Chapter 6: A slap in the face to whet your appetite

The woman in red, who had been acting weird just now, now had a hint of guilt on her face. What could be more embarrassing than being caught gossiping about someone behind their back and being questioned on the spot?

Soon, her expression changed and she smiled warmly, like a good sister: "Shuang Xu, long time no see. You haven't come back for so long, we all miss you so much."

Shuang Xu's eyes were gentle and clean, but he looked at them coldly: "Why didn't you send me a message if you missed me so much? Don't you have my number?"

The other party hid his embarrassment and said: "I thought you changed your number."

"If you had sent it, you would have known that it hadn't been changed." Shuang Xu stared at her with a cold look, not intending to let them go, "You didn't finish your words just now, why don't you say anything more."

The woman in red looked embarrassed: "I just heard it from others..."

Before she finished her words, Shuang Xu took a step forward and slapped her in the face.

There was a snap, clear and loud.

The woman didn't expect that she would hit him. She screamed and covered her face. She immediately apologized in panic: "I'm sorry, I said too much. I won't listen to other people's nonsense anymore! Miss Song, don't be angry..."

Shuang Xu looked at the woman in blue. Her face turned pale and she said tremblingly, "I didn't say that. She said it just now."

Shuang Xu said coldly: "Crosstalk also requires the combination of supporting and amusing. You were very strong in supporting her just now, but now you want to break up with her."

She raised her hand again, and the two of them shrank back in fear.

Frost brought a double-layer cream cake from the table next to them and placed it in front of them.

"Today is my brother's birthday, and I don't want to ruin his mood, otherwise it will be more than just a slap. If you can't control your mouth, just shut it up."

Her tone was neither light nor heavy, but her aura was cold and pressing: "When you finish eating this cake, you can leave."

Shuang Xu finished speaking and walked straight through them.

The two of them stared at the huge cake with stiff expressions, not daring to breathe.

Shuang Xu had just taken a few steps when he was unexpectedly met with a gaze.

She looked up and saw a person leaning on the railing of the wooden stairs.

He Tingzhou looked like he had just woken up, with the buttons of his grey silk shirt loosely buttoned, and a sleepy look on his well-defined face, which made his both good and evil temperament more obvious.

His eyes were full of amusement, and it seemed that he had watched all the excitement just now.

Frost paused.

"It's really scary." He Tingzhou looked at the excitement and said, "I won't be silenced, will I?"

Shuang Xu didn't think she was wrong to hit someone, and the slap she made was not light enough.

But it's always not good to be seen by others, as if she is arrogant and bullies others, making people feel that Shen Yu did not teach her well.

"I just treated them to a cake."

He Tingzhou put his hands in his trouser pockets and walked down the stairs lazily.

"Before eating cake, you have to get a slap in the face to whet your appetite. Is that a rule in your family?"

He was really tall, and he cast a deep shadow when he passed by me.

Shuang Xu thought about it and turned around and called him.

"Brother Tingzhou."

He Tingzhou turned sideways, raised the end of his eyebrow slightly, and motioned for her to speak.

Now Feixue has been forced into a dilemma by Chen Xing.

Cooperating with Cloud Shield means giving away your hard work for nothing and losing everything.

But if I don't cooperate, it means giving the opportunity to Chen Xing for nothing, and all my efforts will be wasted.

Feixue was founded by Shu Yang from scratch, so its scale is naturally not as large as that of well-funded old-established companies like Chenxing Technology. Shu Yang invested almost all of his money in the research and development of liquid hydrogen drones.

It's a free gift anyway, and no matter who you give it to, you will face bankruptcy.

Now that I've met He Tingzhou, I have to try harder.

Shuang Xu said: "I know that Chenxing's conditions are very low, but a low price does not mean that it is a good deal. Feixue can promise to share the subsequent technical development results with Cloud Shield first. In the long run, the cooperation between Cloud Shield and Feixue is more valuable."

"My senior is in a really difficult situation right now. This collaboration is very important to her. Can you give her a chance?"

He Tingzhou lowered his head slightly, acting like a tall man talking to a short man, and asked calmly, "What if I don't agree?"

His eyes were dark in color, and he looked lazy as if he had not woken up yet, but now he was looking straight into Shuang Xu's eyes, making her feel like she was being stared at by an eagle.

