He is Too Stingy, This Sand Sculpture Cannon Fodder

Shu You shivered and quickly widened his eyes, saying, “What?”

He looked at Lin Mingxu in shock and muttered to himself, “That person is actually you.”

Lin Mingxu looked at Shu You skeptically and asked, “It’s me, what’s wrong?”

“Don’t you know?”

Shu You still had an expression of excessive surprise and exclaimed, “You don’t know what I’ve been through today.”

“What did you go through?” Lin Mingxu asked.

“I experienced something terrifying, so terrifying.” Shu You suddenly pounced on Lin Mingxu and hugged him, saying, “I almost mistook someone else for you.”

“Wuwuwu.” He buried his head in Lin Mingxu’s embrace and rubbed against him, saying, “He was wearing a similar coat to yours.”

Lin Mingxu froze for a moment, suddenly realizing something, and couldn’t help but ask, “Did you do something?”

“I…” Shu You hesitated and said, “I didn’t do anything, just…”

“Just what?” Lin Mingxu asked.

“Just…” Shu You whimpered and pretended to cry, saying, “I mistook him for you, but fortunately, I realized it in time and left.”

Lin Mingxu remained silent.

Yes, it was the familiar throbbing pain in his forehead.

But…

Shu You held him tightly, and with a messy head, he looked up at Lin Mingxu and obediently said, “I’m glad my boyfriend is back.”

“When you weren’t here, every minute and second felt like agony.”

Lin Mingxu remained expressionless and said, “And yet you still mistook someone.”

“When you weren’t here, my mind was muddled, and I couldn’t tell humans from animals.”

“But you still heard me calling you and ran faster.”

“It was a misunderstanding, just a coincidence.”

Shu You blushed and lowered his head, saying, “I was being so attentive, intending to come back early and warm your bed.”

“Warm the bed.”

Lin Mingxu almost couldn’t maintain his expression.

He took a deep breath, intending to keep a stern face and criticize a few words, but strangely, when he opened his mouth, the words changed to, “How do you want to warm the bed?”

“Um…” Shu You’s eyes darted around, “With my fiery and sincere heart.”

“And?” Lin Mingxu asked.

“Um…” Shu You’s eyes darted around again, “By asking the inn for an electric blanket.”

Lin Mingxu remained silent.

He knew he couldn’t expect much from Shu You.

The young man still clung tightly to him, probably afraid that Lin Mingxu would bring up the matter again. Shu You quickly urged, “Have you had dinner? Are you hungry or not?”

“Hurry, let’s go eat something and warm up.”

He looked at the man with eager eyes, his face filled with attentiveness.

However, Lin Mingxu didn’t move.

The man lowered his gaze slightly and locked eyes with Shu You, then softly said, “Don’t move.”

“Don’t move.”

For some reason, Shu You remembered the last time Lin Mingxu told him not to move.

He unconsciously held his breath as Lin Mingxu raised his hand and gently patted his hair, then withdrew it, calmly saying, “There’s a leaf on your hair.”

“Oh,” Shu You replied calmly, “Okay, thanks, boyfriend.”

Lin Mingxu turned around and threw the leaf in his hand into the trash bin. Shu You hurriedly took off his down jacket as he said, “Ahem, you should go eat.”

“I know,” Lin Mingxu replied. “I came back to find you and saw you in the garden through the window.”

When he chased after Shu You in the garden, Shu You ran like a rabbit that had seen a wolf.

Shu You laughed awkwardly and said, “I mistook someone, really. If I mistook someone again, it would be disastrous.” The thought of almost calling someone else his boyfriend made him feel uneasy.

Lin Mingxu neither agreed nor disagreed and went to the restaurant with him. Fortunately, the chef hadn’t left yet, and they were served three dishes and a soup.

At that moment, Peng Shang’en came over, feeling extremely hungry. He wolfed down his food and asked Shu You, “Didn’t you eat dinner? Why do you look like you haven’t eaten and can still eat so much?”

Shu You picked up the largest piece of meat from the plate and put it in Lin Mingxu’s bowl, shyly saying, “I can’t eat without my boyfriend here.”

Peng Shang’en: “.”

