When did he want to bend him?
Gu Jiqing recalled the conversation just now, paused slightly, and then clicked on the search for “Free.” When he saw the line “No man can leave straight,” there was an instant of silence.
However, he quickly said, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to ask you out on a date. My brother and his group were having a gathering and asked me to convey the invitation. I didn’t know it’s a gay party.”
He explained sincerely and calmly.
So much so that Zhou Cibai felt it was difficult to say anything more, he could only say in a muffled voice, “I can’t go to places like Free.”
This answer is exactly what Gu Jiqing expected. It is normal for Zhou Cibai, a little moral model with a strong foundation, not to like going to bars.
Moreover, he also didn’t originally want Zhou Cibai to go.
So he nodded and said, “En, I understand. It was indeed a bit presumptuous of me to ask you about this matter, but I didn’t mean anything else. I hope you don’t mind.”
After speaking, Gu Jue’s voice came from the door.
Gu Jiqing whispered, “Happy Christmas Eve, I’ll hang up first.” Then he cut off the call.
Zhou Cibai, who was on the other end of the phone, faintly heard a sentence coming from the receiver, “Ah Ji, get ready, I’ll take you to Free.” And then he stood still.
Going to Free?
Gu Jiqing still wants to go to Free?!
What’s he going to Free for?
Go see those muscular men who aren’t close to his physique dancing?!
When Zhou Cibai thought of Gu Jiqing sitting under the stage watching the group of greasy men wearing only triangle pants dance, he felt restless and threw away his phone. He leaned back in the chair and frowned.
From beginning to end, Wang Quan, who listened to this conversation inexplicably, said, “Mr. Zhou, what’s going on here? Yuan Hua wants to invite you to Free?”
“No, he’ll go by himself.” Zhou Cibai’s response was not very positive.
However, Wang Quan immediately let out a “F*ck” and said, “Then that piece of fat from Yuan Hua will be stared at to death tonight!”
Gu Jiqing is this thin, where is the fat?
However, when Zhou Cibai thought of Gu Jiqing sitting in the bar drunk and accepting others’ unbridled glances, his eyebrows furrowed even deeper.
What does Gu Jiqing think? Doesn’t he have any idea how to attract more people? Does he have to go to a gay bar just because he’s gay? What if he meets someone who’s not a good person?
Zhou Cibai became more and more annoyed as he thought about it. He picked up his phone several times and tried to call that number back, but in the end, he couldn’t find a suitable and legitimate reason or position. He could only pick up his jacket, casually put it on, and leave.
And Gu Jiqing had already packed up and said to Gu Jue, who was clutching his hair in front of the mirror at the door, “Let’s go.”
Gu Jue turned his head and glanced at his soft cashmere jacket and jeans, then asked, “Why don’t you dress up?”
Gu Jiqing spoke to him with a lazy tone that he didn’t even want to use: “Do you think Li Wang would care about my appearance?”
Li Wang insisted that Gu Jue invite him over this time because he had made him lose face at Zhou Cibai’s father’s birthday banquet, and he needed to make up for it.
Only creatures like Gu Jue with a single mindset would think that Li Wang was just trying to have fun with him.
However, Gu Jiqing was too lazy to say this to Gu Jue, even if he did, he couldn’t understand anyway. Saying it would only make Yin Lan worried.
Sure enough, upon hearing these words, Gu Jue just nodded and said, “Indeed, my younger brother is so good-looking. Even if you only wear a casual school uniform, it would also impress the whole audience. It’s considered to give Li Wang’s face already. Let’s go.”
Gu Jue casually threw a candy to Gu Jiqing and said, “Bubble gum. They say it’s delicious. Try it.”
After speaking, he also threw one into his own mouth.
Gu Jiqing looked up and saw Yin Lan’s worried gaze towards them. He lowered his eyelashes, peeled off the candy, and put it in his mouth.
Yin Lan indeed showed a relieved smile.
Gu Jue, like a big brother who really has a good relationship with his younger brother, hooked onto Gu Jiqing’s shoulder and casually told him about which high-ranking official’s young master and which wealthy merchant’s young master came tonight.
Gu Jiqing listened quietly, playing with the things in his pocket with his left hand and holding his phone with his right hand. His fingertips lightly tap. [Senior Pei, may I trouble you with something tonight?]
