The Real Young Master Wants To Get Married First When He Returns Home Chapter 16

Chapter 16: Brother, I Miss You So Much

The shy, faint blush on Shen Zhao’s face made Shen Li feel even more creeped out, but he couldn’t figure out what kind of madness this person was up to.

He could only cross his arms, tilt his chin, and lean back in his chair with a cold, disdainful expression, signaling the person opposite him to speak quickly.

Shen Zhao maintained that bashful look, hesitating for a long while before finally speaking. “Xiao Li, why don’t you move back home…”

“I’m married, and you want me to move back?” Shen Li lifted his eyelids to look at him, his eyes filled with the look one gives a fool. “Are you crazy, or am I?”

Not to mention his relationship with the Shen family was truly terrible; even if it were good, returning to one’s maternal home usually only happened after a fight.

He had to admit, Gu Yunzhao was truly emotionally stable and had a good temper. Aside from that one time on the second day they met when he went a bit crazy and pinned him to his lap, he had truly embodied the words “gentle and reliable” through his actions ever since.

Compared to this group of lunatics in the Shen family, Shen Li felt Gu Yunzhao was much better.

He felt like sighing. When Gu Yunzhao left this morning, Shen Li had pestered him until he finally relented and promised to bring him a cake after work. He just didn’t know if the cake would melt by the time he got back.

The Shen family was such a waste of time!

Delicious little cake, fragrant little cake, sweet and soft little cake that made one’s mouth water just thinking about it.

Shen Li spent a long time salivating over the cake in his mind. When he looked up again and saw Ms. Xu still rambling on, his heart felt even more exhausted.

He didn’t want to listen, yet he couldn’t leave.

[The only Dad: No one is home. Where are you?]

Shen Li, whose eyes had been lifeless while being tortured by the double-act of Ms. Xu and Mr. Shen, immediately lit up upon seeing the message.

[Li Li Li Li: Brother QWQ]

Listening to parents’ lectures? NONONO. Chatting with Gu Yunzhao? GOGOGO!

[Li Li Li Li: Brother, I miss you so much QWQ]

[The only Dad: …]

[The only Dad: Don’t act spoiled.]

[Li Li Li Li: Wuwu 555]

[The only Dad: Who bullied you?]

[Li Li Li Li: No one bullied me QWQ]

[The only Dad: Then why are you crying?]

[Li Li Li Li: I missed you too much, I felt like crying QWQ]

[The only Dad: Shen Li, I’m talking to you seriously.]

[The only Dad: Don’t always act spoiled. I don’t fall for that.]

[Li Li Li Li: Really, Brother? QWQ]

[Li Li Li Li: But I really, really, really, especially, especially, especially miss you qwq]

Hmm? Why wasn’t he replying? Shen Li looked at the phone screen where Gu Yunzhao’s status kept showing “typing…” and tapped the phone against his palm twice.

Strange, could there be a signal problem at the Shen residence? Why wasn’t he receiving the message?

“Hiss.” On the other side, looking at the messages, Gu Yunzhao took a sharp breath. Shen Li was young, but he was far too good at acting spoiled. He still needed to be taught; he couldn’t rely on his youth to constantly act spoiled to get his way.

But when his gaze fell upon the crying cat emoji Shen Li had sent, the words he had been typing for a long time were deleted once again.

Forget it. Shen Li was still young, after all. It was only natural for him to be a bit clingy and spoiled occasionally. It was a harmless little thing; he would grow out of it when he got older.

[The only Dad: …Where are you?]

[Li Li Li Li: What’s wrong, Brother?]

[The only Dad: I’m coming to pick you up and take you home.]

After sending the message, Gu Yunzhao felt it wasn’t quite right. Shen Li was the type to take an inch if given a mile; this kind of attitude made it seem like he cared too much, which might spoil the boy’s temper. After thinking it over, he added another sentence at the end.

[The only Dad: Don’t misunderstand. The cake is going to melt. I just don’t want it to go to waste.]

Yes, that was it. He was just afraid that the cake he had spent half an hour detouring for and another hour queuing for would go to waste.

He didn’t miss Shen Li at all.

[Li Li Li Li: !!!]

[Li Li Li Li: Brother, I came back to the Shen family for dinner. Wait for me at the entrance of the villa area, okay? I’m coming out right now OWO]

[The only Dad: I’ll be at the entrance in about seventeen minutes. Walk slowly.]

Seeing the message, Shen Li felt refreshed. He stuffed his phone into his pocket, stood up, and pushed his bowl away.