Shuang Xu said: "I..."

He Tingzhou: "Why, you want to treat me to cake?"

“…”

Shuang Xu knew that he was no match for him, so he had no choice but to bring up Shen Yu again.

"You are friends with my brother, can you do me a favor for his sake?"

He Tingzhou stood up straight and resumed his casual demeanor: "If you want to use your brother's face, let him come and talk to me."

Shuang Xu pursed his lips.

She had originally planned to ask Shen Yu for help today, but now she didn't want to bother him with this matter.

The words of the two women just now were still ringing in her ears, and she didn't want anyone to discredit Shen Yu in that tone again.

She knew that as long as she asked, Shen Yu would definitely help her.

She also knew that if Shen Yu came forward, with just one word, this difficult problem for her and Shu Yang could be solved.

When I was little, I could take his protection for granted. Now that I have grown up, I can't do anything for him. At least, I should learn not to depend on him.

During the few seconds she was silent, He Tingzhou had already walked away.

He Tingzhou walked straight to the table. Someone came up to greet him, but he ignored them, pulled out a chair and sat down. He casually picked one of the cakes from the pile, dragged it in front of him and picked up the fork.

Shuang Xu opened his mouth, but didn't have time to utter a single syllable.

The silver fork, polished to a shine, had already been inserted into her blueberry mousse cake, scooped up a piece and put it into the mouth of Master He, who was eating it leisurely and contentedly after he had finished sleeping.

Shuang Xu had no choice but to close his mouth again.

She hadn't been seen in public for several years, and many people took the opportunity to make friends with her.

People in this circle can switch between talking behind people's backs and fawning on others in person.

No matter what her relationship with Shen Yu is, it's enough that they are related. At worst, she still has a father.

Shen Yu was sitting at the card table. He caught a glimpse of her figure, beckoned her, and asked someone to add a chair next to him.

Shuang Xu was about to sit down when Yue Zifeng reached out and pulled the chair towards him: "Little Shuang Xu, come sit here with me! Every time you sit next to your brother, he gets lucky. Come give me a bUff today."

Shen Yu said: "You are such a weakling, Xiao Jiu can't save you either."

Shuang Xu looked around twice and thought that Yue Zifeng might have been playing mahjong with his feet for more than 20 years. Not to mention her, even the God of Wealth couldn't save him.

No wonder he loses money every time. It’s a worthy loss.

The screen of Shen Yu's cell phone on the table lit up and a message popped up. Shuang Xu glanced at it and put it away without looking at it carefully.

Shen Yu ignored it. After a while, the phone rang.

He then picked up the phone, and when he stood up, his palm fell on Shuang Xu's head: "Come and take my place."

Shuang Xu went over to take over and played a good hand of Tianting. Just as he turned the upside-down chicken over, he heard the man opposite him ask, "Master Zhou, do you want to play two hands?"

Looking up, he saw He Tingzhou, who had slept well and eaten well, coming over and sitting on the seat that the other party had kindly given up.

He took a look at the cards and said with disdain, "What bad luck."

Zuo Zhong, the boss of Shuang Xu, said with a smile: "Sister Shuang Xu is here, how can others have good luck?"

After he finished speaking, he played a card and Shuang Xu was just about to reach out to draw a card.

He Tingzhou drew two cards from his deck and threw them out: "Pong."

Shuang Xu withdrew his hand.

I don't know if He Tingzhou did it on purpose. Either he wanted to touch it himself, or he fed it to Yue Zifeng. Shuang Xu didn't touch any cards in three rounds.

In the fourth round, she finally had the chance to draw a card.

The luck was unstoppable, and I happened to have heard three cards, so I was just about to take them back.

"Put it down." He Tingzhou's voice was like a basin of cold water pouring down, "Bang."

Frost Preface: “…”

"You are a bad person." Yue Zifeng could see it, "Sister Shuangxu is going to be crazy, right?"

Shuang Xu silently repeated "Party A is the father" twice in her heart. Shu Yang's father is now her father.

He put the cards back abruptly: "No win."

He Tingzhou's chair was half tilted back, with his hind legs on the ground. He leaned against the back of the chair and rocked slowly without even glancing at her.