[A very smart Pei Yiming]: Okay, you say
[Cyan]: Tonight, I will send you a message once every twenty minutes. If it exceeds twenty minutes, could you please come to Free to find me?
[A very smart Pei Yiming]: Do I need to call the police?
[Cyan]: If you can’t find me in the bar, you can call the police
[A very smart Pei Yiming]: Okay, pay attention to safety. If it’s convenient, it’s okay to do it every ten minutes. Anyway, I’m free tonight
[Cyan]: En, thank you
Gu Jiqing believes that Pei Yiming is a rare calm and intelligent person, and just like him, he has a strong sense of boundaries and never asks or cares too much.
Unlike Zhou Cibai, if he were to go look for him like this, he estimated that in two minutes, his whole person would have already arrived at the scene with that handsome face to question the reason, and then personally protected him.
Thinking of Zhou Cibai walking over with his long legs and a cool and imposing face every time, like a proud and powerful snow wolf, and if he was casually teased, he would suddenly purse his lips and his ears flushed. Gu Jiqing didn’t know why, so he lowered his head, and his lips were slightly hooked.
Gu Jue, who was still chattering next to him, asked, “What are you smiling at?”
Gu Jiqing paused slightly before realizing that he had just smiled. He then put away his phone and said in a warm voice, “It’s nothing, I just think that big dogs are really cute.”
Gu Jue thought he was thinking about dogs, and he also didn’t pay much attention. He just suddenly realized that, aren’t the winter nights in Beijing very cold? So why’s it inexplicably hot?
.
Free is right across from the hotel, and the two of them quickly arrived.
When he pushed open the door and entered, the sound of music and the crowd surged in an instant, causing Gu Jiqing to feel a physical sense of ear pain and chest tightness.
On the visual center stage, a group of semi-naked handsome men from the West are indeed quite eye-catching to some extent.
But there are a few muscles that are too exaggerated, he doesn’t really like them.
In contrast, Zhou Cibai’s muscular lines are more in line with his aesthetics.
But Gu Jiqing didn’t bother to take a few more glances, Gu Jue was pulled away by a group of fox friends that he didn’t know. Before he was pulled away by them, he didn’t forget to say to Li Wang, “I brought you the person already, but it’s my younger brother’s first time in this place. Please take care of him and don’t use the same tactics you used to catch those sl*ts out there on him.”
When Li Wang heard this, he just brought over a glass of cocktail and handed it to Gu Jiqing, saying with a smile, “You say, there’s really a big difference between your two brothers. One of you has a bright mind and can get into Tsinghua University, while the other is so simple. It’s really not biological, it’s just different.”
Li Wang’s words are already straightforward enough.
Gu Jiqing took the wine, casually sat on a high stool, looked at Li Wang, and calmly asked, “So what do you need me to do?”
When he looked at Li Wang, he tilted his head slightly. At the end of his already seductive eyes curled up, and the red tear mole was smeared with a mottled and ambiguous color by the light. The snow-white, plain face, in the midst of a group of well-dressed and flamboyant people, showed a kind of cold, alluring charm.
At that moment, Li Wang felt a little itchy.
He felt that he wouldn’t mind playing seriously for a while as long as Gu Jiqing was a bit grateful and knew how to behave.
So he sat on the high stool opposite Gu Jiqing, propped his head up, and looked at Gu Jiqing with a smug smile, pointing to him. “What do you think I need you to do?”
Gu Jiqing put down the cocktail in his hand and spoke lazily and gently, “I wouldn’t go so far as to do that for Gu Jue, and Gu Jue wouldn’t let me do that for him either.”
“I know.” Li Wang smiled smugly. “So I didn’t plan to have you drink any alcohol here today.”
As his words fell, Gu Jiqing felt a strange warmth rise within his body, and his left knuckles, which were tucked inside his jacket’s pocket, suddenly tightened.
Li Wang continued to smile and said, “How did the bubble gum I asked your brother to bring you to taste? Yes, he certainly wouldn’t let you do this, but who let him have a poor brain? Maybe he’s already in bed with some pretty little girl by now.”
The strange warmth inside his body becomes increasingly apparent and spreads in a gradually accelerating posture from his lower abdomen to his limbs, bringing about a strange restlessness and an increased heartbeat.
