When Liang Xiao came out of the cubicle, Lu Ze was waiting for him by the sink. Normally, Lu Ze would never approach a place like this, but today he wasn’t in good shape, having consumed too much alcohol. He had felt fine just a moment ago, but now he was feeling a bit unsteady.
Liang Xiao glanced at him, and his tone when he spoke was not as cold as when he refused the girl with long black hair. He said, “Could you please make way?”
Lu Ze had his arms crossed, squinting at Liang Xiao and not moving.
While Liang Xiao’s individual features may not be particularly distinctive, when combined, he exuded a charismatic handsomeness. It wasn’t the typical kind of handsome; it was a cool, effortlessly nonchalant kind of handsome. Very cool.
Lu Ze rarely found someone more handsome than himself, but the cool guy in front of him was definitely an exception.
Liang Xiao and he locked eyes for a few seconds, and Liang Xiao calmly said, “If you feel like vomiting, go inside; this is the sink.”
Lu Ze didn’t know why, but he suddenly found Liang Xiao’s comment amusing and said in a hoarse voice, “I don’t want to throw up.”
“If you need to use the restroom, go inside.”
Lu Ze lightly shook his head, “I just went to the restroom, so I don’t need to for now.”
Liang Xiao didn’t want to engage in pointless conversation with him. He lowered his head to look at his own hands and asked, “I didn’t wash my hands. Do you need a hand?”
Finally, Lu Ze took a couple of steps to the side and gave him space at the sink.
Liang Xiao bent down to wash his hands, and amid the sound of running water, Lu Ze asked, “How can I become your client?”
Liang Xiao looked at him only after finishing washing his hands. Lu Ze thought he might not have heard clearly and was about to repeat himself when Liang Xiao said, “I don’t have male clients.”
Lu Ze’s lips continued to be slightly upturned, and he said, “Then I’m the first one.”
Liang Xiao stared at him for a few seconds, and his expression remained unchanged, always very cool. He asked, “What service do you need?”
Lu Ze raised an eyebrow and said, “Give me an overview.”
“Chatting, dating, shopping, companionship, meeting the parents, infuriating your ex-boyfriend, commuting service, and more. It can be charged by the hour or by the day, available for short-term or long-term, and it’s relatively expensive.”
Surprisingly, Liang Xiao was very professional in presenting his services. Lu Ze was already a bit confused when he heard the cool guy speak for so long, and hearing the content made him even more bewildered. He furrowed his brow and, after a good while, asked, “Are all these services provided as if you were a boyfriend?”
“Yes,” Liang Xiao said.
Lu Ze’s mind was in disarray. At first, he had been carried away and sought some excitement, but now he was a bit more sober and realized he might have gone too far. He had never been attracted to men, so what was the point of renting a boyfriend?
“Do you want to rent or not?”
As Liang Xiao asked, he had already lifted his foot to leave. Lu Ze grabbed his elbow, but as he was about to speak, he felt a surge in his stomach.
Damn, he really felt like throwing up.
Lu Ze covered his stomach, hastily said, “Wait for me,” and rushed into the cubicle. As soon as the door closed, he began to vomit loudly.
Lu Ze had only eaten a bit of barbecue earlier, and now he had thrown it all up, but he couldn’t stop retching. In the end, he vomited until he felt lightheaded, had ringing in his ears, and it seemed like his throat and stomach were no longer his own.
He staggered out of the cubicle, with only a bit of barbecue he had eaten earlier coming out. Lu Ze felt his stomach had been emptied, but he couldn’t stop vomiting, and it left him feeling dizzy with a ringing in his ears. It seemed like his throat and stomach didn’t belong to him anymore.
Lu Ze pushed the door open and walked out with unsteady steps. Surprisingly, Liang Xiao hadn’t left. He extended his hand towards Liang Xiao, and his voice was hoarse and unpleasant as he said, “Come over and help me…”
Liang Xiao remained unfazed.
Lu Ze tightly furrowed his brow. It seemed like the vomiting had triggered some illness he was supposed to have after the breakup. He felt uncomfortable all over his body. He quickly said, “I’ll rent. It starts now. Come and help me…”
Finally, Liang Xiao took a few steps forward and assisted him to the sink. Lu Ze didn’t care if the water was clean or not and rinsed his mouth directly with his hand.
After a while, he propped himself up using the sink, and this time, Liang Xiao didn’t wait for him to ask but proactively supported him. He even pulled him into an embrace, which Lu Ze thought was way too intimate. He was in discomfort, and his mind was wandering.
