The lively scene here caught the attention of the muscular handsome guy on stage, and he put down the young girl he was holding, provocatively showing off his muscles on his arms, intentionally lifting his shirt to display his abs.
His gaze moved back and forth over the group of people, feeling that each of them had some level of threat.
This was just too vulgar.
After showing off, he didn’t feel a thing. Li ZuoXing looked at him critically and felt like he could take him down in seconds.
Sexy, what did that even mean? He should learn from Gu WenCheng. He could captivate with his clothes on, making it impossible for Li ZuoXing to look away.
On the other side, Gu WenCheng had already obtained the website link, used it, and then tossed the man aside. In a few words, he managed to deceive the big brother who had kindly provided the link and distracted him, not mentioning anything about taking a photo with Li ZuoXing.
Li ZuoXing quietly walked over to him and asked, “What are you looking at?”
Suddenly, the holographic screen flickered as Gu WenCheng quickly withdrew his hand, his expression casual. “I’m checking information about the Starstone.”
He had just glanced at it briefly, but the topmost images…
They were all of a man and a woman.
Their expressions concealed their anger.
“We should have Xi Nan go up and compare muscles with him,” Li ZuoXing suggested. “One of Xi Nan’s arms could easily overpower him.”
“The competition isn’t about who has bigger muscles,” the people in the images were entangled, and there seemed to be something missing in their chests that was quite glaring. “It’s about hormones.”
His tone was sinister, and Li ZuoXing kept looking at him, feeling like the protagonist was about to unleash his wrath again.
Gu WenCheng was still thinking about the images he had just seen. The main characters in them were him and Li ZuoXing. Despite the hot scenes, what Gu WenCheng felt more was jealousy and emptiness.
He was a man, and Li ZuoXing was a man too. They were destined not to enter each other, only able to experience the pleasure of intimacy through physical contact.
But he had really enjoyed it… Li ZuoXing grabbed his hand, and the moment their warm hands touched, an electric sensation surged between their fingertips, tingling their skin.
“Let me shake your hand,” Gu WenCheng coaxed.
They were in front of their friends, surrounded by people. Li ZuoXing held his wrist and declined, “Everyone’s watching.”
He extended his pinkie and hooked it with Gu WenCheng’s palm. “Hold this for you.”
Gu WenCheng’s pinkie joined in, but he felt that this gesture, compared to openly holding hands, was more ambiguous and filled with excitement.
Holding the small hand with the big hand, their friends didn’t notice this detail. When they came back, Xi Nan said, “ZuoXing, it’s your turn!”
With such great popularity, they couldn’t waste it.
The muscular man on stage, seeing that they hadn’t come up for so long, thought they were scared. He was about to select another female audience member to lift, but Li ZuoXing was ushered onto the stage by his teammates, surrounded by cheers.
The muscular man grew wary but maintained a cheerful demeanor. “Welcome to compare with me.”
Li ZuoXing was not much shorter than him, but his muscle type was more understated. He appeared much leaner when standing next to the muscular man.
Li ZuoXing had a natural fan following, and as soon as he stepped on the stage, many women recognized him. Chatter erupted in the audience, with eight out of ten comments related to “Walter.”
Li ZuoXing didn’t have any intention of showing off his muscles. “I don’t want to compete with you on who has bigger muscles. I want to compete with you on who is more handsome.”
The audience below erupted with excitement. “Wow!”
“Let’s do it!” People were eager for the spectacle.
The muscular man struck his most handsome pose and looked at the beautiful ladies below. “Shall we begin?”
“This is not much of a challenge,” Li ZuoXing grinned with a very sunny smile, genuinely saying, “Being so handsome that even people of the same gender find you handsome is true handsomeness. Let’s exclude these beautiful ladies from judging, and let the gentlemen here decide our victory and the ownership of that piece of stone. What do you think?”
He then looked at the host. The host found this a novel idea. “Of course, your proposal is great.”
There weren’t many men in the audience, and the Dream Team accounted for five of them. Gu WenCheng cast the final vote and teased, “Do you think you’re handsome?”
