Chapter 56: Adding a little delay

Rao Sheng Mingzhi has been through a lot in his life on the road to social death.

Nor have we seen such an awkward scene in front of us.

Be sure to rank his social death name scenes one, two, three, four.

The scene in front of us could definitely strive for the top three.

And, what's more, it's outrageous.

Jiang Bie and Lu Jiayan were the ones who sent the gifts, but they ended up embarrassing themselves!

The air in the carriage froze for a few seconds.

Yao Shen seemed to feel awkward as he was driving and turned around just as he was about to relieve himself of a few words.

When he saw the gift in Sheng Mingzhi's hand, he shut up for a moment, then turned his head and continued to concentrate on his driving.

It was as if it hadn't happened as long as he didn't see it.

Sheng Mingzhi: ......

Very good.

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Sheng Mingzhi rewrapped the gift from Jiang Bie as if nothing had happened.

Attempting to pretend that nothing had happened, he said, "Why didn't you tell me before you came here today."

He also thought that old-fashioned people like Lu Jiayan had no concept of a birthday at zero.

Sheng Mingzhi was even prepared for him not to come just now.

Lu Jiayan withdrew his eyes and held back the jealousy in his heart, "I wanted to give you a surprise."

In hindsight, it was a surprise but not a delight.

Also smothered in a jar of aged vinegar.

The words of Sheng Xu's white moonlight, which had been on the verge of being forgotten, came to mind.

There can't really be any old lovers that his little ancestor can't forget, can there?

Sheng Mingzhi muttered, "Then you didn't have to wait outside for so long. I don't know if I can still call Shen Ling's phone."

"Called." Lu Jiayan slowly: "Didn't answer either."

Sheng Mingzhi: ......

Suddenly I remembered how Shen Ling had gotten so high in the public house that she probably didn't even know where she'd left her phone, let alone call her.

The carriage fell silent again.

Sheng Mingzhi found the inexplicably awkward atmosphere suffocating and opened the window to get some air.

The landscape outside the window flies backwards at a rapid pace.

Sheng Mingzhi The buildings along the road look vaguely familiar and do not seem to be the way to Ocean Express International.

Before he knew it, Yao Shen had taken the liberty of pulling up to the entrance of One XiShan.

Sheng Mingzhi's heart gave out for a moment, thinking that he hadn't felt ready to forgive Lu Jiayan yet, and who said he was going home now?

But as the words came to my lips, I somehow remembered the image of Lu Jiayan waiting for hours in front of the LongHu waterfront.

At this moment, his insistence on running away from home was instantly shaken to the core.

...... Forget it, going home doesn't necessarily mean forgiving him, right?

Back at home, Lu Jiayan took off his coat and hung it in the wardrobe, asking, with a tilt of his head, "Are you hungry?"

Sheng Mingzhi tries to shake his head, but then pauses.

Just because he wasn't hungry, didn't mean Lu Jiayan wasn't hungry, and after waiting so long, I didn't know if he had eaten dinner.

So it changed again, "A bit."

"What do you want to eat." Lu Jiayan rolls up his sleeves.

"Whatever, I'm not picking." Sheng Mingzhi gave a numbing cry.

The words "I'm not picky" probably hit Lu Jiayan's funny bone, as if the Sheng Mingzhi he knew, who didn't eat onions, cilantro, noodles, round noodles, or flat vegetables, had to eat stewed noodles, no stir-fry, no more than three condiments, no peppers, ginger, or garlic, no chillies, no chopped no offal, and no roots, didn't exist. Mingzhi is the same as non-existent.

The man raised his eyebrows and looked at him with a "really not picky" look, his eyes full of ridicule.

Mr. Sheng Jr. averts his eyes sheepishly: ......

While Lu Jiayan is busy at the centre island, Sheng Mingzhi is also a little uneasy sitting in front of the sofa.

And then I remembered the scene in the car where the Extreme Society died earlier.

His eyes fell on the velvet box on the table.

Then the next moment, quietly opened the wrapping of the bracelet that Lu Jiayan had given her.

After a moment's hesitation, it was slowly fastened around the wrist.

-

Lu Jiayan simply ordered a bowl of longevity noodles and served it up.

Sheng Mingzhi had a hunch just now that a man as old-fashioned as he was would have a very old-fashioned style.

That tradition of having to eat longevity noodles on your birthday is well reflected in Lu Jiayan.

Take care of him like a child.

Along with the longevity noodles, there was a handmade birthday cake.

