CH 19

The fitting room here was very large, but with Zhu Luo and Yu Le squished inside together, the room felt incredibly crowded.

Yu Le felt a little hot, “Zhu Luo, come on, let’s finish this and get out of here.”

Zhu Luo was vaguely disappointed but took a step back reluctantly as he picked up the tape measure.

Looking at the tape measure, he seemed at a loss, not sure how to proceed.

Yu Le was stunned, “Zhu Luo, have you ever measured someone else’s size?”

He shook his head.

“Then do you know where you need to measure the size?”

“…I don’t seem to know very well.”

Unable to laugh or cry, Yu Le sighed, “Then why are you rushing around to help me measure? Forget it, you go out and call some of the staff to come do it.”

Zhu Luo gave him an unhappy look.

Seeing him standing there so stubbornly, Yu Le could only poke his head out to call for the staff himself.

As he glanced out, he saw Yu Jie dressed in a new cheongsam standing by the window with her back to him, answering a phone call as she stared outside.

The tattoos inked on her arms extended from her shoulders to her ankles in a streamlined shape, blending with the rose gold pattern of the cheongsam. It looked as if a blooming, graceful flower of wealth had gained life in her skin.

Her voice was clear in the quiet shop, “Why are you calling me?”

And the response, while barely audible, could still be made out, “I miss you! Let me come over!”

There was a trace of warning in her tone, “Don’t come, there are guests here. If you get recognized, it will be a lot of trouble to clean up.”

The answering words were whiny, “But I’m already at your door…Let me come in, please?”

Yu Le couldn’t see the expression on Yu Jie’s face. Still, he was able to make out some familiar boredom and intimacy with the other speaker from her words.

Unable to hear much else and not wanting to disturb her, he quickly waved over the measurer, and they went into the fitting room together.

He was extremely professional, and within a matter of minutes, Yu Le was done. At the same time, Zhu Luo stood to the side, watching diligently.

“Zhu Luo, why are you so serious?”

The answer came slowly, as if he didn’t want to interrupt his focus, “I’m studying hard. I’ll be able to measure you myself next time for sure.”

But Yu Le knew in his heart that there would be no next time.

When they came out of the fitting room, Yu Jie was grabbing some sunglasses. The sun outside was very strong, and it looked like she was going to go out for a while.

Zhu Luo asked, “Yu Jie, are you leaving?”

“Yes,” she nodded slightly as she pointed to a young man with dyed hair next to her, “I have to pick a friend up so I’ll be bothering you to let Mark receive you first. If you really don’t like him, you and your handsome friend can always come back later…I can’t promise the suit will be done in time though.”

After Yu Jie left in a hurry, Yu Le turned to Zhu Luo to ask a rare question, “This boss, how do you know her Zhu Luo?”

In the original novel, this person didn’t seem to be mentioned even once.

“This…” Zhu Luo started acting shy, “I met her by chance. She approached me one night after I finished playing violin and asked if I could be her model for a night.”

“An inspirational model?”

“Oh!” Mark, who was standing not far away, obviously heard their conversation and answered Yu Le, “Usually, when Yu Jie asks this, she’s asking the other party to sleep with her!”

Zhu Luo turned a bright red, “I didn’t agree!” After responding loudly, he realised that he was a little too excited and took a deep breath before continuing, “I’m not such a casual person, but after that Yu Jie and I gradually got to know each other through some coincidental meetings.”

Looking at Zhu Luo acting like this, Yu Le couldn’t help being happy.

In the novel, the genius violinist, the cold beauty, and the tall flower on the stage was turned into nothing more than a red-faced, restless little elementary school child.

Zhu Luo was still blushing as he said, “A Yu, stop laughing!”

Yu Le couldn’t stop.

“A Yu, if you laugh again, I’m going to get angry!”

Seeing that Yu Le still didn’t stop, he desperately stepped forward to cover his mouth.

