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.]

car but choosing the subway? With so

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squeeze in. Fortunately, it wasn’t too crowded at this time, so buying a ticket

grasping the handrail with one hand, shielding her with his presence. His height, combined with his intimidating aura, drew many sidelong

of her eye, saw a woman carrying a large bag and holding the hand of a child

so much," the woman said in

the car was very crowded. After standing up, Shen Shuci reached for the handrail, but at that moment, the subway

something to steady herself, scrambling, she grabbed the corner of his clothes, while the man

abruptly looked up at him, the two of them very close to

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

own breathing inexplicably quickened, panic flickered in her

lower back, holding her steady, their eyes met, and their breathing seemed to suddenly pause for a moment, as

guard, Shen Shuci

but all she could hear was her own thumping heartbeat and the dry, clean scent from

now?" A

a breath and nodded mutely, "Yes,

again. Once she steadied herself on the handrail, the hand at her

and controlled demeanor; even when he had been holding her waist, one would

crowd, the angle at which the two stood, seemed to

shadow over her, impenetrable and suffocating to breathe

the sister," said the woman who was now seated, putting her child on her lap and

the little boy

the man beside her. Children are sensitive; his

This uncle is scary.

a little shy and afraid of

is he?" Shen

witnessed their interaction;

Shuci cleared her

of couple." The man was clearly

"Yes."

...

having a long conversation with the mother and son, but it wasn’t until their stop that the little boy waved his hand and said goodbye to Shen

the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of the man by her side. Mom

and gestured a farewell to him too,

Sister? Uncle?

categorization decidedly put them

boy shrank back, nervously holding

and called a taxi. A driver accepted the job quickly, but according to

for the car, needing to find some conversation to avoid

coughed softly, "That little boy just now was quite

a while managed to say something that left her unsure how

"Do you like kids?"

question, but to Shen Shuci, it felt

"Well... they’re okay."