Chapter 27 Chapter 27 I don’t want to lose control. …
He doesn't care.
But why did she not feel relieved when she heard Shao Chengzhang say this? Instead, she felt as if a heavy stone was pressing on her chest, making her feel stuffy and uncomfortable.
She knew she couldn't believe Jiang Jun's words. Shao Chengzhang's behavior just now didn't show any sign of liking her. She didn't know why she returned to her room last night and wanted to send a message to Jiang Jun, but when she opened her bag, she found Jiang Jun's phone was still with her.
Chen Zhuo was shocked. Did Jiang Jun come home last night?
A feeling of uneasiness suddenly surged in his heart. Without thinking too much, Chen Zhuo rushed out of the bedroom and hurriedly went to find Shao Chengzhang.
"Shao Chengzhang!" She spoke so quickly she was almost panicking. "Where's Jiang Jun? The friend I went with last night... Did you send her home last night?"
Shao Chengzhang said: "I asked a friend to send her back last night."
"But her phone is with me." Shen Zhuo subconsciously gripped the phone tightly, with obvious worry on his face.
She checked her and Jiang Jun's phones and found no unfamiliar calls. This meant that Jiang Jun didn't look for her phone last night and most likely didn't go home. Shen Zhuo guessed that she was drunk in the bar.
She paused, took a breath, and tried to sound less panicked. "Could you...help me contact that friend of yours? Ask her where she is now? I'm a little worried about her."
"Don't panic." She couldn't hide the anxiety in her eyes. Shao Chengzhang stood up and took out his cell phone to call Liang Yuchen, but no one answered.
Seeing that the call couldn't go through, Shen Zhuo became even more anxious. She asked worriedly, "Is your friend a man or a woman?"
Shao Chengzhang looked straight at her: "Do you think I would go to a bar alone with a female friend?"
So that's a man?
Chen Zhuo's face suddenly darkened. "You left my best friend to a man when she was drunk, out of touch, and had no phone?"
Shao Chengzhang frowned slightly. "My friend wouldn't take advantage of someone in distress. Just like last night when you were drunk, I didn't do anything to you."
Chen Zhuo choked up instantly. She realized that she had just spoken a little too aggressively, so she took a deep breath to calm herself down. "I'm sorry, that's not what I meant. I'm just worried about Jiang Jun." She supported her forehead with her hand, thought for two seconds, and asked him if he could drive her to his friend's house to visit.
Before Shao Chengzhang could speak, she added, "Please."
It takes half an hour to drive from Yuelan Bay to Liang Yuchen's home. Chen Zhuo sat in the passenger seat without saying a word, his hands tightly holding the phone, his fingertips turning white.
If something happens to Jiang Jun, she will blame herself and feel guilty for the rest of her life.
"It's okay." Shao Chengzhang tried to comfort her.
"If it weren't for your good friend who lost contact, of course you would think that nothing would happen!" Shen Zhuo couldn't hear anything at this moment. His words were full of emotion and his tone was not good.
She had already begun to blame herself. How could she have gotten drunk last night? How could she have left Jiang Jun alone? She had a bad habit of always thinking of the worst-case scenario.
Shao Chengzhang turned around to look at her while waiting for the red light and found that her fingers were trembling slightly. He wanted to comfort her, but he didn't know what to say.
Just then his cell phone rang. It was Liang Yuchen calling him back.
After learning that Jiang Jun had spent the night safely at Shao Chengzhang's friend's house, Shen Zhuo finally let go of her worries. "I was scared to death, really scared to death..." Her voice trembled.
"We'll be there in fifteen minutes." said Shao Chengzhang.
"Thank you." After feeling nervous and anxious, he relaxed instantly and took a deep breath. "I'm sorry for what happened just now. I didn't mean to yell at you. I was just really worried."
"It's okay. Jiang Jun is lucky to have a friend like you."
"No," Shen Zhuo shook his head, "I'm the lucky one to be friends with her."
Chen Zhuo turned her head to look out the window, and suddenly recalled the time when she and Jiang Jun first met. Fourteen years had passed, but the memory was still so clear.
Fifteen-year-old Chen Zhuo was in her rebellious state. Because Ms. Chi misunderstood that she was in a premature love relationship and forced her father away, the mother and daughter often spoke harshly to each other.
