The CEO’s Little Wife 19
Shen Yan snorted coldly, not even taking Lu Huai’s provocation seriously. He wrapped his arm around Qiao Yu, turned, and walked toward the car. Reaching out, he shielded Qiao Yu’s head and stuffed him into the passenger seat, then got in himself.
The black luxury car quickly started moving. Its red taillights flickered as it made a smooth, swift U-turn. As it passed Lu Huai, Shen Yan cast a light glance out the window.
That glance was full of utter disdain and superiority.
As if answering this declaration of war, Shen Yan also silently mouthed the words:
“I will be waiting.”
Soon, the engine-running car slowly disappeared from the entrance of Jingda University. Qiao Yu drew in the protagonist’s fortune from Shen Yan’s body. The lower back that had still been faintly aching from the fall recovered right away, and he even had the energy to speculate about Shen Yan’s micro-expressions.
He seemed colder than usual. Even after the car had already pulled away, he was still maintaining an affectionate stare with that man. It seemed he was very satisfied with Lu Huai.
Qiao Yu’s bizarre train of thought perfectly twisted the two men who had been confronting each other into a scene of mutual affection, and he even started to suspect the plot 01 had sent him.
Was it really okay for the protagonist couple to meet so much earlier? And in the original story, wasn’t Shen Yan the one who had a one-sided crush on Lu Huai? How had Lu Huai now ended up falling for Shen Yan at first sight too?
Was this the bond between protagonists?
『It probably isn’t a big deal. Anyway, the following plot has nothing much to do with you anymore, so just honestly play the role of the resentful wife.』
Qiao Yu, the resentful wife, spread his hands.
Whatever. I am just lying flat.
“How did you meet that person?”
After who knew how long of silence, Shen Yan still could not hold back and asked. Qiao Yu, who had been somewhat drowsy, instantly woke up. He looked at Shen Yan’s stern profile and cautiously said:
“I accidentally got knocked over by him, and then he helped me up.”
As soon as he said that, Shen Yan’s frown seemed to deepen even more. Qiao Yu blinked, thinking: Could it be that Shen Yan was jealous because he helped me? Or did Shen Yan think I was slandering his little white moonlight?
Afraid of getting hit even harder later, Qiao Yu quickly added a defense for Lu Huai: “I wasn’t watching where I was going either. It’s not his fault.”
I’ve let your little white moonlight off the hook, so you can’t hit me later, okay?
After Qiao Yu finished speaking, Shen Yan’s expression seemed to darken all at once. The sudden braking force of the car made Qiao Yu lurch forward even though he had fastened his seatbelt. Only after he steadied himself did he look at Shen Yan in confusion.
What now? A man in love is really hard to deal with.
If it were not for craving the bit of fortune on Shen Yan’s body and having a plot to follow, Qiao Yu really would have wanted to die on the spot and be done with it.
“So you really are defending him.”
Shen Yan’s back teeth were practically being ground to pieces. The way Qiao Yu feared Shen Yan would take his anger out on Lu Huai did not look like the attitude one would have toward a stranger they had just met for the first time.
So what Qiao Yu said about preferring the younger ones was true too?
Not knowing what had gotten into Shen Yan, and keenly sensing that Shen Yan’s current mood was very off, Qiao Yu decisively shrank back, afraid the CEO would go crazy and slap him.
No joke, with Shen Yan’s strength, one slap and he’d be coughing up blood.
No matter how expensive the luxury car was, the space inside was only that big, especially with Shen Yan staring fixedly at Qiao Yu without moving. So Qiao Yu’s tiny backward retreat was especially obvious.
He still wanted to run?
That realization instantly caused the taut string in Shen Yan’s mind to snap. He reached out with one hand, grabbed Qiao Yu by the neck, and yanked him closer. At such a close distance, they could almost feel each other’s breathing.
“Do you know I like…”
Even the veins on the side of Shen Yan’s neck popped up as he ground out half the sentence, but when he saw Qiao Yu’s bewildered expression, he forcibly stopped.
Go on.
Qiao Yu blinked in confusion and reflexively asked, “What do you like?”
This innocent, infuriating look made Shen Yan suspect he was pretending not to know. He pinched Qiao Yu’s chin and shook it, asking with frustrated disappointment:
“You don’t know who I like?”
I do.
Qiao Yu blinked again and thoughtfully gave him an out: “You like Lu Huai, don’t you?”
Shen Yan: ?
The car fell silent for a full three seconds. During those three seconds, Shen Yan seemed to even slow his breathing. After looking at Qiao Yu’s face and seeing not a trace of a joke or jealousy,
Shen Yan laughed in exasperation.
He really laughed in exasperation, with a faint breathy sound. He let go of the hand gripping the back of Qiao Yu’s neck and instead covered his own forehead, looking very troubled.
Qiao Yu was a little dumbfounded by his reaction. Was what he said wrong?
Could it be that Shen Yan was embarrassed and angry because he had been exposed?
Afraid of being silenced and dumped dead in the wilderness, Qiao Yu even put on an extremely considerate and gentle demeanor. Tugging at Shen Yan’s sleeve, he said softly:
“If you really like him, I can accept it.”
Qiao Yu’s words were no different from adding fuel to the fire. Shen Yan suddenly reached out and punched the steering wheel in front of him. Even while furious, he forced himself to keep his voice and tone down as he turned and questioned him:
“Qiao Yu, do you even have a heart?!”
Shen Yan was truly wronged. He was almost driven mad with anger now. The more calm and aloof he had seemed when confronting Lu Huai just now, the more embarrassed he looked now that he was facing Qiao Yu.
Honestly speaking, aside from his initial wish to divorce Qiao Yu, which had been rather unreasonable, Shen Yan had not mistreated him after meeting him. In fact, he had taken care of him meticulously for nearly two full months.
When Qiao Yu was sick, Shen Yan stayed by his side every step of the way. From home to company, everything had undergone a complete makeover because of Qiao Yu’s arrival, and even Shen Yan himself had become this extremely emotionally volatile person.
He had thought Qiao Yu liked him, or at least had some dependence and feelings for him. He had even been secretly pleased about it and had firmly believed it for two months.
Now he had fallen in deep, only to be told that Qiao Yu was a heartless little bastard?
“Do you really not like me at all?”
The corners of Shen Yan’s eyes even turned slightly red, and a faint weariness lingered between his brows, making him look somewhat forlorn.
Qiao Yu seriously shook his head. “I do like you. I like being in contact with you.”
In the literal sense of contact.
Shen Yan’s eyes and brows seemed to brighten a little, as if a trace of life had sprung up from a place of dead silence, and he asked with faint confusion, “Then why do you think I would like Lu Huai and not you?”
The plot says so.
But Qiao Yu had no way of telling him that, so he could only change tactics and say it another way.
“But didn’t you want a divorce from the very beginning?”
“We would get divorced in a year.”
When Qiao Yu said that, it was a very certain affirmative statement, and only a hint of confusion remained on his face, as if he did not understand how Shen Yan could still ask such a question.