously, "I also want to be your way out."
Shen Yu, "…"
Somehow, his eyes were tearing a bit.
He broke away from Tang Li's grasp and pushed the other, "Go on. Tang Ming is waiting for you."
Tang Li nodded. Despite looking at Shen Yu with reluctant eyes, he nevertheless walked over to Tang Ming.
Shen Yu didn't want to see Tang Li leave. So, he hurriedly turned his head and went inside his car.
When he arrived at the Shen family's home, it was already one in the morning.
Since that incident, Shen Yu had sent Uncle Zhang away, along with two servants and several bodyguards who worked for Uncle Zhang. Now, there were only three servants in the family except Shen Yu and Aunt Chen.
At this point, other people had long quit.
Shen Yu went into the living room and switched on the floor lamp beside the sofa. The yellow light brightened the dark room as it projected the curve of the atmosphere.
His quiet surroundings were so terrifyingly quiet that even the sound of the clock on the wall could not be heard.
He obviously hadn't even noticed how quiet the house was before….
He didn't know whether it was because there were fewer people or because Tang Li moved away. Shen Yu always felt that there was something missing in this home, just like a missing corner of the moon. Somehow, he felt regret looking at it.
"Tang Li…"
Shen Yu leaned on the sofa. He closed his eyes and called the name that occupied too much of his attention in his life.
He never dreamed that the relationship between him and Tang Li would unexpectedly develop to this stage.
Everything was beyond his wildest dreams.
What made Shen Yu even more surprised was that— he didn't seem to reject Tang Li liking him.
Whether it was love or kinship, Tang Li's existence had long been thoroughly integrated into his life. If he could not be separated in such a way, Shen Yu thought he could accept it.
All this time, he had been rushed straight to the blind date. The more women he has met, the more he didn't want to force himself to marry people he didn't like. He and those women had nothing in common, whether it be a hobby or an experience. They were also not willing to blindly invest in their own feelings.
Speaking of blind dates, Shen Yu felt that it was as if he was looking for a partner to live his life with.
If that's the case, why can't he find someone who's he familiar with and someone who can be tolerant and understanding with each other to live together?
Shen Yu originally wasn't a person with a strong demand for relationships. Otherwise, he would not be single for more than 20 years before crossing. He even made preparations for not getting married and not having children.
Now that Tang Li accompanied him, he also won't feel alone anymore.
As for the child…
Shen Yu had thought about it. If he and Tang Li could uphold their relationship after Tang Li graduated from college, they could consider adopting.
That night, Shen Yu thought about it over and over again. He also thought about how to deal with his relationship with Tang Li after it would later be exposed…
The next day.
Shen Yu, who was in dreamland, was awakened by his ringing phone. He dazely opened his eyes, only to realise that he unexpectedly had fallen asleep on the sofa.
He had a thin blanket draped on him.
Shen Yu was befuddled for quite a while. He then heard Aunt Chen's voice, "Sir, your phone is ringing."
Aunt Chen handed Shen Yu's phone on the sofa to him.
"Thank you." Shen Yu took the cellphone and his eyes fell on it. It was a call from Elder Shen.
Ever since Shen Yu agreed to go on a blind date and put it into practice, he had been receiving Elder Shen's concerned calls almost everyday asking about his progress of the blind date.
Shen Yu was annoyed by it and directly pressed the mute button. He placed his phone into his pocket, got up and went upstairs.
Aunt Chen urged him from behind, "Sir, breakfast ready. After you wash up, please remember to come down and eat."
"I don't want to eat." Shen Yu just waved his hand without turning his back, "I'll sleep a little longer. If my old man calls you, directly say that I've got other matters and that I'm not home."
Aunt Chen answered bluntly, "Alright."
Once Shen Yu returned to his room, he washed and changed into comfortable clothing, and directly lied down on the bed. Soon, he fell asleep again.
He seemed to have been sleeping for quite a long time.
When he opened his eyes again, the sky outside the window had been dyed with deep dark blue. and the scattered starlight was like chess pieces that dispersed all over the night sky.
The light inside was so dim that Shen Yu nearly thought he had slept till the next day.
At this moment, a slight knock on the door interrupted his thoughts. Aunt Chen who was outside the door asked, "Sir, are you up? It's time to eat. "
"I'm up." Shen Yu answered.
At the same time, he felt it was odd.
Before, Aunt Chen would only knock on the door to remind him to have breakfast. She had never called him out for lunch or dinner time. Normally, he would go to the dining room on time, without anyone else having to tell him.
However, Shen Yu didn't think much about it. He hurriedly got out of the bed, tidied himself up and opened the door.
Aunt Chen waited nervously outside the door. With a complicated expression, she whispered, "Elder Shen is here."
Shen Yu asked, "…When did he arrive? "
Aunt Chen replied, "He has been waiting in the living room for nearly two hours. He said that he would let you rest more. So, I didn't come up to call you."
Shen Yu and Aunt Chen went downstairs together. Even at distance, he could see Elder Shen was smiling with a blooming face. Suddenly, he had an ominous premonition.
"Xiao Yu, come here quickly." Elder Shen hurriedly waved at Shen Yue and giggled. He opened his mouth and asked, "Can you guess who I met at the dinner party yesterday?"
Shen Yu didn't want to know, nor did he want to guess.
However, coming into contact with Elder Shen's bright expression, he became determined, "An old friend?"
"Oh hey, you guessed that right." Elder Shen patted his thigh, and continued the topic, "The thing is my friend lives abroad, but his granddaughter has lived here, in China, for quite a long time. I have met that girl. Her temperament is good and she is very pleasant. She may be your favorite type of…"
Shen Yu couldn't help but to interrupt him, "Grandpa."
