How Did the Top-Tier Male Lead Fall in Love With Me? 62

Chapter 62

“Wu-ge, this is delicious. You should try it.”

Nan Dengwei was the best at livening up the atmosphere. He silently tasted the dishes by himself, chose the most satisfactory one, and pushed it to Shen Wu opposite him, along with the plate.

The four of them finally officially started their meal.

Shen Wu was very supportive. He took a spoonful of the thick soup Nan Dengwei had recommended and praised it repeatedly as he drank, “Mm, it’s really good.” After a few mouthfuls, he immediately went to get a second bowl.

Shen Ping reminded him gently, “Eat something else too.”

At the same time, he copied Nan Dengwei’s action, not moving his chopsticks, but just pushing the other dishes towards Shen Wu.

And Meng Huaizhi had not moved for a long time.

Shen Wu quietly glanced over as he ate.

Meng Huaizhi was silently eating the food in front of him.

Not talking while eating was a rule of the Meng family. But when they were out, chatting at the dinner table was unavoidable, and Meng Huaizhi would not go out of his way to regulate others.

The sentence he had just replied to Shen Ping was already an exception.

Nan Dengwei had come from afar and was very concerned about Shen Wu’s recent situation. He opened his mouth again, “Wu-ge, it shouldn’t be a big deal not to get any points in one race, right? Do you still have a chance to win the championship? Try this again.”

Shen Wu quickly shook his head, “The championship is too much of an exaggeration. You don’t know, all the drivers are world-class, and there are several world champions. It’s already very good for me to get into the top ten…”

Nan Dengwei continued to look for topics.

He was a layman in racing and had a stomach full of questions to ask. And he himself was filming a movie and had many new experiences to tell Shen Wu.

At the dinner table, it was mainly the two of them who were talking.

Just as Shen Wu was talking, a hand suddenly reached out from under the table, where no one could see, and rested on his thigh.

Shen Wu paused slightly.

Western food did not require holding up the bowl like Chinese food. Meng Huaizhi was eating in an orderly manner with one hand, while his other hand was moving restlessly under the table.

Clatter.

In a moment of carelessness, a large piece of steak fell from Shen Wu’s fork.

It landed on the snow-white tablecloth and didn’t look dirty, but Shen Ping opposite him shot to his feet, quickly bent down, and wrapped the fallen steak in a napkin.

His suddenly approaching face was only a dozen centimeters away from Shen Wu, and Shen Wu’s legs under the table instantly tensed.

Shen Ping was unaware, threw the steak into the trash can, and then asked with concern, “You haven’t ordered anything to drink. What do you want to drink?”

“I… uh.”

“What?”

“I’m not thirsty now. Xiao Nan, what do you want to drink?”

Shen Wu threw the question to the other side. Seeing Nan Dengwei looking at the menu, he nonchalantly put down his fork, moved his right hand under the table, and returned the ambiguous caress.

Meng Huaizhi had no choice but to pause his attack, grab the hand that was moving restlessly on his leg, and at the same time, put all his five fingers into his fingers and hold on tightly.

Shen Wu: “…”

Both of them were eating with their right hands. It was clearly the same action, but Meng Huaizhi, who was sitting on the right, had the advantage of time and place. While forcefully holding him, he could still eat calmly.

After Nan Dengwei had finished ordering his drink, he asked Shen Wu again, “Wu-ge, are you not eating anymore?”

“Mm… in a while,” Shen Wu pressed hard on the back of Meng Huaizhi’s hand, but the latter remained as still as a mountain. He thought for a moment and had a flash of inspiration, “I also want a drink, the same as yours…”

If he were given a chance to choose again, he would definitely not have a meal with these three people.

After drinking half a glass of drink with his left hand, Shen Wu’s right hand was finally free. He picked up his fork and took a few more bites, ending tonight’s dinner.

After the meal, Nan Dengwei did not stay long and took his leave, “I’ve bought a sleeper for tonight. I’m planning to go to that famous suspension bridge to see the night view, and then I’ll leave. Do you want to go together?”

Shen Wu was puzzled, “Isn’t that tiring? Why don’t you stay for a night and then go back?”

