AM Chapter 52

52 Shura Field

Although Chen Mo respected Liang Jingren from the bottom of his heart, and even Liang Jingren was the person he respected most in his entire life, this did not prevent him from sometimes calling the other party a “fool” in his heart, just like now—

That fool Liang Jingren definitely hadn’t noticed that Xu Yilin harbored ill intentions towards him.

Chen Mo took a deep breath, adjusted his expression, and walked towards the two with a smile.

“What a coincidence, Boss Xu is also here for dinner so early?” Chen Mo smiled and nodded at Liang Jingren, who had noticed him and turned his head, and then greeted Xu Yilin.

Xu Yilin was obviously stunned when he saw him appear. Chen Mo thought that he probably didn’t have the “mistress consciousness” yet, after all, he didn’t know his relationship with Liang Jingren.

Chen Mo confidently thought: Xu Yilin should be intimidated by his overly urban elite temperament and proper politeness at this moment.

Moreover, he rarely called Xu Yilin “Boss Xu.” If he had to say it, he only called him “Little Boss Xu” when he was mockingly arguing.

On this side, Liang Jingren held a potted plant in one hand and pulled him to his side with the other, asking, “I was going to ask you, are you off work on time? Why are you here so early?”

Liang Jingren’s actions were very inappropriate and made him seem particularly weak, but Chen Mo didn’t care. Anyway, only Xu Yilin saw it. He was annoyed that Liang Jingren only grabbed his arm and didn’t directly take his hand.

Chen Mo turned around and gently shook the hand that Liang Jingren had just grabbed his arm with, and said with a grin, “I’ve completed all my work quotas today! My boss let me leave early!” His tone and expression seemed to be showing off and also asking for praise.

It’s a pity that Liang Jingren didn’t praise him.

However, his actions achieved a certain effect. It was obvious that Chen Mo’s peripheral vision detected that the “third party” standing aside was stunned again, and his expression had also undergone some subtle changes.

Xu Yilin opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but Chen Mo didn’t care and didn’t allow it. He still pulled Liang Jingren’s hand and spoke like a machine gun:

“I haven’t eaten in the cafeteria for a long time. I want to come over early to see if there are any new dishes. Does Brother Ren have any recommendations?”

“Ah, there used to be an aunt who always wore floral dresses and gave me a lot of rice every time. I don’t know if she’s still there. I have to stop her in time before she starts scooping rice!”

“Oh, right, Brother Ren, you seemed to have eaten in the cafeteria for several days in a row some time ago, right? Are you getting tired of it? Why don’t we just go out to eat tonight? I recently discovered a newly opened Southeast Asian restaurant with very high ratings. Is Brother Ren interested in Southeast Asian cuisine?”

Finally, “Stop, stop, stop, stop!” Liang Jingren covered his mouth with his other hand to stop him from talking non-stop, “Let’s eat in the cafeteria today.”

—Liang Jingren casually stuffed the purple potted plant he was originally holding back into Xu Yilin’s arms, and then that hand was freed up.

Chen Mo narrowed his eyes, and the corners of his mouth under the palm slightly curved up.

Then, he stuck out his tongue and lightly licked the palm that might have been stained with gray soil from the bottom of the flower pot.

Liang Jingren’s reaction was very strong, specifically reflected in his suddenly widened eyes and the suddenly retracted hand.

The hand that was drooping to the side of his suit pants seemed to clench into a fist, but Chen Mo knew that he would never be able to hit him at this time and place.

The cafeteria is really a treasure land. Chen Mo thought happily in his heart.

Chen Mo turned his head to look at the person who had been neglected for a long time because of him and was holding the flower pot. Chen Mo raised his chin at the other party and smiled, while savoring and licking his lips.

He felt that someone as smart and resourceful as Xu Yilin, who was good at inferring people’s hearts, would definitely understand what actions he had just taken hidden under Liang Jingren’s palm.

