How Did the Top-Tier Male Lead Fall in Love With Me? 40p1

Chapter 40 Part 1

In the evening, Shen Wu planned to go back to his small apartment.
Meng Huaizhi stopped him, “Shouldn’t you also accompany me to let Grandpa know that there’s nothing wrong with our marriage?”
“That’s true…” Shen Wu was in a daze for a moment, remembering that a few days after Meng Huaizhi had returned to the country, they had come to visit Meng Zhenshen together, but Meng Huaizhi had left due to a last-minute matter.
Meng Zhenshen had once been a legendary figure in the business world. If something similar happened again and again, even if there was a real reason he had to leave, he would more or less become suspicious.
Compared to having his secret exposed, Shen Wu was more unwilling to disappoint the old man’s love and care, to make him worry or be disappointed.
Under Meng Zhenshen’s watch, they of course had to stay in the same room.
There was a long sofa in Meng Huaizhi’s large suite.
Shen Wu walked around the room, not getting into bed for a long time. He suddenly stopped by the sofa and took the initiative to suggest, “I’ll sleep on the sofa.”
Meng Huaizhi: “Sleep on the bed.”
Shen Wu was not used to Meng Huaizhi speaking to him in such a firm tone. He couldn’t help but slump his shoulders, rub the tip of his nose, and think of a countermeasure.
Seeing that he seemed to be looking for an excuse, Meng Huaizhi said again in a commanding tone, “Sleep on the bed. The sofa is not comfortable.”
Shen Wu couldn’t help but think to himself: Uphold your male virtues. You can sleep on the sofa yourself.
But he wouldn’t mock Meng Huaizhi, who was thinking of his well-being. He sat down by the bed, “Alright… anyway, we all know that I’m just your own brother from a different father and mother.”
Shen Wu reluctantly agreed and made a joke at the same time.
But Meng Huaizhi couldn’t laugh, and he didn’t even want to reply with a “mm.”
After a long while, he asked vaguely, “You… want me to be your older brother?”
Shen Wu looked at him and was then taken aback.
The strange feeling he had been feeling frequently when he was with Meng Huaizhi recently appeared again.
Meng Huaizhi seemed to be asking for his opinion, but his slightly furrowed, cold and stern brow faintly contained a hint of annoyance.
Shen Wu hadn’t thought too deeply when he had made the joke, but Meng Huaizhi’s question had hit his truest heart. He hid himself under the quilt and only said in a muffled voice, “…I don’t.”
After a moment, he murmured to himself, “If only you could be split into two, one to be my older brother.”
This was also the truth.
Before he could finish, Meng Huaizhi did not ask about the other one.
Shen Wu also wondered why Meng Huaizhi didn’t ask, and was staring at him intently. He suddenly reached out and ruffled his hair.
Shen Wu looked up in a daze.
He met Meng Huaizhi’s eyes, which were as quiet as a lake on a winter night, with a warm yellow light shining in them.
The lake reflected his reflection, and the intoxicating light gently surrounded him.
“Now I’m the one who’s your older brother.”
After Meng Huaizhi finished speaking, he lowered his head, his lips as if they were there and not there, lightly brushing against the soft, fluffy tips of his hair.
He tried his best to restrain himself, put away the other self, and as an older brother, tucked Shen Wu in. “Go to sleep early, good night.”
“…Good night.”
Shen Wu said good night, but he couldn’t fall asleep for a long time.
In recent years, he had been a little concerned about being younger than Meng Huaizhi, so he was not happy when Meng Zhenshen called him “Xiao Wu.”
But now that he thought about it…
Maybe it’s good to be a little younger?
He quietly pulled the quilt up bit by bit, trying to cover his cheeks and ears that were betraying his feelings.
Meng Huaizhi, who was sharing the same quilt with him, felt the movement and timely pressed down on the slowly moving corner of the quilt.
“Don’t pull it, it’s stuffy.”
Shen Wu: “…”
He turned over, his back to this dad-type male lead who was always contradicting him.
And the dad-type male lead even annoyingly chuckled twice behind his back.

The next day, Shen Wu returned to his small apartment. With nothing to do, he fiddled with his phone.
He wanted to change Meng Huaizhi’s contact name.
It was all because Meng Huaizhi’s identity was too special. Even when he was a younger brother, he had to be careful and secretive.
Now that he was on a variety show with Meng Huaizhi, the whole country knew that they had known each other for a long time. But the combat power of the “Wuye Shuhuai” CP fans was too astonishing, so he still didn’t dare to change it to a too intimate name.
He was casually scrolling through his contact list when a call came in.
The caller ID was “Ge.”
Shen Wu answered the phone.
The person on the other end spoke first, getting straight to the point, “Xiao Wu, there’s a party at the Intercity Hotel tomorrow night. Dad wants to take you to meet some people.”
Shen Wu nonchalantly fiddled with his fingers, “Mm?”
Shen Ping coaxed him, “You’re not young anymore. Sooner or later, you’ll have to deal with those people. This is a good opportunity. Dad is willing to take you to meet them.”
Shen Wu was noncommittal, “You called just to pass on his message?”
Shen Ping chuckled helplessly, his voice gentle, “No. You know, he doesn’t speak nicely. So I’m telling you in advance. If he scolds you again, just pretend you didn’t hear him. Don’t mind him.”
It was the first time Shen Ping had told Shen Wu this.
In the past, when Shen Wu was in conflict with his father, Shen Ping would not add fuel to the fire, but would only come to him when he was angry and say: Dad is also doing it for your own good.
In that case, he would only hate Shen Tianheng even more.
Then, Shen Ping would add another sentence: Gege will always be on your side.
And he had easily gained his younger brother’s wholehearted and unconditional trust for more than twenty years.
Shen Wu casually replied “okay” and didn’t pay much attention. His impression of his father was already deeply ingrained and could not be changed with just a few words.
He also didn’t have much to say about Shen Ping’s belated change.
If Shen Ping really felt sorry, he should have asked him out and explained his actions face to face.
As long as Shen Ping was willing to be honest once, he didn’t even need Shen Ping to give anything, didn’t need any of the Shen family’s property. Then Shen Ping would still be the brother he was willing to trust.
After hanging up the phone, Shen Wu stared at the “Ge” he had personally set for Shen Ping and thought silently for a long time.
His fingertip tapped the screen. He deleted this overly intimate word and re-entered: Shen Ping.
Then, he found the “M” in his contact list, repeated the same action, deleted, and re-entered.
He typed out two words: Gege.

