Chapter 26: Strong Kiss, Playing Hard to Get
Not satisfied with the dream, Li Ge forcefully pressed his lips against Chen Shuo’s. Taking advantage of his unpreparedness, his tongue forcefully entered, sweeping wildly in the warm mouth, kissing urgently and fiercely, barbaric and unreasonable, with a fierce desire to devour Chen Shuo on the spot.
The entire mouth was quickly occupied by an extremely aggressive aura. His tongue felt as if it had been scalded, the not-so-unfamiliar sensation startling Chen Shuo. It was that wet, warm thing again, with a hint of sweetness and a touch of smoke, throwing him into a state of confusion, almost forgetting where he was.
This was his territory.
A loud “bang” echoed, louder than the sound in the stairwell last time. The air trembled, and the briefcase containing the test paper was knocked open at some point, revealing a corner of the paper.
“Fuck…” His cheek throbbed with excruciating pain, and his body was thrown back, landing hard on his butt. Li Ge slowly stood up, tasting the blood in his mouth, enduring the pain and provocatively smiling at Chen Shuo, “You’re slow again.”
The building was busy during the morning rush hour, with other residents coming and going. Chen Shuo clenched his palm tightly, forcing himself to calm down. He quickly picked up the briefcase with one hand and pressed the elevator down button with his knuckles, not looking at Li Ge at all.
But even without looking, deliberately blocking out Li Ge’s existence, that strange and familiar sensation remained, and that extremely aggressive aura still lingered in his mouth.
Seeing Chen Shuo remain motionless like a log, Li Ge savored the taste from just now and deliberately approached to provoke him, saying ambiguously, “It seems you enjoyed it.”
Chen Shuo was thoroughly disgusted.
He wanted to brush his teeth, to forget, to escape this place that made him so uncomfortable. But this was his territory, where could he escape to? Ultimately, it was his own fault for not guarding it well, for tolerating Li Ge’s invasion.
“I couldn’t help myself just now, I apologize.” Li Ge offered a half-hearted apology, then explained, “I dreamed about you last night, I didn’t sleep well.”
Feeling that Li Ge was implying something, Chen Shuo, who also hadn’t slept well, felt his negative emotions ignite, making it difficult to process.
Li Ge: “I dreamed about you—”
“Shut up.” Chen Shuo interrupted coldly.
Li Ge not only didn’t shut up but even declared to Chen Shuo, “Third time’s the charm, I’ve let you off twice, I’m not letting you go this time, you only have one choice.”
Before he could finish, Chen Shuo suddenly grabbed his collar and dragged him into the stairwell, not forgetting to kick the emergency door shut.
Then, without giving Li Ge a chance to speak again, Chen Shuo dropped his briefcase and threw a heavy punch at the other side of Li Ge’s face, his ferocity erupting, knocking Li Ge down with an irresistible force. But he still couldn’t calm down, even his heart was beating faster.
His chest heaved, revealing his impulsiveness, also reminding him of his disordered breathing from a moment ago, all stolen by that fervent kiss.
He was being led by the nose by Li Ge again.
He couldn’t forget, the lingering taste of Li Ge on his lips and tongue, his tongue still remembering that soft sensation, as if it wasn’t his own. Chen Shuo squatted down, grabbed Li Ge’s hair, and forced him to look up, meeting his gaze.
In the dim light of the motion-sensor light, Chen Shuo looked at Li Ge’s red and bruised face and warned him in a low voice, “That was the last time I’ll tolerate you.”
The aftershock of the impact still reverberated through his body, a fine pain spreading across his face, his scalp being pulled hard, making his head buzz. Li Ge had never been so disheveled, and of course, he had never been in so much pain.
The little assistant was really something.
“Didn’t I say, I like you just like this? Like a human.” Li Ge spoke slowly, the pain evident in his voice.
He was impulsive after all, without weighing the pros and cons. Chen Shuo didn’t know what the following days would be like. Just in case, he reminded Li Ge, “I’ve recorded your sexual harassment as evidence, stay away from me if you don’t want things to get ugly.”
Li Ge stared at the handsome face that he had been thinking about day and night, suddenly chuckling twice, the corners of his mouth pulled painfully, the sensation indescribably sour.
“Evidence?” He looked at Chen Shuo with a smile and suggested, “Why don’t we have a quickie now, you can film it as evidence, and then sue me for rape.”
“…” Chen Shuo had known for a long time that Li Ge was a sticky and troublesome piece of dog shit, all over the place, stepping on it wherever he went, unless he had wings.
