LZX Extra 6

Three thousand yuan per month for living expenses still required careful budgeting. Spread across each day, it was only one hundred yuan, which needed very careful planning.

Lu Xiaochan didn’t dare buy expensive things, only choosing milk. Even when passing by the snack aisle, though he wanted to buy a bag of chips, after calculating he decided against it. While pushing the cart, he imagined in his mind what Shu Wuxi was doing.

Had this guy ever been to a supermarket?

And he hadn’t said a word, could he have gotten lost?

Lu Xiaochan immediately turned around and found Shu Wuxi standing right behind him, one hand in his dress pants pocket, his suit jacket draped over his forearm, his gaze meeting Lu Xiaochan’s directly.

His heart felt like it had been prodded, his whole body tingling as if electrified.

In their original world, they had made eye contact thousands of times, but this time when he met Shu Wuxi’s eyes again, Lu Xiaochan shamefully discovered he could still feel his heart flutter.

“What’s wrong?” Shu Wuxi asked.

Lu Xiaochan almost blurted out “Were you watching me just now,” but he held onto the cart tightly and restrained himself.

“Don’t get lost.”

“I won’t.”

When Lu Xiaochan turned around, he noticed that whether middle-aged housewives or young girls in the supermarket, their gazes, either direct or hidden, were all on Shu Wuxi.

His features were cold and stern, rarely smiling, yet this seemed to attract the opposite sex even more.

Lu Xiaochan felt a bit uncomfortable. Hadn’t you said your most natural self was only for me to see?

It used to be a private screening, now it’s public! Shu Wuxi, your copyright belongs to me!

Pulling his mouth into a slight grimace, Lu Xiaochan pushed the cart around to another aisle, with Shu Wuxi still unhurriedly following behind him.

This aisle had fewer people, very quiet.

The shelves were stacked with various small boxes, labeled with things like “ultra-thin,” “long-lasting,” “textured,” and so on.

Lu Xiaochan stopped there, turned his head to look at those small boxes, rubbed his chin, squinted his eyes to study them carefully, then casually grabbed one and deliberately threw it toward Shu Wuxi’s direction.

As expected, Shu Wuxi was quick and agile, easily catching it.

“Mr. Shu, do you know what this is used for?”

Back then, you were such a country bumpkin in the Wuyi Jingtian who didn’t understand anything!

Now, have you kept up with the times?

“I know.”

Shu Wuxi held the small box between his fingers, flicking it with an elegant yet somewhat disdainful arrogance, and the small box landed in Lu Xiaochan’s cart with a “pat.”

Great, his heart seemed to skip another beat.

But Lu Xiaochan wasn’t one to give up easily!

“Oh? You even know about this!” Lu Xiaochan deliberately crossed his arms, smiling mischievously as he continued asking, “So which type do you prefer? This strawberry flavored one? Or the ribbed one? I bet it’s this long-lasting type!”

Shu Wuxi said flatly, “Whichever type, they’re all luxury items for you.”

Lu Xiaochan felt like he’d been shot.

He only had three thousand yuan a month! Rather than buying these small boxes, he might as well buy eggs!

Shu Wuxi unhurriedly walked past Lu Xiaochan, turning his face slightly, and said, “Besides, I don’t need them at all.”

These words, though not loud, were spoken very slowly, each word extremely clear.

Whether it was his imagination or not, at that moment, the corner of Shu Wuxi’s lips seemed to dip deeper than before.

Like a smile from deep within.

“What do you mean ‘I don’t need them at all’?” Lu Xiaochan pushed the cart to follow him, “Have you never had that kind of experience?”

“What kind?” Shu Wuxi didn’t stop walking.

“What else could it be? The kind where you’d need this thing!”

Lu Xiaochan waved the small box in front of Shu Wuxi’s eyes. Shu Wuxi grabbed his wrist and asked back, “What do you think?”

Lu Xiaochan then realized they had walked out of the aisle area, and shoppers were all looking at him, probably because his style of loudly discussing while holding the small box was very “avant-garde.”

Shu Wuxi’s hand slid down from Lu Xiaochan’s wrist and knocked the small box into the cart.

“Anything else you need to buy?”

Shu Wuxi’s eyes, though appearing calm as still water, looked at him with a deep gaze.

“No… nothing else…”

At self-checkout, Lu Xiaochan realized he hadn’t put the small box back, and there was nowhere to throw it away, so he had to steel himself and buy it.

