Chapter 16 Time Bomb

The momentary stiffness made Shuang Xu stand still and unable to move.

She pinched her fingertips and found her voice after a few seconds: "No. Don't get me wrong. Don't take what Song Leyan said at the time seriously. She and I have a bad relationship and she deliberately spread rumors."

I don’t know if Lu Manman believed it.

After all, they are not biological siblings. Shuang Xu put himself in their shoes and felt that he would probably feel uncomfortable if he were in their shoes.

After a moment of silence, she spoke again: "You don't have to believe me, just believe in my brother's character. I hope my existence will not affect your opinion of him."

When Shuang Xu returned to the box, the topic had shifted to other places.

The sofa where He Tingzhou had been sitting was now empty; he and the beauty had disappeared together.

As for where he went, Shuang Xu didn't care.

She picked up the bag directly. Yue Zifeng looked puzzled: "How long have you been here? Are you leaving now? Aren't you going to wait for your brother?"

"I'm a little tired, you guys take your time playing." Shuang Xu said, "Brother, I'm going back first."

Leaving the wine-filled private room, we walked into the courtyard of the quadrangle, where the cool breeze blew through the branches of the arhat pine.

Only after seeing the arrogant black supercar did Shuang Xu notice that there was someone under the tree.

The cheongsam beauty was leaning over the car window and talking: "Master Zhou, don't you want to play anymore?"

"Not interested." He Tingzhou was not interested.

The beauty said, "Then I'll take you to do something fun?"

He Tingzhou put his hand on the car window and flicked his cigarette. He laughed and spoke lazily: "What's so funny? Let me hear it."

Shuang Xu didn't want to disturb their "elegant interest" in flirting, but he parked his car in a very arrogant way, on the only way in and out.

She didn't know when the two would finish and didn't want to watch the live broadcast here, so she thought about it and walked over calmly.

It is hard not to notice such a living person.

The woman stood up and spoke to her tenderly, but she didn't address the small hook that He Tingzhou threw: "Miss Song is leaving?"

"Um."

He Tingzhou's cold and sharp black eyes glanced at her casually.

"For you?"

Shuang Xu wasn't so blind as to not see that they were flirting.

With such a charming beauty by your side, who has the time to take her home?

Besides, He Tingzhou had never been friendly to her, he was just being polite. After all, when the Shen family and the Lu family became relatives, he would be Shen Yu's cousin's brother-in-law, a perfect match.

She understands false courtesy.

"I won't bother you anymore, Brother Tingzhou." She said sensibly, "Just do your thing."

He Tingzhou said: "Which eye of yours saw that I was busy?"

Both eyes saw it.

While others drink, he sleeps. Isn't it just to conserve his energy to spend the night with his beauty?

Shuang Xu didn't dare to say anything, and explained: "The driver brought me here..."

Before she finished her words, He Tingzhou withdrew his gaze from her, stepped on the accelerator, and the arrogant engine sound crushed her nerves as it drove away.

Shuang Xu was stunned for a moment.

Surprisingly, he was so heartless as to abandon the beauty.

The beauty herself seemed unsurprised. She adjusted her earrings that were swaying in the wind. The ripples in her eyes were so charming that any woman would find them charming. "He doesn't know how to be sympathetic to women."

After returning home, Shuang Xu took a shower and buried himself in the quilt. He felt tired, but his mind was clear and full of all kinds of confusing thoughts.

I don’t know why, but even though I didn’t stay in the club for long, I felt particularly exhausted.

A WeChat message popped up on her phone and she took a look.

Lu Manman: [Are you home yet? ]

There have always been many women who like Shen Yu, like bamboo shoots after the rain, one after another.

Some of them wanted to take a roundabout way through Shuang Xu, while others thought that she took up too much of Shen Yu's attention.

But without exception, they all had to please her.

When Shuang Xu was still young, she heartlessly passed on love letters for them. Shen Yu never read those letters, but she was very curious and liked to open them and read them carefully.

She had seen a lot of similar courtesy, but there was no need for the eldest daughter of the Lu family to please her.

