Chapter 14 Blue Coral Reef "Want to touch it?"
Jiang Shiyu shoved something cold into Shen Cen's hand. "Don't you want your phone anymore?"
Shen Cen then realized he had forgotten his phone. "Thanks."
In her panic, she accidentally touched the fingerprint button, and the phone unlocked automatically.
Instantly, a sound exploded in the small, enclosed space:
"Warning: High-energy content ahead! First-person view of XXX's abs!"
Their eyes met.
Jiang Shiyu chuckled softly, "So Teacher Shen likes to look at abs. Why didn't you say so earlier?"
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Shen Cen had a dream.
In the dream, Jiang Shiyu had just finished showering and was only wearing a white bathrobe. The bathrobe was open, and you could see water droplets that hadn't been dried properly sliding down the cleavage of his abdomen...
Jiang Shiyu walked up to her while drying his hair with a towel: "So Teacher Shen likes to look at abs. Why didn't you say so earlier?"
Chen Cen swallowed nervously.
Jiang Shiyu's hands didn't stop moving: "Want to touch?"
Shen Cen nodded as if bewitched, and then, as if bewitched again, reached out his hand.
Perhaps it's because people can't imagine things they haven't experienced. Just a moment before Shen Cen's hand touched Jiang Shiyu's abs, she suddenly woke up from her dream.
Help! What kind of crazy dreams is she having?!
Chen Cen kicked the blanket twice in frustration, picked up his phone and glanced at the time. It was just past eight o'clock, and the rain was pouring down outside.
It's perfect weather for sleeping. If she were at home, she would choose to continue sleeping, but since she's at someone else's house, she feels a little embarrassed to sleep until noon.
After washing up, Chen Cen went downstairs and saw Jiang Shiyu in the restaurant while she was still on the stairs.
He was sitting at the dining table, just like yesterday, his left hand rapidly typing on his laptop. He would sometimes furrow his brow, sometimes twist his left wrist.
There was also a half-eaten breakfast on the side, which was a sandwich.
"Awake?" Jiang Shiyu was the first to notice Shen Cen.
"Hmm, are you working?" Shen Cen came down the stairs and then noticed a plate of sandwiches opposite Jiang Shiyu.
Jiang Shiyu turned off the computer screen. "Yes, Siji still has work to handle." He pointed to the sandwiches opposite him. "Let's have breakfast."
Shen Cen poured himself a glass of water, gulped it down, and said, "I don't eat breakfast."
“Chen Cen,” Jiang Shi paused, “your family members are all in the medical field, they should have told you how harmful skipping breakfast is to your health.”
That's absolutely true. Fu Meihua often urged Shen Cen to get up and eat breakfast. Back in college, Lu Baichuan even ordered takeout for her and delivered the breakfast to her dorm building, though it usually ended up in the stomachs of Shen Cen's roommates.
Shen Cen, holding a glass, sat down opposite Jiang Shiyu. She picked up a sandwich and took a bite; the filling was plentiful, and the bread was toasted to a nice crisp.
"Auntie's sandwiches are delicious," Shen Cen praised.
Jiang Shiyu finished the remaining half of the sandwich in his hand, and after a while, said calmly, "I made it."
"Ah, you did this?" Shen Cen was stunned.
Why did he prepare something for himself too?
"I accidentally made an extra one," he explained.
Shen Cen was skeptical. Sandwiches weren't like noodles or rice; you couldn't control the quantity. How could he have made too many? Could it be that he accidentally took four loaves of toast instead of two?
However, Shen Cen thought again, why would Jiang Shiyu be so kind as to make her an extra breakfast?
She was more inclined to believe that he had done too much.
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After dinner, the weather cleared up for the first time in a long while. However, in less than half an hour, the sky suddenly darkened. A bolt of lightning flashed across the sky, followed by a deafening clap of thunder, and a torrential downpour began, the rain pounding against the ground with a crackling sound.
