Chapter 17 Part I

On the way back, Lu Zhiming didn't ask too much, only saying, "You don't look too good. You must be tired."
Guantang looked really downcast and didn't say much, just let out a long sigh.
When they got home, Lu Zhi Ming continued to make his own meal, and Guantang didn't want to just stand there, so she went into the kitchen to help out.
Luzhiming gave him two potatoes, and when he turned around to look later, he said, "Guantang brother, you need to peel the potatoes quickly..."
"Huh?" Guantang looked down at the potato in his hand, which had been peeled like a leftover apple core. He felt a little embarrassed and said, "Sorry, I'll peel another one."
He unfortunately cut his finger while cooking.
"Oh my god... Do we have a band-aid? Come on, come on." In a hurry, Lu Zhiming put a band-aid on Guan Tang's finger and didn't dare to let him stay in the kitchen anymore. He kindly persuaded him: "I really don't need your help. In another fifteen minutes, we will definitely have our meal. You're tired, take a break, okay?"
"Hey hey hey, listen to me, I'm really not that useless, it's all just an accident. In the past, I...I..." Guan Tang stopped mid-sentence, unable to continue, and could only sit on the sofa in frustration after being pushed out of the kitchen.
The online hype hasn't subsided yet, and he's not in the mood to play with his phone. He just sits there, doing nothing. If there was something to do, it would be fine, but when there's nothing to do, not even something to distract him, Guan Tang just gets more and more bored. She wants to go to Lu Zhiming and say, "Even Mo Chengchuan with his severe OCD didn't distrust me, how can you be so distrustful?"
However, upon reflection of his own actions, there wasn't really anything trustworthy about them. He was certainly lost in thought today, restless even as he sat on the couch, until finally he went downstairs to buy a dozen beers to bring back up.
Luzhiming laid out all the food on the table and was surprised to see beer: "Why are you drinking?"
He sat across from Guan Tang and, seeing that she was silent, said, "That's fine. Let's celebrate for me then."
“What are we celebrating?” Guan Tang, who was looking for a reason, was stunned. “Did you find a job?”
“Yes, the one you went for an interview with the day you left, you start tomorrow” said Lu Zhi Ming.
"So fast?"
"Um... because I got the offer I most wanted, so there's no need to consider anything else." Lu Zhiming looks somewhat unable to hide his happiness, "It's a company opened by my idol."
"Perfect." Guan Tang opened a can of beer with a snap of his fingers. "Congratulations." He then tilted his head back and chugged the entire can, before crushing it with his fingers and slamming it onto the table.
Luzhiming was stunned and instinctively wanted to follow, but Guan Tang stopped him: "You can do whatever you want, but you still have to go to work tomorrow."
From this sentence, Luzhiming felt like he could hear the sounds of a bloody battle.
"Thank you for picking me up today. I'm so sorry about this table full of food," Kang Tang said. "I ran into my ex-boyfriend, so I asked you to come and rescue me."
Luzhiming didn't expect that Guantang could say it, and he was stunned, asking cautiously, "What happened then?"
"Then?" Guantang snapped open another can of beer, "There's no 'then'."
Lü Zhiming: "..."
Sure enough, Guan Tang drank very fiercely, and within half an hour, he flattened four cans of beer. Just like that, he never mentioned his ex-boyfriend again, but instead asked Lü Zhiming about the location of his company and introduced him to nearby houses for rent, as well as matters to pay attention to when renting a house. His words and actions were all very normal - if he hadn't drunk so fiercely.
When she finished the seventh can, Guan Tang pressed her lips tightly, as if she was feeling uncomfortable. The dimples were squeezed out of her. With the empty crooked cans beside her, there was a strange contrast effect.
He said hoarsely, "Actually, I have a little bit..."
"A little bit..."
“……”
In the end, he didn't say what that little bit was, he was already completely drunk, and Lu Zhiming had to support him back to the room.
At this moment, Guan Tang is still somewhat conscious, but very groggy, holding onto his phone tightly. Lu Zhi Ming is worried that he might wake up and vomit, so he places a trash can next to the bed, turns on the air conditioning for him, covers him with a blanket, and finally closes the door.
After a long time, Guan Tang finally recovered and moved slightly, squinting his eyes to open his phone, fiddling for a long time, and finally contentedly tucked the phone under the pillow and fell asleep—still letting out a soft "hmm" sound.
On Weibo, Shang Mu finally posted his first message since becoming a hot search.
Meng Chengchuan's profile photo always looks like a restrained elite, with his chin slightly raised, aloof and unapproachable. But this time, Mr. Meng Chengchuan has three green question marks on his head, and his gaze at the screen is filled with a cold, murderous intent, as if he's staring at every netizen who sees this Weibo post.
Are you afraid?
Shang Mu said.
Soon, the first comment was pushed to the top: "Honey, I'm sorry, it's all my fault, I was too flirtatious. Catching the cheater on the spot.jpg"
There was a burst of laughter below, and many people tagged Mo Chengchuan.
Mo Chengchuan didn't check Weibo, and Guan Tang was still asleep.
The next morning, #Mo Chengchuan was teased# quietly appeared on the tail of the hot search list.