Chapter 202
Why was Shen Shuyu looking at him like that? Had he discovered something wrong?
For some reason, Wen Jiafei especially hoped that Shen Shuyu would notice his abnormality. That way, he could tear away some of the hypocritical surfaces. He looked at Shen Shuyu with a mix of longing and trepidation.
He anticipated his next words.
But at that moment, Shen Shuyu withdrew his gaze. “It’s nothing. Hurry up and eat; the food is going to get cold.”
Those words felt a bit like a poor cover-up. The temperature in the room was high; the food wouldn’t get cold that quickly.
He lowered his head again and haphazardly stuffed a piece of beef into his mouth. Actually, he had wanted to ask just now.
He wanted to ask if Wen Jiafeiâs gland was better, but he felt the question was redundant. Wasn’t the scent of bitter orange in the air a sufficient answer?
Moreover, the words had been on the tip of his tongue when he remembered that in this society, glands were a very private matter. Although he often forgot this point in the past and would just say whatever came to mind, he now felt a bit awkward about it.
Shen Shuyu kept his head down and didn’t notice that the person sitting across from him was experiencing a massive internal upheaval.
Wen Jiafei took a slow, deep breath. He lowered his head and used his fork to put the piece of steak Shen Shuyu had given him into his mouth, chewing carefully before swallowing.
His gaze was fixed intently on Shen Shuyu, as if he weren’t swallowing steak, but Shen Shuyu himself.
After the meal, Wen Jiafei had to return to his room to prevent the bodyguards outside from noticing anything amiss. Shen Shuyu watched with his own eyes as Wen Jiafei easily vaulted from the balcony to the one next door.
He glanced down; a slight slip would mean falling to a gruesome death.
Standing by the railing, Shen Shuyu said, “How about we just call each other later? The room phones can connect to each other.”
Shen Shuyu was about to tell Wen Jiafei his room extension when he met those eyes. Though the boy didn’t speak, his gaze looked hurt, as if Shen Shuyu had just told him the sky was falling.
It made Shen Shuyu feel like a villain.
Shen Shuyu held back his words for a long time before saying, “I think the phone calls might be monitored. You should just come to my room, or I can go over to your side.”
He had originally wanted to suggest they just talk here on the balcony; a normal volume would be perfectly audible. But for some reason, he felt that if he said that, Wen Jiafei would probably look even more wronged.
What was he so wronged about?
Shen Shuyu didn’t understand.
Wen Jiafei gave a hum. “Okay.”
A faint, lingering scent of bitter orange pheromones still clung to Shen Shuyuâs body. Shen Shuyu took a breath and waved his hand. “It’s cold outside; go in soon.”
Wen Jiafei said, “I’ll come over after I show my face to them.”
Shen Shuyu said, “It’s fine. I’ll be in my room all day today. Itâs the same if you rest and come over a bit later.”
Wen Jiafei immediately spoke up, “But I want to see you. All day.”
Shen Shuyu let out a couple of light coughs upon hearing that but didn’t reply. He turned around and walked into the room, feigning composure. No, he needed to slow downâslow down the impact Wen Jiafei was having on him.
Shen Shuyu returned to the small living room. He first had the waiter come over to clear the empty plates. Standing at the door, he followed his routine and glanced toward Wen Jiafeiâs door. One of the bodyguards was missing, but Wen Jiafeiâs door was open; Wen Jiafei must have called them inside.
After seeing off the waiter, Shen Shuyu sat on the sofa chair and called for the System.
[It’s confirmed. That external system is on Wen Jiafei.] Shen Shuyu said, [His emotions have become unstable.]
The System hummed: [Master, what do you plan to do? If that system isn’t removed, Wen Jiafei will definitely run into major problems later.]
Shen Shuyu said, [The only thing I don’t understand right now is what exactly this external system wants with Wen Jiafei.]
The System didn’t know either. Shen Shuyu thought for a bit: [Forget it, you probably don’t understand these things either. Regardless, our primary goal is to resolve the system issue.]
