Out of Control Overnight: The Irritable Top Alpha Goes Mad Searching for His Wife - Chapter 30

Lu Shijun’s shocking declaration left Shen Qing standing frozen in place.

He widened his eyes, his face a mask of bewilderment. “Like me? Lu Shijun, you have misunderstood. How could he possibly like me? We were in the same club before, but we did not have much of a personal relationship. Even this time, we only ran into each other by chance and have only contacted each other a few times.”

“Besides, whether he likes me or not, was that not something said because of the person you hired to seduce him?” Shen Qing added.

Lu Shijun let out a cold laugh, his gaze dark. “Well, he did not deny it either!”

The garage was too cold. Even if they were going to argue, this was not the place for it. Lu Shijun first stuffed Shen Qing into the passenger seat and fastened his seatbelt. “We will talk when we get home,” he said. After speaking, he also made sure to put the fruit basket back in the car.

Shen Qing caught sight of him handling the fruit basket, and his mouth twitched. He was speechless. How could this guy even bring the fruit basket back with them?

The ride was quiet. Perhaps fearing they would lose control if they argued on the road, both men were full of things to say, yet neither spoke until they arrived home.

Maybe the time spent on the road acted as a buffer because Shen Qing was no longer as confrontational. Once he calmed down, he tried to communicate with the other man. However, the moment he opened his mouth, Lu Shijun finished setting the fruit basket down and immediately grabbed his wrist, forcefully dragging him toward the bathroom.

“Go take a shower! You stink!”

Lu Shijun had wanted to say it for a long time. To see Lin Zhixue, Shen Qing had bought a fruit basket and even sprayed perfume. Throughout the entire evening, every single one of Shen Qing’s actions had made it easy for Lu Shijun’s defenses to crumble. He had never even seen Shen Qing wear perfume for him.

Shen Qing was unaware of these thoughts. He watched Lu Shijun’s sudden irritability as the man roughly grabbed the showerhead in the bathroom. The cold water almost sprayed directly onto him, and he only escaped it by dodging at the last second.

However, his dodging made Lu Shijun even angrier.

“What are you dodging for?” Lu Shijun asked. He gritted his teeth, the violence swirling in his eyes making it seem as if he wanted to lock Shen Qing away.

A flash of hurt appeared in Shen Qing’s eyes. His terrible mood left him with no desire to even offer an explanation.

“Let go,” he said.

These words caused Lu Shijun to grip his hand even tighter, as if he were afraid of losing him but did not know the correct way to hold on. He could only cling to him tightly, as if that were the only way Shen Qing would stay by his side.

“Where do you want to go now?” Lu Shijun asked.

Shen Qing looked at him coldly. “Did you not want me to take a shower? I am going to get my clothes.”

Lu Shijun calmed down slightly at this. He released Shen Qing’s hand and took a step back. “I will get them for you. You just focus on showering.”

“No need,” Shen Qing refused. “Lu Shijun, this is my home. I will get them myself.”

Lu Shijun had no idea what to do, so he simply followed him. When Shen Qing went to the bedroom to get clothes, he followed. When Shen Qing went back to the bathroom, he tried to enter like a shadow, only to be blocked at the door and pushed out. He looked utterly dejected.

“Qingqing, I can help scrub your back,” he offered.

Shen Qing looked at him and spoke calmly, “No need. I am afraid I will offend you with my smell.”

This time, Lu Shijun finally panicked. He was not afraid of Shen Qing arguing with him. Arguing was a form of communication, and he could understand what his friend was thinking through an argument. But this time was different. His friend was too calm; it was so calm it was as if he were looking at a stranger.

“You do not smell!”

“Qingqing, I said the wrong thing just now. You do not stink. I am the one who stinks. My nose is broken; my nose is the one that stinks.”

“Qingqing, I am sorry.”

Lu Shijun did not know how to apologize to earn his friend’s forgiveness. If he could turn back time, he would have beaten his past self to death. For this, he was even willing to bow his head regarding the argument they had at the hospital over Lin Zhixue.

