Chapter 35 Chapter 35 Why am I like a puppy? I really want to stretch...
Several stand-up comedians delivered their jokes one after another, their rhythm smooth and their punchlines dense, the audience laughing non-stop and the atmosphere lively. Shen Zhuo was also initially immersed in the performance, but Shao Chengzhang, sitting next to him, kept replying to messages.
The dim light of the phone screen kept lighting up and going out. He lowered his head, frowning as he replied to messages one after another.
The pre-sale orders for the two new series exploded, and the surge in orders led to insufficient production capacity at the factory. Coupled with the weather problems in the south, the transportation of materials has been delayed for many days, which may delay shipment. The supply chain director quickly reported it.
The host came out to announce the show, and soon it was the last stand-up comedian to take the stage. He spotted Shao Chengzhang in the audience and teased him, "Does your brother-in-law have other sisters? Why is he constantly replying to messages? Or maybe our jokes are too boring and didn't attract your brother-in-law."
Shao Chengzhang subconsciously glanced at Chen Zhuo, only to see her folding her arms across her chest. She only gave a token smile at the host's teasing. His heart skipped a beat, and he said apologetically, "No, sorry."
After replying to the last message, Shao Chengzhang muted his phone and put it away.
After the last performer finished his performance and the host took a group photo with the audience, he created a group chat and announced that the 66th and 88th attendees would receive two additional tickets. The crowd dispersed in an orderly manner. Chen Zhuo, waiting at the back of the line to leave, heard his phone buzz twice.
0513XX theater audience group's little assistant Ate Chenzhuo, she is the lucky 88th audience member and can collect the ticket at the entrance.
After exiting, Chen Zhuo returned to the entrance and asked the staff to get the ticket, otherwise it would be a waste.
Shao Chengzhang was not far from the entrance and called Chen Hang, asking him to immediately clarify the list of suppliers of the short supply of raw materials, contract terms, alternative supplier options, etc. After hanging up the phone, he looked at Shen Zhuo chatting and laughing with the host.
Host: "Miss, if you like our talk show, you can add WeChat. Your Moments will be updated with news about our label at any time."
Shao Chengzhang walked over: "Let me do it."
Chen Zhuo smiled at the host and said, "No, thank you. We are usually quite busy, but your performance was great. I will come to see it again when I have time. Bye."
The host glanced at the two of them and smiled: "Okay, bye, little sister, bye, brother-in-law too."
Shen Zhuo turned and left, and Shao Chengzhang finally said, "I'm not her brother-in-law, I'm her husband." After that, he strode to catch up with Shen Zhuo.
He knew she was angry.
"Sorry." Shao Chengzhang caught up with her and walked side by side with her.
Shen Zhuo kept silent with a sullen face.
Shao Chengzhang was a little overwhelmed: "Because it's work news, it's quite urgent."
Shen Zhuo suddenly stopped, looked up at him, and said calmly, "Do you know why I'm angry?"
Shao Chengzhang said in frustration, "I was just replying to messages and wasn't really listening to the talk show, but there really is an emergency that I need to deal with."
Chen Zhuo looked up at him and said, "If you have work arrangements, you don't have to come to the talk show with me. You can tell me clearly. I didn't ask you to come."
Shao Chengzhang met her gaze: "That's not the case. I wanted to watch it with you. Today was really an accident."
"Accompany?" Chen Zhuo frowned slightly. "I don't need you to accompany me. You're saying it as if you're sacrificing your own time and compromising with me. If you don't want to come, you don't have to come. Just refuse me directly. It's not like I can't come to the talk show by myself. It's nothing. Please don't make it sound like you're doing me a favor by coming to watch the talk show with me."
Shao Chengzhang was choked by her words, his Adam's apple moved, and he explained in a low voice, "That's not what I meant. Don't think it's so complicated. I...I want to watch it with you."
Well, now she said she was overthinking it. Shen Zhuo was so angry that he didn't even bother to pay attention to him.
Shen Zhuo turned and walked to the side of the road. Shao Chengzhang followed her and asked cautiously, "Where are we going now?"