Of course, Yu Le dodged, but Zhu Luo managed to cling to him, and back and forth, the two of them twisted into a ball in an instant.

Mark sighed from the side, “You two have such a good relationship, not many people can act so freely towards each other!”

Zhu Luo was stunned by these words.

It seems that he really… hasn’t fought so brazenly with A Yu for a long time.

As he regained his senses, Zhu Luo realised that he was unknowingly close to Yu Le during the fight. The other person’s slightly pink cheeks were less than three centimetres away from him, daring him to dodge.

A pair of grey eyes stares straight into him.

If either one of them moved even the slightest bit, they would stick together.

Too close.

Realising what he was thinking, Zhu Luo came back to his senses and turned his head away in embarrassment.

Yu Le was puzzled, “Zhu Luo?”

He opened the distance between them as a cover-up and pushed Yu Le away, trying to cool down the blood that was rushing to his head, “We were…I am…I think we’re done here. We should head back.”

Yu Le lowered his eyes, “That’s right, it’s getting late.”

He saw Zhu Luo’s vigilance and his happiness faded.

Sure enough, Zhu Luo was still resisting him.

Yu Le felt a little regretful; maybe in this world, he would never be able to get along with Zhu Luo as friends.

Forget it, he tried; if there was really no way, then there was nothing he could do about it.

The atmosphere between the two was a little awkward. At this moment, Yu Le’s cell phone rang.

Someone had sent a message to Yu Beiman’s account.

He picked up the phone and carefully avoided Zhu Luo’s gaze, but when he saw the sender, his lips pursed unconsciously, giving away his feelings.

[Yu Youzhi Himself: Manman, Manman, what are you doing right now?]

[Yu Youzhi Himself: I’m so bored, come chat with me!! I miss you so much~]

Uh…What kind of response could he give to this?!

Although he didn’t want to reply to such a strange message, it seemed even more strange to put down the phone under Zhu Luo’s eyes, so he could only bite the bullet and type a reply.

[Yu Beiman: ?]

A question mark was sent out, and Yu Youzhi replied in seconds.

[Yu Youzhi Himself: The sun is so bright today, and the world outside is so clear! I’m bored at home and want to see you all of a sudden!]

[Yu Youzhi Himself: It’s strange; I had a premonition this morning that I would definitely see you. If we really meet, it must be by fate, right?]

Yu Le read these messages expressionlessly and got goosebumps all over his body.

What was wrong with this man? Why would he send something so scary?

[Yu Beiman: What are you talking about?]

[Yu Beiman: I still have something to do; I’m busy.]

[Yu Youzhi Himself: Manman, I miss you so much; how could you be this ruthless to me?! Are you too busy to even reply to my messages? [I’m so sad.jpg]]

[Yu Youzhi Himself: You wouldn’t be…flirting outside again, right?!]

Flirting?

Yu Le subconsciously glanced at Zhu Luo next to him, thinking about this question—ehh no, this was anything but flirting. He only cared so much because things related to Zhu Luo mattered for his future fate.

[Yu Beiman: It is a very important thing.]

He just wanted to end this conversation quickly.

[Yu Beiman: Stop talking, I’m really busy.]

After replying to the last sentence, he coldly turned on the do not disturb setting, looking quite bored.

Zhu Luo blinked at his obviously sour mood, “A Yu, what’s the matter?”

Yu Le smiled softly, “It’s nothing, just an annoying guy.”

“Who is it?”

He looked sideways awkwardly, “Ah, Azhu, you don’t seem to know him yet, even if I told you…”

He knew he was making a fool of himself, but Zhu Luo just couldn’t stop, “Oh, so it’s a friend I don’t know…” He almost asked one more time, trying to get a name at least, but instead asked, “A Yu, it looks like we’ll be getting your suit next week at the earliest. Since we rarely get together these days, should we go to karaoke?”

“Forget it Zhu Luo, you know I’m totally tone deaf. We can always hang out again later.”

Zhu Luo seemed even more disappointed, “Okay, then I’ll take you home.”

