Chapter 15 Moroccan Sunset (Including V-Day Announcement) A mix of bitterness and elation...
The next day, early morning.
On a rare sunny day, sunlight streamed into the room through the gaps in the curtains.
Shen Cen was stung by the bright light in front of him, so he rubbed his eyes but didn't open them.
She muttered a few words under her breath and turned over.
Huh? Why is it so hard?
Shen Cen reached out and touched around, but what he touched was... a leg?
She suddenly opened her eyes and found herself resting her head on Jiang Shiyu's lap. Jiang Shiyu was sitting on the sofa, arms crossed, still asleep.
Shen Cen didn't have time to figure out what was happening; she needed to slip away before Jiang Shiyu woke up. She braced herself on the sofa cushion with one hand and held onto the back of the sofa with the other, trying to sit up.
The sofa cushions were too soft, and Shen Cen couldn't get any support at all. Just as she was about to get up, her hand suddenly slipped, and she fell backward uncontrollably again.
The fall woke Jiang Shiyu up.
"Are you doing sit-ups so early in the morning?" Jiang Shiyu pulled up his shirt collar. Last night, after Shen Cen fell asleep, she kept grabbing his shirt collar and wouldn't let go.
Shen Cen had also been hit quite hard, and after leaning against Jiang Shiyu's lap all night, his neck was sore and swollen.
She asked Jiang Shiyu, "Why didn't you call me to go back to my room to sleep yesterday?"
“I still need to settle this score with you, Shen Cen.”
"Settle the accounts?"
“Last night I called you back to your room, but you not only refused to get up, you also wouldn’t let me leave, saying I should stay and be your pillow.”
Jiang Shiyu spoke slowly and deliberately, his slender fingers rhythmically tapping the spot where Chen Cen had just leaned against.
Upon hearing this, Shen Cen exclaimed in disbelief, "Huh? How is that possible?"
"Don't believe me?" Jiang Shiyu raised his eyebrows. "I guessed you were going to renege on your promise, so I took a picture of it yesterday. Teacher Shen, would you like to see it?"
"No, no!" Shen Cen took two steps back and waved his hands hurriedly.
After watching this video, how can she still face Jiang Shiyu?!
Worried that he might have done something inappropriate while he was asleep, Shen Cen tentatively asked, "I don't think I did anything else excessive, did I?"
"Of course not."
Jiang Shiyu said, enunciating each word clearly, "Teacher Shen said she wanted to touch my abs."
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"Pfft, Shen Xiaocen, you're getting bolder and bolder these days." After hearing about Shen Xiaocen's "heroic feat" last night, Wen Jie not only didn't sympathize with her, but also laughed at her.
"No." Shen Cen still couldn't quite believe it. "I remember I was a pretty quiet sleeper, wasn't I?"
“Where were you being well-behaved?” Wen Jie recalled. “Do you remember the last time I stayed at your house? You almost broke my arm in the middle of the night. I noticed that you like to hug something when you sleep.”
Shen Cen admitted defeat: "Okay, I feel bad for Jiang Shiyu last night. Should I go and apologize to him?"
Wen Jie burst out laughing: "Honey, he's your husband, why are you apologizing?"
Shen Cen corrected: "He's not my real husband."
"Okay, okay, he's not a real husband." Wen Jie went along with her words. "A fake husband is still a husband, right? And since he didn't wake you up, it means he's willing to let you lean on him while you sleep. It's consensual, so why apologize?"
Wen Jie's words made sense, and Shen Cen nodded: "Alright."
Wen Jie noticed that Shen Cen's background didn't seem to be in a room. "By the way, are you in the living room? Aren't you afraid that Jiang Shiyu will hear what we're saying?"
After all, what best friends say is the most closely guarded secret.
"After he had breakfast, he said he had something to do at the bar and went out."
"I see. Even though you're injured, you're still so dedicated." Wen Jie clicked her tongue twice.
"Yes, and even when he's at home, he's always handling bar-related matters on his computer."
It was the first time Shen Cen had realized that running a bar was so busy.
"You must be quite bored staying at Jiang Shiyu's house, it's not very convenient for me to come and see you." Wen Jie sighed and then said, "But the game has been updated recently, and a lot of new gameplay has been added. You can check it out if you're bored."
"game?"
"Summer Echoes, didn't you already watch the main storyline a few days ago?"
Shen Cen realized, "I've been so busy these past few days, I almost forgot. We just finished the first chapter of the story last time."
