Chapter 46

Chapter 46

Since Chen Ye didn't want her to know, Shu Yao pretended that she knew nothing. During the few days in Nanjiang, she didn't mention anything about this matter to him.

As the holiday draws to a close, surrounding factories gradually resume work, and the flow of people in small supermarkets increases.

After settling the last bill, the store was temporarily empty. Shu Yao sat on a bamboo chair and chatted leisurely with Zhao Tiantian.

Zhao Tiantian was probably scrolling through short videos when she saw the handsome guy and immediately shared it with her: [Oh my god, this guy has such long fingers! They’re perfect for… [Infatuation] [Infatuation] [Infatuation]]

Shu Yao:?

Combined with the following three expressions, she vaguely felt as if her face had been run over by a train.

Shu Yao deliberately replied: [It is indeed very suitable for playing the piano. ]

Zhao Tiantian sent an emoticon package of "an old man frowning and looking at his phone in the subway."

Shu Yao chuckled, which caused Shu Meiru to kick her shoes. "If you have time to chat with others, why don't you go chat with Ah Ye? Why are you leaving her alone upstairs?"

Shu Yao remained unmoved, his thumbs tapping away on the keyboard. "He's in a meeting. It's all in French. I can't understand a word he's saying."

"You're still having a meeting on National Day?" Shu Meiru sighed as she sorted through a few bags of instant noodles messed up by customers. "He's from such a wealthy family, yet he's still working so hard. What a great guy."

“…”

Shu Yao felt that Shu Meiru was now in a completely mindless flattery mode towards Chen Ye. Even if Chen Ye only stepped into the door with his left foot today, she could attribute it to the fact that he was a good boy who knew how to distinguish between his left and right feet.

He was still a good boy who was so weak that she almost took advantage of him.

The door curtain was lifted, and it seemed that someone else was coming.

Shu Yao looked up from his phone and habitually said to the door, "Welcome."

The next second, the smile faded.

The figure that walked in was unexpected, but also reasonable.

"Beichuan?" Shu Meiru greeted him with surprise. "Are you back to see your grandparents?"

Probably because it was not working hours, Zhou Beichuan was dressed more casually today. There was a conspicuous Balenciaga logo on the chest of his white T-shirt, and he wore black casual pants underneath. Even his hair was not as messy as before, and he looked a lot younger.

"Yeah, I just got back." He smiled at Shu Meiru and asked, "Auntie, where are the instant noodles?"

"Instant noodles? It's almost time for dinner, why are you still eating instant noodles?" Shu Meiru went to the corner and got two packs of different brands.

Zhou Beichuan randomly picked a pack of seafood noodles and said nonchalantly, "Grandpa and grandma went to a wedding banquet, and I don't know them. It would be awkward to go, so I'll just eat something at home."

"Hey." Shu Meiru pulled the instant noodles back from his hand and scolded him lightly, "Why don't you tell your aunt earlier that you don't want to eat instant noodles? You can just come to her house tonight and eat it."

"Auntie, it's too troublesome."

"What's the trouble? It's just a meal." Shu Meiru checked the time and smiled, "It's just right. I have to go cook too. You and Yaoyao can chat here."

"mom--"

Before Shu Yao could finish his words, Shu Meiru had disappeared. She couldn't blame her mother for being so nice to Zhou Beichuan. After all, in her eyes, Zhou Beichuan was still the little boy who was injured while saving her.

Shu Yao put away his phone just as another man in factory uniform walked in. Seeing two unfamiliar faces, he was momentarily surprised and said, "A pack of Double Happiness."

Shu Yao went to the shelf behind him to look for cigarettes when he heard Zhou Beichuan ask, "When will you return to Fuchuan?"

Shu Yao didn't respond, but helped the man get the cigarettes: "Thirteen yuan."

The man took out his money and paid the bill. Only after he left did Shu Yao turn sideways and look at Zhou Beichuan.

After their last unpleasant meeting at the gate of Yinyuan, Zhou Beichuan never contacted her again, so she didn't have the chance to say some things.

"Zhou Beichuan, I want to correct one thing about what you said last time."

Zhou Beichuan was stunned: "What?"

"You know best whether we've ever been together." Shu Yao's voice was soft, but resounding. "So, even if I was with Chen Ye at the time, he wasn't a mistress. But you, knowing that Chen Ye and I were married, kept harassing me. Do you want to be a mistress?"

Zhou Beichuan was speechless for a moment. He wanted to argue, but he couldn't find the words. "I just think that we were too impulsive at the time. We actually ended up like that just because of a quarrel..."

Shu Yao rarely interrupted someone. "I told you back then that I didn't like you. You used me as a tool to save face. On the one hand, I was grateful for your kindness, so I let you go as long as I felt it didn't affect me. On the other hand, I also used you as a tool to reduce harassment from other boys. It was a mutually beneficial relationship, that's all."

Shu Yao's face was cold, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him: "Zhou Beichuan, you can deceive others, but don't end up deceiving yourself."

Zhou Beichuan's face darkened, and he clenched his right fist at his side and then unclenched it: "That was just at the beginning. Didn't you like me later?"

