Chapter 41 Seen by Shi Yu with…

Chapter 41 Seen by Shi Yu with...

"Alright, I'll date you."

Shi Nian couldn't bear to see Lin Yao cry from being frightened, so she agreed to Shen Chaowen's terms without hesitation.

Shen Chaowen's brows and eyes paused slightly, his amber irises returning to focus on Shi Nian, likely surprised by her easy agreement.

Just as he was about to say something, Lin Yao ran over and hugged Shi Nian tightly.

No... Shi Nian, don't agree to it...

The girl bit her lip, tears streaming down her face, desperately wanting Shi Nian to refuse right there.

But she didn't dare.

The original text described how obsessive and deranged Shen Chaowen was.

In adulthood, his love and hate for Shi Nian became frenzied, and he chased her all the way to the capital, causing no small amount of trouble between the protagonists.

Lin Yao always felt that Shen Chaowen had an intimidating aura, gloomy and rebellious, much like the blue coral snake she accidentally read about in an encyclopedia—a creature both the most beautiful and the most venomous in the world.

Arrogant and beautiful, yet capable of producing the deadliest neurotoxin.

Because of this, Lin Yao dared not even look at Shen Chaowen, only hugging Shi Nian, head bowed, biting her lip, and silently crying.

Seeing the girl like this, Shen Chaowen suddenly curled his lips into a mocking smile.

So afraid of him, huh?

He couldn't help but reflect, wondering if he had really been too harsh just now.

At this moment, Huang Mao, completely oblivious to what his boss was thinking, happily approached with everyone else. "Alright, alright, Shi Nian has agreed to date Brother Shen. We'll announce it during next week's basketball game. Then Qi Yanye will be like a dead dog, unable to beat Brother Shen on or off the court. Let's give them a round of applause."

Everyone gathered around Shen Chaowen and Shi Nian, clapping.

Shen Chaowen, who had been 'reflecting,' was interrupted by Huang Mao's antics and stopped his self-examination.

With a grim face, he looked up, noticing that Shi Nian seemed unaffected, while Lin Yao, frightened by Huang Mao and the others, had her eyelashes trembling. Suddenly, he felt a tightness in his chest.

Very annoying.

"How long are you going to keep crying?" His voice was somewhat cold.

Due to the hoarseness mixed with irritation and helplessness, his tone unintentionally lowered, sounding as if he were in a bad mood.

Lin Yao choked back a sob.

Biting her lip, she dared not cry anymore.

She could only lift her red, tearful eyes to look at him innocently and plaintively, her eyes still wet and glistening.

Shen Chaowen: ...

Why did he suddenly feel guilty?

Shi Nian: "Shen Chaowen, last time I told you, if you care so much about Qi Yanye, go talk to him directly. Provoking him through me is pointless because you know how much he hates me. And about the wisdom teeth..."

Hearing Shi Nian mention the wisdom teeth, Shen Chaowen's indifferent expression darkened abruptly.

He hated it when people brought up this topic.

Shen Chaowen raised an eyebrow, changing the subject with displeasure. "I know how to handle my own affairs. Now, go. Remember, from now on, you're my girlfriend."

Shen Chaowen smirked, a provocative and eerie grin aimed at making things difficult for Shi Nian.

At that moment, the wind outside the convenience store blew in again, billowing the oversized school uniform on the boy's body.

The sunset hid behind the clouds, casting a halo of twilight light, blending blue and orange hues.

Shen Chaowen's overly exquisite and beautiful face was illuminated, appearing eerily arrogant.

Seeing Shen Chaowen's smile, Lin Yao suddenly found it dazzling and almost too beautiful.

She hid behind Shi Nian, momentarily stunned.

Silently, she lowered her head.

Don't be fooled by the pretty venomous snake.

Lin Yao quietly reminded herself.

Shen Chaowen is the blue coral snake.

Finally, Shi Nian led Lin Yao away.

Both felt a lingering sense of fear.

Regardless of how calm Shi Nian appeared in front of Shen Chaowen, Lin Yao worried about involving her.

After finally leaving the alley, Shi Nian pulled Lin Yao and glanced back.

It seemed they needed to find a way to deal with Shen Chaowen, this ticking time bomb, sooner rather than later.

"Shi Nian, what should we do? Shen Chaowen forced you to date him... He's so bad, you can't agree to it..."