Elder Shen was so keen on talking about it. When he was suddenly interrupted, he immediately became a little unhappy. He fumed instantly, "What? You don't want to meet? How many times have you turned me down. You didn't get in touch with that child herself, how do you know that she is not for you? "
"…"
Shen Yu had a headache.
Here we go again.
It's the same thing.
As long as he showed a little displeasure, Elder Shen would use these words to fool him. He would never get tired of trying.
Of course, even if Elder Shen was not upset, he was.
"I already complied and went to meet the girl you arranged yesterday. Even if you're in a hurry to get me married, you should give me some break." Shen Yu said gloomily.
"It's just a meal. It's not like you're doing coolie works. What break are you talking about?" Elder Shen who hated iron for not becoming steel1 criticised him, "You're almost 30 years old, and your relationship hasn't stabilised yet. If your parents are here, They'll blame me for not teaching you."
Shen Yu found it laughable, "Is pushing me to get married and have children a way to teach me?"
"It's not about getting married and having children. It's that you're getting old. You have to have someone around to keep you company. We2 can't watch over you forever. If you have any problems in the future, who's going to help you?"
Speaking about this, Elder Shen felt sentimental.
Before, Shen Yu was concerned about Du Pingting, who had eloped with other men. He refused to accept the other women they introduced. He could understand Shen Yu's mood at that time. After the death of his daughter and his son-in-law, Shen Yu became disabled. He became more and more determined to find a partner for Shen Yu.
Most of the time, the person who accompanied one's side was a partner. Regardless, whether they were elders or friends, they all had to leave.
Elder Shen paused at once and asked, "That girl from yesterday, you're unsatisfied with her, right?"
Shen Yu was helpless, "She is a high school student, and she is half a year older than Chestnut."
Elder Shen said, "Why don't you go and meet the girl I just mentioned earlier if by any chance you see her, she may be to your liking?"
Shen Yu shook his head, "It's unlikely."
Elder Shen scowled, "For what reason?"
"…Because I've already found a partner. If there's no mishap, we'll be together in six months."
Hearing this, Elder Shen swept away his anger and depression just now. His whole face was beaming. He asked happily, "Which girl is it?"
"It's not a girl. It's our own boy." Shen Yu scratched his head and smiled bashfully, "It's Tang Li."
Elder Shen's expression went stiff, "…"
Chapter 68: Emotional (1)
Translated by IAllsIsAwe
Proofread by Kin
In fact, before confessing, Shen Yu was prepared to be scolded by Elder Shen.
Who knew that Elder Shen would be left greatly stunned for quite a while. Then, he laughed once again, "Are you joking with an old man like me now? Hurry up. Don't keep me in suspense. Tell me who the girl is from and which family she is from."
Shen Yu solemnly answered, "I'm not joking."
Hearing this, Elder Shen turned silent once more. He paid attention to Shen Yu's expression and saw that Shen Yu didn't look like he was joking. He suddenly realised something. He drew his eyebrows together in a frown.
"You stinky brat!" Elder Shen angrily picked up his cane and ruthlessly struck Shen Yu's calf. "You've gone so far as to learn to pull Chestnuts out as a shield (an excuse) now. Do you like to put an old man like me in such difficult situations?!"
Shen Yu was caught off guard being struck by a stick. It was painful that he was almost in a cold sweat.
However, Shen Yu didn't mean to avoid it. Instead, he looked straight into Elder Shen's eyes and said seriously, "I'm not joking. I didn't pull out Chestnuts as a shield to refuse a blind date. Every word I said is the truth."
After a long pause, he said, "I want to be with Tang Li, not on whims, but I want to be together with him for the rest of my life."
Elder Shen, "…"
He stared at Shen Yu in a daze and did not respond for a long time.
Immediately after, shock, anger, disappointment, and other emotions flash through Elder Shen's eyes. Those emotions were instantly interwoven into a huge net, making him unable to breathe.
After a while, Elder Shen said hoarsely, "When did you guys start it?"
Shen Yu shook his head, "We aren't together yet."
Elder Shen frowned, "What do you mean by that?"
Shen Yu didn't speak. Instead, he got up and sat beside Elder Shen. He gently held Elder Shen's hand. He took a deep breath and said in a serious and rigorous tone, "Grandpa, you said it before. Since my parents left, we both have been dependent on each other. You are my only family in this world. I don't want to hide anything from you, but I'm afraid that my honesty would cause harm to Chestnut. I choose to tell you because I believe you will respect my choice. "
"…" Elder Shen quietly took away his hand held by Shen Yu and he forcely changed the topic back, "Have you and Tang Li been together?"
"Not yet."
Shen Yu noticed Elder Shen's address changed to Tang Li. After thinking about it, he changed his way of saying it, "I'm planning to wait until Chestnut's college entrance examination to mention it to him. If he is willing to, we can start dating."
Elder Shen said, "He doesn't know what your intention is, presently, right?"
"I'm not sure." Shen Yu was at loss. After two seconds of hesitation, he softly prompted, "I didn't hide my feelings for him. He should have felt it too. I just don't know what he thinks now."
"What?" Elder Shen's face was flabbergasted. He suddenly raised his voice, "I thought you'd already established a relationship. It turns out, it's just you one-sidedly being in love?!"
Shen Yu, "…More or less."
Elder Shen said furiously, "And at the same time, knowing you are the only one who is in love with him, Tang Li keeps things vaguely about the relationship between you two while he neither refuses nor agrees with you?"
Shen Yu, "Eh?"
This is wrong!
Why are you so emotional, Grandpa?!
Your point is wrong!
Shen Yu gradually came around and hurriedly explained, "It's not what you imagined it is…"
"At this time, you still want to protect that boy!" Elder Shen slapped his thigh and resentfully glared at Shen Yu. "Look at you. You don't have any experience. You also don't know if you've been led by the nose yet you're still willing to be the spare tire 1 for that boy!"
