Not For You to Bite

Chapter 31

During the whole party, Sheng Zhuo didn’t leave Chi Le’s side. They caused quite a stir when they stayed together. No matter where they went, they could arouse the concerned eyes of the people around them.

In the past, when Chi Le looked at Sheng Zhuo, he saw him as an ambitious and upward-growing young man, just like a young white poplar tree full of vitality. But now, when he looks at Sheng Zhuo, he sees him as a symbol of ruthless capitalism.

“Are you also like them, thinking that I’m the son of a nouveau riche, not belonging to the same social class as you?” Chi Le asked.

Chi Le is very sad, if he is looked down upon by his wife in the future, wouldn’t he lose face?

Sheng Zhuo glanced coldly around, and the strange eyes around him quickly disappeared.

Taking advantage of no one’s attention, he raised his hand and pinched Chi Le’s earlobes. Seeing the round earlobes turning redder and redder at his fingertips, he couldn’t help showing a little smile, “”If you are the son of a nouveau riche, then I’m just the distant relative of a nouveau riche. As members of a nouveau riche family, we can’t be lacking in confidence like this.”

Chi Le felt happy.

In the future, you will not only be a good friend of the nouveau riche, but also the wife of the nouveau riche!

Now that his wife said so, Chi Le confidently returned to his mold in an instant, and turned back into the triumphant Young Master Chi, half-lifting his chin, and staring back at anyone who dared to look at him.

Sheng Zhuo took him to meet a few people and introduced a few of his friends to him, and never let him leave his side.

The two stayed together inseparably, and the others realized that Sheng Zhuo attached great importance to Chi Le, so they didn’t dare to do it again, and their attitude was much more accommodating, even with a hint of flattery.

After getting in touch with Chi Le, everyone found that he was different from the rumors, and gradually the atmosphere became harmonious. Even without Sheng Zhuo, everyone could happily chat with him.

Lin Yuran from a distance looked at Sheng Zhuo and Chi Le with gentle eyes.

Sheng De walked over and asked, “What are you looking at?”

Lin Yuran smiled slowly and raised her chin in the direction of Sheng Zhuo and Chi Le, “It’s the first time I’ve seen our son being so considerate to his friends. It feels quite rare.”

Sheng De took a look and smiled, “I thought I would never see him being genuine to anyone in my life. I didn’t expect him to have moments when he gets passionate too.”

Lin Yuran smiled, feeling relieved.

Sheng Zhuo has been gentle and courteous to others since he was a child, but there is a sense of alienation in his bones. Now they see him treat someone so sincerely, and become extra human, they just feel happy.

Chi Jindong came back after a round of socializing and found that Chi Le was having a good time, so he couldn’t help laughing. He raised his foot and walked over, and when he got closer, he saw that the person next to Chi Le was Sheng Zhuo.

Sheng Zhuo nodded, and called out respectfully: “Uncle Chi.”

Chi Jindong patted him on the shoulder with a smile, and then said to Chi Le: “I have a meeting to hold, I have to leave first, let’s go back now.”

Chi Le was taken aback for a moment and looked at Sheng Zhuo hesitantly.

Sheng Zhuo frowned; his lips pursed into a slit.

Chi Le hesitated for a moment, “…Then I’ll go back first?”

“You stay here, you will stay here tonight.” Sheng Zhuo grabbed Chi Le’s wrist and rubbed it lightly, “Aren’t you not used to studying by yourself, I will study with you tonight.”

Chi Le glanced at the time, it was almost 11 o’clock, and he didn’t know what time it would be until the party was over, yet Sheng Zhuo still wanted to study with him?

As expected of a top student, he worked too hard!

It was only after hearing their conversation that Chi Jindong realized that Sheng Zhuo was the only son of the Sheng family, so he couldn’t help being a little surprised.

Chi Le was embarrassed and said: “My dad has been drinking, so I don’t feel at ease when he goes back alone.”

When Chi Jindong heard that they were going to study together, of course, he had unlimited support. He quickly smiled and said, “I didn’t drink much just now, so you don’t have to worry. Besides, there is a driver to bring me, so you can stay and study hard with your classmate.”

Chi Le thought about it, but still felt that it was not good to stay here, “How about I go back?”

The corners of Sheng Zhuo’s mouth straightened, “The dinner party is not over yet, you want to leave me here alone?”

Chi Le hesitated, it seemed really not good to leave his wife here alone, what should he do if his wife gets kidnapped for being too good-looking?

