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Chapter 49: Darling Wife, Where Are You?

The appointed place was a quiet bar. As soon as he entered, he was greeted by an artistic plaster statue. The ambient lighting in the bar was mainly red, a mixture of mystery and passion.

Li Ge went straight to the table in the corner, first showing his gentlemanly demeanor and greeting Aike, whom he was meeting for the second time, then squeezing past Fei Fan and sitting down on the sofa, which prompted Fei Fan to tease him for putting on an act.

Qiao An, sitting at the other end, said to Fei Fan, “Isn’t he always like this? Just let him be.”

The quiet bar was playing slow-paced classical music. Li Ge chuckled and cursed, “Before you talk about others, take a look at your own despicable behavior.”

“How old are you three this year?” Aike joked, “Like little kids.”

Qiao An: “They’re the little kids, don’t include me.”

Fei Fan: “Sister Ai, don’t include me either.”

Aike chuckled, her gaze turning to Li Ge, and she spoke up for him, “Mr. Li looks much more mature and steady than you two today.”

Being teased like this, the two men beside him finally noticed their friend’s change. Li Ge, who had always been vain and loved to dress up, was actually wearing all black today, a black shirt with black trousers.

It wasn’t that he couldn’t wear it, but even if Li Ge wore black, he wouldn’t choose such a serious and formal simple style, especially not for a party.

Qiao An teased Li Ge again, “Are you planning to join the mafia?”

“What do you think, am I handsome?” Li Ge leaned back on the sofa, a smile on his lips.

Thinking of his outfit, including the underwear and socks he was wearing, all belonging to a certain big, secretly horny person, he missed Chen Shuo again, and of course, Chen Erdi.

Seeing Li Ge’s triumphant look, Qiao An shrugged and asked Aike who was the real child.

“Asking such a childish question, who do you think?” Aike found her nominal boyfriend quite interesting and continued to praise Li Ge for being handsome, his temperament completely different from the first time they met.

“Alright, I won’t say anything.” Qiao An pulled Fei Fan to drink with him.

“Aike has good taste.” Li Ge was completely victorious, suddenly missing Chen Shuo terribly. He took out his phone from his pocket, opened WeChat to find his wife, and found that Chen Shuo hadn’t replied to his message.

He had sent it at six, and it was already seven, this wasn’t right.

Li Ge had taught Yuan Feng before and knew Chen Shuo’s schedule. He got off work at 4:30, and the drive was about forty-five minutes, so he should be home around 5:30.

He immediately checked his location, confirmed that Chen Shuo had returned to his rented apartment, and sent another message, thinking that if he had time, he should still go and find Chen Shuo, even if they didn’t do it, hugging and kissing would be satisfying enough.

“Why are you so busy even when you’re out?” Fei Fan, unaware, leaned over and accidentally saw the chat content, asking Li Ge curiously, “Weren’t they all ‘darling’ before? When did you find a wife?”

“It’s a matter of fun, don’t ask.” Li Ge put away his phone and directly talked business with Aike.

He learned that Aike’s architectural design firm was holding its anniversary party next month, and partners could be brought along. Aike was a single woman, and because of her beautiful appearance and outstanding ability, she was being pursued by a partner at the firm. She had no choice but to cooperate with Li Ge, as he was presentable in every way and met her “partner” standards.

“I can’t resign yet.” Aike explained, “I can’t let go of the project I’m currently working on, it’s my baby, and I don’t want to hand it over to someone else.”

Li Ge was unhappy hearing about this workplace harassment. Aike just wanted to avoid trouble. He readily agreed and said, “If anyone harasses you again in the future, just mention my name, the founder of Gewu Media.”

“Such big words.” Qiao An teased.

Li Ge: “Nonsense, my Gewu Media is so awesome. When I expand its scale and build my own commercial building, Aike, you can design it for me, it won’t take many years.”

“Let’s not talk about your business empire for now,” Fei Fan nudged Li Ge with his elbow, “Sister Ai is a landscape designer, didn’t Qiao An tell you?”

“…” Li Ge looked at Qiao An, “Did you?”

Qiao An: “I don’t think your mind was here.”

“You three are so funny.” Aike chuckled and took a sip of her wine, asking Li Ge, “Is Mr. Li dating someone? I don’t mean anything by it, I’m just worried your partner might get jealous. You can bring her out to meet us sometime.”

