Chapter 136
Noon.
Shen Shuyu found a restaurant outside. He rested his chin on his hand, looking out the window, waiting for Shen Xili to arrive.
Before long, Shen Xili walked over with both hands in his pockets. He glanced at the seat opposite Shen Shuyu. “I thought there might be three people.”
Shen Shuyu looked at him. “Do you mean Wen Jiafei?”
Shen Xili didn’t speak. Shen Shuyu said, “I wanted to tell him, but this is your business after all. It’s better for one less person to know than one more. If you’re willing to tell him, that’s naturally best; he would be a capable helper for us.”
“Us.” Shen Xili repeated the word. “I haven’t said anything yet, and it’s already ‘us’?”
Just then, the waiter pushed a cart over to serve the dishes. Shen Shuyu picked up his chopsticks. “Let’s talk while we eat.”
But when it came time to actually talk, neither knew where to start. Both harbored their own secrets and ate silently for a while. Shen Xili spoke first, “He is very dangerous. Don’t get involved in this.”
Shen Shuyu swallowed his food. He thought for a moment and asked, “Is he the reason you don’t want to go home?”
Shen Xili’s hand holding the chopsticks paused. He looked up at Shen Shuyu. “Is it important?”
Shen Shuyu countered, “Is it not?”
Shen Xili shrugged lightly, withdrew his gaze, looked down at the rice in his bowl, and sighed softly. “Not entirely because of him.”
There are other reasons?
Shen Shuyu licked his slightly dry lips and gave a long “Oh.” “Then what are the other reasons?”
“Why do you insist on me going back?” Shen Xili didn’t answer his question. “I thought about it all morning and still couldn’t figure it out.”
“It’s actually quite simple.” Shen Shuyu looked at Shen Xili earnestly. Meeting his gaze, Shen Xili’s heart inexplicably skipped a beat. Then he heard Shen Shuyu say, “This originally belonged to you.”
He wanted Shen Xili to return to the Shen family largely because the Shen family could protect him. If they failed to find a solution for the black bug in Shen Xili’s body this time, returning to the Shen family would mean the family could use all its means to fight for him.
Moreover, he wasn’t wrong. Everything he had now belonged to Shen Xili. He didn’t need to follow the novel’s plot anymore, so naturally, there was no need to drag this out.
If his dream was destined to happen, then they should adjust their states to face future challenges.
Hearing his words, Shen Xili put down his chopsticks.
Seeing this, Shen Shuyu also put down his chopsticks. “What’s wrong? Not to your taste?”
Shen Xili shook his head. “I don’t know how you know about that person, but Shen Shuyu, he is truly, truly dangerous. I will handle my own affairs. You…”
“Telling me not to interfere again?” Shen Shuyu propped his chin on one hand. “How many times have you said that? But with my personality, I’m telling you, I am definitely getting involved in this.”
Shen Xili looked at him deeply, and Shen Shuyu naturally stared back, not to be outdone.
Just then, the wind chimes at the restaurant door chimed crisply. Someone pushed open the glass door and walked in. Shen Xili glanced at the door and saw it was Chi Yanxun.
Shen Shuyu noticed his glance and muttered, “Who are you looking at?”
Saying that, he also turned to look.
It was Chi Yanxun, whom he hadn’t seen for several days. Without the constraints of the plot, he didn’t want to give Chi Yanxun even a glance. However, seeing him now, he looked much more haggard.
But what did that have to do with him?
Chi Yanxun didn’t notice the two of them. The waiter led him to another table, passing right by them.
Shen Shuyu withdrew his gaze, only to find that Shen Xili had fixed his eyes on him at some point. He asked confusedly, “Why are you looking at me?”
Shen Xili slowly picked up his chopsticks again. “Just remembered that you seemed quite dissatisfied with me before.”
“Yeah,” Shen Shuyu admitted generously. “Now you look pleasing to the eye. Is that okay?”
Shen Xili ignored him. Shen Shuyu was anxious, so he took a notebook and pen from his pocket and slapped them down by Shen Xili’s hand.
Shen Xili looked at him in confusion. “What for?”
Shen Shuyu said directly, “Help me draw something. The Mother Bug.”
