Vase cannon fodder is pampered by the group again

Chapter 70.2

Editor: Princess

Shen Ci was so frightened that he pressed his lips together and closed his eyes. After a long moment, he only felt a soft touch on his forehead that quickly separated.

Lu Xiao’s hand encircled Shen Ci’s slim waist as his gaze swept toward the onlookers, speaking lightly.

“Don’t frighten the little friend.”

Everyone: “…” This is your reason for nearly scaring us to death!

A simple forehead kiss was like stamping Shen Ci with a seal. The cats and dogs that had originally surrounded Shen Ci scattered in all directions—no one dared provoke this great Buddha, Lu Xiao.

Claiming to be pursuing him, yet firmly marking Shen Ci within his territory, intimidating everyone from harboring any thoughts.

Only Lu Xiao could act like a scoundrel so brazenly … Everyone only dared to complain internally, wildly rolling their eyes in their hearts while watching the little prince being led away, sighing with regret.

“Little Uncle, you’re too amazing! You drove them away so easily!” Shen Ci’s eyes sparkled like stars.

“It was nothing.” Lu Xiao smiled warmly while adjusting his cufflinks methodically: “I need to go meet a client first, then I’ll come back.”

He reached out to pinch Shen Ci’s earlobe and whispered instructions: “Don’t wander too far by yourself, understand? If you go to the restroom, have your big brother accompany you.”

“Is it really that exaggerated?” Shen Ci laughed carelessly, but seeing Lu Xiao’s serious expression, he could only change his tune timidly and mumble an agreement.

Wei Shuo opened his mouth teasingly: “Oh my, such a henpecked man…”

Shen Ci glared and kicked him, and the two almost started fighting again.

Lu Xiao touched Shen Ci’s cheek caressingly, then turned around to find his client, with Special Assistant Min following behind him.

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Min Shoubei had invited many famous directors and actors.

So Shen Ci followed Min Song around toasting them one by one, humbly exchanging words with them and gaining a bunch of praise like “very serious attitude”, “learns well”, “definitely going to be hugely popular”, and so on.

This was specially arranged by Min Shoubei for Shen Ci to do—to brush up on some goodwill in front of authoritative seniors, which might come in handy at some point.

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When Zhen Da saw that Shen Ci was slightly free, he came over and offered a beautiful-looking drink: “Little beauty, want to have a drink?”

Shen Ci raised an eyebrow. Did he think he was stupid? There was definitely something in this cocktail.

“I’m allergic to alcohol, sorry.” Shen Ci used this excuse repeatedly without getting tired of it.

Zhen Da chuckled: “I knew you’d say that. This is mixed fruit juice!”

“…” Shen Ci looked down suspiciously and sniffed—indeed, he only smelled the sweet fragrance of fruit.

He frowned and tried hard to think of an excuse, finally managing: “…There’s ice in it too, it’s too cold. I’ll drink it later.”

Drink it later? Later he would definitely pour it out directly!

Zhen Da nodded understandingly and said seriously: “You can even have babies, so of course you must have those few days every month too. I understand, I understand. This is really delicious, I highly recommend it. Don’t forget to drink it!”

Shen Ci’s mouth twitched. He really wanted to beat his past self who had spouted nonsense to death.

He steeled himself and took it, casually placing it on the table behind him: “…Thank you for understanding.”

Zhen Da was sent away with a silly smile. Wei Shuo, who had just arrived, looked suspiciously at his retreating figure and muttered: “Where did this foreign fool come from? Why does he have such a strong northeastern accent when he opens his mouth?”

Shen Ci held his forehead: “Don’t mind him.”

Wei Shuo: “But that drink he just gave you looks pretty good. I’m thirsty—let me have a sip.”

Shen Ci quickly said: “No, you can’t!”

“Why not?” Shen Bie’s voice came from behind.

Shen Ci turned around and was horrified to find that Shen Bie was holding the fruit juice and had already drunk half of it.