Shuangxu politely replied: [I'm here, thank you for your concern]

Lu Manman: [Are you free tomorrow? Let’s go shopping together? ]

Shuang Xu refused: [Sorry, I have something to do tomorrow]

After that, Lu Manman would send her WeChat messages every now and then, asking her out for dinner, shopping, and checking in at popular online stores.

Shuang Xu didn't understand what she meant or what she was trying to test. He always refused politely, but because he was too polite, his intention to distance himself was also very obvious.

In the adult world, she believes that the other party will understand what she means.

After all, Lu Manman looks naive, but is actually very smart.

Lu Manman sent a few messages, but seeing that she was always cold and indifferent, she stopped trying to please her.

A few days later, Fu Yun called and said that there were guests at home and asked Shuang Xu to go back early.

She returned to the Shen family from the company and saw Lu Manman sitting in the living room.

Lu Manman waved at her and said, "Xiaojiu, we meet again."

Fu Yun smiled: "Manman has been waiting for you for a long time."

Shuang Xu felt uncomfortable at the moment, but couldn't lose his temper in front of Fu Yun: "Miss Lu, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Lu Manman seemed not to notice the alienation in her tone: "My mother's birthday is coming up soon, and I really don't know what gift to give her. I hope you can help me with some advice."

"I don't know how to choose a gift either." Shuang Xu said, "You should ask someone else for help."

Lu Manman blinked pitifully: "But I don't have any other friends. I grew up with my dad in Lincheng when I was a child, and I don't even know a few people in Yancheng."

Why are you pretending to be pitiful? Aren’t you and Song Leyan good sisters?

But Shuang Xu couldn't say this, because Lu Manman's pitifulness was not just for her to see.

As expected, Fu Yun came to persuade her: "Every time you buy me a gift, it's always very satisfying. Just help Manman pick a gift. It won't take much time. How about your mother cook you tangerine peel and red bean paste tonight?"

Shuang Xu had no choice but to agree no matter how reluctant he was.

Fu Yun arranged for a driver to take them there. On the way, Shuang Xu looked out the window the whole time and ignored Lu Manman.

"Don't be angry." Lu Manman poked her arm, "I don't mean any bad things. I can't ask you out anyway, so I can only use some tricks."

"I'm not angry." Shuang Xu said, "You know that you can control me with my mother, which shows that you are smart. What's the point of me getting angry?"

"So you should just not reject me at first."

Shuang Xu turned around and saw the smile on Lu Manman's face, which showed the confidence that victory was within his grasp.

"What do you want to do?"

"I want to be friends with you."

Shuang Xu was too lazy to beat around the bush with her: "My brother and my stepmother are not here, you don't have to act, just be direct."

Lu Manman glanced at the driver's seat and saw that the driver was from the Shen family.

Shuang Xu got off the car directly, walked into a coffee shop, asked for a private room, closed the door, and sat facing each other.

Shuang Xu got straight to the point: "You are different from other women. You are my brother's marriage partner. You have two parents to support you, so you don't need to please me. I don't dislike you. Even if I dislike you, I will be polite to you for my brother's sake. So you don't need to test me again and again."

"But I'm curious about you."

Lu Manman picked up a sugar cube with tweezers and put it into the coffee, stirring it slowly: "I'm not afraid to tell you that I really like Shen Yu. In fact, I just returned to Yancheng and fell in love with him when I first saw him at the banquet. Do you know that kind of heart-pounding feeling?"

"That night I only spoke to him twice. I asked him where the bathroom was and he asked someone to take me there. I said thank you and he just smiled very lightly, even a little perfunctory, but I blushed all night. But I was too young at that time, you know, you are the same age as me."

Shuang Xu didn't want to hear this: "You should tell him this, not me."

Lu Manman seemed not to hear and continued, "I know he has had other women. I don't mind. At his age and so charming, it would be abnormal if he didn't have any women. Those women don't matter. To me, the most threatening one is you."

"My fiancé has a non-blood-related stepsister who is very beautiful and he dotes on her very much..."

She glanced at Shuang Xu when she said this: "Don't you think you are a time bomb?"