This was his primary goal in finding Shen Xili today. The System needed a slightly more specific image to search for the Mother Bug’s location. He hadn’t seen it, but Shen Xili definitely had.
Shen Xili put down his chopsticks again. “Are you unwilling to even give a reason now?”
Shen Shuyu huffed. “Let’s stop beating around the bush. Didn’t you go there to find this too?”
“Why?” Shen Xili said. “I still want to know the reason.”
Shen Shuyu seemed to know even more than he imagined. From the first moment Shuyu saw him being tortured by the bug, he didn’t seem to panic. Xili had tried countless ways to suppress the larvae in his body, but in the end, he always just toughed it out. Yet Shuyu accurately knew that nutrient fluid was useful. Not only that, he went directly to search Zhong’s house the next day, meaning he also knew Zhong had the Mother Bug.
He suddenly frowned. That day backstage, before Shen Shuyu fainted, the way he clutched his heart in pain looked very similar to his own state when bitten by the bug…
If that were true, then everything made sense.
Shen Shuyu looked at Shen Xili’s suddenly serious face and waved his hand in front of him. “What are you thinking about? Shen Xili, Shen Xili?”
Shen Xili suddenly reached out and grabbed his wrist, startling Shen Shuyu. “What are you doing? Acting all jumpy, you scared me.”
Shen Xili didn’t reply. He simply turned Shen Shuyu’s wrist over, pressed his warm fingertips against his pulse, and seriously felt the beating under the skin.
Strange. He didn’t sense anything unusual. In fact, Shen Shuyu’s pulse was even stronger than the average Omega.
“You’re quite multi-talented; you even know how to check pulses,” Shen Shuyu said in shock.
Shen Xili came back to his senses. He released Shen Shuyu’s wrist and said, “Shen Shuyu, what I said before wasn’t alarmist talk. He is truly dangerous. It’s not like the small skirmishes in the Survival War; he will really take your life.”
Shen Shuyu took back his arm. “Exactly. So, for the sake of your life, draw it.”
Shen Xili was truly puzzled this time. “Why?”
“I have a kind heart, is that not allowed?” Shen Shuyu suddenly thought of how Xili checked his pulse and realized: “Wait, did you think just now that I also…?”
Shen Xili pursed his lips.
Shen Shuyu sighed. “Don’t worry, I don’t have it.”
Shen Xili remained silent. Shen Shuyu continued, “I just want to help you.”
“To make me return to the Shen family as soon as possible?” Shen Xili finally spoke. He looked at Shen Shuyu again. This time, he really couldn’t understand what Shen Shuyu was thinking.
Was he willing to go to such lengths just to make him return to the Shen family?
He didn’t believe Shen Shuyu didn’t know the danger of that man, yet he still explored that man’s house alone at night. In the end, he didn’t even know what he was looking for.
Shen Xili almost laughed out of anger.
Shen Shuyu nodded, then shook his head.
Shen Xili couldn’t understand. “What exactly are you thinking? Shen Shuyu, have you considered that my return to the Shen family isn’t a good thing for you? Half of everything you own now will be given to me. People who supported you because of your identity as a Shen might stab you in the back and curse you once they know you aren’t the biological son. Do you not care about these things at all?”
Shen Shuyu stared blankly at Shen Xili.
This seemed to be the first time he had seen Shen Xili display such emotion. Although this person usually looked easygoing, Shen Shuyu knew he wasn’t some gentle jade-like character.
Shen Shuyu licked his slightly dry lips. Finally, he shook his head.
This time, it was Shen Xili’s turn to stare blankly at him.
Shen Shuyu said, “It’s you returning to the Shen family, not me leaving the Shen family. Of course, if you don’t want to return because of me, it’s not like I can’t…”
“Shen Shuyu!”
Shen Xili raised his voice, stopping Shen Shuyu from continuing.
He didn’t know why, but an inexplicable anger surged up. He was pissed off.
Shen Shuyu scratched the back of his neck. He said calmly, “Shen Xili, if it’s really because of me, you can just say it straight.”
He looked at Shen Xili again, smiling brightly. “I said, all of this belongs to you.”
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