Category: Love Genius Qian Xiaoke (Page 1 of 3)

       Qian Xiaoke really was a good person.

       Not just a good person but also a good man.

       He sat up in bed and turned to look at Jiang Tongyan, who was lying there, staring blankly at the ceiling with lifeless eyes.

       What joy is there in life, and what sorrow is there in death?

       This phrase was written all over Jiang Tongyan’s face.

       “Chairman Jiang,” Qian Xiaoke patted him gently through the quilt, “Take your time; some things can’t be rushed.”

       Jiang Tongyan really didn’t want to listen to him, so he pulled the quilt over his head.

       What a pitiful sight.

       As a man, he couldn’t get hard, which was really one of the most pitiful things in the world.

       Qian Xiaoke was not a heartless person, and he also shared some responsibility for this. Seeing Jiang Tongyan abandoning himself like this, he couldn’t bear it.

       “Chairman Jiang, don’t be like this.” Qian Xiaoke turned over and lay on top of Jiang Tongyan through the quilt. “Really, trust me. Your illness is probably just caused by too much stress. Relax, and you’ll be fine.”

       Qian Xiaoke suddenly had an idea and slapped Jiang Tongyan.

       He slapped Jiang Tongyan so hard that he almost killed him.

       “I had an idea!” Qian Xiaoke said excitedly, “I had an idea of how to make you relax!”

       Jiang Tongyan peeked out from under the quilt and asked in a muffled voice, “What?”

       “Next time I touch you, I’ll tell you a joke.” Qian Xiaoke said, “You will naturally relax when you smile.”

       Jiang Tongyan knew that he should not have any expectations of this kid.

       “Are you just going to tell jokes like the one about swatting flies?” Jiang Tongyan’s right eyelid twitched. “Why don’t you just drop dead? I’d feel more relaxed if you were gone.”

       “…That won’t work.” Qian Xiaoke said, “I haven’t lived enough.”

       Jiang Tongyan sneered, looked at him, and then suddenly realised that this kid was actually lying on top of him comfortably at this moment.

       How to say it… If it weren’t for the rather awkward predicament they were both in right now, this might have been a heartwarming moment.

       But the problem was, there was no if.

       Qian Xiaoke said thoughtfully, “If you don’t like that joke, I’ll watch some more and find other ones for you. Don’t be so grumpy all the time. I think your inability to get hard might have something to do with your bad temper.”

       “Cut it out,” Jiang Tongyan said, “It’s all your fault.”

       “Part of it,” Qian Xiaoke lay on him and sighed, “But it’s also because you’re just not trying hard enough.”

       After saying that, he realised that he had said the wrong thing again.

       Qian Xiaoke glanced at Jiang Tongyan from the corner of his eye, and Jiang Tongyan said, “You will piss me off sooner or later.”

       Seeing that he had no intention of getting angry, Qian Xiaoke chuckled, “JUst kidding.”

       Qian Xiaoke straightened up and got off the bed.

       Jiang Tongyan watched as he bent over nakedly to pick up the clothes that were thrown on the floor and felt something stirred in him.

       However, for him now, this impulse was very painful.

       Qian Xiaoke picked up the clothes and put them on, and suddenly remembered that he had not done his business yet. After all, he returned to find Jiang Tongyan, not to save the dying and the wounded, but to get a receipt.

       “Chairman Jiang,” Qian Xiaoke said, “Can I reach into your pants pocket for a second?”

       Jiang Tongyan froze, clutching the quilt tightly as he looked at Qian Xiaoke with wary eyes.

       He didn’t hear it clearly just now and heard ‘trouser pocket’ as ‘crotch’.

       It stung a little.

       Even if he couldn’t get it up right now, that didn’t mean this punk could assault him!

       “What the hell is wrong with you?”

       “Nothing’s wrong! I just want to grab something from your pocket.” Qian Xiaoke was a little frustrated because he found that it was already too late.

       By the time he got back to the office, the finance department would likely have gone home, so he would not be able to get his money tonight.

       If he couldn’t get his money, he would feel uneasy, and if he felt uneasy, he would be in a bad mood.

       This matter was all Jiang Tongyan’s fault. He might have gotten the money if Jiang Tongyan hadn’t dragged him.

       “Take it.” Jiang Tongyan said, “Find it yourself.”

       After he finished speaking, he added, “Go wash your hands first, don’t dirty my pants.”

       Qian Xiaoke pouted, “My hands are full of your smell. Do you even dislike yourself?”

       He muttered in a low voice, and Jiang Tongyan didn’t hear it clearly.

       Qian Xiaoke got the receipt as he wished. He then put the trousers away like a treasure. He figured it was almost quitting time anyway, and since his home was closer, he might as well skip the office and head straight home.

       He dressed neatly and prepared to leave.

       Jiang Tongyan was still lying in bed, looking depressed. After Qian Xiaoke left, he slowly stood up like an old man who was about to die.

       Very depressing.

       Jiang Tongyan took his phone and looked at the calendar. He decided to make an appointment with a psychologist after returning to New York.

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       Qian Xiaoke went home.

       It was not yet six o’clock when he got home, a little earlier than his usual time to get off work.

       The hallway was pitch black when he entered his rented apartment.

       The place he rented made people very depressed. In hindsight, he might have been swindled to some extent.

       Back then, Qian Xiaoke was in a hurry to find a new place because the landlord of his previous apartment suddenly wanted it back. At the time, Qian Xiaoke didn’t know any better—he had no idea he could use legal means to protect his rights. Naively, when the landlord told him to move out within three days, he panicked and immediately started searching for a new place.

       Because he was in a hurry, he was careless. Later, Qian Xiaoke also suffered from his carelessness.

       At the time, to save on agency fees, he chose a small, unknown rental agency.

       Normally, agency fees were equivalent to one month’s rent, but this agency only charged half a month’s rent. 

       Half a month!

       So, Qian Xiaoke signed the contract immediately after seeing the house.

       It was a three-bedroom unit, and the monthly rent for the second bedroom he chose was 1,500 yuan. The room was fairly spacious, though the window was a bit small. But that didn’t matter—what was important was that it was both spacious and cheap. 

       The apartment was vacant at the time, with no tenants. The agent had assured him, “It’s a three-bedroom unit meant for three people, all young men. The other two tenants are from neighbouring cities and rarely come to stay. Don’t worry, this apartment is great.”

       Qian Xiaoke nodded repeatedly, thinking that he had picked up a treasure, so after signing the contract, he happily prepared to move.

       The day after Qian Xiaoke moved in, the residents of the other two rooms also moved in, but it was a little different from what the agent said. The two rooms were all occupied by couples, so originally, there were three people living in them, but in the end, there were five people living in them.

       Couples were couples, and five people were five people—Qian Xiaoke tolerated it.

       But he never could have imagined that this was just the beginning.

       One unremarkable Wednesday, everything seemed normal when he left in the morning. But when he returned in the evening, he thought he had walked into the wrong apartment.

       The original living room had disappeared, and as soon as he opened the door, there was a small dark corridor where the living room should have been made into two small partitioned bedrooms.

       Qian Xiaoke was shocked.

       Before he could reach out to the agency for clarification, the two cubicles were already occupied. The three-bedroom, one-living room, one-bathroom apartment had been transformed into a five-bedroom, no-living-room, one-bathroom unit. The number of residents had also increased from the original three to seven or eight people.

       Why ‘seven or eight’? Because one of the guys living in a partitioned cubicle often brought people over—different genders, all unfamiliar faces, and never the same person twice. It left Qian Xiaoke completely dumbfounded. 

       When he finally reacted and wanted to contact the agent, he couldn’t get in touch. The unscrupulous agent had evaporated, and none of them who lived here had the landlord’s contact information.

       At the time, he had paid three months’ rent upfront as a deposit, so even if he had to grit his teeth and endure it, he was determined to stay for at least that quarter. 

       Moreover, even if he moved out later, he knew he wouldn’t get his deposit back, which made him feel even more upset.

       Qian Xiaoke had to pay for his carelessness and could only live there.

       He walked along the dark corridor to his bedroom. When he unlocked the bedroom, he heard the sound of ‘umm, ah, ahng, hnn’ coming from the partition again, which made his ears burn.

       He quickly opened the door, entered the house, and closed the door.

       Qian Xiaoke sighed deeply, put down his things, and lay on the bed thinking about what part-time job he should do to make back the lost deposit. There was still more than a month left for the three months to be over. He estimated that he would have to move anyway. With the current housing prices, renting a house is so expensive!

       He turned over and glanced at the receipt.

       When Qian Xiaoke saw the receipt, he subconsciously thought of Jiang Tongyan.

       It’s good to be rich.

       Rich people could stay in a VIP suite in a five-star hotel for more than a thousand yuan a night, and the price of one night was almost as much as his monthly rent.

       Qian Xiaoke pulled the quilt over his face and decided to sleep first.

       Dreams could have anything in them.

       Muscular men.

       And money.

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       Jiang Tongyan’s Chinese language skills were indeed lacking, but even he knew what ‘a father’s love is as steady as a mountain’ meant.

       Not only did he understand ‘a father’s love is as steady as a mountain’, but he also knew the phrase ‘the more you try to cover up, the more obvious it is’.

       “Don’t try to cover it up and make it worse.” Jiang Tongyan said, “Qian Xiaoke, just you wait. One day, I’ll shut your mouth myself.”

       Qian Xiaoke pursed his lips subconsciously and fell silent.

       The two of them remained in a stalemate for a while. Qian Xiaoke felt that this couldn’t continue—he couldn’t just waste an entire afternoon without getting anything done, could he?

       “Are we still going to continue this?” Qian Xiaoke asked, “If we’re not continuing today, I’ll go back first.”

       He felt a little guilty and said tentatively, “I have to take the receipt back for reimbursement.”

       The main thing was the receipt.

       Other things can be discussed later. The most urgent thing is to take receipt back for reimbursement. Although buying a phone for Jiang Tongyan was technically a temporary expense on behalf of the company, even so, he didn’t feel at ease about it.

       If the money wasn’t in his own pocket, his heart just was not at ease.

       But Jiang Tongyan wasn’t like Qian Xiaoke. Having grown up accustomed to wealth, he didn’t think much of covering expenses for the company. It wasn’t a big deal in his eyes—it would be reimbursed sooner or later, so what was the rush? For him, the real focus was, ‘Are we still going to continue this?’

       Are we still going to continue this?

       Jiang Tongyan just wanted to sew Qian Xiaoke’s mouth shut, but now his ears had turned red.

       It was really embarrassing. A proper, rich, and handsome man being flustered by a little rascal like this—how shameful.

       If word got out, he’d probably be laughed at.

       Qian Xiaoke saw that he didn’t respond and was a little anxious. He moved forward, “Chairman Jiang…”

       His tone was soft and his voice was faint, as if he was afraid of startling Jiang Tongyan.

       Qian Xiaoke was afraid of startling him, afraid that this obviously absent-minded person would be jolted back to reality, get angry, and then he would have to coax him again.

       So exhausting.

       Qian Xiaoke, a corporate slave, felt that this field trip was really a bit deadly.

       “Chairman Jiang…” Qian Xiaoke’s faint voice floated into Jiang Tongyan’s ears, soft and gentle that it seemed infused with affection.

       Jiang Tongyan turned to look at Qian Xiaoke and suddenly felt that in addition to the sound of the other party calling his name, he seemed to hear the sound of drums.

       After a few seconds, he realised that it was not a drum sound at all but his heartbeat.

       Jiang Tongyan was unwilling to admit that he was seduced by Qian Xiaoke. It was too shameful; it made him feel blind.