Li Ge stared directly into Chen Shuo’s cold, angry eyes and said with a triumphant smile, “If you have the guts, kill me today, if not, just wait to be fucked by me, I can fuck you to death.”
The air suddenly froze, a tense atmosphere enveloping both of them. They stared into each other’s eyes, neither looking away, secretly competing.
One second, two seconds, three seconds…
Chen Shuo let go of Li Ge, slowly stood up with his back to him, as if suddenly losing his strength, not even picking up his briefcase. He just stood there, like a silent statue, his gaze towards the stairs leading down, trying to find some freedom to breathe.
Chen Meifang was right, he shouldn’t resort to violence under any circumstances, it wouldn’t solve the problem, it would only escalate the conflict and bring more trouble.
“Ouch, so feisty.” Li Ge licked his injured lip, it hurt like hell.
He had been working out for years and wasn’t weak, but this incident made him realize he had greatly underestimated Chen Shuo. Judging by the two punches he had thrown, he would have to stand on his head and piss if he hadn’t trained.
Why did he have to face this? Chen Shuo thought.
The man’s innate desire to conquer was at play. Li Ge deliberately leaned against the wall and didn’t get up, calling out the little assistant’s name, “Chen Shuo.”
The little assistant didn’t respond.
Li Ge didn’t care and continued to give his orders, “Help me up now, and we’ll call it even for today.”
The little assistant still didn’t respond.
Li Ge still didn’t care and said, “Do you think I can’t beat you? I was going easy on you, I didn’t want to bully you, I never bully the weak.”
At this point, he paused, remembering something, and quickly asked Chen Shuo, “Was it your birthday last month? Fuck, how could I forget, what date was it in December?”
After a while, Chen Shuo asked futilely, “If I help you up, will you let me go?”
“Don’t make it sound like I’m imprisoning you, where else would you find such a gentleman? You just don’t appreciate me.” Li Ge extended his arm, “Hurry up, help me up.”
Chen Shuo was worried that he wouldn’t be in a good state to teach Yuan Feng today and thought about taking leave, but if he did, Yuan Feng might worry.
He didn’t want to burden anyone.
Seeing Chen Shuo turn around, Li Ge felt a secret thrill, his self-sacrifice from just now not in vain. It was nothing for a man to endure a little hardship and pain, what was most important was to move his little lover.
But Chen Shuo only bent down to pick up the briefcase on the floor, not even glancing at the injured person. Fuck, he shouldn’t have gone easy on that heartless Chen guy just now!
“Not helping me, are you?” Li Ge wanted to smoke, but his pocket was empty. He remembered his cigarettes were in his coat pocket, and his coat was in the car. He had forgotten to wear it in his haste to see Chen Shuo.
Unable to smoke, he became a bit irritable and lost his patience, so he warned Chen Shuo, “You’re just going to leave after hitting me so hard? Fine, as soon as you leave, I’ll go knock on your door, knocking and shouting loudly, letting the whole building know that I, a homosexual, have a male wife named Chen Shuo, who lives in 903.”
Chen Shuo: “…”
Li Ge: “Go on, what are you standing there for?”
Chen Shuo believed Li Ge was capable of doing it. If a pervert was being a pervert, he wouldn’t even hesitate to streak in public, only caring about his own pleasure, completely disregarding the lives of others.
Forced by reality, he compromised and reached out to pull Li Ge up.
Li Ge grunted, finally satisfied, knowing what Chen Shuo was afraid of. He grabbed Chen Shuo’s arm and stood up, originally intending to take advantage of the situation and lean against him like in a TV drama, maybe steal a kiss, but he stopped this evil thought in time.
Taking a mile after being given an inch was what desperate people did.
“Alright.” Li Ge took the initiative to maintain a half-meter distance from Chen Shuo, “Apologize to me, and you can leave.”
Chen Shuo: “…”
Li Ge: “What’s the meaning of this, you hit someone and don’t want to take responsibility? I like you, so I won’t ask you for compensation for emotional damages, but one thing is one thing, you have to apologize to me.”
Chen Shuo felt his fist itch.
His face was burning with pain. Li Ge couldn’t stand it and said, “I really couldn’t help but kiss you just now. If you insist on defining it as sexual harassment, there’s nothing I can do, I’ve already apologized to you. Hurry up, don’t waste my time, my face hurts, I need to go to the hospital and get it checked.”
“…” Chen Shuo had never seen someone so shameless, and so noisy. To make Li Ge stop, he compromised again.
“I’m sorry.”
Li Ge finally let it go and finally said, “Chen Shuo, let me tell you clearly, I’m going to pursue you, and I’m confident that I can make you like me.”
