Chapter 48: Reward After Completing the Task

Meng Weiyu thought his conclusion was not wrong. Shen Zhoudu was a very scheming person.

Ever since that night, he would occasionally take new toys out of the cabinet and invite Meng Weiyu to play together. If Meng Weiyu refused, he would be blocked in the corner and subjected to inhumane harassment.

“I really want to whip you to death.” Meng Weiyu put the collar on him and gnashed his teeth.

“If you want to, there’s a whip upstairs.” Shen Zhoudu admired his clumsy movements.

Meng Weiyu finally fastened the buckle. Then he smiled, hooked his finger around the collar, and pulled him over, saying arrogantly, “Looks like I misunderstood you before. You’re not the type to eagerly deliver yourself to someone’s door. You’re the thirsty type.”

Shen Zhoudu was pulled closer by him. Without hesitation, he pounced over and directly pushed him down onto the sofa.

Meng Weiyu was pinned beneath him, his face held by a pair of hands. Full of impatience, he was about to open his mouth and say something vicious when light brown hair brushed across his eyes.

“Mm.”

Shen Zhoudu kissed him directly.

Meng Weiyu widened his eyes.

Whether they played the game or not was one thing. Being taken advantage of was another.

Meng Weiyu’s fingers repeatedly opened and closed. His helplessness showed in an irregular, flustered manner. His hands groped around Shen Zhoudu’s back, wanting to pull him away, but Shen Zhoudu’s pajamas were slippery. After trying several times, he still could not grab him properly. In the end, he could only follow Shen Zhoudu’s spine upward, slip his fingers into the collar, and forcefully lift him away.

Ahhhhh.

Meng Weiyu’s face was completely red. He turned his head aside and breathed in embarrassment.

Shen Zhoudu’s hands were still on his face. After waiting for his breathing to calm down, Shen Zhoudu immediately used force, turning his head back, preparing to kiss him again.

“No kissing!” Meng Weiyu flew into a rage.

Shen Zhoudu did not look like he intended to listen to him.

“I said, not yet.” Meng Weiyu changed to a commanding tone.

Shen Zhoudu’s movements paused.

“Right now, I don’t just want to whip you. I also want to directly chain you in the corner.” Meng Weiyu helplessly pulled him away, then placed him on the sofa. “Sit here and properly reflect.”

“What should I reflect on?” Shen Zhoudu’s attitude was like a dead pig unafraid of boiling water.

“Reflect on how disobedient you are.” Meng Weiyu lectured him. “When I tell you not to kiss, you’re not allowed to kiss.”

“That’s not how the game is played.” Shen Zhoudu felt that Meng Weiyu was currently too tyrannical. “If you want me to wait, or if you don’t want me to do something, then you have to give me a corresponding reward after I complete the task.”

“Is that so?” Meng Weiyu glanced sideways at him, crossed his arms, and asked, “Do you want to eat a McDonald’s Happy Meal?”

“That’s fine.” Shen Zhoudu did not understand why he suddenly asked this, but he was already used to his sudden whims, so he casually answered.

“OK.” Meng Weiyu raised an eyebrow, then pointed at him and said, “Then sit there obediently.”

After saying this, Meng Weiyu turned and went out.

Shen Zhoudu watched his departing back in confusion, but still obediently sat in place and did not leave.

About twenty minutes later, Meng Weiyu came back with a McDonald’s bag in his hand and directly shoved it in front of Shen Zhoudu. “Eat.”

“What is this?” Shen Zhoudu accepted it in confusion, then opened the bag.

“What else could it be? A McDonald’s Happy Meal.” Meng Weiyu put his hands on his waist. “The store is nearby, but they said all the good-looking toys had already been taken by children. Right now, they only had one ugly, strange thing with a green hat.”

Shen Zhoudu took the toy out, looked at it for a few moments, then silently placed it on the table.

“You think it’s ugly too, right?” Meng Weiyu covered his own mouth with a chill.

“I’m more curious why you bought this for me.” Shen Zhoudu had actually more or less guessed the answer already.

“It’s your reward for waiting.” Meng Weiyu said it as if it were only natural.

“The so-called reward isn’t this kind.” Shen Zhoudu muttered, then took the things inside out.

Although he said the reward he wanted was not this kind, he still opened the hamburger Meng Weiyu bought and ate it.