He was wrong.

He shouldn’t be here. He should be holding a lunchbox and selling matches on the snowy streets.

Peng Shang’en couldn’t help but look at Lin Mingxu and said, “No wonder you came to get Shu You first.”

Lin Mingxu paused slightly with his chopsticks in hand and calmly said, “Hmm.”

After finishing their meal, they returned to their respective rooms.

Perhaps from eating too much, Shu You felt tired and couldn’t get up when he lay down on the bed. If this continued, he felt like he would gain weight. Struggling to get up from the bed, he decided to go soak in the hot springs.

Just as he changed his clothes, Lin Mingxu came out wearing pajamas, looking at his clothes and raising an eyebrow. “You’re going to the hot springs?”

“Yeah,” Shu You confidently said, “Since we’re already here, if we don’t soak in the hot springs every day, how can we justify the love we paid for these two days and three nights?” It would probably be better if some of Lin Mingxu’s love disappeared.

Shu You hummed a tune and went out. He soaked for a long time before returning. When he came back, the room was still lit, and as he opened the door to speak, he saw Lin Mingxu sitting behind the low coffee table, staring at his laptop, seemingly busy with work.

Although his handsome face remained calm as always, there was a trace of exhaustion that couldn’t be concealed between his eyebrows. Shu You involuntarily slowed down his movements and approached quietly.

When Lin Mingxu heard the sound, he glanced over lightly.

As a reflex, Shu You placed his hand on his chin, using his thumb and index finger to push up the corners of his mouth.

Lin Mingxu froze.

Shu You leaned closer to him and let go of his hand, smiling as he asked, “Haven’t you finished working yet?”

“Hmm,” Lin Mingxu replied.

It felt as if a gentle spring breeze had blown through, making his heart soft. The urgent documents on the screen suddenly became unimportant. Lin Mingxu leaned to the side, reached out his hand, and habitually tidied up the loose collar of the young man.

“Do you like the hot springs?”

“It’s alright,” Shu You honestly said, “The scenery here is quite beautiful. It should be fun to come in the summer.”

Lin Mingxu said, “Then let’s come again in the summer.”

“Okay,” Shu You didn’t think too much about it and casually agreed.

After changing into his pajamas and coming out, Shu You saw that Lin Mingxu seemed to be unable to finish his work for a while. He couldn’t help but approach again and sat beside him, playing with his phone.

The two of them, one sitting and one lying down, were in a silent and tranquil room.

They didn’t know how long had passed, but Shu You finally felt sleepy again and yawned quietly.

He covered his mouth while yawning, thinking that Lin Mingxu wouldn’t notice. But the next second, Lin Mingxu suddenly closed his laptop, got up, and walked towards the bedroom, saying, “Go to sleep.”

“Huh?” Shu You subconsciously asked, “Did you finish your work?”

“No rush, I’ll finish it tomorrow.” Lin Mingxu had already put away his laptop and went into the bathroom to wash up. Two minutes later, he came out, and Shu You was already lying in bed.

The small bedside lamp was still on.

Under the soft light, the young man covered himself with the blanket, only revealing a delicate small face, fluffy and soft hair, and a pair of lively black eyes.

Slightly sleepy but still determined to keep his eyes open, he looked over and asked, “Are you going to sleep?”

“Sleep.”

“Of course, sleep.”

Lin Mingxu calmly walked over and lay down.

Then he said, “Goodnight.”

Like a magic spell, Shu You murmured a goodnight in response and immediately closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Once asleep, his breathing became long, and his eyelashes trembled gently.

Very well-behaved.

Lin Mingxu, somewhat inexplicably, stared at him for a long time.

The joyful weekend at the hot springs finally came to an end.

On Monday night, Shu You had a performance, and after the performance, Wu Youzhe eagerly came to find him.

When Shu You entered the backstage, he saw him. The manager immediately asked, “How was it? How was it?”

“Can you guess what good news I’m about to tell you?” Shu You said.

“Um…”

Shu You had already forgotten about it, but he was not at all guilty and calmly said, “I feel like the good news in my mind is different from how you define it.”

“What do you mean?” Wu Youzhe asked.