Chen Shuo didn’t say anything, it was useless to say more.
“Tell Yuan Feng I’m not coming, you can teach the English class.” After giving his instructions, Li Ge left, clutching his face, making a big note of this grudge in his heart.
He was still too young to compete with him.
During the morning math class, Yuan Feng couldn’t help but glance at Chen Shuo several times while doing his questions, wanting to say something but feeling embarrassed. Chen Shuo was a straight man, he couldn’t have been defiled by that playboy Li Ge, right?
“Yuan Feng, what’s wrong?” Chen Shuo asked.
Yuan Feng: “Nothing, I was just thinking about how to solve this word problem.”
Chen Shuo: “Leave the ones you don’t know how to do for now.”
Until the math class ended, Yuan Feng received a WeChat message from Li Ge, reminding him not to say anything in front of Chen Shuo. He quickly asked Li Ge what was going on and begged him not to defile his good brother, Chen Shuo was already having a hard enough time.
Li Ge: [Brother-in-law, that’s not appropriate, it’s called making love, of course, we haven’t reached that stage yet, I respect him very much.]
Yuan Feng: [He’s not gay, can you not harm Chen Shuo?]
Li Ge: [He’s hiding it well, you haven’t noticed, my happiness depends on you, brother-in-law.]
Yuan Feng: […]
Li Ge: [As long as you help me, when I die, all my property will be left to Yuanbao, I’ll make a will and have it notarized.]
What a terrifying playboy. Yuan Feng didn’t reply and planned to let his baby’s father take a look at it tonight. No wonder Chen Shuo had been acting strangely recently, maybe he was confused about his sexual orientation like he was before, he should be guided.
He decided to act immediately. Yuan Feng was about to help his good brother confirm his sexual orientation when Chen Shuo suddenly took out his phone and said he was going to the restroom to make a call.
Chen Shuo logged into the WeChat he hadn’t used for three days and realized what he had missed. He should have answered Yu Rui’s call that day.
Yu Rui had provided him with information, repeatedly inviting him to dinner, and also providing important information at a critical moment. He should have treated Yu Rui to a meal to prepare for what was to come.
Three days later.
At seven o’clock in the evening, Yu Rui arrived at a Japanese restaurant on time. Seeing Assistant Chen waiting at the entrance, he greeted him excitedly, “Assistant Chen, you’re finally not busy! I’ve been busy for three days, it’s all because Mr. Li isn’t at the company, I’m exhausted.”
“Good evening, Assistant Yu.” Chen Shuo greeted politely.
Yu Rui: “I was just saying, it’s too extravagant for you to treat me to such a high-end Japanese restaurant, why don’t we go Dutch?”
Chen Shuo: “It’s okay, I received a bonus yesterday, please let me treat you.”
Yu Rui: “What a coincidence, I also received a bonus last week. Um, is it convenient to ask how much you received?”
For the sake of a stable life, Chen Shuo truthfully told him about the 100,000 yuan bonus he received at the end of last year.
Yu Rui was happy, “Whoa, we’re the same. If it weren’t for Mr. Li’s generosity, I really wouldn’t be able to get up, it’s so torturous in the winter.”
Chen Shuo: “It’s windy, let’s go inside and talk.”
Yu Rui: “Okay, okay, I have a lot to complain about.”
At this moment, a silver-gray sports car happened to stop in front of the Japanese restaurant. Li Ge casually glanced over and unexpectedly saw two familiar faces, like underground party members meeting with their mother.
“You go in first, I’ll go park.” Just as Fei Fan finished speaking, he heard Li Ge curse, “Fuck,” and asked in confusion, “What’s wrong? Didn’t you want to eat this?”
“Fei Fan.” Li Ge sighed, “Do you know what fate is?”
Fei Fan: “Are you crazy?”
Li Ge: “Beicheng is so big, he could have gone anywhere, but he had to come here, he’s really asking for it. Why am I so obsessed with him?”
Fei Fan: “Wait, who are you talking about?”
Inside the Japanese restaurant, Yu Rui had just sat down, his cold butt not yet warmed up, when his phone rang. He took it out and saw that it was his boss calling.
Noticing the caller ID, Chen Shuo said, “Assistant Yu, you can answer it.”
Yu Rui wailed in pain, “So annoying, is he calling me to work overtime at the company? I came here on an empty stomach. You don’t know, the fire-breathing dragon sometimes goes crazy, if it weren’t for his generosity, I would have quit!”
Chen Shuo advised Yu Rui, “You should still answer it.”
Yu Rui: “Sigh.”
Li Ge leaned back lazily, waiting for his assistant to answer the phone.
