CH 88

TN: Thank you @Julie for the ko-fi!! I know you said there’s no need to post more, but I wanted to give back!!

Also 4 chapters to go before we reach HC’s enlightenment!

Shen Qingshu and Han Cheng went back to the hotel and sat in the restaurant ready to order.

As soon as Han Cheng finished ordering, Shen Qingshu noticed that Bai Jian also came. He looked around alone and noticed Shen Qingshu’s gaze. He took two steps forward, but he seemed to think of something, retraced his steps and walked to the other side .

Shen Qingshu looked at him sitting not far away, poked Han Cheng and motioned him towards Bai Jian, “He’s alone.”

“So?”

“Let’s have dinner together.” Shen Qingshu said with a smile, “how lonely it is to eat alone.”

“How do you know others are feeling lonely?”

“He wanted to walk over at first but probably felt intrusive and didn’t.”

Han Cheng chuckled, “If he wants to eat together, it’s up to him to come and ask, not us to invite.”

Unfortunately Bai Jian is this kind of character. He doesn’t dare to open his mouth for what he wants, so you have to guess and give it to him.

“Oh, whether active and passive, as long as the ending is the same, I’ll call him.”

Han Cheng looked at him discontentedly, “Go if you dare.”

Shen Qingshu: …

“Did I come all the way to see you, so that we could have another person next to us when we were eating?” Han Cheng asked him.

“Sometimes when you’re here, don’t you call Zhou ge to eat with us?”

“Is he Zhou Jianming?” Han Cheng didn’t understand, “Why do you pay so much attention to him, make me look at him and ask him to join us for dinner? Are you still immersed in the character in the movie?”

Shen Qingshu nodded hurriedly, “En.”

“Still, there’s no need for us to eat together.”

“Don’t you want to have dinner with him?” Shen Qingshu wondered, isn’t this your boyfriend? Why don’t you want to?

It doesn’t seem to be love at first sight.

“I don’t want to.” Han Cheng said, “I just want to have a quiet meal with you, okay?”

Shen Qingshu: …

Shen Qingshu lied on the table weakly.

Han Cheng looked at him like this, but he was a little puzzled. “Do you like him very much? Do you want to make friends with him?”

It doesn’t matter if he and Bai Jian become friends. They are not suitable to be friends.

“I just felt he was lonely.”

“There are many others alone and I haven’t seen you pay so much attention to them.”

That’s because he’s your future boyfriend. If he’s someone else, would I need to bother?

Han Cheng looked back at Bai Jian. The other party has turned his back and seemed to be ordering.

He thought for a while, turned his head and said to Shen Qingshu, “I didn’t tell you before, in fact, I’ve seen him before.”

Shen Qingshu froze unconsciously and looked at him in surprise.

He blinked gently and slowly. He looked at Han Cheng quietly and said “Oh” after a long time.

“That night, the day I told you not to drink alone because I met a drunkard on the road. He was that drunkard.”

“And then?” Shen Qingshu asked.

“He was very drunk and met two people with impure thoughts, so I saved him and sent him to the hotel to rest.”

Shen Qingshu nodded in his heart and there was some inexplicable silence in his heart.

For a long time, he felt something falling on his heart, startling layers of branches covered in snow. The branches “crunched” and fell on the snow, leaving deep and shallow traces.

It turned out that Han Cheng had already met Bai Jian without his knowledge.

Not only met, but also staged the drama of the hero saving the beauty. It was really a novel-worthy encounter.

He said in the novel that the first time they met was when the flowers were blooming in spring. The sun warmed Bai Jian’s body temperature and Han Cheng warmed his heart. Sure enough, everything was the same as in the novel, only he didn’t know.

After all, he is just an unimportant cannon fodder supporting role in this book.

Shen Qingshu thinks this is also good. Everything is the same as in the novel. They meet, get to know each other and then start paying attention.

Soon, they will fall in love.

Han Cheng saw him keep his head down and asked him, “what’s the matter?”

“No, I just think you are quite destined.”

