Jealousy

Lu Cizhou froze at those words, a little puzzled, but when he looked down and saw Shen Zeyu's flushed neck, he immediately understood.

After hearing Lu Cizhou's question, Shen Zeyu answered with a faint blush, "I am."

But then he realized something. "Did you bring me out specifically to cheer me up?"

Lu Cizhou urged the horse forward. "Yes. So, are you feeling any better?"

A little sweetness welled up in Shen Zeyu's heart, and he answered in the affirmative.

Then Lu Cizhou added, "The two of you have had different experiences, so you think differently too. You just need to put yourselves in each other's shoes a little more."

"I know. I just needed a few days to cool off."

I'm the one who forgot what I used to be like. I wasn't that different from him before.

That thought puzzled Lu Cizhou. Surely, however unreliable the Shen Family was, they wouldn't have made Shen Zeyu work part-time.

Lu Cizhou set his doubts aside for now, thinking that perhaps the information from his investigation was incomplete.

The two continued riding slowly onward. The blush on Shen Zeyu's face never faded, and Lu Cizhou had learned his lesson, choosing not to point out how shy he was.

He discovered that Shen Zeyu was the perfect example of someone with lustful thoughts but no nerve to act on them.

Once they had enjoyed themselves enough, Lu Cizhou planned to return the horses and head home, but Shen Zeyu stopped him.

"Wait. Let me take a picture first, to commemorate my first time riding a horse."

Lu Cizhou obediently kept the horse still for him. Shen Zeyu took a few pictures of Lu Cizhou too, then handed him the phone so he could take some of Shen Zeyu.

After taking pictures of both horses, they finally set off for home.

On the way back, Shen Zeyu kept sorting through the photos, choosing which ones to post.

Lu Cizhou glanced over and asked, "What are you choosing these pictures for?"

"To post on Moments, of course. This is worth commemorating." As Shen Zeyu made his selections, he added admiringly, "You're pretty good at taking pictures."

The mention of Moments suddenly reminded Lu Cizhou that Shen Zeyu still hadn't unblocked him.

"When are you going to unblock me?"

"What?" Shen Zeyu had already forgotten all about it.

"When are you going to unblock me on WeChat?"

Unwilling to admit he had forgotten, Shen Zeyu said, "Since you behaved pretty well today, I'll unblock you now."

"Well, thank you very much," Lu Cizhou joked.

Shen Zeyu gave a haughty little huff.

When they got home, Shen Zeyu had only taken a few steps out of the car before he felt a slight ache along his inner thighs, though it was still tolerable.

As soon as they entered, they saw Lu Yu staring at them with an angry, aggrieved look. Shen Zeyu hurried over to him. "What's wrong with our baby?"

Lu Yu said pitifully, "You went out to have fun without me. You left your baby behind."

No wonder Shen Zeyu had kept feeling as though he had forgotten something while they were out. It turned out he had forgotten Lu Yu.

Who could have guessed that Lu Yu would get up later than him that morning? He had mixed up the days and thought Lu Yu had gone to school.

Shen Zeyu smiled awkwardly and, deciding it was better to sacrifice someone else than himself, sold Lu Cizhou out without hesitation. "Your daddy was the one who took me out too."

Lu Yu immediately turned his angry gaze on Lu Cizhou.

Lu Cizhou raised an eyebrow at Shen Zeyu.

Feeling the gaze on his back, Shen Zeyu stood his ground.

Lu Cizhou apologized to Lu Yu. "Daddy was wrong this time. But after you woke up, didn't I tell you I was taking your papa out today?"

Well, when he had woken up and looked for his daddy, his daddy had indeed told him that. And the butler had also said that Daddy and Papa were going on a date.

"But, but I'm still really angry."

"Then how about Daddy takes you to the amusement park next time?"

The mention of the amusement park tempted Lu Yu. "Will Papa come too?"

"Yes, yes, I will," Shen Zeyu said hastily.

"All right, then. I'll forgive you today," Lu Yu said bashfully.

"Our Yuyu is such a good boy," Shen Zeyu said happily.

Lu Yu smiled and nestled in Shen Zeyu's arms, happily playing by himself.

Watching the two act as if he didn't exist, Lu Cizhou sighed helplessly. Those two really only noticed him when they needed him.

Since it wasn't dinnertime yet, Lu Cizhou sat down nearby and took out his phone to browse Shen Zeyu's Moments.

The more he looked, the darker his expression grew. Of these posts, only today's had anything to do with him. All the others were about spending time with Bai Yi.

Playing games together, cooking and eating together.

Most importantly, even the very first post was about Bai Yi.

Recalling what he had said to Shen Zeyu that day, Lu Cizhou wondered whether he had just helped a romantic rival.

Besides, he hadn't even tasted Shen Zeyu's cooking yet, but that brat had gotten to enjoy it, Lu Cizhou thought indignantly.

At dinner, Lu Cizhou deliberately behaved differently than usual, hoping Shen Zeyu would notice his mood. Shen Zeyu did notice, but—

Has this guy lost his mind? The food's right there. Can't he reach it with those long arms?

Lu Cizhou grew even angrier. What was wrong with putting a little food in his bowl? Shen Zeyu had cooked for another man, after all.

He was angry, but he didn't dare say so.

Just then, Lu Yu piped up, "Daddy, did you hurt your hand?"

"No," Lu Cizhou replied wearily. Then he set down his bowl and said glumly, "I'm full. I'm going upstairs."

His retreating figure looked so world-weary.

"Papa, what's wrong with Daddy?" Lu Yu asked, a little worried.

"It's all right. I'll go upstairs and check on him later. Don't worry."

Once he heard that Shen Zeyu would check on him, Lu Yu felt less worried.

After Lu Yu fell asleep, Shen Zeyu went upstairs and found that Lu Cizhou wasn't in their room. After searching for a while, the study was the only place he hadn't checked.

Shen Zeyu knocked on the study door. When there was no response, he poked his head around the door, intending to take a look inside.

He found Lu Cizhou in the study. Walking in, he asked, "Why didn't you answer if you were in here?"

"And what's been wrong with you today?"

"Nothing. I just didn't hear you knock."

Shen Zeyu looked at him suspiciously. "Really?" His expression certainly didn't look like nothing was wrong.

Lu Cizhou insisted that nothing was wrong.

Since Lu Cizhou said nothing was wrong, Shen Zeyu didn't keep asking. He only said, "If nothing's wrong, aren't you going to bed?"

After Lu Cizhou said he had something to deal with, Shen Zeyu went to bed first, leaving him alone in the study.

Seeing that Shen Zeyu really was leaving him to his own devices, Lu Cizhou felt another surge of anger and decided he would definitely get his own back some other way.

"Ah." As he mulled it over, he let out a helpless sigh. He had originally intended to find somewhere to cool off that evening and sleep alone.

But after Shen Zeyu came looking for him, he felt that his jealousy was rather unreasonable.

Once Lu Cizhou had worked through his feelings, he got up to go to bed. Back in their room, he found Shen Zeyu sleeping soundly.

He let out another soft sigh, then quietly climbed into bed and lay down.