Although summer nights have cool breezes, it is difficult to alleviate the oppressive heat. The drape of the veil on the floor reflected the shadows of the trees outside the window, and an occasional rustle of leaves and branches instantly deafened the cicadas.
Shen Liang had fallen asleep at some point, his breathing steady and prolonged.
Shao Qinhan opened his eyes in the dark night. He had no feeling of sleep, but in his heart, he knew vaguely that it was not the same insomnia he had experienced in the past. He looked at his right hand, which was particularly conspicuous with the gauze wrapped around it.
It was as if the pain suddenly appeared out of the darkness of the night, leaking silently, slowly penetrating the muscles. The pain was slowly intensifying like a chronic poison, clamoring to split flesh and blood into pieces.
Today Shen Liang asked him if it hurt.
It was not that Shao Qinhan didn’t feel the pain… it was no use whether it hurt or not…
There were only two people in this world who had said this to Shao Qinhan; one was his mother who died in vain, and the other was Shen Liang.
It was not Shen Yan who looked warm and calm, but Shen Liang…
This name is cold but feels warm when pronounced.
Just when Shao Qinhan was lost in thought, Shen Liang perhaps felt stuffy, and suddenly pulled his hands away, turned over in a daze, hugged the pillow, and continued sleeping.
“…”
Seeing this, Shao Qinhan narrowed his eyes, suddenly a little unhappy. He pulled Shen Liang to look at him and then forcibly placed the other hand on his waist before he was satisfied.
Shen Liang in his dreams, felt like he was hugging a big stove, his voice was sleepy, and frowned and muttered, “It’s fucking hot…”
Shao Qianhan closed his eyes, pretending not to listen.
Shen Liang instinctively searched for something cool, groped in the darkness with one hand, touching Shao Qinhan to the point of blushing, finally landed on his cold face, and satisfied, pressed and rubbed it twice.
Shen Liang made himself comfortable and did not move.
Shao Qinhan touched Shen Liang’s nose with his own. But as if he had been pinned down, his back stiffened, even his breathing stopped, and it took a while before he slowly relaxed.
The night can be cold and lonely, but it can also be warm and loving. The moment the air was plunged into silence, the System suddenly emitted a very faint sound.
[Ding! The villain’s blackening has dropped to 49%!]
Shen Liang rubbed his nose itchily, not listening to it.
[Ding! The villain’s blackening has reduced to 48%!]
Shen Liang was dreaming of dog blood, and he still heard nothing.
[Ding! The villain’s blackening has dropped to 47%]
Shen Liang didn’t know who he was holding in his arms, he just thought he was dreaming, touching and rubbing, taking advantage of the person.
Shao Qinhan’s degree of blackening inexplicably decreased, which also caused Shen Liang to wake up the next day in a bewildered state. He scratched his head and asked System suspiciously, “Do you have any virus, why do I remember that the blackening level seemed to be at 50% yesterday?”
In System’s world, you have a virus = you’re sick.
System bit back: [You’re the one with a virus, your whole family has a virus!]
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
In Shen Liang’s eyes, System was like a grade school chicken, so there was no real need to peck at him. Anyway, perhaps Shao Qinhan was angry yesterday, but when his anger subsided in the evening, the degree of blackening decreased.
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System was a bit surprised: [What do you plan to do again?]
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That’s right, Shen Liang intended to cut the official CP again.
System felt that this novel had surpassed its imagination in terms of dog blood, making people want to say something, but there was nowhere to say it, choking them to death.
[Why XXOO when you get drunk?]
“Oh.” Shen Liang said with a calm face, “Because alcohol has aphrodisiacs.”
These days, if you don’t write the cheerful section, do you have the nerve to call it dog blood with a rich man?
System acutely grasped the point: [Cheerful section?]
Shen Liang, “Well, sex.”
System: […]
Shao Qinhan probably went to work today anyway, he didn’t see anyone early in the morning. But hey, whoever was CEO didn’t have anything to do at home every day.
Shen Liang took the time to call Shen Yan. He first expressed his deep sympathy for what happened yesterday, and then said nice things about Shao Qinhan, before going to the topic, “Brother, do you have time this Saturday?”
Shen Yan, who had calmed down a bit after last night, hesitantly said, “Our Class President said he was arranging a gathering, so he might not be free.”
Shen Liang was waiting for his words, so he played dumb and said, “A gathering? What gathering?”
Shen Yan said, “I’ve never been to one either, it’s probably a group of people getting together for dinner, mainly to meet new people.”
Shen Liang said with wide eyes, “Can you take me? I don’t know anyone here, I can only stay at home all day, it’s too boring.”
Staying at home, eating and drinking, and not having to work was the ultimate dream of a rice worm, only a fool would find it boring. What he said was against his will.
Shen Yan didn’t doubt him, thought about it for a moment, and agreed, “Come if you want to. I don’t think our Class President will mind, I will send you the address of the meeting later.”
Shen Liang: “En, I won’t bother you anymore.”
He hung up after saying that, crossed his legs, and sat down firmly, which made people feel that victory was in his hands.
The rice plan cooked to perfection officially begins!
System always thought he would fail again, but the words of reminder that came to his mouth were swallowed with difficulty. Forget it, failure is the mother of success. Shen Liang can fail and then succeed.