"How about it?" Wen Jie asked expectantly, "Is the older brother next door your type?"
Without the slightest hesitation, Shen Cen replied, "No."
"No, I thought you would think of Brother Baichuan and naturally develop a liking for that character."
However, when Shen Cen watched the plot, she did see the shadow of Lu Baichuan in the neighbor brother. From the moment she and Fu Meihua came to the Lu family, Lu Baichuan had been taking care of her in such a meticulous way.
However, just like her feelings for Lu Baichuan, the boy next door was just a brother to Shen Cen.
This is a dating simulation game where she must choose the male protagonist who makes her heart flutter.
"Do you have any genres that interest you? I'll see if they're featured in the later episodes," Wen Jie asked.
Shen Cen rested his hands on his chin in a V-shape, thought for a moment, and said, "Hmm... I like the kind who is tall and handsome, with a good physique, can be a little arrogant but not too arrogant... and preferably can be a little bit sarcastic."
Because I hadn't considered the ideal type before, these words were all spontaneous thoughts, lacking any logic; I just said whatever came to mind.
However, Wen Jie accurately grasped Shen Cen's meaning: "He's just a cool guy, and when we're together, it's like we're bickering lovers."
"Yes."
"There really is. Keep reading."
After hanging up the phone, Shen Cen returned to her room and curled up on the small sofa to continue watching the next episode.
The second chapter begins with her story after high school. In high school, she met several other male protagonists, including the aloof and dignified student council president, the sunny and cheerful junior, and the arrogant and sarcastic cool classmate.
Sure enough, this deskmate was Shen Cen's ideal type.
She couldn't help but marvel at how impressive Guangyi's writing was. The plot was fast-paced, and the copywriting perfectly captured the stirrings and confusion of adolescence. Shen Cen spent an entire afternoon finally completing all eight chapters of the main storyline.
However, Shen Cen also made some unexpected discoveries. Because some of the plot points in the main storyline seemed to be things she had actually experienced in real life.
For example, at the beginning of Chapter Two, on her first day of registration at the new high school, she got lost in the huge campus. Class was about to start, and there were hardly any people outside the classroom. She was so anxious that she was about to cry when the student council president appeared, gave her a cold look, found out her class, and took her back.
However, in reality, on the same first day of high school registration, because Jingjia Affiliated High School is very large and has four campuses in the east, west, south and north, Shen Cen also got lost.
A boy also appeared at that time, but perhaps he was also in a hurry to get back to his class. Unlike the student council president in the story, he didn't lead Shen Cen back, but simply gave Shen Cen directions. Later, Shen Cen followed his directions and successfully found his class.
However, she didn't know his name, and now she couldn't even remember what he looked like.
My impression of him is that he was a very handsome boy, wearing the uniform of the international department of the second year of high school.
In Chapter Five, during her first year of high school, she was selected for the school drama club to rehearse "Thunderstorm," playing the role of Lu Sifeng. When she arrived at the drama club, she discovered her best classmate was also there, playing the role of Zhou Ping. The two bickered, each saying they didn't want to act with the other, yet their teamwork was incredibly seamless. Ultimately, the play won first place at the drama festival and went on to compete in the city-level competition, where it also achieved a very good ranking.
In reality, it was also during her first year of high school that Jingjia Affiliated High School held its first arts festival. At that time, Shen Cen was selected to participate in the school drama club's performance of "Thunderstorm" because of her outstanding appearance and clear pronunciation and expression.
Shen Cen hadn't even had a chance to rehearse with the drama club when Fu Meihua forbade him from participating. At the time, Fu Meihua believed that the first year of high school was a crucial period in the three years of high school, a year for laying a foundation, and how could he be disturbed by such an unimportant matter?
In the end, Shen Cen gave up the opportunity to participate in the performance, which became one of the most regrettable things in her high school years.
Of course, Shen Cen knew perfectly well that these coincidences were just accidents. Getting lost in the news, the play "Thunderstorm," the grassland music festival... many high school students had experienced these things; she wasn't the only one.
Without much hesitation, Shen Cen exited the main storyline and officially began the romance mode, choosing to enter the side story with her deskmate, which is the plot after high school graduation.
However, you can also choose different male leads in the game to enter side quests, which will trigger different storylines. Some players like all four male leads, which will unlock four side quests.
However, Shen Cen is currently only interested in his deskmate, so he only chooses one branch.
