Pampered by Short-Lived Bigshot by Beautiful Crescent

Chapter 561: 359 fell and got caught? Old bull prefers young grass?

The restaurant’s light was dim, paired with the tender, enthralling music; the flickering candle flames on the table made everything seem dreamlike and illusory, heartlessly moving.

Shen Shuci kept her head down eating until her phone vibrated, then she wiped the corner of her mouth, "Mr. Huo, I’m going to step out to take a call."

The man nodded without a word.

"Hello—Wanwan."

"Did you meet up with your friend?"

"Mm."

"That’s good, just be careful on your own." Tang Wan was just worried and asked a few more questions. After Shen Shuci ended the call, she didn’t return to her seat, but went straight to the cashier to settle the bill instead.

"Table No. 12, right?" The cashier operated the computer, "This bill has already been paid."

"Paid already?" Shen Shuci frowned.

"Our restaurant requires a corresponding deposit when making a reservation, and the meal cost is deducted from it, so there is no need to pay again."

Shen Shuci’s lips were pressed tightly together, calculating at the bottom of her heart how much she owed him, and how to pay it back.

When the two left the restaurant, the neon lights were just coming on, bright as day. Shen Shuci turned her head, tilting it slightly to see the face of the person beside her clearly. The mottled neon lights fell on his face, revealing a bone-deep chill and desolation that seemed like it couldn’t be melted, even in the scorching summer sun.

So cold it was almost devoid of temperature.

"Mr. Huo, did you drive?"

"No."

"How are we going to get back?" Shen Shuci had come over in a car with Jiang Yanting and Shen Zhixian, so naturally, she hadn’t driven.

"Should I call them to come over?"

"From Hexi?"

"Yes."

Shen Shuci had an intense headache. Driving over here without traffic jams would take an hour, and now it was rush hour, "Let’s just take a taxi ourselves, or take the bus and subway."

At this time, taking a taxi could be a death trap in traffic. After discussing it, they decided to head to the subway station, take it for over a dozen stops, and then hail a cab. This would be most convenient.

Members of the Huo family who followed the two were initially amused.

"Wow, our guy moves fast. After dinner, continuing the date? Shopping, watching a movie, or going for a walk?"

It wasn’t until the two entered the subway entrance that they were dumbfounded. Soon a message popped up on their phones:

[Head back first.]

subway? With

**

in. Fortunately, it wasn’t too crowded at this time, so buying a ticket and boarding the train went smoothly,

the handrail with one hand, shielding her with his presence. His height, combined with his intimidating

eye, saw a woman carrying a large bag and holding the hand of a child around two or three years old.

so much," the woman

the handrail, but at that moment, the subway suddenly moved, her balance shifted, and before

she grabbed the corner of his clothes, while the man stretched

to her senses, she gasped slightly and abruptly looked up at him,

was heavy, so close she could distinctly feel every bit of his hot

quickened,

met, and their breathing seemed to suddenly pause for a moment, as if the surrounding air had frozen into

from behind and caught off guard, Shen Shuci bumped

of the surrounding crowd, but all she could hear was her own thumping heartbeat

steadily now?" A voice from

breath and nodded mutely,

overhead, in her flurry nearly grabbing his hand again. Once she steadied herself on the handrail, the hand at her waist released

demeanor; even when he had

angle at which the two stood, seemed to envelop her entirely in

over her, impenetrable and suffocating

sister," said the woman who was now seated,

you, sister," the little boy

Children are sensitive; his

This uncle is scary.

and afraid of strangers," the woman hugged her

he?" Shen Shuci

half." The woman smiled back, having witnessed their interaction; everything didn’t escape her eyes. She then

Shuci cleared her

that kind of couple." The man was clearly protecting her, and outsiders

"Yes."

...

this part of the trip, Shen Shuci ended up having a long conversation with the mother and son, but it wasn’t until their stop

a glimpse

his lip and gestured a farewell to

Sister? Uncle?

put them in

Did he look that old? The boy shrank back, nervously holding his mother’s hand, and didn’t

soon reached their destination too. Shen Shuci pulled out her phone a little ahead of time and called a taxi. A driver accepted the job quickly, but according to the route, it

car, needing to

Shuci coughed softly, "That little boy just now was quite

while managed to say something that left her unsure how to

"Do you like kids?"

but to Shen Shuci, it felt

"Well... they’re okay."