Chapter 11
Shen Tingzhou left his second employer's home with shaky steps.
How come? Why?
Why is it that even the usually cheerful Li Muye has become abnormal? Who is it! Who has changed his painting style?
etc.
Shen Tingzhou suddenly searched out a memory from his mind - everything seemed to have started to fall apart from here.
"Suspended".
Yes, the root of all evil began with the immoral ditty.
It's not necessarily that Li Muye's painting style has gone astray, but perhaps his thoughts have become unclean. After seeing Fu Yunyun's circle of friends, perhaps he unconsciously applied it to real people.
This phenomenon is also called the retinal effect.
Shen Tingzhou's mood gradually calmed down, and he even felt a warm breeze blowing, mixed with the faint scent of tulips.
Blue sky and white clouds, life is so beautiful.
It must be an illusion. Shen Tingzhou slowly pulled out a smile and looked calmly towards the big house behind him.
Inside the French window, Li Muye was burying his head in Song Qingning's neck, rubbing it against her and acting coquettishly.
Shen Tingzhou:!
No, how is it normal not to have a younger brother?
Zhou Zitan is like this, and Li Muye is also like this.
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In order to heal himself, Shen Tingzhou decided to go to Xu Xun's house to pet the cat.
On the way, he went to a store recommended by Qin Si and bought a cat scratching board, a cat teaser, and cans for the cat.
The housekeeper liked to tend to flowers and plants. Shen Tingzhou had asked someone to bring some seeds, and he sent them all over.
After distributing the gifts, Shen Tingzhou felt a burning gaze.
Looking sideways, I saw Xu Xun, who had not yet recovered, lying on the sofa with a gloomy look in his eyes.
Oops, I didn’t bring him anything.
Family members, who understands when you are sweating profusely?
Under the other party's increasingly resentful gaze, Shen Tingzhou frantically searched in his pocket.
Finally, he pulled out a mint candy that he had picked up at the front counter of a pet store.
Although he felt guilty, Shen Tingzhou still handed it over in an attempt to get away with it.
Xu Xun took it, but his eyes were not clear. He still looked at Shen Tingzhou deeply, obviously not satisfied with this "gift".
Shen Tingzhou's heart was beating like a drum, and he quickly thought of something.
"Wait a moment." Shen Tingzhou said to Xu Xun and turned away. A few minutes later, he brought something to Xu Xun.
Xu Xun looked at the little cat head in Shen Tingzhou's hand with a paralyzed face.
Shen Tingzhou explained, "This is a keychain made of cat hair."
He took the little cat off the trailer with great reluctance. Afraid that Xu Xun would think this was just another casual gift, Shen Tingzhou took out the car keys and showed them to Xu Xun.
"I also hung one myself. It was made entirely by hand."
Each one is a unique piece, the result of hard work and love.
That day, Shen Tingzhou took away the three key chains, and Qin Si even called him to scold him.
"My eyes are red from staying up all day, I only made these three, and you took them all away from me! Where's my heart? Which little wild cat took it away?"
Doctor Shen, who is very clever, was confused. "Ah? You have to stay up all night to make your eyes red. Can't you just do it?"
The hand-cripped Dr. Qin hung up the phone angrily and blocked the thief named Shen.
Xu Xun glanced at Shen Tingzhou's car keys, then reached out to take the cat head, and his expression softened.
Shen Tingzhou breathed a sigh of relief.
Xu Xun's fever had subsided, but the sequelae of the cold were obvious: headache, poor appetite, and swollen throat.
Looking at the sick Xu Xun, Shen Tingzhou thought that since he was here, he rolled up his sleeves and gave Xu Xun a massage.
The butler first brought a cup of tea, and then a piece of matcha mousse.
Shen Tingzhou stared at the food that kept piling up on the table - matcha pudding, matcha green rice balls, matcha pancakes, and matcha mochi.
Good friends, full tea party, all green.
