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Downstairs.
Shen Xingsui dragged his belongings down. He didn’t expect to see a car not far away. He stood downstairs for a while, the door was opened, and someone came out. It was a familiar tall man wearing a black windbreaker, holding a black umbrella in his hand, and his leather boots stepped on the ground. The rain acted as a curtain between them, separating them in two distinct areas.
The man braved the downpour, walked down steadily towards him, then stopped in front of him.
Shen Xingsui looked at the man in front of him almost in disbelief, and said hesitantly: “Teacher Fu?”
Fu Jinxiao replied with a sheepish smile, “I am. Are you okay?”
The youth couldn’t answer that. “B-but, why are you here…?”
Fu Jinxiao curled his lips up into a smile, “Didn’t I tell you that I’m going to be here?”
“I… I thought you should be working or something.” Shen Xingsui said incoherently, “Why would you be here? What’s the reason?”
Fu Jinxiao seemed to see through what he was thinking, and turned his head down, tilting his umbrella towards the youth. The man’s handsome face was directly in front of Shen Xingsui, and it further short-circuited his brain. The taller man’s sword eyebrows were raised, and he continued to smile. “Simple. I want to see you. So I came here.”
There was a crinkling sound on the umbrella, but it was very quiet compared to the thundering beats of his heart. His face was stained crimson in an instant, and he was at a loss what to do.
However, Fu Jinxiao ogled the youth’s shy expression with great interest, and took the initiative to pick up the box and said, “Go back to the car, it’s raining.”
Only then did Shen Xingsui react and respond. He was very obedient in following Fu Jinxiao’s words. He dragged his suitcase behind, his head was empty.
When they returned to the car, Shen Xingsui found that Shen Xingchen was gone, so he asked, “Where is Erge?”
“I told him I was coming, and sent him home.” Fu Jinxiao closed the car door, and said, “I’ll take you home now.”
Shen Xingsui responded when he learned the reason, and said softly, “Okay, thank you, Teacher Fu.”
Fu Jinxiao nodded to his driver, then entered the car from the opposite door.
In the car, Shen Xingsui finally realized how painful his hands felt. He nursed his hand in secret, trying to ease the pain down. Fu Jinxiao looked down and said, “Are you injured?”
Shen Xingsui’s hands were full of cuts and scrapes. It was from the broken pieces of sharp CDs and figurines.
“It’s okay, it’s just a small injury. I’ll put in iodine and bandage it later.”
Fu Jinxiao raised his eyelids and glanced at him, his eyes were full of displeasure, “Your hands are used to play the piano, so even minor injuries cannot be ignored.”
Shen Xingsui immediately looked like a student who had been scolded by the teacher, “I’m sorry!”
Fu Jinxiao smiled helplessly.
There has been a traffic jam ahead because of the rain, and the car couldn’t move at all for half an hour.
The driver said, “Sir, the traffic jam ahead is too severe. It has been raining tonight. I don’t know when it will stop.”
Fu Jinxiao looked up at the barely moving traffic ahead, and said to Shen Xingsui, “I have a house very close to this street. Your wound needs to be treated. Why don’t you go to my place first?”
Shen Xingsui was baffled!
Seeing his stiff reaction, Fu Jinxiao thought he didn’t want to, and said, “It’s okay if you don’t want to, it’s because I was abrupt…”
Shen Xingsui panicked: “No, I want to!”
“…”
There was a moment of silence in the car. The driver, who had overheard and knew of the situation, could only hold down his smiles. He didn’t dare to look back.
Shen Xingsui was afraid of being misunderstood and spoke too quickly. After the words fell, he blushed a little belatedly. Why did he act as if he was shamelessly going to someone’s house…
However, Fu Jinxiao was pleased. He smiled serenely, gently nodding. “Alright. I see.”
“!!!”
‘Don’t say such things!!’
Shen Xingsui wanted to dig a hole and jumped inside of it.
