ACBNHTS Chapter 37

Chapter 37: The More You Struggle, the Quicker You Drown

Sheng Yiguang understood the meaning behind Pei Du’s words, lowered his eyes, and said softly,

“Okay.”

Pei Du was originally just teasing him, but he couldn’t be happier to hear him say that.

According to the logic of 1+1=2.

Sheng Yiguang agreeing to buy slippers and putting them at home = Sheng Yiguang welcoming him over anytime = agreeing to live together.

The reason he initially arranged a two-bedroom apartment for Sheng Yiguang was because he was afraid that if it was too big, Sheng Yiguang would realize the apartment was his doing and refuse to live there.

Thinking about it now, it was quite ingenious.

A two-bedroom apartment meant he either had to sleep with Sheng Yiguang or Sheng Tong.

Sheng Tong would definitely refuse to sleep with him.

He could only sleep with Sheng Yiguang.

Even if they argued, they would have to sleep together.

The corners of Pei Du’s eyes and eyebrows were filled with smiles, “Alright, I’ll satisfy you. Let’s go buy them now.”

When they arrived at the mall, Pei Du first took Sheng Yiguang to eat, and then instead of going to Hermès, they went to a home goods store to buy slippers. On the way, they passed by towels, toothbrushes, mouthwash cups…

Sheng Yiguang, watching the growing number of items in the shopping cart, couldn’t help but remind him,

“Weren’t we here to buy slippers?”

“Didn’t we just happen to see these?”

“…”

It was hard not to see these in a home goods brand pavilion, right?

Everything that needed to be bought and everything that didn’t need to be bought was bought by him.

Sheng Yiguang simply reminded, “Aren’t you buying pajamas?”

“Oh, I don’t like this brand.”

“…”

Didn’t see you being so picky just now.

On the way to checkout, Sheng Yiguang saw a children’s towel and spaced out. Pei Du had already paid the bill and asked the brand store’s staff to pack everything up and put it in the car.

As soon as they got the things home, Pei Du received a call from Zhao Xicai, urging him to go to the bar.

Pei Du hung up the phone, “Then I’ll go first.”

Sheng Yiguang was about to nod when he caught a glimpse of the comments on the screen.

[Ahhhhh! Great! My official pairing is going to be in the same frame! Little Wen is also at the bar!!!]

[Important plot point coming up! Tonight at the bar, Truth or Dare, Pei Du says in front of everyone that he has feelings for his white moonlight, Little Wen can’t come down from the stage, and it also leads to Little Wen being targeted! Saying he can’t compare to the white moonlight and so on, Little Wen is so miserable!]

[Don’t be afraid, this is a turning point plot! It is because of this that Pei Du will feel guilty towards Little Wen, and then his feelings will continue to change and sprout]

[It was also because of this night that the white moonlight felt that he and Pei Du were destined and kept acting up, becoming more and more ugly in Pei Du’s eyes!]

…

Wen Heng was also there?

Sheng Yiguang grabbed Pei Du’s hand.

“I want to go too.”

Pei Du looked at the hand he was holding, smiled, “Do you have to be so clingy? Aren’t you going to rest?”

“Tomorrow is Saturday, I don’t have to work.”

Pei Du raised his chin and pointed at Sheng Tong.

“What about him?”

“I’ll be back before twelve o’clock, I’ll tell Tong Tong.”

“Didn’t you say that the auntie next door likes him, let her help look after him?”

“Okay.”

Sheng Yiguang walked up to Sheng Tong, told him, took him to Aunt Tao, and then followed Pei Du to the bar.

When they arrived at the bar, Sheng Yiguang saw Wen Heng at a glance.

The comments didn’t deceive him.

Pei Du didn’t see Wen Heng, he led Sheng Yiguang into the private room.

There were quite a few people in the private room.

Sheng Yiguang didn’t recognize most of them.

Probably the young masters Pei Du had met in the past few years.

Zhao Xicai was there, Du Chao was there, and Zhou Weian was also there.

There were also some of his and Pei Du’s university classmates.

When they saw Sheng Yiguang, their eyes revealed surprise.

Sheng Yiguang ignored the subtle and probing pressures in these gazes and followed Pei Du inside.

Someone saw Pei Du and immediately greeted him, “Brother Pei, hey? Why did you bring someone today? Come, little brother, sit here with me.”

“He won’t sit with you, he has to sit with me.”

“Oh~”

That person made a knowing strange noise.

“Then sit in the middle?”

“No, it’s too crowded.”

Pei Du and Sheng Yiguang sat on a separate double sofa.

Pei Du leaned over, took the drink menu, and asked Sheng Yiguang what he wanted to drink.

Sheng Yiguang: “Isn’t there some on the table?”

“That’s for them to drink, what do you want to drink?”

“Anything is fine.”