The simplest revenge she could think of at the time was to make herself, who was once at the top of the class, fall into disgrace in the new school, to make Ms. Chi lose face, and anyone who knew about it would have to say to her, "What a pity for your child."
When Ms. Chi accused her in a tone of disappointment, she would put all the blame on Ms. Chi. The words "It's all because of you" would make Ms. Chi silent for a long time. Shen Zhuo would only feel proud when looking at that gloomy face.
She successfully fought back against her mother.
"I was pretty bad when I was little, wasn't I?" Shen Zhuo smiled bitterly and continued to talk to himself.
It was common for Chen Zhuo to be called to the office to stand and write self-criticism as punishment, but Jiang Jun was completely different from her.
She is a good student who often gives speeches under the national flag, and a promising student who can't help but smile when the teacher mentions her. Shen Zhuo never thought that such an excellent student would skip class one day.
The bell rang, and the teachers all went to class, leaving only her and Jiang Jun in the office. She stared at Jiang Jun, a little curious, but unexpectedly, Jiang Jun suddenly looked up, and their eyes met. Almost at the same time, they both laughed inexplicably.
"Later, it was Jiang Jun who tutored and encouraged me to study. In my second year of high school, we were admitted to the same class as we had hoped, and we worked hard to go to the same university together." Chen Zhuo paused. "If it weren't for her, I wouldn't be who I am today. So, she is truly like family to me. She is the most important person to me besides Ms. Chi."
"Such friendship is very enviable," said Shao Chengzhang.
"Don't you have any very good friends?" she asked.
"No, we are all business partners." Shao Chengzhang was silent for a few seconds and then said, "Besides, I'm used to being alone."
Only when there is interest can there be eternity. Even Liang Yuchen and the other person also have exchanges of interests.
Of course, Shen Zhuo knew that not everyone could have a friendship like hers and Jiang Jun's, but hearing him say that, she felt inexplicably sad. She comforted him, "Well, it's hard to find a true friend in life, and loneliness is the norm."
As they were talking, the car had already entered the residential complex and slowly stopped downstairs of Liang Yuchen's house. Shen Zhuo followed him upstairs, and when the door opened, her eyes widened instantly. It turned out that the friend he mentioned was the long-haired, exquisite man they had met at the bar last night.
Shao Chengzhang first introduced Shen Zhuo: "This is my friend Liang Yuchen, the owner of 'Du'. Liang Yuchen, this is Shen Zhuo."
Liang Yuchen looked at him jokingly: "I know, Chen Zhuo, she said she is your friend too."
Chen Zhuo suddenly remembered that Boss Liang had taken the initiative to ask her about her relationship with the membership card holder yesterday. It was hard for her not to suspect that Boss Liang had already known about the relationship between the two and was deliberately testing her.
Then her answer last night had already revealed her true intentions.
Since we know, why bother testing it? Shen Zhuo was lost in thought for a moment.
"Your friend is in that room." Liang Yuchen pointed in a direction, bringing her thoughts back.
"Thank you." Shen Zhuo nodded at him, took off his shoes and walked straight in. She knocked on the door and no one answered, so she pushed it open again. There was no one on the bed, but there was the sound of running water coming from the bathroom.
"Jiang Jun, are you there?" Shen Zhuo knocked on the bathroom door again, and the door opened instantly. Jiang Jun stuck her head out and was very surprised to see Shen Zhuo, "Why are you here?"
Chen Zhuo pushed the door open and saw her furious. "You're trying to scare me to death! You don't have your phone with you and you didn't even bother to lend me one to call or send me a message. What if something happened to you?"
"Oh my, what could happen to me? I'm already an adult." Jiang Jun shook her head. "Well, wait a minute. I didn't remove my makeup last night and slept with it on all night. I'm dying." After saying that, she went back to the sink.
Shen Zhuo watched Jiang Jun remove her makeup and wash her face. Her cheeks seemed to remember the touch of Shao Chengzhang's cleansing oil when he applied it to her last night, so gently, as if he treated her like a treasure. Shen Zhuo coughed lightly and forced himself not to recall the past. They had clearly agreed to just pretend nothing had happened.
