KC | Chapter 53

The office area of Huiling Mountain Scenic Area was located at the scenic spot entrance, a tasteful two-story little building growing among the greenery.

Shen Yuesheng made a full circle on the second floor and did not find the person he wanted to see, so he was getting ready to leave. The sky suddenly filled with dark clouds, and heavy rain poured down. Shen Yuesheng could not leave, so he could only take shelter from the rain in the office area. The PRSR temple arms were stuck into the collar of his T-shirt. His exquisitely carved face no longer looked calm and indifferent, and he cursed under his breath, “Bad luck never comes singly.”

“Xiao Shen, what wind blew you here today.” The scenic area director, Director Jiang, came over holding an umbrella, smiling with a simple and honest look.

“Today is the Pinsheng summer camp activity, I was free so I came along, didn’t Gu Zheng tell you?” Gu Zheng was that unreliable childhood friend of his, who had been stationed under Huiling Mountain in name only after returning to the country, and had been locked up by his family for more than half a month. He was just let out last week.

“Uh.” Director Jiang’s eyes rolled around. Not understanding what these rich second generation and official second generation kids were playing at with their little riddles, he chose a smooth way to answer that offended neither side. “I’m old and my memory is bad, maybe he said it and I forgot.”

Shen Yuesheng nodded. “I’m here to take shelter from the rain, I’ll leave when it stops.”

“Eh.” Director Jiang scratched his head. “It’s kind of cold here. It’s warm in my office, want to come upstairs and sit for a while?”

“No need.” He had already been upstairs and had not seen anyone. No matter how warm it was, it was still cold.

The kind-hearted Director Jiang finished the courtesy of welcoming guests, then dragged along his old, rheumy legs and hobbled upstairs.

Shen Yuesheng looked at the rain outside. There was light above the clouds, so it probably would not go on for long.

Luckily, the trainees had already finished visiting the scenic area in the morning. After the rain stopped, they would go eat, and later they would go to the activity venue to watch the performance, so it would not delay the schedule.

Rainy weather had a big impact on outdoor performances. Whether the stage could be set up normally was related to whether this event would succeed or not. Just as Shen Yuesheng was about to find Chen Xi to discuss the event matters, Chen Xi came.

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A black umbrella floated over through the misty rain. The person under it was tall and long-limbed, his jet-black hair wet from the rain and stuck to his forehead. His low-quality shirt clung to his body, and his slender figure looked even thinner in the rain.

He looked like someone who could not withstand wind and rain, but in fact he held to his principles and did not give even an inch. His usually harmless rabbit-like eyes were bright, but when negotiating, his gaze was sharp enough. Shen Yuesheng was very curious whether that lean waist could be like an umbrella handle, something that could be broken easily.

Influenced by Gu Zheng, Shen Yuesheng had never developed any longing for love. “Going to bed” felt less like emotional release and more like a kind of exercise that temporarily promoted dopamine secretion. His feelings toward Gu Zheng were, compared to lovers, more like close friends he could go to bed with, or business partners he could make use of.

Shen Yuesheng felt that he must have not done it for too long, which was why he had ideas about Chen Xi. More accurately, it was that he had been single for too long and was just about to vent his fire when a crackdown on pornography interrupted him, and with nowhere to let out that evil heat, he started to have lustful thoughts about someone he had only met twice and known for a week.

Chen Xi entered the office area, closed the umbrella, and got straight to the point. “Is the event going to continue?”

The model student had clear principles and put Shen Yuesheng in the client side position, leaving nothing but work.

“Yes.” Shen Yuesheng stared at his cheap shirt, wet through and stuck to his skin, his eyes flashing slightly.

Chen Xi nodded.

Capitalism did not increase unnecessary investment. He had already guessed that Shen Yuesheng would continue the event, so he came to talk face to face instead of saying it on the phone.

When the contractor wanted to change some execution terms after the contract had been signed, he needed the client’s consent. No matter the reason, if the contractor did not execute according to the rules, he would be at a disadvantage. When the disadvantaged side wanted to seize the initiative in negotiations, face-to-face discussion was far more effective than a phone call.