Chi Le agreed and sent Chi Jindong out with Sheng Zhuo, and Sheng Zhuo sent the secretary of the Sheng family to send Chi Jindong back in person.

The dinner party didn’t end until late at night, the guests left one by one, and the Sheng Residence fell silent, looking extraordinarily quiet.

Chi Le was a little nervous at first, but Sheng De and Lin Yuran treated him very well and had a gentle attitude. He gradually relaxed, chatted with them for a while, and was taken upstairs by Sheng Zhuo.

Seeing Sheng Zhuo taking him back to his room, Chi Le stopped at the door and asked in surprise, “I’m staying here tonight?”

Sheng Zhuo didn’t think there was anything wrong and asked, “What’s the matter, didn’t we stay together every day during the winter camp?”

“That’s different.” Chi Le hesitated, Sheng De and Lin Yuran were both there, and he always felt that it was not good for him and Sheng Zhuo to stay together.

“What’s the difference?”

Chi Le glanced at the double bed in the room, “There were two beds in the winter camp room.”

Sheng Zhuo was dissatisfied, “It’s not that we haven’t slept in the same bed before, you even touched my abdominal muscles…”

Chi Le jumped up and reached out to cover his mouth, “Hush down, I, I was drunk at that time.”

Sheng Zhuo pulled his hand down, held it in his hand and did not let go, with a smile in his eyes, but he still refused to compromise, “The guest room is not cleaned up, it’s so late now, do you have the heart to let the nanny clean it up?”

Chi Le suddenly felt guilty.

When Lin Yuran walked upstairs, she heard her son lying without blinking. She couldn’t help but smile, and without revealing it, she just handed the hot milk in her hand to Chi Le, “Lele, drink it before going to sleep.”

Chi Le looked at her with bright eyes, very happy, took the milk obediently, raised his head and drank it completely.

Lin Yuran laughed, “You don’t need to drink so fast.”

Chi Le nodded like a chicken pecking at rice and licked off the milk stains around his lips.

Lin Yuran smiled, took the empty cup, and gently touched the top of his head, “Go to bed early, don’t play too late.”

Chi Le nodded obediently, watching Lin Yuran until she disappeared to another room.

Sheng Zhuo leaned against the door and raised his eyebrows in dissatisfaction, “Young Master Chi, you have neglected your back deskmate for a long time.”

Chi Le turned around and smiled at him shyly and was lured back to the room by Sheng Zhuo in a daze. When he came back to his senses, he had already taken a shower and changed into Sheng Zhuo’s pajamas.

Chi Le looked at himself in the mirror, reached out to brush his hair, and walked out of the bathroom.

The room was empty, and Sheng Zhuo was not in the room. He looked around the room and found that Sheng Zhuo’s room was basically only black and white, and it looked very deserted.

He stayed in the room alone for a while, feeling a little bored, got up with a glass of water and went downstairs to find Sheng Zhuo.

Downstairs was lit with orange lights, Sheng Zhuo was sitting on the sofa, Lin Yuran seemed to have a pain in her neck, Sheng Zhuo stretched out his hand to press her neck, although his expression was still cold, the light shone on him, and there was little more warmth in his eyes.

Chi Le leaned against the corner and watched them secretly, with a bit of envy in his eyes that he didn’t realize.

When Sheng Zhuo looked up, his hands and feet panicked, he hurriedly held the glass of water and pretended to pass by, and walked towards the kitchen with the same hands and feet.

The corners of Sheng Zhuo’s lips raised inadvertently, and when Chi Le walked into the kitchen, he looked away and continued rubbing Lin Yuran’s neck absently.

Lin Yuran looked at them amusedly, patted his hand, and stood up, “Go ahead and play, I’m going back to sleep.”

Sheng Zhuo smiled embarrassedly.

It was the first time that Lin Yuran saw her son showing such an expression, she couldn’t help but bend her lips, and went back to the room understandingly.

…

Chi Le took a glass of water in the kitchen, a little embarrassed to go out, and leaned against the cabinet to drink slowly.

Sheng Zhuo came in, reached out, and poked his cheek, “Why did you peek at me just now?”

Chi Le answered without thinking: “Nonsense, the one I peeked at was obviously Auntie.”

Sheng Zhuo raised his eyebrows, “Do you really like my mom that much?”

Chi Le pursed his lips. In fact, he was a little curious about how a child and a mother got along. His own mother passed away early and did not leave him with many memories.