"Yoyo, the bus is here, I have to go."

Shi Nian didn't want Lin Yao to get too involved in these matters, fearing she would worry, so he deliberately changed the subject.

Lin Yao saw a private car parked by the roadside ahead, and the driver was just getting out to wave at Shi Nian. It seemed that was Qi Yanye's family car.

Shi Nian: "Don't go to the front to catch the bus. I'll call you a cab to go to Zhixue."

Lin Yao thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay."

She had been a bit shaken by Shen Chaowen earlier and felt weak in her legs. At this time, there was definitely no seat on the bus, and she doubted she could even stand all the way to Zhixue.

There happened to be a taxi by the roadside. Shi Nian helped Lin Yao into the cab, gave the address, paid for her fare, and then got into the private car sent by the Qi family.

It was currently rush hour for both work and school dismissals.

The Qi family's car was heading out of the city, taking the bypass highway, while Lin Yao's taxi was going in the opposite direction towards the city center.

Lin Yao was still waiting for the driver to navigate around the one-way street when Shi Nian's car disappeared at the fork in the road.

In front of the one-way street, traffic was congested, stopping every few steps. The car had just started moving again when it got stuck at the next intersection.

As the taxi remained stationary before the one-way street, Lin Yao heard two knocks on her window.

She looked up.

And saw the blue figure standing outside the car.

Shen Chaowen was standing by the car, beckoning her with his finger, "Crybaby, come out."

Lin Yao: "…"

*

Two minutes later, Lin Yao got out of the car with trembling legs.

It wasn't that she wanted to get out; the moment she saw Shen Chaowen, she quickly tried to lock the car door.

But Shen Chaowen was faster than her, opening the door before she could.

Moreover, she saw Huang Mao and the others blocking the taxi in front.

If she didn't get out, things would escalate, and they wouldn't be able to leave.

Lin Yao wanted to cry... No, she was already crying.

As soon as she got out, tears welled up in her eyes, and the suppressed sorrow surged back.

"Don't cry." There was a hint of impatience in Shen Chaowen's beautiful eyes.

Ugh, so fierce.

He even threatened her.

Lin Yao glanced up at him, then looked down, tears threatening to fall again.

"Stop crying..." This time, Shen Chaowen's smooth, magnetic voice sounded a bit helpless, "I called you out to buy milk tea with me."

"W-What kind of milk tea?" Lin Yao finally couldn't hold back her tears.

She lifted her wet eyes, staring at Shen Chaowen with a mix of curiosity and surprise, almost uncertain.

Shen Chaowen suddenly felt uncomfortable under Lin Yao's gaze.

His jaw tightened slightly, and his amber eyes glanced away to the other side of the road, speaking softly, "Just the milk tea you said was really good. I've bought it several times, but it's never right. Help me get it once."

Lin Yao: So that's what it is...

She suddenly remembered that night at the noodle shop when Shen Chaowen asked Huang Mao to buy him milk tea, always remembering to add boba but forgetting the sugar. No wonder it never tasted right.

Lin Yao suddenly looked at Shen Chaowen with a sympathetic expression. Poor thing, craving milk tea like this.

Kids who don't know how to order milk tea are like this... Sigh.

She also craved milk tea now.

Seeing that there was still some time before class at Zhixue, Lin Yao smiled, "Okay, but you're treating me, and I want to drink too."

After saying this, the girl turned and walked ahead of Shen Chaowen.

Shen Chaowen probably didn't expect Lin Yao to talk to him like that and raised an eyebrow.

Almost scoffing.

A crybaby who can't even stand when scared.

Daring to ask him to treat her to milk tea.

Inside the milk tea shop, Lin Yao went in to place her order with the staff.

Outside, Shen Chaowen leaned against the door.

Huang Mao came over, "Brother Shen, why does this feel a bit off?"

Shen Chaowen, holding his phone in one hand, didn't look up, "What's off?"

Huang Mao scratched his head, stretching his neck to peek inside at the girl, then whispered back, "Brother, who exactly are you dating? Shi Nian is your girlfriend, right? Why aren't you having milk tea with her but with this crybaby?"

Shen Chaowen finally looked up at Huang Mao, giving him a cold smile, "Are you getting too idle lately?"