Shen Zhuo restrained his emotions and said coldly, "Go back and don't delay your work again."
Shao Chengzhang's heart sank. This was not what he had planned. He felt a surge of regret. What on earth was he doing?
This was his first date with Shen Zhuo, and he had planned it well. How could he mess it up like this?
Shao Chengzhang chased after her, grabbed her wrist fiercely, took a deep breath and said, "Didn't you say you would treat me to a meal before? Now... does it still count?"
Shen Zhuo glared at him and refused: "I'm not hungry and don't want to eat."
Shao Chengzhang: "I'm hungry, can you go eat with me?"
People were coming and going, and Shao Chengzhang was standing in the crowd. He was handsome and tall, which made him eye-catching. In addition, the two of them were facing each other in a stalemate, and many passers-by cast curious glances at him, and passers-by turned back to look at him from time to time.
Shen Zhuo glanced around, she didn't want to argue in front of others anymore.
Holding his temper, Chen Zhuo brought Shao Chengzhang to a Japanese-style restaurant. Many artists had visited this restaurant, and the entrance wall was covered with photos of the owner and the artists. Chen Zhuo took a number. There were more than a dozen tables in front, and the wait would take between half an hour and an hour.
Chen Zhuo asked with a cold face: "It will take a long time to wait for a table. Are you sure you want to wait?"
Shao Chengzhang nodded: "I have finished all the work."
Chen Zhuo found an empty seat and sat down. Shao Chengzhang sat next to her. She didn't want to talk to him now and started browsing her phone.
Shao Chengzhang turned slightly towards her, swayed his long legs, and gently touched her knee with his knee.
"Don't be angry."
Shen Zhuo swiped his fingers across the screen and blurted out, "I'm not angry."
"You're lying." Shao Chengzhang lowered his eyes and stared at her.
"Okay, I am indeed very angry. Why did I think too much? Why did it become complicated? Am I wrong?" Shen Zhuo asked three questions in a row and then responded directly.
How could Shao Chengzhang dare to go against her? He quickly said, "There's nothing wrong. I just expressed it wrongly."
Chen Zhuo put away her phone and looked up to meet his gaze. She couldn't help but say what was in her heart, "You know, I was very happy and looking forward to it, but since the third person came on stage, you have been, been, and been looking at your phone and replying to messages." Chen Zhuo was very dissatisfied. He said "always" three times in a row and gradually increased his tone.
Shao Chengzhang pursed his lips and dared not speak.
"Then I watched you reply to the message. I didn't know if you had work arrangements in the afternoon or if there was an emergency as you said, but when I saw you replying to the message, I wondered if I had delayed your work and shouldn't have asked you out. You also took my mind away, and I couldn't sit there and listen to the talk show attentively." Shen Zhuo finished speaking in one breath, turning his head away a little annoyed.
"I see. I didn't mean it." Shao Chengzhang said in a low voice, "Actually, I had plans for this afternoon, but when you asked me last night, I really wanted to come with you, so I made a last-minute adjustment and stayed up late last night to finish today's plan ahead of time."
"There was indeed an emergency this afternoon that needed to be handled." Shao Chengzhang hung his head, his throat tight, and for a moment he felt aggrieved. "For so many years, my life has been nothing but work. This is actually my first time to watch an offline talk show. No one has ever asked me out before, and no one has come to watch it with me, so I was full of anticipation. But I didn't expect to mess it up. I'm really sorry for making you unhappy."
From the moment she knew that he had stayed up late last night to catch up on the progress, Shen Zhuo's heart softened. Then, when she heard what happened next, she inexplicably felt a surge of emotion in her heart, not knowing whether it was heartache or sadness.
Is she being too demanding of Shao Chengzhang?
She used to go out with friends, but her schedule would be interrupted by unexpected events involving artists, and she would have to rush back to deal with work. Putting herself in his shoes, why is she holding on to this now that he's apologized?
She was reflecting on whether she was a bit hypocritical.
She glanced at him sideways, and her eyes swept over Shao Chengzhang's humble look. He looked so pitiful, just like a puppy. She really wanted to reach out and rub his hair.