The caramel ones are, at a glance, prepared in advance.

Sheng Mingzhi sits silently at the table and accepts the chopsticks handed to him by Lu Jiayan.

The silver bracelet is skillfully and uniquely crafted, with a silvery glow flowing in the warm light.

Lu Jiayan glanced at Sheng Mingzhi with a faint smile.

Sheng Mingzhi, as if he didn't see it, picked a noodle and pretended to take a bite.

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I wonder if they do celebrities who are so demanding of their bodies have inwardly rolled to the point of starting to skip dinner.

Suddenly, Lu Jiayan was in a much better mood.

The smile on Sheng Mingzhi's face is a little more genuine as he glances absently at the silver chain on his wrist.

When Lu Jiayan had finished eating, Sheng Mingzhi put down his chopsticks and said, "Yes."

He looked like he had something to say, slowly, "Just because I'm home today doesn't mean I forgive you. I'm just talking to you so you don't get the wrong idea."

Lu Jiayan gave a little laugh and asked, "And when does little Mr. Sheng intend to forgive me?"

Sheng Mingzhi muttered, "Let's see how you do."

The man pondered, "Haven't I behaved well enough?"

Sheng Mingzhi listened, unable to hold back, and at this moment, the anger he had been holding for days burned up: "Where have you overbehaved?"

It was clearly him who said he liked himself that day.

The one who said he would tell himself everything related to him later was also him.

The result was a day of waiting for yourself, and another week of waiting.

After waiting for so long, Lu Jiayan seems to have forgotten everything he said that day and hasn't said a word to himself!

Sheng Mingzhi became more and more angry as he thought about it and finally could not resist reminding him, "And you've forgotten everything you said, do you need me to remind you again?"

His voice rose slightly.

So the words fell, and the lined villa became even quieter.

Somehow Lu Jiayan looks a little stunned.

It seems to have come as a complete surprise that Sheng Mingzhi would care about something so trivial.

For just a moment, he abruptly remembered a scene some time ago when he had gone out for a drink with his seniors.

Lu Jiayan is a complete novice when it comes to relationships.

Sheng Mingzhi stayed at Shen Ling's house for a week, barely paying him any attention, and like all men caught in an emotional whirlwind, he couldn't hold back his depression and found someone to go out for a few drinks.

At first, the schoolmaster had the presence of mind to taunt him.

Later, when Lu Jiayan called him too often, his wife at home became angry and finally stopped looking at the jokes and said at the dinner table, "Do you know what the problem is with you and Mingzhi?"

Lu Jiayan gave him a faint look.

That look clearly said, if I could have known, would I still be here drinking with you?

"I think you're especially like me and my wife when we first fell in love." The senior spoke eloquently with the experience of someone who had been there before: "When my wife used to chase me, I thought she was very easy to coax. Because she liked me, she was always happy with whatever I gave her. Later on, when we got together, it was different. I found that I didn't understand her very well, and I became angry with her twice in three days, and several times it came to the point of breaking up, do you know why?"

Lu Jiayan did not speak.

That's because the reason I used to be able to navigate through this relationship was because I didn't love her enough," said the senior. Once a person gets into a relationship, he or she is in trouble, and I was the same. When I loved her very much, jealousy and paranoia swayed me, and I was jealous of any man I saw her getting close to during that time."

Lu Jiayan laughed: "Not really."

The senior snorted, "And you don't have to stand around talking, karma just didn't come."

He paused, "Besides, we don't know Mingzhi's character, but you don't know it yourself. His temper is ten times more arrogant than my wife's."

Lu Jiayan doesn't seem to be too happy to hear Sheng Mingzhi's comments, and his face is not happy.

The senior quickly said, "No, no, no, that's not what I meant. I mean, with a temper like Mingzhi's, it's useless to just coax him, you have to know why he's angry. My wife sometimes gets angry for strange reasons, and after half a day of coaxing, she goes in the wrong direction."

He continued, "One more thing."

Lu Jiayan thought the senior was going to say something, but then he said, "Mingzhi is a Pisces, right? He's under the same sign as my wife, and Pisces people are very particular about rituals. You can't just say you like him and wait for him to say yes. The big difference between you and him is that you think you're married and can ignore the process once you've achieved the end goal, but maybe he cares about the process? You've never been in a relationship, has he? Do you think Mingzhi could stand to get married in such a messy way."

Memories come to a screeching halt.

Lu Jiayan recalls that Sheng Mingzhi seems, indeed, to have said something similar.

