Chapter 61

Translator: Abo Dammen

After receiving Qin Guchuan’s message, Chen Lu looked down at the things he had bought earlier. 

Most of them had already been eaten by him.

Hmm… He waited so long to tell me I could go up, so it’s still Qin Guchuan’s fault.

However, Chen Lu still had some specifically bought spherical foods left in his shopping bag, like passion fruit, oranges, apples, etc. He placed these items on the very top, ensuring they would definitely scatter everywhere when he let go later, before heading upstairs.

Riding the escalator to the third floor, Chen Lu saw Qin Guchuan walking towards him slowly, the young woman holding onto his arm. 

Chen Lu looked around. There were also several bystanders nearby.

Perfect.

Chen Lu immediately let go of his grip. The fruits in the bag scattered just as he hoped, rolling in all directions. Just like the scene at his residential area entrance before, the well-dressed, fashionable bystanders all opened their mouths upon seeing the rolling fruits.

“Ah!! Fruits!!” 

“Your things fell!”

Back then, inside his apartment, Chen Lu couldn’t see how the neighbors reacted, but now he was witnessing it firsthand.

Every passerby who saw his bag drop, without exception, uncontrollably let out various exclamations. After exclaiming, they each froze, their faces filled with bewilderment, starting to doubt their life choices, completely unsure why they were making such a fuss.

How to put it… 

Living in this world, everyone gets their own chance to question their existence. Finally seeing others perform ‘performance art’, Chen Lu felt a unique sense of deep satisfaction.

Qin Guchuan, who had noticed Chen Lu’s arrival long ago, finally looked towards him following the sounds. Then, following the plot, he swiftly shook off the niece’s hand and ran towards Chen Lu, his face tense.

“Chen Lu, it’s not what you think! Let me explain!” Qin Guchuan shouted while chasing.

“I won’t listen, I won’t listen!” Chen Lu responded loudly while stumbling away. 

Abruptly left behind, the niece had a question mark in her eyes. She stared dumbfounded at the sudden chase scene before her for a good while before realizing what was happening. Instantly, her eyes lit up.

This was the first time she’d seen the usually calm and composed Qin Guchuan act so recklessly.

Foot pain didn’t matter anymore now.

Realizing she had stumbled upon a major event, the niece immediately held her high heels in her hands and chased rapidly after them. 

With the guidance of countless shocked gazes, the niece didn’t have to worry about losing direction. Moreover, there was the very repetitive, almost brainwashing loud dialogue between the two—’Wait for me!’ ‘I won’t!’—which she could clearly hear even from the third floor.

The niece soon arrived near the relatively remote, unmanned spot in the mall.

But isn’t that location a dead end? Why run into a dead end instead of the main exit? A trace of confusion rose in the niece’s eyes.

Completely unaware of the niece’s situation, Chen Lu and Qin Guchuan continued on their own, loudly delivering their lines, trying to guide the niece. Because they were preoccupied with whether the niece was following, the jealous, accusatory lines came out without much psychological burden. 

‘Has she caught up? Why isn’t she here yet?’ After slowing down his line delivery and almost finishing his lines, Chen Lu conveyed the message to Qin Guchuan with his eyes.

‘She definitely followed. She’s Madame Feng’s niece, after all,’ Qin Guchuan gave Chen Lu a reassuring look.

In this world, everyone had to admit, ‘Madame Feng is the most reliable person in this world.’

Moreover, Qin Guchuan wasn’t just judging based on that. If the niece hadn’t followed, that world-ending sense of crisis would have already descended upon them by now. 

Sure enough, just before Chen Lu started his final line, he saw the beautiful young woman who was with Qin Guchuan earlier appear within his field of vision.

Chen Lu finally breathed a sigh of relief. He relaxed and delivered his final line, his eyes filled with countless joy as he looked at Qin Guchuan, wanting to convey that the plot character was in position.

However, as soon as Chen Lu looked up, he saw that handsome face extremely close to his.

“Mmph—!” Completely unprepared, the space within Chen Lu’s mouth was once again forcefully occupied. 

It had been a while since the last time he experienced this. Having no further experience since then, Chen Lu’s reaction was still very awkward and unpracticed.

Fortunately, the plot description for this kiss wasn’t too detailed, focusing mainly on the niece taking the photo. So, apart from Qin Guchuan’s initial seemingly emotionally charged plundering, he soon began guiding Chen Lu to actively engage with him.

Regarding Qin Guchuan’s guiding behavior, Chen Lu’s eyes trembled slightly. Somewhat stiff and embarrassed, he slowly began to respond, his peripheral vision scanning towards the niece watching them from a distance.

The niece, witnessing this explosive scene, seemed completely frozen. She stared straight at the two, looking like she didn’t know how to react, hesitating for a long time before picking up her phone to take the photo. 

