He is Too Stingy, This Sand Sculpture Cannon Fodder

“It is well known,” Lin Mingxu thought to himself.

“Both lamb and electric blankets can cause one to get ‘fired up’. And Shu You makes people ‘fired up’ even more. In a double sense.” Lin Mingxu’s sudden thought made him feel stiff, but after they left and paid the heating bill, he spoke directly. “Let’s not go home, let’s go to the supermarket.”

“To the supermarket?” Shu You was confused. “Are you buying something?”

Lin Mingxu seemed casual. “It’s going to snow, let’s buy more food.” At least solve the problem of lamb.

Shu You made an “Oh” sound, not thinking too much. This reason was too reasonable. Although he liked to watch the snow, he didn’t want to go out on snowy days, as it was cold and slippery. It was definitely better to stock up on food at home.

The two walked side by side towards the supermarket, and it actually started snowing on the way. Shu You took two steps and stopped, occasionally reaching out to catch snowflakes. His hand was also very white, delicate, and beautiful, and when put together with the snowflakes, it was hard to say which one looked more like a work of art.

The young man strolled in the snow like a beautiful picture.

…Then the beautiful picture only lasted for a few minutes. The snow got heavier, and it was cold when it fell on the face.

Shu You had a bright idea and quickly took a few steps to approach Lin Mingxu. “Lin Mingxu…are you cold? Shall I warm you up?”

Lin Mingxu had no expression. “I’m not cold.”

“But I’m so cold.” Shu You looked at him like a puppy, trying to evoke some kindness from Lin Mingxu.

He stretched out his hands pitifully, with pink and white nails that lacked any trace of blood. He dragged out his words. “Boyfriend…”

Lin Mingxu’s body stiffened, and he suddenly spoke in a cold voice. “Speak properly.”

Shu You: ???

Hasn’t he always spoken this way?

Lin Mingxu looked at him deeply, took big strides and walked ahead, completely ignoring him.

Shu You was completely baffled.

There weren’t many people in the supermarket on Friday, and it was very warm inside with the heating on, melting the snowflakes on Shu You’s body quickly. He followed behind Lin Mingxu, unconsciously attracted to the special offers.

…Beef is also on sale!

…Chicken legs are also on sale!

…There’s a special discount for hotpot ingredients!

Shu You kept stuffing things into the shopping cart, and when Lin Mingxu turned around to take a look, he found that the things piled up in the cart were even higher than those of Shu You’s.

I can only see a strand of hair swaying back and forth with the shopping cart, with its tail still a bit damp.

The man took another look inside the shopping cart and noticed that most of the items were on sale.

Lin Mingxu was not surprised by this and his mouth twitched.

He reached out to take some items, but Shu You quickly reached out to stop him, “No, no, no!”

Lin Mingxu frowned, “We don’t need to buy so much.”

Shu You strongly disagreed, “We won’t find this store again once we pass this village! Buying now while it’s on sale is the most cost-effective!”

Lin Mingxu choked on his words.

Shu You raised the bag on his left, “Look at this beef, it’s fresh and tender, and now it’s only 20% off! We can make hand-made meatballs with it when we get home!”

On the right side was another bag, “Look at these chicken legs, they’re big and thick, and now they’re only 6.96 yuan per kilogram! We can make teriyaki chicken legs with them when we get home!”

Finally, there was a bag in the middle, “Look at this…”

Lin Mingxu sighed, “Our fridge isn’t big enough for all this.”

Shu You was stunned for a moment. He had forgotten that this wasn’t their old double-door fridge plus 500-liter freezer.

The strand of hair on his head wilted.

Lin Mingxu’s breath hitched, and after a while, he spoke calmly, “…let’s keep the beef and chicken legs.”

With Shu You’s cooking skills, these two dishes would definitely be delicious.

Shu You quickly nodded, “Okay, good boyfriend!”

He made a heart shape with one hand, “You’re such a good boyfriend!”

The young man’s smile suddenly brightened, and he even began to hum a tune, “I have a boyfriend who’s always good to me…”

“…”

Lin Mingxu seemed to have heard a similar tune somewhere.

But some kind of life experience with Shu You stopped him from asking.

They continued to walk down to the next shelf, and the shopping cart was a lot shorter. Whenever Shu You wanted to take something, Lin Mingxu would lightly glance at him.

Shu You: “…”

He suspected that Lin Mingxu was shy about spending money.