Shen Zhuo's mood recovered a little and he breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, considering your sincere apology, I forgive you."
Shao Chengzhang listened to her and slowly raised his head: "Really?"
Shen Zhuo said, "It's fake."
Shao Chengzhang suddenly laughed.
"If there is a similar situation again, you can respond later to non-urgent work, and you can leave first to handle very urgent work," said Shen Zhuo.
Shao Chengzhang nodded and said he remembered it.
The setting sun had sunk to the horizon, and the entire sky was rendered in a layer of soft grapefruit pink, spread across the sky like a veil. The light fell obliquely on him, outlining a clear and smooth profile of his face, with a high nose bridge, soft lip line, and even his eyelashes seemed to be coated with a warm color.
Chen Zhuo subconsciously stopped looking, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat.
...How can you be so beautiful?
In fact, if you look at this face carefully, it is forgivable.
After realizing what he was thinking, Shen Zhuo couldn't help but curse himself in his heart. He was simply blinded by lust...
"Can I treat you to a viewing next time?"
Chen Zhuo said nothing. She folded her legs, rested her elbows on her knees, and leaned her chin on them. She tilted her head and stared at Shao Chengzhang, slowly fluttering her eyelashes. To Shao Chengzhang, this seemed like she was questioning his credibility.
Shao Chengzhang assured her: "I will take care of the work in advance."
Chen Zhuo chuckled, and the puppy, not being easily teased, hummed in agreement.
Fortunately, the tables were turned over quickly and they only had to wait for more than twenty minutes before their number was called.
Shen Zhuo scanned the QR code for ordering food, and Shao Chengzhang also took out his mobile phone to scan it. Shen Zhuo glared at him and ordered, "Put your phone back." Then she handed the phone to Shao Chengzhang and asked him to order what he wanted to eat first.
Shao Chengzhang said: "Actually, I should be the one treating you today."
Chen Zhuo frowned slightly: "One thing is one thing, if you keep talking, you won't be able to eat."
Shao Chengzhang immediately fell silent, tapped twice on his phone and handed it back.
"Didn't you say you were hungry? Why did you only eat so little?" Shen Zhuo took a look and saw that he only ordered one signature sukiyaki pot and two yakitori.
"You order more of your favorite food. I'm fine with anything." Shao Chengzhang thought, he couldn't make any more mistakes.
Chen Zhuo ordered almost all the signature dishes in each category, and the table was full when the dishes were served.
"Why did you order so much?" Shao Chengzhang was a little surprised.
"Yeah, I'm hungry too." Shen Zhuo said.
She really liked the seaweed from this shop, which was sweet and sour, and it was placed right next to her. She picked it up and moved it to the middle so that Shao Chengzhang could reach it. "This side dish of theirs is delicious, try it."
Shao Chengzhang stretched out his chopsticks and picked up a little.
Shen Zhuo suddenly asked him: "Hey, have you ever heard a joke about a small dish?"
Shao Chengzhang shook his head.
"There was a guy named Cai, and everyone called him Xiao Cai. Then one day, he..." Shen Zhuo laughed before he finished his sentence.
Shao Chengzhang looked at her in confusion, not knowing what was so funny.
Chen Zhuo covered his mouth and laughed as he said, "He was walking... walking, and then, he was picked up by someone. Hahahahahahahahahahaha..."
…Shao Chengzhang blinked, not knowing whether he should laugh with her at this moment, but Chen Zhuo opposite him was already laughing so hard that he fell backwards.
Is it funny... He stared at Chen Zhuo, the corners of his mouth slowly raised, and then he laughed.
"You think it's funny too, right? I told my friends about it, but they didn't get it."
Shao Chengzhang said: "Actually, I don't get it either, but I think you are funnier."
Shen Zhuo stopped laughing and hissed at him, "Don't you have any sense of the picture? Don't you think it's particularly funny?"
Shao Chengzhang didn't say anything, but blinked at her with a smile in his eyes.
Shen Zhuo understood, shook his head and grumbled, "Okay, you boring and unimaginative humans."
Shao Chengzhang couldn't help laughing. How could she be so cute?
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