Shen Yu: "…"
His family's old man was very awesome. He even knew the word 'spare tire'.
"Grandpa, you're thinking too much. It's just my conjecture and nothing more." Shen Yu said helplessly, "Moreover, no matter how Chestnut feels about me, it will not affect my liking for him. To say at least, what if he also likes me?"
Elder Shen snorted coldly, "That will be the best."
Shen Yu was confused. All of sudden, he couldn't understand Elder Shen's attitude just now.
Elder Shen was aware of Shen Yu's expression. He turned his head, and said angrily, "Forget about it. Since you've made a decision, I don't want to meddle with you so much. But mark my words. You can deepen further with Tang Li, but you can't force him to do something. Don't forget that he is not yet an adult."
Shen Yu was stunned for a moment. His eyes were brimming over. He held Elder Shen's hand once again, "Thank you, grandpa."
This time, Elder Shen didn't shake off his hand like he did just now.
"Also…" Elder Shen continued, "If one day you're parted, you need to listen to me and continue the blind date. No more reasons to avoid it!"
Shen Yu sighed, "…Alright. "
At this moment, Aunt Chen came over and courteously said, "Sir, dinner is ready."
"Just go eat." Elder Shen immediately shook off Shen Yu's hand and walked toward the dining room without looking back. His pace was as fast as if there was something chasing him from behind.
Shen Yu smiled and closely followed.
Chapter 68: Emotional (2)
Translated by IAllsIsAwe
Proofread by Kin
During the meal, Elder Shen seemed to have accepted this fact. From the beginning to the end, he didn't talk about Shen Yu's feelings and marriage. On the contrary, he talked with Shen Yu about the family's division matter.
As they expected, the news of Shen Yu's determination to divide his family set off a lot of waves among the Shen Family.
Many people thought that it was because they deliberately made things difficult for Tang Li which provoked and led to Shen Yu's impulsive thought. As a result, one after another came and tried to persuade Shen Yu and to keep Shen Yu rationality. They even forced Shen Rong's parents to come to the door to plead guilty.
In regards to Shen Family's phone call, Shen Yu did not answer any of it. As well as for Shen Rong's parents who came to visit, he also asked Kang Lin and Aunt Chen to drive people back.
He already made up his mind and no one can change his decision.
Those people saw that Shen Yu's side was immune to both soft and hard tactics, so they bribed the reporters and the marketing number on the microblog to make explosive allegations of fake news/information. Thereby, it was putting pressure on Shen Yu.
Originally, Shen Yu was going to ask Kang Lin to contact the microblog management personnel to control the negative comments on the microblog. However, before Kang Lin started to act, the microblog was attacked by hackers. The server was paralyzed overnight and the topic about him disappeared without a trace. Ultimately, it left Water Army1 in baffled to whitewash him.
Shen Yu was asking around, only to guess that Tang Li may be the one behind.
He thought of the software company Tang Li joined and intended to let Kang Lin check it secretly to at least ensure Tang Li's safety.
Thinking about it, Shen Yu's train of thoughts unconsciously strayed towards Tang Li.
It was until Elder Shen's clear cough came from the other side, "What are you thinking about?"
Shen Yu sobered up from a dream: "huh?"
"Huh, what huh? I'm asking you something!" Seeing Shen Yu's thoughts wandering, Elder Shen didn't need to guess his grandson, who was in love, where his mind was. For a moment, he was angry. "I ask you when the matter of dividing the family can be done."
Shen Yu hummed and gave a quick reply in a guilty conscience, "The slowest is three years, and the fastest is one year. I can't move all of their cakes at once. I can only tear them apart bit by bit. This matter could not be rushed."
Elder Shen nodded, "You have a good plan."
Later, the two talked about something else. Naturally, Elder Shen realized that Shen Yu was not in shape, so he didn't stay much. After dinner, he told Shen Yu to have a good rest and left like the wind.
Outside of the Shen's house, Uncle Zhang sat in the driver's seat and waited.
Elder Shen took a seat in the back. Exhausted, he rubbed his eyebrows and said, "Xiao Zhang, it's hard on you. After you send me back, quickly go home to eat."
Uncle Zhang started the car and looked at Elder Shen from the rearview mirror. After a long hesitation, he still couldn't help but asked softly, "Did you approve it, Master?"
"It's not the same as before. It's like peeling his skin to let him have a meal with a girl." Elder Shen complained.
Uncle Zhang laughed helplessly and comforted him warmly: "Master, you get used to it. You should give him some time. Today's youngsters just don't like to get married and have children. Unlike our generation, it's better let him deal with these things on his own."
Elder Shen was silent for a full minute and hummed in a low voice.
After that, he didn't speak anymore.
The atmosphere in the car immediately became dull.
Uncle Zhang thought he had said something wrong. His heart beat heavily for a little while. He quickly glanced at Elder Shen from the rearview mirror a few times. He found that the old man was buried with his face in the shadows. He could not see his expression at the moment.
"Old Master?" Uncle Zhang exclaimed tentatively.
After a long time, Elder Shen said, "It's nothing. I'm tired. I want to have a rest. When we get to the place, call me again."
Uncle Zhang said, "Alright."
Although Elder Shen tried so hard to suppress his own emotions, Uncle Zhang could still hear the sadness in his tone.
Uncle Zhang was startled, and it can't wipe the surprise that appeared on his face.
And then, Elder Shen could no longer control his sorrow. He covered his face with his hands. There's dull sobbing coming from the narrow gaps of his fingers and reverberating in the quiet atmosphere.
He didn't know how long it took. Elder Shen finally cleaned up his emotions and pulled a tissue to wipe the tears on his face.
"Forget about it." His voice was low. "Just let him."