Carrying the bags out of the supermarket, Lu Xiaochan suddenly had a thought – was Shu Wuxi perhaps pretending?

He abruptly turned around, leaned close to Shu Wuxi’s face, and conducted a surprise inspection of his gaze.

But this guy just looked at him coolly, as if saying “Could this heir be an idiot?”

That’s right, Shu Wuxi was so straightforward, he couldn’t pretend not to know him!

“What’s wrong?”

“Nothing, let’s go home!”

Who knew that just after Lu Xiaochan walked past an alley, debt collectors surrounded them.

Ever since his parents passed away, these people had been like persistent ghosts! They even followed him to school. Because of this, Lu Xiaochan didn’t dare apply for student loans and directly took a break from school.

“Well well, Lu Xiaochan! You’ve made it hard for us brothers to find you! So you’ve been hiding here?”

“If you don’t pay up soon, don’t blame us brothers for using extreme measures!”

Four or five burly men approached very intimidatingly, some with scars on their faces, some wearing eye patches. Lu Xiaochan had several times thought they looked like actors hired by debt collection companies.

“What… what extreme measures?”

Lu Xiaochan showed a timid appearance, stepping back gradually until he bumped into Shu Wuxi’s chest.

Their extreme measures, Lu Xiaochan had seen them before – just hanging banners, writing big characters like “Return my hard-earned money,” crying and wailing at the school gate, acting even more pitiful than him, a child without parents.

“Break your arms and legs!”

“Make you drink chili water!”

“Lock you up in a mental hospital!”

Oh my, I’m so scared!

Lu Xiaochan pressed hard against Shu Wuxi’s chest, but Shu Wuxi didn’t raise his hands to protect him, just standing straight.

“Brother Wuxi… save me… if I die here, wouldn’t that count as you failing your duty?”

He hadn’t seen Shu Wuxi in action yet!

Wonder if it would be like in the movies, stylishly unbuttoning his shirt cuffs, rolling them up, then one punch fast and precise, one kick sending their lungs flying out!

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became!

Shu Wuxi still had his Bluetooth earpiece on his ear. He reported his current address, then remained motionless.

“Hah! So you’re calling for help?” The scarred man snorted, and the others joined in laughing.

“I called a lawyer,” Shu Wuxi answered.

Lu Xiaochan was speechless – what good would calling a lawyer do?

“Hahaha! Even with a lawyer, you still have to pay your debts!”

Three minutes later, a glasses-wearing lawyer carrying a briefcase arrived, with police following behind him.

Shu Wuxi played the phone recording of the scarred men threatening to break Lu Xiaochan’s limbs.

The lawyer’s glasses glinted. “I have reason to believe these people seriously threatened my client Mr. Lu Xiaochan’s personal safety. On such a dark night, in an almost deserted alley, they cornered Mr. Lu here – what was their purpose? If we hadn’t called the police, this could have been a horrific violent crime!”

The scarred men looked dumbfounded at the lawyer’s righteous speech, then were taken away.

Lu Xiaochan went to the police station to give his statement, and when he came out, he saw Shu Wuxi standing under a streetlight, waiting for him, still holding his supermarket plastic bags.

For some reason, Lu Xiaochan felt a little touched.

“Let’s go, time to go home… although according to TV scripts, you should put your suit jacket over my shoulders.”

“That’s what male leads do for female leads, but you’re not the female lead,” Shu Wuxi replied.

Lu Xiaochan wanted to punch him but didn’t know if he could match up to him yet, so he didn’t dare act rashly.

“Mr. Lu.”

Used to call me “Xiaochan,” now coldly calling me “Mr. Lu,” who do you think you are?

Lu Xiaochan sniffed, turned around very displeased. “What?”

“If you complete those three conditions, then you’ll be the male lead.”

“Then will you put your suit jacket over my shoulders?” Lu Xiaochan asked coolly.

“You can buy yourself a suit jacket.”

“A suit jacket is only satisfying when someone else’s is worn on your body.” Lu Xiaochan gave this Shu Wuxi ten thousand negative reviews in his heart.

“What kind of twisted logic is that?”

“Haven’t you heard? Other people’s children always seem better than your own. The same principle applies to suit jackets.”

Lu Xiaochan grabbed his plastic bags from the other’s hand and went home huffing.