However, thinking about how Lin Mingxu had just paid thousands of yuan for heating without blinking, it didn’t seem to be the case.

No, that’s not right.

Lin Mingxu used to be a rich person, and his cavalier attitude towards spending money was a habit. You couldn’t use that to judge him.

Shu You rubbed his chin and fell into speculation, unknowingly stopping his footsteps. Lin Mingxu took a few steps forward and noticed that he hadn’t caught up. He turned around and raised an eyebrow, “What do you want to buy?”

“I want to…”

Shu You said seriously, “Let’s not buy anything, let’s just go home first.”

Lin Mingxu was slightly surprised, “Are you sure?”

“I’m sure.”

Shu You said in a serious tone, “We need to save money.”

Lin Mingxu understood, “I’ll use my credit card today.”

“That won’t do either.”

Shu You blurted out, “My boyfriend’s money is my money.”

Lin Mingxu’s mouth twitched, “What about your money?”

Shu You blushed and lowered his head, “My money is still my money.”

Lin Mingxu was speechless, “Do you really think that way?”

“Of course.”

Shu You said confidently, “My boyfriend and I are inseparable. There’s no distinction between mine and yours. What’s yours is mine.”

“So who should pay for what? It’s all painful,” he looked at Lin Mingxu with helplessness, “Don’t be so calculative. Let’s not split hairs over this.”

Lin Mingxu, who was being called “calculative,” took the remaining bag of chips from Shu You’s shopping cart. “Since we’re trying to save money, we don’t need this.”

Shu You: !!!

He was shocked and quickly took the bag of chips back, holding it in his arms as he cried, “Don’t do this! I can’t live without it! Chips, wake up, wake up, chips…”

At this time, a mother and daughter passed by. The little girl curiously asked her mother, “Mom, didn’t you say that chips don’t taste good?”

Mom: …

The young mother calmly pulled her away. “Yes, they don’t taste good. That guy must have eaten too many chips when he was a kid. That’s why he’s like this.”

Shu You ignored them and put another bag of cucumber-flavored chips back in his shopping cart.

Lin Mingxu: …

After they finished shopping, they went to the checkout. Seeing the long line, Shu You went straight to the self-checkout area and scanned the items himself.

Lin Mingxu was responsible for paying.

They walked out of the supermarket carrying bags of groceries. Snowflakes had already fallen outside, leaving a layer of white on the roof and ground. Shu You was in high spirits and carefully picked a piece of snow without footprints, lightly stepping on it.

Leaving a clear and complete footprint, he urged Lin Mingxu, “Quickly, boyfriend, you do it too!”

Lin Mingxu looked at him with the same light gaze as he did in the supermarket and silently refused.

“Come on, just once.”

Shu You even tried to take the bag he was carrying. “I want to take a picture and post it on my social media.”

Suddenly, Lin Mingxu had an idea. “Did you add Zhu Feiche as a friend yet?”

“Uh… I don’t think so.”

Shu You was too busy with eating at the time, but Wu Youzhe had added Zhu Feiche. But this was a small matter, and Shu You said casually, “If you need me to, I’ll ask Brother Wu to add him.”

“Then don’t bother.”

Lin Mingxu said coldly, “If you need to get paid, go to the finance department. Don’t bother him.”

This hit the nail on the head.

Shu You immediately forgot about adding Zhu Feiche as a friend and thought about adding the finance department’s sister’s friend later.

Under Shu You’s coaxing, Lin Mingxu finally left a footprint in the snow.

It was to the left of Shu You’s footprint, with his left foot. They formed a pair with Shu You’s right foot.

Although one was big and one was small, they looked strangely harmonious and matched.

Shu You happily took a photo, edited a few words, and posted it.

【A snowy day.】

Not even five minutes after he posted it, someone had already liked and commented on it.

[Wu Youzhe: I miss my wife, really, when we were dating in college…]

… The next three paragraphs were omitted.

Chu Qing, who insisted on getting Shu You’s contact information last time, also liked the post and commented: [Wow, where is this? It’s so romantic, you guys are really good at playing. I want to take a picture with my boyfriend too!]

Shu You replied to Chu Qing: [Just on the street, hehe.]

He showed the only two likes to Lin Mingxu excitedly and said, “Look, someone replied.”

Lin Mingxu glanced at it, raised his eyebrows, and didn’t say anything.

Shu You was thrilled and kept looking at his phone for a while before putting it away.

When they got back home, Lin Mingxu’s phone rang shortly after, and he picked it up to see that it was a message from Peng Shang’en.