It was as if he was talking to himself.
And it was like he was hypnotizing himself.
On the other side, Shen Yu watched the car driving Elder Shen away. He then turned around and walked back slowly.
There was Elder Shen here just now. He was so nervous that he didn't eat much. Now that he sent him away, he suddenly felt hungry.
Back in the living room, Aunt Chen and others were seen cleaning the table and were chatting while cleaning the dining room.
"Aunt Chen." Shen Yu walked to the dining room's door and said, "Please cook me a bowl of noodles and bring it to my study room later."
Aunt Chen was facing Shen Yu, but she tilted her head to talk something to the servant beside her. It seemed she hadn't heard Shen Yu's voice.
"Aunt Chen." Shen Yu took a few more steps forward.
Unfortunately, Aunt Chen still didn't respond. Even the two aunts next to her listened attentively to her without even glancing at Shen Yu. It was as if Shen Yu was an invincible man.
Shen Yu was speechless. He directly went behind Aunt Chen and the two aunts2.
"Aunt Chen!"
"Ah?" Aunt Chen was taken aback. She hurriedly turned around, "Sir, what's the matter?"
Shen Yu sighed, "Cook a bowl of noodles and bring it to my study room."
Aunt Chen responded quickly, "Alright."
Shen Yu rubbed his temple and left the dining room at a slow pace.
Aunt Chen and two aunts were still whispering to each other.
"That's odd. When is the sir back? We were facing the door, yet we didn't see him."
"I also would like to say that… When I heard Sir's voice, Sir was already behind us. It was oddly scary… "
"In the future, when Sir is at home, we had better chat less. After talking for a long time, we didn't even hear the Sir calling us. It was also our negligence."
Chapter 69: Drunk (1)
Translated by IAllsIsAwe
In the end, the family's division matter went on without a hitch through Shen Yu's 'suppression by force' process.
However, on account of Shen Yu's abruptly significant decision, it became a hot topic both inside and outside the circle/field/industry and among the media for a period of time. It gradually quietened down until half a year later.
As an involved party, Shen Yu was not affected in the slightest contrary to what one might have expected.
With the weight off his shoulders, he would have more time and energy to busy himself with his own things— such as painting, running a dessert shop and so on.
Ever since Uncle Zhang left, Shen Yu let Kang Lin take care of two old shops and a new one with him. Unfortunately, there was a lack of manpower. After all, the will was there, but not the strength1.
Now that he was a little bit free, he intended to find the time to recruit a few more management staff.
Shen Yu's life was pretty much full, yet he rarely got in touch with Tang Li.
Although Tang Li would call him or send him a Wechat (text/voice) when he was free, it was clear that Tang Li seldomly had time to go to bed or to even squeeze out the time to video call on Wechat at 12 o'clock at night.
Then halfway through it, Tang Li would fall asleep right away.
Shen Yu leaned against the bedside. The light was dimmed on his side, leaving only the small lamp. Yet in the video call, Tang Li sat on the sofa sleepily with bright light in his bedroom. Tang Li, who had just taken a bath, had no time to dry his hair.
Shen Yu scrutinized the other party's asleep appearance carefully.
He found that Tang Li seemed to be thinner from the last time he saw him. His skin was pale to the point of morbid. His eyes and eyebrows were full of weariness; he just looked extremely tired.
Even when he was asleep, Tang Li's eyebrows frowned slightly. It was as if even in his dream, he couldn't stop worrying about some problems that had yet to be solved.
This kind of appearance made Shen Yu's heart ache.
He wanted to tell Tang Li to get up and blow his hair dry before he go to sleep. He hesitated for quite a while, but could not be cruel enough to disturb his rest. He just stared at Tang Li before he too, slowly fell asleep.
The next day.
Shen Yu's first reaction after waking up was to check his cellphone.
He saw that his phone's battery was almost exhausted, but it had not been turned off. However, the video call had been hung up as early as five o'clock in the morning.
In addition, Tang Li had sent a voice message.
"I'm sorry that I fell asleep last night. Let me finish this thing in two days. Then, I'll look for you as quickly as possible."
Shen Yu pondered for a moment. He recalled that the last time they met was a month ago. At that time, Tang Li finally had some free time, so he asked Shen Yu out for dinner and to watch a movie together.
But then, as soon as both of them stepped into the cinema, they were recognized by three or four passersby girls at once. They picked up their cellphones and took photos of them frantically.
If it was in the past, Shen Yu would not have any reaction. However, that day he was really frightened and felt guilty like a thief2. He dragged Tang Li and immediately left the cinema without a word.
Afterwards, they searched for an exclusive cinema and were able to book a private room where they were finally able to chat in peace. Tang Li had told him a lot about the school affairs and his plans for the college entrance examination. At that time, he only had a month before that examination.
Shen Yu was worried that Tang Li's study would be affected, so he did not dare to go out with Tang Li as often.
Now that only a few days were left for the college entrance examination, Tang Li unexpectedly became busy with another affair.
In retrospective, the more Shen Yu thought about it, the more he felt that something was amiss.
Thereupon, he called Kang Lin.
Kang Lin seemed to have guessed the reason why Shen Yu was looking for him, so he took the initiative to report: "Mr. Shen, I have found out that the company is not big. It just started two years ago and is considered to be a dark horse in the industry. The company has three bosses and each of them holds different shares. The one you met that day was Big Boss, Zhou Che, and the other two were Tan Dong and Lin Pingran. Tang Li is not even a titular employee in that company so he should not have been very busy with the affairs of the company as he has been recently."
Having said that, Kang Lin unexpectedly recalled something and he immediately changed the topic, "Oh, that's right. Last year that company was negotiating a deal with the Tang family. It seemed like they were preparing to cooperate on a project. Unfortunately, the price could not be negotiated, so it has been delayed until now."
