The Sick Villain Just Want to Live

Tang Nuan, the class monitor, was very reliable. She quickly sent the address and name of Shao Ming’s milk tea shop.

This also meant she, a soul torturer, got his WeChat number. 

<Nuan’s Miracle Nikki1>: Why do you ask me for the address of the milk tea shop? Why don’t you ask Shao Ming directly? 

Zhu Tong: “…”

‘Wouldn’t it be revealing if I ask directly?’

Zhu Tong explained casually, then thanked her and turned off the phone.

In the hotel room, because it was too troublesome to take a bath, Zhu Tong could only take a simple shower. He laid down on his bed rather early, dozing off while planning to visit the milk tea shop tomorrow. 

However, it got off to a bad start.

The next morning, after hearing that he was leaving for today, Uncle Liu wished he could transform into an octopus and entangle him back to the hotel room.

It took him a lot of effort to get out of the hotel.

After finally arriving at the destination, the car stopped at the nearest square. As soon as he opened the door, Uncle Liu pushed a wheelchair and waited for him outside the car.

“Young Master, I’ll push you.”

Zhu Tong: “…”

He didn’t want to be something for people to gawk at. 

Zhu Tong was already very comfortable with Uncle Liu, so he calmly said, “Okay, Uncle Liu, but you can’t park here, you can find a place to park the car first, I’ll wait for you here.” 

Uncle Liu thought that Zhu Tong was reasonable, so he got into the car again. 

As soon as the car drove away, Zhu Tong immediately put away the folding wheelchair under a big tree nearby, and walked into the square alone.

However, when he entered the square, he realized that there was not much difference between walking with a limp and being pushed in a wheelchair.

‘Host, what are you going to do?’

Fortunately, he could distract himself from strangers looking at him by talking to System 666. 

Zhu Tong said in his mind: ‘Go and see first.’

Shao Ming said yesterday that he was going to work today, so in Zhu Tong’s mind, he couldn’t be at the milk tea shop.

He felt the need to watch over the shop, especially because of those nasty rumors. 

What if something happened and Shao Ming wasn’t around, what would his mother do?

The system was puzzled and said, ‘Why didn’t you solve the problem directly? Didn’t you always wait for the white moonlight to encounter difficulties?’

–Isn’t this the time to increase your favorability?

Zhu Tong said, ‘What if it becomes self-defeating?’

Shao Ming was quite the paranoid person. While he’s not a saint, he always repaid people’s kindness towards him. 

Zhu Tong’s guilty conscience would eat him clean if he exploited this trait of Shao Ming.

‘If you have nothing to do besides nagging me, you might as well spend your time understanding the virtue of humankind.’ 

System: “…”

System: ‘But what is the use of you coming to the milk tea shop to help?’

Zhu Tong: ‘To capture a band of thieves, you must first capture the leader; before you deal with the son, you must first deal with his mother. You see, this is called being efficient.’ 

The system doesn’t have a speech module, but it was speechless all the same. 

Zhu Tong stood in the center of the square and looked around, wondering, “Where is the milk tea shop?” 

The system could see a wider range of vision compared to Zhu Tong, so it knew where it was. It just didn’t feel like telling its stupid host outright. Seeing Zhu Tong kept staring at the empty area, it jabbed, ‘Why don’t you look in another direction?’

Zhu Tong replied, ‘There are too many people over there.’

‘What’s wrong with too many people?’

‘If something like this happens, there won’t be too many people in the milk tea shop…’

Zhu Tong trailed off as he looked towards the crowded place. His reply came to an abrupt end. 

In the place where the crowd was most concentrated on the square, there were three words hanging above a store: Shangming Milk Tea.

It was the name of Shao Ming’s milk tea shop.

But the situation in the store is completely different from what Zhu Tong thought.

What about being reported and being investigated? Where were the people who asked for compensation until they smashed the store? The shop’s reputation was damaged, and the store itself was deserted?? 

It’s like everything Yuan Shaozhou said happened, but in the complete inverse.

There were currently two long queues for the milk tea shop.

–Has the business of Shao Ming’s milk tea shop been so good?

Zhu Tong stood in a daze for a while, and when he came back to his senses, he was already standing behind the line. There was still a long distance from the entrance of the milk tea shop. Almost all the people queuing around were girls.

It was almost October. Although the sun in the sky was not too strong, it was noon, and it would still be hot under the bright sun. After waiting in line for a while, Zhu Tong couldn’t take it anymore.

But the girls around him were full of energy, their eyes full of expectation.

‘Is the milk tea here really that delicious?’

Zhu Tong’s idea of ​​”wanting to see what’s going on” has gradually turned into curiosity about milk tea.

Two girls who had already bought milk tea walked past him, the excitement and giddiness on their faces could not be concealed.

“He’s really handsome. I even took pictures.”

“I took pictures of all three of them. It’s really a big haul!” 

The girl’s voice was quiet, and Zhu Tong was busy blocking the sun above his head, so he didn’t listen to find out what they meant.

After queuing for a while, the girl behind him noticed him. It was inevitable, especially because of his weird walking posture, despite all his efforts on concealing it. 

The girl at the back paused for a while before she spoke. She reached out and patted his shoulder, and said in a whisper, “Xiao gege, is your foot… alright?”

Zhu Tong subconsciously shrank his shoulders before turning his head. Facing the girl, he politely said, “Don’t worry, it’s okay.” 

At this time, the sun was covered by the clouds, and he put his hand down.

His delicate facial features came into her view, stunning the girl. A trace of amazement appeared in her eyes.

‘Ah… this xiao gege is so pretty.’ 

