Chapter 35: So Hard to Please

In the living room, Yue Zifeng continued to nag at He Tingzhou: “You, seeing that idiot bullying your sister, why didn’t you rush to help? Call a couple of crew members, can their mouths be kept shut? Now everyone on the boat knows, your sister has thin skin, how uncomfortable she must be.”

“Your brain,” said Zuo Zhong to him, “Zheng Zuye has a grudge against Tingzhou, you don’t know how deeply he hates him? Anything related to Tingzhou he wants to snatch. His interest in your sister might have faded after three or five days, but if he sees Tingzhou protecting her, he’ll immediately fix his eyes on her, and even resort to drugging and kidnapping to get her.”

“That’s true,” Yue Zifeng said with a mischievous smile, “Zheng Zuye’s true love in this life is our He Ye.”

He Tingzhou lazily glanced at him, “If you want to go down and be with him, just say it. I’ll give you a kick, so you two can fly together.”

“He’s just not interested in me, what can I do,” Yue Zifeng said with a smug grin, shaking his legs, “You stay away from your sister in the future. Save that beast from clinging to her again.”

He Tingzhou didn’t respond, his brows were relaxed and carefree. He was playing with a poker card he had taken out from somewhere, flipping it between his fingers.

The yacht docked that evening. The clouds were dyed a gradient of pink and orange by the sunset, while the sea remained a deep blue.

Lu Manman got into Shen Yu’s car. Shen Yu closed the passenger door and turned to look at her.

Before he could speak, Shuangxu said thoughtfully, “You take Miss Lu, Zifeng and I will go with the others.”

Shen Yu instructed her, “Go back and rest well. If your fever hasn’t gone down, remember to take your medicine.”

Shuangxu nodded and watched their car drive away.

He Tingzhou’s Koenigsegg was parked on the side of the road, behind Yue Zifeng’s car.

Shuangxu walked directly towards Yue Zifeng’s car. As she passed the Koenigsegg, the window rolled down and He Tingzhou spoke, “Get in. I’ll take you.”

Shuangxu paused, not intending to go. She politely said, “No need, Brother Tingzhou, we’re not going the same way.”

She lived in the east third ring road, he lived in Yanxi, quite a distance.

She continued walking towards the back.

Didn’t they reconcile last night? Why was she still so cold.

He Tingzhou rested his arm on the window, his index finger supporting his temple. He looked at her through the rearview mirror as she got into Yue Zifeng’s car, then slowly retracted his gaze and started the car.

So hard to please

After returning to Yancheng, Shuangxu hadn’t seen He Tingzhou for a while.

Besides Shen Yu and Yue Zifeng, her interactions with He Tingzhou were limited.

She did run into him once outside, when she was having dinner with Fu Yun. He Tingzhou happened to be at the same restaurant.

Shuangxu didn’t recognize the people with him, they were all very flattering towards him. He looked bored and indifferent, but when his gaze swept across her from across the restaurant, it paused for a brief moment.

Shuangxu saw the woman beside him, the cheongsam beauty she had met at the club.

Her figure was graceful in the tight-fitting dress, she was smiling and talking to the others at the table, but her toes were secretly hooking He Tingzhou’s calf under the table.

Look away, Shuangxu averted her gaze and didn’t look back.

When they left the restaurant, they ran into each other at the door.

“Tingzhou ah,” Fu Yun stopped and smiled at him.

He Tingzhou lazily responded with a few words, his eyes swept over Shuangxu who was standing beside her.

Shuangxu only politely called out “Brother Tingzhou” at the beginning, then she turned to look at the roadside and waited. When Fu Yun finished speaking, she got into the car with her.

The marriage between the Shen and Lu families was a major event in the Yancheng social circles. The news leaked out, and all the media and newspapers wrote about it endlessly. Every day there were people squatting outside Shen’s villa and Shen Yu’s private residence.

The paparazzi’s long guns and big cannons peeked through a window, a young and beautiful woman hugged the man’s waist, gently tiptoeing.

The man’s tall figure was half-hidden and half-revealed behind the gauze curtain, his face was not visible, but just a silhouette and the line of his jaw were enough to spark imagination.

This photo was on the front page of all the major media the next day, and it spread everywhere.

