Chapter 2089: The Untouchable Flower

Ye Wanting blushed, “Okay, I’ll definitely learn well from Professor Khor.”

This girl is easy to talk to, Xu Shu found chatting with her very relaxing, “Just do your best. Remember to balance work and rest. If class ends early tomorrow, then come over, but if it’s late, don’t bother. Brother Yaen Chi wouldn’t let you come too late, either.”

“Okay.”

Ye Wanting replied crisply, unbuckling her seatbelt, “Then I’ll head back first, goodnight Brother Shu.”

Xu Shu replied with a smile, “Goodnight.”

Ye Wanting got out of the car, walked a way, and then turned around to look back. Xu Shu waved at her until she was out of sight, and then, as if on cue, his phone rang.

He sighed helplessly, “She just got out of the car, did you time it this perfectly?”

Yaen Chi asked, “Got there safely?”

“I personally delivered her and watched her go in. What danger could there be?”

“Thanks, I’ll treat you to a drink when I recover.”

“Why are you thanking me?” Xu Shu teased deliberately.

Yaen Chi clicked his tongue, “Do you really not know or are you just pretending?”

“I truly don’t know, so why don’t you tell me,” Xu Shu leaned back, unable to suppress his laughter, “You haven’t even broken that thin layer of ambiguity, yet you’re doing things that cross the line. You’re not even a backup, just a stand-in boyfriend. What’s the term for you? A simp?”

Yaen Chi on the other end was getting so exasperated he nearly cursed, “What’s with your venomous mouth today?”

“It’s rare to see you, the bully, so stifled by someone. I like Wanting,” he admitted.

“What did you just say!”

Yaen Chiguang only caught that last sentence, “Who do you like? Say that again?”

Xu Shu chuckled and ended the call abruptly.

He hadn’t even put down the phone when it rang again. Glancing at the caller ID, he picked up and held it to his ear. With his usual softness in his demeanor, he didn’t get a word out before the other end demanded, “Brother Shu, you’ve been on the line forever. Who are you chatting with?”

He laughed softly, “I wasn’t on the line with Yaen Chi; you just caught a few words.”

Xu Tingting huffed theatrically, “Don’t give me that, using Brother Yaen Chi as an excuse to chat with some beauty behind my back?”

“Where would I even meet someone like that?” Xu Shu sighed lightly, “I’m so busy with work that the rare free time I have is spent with you. How could I have time to meet anyone else?”

Who would even fancy someone as busy as him, with barely any time for companionship?

Madam Xu and Grandpa had tried setting him up numerous times. He couldn’t always brush them off but never agreed to actually date the girls he met. At most, he conceded to some occasional meet-ups, only to be too unavailable for any dates. Often, the girls would wait for him at the hospital from morning till night and lose interest after a day or two.

He was like an untouchable bloom on a high peak, too difficult for anyone to chase.

“How could that be? Last time at Grandpa’s, I saw you chatting away with someone, even taking her for a walk in the garden.”

“Who?”

Thinking a moment, Xu Shu laughed, “Her? You still remember that?”

“Of course, I remember it well!”

Xu Shu raised an eyebrow, gently unbuckling his seatbelt, reclining the chair slightly, smiling with a patience-infused grin.

“What TV shows have you been watching lately to be speaking to brother in this tone?”

Xu Tingting stuck out her tongue, giggling, “You caught me.”

“You’re trying out scenes from TV dramas on me, hmm?”