“…Holy shit.” Shen Ci was confused: “When did you come over? Why didn’t you ask before drinking it!”

Shen Bie glanced at his little brother: “Isn’t it just a cup of fruit juice? Is it worth being so stingy?”

As he spoke, he took another sip.

Shen Ci was stunned: ???

He quickly snatched it away and circled around Shen Bie with concern, looking nervous: “…Are you dizzy?”

Shen Bie rolled his eyes: “Not dizzy, not hot either, no drugs! By the way, isn’t this the drink in your hand? Are you drugging yourself?”

“No…” Shen Ci scratched his head in confusion, thinking that maybe Zhen Da was purely sharing delicious fruit juice?

“Excuse me, are you Shen Ci?”

A girl behind him called out weakly. Shen Ci turned around to see an unfamiliar girl with rather plain looks wearing simple makeup.

The girl stammered: “That very tall, handsome person who was standing next to you just collapsed in the bathroom! I heard him mumbling your name… so I hurried to find you! Come with me quickly!”

Her voice was somewhat incoherent, with cold sweat beading on her nose tip, and she kept her head down, not daring to look at Shen Ci.

“…” Shen Ci was speechless. Did everyone really think he was stupid to this extent? They expected him to believe such a hole-filled story.

The girl probably wanted to say that Lu Xiao had collapsed, but to avoid suspicion, she chose vague phrasing.

But who at the venue didn’t recognize Lu Xiao? He even had Special Assistant Min by his side.

Moreover, ever since Lu Xiao said he “loved him”, he had never called him by his real name again.

But not wanting to be too direct about it, he could only say diplomatically: “Dear, I suggest you call the police directly.”

“It’s true!” The girl seemed about to cry when she saw he wasn’t taking the bait: “Please go look! I’m begging you…”

If she didn’t successfully lure Shen Ci over as Yang Yan had instructed, then when school started, Yang Yan would definitely have thugs beat her up every day…

“?” Shen Ci was baffled. Looking at her anxious expression, it didn’t seem fake. Could Lu Xiao really have been knocked down by someone?

He had no choice but to call Shen Bie and Wei Shuo to go to the restroom together to take a look.

After all, if Lu Xiao really was there and saw that he had disobediently gone to the restroom alone, he’d probably get another punishment.

…Although being punished by him was quite enjoyable too.

Shen Ci quickly shook the inappropriate thoughts from his head. Business first.

The girl ran off like a wisp of smoke when she saw they had decided to go to the restroom, as if afraid they would question her further.

Now Shen Ci was certain there was definitely a problem.

The corridor leading to the restroom was sparsely populated, and they could vaguely hear low voices coming from the men’s room. The three exchanged glances.

Lightening their footsteps, the three slowly approached the men’s room. Just as they could clearly see what was happening inside, Wei Shuo quietly cursed “Damn.”

Lu Xiao was looking down while washing his hands. A petite girl with exquisite makeup stood obediently beside him, looking up and saying something while slowly approaching Lu Xiao, who hadn’t even lifted his head.

Suddenly, the girl opened her arms to embrace Lu Xiao: “President Lu, I’m willing to forgive you…”

Shen Ci: !!!

However, the moment her palms touched Lu Xiao, he reacted extremely quickly and pushed her away with one hand, his brow furrowing with obvious disgust.

It looked like he didn’t use much force—just a light push with the back of his hand after rotating his wrist—but it sent the screaming girl hard against the wall, her head making a dull “thud” sound.

The girl quickly slid down to the floor, kneeling and beginning to sob: “Uncle Xiao, when you took my body you were so rough, so I know I’m just a tool for your release… No matter how painful it is, I don’t dare expect too much.”

“Although I’m not yet of age, I’ll give birth to the baby… then leave home and flee far away, raising our child and living on, definitely not causing you any trouble…”

“I just want to say one thing to you—I really, really love you, wuwuwu…”

Shen Ci: ???

This, this, this—what a rich green tea fragrance…