Chapter 57: Staring

Meng Weiyu held his phone, looking at the man in black in the picture. Although the person was wearing a hoodie in the middle of summer, along with a hat and sunglasses, Meng Weiyu had only glanced casually and accidentally looked toward the corner, yet he immediately recognized who it was.

“Why is he sneaking around and following me?” Although Meng Weiyu was full of suspicion, he basically already knew the answer.

“Young Master.” Lin Xiao arrived at the agreed time. He drove the car and followed Meng Weiyu for a stretch. After discovering that Meng Weiyu still had not noticed him, he had no choice but to roll down the window and remind him to shift his attention over.

“Little Lin.” Meng Weiyu smiled. “You appeared so suddenly.”

Lin Xiao told him, “Not suddenly at all. Get in.”

Meng Weiyu opened the front passenger door and sat in. After fastening his seatbelt and turning his head back, he discovered Lin Xiao staring at him in terror.

“What’s wrong?” Meng Weiyu touched his face. Could it be that sauce had splashed onto his face while he was eating? If that was the case, then this was truly a major matter. He hurriedly raised his head and looked left and right at his face through the rearview mirror.

“Young Master, you usually sit in the back,” Lin Xiao said as he drove away from the side lane.

“Today, I want to chat with you about married life. After all, Little Lin is someone who has been married for several decades.” Meng Weiyu adjusted his sitting posture, turned sideways, and looked at Lin Xiao’s face.

Lin Xiao broke out in cold sweat and had no choice but to emphasize something to him. “Young Master, I’m driving. Please make sure you choose your words carefully and don’t scare me.”

“Mm.” Meng Weiyu clearly knew his own ability to shock people with one sentence. Since he also did not want to get into another car accident, he thought hard for a while. Only after believing he had found a relatively suitable entry point did he dare to speak. “Has your wife ever suspected you of cheating?”

Lin Xiao: “…”

He had never been so grateful before that he possessed outstanding driving skills and excellent mental fortitude.

“Did something happen between you and Mr. Shen?” Lin Xiao did not want to be dragged into their conflict.

“To put it simply, Shen Zhoudu seems to suspect I’m cheating.” Meng Weiyu narrowed his eyes, spinning his phone twice in his hand.

“What did you do?” Lin Xiao was curious, but he very quickly understood. “You were discovered secretly meeting this intern?”

“Probably.”

Meng Weiyu’s expression showed not the slightest regret or self-reflection. Lin Xiao knew that to him, this could not stir up even the slightest wave.

“Why don’t you directly tell Mr. Shen that you’re only receiving treatment?” Lin Xiao did not understand what exactly he was thinking.

“Because I’m not receiving treatment,” Meng Weiyu honestly admitted.

“If it’s not for treatment, then what are you meeting that intern for?” Lin Xiao was shocked.

“He has many purposes.” Meng Weiyu could see it. “If I have to say it, he kind of wants to seduce me.”

Lin Xiao was silent for a while. His hands gripped the steering wheel tightly, and his voice trembled as he spoke. “Since you know, why are you still going out?”

“Because I also have some private thoughts.” Meng Weiyu looked at Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao had watched Meng Weiyu grow up and often took care of him. In a certain sense, although he was not Meng Weiyu’s father, there was a bit of that meaning. As an adult whose age was gradually stepping into middle age and old age, someone who had experienced and witnessed far more things than young people, he struggled for a moment before earnestly advising Meng Weiyu.

“Mr. Shen’s personality isn’t good at expressing himself. Maybe he’s also a bit stuffy, but he really is a very good person. Toward you, Young Master, he is also wholeheartedly devoted.”

Meng Weiyu shook his head.

“Everything I’m saying is true.” Lin Xiao deeply hoped Meng Weiyu would listen to him.

“Shen Zhoudu is very good at expressing himself. He plays around very wildly.” Meng Weiyu had some objections to the first half of Lin Xiao’s words, but agreed with the second half.

The light ahead was red. After Lin Xiao stepped on the brakes, he took the opportunity to pat Meng Weiyu’s shoulder and smiled in relief. “Uncle Lin is old. You don’t need to tell me these things.”

