Chapter 64: The Cannon Fodder in a Dogblood Novel (64)
The living room fell into silence for a moment.
A servant walked lightly out of the kitchen and bowed to the two.
“Young Master, dinner is ready.”
Zhou Shuli nodded slightly.
After the servant withdrew,
He stood up from the sofa, only uttering one word lightly. “Eat.”
Just after taking two steps, he was called by Zhou Geng.
“Brother…”
Zhou Shuli turned around, looking at Zhou Geng with a calm expression.
Zhou Geng pressed his lower lip tightly, silent for two seconds before speaking.
“If in the future, Dad and the others really want a grandchild, we can adopt one then…”
Before he could finish, he was interrupted by Zhou Shuli’s cold voice.
“Eat.”
After speaking, he left the living room without looking back.
Zhou Geng stood in place, silent for a moment before following.
After dinner,
Rarely, Zhou Shuli didn’t go to the study to work.
He sat alone on the rattan chair on the balcony smoking.
The scarlet cigarette tip flickered in the night. Spiraling smoke rose from his fingertips, blurring his deep brows and eyes indistinctly.
He gazed at the heavy night sky in the distance—
It wasn’t until the cigarette burned to the end, the searing heat burning his fingertip, that he stubbed it out as if waking from a dream.
He took out his phone and checked the time. It was already past nine…
Hesitating for a second,
He made a call to his secretary.
The phone rang twice before the other party picked up.
“President Zhou.”
“Secretary Lin, find out when Shen Huayan is returning to the country. I need to know her schedule.”
Zhou Shuli didn’t know that Shen Huayan had already returned to the country two days ago.
Shen Tangqing didn’t belong to the Jiang family. If he really wanted to be with Shen Tangqing, Shen Huayan was a very good breakthrough point.
After all, she was Shen Tangqing’s mother.
With her help from the inside, the odds of him being with Shen Tangqing would increase a bit more.
Unfortunately, the other party had been abroad recently, and he didn’t even have a chance to meet her…
Secretary Lin was stunned for a moment, but quickly realized who the Shen Huayan Zhou Shuli mentioned was.
“Yes, President Zhou. I’ll check immediately.”
“Thank you for your hard work. Report it as overtime yourself.”
“Yes, President Zhou…”
…
Hanging up the phone, Zhou Shuli stood up.
He walked to the balcony railing, his gaze unfocused as he looked into the distance.
Actually, what he said about letting Zhou Geng get married and have children to continue the family line was just talk.
If Zhou Geng could fall for a woman in the future, everyone would be happy.
If he couldn’t, he couldn’t possibly force him in such matters either.
After all—
Women are not tools for continuing the family line.
In a marriage, love is the foundation.
As for Zhou Geng liking Shen Tangqing just like him, although he was surprised for a moment, he wasn’t shocked.
Truly worthy of being his brother, having the same good taste as him.
But pity—
A very faint smile hooked the corner of Zhou Shuli’s lips. His originally sharp brows and eyes softened a little.
That silly brother of his couldn’t handle Shen Tangqing. He deserved better.
But this “best,” even if he wanted to fight for it, he wouldn’t yield.
Regardless of whether Shen Tangqing liked men or not, this person, he was determined to have.
It would be best if Shen Tangqing could be with him willingly.
If not…
A dark glint flashed across the bottom of Zhou Shuli’s eyes.
Then he could only do some things that might make him unhappy.
Thinking of this,
Zhou Shuli suddenly raised his hand.
His fingertips traced lightly in the empty night sky.
As if reminiscing,
Or perhaps fantasizing.
The palpitation when touching Shen Tangqing, the trembling all over, the senses ignited to the extreme,
Made him desire, and made him sink deeper.
He wanted, wanted too much to possess Shen Tangqing.
Just a single thought covered the bottom of his eyes with heavy lust.
The cold wind of the night couldn’t blow away that scorching heat at the bottom of his heart.
He must, must get Shen Tangqing.
He alone didn’t feel repulsed by Shen Tangqing’s touch. If this wasn’t a match made in heaven, what was it?
He should belong to him.
Zhou Shuli took a deep breath.
He turned and took another cigarette from the case on the table, lit it,
But he didn’t smoke it.
Just held the cigarette between his fingers.