In the evening, when Shao Qinhan came out of work, he saw Shen Liang sitting on the sofa playing as soon as he came in the door. He changed his shoes expressionlessly and walked toward him.
When Shen Liang heard the movement of the door, he looked up unconsciously and, seeing that it was Shao Qinhan, immediately put away the cell phone…
It was a psychological shadow that had been cast.
Shen Liang asked him, “What did you do today?”
Ordinary white-collar workers would be a little disheveled coming home from work, and although Shao Qinhan was the CEO, it seemed that he was not exempt from it. He settled back on the sofa, reached up to loosen his tie, and said, “Work.”
Shen Liang raised his eyebrows and asked a very silly question, “Does the CEO also need to work?”
In his dog-blooded mind, the CEO just needs to crush people with money, fall in love and shake hands every day.
Shao Qinhan smiled at his words and threw him a glare, saying in a cold tone, “Where do you get the money to spend if I don’t go to work?”
This sentence always sounded strange.
Only when Shao Qinhan spoke did he sense that something was wrong, but it was too late to take it back. He was caught off guard and met Shen Liang’s eyes with a mocking smile, and his face flushed.
Shen Liang was puzzled into silence, thinking why Shao Qinhan blushed again. He didn’t know what to think and said, “Come to a place with me on Saturday.”
Shao Qinhan’s tone was displeased, “No.”
Shen Liang, “Why?”
Shao Qinhan, “No reason.”
Shen Liang thought; I do it for your sake, you will be at a disadvantage if you don’t go, “That place is fun.”
The last time they went to a bar, he said the same thing, but Shao Qinhan ended up overturning the car and didn’t even recognize his mother.
Shao Qinhan frowned, “I said I won’t go.”
Shen Liang used a murderous tactic, “My brother will also go, are you sure you don’t want to go?”
Shao Qinhan didn’t even flinch, “No.”
Shen Liang smiled like a little fox, and persuaded him, “Come~”
System discovered that Shen Liang was an explicitly flirtatious, bright, dark, and secretly bitchy person.
Shao Qinhan did not expect this action, his body stiffened and then shook his hand like an electric shock, “I said I won’t go.”
Shen Liang thought to himself it’s obvious that you want to go, why are you pretending? Shen Yan was also there, he didn’t think the other party was indifferent. He patted his butt and got up from the sofa, “If you don’t say anything, I will take it as a yes…”
Shao Qinhan frowned slightly and looked at Shen Liang, “What exactly do you want to do?”
Always took him to inexplicable places and said inexplicable things.
And then bothered him…
Shen Liang thought to himself that Shao Qinhan had not lost his memory.
Seeing that Nanny Zhang was still cooking, he patted his chest and lowered his voice to assure him, “Don’t worry, if I say I will help you with my brother, I definitely will.”
As soon as the word is uttered, the horse is hard to follow.
For unknown reasons, Shao Qinhan felt inexplicably more annoyed. He took off his tie with a cold expression and went straight up the stairs.
Shen Liang called out to him, “Hey, aren’t you eating?”
What he got in response was the sound of Shao Qinhan’s door slamming loudly, so loud that it seemed the whole house shook twice.
Nanny Zhang was startled and hurriedly poked her head out of the kitchen, “Xiao Shen, what’s wrong?”
She probably thought there was an earthquake.
“… Nothing.” Said Shen Liang. It’s just someone who was sick again.
Emotions are somewhat elusive and frightening. For example, Shao Qinhan, his mood was always so erratic that he couldn’t even find the cause. He just felt something blocking his heart, and it was uncomfortable.
He sat on the floor, opened a drawer, and took out a bottle of pills from it, whose capsules rattled.
Shao Qinhan had been taking pills every day for a long time, but for some reason, this time he did not open them.
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door.
“Are you inside?”
It was Shen Liang.
Shao Qinhan calmly put the pills away again, and just after he closed the drawer, Shen Liang had already entered uninvited. He was carrying a tray with Nanny Zhang’s food.
Seeing this, Shao Qinhan vaguely guessed something and sat on the floor motionless.
Shen Liang put the tray on the table, “Get up, have a few bites.”
Shao Qinhan bowed his head and looked away, “I don’t want to eat.”
Shen Liang thought to himself; you keep having tantrums. Now, inexplicably, he had a fatherly feeling, bowed and squatted in front of Shao Qinhan, and clenched his fist, “When you didn’t eat as a child, did your parents beat you?”
Shao Qinhan, “…Never.”
Shen Liang, “Why?”
Shao Qinhan did not speak, he looked at him silently, his gaze bottomless, after a moment, he suddenly smiled, “They are dead.”
His tone was light, with a strange joy.
“They died long ago…”
The author has something to say:
Shen Liang: I am a pro in dog blood!
Shen Liang how are you an author yet you don’t even realise SQ’s little crush on you 😂
+1 LMAO XD
+2
I get confused in their name sometimes >~<
So what I want to say, in my opinion, it would be best if mc started just… teaching him! You know, guiding him and explaining him how he should express his emotions instead of using violence or by burying it inside. It would be good if he helped SQ understand that it’s impossible to force someone’s feelings.
Of course, the best scenario would be to start a therapy, but many people like SQ don’t believe they deserve help and it’s hard to convince them to go on a therapy, so it’s better for him to slowly open up and then think about it.