"The Tang family?" Shen Yu froze, "You mean Zhou Che and them, know the people from Tang family?"
Kang Lin was silent for a moment. He then said in a deep voice, "I guess Tang Li and Tang family have liaised among themselves because all the resources for the project are from Tang Li and the person named Lin Pingran is the one negotiating with the Tang Family. Obviously on the surface, It seems as if Lin Pingran is currying favor with the Tang family, but in actuality, he has been a white-eyed wolf. It is reckoned that Tang Li is putting pressure on the Tang family from behind the scenes by doing this."
Shan Yu asked, "They still haven't succeeded in discussing (the terms)?"
Kang Lin answered, "No, but the Tang family's patience is running out."
After saying that, Kang Lin then added, "The Tang family doesn't know that Tang Li is behind Lin Pingran."
Shen Yu was silent.
He had been guessing for a long time, but he couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was being sold in Tang Li's bottle gourd3.
It can be concluded that when Tang Li had returned to the Tang family, he would start to share Tang family's work and work diligently for them, instead of fighting against the Tang family in the name of an outsider4.
However, on second thought, he felt that it was not unreasonable for Tang Li to do so.
After all, the Tang family was not the same as Shen family where the majority of the shares were held by Shen Yu and Elder Shen. There were many people in the Tang family, and each of them had relatively equal rights. Over the years, they have checked and balanced each other, and if they had each other's back, they would move as one.
He didn't know if Tang Li's method would make a little gap in the Tang family who had already formed a circle/come altogether. Perhaps when the gap expands, Tang family would fly into a rage out of humiliation and concentrate their firepower on Tang Li…
Shen Yu's imagination ran wild numerous times. It was only after he hung up that he forgot to tell Kang Lin to pay attention to Tang Li's action.
Sigh.
Forget it…
Shen Yu sighed silently in his heart.
Tang Li was a man with principle. He knew what he was doing.
Chapter 69: Drunk (2)
Translated by IAllsIsAwe
Although that was what he said, Shen Yu unconsciously paid attention to the Tang family's current situation and he also instructed the second assistant to sort out the information about the Tang family and send it to him before leaving work every day.
Fortunately, apart from some irrelevant official notices, he didn't hear any gossip about the Tang family.
Just when Shen Yu thought everything had calmed down, he unexpectedly met a bunch ofpeople from the Tang family in a restaurant.
At night.
Shen Yu, Elder Shen and some relatives/friends who had a pretty good relationship with the Shen family came out for dinner. Shen Yu went to the bathroom and came across Tang Ming who had been exiting through the door.
Tang Ming recognized Shen Yu right away. His face brightened as he immediately greeted him while smiling, "Brother Shen, what a coincidence. Are you here for dinner as well?"
"Yes." Shen Yu smiled and subconsciously asked, "Did you come together with Tang Li?"
In Shen Yu's impression, Tang Li and Tang Ming were often seen together, even to the point of inseparable.
On hearing this, Tang Ming became flustered. However, he quickly covered it up so it was not noticed by Shen Yu.
"Chestnut is also here, but it's not convenient for him to see you right now…" Tang Ming scratched his head and said it awkwardly, "Today is the day where we usually have our family dinner, and all the elders in the family are present…"
Shen Yu instantly understood Tang Ming's insinuation and he quickly explained, "I just asked casually. I didn't mean to look for him."
"Oh." Tang Ming was clearly relieved, "That's good."
"Huh?"
What's good?
Shen Yu felt something was odd. He stared frowningly at Tang Ming.
Tang Ming suddenly reacted; he realized that he had a slip of the tongue. He quickly concealed it with a dry laugh before he stammered, "It's nothing. They are still waiting for me. I'll go first. Next time, if there is a chance, let's have dinner together."
Saying that, Tang Ming hurriedly left before Shen Yu could answer.
Shen Yu: "…"
He gloomily looked at Tang Ming running away. Just as he wanted to turn around and walked away, he suddenly saw a boy with a worried face running towards and grabbing Tang Ming's clothes. He said in a loud voice, "Brother Ming, you'd better go and persuade them. No matter what they do, they can't treat Tang Li like that…"
Before his words could finish, Tang Ming quickly covered his mouth with force.
Tang Wenjing failed to understand why his mouth was being covered, he could only muffle some noise.
"Okay, I get it. Stop talking." Tang Ming turned his head deceitfully and happened to meet Shen Yu's gaze. Shen Yu wasn't standing far away, he looked straight into their eyes as if he was staring right into their soul. The two boys couldn't help but be startled.
Afterwards, Tang Ming pulled Tang Wenjing and ran away in a panic.
Shen Yu remained standing in the same place. Who knew what he was thinking of as his face became more ugly as time passed by.
When Shen Yu came back from the bathroom, Elder Shen was in the middle of chatting with some relatives.
They happened to talk about Shen Yu's marriage. Relatives advised him to give some ideas to Shen Yu. He was thirty years old and therefore independent1 and on which basis, had a man not settled down at the age of thirty?
After listening to them, Elder Shen shook his head like a rattle-drum. He heaved a deep sigh. "It's all right. He can worry about it himself. I'm already someone who's had one foot into the grave. I don't care what he does."
The relative still tried to persuade, "Xiaoyu can't go on like this forever."
Elder Shen said, "He can do whatever he likes."
The man once again asked, "What if Xiaoyu plans not to marry and have children all his life?"
Elder Shen indifferently said, "Then, there's no need for him to marry and have children."
The other man beside him became anxious, "Second uncle, how can you say that? Only when a child is born, will Xiaoyu have someone take care of him in the future and provide for his old age2. Can you bear to see him alone when he grows old?"