"What else?" Shu Yao frowned slightly. "You've hinted at this time and again before, and as far as I can remember, I've never rejected you outright, right?"

Zhou Beichuan didn't say anything else.

The air in the room was suffocatingly heavy.

Shu Yao locked the cash register drawer, took the key and left from the other side, then turned back halfway.

Her eyes remained calm, but her tone lacked her usual gentleness, sounding cold and impatient.

"Just because I didn't say something doesn't mean I don't know it. Zhou Beichuan, never having any contact with you until we die is the last respect I can give you."

*

Zhou Beichuan finally stayed for dinner, but perhaps Shu Yao's words had some effect, as he remained very silent throughout the meal.

And with him present, Shu Yao and Chen Ye naturally wouldn't be happy eating.

Perhaps sensing the unusual atmosphere, after dinner, Shu Meiru dragged Zhou Beichuan to the living room to watch TV. She then turned and told Shu Yao, "There are a few more dishes today. Go help Ah Ye."

Shu Yao nodded, picked up the only empty plate left on the table, and followed him into the kitchen.

The door was closed, blocking out some of the noise from outside.

The sound of rushing water could be heard.

The sink had two troughs, but only one faucet, which was occupied by Shen Ye. Shu Yao silently squeezed detergent onto the plate and handed it to him.

"My mother called Zhou Beichuan up."

"I know."

His response was a little cold, and it was unknown whether he was still unhappy about this matter. Shu Yao secretly glanced at him and saw a profile with an unfathomable emotion, and a pair of hands with slightly red joints under the cold water.

Shu Yao hadn't considered herself a hand control before, but watching this, she suddenly remembered the video Zhao Tiantian had shared with her. Chen Ye's fingers seemed even longer than in the video...

There were many wonderful images in his mind, and finally the obscene and crazy expressions of those girls slowly emerged. Shu Yao inexplicably felt that a fire was burning in his body, burning his ears red.

Suddenly, a heat covered the back of her left hand. Shu Yao came back to her senses and looked up to see his chin so close to her.

She asked confusedly, "What's wrong?"

Chen Ye tilted his head and gestured: "You've squeezed most of the bottle onto this plate, can you be more even?"

“…” Shu Yao took a look and found that it was true.

"I, I was distracted." Shu Yao was about to spread the detergent on the plate onto other plates, but was stopped by Chen Ye. He helped her wash her hands, then grabbed her waist and carried her to the side like a child.

With his hands on the platform beside her, he leaned over to look at her with a hint of teasing in his eyes: "What are you thinking about?"

Shu Yao looked bewildered: "I didn't think anything of it."

"Oh? Then why is your face red?" Chen Ye raised his hand and gently rubbed her cheek with the tip of his index finger.

Shu Yao suddenly felt that the fire that had been suppressed was burning again in the place where he had touched.

Her eyes were focused on his slightly raised thin lips, and Shu Yao felt an inexplicable itch in her throat.

She glanced at the door.

Chen Ye realized that her gaze had shifted and was about to turn back, but Shu Yao suddenly held his face with both hands.

As she stood on tiptoe, the distance between them shortened, their noses almost touching. Shu Yao lowered her voice and said, "Zhou Beichuan is at the door."

Shen Ye deliberately nudged her nose, sounding unconcerned: “So?”

It seemed like angels and demons were fighting in Shu Yao's mind.

After a fierce battle, the demon won and she moved forward.

The moment their lips touched, it felt like an electric current spread through their bodies.

In just a second, her reason returned, and she quickly stepped back and leaned back, but her waist did not hit the sharp edge of the table, but was separated by his warm left palm.

Her mind was full of barrage:

What am I doing???

Is this considered sexual harassment???

But you know what, even though he looked cold, his lips were quite warm.

…

There was no change in Chen Ye's expression, but Shu Yao could feel that behind those deep eyes, there seemed to be boiling volcanic magma, just waiting for the moment to erupt.

She said with a look of relief, "Okay, he's gone."

The heat in Chen Ye's eyes subsided a bit. He glanced at the empty doorway, then turned back with an unhappy expression:

"Just because of this?"

"Yeah." Shu Yao patted his shoulder with an expression that said, "Just listen to me and tell you something." "Don't worry about it. It's nothing. I'm going to go out and watch TV with my mom. You can take your time washing up."

After saying that, she squatted down and nimbly slipped out from the space under Shen Ye's arm.

“…” Chen Ye maintained his previous posture, licked the corner of his mouth, and laughed angrily.

*

Zhou Beichuan was nowhere to be seen in the living room.

Shu Meiru saw her come out with a look of annoyance on her face. While peeling the orange, she asked in confusion: "What's wrong? Why did you wash the dishes and your face turned red?"

"It's too hot in there," Shu Yao said casually. Having just used Zhou Beichuan as a shield, she asked guiltily, "Where's Zhou Beichuan?"

"I don't know what happened. His phone kept ringing. After answering two calls, he said something urgent happened at the company and he had to rush back to Fuchuan. Then he left in a hurry."

Gone?

Shu Yao let out a long sigh. Wasn’t this God helping her?

