CHAPTER 174: CHAPTER 160 LITTLE UNCLE, I’M SO SELFISH

Su Yan loosened the hair he was holding, placed the comb back on the vanity, and replied indifferently, "Didn’t notice."

He turned and walked towards the bed. Shen Yi An stood up and followed him. Because he usually showed this expression and attitude, she didn’t sense anything unusual and introduced, "He came to the set looking for me several times before. Tonight, he confessed to me. I said I would think about it and give him a reply later. I wanted to discuss it with you."

Su Yan turned his back to her, his face looking terribly unpleasant, feeling uncomfortable inside but asking her in a calm tone, "So, what do you think?"

"I think... he’s quite gentle and has a good temper." She glanced at Su Yan before saying, "So, I want to try dating him and see."

Su Yan took a deep breath, suppressing his emotions, turned around, and looked at her, "The company doesn’t allow it for now."

"But I’m already twenty-seven, and Grandma has been urging me to get married for several years."

Su Yan remained silent, feeling somewhat complicated.

"Little Uncle, do we have to forsake our own love for work for the rest of our lives?"

"Do you like him?" Su Yan asked.

Shen Yi An thought for a moment and replied, "I wouldn’t say like yet, just a good impression, but I think he’s nice."

"How much do you know about him?"

"...Not much right now, but I can learn more about him in the future."

Su Yan avoided looking at her and walked to the bed, sitting down, "Then handle it yourself."

Shen Yi An watched him lie down with his back to her. What was supposed to be a happy topic now felt heavy.

"Little Uncle..."

"It’s late, sleep."

His caring words lost their usual warmth, instead sounding dismissive and perfunctory. This was the emotion he only exhibited when he was unhappy.

Shen Yi An sighed, walked over to turn off the lights, and crawled into bed in the dark, lying beside him, seeing the back of his head.

"Little Uncle, I’ll be careful when I go out with him, not to cause trouble for the company." She promised sincerely, but Su Yan did not respond.

Even though they’ve been together for so many years, she just considered him as family, right?

She wasn’t wrong; it was him who shouldn’t have these distorted feelings for her.

But all along, she has been the only one in his world, while her world is filled with numerous people.

Family, friends, and people she likes.

She has had two relationships. In one, the guy found her too noisy and broke up; the second time, he found the man and threatened him, driving him away from her.

After that, she didn’t date anyone again because the men who liked her were basically driven away by him, and she was unaware of all this. She even complained to him, asking if her age was the reason no guys liked her anymore.

So today’s confession made her so happy, right?

Actually, her life should be like an ordinary girl, going shopping and watching movies with the person she likes, but he ruined all that.

He also wished that her world would only have room for him, but he never dared to say anything about romantic feelings to her.

Fearing that such vile thoughts would make her start to loathe him, every call of "Little Uncle" was a reminder of their relationship.

Seeing him ignore her, Shen Yi An moved closer and wrapped her arms around his waist, rubbing her face against his back while he lay motionless.

She frowned, simply flipping over to face him, pushed him, "Little Uncle!"

Su Yan opened his eyes and looked at her coldly, "What’s the fuss?"

She looked at him pitifully, "Are you not angry anymore?"

He was weakest against her look, and she knew it, always using this trick to act innocent.

"Why would I be angry?" You don’t even know I like you, how could you know I’m angry about you wanting to date another man?

She whispered in his embrace, "It’s not that I don’t listen to you... But Little Uncle, haven’t you thought about having a family?"

Su Yan didn’t answer, slightly supporting her body with his hand, fearing she might fall off the edge of the bed.

To him, having her by his side was home. Over the years, everyone thought it was him accompanying her, but it was truly her accompanying him.

Before knowing her, his world only had himself.

"Having countless successes, don’t you feel there’s no joy anymore? Haven’t you thought about having a baby? Then gradually leaving the industry, living an ordinary life?"

Of course, he wanted to, but now the only place they could be together openly was in the films.

Returning to reality, if he stopped acting, he feared losing her, which was his selfishness. He has always been selfish towards her.

Wanting to possess her entirely.

After a while of silence, he finally spoke, "Do you regret it? Regret following me back then."

"How could I?!" She immediately denied and then tightened her grip around him, "I love Little Uncle the most!"

"Do you feel tired now?"

Filming could go for long hours; sometimes he found it hard, but she never mentioned being tired in front of him.

She remained silent for a moment, then looked up at him, softly answering, "But you’re more tired."

He fell silent again. She snuggled into his arms, pulling his arm to use as a pillow. He thought she was about to sleep when she suddenly said, "Little Uncle, is there someone you like?"