“Do you like eating hamburgers?” Meng Weiyu sat on the sofa beside him and leaned over to look at him.

His behavior belonged to the category of forgetting the pain once the wound healed.

“This is my first time eating one,” Shen Zhoudu told the truth.

Meng Weiyu’s expression stiffened. He had completely not expected to hear this answer.

“When I was young, whatever I ate was decided by my parents.” Shen Zhoudu chewed the hamburger. “So I never ate fast food.”

“You really are a young master.” Meng Weiyu sighed.

“What about you?” Shen Zhoudu looked at him.

“I’m a young master who does whatever I want. I could eat whatever I wanted.” Meng Weiyu looked at him with a somewhat pitying gaze. “No wonder whenever you asked me out to eat before, it was either at a restaurant or cooking at home.”

Meng Weiyu had thought that this behavior of his was either showing off his wealth or expressing how virtuous he was in order to seduce him. In the end, Shen Zhoudu simply had never eaten fast food.

“You could have invited me to eat with you,” Meng Weiyu said skillfully.

“You never called me to go with you either,” Shen Zhoudu refuted.

“You really are something.” Meng Weiyu laughed in anger.

Shen Zhoudu finished eating, organized the trash, and threw it into the garbage can.

“Was it good?” Meng Weiyu asked him.

“Don’t think that making the atmosphere so innocent will be useful.” Shen Zhoudu turned his head and glared at him.

Meng Weiyu: “…”

Why are you angry?

This person would never know what it meant to give up.

In the days that followed, one day, Meng Weiyu sat on the sofa playing games. Shen Zhoudu, who got home later than him, closed the door and walked toward him.

“I’ve already eaten, but Uncle Wang prepared another portion of food. I’ll heat it up for you.” Meng Weiyu gradually understood that now, the two of them were living together, so they had to share work with each other.

Shen Zhoudu placed one hand on Meng Weiyu’s shoulder and pressed him back down. Then the cold watch on his wrist touched Meng Weiyu’s cheek. Shen Zhoudu lifted his hand, touched one side of his face, and used slight force, signaling him to look to the other side.

Meng Weiyu’s face turned over, puzzled.

Shen Zhoudu stood behind him, bent down, kissed him once, and said, “Then I’ll trouble you, darling. I’m going to change clothes.”

After saying that, Shen Zhoudu returned to the room first.

Meng Weiyu was left stunned, his face forgetting to turn back.

A few minutes later, Meng Weiyu tremblingly took out his phone. In panic, the first thing he did was send Ning Wu a message:

Meng Weiyu: I think I really started living the legendary married life.

Ning Wu: Congratulations.

Ning Wu: But I don’t know why someone who has been married for five years is telling me this.

Meng Weiyu: Single life was more wonderful. Unfortunately, I’ve already forgotten that kind of life.

Ning Wu: Shen Zhoudu confessed to you, and within a few days, you lost your single life. Even if you had your memories, what exactly are you missing? Those few days when you were losing your mind?

Meng Weiyu: I’ve discovered that sometimes your words are very sharp.

Ning Wu: Some complaints have to be said.

While Shen Zhoudu was eating, Meng Weiyu, who had already eaten and drunk his fill, sat beside him. After holding it in for a long time, he finally squeezed out a sentence. “Can you stop doing this all day?”

“What am I doing?” Shen Zhoudu ate the food Meng Weiyu had heated up and gave him an appreciative look.

Meng Weiyu licked his lips, then narrowed his eyes at him and said unhappily, “You know what I want to say. Don’t play this idiotic question-and-answer game with me.”

“Haha.” Shen Zhoudu felt this was just ordinary married life. “By the way, this Saturday night, our family will hold a banquet. Many people will be invited, including my parents, grandparents, and Ning Wu’s parents. If you don’t object, I want to bring you along.”

“Oh-ho.” The field the Shen family belonged to did indeed have many connections with that group of older, powerful people.

“Because the rumors about our divorce spread before, there are many rumors among them. If you’re not especially resistant, I still hope you’ll go with me.” Shen Zhoudu repeated twice that he hoped to bring him out with him.

“You seem to really hope I’ll attend.” Shen Zhoudu rarely obsessed over one matter like this.

“Of course.” Shen Zhoudu did not need to lie to him about this. “First, I need to show both families’ elders our happy married life. Second, practical action is the only way to stop the gossip outside.”