Nan Dengwei shook his head, “The hotels here are too expensive, and the sleeper at night is also cheaper.”

Shen Wu: “There’s no need to save this money…”

“Mm,” Meng Huaizhi echoed and said directly to Shen Ping, “It wasn’t your turn to treat for dinner. Then I’ll have to trouble you to entertain him tonight.”

The four of them took a car back to the hotel. Nan Dengwei was checking in and happened to be arranged on the 12th floor by the front desk staff, the same as Shen Ping.

“We’re here,” seeing the elevator arrive at the 12th floor, Shen Wu turned his head to look at Shen Ping. “Ge, it’s Xiao Nan’s first time here. Please take him to his room.”

“…Okay,” a pair of eyes whose emotions could not be discerned were hidden behind Shen Ping’s glasses, his eyelashes lowered.

Nan Dengwei waved the room card in his hand and was much more at ease than Shen Ping, his tone light, “How can I not find the room?”

Shen Wu returned his smile and pressed the button to open the door, “No. Then you guys go back to your rooms and rest early.”

The elevator continued to rise to the top floor.

Meng Huaizhi was not polite at all and directly followed Shen Wu to his room door and stopped.

“…Do you want to come in and sit for a while?” Shen Wu politely invited.

“Okay,” Meng Huaizhi said without thinking, just waiting for this sentence.

Meng Huaizhi coming in to sit for a while was indeed just the literal meaning. He drank a few sips of water, sat shoulder to shoulder with Shen Wu, and chatted about boring topics.

But he was so happy that he forgot to leave.

This time, Shen Wu deliberately kept a polite distance of half a person from him and did not lie on those thighs.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

“I’ll go and see,” Shen Wu stood up.

“Xiao Wu, are you there?” The person outside the door was Shen Ping.

At this moment, this scene was like a recurrence of the time at home during the New Year.

Shen Ping was knocking on the door outside, but the difference was that this time, Meng Huaizhi was there from the beginning.

Shen Wu hesitated for a moment, “…What’s wrong?”

Shen Ping said the same thing again, “Can I come in and talk to you for a few words?”

For this period of time, Shen Wu could feel that Shen Ping was trying to make up for their relationship, but the reason he wanted to know most, Shen Ping still refused to say a word.

There was still a thorn in his heart. The kindness Shen Ping had shown him for more than twenty years, if it was all fake, then even if he made up for it twice as much now, he didn’t know if it was sincere, and what was the point?

Had Shen Ping finally decided to tell him?

But Meng Huaizhi was still in the room, so Shen Wu had to say, “I’m about to take a shower. Ge, you can just say it now, or you can call me later.”

Shen Ping outside the door was silent for a long time and then asked, “Xiao Wu, are you still angry with me?”

Shen Wu was also silent for a moment, “I don’t even know why. How can I be angry?”

The two brothers were speechless on either side of the door. As if he had made up his mind, Shen Ping finally spoke, “I…”

Shen Wu couldn’t help but hold his breath and prick up his ears.

Shen Ping continued, “I’m jealous of you.”

After spitting out these four words, what he felt was an unexpected sense of relief. It turned out that it was not that difficult to show his despicable self to Shen Wu.

“I don’t want you to be hurt in any way, but I also don’t want you to be too well, because… of jealousy.”

Shen Ping’s sincere confession was completely beyond Shen Wu’s expectation. He was so stunned that he didn’t know how to respond.

Without him having to speak, the voice outside the door continued.

“Xiao Wu, do you know that when I was a child, our family was not considered rich? At that time, Dad, in order to expand his business, often left early and came back late, reeking of alcohol. My mom would serve him tea and water, wash his clothes and cook, and be his good wife…”

As soon as Shen Ping opened his mouth, the past flowed out of his lips like water, but it inexplicably made his throat dry.

He turned around and leaned against the door, took a few deep breaths, and only then did he find a bit of strength.

“…Later, my mom got sick, but if we took money out of the company, the company’s turnover would have a problem. At that time, there were opportunities everywhere. If we missed them, they would be gone. If it weren’t for Dad, for this family, she wouldn’t have had to cut back on food and clothing, wouldn’t have had to endure her illness by herself, and wouldn’t have… died so early.”

