When Fu Shen found Tang Zhou, the young man was crouching against the wall, just like a homeless stray cat. His light brown eyes stared blankly at the camphor trees by the side of the road, radiating a sense of bewilderment.
Fu Shen’s suddenly softened a bit.
He walked up towards Tang Zhou, his tall figure blocking the sunlight. Perhaps it was due to the warmth of the spring sun, but his expression looked very gentle.
“Get in the car.”
Tang Zhou, using his hands to support his knees, stood up. As he took a step forward, a tingling sensation swept through his calves, and he stumbled forward.
Luckily, Fu Shen’s eyes and hands were quick and caught him in time.
Tang Zhou’s legs felt numb, so he could only lean on Fu Shen to prevent himself from falling to the ground.
Fu Shen helplessly wrapped his arm around his waist. “How long have you been squatting there?”
“I don’t know.”
Tang Zhou’s eyebrows furrowed slightly due to the sudden numbness. Unable to endure it, he could only hold Fu Shen with one hand and rub his calf with the other.
Pedestrians passed by, casting ambiguous glances, but Fu Shen ignored them all.
He helped Tang Zhou to a camphor tree, where Tang Zhou leaned against the trunk while Fu Shen crouched down and reached for Tang Zhou’s calf.
“What are you doing!”
Tang Zhou was startled, and due to the numbness in his legs, he couldn’t move. He could only stare at Fu Shen with two frightened eyes.
Fu Shen remained silent, ruthlessly pressing and pinching down.
“Hiss—”
Tang Zhou inhaled sharply; it was both painful and refreshing.
Fu Shen paused for a moment, then continued to relieve him.
Through the thin casual pants, the warm palm vividly outlined his well-proportioned and slender legs.
Leaning against the tree, Tang Zhou, from his perspective, could only see the back of Fu Shen’s head and the wheat-colored nape. The hands holding his legs were long and powerful, radiating a reliable warmth through the fabric.
He had experienced numbness in his legs before, but never had he received care from others like this.
As his legs gradually recovered, Tang Zhou remained silent.
Fu Shen estimated that it was about time and asked, looking up, “Can you walk?”
The fragmented golden sunlight filtered through the gaps in the leaves, falling into his amber eyes like brilliant shooting stars in the sky—beautiful yet fleeting.
Tang Zhou came to his senses and replied faintly, “Hmm, thank you.”
The two of them sat in the car.
“What happened to your hand?” Fu Shen turned to look at his slightly red and swollen knuckles.
Tang Zhou fastened his seatbelt and casually replied, “Beat up a scumbag.”
He didn’t want to elaborate, and Fu Shen didn’t press further, starting the car and merging into the traffic.
Not far away was the Tang Corporation. If he guessed correctly, Tang Zhou should have gone to the company earlier. As for who ended up beaten, it wasn’t much of a secret and should be easy to find out.
However, Tang Zhou didn’t seem like such an impulsive person.
Seeing that Tang Zhou was not in the mood to discuss it, Fu Shen didn’t push and shifted to a more neutral topic, “What’d you like to eat tonight?”
Tang Zhou didn’t have much appetite, but being with Fu Shen felt good. A sudden picture flashed in his mind, causing a slight curl of his lips.
“It’s almost evening,” he sighed without adding much context, then added, “Osmanthus dumplings are quite nice.”
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.
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Tang Zhou nodded in agreement.
It’s about a ten minutes’ walk from the school entrance to the male dormitory building.
It was the weekend, so there weren’t as many students on campus as usual, but they still encountered several along the way.
As one of the top figures at Jiang University, Tang Zhou has always attracted attention.
Fu Shen is not far behind, and the two of them are handsome in different styles. If one were to compare them, it wouldn’t be easy to determine who’s superior.
However, Fu Shen comes from a less privileged background, attracting less attention compared to Tang Zhou.
Tang Zhou was lost in thought, paying no attention to the gazes around him.
Fu Shen was busy messaging the group chat, paying no mind to the curious eyes fixed on him.
Fu Shen: 【Tang is coming soon. If you have smelly socks, hurry up and stash them.】
Pi Xiu: 【Damn! How much time do we have left?!!!】
Fu Shen: 【Five minutes.】
Li Fengyu: 【Fuck!】
Liang Chen: 【Why is he coming over all of a sudden?】
Because of the project, none of them have gone home or had any fun. They are already living the life of going bald before graduating.