“Are you… are you alone?” The girl stuttered suddenly.

Zhu Tong nodded and said, “Yeah.”

The girl’s eyes lit up. She braved herself to ask, “Are you here for the waiter in the store too?”

This confused Zhu Tong. He asked for context, “The waiter?” 

“Yes,” The girl nodded, “Most of the people here queued up to see the waiters. They’re all handsome young men, but of course, the milk tea is also delicious, so it’s a win all around. A-ah, uhm… is this your first time here?” 

“…Yes,” Zhu Tong digested what he said, causing his reply to be a beat slower than normal. 

Though, inside, he was still wondering: ‘What waiter??’ 

He turned his head and looked into the milk tea shop… There were too many people, and he couldn’t see anything clearly.

Inside the milk tea shop, the boy behind the counter was very busy at the moment.

He proficiently mixed milk teas according to the customer’s requirements, then packed it up in one go. 

“For the payment, please scan the QR code and input the price according to this menu list, thank you for your purchase.” 

The customer took the milk tea and scanned the QR code but did not leave in a hurry. She held up his mobile phone and said, “Handsome guy, can we take a photo?”

“Sold out, please come early next time if you want to take a group photo.”

“…”

The person behind the counter was none other than Shao Ming. He served these impure groups of customers with ease.

After dismissing one person, he looked at the people behind and said, “Hi, what would you like to drink?”

After the customer ordered, Shao Ming turned around and began to prepare the order. 

At this moment, Luo Suo came in from behind the counter, walked up to him and said in a whisper, “Ming-ge, the person who reported it has been found. He is a gangster who fled to Gongshui County to avoid gambling debts. How will you deal with it?” 

Shao Ming repeated, “Hiding from debts?” 

“Yes.”

“Oh,” Shao Ming kept moving his hands and said without changing his face, “Simple, I will help him to reunite with his creditor.” 

Luo Suo immediately understood. “Okay.”

As he was about to leave, he accidentally took a glance outside. He saw that the girls on the line were looking behind one after another, and followed them curiously.

“Hey, Ming-ge, there’s someone at the door who is more attractive than you…”

Before he could finish his teasing words, he suddenly stopped to pull Shao Ming to stay inside. 

Shao Ming was pulled so hard that he frowned, and before he could say anything, Luo Suo sighed, “Your body is injured!”

Shao Ming: “…”

Outside the store, Zhu Tong had already reached an area shaded from the sun, so he didn’t have to worry much. He took out a disposable wet tissue from his pocket and wiped his face, listening to the girl behind complaining to her companion, “It’s so hot, I didn’t have this perseverance when I was chasing stars! Why does he only work on weekends?” 

Zhu Tong was halfway through wiping off his sweat, when he heard the words “only work on weekends”. This phrase somehow triggered an alarm bell on his brain. 

He suddenly had a bad feeling.

Just as he was about to look up at the store again, a shadow fell in front of him.

“Why are you queuing here?” The soft and magnetic voice was as refreshing as cold water during the scorching summer’s sun. 

Zhu Tong was startled for a moment, then slowly raised his head. Shao Ming’s face was almost in front of his eyes, and he looked at him back. 

The sickly boy must have queued up for so long. His forehead was drenched with a thin layer of sweat. He was wiping his fair neck with a tissue in his hand, his usually sickly pale face was actually flushed from the sun. 

Zhu Tong: “I…”

“Come in first.”

Shao Ming interrupted him in a whisper. He grabbed his right hand directly, and pulled him out of the crowd.

Countless people around looked at them.

Almost all those who lined up against the sun came here for Shao Ming. Seeing him come out from behind the counter, they were already very excited. But as soon as he left the store, he went straight to another handsome guy.

The moment Zhu Tong was pulled out of the queue and supported, several girls covered their mouths at the same time.

‘What is the relationship between these two handsome guys!! Why did they hug each other directly?!’

This was especially true for the two girls behind Zhu Tong. Just now, they felt that someone who had an injured leg and insisted on queuing had more perseverance than them.

In the end… the clowns were themselves!

In order to get into the store faster, Shao Ming didn’t simply support Zhu Tong’s arm. He instead wrapped his arms around his waist with one hand and supported his hand with the other.

Zhu Tong’s feet almost did not touch the ground as he was helped to walk. 

Shao Ming directly helped Zhu Tong until they were inside the store. However, the store was full of customers and there was really no room. In the end, Zhu Tong could only be situated behind the counter.

Zhu Tong sat down on a chair, raised his head, and asked, “Didn’t you go to work?” 

“Why didn’t you come directly to the shop?”

“…”

“…”

They both asked in unison. Also froze at the same time.

Shao Ming smiled and answered first, “Aren’t I working part-time now?”

‘Working part-time in your own store? Can that even be called a part-time job?’ 

Zhu Tong glanced at the burning gazes from the customers outside, and awkwardly asked, “Didn’t Yuan Shaozhou say that your store…” 

“You are afraid that my store will be closed, so you came to visit?” 

“No,” Zhu Tong hastily denied.

Shao Ming looked at him intently.

Zhu Tong was guilty and nervous, “I… I wanted to find a place to do my homework, and I happened to be here, so I…”

Shao Ming: “Didn’t you say yesterday that you would not go out on weekends?”

Zhu Tong: “…”

“Since you’re here to do your homework, where’s your homework?” 

“…”

Zhu Tong was empty-handed and didn’t bring anything.

Shao Ming saw that his deskmate’s expression was getting tighter and tighter and his body was getting stiffer and stiffer. In contrast, his own smile was getting wider and overflowing. 

“Are you so worried about me?”

Zhu Tong: “…”