Chapter 72: Don't shut me out and treat me as a spare tire...
Luo Shu insisted on not going to the hospital. She would rather lie at home and rest instead of having her blood drawn and X-rays taken. Shen Qianshu couldn't stand her, so he bought a bag full of medicine and escorted her home. On the way, Shen Qianshu changed his usual behavior, talking very little and driving very orderly, following the traffic at a leisurely pace.
The enclosed space with the closed windows kept out the scorching sun, and the cool breeze from the air conditioner was as soothing as a lullaby. The discomfort in her waist was alleviated by the plaster, and driven by the atmosphere, Luo Shu's eyelids grew heavier until she fell into a deep sleep.
During this journey, Shen Qianshu also thought a lot. He thought about the years when Luo Shu was his deskmate, how she silently endured his childish behavior because he didn't know how to express his love, the hurt she suffered from Fang Qingzhuo, and the cold stares and criticisms she received at work.
This thought reminded her of the sun setting and the area downstairs in her residential complex.
Shen Qianshu adjusted the air conditioning temperature on the passenger seat, then leaned back on the leather seat and observed Luo Shu sleeping closely.
She was quiet, her head tilted slightly towards the car window and never changed position again, her brows slightly furrowed, as if she felt insecure and tightly gripped the seat belt in her hand. The afterglow pouring in through the window sprinkled on her tight face, inexplicably reminding her of plump and juicy orange slices.
In fact, he had seen this scene many times before. When he was a student, Luo Shu was a well-known napping king in the class. There seemed to be an indescribable magic in watching her sleep. People never got tired of watching her and their mood became extremely comfortable. Whether it was during math class or after English class, she would sleep hard with her head resting on his arm, cushioned by the fragrant school uniform he washed every day. She seemed to be deaf to the teacher's passion or the chasing and playing of classmates. He even suspected that her family had abused her and not let her sleep the night before, just like Cinderella in the fairy tale.
So one time he tentatively asked her if she wanted him to be her bodyguard and help her eliminate all the bad guys who bullied her, but she asked if he needed protection money. Who did she think he was? He was not some random person in society.
“Ding ding ding ding.”
The memories ended abruptly with a sudden car horn.
The protagonist in the memory was also awakened by the incident and looked around with sleepy eyes: "Where is this?"
"I don't even recognize the people downstairs in your building." Shen Qianshu crossed his arms and teased, "Does your waist still hurt?"
"Much better." Luo Shu blinked blankly, stretched her neck and sighed, "Sleeping with air conditioning is so comfortable. Do you remember when we were in school, the wind always blew from the corners where we sat? But every time I tried to catch up on some sleep, I always felt like the fan above my head had wings, and it was so cool."
Shen Qianshu was already laughing so hard that he fell backwards. At first, he just covered his mouth and laughed, but when he heard the metaphor of the fan growing wings, he could no longer control himself: "Oh, my silly Luo Shu, what fan growing wings? I used my notebook to fan you. Besides, you like to drool when you sleep."
The laughter was so loud that Luo Shu's ears became hot: "When did I ever drool while sleeping?"
The smile in Shen Qianshu's eyes had not faded, and he deliberately teased her: "Are you asking about before or just now?"
"Nonsense." Luo Shu didn't dare to guarantee it, but she raised her chin to save face and said, "I didn't drool when I slept before, and I don't drool now."
"Really? If you don't believe me, touch your chin."
Luo Shu didn't believe it and actually touched her chin.
The prank succeeded, and Shen Qianshu laughed out loud: "One more thing, you are not honest when you sleep."
He unexpectedly leaned in closer, his expression like a curious elementary school student. "I'm wondering, do you also fall asleep in other people's cars, or is it only in mine?"
They were so close that Luo Shu could even see a very faint line beneath his single eyelids. His eyelashes were thick and long, matched with a slightly raised eyebag. He calmly brushed away the smiling face that came closer, and this time he refuted it with great confidence: "Impossible, I sleep very well, otherwise you can ask Fang..."
She regretted the words as soon as they left her mouth, and her head slowly drooped. "It's getting late, I should go upstairs. Be careful on your way back."
The curve of Shen Qianshu's mouth suddenly fell silently. He wanted to say something to save the situation but couldn't utter a word. In the end, he called her name in a panic.
"Luo Shu."
"Yeah." Luo Shu responded while unbuckling her seat belt.
"I have something to tell you."
Luo Shu pushed the car door and got out: "Let's talk about it another day. I'm too tired today."
Once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. Shen Qianshu got out of the car and jogged after her while resignedly letting out a long sigh: "Luo Shu."
