“Redo it.”

Lu Xiao threw a dozen acquisition plans on the desk, his voice was cold and gloomy, and the low pressure emanating from him was chilling and intimidating.

The managers at the desks were too angry to say anything and quickly took their departmental plans and ran away.

If they had stayed in front of the low-pressure President Lu for a few more seconds, they would probably not be able to bear the pressure and their legs would have become too weak to stand.

All Yunxiao employees have similar feelings. Lu Xiao has been really scary in recent days...

He always had a stern and expressionless look on his face, and every day he would ask several senior executives to go to his office to make calls, which made things very chaotic.

Mr. Lu is usually elegant and refined, never revealing any unnecessary emotions, and often has a faint smile on his face.

However, that gentle expression that seems like a smile but not a smile always makes his subordinates who know his cruel nature feel terrified. It is really scary to have a smiling tiger as a boss.

But now, Lu Xiao, who clearly had "I'm not happy" written on his face, made people tremble even more.

The frightened employees cried bitterly. Why is the president in such a bad mood? Get well soon...

Hai Jiaxi knocked on the door of the president's office and walked in.

"The air conditioner is set too low..." She suddenly shuddered and complained, hugging her arms.

Looking up, Hai Jiaxi saw Lu Xiao working with a gloomy face. She raised her eyebrows in surprise. How could this big devil possibly lose control of his emotions?

After a little thought, Hai Jiaxi guessed the reason. Lu Xiao's condition was so bad, and it was probably related to his beloved Shen Ci.

"Ah, let me guess." She walked closer and smiled slyly: "Is Xiaoci in love with someone else? Or was your confession rejected?"

Lu Xiao slowly raised his cold and furious eyes, pursed his thin lips, and silently ordered Hai Jiaxi to shut up.

Hai Jiaxi was happy: "Haha, it seems I guessed right."

Lu Xiao didn't say anything, and Hai Jiaxi sat on the sofa leisurely: "Since we are partners, I will help you analyze it."

"Xiao Ci was stunned at the sight. I guess it's the latter?"

"If you continue with your bad habits... will you try it out and then shrink back?"

Lu Xiao's fingertips holding the pen trembled a few times, and he stared at the documents on the table through the lens, unable to read a single word.

Hai Jiaxi stopped talking, frowned and thought for a while, and suddenly made an impatient "tsk" sound.

"You two are so hypocritical. Even as an outsider, I can see that you two are in love with each other. Why are you stuck at the last moment?"

"You little idiot, you are so stupid! I really... this is the first time I've seen you so stupid in almost thirty years!"

Hai Jiaxi got herself angry for no apparent reason, and she wished she could possess Lu Xiao and force Shen Ci to make the matter a done deal.

Lu Xiao is fine, but Shen Ci is a little fool who can't hide his emotions, everything is written on his face.

The three of them were in the office that day, and Shen Ci frequently cast envious or aggrieved glances at her, which made her feel really uneasy.

When Shen Ci raised his head and looked at Lu Xiao intently, his eyes were full of only him, and the tenderness in his eyes could be felt even by others.

Silence spread in the president's office. Lu Xiao sat there stiffly. After a while, he took off his glasses, rubbed his brows and sighed.

"I am indeed afraid." His voice was low and hoarse, with a hint of disappointment: "I am afraid that he will be disappointed."

Hai Jiaxi rolled her eyes: "This is called the authorities are confused."

"From my perspective, Xiaoci won't reject you. Maybe he just hasn't figured it out yet."

"Besides... you've already made this person dependent on you, and now you're irresponsibly pulling your hands away?"

"Lu Xiao, don't you think Xiao Ci is pitiful?"

He lowered his eyes and started signing the documents again without saying a word.

***

Wei Shuo sat next to Shen Ci and bumped into his shoulder.

"Xiao Ci, what's going on between you and Uncle Lu?"

Shen Ci's heart jumped suddenly, his eyes wandering: "Nothing."

Wei Shuo raised his eyebrows and pinched Shen Ci's soft cheeks: "Pretending to the young master? Just confess and I'll let you off!"

Shen Ci's face was twisted, and he had no choice but to speak slowly under Wei Shuo's intimidating gaze.

The more Wei Shuo listened, the wider his mouth opened. Finally, he excitedly grabbed Shen Ci's hand with his eyes shining: "How many times did Uncle Lu kiss you? How did he kiss you? Did he use his tongue? Did he do that to you, um—"

Shen Ci quickly covered Wei Shuo's mouth, his face flushed: "Can you please listen to the important points?"