He needed to think carefully about how to smoothly marry Shen Tangqing home without breaking the law.
—
When Xiao Yu returned to the dorm, the room was empty.
His gaze fell on Shen Tangqing’s bed, and he couldn’t help frowning.
Is this…
Not coming back again?
After Shen Tangqing “got physical” with Shi Jingnian the day before yesterday,
Shen Tangqing didn’t come back to sleep in the dorm last night.
It was already almost nine o’clock.
Usually, Shen Tangqing would have been back long ago.
But now—
Most likely he wouldn’t be coming back again, right?
Xiao Yu lowered his eyes.
His already gloomy and bleak face added a few degrees of chill.
After putting the bag in his hand into the locker, he took out his pajamas and walked silently into the bathroom.
By the time he finished washing up and came out of the bathroom, Shi Jingnian still hadn’t returned.
The library closed at ten.
Shi Jingnian came back very late most of the time.
But when he came back had nothing to do with Xiao Yu.
Xiao Yu didn’t rush to get into bed. Instead, he walked to the sofa and sat in the spot where Shen Tangqing often sat.
He mimicked Shen Tangqing’s habitual posture, leaning diagonally on the sofa.
As if feeling Shen Tangqing’s aura.
But not enough.
Far from enough—
Two minutes later, he sat up straight, his gaze locked deadly on Shen Tangqing’s bed.
A layer of near-greedy desire gradually spread across the bottom of his eyes.
After struggling for a moment, he ultimately couldn’t resist the desire in his heart and got up to walk toward that bed.
After locking the dorm door, he mustered up the courage to climb onto Shen Tangqing’s bed.
Kneeling on Shen Tangqing’s bed, he carefully took his pillow, held it in his arms, and sniffed it.
It was full of Shen Tangqing’s scent.
Xiao Yu’s tense spine instantly relaxed.
He closed his eyes, his fingertips gently rubbing the delicate fabric of the pillowcase, as if he could touch Shen Tangqing’s warm skin this way…
His Adam’s apple rolled involuntarily.
He couldn’t help burying his entire face in it and sniffed deeply again.
The dorm was very quiet, only the occasional sound of the night wind brushing past leaves coming from outside the window.
Xiao Yu’s breathing gradually became hurried.
When the tip of his nose rubbed against the pillow surface, his eyelashes trembled uncontrollably.
That secretive and surging desire at the bottom of his heart was about to burst through the dam.
He even fantasized in his mind about what Shen Tangqing looked like lying on this bed.
Hair scattered on the pillow, a beautiful face carrying a shallow smile…
Before the fantasy was complete, the sound of a key turning in the lock suddenly came from outside the door.
Shi Jingnian was back.
Xiao Yu’s face suddenly turned cold.
Being interrupted made him unhappy for a moment.
Although knowing this was a dorm—
Putting the pillow back in its original place and smoothing out the wrinkles on the bed, just as he got off the bed, the knock on the door sounded.
Xiao Yu stepped forward and opened the door.
Shi Jingnian looked at Xiao Yu with slightly furrowed brows.
“Why lock the door?”
Xiao Yu’s expression returned to his usual gloominess, showing no guilt of almost being caught. His tone was even colder than Shi Jingnian’s.
“Changing clothes.”
Shi Jingnian wanted to say, Why lock the door just to change clothes?
We are all men; it’s not like I haven’t seen it.
But looking at Xiao Yu’s face, he didn’t want to say it anymore.
He really had no desire to chat with Xiao Yu.
Xiao Yu didn’t want to talk to him either.
He turned and got into bed.
Leaning on the bed, his gaze still stuck to Shen Tangqing’s bed, the obsession in his eyes undissolvable.
His scholarship plus the money earned from various part-time jobs added up to only a little over five million.
Not even as expensive as one of Young Master Shen’s cars.
Young Master Shen couldn’t possibly agree to his courtship.
Xiao Yu knew it himself.
Young Master Shen was precious; one needed lots and lots of money to be worthy, to be able to “afford to keep” him.
Perhaps—
Not just money.
A thick fog rose in Xiao Yu’s eyes. His originally gloomy face seemed even more devoid of human vitality.
Even if unwilling, he must go find that person…
Even if he might die.
But if the price of living was not being able to have Shen Tangqing, then he might as well die.
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