Second Take On Romance - The A-List Actor Wants Me
Chapter 113 : Crisis At Shen House (1)

Chapter 113: Chapter 113 : Crisis At Shen House (1)

"Ewwww!! Termites!!"

Shen Dou Dou fled from the infested wall and hid behind her elder brother.

"Big Brother, help!!!"

Armed with a termiticide spray, a pair of protective goggles and gloves, Shen Jingwei bravely attended to the task.

"Eeeek!!!!"

"Eeeeeekkkk!!!!"

And all Shen Dou Dou was good for was her frantic cries whenever a group of termites were exterminated.

"Jingwei, Dou Dou, come for lunch," Mother Shen called out from inside the dining room. "Don’t forget to wash up properly before entering the house."

"Yes Mom!" Both siblings cried out in unison, although only one of them had to wash up.

"Ahhh, thank heavens I have a reliable elder brother," Shen Dou Dou hugged Shen Jingwei’s arm and rubbed her cheek against Shen Jingwei’s upper arm lovingly. "Otherwise what am I going to do~"

"Uh, Dou Dou. Some termiticide got onto my clothes. You might want to..."

"Eeeeeekkk!"

Shen Dou Dou quickly let go.

"Ahhhhh! Termiticide!!!"

"..."

Apparently Shen Dou Dou was not only terrified of termites but also of termiticide.

"Mom, I am taking a bath first!" Shen Dou Dou cried out before slipping into the bathroom.

"Oh, is that so?"

Mother Shen blinked in the direction of the bathroom.

"Dou Dou must be working hard all morning..."

Shen Jingwei let out a burst of cheerless laughter.

If only her incessant screaming could drive the termites away...

"Mom, I am changing my clothes first," Shen Jingwei said. "I will come down in a bit."

His suitcase lay open in the bedroom, but he had had no time to take out the gifts he bought for his mother and sister.

Termite extermination took priority.

After cleaning himself perfunctorily in the toilet, Shen Jingwei slipped into a fresh set of clothes.

Downstairs, Mother Shen was busy setting the table for lunch.

"Mom, let me help. Oh, it smells so good."

Mother Shen chuckled.

"You act like green beans don’t exist in the big city."

"They do, but nothing beats the fresh green beans plucked from Nanwu Town’s vegetable gardens."

Mother Shen laughed heartily. "You should say that in front of the vegetable vendors. Maybe they will give us some discount."

It was pointless waiting for Shen Dou Dou to finish her shower, so the mother and son dug into their lunch first.

"Eat, Jingwei. Goodness, you are so thin."

"We all lost weight from working hard at the farming village," Shen Jingwei said.

"Mom and Dou Dou watched every episode. It was fun seeing you and your co-stars interact with each other."

Mother Shen scooped up a piece of sweet-sour chicken wings into Shen Jingwei plate.

"And how did it go with Yan Renzhong?"

Shen Jingwei’s chopsticks froze in the air for a brief moment before the man regained his composure.

"Nothing special, Mom," he replied curtly before steering the conversation to a completely different direction. "Dou Dou is already eighteen years old. Mom, she is going to graduate from high school in several months. Have you talked to her about college?"

"Dou Dou doesn’t really know what to do yet. Jingwei, have you reconciled with Yan Renzhong?"

"..."

Shen Jingwei put down his chopsticks.

"Mom, there’s nothing between me and Yan Renzhong. There is no reason for us to reconcile either. In my eyes, he is practically a stranger."

The harsh words inevitably startled Mother Shen.

"Jingwei, is everything alright?" She carefully asked.

Shen Jingwei whipped up a wide grin in response.

"But yes," he lied. "Everything is wonderful. I already start receiving payments for the filming of ’Dance Of The Dragons’ for the past few months. If everything goes well, I will be able to pay for Dou Dou’s college fee until she graduates. We should start looking into good colleges for Dou Dou."

Seeing that her son had no interest in discussing Yan Renzhong any further, Mother Shen decided to go with the flow.

"Yes," she smiled. "Dou Dou is going to be very excited."

She was not.

"Eeeeh? College?" She wailed.

"What’s wrong? Don’t you want to continue your education?" Shen Jingwei asked.

"I do, but I am thinking of going to a specialized educational institute."

"... Which is?"

Shen Dou Dou bit into her lower lip and batted her eyelids at her elder brother.

"I am thinking of going to a manhua* college."

A manhua college served as a specialized academy for honing the drawing skills of budding manhua artists.

Both Shen Jingwei and Mother Shen gaped at Shen Dou Dou.

"Dou Dou, can you even draw manhuas?" Shen Jingwei asked in bewilderment.

"Yes!" Shen Dou Dou sounded almost offended. "Big Brother, if you don’t believe me, I am going to show you my latest creations after lunch!"

Mother Shen laughed.

"Well, Mom doesn’t understand manhuas. If Dou Dou likes it, Mom supports you a hundred percent!"

"Yayyyy!" Shen Dou Dou proceeded to hug her mother. "Mom, you are the best!"

Shen Jingwei smacked his own face in response.

His little sister’s unique interest puzzled him to some level.

He could not wait to see what kind of drawings Shen Dou Dou could make.

Shen Dou Dou, too, could not wait to show her elder brother her masterpieces.

"Big Brother, come, come."

Shen Dou Dou dragged Shen Jingwei into her bedroom after lunch.

"Sit!"

After pushing him toward her bed, Shen Dou Dou retrieved her tablet and switched it on for Shen Jingwei to see.

Shown across the screen was a picture of two men, barely clothed, kissing each other.

"..."

A swipe to the right revealed the same two men, now completely naked, one straddling the other, clearly in the middle of making sweet love to each other.

"...."

Shen Jingwei switched the tablet off before he glared at his younger sister, horrified at what he just saw.

"Shen Dou Dou!" He cried out. "How could you draw gay porn and call it your masterpiece???"

Shen Dou Dou puffed her cheeks in displeasure.

"It’s not gay porn, Big Brother! It’s danmei art!"

"You are not going to manhua college to draw this... This kind of manhuas!" Shen Jingwei howled.

Their argument was interrupted by Mother Shen’s yell downstairs.

"EXCUSE ME, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"

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Author’s note :

*Manhua = manga in China.