Wei Shuo thought that he was asking the main points, but seeing Shen Ci's embarrassed and angry look, he decided not to say it out and ask for a beating.

He pushed Shen Ci's hand away and said, "Actually, I'm single and I don't have any advice for you."

"The relationship between you and Uncle Lu is a bit complicated. It's normal for you to be confused with your thin brain, but -"

Shen Ci looked at Wei Shuo eagerly, like a little puppy.

"..." Wei Shuo felt embarrassed to fool him, so he had to say seriously: "Why don't you call Uncle Lu and ask him what he thinks? It's no use just guessing."

Shen Ci immediately shook his head: "I don't know what to say yet..."

Wei Shuo was helpless and had to change the subject: "Actually, I was sent here by everyone. It's not easy for us to see you in such a bad mood."

"Everyone wants to go to the city tonight. Do you want to come with us? It'll give us a change of mood."

***

That night, the program crew headed into the city with cameras.

There is a night market in the small county town, with all kinds of food and entertainment. Everyone was taken there by the newly invited tour guide.

The night market was very lively, and the locals had no objection to the cameras brought by the program crew. Many vendors also enthusiastically invited them to buy something to eat.

"This looks delicious too! Come and eat, Xiao Ci." Wei Shuo bought a box of grilled cold noodles for Shen Ci with a smile on his face.

"Xiao Ci, what little gift do you want? I'll help you get it." Passing by a ring-throwing game, Shao Jinhuan spoke softly behind him.

"Wow, this fish looks delicious. Xiaoci, do you like fish? I'll catch one for you." Cheng Yun squatted beside the fish pond, looking out of place with the group of kids.

…

Everyone didn't know why they kept revolving around him, but Shen Ci was busy looking around like a spinning top, and hurriedly accepting all the well-intentioned invitations from everyone.

This left him no time to worry about his own problems, and he soon couldn't help laughing.

Seeing him smiling happily, Wei Shuo heaved a sigh of relief and turned his back to Shen Ci and made a "yeah" gesture to everyone.

The "Battle of Coaxing Little Words" has achieved initial victory!

The seven of them played around in the entire night market, and the number of pedestrians on the street gradually decreased.

"Are you hungry?" Jiang Shu asked quietly while standing at the end of the line, pouting a little aggrieved: "I didn't eat before coming here because I was afraid of vomiting in the car. I was just trying to make Shen Ci happy, so I didn't eat anything. My stomach hurts a little from hunger."

Everyone frowned. No matter how they heard this, they felt uncomfortable. It sounded like someone was deliberately blaming Shen Ci, but it seemed like they couldn't find any fault with it.

Not knowing how to start the retort, Wei Shuo and the others could only pretend they didn't hear anything and quickly catch up with Shen Ci who was walking in the front.

Cheng Yun: "The staff has brought some medicine, take some."

Jiang Shuqian smiled and shook his head: "No need, I'll be there in a moment."

Cheng Yun: “…” Here it comes again.

Jiang Shu would always reject other people's suggestions and then hint again that she was upset. Cheng Yun felt annoyed and was too lazy to give her face.

Jiang Shu waited for a long time but received no response. He looked up and saw that the group had gone far away and were surrounding Shen Ci as they headed towards a barbecue stall.

Jiang Shu stamped her feet in anger. Why was the treatment she and Shen Ci received so different?

She clearly said she had a stomachache, but she was still pretending to be strong... Shouldn't we all feel more sorry for her?

Thinking about how Wei Shuo had specially created a small group in the afternoon and racked his brains to discuss strategies to make Xiao Ci happy, she felt jealous... What was so good about Shen Ci that deserved such concern from these people?

"Hurry up, Teacher Jiang, aren't you hungry? It's time for a midnight snack!"

A staff member called her casually and walked over, rubbing her shoulder.

Jiang Shu was almost knocked down, which made him even angrier.

Several people went to the barbecue stall owner to place an order, found a big table to sit at, and started drinking drinks and chatting.

The cool night breeze blows, and the atmosphere is particularly comfortable and relaxing.

Guo Nuannuan had been browsing her phone for a long time when she suddenly said "Huh!" and smiled as she showed everyone the screen of her phone: "Someone on the Internet said that Min Shoubei has also come to this county! It seems that he is here to film a storyboard for a movie?"

Shao Jinhuan frowned: "Come here?"

The customs and culture of this county are ordinary. What is there worth international directors coming here to shoot?

Guo Nuannuan was also puzzled: "Anyway, looking at the secretly taken photos, he looks quite like him... maybe it's a misunderstanding because they look alike."

