Chapter 15: The Cannon Fodder in a Dogblood Novel (15)
“Brother Geng, I gotta go first. I have a lunch date with my girlfriend. If I’m late, she’s gonna be mad again.”
Little Yellow Hair walked into the living room and said goodbye to Zhou Geng before even sitting down.
Lin Mu walked straight to the sofa opposite Shen Tangqing and sat down.
Since Little Yellow Hair had already explained earlier, Zhou Geng didn’t keep him. “Alright, drive slow.”
“I’m a veteran driver.” Little Yellow Hair chuckled carelessly.
Zhou Geng rolled his eyes at him.
Shen Tangqing suddenly spoke up.
“Student Huang, which direction are you going? I’m going back too. If it’s on your way, give me a ride. If not, just drop me at the community entrance and I’ll take a taxi back to Jing University.”
As soon as Shen Tangqing finished speaking, Zhou Geng frowned. “What’s the rush? Play for another day, go back to school with me tomorrow.”
East or West, home is best. Shen Tangqing just wanted to go back to school and catch up on sleep.
So he lied without changing his expression, “I already made plans with my roommate yesterday to have lunch together. Can’t break my word, right? I’ll come again next time there’s a chance.”
Zhou Geng frowned. “Why don’t you reschedule with him?”
“Flaking isn’t very good. Think about it, if I made plans to eat with you and then bailed on you last minute, how would you feel?”
“I’d be unhappy, of course!” Zhou Geng blurted out without thinking. If he really made plans with Shen Tangqing and got stood up, he would definitely be angry.
Realizing what he had just blurted out, Zhou Geng fell silent.
He really wanted to slap his own stupid mouth right now.
Zhou Shuli on the side couldn’t help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
He seriously suspected that when his mother gave birth to Zhou Geng, she forgot his brain at the hospital.
Stupid to death!
Little Yellow Hair on the side broke the somewhat weird silence.
“You’re going to Jing University? That’s the opposite direction from me; I’m going back to the North Gate.” Mainly because the timing wasn’t right for his date, otherwise dropping Shen Tangqing off wouldn’t be a big deal.
“Oh, it’s okay. Just take me to the intersection. It’s convenient for me to call a taxi myself.”
Mainly because this villa district was too big. Relying on two legs to walk out, Shen Tangqing estimated he’d have to walk for more than half an hour.
“I’ll drive you.”
As soon as Zhou Geng finished speaking, Lin Mu hesitated for a moment.
His home was actually on the way to Jing University.
Just as he was wondering if he should reluctantly offer to drive Shen Tangqing, Zhou Shuli suddenly stood up.
He gently dusted off non-existent dust from his sleeve and looked at Zhou Geng calmly.
“Are you planning to ignore your two friends upstairs? I happen to be going to Wutong Road for business. I’ll drop him off on the way.”
Zhou Shuli’s fingertips hidden under the gloves curled slightly. “After all, I picked him up, naturally I should send him back.”
After speaking, he glanced at Shen Tangqing without changing his expression, then quickly withdrew his gaze.
Going to Wutong Road required passing Jing University. It was indeed on the way.
Zhou Geng stood up as well.
“That’s great. Brother, help me take Tang Tang to school. You have to drop him downstairs at the dorm, otherwise Tang Tang has to walk a long way.”
Zhou Shuli: “…”
Noisy!
Does he need to tell me these things?
After glancing at Zhou Geng, Zhou Shuli lifted his chin toward Shen Tangqing. “Let’s go.”
“Oh, thank you, Brother Zhou.” Shen Tangqing quickly thanked him.
“Tang Tang, I’ll walk you out.”
“No need, Brother Geng, you take care of your friends.” Shen Tangqing smiled and waved at Zhou Geng.
“Hey, it’s fine. Ah Mu isn’t an outsider. I’ll just walk you to the garage.”
As soon as the words fell, Lin Mu, who hadn’t spoken, stood up from the sofa. His deep brows were somewhat gloomy.
“Together. I’ll walk Little Yellow Hair out.”
Little Yellow Hair looked at Lin Mu in surprise. The next second, he deliberately blew a few exaggerated kisses at Lin Mu. “Brother Mu, I knew you loved me.”
Lin Mu: “…”
“Get lost!”
The car turned out of the villa district’s tree-lined avenue.
Zhou Shuli suddenly asked, “Is the air conditioning temperature okay?” His voice was faint, devoid of emotion.
Shen Tangqing, who had been looking out the window, came back to his senses and nodded subconsciously. “It’s fine.”
Zhou Shuli gave a “Mn” and didn’t speak again, his gaze fixed on the road ahead.
