Chapter 38 Chapter 38 Is it him?
Shen Zhuo thought, it’s up to you to sign or not.
She snatched her phone back and sneered, "This is all I can do. It's up to you, Teacher Chi, to decide whether to sign or not. I won't force you."
The plane was still fifty minutes away from landing. Chen Zhuo asked the flight attendant for a blanket, took out an eye mask from his bag, and put it on to sleep.
Chen Zhuo was shaken awake by the turbulence. After listening to the plane report, she realized that City A was experiencing a thunderstorm.
Due to air currents, the plane circled in the air for nearly fifteen minutes before landing.
Chen Zhuo didn't have any checked luggage, so he opened the taxi app while the taxi was gliding, but he couldn't get a taxi at all.
There was a crackling sound. Chen Zhuo looked in the direction of the sound and saw that the rain seemed to be falling. The drops on the glass window should have been blown into a water line, but it didn't. Then she realized that it was hail!
She felt a little regretful. If she had known earlier, she would have asked Shao Chengzhang to pick her up.
Chi Xiao looked at Shen Zhuo's phone page, which showed that he was calling an online taxi. He said, "Teacher Shen, you can't get a taxi in this weather. I'll take you home."
"No need, and it's not convenient." Chen Zhuo didn't want to be photographed by his fans.
"Don't worry, no, it's a private trip today. I booked my flight at the airport, and the fans thought I was taking the high-speed train this afternoon."
Shen Zhuo hesitated slightly.
Chi Xiao said, "Just consider it a thank you for the homework you did for me. It was very helpful to me after reading it. I will think carefully about the signing."
It is indeed difficult to get a taxi now, and taxis are probably in short supply, so Chen Zhuo did not insist.
As she was about to reach the exit, Shen Zhuo's phone rang. It was Shao Chengzhang calling. She was stunned for two seconds before answering: "Hello?"
Shao Chengzhang's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Have you got off the plane?"
"Um."
"The weather is bad today, I--" Shao Chengzhang originally wanted to say that he would come to pick her up, but halfway through his words, he suddenly choked in his throat.
He passed through the crowd and saw Shen Zhuo coming out of the exit, walking side by side with a tall, well-dressed man. The man turned his head and said something to her, and Shen Zhuo smiled and nodded. The two of them walked towards a nearby distance together.
Shao Chengzhang subconsciously tightened his fingers. He didn't know the man, but he was sure it wasn't Guan Siyu.
And Chen Zhuo didn't see him either.
On the phone, her voice continued: "Hello? Hello?"
Shao Chengzhang's throat was dry, but he forced himself to speak: "Is there anyone picking you up at the airport? The weather is bad today, do you want me to pick you up?"
"Hmm? No need, I'll go back by myself." Shen Zhuo's voice was normal, relaxed and natural.
Shao Chengzhang's heart sank, and he lowered his voice: "Okay... then be careful."
After hanging up the phone, he raised his foot and followed.
Ice beads fell to the ground in a disorderly manner. A black nanny car stopped at the door. The driver got out from the main passenger seat holding an umbrella, trotted to hand the umbrella to Chi Xiao, and took over Chen Zhuo's suitcase.
Chi Xiao opened the umbrella to shield Chen Zhuo and himself from the hail, and the two of them trotted towards the nanny car together.
The car door was opened, she got in first, and then the man followed.
Shao Chengzhang seemed to be frozen, his whole body stretched straight, not knowing how to react.
It wasn't until the car door slowly closed and the nanny car drove smoothly out of the airport exit that Shao Chengzhang suddenly came to his senses. He almost immediately turned around and rushed into the underground parking lot.
The nanny car that Chen Zhuo was riding in was easy to spot, and due to the extreme weather, the driver drove carefully, so after Shao Chengzhang ignored the navigation system's repeated speeding warnings, he finally caught up with the car.
He thought, maybe it was just a colleague passing by. Isn't it normal to send a colleague home in this weather? He comforted himself like this until the car drove into the city and he realized that this was not the direction to Yuelan Bay.
His fingers clenched the steering wheel so tightly that his knuckles turned white. His face grew colder and colder, but his heart was filled with anger, a sour and stuffy feeling.
