Chapter 90: The Cannon Fodder in a Dogblood Novel (90)
It was Jiang Ci who recovered first.
He yanked Lin Mu out of Shen Tangqing’s arms, his tone carrying a bit of vigilance.
“Who are you? What are you doing hugging Brother Shen?”
After speaking, he pulled Shen Tangqing’s arm, looking concerned. “Brother Shen, are you okay?”
Lin Mu’s attention was finally attracted by Jiang Ci.
Teardrops still hung on his eyelashes, and the ends of his eyes looked like crushed rouge; he looked pitiful, without a trace of the noble young master’s manner…
He looked Jiang Ci up and down. When his gaze fell on the hand Jiang Ci used to hold Shen Tangqing’s arm, his reason was lost to jealousy.
His tone was very unkind, even carrying a bit of interrogation.
“Shen Tangqing, who is he? Is he your new love?”
After speaking, Lin Mu sniffled and reached out to violently slap Jiang Ci’s hand off Shen Tangqing’s arm.
“Looking so ugly, when did you go blind?”
Shen Tangqing: …
Jiang Ci: ?
…
This person, why is he still as deserving of a beating as always?
When Jiang Ci heard the words “new love,” his heart skipped a beat for no reason. But upon hearing the next sentence, his face darkened instantly. He took a step forward, his brow furrowed enough to crush a mosquito.
“Do you know how to speak? Who’s ugly?”
He considered himself not a peerlessly handsome guy, but definitely not ugly, right? There were plenty of people chasing him! This kid is the blind one, right?
“Talking about you,” Lin Mu looked at Jiang Ci unkindly, eyeing him like a thief.
“Ugly thing, what exactly are you to Shen Tangqing?”
The air was filled with the heavy smell of gunpowder. Shen Tangqing hurriedly blocked in front of Jiang Ci, afraid the two would start fighting.
There was no way to muddle through this.
He sighed and looked at Lin Mu. “Let’s find a place to sit. Crying and sniffling, what do you look like?”
Acting like the main wife catching the mistress… those who didn’t know would think he was cheating…
Lin Mu pursed his lips, rolled his eyes at Jiang Ci, then leaned in front of Shen Tangqing.
“Okay, where do you say we go?”
That aggrieved look was somewhat pitiful.
However, Shen Tangqing cautiously took a step back. “Stay away from me, don’t smear your tears and snot on me.”
Lin Mu: …
“I don’t have a runny nose…”
Shen Tangqing: !
Shen Tangqing turned to look at Jiang Ci, his expression apologetic. “Jiang Ci, I can’t accompany you to the movie today. You go yourself…”
Before he could finish, Lin Mu’s nose was almost crooked with anger. “You were going to watch a movie with him? Who does he think he is?”
Shen Tangqing looked up and gave Lin Mu a light glance.
Lin Mu chickened out in a second. He shrank his neck, shut his mouth, and pretended to be a quail.
Shen Tangqing continued, “I have things to talk about with him, you go ahead.”
Jiang Ci’s face wasn’t looking too good either.
His gaze swept over Shen Tangqing and Lin Mu. Although very curious, he felt more annoyed in his heart. But since Shen Tangqing put it that way, Jiang Ci could only agree.
“Alright, Brother Shen. Do you want me to wait for you?”
“No need, the movie is about to start, go watch the movie.”
Jiang Ci: …
No mood to watch a movie at all.
Wanted to stay but had no reason to, so he could only nod unhappily.
Watching Shen Tangqing lead Lin Mu down the mall stairs, until their figures disappeared, Jiang Ci slowly withdrew his gaze.
He looked down and took a sip of the coffee in his hand.
Bitter…
But thinking it was bought by Shen Tangqing, he was a bit reluctant to drink it.
As for the boy following Lin Mu, Lin Mu sent him back.
In a corner of the coffee shop, the lighting was slightly dim, shrouding their figures in quietude.
Lin Mu’s eyes were still red after crying. His gaze was like clinging vines, tightly wrapped around Shen Tangqing, reluctant to even blink, afraid that if he blinked, the person sitting opposite would disappear.
“What are you staring at me for?” Shen Tangqing lifted his eyelids and met Lin Mu’s burning gaze.