Meng Weiyu said, “Oh.”

Hearing that Meng Weiyu and Shen Zhoudu’s relationship was the same as ever, Lin Xiao did not understand. “So Mr. Shen suspects you because you’ve been frequently eating with someone he doesn’t know recently?”

Although this point was already very suspicious.

“I knew he was acting weird lately.” Meng Weiyu carefully counted Shen Zhoudu’s recent problems. “He went to my company and asked An Yang about my whereabouts. He kept asking where I went and who I went out with. When he received the gifts I gave him, not only was he not happy, he looked so nervous he was about to cry.”

Lin Xiao was silent for a while, organizing his thoughts. “So, Mr. Shen discovered you eating with an unfamiliar man, and you also lied that you were working when you went to eat. Under this premise, you often give him gifts.”

Meng Weiyu frowned and said, “This story sounds a little familiar.”

Lin Xiao fell silent. He noticed it too.

“Was this morning’s radio story submitted by Shen Zhoudu?” Meng Weiyu reasonably suspected.

While they were chatting, Lin Xiao safely drove Meng Weiyu into the residential area. Before Meng Weiyu got out of the car, Lin Xiao suggested, “Why don’t you just honestly tell Mr. Shen?”

Hearing this, Meng Weiyu spread his hands and turned to leave.

“Really…” Lin Xiao looked at his back, worried like an old father. He could do nothing about Meng Weiyu. In the end, he could only use everything he had to shout at him, “Anyway, be careful if you cheat!”

Meng Weiyu felt he had no intention of cheating, but he was about to be slandered into making it a fact by the people around him.

When he returned home, aside from the cat, no one was there.

But that was not strange. Shen Zhoudu could not possibly arrive home before him.

Meng Weiyu entered the storage room, took out the beautifully wrapped box he had hidden inside, then brought it to the living room with flying spirits and placed it on the table.

He waited full of anticipation.

Twenty minutes later, the sound of the door opening came.

Meng Weiyu excitedly turned his head.

Shen Zhoudu had returned, and he had already changed back into his own normal clothes. As soon as he looked up, he discovered Meng Weiyu staring at him. In an instant, he understood what Meng Weiyu meant. Without needing another call, he voluntarily walked over.

“This is today’s gift.” Meng Weiyu held it out with both hands.

“Why have you recently… kept giving me things?” Shen Zhoudu’s hands honestly accepted the box Meng Weiyu handed to him, but his suspicion had grown heavier.

His suspicious expression was too funny. Meng Weiyu thought through all the sad things that had happened recently before he managed to stop himself from laughing.

At the same time, he also discovered that because it was connected to Shen Zhoudu, unhappy things seemed to become unimportant.

“What do you think it is?” Meng Weiyu asked seriously.

“Guilt.” Shen Zhoudu said what he thought without hesitation.

Just like Meng Weiyu said, Shen Zhoudu was quite good at expressing himself. It was only that sometimes, he was unwilling to speak.

“Only people who have done something wrong would want to please others.” Shen Zhoudu was only short of saying directly: you cheated, and now you’re compensating me, right?

“Hahaha.” Meng Weiyu was amused by him, laughing so hard he bent forward and backward.

Shen Zhoudu could not laugh.

“Wrong guess. Guess again.” Meng Weiyu touched his neck and stood up from the sofa.

Shen Zhoudu pulled open the blue ribbon on the box and discovered that today’s gift was a bottle of perfume.

“Do you want to try it?” Meng Weiyu opened the refrigerator, wanting to drink ice water.

Shen Zhoudu sprayed the perfume into the air and waved it toward himself.

It was a scent he liked.

One had to say, Meng Weiyu’s taste in buying things was unparalleled.

“How is it?” Meng Weiyu casually brought him a bottle of soda water.

“I like it very much.” Shen Zhoudu held the box. Once again, he had the feeling that for a small gift, he had sold off his personality and dignity.

“Let me smell.” Meng Weiyu sat back in his original spot.