Shen Cen sat on the sofa on the first floor reading a book, but the light was getting dimmer. She rubbed her dry eyes and glanced at Jiang Shiyu, who was sitting next to her looking at his phone.
"Do you want to see a movie?" she asked after hesitating for a while.
Jiang Shiyu closed his phone. "Okay." He found the TV remote from the side.
Actually, the TV in Jiang Shiyu's house was just for show; it had never been turned on since it was installed. Jiang Shiyu fumbled around for a while before finally managing to download a video software.
"What movie do you want to watch?" he asked Shen Cen, turning his head to look at her.
"Let me look for it."
Shen Cen took the remote control and found a few highly rated movies. "Pick one from these."
There are a total of five or six films, covering almost all genres, including suspense and horror, light comedy, science fiction and futurism...
However, to Shen Cen's surprise, Jiang Shiyu actually chose a romance film.
"Are you sure you want to watch this?" she asked repeatedly.
This romantic film was a hit online recently. The film revolves around the themes of "unrequited love + time loop" and tells the story of how the male protagonist secretly loved the female protagonist for more than ten years. After the female protagonist accidentally travels back in time, she discovers this long-buried secret love.
The male lead's character is considered the pinnacle of romance films in recent years, with many commenting online, "God has given me an XXX."
After receiving Jiang Shiyu's affirmative answer, Chen Cen pressed the play button.
The movie opens on a rainy day, just like the weather outside my window right now. The opening tone is rather heavy, even a little scary. Whether it's the atmosphere of the movie or the low temperature of the living room air conditioner, Chen Cen's legs feel chilly.
She couldn't help but shiver.
"Would you like a blanket?" Jiang Shiyu noticed that Shen Cen's legs were curled up. Although it was a question, he didn't wait for Shen Cen's answer and handed her the blanket he had.
"Thank you." Shen Cen spread out a blanket and covered her legs.
As the movie's female lead traveled back to her high school days, the atmosphere lightened. Shen Cen breathed a sigh of relief, rubbed her shoulders, and glanced at Jiang Shiyu beside her. She then noticed he was also wearing shorts and a short-sleeved shirt. After a moment's hesitation, she asked:
Are you cold?
Jiang Shiyu turned half his face away: "I thought you'd only notice when I froze to death."
Shen Cen: "..."
She returned the blanket to Jiang Shiyu: "I'll go find another one."
Jiang Shiyu covered Shen Cen's legs with the blanket again: "This is the only one in the house."
"Then I'll turn the air conditioning up a bit."
As Shen Cen was about to get up and turn up the air conditioning, Jiang Shiyu stopped him, saying, "It'll get hot if you turn it up any higher."
Well, nothing works, this is just torture.
Shen Cen simply asked Jiang Shiyu, "Then what do you suggest we do?"
Jiang Shiyu gestured with his chin toward the blanket: "When I bought this blanket, I chose the largest size."
"So?" Shen Cen tilted his head, puzzled.
Jiang Shiyu: "The seller said this is a double blanket."
This time, Shen Cen finally understood. After a fierce internal struggle, the daytime angel Shen Cen gave the black angel Shen Cen a hard slap and said, "What's wrong with sharing a blanket? It's not like we're sleeping in the same bed." Then she pulled over half a corner of the blanket: "Here."
Jiang Shiyu took two steps toward Chen Cen and covered himself with a corner of the stall. He took out his phone from his pocket, took a picture of the TV, and sent it to the three-person group chat.
Jiang Shiyu: [Image]
Jiang Shiyu: [Watching a movie.]
Cheng Jingyan replied almost instantly: 【What? I didn't know you were watching a movie if you hadn't told me?】
Fu Cheng also saw the message: [He wanted to show off that he watched a movie with his wife.]
Cheng Jingyan tagged Fu Cheng: [Tsk, Cheng-ge, didn't you realize I deliberately ignored Yu-ge's words? Your comment just played right into his hands.]
