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Chapter 107
The evening breeze blew over with a bit of coolness.
Jian Shiwu took Shen Cheng home. On the way, his heart was beating like thunder. He was calm on the outside, but his heart was agitated. Shen Cheng's words were still in his ears.
He could not believe what he had heard. All along, in his heart, Shen Cheng had been more like a, somewhat high up heavenly god, a figure in the clouds, because he was the male lead, because he was an unreachable existence for many people, he did not expect, such a person actually said: I have no confidence in myself.
But also, inexplicably, it seemed to have brought the distance between them closer.
In the past, it felt like there was an invisible veil between them, but now, this veil seemed to have been lifted and was much more transparent, and he didn't feel disgusted, but rather happy.
...
"Creak."
The door opened.
Jian Shiwu took Shen Cheng's hand and came in a little sneakily, he pointed to the cupboard in the entrance hall and said, "The change of shoes is there, you sit on the sofa for a while, I’ll go to the kitchen and get you dumplings."
Shen Cheng: "I'll go with you."
Jian Shiwu hurriedly said, "No, no, you can just wait here."
He didn't even know what he was being guilty about, to say that it wasn't that Shen Cheng hadn't come to the house before, but that was all as a friend, this was the first time that two people were standing here after starting to date, inexplicably it was like sneaking a boyfriend home.
After rummaging around in the kitchen for awhile, he found the dumplings, opened the lid and because they were already cold, put them in the microwave and briefly warmed them up before coming out with a plate and waved at Shen Cheng, "It's ready."
He had been gently reining in his movements, but he hadn't expected to be discovered anyway.
From the third floor came Zhen Meili's voice: "Jian, what are you doing?"
Jane Shiwu stiffened and looked up, only to meet her mother's death stare right at the railing; Zhen Meili had probably just come out of the gym, dressed in a gym suit and still wiping off sweat; the woman looked to the side and broke into a smile, "Ah, Shen Cheng is here?"
She came downstairs, walked up to the two kids and said, "You didn't even say anything when you came."
Jian Shiwu was inexplicably nervous, but Shen Cheng seemed to have known for a long time that there would be such a hurdle. The outer jacket of the suit was already put on, and he bowed in a regular manner to say hello: "Auntie, excuse me."
Zhen Mei Mei smiled and said, "Not bothered, did you come for Jian?"
"Mm."
Shen Cheng stood straight, opened his mouth and said, "I came to see him to apologize."
Jian Shiwu was slightly surprised and turned to look at the man beside him. He didn't expect that he would actually show his attitude to his mother so frankly.
Zhen Meilie’s smile widened, and her tone was much more relaxed: "I’ll just say it, there is nothing that can't be communicated well, you are still young, and the road ahead is still long, Shen Cheng, this one’s brains died when young, he’ll make you worry."
Shen Cheng stood in front of Jian Shiwu, like a solid and reliable mountain, and smiled and said, "You've said too much, he's fine."
"It's also my fault this time." Shen Cheng looked down at Jian Shiwu and whispered, "I won't do it again."
The company's employees all had to be respectful to Mr. Shen, and even he had to maintain 12 points of respect for his superiors, but now in private, the noble and cool Mr. Shen had to bend his back when he came to his mother-in-law.
However, parents in this world are always thinking about their children, just like the mother-in-law no matter how bad her daughter is, she also hopes that her son-in-law can love her child. Now that they know that the two have quarreled, the man's attitude seems very important.
Zhen Meili smiled and said, "You young people, just figure it out, we won't get involved."
"Jian, what did you bring?" Zhen Meili looked at her son who looked like a little wife, and said sternly: "You can’t give Shen Cheng just this to eat, ah."
Jane Shiwu was named, he held the dumpling, just about to refute his grievances , Shen Cheng at his side opened his mouth, "It's what I want to eat."
Like he was very protective of his own cub.
Zhen Meili was satisfied and relieved with her son-in-law's performance, she said, "That won't do either, how can you get satisfied from only this, stop fooling around, ah, Jian, go and heat up the dishes."
Shen Cheng was just about to open his mouth when Zhen Meili said again, "The wind is picking up outside, it's expected to rain tonight, so Shen Cheng, don't go, there's a guest room at home."
Shen Cheng met Zhen Meili's smiling eyes and nodded slowly, "I'll intrude then."
After the final decision was made, Zhen Meili did not disturb the young people's time together, simply instructed how to steam some dishes and went upstairs. Jian Shiwu had planned to heat them up himself, but because she was really too clumsy, the job of heating up the food ended up falling on Shen Cheng.
The man said to him, "Just go and stay outside."
Jian Shiwu said, "You don't think I'm stupid?"
Shen Cheng twisted his head to look at him, "Aren’t you?"
Jian Shiwu choked.