The beginning of the new year was the time for all kinds of gatherings.
“There’s a party tomorrow night. You’re coming with me,” Shen Tianheng called, his high-and-mighty attitude leaving no room for discussion.
With Shen Ping’s advance warning, Shen Wu was still not polite, “You can take Young President Shen.”
The other end was silent for a few seconds. Shen Tianheng actually did not get angry, a rare show of restraint, “Your brother has other things to do.”
He paused, calmed down, and then said, “Shen Wu, you’re almost 24. When your brother was 24, he had already started from scratch and become a general manager. What about you? If you tell others that you’re also my son, that you’re Shen Ping’s younger brother, don’t you think it’s embarrassing?”
Shen Wu also rarely talked back to his malicious words.
He found that an important reason for his emotional stability was that he didn’t care.
“Are you taking me to meet those business partners? Besides embarrassing you, is there any other meaning?” Shen Wu said. “I don’t need the Shen family’s company. You also know that I can’t do it well. Just give it all to Ge.”
Shen Tianheng on the other end of the phone was brewing with anger. Shen Wu lightly threw another sentence at him, “Anyway, those companies were all founded by you and that auntie.”
That auntie naturally referred to Shen Ping’s biological mother.
Shen Tianheng was immediately silenced and was quiet for a long while.
“Shen Wu,” Shen Tianheng said solemnly, word by word, “Tomorrow night at seven, the top-floor banquet hall of the Intercity Hotel.”
He then hung up the phone first, as if he were escaping something.
Shen Wu nonchalantly put away his phone.
It seemed that Shen Tianheng attached great importance to this banquet and had even sent a secretary to deliver the invitation.
Shen Wu took the invitation and found Xiang Zixu, asking, “Xiao Xiang… do you want to go to the Intercity Hotel for a buffet?”
Xiang Zixu’s eyes lit up, “Really?”
Shen Wu’s mood improved, and he showed him the black and gold invitation.
Xiang Zixu was extremely excited, “Ge! You’re my ge forever!”
At seven o’clock the next evening, Shen Wu arrived at the banquet hall on time.
Shen Tianheng had naturally assumed that he would be late and had told him the time was seven. In fact, the banquet started at seven-thirty.
He could enter even if he arrived early. All kinds of food and snacks were already set up. There were not many people at this time, and he was happy to be in a quiet place.
Shen Tianheng hadn’t arrived yet, which was great.
Shen Wu did see a few familiar faces at the scene, all of whom were well-known figures in the entertainment industry. Even he, who did not chase stars, could call out their names.
Then Shen Tianheng had forced him to come, perhaps because there were many big shots in the entertainment industry at this banquet, and Shen Tianheng wanted to introduce him.
However, before Shen Tianheng arrived, no one could recognize this second young master of the Shen family.
Many outsiders even thought that Shen Tianheng only had one son, and while sighing at his good parenting, they were also envious of him having such an excellent heir.
But Shen Wu had been on a variety show recently and had been on the trending list frequently, making a big splash. Some people did recognize him as a race car driver who had entered the industry halfway, and they smiled and nodded at him, but there was no in-depth conversation.
There were countless small fresh meats like him in the entertainment industry, with a weak foundation and a fleeting fame.
And among the people in the entertainment industry present, there was a heavyweight three-time film emperor, Qi Song.
He was nearly fifty, but still dashing and charming, the brightest focal point in the crowd.
Shen Wu also knew him.
Not only because he had watched his movies and TV shows as a child, but also because he was an important character in the novel.
He was the main character shou‘s idol, but his life had been full of hardships.
Unlike the naturally lucky Shen Tianheng, Shen Tianheng was born in an ordinary family, but his ancestors had some connection with the Meng family, and he was lucky enough to become classmates with Meng Huaizhi’s parents. With the support of the Meng family, his career gradually took off. His first wife died early, and he happened to soar to success and married a young lady from a scholarly family.
Qi Song was the exact opposite.
His family was originally well-off, but they had gone bankrupt when he was a teenager.
The noble young master had to struggle on his own like all ordinary people, enduring all kinds of hardships and bitterness, and step by step, he had climbed to the position of a film emperor through his own efforts.
He had finally achieved some success, but he had accumulated illnesses from overwork when he was young. Now, at less than fifty years of age, he rarely appeared on the screen.
As if he had discovered something, Qi Song suddenly nodded a few times to the crowd surrounding him, as if to apologize. Then he passed them and walked towards Shen Wu.
Shen Wu naturally did not think that the film emperor would come and greet him. The person had already walked up to him, but he was still slowly sipping his cocktail, not at all affected by the commotion outside.
“Xiao Wu.”
A strange voice, a familiar address.