Chapter 16: The Cannon Fodder in a Dogblood Novel (16)
No one was in the dorm.
As soon as Shen Tangqing turned on the AC, he received the name card pushed by Zhou Shuli. After sending the friend request, it was accepted almost instantly.
After politely greeting him, the other party sent the brand’s official website link to Shen Tangqing.
The official website only displayed styles and prices; one couldn’t order directly.
Purchase required visiting a physical store or booking a home delivery appointment (except for private customization).
Shen Tangqing leaned wearily against the sofa and tapped in to take a look.
Within a few seconds, his eyes went straight.
Emperor’s New Clothes? So expensive?
There wasn’t a single item under six figures.
Is this something a commoner like him should be looking at? Let alone 20% off, even if they broke his legs for a discount, he couldn’t bear to buy it!
While secretly complaining in his heart, Shen Tangqing scrolled down. Within a few minutes, he saw the style he was wearing.
228,000 yuan.
Very good, my suspended heart finally died.
He was now incomparably glad he didn’t try to be polite with Zhou Shuli this morning. If he really had to give him 228,000, he might have cried a river.
He sold the lighter Zhou Geng gave him for 320,000. That was all the money he had on him right now—oh wait, Shen Huayan transferred him ten thousand for living expenses this morning.
He decisively exited the app.
Good-looking is good-looking, but with his savings, he wasn’t worthy of wearing something this expensive.
He changed into pajamas, carefully folded the outfit, and put it in the closet, planning to wear it on dates when he fell in love in the future.
Breakfast was late, so Shen Tangqing wasn’t hungry at this hour. After hesitating for a second, he decided to go to bed to catch up on sleep.
After the hangover, he always felt somewhat exhausted.
When Shi Jingnian returned to the dorm from the library, he immediately saw Shen Tangqing asleep on the bed.
He hadn’t closed the bed curtains. The AC in the dorm was on high, and his whole body was wrapped in a light yellow summer quilt, revealing only half his face.
Long, thick eyelashes formed a fan-shaped shadow under his eyes like butterfly wings. The tails of his eyes and the tip of his nose glowed with a faint red, looking extremely obedient.
One hand rested loosely on the edge of the bed, so pale that the blue veins on the back of his hand were clearly visible.
The nails were a pale pink again.
Looking at it made a malicious thought abruptly rise in one’s heart.
—
Shi Jingnian froze in place.
It took several seconds for him to seem to recover.
He raised his hand and pressed it against his heart.
Books say,
An adult’s daily heart rate is about 60-100 beats per minute.
When a “heart flutter” occurs, the heart rate might suddenly soar to 100-130 beats per minute, or even faster.
He could clearly perceive that his heart was beating very fast right now.
Faster than the first time he went on stage to give a speech.
Faster than the first time he participated in a competition finals.
It seemed—to have exceeded the normal range.
A moment later,
He walked to Shen Tangqing’s bed.
His gaze landed calmly on that beautiful, yet distinctly male face.
He fell into self-verification.
Growing up, he had never been in a relationship, nor had he ever liked anyone.
But even so, in his perception, he was straight.
After all, although he didn’t have a woman he liked, he definitely wouldn’t like men.
But now, his violently beating heart told him,
His previous perception seemed to be wrong.
However—
Do I really like Shen Tangqing???
To determine that he liked the person in front of him just based on a sudden heart rate acceleration would be too rash.
Or perhaps, has he been single for too long and gotten lonely?
But the result was unknown to Shi Jingnian at this moment.
Shen Tangqing slept very comfortably.
So much so that even though his brain had rebooted, his eyes didn’t want to open.
He squinted and rubbed against the soft bedding before slowly propping himself up to sit.
Shi Jingnian had his back to him, head down, holding his phone horizontally as if watching TV.
This was quite rare for Shen Tangqing.
After all, Shi Jingnian was quite disciplined. Usually in the dorm, he was either reading books, checking materials on the computer, reading news, or fiddling with things Shen Tangqing didn’t understand.
He hadn’t seen Shi Jingnian watching TV or the like in the dorm yet.
Without deliberately making a sound, Shen Tangqing stretched and got out of bed.
He walked to Shi Jingnian’s side, but the other didn’t react.
Shen Tangqing was a little curious about what Shi Jingnian was watching so engrossed that he didn’t even hear his footsteps.
He couldn’t help his curiosity and craned his neck to take a look.
Then: “…”
He said “Wtf” in his heart. Can’t tell, but the high-cold scholar is actually secretly lustful, even watching—by himself.
Smiling, he patted Shi Jingnian’s shoulder, his expression carrying a bit of suggestive playfulness.
“Scholar, you’re actually secretly watching this by yourself?”
Shi Jingnian was startled.
He almost dropped the phone in his hand to the ground.
Panic appeared for the first time on his usually indifferent face.
He took off his earphones and turned around, seeing Shen Tangqing standing behind him, smiling ambiguously at him.
The collar of the other’s pajamas slid loosely down to his shoulder, revealing a patch of white skin.
Shi Jingnian was stunned.
The next second, he, who never swore, cursed in his heart for the first time: Fck.*
He, who had felt absolutely nothing watching the “video” on his phone just now, merely seeing a shoulder exposed by Shen Tangqing,
Was unexpectedly—by the usually ascetic him,
Seeing his red face and obscure expression, Shen Tangqing thought Shi Jingnian was thin-skinned and shy.
He casually pulled a chair from the side and sat next to Shi Jingnian, speaking with earnest advice, “Scholar, no need to be shy. We’re all adults, I understand, I understand.”
After speaking, he coughed lightly. “But with such good stuff, you should share it! Blessings should be shared! Let me see which country it’s from, appraise if it looks good.”
Shen Tangqing looked at the phone in Shi Jingnian’s hand with great interest.
He rarely watched these, mainly because the national net cleaning was too strict and he couldn’t find channels.
Plus, his taste was picky. He didn’t watch if they weren’t good-looking, didn’t watch if there was no plot, so he basically never saw anything that satisfied him.
Shi Jingnian’s gaze wandered over Shen Tangqing’s face.
The other party likes women.
He is a straight man.
Shi Jingnian suddenly turned off his phone and stood up from the chair.
The movement was too large, and the chair scraped against the floor with a sharp screech.
“Not good-looking. I’m going to the bathroom.”
Shi Jingnian’s voice wasn’t as cold as usual; it faintly carried a trace of huskiness.
He walked very fast, almost fleeing in defeat.
Shen Tangqing: “…”
Urgent bladder?
But watching Shi Jingnian’s back, Shen Tangqing was still somewhat relieved.
At least this roommate was exactly as described in the book: a straight man who wouldn’t bow under Xiao Yu’s heartthrob halo.
After a moment, Shen Tangqing stood up slowly, put the chair back, nestled into the sofa, and opened a delivery app to order takeout.
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