       Just a while ago, on the day he first ran into Qian Xiaoke, Jiang Tongyan had been on a blind date. Zhou Mo had introduced him to a man, a flight attendant who matched Jiang Tongyan’s ideal partner criteria in every way, from looks to temperament to personality. It was as if the man had been born for him.

       What was the word again?

       Tailor-made.

       The moment he saw the other person, Jiang Tongyan really thought it was God’s arrangement. Didn’t they say that if God wants to give a man a great task, he must first make him suffer? He felt that he had failed in so many relationships before and had been intercepted by Shen Huiming so many times, all for this encounter.

       What was that person’s name?

       Suo who?

       He couldn’t remember, anyway, Jiang Tongyan liked him very much.

       In the end, because of Qian Xiaoke, he lost everything.

       That day, his nemesis Shen Huiming, had also been there. Originally, Jiang Tongyan should have left with the Suo-surnamed flight attendant. They might’ve gone for a walk, had a drink, and possibly even defined their relationship. But then Qian Xiaoke stumbled drunkenly into the scene, clinging to Jiang Tongyan and refusing to let go. Jiang Tongyan couldn’t shake him off and had to watch as Shen Huiming left with the flight attendant instead.

       How could he not resent him?

       In his opinion, his other half should be like that flight attendant, a high-class beauty with outstanding temperament, not this Qian Xiaoke who…

       Jiang Tongyan frowned and looked at him, searching his mind, but couldn’t think of a suitable word to describe him.

       However, the truth was this, and the reality was another version of the unfolding.

       Destiny is always elusive, and the thing called ‘love’ contained in destiny? Don’t even try to figure it out.  

       Jiang Tongyan did not intend to define his heartbeat for Qian Xiaoke as ‘love’ at this moment. He got goosebumps all over his body just thinking about it. He figured that, as tasty as spicy hotpot might be, he’d still probably choose a Western restaurant

       “Chairman Jiang, how about… let’s continue tomorrow.” Qian Xiaoke looked at the time and was a little anxious.

       He had to get back to the company before getting off work otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to claim reimbursement for those thousands of yuan today.

       The longer this dragged on, the more risks there were. If he couldn’t file for reimbursement today, he’d probably lose sleep over it tonight.  

       Qian Xiaoke was leaving. Jiang Tongyan should be happy, but he glared at him, “You want to run away?”

       Qian Xiaoke was startled, and thought: What’s this now? Who told me to leave quickly just now?

       “This can’t be called running away,” Qian Xiaoke smiled and was willing to sell his soul for the receipt, “Chairman Jiang, we call it another time.”

       Jiang Tongyan was unhappy. Ever since he’d met Qian Xiaoke, he’d had bouts of irritation now and then.

       “Aren’t you going to treat me? I’m not even hard yet, and you want to leave?” Jiang Tongyan poked his eyebrows with his finger, “You said you were responsible for me. I think you are a scumbag who says one thing and does another!”

       Qian Xiaoke, who was suddenly labelled as a ‘scumbag’, didn’t know why he was secretly happy. Although it seemed very unreasonable at first glance for Qian Xiaoke, who read a little too many novels, most of the ‘scumbags’ in BL novels were still followed by the following labels—handsome, and have lots of admirers.

       “…What are you smiling for?” Jiang Tongyan thought Qian Xiaoke might be the one who should see a psychiatrist.

       No, not a psychiatrist. He should go directly to the psychiatric department; this person was obviously mentally unstable.

       “Nothing, I wasn’t smiling.” Qian Xiaoke said, “I am a kind-hearted doctor. I will massage you for another ten minutes.”

       He glanced at the time again, “Chairman Jiang, I really have something to do today, and we will stop here for another ten minutes of massage today.”

       As he spoke, he reached out and shook his hand again.

       “I’ve been thinking about it. There’s no need to stress if today’s treatment doesn’t work,” Qian Xiaoke said as if it was a serious matter. “This kind of massage is different from other kinds. A proper treatment requires skillful techniques. I’ll go home tonight and study more. Maybe tomorrow you’ll feel better.”

       Jiang Tongyan listened to him talking nonsense with an unhappy face, raised his hand and pulled his hair, “What kind of massage is it?”

       Qian Xiaoke smiled, “That kind!”

       He raised his eyebrows, and his smile was mixed with a little bit of vulgarity, “The erotic kind.”

       Jiang Tongyan: “…”

       Qian Xiaoke thought he didn’t understand and continued to explain, “It’s just like what happened between us before. Before you became impotent, didn’t I touch you?”

       Again with this!

       Jiang Tongyan was really angry. He stood up and flipped Qian Xiaoke to the ground.

       Qian Xiaoke hadn’t reacted yet, so Jiang Tongyan grabbed his wrist, bent down, and lifted him up.

       Qian Xiaoke was shocked. He had never been carried like a princess before. Suddenly, his cheeks flushed, and he felt a little shy.

       He put his arms around Jiang Tongyan’s neck and said shyly, “Hey, Chairman Jiang, what are you doing?”

       After asking, he suddenly felt a little regretful. It was really sad that Jiang Tongyan, who had both good looks and good figures, couldn’t get it hard.

       As his thoughts wandered, Jiang Tongyan had already thrown him on the bed.

       The naked man Jiang Tongyan stood by the bed with cold eyes and said with gritted teeth, “Qian Xiaoke, adults should think about the consequences when they do things.”

       “Huh? What?”

       “You pissed me off.” Jiang Tongyan said, “Didn’t you say I was weak? Today, I’ll let you see how hard gege can be!”

       As he said that, Jiang Tongyan lifted his long legs and got on the bed.

       Qian Xiaoke’s heartbeat accelerated, and his whole body was hot. He watched Jiang Tongyan, who pounced on him like a ferocious beast, and suddenly reminded the first time they had.

       The first half of that time, anyway.

       It was quite intense, exciting, and thrilling.

       If someone else did this to him today, he would definitely kick the other person in the crotch. However, this person was Jiang Tongyan, and half of his virginity was already in the other person’s hands. He wished that this person could quickly take the other half.

       Although he was not very satisfied with Jiang Tongyan’s soul, he still coveted what his c0ck got to offer.

       Qian Xiaoke did not resist at all, ready to check how ‘hard’ gege could be.

       However…

       Jiang Tongyan: “…Just leave. Let’s never see each other again.”

       It just…didn’t happen.

       Devastating.

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       How should one describe this kind of feeling?

       Jiang Tongyan’s grasp of Chinese wasn’t great, and after racking his brain, all he could come up with was: ‘subtle’.

       As for what exactly made it subtle, it was something like fog, like rain, and yet like wind. Like a summer fireball or winter ice.

       In short, it was a stimulus that could only be understood but could not be conveyed in words.

       Qian Xiaoke, for his part, wasn’t particularly experienced in this kind of thing. Deep down, he was actually a reserved and conservative person—though hardly anyone would believe that if he said it out loud, he himself firmly believed it to be true.

       Qian Xiaoke said, “I… it’s my first time…doing it with hands.”

       Jiang Tongyan’s back was against the wall, and he dared not breathe. Yet, within seconds, he couldn’t help but start gasping heavily.  

       Qian Xiaoke said, “We’ll just get a feel for it now, then I’ll go back and study properly tonight, and we will start officially tomorrow.”

       From the way he said it, anyone overhearing might think the two of them were about to do something serious and proper.

       Qian Xiaoke touched him very hard, genuinely putting on the demeanour of treating a patient. He suddenly felt that if he really cured Jiang Tongyan one day, Jiang Tongyan should give him a banner with the words: ‘Miraculous Hands Restoring Life to the Lifeless’.

       He really hoped that Jiang Tongyan could get better; otherwise, he would really feel bad.

       As the two of them went through this process, Jiang Tongyan’s mind soared to a climax, but his body remained completely calm—so calm, in fact, that he even felt a little amused.

       This feeling of being willing but unable to do anything was too maddening. Jiang Tongyan thought that before his body recovered, he might have to talk to a psychologist first.

       Qian Xiaoke squatted there to touch him at first, but later, he felt his legs numb, so he just sat on the carpet.

       In the beginning, Qian Xiaoke felt a bit shy about the whole thing. After all, he was quite pure-hearted, and touching someone like that really embarrassed him. His face instantly turned red when his fingers brushed over the area.

       If something like this happened between two normal people, it might naturally lead to a fiery and indescribable event. However, when it came to these two people, even doing this kind of thing seemed particularly upright and righteous.

       Qian Xiaoke was saving the dying and the wounded.

       Jiang Tongyan was simply the injured patient who couldn’t get hard.

       In contemporary society, where the doctor-patient relationship was so fraught, there would be no story between the two of them.

       Qian Xiaoke was shy for a few minutes and then began to complain, “Why don’t you have any reaction at all?”

       Jiang Tongyan frowned.

       Qian Xiaoke worked for a while and then began to complain again, “Can this work? My arm is a little sore.”

       Jiang Tongyan bit his lip.

       Qian Xiaoke continued to work on him. But this time, he was obviously not as serious as before, lazy, and continued to complain, “Why is there no effect at all? Are you a man?”

       Jiang Tongyan raised his hand and slapped Qian Xiaoke’s hand with a ‘slap’.

       Qian Xiaoke’s hand was slapped red, and he felt a little wronged. Later, he realised that he was just a little bit rude, and he couldn’t blame others for this.

       “Ahem,” Qian Xiaoke said, “Don’t be angry.”

       Jiang Tongyan’s face turned blue, and he pulled the towel to cover himself, “Just go.”

       He looked really weak, pitiful and helpless. The nearly 1.9-meter-tall man shrank into the corner of the room, and Qian Xiaoke actually saw the contrast endearing.

       Qian Xiaoke: “I can’t just leave like this.”

       I still hadn’t gotten what I came for.

       Jiang Tongyan couldn’t hear his inner monologue. Jiang Tongyan assumed that Qian Xiaoke felt that the ‘treatment’ of his illness was ineffective, but he didn’t leave because of ‘man’s responsibility’.

       “You don’t have to act so hypocritical here!” Jiang Tongyan looked up and glared at him, “I can see that you don’t want to cure me at all. You just want to humiliate me!”

       Jiang Tongyan had lived for 30 years and was, after all, a favoured child of the heavens—a natural-born success. Wherever he went, he carried himself with an air of authority, like a true big shot. There were plenty of women and men who admired him—though, of course, the only people he had ever liked were those who liked Shen Huiming.

       But no matter what, he, Jiang Tongyan, was also a decent person. He had never suffered such grievances, such crimes, and had never been humiliated like this since he was a child.

       “Just go.” Jiang Tongyan said, “Let’s not meet again in the future, whether we are destined or not.”

       He was scared now. 

       If he couldn’t provoke the guy, the least he could do was avoid him.

       Originally, Jiang Tongyan returned to China this time to finish the last project with Cheng Sen and discuss returning to China for work. He’d been prepared to accept Cheng Sen’s proposal to help out.

       Of course, his decision to return to work in the country had absolutely nothing to do with Qian Xiaoke. It was entirely for the sake of taking care of his grandparents. He believed that filial piety comes first in life, and since his grandparents insisted on returning to their roots in their old age, he decided to come back to accompany and care for them. Otherwise, being so far away, he truly couldn’t feel at ease.

       But now, because of Qian Xiaoke, he was on the verge of losing the will to live. For the time being, he could only let his grandparents down—this useless grandson of theirs had to make a run for it first.

       Qian Xiaoke sat on the carpet and frowned.

       “What’s that expression on your face?” Jiang Tongyan said to him unhappily, “Are you still feeling wronged?”

       “No, not wronged.” Qian Xiaoke said, “I really don’t mean to humiliate you.”

       Qian Xiaoke tried to make himself look more sincere, “I really want to solve this matter; otherwise, I can’t sleep well.”