Shen Zhoudu casually placed the box on the table, easy to pick up and put down.

But Meng Weiyu did not move the thing on the table. Instead, he directly leaned toward Shen Zhoudu’s neck and sniffed him.

Hateful stinky man.

Shen Zhoudu lowered his gaze and looked at Meng Weiyu’s beautiful face.

“I like it.” Meng Weiyu leaned against his chest in satisfaction.

Although he was talking about the scent of the perfume, Shen Zhoudu’s heartbeat still sped up.

“What did you eat tonight?” Shen Zhoudu asked jealously.

“Mm?” Meng Weiyu lifted his head and deliberately showed an incredulous smile. Then he sniffed Shen Zhoudu and said, “Speaking of that, what a coincidence. I feel like there’s also a scent on you, very similar to the smell of the restaurant where I ate tonight… ah!”

Shen Zhoudu reached out and pushed his face away all at once.

Meng Weiyu had not expected him to actually dare do such a thing.

“Dirty. You’re not allowed to smell the scent of food.” Shen Zhoudu sounded like he was teaching a cat not to eat the grass outside.

“Fine.” Aside from the scent of perfume, he had not smelled anything.

“I’m going to shower.” Shen Zhoudu stood up. When he reached the bottom of the stairs, he suddenly turned back and asked one more thing. “You said you’ll eat with me tomorrow. Do you remember?”

“I remember.” Meng Weiyu rubbed his own face.

“I’ll pick you up tomorrow.” After saying that, Shen Zhoudu went directly upstairs.

Meng Weiyu darkly pressed the face that had been forcefully pushed away, wanting to see what else Shen Zhoudu could do.

To make sure there was no longer any scent on him, Shen Zhoudu soaked in the bathtub for half an hour and even washed his hair twice.

“Hey.” The bathroom door suddenly opened.

Shen Zhoudu’s eyes widened slightly. This was already his way of showing he had been startled.

“You forgot to bring underwear.” Meng Weiyu’s finger hooked a pair of underwear. “When I came up, I found a pair of underwear left on the bed, and your pajamas were gone. I guessed you forgot to take it.”

Shen Zhoudu was shocked by his carelessly bold behavior.

“Mm? Or do you actually not wear any at night?” Meng Weiyu hesitated a little.

“Put it down.” Shen Zhoudu turned his head away.

Meng Weiyu walked in, placed his underwear on the platform where clothes were placed, then left gracefully.

After the door closed, Shen Zhoudu directly got up from the bathtub. After drying himself, he changed into clothes.

A towel hung around his neck, and the ends of his hair were still dripping water. His natural brown hair was obviously different from dyed hair. His eyes swept over and found Meng Weiyu lying on the bed, looking at his phone and smiling foolishly.

Without his glasses, Shen Zhoudu could not see the contents on the screen. He could not even tell whether Meng Weiyu was chatting with someone or simply looking at some funny information.

Hearing footsteps, Meng Weiyu noticed Shen Zhoudu had come out and immediately put away his smile, closed the page, and put away his phone.

Shen Zhoudu pressed his lips together unhappily and said strangely, “Is your phone that fun?”

“It’s okay.” Meng Weiyu naturally would not admit it.

At the same time, he gloomily discovered that when someone suspected you of cheating, everything you did really looked like cheating.

Shen Zhoudu quickly walked toward him.

It had been a long time since Meng Weiyu felt such a frightening aura from Shen Zhoudu. He instantly wanted to sit up and think of a way to leave Shen Zhoudu’s sphere of influence.

But he was still a step too slow. By the time he sat up, Shen Zhoudu had already arrived beside him, and the shadow cast by his body completely enveloped him.

If Meng Weiyu did not trust Shen Zhoudu’s character enough, right now he would have to suspect that he was about to be grabbed and beaten up.

“What do you want to do?” To be honest, he could not completely rule out the possibility of getting beaten. Meng Weiyu decided that as soon as Shen Zhoudu raised a hand, he would immediately honestly confess.

