Applaud for Happiness

 

When Shen Qi saw the wheelchair, he already knew that the visitor was young master Lu Zhuo that Uncle Shen mentioned.

 

Using his cooking skills, he had gathered a lot of information about Lu Zhuo from the other servants.
Thanks to his handsome appearance and performance, the aunties really liked him.
Despite not explicitly saying it, they still revealed a lot of news about the Lu family to him.

 

The main focus of the conversation was Lu Zhuo.

 

Shen Qi summarized three main points.

 

One, the young master has a cold personality, and even a little mysterious.
It is best to avoid him if possible.
Two, do not stare at the young master’s wheelchair, including his legs.
Three, do not participate in the arguments between the master and the young master. 

 

Shen Qi, who does not know the whole situation, was certainly frightened.
At least in his heart, Lu Zhuo’s image was not that great.
He only had to remain at a respectful distance from him.

 

Like now, Shen Qi was frightened by Lu Zhuo.
He quickly pulled out the headphones and tried to stand up.
But because he was too panicked, he sprained his ankle, and with the chair scooted away, his butt fell flat on the floor. 

 

“Young…young master, hiss-“

 

Shen Qi covered his buttocks, the tears that hadn’t finished falling were swelling up in his eyes again.
The pain made his whole face wrinkled into a ball.
But because Lu Zhuo was there, he did not care about the pain.
He quickly got off the ground and remembered the servants’ advice, he said: “Sor..sorry… I, I didn’t mean to ……”

 

Oh no! Young master might have mistaken that Shen Qi fell because of him.
What if he misunderstood and pitied him? That would be even worse.

 

He hastily explained: “I am not crying because of you.
No, no, I mean, I mean, I was watching the movie, and then the heroine died.
That’s why I cried.
I am not lying.
If you don’t believe me, you can look at my screen!”

 

And placed the phone screen in front of Lu Zhuo.

 

Lu Zhuo gaze on his reddish wet eyes paused for a second, faintly said: “You are Uncle Shen’s grandson?”

 

“Yes yes.” Shen Qi hurriedly nodded, “I’m his nephew.
My name is Shen Qi.
Young master, you can just call me Ah Qi.”

 

“Mm.” Lu Zhuo answered seemingly, his gaze was faint, “Since you haven’t slept yet, make a midnight snack and send it to my room.”

 

The tone was not as cold as Shen Qi thought, so he was relieved in his heart and revealed a smile: “Okay!”

 

The handsome teenager’s eyes were still obviously red.
His expression turned from dejected to cheerful.
It looked as if he was a blossoming flower with morning dew.

 

Lu Zhuo hesitated for two seconds before maneuvering the wheelchair back to his room.

 

Shen Qi felt that the young master was not as difficult to get along with like what the other servants said.
Although he looks cold, there are various people with unique personalities.
Some people are born with a serious face.

 

He quickly reheated the remaining dishes back in the pot.
The rice has been kept warm in the rice cooker.
He made three simple dishes and a soup, and decided to make an egg custard dish.
There was only one bowl of rice left, after all, it was already after dinnertime.

 

Lu Zhuo’s room is on the first floor, around the end of the staircase corridor, Shen Qi used one hand to support the tray, while using the other hand to gently knock on the door.

 

“Come in.” The man inside answered.

 

Shen Qi tentatively pushed the door.
Indeed there was no lock.
He gently pushed open and walked in.

 

The Lu villa is an old mansion, decorated in an ancient style.
Lu Zhuo’s room was no exception.
The first thing he saw was the small living room.
The sofas, tables, chairs, and bed were made of rosewood.
On the opposite side of the sofa was a partition wall made out of rosewood as well.
Past the intricate designs on the wall, he could vaguely see Lu Zhuo’s bedroom.

 

Shen Qi quickly glanced around, but did not see the figure of Lu Zhuo.
He subconsciously called out: “Young master?”

 

Hearing that there was someone in the bedroom, Lu Zhuo, who was now dressed in his pajamas, came to Shen Qi.
He had just showered, and his hair was still wet.
Compared to the previous hair that was gelled back, his hair was now scattered.
He looked a little more youthful, and the cold aura that previously surrounded him, was also reduced.