       “Yes, you should feel uneasy.” Jiang Tongyan glared at him, “Think about who made me like this? Even if I become a ghost in the future, I will not let you go.”

       Run away now and come back as a ghost for revenge later.

       Although Jiang Tongyan didn’t want to admit it, it was indeed a bit cowardly.

       Qian Xiaoke, who was always optimistic, also felt a little depressed by him. He bent his knees, hugged his hands, and rested his chin on his knees with a grievance.

       Jiang Tongyan looked at him sideways and said impatiently, “What’s that face for? Did I make you impotent or something?”

       After Jiang Tongyan finished speaking, he curled his lips and muttered, “Not that it would make much difference if you were.”

       “What are you talking about!” Qian Xiaoke glared at Jiang Tongyan, and his look was a little coquettish, “Don’t talk nonsense!”

       Jiang Tongyan sneered, “That’s right.”

       “Don’t look down on me!” Qian Xiaoke looked at him viciously, “If you provoke me again, I will r4p3 you!”

       Jiang Tongyan had been fuming, but the comment made him burst out laughing. 

       “What are you dreaming about?” Jiang Tongyan raised his hand and pulled Qian Xiaoke’s hair, “Hey, wake up!”

       Qian Xiaoke tsked and grabbed Jiang Tongyan’s hand.

       The two held hands together. Jiang Tongyan was stunned for a moment, but Qian Xiaoke didn’t think there was anything wrong.

       Qian Xiaoke said, “Be serious. Do you want to be cured or not!”

       Jiang Tongyan stared at their intertwined hand without saying anything.

       “I swear, I’m not trying to humiliate you. It’s just… you need to get used to me,” Qian Xiaoke said, “I am a person who speaks like this, with a sharp tongue and a soft heart. My words might sting a bit, but deep down, I’m looking out for you.”

       “For… me?” Jiang Tongyan didn’t know why his heart was beating a little faster, and his body was a little hot.

       Qian Xiaoke said: “Yes, a father’s love is as steady as a mountain. Although this mountain may make you breathless, this is love.”

       Jiang Tongyan, “…Qian Xiaoke, what did you just say?”

       “Nothing.” Qian Xiaoke said, “I said, I can do it, you can do it too, I can get hard, you can definitely do it too!”

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       Qian Xiaoke admitted that his life was embarrassing from time to time, but he didn’t think it could be this embarrassing.

       It was obviously a very idol drama plot, but it became funny and scary when it came to him.

       Jiang Tongyan was lying on the ground, and he was lying on top of Jiang Tongyan.

       His first reaction was: WTF! Did I hit his little brother?

       Qian Xiaoke found that since the two met, he had to mourn for Jiang Tongyan’s ‘little brother’ from time to time, which was really… subtle.

       “Chairman Jiang, are you okay?” Qian Xiaoke was concerned about him from the bottom of his heart.

       Jiang Tongyan gritted his teeth and said, “You… Get off me now!”

       “Okay, okay, right now, right now.” Qian Xiaoke turned over and rolled off Jiang Tongyan, lying on the carpet and looking at the person lying there, “Are you okay?”

       Jiang Tongyan took a deep breath, reminding himself that murder was illegal.

       “Qian Xiaoke!” Jiang Tongyan suddenly roared. He grabbed Qian Xiaoke’s wrists with both hands at lightning speed and pinned him down.

       Qian Xiaoke was shocked: Is he going to force himself on me?

       He was shocked but soon dispelled this concern because Jiang Tongyan couldn’t get hard and couldn’t r4p3 him, so there was no need to worry about it.

       However, things were unpredictable; some stories didn’t have an ending, and no one knew where the plot would develop.

       Just when Qian Xiaoke was thinking about it, he found that the bath towel around Jiang Tongyan’s waist had loosened because of the previous action. At this point, it was barely holding on and might as well not have been tied at all. Jiang Tongyan’s alluring figure was now completely exposed before Qian Xiaoke.

       He had to admit that he looked really good.

       Everything about him was perfect.

       Qian Xiaoke couldn’t help swallowing his saliva.

       Jiang Tongyan, about to explode with anger, suddenly noticed the lustful glaze in Qian Xiaoke’s eyes. His emotions grew complicated.

       “What are you looking at?” Jiang Tongyan said in a cold voice, “Stop drooling!”

       Qian Xiaoke didn’t really want to look, but he couldn’t help it.

       Although he thought Jiang Tongyan had a weird temper, a difficult personality, and a bad brain, his appearance was really impeccable. Whether he was wearing clothes or taking off clothes, he was in line with the image of his dream lover.

       It’s just a pity…

       “What a pity…” Qian Xiaoke stared at him and couldn’t help swallowing his saliva.

       As soon as he said, ‘what a pity’, Jiang Tongyan immediately felt sad and wronged. These three words were like a sharp knife piercing his heart.

       It hurt.

       He really wanted to kill someone.

       Or, just commit suicide.

       Jiang Tongyan closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and suddenly let go of Qian Xiaoke’s hand as if he had resigned to fate.

       He sat aside and pulled a bath towel to cover himself, with dark clouds above his head, looking utterly defeated.

       “It’s in my pants pocket,” he raised his hand to touch the cigarette on the table, lit it, and took a puff, “You can take it and go.”

       Qian Xiaoke turned to him, watching him sitting there with his bare buttocks sadly smoking, and a feeling of pity rose in his heart.

       The man in front of him, tall and handsome, was so fragile at this moment that he seemed to be broken at the touch.

       I felt pity for him!

       Qian Xiaoke scooted forward a little. Jiang Tongyan looked at him with disdain and dodged to the side.

       Jiang Tongyan dodged, and Qian Xiaoke scooted again.

       Jiang Tongyan dodged, and Qian Xiaoke scooted.

       In this way, Jiang Tongyan’s buttocks were rubbed hot by the carpet, and he was blocked in the corner by Qian Xiaoke.

       “What on earth are you going to do?” Jiang Tongyan said impatiently, holding a cigarette in his mouth, “You’re not going to stop humiliating me, are you? I have my dignity too! This situation I’m in is partly your fault. I’m trying to be nice and not hold it against you, but don’t push your luck!”

       “No.” Qian Xiaoke raised his hand and put his palm on Jiang Tongyan’s knee.

       Jiang Tongyan frowned and looked at his hand on his knee, “I have mysophobia, please take it away.”

       Qian Xiaoke not only did not take his hand away but also put the other hand on Jiang Tongyan’s other knee.

       “Don’t you understand what I’m saying?”

       “Chairman Jiang, I don’t think this is okay.”

       “Yes, it’s not okay,” Jiang Tongyan said, “You finally figured it out? Then hurry up, jump off the building and die.”

       Qian Xiaoke said seriously, “No, I can’t die yet, what will you do if I die?”

       “…Friend, don’t think too highly of yourself. In my eyes, you’re less valuable than a sprig of cilantro.”

       “You like cilantro very much?”

       What kind of logic was that? Jiang Tongyan couldn’t even muster the energy to retort, “I hate cilantro.”

       Qian Xiaoke rolled his eyes.

       “Don’t change the subject, I’m serious.” Qian Xiaoke said, “Have you ever heard of this saying—whoever hung the bell on the tiger’s neck must untie it?”

       “No.”

       “It means that whoever caused the trouble should clean up the mess.”

       Jiang Tongyan was a little upset, “You mean, I’m the mess?”

       Qian Xiaoke said ‘tsk’ and patted Jiang Tongyan’s knee, “Can you focus on the main point? People like you will definitely fail the college exams every year!”

       “Can’t you speak properly without insulting someone?”

       “You!” Qian Xiaoke was also annoyed. He pulled away the bath towel blocking Jiang Tongyan, “Let me treat you.”

       Jiang Tongyan subconsciously covered his part, “Are you trying to mess with me?”

       When he spoke, he had a cigarette in his mouth, and the ash just fell off and fell on his body.

       How to describe this moment?

       Qian Xiaoke took a sharp intake of breath.

       The reason why he had this reaction was because he thought that men smoking naked were very sexy.

       Qian Xiaoke discussed this with Zhou Mo before, and Zhou Mo said, “You probably like scumbags.”

       Zhou Mo told Qian Xiaoke, “A man who truly loves you should hold you and continue to be affectionate after sex instead of smoking with his bare ass. Most of those who only care about smoking after sex are scumbags!”

       Although he said so, Qian Xiaoke still thinks that naked smoking men are very sexy.

       Especially, the ash falls on the attractive muscles, this scenery was just…

       “Is your father Michelangelo?”

       “My father is Michelangelo?!” Jiang Tongyan poked his forehead with his finger, “No. Who do you care who my father is? Does it have anything to do with you?”

       Qian Xiaoke smiled and said, “Chairman Jiang, I’m serious; I’ll cure you.”

       Jiang Tongyan looked into his smiling eyes. As much as he wanted to curse the little brat, he had to admit that the kid was really cute. He couldn’t bring himself to say anything harsh.

       This was why being a sucker for a pretty face was so dangerous.

       “Cure my ass.” Jiang Tongyan reached out to take the towel that was thrown aside, but Qian Xiaoke grabbed his wrist.

       Qian Xiaoke said, “My mother taught me to be a responsible man since I was a child. Since I’m the one who caused this situation, I shouldn’t escape.”

       Jiang Tongyan looked at him coldly, waiting to see what this kid was up to.

       Qian Xiaoke said, “Let me touch you.”

       “Huh?”

       “Anyway, you’re going to be here for another week. I’ll come and touch you every day.” Qian Xiaoke said, “Maybe it’s like a neck issue that requires physical therapy—there’s a treatment period. We both tried so hard to make it stand up before, maybe because the time was too short.”

       Jiang Tongyan felt a chill on his spine, “What are you going to do to me?”

       “I’ll give you a massage,” Qian Xiaoke said, “Let’s try it today. I’ll go by my feelings, and when I go back, I’ll look for study materials online. I will study more, and maybe it will work one time!”

       As he said that, he really stretched out his sinful hand.

       Jiang Tongyan, on the other hand, didn’t react at all. His back was against the wall, a cigarette in his hand, his eyes looking at Qian Xiaoke—colourful fireworks exploding in his mind.

       Qian Xiaoke, “Is this much okay?”

       Jiang Tongyan: “It’s… okay.”

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       Jiang Tongyan was indeed not a human being. He was very mean.

       Not only was he mean, but he was also petty. He said he wanted to write it off, but he still wanted to find a chance to take revenge.

       When he saw that Qian Xiaoke was afraid of the roller coaster, Jiang Tongyan dragged the person to go.

       Qian Xiaoke wanted to cry but had no tears and couldn’t run away.

       Jiang Tongyan said, “You can think of this as a date.”

       Qian Xiaoke: Date? What are you thinking? Who wants to date you? Who wants to date you in this way!?

       The despondent Qian Xiaoke was brought to the amusement park by Jiang Tongyan.

       Jiang Tongyan asked, “Have you ridden it before?”

       “No.”

       “Very good,” Jiang Tongyan laughed, “Remember, remember that your first time belongs to me.”

       What kind of Mary Sue boss’s speech is this? So cringy and stupid.

       Qian Xiaoke rolled his eyes and suddenly suspected that Jiang Tongyan was reading some weird novel.

       However, to be honest, Qian Xiaoke’s ‘first time’ really belonged to Jiang Tongyan, but strictly speaking, this person only took ‘half’.

       When he thought of this again, Qian Xiaoke began to worry again.

       He glanced at Jiang Tongyan, who was busy buying tickets and couldn’t help but feel that the story between them was anything but romantic. Why was it that in novels, love stories always featured bold, sexy, and charismatic characters who, with one passionate encounter, forged a lifelong bond of true love? Yet here he was, stuck with someone impotent, petty, and ruthlessly vindictive.