Meanwhile, the muscular man next to them was unhappy and was reporting Li ZuoXing for cheating.
“You said I was handsome before,” Li ZuoXing playfully responded, “With your encouragement, of course, I feel like I’m the most handsome now.”
He squatted at the edge of the stage, adopting a bold posture with an emphasized bulge, and Gu WenCheng squeezed in between his legs.
The high-angle view made Gu WenCheng feel vaguely excited.
He adjusted to Li ZuoXing’s perspective, deliberately placing his hands on the edge of the stage, bending his waist, and leaving just enough space for his neckline to reveal.
Li ZuoXing could see faint hints of his collarbone and the peachy tip just below.
It looked swollen and slightly unclear. Just when Li ZuoXing wanted to take a closer look, he changed his posture, completely concealing the peachy tip.
Li ZuoXing’s gaze involuntarily delved deeper into his neckline, going further and further until it almost couldn’t come out.
Gu WenCheng wore a satisfied smile and placed the card with the vote count given by the host into Li ZuoXing’s hand. He finally satisfied Li ZuoXing’s gaze, deliberately lowering his body to let him look for a full minute.
This male lead was quite seductive.
He was quite skilled too, alternating between covering one side and revealing the other with his arm, never allowing Li ZuoXing to see the full picture.
The voting result was unquestionable, with Li ZuoXing winning with the support of his teammates. When the host handed him the stone, she said with great enthusiasm, “This way of winning and losing is interesting, really interesting. I’ll try this method next time.”
Li ZuoXing took the stone and tossed it to Ling Nian. Just as he was about to exchange polite words with the host, he saw a familiar figure emerging from the crowd. Shock flashed briefly in his eyes, but he quickly put on a calm facade.
“Boss,” the host greeted respectfully, “You’re here.”
The newcomer wore a friendly smile, tall and slender. When he saw Li ZuoXing, his smile deepened, “Mr. Big Ding, it’s been a while.”
This person turned out to be the auction house owner.
The title took Li ZuoXing by surprise, but he remained composed. “So it’s you, no wonder you’re so generous.”
No need to test it further; this stone was definitely genuine.
“Sir, you’re also here,” the auction house owner looked at Gu WenCheng.
Gu WenCheng gave a faint smile and exchanged a glance with Li ZuoXing, understanding the need to be cautious.
“Why did he call ZuoXing ‘Big Ding’? What does that mean?” The teammates whispered to Gu WenCheng with caution. “Is it a term we don’t know?”
“It means lively and adorable,” Gu WenCheng raised an eyebrow, puzzled. “Aren’t you all from the Northern Star? Don’t you know this term?”
“It might be a term from a specific region in the Northern Star,” Ji Yu whispered, “This owner seems special. Have you encountered him before in the auction house?”
Gu WenCheng nodded, his gaze dark.
It was precisely because this owner was special that he had shattered the mental intrusion into his mind.
There were very few people who could break Gu WenCheng’s mental defenses, and the auction house owner definitely had some powerful backing.
The auction house owner smiled and said, “Last time, I wanted to give Mr. Big Ding a gift, but you left in a hurry. I remember there was a child with you last time.”
Li ZuoXing smiled, “How about this, sir? We’ll be on our way now, we’re quite busy.”
“Don’t be in a hurry,” the auction house owner said, “This time, you’ve finally shown your face again. Last time, you and your group were quite startled by the unexpected incident, and I haven’t properly compensated you yet.”
He took out a stack of admission tickets from his pocket and handed six of them to Li ZuoXing. The atmosphere remained tense for less than four seconds before Li ZuoXing reached out and accepted them.
“Tomorrow night,” the auction house owner’s smile took on a deeper meaning, “Tomorrow night’s auction has many interesting items. You might be interested.”
“The opponent of Walter,” he grinned more mysteriously, “Mr. Big Ding, I look forward to seeing you.”
He walked away after saying that, leaving Li ZuoXing frowning as he held the admission ticket.
Gu WenCheng took a look and noticed that this admission ticket was quite different from the previous ones. It had the names of several auction items printed on the back, and at the end, there was the mention of a mysterious item.
