Chapter 27

When Xu Zhaomu strolled into the dining room, Shen Chi was the only one sitting at the table. She noticed that he didn’t seem very worried at all. He was eating leisurely and with great contentment.

Xu Zhaomu placed her bag on a sofa and took a seat next to him.

“So you still know where the dining room is,” Shen Chi muttered emotionlessly, without raising his head.

“……” The corners of Xu Zhaomu’s lips twitched involuntarily. This man truly held grudges.

Her little hands crept up to Shen Chi’s neck. She chuckled as she said, “Fourth Brother, haven’t I come home? It’s not as if I stayed out all night. I’m still very obedient.”

“Get your hands off me.” Shen Chi’s voice remained authoritative and imposing.

“Oh, okay.” Xu Zhaomu had no choice but to remove her hands obediently.

This man had always been petty and had held grudges. She realized she should stay away from him for a while.

Hmph. One day, she wasn’t just going to touch him. She was going to topple him and conquer him completely. Then she would see if he would remain as arrogant and bossy as he was now.

“Starting from tomorrow, you will not be getting any more pocket money.” Shen Chi didn’t even cast a glance at Xu Zhaomu.

“No way!” Xu Zhaomu protested. “Without pocket money, what will I do if I want to buy something?”

“Ask Housekeeper Lin to buy it for you.”

Ask Housekeeper Lin to buy magazines that were X-rated? Ask Housekeeper Lin to buy CDs that were for 18 years and above? Everyone knew that Housekeeper Lin followed Shen Chi’s orders blindly. It would be completely weird if Shen Chi didn’t find out everything that Xu Zhaomu wanted to buy.

“That’s fine if you won’t give me any pocket money. I have my own hands and feet. I will earn it myself.” Xu Zhaomu had always been an unyielding person.

“Earn?” Shen Chi responded as though he had just heard a joke. “How are you going to earn money?”

“Who cares how I earn it? You’re such a busybody.”

Xu Zhaomu muttered to herself. She was very displeased. A lamb who had been pounced on by a big bad wolf could only use her little claws to defend herself. Although it was futile, it was still proof that she had tried to resist.

“Even I can’t control you. Xu Zhaomu, are you planning to live a lawless life?”

“I’m 18, not a child. No one else in the Shen family restricts me like you do. I don’t want you to control me.” Xu Zhaomu stood before Shen Chi with clenched fists.

The moment she said this, Liu Rumei happened to walk into the living room.

“Oh, oh, what’s happening here? Fighting? Who made our Zhaomu upset? Don’t frown, girls who frown aren’t pretty.” Liu Rumei walked over with a grin.

She had caught sight of the anger plastered on Xu Zhaomu’s face. She massaged Xu Zhaomu’s shoulders and stared at Shen Chi.

Xu Zhaomu shoved Liu Rumei’s hands away. Her frown instantly relaxed, and she flashed a wide smile.

“So, Madame Liu, I was having a private conversation with my Fourth Brother. How could you be so lacking in etiquette that you forgot to knock on the door before entering?”

Xu Zhaomu’s grin was as splendid as a sunflower. Then she took the opportunity to move behind Shen Chi and wrapped her little hands around his neck.

“Fourth Brother, isn’t that so? Where did we stop just now?”

“Mmm.” Shen Chi hemmed.

“We should continue chatting. I was just saying that quite a few teaching trainees have arrived at our school recently. They’re all really pretty.”

To Xu Zhaomu, this was a rare opportunity to rub up against Shen Chi. Her little hands had no intention of letting go.

She lowered her head and drew closer to Shen Chi’s ears. “Fourth Brother, can you help me look through a few questions in my homework later? I don’t know how to do them.”

“All right.” Shen Chi’s lips smiled a bit. A rare sliver of affection could be seen in his eyes.

Xu Zhaomu was happy to see such a gentle side to Shen Chi. Although she knew that Shen Chi was putting on an act, she really enjoyed it.