       Qian Xiaoke felt wronged.

       “The next wave will be ours.” Jiang Tongyan came back after buying the ticket, a little excited.

       In truth, dragging Qian Xiaoke to the roller coaster wasn’t entirely without ulterior motives for Jiang Tongyan. He wasn’t just looking to mess with Qian Xiaoke; he also genuinely wanted to experience what riding a roller coaster felt like.

       He had never ridden one either.

       When he was in school, he wanted to try it. At that time, he went out with the boy he was pursuing. He proposed to ride a roller coaster, but the boy said, “Childish.”

       Then, the guy completely rejected his pursuit for this reason and said, “Shen Huiming would not play such a boring game.”

       It was very hurtful.

       In the years that followed, Jiang Tongyan always wanted to ride a roller coaster, but he never dared to ask for it because he was afraid that others would say he was childish.

       Today, he met a little thing who was much more childish than him. As long as Qian Xiaoke was there, it seemed that no matter what he did, it became reasonable.

       Qian Xiaoke said, “Actually, there is no need to be in such a hurry.”

       Waiting a bit longer was fine, preferably until they got off work.

       How could Jiang Tongyan not be in a hurry? He had been waiting for several years.

       In this way, Qian Xiaoke was rushed to sit on the roller coaster seat.

       Qian Xiaoke asked, “Will you throw me out halfway?”

       “Why would I throw you for nothing?” Jiang Tongyan said, “Don’t worry, I won’t commit a crime for you.”

       Qian Xiaoke thought about it and felt that it was right, and suddenly, he felt relieved.

       However, there was an idiom called ‘making a clever move but ending up with a blunder’ and a saying, ‘lifting a stone only to drop it on your own foot’.

       Originally, he wanted to scare Qian Xiaoke, but Jiang Tongyan almost died on it.

       When riding the roller coaster, Qian Xiaoke was excited and even shouted, “Awesome! Exciting! Oh!”

       As for Jiang Tongyan beside him, he knew this would be thrilling, but he hadn’t expected it to be *this* thrilling. Clutching Qian Xiaoke’s arm tightly, he didn’t dare utter a single word.

       When the two got off the roller coaster, Qian Xiaoke was so excited that he wanted to have another try, but Jiang Tongyan’s legs were weak when he stepped on the ground, and he almost knelt down.

       Life was so wonderful and so unpredictable.

       Qian Xiaoke said, “Chairman Jiang, you are really weak.”

       Just like in bed.

       Qian Xiaoke looked down on Jiang Tongyan from the bottom of his heart.

       Jiang Tongyan hated him and regretted it. He finally realised that God really sent Qian Xiaoke to defeat him. He couldn’t beat this man.

       “Qian Xiaoke, if you say another word, I will throw you into the lake to feed the sharks.”

       Qian Xiaoke: “Chairman Jiang, your level of knowledge is truly a bit concerning. This lake is full of artificial fish—there’s no way there are sharks here.”

       After saying that, he met Jiang Tongyan’s knife-like eyes and immediately admitted his mistake, “Okay, I’ll be fed to the sharks.”

       Jiang Tongyan was upset and sat on the bench in the playground to sulk.

       Qian Xiaoke wanted to laugh when he saw him like this, but he didn’t dare.

       “Chairman Jiang, do you have two more requests?” Say it quickly so I can return to the company after playing.

       “Let’s talk about it later,” Jiang Tongyan said, “You owe me first.”

       Qian Xiaoke looked at him and felt that this development was a bit like Qiong Yao: “Your last request is not to let me be with you, right?”

       “… What kind of beautiful dream are you having in broad daylight?” Jiang Tongyan said, “Wake up.”

       Qian Xiaoke muttered in his heart: Beautiful dream? It’s obviously a nightmare! Who wants to be with an impotent man?

       He realised that his feelings toward Jiang Tongyan were quite complicated. On one hand, he felt a sense of pity; on another, guilt; and yet another part of him thought that this person was not good and he should run away quickly.

       There were really many troubles in life.

       Jiang Tongyan originally wanted to use the roller coaster to trigger Qian Xiaoke, but he didn’t expect to trigger himself.

       He had no more thoughts on the matter. With an evening dinner gathering ahead, he waved his hand, telling Qian Xiaoke to go do whatever he needed to do. As for himself, he was heading back to the hotel to rest and clear his mind.

       Qian Xiaoke saw that he was released and ran away like a monkey without saying a word.

       Jiang Tongyan sat alone on the bench, looking at Qian Xiaoke’s running back in a daze, and suddenly, a sense of sadness surged in his heart.

       Heartless guy.

       Jiang Tongyan rolled his eyes fiercely.

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       When Qian Xiaoke rang the doorbell, Jiang Tongyan had just finished taking a shower.

       The handsome guy came out of the bath and was admiring his sexy muscle lines in front of the mirror very coquettishly. When he heard the doorbell, he asked impatiently, “Who is it?”

       Qian Xiaoke clutched his schoolbag straps with both hands and replied in a whimpering voice, “Chairman Jiang, it’s me, Qian Xiaoke.”

       When he heard it was Qian Xiaoke, Jiang Tongyan’s brows immediately frowned.

       He pulled the bathrobe over, wrapped it up, and walked out of the bathroom reluctantly.

       “Didn’t I tell you to leave? What are you coming back for?” Jiang Tongyan grumbled as he went over to open the door, “Why are you still haunting me?”

       He opened the door and saw Qian Xiaoke standing at the door with a red face.

       Qian Xiaoke was fair-skinned. If he ignored the love-hate relationship between the two, objectively speaking, he was good-looking and a lovely person.

       At this moment, the fair-skinned lovely person had a red face, standing there looking at him anxiously and aggrieved, which really made him look a little lovable.

       “What are you…doing?” Jiang Tongyan raised his eyebrows.

       Jiang Tongyan suddenly remembered that the boy had said that he was impotent before, so he suddenly closed the door.

       Qian Xiaoke was about to speak, but the door was suddenly closed. He stood there with a lot of question marks on his head and was almost choked to death by the words he didn’t say.

       Half a minute later, the door of the room opened again. Qian Xiaoke looked at the man in front of him and couldn’t help but want to say: Chairman Jiang, you are so flirtatious.

       At this moment, Jiang Tongyan changed his bathrobe into a bath towel, which was wrapped around his waist, covering only the important parts, and his proud and strong but not exaggerated muscles were displayed in front of Qian Xiaoke.

       In order to make himself look more sexy, Jiang Tongyan even put some water on his upper body.

       The water droplets rolled down the lines of muscle, and it was indeed enough to make one’s face flush and heart race.

       Qian Xiaoke was greedy, but he was still rational. He knew how much the man in front of him weighed after taking off his pants.

       “Chairman Jiang,” Qian Xiaoke just glanced at his body and talked about business, “I forgot something very important.”

       Jiang Tongyan raised his eyebrows again, “What is it?”

       “Um… the phone I bought for you, the receipt seems to be with you,” Qian Xiaoke said. “I need to take it back to get reimbursed.”

       Jiang Tongyan: “You came back to me for this matter?”

       “Yes.” What else? To see you, an impotent monster, showing off your body?

       Jiang Tongyan rolled his eyes to the sky and raised his hand to close the door.

       Qian Xiaoke was quick to react and squeezed into the room before Jiang Tongyan closed the door.

       “…What are you going to do to me?” Jiang Tongyan deliberately teased him, “Don’t try to take advantage of me!”

       “I don’t want to take advantage of you, give me your receipt, and I’ll leave immediately.”

       “No.” Jiang Tongyan was annoyed, although he didn’t know what he was annoyed about.

       He turned around and left, not wanting to pay attention to Qian Xiaoke. Qian Xiaoke immediately followed him but stepped on his own shoelaces and threw Jiang Tongyan to the ground in a very idol drama-like manner.

       Jiang Tongyan’s forehead hit the ground, his lips kissed the carpet, and Qian Xiaoke was lying on top of him.

       Jiang Tongyan: “Qian Xiaoke, you’re finished.”

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       Qian Xiaoke decided that if he could walk out of this hotel room alive today, he would be careful about what he said and did from now on.

       Jiang Tongyan’s eyes were like torches, and he was about to burn Qian Xiaoke to ashes.

       Qian Xiaoke’s hand holding the chopsticks trembled slightly, and he drooped his head, not daring to look up.

       “Chairman Jiang, I really didn’t mean it.” Qian Xiaoke was very sincere at this moment, “Really, I can swear to heaven.”

       Jiang Tongyan was furious and felt that he was on the verge of death.

       He was already in great pain; why did the instigator always want to expose his scars?

       Jiang Tongyan said, “Qian Xiaoke, I was going to let you go.”

       Qian Xiaoke still didn’t dare to look up, “So now…”

       Qian Xiaoke put down the chopsticks. His ass was still stuck to the chair, and he retreated with the chair, “Are you going to kill me to silence me?”

       “You’re overthinking it. I already washed my hands of it a few years ago.” Wouldn’t it be a bargain for you to kill you directly to silence you?

       Qian Xiaoke: What did he mean? He used to be a murderer?

       He didn’t dare to ask for fear of asking something wrong.

       Qian Xiaoke had once read in a novel about ‘popular science¹Popular science (also called pop-science or popsci) is an interpretation of science intended for a general audience. While science journalism focuses on recent scientific developments, popular science is more broad-ranging. It may be written by professional science journalists or by scientists themselves. It is presented in many forms, including books, film and television documentaries, magazine articles, and web pages.’, which claimed that the businessmen from these prominent families all had murky, unclean backgrounds, and each one was ruthless and vicious—how wicked they were!

       He suddenly felt as if he was the innocent little white rabbit accidentally falling into the wolf’s den.

       Scary.

       He felt that he should do something to prevent the other party from killing him because of his momentary slip of the tongue!

       He was here thinking about making up a story for Jiang Tongyan, and Jiang Tongyan was still staring at him with anger across the way.

       “You just said I was impotent, right?”

       “… No, you misheard it.” Qian Xiaoke said, “I said you were very hard and very fierce.”

       After saying that, he almost bit his tongue.

       Jiang Tongyan: “… Qian Xiaoke, you know, sometimes trouble comes from the mouth.”

       Qian Xiaoke knew.

       He had caused countless troubles because of this mouth.

       “Chairman Jiang!” Qian Xiaoke said, “It is not recommended to do anything illegal or criminal.”

       “Oh? What is illegal or breaking the law?”

       “For example, killing people, for example…raping them!” Qian Xiaoke actually hesitated when he said this because Jiang Tongyan couldn’t get hard, and he probably couldn’t r4p3 him.

       “Tsk.” Jiang Tongyan sneered disdainfully, “Who cares about raping you.”

       “Then are you going to kill me?”

       “I said I don’t kill people anymore.” Jiang Tongyan stood up and put his hands on his belt.

       With his usual way of doing things, he should have immediately taken off his pants and shown Qian Xiaoke what a real man is like. But the problem was, he was actually a bit insecure.

       Qian Xiaoke might not have seen a real man, but back then, Jiang Tongyan had helplessly flopped right in front of him.

       At this moment, Chairman Jiang, didn’t have much confidence.

       He had no confidence, but he had to pretend to be confident.

       He said coldly, “I won’t kill you, but I will torture you as much as possible.”

       “Huh?” Qian Xiaoke instantly went through all the ten tortures in ancient times in his mind.

       “What are you thinking about?” Jiang Tongyan asked.

       Qian Xiaoke: “I… I’m thinking about why you are so handsome!”

       In the following time, Qian Xiaoke used his eloquent tongue to praise Jiang Tongyan for a full five minutes. Jiang Tongyan even doubted whether this kid had taken a breath.

       Heroic and majestic, handsome, chivalrous, invincible.

