After Transmigrating into the Main Shou, I Topped the Paranoid Big Shot 73

Chapter 73

Zong Mo cried until his eyes were sore and dry, and the tears were finally, barely, stopped.
“Cried enough?” Ruan Chi waited for him to calm down before speaking. “It’s already five o’clock.”
Zong Mo: …
This time is quite suitable for going out to watch the sunrise.
But he was really tired, and Ruan Chi, who had been running back and forth, would only be more tired than him. He sniffled, took a few breaths, his voice so hoarse it was difficult to say a few more words, “I’m tired.”
Ruan Chi had no temper and brushed aside his wet bangs, saying, “Go to sleep.”
Having vented the grievances of two lifetimes in one go, Zong Mo no longer had any dissatisfaction with Ruan Chi’s lie about his bankruptcy. He even felt a little embarrassed about his own breakdown.
He bypassed these matters and asked, “Can we start over from the beginning?”
Start from the beginning, let bygones be bygones.
Ruan Chi: “Hmm?”
Zong Mo changed his wording and asked again, “Can we start over?”
“Hmm, you want something more innocent, a gradual feeling?”
Zong Mo: …
He wanted to wipe out all the conflicts, but Ruan Chi was clearly thinking of something else.
“Then where do I sleep tonight? The sofa?” Ruan Chi said. “I don’t want to sleep alone.”
Zong Mo muttered, “Isn’t it rare for you to sleep alone? You used to sleep alone when we weren’t doing it.”
But Ruan Chi was already in character, “Zong Mo, although you’ve just met me, I’ve liked you for a long time. I really want to kiss you right now. If you don’t agree, I’ll have to force a kiss.”
Zong Mo: ?
“Indulge me one more time.”
After speaking, Ruan Chi did not move again, leaving Zong Mo space for an equal conversation.
Zong Mo did not wait for the expected pushing of his luck and had no choice but to ask, “…How do I indulge you?”
“Don’t refuse me.”
“You have to tell me what you’re going to do first, so I can decide whether to refuse.”
Ruan Chi said, “I’m going to force a kiss on you.”
Zong Mo: ?
A warning before a forced kiss is quite something.
After getting his consent, Ruan Chi just touched his lips and then let him go to sleep.
Finally, he bent down by the bed and tidied his hair with his still-injured hand.
Zong Mo quickly closed his eyes, fearing that tears would well up in his already dry eyes.
Ruan Chi watched him silently, not in a hurry to leave, and asked again, “Can I kiss you?”
Zong Mo said helplessly, “You don’t have to ask every time.”
So Ruan Chi leaned down, but kissed him on the forehead.
Zong Mo: …
He stiffened slightly and was then pulled into a warm chest. Ruan Chi, his head against his hair, said, “I love you, baby.”
Zong Mo stiffened even more. The cool tears left on Ruan Chi’s lapel brushed against his hot cheek, and only then did he wake up as if from a dream.
Ruan Chi stood up again and asked, “Shall I go and sleep on the sofa?”
Zong Mo: “Hmm…”
Seeing Ruan Chi’s figure about to disappear at the door, he hurriedly called out, “CEO Ruan.”
Ruan Chi turned and walked back to the bed, asking, “What’s wrong?”
“Can you not lie to me again?”
“Mm, I won’t ever again,” Ruan Chi said. “Then I’ll go out?”
Zong Mo let out a soft “mm.”

Sleeping separately, Zong Mo still had insomnia. He hadn’t asked to sleep together, and he was also worried that Ruan Chi would suddenly leave. As a result, he was tense and half-asleep all the time.
He only fell asleep after dawn and was already high in the sky when he woke up.
Zong Mo sat up and was in a daze for a while, his thoughts intermittent, piecing together the scattered memories of last night’s dream.
He slowly got up and pushed the door open. The living room was empty.
?
He felt a wave of panic. He confirmed that there were indeed traces of someone sleeping on the sofa, then opened his phone and saw several messages from CEO Ruan.
He nervously clicked on the messages.
CEO Ruan: [I’m going out to handle some things. I’ll be back later.]
The message was sent at eight in the morning.
…So last night wasn’t a dream.
Ruan Chi would be back.
CEO Ruan: [I’m sorry. Don’t be angry.]
…Not only is he not angry, but he’s also apologizing to him?
But this apology clearly isn’t sincere!
CEO Ruan: [Baby, I love you.]
CEO Ruan: [The apology is sincere, and I love you even more so.]
Zong Mo: …
It was so cheesy he couldn’t stand to look at it. And Ruan Chi would be back. So he didn’t reply to the messages and went to the bathroom to wash up first.
And then he saw his two eyes, swollen like walnuts, in the mirror.
He had never been so ugly in his life, and he looked really silly.
Why could Ruan Chi say the word “cute” to this face?
And he could even kiss this face?
He quickly covered his face, his ten fingers buried in his hair, full of regret.
So embarrassing!!