Those words seemed to annoy Elder Shen. He glared and slammed the table. He yelled, "When he gets old, maybe I'm already dead. Why do I need to worry about him? And you guys—"
Elder Shen angrily pointed to the younger generation around him. He cursed, "Are you full or what? My house is my business. It's none of your goddamn business whether my grandson gets married or not. I already allowed you to save your gift money3 and you're still not satisfied? Besides, are the children born to support you? Let's see if your own children can provide for your old age. It's already good enough if they don't piss you off!"
"…"
Those who were scolded by Elder Shen looked the same as a quail4 and went pale. They buried their heads and did not dare to utter a word.
By the time Elder Shen finished venting, someone prudently apologized, "I'm sorry, Second uncle. It's us who let our mouth run loose…"
Elder Shen glared at him. "If the next time you are still being loose like this, I won't be as easy to talk with as I am now."
Others: "…"
Although they were really reluctant,, they had no choice but to agree, "Yes, yes, yes…"
Elder Shen heaved a sigh of relief, and his unsightly expression finally eased. As he was about to pick the dish, he saw a fair hand using chopsticks to put a thin piece of meat into his bowl.
"Calm down, Grandpa." Shen Yu's gentle voice sounded in his ear.
Elder Shen was stunned. He turned his head in surprise and looked at Shen Yu with strange eyes for quite a while. Then, he said in a dull voice, "When did you come back?"
Shen Yu "…I've been sitting here for more than ten minutes"
"Really?" Elder Shen thought about it, "You don't make a sound when you walk."
But that was not the important point. Elder Shen just muttered a few words and didn't say any more. Instead, he began to comfort Shen Yu and fiercely told him not to listen to those relatives. He should marry whenever he wanted to. If worse came to worst, they, grandfather-grandchild, would be single together.
The others shivered as they listened to it.
After the topic was over, Shen Yu felt something strange. He felt as if he had missed something very important. However, no matter how much he thought, he could not think of what he had actually missed.
Those weird feelings lasted until the end of the meal.
Shen Yu sent Elder Shen to Uncle Zhang's car and watched the car drive away. He also turned around and walked back.
He did not rush to get in his own car, rather he went back to the restaurant and asked the waiter about the private room where the Tang family was located. Unfortunately, all the people in the room had gone, leaving two waiters to clean up the mess.
Luckily, the waiter told him that the people in the private room had just left not long ago, and they should be outside of the restaurant's entrance at the moment.
Thus, Shen Yu hurriedly went out to run after.
Out of the restaurant, he headed straight for the parking lot.
Now, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening. The night was heavy and the stars were dimmed. There were only two streetlight lamps exuding a faint light.
No passersby could be seen on the path leading to the parking lot. Shen Yu could only hear the sound of his own scamper footsteps and the sound of insects in the surrounding grass.
He walked so fast that he felt the pain on his leg again, making him limp halfway through.
However, Shen Yu pretended not to feel it as he continued to limp forward. At the same time, he took out his cellphone and intended to call Tang Li.
He didn't know if it was convenient for Tang Li to answer the phone…
Shen Yu searched and found Tang Li's name in his number's list. Before he could click on it, he heard a familiar sound.
He stopped moving, stood where he was, and attentively listened to it for a while.
As expected, it was Tang Li's voice.
But he didn't sound like he was in a good shape.
Shen Yu followed the faint voice and searched for him. At last, he saw Tang Li's figure behind a hidden grass. Even though he was separated by a distance, he could smell the strong stench of wine.
Tang Li, dressed in black, was holding himself up with the support of a tree. He looked so drunk that he could hardly stand. He could only squat down. He kept his head down and was retching all the time, looking very uncomfortable.
Shen Yu didn't expect to see such a scene. He was shocked and subconsciously wanted to go over.
"Ches…"
"Chestnuts!" Tang Ming came from out of nowhere. He went to squat beside Tang Li. He patted him anxiously on the shoulder and asked, "Are you alright?"
Shen Yu paused for a moment. He pursed his lips, and quietly retreated where he had been just now.
Note:
- 1. 三十而立/sānshí'érlì is an idiom from Confius. It means that, at thirty, a man should be able to think for himself
- 2. To look after one's aged parents and arrange proper burial after they die
- 3. In chinese culture, they usually gift money on the wedding's occasion etc
- 4. To describe someone as timid
Chapter 70: Going Home (1)
Shen Yu was behind Tang Li and Tang Ming and the light in the surrounding was really dimmed, so that's why they didn't notice Shen Yu hiding in the bushes.
Tang Li, who was crouching under the tree, retched for quite some time. And only then did he feel a bit better. Barely supported by the tree trunk, he stood up. He asked Tang Ming in a hoarse voice, "Brother Ming, do you have any towel or something?"
"Yes, I have it" Tang Ming quickly tried to find it. Soon after, he took out a handkerchief and handed it to Tang Li: "Feel free to use it. No need to return it back to me."
Tang Li took the handkerchief. "Thanks."
Afterward, neither of them spoke.
The continuous sound of bugs/insects in the environment made them conceal their distraught feeling and breathing.
Even after some time passed, Tang Li still kept feeling dizzy. He stood a little unsteadily. Not caring whether the tree trunk in front of him was clean or not, he turned to lean against it and closed his eyes.
After quite a while, Tang Ming whispered in his ear hesitantly, "Chestnut, do you feel better now?"
Tang Li replied softly without opening his eyes, "I don't feel well. I want to rest for a bit."
On hearing this, Tang Ming sighed heavily and grumbled, "Those people are really too much. Using their elder status to do whatever they please. I think for them to celebrate your adulthood is just a fake. They really want to show their superiority by forcing you to drink."
Tang Li was silent for a while. He laughed bitterly: "I'm an adult now, and their reasons are very justified."
Tang Ming asked curiously, "You didn't know how to drink before?"