“I mean winning a billion in the lottery.”

Wu Youzhe: “.”

He sighed and said, “Well, I want that too.”

The two walked side by side, and Wu Youzhe kept on chattering, “By the way, I haven’t bought a lottery ticket in a long time. I’ll buy one later, but leaving that aside, Shu You, your variety show aired, you know that, right?”

“Of course, I know.”

Shu You was very happy when it came to this. “I gained a lot of fans from it.”

“Yes, that’s right,” Wu Youzhe said, grinning. “So, your popularity has increased. More people know about you now, know that you’re a comedian. We can get more business opportunities, like brand collaborations, bigger stages, brand promotions, and so on.”

“And also,” he paused for a moment, his smile widening, “Tonight, a big shot is coming specifically to watch your performance. Just now, he praised you to me, saying that your performance rhythm is excellent, the content is very entertaining. In short, he had nothing but praise for you.”

Then Wu Youzhe mentioned a name.

Shu You had never heard of this name before and quickly searched for it on his phone.

Indeed, a big shot, with lots of information in the encyclopedia.

“I inquired about it,” Wu Youzhe said, not knowing where he got the information, “he’s planning a variety show related to stand-up comedy and is currently scouting for talent.”

“This could be a show that airs on both TV and offline, the ratings will definitely be high.”

As long as he could appear, even if it was just a few shots in one episode, it would be a huge exposure.

Just like everyone is eager to be on the Spring Festival Gala, even if they have to pay for it.

Shu You couldn’t help but ask, “If I appear on this variety show, would that mean…”

“You’re right,” Wu Youzhe exclaimed enthusiastically, “you’ll become famous.”

“And you’ll earn more money.”

“But I think there’s one thing you need to improve,” Wu Youzhe, though not much help in terms of creative work, had a decent eye for it. “Your content can be more diverse. Do you need me to find a teacher in that area?”

“If there is one, that would be great.”

Shu You thought for a moment, “I’ll also think about it more on my own.”

So that night, Lin Mingxu finished his overtime work and returned home. He saw papers scattered all over the floor, and Shu You was biting his pen, staring at the tablet in his hand, looking completely drained.

“Lin Mingxu,” Shu You weakly raised his hand when he saw the man come back, barely able to speak. “I finally understand what they mean by artistic creation originating from life. Now I have the art, but life is gone.”

Lin Mingxu looked at Shu You without moving his eyes and weakly collapsed onto the sofa. “Creating is really difficult.”

He had been sitting here for hours and only managed to write one line of a title, reminiscent of the struggle he had when writing a diary in school.

Lin Mingxu chuckled helplessly.

The man walked over, strolling around, picking up the scattered white papers one by one and placing them on the coffee table. He sat down beside Shu You and saw the empty screen with only a few pitiful black characters.

Lin Mingxu couldn’t help but say, “Didn’t you perform well at the Guesthouse Residence?”

“It was alright,” Shu You absentmindedly replied. “But I can’t keep repeating the same content all the time. It’s getting harder and harder to find things to talk about when I constantly need to come up with something fresh.”

Suddenly, he turned his head to look at the man. “And Wu Youzhe asked me to participate in a variety show, but the details haven’t been finalized yet.”

“It might require several days.”

Shu You had checked, and if he were to participate in the stand-up comedy show Wu Youzhe mentioned, it would take at least several days, ranging from half a month to two months.

“I understand,” Lin Mingxu calmly said. “The important thing is to participate. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself.”

Shu You placed his pen on the white paper, still looking at the tablet screen. He suddenly thought of something and coughed lightly. “I have a few jokes.”

Lin Mingxu responded with a sound of acknowledgment.

“About my boyfriend starting a business and such.”

Shu You felt a bit embarrassed. “I’m not sure if I should use them.”

Silence.

Lin Mingxu understood what he meant.

At this moment, he should have had mixed feelings.

But for some reason…

Lin Mingxu, as if under a spell, said, “Use them more. It would be best if the whole world knows that Shu You has a boyfriend, and that boyfriend is me.”

Shu You…

Wait a minute, is this really Lin Mingxu himself?

Did he get possessed?