“I don’t know how long this rain is going to last. After it stops, leave me at least 1 hour to prepare.” I need Brother Lin to buy some time.

Shen Yuesheng said, “Okay.”

The conversation went smoother than he had imagined. He agreed so readily. If he had known, he would have said it on the phone.

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The two of them stood under the eaves of the Huiling Mountain office area looking at the sky, Shen Yuesheng was looking at Chen Xi, and Chen Xi was thinking about Lin Yiran.

The client and contractor were sheltering from the rain together. For the contractor, this was a once-in-a-lifetime good opportunity to promote cooperation.

Pinsheng would still have more cooperation in the future. Even if Shen Yuesheng’s brain circuits were not very normal and he often said astonishing things, money made the boss the boss, and Chen Xi still had to flatter him.

“Last time I left in a hurry and didn’t get the chance to visit Pinsheng. Next time I’ll have to properly visit this leader in vocational education…” Chen Xi’s words were cut off by a cold laugh. Shen Yuesheng said, “Heh heh.”

Chen Xi: …

Talking polite nonsense with this guy was useless, he did not understand it. Chen Xi changed to a more direct way of speaking. “Can you not keep giving cold laughs all the time? It’s kind of creepy. If you don’t let me take a look around, I won’t be able to write a good planning proposal, and then the one who loses will be Pinsheng!”

“Pinsheng’s teaching staff is posted on the bulletin board on the first floor, and the courses are on the load-bearing wall. You can see them as soon as you walk in. What else do you want to visit, do you want to train together with the trainees, or do you want to look at Pinsheng’s organizational structure?”

Chen Xi: … Can you not be this smart.

But this smartness was not used in the right place, he could only use it to spar with me verbally, it could not hide the facts. One day when I sneak into Pinsheng to wander around, I’ll know whether your structure system is complete or not.

But so what if I know, if the other side does not bring it up in the overall planning, he had no way either.

Besides, whether this event could go smoothly was still uncertain, talking about future cooperation was a little too early.

The little white rabbit could not escape the fox spirit’s words. Feeling upset, he wanted to light a cigarette, so he took out the cigarette pack, but the cigarettes had gotten wet.

Shen Yuesheng handed over a cigarette. Chen Xi waved it away and said, “I’m not used to smoking thin ones.” I can work for you, as for the other talks, forget it.

A gust of wind blew past, and the thin figure beside him was hugging himself and trembling. Shen Yuesheng unbuttoned two buttons of his shirt, then suddenly stopped and asked Chen Xi hesitantly, “Cold?”

Chen Xi shifted a step to the side, putting some distance between them, and said, “Not cold.”

Shen Yuesheng withdrew his hand.

The rain gradually grew lighter. Shen Yuesheng lit a cigarette, and Chen Xi just happened to catch the no-smoking sign at the office area entrance. He kindly reminded him, “No smoking here.” Although I also wanted to smoke just now…

Chen Xi felt that Lin Yiran smoking was sexy as hell, while Shen Yuesheng smoking was harming the scenic area environment.

“I didn’t know just now, so it can be excused. But you are knowingly breaking the rule, that’s a different matter…” The model student accidentally glanced at Shen Yuesheng’s chest. The open collar, with two buttons undone, revealed a delicate collarbone, and beneath it, a dragon pattern was faintly visible. He said in surprise, “You got a tattoo?”

Driving a luxury car, wearing sunglasses, not following the rules, getting tattoos, maybe he really was from the underworld.

Shen Yuesheng pinched out the cigarette, still looking at the rain. After a while, he said, “I was young and ignorant back then.”

Chen Xi snorted with a laugh. “How old are you?” I’m just small in stature, pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger here. Maybe you’ll have to call me brother!

“25.”

Chen Xi: …

He was 25 and drove a Maserati. At 25, let alone a car, I would even have to think hard about whether to buy a shared bike monthly pass. Comparing people to people could really piss someone off.

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The drizzle was as fine as silk, and Huiling Mountain seemed to be wrapped in a thin mist. The rainy scenery was gorgeous, and the elegant little building was exactly the best place to view it.