       “Alright, that’s enough.” Jiang Tongyan broke down. He found that he couldn’t get angry with Qian Xiaoke at all. This kid’s thoughts often deviated and were not on the same channel as normal people.

       Qian Xiaoke continued to flatter Jiang Tongyan like a devout believer, looking at him and saying, “Chairman Jiang, can I ask you a question?”

       “Go ahead.” Jiang Tongyan said, “If you ask a question, it will cost you ten yuan each time. You have just asked one question. Remember to pay the ten yuan when you leave.”

       “…” Qian Xiaoke almost bit his back teeth.

       However, a wise man didn’t suffer a loss in the short term. The priority for Qian Xiaoke then had been to cheer him up, save his life, and secure both his salary and bonuses.

       Of course, the most important thing was the latter.

       Ten yuan was ten yuan, anyway; he already owed Jiang Tongyan twenty yuan, so what’s one more debt? Too many debts wouldn’t weigh you down—he just need not pay them back.

       Who didn’t know how to cheat?

       “Chairman Jiang, I just want to ask, what did you eat to grow up? Why are you so handsome, suave, elegant, and extraordinary?” Qian Xiaoke used almost all the idioms he had learned to praise people throughout his life, and he was a little tired.

       Jiang Tongyan was sober and had seen through Qian Xiaoke’s tricks long ago, but he was in a good mood now that he had calmed down and could play with this kid for a while.

       “Anyway, eating spicy hot pot would definitely not make you look like me.” Jiang Tongyan suddenly remembered something, tapped the table with his fingers, and asked him, “Do you remember Shen Huiming?”

       Shen Huiming?

       Qian Xiaoke certainly remembered.

       He didn’t remember what that person looked like, but he remembered the name in his mind. Because of this name, Chairman Jiang’s thing had never recovered since then.

       How could he not remember it?

       However, Qian Xiaoke was such a smart person, of course he couldn’t say that he remembered it.

       “Shen…what Ming?” Qian Xiaoke pretended to have amnesia, “The name sounds familiar, is he the security guard of our office building?”

       It had to be said that Qian Xiaoke was really good at holding Jiang Tongyan.

       With just this sentence, Jiang Tongyan’s anger completely disappeared.

       Originally, Jiang Tongyan wanted to ask Qian Xiaoke whether he was more handsome or Shen Huiming was more handsome, but now he didn’t need to ask anything.

       Jiang Tongyan said, “Come here. Have something to eat, and I’ll take you out to play in the afternoon.”

       “…Ah?” Qian Xiaoke was shocked for the umpteenth time because of Jiang Tongyan.

       “A reward for you.” Jiang Tongyan said, “Shopping, watching movies, or going to the amusement park, you can choose whatever you want.”

       Qian Xiaoke felt something was wrong.

       He heard that prisoners would be given a good meal before being executed, so was this his ‘last supper’?

       “Chairman Jiang, don’t scare me.”

       “What did I scare you about?” Jiang Tongyan slapped the table, “Hurry up, don’t waste my time!”

       Qian Xiaoke returned and sat down tremblingly, ate the delicious spicy hot pot tremblingly, and then tremblingly glanced at Jiang Tongyan.

       Jiang Tongyan: This kid always took a glance at me. I’m afraid he really loves me.

       Jiang Tongyan: Peeking at me again, am I so charming?

       Jiang Tongyan: This is the third time. I can’t help it; being handsome is really troublesome.

       Jiang Tongyan: Shen Huiming, you really should see how this kid is fascinated by me, so you know what a handsome man is!

       The handsome man, Jiang Tongyan, ate and drank enough. He then took Qian Xiaoke, who was also full of food and drinks but had indigestion and hiccups because of being nervous all the time, to leave the hotel.

       “Let’s go buy a cell phone first,” Jiang Tongyan said, “Do you know where to buy one?”

       Qian Xiaoke nodded repeatedly but was thinking about finding an opportunity to escape.

       He would rather go back to work.

       He would rather go back to work. It was so nice to work inside the company, and it was really too hard to work in the ‘field’. He even had to worry about his life.

       Jiang Tongyan raised his hand and stopped a taxi.

       Jiang Tongyan: “Get in the car.”

       Qian Xiaoke looked at him.

       “Don’t be nervous. I brought money today.”

       Then Qian Xiaoke got in the car.

       The task Cheng Sen assigned to Qian Xiaoke was actually very simple: buy a phone, buy a SIM card. After all, Jiang Tongyan would be staying here for over a week, so it didn’t matter what phone or card he got. It would all be sorted in just over an hour.

       Qian Xiaoke said: “Chairman Jiang, I’ll go back to the company first.”

       “No,” Jiang Tongyan said, “I’ll call your Chairman Cheng, and you can accompany me to walk around this afternoon.”

       Qian Xiaoke’s body trembled for about the 800th time.

       “But I’m still on my work hour now.” He really wanted to go back, but he was scared.

       “Being with me is considered work,” Jiang Tongyan said, “I heard there’s an amusement park nearby. Do you want to ride the roller coaster?”

       Not really.

       Qian Xiaoke was scared to death.

       He wasn’t afraid at first, but then he watched ‘Final Destination’ and became scared.

       “Chairman Jiang, roller coasters are very dangerous.” Qian Xiaoke said earnestly, “What if they throw you out…”

       “Why is it throwing me out instead of you?”

       Qian Xiaoke: I know it! I know it! I know it! You just want to take the opportunity to murder me!

       He took a half step back, “Chairman Jiang, I really didn’t mean it.”

       Jiang Tongyan looked at him inexplicably, “What are you talking about?”

       Qian Xiaoke pursed his lips and said aggrievedly, “We had that kind of thing because of a not-so-beautiful misunderstanding. I know that I hurt you.”

       Jiang Tongyan was a little impatient, “Why are you talking about that again?”

       So annoying. Jiang Tongyan wanted to forget about his impotence, but Qian Xiaoke kept bringing it up.

       Is this guy doing it on purpose?

       “I said, I can be responsible for you.”

       Jiang Tongyan: “…How can you be responsible?”

       Responsible for getting it up again for me? Okay, let’s get a room right away.

       “I gave you money, but you didn’t want it.”

       Jiang Tongyan took a deep breath, “Qian Xiaoke, why don’t you just shut up.”

       “I know, this involves a man’s dignity.” Qian Xiaoke said, “Please don’t torture me like this, just give me a quick death.”

       Jiang Tongyan frowned and looked at him, “What?”

       “Tell me, what should I do for you to let me go?” Qian Xiaoke seemed to be acting in a sad drama at this moment, “As long as you can live better than me, I can do anything!”

       Qian Xiaoke quickly added, “But don’t let Chairman Cheng deduct my salary, thank you.”

       Jiang Tongyan was about to lose his temper, but his last sentence amused him.

       “You can do anything?”

       “Anything is fine.”

       “You can also get a room with me?”

       “… Uh… This… Uh… I’m actually… I’m really not a casual person.”

       Jiang Tongyan sneered, “I’m just teasing you. Who wants to get a room with you?”

       Qian Xiaoke rolled his eyes in his heart, but he had to smile on the surface.

       It was indeed not easy being a ‘corporate animal’. Working for others was never easy.

       Actually, Qian Xiaoke was not afraid of getting a room. Anyway, this guy couldn’t get hard, and he couldn’t take advantage of him.

       “Then what do you want?” This time, it was Qian Xiaoke’s turn to be impatient.

       Jiang Tongyan crossed his arms before his chest and looked at him proudly, “Unconditionally meet my three requirements.”

       “Huh?” This sentence is a bit like Qiong Yao²kind of dramatic, almost philosophical, with a touch of self-deprecating humor.

       “If you agree, your debt will be written off.” Jiang Tongyan said, “I will never threaten you with this matter in the future.”

       Qian Xiaoke felt that this was still a conspiracy, but he still agreed.

       It was a verbal agreement anyway; there was no loss, and when he defaulted on the debt, the other party couldn’t do anything to him.

       “Then you can make demands on me now.” Qian Xiaoke thought: Are you going to sleep with me?

       However, he really thought too much.

       Jiang Tongyan said, “The first request is to accompany me to play the roller coaster.”

       Qian Xiaoke: …Jiang Tongyan, you are really not a human!

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       A long time ago, Cheng Sen taught Jiang Tongyan a proverb—to engage in rivalry with others is an endless joy.

       Jiang Tongyan had kept this sentence in mind for many years, and now he really understood how ‘joyful’ this was.

       When he said, ‘I’ll eat, and you watch,’ he could almost feel Qian Xiaoke’s anger through the telephone receiver. The anger was burning, but it couldn’t burn him.

       Very cool.

       Very exciting.

       However, Jiang Tongyan didn’t really want to torture Qian Xiaoke like this. He was still a good person, just teasing that kid.

       But Qian Xiaoke took it seriously, and her hair was practically about to be burned off by her anger.

       “Okay Chairman Jiang. It’s not a problem, Chairman Jiang. Chairman Jiang, what do you want to eat?” Qian Xiaoke said with a smile on his face, but there was a knife hidden in his smile.

       “All is fine,” Jiang Tongyan said, “Something tasty, two servings.”

       “Two servings?” Qian Xiaoke almost changed his opinion of him—if Jiang Tongyan hadn’t said the last sentence.

       Jiang Tongyan said, “Yes, I have had a very good appetite recently; one serving is not enough for me.”

       Qian Xiaoke smiled, “Okay Chairman Jiang. It’s not a problem, Chairman Jiang.”

       He thought about it, and he would carry a controlled knife¹Controlled knives are a general term used by the judicial authorities of the People’s Republic of China to refer to certain knives that can cause significant harm with him later. If he could pass the subway security check smoothly, he would use the controlled knife to understand Jiang Tongyan.

       As for what controlled knife he finally chose—a knife made of paper.

       Qian Xiaoke put the ‘knife’ into his schoolbag and set off on the mission Chairman Cheng had given him.

       He passed the subway security check smoothly, and Qian Xiaoke felt that it was God’s will and that God wanted him to kill Jiang Tongyan.

       He took the subway for more than 30 minutes and walked for five minutes before finally arriving downstairs at Jiang Tongyan’s hotel.

       Qian Xiaoke stood by the road and hesitated momentarily, then bought two spicy hot pots and went upstairs.

       He deliberately left the receipt for the spicy hot pot; after all, he had to get it reimbursed.

       Qian Xiaoke went upstairs to find Jiang Tongyan with his black schoolbag on his shoulder and two spicy hot pots in his hands. In the five-star hotel, wherever he walked, the aroma of a spicy hot pot filled the air.

       Before he knocked on the door, Jiang Tongyan knew he had come. After all, the taste of spicy hot pot was too strong.

       However, Chairman Jiang was Chairman Jiang after all. He was sitting as steady as a mountain.

       Qian Xiaoke knocked on the door, but Jiang Tongyan didn’t move.

       Qian Xiaoke knocked on the door, but Jiang Tongyan still didn’t move.

       Qian Xiaoke, “Oh, the spicy hot pot bag is broken!”

       Jiang Tongyan opened the door quickly.

       Qian Xiaoke, “…Tsk!”

       Jiang Tongyan knew he had been tricked, but he wasn’t annoyed. He smiled and let the person in.

       “Why did you buy spicy hot pot again?” Jiang Tongyan said, “I saw on the internet that eating this thing all the time is unhealthy.”

       “If you don’t want to eat it, forget it.” Qian Xiaoke said, “I did it on purpose.”

       I did it on purpose to make you unhealthy!

       It’s best if you have diarrhoea!

       Jiang Tongyan wanted to laugh when he saw this energy. He found that in his eyes, Qian Xiaoke was a comedian. When he was in a bad mood, he would laugh immediately when he saw this person.