“Pick one you like.”

Sheng Yiguang ordered and returned the drink menu, meeting Du Chao’s gaze.

His face was very ugly.

Soon, Sheng Yiguang knew the reason.

Du Chao had called Wen Heng over.

Most people present knew that Old Man Pei intended to have Wen Heng be Pei Du’s life partner, but tonight Pei Du brought Sheng Yiguang over.

The scene was a bit awkward.

Pei Du didn’t seem to notice, or rather, didn’t see Wen Heng at all. He leaned over and took a few large strawberries from the fruit plate, handing them to Sheng Yiguang.

“Want to eat?”

Sheng Yiguang ate one and frowned.

A little sour.

He was quite sensitive to sour tastes.

He didn’t hate it, but he didn’t like it either.

“If it’s sour, don’t eat it.” Pei Du put the strawberry back, “Try the pineapple, is it sweet?”

Sheng Yiguang ate a piece and nodded.

Pei Du also tasted a piece and smiled, “It’s really quite sweet.”

After saying that, he used a small plate to fork a few pieces and held them in his palm for Sheng Yiguang to eat.

The posture was casual.

The eyes were lazy.

But it couldn’t hide the nearly licking-dog behavior of holding fruit for someone to eat.

The key was that Sheng Yiguang was also very natural, as if the two of them had done this countless times.

Unconcerned about the others, they were intimate.

Apart from those who had witnessed Pei Du and Sheng Yiguang dating, everyone else’s expressions were wonderful.

Every time Pei Du came out to play, he acted like a young master, haughty and arrogant.

Once, a girl was interested in him and asked him in a sweet voice to hand her a napkin. He snorted and ignored her, very arrogant.

They had never seen Pei Du take care of someone like this.

What’s more, the rumored fiancé Wen Heng was also here today.

The melon-eating crowd’s gazes shifted back and forth between them, afraid of missing a bit of gossip.

Zhao Xicai smiled knowingly.

Pei Du was doing this on purpose, declaring Sheng Yiguang’s sovereignty and his ownership of Pei Du.

Everyone drank and chatted dryly, and the atmosphere couldn’t liven up for a while. Someone suggested playing Truth or Dare.

Sheng Yiguang’s heart tightened.

Someone called out, “Brother Pei, play with your little darling.”

Pei Du smiled, not denying the title of little darling, and turned to ask Sheng Yiguang.

“Want to play?”

Sheng Yiguang nodded.

If it’s a blessing, it’s not a curse, if it’s a curse, you can’t avoid it.

The game was simple, roll the dice, add up the numbers on three dice, and compare sizes.

The one with the largest number asks the one with the smallest number.

Truth or Dare is drawn from the question bank.

If you can’t answer the truth or complete the dare, you have to drink a glass of beer.

They also had large beer glasses, each with a liter of volume.

Once the game started, the atmosphere became more and more lively. In the first few rounds, Pei Du and Sheng Yiguang were lucky enough not to be drawn.

Wen Heng lost a round and drew a truth question, asking him what color underwear he was wearing today.

Wen Heng was biting his lip about to speak when Du Chao stopped him, stood up, and drank the wine for Wen Heng, two glasses at that.

He drank it without hesitation.

After a few rounds, Pei Du lost.

The person asking the question was Du Chao.

He didn’t press the question-drawing button on the machine, but smiled and looked at Pei Du.

“Brother Pei, I’ll just ask something everyone is interested in, what is your relationship with the person you brought here today?”

The surroundings instantly quieted down, you could hear a pin drop.

Pei Du saw that Du Chao was smiling at him on the surface, but in reality, he couldn’t wait to stab him for Wen Heng’s sake, and smiled.

“Are you asking the obvious? You btch, don’t you know each other? When btch and I get married, we’ll invite you to the wedding.”

The private room exploded instantly.

“Damn! Brother Pei made a big move without saying a word!”

“Envy! I knew it had to be you two, a match made in heaven! No one else can get in!”

“Brother Pei, you have to drink a glass for this, right?”

Pei Du didn’t refuse and drank a full glass of wine with a smile.

Everyone cheered.

Du Chao and Wen Heng’s faces were ugly.

Sheng Yiguang was happy because of Pei Du’s answer, smiling on the surface, but he could also hear his panicked heartbeat.

The Golden Branch during the day, the bar at night.

Truth or Dare, Pei Du publicly declared his feelings for him.

Each and every thing, as the comments said, were advancing according to the will of this world.

Sheng Yiguang felt like he was in a swamp, knowing that he would drown in the end, but he still couldn’t help but struggle.

And the more he struggled, the quicker he drowned…

Comments: [Heartache for Little Wen, sob sob sob]

[The white moonlight must be so proud!]

[It’s okay, the prouder he is, the faster he dies!]