Chen Xi was not in the mood to enjoy the scenery, because it was cold. Once the soaked shirt got a little wind, it felt cold through to the bone. Chen Xi turned around and went into the office area to find a seat to hunker down quietly, and Shen Yuesheng followed and sat beside him. Chen Xi stood up and prepared to change seats, and Shen Yuesheng asked, “Do you play Honor of Kings?”

The shut-in, split-personality patient very disappointingly took out his phone and queued up with the expert, not saying a single word.

The expert had a very good temper, giving him a slap and then a sweet date.

The two of them fought several very intense rounds, and the sudden rain was about to stop.

“Victory” sounded at the same time as the low battery effect from the phone. Chen Xi looked at the time and realized that nearly an hour had passed without him noticing. It seemed gaming really was an effective way to kill time.

Body heat still failed to dry the shirt. The rainwater clung to him damply and sticky, and the seat was covered in water stains.

Shen Yuesheng said, “There is still 1 hour until the performance. There’s enough time to set up the stage, come eat with me first.”

Chen Xi shook his head and said, “Not hungry.”

Shen Yuesheng’s pretty eyes stayed glued to Chen Xi. He did not want to talk about work, he wanted to talk about something else.

He did not understand futures, cars, or watches, ah, right, he could talk about that leader of his whose brain had problems.

The aloof male god took the initiative to create a topic, but his opening was a little stiff. “Before, I said, ‘Your leader has feelings for you.’ A normal person hearing this news should be surprised, but your expression didn’t show any surprise at all. So, you already knew.”

“No, no, I didn’t know. How would I know? Judging a problem from just one expression is too arbitrary.” Chen Xi shook his head like a rattle drum.

Let’s just peacefully play games and kill time for a while, that’s fine. I won’t probe you for information, and you don’t need to play logic games with me. The way you’re doing this now is really hurting me.

Shen Yuesheng seemed to enjoy this kind of pants-pulling logic game, and continued analyzing. “Before, you thought your leader had a wife, but a few days ago you suddenly discovered that he had already divorced long ago. A leader with a wife has feelings for you, how did you know?”

Chen Xi: ?

How did I know, then?

–

Shen Yuesheng’s logic was clear, and his tone still had no fluctuation at all. “Because you two had slept together.”

Chen Xi: Σ(⊙▽⊙”a！！！

The secret he had thought was hidden perfectly, was just so easily lifted by Shen Yuesheng. The logic chain was complete, the evidence was solid, and Chen Xi had no way to argue.

Chen Xi had originally wanted to stay another 3 to 5 minutes and wait until the rain had completely stopped before going to set up the exhibition. Shen Yuesheng had originally wanted to create some topic and stretch out the chat time…

Things did not go as planned, and the conversation terminator killed the whole chat with just two sentences.

He was definitely the first contractor to chat the client into shutdown.

The rain still had not stopped. Chen Xi did not want to stay any longer. His sneakers stepped into the muddy road again, and this miserable office worker oppressed by capitalism continued working for the sake of payment.

Chen Xi changed the WeChat remark for “。” to “Gossip Fox Spirit,” and while walking he cursed, “He doesn’t even understand the most basic social etiquette, how did he not get beaten to death growing up!”

“Absolutely has something wrong with his brain. Why is he analyzing me and Brother Lin? In the future I absolutely can’t let him probe Brother Lin’s words, or mess around with him.”

In a little while Brother Lin would come. When the two of them met again, that fool Shen Yuesheng might very well blurt out, “You slept with Chen Xi.”

Explode then, destroy then, go die then凸(艹皿艹 )

He could not let him meet Brother Lin. After finally parting the clouds and seeing daylight, he absolutely could not let this fox spirit ruin it!

A person could not be too smart, and could not be too direct either, or they would die quickly.

Chen Xi wanted to kill Shen Yuesheng to silence him.

Author’s note:

Babies, happy Valentine’s Day~

“Vanilla” will be put on the schedule! (shy

Gu Zheng will have his own standalone book next door, the same-series negotiation and business warfare novel “Non-Zero-Sum Game”. If you’re interested, babies can bookmark it first ha (*^▽^*)