Li Ge couldn’t imagine Chen Shuo being jealous. Given Chen Shuo’s indifferent attitude after they had sex, what was there to be jealous of?

This heartless dog was only a little obedient last night, and that was after he had painstakingly coaxed him with his mouth, his throat was almost raw, and he had even accidentally swallowed a bunch of his children and grandchildren. If anyone found out, he would be so embarrassed he would want to die.

“Just a little lover.” Li Ge shook his head in denial, “He’s a quiet person, it would be a mood killer to bring him out.”

On the other side of Beicheng, a certain quiet person had just made himself a bowl of noodles—stir-fried broccoli with shrimp over noodles.

Thanks to Li Ge remembering to put the food in the refrigerator last night, Chen Shuo was able to eat the stir-fried broccoli with shrimp Li Ge had personally made for him. Although it was only salty, he found it delicious, a balanced meal of meat and vegetables.

Halfway through his meal, Chen Shuo thought about the decision he had carefully considered last night. He had already told himself to give Li Ge some trust and time, it would be unfair to Li Ge to take it back now, and besides, the two-month observation period hadn’t even passed a day.

He convinced himself that Li Ge really did have a last-minute appointment.

But the next second he thought, why might Li Ge not come over tonight? Why wasn’t the clingy follower being clingy anymore? He had been so passionately clingy last night, holding him tightly, calling him wife, calling him darling, saying he liked him.

Chen Shuo then convinced himself that Li Ge was different from him. Gewu Media had a wide range of business, and as the boss, it was normal for Li Ge to have many appointments and necessary social events.

He picked up his phone, intending to reply to the message Li Ge had sent at six, but saw that Li Ge had sent him a new message twenty minutes ago.

Li Ge: [Where’s my darling wife?]

Chen Shuo’s tense emotions suddenly released, and his eyes, looking at the message, seemed to have a light, a subtle softness, representing joy.

He replied: [Eating noodles]

In the quiet bar, a small band was playing live, the atmosphere relaxed and pleasant.

Aike heard from Qiao An that Li Ge used to be a singer and was very surprised, joking, “Mr. Li, God opened such a door for you, has he not closed it?”

“Why not,” Li Ge immediately said, “If God had been a little better to me, my child would be old enough to buy soy sauce, and we would be a happy family now.”

Aike laughed, “I’m sorry, I can’t comfort you.”

“Don’t listen to his nonsense.” Qiao An said, “He doesn’t need comfort, among us, he’s the happiest.”

Li Ge originally wanted to say “happy my ass,” but thinking about the past few days, he had indeed been happy, especially last night. Chen Shuo had learned to consider his feelings, and besides still liking to slap his ass, he hadn’t made his backdoor hurt again. When he was tormenting him, he had even learned to use his hands to help him with the front. As soon as he groaned, Chen Shuo would know what he wanted and would proactively kiss him, his kissing skills and techniques improving by leaps and bounds. It wasn’t in vain that he had painstakingly and wholeheartedly taught the dog, this happiness was his due reward.

Just thinking about it slightly, Li Ge couldn’t sit still on the sofa anymore, he wanted to sit on Chen Erdi. He was a bit speechless with himself for the first time. He had never been so frequent even when he was at his most indulgent, why did his desire become stronger after switching from top to bottom? If this continued…

“Can I still collect Mr. Li’s album now?” Aike became interested in Li Ge’s songs.

“Sister Ai, I have it, I’ll bring it to you later.” Fei Fan saw that Li Ge wasn’t reacting and continued, “He used a stage name, he retired as soon as he became a little famous, I remember he debuted for almost a year, right, Brother Qiao?”

Qiao An: “Yes. He bravely entered the music industry for love, ordinary people really can’t do that.”

Chen Erdi was mighty and strong, with a fierce aura. Li Ge was distracted, thinking about how to maintain his flower. Pulled back to reality by Qiao An, he quickly stopped him, “Fuck, you’re so good at making things up, why don’t you become a paparazzi, you’re just spouting nonsense.”

Aike saw that things were going in the wrong direction and promptly changed the subject, with Fei Fan helping to smooth things over.

“It’s okay,” Qiao An knew Li Ge’s personality, “he’s just like this, he knows I’m joking.”

“We always talk like this, did we scare you?” Li Ge explained to Aike, “They’re sometimes mean, if I don’t get fierce, they’ll walk all over me.”