Before Gu Jiqing came, it’s not that he had not considered the worst-case scenario, he had also prepared for what he could do as well. However, he did expect Gu Jue to be really that bad enough, but he was not smart enough.
That candy was actually given to him by Li Wang.
Li Wang counted and counted, and even counted Gu Jue as well.
That’s right, drugging men is just to enhance their desire and reduce their mental strength. In the eyes of these scumbags, they’ll just find a little girl for Gu Jue to solve the problem, and it would still be counted as Gu Jue taking advantage of the situation and making amends afterward, and that would be the end of it.
But Gu Jiqing is different.
He appears to be a beautiful and delicate man, but in their eyes, he is the object of their desires.
Gu Jiqing clutched something in his left coat pocket tightly, his expression not looking half as different as usual. He even lazily pushed his phone forward and said, “En, I know, so I chatted with my friend for a while before coming.”
Li Wang lowered his eyes and saw the conversation between him and Pei Yiming on his phone screen. His face instantly darkened, and then he chuckled inwardly. “What do you think calling the police would benefit you?”
Gu Jiqing seemed to know what he was thinking and smiled lightly. “Anyway, there won’t be any harm.”
Li Wang wanted to say something more, but Gu Jiqing had already said softly, “With Brother Wang’s tactics, of course he won’t do anything he’s not sure of, and he doesn’t think I’ll do anything if I take some videos and photos later. After all, I’ve never cared too much about things like victim guilt theory, but it would leave evidence for Brother Wang and give them a hold of you instead, wouldn’t it?”
Gu Jiqing said, lifting his eyes and giving Li Wang a nonchalant glance.
His eyes were black, soft, and shallow when he looked at people, like they were not aggressive at all, and yet he inexplicably looked at Li Wang with horror.
He felt that no matter what he was thinking, Gu Jiqing seemed to be able to see it.
Sure enough, the next second, Gu Jiqing said, “Compared to the disaster of imprisonment, a one-night stand is nothing. So if I go home now because I’m not feeling well, Brother Wang will be able to explain to my family better. As for those two candies…”
Gu Jiqing paused for a moment and spoke calmly. “Brother Wang and my brother are so close, you’ve helped out a little and even sent some fancy snacks, it’s my brother who should be thanking you.”
This kind of medicine is naturally a banned drug brought back from abroad. Once it is reported and several charges are taken, his father may be implicated.
Gu Jiqing wanted to use this as a condition for him to help Gu Jue win this project, and he also wanted to withdraw completely and hold onto a long-range handle.
In just a few minutes, he made all the stakes clear and hit Li Wang’s soft spot at every turn.
This rational, calm, and thoughtful reaction has surpassed the vast majority of people who have not been drugged, let alone the medicine he brought back this time, which has absolutely strong efficacy. Therefore, how could Gu Jiqing still maintain this negotiating state with him?
Li Wang suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and he had reason to believe that if he really did something to Gu Jiqing, there would definitely be more to come.
He even began to doubt whether or not Gu Jiqing had eaten that candy from the beginning.
However, only Gu Jiqing knew that his internal organs were almost on fire, and his heart began to beat violently due to adrenaline being stimulated by drugs. His throat was also burning hot, every word that was spoken hurt like hell, and a sheer layer of sweat soaked up behind his back.
He could also feel that his brain consciousness was also begin to be influenced by drugs. Desires and hallucinations are gradually eroding his rationality.
So his left hand that was tucked in his coat pocket clenched tighter and tighter, and warm liquid was already flowing out along the lines of his palm.
He felt that he might not be able to hold on for too long, so he tapped his phone a few more times with his right hand and spoke in a particularly gentle and easy-to-talk tone, saying, “And Brother Wang should also know that many phones can now record cloud synchronization, so I’m afraid if I still don’t go back. My friend might accidentally call the police later, which will be more troublesome.”
Li Wang tightly grasped the glass in his hand, as if the glass would burst from him in the next second, but he could only grit his teeth and say, “Gu Jiqing, you’re really not afraid of what I’ll do to you?”
“It’s okay. After all, I don’t think having s*x once is going to do anything.” Gu Jiqing said this with sincerity. “Even if you don’t let me go today, I’ll just take a few more hours of showers when I go back and report to the police. It won’t have much impact on my life.”