Shen Qingshu raised his head and looked at him, with a teasing smile on his face. “A hero saving the beauty. What a classic novel paragraph. Now you’ve met again. I wondered why your hong Luan star moved recently, it seems that it’s because of him.”

Han Cheng smiled disdainfully, “Are you kidding? You say I like him and I will like him?”

You will! You also like him very much! The most!

“Do you know the true fragrance law law?” 1  Shen Qingshu asked him.

“I won’t be sweet to him.”

“Wang Jingze thought so before dinner.” 2 

Han Cheng: …

Han Cheng was confused for a moment, before he looked at Shen Qingshu and laughed slowly.

Shen Qingshu: ???

“What are you laughing at?”

“You want me to fall in love?”

“Isn’t it good to fall in love?”

“Not bad.” Han Cheng said carelessly. “But I think it’s good now.”

“That’s because you haven’t felt the sweetness of love.”

“You say that as if you’ve felt it.”

Shen Qingshu: …

He hasn’t either.

“So, don’t think too much.” Han Cheng said calmly.

You’re not in a hurry now. You’ll be in a hurry in the future.

Shen Qingshu looked at him and didn’t speak again.

Before long, the waiter brought up the dishes. Han Cheng and Shen Qingshu ate while chatting. Soon they were full and walked back.

Bai Jian inadvertently turned back and peeked at Shen Qingshu and Han Cheng walking out. He looked at Han Cheng’s back that instantly overlapped with the back when leaving that night.

His eyes couldn’t help sticking to him and didn’t stop watching until the person had disappeared.

Shen Qingshu and Han Cheng left the restaurant, Han Cheng asked him, “can you go out tonight?”

Shen Qingshu turned his head and looked at him. Han Cheng winked at him. The meaning was obvious, “can you?”

Shen Qingshu: …

Shen Qingshu thought of Bai Jian in the restaurant and shook his head guilty. “I have to memorise the script.”

Hearing his words Han Cheng didn’t continue to press him. “Okay, I’ll go back with you.”

“Then I’ll ask Xiao Li to open a room for you here.”

“Well, but I want to sleep with you tonight.”

Shen Qingshu: …

“Or let’s sleep separately.”

“Why?”

“I have to clear my heart and cultivate a sense of drama.” Shen Qingshu talked nonsense.

Han Cheng raised his eyebrow. “Why didn’t you need it before?”

“Before it was an idol drama and lighter. This movie is different, it’s too heavy. I have to calm down and clear my heart.”

“We’ll only sleep together, and not do anything, isn’t it fine?”

“Just promise me, please ~”

Han Cheng was reluctant. He came all the way to visit the scene. As a result, he couldn’t do what he liked and even had to sleep in separate rooms. It’s too miserable.

“I came all the way here to sleep in a separate room with you? Do you think it’s appropriate?”

It’s not appropriate, but your future wife is in this hotel. Is it appropriate for us to sleep together again?

If Bai Jian and Han Cheng were together in the future, they recalled their second meeting. When Bai Jian asked him what were you thinking that night?

Can Han Cheng say how he wants to make out with his car?

Too terrible.

At that time, Bai Jian must make trouble with Han Cheng again. Han Cheng has to chase his wife’s crematorium, and the two will be sad and hurt.

Shen Qingshu doesn’t really want this to happen. It’s unnecessary and too much trouble.

“Please ~” he implored softly.

Han Cheng didn’t expect that he was quite determined this time and had some helplessness.

“Let me think on it.” He compromised temporarily.

Shen Qingshu nodded hurriedly, “think about it.”

Han Cheng: Oh.

Xiao Li received a call from Shen Qingshu and soon opened a room for Han Cheng. However, Han Cheng didn’t go there and still went to Shen Qingshu’s room.

Shen Qingshu has a scene tomorrow. After a half-hour’s rest, he reads the script.

Han Cheng sat by the bed, playing with his mobile phone and watching him. Later, he was really sleepy. He lay on the bed, closed his eyes and prepared to take a nap.

Shen Qingshu looked back after reading the script and found that Han Cheng had fallen asleep.

He put down his script and went to the bedside.

