Chapter 66: Mad Dog, Get Out
Chen Shuo ignored the man who was sizing him up and walked up to Li Ge, asking him with an expressionless face, “Are you finished?”
Li Ge immediately knew what was going on and cursed Yu Rui, that troublemaker, in his heart. If he had changed people, he should have let him know on WeChat. Now his wife had misunderstood, what a hassle.
And the annoying slut—the has-been singer Meng Shaoqian, Li Ge had pursued him on a whim six years ago, even entering the music industry to keep him. At this moment, he only felt unlucky.
Fortunately, Meng Shaoqian’s voice wasn’t loud, so Chen Shuo probably hadn’t heard the nonsense he was spouting. Li Ge ignored him and said to Chen Shuo, “It’s over, go get the car.”
“Okay.” Chen Shuo waited for Li Ge to take a step first and followed behind him, using his tall figure to block the man’s gaze on Li Ge. Suddenly, he heard hurried footsteps behind him, and the other person walked past him and caught up with Li Ge.
“Mr. Li, can you give me a ride? I didn’t drive.”
Li Ge wanted to hit someone, but he knew why Meng Shaoqian was suddenly pestering him. Making a scene in the hotel parking lot wouldn’t look good, so he said, “If you can’t sing anymore, just retire from the industry. Don’t expect me to cooperate with you.”
His intentions exposed, Meng Shaoqian’s face stiffened, and he then laughed, “Mr. Li, what are you saying? It’s not about cooperation, can’t we just catch up?”
“Catch up with what? Get lost.” Li Ge cursed in a low voice, quickening his pace and turning back to call out to Chen Shuo, “Assistant Chen, where’s the car? Hurry up and get it, I’m tired.”
Chen Shuo had seen it from the car. This man wearing makeup clearly had designs on Li Ge, and their relationship wasn’t a simple a cooperation. What Li Ge had just said was more like a lie to him, a clumsy attempt to cover up.
He pointed to the car’s location for Li Ge and still let him walk in front. There were no more footsteps behind him, the man was standing still.
Knowing his old lover’s taste, Meng Shaoqian didn’t take the respectful Chen Shuo seriously, only treating him as a driver with a partner. He waved at Li Ge and shouted, “Drive safely, Mr. Li, I’ll visit you another day!”
Li Ge cursed, “Fuck,” leaned back on the seat, and impatiently loosened his tie, urging Chen Shuo, “Wife, hurry up and drive.”
Chen Shuo started the car. After leaving the underground garage, he heard Li Ge take the initiative to explain that the man’s name was Meng Shaoqian, a has-been singer with no representative works.
“Didn’t I have some contact with the entertainment industry before?” Worried that Chen Shuo would throw a tantrum, and it was an old story from centuries ago, Li Ge didn’t go into too much detail and just glossed over it, “I was more interested in music at that time, I wrote songs and cooperated with his company, so you understand, right? He’s looking for me to write a song for him, what a big face.”
“Yes.” Chen Shuo replied.
Li Ge: “If I wasn’t afraid of the bad influence, I would have beaten him up in the elevator. He doesn’t even know his own status, and he dares to ask me to write a song for him.”
Chen Shuo didn’t respond, thinking to himself, what was Li Ge’s status, who would dare to ask the high and mighty Mr. Li to write a song? Being able to ask meant that their relationship was indeed not simple. They were old lovers, yet Li Ge was being vague and perfunctory with him.
“A song I wrote before was sung by a newcomer from their company and became popular, gaining a lot of popularity, so he must be envious.” Li Ge didn’t mention that the newcomer singer was himself.
Chen Shuo looked at the road ahead, still not responding.
This anniversary party was meaningless. Li Ge was a bit tired from accompanying Aike, and he was held up by a vice president of a certain company for a while before the party ended. Aike left first, and he unexpectedly ran into Meng Shaoqian in the elevator.