“I came to thank you for bringing me underwear.” Shen Zhoudu grabbed his wrist. His warm fingers touched Meng Weiyu’s pulse, then he stuffed Meng Weiyu’s hand into his own pants.

Meng Weiyu’s eyes widened like copper bells.

Shen Zhoudu had indeed touched him before, but this was Meng Weiyu’s first time touching Shen Zhoudu!

“How is it?” Shen Zhoudu showed not a trace of shyness or hesitation toward his own actions.

“The underwear quality is pretty good.” Meng Weiyu’s gaze wandered, caught between left and right.

“And?”

“You’ve got something going on.” Meng Weiyu did not dare move carelessly. “I’m a little curious. Has no one ever wanted to invite you to be the one on top?”

“If you invite me.” Shen Zhoudu limited the range very tightly.

“I’ll pass.” Meng Weiyu politely declined.

Shen Zhoudu suddenly sneered.

“When you laugh like that, it’s kind of scary.” Meng Weiyu really had the feeling that he was actually being strangled.

“Didn’t you used to be completely unable to accept men? Looking at it now, your adaptability is very good.” When he first learned they were married, he had screamed for who knew how long. Now, he had not only turned around to date another man, but also had no objections while touching Shen Zhoudu.

“You really have to ruin the mood at a time like this?” Meng Weiyu laughed.

Shen Zhoudu quickly pressed down on him.

“Hurry up,” Shen Zhoudu urged.

“You slow down, okay…”

The next day, with one hour still remaining before getting off work, Shen Zhoudu had already appeared in Meng Weiyu’s office.

Meng Weiyu was using the computer to process information and communicate with the person opposite him about work content when suddenly, a chill ran through his whole body.

Through the computer screen, Meng Weiyu discovered Shen Zhoudu sitting behind him, arms crossed over his chest, staring fixedly at him.

“An Yang,” Meng Weiyu called.

The double agent who was checking the documents on the desk immediately lifted his head and looked at his two employers.

“Bring some fruit for Mr. Shen to eat.” Hurry and find something for Shen Zhoudu to do. He felt that if Shen Zhoudu kept staring at him like this, he would not be able to move at all.

“One moment.” An Yang moved the documents away and left the office. Five minutes later, he came back holding a fruit plate.

Meng Weiyu signaled to him.

An Yang immediately handed the fruit plate to Shen Zhoudu.

Shen Zhoudu was not polite and directly accepted it.

Meng Weiyu thought he had handled the problem and continued communicating with the person on the other side of the computer.

Suddenly, a hand wearing a watch entered his line of sight, holding a piece of watermelon beside his mouth.

Meng Weiyu did not hesitate. He opened his mouth and ate it.

After he swallowed the watermelon, a piece of peach was placed beside his mouth.

Meng Weiyu opened his mouth and ate again.

Seeing this, An Yang understood Meng Weiyu’s intention. So it was to have Shen Zhoudu feed him fruit.

Meng Weiyu knew this work could no longer continue. He turned his head to look at Shen Zhoudu, gritted his teeth, and said, “You’re too vicious. When I go to your company, I never interfere with your work.”

“I’m not interfering either.” Shen Zhoudu was extremely innocent. From his perspective, he really had not done anything.

“Ah!” Meng Weiyu went crazy, then closed the computer. “Not working anymore. Let’s go eat.”

“I can wait for you.” Shen Zhoudu was not in a hurry.

“If you’re not in a hurry, why did you come here so early?” Shen Zhoudu was always the type to arrive at the appointed time, neither early nor late.

“I was worried you’d suddenly say you were busy and not go eat.” Shen Zhoudu’s behavior was called taking precautions before it happened.

Meng Weiyu laughed in anger and capped the pen on the table, letting it roll casually beside the notebook.

“Then let’s go.”

“Can you already handle the current work?” Shen Zhoudu helped him push the chair away.

“More or less. For some people I don’t remember, I can just ask An Yang directly or search through chat history.” Meng Weiyu was always someone who took the initiative to solve problems.

“Hmph, so you know how to look through chat history.” Shen Zhoudu attacked without a target.