Sheng Zhuo lowered his head and poked his cheek again, “Lele, if this continues, I’ll be jealous.”

Chi Le’s cheeks were hot, and he hesitated to explain, “…I just want to see what other people’s mothers are like.”

When Sheng Zhuo thought about Chi Le’s mother, he understood it instantly and felt a pain in his heart.

Chi Le was wearing his pajamas, his hair was hanging down softly, and he looked very obedient when he looked up.

Sheng Zhuo reached out and hugged him into his arms, and patted his back lightly, “From now on, my mother will be your mother. If you like it, I will bring you back to see her often. She cooks delicious food. Let her cook for you later.”

Chi Le buried his flushed cheeks in Sheng Zhuo’s shoulder.

His wife said so, is it implying that he wants to get married soon?

Hey, his wife confesses to him all the time, he is so clingy.

At night, Chi Le slept in Sheng Zhuo’s room. Fortunately, the bed was big and the two of them would not get too close. Chi Le relaxed after lying down for a while.

Counting it, this is the third time they lie together like this. The first two times, he was drunk once, and the other time he wasn’t drunk. It doesn’t matter if it’s one more time. After all, he is very disciplined, even if he lies on the same bed, he will never take advantage of his wife!

…Except when he was drunk.

Sheng Zhuo walked with his mobile phone, “Fang Younian heard that you were here, and he said that he would invite us to play in the amusement park tomorrow. As an apology to you, Jian Cheng and Chen Yunzhou will also go. Do you want to go?”

“Go!” Chi Le agreed without hesitation. After all the times Fang Younian had targeted him, though he wasn’t angry, it wouldn’t hurt for Fang Younian to treat them once.

Sheng Zhuo replied ‘yes’ to Fang Younian, threw the phone on the bedside, and lay down beside Chi Le.

Chi Le lay upright, without saying a word or moving.

Sheng Zhuo looked at him sideways, “What are you thinking?”

Without even thinking about it, Chi Le spoke out, “I’m thinking that I will definitely take care of myself and not take advantage of you!”

…

The air was quiet for two seconds, and Sheng Zhuo laughed out of nowhere.

He moved a little closer to Chi Le, and said softly, “But what if I want to take advantage of you?”

Chi Le’s eyelashes trembled, and his eyes widened slightly.

Sheng Zhuo stretched out his hand, and Chi Le closed his eyes forcefully, his eyelashes trembling nervously.

After a while, he heard Sheng Zhuo let out a muffled laugh, and his deep voice sounded very pleasant.

Chi Le slowly opened his eyelashes and saw Sheng Zhuo turn off the bedside lamp next to him and covered him with a quilt.

“…”

Nothing happened.

“Go to sleep.” There was a little smile in Sheng Zhuo’s voice.

Chi Le retracted into the quilt in embarrassment, not wanting to see his wife for the time being.

The room was pitch black, and Chi Le quickly fell asleep.

As he waited for his breathing to steady, Sheng Zhuo turned around and gently pulled down the quilt covering his face, revealing his flushed cheeks.

Bathed in the cold moonlight, Sheng Zhuo looked at him, and for some reason, he felt a faint, elusive fruity fragrance lingering in the air, but he couldn’t pinpoint its exact source.

This aroma disturbed him, and he felt an unspeakable itching in his chest, as if doing something could relieve it.

In the end, he held Chi Le’s hand in his and gradually fell asleep.

When Chi Le woke up, the hour hand had just passed eight o’clock.

The bright sunlight was tightly blocked by the curtains, and only a few rays of light leaked in through the gaps.

He turned sideways, saw that Sheng Zhuo was still asleep, moved his fingers, and found that his hand was actually held by Sheng Zhuo.

Did he really take advantage of his wife last night? That’s why his wife grabbed his hand to keep him from moving?

Chi Le thought wildly and quickly withdrew his hand.

He got up slowly, fully woke up after a while, got out of bed lightly, opened the door a crack, and walked out.

The morning sun was clean and bright, and the aroma of coffee wafted downstairs. Chi Le followed the aroma to the kitchen. Lin Yuran was making coffee with her back turned to him. She turned around when she heard a noise, and smiled softly at him, “Lele is awake?”

Chi Le nodded with a blushing face and tidied up his clothes cautiously.

Lin Yuran poured him a cup of coffee and handed it to him with a smile: “Taste it.”

Chi Le picked up the coffee and took a sip, then nodded slightly, “It’s super delicious.”