"Yes." He replied quickly.

She looked at him with wide eyes as if she had caught the headlines: "Really?! Is it the one you filmed the TV show with?"

He pressed her head back into his arms, "No."

She stubbornly asked, "Then who is it? Feifei? Sister Baozi? Xiao Xun?" These were all actresses rumored to be involved with him.

"None of them."

She continued to pester him, "Tell me! We’re so close, and you still hide it from me!"

His voice grew gentler, low and magnetic: "Stop it, go to sleep."

"I can’t sleep if you don’t tell me."

He ignored her, but she continued to speak to herself, "Is it because the company won’t allow it, that’s why you can’t be with her?"

"How long have you known each other? Have you gone out together? Is she a celebrity? Have you acted together?" When he didn’t answer after a while, Yi An shook his neck, "Hurry up and tell me!"

"One more word." He used a stern tone, and Yi An immediately quieted down.

"Then move in a bit, I’m going to fall off."

Su Yan held her and moved towards the center of the bed. She adjusted to a comfortable position and after a while, murmured, "Little Uncle, I’m so selfish. I realized I don’t like you having a girlfriend. If you do, will you not keep me company anymore?"

Su Yan opened his eyes and looked down at her. Hearing her say this made him quite excited; at least it meant she couldn’t bear to part with him.

He thought she could genuinely and generously let him find a woman to marry and have kids. He liked her selfishness.

"I’ve suddenly lost interest in getting married. If I get married, we can’t be together anymore."

She mumbled, feeling troubled about the future.

Su Yan remained silent, but even after she fell asleep, he couldn’t fall asleep.

Would his relationship with her end here?

...

The next day, Shen Yanchen woke up from the bed with a frown, feeling weak, as if he had a severe flu.

He looked around the room, recollecting memories from last night.

At this moment, the door opened from the outside, and He Ye walked in energetically: "Brother Yan Chen, you’re up early?"

Shen Yanchen frowned at him and asked, "What happened last night?"

He Ye chuckled, "Don’t you remember?"

Then He Ye vividly described how Gu Qimiao saved him. Listening with a slight smile on his face, this master also frowned.

At the end, He Ye said, "Brother Yan Chen, if you’re feeling unwell, you should go to the hospital for a check-up."

"No need, you can leave now."

Shen Yanchen lifted the quilt and got out of bed, wearing a clean robe with a bandage wrapped around his arm.

"Hey! I take my leave."

Once the door was closed, Shen Yanchen casually took a set of clothes from the wardrobe and started changing, recalling last night’s intimate scenes with Gu Qimiao. He had reportedly kissed her until she was almost suffocated?

He really wanted to see what her expression was at that time.

Just as he was thinking, there was a gentle knock on the door, followed by her soft call: "Brother Yan Chen?"

While pulling up his pants zipper, he glanced at the door without a reply.

"Brother Yan Chen?"

Shen Yanchen continued quietly dressing. Then he heard the sound of the door lock turning, and his lips curved slightly. He knew she would come in.

He was supposed to put on the shirt, but deliberately didn’t. When the door opened, she froze in the doorway, silly smile on her face: "You’re awake? I thought you were still asleep."

Shen Yanchen nodded and walked towards her.

Gu Qimiao sneaked a glance at his body, finally focusing on his arm: "Are you okay now?"

"I heard you helped me a lot. Did you take advantage of me?"

Thinking back to last night, Gu Qimiao’s face turned red, heartbeat quickening, but she immediately waved her hands to deny, "No, Brother He helped you take the medicine, then you fell asleep."

Shen Yanchen didn’t expose her lie. He had heard that she had fed him the medicine mouth-to-mouth.

"Really? I thought I owed you an apology and wanted to make it up to you."

"Uh... as long as you’re okay, I’ll take my leave now."

Unexpectedly, she avoided him so much. Seeing her hurry to leave, he grabbed her and said, "Wait for me."

"Brother, being so lovey-dovey early in the morning?" Liang Zixuan passed by, smiling as she greeted them.

Shen Yanchen cast her a cold glance, then looked down at Gu Qimiao, "Wait for me downstairs."

Gu Qimiao glanced at Liang Zixuan, wild speculations running through her mind, then went downstairs.

Shen Yanchen closed the door. After dressing up, he came out to find Liang Zixuan still outside, smiling at him, "Last night was just the beginning."

Shen Yanchen lowered his head and warned, "I hope you still have a chance to continue."

Liang Zixuan smiled fearlessly, "I’m your brother’s wife now, what can you do to me?"