When Yu Antong arrived, Han Lele was already waiting for him. He took a look at Yu Antong’s clothes and commented, “Hm… while this tailored high-end suit really fits you and makes you look more energetic, it’s not appropriate to go to a bar in a suit.”
Yu Antong accepted this suggestion readily and asked, “Do I have to change clothes?”
“Well, the thing is… you already looked very good. The more serious-looking you are, or if you have this ‘abstinent’ vibe on you, it will actually provoke men’s desire to ‘conquer’ you, so to speak. So, if you wear this, I can bet that a lot of people will tease and flirt with you.”
Yu Antong understood what Han Lele means, “Ah, I see. I’ll change it then.”
He went to the bar to have fun for himself. He was married and didn’t want to cheat!
“That’s fine.” Han Lele said regretfully, “Get in the car, let’s go shopping for clothes first.”
After picking out a set of clothes, Yu Antong changed in the changing room and came out.
He chose a black v-neck that was a bit loose on his body. The shirt was plain without any complicated embellishments, except a hint of elegant red plum blossoms embroidered around the waist area. It was plain and simple.
Yu Antong’s skin was fair, and the black fabric made a sharp contrast to his skin. It made him look more delicate and tender. The neckline also exposed his perfect collarbone.
Han Lele’s eyes straightened, thinking that he could top1honestly, the highest praise possible lol. for Yu Antong!
As for the bottom, Yu Antong wore a pair of black trousers with the hem rolled up, paired with British-style short boots, revealing his delicate ankle.
‘Man, who knew a flash of an ankle could look so appetizing?’ Han Lele wondered, and then realized that it wasn’t about the clothes at all. Yu Antong was just that good-looking. No matter the clothes, as long as it fits his body, it would look good on him.
Yu Antong looked in the mirror and asked him, “How does this look?”
Han Lele suddenly thought of a terrible problem – he himself was a single dog, he could do whatever he wanted, but Yu Antong was married.
Han Lele asked, “Does your husband know that I invited you to the bar?”
If Yu Antong recruits a lot of peach blossoms2suitors back, can Mr. Xing spared his doggy life?!
“Why did you remember to ask this?” Yu Antong kept looking in the mirror smugly, he looked so sassy in black, he was so pretty, ah~ “I didn’t tell him I was going to a bar. I said I am going to celebrate my roommate’s birthday.”
Han Lele was relieved. As long as they wouldn’t get found out, his life was fine. “Very good, your clothes are suitable, let’s just take this one.”
Yu Antong and Han Lele came quite early, and there were not many people in the bar.
Pulled by Han Lele to sit in front of the bar, Yu Antong stared with interest at a cocktail that the bartender was mixing.
The lower layer of the transparent glass was bright garnet red. It had an attractive gradient effect with the lower layer being the darkest, while the topmost layer was bright orange, colored like a sky at dawn.
Bright, dazzling, full of enthusiasm, Yu Antong liked it very much.
He raised his eyebrows at the chic and handsome bartender, and asked, “What’s the name of this drink? Can you make one for me?”
His raised phoenix eyes reflected the colorful lights in the bar. He didn’t know that his looks could be misconstrued as seductiveness. A sensual beauty without meaning to do it.
The bartender has been in the bar for many years, and he could tell at a glance that Yu Antong was a newbie at the bar. Otherwise, he would have recognize this basic cocktail you could buy from any bar.
Gorgeous, seductive, clean yet pure – definitely a rare find.
It’s a pity not to eat such a top-quality man. The bartender immediately flirted with him, “Do you like it? Gege can give you this for free, if you add gege’s WeChat, that is. Then, I’ll even tell you the name.” A chic-looking man, yet he spoke so greasy3like, cliched flirty man. Not very attractive..
‘I can’t stand it, I can’t stand it! He’s not as handsome as me, his body is not as good as my husband! He still wants my WeChat number? Sorry pal, I’m way out of your league.’
Yu Antong subconsciously compared this bartender with Xing Lixuan. And the more he compared, the more he felt that this bartender wasn’t that good.
He lowered his eyes, pulled the menu next to him, then found the cocktail at a glance. He politely rejected him, “I see, it’s called Tequila Sunrise. It’s a very suitable name. You don’t need to give it to me for free, I have the money.”
The bartender felt it was quite the pity, but he knew that he shouldn’t push further. So he stopped his flirting attempt and gave the cocktail to Yu Antong for free anyways, “Little beauty, I wish you a good time tonight.”
