After Dumping the Scumbag Top, I Was Relentlessly Chased by a Top-Tier Idol - Chapter 45

Lin Yizhou turned his head to find Song Chi standing right in front of him, his tone tinged with irritation: “Are you really that easy to fool?” He tilted his chin toward Shen Xu’s direction. “That kid is clearly acting to get your attention. I bet he wasn’t even asleep.”

Pulling his hand away, Lin Yizhou lifted his gaze to look at him. His dark eyes almost merged with the night, unreadable and cold. His tone was flat: “This is my own business.”

As he prepared to leave, his hand was grabbed once again. “Don’t be ungrateful. I’m doing this for your own good.”

When was the first time I heard the phrase ‘I’m doing this for your own good’?

Oh, it seemed to be back when Song Chi was transferring Gu Lan from a regular nursing home to a high-end private facility.

“Baby, we’re going to get married in the future. Just think of this as a chance for me to show some filial piety to my future mother-in-law? Besides…”

“I’m doing this for your own good, too. Wouldn’t you feel more at ease if she were in my family’s own facility? Be good, don’t feel burdened.”

People said that when former lovers think of their exes, memories have long been filtered into a beautiful facade; even if they weren’t, they would be romanticized.

But now, the more he reminisced, the more ridiculous it felt…

Perhaps he was the exception. After all, the person in his memory had never loved him at all.

When the premise of “beauty” is altered, it is only natural for everything else to change along with it.

Lin Yizhou let out a cold laugh. It was unclear whether he was mocking the man in front of him or his past self ultimately, there seemed to be no difference. His voice remained devoid of emotion: “President Song, mind your own business.”

He yanked his hand, but it didn’t budge. He raised his flashlight and shone it directly into Song Chi’s face. With lowered eyelids, he looked at the man calmly and spoke slowly: “President Song, do you need me to help wake up your boyfriend?”

The hand was released instantly.

“I’ll have to trouble President Song to… respect himself in the future.”

Before his words even hit the ground, Lin Yizhou turned and walked into the wooden shed, squatting down to check on Shen Xu’s condition.

Shen Xu was curled up, his body trembling slightly. His brow was tightly furrowed, and cold sweat streamed down his face.

Lin Yizhou frowned. What on earth is happening in his dream?

He lightly patted the boy’s cheek: “Shen Xu? Wake up.”

There was no response.

The night was silent. Fearing he might wake the other team members, Lin Yizhou leaned down close to his ear: “Shen Xu, don’t be afraid. It’s okay.”

After speaking, he lifted his body slightly to check the situation. Shen Xu turned his body slowly and opened his eyes, his tone uncertain: “Zhouzhou-gege?”

“It’s me—”

The end of his sentence trembled.

Before he could finish, Shen Xu reached out and pulled him into a tight embrace. The force was so strong it was as if a drowning man had grabbed onto a life-saving piece of driftwood.

“I knew you would come to save me. You wouldn’t just leave me, right?”

His voice was low and hoarse, sounding like someone struggling for survival.

Lin Yizhou frowned slightly but hugged him back, patting his back to soothe his emotions.

Watching this scene, Song Chi’s hands clenched into fists at his sides. He moved as if to go over, but the sound of someone else shifting in their sleep snapped back the last shred of his sanity. He paused for half a second before abruptly turning his footsteps and walking back to the campfire.

The night vanished silently into the stillness as golden light began to spill across the horizon.

Shen Xu woke from his sleep and sat up. The first thing he saw was Lin Yizhou’s silhouette against the morning sun.

It was the very figure that had pulled him out of the nightmare.

What do I have to do to make this figure stay by my side forever…

How about… I just take him back and lock him up.

He would definitely take good care of him, never letting anything bad happen to him, never allowing any accidents…

“Why are you dazed?” Lin Yizhou turned around to look at him. Noticing his odd state, he immediately stood up and walked over, squatting in front of him. “What’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell somewhere?”

His tone was still flat, but it had unknowingly gained a hint of softness.

His consciousness snapped back instantly. Shen Xu looked at the face in front of him and shook his head with a smile: “I’m fine. I just woke up, my head is a bit foggy.”

Lin Yizhou nodded and stood up. “It’s time to change the dressing on your hand. Come on, I’ll go with you.”

Shen Xu shook his head and pulled his hand to make him sit back down. “There’s no rush for that. You should sleep for a while first.”

“No need, it’s almost light out.” As Lin Yizhou spoke, he tried to stand up again, only to be pulled back once more.

“The staff haven’t even come to turn on the cameras yet, which means it’s not even six o’clock,” Shen Xu pressed down on his shoulder, forcing him to lie back down. Under normal circumstances, he usually woke up at five; right now, it was five at the latest. “Captain, be good. We don’t know what heavy tasks we’ll have today. You can’t go without any rest.”

The hand pressing his shoulder released him. Lin Yizhou was about to sit up again, but as if the person in front of him had anticipated it, a long arm quickly blocked his path. With a flick of the wrist, the palm landed on his shoulder again, pinning him back to the straw mat.

Lin Yizhou blinked, a bit lost.

