Chapter 99: Can you keep it a secret for me?

Shuangxu’s eyes were on the document, but her ears felt like a thunderclap exploded, crackling and booming, turning into fireworks.

He Tingzhou’s expression didn’t show any panic: “Is there?”

Lu Manman nodded: “Yes.”

Shuangxu’s brain spun rapidly. He Tingzhou hadn’t stayed at her place for the past few days, and he had only hugged her for a few minutes, how could he have picked up her scent?

Did Lu Manman eat a dog’s nose? She could smell that?

Lu Manman turned her head to look at Shuangxu, who was sitting there intently reading the documents, then turned back to look at He Tingzhou，her eyes darting back and forth between them.

The office was bright and clean, with a strange atmosphere in the air.

Shuangxu gave He Tingzhou a look.

“Say something.”

He Tingzhou leaned back casually with his arms crossed, as if it didn’t concern him. He received her look and finally spoke: “This question, perhaps Ms. Song can explain it herself.”

“…”

Pig teammate.

Lu Manman’s gaze shifted to Shuangxu.

Shuangxu’s calm expression didn’t betray the fact that her heart was pounding like a drum: “It’s the scent of the office diffuser.”

Lu Manman wasn’t easily fooled: “Xiao Jiu, I know what you smell like.”

Shuangxu remembered the first time she met Lu Manman, she hugged her and said, “You smell so good.” At the time, she thought she was just a simple social bandit.

“It might be because I’m here, there’s my scent in the air.”

“There’s no scent in the air, it’s stronger on my cousin.”

Shuangxu’s teeth were about to grind.

Was she pork? Did she have such a strong smell!

She looked straight at Lu Manman, with a determined tone, trying to brainwash her into believing: “You’re wrong.”

Lu Manman was even more certain: “Are you doubting my sense of smell? The biggest perfume brand in the country is my mom’s, I’ve been learning perfumery with her since I was a child, my nose is better than a dog’s.”

Shuangxu was completely at a loss for words and quickly thought of a solution.

He Tingzhou was hopeless, he would only watch the fun.

Lu Manman was very calm, very composed, very peaceful when she asked: “Does anyone else have anything to say? If not, I’m going to start screaming.”

She looked like she had been struck by lightning, in disbelief, questioning life, about to explode because of too much information: “You! Two! When! Did you! Hook up!”

Halfway through her shout, Shuangxu quickly walked over and covered her mouth, dragging her out of He Tingzhou’s office.

“Let’s talk.”

In the private room of a Japanese restaurant, the waiter brought the last dish of flower perch sashimi, the sliding door was closed, and Shuangxu finally spoke, telling Lu Manman about her relationship with He Tingzhou in the simplest terms.

Since the emergence of Yun Dun, Lu Manman had been in a state of CPU overload and shutdown, she had been lying on the floor in a big letter “X” when she entered the private room, and even after Shuangxu finished speaking, she remained motionless.

“So the man in your house last time… was my cousin?”

“Yes.”

“Oh my God!” Lu Manman felt like she had been struck by lightning, “The world is upside down!”

“It’s not upside down, it’s just temporary.” Shuangxu said, “You just need to pretend nothing happened, and it will be like before in a while.”

“No wonder you wouldn’t tell me.” Lu Manman’s voice sounded like a ghost, “I just convinced myself to accept you and your brother, and you’re hooking up with my cousin, Song Shuangxu, you’re really a brother killer!”

“…” Shuangxu rubbed her forehead, “Now you understand why I can’t tell you?”

“I understand.” Lu Manman looked moved, “It turns out you really care about me.”

“So can you keep it a secret for me? No one else knows about this besides you.”

“Really?” Lu Manman couldn’t help but feel a sense of honor, but then she shook her head seriously.

“The more people know, the faster they die, I’ve seen dramas. You two are playing underground love under your brother’s nose, it’s bound to be exposed. When he’s reluctant to be angry with you, even if he fights with my cousin, they can still fight to a draw, I’m dead, okay, none of you care about my life or death.”

“My brother won’t take it out on you, it has nothing to do with you anyway.” Shuangxu said seriously, “Consider it a favor I owe you, if you need me to do anything, we can exchange it.”

When Lu Manman was suspected, only Shuangxu believed her, and she always remembered that.

Seeing that she didn’t speak, Shuangxu said, “Or should I have your cousin talk to you?”

As cousins, if He Tingzhou talked to her, she would definitely listen.

“…No!” If He Tingzhou came to talk to her, it wouldn’t be the pleading tone of Shuangxu, Lu Manman immediately sat up, “I promise you, okay?”

Lu Manman picked up her chopsticks and ate the sashimi, sighing: “My cousin is really sneaky.”

When they finished eating and came out of the Japanese restaurant, Lu Manman suddenly said, “Xiao Jiu, have you ever thought about how sad your brother would be if he knew you sacrificed yourself for the Shen family like this?”

Shuangxu’s heart rippled, but Manman stopped: “So you need to keep it a secret for me. I won’t let my brother know.”

He Tingzhou’s car was parked on the side of the road, he was sitting in the car, watching the two of them come out of the store.

Lu Manman used a look that condemned him as a “beast”, He Tingzhou’s cold black eyes slanted over, and she immediately retracted her gaze.

“Get in.” He Tingzhou said.

“What for?” Lu Manman was wary, defensive, pulling Shuangxu in front of her as a shield, “I’ve already promised Xiao Jiu to keep it a secret, you don’t have to intimidate me.”

He Tingzhou rested his hand on the steering wheel, his casual gaze gliding over Shuangxu’s face, landing on her: “Let’s talk.”

“Can Xiao Jiu talk with us?” Lu Manman felt that it was dangerous to be alone with him.

He Tingzhou’s gaze was cold: “No.”

He took Lu Manman away, and Shuangxu didn’t know what they would talk about.

Her cousin, He Tingzhou wouldn’t kill her, would he?

She drove home and took a bath.

The incident with Lu Manman was a wake-up call. She thought she could stay hidden as long as she was careful, but she didn’t expect to be exposed in such an unexpected way.

This time, Lu Manman could sense her scent on He Tingzhou，who would discover something next time?

The sooner her relationship with He Tingzhou ended, the better, but she didn’t know when he would get tired of playing.

So far, he seemed to be enjoying it.

Shuangxu soaked in the bathtub, lost in thought, and didn’t hear the footsteps until the bathroom door was pushed open. She opened her eyes and saw He Tingzhou standing at the door.