He asked again: [You said last time that as long as the other party is willing to open the door for you, you can go in, right?]
[Yes.] The System replied, [But actually, this condition is very strict. There must be complete trust; even a tiny bit of distrust or hesitation will result in failure.]
But the second method was prone to harming the parasitized host.
Shen Shuyu said, [Can I really not tell Wen Jiafei about the relationship between us?]
He felt that Wen Jiafei trusted him very much. If he told him, Wen Jiafei might really be able to do it.
[No.] The System was unusually serious: [Master, I’ve said before, unless absolutely necessary, our identities cannot be exposed.]
Shen Shuyu took a deep breath: [I see. Then it seems we can only use the second method.]
Getting a little hurt now was better than something truly happening to Wen Jiafei later.
The System silently transformed into a small puppy and circled twice on the floor. It said: [The items have been placed at your bedside. After injecting the liquid, I will choose a suitable time to go into his body and take away that system. However, in the meantime, Master, you must protect him well.]
That external system definitely wouldn’t be taken without a fight. They didn’t know the extent of that system’s current capabilities, so everything had to be done with extreme caution.
[Fine. I’ll find a chance to try it tonight.] Shen Shuyu stood up and walked into the bedroom. He pulled open the top drawer of the bedside table. Sure enough, there was a small syringe and a tiny bit of medicine.
Shen Shuyu picked them up and looked at them for a few moments before putting them back and closing the drawer.
Wen Jiafei didn’t come over all afternoon because two uninvited guests had arrivedâthe two cousins who had gone to the hot springs with him last night.
Naturally, the two cousins weren’t willing to come, but they had no choice; the family had ordered it.
Wen Jiafei looked expressionlessly at the two of them sitting across from him drinking water. Not long after he had come back from next door, a bodyguard had entered to tell him they were on their way.
Wen Jiafei also knew why these two were constantly following him; it was nothing more than looking for a chance to “accidentally” eliminate him.
But in Wen Jiafeiâs view, his two cousins were absolute idiots. Usually, he might have the patience to play along with them, but today, his time belonged to Shen Shuyu.
Wen Jiafei raised his hand and unfastened his top button. The scent of bitter orange pheromones spread through the confined space. Soon, the expressions of his two cousins changed. They both covered their noses and mouths, and one of them glared at him. “Are you sick? Pull back your pheromones; it stinks to high heaven.”
Wen Jiafei ignored him, merely picking up the water cup beside him and sipping his tea in a leisurely manner.
The pressure within the pheromones made both of them feel quite uncomfortable. One of them thought of something, and while suppressing the instinct to release his own pheromones, he leaned over and whispered a couple of words to the other.
The two glanced at each other, and the one who had just called the scent stinking let out a light cough. “Forget it. We just came to check on you. Nothing else, we’ll head out first.”
They stood up, both seemingly seeing some sort of amusement in each other’s eyes.
Wen Jiafei remained seated until a bodyguard walked in. The guard said, “Young Master.”
Wen Jiafei put down the cup. “If I didn’t call for you, don’t come and bother me. If those two want to come in again, don’t let them.”
The bodyguard was a bit hesitant but eventually agreed. “Yes.”
The moment the bodyguard gently closed the door, Wen Jiafei impatiently stood up from his chair. He unfastened another button of his shirt.
The heating in this hotel was truly set very high. It had felt hot over at Shen Shuyu’s earlier, and he hadn’t expected his own room to be even hotter.
But it didn’t matter. He walked quickly to the small balcony. Just as he was about to vault over as usual, his ears picked up the sound of conversation from Shen Shuyu’s room.
He listened carefully; it seemed Father and Mother Shen had returned.
The wind on the small balcony cleared his mind a bit. He couldn’t go over yet.
He felt irritable. For some reason, his desire to see Shen Shuyu had reached its peak at this moment.
Wen Jiafei took a deep breath. No.
He couldn’t cause trouble for Shen Shuyu.
Wen Jiafei looked deeply toward the room next door, turned around, and returned to his own room.
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