Shen Ci came over and whispered to Wei Shuo: "Director Min is Sister Song's father. If he comes...will Sister Song come too?"

Wei Shuo didn't know much about the film industry and didn't understand how high Min Shoubei's status was in the industry, so he was not shocked.

He shrugged nonchalantly: "Maybe, why don't you send Sister Song a WeChat message to ask her later?"

Shen Ci shook his head. He didn't believe that Min Shoubei would really come.

Less than half an hour later, the barbecue was served, along with ice-cold beer and drinks.

Shen Ci's eyes lit up when he saw the delicious food, and everyone was chatting and eating, and they were in a particularly good mood.

After eating most of the barbecue and making a mess on the table, Shen Ci suddenly groaned, frowned, and covered his stomach.

Shao Jinhuan was the first to notice that something was wrong with him and held his shoulders: "What's wrong?"

"My stomach, my stomach hurts..." The pain came repeatedly, cold sweat began to appear on the wings of Shen Ci's nose, and he closed his eyes tightly in pain.

Wei Shuo understood immediately: "Oh no! I can't let Xiao Ci eat barbecue and drink iced drinks at the same time! I'm going to be killed by Uncle Lu!"

Everyone rubbed his stomach for a long time, but Shen Ci's condition did not improve at all and he even started to feel nauseous and vomit.

"It's probably acute gastroenteritis, it's a bit serious!"

After Cheng Yun finished speaking, he quickly urged the program team to call the emergency number, and no one dared to act rashly.

Wei Shuo was covered in vomit, but he continued to hug Shen Ci without any disgust, and comforted him anxiously: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, everyone is here..."

Shen Ci's face turned pale from the pain and he was forced to shrink into a small shrimp ball. He looked extremely weak.

Everyone was filled with regret. They had wanted to take people out to relax, but why did this happen?

***

The severe pain drained away the last bit of strength from him. Shen Ci became confused and his whole body was terribly cold.

The dazzling light flashed before my eyes, the surroundings were so cold, and the smell was so bad...

"…Is he going to faint?"

"Don't worry, please trust our doctors..."

Shen Ci could not understand the vague conversation and closed his eyes drowsily.

Shen Ci thought, if only someone could hug him and keep him warm, it was really cold.

The moment I lost consciousness, the imagined warmth and sighs drifted away like sand in my ears.

"Baby..."

…

Shen Ci suddenly opened his eyes, stared at the pure white ceiling, and blinked blankly a few times.

Where is this? It looks like a hospital.

"Baby, let me help you get up and drink some water."

Shen Ci shuddered and suddenly woke up. He turned his head to look at the bedside in disbelief: "Uncle..."

He remembered that he seemed to have a stomachache from eating barbecue just now, and then... when he opened his eyes again, he was here.

But why is Lu Xiao here?

Lu Xiao's face still had the same gentle smile as always, but his complexion looked much more haggard, and his blue stubble was faintly visible.

He reached out his hand to help Shen Ci sit up. Shen Ci didn't dare to move and obediently accepted the small sips of water.

"Why are you back?" Shen Ci couldn't help but ask.

Lu Xiao reached out and touched his soft earlobe, and said gently: "The baby is sick."

Are you back because you are sick?

Shen Ci sneered: "If I'm not sick, you will never come to see me again?"

He admitted that he was just being mad, but he just couldn't help but want to scold Lu Xiao.

Lu Xiao lowered his head and touched his forehead with his: "Baby, if you want me to come, I will come."

Shen Ci choked up at these words.

"Then..." Then why did you leave without saying goodbye a few days ago?

Shen Ci felt a dull pain in his stomach, and the more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt.

He tightened his grip on the bed sheet, his wet deer eyes gradually filled with tears, his soft rosy lips were bitten to a pale color, and Shen Ci held back his tears.

“You, you…”

He choked and cried out a few times, his eyes became blurred with mist, and a sour and tender pain gradually filled his heart.

Tears of grievance finally fell, and Shen Ci couldn't help sobbing.

Shen Ci's sudden tears made Lu Xiao panic. He hugged her in his arms and kissed her red, hot and wet eyes.

The hot tears tasted salty and bitter, and the bitterness penetrated into Lu Xiao's heart.

"What's wrong, baby? I won't leave. Stop crying."

Shen Ci used his hands and feet to hold Lu Xiao tightly, and soon broke down and cried loudly, crying without any care and crying wildly and grief-stricken.

"Wuwuwu, you liar! You just want to leave..."

"If I don't agree, will you abandon me? Then is it okay if I agree? Wuwuwu..."