Shouldn't he, like, chase it?

"Why don't you say anything. Feeling weak after the lie I broke up?"

Sheng Mingzhi, seeing his silence, arrogantly and domineeringly rehashes the old story.

Who was the one who was talking nonsense that day? Who would tell him anything about himself?

Where did it go? To the ghost? He didn't hear it anyway.

He was furious and ready to settle the score with Lu Jiayan.

He did not want to wait for Lu Jiayan's apology.

" Mingzhi, I'm sorry. I was the one who didn't think about your mood."

Sheng Mingzhi was stunned.

The arrogance weakened for the most part.

...... That doesn't go as far as having to apologize, does it?

But he was stiff-lipped: "Just so you know."

It's actually not too late to say.

He just wanted to know about Lu Jiayan's past.

Good or bad, he accepts it all.

The next thing the man said was that he almost made Sheng Mingzhi spit out the water he had just taken into his mouth.

The other person was sincere, "I shouldn't have just fallen in love without taking action, it's my fault. So can I go after Mr. Sheng now?"

......

......

It was only after a long time that Sheng Mingzhi came back to his senses.

It was as if they had heard something out of the blue.

His expression was probably so shocked that Lu Jiayan felt he might have misjudged Sheng Mingzhi's mind again.

He was about to explain when Sheng Mingzhi's ears turned red first.

The cheeks also heat up slightly.

Lu Jiayan suddenly felt, though wrongly, that he had guessed.

But by mistake, it seems to be heading in the right direction.

After a moment, Lu Jiayan curled his lips: "What did little Mr. Sheng say?"

Sheng Mingzhi looked like he had just come back to his senses, his eyes still in a bit of a trance, "...... what how to say."

"About me chasing you."

"Oh."

Sheng Mingzhi's eyes drifted and fell on his wrist.

It took half a day to stifle the words, "No, then I can't stop you from chasing it."

He finished this sentence and hastened to add, "But don't be too happy, after all, there are many people after me."

Lu Jiayan paused: "A lot?"

Sheng Mingzhi Silence: "Of course. I have a lot of fans."

...... Chasing stars counts as chasing, I guess. Probably.

It was said without knowing how to spell the words blush and heartbeat.

"Oh." Lu Jiayan was meaningful: "So I'm still, kinda, in crisis?"

Sheng Mingzhi nods in an attempt to make Lu Jiayan's sense of crisis a little stronger: "And we're both ready for a divorce case now."

So you better be good to me right now without stopping!

Buy me the sports car, quick.

Lu Jiayan, drunk, said carelessly, "Is there anyone else after you besides your fans?"

Sheng Mingzhi: "......?"

"Nothing. I just wanted to find out what my potential opponents were."

...... doesn't have to!

I thought Lu Jiayan was done, but after a few seconds, he came back.

Still with the same look of pretending not to care much, he spoke, "Then little Mr. Sheng doesn't have any white moonlight in his heart either, does he?"

This question is even more outrageous.

No logic to the point that Mr. Sheng Jr. is confused after hearing it?

But the words "white moonlight" seem to have struck a chord in his heart.

Sheng Mingzhi was a little bit weak, his heart almost missed a beat, and he thought that Lu Jiayan knew something.

Lu Jiayan's heart tightened and froze at the sight of Sheng Mingzhi's reaction.

Really?

Sheng Mingzhi spat out half-heartedly, "You're so boring."

......

......

Lu Jiayan Suddenly not so good.

The last time Sheng Mingzhi said "You're so boring" was in the cinema, in the context of first love.

This digression, the stance of being a thief.

It was almost exactly the same as that day.

-

Lu Jiayan didn't mean to keep Sheng Mingzhi in the dark about the Lu family.

It's just that in his mind, Sheng Mingzhi has always been a child, with a sordid past that he doesn't really want Sheng Mingzhi to know about.

But after Song Yi's experience, Lu Jiayan has learned his lesson.

In addition to his own childhood experiences with Lu Xiao, he even volunteered to give an account of his experiences during his years abroad.

Sheng Mingzhi, although he has heard others mention Lu Jiayan in passing during those years.

But really hearing it from his own lips, he found that the bitterness and misery known to outsiders was not exaggerated; the truth was only more exaggerated than the rumours.

Sheng Mingzhi's heart-wrenching listening is becoming increasingly silent.

Lu Jiayan noticed that he hadn't said anything and when he saw that it was 1 or 2 am, he thought Sheng Mingzhi was sleepy and said softly, "Do you want to go to bed?"