What Yu Le didn’t know was that at this moment, behind the window, there was a pair of eyes staring at him.

From the very beginning, the scenes of their talking and fighting were all reflected on a large pair of sunglasses, sunglasses that managed to cover almost all of their owner’s face.

Yu Le and Zhu Luo waved their goodbyes to Mark and left through the main entrance.

The young man wearing sunglasses watched their backs as they walked away, only retracting his gaze as they disappeared from his view.

At this moment, Yu Jie came out from the internal elevator and saw him staring back into the streets strangely, “Youzhi, what are you looking at?”

“Ah, nothing,” Yu Youzhi’s eyes squinted thoughtfully, hidden underneath his sunglasses. Putting away the WeChat app on his phone, his tone was exactly the same lazy mood as the boss’s, “I just have to sigh sometimes, fate is really amazing.”

He had come to visit Yu Jie’s shop because he was bored, but he came across an unexpected surprise.

Manman was in men’s clothing!

He recognized him immediately.

Yu Jie was confused, but Yu Youzhi didn’t explain too much.

Instead, he seemed to think of something suddenly and asked, “Yu Jie, I just saw a customer leaving your store, is he the violinist who’s become so popular recently?”

She nodded with a smile, “Yeah, you recognized him? He looks good, right? Have you worked with him before?”

“No, I just heard him play by chance.”

“What do you think of him?”

Yu Youzhi smiled, “I don’t like him very much…whether it’s his music or him as a person.” He lowered his eyes under his oversized sunglasses, “The first time I heard him play the piano, I knew he was absolutely the overly serious kind of person who would say such nasty words as ‘I plan to spend my whole life only pursuing my dreams, and I am willing to dedicate myself to my music’ at any time…this kind of person is too lofty and ethereal for me to get along with.”

Yu Jie giggled and smiled happily, “I, on the other hand, really enjoy little boys who seriously pursue art!”

“Ah, it’s such a coincidence,” Yu Youzhi lamented, “I really hate him so much, but the one next to him is tailored exactly to my tastes…Speaking of, do you know what they were here for Yu Jie?”

She tilted her head as she thought for a while, “It seems that they needed to order a suit quickly to participate in some charity party…”

“A charity party? Was it the music charity dinner led by the city?”

“Yes, that’s it!”

Yu Youzhi remembered that his assistant had mentioned this before.

“A charity dinner?” He’d lazily raised his eyebrows at that time, “Do you know who will be attending?”

Song Fangba had been quick to respond, “It’s said that some upstart businessmen will be invited to help raise money. I think Sister Liu has a schedule…”

“Business upstarts?” He’d frowned, “Would anyone with the surname Huo going to be there?”

Song Fangba had gone silent at that.

“I don’t want to attend the same event as that Huo Annong guy. He’s always sitting front and centre, it makes me sick just thinking about performing for him.” He’d been overtaken by that feeling of disgust and escaped quickly, “Brother Song, you can go instead! I believe in you!”

He was lost in memory for a bit, and when he looked up, he found the woman in front of him looking at him with a rare serious expression and folded arms.

Seeing this, he knew something was wrong.

“Youzhi,” the next second, she said earnestly, “I know you don’t like to hear it but I still have to remind you in advance.”

Before she could finish speaking, he nodded, “Yes Yu Jie, I know.”

She heaved a breath of disappointment, “The old man’s patience is limited, once you’ve had enough fun, please go home obediently.”

Yu Youzhi listened to her causally, the corners of his mouth curled up nicely, but his face was immersed in a kind of invisibility. If he removed his glasses, anger would be clearly seen on his face, “Don’t worry Yu Jie, I’ll come back when I’m done.” After he finished speaking, he turned in place to leave, “Okay, I’m heading back now!”

“What are you doing now?!”

With just a few words of farewell, Yu Youzhi had already walked to the door in style, and without looking back, he said, “I’m going to start preparing for next week’s charity dinner.”