In a trance, it was as if he had gone back to his previous life, the night he was dumbfounded by such words in the kitchen, and instantly lost all enthusiasm.
The man who had filled the steamer looked back at him and said, "You're not good at this in the first place, so if you hurt yourself, it won't be worth it."
Jian’s eyes widened, "How could I be that stupid."
"Is that so?" Shen Cheng stood by the stove, as if to remind him, "When you were in second year you forgot you were cutting vegetables and hurt your right thumb."
"......"
Eight hundred years ago you remember things so well.
At the same time with some little helplessness, Jian Shiwu reacted to one more thing. A smile gradually appeared on his fair little face, the eyes were bright, he looked up at Shen Cheng and said, "Then you feel heartache for me?"
He vaguely remembered that day in his previous life, in order to make those dishes well, his hand added on a few wounds, in the past, he did not dare to ask about such guesses.
But now, it was Shen Cheng's show of love that gave him courage.
The man standing by the stove inclined his face to look at him, the man's side face cold, he had put on the home light blue apron, the faint kitchen smoke wrapped him in a layer of smoke and fire, he looked at Jian Shiwu gaze with a gaze of helplessness: "Why do you say so."
No retort, is the default.
Jian Shiwu's heart seemed to explode with small fireworks. He pursed his lips and tried to suppress his smile, but his sweet emotions still showed from his curved eyebrows. He looked at the man who was busy in the kitchen. In the same way, Shen Cheng was packing his things, but his mood was completely different.
Until Shen Cheng sat down to eat, he was still smiling. It was actually just a meal, a very boring thing, but he found it interesting just watching from the side.
Shen Cheng was peeling dumplings, long fingers slowly and methodically unraveling the threads, obviously just eating ordinary food, but the man's posture elegantly sitting there looked like he was in a Michelin restaurant.
Jian Shiwu waited for him to take a bite before asking, "How was it, was it good?"
Shen Cheng blandly: "Not bad."
"Oh ......"
Jian Shiwu played with the rope of the dumpling, suddenly remembered and said, "At that night you called me so many calls and sent messages but I did not answer, aren’t you angry?"
Shen Cheng quietly peeled the dumplings and said in a deep voice: "No."
Jian Shiwu's hand trembled and the flower rope fell apart, his eyes warmed and he looked at Shen Cheng: "Why"
Shen Cheng gave him a deep look, "Aren't you not angry with me either?”
At first, Jian Shiwu thought he was talking about dumplings, but looking at Shen Cheng's deep eyes, he thought deeply. He seems to be talking about the four years he hadn't heard from him.
Shen Cheng withdrew his gaze: "No need to think about it, I’m not going to be angry with you."
It was a promise of sorts, not a very serious vow or promise, but it was somehow reassuring.
He was much more relaxed, his face unconsciously smiling as he asked him, "You won't be angry with me, what if I am angry with you, but even if I’m ignoring you tonight, I’ll still be at work tomorrow, why did you keep waiting outside, it's the same if you talked to me tomorrow."
Shen Cheng put the dumplings down, glanced faintly at the smiling person and opened his mouth, "I’m not going to wait until tomorrow."
Shen Cheng looked at him, this time his gaze was much more solemn, and the man spoke in a deep voice: "If you are feeling sad, I’m not going to let you spend the night alone with such a mood, no matter how late it is, I’ll come."
It was like a light blow to the heart, he had a momentary inability to return to his senses, all the words could not describe the mood at this moment, he pursed his lips, only to feel his eyes were a little moist.
He is so nice.
I really like Shen Cheng.
The tip of his heart was hot, and he raised his eyes to see the man's handsome face, wanting to pounce on him and kiss him, but feeling too reserved, and finally his ears turned red and he couldn't sit still.
Jian Shiwu stood up and said, "I'm, I'm going upstairs to take a shower first!"
The voice was a bit loud, Shen Cheng looked at him rather unexpectedly and nodded: "Go ahead."
When he came out of his room, he put on a simple pajama t-shirt, and when found Jian Zicheng downstairs talking with Shen Cheng.
The two men who had been through a lot together so they had a lot of topics in common, and now that the relationship was a little closer, the conversation was even more livelt. Seeing that they were chatting happily, Jian Shiwu took to his own device.
"Ding dong."
The charged phone rang a few times.
He went over to open WeChat, it was Lui Heng, probably meaning that since the incident of Zuoqiu asked, his Weibo fans have increased a lot, and he should also send a selfie, edit some Weibo or something to give back to fans.
Lui Heng: "We are after all not the kind of artist who is when popular because there are no works. Use the current topic degree to tie the hearts of the fans, you are still recording variety show so you can only send some selfies first, wait for the end of this month when it is over. Then we can take other work, will be busy, first to give you a heads up, I've got ads and endorsements for you and all kinds of notices lined up for the end of the year, so you'll be busy."