Shen Tingzhou was about to tell the housekeeper that he couldn't eat so much, but Xu Xun spoke first, "Aren't you going to prune your bonsai?"
Shen Tingzhou also said, "Go and do your work, don't worry about me."
The housekeeper didn't stay long. Before leaving, he said, "When Doctor Shen has finished his tea, let the young master make some. He is very good at making tea."
Xu Xun and the butler looked at each other, the former was dissatisfied, while the latter smiled.
After the housekeeper left, Shen Tingzhou chatted casually, "Mr. Xu knows how to make tea?"
Xu Xun looked at Shen Tingzhou right above him. Shen Tingzhou lowered his eyebrows, with clear features and a pair of bright and reserved eyes.
When Shen Tingzhou noticed something was wrong, Xu Xun said, "I'm learning."
Um?
One said he was good at it, and the other said he was still learning.
A soft touch at his feet instantly attracted Shen Tingzhou's full attention.
The tabby cat came over at some point and was rubbing half of its body against Shen Tingzhou's legs.
Xu Xun frowned, "Why does it want to rub against you?"
Shen Tingzhou turned his head, with huge stars twinkling in his eyes, "Maybe it likes me and wants me to touch it, or maybe it's itching."
Rather than rubbing it, Shen Tingzhou would rather believe that the cat wants him to pet it.
Xu Xun obviously leaned towards the latter, "This cat hasn't been bathed for several days. Does it have fleas?"
Shen Tingzhou:!
How could that be? Cats are very clean. Don’t be so blind as to say that.
Xu Xun added, "I see it licking its fur frequently, and its body is covered with saliva. I wonder if it is breeding bacteria."
Every word Xu Xun said was filled with disdain for cats, and Shen Tingzhou's temples began to throb when he heard it.
He used his utmost rationality to control his tone and asked calmly, "Mr. Xu, don't you like cats?"
Xu Xun looked at the cat, his drooping eyelashes casting a shadow, his expression was indescribably cold, "I don't even like myself."
Shen Tingzhou's heart was slightly moved.
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Ever since that fight over the college entrance exam scores, Shen Tingzhou began to act like an emotionless NPC in front of Xu Xun.
Unless it was necessary, he would not say a word more and would never give Xu Xun the chance to mock him again.
This pattern continued for some time until something unexpected happened.
The car accident left Xu Xun's legs with a disease, which would be particularly painful on rainy days.
As luck would have it, there was a lot of rain in the summer of that year, and the housekeeper had to go back to his hometown temporarily for something.
When Shen Tingzhou received the call, it was already 11 o'clock in the evening and it was raining heavily outside.
The housekeeper's usually steady voice became a little urgent, "Doctor Shen, can you go to the villa now? I'm afraid the young master's legs will hurt tonight."
Shen Tingzhou stood up and put on his clothes. "Okay, I'll be there right away."
The housekeeper hesitated to speak, and finally said solemnly, "Excuse me, Doctor Shen."
After hanging up the phone, Shen Tingzhou rushed to the villa in the heavy rain, his clothes were completely soaked.
The Xu family's nanny handed over a towel. Shen Tingzhou didn't have time to wipe it, so he hurried upstairs and knocked on Xu Xun's door.
"Mr. Xu."
"Get lost."
Something slammed heavily on the door, accompanied by Xu Xun's roar.
So fierce!
Although Xu Xun always had a bad temper, most of the time he was just sneering and swearing in a very sophisticated way. Shen Tingzhou had never seen him lose control of his emotions and swear.
Shen Tingzhou tried to communicate with him.
But Xu Xun refused to cooperate. Shen Tingzhou pushed open the door and wanted to check on him, but was thrown out by Xu Xun with a pillow.
The patient himself doesn't care about his own body, what can Shen Tingzhou do?
It was raining heavily outside and a loud thunder roared.