After all, the barefooted people are not afraid of those who wear shoes1Lit. the barefooted people are not afraid of those who wear shoes (idiom) the poor, who have nothing to lose, do not fear those in power..
A family background like Li Wang’s always cared a bit more about faces than he did.
Li Wang never expected that a nearly thirty-year-old veteran of romance like him would be fooled by a seemingly innocent college student in such matters.
He gulped down a large glass of whisky, slammed it heavily, and remained silent.
The outcome of the negotiation has been announced.
Gu Jiqing withdrew his phone and prepared to stand up.
Li Wang had never lost so much and couldn’t help but ask, “Since you don’t care about these things, why can’t you sleep with me for one night?”
This is a dirty and straightforward question.
Gu Jiqing answered more naturally, “Perhaps because I prefer doing such things with young, clean, and handsome people.”
After speaking, he stood up and prepared to leave.
But the efficacy was far stronger than he thought. When he stood up, he felt dizzy, and his feet softened. Before he could react, he fell straight ahead.
Li Wang quickly reached out to help.
The moment his palm touched Gu Jiqing’s waist, an unexpected delicacy and softness made his throat tighten instantly.
His desire and emotion had even overcome his rationality, making him instantly think about whether or not to take Gu Jiqing back first.
However, in just one second, his arms suddenly emptied. The next thing he knew, he was being picked up by a hand that clutched him by the collar. He then was slammed back onto the bar with force, his arms crossed and tightly pressing down on his chest with deadly force.
“Sh*t!” When his back hit the corner of the marble bar, Li Wang turned pale with pain and swore out a lot of dirty words. “Which son of a b*tch doesn’t have eyes…”
Before he could finish cursing, Li Wang couldn’t speak anymore.
The man before him wore a long black coat, his hair and brow wrapped in the wind and snow, with a sharp, compelling chill. One arm wrapped around Gu Jiqing, and the other grabbed his collar and slammed him into the bar’s counter. The aggression between his eyes was as strong as that of a wolf protecting its food, and his voice was also filled with unkind coldness.
“I don’t mind looking for my brother if you cause trouble with Gu Jiqing again in the future.”
After speaking, he picked up Gu Jiqing horizontally and walked out quickly.
Li Wang, who was left behind, collapsed on the ground. He covered his neck and breathed heavily, like a survivor.
The moment Gu Jiqing smelled the familiar scent on Zhou Cibai’s body, he finally let go of his tense nerves and clenched left hand, then weakly collapsed into his arms.
He wants to say something, but he really doesn’t have the strength.
Because he has always been afraid of pain and bleeding, but he has never told anyone about it.
Zhou Cibai remained silent along the way. He only silently and quickly carried Gu Jiqing back to the car.
When he wanted to put Gu Jiqing down in the back seat, Gu Jiqing hugged his neck and wrapped around him like the softest vine and said, “Zhou Cibai, you’re so cold. Can you give me a hug?”
Zhou Cibai was stunned.
He originally thought that Gu Jiqing was drinking too much and couldn’t stand steadily, but now he could see clearly through the roadside light that Gu Jiqing’s eyes was abnormally red, with mist at the bottom of his eyes and his skin burning fiercely.
Crimson blood dripped out of his left hand and fingertips, which had been clenched so tightly, and a sharp blade fell to the ground.
It was clear what had happened.
Zhou Cibai’s hand that was around his waist suddenly tightened, almost exhausting all his refinement and rationality before resisting the urge to go back and smash the bar: “I’ll take you to the hospital.”
“No need.” Gu Jiqing felt as if his whole body was on fire, and the chill from Zhou Cibai’s cloak with snow became his best comfort. He held Zhou Cibai tightly, his throat dry and hoarse. “The hospital will call the police. If they do, I’ll have no leverage.”
He will call the police, but it’s not the time yet.
He wants to leave the last bit of support for Yin Lan before leaving the Gu family.
He said it so softly and so helplessly.
Zhou Cibai’s heart suddenly twitched, so painful that he almost forgot to breathe.
He still remembers the feeling of anger and jealousy that almost exploded in his chest when he pushed open Free’s door and saw Gu Jiqing almost collapse into another man’s arms.
Li Wang’s gaze towards Gu Jiqing was like a snake looking at its prey, and desire flowed out naked, despicable, and intense.
He was originally angry and wanted to ask Gu Jiqing why must he come to such a place, even though he already knew that Li Wang was this kind of person. Does he even know what it means to protect himself?!
