Chapter 10 Once
It seems that the last magazine cover was pretty good, Li Ji was invited to endorse a brand that was not very popular but relatively new. He wore clothes with a strong sense of design, which perfectly outlined his figure. Even clothes that most people could not control fit him perfectly.
As a result, he gained some fame in the modeling circle.
Sheng Zhao was happy and comfortable. He would occasionally take a day off to go to the company to handle official business, and the rest of the time he would look for new announcements.
She hadn't been back to her own home for a long time, and the villa was gradually filled up from its original empty appearance. Because Li Ji had enough money, he bought a lot of home appliances in the house.
He really enjoyed this feeling of gradual fulfillment.
The temperature is about to drop. Now that he has come clean with Sheng Cehan, there is no need to hide from him anymore, so Sheng Zhao is going home to get some clothes and car keys.
After all, Li Ji now needs a car to maintain his image. He can't take a taxi every time, which would be so embarrassing.
Sheng Zhao stopped as soon as he reached his room, looked around and frowned slightly.
Although the room was tidy, there were still signs that someone had rummaged through it.
Sheng Zhao has a very good memory, otherwise he wouldn't be the president of Huayun Entertainment at such a young age. The wrinkles on the bed sheet are different, and the angles of the chairs in the room are slightly wrong.
She opened the wardrobe and looked through it - sure enough, some clothes were missing.
Sheng Zhao calmly packed up the things she needed, picked out a car key, and walked downstairs with her bag. It seemed that it was time for Sheng Cehan to get off work. Before she could walk out, Sheng Cehan came towards her.
His slightly tired face froze for a moment. Looking at Sheng Zhao in front of him, he spoke in a low voice, somewhat at a loss, "Zhao Zhao, you're back. Aren't you angry with your brother anymore? Are you hungry? Do you want me to cook? Isn't Zhao Zhao's favorite meal your brother cooks?"
He kept on chattering, and seemed eager to show his goodwill to keep Sheng Zhao. Sheng Zhao frowned slightly.
Sheng Cehan paused when he saw what Sheng Zhao was holding, and pursed his lips for a moment, "Do you still want to... go?"
“…What else?”
Sheng Zhao's expression remained unchanged. Just as she was about to step out, Sheng Cehan suddenly grabbed the corner of her clothes. His Adam's apple moved up and down, and he whispered tremblingly, "If you like that man so much, why not bring him home? Don't leave..."
This was already a huge concession from Sheng Cehan.
Letting that dirty man into his and Sheng Zhao's home would be tantamount to being defiled, but if he didn't do that, Sheng Zhao would never come back... Then what was the point of him guarding this place from being defiled?
"Why don't you leave?"
Sheng Zhao paused, a rare coldness on her usually gentle and smiling face. "I know everything you did in my room, Sheng Cehan. I'm not a fool. Maintain your sense of boundaries and don't let me know your thoughts and actions again."
Sheng Zhao leaned slightly closer to Sheng Cehan, lowered his head slightly and looked at the shock and trance on his usually calm and stern face. His thin lips were tightly pursed until they trembled, and even his eyes trembled slightly.
"Sheng Cehan, I ran away from home mostly because of you. You should know the reason."
Under Sheng Zhao's gaze, Sheng Cehan slowly lowered his head, nodded lightly with trembling breath, "I'm sorry, Zhao Zhao, I will... hide it."
"Just like before, you know, brother."
Sheng Zhao tapped Sheng Cehan's chest with her fingertips, and watched his breathing become heavier with a slightly gloomy look. The last syllable of the word "brother" was clear, and at the end she even raised a slight smile, like a well-behaved sister.
After saying that, she passed by Sheng Cehan without mercy.
Only Sheng Cehan was left standing there, his face gloomy and trembling slightly.
Probably because he got home late, Li Ji was lazily leaning against the door of the restaurant, wearing an apron that tightly wrapped around his slender waist. He crossed his arms over his chest, his fingertips rhythmically tapping the air, his eyes closed.
He waited until Sheng Zhao opened the door and came back before he opened his eyes calmly. His voice was low and hoarse without any extra emotion. "Miss, you are coming home for dinner an hour and a half later than before. Did you forget about the cook at home?"
He took a step forward, leaning slightly closer to Sheng Zhao's face, his breath fanning her cheek, his eyes narrowed slightly, "Or... are you going on a date?"
To be honest, Li Ji knew nothing about Sheng Zhao, and Sheng Zhao had never taken the initiative to talk about her life. He didn't know her family, her identity, or her interpersonal relationships. Perhaps it was only the villa they lived in together that made him feel that they were connected.
"Um?"
His eyes narrowed slightly with a teasing look as if he was going to accuse someone, and he even deliberately prolonged the ending tone.
Sheng Zhao put a finger against his lips, then slowly pushed his face away, saying helplessly, "I don't have a lover outside, I just have someone who is a little troubled."
"That's right."
She suddenly smiled, her eyes curved, and the tips of her fangs were slightly revealed. "Surpise!"
Sheng Zhao hooked the key with his fingertips, held it in front of him, and smiled brightly.
"I'll use this car to pick you up from now on. You don't have to squeeze into the subway or take a taxi. Isn't that great?"
