Chapter 160
Shen Shuyu’s brow furrowed slightly; he didn’t quite understand Shen Xili’s words. He tried hard to recall. Back then, he had just said it casually. Wasn’t Shen Xili the same? Moreover, what did Shen Xili say at that time? He suddenly couldn’t recall.
Seeing his expression, Shen Xili couldn’t help chuckling and offered, “I said back then that I had a dream, and in the dream, I was told to trust you.”
Shen Shuyu nodded. “Yeah, so what does that have to do with you returning to the Shen family? Did the ‘me’ in the dream forbid you from returning? But dreams are dreams, and reality is reality. It’s better to distinguish between them.”
“The you in the dream didn’t stop me from returning to the Shen family.” Shen Xili tilted his head to look at him. Shen Shuyu was puzzled and looked back. “Then why?”
Shen Xili didn’t speak immediately. Instead, he kept looking at Shen Shuyu’s face, his gaze moving from his brow and eyes to his nose, and finally to his lips.
Why?
Shen Xili took a slow, deep breath. His heartbeat seemed to accelerate, thumping uncontrollably.
He didn’t know when it started, but he always wanted to see Shen Shuyu. Although Shen Shuyu disliked him, he still wanted to see him very much.
Returning to the Shen family was almost entirely beneficial to him, but the sole remaining drawback made him give up the idea of returning.
Shen Shuyu raised his hand in confusion and waved it in front of Shen Xili. “What are you thinking about?”
Shen Xili raised his hand and caught the hand waving back and forth in the air. Shen Shuyu blinked, suddenly feeling an indescribable sensation. His subconscious told him he should break free from Shen Xili’s hand right now and walk away.
But at this moment, Shen Xili seemed to grip him tighter. If he suddenly stood up and walked away, it would be too strange.
He looked at Shen Xili. Shen Xili didn’t let go of his hand; instead, he deliberately moved a step closer to him.
Shen Shuyu stuttered a bit, “If, if you have something to say, just say it.”
His body felt glued to the chair, too stiff to move.
Seeing Shen Shuyu suddenly nervous, Shen Xili hooked his lips. “Actually, compared to speaking, I prefer to use action to prove it.”
Shen Shuyu let out an “Ah.” “Prove what?”
Shen Xili’s gaze fell on his lips again. He said, “Prove…”
As he spoke, he tilted his head and leaned in. Shen Shuyu was startled and instinctively turned his head away. Soft, warm lips landed on his cheek.
The kiss was brief, lasting perhaps only two or three seconds, before Shen Xili pulled back. The hand holding Shen Shuyu’s wrist shifted to hold his fingers.
Shen Xili took a deep breath. “Prove that I like you.”
Shen Shuyu turned his head back to look at him somewhat mechanically. He felt his brain wasn’t spinning fast enough.
What did Shen Xili just say?
Shen Xili likes him???
Shen Shuyu was completely in a daze now, even forgetting to pull his hand back.
Shen Xili wasn’t in a rush, just watching him quietly, seemingly waiting for his answer.
It took Shen Shuyu a long time to recover, his tone weird and trembling. “You, you were joking just now, right…?”
He felt his own sentence was ridiculous. He had already leaned in for a kiss; what kind of joke goes to this extent?
Shen Xili shook his head.
Like a conditioned reflex, Shen Shuyu yanked back the hand being held. Shen Xili grunted, frowning.
Shen Shuyu said in panic, “Sorry? Did I pull your wound? I’m sorry, sorr…”
His hand was caught by Shen Xili again.
Shen Xili said, “I’m fine.”
Looking into Shen Shuyu’s eyes, he said, “I’m not joking either. Xiao Yu, I like you.”
Seeing his expression, Shen Shuyu finally felt his brain return to his body. This time, he didn’t pull his hand out of Shen Xili’s grip. Instead, he said, “Shen Xili, I roughly know. You might be grateful to me because I helped you this time, and then you mistook this feeling. You, I…”
“I haven’t mistaken my feelings,” Shen Xili said. “Before this incident, I already liked you. Xiao Yu, I know you might find it hard to accept for a moment, but I don’t want you to answer me immediately right now. I can wait.”