Suddenly seeing an “old friend,” it would be false to say he wasn’t agitated. But thinking of Li Qiulan in Beijing, that agitation was quickly suppressed, leaving only calmness.
Lin Mu had too many questions stuck in his throat.
He wanted to ask why Shen Tangqing came back from the dead?
He wanted to ask why Shen Tangqing appeared here?
He wanted to ask why Shen Tangqing didn’t contact them for nearly a year…
…
But with the words on the tip of his tongue, after circling countless times, they finally turned into one sentence: “Have you been well?”
Shen Tangqing was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting Lin Mu’s first sentence to be this. Immediately, an indescribable bitterness surged in his heart, actually giving rise to a trance-like feeling of meeting an old friend in a foreign land.
This long-lost concern caught him off guard.
He picked up the coffee in front of him and took a sip, trying to suppress the surging emotions in his heart with the bitterness.
After silence for several seconds, he spoke slowly, his voice carrying an imperceptible hoarseness.
“Pretty good.”
Lin Mu’s Adam’s apple rolled. “What exactly is going on?”
Shen Tangqing lowered his eyes, his gaze falling on the coffee in front of him.
Lin Mu couldn’t beat Li Qiulan. With his brainless appearance, there was no need to drag him into this.
A moment later, Shen Tangqing chuckled lightly, his tone carrying a bit of nonchalance as he changed the subject.
“It’s a long story, but none of that matters anymore. Why are you here?”
Things that couldn’t be explained, simply wouldn’t be explained.
Lin Mu looked at Shen Tangqing heavily. Seeing Shen Tangqing didn’t want to tell him, although his heart was full of sourness, there was more joy of regaining what was lost.
If he wasn’t afraid Shen Tangqing would beat him up, he wished he could hug Shen Tangqing home immediately and hide him, never letting him leave his sight again.
Now that the person sitting in front of him was fine, other things didn’t matter to Lin Mu anymore.
“My grandfather’s comrade-in-arms is having his eightieth birthday, he asked me to accompany him…”
Since Shen Tangqing “died,” he had been like a lost soul, unable to muster interest or spirit for anything. He often sat alone on the balcony staring blankly into the distance. His family thought he had a deeply memorable relationship and was ruthlessly dumped by the other party.
His mother even couldn’t help coming to enlighten him, saying if he really liked the other person, she would go talk to them for him…
What could Lin Mu say? He couldn’t say he just liked the person without any title or status, and the person died, right?
This time, Old Master Lin also thought of taking him out for a walk to relieve boredom using his comrade’s birthday as an excuse. He didn’t want to come, but couldn’t withstand the Old Master’s pestering and grinding, so he finally came.
He was now incredibly grateful to the Old Master. To have met Shen Tangqing in this vast sea of people…
How did the saying go? This is a destiny ordained by heaven! He knew he and Shen Tangqing were fated!!!
Shen Tangqing gave a hum and didn’t speak again, his fingertips unconsciously rubbing the wall of the coffee cup.
Lin Mu’s gaze fell greedily on Shen Tangqing’s face, tracing his brows and eyes inch by inch.
He felt Shen Tangqing was different from before. This difference didn’t refer to dressing or style, but a temperament exuding from his bones. It was like a green fruit suddenly ripening at a certain moment, emitting a seductive sweet fragrance all over. That face was even more beautiful, attracting attention at all times.
The more he looked, the drier Lin Mu’s mouth felt. But he was reluctant to withdraw his gaze, wishing he could drown the person before him in his sight.
Shen Tangqing was annoyed by his staring and frowned impatiently.
“Lin Mu, can you f*cking not stare at me like a dog staring at a bone?”
Lin Mu felt inexplicably guilty, his ears quietly turning red.
He actually wanted to be a dog for Shen Tangqing, just afraid Shen Tangqing wouldn’t be willing.
Reluctantly withdrawing his gaze, he muttered, “Couldn’t help it…”
His throat was tight with dryness. His Adam’s apple rolled twice, and he picked up the coffee in front of him for a sip.
Shen Tangqing was speechless. Why was this person acting like this ever since confessing to him? Where did that high and mighty tsundere energy go from when they first met? Like he was f*cking possessed by someone else.
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