Please Don't Talk to Me Yet

[Next door, my upcoming novel Bad Kitten Always Sneaks Out to Cheat is now open for favorites! A flirtatious kitty cat x straight-laced veterinarian. If you like the sound of it, please add it to your favorites~]

[Cool and aloof antique restorer who is emotionally repressed and starved for love x wildly promiscuous shop owner who secretly schemes and nurses a crush]

The thing Shu Congyu regrets most in his life is not walking straight out of that barbecue restaurant after breaking up with his scumbag ex.

His ex had cheated on him, yet blamed the breakup on Shu Congyu, saying he was cold and boring, and only cared about those broken vases and jars he was restoring. He'd only pursued Shu Congyu for his looks, but hadn't expected to end up dating a block of wood. He'd only gone to someone else because he couldn't take it anymore.

Shu Congyu really wanted to slap the bastard, but he wanted to keep his dignity, so he held back. The owner of the barbecue restaurant slapped him for Shu Congyu instead.

Shu Congyu applauded inwardly, but calmly broke his usual rule of never eating barbecue or drinking alcohol and invited the owner to have a drink as thanks.

But just one glass was enough to get Shu Congyu drunk.

His gaze fell on the owner's features, so different from his ex's, and he abandoned his usual cool restraint, sobbing as he poured out his grievances.

Sheng Lei had never seen him looking so heartbroken, tears in his eyes. He wanted to wipe them away, but restrained himself and lowered his hand.

After sobering up, Shu Congyu saw the unfamiliar bed and the hand with an injury between the thumb and forefinger, holding out a glass of water. His buried memories came flooding back. Despairing, he hid under the covers, shut his eyes, and mumbled, "Please don't talk to me yet."

*

Sheng Lei had opened a barbecue restaurant on the food street by the university for a reason: he hoped he might run into the person he'd had a crush on for years...

He hadn't expected to actually run into him, only to find him in the middle of breaking up with his ex.

When that damn ex tried to hit Shu Congyu, Sheng Lei could no longer hold back and punched him.

How could he let someone like that bully the precious person he'd cherished in his heart for so many years?

When Shu Congyu cried so heartbreakingly in front of him after getting drunk, Sheng Lei was so distressed he wanted to tear the person who had made him cry limb from limb.

After putting the drunk man to bed, Sheng Lei sat alone on the balcony all night.

When dawn broke, he decided that this time, he would be the one to protect his treasure.

Theme: Love bravely, and follow your heart.