Chapter 29
Shen Chumo pulled back his hand, his tone a little colder: "She won't bully others by taking advantage of her power."
Su Zihan was speechless, and rolled her eyes inwardly for the second time. Before she could say anything, she was already eager to defend him. Shen Huaixin really had a way with dog training.
"I only revealed this to you secretly because I saw you were being kept in the dark and was afraid you'd be deceived by her," she said softly. "Do you really understand her true thoughts? Do you know how she sees you?"
“…”
This sentence successfully made Shen Chumo fall into silence.
He really didn't know. Shen Huaixin's heart was too closed. She was like standing outside the window, looking at everyone in the house, and occasionally talking to them, as if she was involved, but also staying out of it, ready to turn around and leave at any time.
She rarely bought supplies for herself, but was generous to others; she hoarded supplies every day, but she only missed out on her own. This made Shen Chumo more and more panicked. Although he knew it was nonsense, he always felt that she was like sand between his fingers, impossible to grasp.
How did she see him? Why was she so different from the dream? Why was she so inconsistent?
"...Don't you know?" Shen Chumo finally looked at her straight in the eye and begged, "Please tell me."
Seeing that Chen Chumo finally had an attitude of asking for help, Su Zihan felt like crying with joy. She swept away her previous decadence and raised her chin towards the booth.
"See for yourself."
As he spoke, he pressed the switch and projected the video onto the large screen in front of the platform.
This is a scene inside the campus. When it is projected, every blade of grass and tree around is naturally magnified, including the pretty face of the girl opposite.
At the beginning of the picture, the girl is standing facing the camera, giving a sense of confrontation, but the camera angle is slightly low, making it look a little unsmooth.
The filming party spoke first: "Why do you do so much for Shen Chumo? Do you like him? What about Qi Yi?"
"I want them all."
…
"Are you just playing with Shen Chumo?"
"It's just a dog in my house that comes when I call it and goes away when I wave it away.
“Chen Huaixin, you are so cold-blooded.”
"Thank you for the compliment."
The brief conversation was edited and quickly concluded. The screen suddenly fell into darkness, and with it, the atmosphere in the conference hall fell silent.
The highlight was coming. Su Zihan curled her lips to observe Shen Chumo's reaction. In her imaginations, collapse, anger, despair... and finally breaking up with Shen Huaixin were all foreseeable results. As long as she revealed the cruel truth, she didn't believe Shen Chumo could endure it.
Didn't Shen Huaixin say she wanted to hold an unforgettable birthday party? Okay, she'll make it happen.
It's not a pleasant feeling to be bitten by the dog you raised yourself. And you still want to have the best of both worlds? The truth is, you won't get any!
However, no matter how hard Su Zihan tried to observe and catch the slightest fluctuation on Shen Chumo's face, he could only see that he had no expression on his face and didn't even blink.
Su Zihan knew that when a person's heart collapsed, they would sometimes act as if nothing had happened, even calmly doing their own things, but in fact they were no longer able to think effectively. Obviously, Shen Chumo had fallen into this state.
It's okay, she understands. After all, it's rare for Shen Huaixin to say so blatantly that he wants to have two boats at the same time. Although Su Zihan doesn't like this weirdo, she still comforts him in a kind voice.
"Don't be sad. There are beautiful women everywhere. I believe you will meet a girl better than Shen Huaixin."
"That's all? I know." Shen Chumo waited for a while, and seeing that the video screen was still black, he still didn't give up, so he turned around and asked, "Anything else?"
“…Ah?” Su Zihan stood there in a daze, at a loss for what to do for a moment.
No, brother, are you serious? Just licking like that?
She couldn't believe it: "Did you hear what she said? She called you a dog!"
"I've said that before."
Are young people playing with such extravagance these days? Is the owner training the dog?
"She wants it all!"
"It turns out that besides Qi Yi, there is a place for me in her heart." Shen Chumo seemed to be thinking about something.
No, isn't this the point? Su Zihan suddenly wanted to stay away from these crazy guys, lest his bottom line be lowered.
A punch hit the cotton, and the air in the venue froze a little. All the tricks she had thought of were useless, and she gave up all of a sudden. She gritted her teeth, looking at his dog-licking appearance, and felt very disappointed.
"You're such a weirdo."
After saying this, he stamped his foot in anger, turned around and ran backstage, took off his mask, and threw it to the ground in a rage. Under the mask was a delicate face with careful makeup, but it was distorted by anger and looked worse than usual.
She cast a cold gaze at the star projector—in that case, she might as well mess it up completely.
Shen Huaixin was dangling her feet in the room next to the venue, waiting. She didn't know whether Su Zihan had followed her idea and secretly turned on the starry sky projector when Shen Chumo closed his eyes and made a wish, so that when he opened his eyes he would see the sky full of stars and think his dream had come true, or maybe she had a more romantic idea.
Regardless of whether or not she gained favor, as long as Shen Chumo could feel pleasantly surprised, her goal would be achieved. She knew that he was destined to walk through the long night alone in the future, and she didn't believe in anything eternal and unchanging, but it was worth it to be able to bring a moment of touching moments.