When Liu Rumei realized that they both were ignoring her presence, she started trembling. She had no choice but to find a way out of her embarrassing predicament. “It’s late. You guys should go to bed early. However, Zhaomu is no longer that young. Although you share a brother-and-sister relationship, you should be more cautious about spending too much time together in the same room.”

“Fourth Brother, she wants us to be more cautious.”

Xu Zhaomu inched closer to Shen Chi’s ears. On the contrary, her hands hugged him even more tightly.

“Do you think we need to be more cautious?” Shen Chi asked intentionally.

“I don’t think we need to.”

“Then everything is fine.” Shen Chi smiled again.

Xu Zhaomu felt completely overwhelmed by his gentleness, love, and affection.

Liu Rumei had been thoroughly snubbed. She glanced at them and grunted coldly before leaving the room.

And the moment that Liu Rumei took a step out of the room, the warmth in Shen Chi’s eyes instantly disappeared.

“Be more conscientious and get your hands off me,” he muttered immediately.

“You kick me away after using me. How can there be someone as hateful as you?”

Xu Zhaomu released her hands and sat down beside him, grumbling with displeasure. She picked up her chopsticks with the intention of starting her dinner.

She glanced at Shen Chi from the peripheries of her vision. He was extremely composed and wasn’t paying any attention to her. Instead, he sat, eating his dinner elegantly. It was almost as though he wouldn’t even care if she hadn’t returned for the night.

She didn’t know why, but her heart stopped beating for a moment. She felt upset. It was her first time ever feeling this way.

“I have yet to ask you. Where did you go this evening?” Shen Chi asked casually. There wasn’t much emotion on his face.

“What else could I have been doing? I was having a date.” Xu Zhaomu didn’t even look at him as she ate her dinner.

Shen Chi’s chopsticks froze in midair. Two sharp eyes instantly shot over at her.

“On a date with whom?”

Xu Zhaomu felt a chill run down her spine. It felt as though winter had returned. Why did Shen Chi’s eyes look so frosty?

“Who else could it have been? Obviously, a handsome and loving boy.” Xu Zhaomu shoved rice into her mouth

The dishes that night were quite good. There were quite a few that she really liked.

Shen Chi slammed down his chopsticks with a bang.

Xu Zhaomu’s hand shook. She lost her grip on a fish ball and it rolled to the ground.

“Don’t assume that I wouldn’t dare to do anything to you. If this happens a second time, I will break your legs.”

Shen Chi’s voice sounded as though it had come straight out of hell. It was as scary as the icy voice of Satan.

“You won’t be able to raise me forever. I am dating as a safeguard for my future. I should find a good match while I am still young. Otherwise, no one will want me once I become old and faded.” Xu Zhaomu smiled sarcastically. He could shout all he wanted. It wasn’t like what she was saying was true anyway.

“What? I, Shen Chi, am unable to raise you for life?”

Xu Zhaomu froze. What…what did he mean?

He was probably trying to show off that he had a lot of money…

“Eat!”

As Xu Zhaomu stared blankly into space, Shen Chi picked up another fish ball and placed it in her bowl.

Not long later, Shen Chi finished his meal. He picked up his suit jacket that he had hung up and walked upstairs.

Halfway up the stairs, he paused. “You can ask me about the questions you don’t understand.”

After saying this, he continued walking up to his own room.

Hiccup… Hadn’t she said that only to make her deception more realistic? There were a ton of questions she didn’t understand. However, she didn’t believe that Shen Chi knew how to answer everything.

So she intentionally picked out a few extremely challenging mathematics questions after dinner.

“Fourth Brother, I don’t know how to do these problems. Could you please explain them to me?”

At that moment, Shen Chi was sitting in front of his computer typing as he settled work-related matters. He frowned as he analyzed the Group’s recent profits and expenditures. Just as he was starting to calculate the most important data, Xu Zhaomu pushed the door open and walked in.

He stopped his work and closed his notebook.

“Which questions?”

As he walked over, Xu Zhaomu stared at him without blinking.