“I don’t have a problem. I can go.” Meng Weiyu was very good at attending this kind of meeting that was purely for appearances.

Shen Zhoudu nodded. One matter was handled.

“Shen Zhoudu,” Meng Weiyu called him.

“Mm.” Shen Zhoudu looked at him.

“Is being married to me really not troublesome?” Meng Weiyu vaguely felt that it was a bit headache-inducing.

Shen Zhoudu’s movement of picking up food paused. Then he lowered his head and smiled faintly. “I’m happy.”

How Meng Weiyu wished Shen Zhoudu could keep this shy state forever.

“In families like yours and mine, there’s too much socializing that wastes time. One or two banquets are nothing. I don’t see how it’s troublesome.” To put it unpleasantly, even if they did not love each other and married other people, they would still end up needing to handle these miscellaneous matters.

“In the future, I definitely won’t randomly send messages anymore.” Meng Weiyu clasped his hands together and placed them on the table to reflect.

Shen Zhoudu raised an eyebrow and reminded him, “Wasn’t that message sent by Xueci?”

“In the future, I definitely won’t let Xueci touch my phone anymore!” Meng Weiyu was heartbroken.

“Mm-hm.” Shen Zhoudu smiled meaningfully.

The innocent atmosphere ended there.

That night in their room, Shen Zhoudu pressed Meng Weiyu down on the bed. The two hid together under the quilt, where everything was pitch black.

“What exactly are you doing?” Meng Weiyu’s angry, collapsed voice came from inside.

“Letting you get more familiar with my body.” Shen Zhoudu felt this was a feeling that needed to be cultivated.

“No need. I’ve slept in the same bed as you several times already.” Meng Weiyu kept wailing.

“I still remember after we started dating, we went traveling with your family. Because the person in charge made a mistake communicating with the hotel, there weren’t enough beds, so the two of us could only squeeze into one bed.” Shen Zhoudu recalled, “You leaned too close, and in the morning I…”

“Don’t say such obscene things!”

“What I wanted to say was that I was squeezed off the bed by you.”

“You did that on purpose, didn’t you?”

“Haha.”

The quilt was constantly pushed and shifted. Finally, one person admitted defeat. His leg dropped, too lazy to move.

Under Shen Zhoudu’s persistent harassment, later on, whenever Shen Zhoudu’s hands and feet restlessly landed on Meng Weiyu’s shoulder, Meng Weiyu knew what he wanted to do.

In order to quickly escape the harassment, Meng Weiyu took the initiative to turn his face toward him, hold his face, and kiss him directly.

Meng Weiyu had long learned to do the opposite. He proactively opened his mouth, closed his eyes, and kissed him in a dazed, messy way.

“Cough, cough.” A third person’s coughing sound came.

Meng Weiyu was so frightened that he opened his eyes, then suddenly turned his head.

At the door of Shen Zhoudu’s office stood a group of people. An employee said awkwardly, “We came to call President Shen to the meeting.”

Meng Weiyu turned to look at Shen Zhoudu.

“I wanted to tell you that I was going to a meeting, and you should wait here for me for a while. I’d probably come out in about half an hour.” Shen Zhoudu had not expected him to kiss him directly.

Meng Weiyu reached out and silently covered his own face.

Today was Friday, so Meng Weiyu went to Shen Zhoudu’s company right after work, planning to go with him later to the restaurant they had booked for dinner. In the end, Shen Zhoudu still had work he had not finished handling, so Meng Weiyu sat on the sofa and waited for him.

He had originally been playing on his phone, but while playing, he became bored and simply started spacing out.

He was absentminded. When Shen Zhoudu’s hand landed on him, he naturally thought Shen Zhoudu was going to do something improper to him again. How could he have expected that there was actually a group of people outside who would see him actively kiss Shen Zhoudu?

If this matter spread, the title of lustful ghost would be placed on his head.

This was all Shen Zhoudu’s fault.

Although when Meng Weiyu said this sentence, most of the time, he was falsely accusing him, this time, Shen Zhoudu could not deny it.

Making him get used to his touch.

This was Shen Zhoudu’s scheme.

Meng Weiyu saw through his thoughts, but after failing to resist at first, he had now completely given up on himself.

But he had not expected today’s bitter consequence.

Thinking of this, Meng Weiyu lay on the sofa and continued performing a person whose heart had turned to ashes.