Shen Tingzhou held a black umbrella and walked from the villa gate to his car. It was such a short distance that he got wet again.
As soon as I got into the car, the butler called for the second time.
Hearing that Xu Xun refused to cooperate with the treatment, there was silence for several seconds. When he spoke again, his voice was a little tired, "Thank you for troubling you, Doctor Shen. Thank you for tonight."
After hanging up the phone, Shen Tingzhou pushed his dripping wet hair behind his head, turned the car key, drove a distance, and then stopped again.
This kid is really not someone you can get along with easily. He will quit after tonight!
After making up his mind, Shen Tingzhou turned the car around and knocked on the door of the villa again.
The nanny looked at Shen Tingzhou in surprise.
Shen Tingzhou put away the umbrella and threw it into the hallway, "Come upstairs with me and hold that brat down."
Nanny: “Ah?”
Shen Tingzhou didn't explain much, rolled up his sleeves, and walked up to the second floor.
The door opened, and the light from the corridor poured into the dark bedroom.
Xu Xun was like a creature that could not be exposed to light. As soon as the door opened, he told Shen Tingzhou to get out.
Shen Tingzhou thought to himself: I'm going to resign tomorrow, why should I be afraid of a bastard like you?
He walked in quickly, grabbed a tie, stepped forward, grabbed Xu Xun's hands and tied them together.
Xu Xun was not expecting Shen Tingzhou to do this and was stunned for a moment. Then he reacted and started struggling again.
Although he had been lying in bed for half a year, he was still an adult man after all. Shen Tingzhou couldn't hold back his excitement and looked up to call the nanny standing at the door.
"Come here and tie him up so I can show him his legs."
The nanny was obviously scared, but she finally came over to help.
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There were thunder and lightning outside the window, and the house was in chaos.
Shen Tingzhou and the nanny worked together to tie Xu Xun's hands to the head of the bed.
By this time Xu Xun had calmed down. His clothes were wrinkled and two buttons were broken, revealing a piece of pale skin.
He was forced to sit against the head of the bed, panting softly, and the cold gaze that was sweeping over him was chilling.
The nanny's eyelids twitched and she dodged in panic.
Shen Tingzhou asked the other party to go to sleep first, "I'm enough here."
After saying that, she ignored Xu Xun's gaze, lifted up Xu Xun's trouser legs, and began to give him hot compress and massage.
After pressing continuously for more than half an hour, Shen Tingzhou's fingers were so sore that he almost lost consciousness.
When he stopped to rest, he glanced at Xu Xun unconsciously.
The other person had completely calmed down, closed his eyes, and his hair, wet with cold sweat, stuck to his forehead.
I don’t know if he was still in pain, but his handsome face was abnormally pale, making the blue under his eyes unusually obvious.
Shen Tingzhou had never seen Xu Xun so depressed.
Ever since they first met, Xu Xun has always been arrogant, mean and sarcastic.
In the dark rain curtain, a purple-red lightning would occasionally flash across Xu Xun's pale face, leaving behind shocking scars like a whip.
Perhaps it was too painful, or perhaps it was because he had accumulated too much frustration and pain. On such a rainy night, in front of a person he was not familiar with, Shen Tingzhou, Xu Xun finally asked that question -
"Why me?"
Why should he lose his parents and his health overnight?
Why didn't you let him die in the car accident?
Shen Tingzhou's throat rolled, and he couldn't answer this question.
Xu Xun didn't expect him to answer, he just arched his back a little.
During the six months in the hospital, Xu Xun's body endured pain that many people could hardly imagine. His originally well-proportioned and healthy body became abnormally thin, and his bony spine seemed to be about to break through the skin.
Shen Tingzhou rarely had the opportunity to observe Xu Xun for such a long time.
He always knew that Xu Xun was young, but this was the first time he truly felt his youth.
The proud son of heaven who had been smooth sailing since birth suffered a severe setback at the age of twenty-four.