Thinking about the past was annoying. Li Ge changed the subject, “I’m so tired tonight. By the way, wife, let me report to you, I had two drinks, I’m not drunk.”
“Yes.” Chen Shuo replied again.
“I was supposed to go back at nine, but I was held up by someone to discuss a project. Does that count as being late?” Li Ge took the opportunity, “You didn’t set a time, so it doesn’t count as me being late. We agreed to do it on the balcony, a gentleman’s word is his bond. After we’re done, we’ll take a shower together and have a good sleep.”
“Yes.” Chen Shuo freed a hand and turned on the traffic broadcast.
Li Ge said curiously, “When did you start listening to this?”
Chen Shuo: “I suddenly wanted to.”
After explaining to his wife, Li Ge considered the matter closed. He reclined his seat and closed his eyes to rest, not noticing at all that the car was constantly speeding up, nor did he notice Chen Shuo’s clenched jaw and darkened face, as if he was about to lose control of his emotions, his hands gripping the steering wheel so tightly that they turned white, the veins bulging, coiling and twisting under his skin.
And Chen Shuo’s unsteady breathing was completely covered by the noisy voice of the radio host. The host was very loud, but it was a good reminder that he was driving.
Half an hour later, the black Mercedes stopped in the underground garage of the apartment.
The underground garage was exceptionally quiet at night, with no third person. Li Ge unscrupulously went to hold Chen Shuo’s hand, but was shaken off as soon as he touched it.
Thinking that Chen Shuo was just being shy, he reached out again and held his hand tightly, chuckling, “What are you shy about, there’s no one here.”
Chen Shuo didn’t shake him off this time, letting Li Ge interlock their fingers, only reminding him, “There are surveillance cameras.”
“What’s there to be afraid of with surveillance cameras? Who’s going to be watching us?” Li Ge said with a carefree expression, shaking their intertwined hands. Not satisfied, he brought them to his lips and kissed Chen Shuo’s fair hand stickily, chuckling in a low voice, “So delicate, so smooth.”
Without the noisy broadcast to interfere, Chen Shuo’s lips were tightly pursed, and he did his best to control his emotions. He couldn’t ask here, no matter what he wanted to know, he had to wait until they got home.
In the elevator, Li Ge couldn’t help but want to take advantage of his wife. Who told Chen Shuo to always be so expressionless, with no reaction even when he was teased? He was more endearing when they were doing it. But with a large surveillance camera staring at them from the corner, no matter how unrestrained he was, he had to be careful.
“Little Comrade Chen?”
Alright, his wife was being shy.
Actually, Li Ge wanted to take a shower and go to bed directly, but the quiet one had proactively given him romance and excitement. He was thinking about it, and when he was in the elevator, he took off his suit and tie in advance. As soon as he entered the apartment, he threw them on the floor, neatly unbuttoned his shirt, and quickly took it off, followed by his trousers.
The balcony curtains weren’t closed, and the moonlight shone into the room. Chen Shuo’s hand, which was about to turn on the light, was lowered. Seeing Li Ge strip himself naked in the dim light and then pull his wrist, eagerly dragging him into the room, his body instinctively leaned forward, his steps momentarily panicked, and he was dragged to the balcony by Li Ge, all his negative emotions rushing out at this moment.
His use to Li Ge seemed to only be reflected in this. Perhaps the netizens were right, Li Ge really didn’t care about him, what he wanted was just a toy to fill his emptiness.
“We’ve done it in the afternoon, let’s do it directly, wife, let’s get wet first.” Li Ge skillfully unbuckled Chen Shuo’s belt… his head was held tightly by a pair of hands, and then a low call came from above him.
“Xiao Bao’er.”
While coaxing Chen Erdi, Li Ge couldn’t speak and vaguely nodded in response.