"Me?" Huang Mao, "I'm not idle, Brother. Next week, we have a joint interschool soccer tournament, and our No. 5 Middle School needs to win. I..."

"Alright, get over there." Shen Chaowen gave a mock kick to the yellow-haired guy in disdain. "If it weren't for the awful milk tea you bought, would I have needed to find her?"

He was just... intrigued by the little crybaby who had clung to him with some delicious milk tea last time.

In all his years, Shen Chaowen had never seen anyone sob uncontrollably and then suddenly stop just because they were holding a few cups of milk tea.

Even when he had the underling buy the same cup of milk tea for Lin Yao that day.

Shen Chaowen still found milk tea unpalatable.

He couldn't understand how that little crybaby could be so obsessed with it.

"Shen Chaowen, come pay on WeChat." A girl's voice called from inside the shop.

Even for a single Snow King, Lin Yao remembered to have Shen Chaowen foot the bill.

They had agreed he would treat her, so he couldn't back out now.

Before long, Shen Chaowen was drinking the milk tea he had specially bought for himself.

Normal ice, normal sugar, extra pearls, extra pudding, extra taro balls.

After one sip, Shen Chaowen thought... it was too sweet.

But when he turned to see Lin Yao, holding her milk tea and sucking vigorously through the straw, her cheeks puffed as she chewed the toppings, looking like a greedy hamster, he suddenly felt his own milk tea wasn't so bad after all.

"How is it? Is it good?"

She stared at him, her eyes sparkling.

Shen Chaowen: "It's... good..."

Lin Yao smiled sweetly. "Of course the milk tea I bought is good."

She hugged the milk tea and took a few sips, then remembered something and looked up at Shen Chaowen's face.

Shen Chaowen noticed the girl's gaze seemed oddly sympathetic. His eyes darkened slightly as he squinted back at her. "What? What's wrong?"

"No, I just wanted to say, don't drink too much of this. It's high in sugar and can cause cavities. If your wisdom teeth act up, it wouldn't be good, but then I remembered you don't have wisdom teeth..."

The atmosphere instantly fell silent.

The yellow-haired guy behind them was so anxious he wanted to look down and pretend he wasn't there.

Damn, Brother Shen hates it when people mention his wisdom teeth. This girl is really poking where it hurts.

"Lin Yao." Shen Chaowen suddenly called her name formally.

Lin Yao looked up at him in surprise. "Ah?"

She hadn't realized that she had just touched upon Shen Chaowen's most taboo subject.

She saw Shen Chaowen bend down, leaning his body closer to her.

He reached out and pinched the side of her face, which he had long wanted to do: "Has anyone ever told you that you're very tempting to bully?"

Lin Yao: "…"

Several seconds later.

Holding the milk tea, Lin Yao, whose face had been pinched by Shen Chaowen, started crying while biting the straw.

Wah… Shen Chaowen is so scary.

Shi Nian… no, Shi Yu… help.

*

It was 6:55 PM.

There were only five minutes left before the Zhixue class would start.

Shi Yu still hadn't seen Lin Yao's figure downstairs at Zhixue.

He had already made countless phone calls and sent WeChat messages, but no one answered or replied.

Even when he called Shi Nian, it remained unreachable.

Standing downstairs at Zhixue, Shi Yu's gaze had become sharp and cold as he watched the passing crowd.

Finally, a private car stopped by the roadside.

It wasn't a familiar car, so Shi Yu initially paid it no attention. Lin Yao wouldn't come in someone else's car either.

His gaze casually glanced over and was about to return to watching the street corner.

But in just an instant, he saw a familiar figure getting out of the car.

First, a boy with midnight blue hair got out of the front passenger seat, holding two cups of milk tea and opening the rear door.

Then a familiar petite figure, holding a cup of milk tea and with red eyes, jumped out of the car.

She got out and stood far away from the blue-haired boy.

The blue-haired boy, feeling both helpless and annoyed, gritted his teeth and handed her the two cups of milk tea.

The little girl, scared and timid, stared at the boy for a moment, then quickly took the two cups of milk tea from his hand and ran toward this side of the street.

Shi Yu narrowed his eyes, his dark and deep gaze becoming chillingly cold.

But as Lin Yao approached him, his expression returned to normal.

At the moment the little girl ran into the Zhixue Building with her milk tea in her arms, she was caught.

The two of them embraced fully.