"Failed? Someone else drank it?" Shen Keke was furious, but there was nothing he could do except give the man the money and tell him to leave A City immediately.
He had been going to give him the money anyway. If anything happened to Shen Can, the Shen Household would definitely investigate, and he could not let them trace it back to him through someone else.
So he would certainly pay the man to flee. But since it had not worked, handing over the money did not feel nearly as pleasant.
From the man's description, he knew who had drunk it. It had probably been Su Nanxing.
Was Su Nanxing sick or something? Why did he drink for Shen Can when there was no need? Now that he had been drugged, he deserved it.
He did not care about what happened afterward. Shen Chi had taken him away, not some random person who had gotten lucky, so it was uninteresting. Since Shen Chi had taken him away, they would definitely find someone to handle it themselves.
Huo Xi carried Shen Can into the car. Only after fastening Shen Can's seat belt did he tell the driver to start driving.
Fortunately, Shen Can did not keep making a fuss in the car. He fell asleep shortly after getting in.
It was already very late by the time they reached the Shen Residence. Most of the Shen Household had gone to sleep, leaving only a security guard and an auntie awake.
The guard did not dare carry Shen Can. If the Fifth Young Master had been awake, he would have been fine helping him along, but carrying him while he was asleep? He did not dare.
The auntie clearly did not have the strength either. Just as she wondered whether she should wake Shen Yao, Huo Xi picked Shen Can up and said, "Lead the way."
Once the auntie saw them enter the room, she did not follow them in and simply waited outside. Other than when cleaning, they generally did not enter the young masters' rooms.
Huo Xi gently laid Shen Can on the bed. Just as he was about to leave, Shen Can hugged him along with the blanket.
Shen Can even rubbed against him as he held on. Shen Can's hair brushed against Huo Xi's chin, making it unbearably itchy.
"Mmm... Is there something inside the blanket?" Shen Can mumbled groggily.
Huo Xi waited for a while before carefully prying Shen Can's hand loose. As he was about to leave, he looked at the obediently sleeping Shen Can and remembered what he had wanted to do last time but had not.
Huo Xi reached out and stroked Shen Can's head. So this was what it felt like?
The auntie had been waiting so long that she began to worry Shen Can might have thrown up or started acting drunk. Otherwise, why would it take so long just to put someone down?
Fortunately, just as she anxiously considered going in to check, Huo Xi came out. After thinking for a moment, he told her, "He may have a headache tomorrow. Prepare some medicine to relieve it."
Only after saying that did Huo Xi leave. By the time he got home, it was already deep into the night. He did not work anymore, simply took a shower and went to sleep.
Shen Can did not wake until noon the next day. The moment he opened his eyes, his head hurt terribly. After taking the medicine Huo Xi had asked the auntie to prepare, he lay on the bed feeling utterly dead inside.
Yesterday, he had actually let Huo Xi carry him around. He had not even known he had that kind of nerve. He truly wished he had blacked out, and the auntie had even said Huo Xi was the one who carried him to bed.
Shen Can spent quite a while comforting himself. He had asked to be carried—how was he supposed to know Huo Xi would actually do it? He had not refused either, so it was not his fault. Yes, exactly.
Of course, that was what he said, but he still picked up his phone and messaged Huo Xi to thank him for last night's trouble, then sent a cat thank-you sticker.
Huo Xi quickly replied that it was nothing. Shen Can could not help sighing that Huo Xi actually had a pretty good personality. His own brother had not looked after him and had made an outsider do it, yet Huo Xi was not even angry.
Hm? Wait, no. Where was his third brother? He had not seen him when he went downstairs for lunch either. Where had he gone? He had not spent the night away from home, had he?
Shen Can grabbed his phone and bombarded him with three rapid-fire calls. Where had his third brother gone if he had not come home?
"Answer it! Hurry, it's so noisy." Su Nanxing groggily pushed at Shen Chi, who was holding him.
Shen Chi did not let go of Su Nanxing. He merely fumbled for his phone and answered it, only to hear his younger brother's voice. "Third Brother, where did you go yesterday?"
The moment Shen Can's voice sounded, both of them woke up completely. Shen Chi cleared his throat twice and said, "Can Can, we'll talk later. I have something to deal with here. I'm hanging up."
After Shen Chi hung up, Su Nanxing rolled out of his arms and onto the other pillow. Damn, it hurt like hell.
A long silence followed. Shen Chi thought for a while before saying, "I'll have someone investigate the matter of you being drugged."
"No need. I'll investigate it myself." What did he have to do with Shen Chi? Why would Shen Chi investigate it for him?
Everything had been normal last night, except that he had drunk for Shen Can. His discomfort seemed to have started after that first drink. Someone had probably intended to do something to Shen Can, but he had ended up taking the hit instead.
After thinking it through, Su Nanxing arranged for people to review the surveillance footage. If the Su Household wanted to check the cameras, that club could not refuse.
However, they ultimately found nothing. Things like this were usually done where there were no cameras or in surveillance blind spots.
Su Nanxing still did not have the strength to get out of bed, so he remained lying there. There was no need to force himself out of bed just to suffer.
Shen Chi lay beside him as well, still thinking about last night. They had clearly been so in sync then, so why had everything changed the moment they woke up? Su Nanxing would not even say a word to him.
When Su Nanxing received the results, he told Shen Chi, "They didn't find anything, but my discomfort started after I drank a few glasses for Can Can. When you go back, remind him to be careful and not let anyone set him up again."
"Isn't there anything you want to say to me?" Shen Chi looked at Su Nanxing, waiting for an answer.
Su Nanxing glanced at Shen Chi. "What do you want me to say?" Could anything be decided just because he said it alone?
Seeing Su Nanxing's calm expression, Shen Chi said unhappily, "Shouldn't we talk about what our relationship will be from now on? Or are you planning to sleep with me and walk away?"
Su Nanxing's expression twisted for a moment. Who exactly had gotten the better deal here? Though he had enjoyed it too, saying his whole body hurt like hell now would not be an exaggeration.
"Then what do you think our relationship should be?" Su Nanxing asked, waiting for Shen Chi's answer.
Shen Chi seemed to think for a moment before saying, "Boyfriends." In truth, he had wanted to blurt it out immediately, but he was afraid of seeming too eager.
"Mm, okay." Su Nanxing naturally did not refuse. When he had let Shen Chi touch him yesterday, he had already made his choice. He had thought that if Shen Chi truly wanted to take things further the next day, he would agree.
If Shen Chi regretted it the next day and said he only liked him a little, that it had merely been a moment of impulsiveness, and said nothing after sleeping with him, Su Nanxing would not pester him either. He would treat it as a night of indulgence.
Only then did Shen Chi happily ask what Su Nanxing planned to do next. Su Nanxing said he wanted to take a shower, and Shen Chi immediately picked him up.
"I'll wash you." After saying that, Shen Chi carried Su Nanxing toward the bathroom. When he saw Su Nanxing getting shy during the bath, he said, "What part of you haven't I seen?"
When Su Nanxing glared at him in embarrassment, Shen Chi smacked a kiss onto Su Nanxing's cheek.
He needed to give his family some advance warning. Later, he was going to bring Su Nanxing home for a meal.
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