As long as Ruan Chi was not around, he could easily calm down and sort out his feelings.
Why would he fall for such a person?
An Lan had already told him a part of it, that it was a dependence on a family figure. But this feeling was more than that.
Ruan Chi’s demands on him seemed to be restrictions, but they were actually the simplest. He only asked for his company, physical company. Besides that, Ruan Chi never asked him for any emotional care or comfort, nor did he ever confide in him or complain.
In front of Ruan Chi, he could be his truest self. He didn’t need to read his expressions, nor did he need to empathize with others’ negative emotions. Ruan Chi would handle everything and only show him the side that could be relied on.
He had repeatedly asked Ruan Chi if he liked him, but he himself had rarely given any feedback.
Thinking of this, Zong Mo opened his phone and replied to the message:
[I love you too.]
He was still not quite used to saying these things. After sending it, he didn’t dare to look again. He quickly switched out of the chat app and strategically scrolled through Weibo.
Trending Topic #1: #ZongMoRuanChi
?
Although he didn’t understand this trending topic, the names listed together were his and Ruan Chi’s. He immediately clicked in.
The first thing he saw was a paparazzi exposé: #ZongMoRuanChi# Yesterday, media photographed Ruan Chi entering Zong Mo’s residential complex at nine o’clock at night and only leaving in the morning, suspected of spending a good night together…
Zong Mo: …
This world was reasonably tolerant of homosexuality, and marriage was also legal, but most artists would not choose to come out. After all, exposing a non-mainstream sexual orientation meant losing mainstream film and television resources.
Such a piece of news, suspected of homosexual ambiguity, being exposed, and also a screen CP coming true, would naturally cause a lot of discussion.
He looked at the photos. He felt that this paparazzo’s skills were not very good. It was just a picture of Ruan Chi’s car entering and exiting the complex twice, in the morning and at night, plus a blurry figure in the car window, and he could think of their relationship in that way… it wasn’t unreasonable.
Zong Mo took a spin in the trending topic square and found that the fighting power of the Dyeing Vat CP fans was not to be underestimated.

【Save me, what kind of overbearing CEO chasing his wife in real life is this?】
【From a small employee to the boss’s wife, hahahaha】
【Wuwuwu, I still can’t ship it. That contract is really too much. It’s like a slave contract…】
【Silly wife, don’t be deceived. You can’t just sign any contract, qw q】
【If he came to apologize properly, I think it’s okay?】
Zong Mo returned to the homepage and refreshed again. The number one trending topic, which hadn’t been there for long, was replaced by #RuanChiThreeInsandOuts
Zong Mo: ?
The new exposé came from another paparazzo, who reposted and commented on the previous paparazzo’s Weibo, his tone full of smugness: nonono, Ruan Chi went in and out three times in one night.
Zong Mo clicked on this paparazzo’s Weibo and saw three short videos.
This paparazzo’s shooting location was a step further, directly in the underground garage of his home. He had been squatting from night until the next morning, and had clearly captured Ruan Chi getting out of the car and entering and exiting the apartment building.
The first video: arrived at nine at night, left at ten. The second video: arrived at midnight, left at one. The third video: arrived at four in the morning, left at eight in the morning.
The netizens instantly exploded. Besides their fans and CP fans, a large number of melon-eaters were also attracted by this bizarre trending topic name.

【What three ins and outs?】
【What’s going on…?】
【Although I don’t know what happened this night, do celebrities not need to sleep?】
Zong Mo: …
He still needed to sleep quite a bit.
The CP fans and passersby were in a heated discussion, guessing together.
【Why did he go three times? Was it because Zong Mo wasn’t home the first two times, so he left?】
【But he stayed for more than an hour all three times. It’s impossible that he just stood at the door and waited, right?】
【srds, who would go to someone else’s house in the middle of the night, hey!】
【I don’t care. Anyway, there must have been a story in the last four hours.】
Zong Mo thought to himself: These netizens are really unclean. There was no story at all in the last four hours, just a big silly guy in his twenties who cried himself to exhaustion.
He looked and looked, and suddenly felt something was not right.
What was with the twelve o’clock one?
He clicked on the video taken by the paparazzo and checked it carefully. At twelve o’clock, Ruan Chi had indeed entered his apartment building. The time in the corner of the video was proof.
He could see Ruan Chi entering the elevator, but he definitely hadn’t knocked on the door or called. He had been upset at that time and hadn’t fallen asleep. He would have heard it if someone had knocked.
Ruan Chi hadn’t knocked and come in to argue, but he had stayed for a full hour.
Zong Mo suspiciously put down his phone and went out to check. The corridor outside the door was very clean. The dedicated cleaning staff would finish their work every morning, so as not to affect the early-rising office workers.
He had a suspicion. He went downstairs to find the cleaning staff and asked her if she had seen anything at his door.
The cleaning staff, upon hearing his unit number, immediately complained, “The corridor is a public space, young man. You should pay attention in the future. Don’t smoke in the corridor. If there’s a conflict between neighbors, it will affect everyone’s mood.”
Zong Mo was silent for a moment and said, “I’m sorry, auntie. I forgot my key and was waiting for someone to unlock the door.”
“How long did you wait? You could leave four or five cigarette butts…” the cleaning staff said. “I’ll give you the number of a locksmith. He lives nearby and can be here in fifteen minutes.”
Zong Mo was silent again.
He had left at ten at night and only come back at four in the morning. With Ruan Chi’s personality, the interval was indeed a bit long. It turned out he had come once in between.
No wonder he still had the patience to comfort him at four o’clock. He had already calmed down by himself at twelve.

Online, a discerning person finally saw it.
【Isn’t this obviously a young couple having a fight?】
【Fighting all night is quite something [Bull]】
【Although CEO Ruan is a black-hearted boss, he really loves Mo Mo, oh TvT】
【Wuwuwuwu, he loves him so much】
【Mo Mo, how could you bear to make your husband run three times in one night, ahhh? What if he can’t perform in the future from staying up all night like this?】
Zong Mo: …
Wait, the netizens’ misunderstanding seems a bit deep.
He logged into his side account and commented with reason and evidence: [Look at the previous trending topic. Whose name is in front?!]
He always felt that his side account was either being watched or had been secretly exposed. Otherwise, why would he always get a bunch of tails so quickly…
【Of course, it’s CEO Ruan’s dear wife in front.】
【Wife, I’ll let you be on top tonight. Do it yourself, oh.】
【CEO Ruan’s three ins and outs chasing his wife, hehehe】
Zong Mo: ?