However, he indeed had no strength to walk on his own, so he had to be half-supported and half-carried by Liang Xiao out of the restroom.
Liang Xiao asked him where he wanted to go, and Lu Ze replied, “Let’s go to the bar first. I have a friend there, and I think they’ve also had a bit too much to drink. Could you drop us off…”
Liang Xiao found Lu Ze’s friend at the bar, who wasn’t in any better shape. He had Lu Ze sit down first and said, “Where are you two heading? I’ll call a car.”
Lu Ze nudged Jiang Yijie and asked, “Do you have class tomorrow?”
Jiang Yijie, still groggy, looked at him and said, “What? Did you eat something weird just now? Why has your voice changed?”
“Damn… have you eaten shit…” Jiang Yijie responded with a lack of energy, and he tried to kick Lu Ze’s chair, but it ended up causing him to fall backward directly into Liang Xiao’s chest.
Liang Xiao held him without changing his expression. “Let me take you to the hotel.”
Lu Ze was too dizzy to argue and nodded with his eyes closed, “Sure, the nearest one.”
There was a hotel just across the street from the bar, and there was no need for a taxi. Liang Xiao helped Lu Ze up and said, “I’ll take you over first and then come back to pick him up.”
Jiang Yijie waved his hand and stood up, swaying a bit. “I can walk; let’s go together.”
As they walked, he finally remembered to ask, “Hey, who are you, buddy? Lu Ze’s friend?”
Liang Xiao looked at Lu Ze but didn’t say anything.
It took a while before Lu Ze laboriously replied, “Could you please not make me talk? I rented…”
Jiang Yijie didn’t catch the last word but quickly responded, “Alright, alright, you don’t need to speak.”
When they arrived at the hotel, Liang Xiao got them a standard room. Jiang Yijie had been able to walk just fine moments ago, but within a few seconds of lying down, he fell asleep. Lu Ze lay on the bed with his eyes closed and said, “Can you help me boil some water… thank you.”
Liang Xiao picked up the hotel’s kettle and hesitated, “It might not be very clean.”
Lu Ze recalled a news report he’d seen about someone using a hotel kettle to boil socks and hesitated before saying, “Well… forget it.”
Liang Xiao turned back to look at him and could tell that Lu Ze’s condition wasn’t just from drinking; he was likely already unwell and had come out to drown his sorrows.
He walked over to Lu Ze’s bed and said, “If you want some hot water, I can prepare some for you. Do you need any medicine?”
Lu Ze, dealing with a headache and feeling awkward about this shift into boyfriend mode, hesitated for a moment and then said, “I’d like hot water, no need for medicine.”
“Alright,” Liang Xiao replied.
“Thank you,” Lu Ze added.
“No need to thank me; it’s chargeable anyway.”
Lu Ze opened his eyes and looked at Liang Xiao. “I didn’t ask earlier, how do you charge?”
“It’s more expensive by the hour, 150 yuan per hour.”
It’s quite pricey, but still within Lu Ze’s budget.
“Okay, what’s your name?”
“Liang Xiao.”
“Should I pay you now?” Lu Ze asked.
Under normal circumstances, you’d need to pay half upfront. However, considering Lu Ze’s current condition, Liang Xiao said, “No need, you can pay later.”
Lu Ze nodded lightly, took out his phone, unlocked it with his fingerprint, and said, “Add as a friend.”
Liang Xiao handed him the QR code to scan. After adding as a friend, Lu Ze checked his messages. Sun Zhuoyu and Mao Xin had already sent several messages.
Lu Ze handed his phone to Liang Xiao and said, “Help me reply. I’m not going back tonight; I’m with Jie Ge, no need to…”
When he said “no need,” his voice trailed off. Lu Ze cleared his throat with effort and continued, “No need to worry.”
Liang Xiao asked while typing, “Which ‘Jie’?”
“Jie Chu.”1“杰出” means “outstanding” or “remarkable.”
Liang Xiao handed his phone back to him and said, “The message has been sent.”
Li Zhe glanced at his phone and instinctively wanted to say, “Tha—”
Liang Xiao looked at him, but Li Zhe insisted and completed his sentence, “Thank you, for the hot water.”
Liang Xiao nodded and turned to leave the room.
Li Zhe closed his eyes again, feeling very dizzy and unwell, but he couldn’t find any sleep. He assumed it was due to having slept too much the night before.
While waiting for Liang Xiao to return, he contemplated whether he had truly been provoked by Han Jing. Han Jing and Qiu Ning probably weren’t even together yet, and here he was, having already rented a boyfriend. What the heck was he doing?
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