Chapter 34.3

From then on, things got out of hand.

Gu Yanshu, on the other hand, knew nothing about what happened that night.

He wasn’t angry that Shen Jue avoided him. When Shen Jue lost his temper because he hugged his team members, he even said expressionlessly that Shen Jue was just being unreasonable.

Thinking about it now, this little bastard was simply heartless.

He had done these drunken things and forgotten about them before. 

He should make the little rascal pay a price.

Shen Jue thought about it, and pulled Gu Yanshu out of his arms. He looked at the latter and asked in a low voice, “Do you want to hug me?”

“Mm.” Gu Yanshu nodded obediently.

The following parts of the text will be scrambled to prevent theft from aggregators and unauthorized epub making. Please support our translators by reading on secondlifetranslations (dot) com. If you are currently on the site and and you are seeing this, please clear your cache.

“Zsw pvkzz oydv vs jkpp xl?”

“Yx.” Qw Zydpbw pvkzz dseele sclekldvzu.

“Mbld pkv wr rasrlazu.”

“Ls.”

“Xdnl usw pkv rasrlazu, R’zz zlv usw bwt xl qsa vbl ldvkal dktbv.”

Qw Zydpbw pyv wr pvayktbv sclekldvzu.

Mbl nsadlap sq Fbld Kwl’p xswvb nwazle wr kdvs y pxkzl.

Tl oyp alyzzu vss sclekldv, xyjkdt bkp dlmv ynvksd yrrlya zkjl bl oyp y clypv ralukdt sd Qw Zydpbw.

However, even if he was an animal, he had to do it. Otherwise, if a certain someone went back on his word again, how long would it take for him to settle this score?

After getting out of bed, he took out his phone and turned on the video recording app. Then, he aimed the camera at Gu Yanshu. “Today, we’re here to do an exclusive interview with a serial offender who always causes accidents after getting drunk and runs away after. May I ask what this kid’s name is?”

The child replied softly, “Gu Yanshu.”

“Alright, how old are you this year?”

“Three years old.”

“…”

That was fine. 

“Do you know who I am?”

“Team leader.”

“Am I good to you?”

“Mm.”

“Are you going to hug me tonight?”

“Yes.”

“Did you take the initiative to kiss me?”

“Yes.”

“Are you kissing me because you like me?”

“…”

Gu Yanshu, who had been answering honestly, suddenly stopped talking.

Shen Jue changed the question. “Then who do you like the most?”

Gu Yanshu pursed his lips, lowered his eyes, and didn’t speak.

Shen Jue repeated in a low and gentle voice, “Be good. Tell me, who do you like the most?”

Gu Yanshu shook his head gently. “I can’t say.”

He sounded a little sad.

Shen Jue’s tone became even gentler. “Why can’t you tell me?”

“I just can’t say it.”

Gu Yanshu bit the corner of his lips and lowered his head.

“It’s a secret.”

The light shone from the roof and revealed a thin profile in the corner, looking stubborn and pitiful.

There was a short silence.

Gu Yanshu said in a hoarse voice, “Someone will be sad if I say it. I can’t make that person sad.”

At that moment, Shen Jue’s heart suddenly ached. What kind of shackles would make Gu Yanshu so unwilling to face the thoughts in his heart? Even after he lost his mind when he was drunk, his subconscious instinct made him keep his mouth shut, as if he was afraid of breaking some taboo.

Gu Yanshu was very sad, so Shen Jue didn’t intend to ask anymore. He couldn’t bully him like this.

Anyway, he had already waited for seven years. He would wait a little longer for Gu Yanshu to be willing to open his heart and face it honestly. It wasn’t like he couldn’t wait.

He was about to put down his phone and comfort Gu Yanshu, but the latter suddenly raised his head. The corners of his eyes were moist and his voice was a bit choked. “You said you wanted to hug me. Why aren’t you hugging me? What’s wrong with hugging me? Do you not want me anymore?”

His eyes were filled with all sorts of grievances that he couldn’t hide.

Shen Jue immediately panicked. Before he could exit the video recording app, he threw his phone away and hugged Gu Yanshu. He coaxed him in a low voice, “It’s not that I don’t want to hug you, and I’m not abandoning you.”

“You do. You just don’t want me anymore.” Gu Yanshu buried his face in his shoulder and said with a slight sobbing voice, “You didn’t come for my birthday either. You didn’t come even after Mom left. My legs hurt so much and you didn’t care about me. My throat hurts so much and you didn’t care about me. They bullied me and you didn’t care about me. You said before that you would be by my side all the time. You’re a big liar, a liar.”

Shen Jue felt some liquid soaking the fabric on his shoulder.

He held Gu Yanshu tightly in his arms and wrapped him with his strength and warmth. He said in a low voice, “I didn’t abandon you. I saw how nicely you dressed up for your birthday. That suit is very nice. It’s white and has a small tail. I also went to see you the day your mom left. The rain was especially heavy. I stayed with you for the entire night. I didn’t abandon you.”

“You didn’t come. Mom was gone, and you didn’t want me anymore. No one wants me anymore. Shen Jue, no one wants me anymore.” Gu Yanshu was choking badly and sounded like he was about to cry.

Hearing this, Shen Jue’s heart ached even more. He held Gu Yanshu’s face and gently rubbed the corners of his red eyes with his fingertips. “I’m here. I really didn’t abandon you.”