Peng Shang’en had sent a lot of exclamation marks and a screenshot.

The screenshot was exactly Shu You’s WeChat Moment.

[Peng Shang’en: Brother Lin, why don’t I have Shu You as a friend? Please add him for me!]

Lin Mingxu was speechless: [Why do you want to add him?]

[Peng Shang’en: To be the first to know the latest gossip. I can’t let Chu Qing beat me.]

[Lin Mingxu: ???]

After treating Zhu Feiche coldly and ruthlessly, Lin Mingxu cruelly rejected Peng Shang’en as well.

The phone screen still showed the screenshot Peng Shang’en had sent, and Lin Mingxu’s gaze lingered on it for a moment, unconsciously pausing. Shu You popped his head out of the kitchen at this time and asked, “Boyfriend, what do you want to eat tonight?”

They had bought a lot of food, so they didn’t have to stick to just lamb dishes.

Before Lin Mingxu could answer, Shu You looked over and suddenly exclaimed, “Lin Mingxu, what’s wrong with you?”

The man looked at her in confusion.

Shu You ran to him and stared at him nervously, “Are you feeling unwell?”

Lin Mingxu: “What?”

Shu You boldly reached out and pinched his cheek, “The muscles on your face were twitching just now.”

He even boldly hypothesized, “I suspect you have facial spasms.”

Lin Mingxu’s facial expression instantly became speechless, “It’s impossible.”

Shu You confidently refuted him, “Then, could it be that you were laughing just now?”

Lin Mingxu’s body trembled, and he instinctively denied it, “You’re mistaken.”

“I’m not mistaken.”

“You’re mistaken.”

“I couldn’t be mistaken.”

“You…”

Shu You raised his hand and wanted to pinch him again, but Lin Mingxu was now wary and dodged away.

He refused to cooperate, but Shu You became even more enthusiastic. Three minutes later, Shu You took out his phone, opened the camera, and said seriously to Lin Mingxu, “Do it again.”

Lin Mingxu’s forehead began to throb, “What are you doing?”

Shu You said seriously, “I’m now an artist.”

“I’m planning to make a documentary with my phone.”

“It’ll be called ‘My Boyfriend Actually Laughed’.”

Lin Mingxu said meaningfully, “Then I can also make one.”

“Mine will be called ‘My Boyfriend Cries Beautifully’.”

Shu You was stunned for a moment, and then used the same trick, “Boyfriend, you don’t love me anymore.”

“You’re laughing secretly and won’t let me say it.”

He covered his chest, heartbroken and about to collapse, saying, “Since that’s the case, then I’ll secretly take a picture.”

Lin Mingxu: …………

Lin Mingxu never thought he would have to guard against being secretly filmed at home.

Shu You’s camera was very accurate, and his hand was especially stable, like a surgeon who had been holding a scalpel for ten years.

Lin Mingxu couldn’t take it anymore. “Can’t you use a different tactic?”

Shu You asked back, “What tactic did I use?”

Lin Mingxu squeezed out an answer through his teeth, “The one where you say ‘I don’t love you anymore.'”

Shu You said confidently, “Then do you still love me?”

Lin Mingxu: ……..

His lips were motionless, as if glued together.

Shu You widened his eyes and said mournfully, “Why aren’t you speaking, Lin Mingxu?”

He finally said, “You really don’t love me anymore. I’ve decided to run away from home!”

Lin Mingxu’s forehead twitched. “No, you can’t!”

“I’m going!”

“I said no!”

“I’m going to…”

Shu You talked tough but acted fast. He immediately walked to the entrance and started putting on his shoes, even making a face at Lin Mingxu.

Lin Mingxu’s temples started to ache.

He should reflect on himself and why he would argue with Shu You over such trivial matters.

After all, it’s difficult to raise someone else’s level, but it’s easy to lower your own.

With all this talk, it seemed like Shu You couldn’t stay. He put on his shoes, zipped up his down jacket, put on his hat, scarf, and gloves…

Lin Mingxu looked at him deeply and asked, “Have you thought about running away from home?”

There was no way he could go far dressed like that.

Shu You suddenly came to his senses.

Wait a minute, why did he want to leave?

Oh, it was because Lin Mingxu smiled but wouldn’t admit it.

Shu You persisted and said firmly, “Then smile for me.”

“If you smile for me to take a picture, I won’t leave.”

Lin Mingxu turned his head away. “Then go.”

Shu You: ??????