       “Okay, it’s been bought, so let’s eat it.” Jiang Tongyan asked him to put the spicy hot pot on the table, and he took out two cans of iced cola from the refrigerator.

       Qian Xiaoke’s eyes began to light up when he saw the iced cola, but he knew very well that he couldn’t casually drink the drinks given by a stranger.

       Although Jiang Tongyan was no longer a ‘stranger’ to him strictly speaking—not only was he not strange, but he was also familiar with him and had kissed and touched him—Qian Xiaoke still didn’t dare to drink it casually. This guy took it out of the refrigerator in his room. Who knows if he secretly added something to it with bad intentions!

       Qian Xiaoke was very cautious!

       The most careless thing in his life was that time when he got drunk.

       The past was too painful to recall, and he didn’t want to mention it again.

       Qian Xiaoke tensed his nerves and body at this moment and stood there properly, ready to watch Jiang Tongyan eat, then quickly grab him and leave after eating.

       “Why are you standing? If others don’t know, one might think I’m abusing you.” Jiang Tongyan put a can of iced cola on the table before Qian Xiaole, “Sit down.”

       Do it?

       Qian Xiaoke’s body trembled: He wants to do that to me again?

       Qian Xiaoke, who obviously thought wrongly, grabbed his schoolbag strap and suddenly remembered that he brought a ‘controlled knife’.

       Of course, Qian Xiaoke was not really a fool. He knew that his so-called ‘controlled knife’ could only be used for fun. However, at this moment, he really hoped that it was real and it could kill with one blow.

       “What’s wrong with you?” Jiang Tongyan sat down with a smile and opened the takeaway bag, “Wow, this is a lot.”

       Jiang Tongyan looked up at Qian Xiaoke, “I didn’t expect this spicy hot pot to be so much, tsk, I can’t seem to finish it.”

       Qian Xiaoke looked at him sideways and began to wonder: What does he mean? Is he trying to buy my body with a spicy hot pot?

       “Hey, have you eaten?” Jiang Tongyan knew that Qian Xiaoke definitely didn’t eat, because when he called, Qian Xiaoke hadn’t reached lunch break yet, and Qian Xiaoke left after hanging up the phone. Jiang Tongyan counted the time with his fingers and guessed that this guy must be hungry at this moment.

       “I…” Qian Xiaoke had not eaten; Qian Xiaoke was starving to death.

       However, Qian Xiaoke was a man of integrity. He wouldn’t sell his body for a spicy hot pot.

       It was just a spicy hot pot. He can afford it himself!

       “You haven’t eaten yet?” Jiang Tongyan put the extra chopsticks on another takeout box, “Sit down and eat together.”

       Qian Xiaoke took two steps back cautiously.

       Jiang Tongyan: “…This is what you bought. Could it be that you poisoned it?”

       Qian Xiaoke might want to, but he had the desire without the courage—and no means even to buy poison if he dared.

       “I’m not you,” Qian Xiaoke said, “I don’t do that kind of dirty things.”

       Jiang Tongyan was speechless, thinking: How am I dirty?

       “By the way,” Qian Xiaoke suddenly took another half step forward, “When will you pay me back the eight yuan you owe me?”

       Jiang Tongyan laughed, but he didn’t expect that this guy would still remember the eight yuan.

       “I can pay you back now,” Jiang Tongyan said, “Then when will you pay me back the twenty dollars you owe me?”

       “When did I owe you twenty dollars?” Qian Xiaoke was almost mad at this man, “Do you still have any shame left?”

       “Hey? Does your Chairman Cheng know that you are talking to me like this?” Jiang Tongyan patted the table, “Sit down and eat, and I will pay you after you finish eating.”

       Qian Xiaoke was a man of integrity, “No!”

       “No?” Jiang Tongyan smiled, “If you don’t accompany me to eat this meal, I will definitely not pay you back the eight dollars, and you still owe me twenty dollars. In addition, you just spoke rudely to me. I am going to complain about you and let Chairman Cheng deduct your salary!”

       The next second, Qian Xiaoke’s ‘integrity’ flew away. He sat directly next to Jiang Tongyan, picked up the chopsticks, and opened the takeaway box.

       Actually, he was really starving to death.

       Jiang Tongyan held back his laughter and looked at him with satisfaction, then opened the cola for him  and put it next to him.

       Qian Xiaoke got the advantage but still wanted to act cute, “I said I don’t want to eat it, but you forced me to eat it! You really…”

       He swallowed the lettuce in his mouth, “Really have bad intentions!”

       Jiang Tongyan laughed, “I have bad intentions? I’m afraid you are the one who has bad intentions!”

       Qian Xiaoke looked at him suspiciously.

       “How about you try it first? What if you’ve actually slipped some knockout drug in there and planned to r4p3 me? What would I do then?”

       Qian Xiaoke almost laughed and fainted. He said breathlessly, “Me? r4p3 you? Am I crazy? How bad must my brain be to r4p3 an impotent person!”

       After saying that, he watched Jiang Tongyan’s face change. The next second, a voice came to Qian Xiaoke’s mind: Qian Xiaoke, you are finished.

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       Qian Xiaoke was really tired. He slept soundly against Jiang Tongyan in the dark and almost drooled.

       When the train was about to arrive at the station, Jiang Tongyan woke him up. He was in a daze after opening his eyes, as if he didn’t know what day it was.

       “Wake up.” Jiang Tongyan said, “You should get off at the next stop.”

       Qian Xiaoke, who was still not awake, looked at him blankly, and it took him a long time to remember who this person was.

       “Remember to pay back the money.” Qian Xiaoke raised his hand and rubbed his mouth.

       Jiang Tongyan smiled, “Okay, I will definitely remember, but…”

       He glanced at his watch again and said, “When are you going to settle this account you owe me as well?”

       “Ah?” Qian Xiaoke raised his hand and scratched his ear, “Am I hallucinating because I haven’t woken up yet?”

       Jiang Tongyan leaned back in his chair, looked at him, and smiled, “There’s no hallucination. You leaned on my shoulder to sleep; it’s one yuan per minute, and you slept for… twenty-one minutes. Considering how fated we are, I’ll give you a 10% discount, so twenty-one yuan at a 10% discount is… twenty yuan and seventy-nine cents. I’m generous, so I’ll round it down and charge you twenty yuan.”

       Qian Xiaoke looked at him sleepily without saying a word.

       When the subway arrived at the station, Qian Xiaoke got up, took his small schoolbag and walked out. Jiang Tongyan followed quickly, “When will you pay the money?”

       Qian Xiaoke pretended not to hear and walked out with big strides. He almost tripped when he went up the stairs. Fortunately, Jiang Tongyan was quick and grabbed his arm.

       Qian Xiaoke thanked him very politely, and then continued to go up the stairs ruthlessly.

       Jiang Tongyan followed him with a smile, and the more he looked at him, the more interesting he felt.

       As the saying goes, when you are interested in a person, it means… you are in danger.

       However, as a person who grew up abroad, Jiang Tongyan did not know these ‘common sayings’ very well. And so far, he did not realise how ‘dangerous’ it was.

       With a smile on his face, he followed Qian Xiaoke, like a subway pervert.

       Qian Xiaoke exited the subway station and continued walking towards home with an indifferent stride, pretending not to hear the calls of the people behind him. No matter how the people behind him called, he pretended not to hear.

       Can’t hear, can’t see, who is that person? I don’t know.

       Qian Xiaoke felt as if he were walking on air. Never before had he desired so much to have the skills of Qinggong¹similar to parkour.

       On the way from the subway station to Qian Xiaoke’s home, Jiang Tongyan passed by Jiang Tongyan’s hotel. Jiang Tongyan took a look, did not go in, and continued to follow Qian Xiaoke.

       This time Qian Xiaoke panicked.

       What kind of person was Qian Xiaoke? He was a very vigilant person.

       Ordinary people should refrain from trying to take his money and avoid taking advantage of others.

       This society was very dangerous; not only do girls living alone need to pay attention to their safety, but boys also need to protect themselves.

       Usually, Qian Xiaoke would be very cautious and careful to see if there were any strange people around before going home. After all, a ‘young man’ like him could easily attract the attention of criminals.

       For Qian Xiaoke, getting robbed and r4p3d was unforgivable, and he must nip this possibility in the bud.

       When he realised that Jiang Tongyan had passed by his hotel without entering and followed him, he panicked.

       Qian Xiaoke slowed down and looked back at Jiang Tongyan.

       “Sir, you have been following me since I left the subway station. May I ask, what’s the matter?” Qian Xiaoke started to play the innocent passerby again.

       Jiang Tongyan was already familiar with his routine and was too lazy to play along with him, so he said directly, “You owe me twenty yuan. I’m here to collect the money.”

       “…You are blackmailing me.” Qian Xiaoke was dissatisfied.

       “But you did lean on my shoulder.”

       “I…” Qian Xiaoke suddenly had an idea, “You have no evidence.”

       Jiang Tongyan really had no evidence.

       He lost his phone, and he didn’t even have a photo. How could he prove that Qian Xiaoke had slept on his shoulder for twenty-one minutes?

       Qian Xiaoke smiled smugly, “Speechless, huh?”

       He poked Jiang Tongyan’s shoulder with his finger, “Young man, you are still too young!”

       After that, Qian Xiaoke happily left, leaving Jiang Tongyan alone in frustration.

       “Hey.” Jiang Tongyan called out to Qian Xiaoke’s back.

       Qian Xiaoke turned back, “First, I am not ‘hey’!”

       He snorted, “Second, I don’t know you, don’t talk to me!”

       After that, Qian Xiaoke ran away, fearing the man would catch up and ask for money.

       When Qian Xiaoke ran into his own neighbourhood, he finally calmed down and realised something very important. Whether he really owed Jiang Tongyan twenty yuan was another matter, but Jiang Tongyan did owe him eight yuan!

       Eight yuan!

       With eight yuan, he could buy two packs of Shin Ramen!

       Two packs of Shin Ramen are two meals!

       Qian Xiaoke lost a lot!

       He felt that this was not okay, so he frowned and walked home while thinking. He was thinking that no matter what, he had to get the eight yuan back.

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       Qian Xiaoke didn’t sleep well all night.

       There were two reasons that affected his sleep. One was that the couple next door did not sleep at night and communicated their feelings through alternative sports all night, and the second was that he was thinking about his eight yuan.

       When he got up the next day, Qian Xiaoke was listless, and his legs hurt.

       He took a shower, packed up, and went out early.

       As usual, he bought an egg-filled flatbread at the breakfast stall at the neighbourhood entrance and ate while walking to the subway station. When he passed Jiang Tongyan’s hotel, he stopped for half a minute, and his mind was full of the eight yuan.

       This morning, the subway was unexpectedly crowded. He was squeezed into a corner and almost couldn’t get off the train.

       Qian Xiaoke recalled again about last night, and the feeling of Jiang Tongyan encircling him made him feel quite at ease.

       As he thought of this, Qian Xiaoke felt that it was great to have money. If one day he became rich, he had to hire a handsome guy who was taller and stronger than Jiang Tongyan as a bodyguard so that he would not be afraid of being squeezed by people when taking the subway in the future!

       Wait!

       Qian Xiaoke suddenly had an epiphany: Who takes the subway when you’re rich? Get the Maseratis and Rolls-Royces lined up!

       Qian Xiaoke, who was dreaming, arrived at the company and clocked in for work. He had forgotten about the ‘eight yuan’ until he ordered takeout at noon, and then it came to his mind again.

       Cheng Sen happened to pass by at this time and was about to go out to pick up Zhou Mo for lunch.

       Qian Xiaoke asked tentatively, “Chairman Cheng, don’t you have any client meetings today?”

       Cheng Sen looked at him, puzzled, “Why? Are you asking for leave?”