Han Lele saw that Yu Antong was teased as soon as he entered. He prayed harder for Mr. Xing to never know of this excursion of theirs.
Yu Antong accepted the drink and sipped it slowly. It tasted sweet and sour, with a strong fruit juice flavor, but the alcohol taste was too weak for him to enjoy.
As the night went on, the number of people in the bar gradually increased. Yu Antong spotted that some people started to dance, and he was eager to join in. He asked Han Lele, “Shall we go there?”
“Are you sure?” Han Lele was hoping Yu Antong would not mingle, lest he gain even more suitors.
After thinking more about it, Yu Antong felt that he was currently more interested with the drinks for now, so he said, “Yeah, maybe next time. I’ll drink some more for now.”
Han Lele secretly sighed in relief.
Yu Antong continued to browse the drinks menu, and picked the most beautiful one to try, “I’ll have a Manhattan, please.”
After taking a sip, two people sat down next to him. He didn’t pay attention at first, but then, he overheard their chatting and got interested in eavesdropping.
The person farther away from him spoke softly as he complained, “Bai Ying, you know that I don’t like to come to this kind of place.”
Sitting next to Yu Antong, the person called Bai Ying replied, “Yunqing, you’ve been depressed these days. I’m taking you here so you can relax for a bit.”
Bai Ying then continued, “If you really can’t let go of Xing Lixuan, then go after him and tell him that you like him, don’t be so foolish about having a crush on him.”
The man named Yunqing said, “Don’t talk nonsense, I said I don’t like Xing Lixuan. Besides, he is married already. What am I? A homewrecker?”
Han Lele overheard their conversation and looked at Yu Antong.
Yu Antong felt that the name “Yunqing” sounded familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere. With his eyes, he signaled Han Lele to stop talking and listen for a while.
“Come on, you can’t fool me,” Bai Ying said, “A while ago I was afraid that mentioning Xing Lixuan would make you sad, so I didn’t say it. On the day Xing Lixuan got married, I went to his wedding with my dad. Tsk tsk, he might be the groom, but he has a dark face all ceremony! Anyone with eyes can see he wasn’t a willing party in that wedding!”
“Listen to me, within half a year, they will definitely divorce,” Bai Ying continued, “I even found out about his favorite type. Xing Lixuan said he likes a gentle, generous, and sensible man. Isn’t he talking about you?”
Yunqing’s firm will began to waver, “What you said is true?”
“Why would I lie to you? I accidentally overheard his friends talking about it.”
It was two days after Xing Lixuan got married. Bai Ying went to the bar to play, and it happened that Qi Jingyao, Bao Ji, and Wei Zhejun had a good relationship with Xing Lixuan, so they chatted together and mentioned Xing Lixuan’s marriage.
Sitting at the table next to them, Bai Ying overheard Bao Ji saying, “Time flies so fast, Lixuan got married in the blink of an eye.”
“This marriage won’t last,” Qi Jingyao commented, “By the way, you still remember that when we were in college, we once got Lao Xing drunk and asked him what kind of person he likes?”
Bao Ji laughed and said, “How can I forget this, I just want to laugh when I think about it.”
“Yes, yes!” Qi Jingyao laughed until he slapped his thigh, “Lao Xing said that he likes gentle and generous, well-educated, sensible and non-sticky people, what do you think?”
“It’s fine if he likes girls, but he’s gay. So… with this standard, Lao Xing is definitely a steel straight guy in the gay circle.”
Bai Ying told Shen Yunqing all this, and Han Lele and Yu Antong also heard it.
Han Lele’s eyes were full of sympathy for Yu Antong. His Tongtong is such a good catch, that surnamed Xing definitely doesn’t know how to cherish such a pearl!
Han Lele put his hand on Yu Antong’s shoulder, trying to comfort him.
Yu Antong drank the rest of the wine in the glass, stood up and said, “Let’s go dance.”
Han Lele chased after him, “Let’s forget about it? They knew that Xing Lixuan was married to you, and yet, they’re shameless enough to say that.”
Yu Antong replied, “Xing Lixuan is handsome and has a lot of money. It’s only normal that some shameless people still want to try to climb him up. They can try if they want, especially since I can’t tear them all up because there are too many. It’s not worth the effort.”