The sensation of being invaded in his mouth occupied most of Chen Lu’s thoughts. The remaining small part of his mind kept transmitting feelings of bashfulness due to being watched.

Chen Lu considered himself quite fearless. He had even resiliently performed the entire plot under the gazes of onlookers after being made so ‘artistic’ by the mobilized bodyguards.

But now, performing this scene of being ‘invaded’ in front of this young woman, Chen Lu strangely felt the emergence of shy emotions.

It was as if this scene wasn’t just acting, but some hidden little secret of his true self was being exposed before others. 

Qin Guchuan quickly sensed the difference in Chen Lu’s response this time. Looking at the rarely shy Chen Lu, who felt especially delectable to him, he lifted his eyes slightly towards the niece in the distance, who had already raised her phone and swiftly taken the photo.

Meeting Qin Guchuan’s gaze, which held the extreme displeasure of a beast interrupted during its meal, the niece immediately shivered. Clutching her phone tightly, she hastily fled the scene according to the ferocious look’s unspoken command.

But after leaving, the image of the two men pressed closely together kept replaying in her mind.

The impact of two handsome men in an intimate act was far beyond simply doubling the effect. 

Her hands even trembled uncontrollably as she sent the message to her aunt.

Feng Song: [Image] Auntie, look, it’s cousin’s partner! This is really great! Now you don’t have to worry about Cousin being trapped in his past feelings anymore!

Feng Song: Just now, Cousin and I were seen by his partner at the mall. There seems to be some misunderstanding. Can you help explain it to him later, Auntie?

Her aunt’s recent attempts to pair her up with Qin Guchuan over the past few months had felt utterly baffling to Feng Song. But her aunt insisted that it had been ten years, and Qin Guchuan was still trapped in past heartbreak. As the closest female peer around Qin Guchuan, she wanted her to help him move on from his previous relationship. 

The niece had refused many times, thinking her aunt’s ‘my niece is the best in the world, no one could dislike her’ filter was acting up again. But in the end, she couldn’t win against her aunt, thinking it would be best to let her aunt see for herself that there was no chance between her and Qin Guchuan.

Instead, she ended up witnessing quite a show.

The niece touched her face, finding it burning hot. She hurriedly waved away the scene still replaying in her mind and quickly left the place.

After seeing the niece leave, Qin Guchuan shifted his body slightly, adjusting their position so Chen Lu could no longer see the entrance. 

Chen Lu, whose brain was in a half-crashed state from being kissed, forgot to pay attention to the entrance. Or perhaps he consciously made himself forget he was being watched. After a long time, feeling his breath couldn’t keep up, Chen Lu moved slightly and glanced towards the place where the niece’s figure had disappeared, finally relaxing.

With no one else around, Chen Lu felt much more at ease. Looking at Qin Guchuan, who hadn’t seemed to realize the plot was over and was still seeking in his mouth, Chen Lu felt extremely impressed with himself for realizing the plot had ended ahead of time.

Thus, Chen Lu’s true nature, which had been suppressed earlier by embarrassment, began to bubble up one cluster at a time.

He wanted to cause trouble. 

Chen Lu stopped obediently matching Qin Guchuan’s movements. His tongue stretched out from his own mouth, following the path of the invader, and scratched lightly inside.

Sensing the anomaly, Qin Guchuan immediately realized Chen Lu had finally noticed. He looked at Chen Lu helplessly, then, after a thought, didn’t obediently withdraw from Chen Lu’s mouth. Instead, he imitated Chen Lu’s action and also scratched once inside Chen Lu’s mouth.

Just as Qin Guchuan had anticipated, Chen Lu soon began a game of chase with him.

It was a completely different sensation from the thrill of the earlier entanglement driven by the plot. Though it was still a tangle of lips and tongues stirring together, it felt entirely different. 

A feeling of satisfaction originating from the soul.

In the end, Chen Lu, who had already been kissed senseless and gone weak all over, without a doubt lost ground in this playful struggle. After his last breath was used up, he could only admit defeat, then collapse on Qin Guchuan’s shoulder, panting and laughing.

He didn’t know why he was laughing, but Chen Lu just felt like laughing.

It wasn’t the joy of a successful prank like before, but a very pure, genuine happiness. 

A sense of contentment, thinking it wouldn’t be bad if time could always be like this. Completely devoid of energy, Chen Lu hung on Qin Guchuan, simply letting his mind go blank, enjoying this moment of pleasant mood.

However, the delight of these three people did not reach Madame Feng. After receiving the photo from her niece, Madame Feng stared at it with a ferocious expression for a long time, then rapidly began tapping on her phone.

Feng Zhiqiu: Children shouldn’t be looking at this!!!