With the activation of the romance mode, many small features also appeared on the interface, mostly couple mini-games to increase intimacy. Chen Cen explored for a while, then clicked into the game store and found quite a few clothes inside.
After buying herself several beautiful dresses, she saw she had plenty of money left and decided to buy one for the male lead as well. The first few rows were mostly suits, casual wear, and sportswear, which Chen Cen quickly skimmed over, but her gaze fell on the bathrobes at the very bottom.
She recalled her dream from the night before last, in which Jiang Shiyu was wearing a similar style of bathrobe.
After buying a white bathrobe, Shen Cen hurriedly helped his deskmate put it on. Once the bathrobe was on, the male lead's muscular chest was revealed, especially his clearly defined abs, which made Shen Cen unable to look away.
She found the perfect angle, took a few screenshots, and then casually pressed the share button on WeChat to let Wen Jie enjoy them together. Without lingering on WeChat, she returned to the game.
Wen Jie usually replies instantly, but this time a minute passed and she still hadn't replied. Shen Cenqie went back to WeChat and noticed that Wen Jie's pinned message was still from the morning.
She opened the chat window and checked again and again; Wen Jie had indeed not received the picture.
She exited the chat, puzzled, only to find her chat window with Jiang Shiyu. They hadn't spoken online for the past two days, and his chat window should have sunk to the bottom; why was it suddenly so prominently displayed?
Could it be...?
She shared a picture of her abs with Jiang Shiyu?!
A note from the author:
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The next chapter will be available for purchase! A long chapter of 10,000 words will be updated early at midnight [sprinkling flowers] Thank you so much for your support, my dear readers!
After it becomes a paid novel, I'll update daily around 9 AM, and spend the rest of the time fixing bugs. This book isn't long, so I'll finish it quickly! [Rabbit head with upright ears]
My next book is "Misguided Heartbeat [Pseudo-Siblings]", please add it to your favorites~
★ Siblings with pseudo-bones | The superior's true love | Brothers vying for supremacy in a fierce battleground | Forbidden tug-of-war
★A seemingly refined but actually ruthless older brother in power x a seemingly tough but actually cowardly younger sister who's good at seduction
Qin Chengyan loathed his stepsister.
She relied on her stunning looks to act arrogantly and domineeringly.
She even started a relationship with her younger brother, Qin Yuzhou, who was also her nominal stepbrother.
He has always been intolerant of any imperfections, and he would never allow such a materialistic and superficial woman to seduce the Qin family.
In particular, her restless hand resting on Qin Yuzhou felt like a thorn, making him feel uncomfortable no matter what.
Qin Chengyan warned repeatedly, his eyes filled with a terrifyingly sinister glint as he looked at the woman.
"Stop using your low-class tricks to seduce Yu Zhou."
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Lin Qinghe felt that her older brother was sick.
The illness is quite serious, it has reached a critical stage, and there is no cure.
She had only dealt with a few rich young men at the banquet out of politeness, but when she got home, he gave her a cold shoulder and scolded her, telling her to stop using her usual tricks.
Hey, she hates this kind of fame and fortune place the most. It was Qin Chengyan who insisted on bringing her here.
Fortunately, her second brother was gentle and caring, completely the opposite of her annoying eldest brother.
Ever since she learned that her older brother disliked seeing the two of them being intimate, she deliberately tried to annoy him in front of him.
So much so that she went too far and completely ignored the growing possessiveness and jealousy in Qin Chengyan's eyes.
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Then one day...
Qin Chengyan pinned her against the wall in the study like a madman, his kisses nearly devouring her.
Outside the door, Qin Yuzhou was searching for her, calling her name, each call drawing ever closer.
"Qin Chengyan, you're a madman! Let me go!"
"What, are you afraid he'll find out?"
The man's Adam's apple bobbed violently, and his shirt collar was covered in ambiguous kiss marks.
"When we were making love in bed until midnight last night, why didn't you seem scared?"
Qin, Early Period, Cheng Yan: Stop using those tricks on men.
Qin, late period, Cheng Yan: Come, use all those methods you have on me.
A reading guide:
*1V1, SC, he
*A blended family; the female lead is not related to her brothers by blood, they are never on the same household registration, and there are no intimate scenes between them before she reaches adulthood.
*The male lead is a gloomy, ghostly figure, while the second male lead is a sunny, ghostly figure; both are eccentric and not perfect characters. The plot is quite melodramatic, with some minor wallpaper-like moments later on.
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