Lin Yuran smiled happily and pursed her lips, “Coffee is only valuable when I give it to you. Usually, I make coffee for the father and son, and they never praise it as good. If I ask them how it tastes, they just say ‘not bad.’ One time, I intentionally added a spoonful of salt to the coffee, and they still said it was not bad. I don’t know whether I should be moved or angry.”

Chi Le couldn’t help smiling, he likes to quietly listen to Lin Yuran talking to him, this kind of morning makes him feel warm.

After Lin Yuran complained, she looked at Chi Le with a smile, “Lele, I once asked Sheng Zhuo if he liked someone, guess what he said?”

Chi Le was startled, and rubbed his hands together nervously, “…What did he say?”

Lin Yuran blinked at him, “He said he likes the fiercest one in class, is that you?”

Chi Le’s heart trembled, and his cheeks instantly turned red.

Lin Yuran tilted her head and let out a narrow, muffled laugh.

Chi Le didn’t recover until he came to the amusement park. He thought of Lin Yuran’s words, and his heart pounded.

He played all kinds of games with everyone distractedly. He didn’t say a word the whole time, and he didn’t dare to look into Sheng Zhuo’s eyes. He didn’t even scream when he was riding the roller coaster.

After getting off the roller coaster, Fang Younian nudged Chi Le with his elbow, “What’s gotten into you? Did you lose your soul from some stimulation?”

Sheng Zhuo pulled Chi Le to his other side, “Don’t hit him.”

Fang Younian has seen people being protective, but he has never seen someone being this protective!

“I only nudged him lightly. How could he, a guy, get hurt from that?”

Sheng Zhuo’s face remained unchanged, “Can.”

Fang Younian: “…” It’s unreasonable!

Jian Cheng snickered beside him, “Isn’t someone going to apologize today? Admit your mistakes.”

Fang Younian’s momentum immediately lost by half, and he let out an ‘ah’.

Chi Le turned around, and cleared his throat, “I want to drink lemonade.”

Fang Younian hurriedly said, “I’ll go buy it!”

Chen Yunzhou shouted: “I want soda!”

Jian Cheng: “I want milk tea.”

Sheng Zhuo: “Iced water.”

Fang Younian: “…”

Finally, Fang Younian took them to a nearby coffee shop, where they sat around a table.

Holding the coffee in his hand, Fang Younian sighed, “School will start soon.”

Chen Yunzhou scratched his head, “I haven’t finished my winter homework yet.”

“Let’s study together sometime.” Fang Younian glanced at Jian Cheng who was opposite, and reluctantly said, “Other people can come if they want.”

Jian Cheng took a sip of milk tea and smiled lightly, “No need, we have already finished our homework.”

Fang Younian’s teeth itch from his tone.

Jian Cheng said slowly: “However if other people want to borrow my homework to copy, it’s not impossible.”

Fang Younian felt less angry in an instant.

Sheng Zhuo looked at Chi Le on the opposite side, stretched out his foot to touch his foot under the table, and wanted to ask him what happened today.

Chi Le froze for a moment and slowly moved his feet away.

Sheng Zhuo: “…?”

Walking out of the coffee shop, Chen Yunzhou pointed to the front and said, “There is a haunted house there. I heard it was newly built this year. It is very scary. Let’s go there to play.”

Fang Younian took a look, “Forget it, just looking at the poster is scary.”

Jian Cheng’s eyes showed surprise: “You don’t dare?”

Fang Younian bit the bullet and said: “Who doesn’t dare? Go, go, go now!”

Everyone lined up to go in. Fang Younian walked in the front with a bluff. He pushed open the door fearlessly and saw a coffin inside, surrounded by dim green light.

Jian Cheng glanced at him and smiled tacitly.

Fang Younian didn’t try his best anymore, he just pretended he didn’t see it.

Chi Le and Sheng Zhuo walked at the back, they were not afraid, but Chi Le was unconsciously a little nervous when he heard the eerie music in his ears.

The passage in front was fairly peaceful, but the bloody handprints on the wall along the road kept flickering, and there were strange talisman papers pasted around them, creating a somewhat scary atmosphere.

Chi Le secretly guessed that the theme of this haunted house should be Chinese horror.

When he came to the corner, Fang Younian screamed suddenly and ran forward frantically. Jian Cheng stretched out his hand to grab him but not only failed to hold him but was also dragged away by him instead. Chen Yunzhou hurriedly chased after them. When Chi Le and Sheng Zhuo ran past, the corner was empty, and everyone disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Chi Le swallowed, “Where did they go?”

