"It's alright, he likes them all. This is pizza he bought for everyone at Lixingke Pizza Shop, one of each flavor. You must all be hungry, come and eat."
Song Yanqing didn't restrict Shang Shujue from socializing with others. He simply walked to the coffee table, placed the pizza on it, and as soon as he finished speaking, everyone gathered around.
"Wow, what a great deal! I'm starving, thank you so much, young man! Here's a gift for you, it's a Rubik's Cube, there are ways to play it after you take it apart."
"Thanks..."
"I have a gift here too, thank you so much! Li Xingke's pizza is delicious and expensive, you're practically my godfather! I've been craving it for so long. Here's a yo-yo, you can play with it."
"... Thank you, but I'm not your godfather."
"Haha, never mind him, he's just a chatterbox."
"I also have a remote-controlled car and a water gun; that would be really fun. Thanks for the pizza!"
"I've prepared Transformers..."
"... Remote control airplanes, we can play with them on the playground later. They'll have balloons attached, and you can control them to fly into the sky—that'll be a lot of fun."
As a result, Shang Shujue received all sorts of interesting children's toys. After politely thanking them, he sat on the sofa and played with them one by one, looking quite happy.
Seeing that he was having fun, Song Yanqing wasn't worried. When he noticed that the water dispenser was out of water, he went downstairs to fetch some.
There's a supermarket downstairs; you can just go there and buy bottled water since you've already paid for it.
Shang Shujue saw Song Yanqing leave, but didn't follow. He could feel his presence still there, so he wasn't worried at all; his eyes were only on the toys.
"What's your name? My name is Zhao Lisheng, I'm a substitute mid laner. Oh, our starting mid laner is Shen Zeyu..."
Zhao Lisheng sat on the sofa next to Shang Shujue. He had almost finished his pizza and couldn't help but be curious about Shang Shujue's identity, so he struck up a conversation with him and introduced the person sitting on the sofa to him as well.
Zhou Lin and the others had no objections; in fact, they were even more curious than Zhao Lisheng about the relationship between the handsome young man and Song Yanqing.
They had all assumed Area was taking care of children, so they hadn't thought much of it. But now that they knew he wasn't taking care of children, but rather such a handsome young man, they couldn't help but get a little gossipy.
It's really hard not to be attracted to someone so good-looking if you spend every day with them, right? What's more, they seem innocent, act as they please, are open and generous, and have an incredibly good personality. You'll feel an instant connection with them just from the first glance.
Although he's a boy, he's so good-looking, it doesn't seem so bad if he were. After all, Song Yanqing is also very handsome, and the two of them look quite well-matched standing together.
"My name is Shang Shujue, you can call me Xiao Jue. Jue is the Jue in 'Wang Jue Han Qing Yun, Si Xin Zi An Ran' (王珏含清韵, 司心自安然)."
Shang Shujue's slender fingers flipped through the Rubik's Cube. After Zhao Lisheng finished introducing everyone, he told them his own name, introducing himself very carefully.
"Your name is quite nice. Have you been living at the captain's house all this time? What's your relationship with the captain? From the captain's description, it seems like you're a distant relative."
After asking the question, Shen Zeyu took a big bite of pizza, staring at him with unblinking eyes, extremely curious.
He always felt that if he knew some gossip about the captain and the handsome young man and shared it with his fiancée, she would be very excited and happy.
Shang Shujue paused in her Rubik's Cube flipping motion, looked up at him, and frowned slightly, seemingly troubled, as if wondering how to answer or not knowing what to say.
"I don't know either." Shang Shujue genuinely didn't know what kind of kinship he had with Song Yanqing. He didn't understand human kinship very well either, so he asked, "Where do you consider partners to be relatives?"
"Puff--"
"Clatter!"
"Clang!"
Shang Shujue's words caused Zhou Lin to spit water all over Zheng Fengyue across from him; Zheng Fengyue's pizza fell back into the box; Jian Songchuan slipped and almost did a split; Lu Fengxing bumped into the corner of the table and clutched his knee in pain...
The others were stunned, unable to process what had happened; the scene had too many elements and was quite frightening...
"Uh... why do you guys seem unable to accept this? Is it not allowed to have a partner with a man here?"
Shang Shujue was startled by their intense reaction. She couldn't help but stare wide-eyed at the people who were hurriedly dealing with the scene, and asked them a probing question.
"No, no, no! No, we were just very surprised. We didn't mean to discriminate or think it was abnormal. We just didn't expect that our captain, who is so detached from worldly desires, would suddenly find a male partner?"
Lu Fengxing quickly answered Shang Shujue's question, and after speaking, he couldn't help but mutter to himself, "Damn, no wonder the captain isn't interested in women, turns out he likes men."
Shang Shujue, with her heightened senses. "..." I heard everything...
When Song Yanqing carried the water up, he noticed that everyone except Shang Shujue, who was engrossed in playing with his toys, was looking at him. He was puzzled for a moment, but quickly realized what was going on.
He quietly filled the water tank, turned on the hot water, and then sat down next to the Little Fox.
The Little Fox was still engrossed in studying the colorful Rubik's Cube in his hand, but when Song Yanqing approached, he, as usual, simply leaned in without any bones and rested his head on Song Yanqing's lap.
Everyone: "...!!!" Seriously, are you guys really going to flaunt your love like this, oblivious to everyone else? Can't you be a little more considerate of the situation?! This is really not friendly to us!
Song Yanqing was taken aback when the Little Fox suddenly rested his head on his lap. His earlobes turned a little red, but he didn't push him up immediately. Instead, he rubbed the fox's head.
"Are you going to wait for me at the dorm?"
As soon as Song Yanqing finished speaking, the Little Fox yawned slightly, its eyes reddening slightly, showing a tender dependence. It was probably sleepy after eating and drinking its fill.
"Mmm, I'm a little sleepy."
"I'll take you there. Get up and put your shoes on. Don't take your shoes off here next time; it's impolite with everyone around..."
As soon as Song Yanqing finished speaking, the Little Fox stood up and jumped onto his back, saying, "I don't want to wear shoes, carry me."
The gazes of the crowd were almost tangible, and Song Yanqing instantly felt as if he were being pricked by needles. However, he still bent down, picked up the Little Fox's shoes, carried the fox on his back, nodded to the crowd before leaving, and walked away without looking back.
Everyone: "..."
Are you just leaving like that? The captain is so obedient.
Song Yanqing: Yes, that's right. Listening to your wife will bring you success.