Tang Li answered, "Never had a drink before."
"It seems that Shen Yu is really good to you as everyone has said." Tang Ming sighed, there was a hint of envy in his tone, "I don't want to force you to do what you don't want to do."
"I was not eighteen when I left the Shen family. He would not let a minor drink."
Tang Ming had black lines on his face: "…Okay."
While speaking of Shen Yu, Tang Li's uncomfortable expression seemed to have eased by a lot. His frown's eyebrows finally relaxed as he quietly said, "Shen Yu is the only and the most important person in my life and there's no one else. Only when I think of him can I feel that living in this world is not so dull."
There was a time where it was very difficult for Tang Li to survive.
He had neither family nor friends, had no money, and no one to take care of him. He couldn't even see where his future laid. It was Shen Yu, who walked into his life step by step and pulled his hand to move forward.
Up to now, Shen Yu was his world.
Tang Li couldn't bring himself to imagine not having Shen Yu in his life anymore; all the colour in his life would just eventually disappear, and he would even lose his courage to continue living.
Tang Ming stood in the backlight. He calmly looked at all the changes in Tang Li's face with his deep gaze. His eyes flickered a few times. In an instant, he seemed to have understood something.
"You…" Tang Ming stuttered for a moment, "You, towards Shen Yu…"
Tang Li's figure was somewhat stiff, but he didn't answer Tang Ming.
However, his lukewarm and calm face gradually became cold. Then, he opened his eyes slowly and set his eyes on Tang Ming's surprised expression. There seemed to be some emotion surging in his pitch-black eyes.
Tang Ming immediately froze.
Under Tang Li's gaze, he became panicky for no reason and all the words stuck in his throat.
After a good while, Tang Ming gradually came back to his senses. He hastily restrained some thoughts that he should not have. He laughed dryly, "It's nothing. I probably think too much."
Shen Yu hid in the dark.
Because there was some distance between him and Tang Li, he could not hear what the two men were saying except when the first time Tang Ming had called out Tang Li's name.
By looking at Tang Li's unsightly face, perhaps he was still suffering from a hangover.
Upon seeing this, it was certainly impossible for Shen Yu to not feel distressed.
He had raised Tang Li for so many years. When was there a time where he had not carefully held Tang Li in his hand? Usually, for him to even see Tang Li move down the flowerpot, he would fear that the other would feel tired.
Thinking about it carefully, he was too strict while educating Tang Li. During the rest of the time, he had tried his best to meet Tang Li's requirements. Unfortunately, Tang Li never took the initiative to say what he wanted…
Even so, he was unwilling to keep watching Tang Li being forced to this state now.
The more Shen Yu thought about it, the more upset he got. On one hand, he detested those people from Tang family, who were cold-blooded and heartless. On the other hand, he blamed his own powerlessness. He could not even protect Tang Li, who was just growing up.
On the other side, Tang Li and Tang Ming seemed ready to head back.
Shen Yu wanted to leave quietly, but when he saw Tang Li's face looking incomparably pale under the street light, he could not resist taking a few steps towards their side.
Tang Li's cellphone happened to ring at this moment. He took out his cellphone to have a look. Suddenly, he squinted his eyes even further.
Despite the obvious resistance on his face, Tang Li had no choice but to answer the phone, "Second uncle…"
Next to him, Tang Ming was waiting in boredom.
Tang Ming was clearly facing in the direction of Shen Yu, but for whatever reason, he seemed to be unable to see Shen Yu. He didn't even move his eyes towards Shen Yu.
Until Shen Yu came up to Tang Ming and interjected him with coughs.
Tang Ming, who was looking around out of boredom, suddenly became alert. His focus immediately gathered on Shen Yu's face, making his eyes nearly become cross-eyed.
"Mr. Shen?!" Tang Ming was shocked by Shen Yu's sudden appearance. He hurriedly patted his chest to calm himself down. "How come you are here?"
When Shen Yu looked at Tang Ming's drastic reaction, the discomfort in his heart became more and more intense.
This seemed exactly like what had happened half a year ago, the people he came into contact with became odd. They always intentionally or unconsciously ignored his presence.
At first, it was the servants at home who often did not feel his presence. Later, it developed to the point where they could not even hear him. The most serious one was when Shen Yu was in the study room, Aunt Chen and others had thought he was on a business trip, and no one paid attention to him for two consecutive days.
If it was before, Shen Yu could use Aunt Chen's old age as an excuse. But a moment ago, he could tell by the way Tang Ming looked at him, he still couldn't notice him approaching.
Some conjectures were vaguely raised in Shen Yu's mind.
For a moment, he was so frightened that his face was covered with cold sweat.
"Mr. Shen?" Tang Ming raised his hand and shook it lightly in front of Shen Yu. His tone was mixed with concern. "Are you alright?"
Shen Yu woke up from a daydream and he forced out a smile: "I'm alright. I just passed by here. Didn't you see me?"
"I must have been thinking about other things that I didn't even pay attention…" Tang Ming thought Shen Yu was blaming him, so he scratched his head embarrassedly. "Also, it is dark here…"
Shen Yu just smiled. He didn't continue the conversation.
He turned his head and saw that Tang Li had already finished answering the call.
Chapter 70: Going Home (2)
Translated by IAllsIsAwe
When he turned to look at him, Tang Li had a flabbergasted look all over his face, followed immediately by a wave of pleasant surprise. He put away his cell phone and walked to Shen Yu, step by step.
"Shen Yu!"
Tang Li seemed to be especially persistent in calling his name. In addition, not was he not half-heartedly calling it, rather he seemed very much earnest on calling out these two words.
Shen Yu pulled Tang Li's hand towards him and kneaded it habitually. Then, he reached out to touch Tang Li's face. "Are you still unwell?"
