Campus Ace Girl-Chapter 607 - 608: I Want to Drink a Toast with Boss Shen (2800 Words)
King Jingyao left. Xin sat alone there for a while longer.
He sat until his body began to feel cold before slowly rising to leave. His secretary, feeling sympathetic, accompanied him.
In the living room, King Jingyao skillfully peeled a banana. He glanced at Zhou Yu. "What’s the matter? Feeling sorry for him?"
Zhou Yu shook her head. "No."
King Jingyao chuckled. "If I were a woman, I’d be moved too. Look at him—injured shoulder and all, coming all this way just to bring you some fruit. He’s so tender and doesn’t seem to care at all that you’re carrying my child."
Zhou Yu suddenly asked, "Has he found out?"
King Jingyao finished his banana and tossed the peel into the trash bin. "You’re only just realizing this?"
He brushed his trousers. "No man would be indifferent to such a thing. If he didn’t know the child was his, do you think he’d come over so openly to show concern for you and the baby?"
Zhou Yu was taken aback and murmured, "Then why didn’t he say anything?"
King Jingyao smiled faintly. "As for that, you should be able to figure it out."
He rose to his feet. "Alright, that’s all the reminding I’ll do. What you decide to think from now on is up to you."
Zhou Yu lowered her eyes and said no more.
King Jingyao had a car prepared and invited Chen Ming and Zhou Yunchen to the shooting range. He was in a good mood. That evening, he also invited Bo Xichen and his wife out for drinks. Later, thinking about it, he had Zhou Yunchen call Shen Congwen out too.
It was an early summer day. Shen Congwen wore a black shirt with black trousers, looking suave and handsome.
Chen Ming knew him, though they hadn’t interacted much. He clapped him on the shoulder. "It’s a hot day, Congwen! Aren’t you hot all bundled up like that?"
Shen Congwen’s face grew a little warm. She coughed lightly. "It’s alright."
Chen Ming laughed. "Look at us, all big guys. Isn’t it more comfortable to wear shorts and a T-shirt?"
He rubbed his head. "But you and Professor Bo are both refined gentlemen. You pay attention to these things."
King Jingyao was the host and sat in the main seat. He glanced at Zhou Yunchen with a half-smile before saying, "You think everyone’s a rough brute like you? Mr. Shen is a civilized man."
Chen Ming didn’t mind and was still smiling. "That’s true! He looks so cultured. He even blushes after saying just a couple of words, like a young girl."
He probably realized his slip of the tongue belatedly and quickly added, "I’m not saying you’re like a woman, I just think..."
Chen Ming scratched his head. "I just think you’re too good-looking. Better looking than most young girls."
He apologized again. Shen Congwen said it was alright, and Chen Ming finally relaxed.
Later, perhaps to show he didn’t mean anything by it, he was especially chummy with Shen Congwen while drinking, calling him brother. Not only did he sling an arm over his shoulders, but he also insisted on drinking a cross-cupped toast.
Gu Anxi was dying of laughter, leaning on Bo Xichen’s arm and looking at Zhou Yunchen.
Zhou Yunchen stopped him. "Chen Ming, how about this? I’ll drink this cross-cupped toast with you instead!"
Chen Ming, who had already had a few drinks, was slightly drunk. "Brother Zhou, why would two rough guys like us drink a cross-cupped toast? Right?"
Zhou Yunchen held his glass, smiling. "Isn’t Congwen also a rough guy?"
Chen Ming said naively, "That’s different! Look how delicate he is!"
King Jingyao was both amused and exasperated. "Chen Ming, you’ve had too much to drink!"
Chen Ming, unconcerned, still had his arm around Shen Congwen’s shoulder. "Brother, have a drink with your big brother. I’ve never seen such a good-looking young man in my life."
Shen Congwen’s ears burned. "Um, I don’t really have any special preferences."
Chen Ming looked as if he’d had a sudden realization. "I don’t either! We’re just having fun. If you refuse to drink this cup with me, you’re deliberately trying to create distance between us. You’re not giving me, your big brother, any face!"
Chen Ming feigned anger, half-joking, half-serious. Shen Congwen, who was genuinely thin-skinned, was blushing furiously and turned to look at Zhou Yunchen.
Gu Anxi was laughing so hard she almost couldn’t breathe. She leaned close to Bo Xichen’s ear and whispered, "Chen Ming is so silly! Can’t he tell?"
It was so obvious during dinner, wasn’t it? Zhou Yunchen was taking care of Congwen the whole time, like how one takes care of a girlfriend. How could he not see that? Do brothers act like that?
Chen Ming genuinely couldn’t tell. He just thought Shen Congwen was good-looking. He hadn’t thought so before, but now he suddenly found him more attractive than a young girl. Once he got drunk, he started losing control of his mouth.
At first, King Jingyao tried to deflect some of it, but later he also started watching the fun.
Of course, Zhou Yunchen wouldn’t let Shen Congwen drink any cross-cupped toast with Chen Ming. Shen Congwen was a woman, how could he allow it?
So, he skillfully wrapped an arm around Shen Congwen’s shoulder, gently pulled her back, and raised his own glass with a charming smile. "Chen Ming, let’s drink. It’s all the same."
Chen Ming refused. "How can it be the same!"