At this time, the expression on Xu Yilin’s face was almost a copy of Liang Jingren’s: the same dilated pupils, and after slightly opening his lips, he immediately closed them and bit his teeth.

“Chen Mo…” Although Liang Jingren couldn’t hit him at this moment, he could use his mouth.

When Chen Mo looked back at Liang Jingren with a smug and smiling face, he realized that things were not good—Liang Jingren’s face was extraordinarily gloomy.

“You’re dead when we get back.” Liang Jingren said to him with a smile, narrowing his eyes, “You’re going to have a good time.”

Chen Mo suddenly shuddered, and cold sweat broke out on his back.

Xu Yilin had never seen Chen Mo in such a cowardly state, so he directly turned his head and laughed.

“I’m really making a fool of myself in front of you, sigh.” Liang Jingren still remembered that Xu Yilin was present.

This wasn’t just the two of them, this was the company, a public place, so Chen Mo’s behavior made him so angry.

After Xu Yilin laughed, he waved his hand while holding the flower pot in one hand, and then asked Liang Jingren, “Although Chen Mo told me about your relationship before, I’m not too sure. Can I ask you to confirm it again now?”

“Hmm?” Liang Jingren glanced at Chen Mo, who was grinning at him embarrassedly, and then looked at Xu Yilin, “Tell me.”

“He said his father is your good friend,” Xu Yilin said.

Liang Jingren and Chen Mo were both silent at the same time.

After a while, Liang Jingren smiled and nodded, “Yes, he’s right, that’s how it is. I have a good relationship with his dad. His dad used to be very busy and in poor health, and he often had to go to the hospital, so he asked me to help take care of him.”

“I know this kid has bothered you at your flower shop. If he did anything wrong, I’ll apologize to you on behalf of his dad.”

After saying that, Liang Jingren suddenly grabbed Chen Mo’s arm, whose expression and posture had become twisted, and pulled him over again, then forcibly pressed Chen Mo’s head down, forcing him to bow to the flower shop owner in front of him who was indeed suffering.

“Chen Mo, apologize to him quickly.”

“Liang Jingren!” Chen Mo called Liang Jingren by his full name. He tried to turn his face to the side and glared upwards with an unconvinced look.

But Liang Jingren just glanced at him lightly and subdued him with only four simple words: “Chen Mo, be obedient.”

“…”

Chen Mo didn’t shout anymore, so Liang Jingren let go of the hand he had placed on his head.

Then, Chen Mo still maintained his bowing posture facing Xu Yilin, and crossed his hands in front of him, “I’m sorry, Boss Xu, I’ve been causing you trouble all along. I sincerely express my apologies to you, I’m sorry.”

This was the first time in his life that Xu Yilin had received such a grand gift, and he was so frightened that he took a step back. Upon closer inspection, the crown of the head bowing to him was Chen Mo’s, and he couldn’t describe how he felt, only that the corners of his mouth couldn’t stop twitching.

“It’s, it’s okay, Chen Mo has also helped me a lot in the store, haha, he even helped me unload goods before, he’s a very helpful kid, haha…” Finally, Xu Yilin smiled awkwardly and stepped forward to help the bowing person up with one hand.

When Chen Mo raised his head, he stared closely at the swaying purple leaves in his arms, thinking: Hypocritical, fake smiles, and lying, you’re the bad one.

Chen Mo became honest and didn’t speak, so Liang Jingren started talking to Xu Yilin again.

Chen Mo stood aside and listened quietly. He thought: So Xu Yilin’s way of talking in front of Liang Jingren is like this, it seems more mature and kind than he usually pretends to be in the flower shop and in front of him.

Moreover, Xu Yilin actually called Liang Jingren “Jingren” to his face!? This was something Chen Mo hadn’t expected.

Chen Mo thought unhappily: The last two words of his name sound so intimate and natural, these two must have had a lot of contact in private…

But isn’t Xu Yilin a few years younger than Liang Jingren? Why is he calling him “Jingren” without any respect for seniority? Shameless attempt to get close, so lowly!