Shen Wu gently pressed his ear to the door.

“When your mother married over, Dad was already President Shen. She said she would take good care of me and treat me as her own child. To make me believe her, she promised me that before I was willing to accept her, she would never give me a younger brother or sister.”

Shen Wu listened more carefully and, along with Shen Ping, entered this past that he had never known.

“She got pregnant by accident. She told Dad that she wanted to abort that child,” Shen Ping said slowly. “…Dad let her give birth.

“I was hiding outside the door and could only see Auntie. Her eyes were red. She was reluctant to part with that child, but she didn’t want to break her promise to me. She had been married for less than a year…”

And at that time, it had only been four years since Shen Ping’s biological mother had passed away.

“Dad still wanted her to give birth,” Shen Ping continued. “To persuade her, he even… mentioned my mom. He said, Xiao Ping’s name was given by Aman. It was a name that Aman had seriously considered for several months…

“Aman’s family was very poor, so poor that the bedroom and the dining room were separated by a screen, without any privacy. But that beautiful four-season screen was one of the few beautiful memories of her childhood. Later, there was an earthquake, and it was the screen that protected her and her family.

“So, she named me ‘Ping’. She hoped that I would be as upright as a screen and shelter my family from the wind and rain.”

At this point, Shen Ping was silent for a long while and only continued after taking a deep breath, “In the end… Dad also made a decision for me. He said that Xiao Ping would definitely be very happy, and that Xiao Ping would protect his younger brothers and sisters like a screen.”

Shen Wu listened silently. Suddenly, a shadow fell behind him. He quickly turned around and met Meng Huaizhi’s deep and unfathomable gaze.

“I’m right in front of you,” Meng Huaizhi took a few more steps forward, leaned against the door, and whispered in his ear, “Don’t think about him. Look at me.”

Shen Wu looked at him with some confusion, but his throat inexplicably swallowed a few times.

Shen Ping outside the door was still talking endlessly.

“Xiao Wu, that was the first time I knew the meaning of my name. It was my father who told my stepmother, hoping that she would give birth to you and let her break her promise to me. To let the blood of his former wife protect someone else’s child, it had only been four years since my mother had passed away…”

“You’re not wrong at all, but I blamed you and was jealous of you.”

“Actually, later, I was also very glad that Auntie had given birth to you. Xiao Wu, I’m sorry.”

“Xiao Wu… can you open the door and let me in?”

The moment the last sentence fell, Shen Wu’s vision went dark, and his lips were forcefully sealed by the person who had come.

Behind the door, there was still Shen Ping’s earnest call, “Xiao Wu…”

Shen Wu was afraid of making a noise and being discovered by Shen Ping. He didn’t dare to push Meng Huaizhi and was instead conquered by him step by step, pressed against the door.

A muffled sound came from the impact.

Shen Ping outside the door was overjoyed, and his tone suddenly became a little higher, “Xiao Wu, you’re still here, right? Can you open the door?”

However, Shen Wu’s lips, tongue, and teeth were all occupied. He was having trouble breathing, let alone answering him.

“If you don’t open the door, I won’t leave,” Shen Ping had no other choice and actually started to act childishly.

Shen Wu felt dizzy as if he were floating on the sea. His ears were ringing, and for a moment, he couldn’t hear anything.

He seemed to have seen himself in Meng Huaizhi’s dark eyes, his chest rising and falling violently, panting heavily.

A silver thread connected their equally moist and red lips.

He took a few deep breaths and finally managed to let out a gasp, trying to respond to Shen Ping’s confession, “Ge, I…”

Meng Huaizhi temporarily let go of him. The moment he spoke, he turned his head to the side and kissed the small mole on the tip of his nose.

He really wanted to bite it off.

Peach blossom eyes, a mole on the tip of the nose, just by being there, it could attract peach blossoms. A real older brother also counted.

At this moment, there was no reason in his heart.

Shen Wu was helpless and had to temporarily throw Shen Ping to the back of his mind. He looked at the person in front of him and called out again in a low voice, “…Gege.”