Li Ji paused, looked into Sheng Zhao's bright eyes, pursed his lips, and slightly glanced away, "...Oh."
"What a cold reaction, are you unhappy?"
"……fine."
Sheng Zhao looked at his eyebrows and eyes carefully for a long time. He stared at Li Ji's gaze and felt helpless when he saw that he began to avoid his gaze... Then he saw that the tip of his ears turned slightly red.
She had never had any taboos, so she just reached out and pinched the tip of his ear, saying softly, "But the tip of your ear is red, you must be very happy, right?"
Then Li Ji suddenly trembled like a cat with its fur standing on end, took a step back, and covered his ears with his hands.
"What are you doing?!"
His voice even trembled slightly, and the redness on the tips of his ears even spread to his face.
Sheng Zhao was annoyed by his harsh words. He paused and put the car keys on the table. He blinked apologetically and said, "I'm sorry, Li Ji. I just wanted to hear you happy."
"..." Li Ji was speechless. He pursed his lips and handed the freshly heated rice to Sheng Zhao. His voice was low and hoarse, "Eat quickly!"
Seems angry.
He seemed not to recognize the brand of this car, even though in the past, just by showing it to others, people around him would be eager to touch it.
Sheng Zhao didn't care at all that he gave the car away without receiving any feedback.
She continued to eat her meal without caring.
But Li Ji's cell phone suddenly rang. Li Ji paused and went out to answer the call.
She could hear Li Ji's low voice, which seemed to be a bit quarrelsome. She tried to listen carefully but could no longer hear it. It seemed that he was afraid that the noise would disturb Sheng Zhao, so he went to the balcony.
It had probably been a long time. She had already finished her meal, but Li Ji had not come back yet. Thinking of the suppressed quarrels at that time, she paused and walked towards the balcony.
"But I just gave you 100,000 last week! Did you actually use it on your medical treatment?"
His voice was suppressed.
The man's sharp scream on the other end of the phone could be heard even without the speakerphone on, but it was still hazy.
"I gave birth to you... raised you... I wanted some money... to be rich... Why... you just want me to die... I... die of illness..."
"Give birth to me and raise me? Do you treat me as your son?"
His voice was hoarse, and he was deeply suppressing the roar that was about to burst out of his chest.
Suddenly, Li Ji seemed to adjust his breathing, his voice became low and hoarse, not as excited as before, "...I will only call you this much, I don't have any more, don't call me anymore."
He hung up the phone without mercy and took a deep breath to adjust his mood.
Then he turned around and suddenly saw Sheng Zhao behind him.
Li Ji paused, adjusted his expression, wiped his eyes, and said in a sarcastic tone, "Miss, it's not a good habit to listen to other people's phone calls."
Sheng Zhao didn't care, "But you just heard a quarrel at the restaurant door. If you didn't come to see me, you would be bullied, right?"
"Ah..." Sheng Zhao looked at Li Ji's slightly red eyes and the tear that fell carelessly, "You've been bullied and cried. It seems I'm too late."
Li Ji raised the corners of his lips, as if he found Sheng Zhao's simple and clear words a little funny. He lowered his head slightly, and his hair covered his dark eyebrows.
"I wasn't bullied, it was just a family matter."
"Family matters..." Sheng Zhao murmured, then suddenly walked to Li Ji's side, as if he was not going to leave, "It just so happens that I have family matters too."
He just tried to change the subject just to get Sheng Zhao to leave quickly so that he could be alone and quiet.
Li Ji: ...
Seeing Sheng Zhao unwilling to leave, Li Ji took a deep breath, took out a cigarette, and whispered, "I'll smoke here, you'd better go inside quickly."
He knew Sheng Zhao hated the smell of cigarettes.
Sheng Zhao didn't care at all, and even looked at him straight, as if wanting to see him light a cigarette.
Li Ji was defeated, sighed and put away the cigarette.
Seeing him put away the cigarette, Sheng Zhao narrowed his eyes slightly in pleasure and spoke softly about his family affairs, "I have an older brother. My mother and father died when I was very young, and he raised me all the time. We depended on each other when we were young, but he changed after he grew up. He became very strange-"
"How strange?"
Li Ji asked this.
——For example, masturbating while holding her clothes.
Sheng Zhao's eyes darkened slightly, then he chuckled and changed his words, "You want to control me and not let me leave."
She looked up at Li Ji and gestured, it's your turn.
Li Ji paused, his voice hoarse, and he lowered his eyes slightly, his crow-feather eyelashes trembling slightly, "It's just because he loves you too much."
"But my father doesn't love me... Who knows?" There was a hint of confusion in his eyes. "They separated very early when I was a child... I live with my——"
He paused, as if he found it difficult to say the word "mother", with a bit of fear and disgust.
"Then something happened and I went to see my father."
He casually picked up the cigarette, but did not light it, just grinding it slightly with his canine teeth.
"He has no job and can only sell sex."
"Later he said I had grown up and it was time for me to share his burden."
"He tried to push me to another woman, and then I ran away."
Li Ji said it lightly, without any emotion.
"Then he got AIDS and asked me to send him money, that's it."
"Isn't it ridiculous?"
He laughed at himself, revealing the sharp tips of his canine teeth.
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