Luo Shu stopped and turned around. Shen Qianshu was standing two meters behind her. Above his head was a blue and orange sky, emitting a soft, warm orange light. He was standing in this light, which seemed a little unreal.
"I like you."
At the gate of the community, he confessed without any preparation.
Luo Shu suddenly turned into an old computer that was despised at her workstation. After a few seconds of freezing, she completely stopped working. She let Chen Qianshu walk over step by step, carefully holding her in his arms as if she were a treasure, and let the scent of him invade her senses.
"I'm sorry I'm late."
The smell of Shen Qianshu seemed to have marinated all the oxygen around her. Inhaling it into her lungs and then transmitting it throughout her body made her forget to refuse and forget to think. Fortunately, her hearing was still normal.
"Don't feel burdened, and don't try to force yourself. When I say I like you, I'm not asking for anything, let alone changing anything. It may be a bit hasty, but my liking for you is by no means a spur-of-the-moment decision. I'll die if I lie to you. I know you're in a defensive and resistant stage emotionally right now. It's okay, we can get over it slowly. I just want to tell you not to force it alone. I'm here for everything. If you don't like me being childish, then I'm not childish either, just like when we were studying, I listened to you and didn't make trouble or fight. Well, I won't leave this time I come back. I only have one request, don't shut me out, even if it's just for a spare tire, although I know you won't. Then I'll be your tree hole, okay?"
There was a pleasant confession in his ears, and his left atrium was beating in disorder. His mind was wandering at this moment, and an irrelevant question popped up in his mind. What kind of men's fragrance did Shen Qianshu spray? It was not Gu Qin's popular fragrance, nor Fang Qingzhuo's Aquatic Adjustment. Fang Qingzhuo, why would he think of him at this critical moment? It was so strange and annoying.
Luo Shu stared blankly at the air. In an instant, a chill extended from the top of her head to the soles of her feet. She always felt that there was a pair of eyes following her in the dark. She blinked hard and her vision returned to normal. It was an illusion. Only a strange black car occupied her field of vision for a long time. The two square and wide headlights looked like a person's gaze, so she had the illusion that it was staring directly at her.
Perhaps it was because he waited too long for the person in his arms to respond, Shen Qianshu slowly moved his chin away from her shoulder: "Luo Shu, are you okay? Are you listening to me..."
Before he could finish, Luo Shu looked at him with a suspicious look and interrupted him: "Chen Qianshu, is it so fun to tease me? We are not children. It's boring."
"I was a little naughty before, but I just wanted to get your attention..." Shen Qianshu opened his mouth to explain but couldn't explain it clearly, so he just made up his mind, bent his neck and kissed her on the cheek.
"Now, you finally believe it."
Not far away, an airtight carriage was filled with smoke. The scene of entanglement and rubbing each other in front of him kept breaking down Fang Qingzhuo's inner defenses. His nails gripping the steering wheel dug into his flesh without him noticing. His tense body, which had been endured to the extreme, felt like it was cracking and falling apart inch by inch. He wished he could turn into countless lightning bolts and split the man and woman opposite him in half.
When he heard that she was on sick leave, he was worried and left everyone else behind and drove over to check on her. As a result, he ended up seeing this scene that hurt his lungs.
He withdrew his gaze and closed his eyes, resting his left elbow on the car window to support his splitting headache. His hands were shaking violently, and white smoke covered most of his face. He rubbed his eyebrows with his slender knuckles. After the third rub, a pair of sinister eyes wrapped in paranoia suddenly opened.
Yes, Luo Shu must have been forced. It was Shen Qianshu who coerced her. It must be Shen Qianshu, Shen Qianshu, Shen Qianshu. We have to find a way to deal with him.
Jealousy completely escalated into thick hatred at this moment. The next second, the half remaining cigarette in his right hand was completely pinched into his palm and crushed.
During the evening rush hour, all roads are crowded with cars, especially the main roads in the city center, where the traffic is as heavy as squeezing toothpaste.
On the way back, Shen Qianshu found a black Maybach following closely behind him. When he accelerated, the car accelerated, and when he slowed down, the car slowed down.
Withdrawing his gaze from the rearview mirror, Shen Qianshu curled the corners of his lips slightly, "Okay, let's just have some fun." He turned the steering wheel and turned into the forked road, stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, and the engine immediately let out a proud roar.
The chase was already halfway through, and what was originally a rally between the Aston Martin and the Maybach, unexpectedly another car appeared.
