Ch93.2 - Premeditated (2/2)
But Zhou Sheng was different. Even after his parents divorced, his mother never shortchanged him on his material needs. On the contrary, she was secretly competing with Zhou Laichun and would give Zhou Sheng more in the name of pocket money, to prove that ‘you’re not worse off with this old woman than that white-eyed wolf’. The only thing that would annoy Zhou Sheng a lot was that his mother would always ask all sorts of questions whenever he wanted to buy something and use it to compete with his father.
This effectively shaped Zhou Sheng’s value of ‘the happiness of me and my wife would be difficult to buy with even a thousand gold’. When they started dating, he would come up with all sorts of ways to buy food and other items for Yu Hao and spend some money to help him broaden his horizons. Sometimes, temperament really was built with money. There were a few times when Yu Hao told him not to be so wasteful that he felt extremely uneasy too; but he was used to living a thrifty life, and now that there were two of them, he couldn’t always get Zhou Sheng to follow him and also lower his quality of life ba?
Yu Hao knew that he needed to slightly alter his values. When he saw articles on how ‘poverty is carved into one’s bones’, posts and arguments that crusade against and criticise children who were raised by the poor, he would feel extremely indignant. But now, chicken soup authors were particularly vicious. The type they succinctly described in their conclusions was obviously talking about people like Yu Hao himself, and it was impossible for him to deny it.
It sometimes made him loathe himself when he’s with Zhou Sheng, and at those times he wouldn’t be able to insist on his own opinions. His vigour would weaken halfway through their fights, just like now. Zhou Sheng conceded and said with some irritation, “As long as you’re happy. We won’t buy them.”
Yu Hao began to feel depressed.
Fu Liqun looked at Yu Hao, then looked at Zhou Sheng, “You guys have such Buddha-like quarrels.”
Yu Hao almost went mad, this is considered Buddha-like?
Zhou Sheng said proudly, “Right? We’ve always talked it out properly, not like you guys.”
Yu Hao, “……”
“How do you guys argue?” Yu Hao was suddenly curious. His quarrels with Zhou Sheng were already like this, yet it could still be considered ‘talking it out properly’?
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Fu Liqun said, “What I care about is just insignificant in your sis-in-law’s eyes, okay? It just feels like she doesn’t care at all, as if I was talking about something childish — that’s what makes me irritated, sulky, and compels me to run into a wall or hit myself.”
Yu Hao thought, okay ba we are indeed quite Buddha-like.
“But the two of you love each other.” Yu Hao said, “Mutual love can overcome many things.”
“Yes.” Fu Liqun said solemnly, “Just like you guys, the two of you love each other ah. Everything else can be overcome, so don’t worry about all that anymore.”
Yu Hao, “……”
Zhou Sheng, “……”
All three of them felt a little awkward. They calmed down and stopped talking.
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“Then let’s compromise, buy a cheaper pair.” Zhou Sheng asked Yu Hao for his opinion, “Under a thousand, is that okay?”
“Okay.” Yu Hao agreed, so Zhou Sheng smiled and brought Yu Hao into the shop. He didn’t wait for the shop attendant and got Yu Hao to sit down on a soft sofa to try on shoes, while he sat on the floor and took out shoes for Yu Hao to try. Fui Liqun himself began trying on shoes as well.
“What happened to the jumping-off-buildings boy?” Fu Liqun asked.
Zhou Sheng casually said, “Detained for a few days, on bail pending trial? Depends on his luck ba. Didn’t Junjun Jie look for you?”
When Yu Hao remembered Ou Qihang, he still felt slightly uneasy, “No.”
“Oh?” Zhou Sheng said, “Nothing strange appeared on her laptop?”
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Yu Hao, “???”
Zhou Sheng sat on the floor, looked up at Yu Hao and suddenly showed him an enigmatic smile. His hands and fingers seemed like they were holding something invisible, turning it around over and over while his eyebrows were raised.
Yu Hao looked at his boyfriend sitting on the ground with his long legs parted, waiting upon him as he helped him change shoes, and his love meter shot up. Pink bubbles were even emitting from the top of his head.
“Do you like this pair?” Zhou Sheng asked, “What are you thinking about? Where are you looking at? Are you a Staring Crotch Cat?”
Yu Hao started blushing, “I’ll buy you a pair too? Which pair do you like?”
Zhou Sheng lowered his head to untie Yu Hao’s shoelaces and swapped out another pair for him, then said to himself, “You’ll have to ask yourself that; how would I know which pair you like to see me in?”
Yu Hao wanted to laugh, but he held it in. Zhou Sheng once again said solemnly, “Wear it when eating popsicles?”
Yu Hao just knew that Zhou Sheng was going to say this next. Fortunately, there wasn’t anyone nearby. This guy often teases him with a serious expression, which was what Yu Hao couldn’t stand the most.
“AJ’s are the best still.” Yu Hao had to admit. After he saw so many, he still thought that the pair of AJs he bought suited Zhou Sheng the best.
“Of course.” Zhou Sheng laughed.
Yu Hao was about to say something else when Xiao Yujun called.
“Yu Hao, something else appeared on my laptop, do you want to come over to take a look?” Xiao Yujun said, “I haven’t told Huang Ting yet.”
Yu Hao suddenly remembered what Zhou Sheng just said, and was instantly dumbstruck.
“There really is something!” Yu Hao said, “How did you know?”
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“What happened this time?” Fu Liqun couldn’t resist shopping, and his heart ached as he paid for his new shoes. He quickly said, “More silk banners? Quick! Bring me along my babies.”
Zhou Sheng, “……”