       The company originally had two receptionists, but the girl resigned last month, leaving only Qian Xiaoke. If Qian Xiaoke took a leave, he might need someone to help keep an eye on the front desk’s work.

       “No, no, no.” A leave? How is that possible? If he took a leave, his money would be deducted money, okay?

       Qian Xiaoke quickly explained, “I’m just asking. If you have guests today, I can prepare tea in advance!”

       “Oh, no,” Cheng Sen walked to the elevator, “I’m going out this afternoon.”

       In an instant, Qian Xiaoke was filled with sorrow.

       No guests, which meant he wouldn’t see Jiang Tongyan today.

       If he couldn’t see Jiang Tongyan, then, his eight yuan…

       “By the way,” Cheng Sen suddenly turned back and said to Qian Xiaoke, “Chairman Jiang called me this morning and said he lost both his wallet and phone last night.”

       When Qian Xiaoke heard the words ‘Chairman Jiang’, his eyes began to sparkle like a cat’s in the night, the gleam in his gaze practically blinding the person in front of him.

       “Which Chairman Jiang?” Qian Xiaoke asked knowingly.

       “That one…” Cheng Sen smiled, “The project director from New York, he may have to stay here for more than a week.”

       Cheng Sen’s mobile phone rang, it was Zhou Mo calling.

       “It’s inconvenient for him to lose his mobile phone. How about this, you go to his hotel this afternoon to find him and take him to buy a new one? The company will reimburse the mobile phone money.” After saying that, Cheng Sen walked towards the elevator, “Chairman Jiang is our important partner. Take good care of him for me.”

       After Cheng Sen gave instructions, he entered the elevator without waiting for Qian Xiaoke’s response.

       Qian Xiaoke’s mind was full of question marks, thinking: Hotel? Am I going to the hotel where Jiang Tongyan is staying again?

       Cheng Sen had already left, and Qian Xiaoke was still in a daze.

       Two minutes later, the phone at the front desk rang.

       “Hello, Senqi Limited…” Qian Xiaoke hadn’t finished saying the company’s name when he heard a smiling voice on the other end, “Qian Xiaoke?”

       This voice sounded familiar.

       Qian Xiaoke: “… It’s me.”

       “I’m Jiang Tongyan,” Jiang Tongyan was sitting on the sofa in the hotel with his legs crossed at this time, calling Qian Xiaoke with the hotel phone, “Just now Cheng Sen said that you will come to pick me up to buy a mobile phone later, is that true?”

       Qian Xiaoke was a little entangled.

       He didn’t really want to meet Jiang Tongyan, but if he didn’t meet, he wouldn’t get his eight yuan back.

       “Chairman Cheng has ordered so.”

       “Okay, just right.”

       Okay? What’s okay?

       Just right? What’s just right?

       “I haven’t eaten yet,” Jiang Tongyan said, “When you come, pack some food for me downstairs, and we’ll go buy a mobile phone after we’ve eaten.”

       Qian Xiaoke: “…I only promised Chairman Cheng to accompany you to buy a phone, but I didn’t say I would accompany you to eat.”

       “Who said you have to accompany me to eat?” Jiang Tongyan laughed, “I mean, you buy it for me and bring it up. I’ll eat, and you watch.”

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       Qian Xiaoke said, “I’ll give you the money. Go and queue up to buy the ticket yourself.”

       Jiang Tongyan glanced at him, “How do I buy it?”

       “…Are you the legendary new generation of rich and stupid people?” Qian Xiaoke looked at him incredulously. “Go queue up, then choose the station you want to get off, put the money in, and wait for the ticket to come out.”

       Jiang Tongyan looked at him and said nothing.

       “Oh my God…” Qian Xiaoke thought this man was really a fool!

       He sighed and patted Jiang Tongyan on the shoulder like an old father, “Young man, you have to learn a bit.”

       He walked over to queue up with the money in his hand and asked Jiang Tongyan to stand behind him, “Watch and learn.”

       Jiang Tongyan really didn’t know how to take the subway, and he had never seen this kind of automatic ticket machine. He had to admit that he had learned a lot by following Qian Xiaoke.

       The ticket-buying team moved forward very quickly, and it was their turn in a short while.

       Qian Xiaoke said, “Watch. I’ll only teach you once.”

       When he said this, his aura was like that of the math teacher standing in front of the blackboard and saying coldly, “Listen carefully. I’ll teach you this question once!”

       Jiang Tongyan was humble and eager to learn and earnestly watched.

       Qian Xiaoke was very aggressive in his operation. After buying, he handed the card to Jiang Tongyan, “You owe me eight dollars!”

       Jiang Tongyan smiled, “I know, you are really…”

       “What?” Qian Xiaoke looked at him coldly, “I lent you money and taught you how to take the subway. What else do you want?”

       “I mean, you are really a good person.” Jiang Tongyan held back his laughter and looked very serious, “I have never seen such a good person as you!”

       Qian Xiaoke sneered proudly, “That’s right, I am a lovely person you can’t find even with a lantern.”

       After that, he happily swiped the card to enter the station with the small schoolbag on his back.

       Although it was late, there were still many people on the subway. This city never lacked people who worked overtime. Even though it was past nine in the evening, the subway was still crowded, which made Jiang Tongyan suspect that this time was actually the real evening rush hour.

       Qian Xiaoke went to see the marching instructions familiarly and called Jiang Tongyan—the ‘idiot who knows nothing’, to come and line up.

       He complained, “There must be no empty seats. I’m really dying of exhaustion.”

       He walked too much today and now he had to stand back. He reflected on himself and experienced what it meant to be “a greedy man swallows an elephant”. He could have gone home directly after work without anything to do, but he wanted to show off in front of others and wanted to take their car home, and ended up in this situation.

He had walked too much today, and now he had to stand to get back. Reflecting on himself, he personally experienced what it meant by ‘the greedy man that tries to swallow an elephant’. He could have simply gone home after work without any issues, but instead, he wanted to freeload and hitch a ride in their car, which led him to this predicament.

       It’s not worth it. It’s really not worth it!

       Qian Xiaoke was very depressed. Jiang Tongyan, who was standing behind him, looked at him through the brown glass door blocking the subway.

       The depressed Qian Xiaoke was also very interesting. In Jiang Tongyan’s view, this guy was like a funny little toy.

       “You can lean on me if you’re tired.” Jiang Tongyan glanced at the small TV hanging above his head, “The next bus will come in three minutes.”

       Qian Xiaoke looked back at him, “Why should I lean on you? Don’t I have any bones of my own?”

       Jiang Tongyan: “…You are not only stingy but also insensible.”

       Qian Xiaoke really didn’t mean to quarrel; he was just too tired. When people are tired, they get irritable, and when they get irritable, they start talking without thinking.

       After saying that, he also felt that it was quite rude. He bit his lower lip and muttered, “I’m sorry.”

       “Huh?”

       “I said sorry.” Qian Xiaoke turned away with an unhappy look on his face.

       Jiang Tongyan was a little unhappy at first; after all, this guy took his good intentions for granted. However, as soon as this little guy apologised, he calmed down instantly.

       He was too easy to coax.

       Jiang Tongyan felt that he couldn’t be like this.

       After waiting for three minutes, the train arrived as scheduled.

       Jiang Tongyan and Qian Xiaoke were almost pushed to get on the train. Qian Xiaoke was experienced in squeezing into the subway, so he grabbed Jiang Tongyan and went to the corner.

       Jiang Tongyan followed him inside, “Slow down!”

       “Slow down?! There’ll be no place to stand!” Qian Xiaoke pulled him to stand steadily, with his back against the cold car, facing Jiang Tongyan.

       Jiang Tongyan raised his hand to grab the pull ring, slightly lowered his head and looked at Qian Xiaoke who was leaning there comfortably, “You are quite good at finding a place.”

       “Of course,” Qian Xiaoke said proudly, “This is all life experience, you should learn something.”

       Jiang Tongyan looked at him and smiled, “Why should I learn this? I don’t have to squeeze into the subway.”

       He’s pissed off.

       Qian Xiaoke was mad at this rich man!

       He rolled his eyes and turned away from looking at Jiang Tongyan. As a result, when the train started, he looked at the window and found that Jiang Tongyan was actually looking at him with a smile.

       Jiang Tongyan looked at him because he really thought he was interesting, but in Qian Xiaoke’s opinion, that smile was malicious!

       He turned around abruptly, “What do you want to do now?”

       “What’s wrong with me?”

       “Are you coveting my beauty?”

       Jiang Tongyan’s right eyelid began to twitch again.

       “Don’t be obsessed with me,” Qian Xiaoke said, “I’m ruthless.”

       “Calm down.” Jiang Tongyan said, “Remember to take medicine when you go home.”

       “Tsk.” Qian Xiaoke turned around and ignored him.

       The journey for the two of them was really long, and they had to change trains three times in the middle. Qian Xiaoke was so tired that he couldn’t say anything.

       The subway continued to move forward, and there were more and more people on the train. Jiang Tongyan couldn’t stand being squeezed by strangers like this. When others squeezed him, he could only keep hiding forward, which meant that he was getting closer and closer to Qian Xiaoke who was shrinking in the corner in front of him.

       Closer and closer.

       Closer and closer. When Qian Xiaoke found that he was almost hugged by Jiang Tongyan, it was too late to push him away.

       When he turned around, his lips almost brushed the other’s chin.

       “… What are you doing?” Qian Xiaoke’s delicate body trembled, “Subway pervert!”

       Jiang Tongyan frowned and was a little anxious at this moment, “Pervert, your ass!”

       He said a little irritably, “What time is it, why are there so many people?”

       Qian Xiaoke looked up and saw that there seemed to be a lot of people on the train today.

       “What do you know,” Qian Xiaoke said, “This is the sad daily life of us working people at the bottom. We work overtime for people like you all day long, and we don’t have a little rest time. Look, everyone’s face is full of fatigue. Tell me, who should I blame?”

       “Blame you.” Jiang Tongyan said unhappily.

       Qian Xiaoke snorted coldly and ignored him again.

       But even though he ignored him, Qian Xiaoke stood in the corner again, almost sticking to him, “Move in a little, don’t let anyone touch your butt.”

       Jiang Tongyan laughed out loud, “I thank thee.”

       The two of them were squeezed for a long time, but Qian Xiaoke actually stood quite steadily. He hid in the corner, and Jiang Tongyan almost used his body to create a small world for him. In this small world, it seemed that even the noise could not reach Qian Xiaoke’s ears.

       This feeling was quite wonderful, and a word kept swaying in Qian Xiaoke’s mind—a sense of security.

       This word swayed with the subway, making Qian Xiaoke blush.

       It was excruciating to squeeze into the subway, and this time, it caused psychological trauma for the rich Jiang Tongyan.

       But fortunately, they finally caught a train with few people in the last third of the journey, and there were empty seats after they got on. Qian Xiaoke saw the empty seats as if he had seen a life-saving straw, and almost cried while holding the seat.

       Qian Xiaoke, who was extremely tired, sat there slumped, with no image at all. Jiang Tongyan sat upright beside him, patted his legs and said, “Sit well.”

       There were not many people in the car. Qian Xiaoke leaned there like a boneless person, “No one is looking at me!”

       “Whether there is anyone looking at you or not, you should be strict with yourself.” Jiang Tongyan said earnestly, “You can lean on me when you are tired; don’t lean on your body like a puddle of mud.”

       Qian Xiaoke pouted, “Okay.”

       Although he was reluctant, he felt that Jiang Tongyan was right. After all, it was a public place, and even if there were not many people, he should have sat well.

       He sat up straight, not leaning on Jiang Tongyan, but soon fell asleep.

