Chapter 557
The dusk deepened, and a cold moon rose in the sky. It was already winter, and Shen Mochen sat on the rooftop, exhaling a breath and curved his lips.
"You're leaving tomorrow, right?" Liu Chaoyan was sitting beside Shen Mochen, not sure when she arrived.
"Yes, tomorrow," Shen Mochen replied.
His trip this time was a secret mission, although Buque and the Shen Family both gave him relatively official identities, the former as the "Buque" representative visiting "Shouxin," and the latter as the Shen Family's envoy. One was responsible for liaising with Roman's "Shouxin" troops, and the other for liaising with Roman's various families.
However, he was just the nominal general representative; after all, he didn't know anyone and was unfamiliar with affairs. In fact, Buque and the Shen Family both dispatched an assistant to assist him. Moreover, once he arrived in Roman, there would be someone to meet him. Shen Mochen only needed to "govern from a distance" and take the credit afterward.
Over the past few days, he had been to the hospital to visit Yin Caiyu and bought gifts for Shu Lingyun, and managed to meet Han Muxue when she had some free time.
Han Muxue is now an idol trainee, and it's said that she has to pass multiple evaluations to have a chance to debut. Recently, she's been very busy, and it was hard to find some free time.
When they met, Shen Mochen initially wanted to get close to Han Muxue, but unexpectedly, Han Muxue became serious and told Shen Mochen that they had already broken up, and idols couldn't engage in romantic activities, at most she could open the back door for him.
Shen Mochen thought it was just because Han Muxue preferred going through the back door. Hmph, she's truly a perverted little elf.
"Is that so, about when will you be back?"
"Very soon, probably about a week."
"I wonder how Xiao Xingshuang is doing. When you get there, help us take a look at her."
"...Alright."
Ever since Xiao Xingshuang went to Roman, she left the 0819 group, and no one can contact her now. Unexpectedly, Liu Chaoyan is still thinking about her.
Liu Chaoyan smiled and said, "Perhaps you could try your superpower on her. You guys had a good relationship before, right?"
"It's not that simple. I won't be staying there long before coming back... And previously, it wasn't successful either," Shen Mochen scratched his head.
Even though Xiao Xingshuang has a face that could ruin a nation, Fei Yumo stated that not every beauty could light up a superpower for him.
"Don't be discouraged. Roman has many beauties; with your looks, it's not hard to attract a few more."
"What are you saying..." Shen Mochen chuckled, "I'm mainly going to propose this time, how can I mess around under the Alexandrov Family's eyes... Besides, I'm not someone who messes around!"
"Why are you sitting on the rooftop?"
Xia Qingrou and Cai Yuncui walked over from the back kitchen, each holding two bowls of steaming hot porridge.
"Take it and drink. Sister Yuncui cooked a pot of sweet porridge!" Xia Qingrou laughed.
Liu Chaoyan raised her hand, and the two bowls of porridge floated steadily to Shen Mochen and her.
"Thanks." Shen Mochen smiled, "Sister Cai is really virtuous; how about you and Sister Xia marry me together?"
"Eh..." Cai Yuncui blushed.
"Pah, get lost!" Xia Qingrou cursed first, "Who wants to marry you, stop dreaming! Shameless, don't think just because you're the big shot of the Shen Family you can do whatever you want!"
"I'm serious. You guys think it over first; when I come back this time, give me a definite answer!" Shen Mochen laughed.
"Can't be bothered with you!" Xia Qingrou spat and pulled Cai Yuncui into the house, "Sister Yuncui, let's go, don't mind him spouting nonsense in his moment of victory!"
Cai Yuncui looked back at Shen Mochen step by step.
"Ah, you, you are no longer hiding it now?" Liu Chaoyan lowered her gaze to drink the porridge, still maintaining such elegant manners.
"I'm just being a little more honest." Shen Mochen thought for a moment, confessing, "Honestly, I feel very hypocritical. Clearly, I want it, clearly, I am unwilling to let go, but I have to act devoted. I want it all, I want Yin Caiyu, I want Xia Qingrou, I want Han Muxue, I want Cai Yuncui... I want Catherine, I want them all to belong to me."
"I see, you're quite greedy," Liu Chaoyan smiled.
"Yes, I am indeed greedy, but I hypocritically don't want to say it out loud. I'm conflicted, I'm waiting, even if everyone knows my wolfish ambitions, I still pretend... because I know it's immoral, subconsciously I want to throw the hard decision onto others. I'm waiting for them to tell me it's okay, opening a harem, then I can be at ease?"
Shen Mochen gazed at the bright moonlight with a grinning mouth.
Liu Chaoyan's eyes were deep, silently smiling.
"Clearly wanting to open a harem, yet unwilling to bear that little bit of guilt, isn't that too shameless." Shen Mochen stood up, loudly declaring, "So, I want my harem, I want everyone I love to belong to me! All of them are mine! I want a common sleep under one quilt!"
"You're dead meat!" Xia Qingrou angrily ran out, hands on her hips, scolding, "Keep spouting nonsense and I'll tear your mouth apart!"
"You'd better obediently become my wife, or to get you, I can resort to any despicable means! Miss Xia Qingrou, you wouldn't want your parents and sister to all lose their jobs, homeless with no one to care for them, right?"
"Such villainous speech! Can you be any more shameless! Yanyan, look at him!"
"Hehe, then you should know what to do, right?"
"Hmph!" Xia Qingrou saw Liu Chaoyan just smiled without speaking, again angrily returned to the dormitory.
"I feel... am I a bit out of place?" Liu Chaoyan laughed.
Shen Mochen awkwardly smiled, but only facing Liu Chaoyan, he kept a trace of embarrassment. Maybe this is the power of an elementary school goddess, or maybe it's because Liu Chaoyan is usually solemn and proper, can only be admired from afar but not trifled with.
"Lower your head a bit," Liu Chaoyan beckoned.
"What's up?" Shen Mochen leaned over.
Liu Chaoyan tilted her head, her warm, soft lips pressed up again. Shen Mochen was stunned, those lips already left, he only felt the cool, sweet fragrance of her breath.
"Did the superpower react?" Liu Chaoyan asked.
"...No." Shen Mochen licked his lips.
He hadn't tasted those lips in a long time.
"No?" Liu Chaoyan lightly tapped her toes, returning to the ground, "That's a pity then."
"Eh..." Shen Mochen also jumped down, queried, "Aren't you about to retire?"
Liu Chaoyan previously said she would soon retire; according to the timeline, it should be during this recent period.
"Originally planned that way..." Liu Chaoyan tilted her head, at that moment, her eyes seemed more beautiful than Shen Xinyue's eyes, "What, are you planning to steal my marriage?"
Shen Mochen was stunned for a moment: "If you don't want to get married..."
"Haha, I was just joking," Liu Chaoyan blinked, "The wedding date has been postponed."
"Because of the Shen Family?" Shen Mochen asked.
"Not just the Shen Family."