Today was a good day for a spring outing, even the night sky outside was so beautiful. Chen Shuo lowered his head in disappointment, and through the night, he stared at the man who had disrupted his life. Li Ge was sleeping with his eyes closed, clinging to him tightly, in a state of intoxication and dependence, so bad, always deliberately using this trick to show that he liked him very much, thus confusing him.
He forcefully separated his body and mind, ignoring the false happiness Li Ge gave him, and rubbed the fluffy head in his palm, asking, “Are we a couple?”
“Mmm…” Li Ge nodded, and in an instant, a sharp pain shot through his scalp. His back instantly tensed, his handsome face twisted in pain, his neck forced back by the rough force, his head also forced up, and he looked at Chen Shuo with a look of astonishment, obviously stunned.
“Do you know what a couple means?” Chen Shuo looked at Li Ge with a cold expression, explaining to him word by word, “It’s a partner to live with, not a fuck buddy.”
“Fuck—” The pain suddenly intensified, his scalp was being torn by a pair of hands. Li Ge’s mouth instinctively opened wide, completely unable to speak.
“Do you really think of me as your wife? If I don’t ask, you’re not going to explain?” Seeing Li Ge’s pained and uncomfortable expression, Chen Shuo only felt more pain, but if he was in pain, Li Ge shouldn’t have it easy either, he deserved it.
Li Ge, squatting and supporting himself with his feet, was about to lose his balance due to the shift in his center of gravity. When he raised his hands to grab Chen Shuo’s arm for support, he was suddenly released and thrown, falling onto the hard floor tiles, making him so angry that his heart, liver, and lungs all hurt, his temples throbbing, fucking mad dog!
“I’ll give you a chance, explain now.” Chen Shuo took off his trousers, took out his belt, and held the buckle, wrapping the long belt around his hand twice, then gripping it tightly.
“You fucking have something to say—” With a crisp “slap,” Li Ge cried out in pain, never having expected that this mad dog Chen Shuo would dare to whip his ass with a belt, it hurt like hell.
“Cut the crap, I only want an explanation.” The dark, negative emotions invaded Chen Shuo. It seemed that only by making Li Ge feel pain could he alleviate his own pain.
“Fuck you, ah—” He was hit again with a crisp and loud whip. Li Ge couldn’t bear the burning pain and curled up on the floor, twitching, his ass feeling as if it had been burned by a red-hot iron, making him feel so wronged that he kept groaning.
He struggled to squeeze out a “son of a bitch” through gritted teeth, unable to curse anything else, his mind filled only with pain and defiance, that fucking son of a bitch Chen was sick, a violent maniac.
He had promised to be romantic with him, but he hit him like this, he was really a good-for-nothing!
The pain on Li Ge’s body was transferred to Chen Shuo’s heart. The more pain he felt, the more he hated, hated Li Ge’s carelessness, hated Li Ge’s promiscuous debts, hated that Li Ge didn’t completely belong to him, including his heart.
He recalled the evil things Li Ge had done to him, starting from the first time he stood him up early last year, counting all of Li Ge’s bad habits. It was Li Ge who had made him like this, Li Ge was just a scumbag who flirted with everyone, he couldn’t be soft-hearted.
Seeing Li Ge curled up and not getting up, Chen Shuo waited for a while and then asked him, “Does it hurt?”
“You fucking idiot, let me try whipping you!” The floor tiles on the balcony were a bit cold, and Li Ge’s ass hurt so much that he couldn’t sit up, he could only lie there disheveled.
“There’s more pain to come.” Chen Shuo swung his arm forcefully, and the belt in his hand instantly cut through the air, bringing a gust of wind, and heavily whipped the punching bag beside him. The punching bag swayed violently, the chain creaking non-stop.
Lying there disheveled made Li Ge feel even more aggrieved. He couldn’t allow himself to be lower than Chen Shuo. He stood up hard, glanced at the dozen or so lively little Rhodeus fish in the fish tank beside him, and remembered all the effort he had put in for Chen Shuo, all the sacrifices he had made, even wronging himself by living in this shabby apartment. His anger surged, and he felt it was not worth it for himself.