"Why did you suddenly leave me?"

“…”

Lu Xiao patted his back to comfort him, but Shen Ci was in a state of complete breakdown, and his thunderous cries echoed throughout the hospital corridor.

No matter how Lu Xiao comforted and explained, Shen Ci was in an unreasonable state of "I don't want to listen, I don't want to listen". Lu Xiao had no choice but to lift his chin and use a strong kiss to stop Shen Ci's crying.

Roll, entwine, control.

Lu Xiao slowly pushed the frozen man onto the bed, interlocked his fingers with his, and continued the long kiss passionately.

When she let go, Lu Xiao couldn't help but give her a few tender kisses again. The soft and tender touch tempted him to invade again.

Shen Ci panted heavily and looked at Lu Xiao with tears on his face.

Lu Xiao kissed the tears from his eyes and said in a low voice: "Baby, I take back my request to you that night."

"I can't accept that there is another person who can treat you like this."

"I also can't accept that my baby only treats me as a close elder and the contact is limited to hugging."

The fire in Lu Xiao's eyes was determined to win: "I belong to the baby, so the baby can only be mine."

Shen Ci stared at Lu Xiao blankly, forgetting to continue making trouble. When he came to his senses, his face turned red.

He struggled a few times, and Lu Xiao chuckled and let go, slowly and methodically straightening his shirt.

Shen Ci hugged his knees and buried his face like an ostrich, his heart in turmoil.

Lu Xiao stroked his hair and added in a gentle voice: "I am chasing my baby, and I will not stop until my baby can see clearly his own heart."

Shen Ci's fingers curled up nervously, and after a while he uttered a muffled "hmm".

He didn't know what true love was like, but he knew that he couldn't leave Lu Xiao anymore, and would be distracted by everything related to Lu Xiao.

Is this what we call "love"?

"But——" Lu Xiao deliberately dragged out the voice, and Shen Ci's heart was immediately tense.

Lu Xiao held his face in his hands and said, "I came all this way to accompany the baby, so I should get some reward, right?"

Reward... They have already kissed, Lu Xiao wouldn't want to take it a step further, right? That's how it's played out on TV.

Shen Ci's head was dizzy from the heat and he felt like a cooked shrimp. Should he agree?

He's not ready yet, and doesn't know how to do it. But if it were Lu Xiao... he would teach him gently, right?

"Kiss me." Lu Xiao leaned close to Shen Ci's ear and bit his earlobe, causing an electric current to flow up his spine.

"Ah?" Was it just a kiss?

Lu Xiao raised his eyebrows: "What?"

Shen Ci shook his head desperately, feeling extremely ashamed of his rude thoughts just now.

In his heart, he scolded himself for having a head full of yellow garbage, and at the same time reminded himself to be reserved, to be reserved!

The redness on his face spread from the tips of his ears to his neck. Shen Ci took a deep breath and moved over. He quickly pecked Lu Xiao on the cheek, then shrank back into a ball.

Lu Xiao touched the place where he was kissed and smiled helplessly: "Is that it?"

Of course that's the case. If they really kiss on the mouth, what if he is the first to ejaculate?

He hasn't sorted out his feelings yet, so he can't be so casual...

Shen Ci gave up and said, "No matter what! This is the only way now!"

Lu Xiao smiled dotingly: "Okay, I'll listen to you, baby."

Now that I have made up my mind to get Shen Ci, everything is just a matter of time.

"...Sir, you can't go in!"

"Security! Security! Stop this gentleman!"

"Get out of here!"

There was a commotion outside the door and Lu Xiao frowned.

With a "bang", the door was pushed open forcefully, and a tall man wearing sunglasses waved away the bodyguards that were clinging to him and strode over.

The strange man took off his sunglasses and swept his gaze over the two of them, finally stopping at Shen Ci.

Shen Ci's eyes widened in surprise. This, this, this—it’s Director Min Shoubei!

Lu Xiao stood up with a frown on his face, and put Shen Ci behind him, with an obvious protective look on his face.

"Get out of here." Min Shoubei said coldly and rudely.

The smile on Lu Xiao's lips deepened, but his eyes became colder. He stood there in silence, confronting Min Shoubei, who also had a strong aura.

Shen Ci was afraid that they would start fighting, so he carefully stuck his head out and said, "Um, Director Min, what are you doing..."

"Heh." Min Shoubei tilted his head expressionlessly: "I'm your father."

Lu Xiao: “…”

Shen Ci: “???”

What's going on? You're taking advantage of others as soon as you come here!