While showering, Lu Xiaochan told himself tomorrow would be a new day while filling the bathtub, planning to have a good soak.

He was about to close the door when Shu Wuxi came over wearing just a bath towel.

Looking at the lines of his shoulder and neck muscles, his properly muscled arms, and the definition of his abs… oh my goodness, Supreme Lord Yehua, you’ve gone too far! Why don’t I have those?

Lu Xiaochan secretly poked at his own little belly fat.

“I need to use the bathroom!”

Lu Xiaochan deliberately pressed his hand against the other to push him out.

“You said it yourself – missing even an hour, a minute, or a second doesn’t count as 24 hours.”

Shu Wuxi stepped inside, and Lu Xiaochan was stunned by the other’s matter-of-fact attitude, almost bumping into his chest.

Heavens! Bathing with Brother Wuxi?

What’s so special about that? They’d done it countless times before! Though every time they bathed, they would end up getting “off topic.”

But in a bathtub, this was the first time!

More importantly, Brother Wuxi didn’t remember him now!

Watching Shu Wuxi sit in the bathtub, folding his long legs to make room for him, Lu Xiaochan actually felt a sense of guilt like he was “having an affair” with someone else.

But Lu Xiaochan was very happy and immediately sat down too.

He decided to take advantage of their intimate moment of “you soaking in my bathwater, me soaking in your bathwater” to learn more about Shu Wuxi’s life here.

“Um, Mr. Shu, you look so impressive, which university did you graduate from?”

Indeed, he graduated from a top university, a standard social elite, pillar of the nation, unlike Lu Xiaochan who was just a little freeloader.

Lu Xiaochan asked Shu Wuxi many questions consecutively, like what his parents were like, where he grew up, how he came to join the inheritance management committee and such.

Shu Wuxi was more patient than Lu Xiaochan had imagined. Though his answers were brief, he had one for every question. He leaned slightly back against the wall, eyes closed, showing a completely relaxed posture in front of Lu Xiaochan. But his neck muscles were taut, the movement of his Adam’s apple making one want to bite it. He raised his hand to brush back the hair on his forehead, the lines of his forehead and nose flowing together, both mature and sexy!

Lu Xiaochan decided to pounce immediately – not committing a crime now would be the real crime against himself!

“The water’s cold, let’s get out.”

Shu Wuxi grabbed a towel, giving the ready-to-strike Lu Xiaochan no chance, and directly stepped out of the bathtub!

This angered Lu Xiaochan so much he couldn’t even be bothered to blow-dry his hair. He returned to the bedroom, wrapped himself in the blanket, and went to sleep.

“I suggest you dry your hair before sleeping, otherwise you’ll catch a cold and get sick.”

Shu Wuxi lay down beside Lu Xiaochan.

“That’s not within your management scope,” Lu Xiaochan replied sullenly.

“Let me remind you, the costs of seeing a doctor, buying medicine, or even hospitalization are all included in your monthly three thousand yuan living expenses.”

“Thanks.”

Shouldn’t you be drying my hair for me at this moment?

Lu Xiaochan waited under the covers for Shu Wuxi to pull back his blanket, run his long fingers through his hair, gently massaging while blow-drying his hair. Who knew Shu Wuxi would actually turn off the bedside lamp and go! to! sleep!

Supreme Lord Yehua – give me back my obedient Brother Wuxi!

With such depressed feelings, Lu Xiaochan fell into a deep sleep.

The room was very quiet. Even with the blanket covering his ears, Lu Xiaochan could hear the other’s breathing.

In his drowsy state, he felt someone gently stroking the back of his head, very tenderly.

“Brother Wuxi…” Lu Xiaochan called out pitifully.

“Mm.”

That response sounded distant, yet also very close.

The next day, just as Lu Xiaochan had predicted, he not only had a splitting headache but his throat hurt too.

He sat leaning against the headboard with messy bed hair, feeling completely weak, showing no intention of getting up to find medicine.

On the other side of the bed, Shu Wuxi was already awake, and he was actually leaning against the headboard browsing his phone!

“You’re awake,” he said flatly.

“I wish I wasn’t…”

Lu Xiaochan’s voice was as hoarse as if he had been heavily bullied by Shu Wuxi for a month or two, shocking even himself.

“Eat the porridge, then take medicine.”