The nanny car finally stopped at the door of an apartment building in a high-end residential area. Shao Chengzhang did not follow it and turn into the apartment building. The answer was obvious.
Shen Zhuo followed the man home.
If what happened at the airport just now was an illusion, then now he had no room to comfort himself.
In the nanny car.
Chi Xiao looked at the surroundings, frowned and asked the driver why he drove here.
The driver said, "Teacher Chi, shouldn't we take you home first?"
"Of course, I'll send Teacher Shen off first." Chi Xiao turned around and asked Shen Zhuo, "Where do you live?"
Chen Zhuo: "I live in Yuelan Bay. Teacher Chi, if you get home, please go up first." After he left, she felt a little lighter.
Chi Xiao smiled and leaned towards Shen Zhuo, "Teacher Shen, do you dislike me?"
"...It's not a matter of liking you or not. I just treat you like a normal client."
Although he knew that celebrities were all packaged, Chen Zhuo never thought that Chi Xiao in private was so different from the public's impression, and his language and behavior were so frivolous.
If this is the case, Shen Zhuo no longer wants to talk to him. Otherwise, if he joins the company, he doesn't know how to trouble the public relations department in the future.
Chi Xiao smiled and sat back, and asked the driver to drive to Yuelan Bay.
Shao Chengzhang saw the black nanny car reversing out, and his eyes fell on the dashboard. The pendant that Chen Zhuo gave him was still there, and he smiled self-deprecatingly.
He started the car listlessly and followed the black nanny car out of the community.
This place was not too far from Yuelan Bay. Twenty minutes later, the nanny car stopped at the gate of Yuelan Bay. If he wanted to go in, Shen Zhuo needed to call Shao Chengzhang and ask him to notify security to let him in.
Chen Zhuo has moved in for more than a month, and she only asked Shao Chengzhang to help her register the license plate. She has never gone to the property management to scan her face to verify her identity as the owner. Now she is still a visitor in the security system.
"Forget it, let's just go here. It's not far from my home."
The electric door slowly opened only on Chi Xiao's side. He came down first with an umbrella, and the driver helped take her luggage down from the back.
Shao Chengzhang had been following the nanny car, but he didn't expect that the car would stop at the entrance of Yuelan Bay, and he saw Shen Zhuo getting out of the car. Shen Zhuo was wearing only a long-sleeved shirt, and the cold wind with water droplets and ice beads blew on her body, making her shiver.
"I'll take you downstairs." Chi Xiao held an umbrella for Chen Zhuo.
Shen Zhuo refused: "No, but I can borrow this umbrella for a while."
"It's very inconvenient for you to carry a suitcase in such heavy rain."
"It doesn't matter."
Chi Xiao smiled and said, "Manager Shen, you are really amazing. This is the first time I have been rejected by a woman so many times."
Chen Zhuo thought, that’s definitely still no match for your black fans.
The two were in a stalemate when she suddenly seemed to hear Shao Chengzhang's voice, mixed with the sound of rain and hail. She suspected she was hallucinating.
Shao Chengzhang had already parked the car by the side of the road and got out with an umbrella. He shouted again as he approached.
This time even Chi Xiao heard it. He turned around and saw a tall and handsome man standing behind him, who was half a head taller than him.
Chen Zhuo looked over Chi Xiao's shoulder and saw Shao Chengzhang. He waved his hand in surprise and asked, "Why are you here?"
Shao Chengzhang just glanced at her lightly, then turned to Chi Xiao and said in a clear voice: "Sir, thank you for sending my wife back."
"Just on the way." Chi Xiao responded with a smile, but his eyes were a little ambiguous, "I didn't expect Teacher Shen to be married."
To Shao Chengzhang, these words sounded like a provocation.
His brows moved slightly, and the joints of his hand holding the umbrella tensed a little, but he ignored Chi Xiao's tone, just looked at Chen Zhuo, and said in an unquestionable tone: "Come here."
Shen Zhuo hardly hesitated and walked over with the suitcase.
Shao Chengzhang tilted the umbrella towards her, protecting her completely underneath, leaving half of his shoulder exposed to the rain. Raindrops mixed with small hailstones hit his shoulders and back, soaking his clothes and causing bursts of stinging pain.