Aike covered her mouth and laughed. After laughing enough, she said to Li Ge, “You’re so funny, you really scared me just now, I started it.”

Li Ge: “It’s really okay, given our relationship, if you want to know about me, your ‘boyfriend,’ it’s completely fine, just ask me directly.”

Aike: “Then I’m relieved.”

Qiao An glanced at Li Ge, still smiling, but something was wrong.

Li Ge wasn’t really angry, he just hated his past experience, thinking back, his brain was really kicked by a donkey. Although the streaking incident back then was quickly suppressed by He Yan using his connections, there was no guarantee that it wouldn’t be dug up again and spread to the Li family in Jiangcheng. He could only obediently retire from the entertainment industry and go into business.

Being adored by so many lovely fans, Li Ge actually quite enjoyed being a singer and had even thought about giving it a shot, holding a concert tour.

But there would be no such opportunity again.

After finishing his noodles, Chen Shuo still hadn’t received a reply from Li Ge.

He did what he had to do, washing the dishes, collecting and folding his clothes from the balcony. The apartment had already been cleaned, so there was no need to clean again. So he went to the bathroom to take a shower. After showering, he couldn’t sleep, so he got up, sat down, and opened a video website on his laptop, preparing to find a new drama to watch.

Chen Shuo had watched almost all the existing palace dramas, and only a few were excellent. He searched and searched and finally chose a family drama, opening the first episode, trying to shift his attention away from Li Ge.

But after persisting for more than ten minutes, he couldn’t get into it.

Chen Shuo couldn’t help but wonder who Li Ge was having an appointment with, and where. If it was a Chinese restaurant like Jinling Xuan, he could accept it, but if it was an entertainment venue like a nightclub or a bar…

He could probably only accept it.

Until half an hour later, Chen Shuo received a WeChat message from Li Ge.

Li Ge: [Wife, come and pick me up.]

Seeing the location Li Ge sent, the name showed a quiet bar, about twenty kilometers away from him. Chen Shuo was relieved. Li Ge proactively reporting his location meant he was really at an appointment. He immediately went downstairs and drove, afraid that Li Ge would wait too long. He drove steadily and quickly, controlling the time to about twenty-five minutes. When he arrived, he didn’t see Li Ge at the entrance of the quiet bar.

Chen Shuo called Li Ge’s number, and it connected quickly. He asked, “Where are you, I’m here.”

“Fuck, so fast?” Li Ge was still lazing on the sofa, chatting with Qiao An and the others. Hearing that Chen Shuo had arrived, he jumped up, “I’ll be right out.” He hung up the phone.

“Who was that?” Fei Fan asked.

“Just that person,” Li Ge paused, “Yu Rui, I texted him to come and pick me up.”

Qiao An: “You could have just called a designated driver, why bother your assistant in the middle of the night?”

Fei Fan: “Assistant Yu is just like that Assistant Chen, they both have it tough.”

“…” Li Ge himself didn’t know why, he just didn’t want to say Chen Shuo’s name.

As he walked out of the quiet bar and saw the familiar black Mercedes under the streetlight, the first thing he thought was that the space was too small, not comparable to his SUV, it couldn’t be shaken, and he couldn’t do it now even if he wanted to.

But Li Ge really wanted to do it.

Do it hard, forget the unhappiness, wasn’t life all about having fun?

“Knock, knock—” The car window was knocked. Chen Shuo turned his head and at the same time lowered the window. Li Ge’s smiling eyes and brows clearly entered his vision, followed by his straight nose, and then his smiling lips, not drunk, very sober.

“You came so quickly, did you miss your husband?” Li Ge asked with a smile.

The night breeze gently blew, stirring the hair on Li Ge’s forehead. Meeting Li Ge’s smug expression, Chen Shuo’s heart suddenly raced, and he felt a bit unhappy, wanting to shut Li Ge’s mouth, not letting him say such things.

“I was just out doing something, I came by on the way.” He said.

“What a coincidence,” Li Ge smiled, “I told you we have a connection.”

Chen Shuo urged, “Get in the car.”

Li Ge leaned in, his arm casually resting on the car window, and lowered his head, almost kissing Chen Shuo’s ear, but he didn’t, only blowing gently, and then whispered, “Do you know why I called you over?”

His ear was very hot and itchy, Chen Shuo wanted to scratch it.

“To fuck me.”

“…”