Was it… even possible to visit your idols’ private house? This was such an outrageous dream he didn’t even dare to think about. Shen Xingsui’s excitement shot up into the stratosphere. He felt floating in the bubble of happiness.
‘No, no, Shen Xingsui, you must restrain yourself! Else, you’ll look like a creepy sisheng1stalker fan. The Korean equivalent would be sasaeng fans. fan!
His thoughts were so varied and jumbled it could be written down into a thousand-words essay. Finally, when the driver entered the community, Shen Xingsui discovered that this was no longer inside A City, but instead, this was the most expensive and luxurious community complex of the Imperial City. This was a very famous place, every inch of land here was very exorbitant. This was a place that only the uber rich could buy. He heard that you need at least 1 billion capital to be allowed to buy a piece of land here.
The car entered the underground garage of a very tall apartment complex. Shen Xingsui glanced at the parked cars here. As expected, all of them were luxurious cars.
Fu Jinxiao took him upstairs of the apartment complex and said, “I remember that Tuya lives downstairs my condo. Maybe you can say hello to her if you happen to pass her by.”
Shen Xingsui was a little embarrassed, “Then what if Instructor Tuya asked me why I’m here?”
“Huh?” Fu Jinxiao leaned against the elevator wall. He looked nonchalant, but he still exude a powerful aura. It looked very inviting, somehow. Fu Jinxiao’s handsome face had a vague smirk, and he purposefully spoke slowly, “As for the reason why you are here…”
Shen Xingsui’s earlobes turned red, and he didn’t dare to directly look at the man’s face.
‘Foul, it’s too foul, how can someone be so handsome and so provocative! Stop it! Who can stand this!!’
‘Calm down, calm down…’
‘You’re just here as a guess, Shen Xingsui! Don’t think too much about it!’
Fu Jinxiao was very leisurely, like a big bad wolf leading a small pet bunny to play in his territory. After he unlocked the fingerprint scanner, the door opened. Shen Xingsui could finally see the interior of his idol’s house.
The decoration was very high-end, but a bit cold. The small accessories on the coffee table and bookshelf were very delicate, and there were many limited edition albums and records of Fu Jinxiao on display.
He used to own and collect these things.
After Shen Xingsui saw the empty bookshelf in Jian’s house, he thought in despair that he would never see it again, but he didn’t expect to see it here.
Fu Jinxiao’s voice rang out behind him with mock ridicule, “If you want to visit, just tell me. You will have plenty of time to inspect every inch of my home in the future. Change your shoes first, mkay?”
“!!”
‘What does he mean??’
Shen Xingsui froze, feeling ashamed and annoyed that he was in a daze. He changed his shoes in a panic, and didn’t know where to put his suitcase.
Fu Jinxiao said, “Just put your suitcase here. Go sit on the sofa. I’ll get you a change of clothes.”
“Oh, oh okay.” Shen Xingsui subconsciously wanted to respond, but later realized he felt way too anxious to properly respond. “Clothes? What clothes? I don’t have clothing here? Huh?
Fu Jinxiao was amused by his panicked appearance, and he raised his eyebrows, “Don’t think too hard about it. Go take a bath first.”
Because it was raining, plus whatever went down on the Jian family’s house, Shen Xingsui’s attire was rather dirty. Be it rainwater, his sweat, or debris from that room was mixed together. After Fu Jinxiao said this, the youth finally realized how uncomfortable he felt. Plus, it would be safer to take a bath first before dressing the small injuries on his hand.
But… Shen Xingsui’s head was muddled beyond belief. His thoughts immediately derailed down to the gutter.
Shen Xingsui had heard before that there seemed to be some unspoken rules in the entertainment industry. Many big stars were in a mess in private. They would call their “juniors” or “fans” into their home… and…
But Fu Jinxiao wouldn’t do that, right?
Thinking of some strange things, Shen Xingsui’s delicate face turned red, he stuttered while sitting on the sofa, and curled his fingers together, “I, I.. take the… sh-shower now. Yes. Okay. Uhm.. but, like, I don’t think.. It’s good? Huh? Uhm…”
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