The car fell silent again, with only the breeze from the air vents.
The temperature was too perfect, and it was too quiet. Coupled with Zhou Shuli’s steady driving, Shen Tangqing fell asleep in a daze leaning against the passenger seat.
The car slowly stopped in the parking space outside the Jing University dormitory area.
Zhou Shuli didn’t rush to wake Shen Tangqing. His hands were still on the steering wheel, but his gaze fell on the passenger seat.
Shen Tangqing slept deeply. His head tilted gently to one side, and the broken hair on his forehead hung down, covering his brow slightly.
Sunlight shone through the car window, casting fragmented light spots on his cheek. His whole person exuded a beautiful softness.
Zhou Shuli’s Adam’s apple moved quietly. Just looking at Shen Tangqing like this, an indescribable itch rose in his heart.
He raised his hand, wanting to touch Shen Tangqing’s brow through the glove, but stopped abruptly.
His chest heaved more than usual, as if he was trying his best to suppress something.
He knew very well that if he touched Shen Tangqing in this enclosed space, it might be difficult to suppress his emotions.
He couldn’t scare him.
That would be too impolite.
Zhou Shuli quietly watched Shen Tangqing for a while. Just as the hands were about to point to 12 o’clock, he spoke to wake Shen Tangqing up.
After all, Shen Tangqing said he had a lunch date with a friend. He couldn’t delay someone else’s business because of his own selfish desires, although he was somewhat reluctant—
Hearing the voice, Shen Tangqing’s eyelashes trembled, and then he opened those beautiful eyes.
Being woken up, his eyes still held a trace of confusion. He looked up.
And crashed into a pair of deep eyes.
Eyes containing intense desire, wrapping around him tightly like vines, giving him the illusion of suffocation.
But it was only for a split second before those eyes returned to normal, so fast that Shen Tangqing suspected he wasn’t fully awake and was hallucinating.
Recovering his senses, he sat up straight and turned to look out the window, only to find they had already arrived downstairs at the dorm.
“Brother Zhou, when did we arrive? Why didn’t you wake me up?” The end of his tone still clung to undissipated sleepiness, sounding to Zhou Shuli’s ears like a disguised form of acting coquettish.
Retracting his gaze and lowering his eyes happened almost simultaneously. “Not even a few minutes ago.”
His voice seemed to have no fluctuations, but if one listened carefully, one could still hear a trace of extremely slight trembling mixed in.
After thanking Zhou Shuli, Shen Tangqing prepared to get out of the car, but was suddenly stopped by Zhou Shuli. “Shen Tangqing.”
Shen Tangqing looked at him. “What’s wrong, Brother Zhou?”
“Add me on WeChat.”
Zhou Shuli paused after speaking, then explained, “Didn’t you think the clothes on you looked very good this morning? I’ll push the sales associate’s WeChat to you. I have a membership, you can get a 20% discount.”
Twenty percent off?
That’s nice.
A fool doesn’t take advantage of a bargain.
Shen Tangqing took out his phone and cheerfully added Zhou Shuli on WeChat.
He admitted he had some prejudices against gays.
But he felt that Zhou Shuli was a truly decent person—cold outside but warm inside, very polite, and possessing a sense of propriety. Getting along with him was quite comfortable.
Regarding him getting into Xiao Yu’s bed, Shen Tangqing unilaterally approved. He was much better than Jiang Qingyan and Fu Sizhao.
Of course, it was definitely not for that 20% discount membership card.
After adding WeChat, Shen Tangqing thanked Zhou Shuli again and got out of the car to return to the dorm.
At this moment, Zhou Shuli’s gaze, interwoven with desire, could finally fall unscrupulously on Shen Tangqing.
It wasn’t until Shen Tangqing’s back completely disappeared from view that he withdrew it at an extremely slow speed.
The next second,
He took off the glove on his right hand.
He moved it slowly in the air over the passenger seat, as if tracing Shen Tangqing’s silhouette.
Eerie, yet carrying a trace of obsession.
Pity.
Not enough.
Completely not enough.
What he craved was skin-to-skin contact.
To crumble him into his own arms.
That feeling of body and soul trembling.
Zhou Shuli’s expression twisted for a moment, finally withdrawing his hand with a trace of unwillingness.
Opening WeChat, he pushed a contact to Shen Tangqing, then left a message for that contact.
[I recommended someone to you. If he looks to buy or customize, tell him the original price is 50% off. I have a membership for an additional discount, another 20% off. I will cover the price difference.]
The other side replied to Zhou Shuli very quickly.
[Understood, CEO Zhou.]
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