 

“Just put the food on the table.”

 

When he passed Shen Qi, the fragrance on him exuded strong male hormones.
Shen Qi who was gay, did not dare to tell anyone about this secret, so he never properly fell in love with someone.
Although Lu Zhuo’s legs were disabled, his handsome appearance and presence made him a little uncomfortable.

 

His voice started stuttering: “O–okay.
Please enjoy your meal.”

 

Lu Zhuo glanced at him: “Okay, you can go rest.
You do not need to clean up anything.”

 

“Yes.” Shen Qi hurriedly answered, turned around and walked out a few steps.
Then suddenly thought of something, and turned back.
His gaze met Lu Zhuo’s eyes.
He quickly said, “That, I want to say, it’s not good for your hair to be wet.
You will catch a cold..” After saying that, he felt nosy, not caring what the young master’s reaction was, he hurriedly pulled open the door and walked out.

 

The next morning, Master Lu called him to the living room and introduced Shen Qi and Lu Zhuo to each other.
Shen Qi also saw the stiff relationship between Lu Zhuo and Master Lu, just as everyone had described.
One had a stern face, while the other was emotionless.
Their conversation was stiff and dry, even worse than Shen Qi’s stuttering problem.

 

After half of the month, Shen Qi attentively cooks every meal, the rest of the time is used to accompany Uncle Shen and Master Lu.
Their favorability towards Shen Qi skyrocketed.

 

Lu Zhuo was always busy, either leaving early in the morning, and coming back late at night or not even coming back home for consecutive days.
This did not let Shen Qi have the opportunity to talk with him alone.
Even if they talked, it was only when he sent food.

 

Yet, Shen Qi and Lu Jun’s relationship was getting better and better.

 

 

On Sunday, Lu Jun asked Shen Qi to play tennis together in the backyard.
During their break, Shen Qi’s phone rang a strange beep.
He hurriedly picked up the phone.
Because he came downstairs in a hurry, he forgot to turn the ringer to silent mode.

 

The strange beep comes from an app, different from other app, because it has its own notification sound.
The reason why Shen Qi rushed to turn the sound off was because the app was a dating app, similar to WeChat, but all the users on it are part of the LGBTQ community.

 

He prayed in his heart that Lu Jun didn’t know anything about it, however, when he raised his eyes to see her expression, his face immediately turned white: “I …… this ……”

 

Lu Jun saw his face and quickly reassured him: “Do not misunderstand.
I do not mean anything else, this is very normal.
You  just have a different sexual orientation.
I am surrounded by several friends who are also bisexual.
We are not in the old days, and are very open-minded, you do not have to be so nervous about this.”

 

Shen Qi smiled and breathed a sigh of relief: “Thank you.”

 

“Aiyaya, doesn’t that mean I’ll have another sister? ” Lu Jun laughed without a care in the world and said with a big smile, “Do you have a boyfriend? I can introduce you to one if you don’t.”

 

Shen Qi smiled, and replied while being a little shy: “No.”

 

Lu Jun blinked, glanced at his phone, impulsively said: “I know this app, I have a friend who uses it, and he used it to play – ahem, sorry, I do not mean …… “

 

Shen Qi shook his head, Lu Jun is right, this app is indeed used by most people to play.
There were not a lot of people who were looking for their true significant other.
He simply clicked to let Lu Jun see: “In fact, I do have someone I like.
He is uses this app, so I want to talk to him through this …… “

 

Lu Jun came over to take a look, the photo is of a handsome man with peach blossom eyes: “Not bad, how far have you two gone? Do you want me to help?”

 

Shen Qi shook his head, expression a little gloomy: “In fact, he is only my secret crush.
He does not know that I like him.
He was my high school friend, now studying in a prestigious school abroad.
It’s impossible for me to be with him, and he already has a boyfriend.”

 

He crossed his fingers and scratched out a photo of a handsome man with peach blossom eyes hugging a showy boy from behind, the two of them looking very much in love.

