Chapter 75: After a Thousand Sails, a Different Life
Previously, Chen Shuo had refused to set foot in Gewu Media. Li Ge was truly scared, mainly afraid that Chen Shuo would go crazy in his office. After all, he had even gotten jealous of a fake toy last night, there was no guarantee he wouldn’t get jealous of Aike, and what if he forced him to come out again…
He quickly put away his phone, picked up the Dragon Boat Festival gift box his assistant had brought, and went over to coax his wife, “What are you scared of? I was just too surprised. Here, take this, I prepared zongzi and duck eggs for you. Tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, I have the whole day to spend with you.”
Chen Shuo was forced to take the two exquisite gift boxes. Li Ge didn’t give him a chance to speak and immediately opened the office door.
Strange, wasn’t there a sound?
Li Ge glanced at the door, why hadn’t he heard any movement just now? He couldn’t help but suspect that Chen Shuo had deliberately made no sound, wanting to secretly listen to his phone call.
The two of them left the office, one after the other.
Li Ge walked in front, his pace slightly faster, anxious to get into the car and coax the jealous one. Only when his wife was coaxed would he feel at ease, and only then would he be happy at night.
He hadn’t walked a few steps when he was suddenly stopped by a young girl from HR.
“Mr. Li, we’re having a company dinner tonight. If you’re free, would you like to join us?”
Li Ge had an impression of her. The playful young girl in front of him was hired last year after graduating from university. She was passionate and energetic at work, very popular in the company, and he also quite admired her.
But that look in her eyes, why did it seem like she was looking at his wife?
Yu Rui, who had been trying to get close to the opposite sex just a moment ago, saw the situation and immediately came to his boss’s rescue, scolding the young girl, “Xiao Xu, don’t bother Mr. Li, he has an appointment tonight.”
Li Ge didn’t put on airs at the company. If an employee invited him, it wasn’t that he couldn’t accept, but at this moment, no one was more important than Chen Shuo. He had been holding it in all day and all night.
No, it had been fifty-three days and nights.
“You guys have fun, it’s on me.” After speaking, Li Ge turned back and called out to Chen Shuo, “Assistant Chen, let’s go.”
Hearing that the food and drinks were on the company, Yu Rui no longer coveted the two high-end gift boxes in Chen Shuo’s hands. After they left, he cheerfully approached the young girl and asked with a smile, “Xiao Xu, where are you guys going tonight? Can you take me along for the dinner?”
“Didn’t you just say it was boring and you weren’t going?” The young girl rolled her eyes at Yu Rui, “Who’s going to take you? Wash off that ‘dad vibe’ before you come. I was talking to Mr. Li, who asked you to interrupt?”
“…” Yu Rui kindly advised, “Assistant Chen has a partner, don’t have any ideas about him. When you’re young, you should focus on your career, working hard is the most important thing.”
The young girl was not happy and retorted, “Are you sick? Which eye saw me having ideas about someone? What do you know? I’m just looking at a handsome guy for my own longevity. Anyway, I wouldn’t have ideas about you even if I were to have ideas about anyone.”
“…” Seeing her turn and walk away, Yu Rui didn’t understand what was wrong with him. He really wanted to tell Xiao Xu: I’m protecting you, you’ll be honest when you’re fired by Mr. Li, the job competition is so fierce now.
The elevator was quiet.
Considering that people could come in at any time during the descent, Li Ge held back and didn’t speak, looking at Chen Shuo back and forth in the shiny mirror. It was still a black shirt with black trousers, a pair of long, straight, and powerful legs, the sleeves just rolled up to his forearms, the rolled-up part overlapping neatly, as serious as Chen Shuo himself.
His gaze swept over the firm muscle lines on Chen Shuo’s forearms, his skin was so fair. This man was a treasure he had discovered, his alone, for his exclusive enjoyment. Chen Shuo was fair and delicate all over, like a piece of tender tofu that would ooze water when pinched, and a slight suck would leave a red mark, his skin was very sensitive.
It wasn’t strange that outsiders coveted him, Li Ge himself coveted him to death. Thinking of the employee’s peeking gaze, and then the lewd gaze of that slut at the gym, he couldn’t bear it anymore.
“Don’t come up anymore, just wait for me in the car.”
The time and place were not suitable. Chen Shuo had been holding it in, not saying a word.
It was rush hour, and people kept coming into the elevator. The spacious space became crowded. He silently stood in the corner, using the two Dragon Boat Festival gift boxes Li Ge had given him to separate himself from others, including from Li Ge.
As soon as he got into the car and closed the door, Li Ge finally had space to release the passion that was almost suffocating him. After confirming that there was no one around, he pulled Chen Shuo’s fair hand to his mouth and kissed it wildly.
“Mwah, mwah, mwah—” Li Ge kissed loudly, afraid that Chen Shuo wouldn’t understand his heart, and kissed and sniffed at the same time, “Wife, you smell so good, you’ve showered.” He kissed from the back of Chen Shuo’s hand all the way to his forearm, then opened his mouth and bit Chen Shuo’s forearm, then sucked hard.
Chen Shuo just looked at Li Ge.
“Hey, it’s red so quickly, so sensitive.” Li Ge touched the red mark he had made and chuckled, “I wanted to do this in the elevator just now.”
“Alright.” Chen Shuo pulled back his forearm and started the car.
Seeing that Chen Shuo had no unusual reaction, Li Ge’s hand reached out and touched Chen Shuo’s thigh, then patted it and said, “Wife, I’ll take you to meet Aike sometime, she’s a good girl, you’ll know when you meet her, and you’ll understand my difficulties, okay?”