"Teacher Shen, I will consider what you said carefully." Chi Xiao said loudly behind him, "Of course, you should also consider me."
This statement was ambiguous, but Chen Zhuo didn't explain it further.
Shao Chengzhang glanced back at him, without saying anything, and silently took the suitcase from Chen Zhuo's hand.
The car was parked not far away, but the wind was strong and the rain was heavy, so walking a few steps would be unbearable. He held up an umbrella and let Chen Zhuo get on the passenger seat first. When he closed the door for her, Chen Zhuo saw that the left half of his white shirt had become transparent, sticking limply to his body, revealing a light flesh color.
Chen Zhuo was wearing thin clothes, and she was shivering with cold after a while. Shao Chengzhang put away his luggage and got in the car. Seeing Chen Zhuo breathing out air to warm his hands, he said nothing and silently turned up the air conditioner by two degrees.
"Why are you here?" Shen Zhuonuan came closer and asked him again.
"Well, I came out to buy something."
It was a lame excuse, and Shen Zhuo didn't believe it, but she wasn't confident enough to think that Shao Chengzhang had come out to pick her up on purpose. She glanced at him from the side, and Shao Chengzhang had a sullen face and pursed his lips, looking unhappy.
After going upstairs, Chen Zhuo didn't rush into the house. She squatted on the carpet outside the door and wiped the suitcase clean before getting up and going in. As soon as she entered, she found Shao Chengzhang standing at the entrance, as if he had been waiting for her.
"Is that him?"
Shao Chengzhang suddenly asked without any context. She looked up at him in confusion, "What do you mean it's him?"
"I told you, if you have someone you like, you can tell me."
Knowing her feelings, he would definitely restrain himself, at least not be like he is now, feeling like an outsider and so embarrassed.
Shen Zhuo finally understood, "Do you think the person I like is Chi Xiao? How could I possibly like him?"
Shao Chengzhang had never once wished his brain were a little duller, so Chen Zhuo really did have someone he liked. So what was the point of her asking him out on a date, of her hanging the pendant he'd given her on her bag, or of them going together to look at furniture and decorate their room?
Shao Chengzhang sneered, "So there's another man? Who is it? Guan Siyu?"
"Shao Chengzhang." Shen Zhuo frowned even tighter. She really, really didn't like this questioning tone.
"Who I like is none of your business, right?" she said in a cold tone.
He seemed to be struck hard by these words. After a long while, he said in a difficult voice, "Why? It doesn't matter. We're married."
"Yes, we are married, but it's fake, so even if I like someone, it's my freedom. Why should I tell you? We agreed to live our own lives after marriage-"
"I can't do it!" Shao Chengzhang suddenly interrupted her, his voice suddenly rising a little.
Shen Zhuo was stunned and looked at him, "What do you mean..."
"I can't live my own life..." Shao Chengzhang stood there, his eyes lowered, his long eyelashes casting a shadow on his face, his voice muffled, "I always thought I was a rational, sober and calm person who could avoid any emotions. But I found out that I was wrong, I can't control myself at all."
His eyes were fixed on her face.
"I can't help but like you. I want to be close to you and see you every day. No matter what you ask, I want to agree to you without any principles. In the past few days when you were away, you were all in my mind. I went to the airport to pick you up, and saw you walking and laughing with another man. When I sent you home, I almost collapsed."
Shao Chengzhang's chest was heaving rapidly, his eyes were a little red, and his shirt, wet by the rain, was sticking to his body, messily wrinkled, making him look even more aggrieved.
But Shen Zhuo seemed to have suddenly lost consciousness, and for a moment even her breathing slowed down. She had never thought that Shao Chengzhang would like her, and she was completely at a loss.
After a few seconds, Shao Chengzhang calmed down a little. Looking at Chen Zhuo's stunned expression, he stroked his forehead with his hand, covering half of his face. "I'm sorry, I was too impulsive. I didn't mean to embarrass you. Just pretend you didn't hear what I said just now."
Shao Chengzhang sighed lightly, "I'm a little tired and want to sleep for a while."
He turned and went into the bedroom, leaving Shen Zhuo standing there alone. It was not until a few minutes later when he regained consciousness that Shen Zhuo's brain analyzed what Shao Chengzhang had just said.
Holy shit, he said he liked her?!
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