Chapter 55: Me, I Want You

"Ah?!"

Su Meng subconsciously covered her mouth.

This best friend, is she leaking secrets?! Seeing Su Meng's intense reaction, Chu Tiantian became even more spirited: "What kind of mission were you two doing down there, that you even ended up with your mouths bruised?"

The staff member to the side pursed their lips in silence.

Su Meng looked over in confusion.

Only then did she notice.

In front of the staff member, over a dozen surveillance monitors were spread out.

And in that hidden corner inside the coffin, a camera was clearly installed.

Su Meng's expression changed instantly!

In other words.

This was no longer a matter of whether a third person knew or not.

That awkward scene between her and Shen Huai just now had been a live broadcast! Boom! —

In an instant.

Su Meng only felt as if the sky had collapsed.

"It might have been bumped accidentally when we climbed into the coffin."

Seeing that Su Meng had been so shocked she completely lost the ability to speak, Shen Huai had to smooth things over.

"Oh, alright." Chu Tiantian shrugged.

The group walked out of the shop, and Fu Hai checked the time.

At this moment.

It was already eleven-thirty at night.

"Mengmeng, are you taking a taxi with me? It's so late, the subway is already closed." Chu Tiantian turned her head to say to Su Meng.

Seeing this, Shen Huai hurriedly nudged Fu Hai with his elbow.

Fu Hai hurriedly stepped forward and stammered: "Tian Tian, um... it's so late, why don't I take you home?"

"You want to take me?"

Chu Tiantian was stunned for a moment, then her cheeks turned bright red.

"Mengmeng, Fu Hai said he wants to take me, are you coming with us?"

Chu Tiantian blinked frantically at Su Meng, practically writing the words "I'm just being polite, you absolutely must not take it seriously" on her face.

Su Meng rolled her eyes helplessly.

Truly the number one person in history to forget her friends for a crush.

"Go, go, go, I'm too lazy to be a third wheel." Su Meng waved her hand.

"Hehe, Mengmeng you're the best!" Chu Tiantian jumped with joy, followed Fu Hai to hail a taxi, and they climbed into the car while hugging.

"Goodbye! ~"

Chu Tiantian rolled down the car window and shouted to Su Meng: "Shen Huai, I'll leave it to you to get my best friend home~"

Shen Huai nodded and smiled as he watched the taxi drive away.

Watching the car lights gradually disappear before her eyes.

The smile Su Meng had been forcing all night finally collapsed.

"I can go by myself, you can go home."

Su Meng kept a cold face and deliberately turned her head away, not looking at Shen Huai.

"Everyone's gone, what are you still putting on a front for."

Shen Huai also switched back from the gentle gentleman in front of others to his usual uninhibited, playboy self in a second.

"When you were kissing me forcefully in the coffin just now, I saw that you were enjoying it quite a bit."

"... You!" Seeing Shen Huai deliberately bringing up a sore subject, Su Meng bristled and shouted angrily: "You still have the nerve to bring it up!"

"If you hadn't scared me on purpose, I wouldn't have been so socially dead!"

Summer weather has a large temperature difference between day and night.

At this moment, the two of them were standing by the roadside.

A gust of night wind blew by, and with her anger flaring up, Su Meng couldn't help but shiver.

Shen Huai's eyes darkened: "Alright, do you think I wanted to bring it up?"

"Seeing that you've been holding this knot in your heart all night, I just found an excuse to let you vent."

"Now that you've shouted it out, don't you feel much better?"

Su Meng was stunned.

Only after Shen Huai said this did she realize it belatedly.

The blockage in her heart really did seem to have eased quite a bit.

Could it be that Shen Huai had been silently observing the changes in her expression the whole time? "It's said it will rain tonight, where is your home? I'll take you back. Since I promised your friend, I can't go back on my word." Shen Huai leaned against a street lamp by the road and asked with a calm expression.

"... Binjiang Bay."

Su Meng gritted her teeth and replied in a low voice.

Binjiang Bay?

Shen Huai's expression changed slightly.

Isn't that the residential complex right next to Number One Heaven and Earth?

He hadn't expected his first love to live so close to him.