The moment half an hour passed, footsteps immediately came from the conference room. The people who came to the meeting left one after another. Shen Zhoudu entered the office and directly called Meng Weiyu from the doorway. “We can go now.”

Meng Weiyu did not make a sound and continued pretending to be dead.

Shen Zhoudu laughed, walked in, and reached out to push his stomach.

“How am I supposed to face people from now on?” Meng Weiyu asked him with tears streaming.

“It’s fine.”

“I can’t marry out anymore.” Meng Weiyu wiped his tears.

“I’ll marry you,” Shen Zhoudu promised him.

Meng Weiyu was not comforted.

“Hurry up. The reservation time at the restaurant is going to pass.” Shen Zhoudu pushed him.

“How could I do something this stupid?” The stupid thing Meng Weiyu referred to was not failing to notice that people had come outside and rashly kissing Shen Zhoudu, but rather the fact that he had clearly discovered Shen Zhoudu’s scheme, so why had he still jumped into it? “Am I possessed? Check whether the gods of the East are useful or the Jesus of the West is useful, and quickly invite a Daoist priest or a priest to save me.”

“You don’t do stupid things, but you like saying stupid things.” Shen Zhoudu said helplessly. “Are you getting up or not?”

Meng Weiyu did not speak.

Five minutes later, Shen Zhoudu carried the limp Meng Weiyu on his back to take the elevator.

“Will someone see me in this embarrassing state?” Meng Weiyu’s head hung down, his soul already dead.

“No. This is my private elevator. It goes directly to the parking lot. My car is near the elevator. Once we go down, we’ll get in the car.” When Shen Zhoudu got off work, it could almost be said that he encountered no one.

Hearing this, Meng Weiyu peacefully hung on his body, then said, “After dinner tonight, I want to dye my hair.”

His hair roots had grown out black, and now they had reached a stage that did not look very good.

“Okay.” Shen Zhoudu carried him and struggled to press the down button. When he adjusted his hand again, he accidentally touched near his butt.

Meng Weiyu immediately raised his head warily and sternly asked, “Did you do that on purpose?”

“I didn’t do it on purpose.” Shen Zhoudu answered immediately.

“I haven’t even said what you did. How do you know what I was accusing you of?” His logic was rigorous.

Shen Zhoudu fell silent.

The elevator reached its destination. The doors opened. Shen Zhoudu carried Meng Weiyu out, and in an instant, they ran into a group of employees walking past not far from them.

Seeing this, Meng Weiyu immediately hid his face against Shen Zhoudu’s back.

Expressionless, Shen Zhoudu carried Meng Weiyu on his back and sent him into the passenger seat. Meng Weiyu silently fastened his seatbelt. Under the staring attention of the crowd passing by, he said to Shen Zhoudu, who got into the car, “I probably won’t come to your company to find you for a while.”

“I’ll send them afternoon tea and tell them not to talk nonsense.” Shen Zhoudu closed the car door and fastened his seatbelt.

“Too late.” Meng Weiyu was too familiar with what some people thought. With gossip like this, wouldn’t it immediately spread from one to ten, ten to a hundred? Shen Zhoudu trying to shut them up afterward would be useless.

“Then I’ll treat you to afternoon tea every day. Please still come to my company to find me.” Shen Zhoudu started the car and turned the steering wheel to leave.

Meng Weiyu, who had originally been dying, suddenly perked up. He turned his head to look at Shen Zhoudu driving with ease.

“What’s wrong?” Shen Zhoudu looked at the road ahead but noticed his movement.

“I just feel like you really give off the feeling that you know how to do everything.” Meng Weiyu had felt before that Shen Zhoudu really was a genius.

“You know how to do things too.” Shen Zhoudu limited the range. “Seduce men.”

“That’s hilarious. Other than you, have I really seduced anyone else?” Meng Weiyu smiled without warmth.

“I don’t know that.” Shen Zhoudu drove out of the parking lot.

Meng Weiyu waved his fist at him.

Meng Weiyu had booked the same hair salon again. Shen Zhoudu habitually sat down and took out a magazine to pass the time. When he reached the final page of the magazine, a finger flicked the paper, drawing Shen Zhoudu’s attention.

Shen Zhoudu raised his head, then froze.

Meng Weiyu had dyed his hair back to black. He was staring at Shen Zhoudu out of boredom, clearly tired from sitting in the chair for too long.