Jian Shiwu said, "I know, it's okay I’m not afraid of being busy, it's just that I have some pictures in your hands, so you can help me pick a few."
"How can that be the same!" Lui Heng said in a tone of a rustic old man, "What era is it now, what people want to see is not that kind of finely retouched pictures anymore, but life photos, close to life selfies, don't you know, then you can go and look at Jin Zhe ah, Sun Liman and others."
Jian Shiwu: "I’ll take a look."
He has never been one to ignore advice, and since Lui Heng said so, he went to search and found that his colleagues' microblogs were really colourful, not only sharing food and drink, but also taking extremely beautiful selfies, with Sun Liman showing off her figure and cuteness, and Jin Zhe likewise, smiling with two small tiger teeth, which was very endearing.
Jian Shiwu commented, "They're so good at taking pictures."
"That's not the point." Lui Heng said, "The point is look at them, all are life photos, how good they are at showing their strengths ah you take some photos of yourself working, and then do not dress too formal, too strict, just wear some home casual clothes, appropriately reveal a little, that’s what fans like, want to see."
Since the fans and the public like it, he can't say anything: "Got it, I’ll shoot it later, I'll send it to you when I'm done, you help me choose a few too."
Only then was Lui Heng satisfied.
After Jian Shiwu hung up the phone he opened up the front camera on his phone. He had been eating healthily in recent years and hadn't slacked off on his fitness, so his skin and body management was fine, even without makeup, it wasn't unsightly under the lens and came with a point of beauty.
He moved forward to the office desk, raised his head and smiled at the camera, the sunny and healthy young man in the phone was very nice in the light, remembering that Luu Heng told him not to be too moderate and not too dull, Jian Shiwu hesitated and made a v pose with his left hand, because of the angle the picture did reveal more, the white and delicate collarbone seemed to glow in the light, he pressed the shutter button.
He was just about to see how the shot went when a voice came from behind him, "What are you doing."
This voice was a bit sudden, and Shiwu almost couldn't hold the phone and dropped it, he didn't know what he was panicking about, he turned around somewhat hastily to see it was Shen Cheng. Holding the phone in surprise: "When did you get here?"
"Just arrived."
Shen Cheng walked over, the man was tall and looked at him from a high position: "Taking a selfie."
"Mmm." Jian Shiwu wondered if he had seen it and said softly, "To post on Weibo, I just took one, I don't know how it is."
Shen Cheng offered a suggestion, "Take a few more shots, then you can pick."
Jian Shiwu: "That's what I’m thinking too."
Then he saw Shen Cheng reach out his hand and lift his T-shirt upwards, and if it weren't for the lack of a jacket, Jian Shiwu suspected he might had brought it over to cover him, and whispered, "Okay, shoot it."
!!!?
Jian Shiwu looked at him in shock.
Shen Cheng still had the orthodox look of an old monk in a state of calm, very decent, looking completely unselfish.
Jian Shiwu took a deep breath and stepped back: "Then, then you go out first, otherwise it will be hard to say if I get you in the shot."
Shen Cheng had no comment: "Okay."
The man finally left, and when Jian Shiwu saw him leave, he opened the album ready to sneak a peek at the photos he had just taken, who knew that just as he opened, the man who had just left went and returned, entered and said, "By the way, auntie said..."
"Yikes!"
Jian Shiwu was startled and this time he really did not manage to hold onto the phone, clanging a few times as it slipped out of his hand and fell a little farther.
Shen Cheng frowned inaudibly as the man took a few steps closer to pick up the phone, Jian Shiwu originally didn't feel anything, but suddenly remembered that the phone's screen was still on, and there were still photos on it that he had just taken, so he hurriedly lunged to get the phone before him, but he didn't have the long legs of Shen Cheng, so he was still a step behind, and in order to stop Shen Cheng, he had to change his plan and lunge at the man: "Give me...."
"Squeak."
The door that was left open on the second floor was pushed open.
Zhen Meili said as she walked, "Jian? Shen Cheng, didn't I ask you to ask if you would like to eat fruit in the next hour? Why is there no one..."
The door was pushed open, and the scene that came into view made one's heart choked. From Zhen Meili’s point of view, her son was hanging on Shen Cheng's body, and he was pulling at other person’s clothes, looking very indecent. Shen was very gentlemanly wrapping his arms around the person's waist to prevent him from falling.
Jian Shiwu gasped and looked at his mother, stiffening for a moment: "Mom?"
Zhen Meilie was in a complicated mood for a moment, she hurriedly withdrew, a subtle smile on her face akin to saying, my family cabbage actually learning to hump a pig: "Excuse me, you guys continue."
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