–plus, he also knew that his marriage with Xing Lixuan really wouldn’t last. So why should he be bothered by a true statement? Better enjoy himself and adopt a carefree attitude.
Yu Antong imitated the movements of other people on the dance floor, shaking his hips, waving his body, swaying his body around with a little help of his drunkenness.
Before he knew it, Yu Antong was pushed to the front of the stage. On the stage, there were people specially invited by the bar to dance. Someone reached out to Yu Antong and invited him to come on stage.
Yu Antong was heavily influenced by the passionate rock music in the bar, so he agreed.
His dancing skills were definitely not as professional as the people on stage. But he often practiced yoga, so his waist is flexible and his body condition was very good. Plus with his stellar appearance, he was enough to make many audience members scream.
In a slightly hidden box on the second floor–
As soon as Bao Ji arrived, he began to comfort Xing Lixuan and said, “We all understand you very much. We know that you are upset, and being arranged into a marriage makes anyone feel uncomfortable.”
Xing Lixuan, who ate well and slept soundly after marriage: “No, you misunderstood….”
Wei Zhejun also followed closely with his comforting, “I know that you don’t want to get married. But there is nothing you can do, it’s all for the sake of your grandma. Ah, my brother, you have been wronged.”
Xing Lixuan tried to deny, “Actually–”
But Bao Ji once again interrupted him, “No need to say anything. Us brothers understand you! Marriage is the tomb of freedom! But at least in this moment, when you are with us, you are still free to drink and have fun.”
Qi Jingyao didn’t stop these two big fools. He instead sit back and enjoyed this show.
Xing Lixuan slammed his glass to the table. It made a deep “thud” sound. “Have you finished?”
Bao Ji: “…”
Wei Zhejun: “…”
Xing Lixuan was pissed. “Can you listen to me now?”
The two looked at each other with confusion in their eyes.
‘What happened?’
‘Something doesn’t seem right?’
But as Xing Lixuan’s good buddies, they only nodded blankly and said in unison, “Tell me.”
Xing Lixuan directly told them the truth, “What I wanted to say is… I think getting married is pretty good.”
“Ah?”
Bao Ji was completely confused, wasn’t Xing Lixuan forced to marry a man he never met? As he wondered, he let his gaze lingered to the dance stage below. There, he saw a very pretty man. He muttered under his breath subconsciously, “Damn. He looks delicious.”
Qi Jingyao followed his gaze, and suddenly froze in place. “Shit! Isn’t this your wife! Man, he’s wild. Look at that mo– oh shit.”
Xing Lixuan looked at Yu Antong who was dressed in black on the stage, looking like the personification of sin, and gave a cold snort.
‘Birthday?’
Xing Lixuan: “I’ll go down first.”
As soon as Xing Lixuan left, the three people in the box immediately got together to look at the first floor.
Qi Jingyao clicked his tongue and said, “It’s a good fucking show.”
While these three men were the heirs of wealthy families, their gossip content was no different from that of vegetable market aunties.
Yu Antong, who was dancing in high spirits, saw the tall man walking towards him, and his body froze. He quickly jumped off the stage and found Han Lele, “Lele, why do I think that person looks like my husband?”
Han Lele turned his head to look, ‘Damn! How is this like it! This is Xing Lixuan!’
‘Oh fuck. He’s going to kill me, isn’t he?’ Han Lele had already made peace with his death.
Seeing that Xing Lixuan was about to walk up to them, a young man in white suddenly stopped Xing Lixuan’s way: “Lixuan, what a coincidence, I ran into you here.”
Yu Antong paused in place.
Wasn’t this voice the “Yunqing” person who was talking next to him just now? Yu Antong suddenly remembered that this person must be Shen Yunqing, the supporting character who has always had a crush on Xing Lixuan in the novel!
If these people were just thinking about Xing Lixuan or just talking big, then it’s fine for him. He would let them lust after his husband for all they like.
But if they dare to flirt with his husband… especially in front of him…
There’s no way he’ll let them get away with it without a few scratches on their faces.
Qi Jingyao was holding on to the railing on the second floor, vibrating like an excited kid on the Christmas day, “Huh, big scene, big scene! Man, I want to record this legendary meeting!”
The author has something to say:
Yu Antong: I heard that you like gentle and generous, well-educated, sensible and non-sticky people.
Xing Lixuan: I didn’t, don’t talk nonsense.
The melon-eating couple, Qi Jingyao and Han Lele, will always go to the front line to eat melons.
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