“Let’s go home first, I’m driving.” Chen Shuo removed Li Ge’s hand.
The path of homosexuality was difficult. Li Ge just thought he had coaxed Chen Shuo and leaned back on the seat, continuing, “I have to go back and stay for a few days in a couple of days. Isn’t Yuan Feng about to give birth? My mom is coming over, I have to accompany her, she likes to check on me whenever she comes to Beicheng.”
Chen Shuo gripped the steering wheel and said “hmm” again.
The Dragon Boat Festival was connected to the weekend, a three-day holiday, and the weather was also good. Li Ge estimated that his mother would come to Beicheng the day after tomorrow, and he would have two days to spend with his wife. So he made arrangements and confirmed with Chen Shuo that they would go try on clothes tomorrow, and then rest at home, making love and watching dramas. The day after tomorrow, they would go rock climbing or hiking outdoors together.
“I don’t need clothes, I’m going to the hospital to see Yuan Feng tomorrow.” Chen Shuo said.
Li Ge: “How long will it take you to go to the hospital? And I haven’t ordered your suits yet, let’s go get your measurements first, and have them made for all four seasons, I’ve specially hired a designer.”
Chen Shuo: “We haven’t seen each other for a long time, I want to spend some time with Yuan Feng.”
Hearing this, Li Ge suddenly felt quite unhappy. It wasn’t that he was jealous of Yuan Feng, but he felt that he was here thinking about how to make his wife happy, where to go tomorrow, where to go the day after tomorrow, arranging their world so clearly.
He thought Chen Shuo would be very happy, but Chen Shuo had other plans, completely disregarding his intentions, just like he had rejected the watch he had carefully chosen, making it very formal.
“We haven’t seen each other for a long time either, why don’t you say you want to spend some time with me?” After waiting for a while and seeing that Chen Shuo had no intention of responding, Li Ge said directly, “I’m quite unhappy now.”
“I’m driving.” Chen Shuo replied.
“Are you driving with your mouth? Can’t you make a sound?” Li Ge started to get annoyed, his tone gradually becoming impatient, “We just made up last night, and now you’re fucking like this again. Fuck, being with you is so tiring.” As soon as he finished speaking, the car suddenly accelerated.
“Shut up.” Chen Shuo warned Li Ge.
“…” Seeing Chen Shuo continuously overtaking other cars, Li Ge really shut up. It wasn’t that he was scared, but he found that Chen Shuo seemed to have gone crazy again. He couldn’t be reckless in the car, he didn’t want them to die together. A good man should let his wife have her way.
It wasn’t until they hit a red light and he saw that Chen Shuo had returned to normal, driving steadily, that Li Ge finally opened his mouth to coax him, “Wife—”
“Shut up,” Chen Shuo interrupted Li Ge, “Don’t you understand?”
Li Ge decided not to argue anymore. His wife was sulking and didn’t want to have a private world with him because she was jealous, and she was jealous because of his cooperative girlfriend, Aike.
In the end, it was still because of him. Chen Shuo cared too much about him, which was a sign of liking him. The more he liked him, the more he cared. If he liked him very much, he would care very much. This was a good thing. He was just a little tired at the moment. Once Chen Shuo and Aike met, all problems would be solved.
“It’s my fault, don’t be angry.” Li Ge didn’t choose to shut up. Before the green light came, he coaxed Chen Shuo again, “Be good, I’ll let you torment me when we get home.”
Chen Shuo looked straight ahead, not at Li Ge.
His heart was still beating fast, with a strong tremor. He could clearly hear his own “thump, thump, thump” heartbeat. All kinds of turbulent emotions were running rampant in his body, desperately looking for an outlet.
He could feel Li Ge’s affection for him, but the little bit of sweetness Li Ge gave him was far from enough, too little, so little that it was like a handout to appease him.
As soon as their relationship changed, he couldn’t be seen in public. His identity outside could only be “Assistant Chen,” a little assistant who needed to keep his distance from “Mr. Li” at all times.
“Torment me as you please, will you listen to me?”
In the quiet car, Chen Shuo’s calm and emotionless voice sounded.
Li Ge had never been so eager, so eager to try a new experience he had never understood or bothered to understand before—the fusion of spirit and flesh.
He was no longer satisfied with simple release. In the days Chen Shuo was away, the emptiness after each release would always invade him. He would wander in a void of darkness, occasionally falling into confusion. His life was already perfect, he lacked nothing, why did he still feel empty? What else should he pursue?
Actually, Li Ge wasn’t completely waiting for Chen Shuo to come back. He would go back to his own place to get clean clothes, and sometimes if it was too late, he would just stay there, and then go back to Chen Shuo’s apartment the next day to feed the fish. During this time, Qiao An and Fei Fan had asked him out, his old classmate Dong Mo had looked for him, and Meng Shaoqian had harassed him more than once.
He was used to being casual, it seemed that any kind of life was fine, as long as he was carefree and happy. But year after year, he was less and less carefree and happy, life was gradually becoming meaningless. He would go to bars and find them tasteless, unable to find any fun to fill his emptiness.
In the middle of the night, looking back on the past, Li Ge felt a sense of loneliness after a thousand sails had passed, and then he suddenly understood why he was willing to lie in that shabby little apartment he had once despised.
He was really waiting for Chen Shuo to come back, waiting for Chen Shuo to give him a different life.
Li Ge wanted to make real love with Chen Shuo once.
“Of course I’ll listen to my wife!” He chuckled.