Fu Shen: 【Mr. Tang is inspecting the progress.】
Liang Chen: 【……】
Fu Shen raised his lips, glanced at Tang Zhou, who seemed lost in thought ahead, and then lowered his head to send a message.
Fu Shen: 【Did the street food stalls open last night?】
He was concerned the street food stalls might not be opened this weekend, so he specifically asked.
Liang Chen: 【Yes, they did. Why?】
Fu Shen: 【Nothing. How are they doing with their stinky socks?】
As soon as the message was sent, a voice came from nearby: “Have you seen the news?”
Fu Shen stopped walking, “Hmm?”
Tang Zhou had just turned his head and saw Fu Shen bowing down to send a message, revealing a smile that seemed like he was in love, and he couldn’t help but interrupt him.
He was aware that Fu Shen didn’t fall in love after he became President Fu, but he didn’t know if Fu Shen had dated before becoming President Fu.
“A girl was playing with her phone, and her leg got stuck in the sewer.”
Fu Shen: “…My legs aren’t that thin.”
Tang Zhou subconsciously looked at his legs—long, straight, and with smooth lines that looked slender in the loose-fitting pants.
His legs were well-shaped and very proportionate.
Tang Zhou turned around, “Don’t play with your phone when you’re walking.”
Fu Shen smiled and put his phone into his pants pocket, “Hmm, I won’t play anymore.”
Thinking about the sensation in his hands when he was helping Tang Zhou with the numbness in his legs, Fu Shen’s gaze couldn’t help but fall on Tang Zhou’s legs, which were much more thiner than his own.
Fu Shen’s dormitory was on the fifth floor, and since both of them were not weak in terms of physical strength, climbing those five floors was an easy task.
This was Tang Zhou’s first time visiting someone’s dormitory, and it was a freshman’s dormitory, and he found it somewhat novel.
The door to the dormitory was wide open.
“Tang Shen!” A guy wearing a Pikachu hoodie stood at the door, excitedly welcoming him, “Welcome, welcome!”
Tang Zhou: “……”
He had never seen someone so enthusiastic.
The visible confusion on Tang Zhou’s face made Fu Shen’s eyes fill with increasing amusement. He caught Tang Zhou’s slender wrist and whispered, “Come in.”
Tang Zhou stepped into the male dormitory, looking around, finding it cleaner and tidier than he had imagined.
The door closed behind him, cutting off the empty corridor, leaving only the narrow and lively space in front.
Beds above, desks below, four simple chairs arranged in four directions, and each desk set had a notebook.
Fatty emerged from the bathroom, using a stainless steel lunchbox to hold freshly washed grapes. He kindly brought it over and handed it to Tang Zhou, saying, “Tang Shen, have some grapes!”
Tang Zhou: “……”
Under Li Fengyu’s expectant eyes, Tang Zhou picked one grape and said gently, “Thank you.”
Sensing his discomfort, Fu Shen took the grapes from Li Fengyu, casually placed them on the table, and asked the three, “Have you eaten dinner yet?”
“Nope,” Liang Chen suggested, “Let’s wait for the night market to open and eat together?”
“Yeah, yeah, yeah, we’ll eat some skewers together later and Tang Shen can join us!” Pixiu hastily agreed.
Li Fengyu nodded, “It’s been a while since we’ve had barbecue. Let’s buy some beer.”
Fu Shen had no objections, so all four looked at Tang Zhou.
Due to his status, Tang Zhou had never eaten skewers or drunk on the street stalls, but seeing that several people were eager to do so, he was influenced by the atmosphere and couldn’t help but feel a bit excited. “Sure, let’s go for skewers together.”
Pi Xiu clapped his hands, “I’ll go buy some beer later.”
Fu Shen shook his head, “Buy less. Senior Tang drove here, and he doesn’t drink.”
Thinking about Tang Zhou’s alcohol tolerance, he didn’t dare to let Tang Zhou drink again. Otherwise, Tang Shen’s lifelong reputation might be ruined by alcohol.