“Being so disobedient?”

Shen Xu spoke those words slowly as he looked down at him. His gaze traced Lin Yizhou’s face inch by inch the clear, calm eyes, the fair and flawless skin, the red and full lips, and the small mole accentuating them. Every part of him radiated a lovely temptation.

This mole… it would probably look even more charming if it were damp.

His body instinctively leaned closer.

A voice in his mind was screaming frantically Kiss him!

Possess him!

Then he will belong only to you!

He will stay by your side forever!

“Fine, I’ll sleep for a bit.”

With those words, Lin Yizhou turned his body away, giving him his back.

Sanity returned in a flash. Shen Xu let out a breath and shook his head lightly. “Okay. I’ll come wake you later.”

He stood up and walked over to the extinguished campfire.

Seeing him approach, Song Chi quickly typed something on his phone screen and then held it up in the air. An assistant who had been waiting nearby immediately came over to take the phone.

Assistant: “President Song, if there’s nothing else, I’ll head out.”

Song Chi gestured with his finger that he could leave. His gaze landed on the man sitting down, his voice laced with ice: “I saw it.”

Shen Xu glanced at the departing assistant, then slowly shifted his gaze back to the man in front of him, utterly indifferent: “And?”

“If he hadn’t turned his body away,” Song Chi’s lips curled into a cold smile, his eyes filled with a sinister glint, “that phone just now would have landed on your body, or your head. Bang! Like a blooming flower.”

“Hiss, that would definitely hurt.” Shen Xu imagined it to himself, appearing as if he were lingering in fear, yet his face remained innocent: “Why would President Song do that to me? Have I offended you in some way?”

Song Chi stared at him coldly, getting straight to the point: “He is currently a ‘thing’ that is still useful to me. Do I need to be any clearer?”

Shen Xu couldn’t help but let out a laugh. The “fear” he had been faking vanished instantly. When his gaze met the other’s, it became vicious: “Then may I ask what kind of ‘thing’ you are to be lecturing me?”

Song Chi guessed this reaction would come. He shook his head helplessly and smiled: “Young people are so full of fire, I get it. However, no matter who it is, everyone needs to pay a price for their actions.”

Shen Xu: “I’ll look forward to it.”

Husband Shen Xu, I’m here~ I’m here to continue watching the ‘Chasing the Wife in the Crematorium’ plot! Xuri Xiangzhou! Xuri Xiangzhou! ShenTai! ShenTai is the best! The sister upstairs! It’s TaiShen! Baby Pei is a top!! (Angry fire x2) NanZhou! NanZhou! LMAO, a whole mess of random CP shipping, but no one is shipping the real couple, huh? Hahaha

The sky grew fully bright, and the people in the jungle began to wake up.

Director Tu sent staff to announce: “All guests, please gather at yesterday’s beach at nine o’clock sharp.”

As everyone gathered by the campfire from the previous night, Lin Yizhou said: “Time is a bit tight. If we divide the labor for breakfast, it might be faster. Does anyone know how to slaughter a chicken?”

Scanning the group, only Wen Yue and Shen Xu raised their hands.

Pei Yutai was surprised: “Sister Yue, you know how?”

Wen Yue smiled: “You can’t tell, can you? I learned it for a role I had previously.”

Shen Xu: “Me too.”

“Shen Xu, your hand can’t touch water.” Lin Yizhou pulled out the military knife he carried and handed it to Wen Yue, saying: “Sister Yue, you go ahead. I’ll get the fire started first.”

“No problem.” Wen Yue took the knife and immediately got to work.

Lin Yizhou looked at Shen Xu: “Go change your dressing.” He paused for a moment before asking, “Can you manage on your own?”

Shen Xu’s expression stiffened. He tried to control the corners of his mouth, but he couldn’t no matter what. He could only find a good angle and lean into Lin Yizhou’s ear, his voice magnetic and slow: “Gege, are you starting to care about me?”

Warm breath brushed against his ear, as if someone were deliberately tickling him.

Lin Yizhou turned his body slightly and left behind a single sentence: “Remember to change the dressing.”

Then he walked away.

He didn’t deny it!

Those words exploded in Shen Xu’s mind like a brilliant firework rising into the sky Bang! blooming with incomparable beauty.

He suppressed the urge for his mouth to curve upward wildly. He was so excited he wanted to jump into the sea and swim a few laps right now.

No!

He looked at his bandaged hand. The Captain had warned him not to touch water!

Turning around, he caught Song Chi’s gaze fixed on him.

He smiled slightly and raised his injured hand to wave at him.

The provocation was palpable.

Song Chi arched an eyebrow, his face full of disdain.

When Shen Xu returned from the medic’s room, he looked around but didn’t see Lin Yizhou.

Song Chi and Jiang Siyuan were also missing!

He was breathing slightly hard as he walked quickly to Pei Yutai, who was processing the chicken. Before he could ask, the latter looked up and beat him to it: “The Captain was called by Captain Nan to pick coconuts.”

“Oh, President Song and Teacher Jiang went along too. The Captain said they might as well bring some coconuts back for our team too.”