Shu Wuxi put his phone aside, got out of bed, and actually brought out a steaming bowl of white porridge from the kitchen.

Lu Xiaochan was stunned – he thought Shu Wuxi didn’t want to take care of him at all!

The rice in the white porridge was well-cooked, he must have gotten up early to cook it.

“Did you… did you cook this for me?”

Lu Xiaochan felt so touched.

“App delivery order, microwave heated for three minutes.”

Shu Wuxi’s answer immediately made Lu Xiaochan fall from cloud nine to eighteen levels below ground.

But thinking again, being able to use an app to order porridge for him meant at least he cared somewhat!

Still worth being touched!

–His standards for being touched were getting lower and lower!

After finishing the porridge, Lu Xiaochan leaned against the headboard with his eyes half-closed, his head still aching, his ears feeling like they were covered with a layer of film, making all sounds muffled.

Indeed, whenever he didn’t listen to Shu Wuxi’s advice, things never turned out well…

“Where’s your medicine?” Shu Wuxi asked.

“Still in the compartment of my suitcase.” Lu Xiaochan still just wanted to lay his head down and sleep.

Shu Wuxi found his medicine and looked at it. “Your medicine has expired.”

“How long has it been expired?”

No way? Such bad luck?

If it was just one or two days, ah no, one or two months, it should actually be fine, should still be effective.

“One year.”

Shu Wuxi’s answer made Lu Xiaochan want to chop off his own head.

“Get up. Going to the hospital.”

“The hospital? Who doesn’t get headaches and fevers sometimes, what’s the point of going to the hospital?”

Going to the hospital means registration fees, transportation fees, these all count as money that would come from his living expenses!

Shu Wuxi put on his shirt, the lines of his shoulders and arms as he extended his sleeves making Lu Xiaochan miss his hugs.

“If you continue to tough it out, the probability of paying more costs later will also be higher.”

Lu Xiaochan thought about it – Shu Wuxi’s suggestions were rarely wrong, and going to the hospital…

“My head hurts, I can’t walk…”

His head felt so heavy it seemed about to crash down.

Shu Wuxi stood by the bed, looking at him, then took out his jacket from the closet and lightly tossed it, letting it fall on his head.

Brother Wuxi, you weren’t like this before, you used to help me put on my clothes!

Lu Xiaochan struggled to put on his clothes, wanting to rest against the headboard for a little while, but who knew once his head leaned back, he wouldn’t want to get up again.

“You have a fever.”

Shu Wuxi’s hand covered Lu Xiaochan’s forehead, ice-cold, and Lu Xiaochan hoped he would leave it there longer.

But that hand was withdrawn.

The next moment, Lu Xiaochan felt like he was floating. He slightly opened his eyes and saw Shu Wuxi’s chin.

He heard Shu Wuxi’s footsteps, they entered the elevator, then went into the underground parking garage.

There was a “click” of metal, and Lu Xiaochan noticed Shu Wuxi had somehow gotten very close to him and was helping him fasten his seatbelt.

Lu Xiaochan wanted to speak but couldn’t get the words out.

In his hazy state, he saw Shu Wuxi’s hand on the steering wheel, making a grand half turn, then driving out.

“Mm…” Lu Xiaochan frowned and turned his head aside because the sunlight shining directly in his eyes was very uncomfortable.

Shu Wuxi’s hand reached over and smoothly flipped down the sun visor.

Lu Xiaochan felt better then.

After entering the hospital and going to emergency, Lu Xiaochan sat in front of the white-bearded elderly doctor, head tilted weakly leaning against Shu Wuxi beside him.

After getting chest X-rays and blood drawn, they discovered Lu Xiaochan had pneumonia.

The elderly doctor said Lu Xiaochan’s constitution wasn’t very good, he was malnourished, plus he probably had psychological pressure, and recently a factory in the suburbs had burned waste causing air pollution, so some citizens with poor health got inhalation pneumonia and so on and so forth.

Lu Xiaochan wasn’t listening, but Shu Wuxi listened attentively.

Finally, Lu Xiaochan stayed to get an IV drip.

Sitting in the chair, Lu Xiaochan’s head drooped there, feeling uncomfortable all over.

Shu Wuxi just sat beside him, looking at his phone, truly fulfilling his 24-hour promise.

When Lu Xiaochan’s head tilted forward about to fall, a hand reached out, held him, and gently pressed his head onto his shoulder.