Tang Zhou also remembered his embarrassing state after getting drunk and nodded with a faint smile, “Hmm, I won’t drink.”
No one insisted.
It was still early before the night market opened, and Liang Chen suggested, “Why don’t we discuss the project together?”
Everyone turned to look at Tang Zhou again.
Tang Zhou spoke seriously, “I’ve discussed it with Fu Shen before. Let him talk about it.”
To be honest, Fu Shen definitely deserves a lot of credit for Deep Blue’s future development and success. Tang Zhou was self-aware; he didn’t understand games, didn’t know the gaming market, and had absolutely no reason to get involved in these matters.
Fu Shen didn’t decline either and spoke eloquently. This game project was the result of his several years of conceptualization in his mind, and his concept of this project was already mature, so when he spoke about it, there was no hint of hesitation in his voice.
Some professional aspects Tang Zhou didn’t quite understand, like the game’s architecture were patiently explained by Fu Shen and the others. Even though the explanations didn’t have a significant effect, it didn’t stop him from finding it very interesting.
From childhood to adulthood, his grandfather’s education had always emphasized not losing ambition to trivial pursuits. Tang Zhou wasn’t even allowed to play with dolls, let alone online games.
If you never had exposure, you wouldn’t develop an interest. Now that he was getting in contact with it, he felt like wanting to try it.
“Is the game really fun?” he asked.
Seeing his interest, Pi Xiu immediately got more enthusiastic. “Tang Shen, you’ll know if it’s fun once you play. Whether it’s good or not depends on the person. How about you give it a try?”
He turned on the computer and entered the game client as he spoke.
Tang Zhou glanced at the two words ‘Xiayuan’.
Pi Xiu enthusiastically introduced him to the game, even controlling his character to kill monsters, level up, and complete tasks.
It was a virtual world without the interference of the real world, truly a good place to relax both physically and mentally.
Tang Zhou became more and more interested, even trying to manipulate the character to perform various actions on his own.
Li Fengyu also joined the ranks of those who were corrupting Tang Shen, and the three of them had a lot of fun.
Fu Shen’s chair was taken by Tang Zhou, and he leaned against the wardrobe, his gaze falling on Tang Zhou’s profile.
His skin was fair, and his eyes were gleaming.
Very good-looking.
Liang Chen walked over and patted his shoulder. “Want to go outside for a talk?”
Fu Shen followed him to the hallway.
“Something’s wrong?”
Liang Chen looked serious. “Shen Ge, I’ve always wanted to ask, are the photos on the forum real?”
“What photos?”
Liang Chen cleared his throat. “The ones with you and Senior Tang.”
Fu Shen froze slightly, “What are you trying to say?”
“We are worried that, because of the shares’ matter, you and Senior Tang…”
Fu Shen: “…You guys are overthinking it.”
First of all, regardless of whether he was willing or not, Tang Zhou would definitely not use money to do such things. At most, he would ask him to be his shield.
Thinking about being a shield, there was an inexplicable feeling of blockage in his heart.
Fu Shen shook off the messy emotions and said seriously, “It’s just a life assistant, clean up the junk in your heads.”
Liang Chen breathed a sigh of relief. He didn’t even ask why the two were holding hands in the photos. Since Fu Shen had denied it, there was no need for him to say more.
“Yeah, I’ll make sure they clean it up.”
Fu Shen knew they were worried about him, so he didn’t dwell on this topic. Hearing the sounds of passionate and angry fighting coming from inside, he said, “The night market is about to open; let’s go down together.”
Otherwise, someone might end up “corrupted.”
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Ty everyone reading! Also thank u all very much for the comments, I appreciate them very much!!
Haha today I was kinda busy so I couldn’t update until quite late at night today :,) but here we are!!
Anyways, I hope you like the chapter a lot! Feedback is always appreaciated hehe and I hope you all have a nice weekend 
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Fu Shen “protecting” Tang Zhou’s image but rlly he just wants to monopolize drunk Tang 🤣 thank you so much for the chapter!
I am really enjoying this story ✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧
Thanks for the chapter..
The chapter is good :3 Thank you for your hard work!
Aku ingin memberi TZ hal-hal baik di dunia ini>< TZ sangat manis dan berharga!!