Shen Huai didn't think too much, reached out to hail a taxi, pulled Su Meng in, and they climbed into the car: "Driver, Binjiang Bay." Along the way.

The two of them sat on either side of the car door, both choosing to look out the window in silence.

Even though there was only one seat between them, it felt as if a galaxy lay in between.

"Handsome, we're here."

The driver stopped at the main gate.

Su Meng hurriedly jumped out of the car, but she didn't expect Shen Huai to follow right behind her.

"Why did you get out too? Are you... not going home?" Su Meng retreated a few steps, on guard.

Seeing Su Meng's jittery expression, Shen Huai helplessly spread his hands: "I ate a lot tonight, can't I walk to digest my food?"

"... I didn't say you couldn't."

Su Meng muttered, not even having time to say goodbye before she fled frantically as if her feet were greased.

Finally, her ears were at peace.

Shen Huai let out a long sigh of relief before stepping toward Number One Heaven and Earth.

If he had known the plot would turn out so absurd, he absolutely, absolutely would not have agreed.

Not only did he get himself dragged into this, but he also let someone watch an R-rated blockbuster for free.

It was simply dramatic.

From now on, no matter how anyone begged him, he was determined not to get involved in such things again.

He walked into the unit elevator.

Shen Huai wearily pressed the button for the 3rd floor.

Just as the elevator doors were closing.

A pair of slender hands suddenly gripped the edge of the elevator door.

"... Lu... Sheng...?"

Shen Huai looked at Lu Sheng, who was standing at the elevator entrance in her pajamas, completely makeup-free, and holding a trash can, and a flash of extreme shock crossed his eyes.

The words "Director" were stuck in his throat, and he swallowed them back only after holding them in for a long time.

Lu Sheng had told him many times that she didn't like hearing the words "Director Lu" outside of work hours.

Lu Sheng walked into the elevator with an expressionless face and stood side-by-side with Shen Huai.

"Just got back?" Lu Sheng asked, her eyes fixed on the elevator door without looking at him.

"... Yeah." Shen Huai gave a hum.

Lu Sheng sniffed, her eyes darkening a bit more: "Didn't you pretend to be a teetotaler with me? Why is there the smell of alcohol?"

"I just had a little." Shen Huai coughed lightly.

Hearing this, Lu Sheng turned her head, leaned in to sniff again, and her expression instantly became even more intriguing: "Not only is there the smell of alcohol, there's perfume too."

"..."

Shen Huai was completely speechless.

The atmosphere became somewhat awkward.

The elevator door opened, and Shen Huai walked out quickly, making a move to enter his passcode.

Unexpectedly.

Just as the door opened.

Lu Sheng rushed over from behind, spread her hands against the door, and pushed hard.

"Crack!"

The door was slammed shut by Lu Sheng.

Lu Sheng stood with one hand braced against the door, looking up at Shen Huai with a profound expression: "I have something to tell you."

"It's getting late, let's talk another day."

He had spent the whole day playing a battle of wits with Su Meng, and his energy was just about exhausted.

Shen Huai only wanted to avoid a fight right now.

"There is no other day, I want to say it now." Lu Sheng was relentless, simply pressing her entire body against the door.

She had the look of someone saying, "You aren't getting through this door until you confess to me today."

Shen Huai stood at the entrance, remaining in a silent standoff for several minutes.

In the end, he raised his hands in surrender.

"Fine, what do you want to say?" Shen Huai crossed his arms and faced Lu Sheng with a dark expression.

Lu Sheng looked at Shen Huai with burning eyes and said word by word: "I discovered something."

Discovered something?? Shen Huai's heart skipped a beat.

Could it be...

She found out his identity? But the next second.

Shen Huai heard Lu Sheng say with extreme seriousness: "I discovered that jealousy makes a woman lose her reason."

"My mind is clearly clear, but from the moment I smelled that perfume, a thought has been uncontrollably bubbling up."

"... What thought?" Shen Huai's Adam's apple bobbed as he asked in a low voice.

Lu Sheng leaned in with a seductive smile and whispered: "That is, to have you."

(End of chapter)