Shen Shuyu opened his mouth. Great, his brain was a mess now.
Watching Shen Shuyu hesitating to speak, Shen Xili pursed his thin lips and slowly let go of his hand. “Sure enough, whether it’s Chi Yanxun or Wen Jiafei, I can’t compare to them, can I?”
What did this have to do with Chi Yanxun and Wen Jiafei?
Shen Shuyu had stopped thinking. When in doubt, stall!
Shen Shuyu said, “My brain is a bit confused right now, so I don’t know how to answer you either. I’ll, I’ll go first. You go home and rest well, okay?”
Shen Xili nodded. “Okay. Then can I ask when you can give me an answer? I don’t want to wait too long, because you might not know that you…”
He didn’t finish his sentence, but Shen Shuyu didn’t dare to ask further. He immediately stood up. “Very soon, very soon. I’m going to class first.”
Shen Shuyu turned and walked in the other direction. Before he took two steps, Shen Xili called him.
He inhaled. “Is there something else?”
Shen Xili pointed a finger in another direction. “Mecha Department is this way.”
Shen Shuyu hurriedly said “Oh” twice. “Sorry, sorry. You, you go back and rest too. Goodbye, goodbye.”
Without waiting for Shen Xili to nod, he hurried away.
Shen Xili leaned back on the chair. Only after Shen Shuyu’s back disappeared did he withdraw his gaze.
He smiled bitterly. It seemed he was going to be rejected.
Shen Shuyu used his fastest speed to leave Shen Xili’s line of sight. Only after confirming Shen Xili couldn’t see him did he stop, take a deep breath, and mutter to himself, “Was I hearing things?”
Shen Xili just confessed to him!
Shen Shuyu looked back, his pace slowing down. Shen Xili liked him? When did this happen? Why didn’t he notice at all?
He walked two steps, then stopped abruptly again. He suddenly remembered a sentence Lin Xuyi said a long time ago. Something like, Shen Xili had different thoughts about him.
He just didn’t pay attention at the time. So, starting from the Survival Battle, Shen Xili already had different feelings for him?
But clearly, they were still following the original novel’s plot back then. He had even given Chi Yanxun and Shen Xili time to interact. It was impossible for him to like him, right?
Shen Shuyu was upset. Just as he was about to call the System out to ask, someone interrupted him.
“Shen Shuyu.”
Shen Shuyu was startled. He looked toward the voice; it was Wen Jiafei.
Shen Shuyu patted his chest soothingly. Scared him to death; he thought Shen Xili had followed him.
Putting the recent events to the back of his mind, he walked over and asked, “Wen Jiafei, why are you here?”
“Didn’t you check your messages?” Wen Jiafei asked.
“Messages?” Shen Shuyu took the terminal out of his pocket. Sure enough, there was an unread message sent by Wen Jiafei a few minutes ago, asking him to bring a bottle of water back. But at that time, he hadn’t recovered from the shock of Shen Xili’s confession, so he didn’t pay attention to his terminal.
He let out an “Ah.” “You, you came out to buy water? But isn’t this the opposite direction from the convenience store?”
Wen Jiafei said, “I went to the teacher’s office just now.”
His gaze fell on Shen Shuyu’s face. “Why do you look so panicked?”
Shen Shuyu reflexively touched his face. “No, you saw wrong. I’m not panicked. You, didn’t you want to buy water? Let’s go, let’s go, I’ll treat you. I suddenly really want to drink water too.”
Wen Jiafei gave a hum of agreement and didn’t ask further. The two walked side by side toward the convenience store.
Shen Shuyu shook his head, wanting to shake the recent events out of his brain first. Couldn’t think about it anymore; if he thought more, Wen Jiafei would notice something amiss.
While he was battling inwardly, what he didn’t notice was that Wen Jiafei’s gaze was falling intentionally or unintentionally on his cheek.
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