“Alright, alright, I’ve heard enough. You called me back just to give me a warning, didn’t you?” Shen Li scratched his cheek, completely indifferent to Ms. Xu’s harsh words. “You’ve scolded me enough, and those who wanted to watch the show have seen it. It’s time for this actor to finish his scene and go home.”

He didn’t believe a single punctuation mark of Shen Zhao’s claim about wanting to see him. Wanting to see him? More like wanting to see him as a joke.

Ms. Xu and Mr. Shen had just cooperated to put on a show. If this were posted on a forum, it could pass for a classic dialogue between a real and fake young master.

“Xiao Li.” Hearing this, Shen Zhao looked completely incredulous at being misunderstood, followed immediately by a tearful expression. His small face, which had just been flushed with a shy pink, turned deathly pale. “I truly did miss you.”

If Shen Li hadn’t known him for a long time, seeing him like this would have made him feel pity and tenderness, just like his biological parents.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t feel a thing.

“I’m not sticking around for the rest of the performance.” Shen Li looked down at the three of them and shook his phone. “Ms. Xu, you were the one who delivered this backer into my hands. I only came back to see what other tricks you had up your sleeve, but after all that fuss, it turns out your only skill is still threatening me with your mother. Try touching my grandmother now and see if I don’t immediately go whisper in Gu Yunzhao’s ear.”

Shen Li sneered, deliberately contrasting Shen Zhao’s “white lotus” act by putting on the air of a femme fatale. “Older men are the most clingy when they’re in love. He pesters me every morning so much that I can’t even get out of bed. Guess what would happen to the Shen family if I cried a bit tonight and whispered in his ear…” He chuckled. “What do you think the consequences would be?”

After saying that, regardless of how his biological parents’ faces twisted with rage behind him, he hummed a song and walked out with a rhythmic, tapping stride.

Yes, yes, yes! Only after he was far from the Shen family’s front gate did Shen Li dare to jump up and celebrate his victory.

Was he stepping on floor tiles? No, he was stepping on the dignity of Ms. Xu and Mr. Shen!

Your face is my insole. Your husband’s face is my other insole.

Although he and Gu Yunzhao were still in a clean relationship and slept in separate rooms, that couple couldn’t exactly crawl under their bed to see if Gu Yunzhao was actually sleeping with him.

As for the matter of being “impotent,” as long as he insisted it wasn’t true, Gu Yunzhao certainly wouldn’t expose his own secrets.

This bit of nonsense he made up felt amazing. Those two would likely be both angry and terrified, unable to get a good night’s sleep for days.

Shen Li held it in for a long time but finally couldn’t help laughing out loud three times toward the sky.

How delightful, how delightful. Spreading rumors is great; I’ll do it again next time.

After laughing, he turned his head to see an old man collecting trash nearby. The man looked him up and down several times. When he saw Shen Li looking back, he was so frightened that he grabbed his bag and bolted, not even daring to finish rummaging through the trash can.

It was obvious he thought he had encountered a lunatic and was afraid the boy would suddenly snap and attack him.

“Ahem.” Shen Li cleared his throat awkwardly. Before he could even speak to explain, the old man had already flown far away.

He could only look at the sky and the ground, continuing toward the gate as if nothing had happened.

Gu Yunzhao was a very punctual person. If he said seventeen minutes, it would be exactly seventeen minutes, no more and no less.

Just as Shen Li reached the main gate, Gu Yunzhao’s car pulled up.

“That happy?” Seeing Shen Li get into the car with a face full of smiles, Gu Yunzhao, who was looking down at a tablet, raised his head to ask.

“I’m happy, super happy.” The joy of showing off at the Shen family hadn’t faded yet, and Shen Li still wore a beaming smile.

His skin was pale and clear, and his features were captivating. Gu Yunzhao couldn’t help but be infected by his happiness.

He cleared his throat lightly and handed over the cake beside him. “Eat it quickly before it melts.”

Shen Li looked at the cake and saw it was exactly the viral one he had seen online yesterday. He had pestered Gu Yunzhao to buy this specific one this morning, but Gu Yunzhao hadn’t relented, only saying he would check if he passed by and bring one if there were extras.

That cake shop was more than half an hour away from the Shengnan building. It was a recently exploded viral shop, and this specific cake was their signature item; people had to queue for one or two hours.

Even though Gu Yunzhao had already told him in the messages that he brought a cake, Shen Li had assumed he had just bought a random one from a shop near Shengnan. After all, a CEO was so busy; how could he have time to specifically go queue at a viral shop?

Now, opening the cake box, he was filled with surprise and excitement.

“Brother!” Shen Li threw himself into Gu Yunzhao’s arms and planted a kiss right on his face. “I really, really, really love you! I love you the most, most, most, most in the whole world!”