Meng Weiyu discovered that when Shen Zhoudu was jealous, he was always the one being hurt.

Outside, An Yang had already pressed the elevator for them in advance. After they went out, they went directly down to the parking lot.

“Shen Zhoudu, if you keep acting like this, I’m going back.” Meng Weiyu threatened.

Hearing this, Shen Zhoudu lowered his crossed arms from his chest and instead grabbed one of Meng Weiyu’s arms.

It was basically kidnapping now.

While eating, Shen Zhoudu desperately put food into Meng Weiyu’s bowl, and Meng Weiyu simply could not keep up.

“I’m begging you. Let me pick up food myself.” Meng Weiyu’s mouth did not dare stop. Otherwise, the food would overflow from the bowl.

“It’s all what you like to eat.”

“It is, but…” Let him eat slowly!

When Shen Zhoudu wanted to show himself, he fully demonstrated the idiom: too much was as bad as not enough.

After eating, he accompanied Meng Weiyu shopping, giving off the sense that if Meng Weiyu looked at any item for a few extra moments, Shen Zhoudu would buy it.

Meng Weiyu did not have anything he wanted recently. The reason he had gone shopping was only to buy gifts for Shen Zhoudu.

Under Shen Zhoudu’s forced buying and selling, Meng Weiyu ended up owning a huge pile of expensive products he had never wanted at all.

“I talked to you about this before.” Shen Zhoudu looked at the products in the glass counter of a jewelry store.

“What?” Meng Weiyu did not want to buy anything else.

“About helping me open a hole.” Shen Zhoudu slowly said.

“I see.” Since the current Meng Weiyu still had knowledge in that playful area, he naturally knew what Shen Zhoudu meant. “But I don’t have the skill right now, so let’s talk about it after a while.”

“After a while?”

“I’ll study online first.” Meng Weiyu was sometimes this simple.

“I can teach you.” Shen Zhoudu offered.

“You know too much…” Leave him some room to perform!

“All right.” Shen Zhoudu moved his hand away from the counter.

“Cough, cough.” Meng Weiyu belatedly added, “But if you have any rings you like now, I can buy them for you.”

“With my money?”

“You’re so annoying.”

They did not buy that final item, but this shopping trip could be said to be fruitful. Shen Zhoudu carried most of the bags and left the mall with Meng Weiyu.

“If you go on a date with me, you’ll get the best.” Shen Zhoudu secretly compared himself, belittling the man who had taken Meng Weiyu to a low-grade restaurant with no special features.

Meng Weiyu fastened his seatbelt, grateful that he had discovered in time what Shen Zhoudu was being suspicious about. Otherwise, if Shen Zhoudu got jealous again, Meng Weiyu would not even know what he was doing.

“Sir.” Shen Zhoudu called him. “Mr. Meng, come back to your senses.”

“Yes, yes, yes. You are the most outstanding man in the world.” Meng Weiyu rolled his eyes greatly.

“Perfunctory.” Shen Zhoudu pulled on his seatbelt.

“When you called me ‘sir,’ goosebumps rose all over me.” When Shen Zhoudu called him Mr. Meng, he did not feel there was a problem. But calling him sir really was strange.

Shen Zhoudu glanced at him and drove out of the mall.

“Mm, I know. Another bedroom title.” Meng Weiyu discovered that Shen Zhoudu really was secretly perverted.

The date atmosphere was not bad. At least, Shen Zhoudu was happy the whole time.

Just when he thought today was a pleasant day, Meng Weiyu went to shower, casually leaving his phone on the bed. His phone rang once. Someone had sent a message.

Shen Zhoudu casually glanced at it.

Wei Ziling: Mr. Meng, do you have time to come to the hospital for a follow-up these next two days?

Seeing this name, Shen Zhoudu’s hand flipped, and he knocked the pillow onto the floor.

Wei Ziling: I also want to see you. If you have time, we can eat together.

Shen Zhoudu narrowed his eyes. Now he could be certain: this man definitely had feelings for Meng Weiyu.