Jiang Shiyu ignored Cheng Jingyan's messages and replied to Fu Cheng's message separately: 【Yes.】
Cheng Jingyan: [0 people care.]
Achoo!
Hearing Shen Cen sneeze, Jiang Shiyu turned off his phone, sat up, and pulled the blanket closer to her. "Cover yourself up more. If you catch a cold, I, the patient, won't be able to take care of you."
Shen Cen reached for a tissue from the coffee table. "Don't you like this movie? If you don't want to watch it, we can choose another one."
She saw Jiang Shiyu looking at his phone.
"No, I just dealt with some messages." Jiang Shiyu turned off his phone and tossed it aside.
Shen Cen couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh, "I didn't expect you to actually like watching romance movies."
Jiang Shiyu didn't answer Shen Cen's question, but suddenly asked, "Have you ever thought about this kind of scenario happening to you?"
"Time travel?"
“No,” Jiang Shiyu paused, then continued, “I was referring to the plot where the male lead has a crush on the female lead for over ten years.”
Shen Cen shook his head: "I don't believe it."
"Why?"
Shen Cen rested her chin on her left hand, biting her lower lip as she pondered, "The male and female leads haven't crossed paths for ten years, yet the male lead has still managed to secretly love the female lead without changing his mind. This kind of man only exists in TV dramas and novels."
Jiang Shiyu's gaze remained fixed on the woman beside him, never wavering: "So, Teacher Shen doesn't lack confidence in herself, but rather in men?"
Shen Cen laughed out loud: "You could say that."
After saying that, she added half-jokingly, "However, if there really was someone I had no connection with who had a crush on me for more than ten years, I would find that a little scary."
Jiang Shiyu's eyes dimmed suddenly. He wanted to say something more, but the movie had already entered its climax, and Shen Cen's attention was drawn to the plot.
He had no choice but to turn his head and look at the television.
After the movie ended, Shen Cen glanced at the time and realized it wasn't even nine o'clock yet.
"How about we watch another movie? This time, pick one you like."
"Hmm." Jiang Shiyu responded casually, turning on the first movie in the queue. "This one, I guess."
Why do you look like you're in a bad mood?
Shen Cen noticed his unusual behavior.
"Chen Cen, it seems my face is much better looking than in the movies."
Shen Cen quickly turned his head away.
It seems I was overthinking things; Jiang Shiyu is still the same as always.
Before the movie was even a third of the way through, Shen Cen's eyelids were already drooping. She said to Jiang Shiyu, "I'm going to take a nap. Wake me up when it's over."
Jiang Shiyu nodded: "Okay, but you can go in and sleep if you're sleepy."
Shen Cen tucked the blanket under his chin. "You've already watched one movie with me, so I want to watch this one with you too."
"Okay, go to sleep now."
Jiang Shiyu reached out and patted Shen Cen on the head twice.
Shen Cen was startled by the sudden touch.
This wasn't just patting her head; it struck right at her soul.
"Grandma told me that patting the top of my head twice before bed will help me sleep better."
Jiang Shiyu made up a reason on the spot, but Shen Cen believed it. "So that's how it is."
She imitated Jiang Shiyu, patting her head twice and saying, "I'm going to sleep."
"Silly girl," Jiang Shiyu said softly, a voice only he could hear.
Within minutes, Shen Cen had fallen asleep on the sofa. Jiang Shiyu muted the TV, then quietly got up from the sofa and turned up the air conditioner by two degrees.
Actually, he wasn't really paying attention to the second half of the movie; he watched the entire silent film at almost double speed. Shen Cen was fast asleep; you could hear her soft breathing when you got close. Perhaps she was dreaming of something unpleasant, because her brow furrowed suddenly.
Jiang Shiyu squatted down beside her and reached out to smooth the brow.
Then he stood up, bent down, and left a deep kiss on her forehead.
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