Chen Mo felt that he had only truly gotten to know Xu Yilin from today onwards. All the past gentle, irritable, and interesting impressions were all fake illusions.

He no longer liked Xu Yilin.

From their conversation, Chen Mo learned that Xu Yilin had come specifically to deliver the potted plant today.

Xu Yilin gave the purple potted plant back to Liang Jingren and taught him how to care for it. He said that this begonia is best grown in low light, and then when you shine a flashlight on it at night, the entire leaf will burst out with sapphire blue sequins like butterfly wings.

“That must be very expensive, right?” Liang Jingren asked.

“It’s not too expensive, it’s just that the color looks a bit dull, and it might not be easy to sell at first, but I still want to try,” Xu Yilin said.

“Okay, I’ll accept it,” Liang Jingren said with a smile, “You haven’t eaten yet, right? It’s rare that you came so early today, there are fewer people in the cafeteria, let me treat you to a meal.”

“Okay,” Xu Yilin also replied with a smile.

Among the three people present, only Chen Mo couldn’t smile.

His gloomy gaze swept back and forth between Liang Jingren and Xu Yilin and that peculiar begonia. In the end, he chose to look at Liang Jingren and said sullenly, “Didn’t we agree to treat me to the cafeteria today?”

Liang Jingren looked at him, blinked, and realized, “Oh, okay, then let’s go together,” Liang Jingren quickly made a decision.

Chen Mo, who didn’t want to go home and eat “good fruit,” could only remain silent at this time.

And so, before other employees officially got off work and flooded into the cafeteria, the three of them took their seats, got their food, and started eating.

During the meal, only Liang Jingren and Xu Yilin talked about the varieties and care of plants. Occasionally, Xu Yilin would take out his phone to show Liang Jingren photos or videos of some popular tropical plants online.

Chen Mo didn’t say a word throughout the whole process, as if he had become invisible.

He originally thought that as long as he endured this meal, and after Liang Jingren had forgotten everything that had just happened, the two of them could still be loving as usual when they returned home in the evening.

Unexpectedly, Xu Yilin seemed to have planned it all along—Chen Mo felt that he had planned to eat at different times with Liang Jingren, and after finishing the meal, he would ask Liang Jingren to take him to the nineteenth floor to visit the shelf of plants in his office.

And the Monstera deliciosa that had been moved over a few days ago was now placed in the corner of the lobby on the nineteenth floor as a decoration.

Xu Yilin’s request was just a small matter, and Liang Jingren agreed quickly. But judging from the tone of the two, this kind of small thing was obviously not happening for the first time.

Recalling the shelf full of greenery he had seen in Liang Jingren’s office before, the more Chen Mo thought about it, the more upset he became, and the more he wanted to go crazy.

But in the end, he maintained his sanity with a strong willpower, and then followed the two of them to the nineteenth floor in silence, looked at the plants, and also looked at the night view of the French windows in Liang Jingren’s office, which had a very good view.

It wasn’t until he was standing next to Liang Jingren by the transparent French window that Chen Mo, who had been silent for a long time, said a word:

“Aren’t you afraid of heights?” He turned his head and asked Liang Jingren.

Liang Jingren narrowed his eyes and turned to look at him, saying, “Didn’t you see me squinting?”

“…”

“Actually, squinting like this and looking into the distance, the lights of the low-rise buildings in the residential area over there look more like a starry sky.”

Chen Mo stared at him for a while and smiled, “Brother Ren is so romantic~”

Liang Jingren smiled and said, “I don’t stay by the window often, so it doesn’t have much of an impact. And occasionally looking at the scenery can make my head spin a little, just treat it as a rest and relaxation, haha.”

Chen Mo looked at the soothing smile that Liang Jingren was showing to the “starry sky” in front of him, and he also curved his eyebrows to the same extent, turning his head to look at the same “starry sky.”