Chapter 22 (1/2)

I made a mistake in the last chapter. I don't know if this came across clearly, but Lei Yumeng is the one telling Tang Li to come to school early so that they can eat breakfast together, not Shen Yu. So I edited a little to better reflect that. One “he” instead of “she” messed up the whole sentence.

In other news, I'll be opening the project page and the first 3 chapters for my next project on the 21st of July. I think after that I'll release five chapters every Sunday.

Also, we're now officially a third of the way through this novel!

Shen Yu was surprised. His intuition told him that something happened between the little villain and Lei Yumeng, that's why the little villain did not reject Lei Yumeng's approach as he did before.

He turned his head to Tang Li.

Tang Li was sitting quietly beside him, looking down at his knees. He looked cold and n.o.body could tell what he was thinking.

When he noticed Shen Yu's gaze, Tang Li looked up sharply, a little stunned, and then burst into a brilliant smile.

“Shen Yu.” Tang Li cried out crisply and leaned over. His hands easily crossed the armrest of the wheelchair in front of him and tightly wrapped around Shen Yu's arm.

Shen Yu had long grown used to the little villain's clinging skills, and pinched the little villain's cheek: “What would you like to eat tonight?”

“I'll eat whatever you want.” Tang Li buried his face in the crook of Shen Yu's arm. His voice sounded a little dull. The hot air he exhaled when he spoke penetrated Shen Yu's clothes and spread warmly across his skin.

Shen Yu felt itchy and wanted to pull his arm out of the grasp of the little villain. He tried to move two times but was held in a very strong hold.

“We'll have let Aunt Chen make a couple dishes as she please.” Shen Yu said, stretching out his hand and rubbing Tang Li's hair. Shen Yu laughed and shook his head. “Truly a sticky spirit.”

Tang Li immediately retorted, “I only stick to you.”

“I'm afraid that will not be the case in the future.”

Shen Yu wanted to say that Tang Li would eventually get married and have children. Even if he didn't gain the heart of the female lead in this novel, in time he would like other girls. When that happens, Tang Li could not stick to him like this anymore.

Perhaps if something happened with that middle school girl, the little villain won't stick to him like this again…

Thinking of this, Shen Yu unexpectedly felt a slight sense of loss.

However, before he could say the following words, he felt the little villain clutching his arm tighter and trying to stretch his little hands around Shen Yu's waist.

“No, that will never happen.” Tang Li said earnestly, “I'll just stick to you, both for now and in the future.”

After that, the villain added domineeringly, “You also can only stick to me alone.”

Shen Yu laughed: “That's quite an overbearing contract.”

Seeing that Shen Yu was acting soft, the little villain simply played the role of a rascal and shook Shen Yu's arm around: “I don't care, you have to promise me that no one else is allowed to stick to you, especially that aunt introduced by Grandpa Shen.”

If it was before, Shen Yu would have obediently promised Tang Li in order to calm him down, then he suddenly remembered something and tentatively said, “Isn't that little girl named Lei Yumeng sticking to you? What is your relations.h.i.+p with her?”

“…” Tang Li froze for a moment, and then answered stiffly, “It doesn't matter.”

Shen Yu was particularly suspicious: “Really?”

Tang Li nodded: “Really.”

Shen Yu still didn't believe Tang Li's words. He pinched Tang Li's chin and forced him to look up and into his eyes.

The little villain's eyes, which were like thick black gems, lingered on Shen Yu. He stared at Shen Yu's face without any intent of dodging the other's gaze.

Shen Yu was silently relieved.

He intuitively felt that the little villain was not deceiving him.

It was not until Shen Yu took a bath and lay down in bed at night that he remembered to check Weibo. Jenny Yang's chat box showed that it had new messages. Shen Yu avoided the chat box for a long time before he finally opened it up to see Jenny Yang's message.

There are only two sentences.

One sentence says she knows.

The other said she could wait until Shen Yu was better.

Jenny Yang is not as difficult as Shen Yu had originally feared.

Shen Yu completely relaxed and did not reply to Jenny Yang, he considered the matter dealt with for now.

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Although there are a lot of business to be taken care of at the company, Shen Yu spent as much time as possible in the kitchen every day. He plans to open two dessert shops to sell his own creations.

He asked Kang Lin to help set up the two stores in a good location in his spare time.

The stores were located on a commercial street that was just outside the university district and located in the downtown area in the northern part of the city. Because of the golden location, the rent is not cheap, but money is nothing to Shen Yu.

Kang Lin is a very efficient a.s.sistant. He even talked with the landlords about the price of the store. He thought that according to Shen Yu's character and financial resources, he would buy the store directly.

When Kang Lin told Shen Yu about it, Shen Yu waved and said, “Don't worry about that for now, let's rent it first.”

Kang Lin was surprised and gave a gentle sigh. When he thought about how he was acting inappropriately, he quickly closed his mouth and recollected himself. Then he asked carefully, “Isn't it more convenient to take care of the store if you directly buy it?”

Shen Yu sat at his desk, drawing on the sketchbook, he laughed and answered, “I just want to open two dessert stores because I'm interested. I don't know if this plan will work. If the business is good, it's not impossible to buy the stores.”

Kang Lin thought about it, and felt that this was reasonable, so he stopped talking about it.