 

 

Lu Jun skimmed: “A prestigious school? I think you look much better than this boyfriend.
You are handsome who has a great personality, who knows how to cook.
It’s his loss for not choosing you.
Don’t worry, I’ll introduce you to a few handsome guys, guaranteed better than this David.”

 

The name below the peach-eyed handsome profile picture is David.

 

He became shy and embarrassed after the compliment.
After hesitating for a moment, he shook his head: “Thank you.
But I think it’s fine.
I have not gotten over him yet.
If I go to contact others, it is not fair to them.
Just give me a little more time, when I finally let him go, I will go meet others.”

 

Lu Jun looked at him carefully, as if to determine whether what he said was true or not.
Then her eyes became bright, and suddenly stood up: “Wait for me, I have something to ask for your help.”

 

Without waiting for Shen Qi to answer, she ran into the mansion.

 

Lu Jun ran all the way to Lu Zhuo’s room, rushed in and directly found Lu Zhuo: “Quickly, brother, lend me your phone, mine was accidentally broken.”

 

She lied without batting an eye, “It’s true! I still need to reply to that person!” 

  

Lu Zhuo kept his focus on the laptop, without lifting his head, and nodded, indicating that she could take his phone.

   

Lu Jun took the phone, and used Lu Zhuo’s fingerprint to open the phone, then ran back to the backyard, while shouting: “Give me 10 minutes.
I promise I will return the phone in 10 minutes.”

 

Lu Zhuo frowned, then focused on the computer again.

 

On this side, Shen Qi watched Lu Jun run into the house, then running back out.
She sat down and regain her breath, then gestured to him to take his phone out: “Huff…… I, huff…… I have a friend, he is also gay.
He was just cheated by his ex-boyfriend.
I’m not saying for you two to date.
I just think you guys are too lost in love, and can understand each other’s ideas, and perhaps comfort each other.
Even if you guys do not date, you guys could be friends.
What do you think?”

 

Shen Qi hesitated.

“”

 

Lu Jun glanced at the seized cell phone, the app had already been downloaded.
She pretended to be friends with him through Weibo, and registered a new account for him: “You don’t understand how evil his ex-boyfriend was.
He deliberately approached him, until my friend had feelings for him, then immediately dumped him.
Not only breaking his heart, but also almost causing him to lose his life.
Please help me with this favor, okay? “

 

“I have sent you a friend request.
Please accept it.”

 

Before she finished speaking, Shen Qi’s phone rang a unique beep.
He panicked,and looked at Lu Jun’s earnest gaze.
Under her gaze, he could only press the accept button..

 

After subconsciously glancing at the point, he was a little puzzled: “This seems to be a new account ……”

 

The name was a string of numbers, even the profile picture had not been set yet, and then look at the registration date.
Today?

 

Lu Jun said decisively: “Yes, I just called him to register.
My friend had always avoided these things, and ever since his ex-boyfriend cheated on him, he hasn’t dated ever again.
If it wasn’t for me, he wouldn’t not know about this app.
But do not worry, I already told him about you, so he will not uninstall the app, as for the name and profile picture, you wait, I will go talk to him.”

 

After saying that, she once again ran back into the house.

 

Shen Qi stared at this new account in his friends list, squinted, and then soon, the new name of the account was Samuel, and then a little later, the avatar was set.
It was a hand that was well-proportioned and slender, strong and thin.
The background seems to be the black wood desk, which made the hands look even whiter.

 

The author has something to say: Shen Qi: You have a Bai Yueguang, and I have a Zhu Shazhi.
We are tied. 1

Please join Shen Qi in the next chapter to learn how to tease a man using a cell phone.

Footnotes

(In the short story, 红玫瑰与白玫瑰, Bai Yueguang is an internet slang for people who like something/someone, yet can’t attain them.
In this case, Lu Zhuo loves Bai Yueguang, but because of his grandfather, he can’t be with him.
Zhu Shazhi is also an internet slang from 红玫瑰与白玫瑰, which are for those who can’t attain the other person, but also can’t forget them either.
In this case, Shen Qi loves his high school friend, but the other party has already left abroad.
Since then, he still couldn’t forget about him.)