Chapter 34: Transmigrated as a Cheapskate Phoenix Man (34)
Lou Baichuan knit his brows, having clearly not expected to run into Cen Yu here either, and quickly felt a hostile gaze locked onto him.
Looking over attentively, he found that it was indeed Yu Xinyu sitting beside Cen Yu.
The man’s head rested against Cen Yu’s shoulder, and his gaze toward him was poison-laced. Yet the instant Lou Baichuan met his eyes, Yu Xinyu offered him a smile, then raised his head to look at Cen Yu. “Earlier you said you wanted to bring a computer, but I said it was too much hassle, so I didn’t let you pack it.”
Looking at Lou Baichuan with self-reproach, his words held a double meaning, “It’s my fault, don’t blame Cen Yu.”
“…” Cen Yu hadn’t expected Yu Xinyu to take the fall on his own initiative.
Instantly, Yu Xinyu’s image in his heart grew even grander!
In his mind, Yu Xinyu had transformed into a wonderful person who worked hard without complaint, took the blame on his own accord, and even stepped up to help him out of a tight spot!
Lou Baichuan hadn’t expected Yu Xinyu to pull a stunt like this on him, almost feeling amused by the guy—
He had originally just asked Cen Yu in passing because the client had suddenly come up with a modification request. He hadn’t anticipated that the client, who by rights would never review drafts on a workday, would break tradition and review them over the weekend.
It was inconvenient for him right now, plus Cen Yu was technically the primary lead on the project, which was why he had inquired if Cen Yu had time.
Of course, if Cen Yu didn’t, he had alternative solutions for the subsequent steps—whether having the hotel butler run out to buy a new computer on short notice or any other method would do fine.
Yet Yu Xinyu stepping up to take the fall to bail Cen Yu out made him look like an unreasonable landlord ruthlessly exploiting Cen Yu, the poor farmhand.
It not only did Cen Yu a favor, but also ruined Cen Yu’s impression of him by a significant margin.
“It’s fine,” Lou Baichuan hung up the call and looked at Yu Xinyu. “I asked the hotel butler to help me buy a new computer.”
He nodded at Cen Yu, “Have a nice weekend.”
Right at that moment, the tree blocking the road up ahead was cleared away. Lou Baichuan’s butler seemed to pick up on the gunpowder in the air as well, starting up the golf cart again to carry Lou Baichuan away the instant his words fell.
Meanwhile, Cen Yu and Yu Xinyu’s butler intentionally started up a bit slower, keeping some distance between the two vehicles.
“…I don’t like him,” Yu Xinyu complained fair and square.
“?” Cen Yu was thoroughly shocked upon hearing this!
“Why?!” My main protagonist, why don’t you love Candidate 1 of the romantic stock market!
After all, thanks to the advantage of being close at hand, Lou Baichuan’s popularity in the original novel was actually pretty high!
“He made you work overtime,” Yu Xinyu said intentionally, before adopting a coquettish act once more, nuzzling into Cen Yu’s chest.
He contentedly inhaled the scent of the exact same body wash between Cen Yu’s neck and collar—that familiar cedarwood fragrance gave him an illusion of marking his territory… He looked up at Cen Yu and said, “We clearly came here for a vacation, let’s just ignore him, okay?”
It would be best if that guy died as far away as possible.
Yu Xinyu thought darkly in his heart, It would be best if he fainted in the hot spring pool and got carried out.
—Far off on the other side, Qiang Yuanqing let out a sneeze, having no idea that before his hot spring villa had even officially opened, Yu Xinyu had already envisioned the reason for its closure.
Cen Yu let out a sigh at his words.
In truth, he desperately wished a capitalist like Lou Baichuan, who made people work overtime on weekends, could be hung from a streetlight, but mindful of the plot, he still decided to say a few good words for the man—
“Heh, maybe it’s just because his work attitude is relatively serious?”
He tried hard to find a redeeming quality in Lou Baichuan.
Hearing this, Yu Xinyu secretly knit his brows. Looking at Cen Yu, he could naturally tell the subtext of him putting in good words for Lou Baichuan—
Cen Yu clearly dislikes Lou Baichuan so much, so why is he starting to speak well of him again right now?
He felt a bit odd inside, yet he nodded without saying anything further.
A moment later, the golf cart arrived at the “Red Leaf Courtyard” where they were temporarily staying.
Maple trees were planted in the courtyard, though unfortunately it wasn’t the season for maple leaves to turn red yet. Cen Yu merely cast a glance around before following the luggage-carrying butler into the courtyard.
The courtyard not only contained two private hot spring pools, but also shower rooms and other amenities. One of the shower rooms featured a semi-covered design set amidst the maple grove,
allowing guests to enjoy the full beauty of the courtyard while showering.
The remaining shower rooms were standard ones located indoors.
Apart from that, the room was fully equipped with every amenity, complete with an entire floor-to-ceiling window that offered a view of the whole courtyard’s scenery.
After exploring the place privately for a bit, Cen Yu suddenly discovered a major issue!
—There was only one master bedroom in this suite!
And it was a double bed!!!
Dear Lord above! How could he, a cannon fodder top, sleep in the same room as the main protagonist?!
The moment he opened the master bedroom door and saw that large double bed, Cen Yu already felt his body stiffening up…
Furthermore, one of the private hot spring pools sat right behind the sliding door of the master bedroom.
One could say the arrangement had been thought through exceptionally well for couples.
“…Eek, it’s a double bed,” Yu Xinyu walked in behind Cen Yu, squinting his eyes at the double bed in the room.
—This wasn’t his intentional arrangement; rather, Qiang Yuanqing felt that since the two were a couple, they couldn’t possibly stay in a twin room at a hot spring villa, right?!
So he had specifically arranged this suite.
He stepped closer to Cen Yu’s side, gazing at the back of his neck. “Do you want to go soak for a bit first?” he asked Cen Yu, looking very thoughtful.
Cen Yu nodded right away upon hearing this!
He still needed to figure out a way to gloss over this situation.
So he immediately squatted down to rummage through the luggage—however, the entire suitcase had been packed by Yu Xinyu. Upon opening the suitcase, he only saw a few daily clothes, bathrobes, and…?
“…” Cen Yu looked down at the unopened box of underwear in front of him; it was indeed his size, no mistake about that.
Except he was clearly far more accustomed to wearing boxer briefs! Not this kind of elastic triangle briefcase style!
Seeing the box in his hands, Yu Xinyu’s face flushed bright red instantly. “…It seems I brought the wrong ones…”
“…Brought the wrong ones?” Cen Yu repeated Yu Xinyu’s words in a daze.
“…Mm,” Yu Xinyu said with some embarrassment. “These were ones I bought for myself.”
“They’re brand new, though,” he looked down at Cen Yu, who was squatted by the luggage. “You can wear them too.”
He said apologetically, “Because the box packaging looked too similar, I accidentally grabbed the wrong ones.”
Saying that, he opened the other side of the suitcase and indeed pulled out an identical style from inside.
“I accidentally bought a few extra back then.”
Cen Yu looked closely and verified that they were indeed brand new. It was likely that Yu Xinyu had simply grabbed the wrong style, except…
He took a glance at the style, not expecting Yu Xinyu to actually like something like this… He had assumed a pure white lotus like him would prefer more conservative and comfortable styles.
Not wanting to continue discussing this topic with Yu Xinyu, Cen Yu hurriedly grabbed a change of clothes and dashed into the private hot spring behind the sliding door.
He left only Yu Xinyu standing beside the suitcase, letting out a soft laugh.
“So cute.”