Fang Qingzhuo rolled down the car window and glanced at the black Mercedes that appeared out of nowhere in the rearview mirror. He almost tried to overtake it but failed. It must be a new car that had just been picked up and was already being driven on the road without even having the license plate registered.
Before he knew it, the Mercedes owner stepped on the accelerator and drove side by side with the Maybach. After seeing Fang Qingzhuo in the cockpit, he rolled down the window and looked him up and down, like an old lady at the village entrance who couldn't stand seeing others doing well. His eyes were full of undisguised contempt, as if he was saying that a pretty boy driving this car might be doing something shameful.
Fang Qingzhuo was fully focused on catching up with his damn enemy who was getting farther and farther away. He didn't bother to pay attention to the outsiders and continued to look straight ahead attentively following the car. He never expected that the Mercedes-Benz brother felt deeply despised and offended, and he got angry and intervened, stepping on the accelerator to overtake the other car.
His action caused the Maybach behind to brake suddenly. Fang Qingzhuo's body swayed. It seemed that he had encountered a psychopath who hated the rich. He scratched his meticulously combed hair that he had forgotten to take care of, raised his eyes and fixed his eyes on the car in front. He took a deep breath to suppress his anger. Unfortunately, it didn't work again. He laughed angrily as if in a mocking manner, and then spit out a string of swear words. Today was really a bad day for him. Well, then he would kill two birds with one stone. He sent a message through his mobile phone and started the car to get back on the road. However, this time he drove at a moderate speed, staying firmly behind the Mercedes-Benz to create the illusion of being overtaken.
The Mercedes-Benz driver was still feeling proud of getting rid of the luxury car. He was in a playful mood and kept stopping and starting along the way, which was really disgusting to Fang Qingzhao.
Soon, a line of cars came to the red light in an orderly manner. The owner of the Mercedes-Benz was trying to cut in maliciously. After making things difficult for him along the way, he was sure that Fang Qingzhuo was a coward.
During this gap, the numbers on the traffic lights kept changing, reflecting excitement in Fang Qingzhuo's deep eyes. He seized the opportunity, turned on the double flashes and bravely moved forward. With a bang, he rear-ended the Mercedes-Benz in front of him. The Mercedes-Benz bumper was instantly dented. More importantly, due to the rear force, the front of the car rushed uncontrollably towards the car in front, that is, Shen Qianshu's car.
Suddenly, a series of rear-end collisions occurred on the road, or to be more precise, three cars rear-ended each other.
The owner of the Mercedes-Benz who was caught in the middle got out of the car cursing, rolled up his sleeves and turned around with a fierce look in his eyes to demand an explanation.
Fang Qingzhuo was calm and composed. He closed his eyes and silently counted the beats on the steering wheel.
When I counted to the sixth knock, I heard violent knocking on the window.
"Hey, how do you drive?"
Fang Qingzhuo unbuttoned the first button of his shirt collar, pushed the car door open, and got out. He looked down at the burly Mercedes-Benz owner, his half-lidded eyelids revealing a consummate contempt. "That's what I should ask. Can you drive? If you want to practice, go back home and practice. Stop wasting the city's transportation resources."
Seeing that he was being unreasonable and aggressive, the Benz guy was furious. He stretched out his neck and said pretentiously: "You think you're so great driving a luxury car? It was you who hit me. I just picked up my new car this morning. You have to pay full compensation."
Fang Qingzhuo never liked to repeat himself, but he knew full well that the person he really needed to deal with today was still behind him, so he answered his first question seriously and playfully, "Driving a luxury car is nothing special."
Suddenly speaking in a good mood, the eldest brother was inexplicably a little scared and didn't dare to act rashly: "Rich second generation is amazing!"
At this time, a crowd of onlookers gathered at the scene, and Shen Qianshu finally agreed to get off the ground. He walked leisurely to the rear of his car that had been hit and deformed, and sat down to watch the show.
Fang Qingzhuo deliberately glanced at Shen Qianshu and said provocatively: "There's nothing great about being a rich second generation."
The eldest brother stared at him in confusion.
Fang Qingzhuo: "Because I'm not a rich second generation."
The tone was sincere. Could it be that this car was rented? The Mercedes owner had just thought of this when Fang Qingzhuo added, "It was my grandfather who had been buried long ago."
The eldest brother was angry and pointed at him: "Are you kidding me..."
Fang Qingzhuo ignored the finger and looked at the company's legal officer who came hurriedly. The two exchanged car keys. After taking only two steps, the eldest brother yelled that they were not allowed to leave. If they wanted to leave, they could leave compensation, otherwise he would call the police.