Shen Xu frowned: “How long has it been?”

Pei Yutai didn’t even look up: “They left right after you. They should be back soon. They ran there to save time.”

“By the way, the Captain said when you get back, keep an eye on the fire. Don’t let it go out.” He paused, then gestured for Shen Xu to squat down.

Shen Xu leaned in.

“Look at how well the Captain knows you. He knew you might follow them, so he specifically told me this.”

“Go on, Brother Xu. Go and be happy in secret.”

Shen Xu:

He cast a cold smirk toward him.

Pei Yutai wanted to say something else but was instantly silenced.

About fifteen minutes later, there was movement from the jungle path. Shen Xu immediately looked over. A buzz-cut actor from the other team appeared, and Shen Xu’s gaze scanned the people behind him one by one.

Lin Yizhou was at the very back, carrying four coconuts.

Shen Xu dropped the sticks he was holding, bypassed the guests walking in front, and ran to Lin Yizhou. He took two coconuts from him and asked, “Captain, did it go smoothly?”

Lin Yizhou nodded: “Very smoothly.”

Shen Xu scanned him from his hair down to his shoes. After a moment of thought, he still wasn’t relieved. He pulled Lin Yizhou to a blind spot away from the cameras and others. He was about to put his hands on him but stopped and withdrew them: “Captain, turn around a couple of times, then hop a bit.”

Lin Yizhou:

Shen Xu frowned, his expression turning serious. “So, did you get a scrape or bump somewhere?”

“No,” Lin Yizhou said flatly. “I am eight years older than you.”

Shen Xu:

Panic set in instantly. He explained hurriedly, “I didn’t mean you have ‘old arms and legs.’ I’m just afraid you got hurt and are trying to act tough and endure it yourself.”

Lin Yizhou was amused by his reaction and let his lips curve slightly: “My point is, stop treating me like a child.”

Having said that, he turned and left.

Shen Xu was stunned for a moment, but quickly recovered and chased after him with a smile: “Really okay?”

“Really.”

Shen Xu was completely relieved. He leaned toward Lin Yizhou with a resentful expression: “Captain, why didn’t you wait for me to go together? I just ran there and back.”

Hearing this, Lin Yizhou stopped and looked at him with a frown: “Your hand didn’t sweat, did it?”

It was midsummer, and the sun was fierce. Even though it was still early morning, the perceived temperature was already high.

“Captain.” Shen Xu leaned even closer to his face. “You care about me so much~”

Lin Yizhou:

At this moment, perhaps he should explain clearly that he only felt a sense of obligation to supervise the healing because Shen Xu had been injured because of him.

But…

He didn’t say anything. He directly took Shen Xu’s injured hand and lightly touched the surface of the gauze. It was dry.

Shen Xu looked down at his actions with a shallow smile on his lips. The moment Lin Yizhou looked up, Shen Xu leaned in and whispered in a voice only the two of them could hear: “Lin Yizhou, I really like you so much.”

After breakfast, the guests gathered on the beach.

Director Tu picked up the megaphone, his tone excited: “Did everyone sleep well?”

Song Chi curled his lip slightly and spoke leisurely: “Certainly not as well as you.”

Director Tu gave a dry laugh and immediately changed the subject: “This morning’s task is relatively simple.”

“Let’s go. We’ll head to the task location first.”

The group arrived at a clearing in the grass where two rectangular frames had been placed.

Director Tu raised the megaphone: “This morning’s task is called ‘Extreme Traverse’.”

“As you can see, this frame is 2 meters long, 1 meter wide, and 1.4 meters high. The distance between each wooden post on the side is 20 centimeters, with 15 posts in total.”

Next to the frames were 15 wooden boards. Each team would be responsible for tying the boards onto the opposing team’s frame to create obstacles for their traversal. They were free to use any method they liked.

“Finally, the team whose members all successfully pass through the frame first wins the match.”

“Listen clearly it must be all members, not just one or two.”

Pei Yutai: “What’s the reward this time?”

Director Tu snapped his fingers, and a staff member came out from behind him holding a box.

“There are twenty portions of food in here. Each member of the winning team can pick one at random. The losing team… gets nothing.”

Pei Yutai stretched his body: “Then I won’t be polite.”

“I’ll give everyone thirty minutes to tie the boards onto the frames,” Director Tu continued. “If you don’t finish within the time limit, you’re essentially giving your opponents a free pass.”

“Three minutes of prep time for everyone.”

As soon as the words fell, the two teams gathered together to discuss their strategies.

Three minutes passed quickly. A whistle blew, and the countdown began.

The guests on both sides moved rapidly. They worked in pairs, each person lifting one end of a board. The boards themselves weren’t heavy, but this was a faster way to work. Two people, one on each side, tied the boards directly onto the wooden posts on both sides of the frame.

Xuri Xiangzhou! Husband and husband working together, the work isn’t tiring! But seriously, if they tie it like that, can anyone actually get through? I want to know too. Do the guests all know bone-shrinking techniques? Hahaha Wtf, what the hell? Jiang Siyuan is doing that on purpose, right?!

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