Chapter 1534: What If I Marry Far Away?

The barbecued skewers arrived, Xu Tingting ordered them extra spicy, and she was eating with oil dripping from her mouth. Just after a few skewers, she was panting from the spiciness, and soon a bottle of iced soy milk was gone.

Xu Shu asked the owner to put less spice on the remaining skewers. After finishing, the two of them walked back together and then took a car home.

She finally knew what was in the paper bag.

Her two sets of unwashed pajamas.

“Try them on after you bathe, I didn’t ask the owner to dry clean them, they’ve been washed.”

Xu Tingting almost laughed, sending clothes to the dry cleaners but not letting them dry clean, she laughed and laughed until she wanted to cry, humming as she cuddled up to him, wrapping his arm.

“Brother Shu, you’re too good to me. What will I do after I get married and you’re not there to spoil me?”

Xu Shu’s lips were still slightly curved, but the arc was a bit faint, “When are you going to get married then?”

“I don’t know, but I will get married eventually.”

“You’re just getting married, it’s not like you’ll be cutting off ties with your family. We can still spoil you the same way, no difference.”

She pouted, “What if I marry far away?”

She asked this with a teasing smile, it was just meant as a joke, but Xu Shu’s expression changed in an instant, becoming so serious and cold. Her hands, which were supporting her on the sofa, trembled slightly, and she inexplicably felt a chill running down her spine when he stared at her. But when she looked closely at him, the coldness on the man’s face flashed away, and he was still smiling at her slightly.

“How far?”

“I-I don’t know, maybe I won’t marry far away, I’m just teasing you.”

Xu Shu ruffled the top of her head, “You’re still young, don’t talk nonsense. Go take a bath and rest early.”

She jumped off the sofa, following him, “Brother Shu, if I get married later, what will you do?”

Xu Shu glanced at her casually, “Just live like this, back and forth between the hospital and home, and visit my parents when I have time.”

“Oh~~” she wailed, “You’re doomed, this kind of response is the standard for an old bachelor, aren’t you planning to get married?”

Xu Shu poured a glass of water, ignoring her, but Xu Tingting insisted on pestering him. The topic was brought up out of nowhere, but now that she’d asked, not allowing her to continue would make her feel uncomfortable. However, Xu Shu was really hard to crack open, and she worried that his taciturn nature might really keep him from finding a wife, which concerned her.

Annoyed by her pestering, Xu Shu just dismissively replied, “Who knows.”

Then he closed the study door, not letting her inside.

Xu Tingting sheepishly hugged her pajamas and went to her room to soak in the bath, lingering for about half an hour before coming out to get a drink. She noticed the study door was open again, half ajar, and the lights in the living room had been warmed, matching the lights in his study.

Xu Tingting went to knock on the door, standing outside without going in, “Brother Shu, I’m going to sleep.”

He looked up to respond, “Goodnight.”

“Goodnight!”

Xu Shu watched her leave, and her bedroom happened to be diagonally opposite the study. Once she closed her door, he continued working.

About an hour later, he took off his glasses, rubbed his brow, finished off the half-cup of cold water, and quietly pushed back his executive chair, heading over to Xu Tingting’s room and knocking a few times.

There was no response inside, so he put on a jacket and went out.

Downstairs at an apartment building, a car drove in, parked in a designated space. The man got out from the passenger seat, impatiently standing aside, waiting for the designated driver to take the e-bike out of the trunk. He urged him a few times, the designated driver handed over a QR code in a fawning manner, and he took out his phone to scan and transfer money.

Waving his hand, “Hurry up, this community isn’t a place for someone of your status to enter, go, go, go.”