"En…" Tang Li narrowed his phoenix eyes. He rubbed against Shen Yu's palm, resembling an obedient cat. He said half-coquettishly, "Actually, I didn't drink much."
Shen Yu chuckled and at the same time, he pinched Tang Li's cheek.
This young'un is actually clever.
Knowing that he could not conceal the fact that he was drunk, he hence started to beg for mercy from the other.
"Don't just keep on drinking. You're already an adult." Shen Yu put down his hand. After a pause, he still warned him repeatedly, "Pay attention to the propriety next time. Don't be foolish. Whoever passes the wine needs to drink it."
The hand that kept pinching his face suddenly went away making Tang Li feel not quite used to it for a moment. He was startled for a moment. He subconsciously put his head on Shen Yu's shoulder and muttered, "What if they insist on me drinking?"
As if he was comforting a child, Shen Yu patted Tang Li's fluffy head that was rubbing against his neck, "Then, tell them that it's Shen Yu who won't let you drink. If they try to persuade you to drink again, it means that they are all going against me."
Tang Li gave out a series of low laughs.
It sounded a little bit silly.
After the two had been lovey-dovey for a moment, Shen Yu noticed that there was Tang Ming standing beside him, who was acting as a background.
Shen Yu had a rarely blushing moment. He hurriedly pushed Tang Li away that stuck to him like candy.
At this very moment, Tang Ming had his mouth agape and his face stupefied. Shen Yu shouted a few times before he finally broke away from the petrification.
Who am I? Where am I? And what am I doing?
However, seeing how much Tang Li stuck to Shen Yu, Tang Ming unconsciously shivered.
He always knew that Tang Li attached great importance to Shen Yu, but he didn't expect that Tang Li would act so pampered in front of Shen Yu…
Tang Ming mulled over for quite a while before finding a description—Astonishing.
Yes, it was really astonishing.
He didn't know how those groups of fanatic girls who were pursuing Tang Li would feel when they see this scene. He was afraid they would be shocked to the point their jaws dropped to the ground.
Tang Ming shook away the goosebumps on his body and followed the two men in front to the parking lot, until he saw that Tang Li was going to get in Shen Yu's car. He immediately panicked.
"Tang Li!" Tang Ming stepped forward and held down the door which had not been closed yet. "Where are you going?"
Although Tang Li looked indifferent on the surface, he was actually drunk and distracted. He tightened his eyebrows stubbornly and looked at Tang Ming without any expression. After a long time, he solemnly answered, "I am going home."
"…" Tang Ming went silent. He then said sadly, "You should follow me then. What are you doing by following Mr. Shen?"
Saying that, Tang Ming let go of the door and reached out to pull Tang Li from the back seat of Shen Yu's car.
To his surprise, Tang Li's action was faster than him. From the start, he didn't get a chance to touch him yet as he slammed the door the next second Tang Ming let it go.
Tang Ming: "…"
After waiting for about half a minute, the car's window rolled down slowly, revealing two faces with completely different expressions—Tang Li's face was unwilling while Shen Yu had an apologetic smile across his face.
"I'm sorry. He will go back with me today. If the elders of your family ask, you can answer how it fits." Shen Yu said, "You can also say directly that I took him."
Even though the other party had told him this, Tang Ming still needed to say something back in courtesy. "Alright. Be careful on your way back."
When the driver started the car, Tang Li, who always liked to hold a poker face, had a brilliant smile. He waved to Tang Ming happily like a five-year-old, "Bye-bye. I'll go home now."
Tang Ming: "…"
Tang Ming, "Bye-bye to you too."
On the way back to Shen's house, Tang Li was drunk and a little bit unconscious. He leaned against Shen Yu without moving anymore.
Shen Yu was worried that Tang Li was not sleeping in a comfortable position, so he let him lie on his lap.
The scenery outside the window changed into light and shadow repeatedly at great speed. The driver drove in concentration and remained silent to the extent of being an invisible person.
Shen Yu said, "Brother Liu, please drive slowly."
The driver said agreeably, "Alright, Mr. Shen."
The car was very quiet and not that bright. Shen Yu lowered his head and could only see the vague outline of Tang Li's face in the dark. When he put his hand on Tang Li's shoulder, he felt more secure.
Nearly an hour later, the car slowly drove into the villa area. Shen Yu gently pushed Tang Li's shoulder.
"Chestnut, we are here."
Tang Li was sleeping soundly. He gradually woke up after being pushed two or three times by Shen Yu.
Shen Yu could not bear to see it. He urgently wanted to take Tang Li in to have him drink the hangover soup that he had informed Aunt Chen to cook. He said, "We're home. Can you go now?"
"Can…"
Tang Li's voice was too hoarse to speak. He slowly got up from Shen Yu and rubbed his temple. He seemingly realized that he had just fallen asleep on Shen Yu's lap and immediately felt apologetic, "Sorry, I fell asleep accidentally."
"Go back to take a bath. Then, go to sleep." Shen Yu consoled him.
Tang Li turned around to look at Shen Yu. He then changed into the same as a sticky candy, pasting himself on Shen Yu's body, and obediently hummed.
As he walked back from the parking lot, Tang Li was half-sober. At least he didn't talk as slurred as before, but he still cheekily held Shen Yu's arm and refused to let go.
Shen Yu had no choice but to let him have his way.
When he got home, Aunt Chen had not yet gone to bed. She and another aunt were sitting on the sofa and chatting.
Hearing the commotion coming from the door, Aunt Chen and the other two immediately came over to welcome him.
"Oh dear! Young Master Tang Li, how did you come back? " Aunt Chen didn't seem to notice Shen Yu's existence. She held Tang Li's arm from the other side. "Ah, how much did you drink? Fortunately, I had made a hangover soup."