“There should be a secret door.” Sheng Zhuo led Chi Le forward, and looked around, “It’s quite clever.”

The two of them got separated from everyone, and Chi Le was worried that he would get separated from Sheng Zhuo too, so he secretly grabbed Sheng Zhuo’s sleeve.

The two took two steps forward, Chi Le felt Sheng Zhuo’s hand move and then held his hand instead.

Chi Le was taken aback.

Sheng Zhuo said with a smile in his voice, “This is more convenient.”

“… Oh.” Chi Le’s palms were sweating slightly, trying to pretend to be calm.

The two walked forward for a while, and when they came to a dark room, Chi Le pushed open the door, and a man with disheveled hair suddenly appeared from behind the door.

Chi Le was still immersed in the nervousness of holding hands when he was suddenly startled. In a reflex, he started running forward, pulling Sheng Zhuo along, and they ran through the house hurriedly, finally shaking off the disheveled person. Before catching their breath, Chi Le’s foot slipped, and he accidentally stepped on something, causing him to fall backward into the coffin behind him. Sheng Zhuo was also pulled into the coffin with him.

There was a heavily muffled hum from under Chi Le’s body, but Chi Le had no time to take notice of it, because Sheng Zhuo was pressing on him and was looking at him from bottom to top.

Chi Le is a little dazed, no wonder he will fall in love with his bitter rival in the future, looking at him from such a close distance, his wife is really charming, especially these eyes, it seems that something is sucking him in, almost making him lose his soul.

But next time if he falls again, he must be on top, and Sheng Zhuo is on the bottom… That’s how it’s played in TV dramas.

Sheng Zhuo propped his arms on both sides of him, trying not to put the weight of his body on him, and looked at him with burning eyes. He unconsciously bent down, and the eyes staring at Chi Le’s lips gradually became hotter.

The scorching breath blew on Chi Le’s cheeks. Chi Le saw the desire in Sheng Zhuo’s eyes, closed his eyes, embraced Sheng Zhuo’s waist, and kissed him without hesitation. Why should he bear it? This is his future wife.

The two lips met, and before Chi Le had time to savor it, a painful groan suddenly came from under Chi Le.

The ‘ghost’ who was crushed by the two couldn’t bear it anymore and said, “Can you two get up first…”

He felt like he was about to vomit blood!

Chi Le’s whole body trembled, almost biting Sheng Zhuo’s lips.

He hurriedly backed away, hitting the ‘ghost’ who was lying in the coffin with a bang on the back of his head, and the ‘ghost’ rolled his eyes helplessly, wondering if he didn’t read the almanac when he went out today.

Sheng Zhuo let out a muffled laugh, stood up, and pulled Chi Le up.

Chi Le’s neck was stained red, he didn’t dare to meet that ‘ghost’, he pulled Sheng Zhuo and bowed to apologize, after making sure the ‘ghost’ was not injured, he blushed and ran away.

He led Sheng Zhuo and ran all the way, ignoring the scary staff coming out along the corridor until he broke through the door and breathed the fresh air outside, he finally stopped.

Chi Le leaned against the wall and panted heavily, feeling extremely annoyed, why did such a funny thing happened when he and his wife kissed for the first time!?

Sheng Zhuo touched his lips, “Just now…”

“Where did Fang Younian and the others go? Why haven’t they come out yet.” Chi Le pretended that he didn’t hear anything, turned around, and walked to the side, “I’ll go find them.”

Sheng Zhuo looked at his red neck, bent his lips and smiled, and finally didn’t mention it again.

Facing away from Sheng Zhuo, Chi Le secretly touched his pounding chest. The memory of their earlier kiss made his face flush and his heart race, making it impossible for him to be alone with Sheng Zhuo.

Kissed! He kissed his wife! Although it was only a light touch, it was still a kiss!

After ten minutes, Chen Yunzhou walked out of the haunted house, looking a bit disheveled and seemingly quite scared. Cold sweat still glistened on his forehead. After a while, Jian Cheng and Fang Younian also emerged. Compared to Chen Yunzhou, they appeared slightly calmer, but their expressions were still odd.

Chi Le noticed that not only the atmosphere between him and Sheng Zhuo was strange after coming out of the haunted house, but there also seemed to be something off between Jian Cheng and Fang Younian. They remained silent, avoiding eye contact with each other as if they were facing a ferocious beast.

…

Chi Le suspected that they might have had a fight inside.