IM Chapter 39

Shang Lü wasn’t home when the two arrived.

Shen ChiTai went back to his room to take a shower first. When he came out, he saw Shang Jue leaning lazily on the sofa. He stared at the alpha, slightly lost in thought. The absurd things they had done at the hotel last night made his cheeks burn uncontrollably.

Shang Jue’s talent in certain areas was truly impressive.

Shang Jue looked up at him, raised his eyebrows with a bright smile, and chuckled, “What is gege standing there for?”

“No, nothing.” Shen ChiTai’s cheeks were burning intensely. Even without touching them, he knew they were as hot as scalding water in a pot.

How could A-Jue be as dirty-minded as he was? In a hidden corner, he secretly abandoned all sorts of messy thoughts in his head, but his blood-red ears still betrayed him.

“Ge, is your QQ linked to Yu Xingqiao as ‘besties’?” Shang Jue suddenly asked him.

“…” Shen ChiTai looked puzzled.

Besties?

“I think there was something like that, but it was a long time ago.”

Yu Xingqiao had been impulsive back then, saying he wanted to link as “besties.” Shen ChiTai had thought about it and didn’t see any harm, so he agreed. Now that he thought about it, he was quite childish back then, actually playing such a childish binding game with him.

Shang Jue narrowed his long eyes, frowning, a hint of dissatisfaction and suspicion in his eyes, “Zhou ChiRui too, by any chance?”

“Because he was there at the time, so they were all linked at the same time.” The application message had been sent at the same time as Yu Xingqiao’s, and he knew without thinking whose bad idea it was.

“What about me?” Shang Jue looked straight at Shen ChiTai.

“…” Shen ChiTai secretly wiped a sweat, “There’s a ‘bros’ spot, or…”

“I don’t want that.” Shang Jue refused decisively, staring intently at Shen ChiTai.

“Then ‘couple’?”

“Barely acceptable.”

“…”

Shen ChiTai couldn’t help but laugh, “Shang Jue, why are you so childish?”

“I don’t care, anyway, it’s settled.”

Shen ChiTai swallowed awkwardly, still wondering how he knew all this. The next second, he saw him pick up his phone from the sofa.

The omega’s eyes changed, and he hurriedly stepped forward, trying to protect his phone. “Why are you in such a hurry? It’s not like I’m going back on my word.”

“Let’s link it first, who knows if you’ll forget about it later.”

“…” Shen ChiTai sighed helplessly.

“This person is still alive?” Shang Jue looked at the “Couple Space” linked to Xu Chen on Shen ChiTai’s phone, his face darkening as he asked in a resentful tone.

“Forgot to unbind it, probably.”

With his reminder, Shen ChiTai suddenly remembered. Xu Chen had said he wanted to have a “Couple Space” so that if they ever argued or had a cold war, they could leave messages for each other in the space when they didn’t want to talk.

At the time, he had thought Xu Chen was being quite childish for such a grown man. He wondered if the man even remembered it. Perhaps it was just a whim on his part, and he hadn’t even clicked into it since they had linked the space.

“Unlinked it.” The alpha glanced at the number of days they had been linked, and the next second, he unilaterally unbound it with a dark face.

Shen ChiTai was about to speak to stop him, but when his half-open mouth met Shang Jue’s resentful expression, his eyes suddenly froze, as if time had stopped for a moment.

His gaze lingered on Shang Jue’s face for a long time, and a subtle, indescribable atmosphere seemed to fill the air. Shen ChiTai weighed his options in his heart for a moment, countless thoughts flashing through his mind, and finally, he silently chose to remain silent.

Just as Shang Jue returned his phone, two crisp vibrations suddenly came from the phone on the side of the sofa. Shen ChiTai subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound, belatedly realizing that his phone was still in his hand.

But with just one glance, the caller ID on the screen made him slightly stunned.

Shang Jue answered the phone with a face full of impatience, his tightly knitted brows and tense lips all showing the alpha’s current frustration.

“I didn’t think you would answer.” The tone on the other end of the phone had a sense of annoying provocation.

“Enough nonsense! Yan ZhuGui, if you can’t control your people, don’t blame me for completely falling out with you. It won’t be so easy to talk next time.” A flash of ruthlessness appeared in Shang Jue’s eyes, and he said these words almost through gritted teeth.

“I’ve heard about everything. I’m calling to sincerely apologize to my senior. How about this? I’ll take a step back on the previous project, and we can work together, what do you think?” Yan ZhuGui’s voice came from the other end of the phone, exactly the same tone he used when Shen ChiTai first met him.

“I can’t feel safe working with someone who can’t even control the people around them.” Shang Jue retorted mercilessly.

“Young Master Shang, you should be able to truly feel my sincerity. Indeed, his words and actions were quite offensive to Young Master Shen, and I’ll take the opportunity to apologize for him here as well. If there’s a chance in the future, I’ll definitely bring him to your door to personally apologize to Young Master Shen, what do you think?” Yan ZhuGui’s words were smooth and cunning, like a sly fox.

“I don’t think much of it.” The thought of those two standing together made Shang Jue feel like he had swallowed a fly, extremely disgusted. “I’m hanging up if there’s nothing else. Also, you and him are birds of a feather. I have nothing to say to him, and the same goes for you. Don’t bother me with these things again.”

Shang Jue didn’t have the patience to be insincere with him here, saying some insincere pleasantries. All of his patience was reserved entirely for Shen ChiTai.

Shen ChiTai frowned slightly, hearing his tone when speaking to his friend. Seeing him hang up the phone, he said, “You shouldn’t talk to your friends like that, it’s too impolite.”

“He’s not a good person, Ge, stay away from him.”

Shen ChiTai looked at him, feeling quite helpless, and muttered softly, “But you don’t look like a good person either.”

“What did gege say?” Shang Jue didn’t hear clearly and asked again.

“…”

Shen ChiTai didn’t dare to say it again.