“Do you want to go?” Li ZuoXing asked. “It could be a trap or an opportunity.”
Gu WenCheng flipped the card and made a quick decision. “Let’s go.”
Li ZuoXing had expected this. Whenever it involved a mysterious item, Gu WenCheng wouldn’t miss the chance, especially if it was an NK-03, of which there were only two bottles in the world.
While reading books, Li ZuoXing often wondered why Gu WenCheng was so obsessed with NK-03. After all, its benefits were to be enjoyed by anyone who used it. It was only after getting to know Gu WenCheng that he realized it was the possessiveness of the protagonist.
“I’ve used one bottle, so the other one, even if it’s destroyed, I won’t allow anyone else to use it.”
That was Gu WenCheng’s goal.
Even if he wouldn’t use the other bottle of NK-03 himself, he absolutely wouldn’t let anyone else use it.
Li ZuoXing wouldn’t have any favorable impression of someone with such a mindset if they had a different personality. But when he looked at Gu WenCheng, he felt that this personality was quite appealing.
Just like the way he flirted with him, it was all very appealing.
After shopping, the group of friends headed back to the school. Once they returned, Ling Nian went straight to the laboratory with the stone, leaving the others to prepare for some rest.
When the room was completely quiet, Gu WenCheng leaned back on the bed and opened his Light Brain with a serious expression.
He clicked on the website and quickly browsed through it.
All, absolutely all of it was gender-swapped versions.
The screen was filled with “Walter Red Lips,” “Walter White Legs,” and “Walter Big Bust,” which made the real Walter’s face turn dark.
Jealousy, jealousy, jealousy, jealousy.
Women could be in bed with Li ZuoXing, what could he be with Li ZuoXing?
Damn it… he probably could only rub against Li ZuoXing.
He was too focused and didn’t even notice the silver-white spiritual energy lurking under the pillow at the head of the bed.
This spiritual energy transmitted the perspective and sensations synchronously to its owner.
Li ZuoXing had his back turned to Gu WenCheng, his breathing calm as if he were asleep.
He “saw” the website that Gu WenCheng was looking at, and the content and images on it were quite explicit.
Ha, a gender-swapped version of Woser?
And even a gender-swapped version of Li ZuoXing?
The reserved protagonist surprisingly obtained the address of this website.
Li ZuoXing followed along with enthusiasm, but after four or five minutes, the Light Brain screen remained motionless.
A small bundle under the pillow quietly extended forward, shifting its perspective.
In the moment it focused on Gu WenCheng, Li ZuoXing held his breath.
Gu WenCheng bundled up his clothes.
On the flat surface, his well-defined hands vigorously pulled at the unfortunate pomegranate seed.
The seed was pulled about a centimeter away, then snapped back, but Gu WenCheng remained expressionless, his brow even slightly furrowed. It was clear that he was merely passing the time or indulging in exploration driven by jealousy.
Yet, he didn’t derive any pleasure from it.
Gu WenCheng exerted a significant amount of force, and the already tormented little cutie looked even more pitiful. However, he was dissatisfied, growing increasingly frustrated.
Why wasn’t there any sensation?
The intensity was high, but it felt dull, like a piece of decoration, with no effect whatsoever.
Soon, the pomegranate seed was left in a sorry state, all from his own torment.
“Dammit…”
Gu WenCheng muttered under his breath. The bedsheets beneath Li ZouXing were on the verge of being torn, with creases forming all over them. Unable to endure it any longer, Li ZouXing abruptly threw off the blanket, got out of bed with a sense of restlessness, and rushed into the bathroom.
The sound of water filled the room, and Gu WenCheng swiftly straightened his clothes. However, it was too late; after Li ZouXing woke up, the emptiness in Gu WenCheng’s heart only grew larger.
Is this what it feels like to have a secret crush?
The desire to fill the other person’s lips with kisses at any moment?
…Damn it.
He actually had such feelings.
Gu WenCheng covered his face, his black hair hiding his fair-skinned hand. But he was restless, fearing that his desires might scare the young lad.
Find a reason.
I need to find a reason.
Author’s note:
Gu WenCheng: Find a reason…