Han Cheng slept soundly, breathed evenly, had his eyes closed gently and looked handsome.

He should be really tired, Shen Qing thought. Today is Friday. He must have finished his work in a hurry a few days ago before he could appear in front of him today – just because he said he wanted him to come to see him.

Shen Qingshu squatted on the bed and looked at him quietly. He unconsciously stretched out his hand, but took it back when he was about to touch the other’s face.

He put his chin on his knee and stared at the person in front of him. Thoughts swirled of how he couldn’t look at him like this in the future and how he couldn’t be around him anymore.

He has to find a time to move his things out of Han Cheng’s house and find a house to move his things in.

Must stay away from him, so as not to inadvertently meet him in the future and cause unnecessary misunderstandings.

Shen Qingshu blinked, his heart was silent, his world was spotless, but at this moment, it seemed empty.

Shen Qingshu unconsciously hugged his arms and hid his chin in his arms.

Will Han Cheng remember him later?

Maybe not.

Before meeting him, Han Cheng also had many car friends. However, in the past six months Han Cheng never mentioned the previous people.

He seems to have forgotten them. After all, he’s just a car friend, not a friend. He can’t see the light. When it’s over, it’s really over.

Just like people who buy a new car won’t drive an old car. Who will recall their past car friends after having a new car friend?

It’s not interesting. The later fresh ones are always better.

What’s more, this time, he will be in love. The romantic past before meeting Bai Jian is naturally best to be buried in the dust. For the best that no one knows.

Very good, Shen Qingshu thought. Anyway, he wouldn’t jump out and deliberately tell their past like in the novel, damaging his relationship with Bai Jian.

Should Han Cheng forget him, naturally, it’s for the best.

At this moment, he felt for the first time that he might be a black history and a mark like a stain for Han Cheng.

Because he cannot see the light, because their relationship cannot see the light.

When they are single, these things are nothing. They accompany and trust each other.

But after Han Cheng falls in love, the past between him and Han Cheng has become a history that cannot be brought to light.

So Han Cheng forgetting the past is for the best.

Anyway, he will remember. He will remember Han Cheng and Han Cheng doesn’t need to remember him.

He rarely meets someone who can make him settle down willingly, so he just needs to be with the person he likes and enjoy his love.

Shen Qingshu felt that his eyes were a little sore, so he rubbed them, and some eyelashes were rubbed off by him. He looked at his eyelashes, which were wet, which surprised him.

“What’s the matter with you?” He heard Han Cheng’s voice ring, with a hoarse voice of just waking up.

Shen Qingshu was stunned. Looking up at him in a conditioned reflex, he saw Han Cheng’s surprised eyes.

“You… What’s the matter?” Han Cheng looked at his red eyes. “Did you cry?”

“No.” Shen Qingshu said in a muted voice, “just read the script and saw that I was dead, so I felt a little uncomfortable.”

“Bah bah bah.”

Han Cheng pulled him up. Shen Qingshu felt that his legs were numb. Then he realised that he seemed to have been squatting for a long time.

“What are you talking about? You, the character you play, is dead. What do you mean you’re dead? You need to pay attention to what you say.”

Han Cheng said, helped Shen Qingshu to the bed and sat down, looking at him discontentedly.

Shen Qingshu laughed, “I’ll pay attention next time.”

“Still a next time?”

“No, No.” Shen Qingshu said hurriedly.

Han Cheng laughed, “You’re really. Can you become like this after reading a script?”

TN: Don’t cry SQS (⌯˃̶᷄ ﹏ ˂̶᷄⌯)ﾟ

1 When the “true fragrance” law takes effect, it means that a person has completed the sweet “slap in the face” from initial rejection to liking  something.

In life, there will always be moments of true fragrance of one kind or another – how firm the rejection was at the beginning, the more fragrant the later “true fragrance” will be.

2 Linked to note 1 Wang Jinze eating is where the meme originated from. When Wang Jingze ate that bowl of rice in 《变形记》, he must have never imagined that he would become the founder of “The Law of True Fragrance” that netizens talked about in the future.