“Do you dare to touch me again?” He glared at Chen Shuo, “Do you have the right to touch me? I let you fuck me a few times, and you really think you’re something? Who the fuck do you think you are? Do you think I’m afraid to hit you? I can kill you right now!”
Chen Shuo just stared at Li Ge. After a few seconds, he asked again, “You were being so touchy-feely with him right under my nose, aren’t you going to explain your old flame to me?”
“You heard it,” his ass was still burning with pain, Li Ge was full of grievances, and in his anger, he said whatever came to mind, “I’m fucking too lazy to explain to you, who I’m touchy-feely with is none of your business. He’s my old flame, so what? We were together before, he’s more obedient than you, better at serving people than you, it’s none of your business if I go fuck him now, understand? You have no right to ride on my head, don’t think you’re such a hot commodity, I can spoil you if I like you, and I can kick you out if I get tired of you!”
He finished shouting in one breath, his chest still heaving violently, his gaze like a knife, staring at Chen Shuo, wanting to win back some pride for himself. However, when he met Chen Shuo’s unfocused eyes, he realized that he had just said something inappropriate.
The moonlight was too bright. Chen Shuo had captured every expression, every look of Li Ge clearly, and had heard every word clearly.
His heart suddenly felt as if it was being bound by a chain of thorns. Every beat was painful, and it kept beating and hurting. Countless sharp thorns pierced his heart, creating many bloody holes. It seemed that only death could save him.
Chen Shuo knew that angry words weren’t necessarily true, but it depended on the person. For a high and mighty, promiscuous young master like Li Ge, angry words were actually his subconscious truth.
He turned his back to Li Ge, his figure swaying slightly, almost unable to stand, leaning against the punching bag for support. His heart still ached. Chen Shuo felt strange, he had long understood what kind of person Li Ge was, it wasn’t that he wasn’t mentally prepared, why did it still hurt so much? He really wanted to dig out his heart.
Perhaps a life that had tasted the seven emotions and six desires was a complete one, this was his experience as a human being.
But God hadn’t asked for his opinion, he had never wanted to try it. It was Li Ge who had ruined his peaceful life, he could have lived this life peacefully.
Being alone, without any attachments, was also quite good.
“Wife…”
Although he was still sulking, Li Ge thought to himself, one thing was one thing. He would settle the score with Chen Shuo for whipping him later. He helplessly explained to Chen Shuo, “What I said just now were all angry words, who told you to suddenly go crazy? Didn’t I explain it to you in the car? I didn’t say so much because I was afraid you would throw a tantrum, but you still did, and you hit me so hard, don’t you feel sorry for me?”
At this moment, only the punching bag was a companion Chen Shuo could rely on.
It could support him, it wouldn’t leave him.
“This is my home,” Chen Shuo said, “you can leave, I’ll pack your things and send them to you tomorrow.”
“…” Li Ge’s temper flared up again, “No, what are you arguing with me about? I said they were angry words, if you want an explanation, I’ll give you one. I kept that idiot before, I wrote a song for him, it’s that simple. Besides, that’s all in my past. If I had known you earlier, would there be anything for him? You’re being unreasonable and hitting me, who am I supposed to complain to? Do I owe you? That’s enough, it’s really meaningless to keep arguing with me.”
Controlled by negative emotions, unable to restrain his violent urges, and with his dark desire for control, it had already come to this. Chen Shuo simply turned to face Li Ge, the belt still in his hand.
He looked at Li Ge in the moonlight and said, “You owe me, it’s not enough. Kneel down and apologize to me, and I’ll still have to consider whipping you a few times.”
Li Ge: “…”
Chen Shuo swung the belt in his hand and said again, “I’m in a very bad mood right now, I have the urge to kill you. I’ll give you two minutes, get dressed and get out.”