[Chen Huaixin: If nothing unexpected happens, the deviation value can be cleared to zero this time.]
[System: After the deviation value is cleared, the host cannot leave temporarily. You must follow the original timeline and log off after the pollution outbreak.]
[Chen Huaixin: I understand. So when I return home, will I be directly returned to the time when I traveled through time?]
[System: The time flow ratio between the two worlds is 10:1. If you stay in this world for 3 months, it will take 9 days to return to the original time and space.]
Shen Huaixin was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt an indescribable weirdness.
In other words, the time of the two worlds is actually connected? This setting doesn't seem like a book at all, but more like... another time and space.
Before she could think deeply, the vibration of her phone interrupted her. It was a message from Shen Chumo.
Shen Chumo: Where are you?
So soon? Su Zihan wouldn’t be embarrassed to eat the cake and leave, right?
Shen Huaixin stood up and walked directly to the venue they were in. When she reached the door, she did not rush to push it open, but instead leaned in front of the crack in the door and observed the situation inside through the light coming from inside.
Su Zihan was nowhere to be seen, which was in line with her expectations. However, the collapsed cake bases scattered on the red nylon carpet, the white cream on Shen Chumo's body, and the starry sky projection that should have appeared on the ceiling all suggested that everything was not going as she imagined.
A sense of unease emerged in her mind, and recalling it, it was no wonder that she didn't hear the prompt that the deviation value was decreasing.
Shen Huaixin stood at the door and called the driver to ask, but was told that he had not seen Su Zihan. He then hurriedly asked the staff and learned that Su Zihan had left on his own.
She couldn't help but worry. Was it the butterfly effect of her actions that had triggered something unexpected at Su Zihan's home? Or perhaps she was feeling unwell? After all, the cake had tipped over. Perhaps she'd fallen over while pushing it.
The heroine, who always kept her promises, left early, and left without saying goodbye. In addition, it was already evening, and a girl was alone on the road without a mobile phone, which always made Shen Huaixin feel uneasy.
Shen Huaixin thought about it and sent a message to Qi Yi, asking him to check if Su Zihan was okay and to let him know if she was safe.
Bringing the issue back here, Shen Huaixin began to observe the current situation to see how far the ceremony had progressed.
First of all, the birthday cake was gone, which meant that it might not have even started. But it was not a big problem, and it could be made again. It was just that if it was made temporarily, it would not be as exquisite and beautiful as a custom one. The birthday song would be played after the cake was made. As for the starry sky projection... Shen Huaixin trotted to the backstage to see if Su Zihan had turned it on.
“Huh…?”
Why isn't the power light on?
She couldn't understand the equipment and called a few staff members for help, but they said the equipment was broken and seemed to have been soaked in water. It would be difficult to repair in a short time, and there was also a problem with the battery.
Shen Huaixin asked anxiously: "Wipe off the water and try changing the battery?"
"We don't have this type of battery here at the moment. We will arrange for someone to buy it right away." The staff member quickly made the phone call.
Shen Huaixin sat down on a chair, staring at the ceiling, feeling somewhat dejected. After days of busy work, the birthday party had turned out to be a complete mess. The leading actress had run away, the projector had broken down, and she had just messed everything up.
Forget it. Even if it was a temporary fix, the actress who sang the birthday song for him was gone, and he had to live up to his character image, so he couldn't go on stage in person. At most, he could have the staff sing the birthday song with him, but that... was meaningless. They sang not out of pure blessing, but because it was a job requirement.
This birthday party can no longer go on.
She took out her cell phone, wondering whether to just end the birthday party, but she saw an extra message on it, from Shen Chumo.
Shen Chumo: Thank you for bringing me here, it’s very beautiful.
She noticed that this time, Shen Chumo sent the message to the small account "Han". He must be very happy to see "Han" in person... Although he left halfway and was unable to accompany him to the end.
Can he get along well with the heroine? Is he warmed by her, as described in the book?
She held the phone in her hand, lowered her eyes, and began to back down. She tried to type a few sentences like "It's getting late, it's time to go home", paused again and again, and finally deleted them all.
"Ms. Shen, here are some ready-made cakes that can be served within 10 minutes. Please take a look." The staff brought a pad and handed it to her.
Shen Huaixin's words, "No thanks," reached the tip of her tongue, but she swallowed them, a bitter taste lingering on the corner of her mouth. No one knew that Du Mingxing rarely celebrated her birthday either. Because her brother's birthday was close, they usually celebrated it together, saving on a cake. Although it was officially a double birthday, she always felt like she wasn't the one getting it.
This is Shen Chumo's only birthday. It never happened before, and it will be even less likely to happen in the future.
"That's it," she heard herself say.
Having made up her mind, she looked at the problem from a completely different perspective. She lowered her head slightly, rubbing her chin as she pondered a response. Suddenly, her eyes seemed to catch something.
In the corner of the backstage, an object that was slightly deformed by being dropped caught her attention.
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