“I will apologize to Lin Zhixue. I will cover all his medical expenses and lost wages.”

Behind the thin door, Shen Qing’s eyes flickered as he listened. He was truly surprised. A man like Lu Shijun was actually admitting he was wrong.

When Shen Qing finished his shower and came out, he found Lu Shijun crouching at the door like a dog. The moment the door opened, Lu Shijun sprang up. His movements were so hurried that he bumped right into Shen Qing. Lu Shijun instinctively opened his arms and pulled him into a hug. Sniffing the fresh scent in his arms, he said with regret, “I am sorry, Qingqing. I bumped into you. Does it hurt?”

Seeing that he was about to pull at Shen Qing’s clothes to check for injuries, Shen Qing grew frantic. He clutched his shirt tightly, preventing him from going any further.

“Lu Shijun, let go of me and get lost!”

Helplessly, Lu Shijun retracted his small schemes and stepped back dejectedly. However, he quickly noticed Shen Qing’s dripping hair.

“I will help you dry your hair!”

Shen Qing continued to refuse. “No need. My hair is short; a quick wipe is enough.”

Lu Shijun’s eyes darkened. In the past, when he offered to dry his friend’s hair, Shen Qing never refused. It must be Lin Zhixue. It was all because of that cursed man that Qingqing was angry with him.

“Then I will help you wipe it.”

Shen Qing refused again. “Thank you, but it is not necessary. I can do it myself.”

Because he did not want to waste time on pointless explanations, Shen Qing wiped his hair while watching the tall man shrink his posture, sitting on the sofa looking aggrieved. There was no pity in Shen Qing’s eyes; he simply stated calmly, “It is late. You should go back and rest. I am going to sleep as well.”

Then, thinking of how he had lied to him recently, Shen Qing added another explanation. “This time, I am not lying to you.”

Lu Shijun refused to leave. Leaving now would mean letting the problem fester overnight.

“I am not leaving.” He began to get angry, but as he spoke, his anger turned into a puppy-like grievance. “If I leave, you will only be angrier. I know I did wrong tonight. When I said you smelled earlier, I did not mean it. It was, I…”

For a moment, he did not know how to describe it until a word he had never considered popped into his head.

“I was jealous!”

“You never wear perfume when you see me. Why did you have to wear perfume to see Lin Zhixue?”

Shen Qing was dumbfounded. “I wore perfume because we just had hotpot and I smelled. It would be impolite to see someone like that.”

“What do you mean impolite?” Lu Shijun said righteously. “Hotpot is delicious. Having that scent on you smells great. Shen Qing, you cannot finish eating with me and then act disgusted by me!”

Shen Qing was even more confused. None of this made any sense. He could only say, “I am not disgusted by you.” It was clearly Lu who was disgusted by him.

Lu Shijun countered, “I was the one who ate hotpot with you. If you are disgusted by the smell of hotpot on yourself, then you are disgusted by me.”

Shen Qing was speechless.

Lu Shijun understood Shen Qing too well and knew exactly how to handle him. Thus, he acted aggrieved and intentionally took all the blame upon himself.

“I know I am crude and irritable, and my personality is not as good as that doctor, Lin Zhixue.”

“Our Qingqing is so perfect; who would not like him? I have no right to interfere with you finding a partner.”

“But Qingqing, Lin Zhixue is not a good match!”

Shen Qing’s head began to ache. When Lu Shijun’s eyes turned red with grievance, his heart softened, even though he had previously decided not to explain himself anymore.

Lu Shijun saw his hesitation and the softening of his gaze. A dark glint flashed through his eyes for a split second before he returned to his pitiful act. “Qingqing, Lin Zhixue really is not a good person. He likes you, yet he does not dare to confess openly.”

“Yes, I am despicable. I am shameless. I found someone to seduce him.”

“But Qingqing, did he not take the bait himself?”