He then had a bright idea. "How about this? I see you’re always protecting Congwen. Why don’t you drink with him? If you drink with him, I’ll let him off the hook."
Zhou Yunchen looked at him, then turned to Shen Congwen. "What do you say?"
His gaze was quite clear. Shen Congwen couldn’t withstand it. "It’s all..."
Before she could finish, Zhou Yunchen had already put a glass in her hand and then linked arms with her—
Shen Congwen was stunned. She looked into his clear eyes and then, involuntarily, drank with him.
Gu Anxi leaned against Bo Xichen, watching with relish.
King Jingyao, too, was amused, laughingly scolding, "Chen Ming, you blockhead."
Isn’t it obvious Shen Congwen is a woman? Zhou Yunchen’s gaze is completely different.
Just as he was thinking this, Chen Ming dropped another bombshell. "I saw you two were carrying on in secret long ago! Now that you’ve had the cross-cupped toast, just be bolder!"
Several people in the private room were... stunned.
They thought Chen Ming was a fool, but it turns out he’s such a ’modern’ person? Thinking Shen Congwen is a man and still encouraging them?
Gu Anxi laughed so hard she buried her face in Bo Xichen’s shoulder, unable to straighten up. Even Wang Jingchuan chuckled. "Director Chen, think about it again. They are clearly a well-matched pair."
Chen Ming had been drinking, and his head was a bit muddled. After a moment, he asked stupidly, "How are they compatible?"
He stared intently at Shen Congwen. After looking for a long time, his tongue suddenly stumbled. "No... no... she couldn’t be... a woman, could she?"
No one paid him any mind, leaving him there in his daze.
Later, while everyone was chatting, Chen Ming just kept staring at Shen Congwen. She really is a woman!
Her behavior and bearing are standard for a handsome guy! If a handsome guy like this went out, so many girls would fall for her!
He shook his head, still feeling a bit out of it.
Later, another thought occurred to him: Zhou Yunchen’s preferences... So that’s what he’s into! No wonder last time I asked him to go clubbing, he had no reaction at all to a crowd of hot and sexy beauties.
He felt he’d stumbled upon a huge secret.
When it was time to leave, Chen Ming was very drunk. King Jingyao had Wang Jingchuan arrange for someone to take him home. He himself chatted with Bo Xichen for a few more minutes, and they left together once Wang Jingchuan returned.
Gu Anxi hadn’t been drinking, so she took the tipsy Bo Xichen home.
As for Shen Congwen and Zhou Yunchen, Zhou Yunchen’s driver drove them. The two sat in the back seat. Zhou Yunchen felt a bit warm and, turning his head, asked, "To my place?"
Shen Congwen turned her face to the other side and silently shook her head, refusing.
Zhou Yunchen chuckled, reached out to hook her chin, and leaned closer. "Still not willing? It’s been so long, I’ve almost forgotten..."
Shen Congwen was speechless. "Zhou Yunchen!"
He chuckled lowly, a certain masculine sexiness unique to men after drinking in his voice. "Isn’t this normal? It would be abnormal if I didn’t mention it, hmm?"
Emboldened by the alcohol, he spoke again, quite shamelessly, "We’ve already had the cross-cupped toast. Shouldn’t it be time for the next step?"
Shen Congwen turned her head away. "Zhou Yunchen, you’ve had too much to drink."
He turned her head back, murmuring, "Stop playing dumb with me. Don’t tell me you don’t know what I want?"
He pressed close to her, intimately. "You don’t want to get married right now, but we should at least have something else. For example, a trial marriage to see if we’re compatible. Don’t you think?"
Shen Congwen really couldn’t stand him like this, expressing his shameless thoughts so openly and righteously.
"There’s no need for a trial," she blurted out.
He then chuckled softly. "If there’s no need for a trial, then let’s go register our marriage tomorrow, hmm?"
Shen Congwen realized she’d been tricked and didn’t want to talk to him anymore.
He chuckled softly again. "Angry? Hit me if you’re angry."
Saying this, he grabbed her hand, becoming rather shameless. The car window was still open, and the scene inside was truly not fit to be seen...
Coincidentally, Gu Mingzhu witnessed this scene. She stared blankly as her childhood white moonlight was treated like that by Zhou Yunchen... She had always known there was something ambiguous between Shen Congwen and Zhou Yunchen, but she mostly believed that Shen Congwen and Gu Anxi were the ones in... that kind of relationship.
Witnessing such a scene firsthand, Gu Mingzhu was completely dumbstruck.
Brother Congwen... was actually...
The car beside them had already driven away. She immediately ordered her driver, "Follow them."
The driver immediately complied. Gu Mingzhu could no longer see what was happening in the car ahead, but she could imagine it, and her heart ached as if being torn.
The car drove for about half an hour and stopped in front of a luxury apartment building. Gu Mingzhu recognized it; this was where Shen Congwen lived.
She sat in her car, watching Shen Congwen get out. Then Zhou Yunchen got out from the other side, took a step forward, and grasped Shen Congwen’s hand.
Their car drove away. In the lobby of the apartment building, two figures were entwined, appearing incredibly sensual under the lights...
She saw Shen Congwen pressed against the wall, Zhou Yunchen pinning her hands above her head, doing as he pleased...