In order to divert attention, she began to "criticize" Jiang Jun again, "When will you have some safety awareness and stop being so careless? Do you have to suffer a loss before you realize how treacherous people are and learn your lesson?!"
The water was gurgling, and Jiang Jun couldn't hear a word Chen Zhuo said. She could only hear her "la la la" sound. After washing her face, she turned to look at Chen Zhuo and asked blankly, "Ah? What did you just say?"
…
Chen Zhuo rolled his eyes at her and said, "I really want to beat you to death, you're always such a fussy person."
Jiang Jun chuckled: "Are you willing to do that?"
"I'm willing to give it up. I was so worried that Shao Chengzhang dragged me to come find you. I'm redundant and I owe him a favor."
"Ah? He's here too?" Jiang Jun was inevitably curious about Shao Chengzhang, "You two last night..."
On the cabinet next to the washbasin was a full set of skincare products, the kind from the luxury line. Jiang Jun was shocked, wondering how many women had spent the night here. She unceremoniously applied some toner and lotion.
"I don't think I want to drink anymore." Shen Zhuo sighed.
"Is there really something going on?" Jiang Jun was very surprised.
"It's all because of you. You insisted on talking about kissing and physical contact. I think I kissed him last night." After saying that, Chen Zhuo covered his face with his hands, feeling ashamed to see the people of Jiangdong again.
"Holy crap!" Jiang Jun exclaimed, "You're so impressive! You actually took the initiative to kiss a man! And then what?"
"Alright, alright, keep your voice down!" Shen Zhuo put his index finger on his mouth, but Shao Chengzhang was still outside.
Jiang Jun pursed her lips and made an OK gesture. She lowered her voice and said gossipily, "Go ahead."
"Nothing happened. We just fell asleep." Chen Zhuo felt that these two words were too ambiguous and quickly added, "Just sleeping. I slept on the bed and he slept on the floor. Don't think too much about it."
"Ah... that's it... boring." Jiang Jun looked regretful, then encouraged, "It's okay, it's progress."
"ah?"
"Look, the first time you were drunk, you agreed to marry him. The second time you were drunk, you forcefully kissed him. And the next time you're drunk, you'll force yourself on him!"
"..." She knew clearly that Jiang Jun was unreliable, but she still expected her to say something serious.
"Just shut up. With his attitude this morning..."
"What's wrong?" Jiang Jun asked.
Shen Zhuo recalled his indifferent expression, questioning her if she had the habit of getting drunk and loving her family, making her sound so careless. She shook her head and said, "I think he was offended by me and was a little angry."
"Ah?" Jiang Jun was a little bit unbelievable, "No way..." How could this be completely different from her reasoning and imagination...
"Anyway, there's no chance between him and me, so stop imagining things." Chen Zhuo said, "And I might not really like him. What if it's just fake intimacy, and I mistake getting along well for love? What if my feelings for him are just my own imagination..."
"Okay, okay, stop, stop!" Jiang Jun stopped her, "Why can't you accept that you like him and instead keep refuting yourself?"
"I didn't refute it. I was analyzing rationally, not letting random factors influence my judgment." Chen Zhuo said, "Also, I didn't want to lose control."
It feels really bad to have your mood and emotions affected by others.
In the living room, Liang Yuchen sat on the single sofa, raised his chin towards Shao Chengzhang, and smiled: "Did you receive a brave heart last night?"
Shao Chengzhang looked up and glanced at him, too lazy to pay attention to him.
Liang Yuchen and Shao Chengzhang had known each other for ten years. Judging from his reaction, the result seemed to be quite different from what he had imagined. He was a little surprised. "No way, Mr. Shao, you can't do it?"
Shao Chengzhang glared at him again and said, "Don't talk nonsense for a while."
"Wow, it seems like the flowers are willing but the water is not." It was rare for someone to make Shao Chengzhang lose face. Liang Yuchen laughed out loud, "Chen Zhuo is quite interesting."
Shao Chengzhang looked over with a serious warning in his eyes.
Liang Yuchen spread his hands and explained: "Don't get me wrong, she is not my type." He has known Shao Chengzhang for so many years and has seen many of his suitors, but he didn't expect to meet a woman he likes but who doesn't like him.
Liang Yuchen stroked his chin and suddenly raised a smile as if he was enjoying the show.
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