In contrast to his elder brother's roar, Fang Qingzhuo turned a deaf ear and rushed to the front of the accident without looking back.
The line that he should have said, "If you want to discuss compensation, talk to my attorney and the traffic police," was still spoken by the lawyer.
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The author has something to say: I saw Baozi’s comment, so let’s talk about character setting today.
Xiao Fang takes the lead first. Xiao Fang has been guided by senior OGs like Lao Fang since he was a child. He has been involved in various major fame and fortune circles and is well versed in the world and human nature. He is a typical businessman who advocates the law of the jungle, but there is still a trace of his mother's kindness hidden in his bones. He cannot be described as kind. For example, he is a fusion of 90% rationality and 10% emotion. It can only be said that he is a very complicated person.
You say that he does not live in an environment full of love, but that is not entirely true. His grandmother dotes on him, but the old lady loves her son more. Lao Fang has fatherly love for him, but he loves his deceased wife more. The love of his childhood friends is mostly because he has the surname Fang, so these loves are not pure.
Therefore, he is only willing to give his love to those who are truly worthy of love. Once he determines that it is this person, he will give it to them without reservation. Before that, he will repeatedly push away temptations until he is sure.
As for his looks, he is a mature Scorpio man. You can imagine him as a domineering CEO. His thinking style is somewhat similar to that of a boss, but not completely, because he is an engineering man who develops games, which is what he is most passionate about besides romance.
In the next chapter, let him go crazy for a while, and then he will behave himself and pursue his wife. Of course, it won't be so easy to catch up with her. He will at least go crazy and mad for a few more chapters. A little spoiler: he will follow in his father's old path. After he truly understands how to love, he will be allowed to taste the sweetness.
Let me digress a little. Because of the extensive foreshadowing in the early stages, his character is indeed imperfect. Everyone has a different definition of good and evil. Here I would like to use one sentence to explain my personal opinion: Judging by deeds, not by heart, no one is perfect.
It was really sweet when they were in love. Fang Qingzhuo was at least cute like a normal person. He loved teasing his girlfriend, but when his girlfriend was really angry, he had a backup plan. He turned 360 degrees and acted out a pitiful scene of "See, you misunderstood me again". Oh, this man is quite scheming. He gave you many first experiences in life, your first pair of high heels, the first person of the opposite sex to buy sanitary pads for you, and asked you if you would be responsible for him for life before having an in-depth conversation. Sometimes he is quite mean and sometimes quite romantic. He would give you gold coins as surprises from time to time, and even make an app exclusively for you. How could our Luo Bao forget him?
As for Xiao Shen, he is more of a fledgling protected under his brother's wings, so his personality is more free-spirited. He is one of the few keep-real young masters, and his image is related to his family background. For example, since he was a child, due to his awkward status, he learned not to fight or compete. He does not compete with his brother for his father or any position. On the surface, he pretends to be very Buddhist and nonchalant. He does have family affection, but Luo Shu makes him break the rules again. After successfully tearing off this skin, the unknown dark side of him is revealed. He belongs to the training system, and he becomes stronger when facing stronger opponents. Who told him to meet Fang Qingzhuo, a neurotic rival and stumbling block? He will grow up overnight due to the changes in the later period.
How should I put it? Actually, the growth history of the brother and sister is quite fragmented. I will write about it later. Of course, most of the burden is borne by the elder brother. Apart from Luo Shu, the one I feel the most sorry for is the elder brother. I may not spend too much time and effort to portray him, so I will leave a suspense here...
Let's talk about Luo Shu again. She is a softie with a hard heart. On the surface, she is a flattering and easy-going little girl. In fact, she has her own principles and attitudes. She can be seen in many small things and details, such as repairing the camera and getting jealous on the playground. In one word, she is stubborn. Especially when it comes to matters of principle, she is stubborn and will not let herself go. She confines herself to a small circle.
Why can't I forget Xiao Fang? Once a person has been loved and protected well, his life is over and completely fixed. After experiencing high-quality relationships, it is difficult for him to accept ordinary relationships. He is downwardly compatible. Everything the pursuer does is his shadow, imitating others uglyly.
But why not just forgive? Most of the reunion scenes I wrote about were from a third-party perspective, like Xiao Shen and Xiao Gu. They saw Luo Shu's betrayal in love, often overlooking the devastation she'd suffered in her friendship. And who was the one who ignited this bombshell in friendship? So it's a dead end. More on that in the main text.
If you have any discussion about the plot or some thoughts after watching it, please feel free to leave a message in the comments. I will answer your questions and share my thoughts in the post.
That’s all for today!!!
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