Xiao Liao was eating melon seeds with gusto, scrolling through the news and excitedly chattering, “Wow, this photo is so atmospheric! So well-matched, so well-matched!”

Shu Yang was lying on the bed, vomiting her guts out. She casually picked up an apple core from the trash can and threw it at her, “Shut up.”

The nurse quickly cleaned up the vomit, Shuangxu washed a towel and wiped Shu Yang’s face.

“Really! Little Boss, look.” Xiao Liao held her phone up to Shuangxu’s face, “Didn’t they take your brother very handsome? This Miss Lu is also very pretty.”

Shuangxu was forced to look at it, she nodded, “Yeah, it’s really well taken.”

Shu Yang pointed at Xiao Liao, wanting to scold her but couldn’t find the right words.

Seeing her miserable appearance, Shuangxu laughed, “It’s okay. Just consider it desensitization therapy.”

Desensitization is a slow and long process, she realized that she was no longer as sad as she was at the beginning.

Breaking free from her dependence and attachment to Shen Yu was a process of skinning and boning, but it was also easy.

Because she had no choice, she had to do it.

She only saw Shen Yu once a week, when she went back to the Shen family for dinner on weekends. He asked a few questions about Feixue’s condition, she answered them one by one, that was the extent of their communication.

“What desensitization therapy?” Xiao Liao innocently leaned over, “What are you allergic to?”

Shuangxu answered seriously, “I’m a little allergic to you.”

Xiao Liao: “.”

Lu Manman’s grandmother was old and in poor health, she didn’t go back to Yancheng with them, she stayed in Lincheng, where the climate was pleasant, to recuperate.

After the marriage was settled, Shen Yu accompanied her to Lincheng to meet her elders.

Yue Zifeng’s sister was having her eighth birthday. Yue family had a daughter late in life, they doted on her, they booked a hotel banquet hall to celebrate her birthday.

The birthday party was a children’s theme, to cater to the children’s preferences, the entire banquet hall was decorated as a Disney castle.

Yue’s younger sister dressed up as her favorite rabbit police officer, Yue Zifeng was forced to wear a fox headband and tail, and was being teased by everyone.

“This is ruining my childhood,” a few of her friends complained, while taking pictures with their phones.

Yue Zifeng grabbed them: “Her best friend wants to play Snow White, and she’s worried no one will play the dwarfs. Go, go, go, I’ve prepared costumes for you.”

Zuo Zhong tried to resist: “Are you sure we’ll be dwarfs next to her, and not giants?”

When they came out wearing their dwarf COS costumes, Shuangxu burst out laughing.

There was still one dwarf missing. Zuo Zhong was fiddling with his misplaced button, and asked: “Didn’t Tingzhou come?”

“Make him play a dwarf? You’re dreaming! He wouldn’t even play the prince.”

Shuangxu sipped her juice, thinking, He Tingzhou doesn’t look like a prince either.

He’s more like a dragon.

Yue Meimei, wearing a Judy COS costume, was very cute, with her two bunny ears bouncing.

She saw Shuangxu and ran over to grab her: “Elsa the princess has been found!”

Suddenly, several little girls dressed in colorful costumes swarmed towards her, pulling her hand and trying to drag her up.

“I’m not…”

Before Shuangxu could finish, a girl came up to her, blinking her starry eyes and saying: “Sister, you’re so beautiful! Will you play Elsa the princess?”

Well… alright.

Who could resist such eyes and compliments?

The birthday party planner had gone all out, with both children’s and adult versions of COS costumes, and the dressing room was equipped with professional makeup artists and hair stylists.

Shuangxu couldn’t escape either, and was dragged to change into Elsa’s blue dress.

The hairstylist was going to put a wig on her, but after trying it on a few times, she gave up: “Forget it, your hair is so beautiful, don’t wear this cheap wig.”

So she helped her braid the same style of braid, which hung down from her left shoulder.

Shuangxu came out of the dressing room and went back to the banquet hall. The skirt was a bit long, and she bent over to hold it up with her hand.

As she was walking, she saw a pair of leather shoes in her field of vision. She quickly braked and stepped back, looking up at the same time.

He Tingzhou was looking down, his gaze slowly scanning her from head to toe, and then back up from bottom to top.

Finally, he fixed his gaze on her face and slowly raised one eyebrow.