Sheng Mingzhi couldn't say what he felt, and Lu Jiayan began, "I can't finish today, so I'll tell you next time, okay?"

He was afraid that Sheng Mingzhi would think too much of him again and think he was hiding it from him.

So it continued, "There is a long time ahead and I will tell you everything you want to know."

Sheng Mingzhi fears that he will be completely weakened if he continues to listen, but of course he is also piqued by Lu Jiayan's "future" remark.

Although it feels like I've been painted by the dog man, I just can't help but be a little happy.

So when Lu Jiayan offered to sleep, he didn't refuse.

It was only when they actually reached the first floor that Sheng Mingzhi recovered from his heartache.

Awareness of a serious problem.

He and Lu Jiayan haven't made up yet!

How do you sleep at night? Not in one room anyway!

So, while Lu Jiayan went to take a shower, Sheng Mingzhi made up his bed and went back to the room where he had been sleeping.

Anyway, when Lu Jiayan first returned to China, the two of them slept in separate rooms, but Sheng Mingzhi's former bedroom was clean and had more than enough room for one person.

Lu Jiayan came out of the shower and the bed was empty.

He hadn't anticipated this scene, so he picked up his phone and sent a message to Sheng Mingzhi in the process.

[Mingzhi, don't you want to sleep?

Soon, the other side replied.

[Already asleep.]

[Do not disturb.]

Lu Jiayan has probably guessed it by now.

He glanced at the closed door of the next room and thought that Sheng Mingzhi must have unlocked it.

He was a little lost, without even noticing it himself, and stood in the doorway for ten minutes before returning to the bedroom.

Sheng Mingzhi was in his room when he heard no more movement outside before he slowly placed all the roses Lu Jiayan had given him today in a vase.

Carefully fed with water, then didn't resist taking out my phone to take a few shots.

Ten minutes later, Sheng Mingzhi posted a tweet.

A posed shot of a cake with longevity noodles placed together and a posed shot of a hand holding a rose: the kind where the bracelet is particularly visible.

The little mind made could not be more.

@ Sheng Mingzhi: Caramel cake with a little delay (hehehe) (birthday cake)

Just sent it out with the comment.

"It's with a pinch of salt, isn't it?"

"The word 'yan' is mistyped, can you go a bit further with your tweets?"

"Is that the level of literacy you're taught at King's University? Now apologize to your alma mater immediately."

"The little punk illiterate persona doesn't go down."

"Caramel cake with salt, psycho."

"Happy Birthday (no scolding today for now)"

"Waiting half a month for your birthday tweet and not even posting a selfie? What kind of attitude?"

"Why don't you have this bracelet welded to your hand?"

"When did Bulgari ever come out with this style of bracelet, did you copycat it?"

"Shit, why did Sheng Jia's official blog give you a like again? Did you steal its number?"

......

Sheng Mingzhi was slightly stunned to see the last entry.

When I clicked on Sheng Jia's official blog page, I saw that the latest tweet was his.

...... Who the hell is in charge of this number?

Is it true that Lu Jiayan won't fire you for private use of your public website?

He rolled over in bed and continued to swipe through Twitter.

Somehow, I was happy to remember what Lu Jiayan said tonight about chasing him.

Also, he said he didn't leave the country three years ago because he went into show business on his own.

He also said that the feud of the previous generation had nothing to do with them.

Although it really did look like a rhetorical statement, Sheng Mingzhi was so ungrateful that he completely bought it and then couldn't help but roll around in bed several times.

I was afraid I would laugh too arrogantly and be heard by the dog man next door.

As a result, my phone vibrated and I received a WeChat message from Lu Jiayan.

Sheng Mingzhi was startled and really thought he had made too much noise.

It turned out that the other party sent a black and white photo over, which was quite blurry.

Sheng Mingzhi, which I clicked on to identify, didn't show anything, but it did look a bit like an ultrasound film.

He: [?

Man with a straight face: [The first photo taken by Lu Jiayan twenty-eight years ago in this world].

Sheng Mingzhi: ......?

He was a little confused, not having understood Lu Jiayan's meaning.

The other party then replied slowly, [Didn't they say they wanted to know about my past.

Sheng Mingzhi 突然然回神。

Finally I think why this photo looks so familiar, my suspicions just now have come true, it's a fucking ultrasound!

There is also a small line at the bottom of the photo: 7 weeks pregnant, visible embryo 12 high.

...... He's not so bad as to want to unravel something so past!