It's not a complete absence of evidence, but it's also completely groundless.

Shu Yao was immediately relieved, leaned back leisurely on the sofa, and picked up the mobile phone on the coffee table.

Shu Meiru likes to watch spy movies. A forest gunfight was playing on TV, but Shu Yao was not interested, so he opened Weibo to see if there was any news.

As soon as I opened it, I was shocked by the big word "boiling" that was the first hot search.

[Zhou Beichuan stayed overnight at Lu Wanqiao's house]

Shu Yao thought, no wonder Zhou Beichuan was in a hurry to go back, this was like the fire was burning at his doorstep.

Little Monkey Photography: [At the end of last month, while walking down the street, I stumbled upon a familiar figure. Hmm? Isn't that Zhou Beichuan, the agent of the recently popular Lu Wanqiao? He entered Lu Wanqiao's residence drunk late at night and left alone the next morning. Do you believe they spent the entire night talking about work?]

The most popular Weibo post was also the first release of this news. When Shu Yao saw it, the number of reposts and comments had both exceeded 100,000.

In the picture, the suit Zhou Beichuan was wearing looked familiar. Shu Yao zoomed in and took a closer look, confirming that it was the same suit Zhou Beichuan wore on her birthday, and the date was basically consistent with what the paparazzi said.

So, after Zhou Beichuan left Yinyuan, he went to find Lu Wanqiao?

Shu Yao felt that this was most likely fake news, but the netizens were unaware of the truth, and the comment section was in an uproar:

My memory is still stuck on her last drama. Wasn't Lu Wanqiao spotted with that show's second male lead, Xu Jiazhe, early last month? Is this a seamless transition or is she cheating?

[A single man and a single woman, drunkenly chatting about work, who would believe it? And they chatted all night long.]

[I'm quitting being a fan. Why can't this beautiful woman just focus on her career? Talking to the second male lead is fine, but she's actually talking to her agent. What kind of aesthetics are you talking about?]

[I vaguely heard that the two of them had a special relationship... I heard that when they were on the set, Zhou Beichuan often came in and out of Lu Wanqiao's room.]

[I feel sorry for Xu Jiajue. Doesn't he know there's a green grassland above his head?]

[This guy is so ordinary, how can a beautiful woman really be attracted to someone like him?]

…

Lu Wanqiao posted a Weibo post explaining that Zhou Beichuan was just in a bad mood that day, went to her house to drink, and slept in the living room after getting drunk, but no one believed it at all. Xu Jiazhe, as the only victim in this incident, did not make any statement throughout the whole process.

Shu Yao just treated it as gossip and let it go after reading it.

However, surprisingly, a few hours later, before Shu Yao went to sleep, Xu Jiazhe was also dragged into the dispute, and the top keyword in the hot search became -

Xu Jiajue and beautiful women travel together in Europe

This time the photo was taken by another media outlet. The photo is a bit blurry, but you can clearly see Xu Jiazhe holding the hand of a slim and exquisitely dressed girl. They are sitting on waiting chairs indoors. There is an R-shaped logo engraved on the chair, which is very distinctive.

Netizens are also very resourceful. They immediately found out from the logo that this is a designer studio that customizes couple rings. The prices are very high and it is very difficult to make an appointment.

Although the girl in the photo was wrapped tightly and her face was completely invisible, it could still be seen that she had short hair, and Lu Wanqiao had never cut her hair short.

So all the netizens who were watching the show were stunned.

[What's going on? Are they just playing their own games? Did I scold Lu Wanqiao too early?]

[It's obvious that Lu Wanqiao is dragging others into this. After being exposed for cheating, he dragged Xu Jiajue down with him. How shameless! The photo is so blurry, maybe it's photoshopped.]

[The paparazzi said that Xu Jiazhe's photo was taken this week, while Lu Wanqiao's was taken last month. It seems that even if they both cheated, Lu Wanqiao did it first.]

Is it possible that they've already broken up, but haven't officially announced it due to the lingering popularity of their TV drama relationship?

…

Shu Yao also found it difficult to understand the plot.

But she wasn't really curious about the truth of the news. The only thing that made her speechless was that the crew of "Spring Breeze Order" had incredible luck. They had originally been aiming for the popularity of the second pairing of a hot couple, but ended up hitting the mark twice perfectly.

If the role is changed in the end because of this news, then the vlog filmed before seems to be in vain.

With a long sigh, Shu Yao realized that the road to promoting filigree inlay is always full of bumps. He quit Weibo and skillfully switched to Moments, ready to go to bed after finishing his post.

However, as soon as I refreshed my screen, I saw that Chen Ye, who rarely posts on WeChat Moments, had forwarded a piece of news five minutes ago:

A man was diagnosed with depression after being forcibly kissed on the subway and seeking justice for his crime to no avail.

Here are some comments from mutual friends:

Xu Zhaoli: [Could this man be you?]

Zhou Jinghuai: [Recommend a psychiatrist, Dr. Xu: 183xxxxxxxx, mention my name for a 20% discount.]

Zhao Tiantian: [Is the suspect someone I know?]

Shu Yao: “…”