But before he could ask, Gu Jiqing had already given him the answer.
What else could it be?
Just because no one has ever been able to protect Gu Jiqing.
At that moment, Zhou Cibai didn’t know what was causing his anger and jealousy, nor did he know what was causing his sourness and softness.
He could only feel some kind of impulse howling wildly in his chest, but he didn’t know how to express himself. He could only silently let the person in front of him embrace him on this snowy night and then hug his waist to shield him from the non-stop wind and snow outdoors.
However, the scent on his body was too strong, and his embrace was too warm. The hormonal aura belonging to a young man aggressively invaded Gu Jiqing, making him increasingly uncomfortable and feeling it even stronger.
Gu Jiqing felt as if he was yearning to be embraced, kissed, and possessed by Zhou Cibai.
But Zhou Cibai has homophobia, he can’t do this.
But he was really uncomfortable, the burning sensation inside him seemed to be wanting to burn him into ashes, and there was even swelling and pain in his lower abdomen.
He doesn’t know if something will happen or not if this continues.
So he struggled to lift his head from Zhou Cibai’s neck and said hoarsely, “Zhou Cibai, can you help me call Pei Yiming?”
Pei Yiming is a medical student, perhaps there are other ways.
Even if not, he has a good impression of Pei Yiming.
“I need his help.”
Gu Jiqing tried his best to express himself calmly with his final rationality.
However, Zhou Cibai suddenly stood still.
Gu Jiqing plans to seek help from Pei Yiming?
What does he plan to ask Pei Yiming for help with?
He looked at Gu Jiqing, who was as soft as a handful of freshly melted snow in early spring in front of him, and then thought of the naive desire and stunning spring scenery that Gu Jiqing lay under him in his room that day. Suddenly, his heart felt uncontrollably as if it were about to explode.
His fingers were clasping around Gu Jiqing’s waist with so much force that he had already pulled out wrinkles on his clothes.
Gu Jiqing felt his resistance, thinking that he could not accept such a simple physiological release of s*xual behavior.
So he unconsciously hugged Zhou Cibai’s neck as he spoke softly in his hoarse voice due to s*xual desire, “This kind of drug must have been brought back from abroad. It’s not easy to solve, and if it’s not solved, it will definitely harm the body. Pei Yiming showed me his medical report. He is very healthy. Moreover, he is single, young, and handsome. I have a good impression of him. If there is really no way, he is the most suitable candidate I can find.”
Even in such circumstances, Gu Jiqing’s tone remained extremely gentle and calm.
It seems that none of this is important at all.
He will never lose control over his emotions due to anyone or anything.
But why isn’t this important?
Just the thought that if he hadn’t ghost driven and wandered over to Free today, if he hadn’t just stepped in the right spot, then Gu Jiqing might have already been in someone else’s arms, looking at them, holding them, and softly calling out their names in the gentlest and laziest voice.
Zhou Cibai felt like he was about to be driven crazy by emotions similar to jealousy and paranoid exclusivity.
He was right in front of Gu Jiqing, holding him and accompanying him. Gu Jiqing also liked him. Then why did the one whom he ended up asking for help become Pei Yiming instead?
“Gu Jiqing, do you think I’m not young enough, not handsome enough, or not clean enough?” Zhou Cibai almost asked through gritted teeth.
However, Gu Jiqing, who had already been tormented by his body temperature in Zhou Cibai’s arms, hugged his neck and raised the tail of his eyes with some confusion upon hearing these words.
What does Zhou Cibai mean by this?
He is very young, handsome enough, and also very clean.
He also really wants him now.
“But isn’t it because you can’t do it?”
When Gu Jiqing lifted the corner of his eyes, a mist appeared in his pitch black eyes, revealing the purest confusion.
Coincidentally, snowflakes kissed the reddened end of his eyes and immediately melted, soaking the tear mole in a warm layer of snow light, accompanied by that inexplicable provocation like confusion, like poppies gently bewitching in the night.
And his hands, which were still hooked around Zhou Cibai’s neck, pressed against his scorching skin.
So Zhou Cibai finally couldn’t bear it anymore. He tightly pressed Gu Jiqing’s waist, gritted his teeth, and asked, “Gu Jiqing, why do you think I can’t do it?”
