Chapter 44: Just Coaxed, Then Angry Again

In the evening, Situ asked as usual, "Young Master Yu, are you working overtime tonight?"

"No overtime," Sheng Yu answered him without a second thought.

Situ thought to himself that Young Master Yu must want to return to the Hot Spring Villa to see Miss Zhu.

Sheng Yu got into the car, pulled off his tie, and tossed it aside; the light shone into the dim cabin, his whole person exuding a casual languor, lacking the meticulous, cold air he had during the day.

"Go to Sheng Tang."

Yuan Fengye received Sheng Yu's call and immediately cast aside the young beauty beside him, "Little sister, go play by yourself. Big brother has urgent business; let's meet again next time."

Just kidding, how could he dare not go when Yu Ge gave an order?

He blew a flying kiss to the pure female college student outside the car and slammed his foot on the accelerator, speeding away, leaving the female college student stomping her feet in anger.

When he arrived at the Sheng Tang private room and pushed the door open to enter, he saw Sheng Yu sitting there drinking alone.

His heart skipped a beat; something was up.

He carefully pondered the events of the past few days; it shouldn't be that he was provoked by Sheng Hongyao celebrating Shen Yijing's birthday yesterday—Yu Ge's reaction time wasn't that long, and he should have digested that matter by yesterday.

Then what exactly happened?

No matter how big the issue was, it shouldn't make Yu Ge drink alone!

Yuan Fengye didn't dare sit beside Sheng Yu, worried that Sheng Yu would beat him up if he got annoyed.

He specifically chose a sofa on the side to sit down and tentatively asked, "Yu Ge, did you have a fight with your sister-in-law?"

Sheng Yu's movement of holding the wine glass paused slightly, and he turned his head to look at him, "Sister-in-law?"

Yuan Fengye clicked his tongue, "Your woman, my sister-in-law."

Although he had never seen Yu Ge's woman and was so curious it was driving him crazy, Yu Ge refused to reveal a single word, and Situ's mouth was even harder to pry open; he couldn't get any information out.

But this title of sister-in-law had to be used.

"Yours?" Sheng Yu narrowed his eyes slightly.

Yuan Fengye realized he had said the wrong thing and hurriedly slapped his own mouth, "Pah, pah, pah, I mean the respected sister-in-law. I misspoke, Yu Ge, I'll punish myself with three cups."

Having finished three cups of wine, Yuan Fengye couldn't help but grumble in his heart.

Yu Ge's possessiveness is just too strong!

Does it need to be precise to the point of nitpicking words?

Of course, he only dared to beep in his heart and didn't dare say it out loud.

However, Yu Ge didn't deny it just now, so it seems he guessed right.

"Yu Ge, they say a woman's heart is like a needle at the bottom of the sea, but there is no woman in this world who cannot be coaxed."

Sheng Yu lit a cigarette and said nothing.

This appearance was very much like a silent urge for him to continue.

Yuan Fengye suddenly realized that Yu Ge only called him here to drink; could it be that he wanted to learn some ways to coax women from him?

He was a professional at this!

Mentioning this, Yuan Fengye got excited and, fearing no death, scooted over to sit beside Sheng Yu.

"Brother, this woman, once she's angry, you must buy some small gifts and pair them with some sweet talk to coax her. If you don't know how, I can teach you a few lines—'my little heart,' 'my little treasure,' all sorts of scripts; I guarantee you'll learn them as soon as you try."

My little heart.

My little treasure.

Sheng Yu's face darkened.

He looked at Yuan Fengye, who really seemed about to start teaching him some sweet talk, and crushed the cigarette out on the spot, "Shut up."

Hearing that his tone wasn't fierce, Yuan Fengye thought Yu Ge was probably unable to let go of his pride, so he began to talk incessantly, secretly observing his expression while teaching.

……

Zhu Yuan leaned against the headboard, fiddling with the new phone the doctor had brought her.

It was said that Sheng Yu had just sent someone to deliver it.

The SIM card had also been replaced.

Her original phone had long since been buried in the sea and could not be retrieved.

She logged into the cloud, preparing to import the phone numbers that had been automatically backed up previously into the new phone.

Qiao Mai walked over with a glass of warm water and Medicine, placing them on the bedside table, "Miss Zhu, please rest after you finish importing the numbers. Don't play with your phone for now to avoid dizziness and headaches, and remember to take your Medicine before sleeping."

"Okay, thank you..." Zhu Yuan stammered, smiling awkwardly, "What is your surname?"

Qiao Mai smiled and said, "You can just call me Qiao Mai."

"Buckwheat, is that a stage name?" Zhu Yuan asked nonchalantly while operating the phone.

Qiao Mai had an expression that said, 'I knew you would guess wrong,' "It's the Qiao from Qiao Feng, and the Mai from taking a step."

Zhu Yuan was stunned for a moment and smiled, "Okay, Doctor Qiao."

The people around Sheng Yu all had names more interesting than the last.

The man walked to the bedroom door and saw the scene of Zhu Yuan flashing a sweet smile at Qiao Mai.

She could still smile.

Qiao Mai was tidying up his stethoscope, preparing to leave, when he suddenly felt a chill on the back of his neck; his survival instinct made him turn around.

Sure enough, he saw Sheng Yu standing at the door.

"Young Master Yu."

Respectful and deferential.

Zhu Yuan's hand holding the phone shook, and the phone fell to the floor with a "clatter."

She looked toward the door and unexpectedly met eyes with Sheng Yu outside.

Having lain in bed all day, it was only in the evening that Zhu Yuan realized belatedly that this was Sheng Yu's room, and Sheng Yu's bed.

At this moment, the owner of this bed had returned, causing a trace of awkwardness to arise in Zhu Yuan's heart.

She dodged her gaze and bent down, intending to reach for her phone.

However, Sheng Yu strode into the room with his long legs, and after her fingers had been fumbling there for a long time, he bent down and reached out to pick up the phone.

"If your arms are short, just stay put."

The phone interface indicated that the data import was successful.

It was the contact list.

He held the phone in one hand, his thumb sliding across the screen.

He paused at the place where the contact name started with the letter S.

As his thumb slid up and down, he did not see the contact name 【Sheng Yu】.

Sheng Yu suddenly clenched his back teeth.

Then, thinking of something, his thumb continued to slide down and stopped at the letter Y.

As the screen scrolled, he did not see the contact name 【Yu Ge】 either.

He simply tapped open the dialer interface and skillfully pressed eleven digits.

No contact name popped up.

Zhu Yuan had smelled the scent of alcohol on him the moment he approached, so she did not dare to provoke him easily.

Who would have thought that after he took her phone, he fiddled with something, and his expression grew increasingly dark.

She pretended not to see it and took the initiative: "Thank you for saving me last night."

However, Qiao Mai had only simply said that it was Sheng Yu who saved her.

Sheng Yu tossed the phone onto the quilt and swept a cold, dark gaze over her.

Yet, just as he turned to leave, a hand suddenly grabbed his sleeve.

He looked down at that small hand; the fingers were slender and fair.

Following that hand, his gaze slowly moved upward and landed on that slightly flushed face, which was now showing him a smile sweeter than the one she had shown Qiao Mai just moments ago.

"Also, thank you for buying me the new phone; it's very pretty, and I like the color too."

Sheng Yu kept a cold face, "The cost of the phone will be put on your tab; you can pay me back all at once later."

Zhu Yuan nodded with a serious expression, "Of course, I will keep track of it."

Who would have thought that Sheng Yu would suddenly sneer, stride out of the room, and slam the door shut behind him.