Shen Zhoudu’s pupils widened slightly, and his eyes stared at his face without blinking.

“Let’s go home.” Meng Weiyu knocked his waist and complained, “Next time I’m changing hairdressers. This person was too noisy.”

“Okay.” Shen Zhoudu put away the magazine and stuffed it back into its original place.

When Meng Weiyu saw him stand, he immediately deliberately stuck close to him and said, “Buy me ice cream.”

Shen Zhoudu satisfied his wish and bought him a tub, letting him hold it and eat it in the car.

Because the ice cream tub was too big, Meng Weiyu ate until he was shivering from the cold the whole way, but there was still half left.

“Is it good?” When the car reached the garage and Shen Zhoudu got out, he asked Meng Weiyu, who had just poked his head out.

“G-Good.” It was just that eating ice cream while the car’s cold air conditioning blew on him made him so cold that his teeth were trembling.

Shen Zhoudu quickly walked toward him.

Meng Weiyu prepared to give the remaining ice cream to Shen Zhoudu.

Shen Zhoudu ignored the ice cream, held his face, and urgently kissed him.

He really was… kissing very urgently.

“Let’s go.” Shen Zhoudu let go and told him to follow.

Meng Weiyu stayed in place. His tongue licked his lips as he savored it for a moment. Then he immediately stepped forward and followed, asking, “Do you especially like how I look with black hair?”

“I like you no matter what you look like.” Shen Zhoudu had clearly stepped into too many of his traps already and knew how to answer all of his questions.

“Then I’ll ask it another way.” Although Meng Weiyu was satisfied with his answer, at the same time, he felt that this kind of reply would make the conversation endless. “When you saw me come home with silver hair, were you especially pained?”

“Nonsense.”

“Look, that means yes!”

Because Shen Zhoudu’s temperature difference was too obvious, after returning home, Meng Weiyu held a mirror and kept looking at his own face, lifting his black hair and repeatedly turning his face left and right, sizing himself up in the mirror.

Shen Zhoudu was already used to this kind of scene.

“I think they’re all good-looking.” Meng Weiyu put down the mirror in satisfaction. “My parents didn’t leave me much, but thankfully they gave me beauty.”

“And a gentle, considerate personality, as well as a smart brain,” Shen Zhoudu added from the side.

“Among these, which do you like most?” Meng Weiyu looked at him.

Shen Zhoudu smiled and said, “The pretty face.”

Hearing this, Meng Weiyu instantly put on a disgusted expression.

“Hahahahaha.”

Although Shen Zhoudu repeatedly denied it, Meng Weiyu thought he especially favored his black-haired appearance.

Ever since he dyed his hair back to black, Shen Zhoudu became even more enthusiastic toward him. He kept finding ways to get close to him, using his fingers to lift his hair. His nails would occasionally brush across his scalp, making goosebumps rise all over Meng Weiyu.

“Stop right now.” Meng Weiyu sat on the sofa, twisting like a snake. He could not stand it!

“I do like your black hair.” Shen Zhoudu stopped, placing both hands on the sofa back as he smiled at Meng Weiyu. “Because I always wanted naturally black hair, so whenever I saw you before, I would feel envious.”

“High school students everywhere have black hair.” Meng Weiyu stretched out his hand and waved at the air.

“But your hair was especially pretty and natural.” Shen Zhoudu had thought this from the beginning.

“You were possessed by desire, weren’t you?” Even the narcissistic Meng Weiyu felt this was too ridiculous.

“Maybe.” Shen Zhoudu did not deny the possibility.

“I feel like if I hadn’t lost my memory, you’d want to have a good, satisfying round with me right now.” Meng Weiyu could see that his burning gaze could melt a block of ice.

“Even if you lost your memory, there’s no problem. As long as you nod now, I can have a good, satisfying round with you.” Shen Zhoudu sincerely suggested it.

Meng Weiyu revealed a conflicted expression.

“Stingy ghost.” Shen Zhoudu curled his lips.

“Forget it for today. Let me continue thinking about it.” After deep consideration, Meng Weiyu decided this. “But you can kiss me again, and then we’ll end today’s exchange.”

Shen Zhoudu walked around the sofa and pressed down on him. However, he did not kiss him. Instead, he smelled around his chest and told him, “The hair salon’s shampoo smells weird.”

Meng Weiyu felt like he was being nudged around by a giant dog.