       Qian Xiaoke’s body was swaying, and he kept nodding because he was sleepy. Jiang Tongyan couldn’t stand it anymore, so he raised his hand, hugged and pressed Qian Xiaoke’s head on his shoulder.

       Qian Xiaoke’s body trembled again, “What are you going to do to me?”

       “Which station do you want to get off at?” Jiang Tongyan asked.

       Qian Xiaoke took a look and said the station name.

       “Okay, go to sleep. I’ll call you when we get to the station.” Jiang Tongyan directly covered Qian Xiaoke’s eyes, “Close your eyes, sleep, and stop talking nonsense.”

       Qian Xiaoke was stunned for a moment. For some reason, he felt that Jiang Tongyan’s palm had a hypnotic effect. He actually obeyed obediently and leaned on his shoulder, then fell asleep in a daze.

       There were not many people in a carriage on the speeding subway.

       Jiang Tongyan and Qian Xiaoke leaned against each other, one snoring and the other looking at the glass window opposite.

       To be precise, one was looking at the figures of the two people reflected on the glass window, which looked warm and sweet.

       Jiang Tongyan glanced at his watch and wrote down the time.

       He should pay one yuan for every minute he leaned on. One shouldn’t be too ruthless when doing business.

       Jiang Tongyan thought: If it goes over twenty minutes, I could give him a discount—considering we’ve shared a bed before, how about a 10% discount? I’m truly a conscientious merchant!

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       Qian Xiaoke felt that he was a little crazy. He followed Jiang Tongyan and whispered, “Lu Xun¹Chinese writer and literary critic said that if you don’t explode in the movement, you will perish in the movement.”

       He looked at the lake and began to think that he should just take Jiang Tongyan with him to die together.

       Just as he was thinking about the feasibility of this, Jiang Tongyan stopped in his tracks.

       “Hey, you are still there?”

       Qian Xiaoke: “Hehe.”

       Jiang Tongyan asked him calmly, “Why aren’t you leaving?”

       Qian Xiaoke was really unhappy at this moment and turned away from him with a sad face.

       “I thought you left just now.” Jiang Tongyan walked over pretentiously and approached him, “Do you want to take a walk with me so much?”

       “Say less.” Qian Xiaoke said, “I’m afraid that you will be thrown into the lake from here.”

       Jiang Tongyan looked at him and smiled, “Seriously, why didn’t you leave by yourself?”

       He wanted to say: Could it be that you really can’t bear to leave me?

       Of course not. Qian Xiaoke was not reluctant to part with him but reluctant to part with the time he had spent!

       Qian Xiaoke said, “You must have never heard of this word before.”

       “Huh? What word?” Jiang Tongyan asked, “Devoted? Loyal? Inseparable? Dependent through life and death?”

       “… Do you know what ‘sunk cost’ is?” Qian Xiaoke said proudly, “You definitely don’t know.”

       Jiang Tongyan looked at him in confusion.

       “This is a word that often appears in the economic field,” Qian Xiaoke was so proud that his tail was almost raised, and he felt that he was very handsome now. “It means that I have wasted so much time, energy and physical strength on you, and these are all costs. In order not to let my costs go to waste, I have to bite my teeth and persevere to the end. Do you understand? Read more books.”

       “…” Jiang Tongyan looked at him incredulously and then smiled, “Little friend, the same words are given to you. Read more books, and don’t start to interpret things by yourself when you only know a little about everything.”

       He smiled slightly, “Also, a friendly reminder from Big Brother: in investment, we always have to exclude the interference of sunk costs and pay more attention to opportunity costs. Do you know ‘opportunity cost’? Have you heard of it?”

       “Ah?” Qian Xiaoke was dumbfounded.

       Jiang Tongyan rolled his eyes and suddenly slapped Qian Xiaoke in front of him, “Snap! Go hit your fly!”

       Jiang Tongyan, who had ridiculed Qian Xiaoke, was in a good mood and decided to spare this uneducated little fool.

       “Okay, I’m done relaxing.”

       Qian Xiaoke’s eyes lit up immediately, and he no longer wondered what Jiang Tongyan meant by what he just said, “Going home?”

       “Going home?” Jiang Tongyan narrowed his eyes and smiled, “You want to take me home? Why are you so vulgar and wretched?”

       “…”Qian Xiaoke felt that thanks to the subway security check he now went out without a machete, or else Jiang Tongyan would definitely die a horrible death here today!

       “Just joking.” Jiang Tongyan raised his eyebrows and smiled, “Let’s go, gege is in a good mood. I’ll give you a ride back.”

       Sometimes, a word could save a person.

       After Qian Xiaoke heard his words, his waist and legs were no longer sore. He could run directly to the park’s gate in one breath and stop a taxi along the way.

       However, just when the two of them were about to reach the gate of the park, Jiang Tongyan touched his pocket and said, “fvck, where’s my wallet?”

       Qian Xiaoke was shocked and felt that something was wrong.

       He turned around, “Don’t tease me.”

       “I’m not teasing you.” Jiang Tongyan’s mobile phone and wallet were gone.

       It was already dark at this time. The two looked back in the direction they came from. There were not many people walking.

       “My mobile phone is gone too.”

       “… In the prosperous and peaceful times, how could such a thing happen under my nose?” Qian Xiaoke said, “It must not be a thief; it must be you who lost it.”

       Jiang Tongyan: “…I didn’t say there was a thief.”

       Now, Qian Xiaoke was a little panicked.

       Although he really wanted to complain, it was really troublesome to lose a wallet. Qian Xiaoke lost his wallet once when he was in college. After that, he had to apply for a new ID card and report the loss of his bank card. It was so troublesome.

       Jiang Tongyan came back from abroad, so he probably has more documents. If he lost them, it would be quite troublesome.

       Qian Xiaoke was exhausted, both physically and mentally, but he still said, “Let’s go back and look for it. Maybe it fell on the ground.”

       Jiang Tongyan glanced at Qian Xiaoke, hesitated momentarily, and then said, “Forget it.”

       “Forget it?” Qian Xiaoke was shocked, “Are you tricking me again?”

       Of course not.

       Jiang Tongyan’s mobile phone and wallet were really missing, but he looked at how tired Qian Xiaoke was. He didn’t have the heart to let the other party continue to entangle with him, and he was not sure whether it was worth it. What if he was exhausted after searching for a circle but found nothing? Wouldn’t it be a big loss?

       “There’s only a few hundred dollars in my wallet. With what had been spent, my wallet wasn’t worth much.”

       “…”Qian Xiaoke was speechless. He thought was this something worth being happy about?

       “What about your cell phone?” Qian Xiaoke said, “You don’t want it anymore?”

       “You can buy another cell phone. The card inside is a spare card I bought when I returned here.” Jiang Tongyan was shy and embarrassed to say that he didn’t want anything in order not to tire Qian Xiaoke to death, “Let’s go back first.”

       Qian Xiaoke stood there looking at him, and after a long time he squeezed out a sentence, “It’s good to have money.”

       It was good to have money. You could just throw away such an expensive wallet and you could just ‘buy another one’ without even looking for your cell phone after losing it.

       Qian Xiaoke smacked his lips and felt like he had just chewed a lemon.

       “Are you sure?” Qian Xiaoke said, “It’s troublesome to lose these two things.”

       “It’s okay,” Jiang Tongyan said, “I used that cell phone specifically for returning to China. I didn’t keep any important things in it.”

       Qian Xiaoke pouted, still a little uneasy.

       “Let’s go, let’s go, what time is it.” Jiang Tongyan actually felt a bit regretful. Losing things that day served as a lesson for him—he should have avoided playing tricks on people in the future.

       He raised his hand to stop a taxi, but was suddenly pushed down by Qian Xiaoke.

       “What’s wrong with you?” Jiang Tongyan asked, “Did you lose your wallet too?”

       “I suddenly thought of something!” Qian Xiaoke’s eyes widened, “You don’t have any money now.”

       “Obviously.”

       “No mobile phone either.”

       “Obviously.”

       “Then why did you take a taxi?” Qian Xiaoke glared at him, “Do you have money to pay for the taxi fare?”

       “Don’t you have money?” Jiang Tongyan was too lazy to tease him, “Let’s take a taxi back first, I’ll pay you back another day.”

       Qian Xiaoke was almost shocked to death by this sentence.

       He, Qian Xiaoke, had a principle in life, that is, he would never lend money to others even if he died!

       He could have his head cut and blood flow; it didn’t matter how close or distant he was. There was no way he would lend money!

       What’s more, for someone like Jiang Tongyan, who could basically be defined by anything but the relationship they have, borrowing money was even less of an option. The only history they have together was lying in the same bed, questioning life for a few hours, eating spicy hotpot together, and spending over an hour in a park. They had no real connection, and it was very likely that this person could just run off to another country one day. If he lent this kind of person money, it would be giving him an opportunity to exploit and kill him!

       Yes, for Qian Xiaoke, having his money taken away was just the same as killing him!

       Qian Xiaoke was not stupid, he would not do such a thing.

       “You won’t do that?” Jiang Tongyan said, “I have plenty of money, I don’t need your little bit.”

       “Who knows?” Qian Xiaoke said very cautiously, “Life is always unpredictable. What if you go bankrupt tomorrow?”

       “… Buddy, can’t you hope for something good for me?”

       Qian Xiaoke was in pain now, because he suddenly realised that if he was unwilling to pay for the taxi first, then they had only one way to go, that was to say, his few hours today were really like a 10,000-ton ship that had sunk.

       Qian Xiaoke stood under the street lights in the autumn night, looking at Jiang Tongyan, who was half a head taller than him. He felt as if he was watching his Titanic sinking into the sea, but he could do nothing about it. He couldn’t help but feel sad.

       “Hey, what are you thinking about?” Jiang Tongyan looked at the person in front of him and felt that this little guy’s thinking was really jumpy and even a little scary.

       “First, I’m not called Hey.” Qian Xiaoke pouted, “Second, what I think has nothing to do with you.”

       He took a deep breath with grievance, feeling heartbroken and miserable.

       “Okay, whatever you want.” Jiang Tongyan wanted to stop the car again, but was stopped by Qian Xiaoke.

       “Chairman Jiang.” Qian Xiaoke said, “You can’t do that.”

       Jiang Tongyan looked at him in confusion.

       “Forget about taking a taxi. You know our current financial situation,” Qian Xiaoke said, “I can lend you money to take the subway.”

       “Subway?”

       “Yes, subway.” Qian Xiaoke really couldn’t bear to leave Jiang Tongyan alone here without money, but he couldn’t pay for the taxi fare himself. This was the best he could do. He could barely afford the eight yuan subway fare. If Jiang Tongyan didn’t pay him back in the future, he wouldn’t lose too much.

       Qian Xiaoke was exactly the kind of meticulous, frugal, and calculating young man of the new era who excelled at managing his resources with precision.

       Jiang Tongyan asked him, “Aren’t you tired?”

       “I am tired,” Qian Xiaoke said, “but I am willing!”

       He grabbed Jiang Tongyan’s wrist and dragged him to the nearby subway station, “Let’s hurry up. Life is short, and we’ve already wasted too much time. In these prime years, we should seize every moment!”

       Jiang Tongyan looked at the back of Qian Xiaoke’s head with a smile and let him pull him forward.

       He smiled and said, “What nonsense are you talking about?”

       “No nonsense.” Qian Xiaoke regretted it but thought about it again. This is also an important lesson in life: “Teacher Jiang, I have waited for you for too long!”

       Alright.

       Jiang Tongyan could see that this kid was crazy.

       However, this little madman was also very interesting.

       Jiang Tongyan was being pulled forward by him, feeling the chilly wind and watching as the hair on the back of this guy’s head was blown into a spiky mess. The smile in his eyes seemed to reach up to the moon.

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