Chapter 32: Dog-Blood High Society
Gu Chun gave Gu Xiu a bank card with two hundred thousand yuan in it and told him to take care of himself, truly acting like an older brother.
Next, only Gu Xiu was left.
The world outside was vast, and life was rich, but it was quite boring. The novelty lasted for no more than a day, and after sleeping alone in a hotel for one night, most of it had faded.
Sigh, the number one restaurant on the must-eat list is just so-so.
It’s not even as good as the noodles Lu Shichen casually cooked for him.
In the past, in the bloody and stormy Qidian world, a good meal and a peaceful sleep were rare. Now that he had easily satisfied his basic needs, the threshold for feeling pleasure was constantly rising, and he wanted more and more.
It was fine when he hadn’t experienced the feeling of being cared for and protected. Now that he had, and had even thought about sex, to suddenly return to being alone, he actually felt a sense of emptiness, as if he had been abandoned by everyone.
In the coffee shop, Gu Xiu put down the knife and fork he had been holding for a long time and let out a long sigh. Even his favorite almond salted cream cake was not as fragrant anymore.
Outside the floor-to-ceiling window, people were coming and going, and the traffic was like a weaving shuttle. It was hard to imagine that this was just a small world generated by a flawed dog-blood novel, which could collapse at any time.
【Mission Countdown: 30 days】
A cold, translucent blue prompt box floated in the void in front of Gu Xiu.
This was the final deadline for his mission. If he couldn’t complete it within the specified time, this colorful and glamorous world would be destroyed, and he would also be forcibly logged out.
It had been 24 hours since he had left the villa. Lu Shichen must have already known from Butler Tong that he had secretly run away, but he hadn’t sent him a message or called…
More than just knowing.
Lu Shichen had seen with his own eyes from the surveillance how Gu Chun had instigated Gu Xiu like a savior, and the latter had actually cooperated with Gu Chun’s plan without a second thought, leaving the villa without any reluctance, abandoning him.
【Chairman Lu, I’ve found Young Master Gu. He’s at…】
Lu Shichen looked at the message from the private investigator, his face tired from a sleepless night, and rushed to his destination without stopping.
Behind a partition in the coffee shop, Lu Shichen sat upright, his gaze passing through the hollows in the partition, glued to Gu Xiu’s back not far away.
He brought the coffee cup to his lips, but his attention was not on it at all. He almost spilled the scalding coffee all over himself.
The only thing to be thankful for was that the runaway Gu Xiu was not on a date with other little lovers. He was just idle now, having found a coffee shop to rest. The cake in front of him was clearly his favorite, but he had only taken a small bite after a long time.
Because Gu Xiu was also in a daze.
A7993344: 【Do you need money?】
Gu Xiu looked down at his phone screen, biting the straw in his mouth without moving, and was silent for a long while.
It would be a waste not to take the money that was offered to him, but as for whether he needed it, it didn’t seem that necessary.
Seeing this, 007 urged him again, 【Jiujiu, don’t you want to go on vacation abroad? Just in time to earn another sum of money from the boss and run away!】
【…】 Gu Xiu was silent for a moment. 【I told you, you’re much more suitable for the scum gong mission than I am.】
He didn’t reply for a long time, and the top contributor sent another message.
A7993344: 【If you have any other troubles, you can also tell me.】
A7993344: 【I will help you.】
Seeing these messages, Gu Xiu’s heart moved. The thoughts that he couldn’t get any resonance from with the stupid system seemed to have finally found a place to land at this moment. The indescribable things that had been weighing on his heart these past few days were suddenly unraveled, expressed through his fingers tapping on the keyboard.
Gugujiu: 【I have an uncle who’s not related by blood. He’s very good to me】
Gugujiu: 【But I’m just a passerby in this world. Whether it’s family or something else… I think it’s better to keep some distance.】
Gugujiu: 【I really don’t understand those men and women who are head over heels in love. Haven’t they ever thought, what if they break up one day, or the other person falls in love with someone else or dies in an accident? Wouldn’t it be better to just live their own lives from the beginning? Why bother!!】
In his opinion, these infatuated men and women in the Jinjiang small world were no different from looking for trouble and worrying for nothing. All of them were ridiculously rich domineering CEOs and top tycoons, high-IQ genius students, peerless beauties, and brilliant artists… They could have lived a carefree life, but they had to suffer for no reason.
The other party is typing…
Gugujiu: 【Speaking of which, you two are a bit alike ^ – ^】
Gugujiu: 【But you’re not as serious as him.】
The “typing” prompt disappeared for a few seconds.
Gu Xiu blinked in confusion.
The typing prompt popped up again, and he typed for a long time, facing the confused young man.
The old big brother with the sunset profile picture only replied with four words.
Simple and resounding.
【Live in the moment】
Gu Xiu was stunned.
A7993344: 【Do you want to meet? I know you’re in the capital, and so am I.】
【That seems… okay?】 Gu Xiu muttered hesitantly in his mind. 【007, can you find out the boss’s real identity?】
The small silver ball of light swayed from side to side: 【I don’t know. There’s no one with this online nickname in the novel.】
That was a chain reaction caused by Gu Xiu’s autonomous actions that deviated from the plot.
But before agreeing to meet, Gu Xiu still planned to test him a little more. He was very familiar with the tricks of a scum man. He would ask you to meet at the last minute to test you, and when you met, he would use physical contact to test you. Especially a last-minute invitation at night. After dinner, it would be just right to go to a hotel for an extra meal…
The top contributor seemed to have the ability to see through his heart through a network cable.
A7993344: 【How about tomorrow noon? Moon Lake Park. Is it convenient for you to go there?】
Gu Xiu looked at the mature sunset profile picture and was silent for a moment.
The old big brother seemed to be a steady and polite elder.
Coincidentally, Moon Lake Park was quite close to the hotel he was staying at. It was less than a twenty-minute taxi ride.
Gugujiu: 【Okay.】
This answer was exactly what Lu Shichen wanted, but watching Gu Xiu so casually agree to a stranger’s invitation, there was still a nameless anger that was crashing against his rationality, on the verge of being reduced to ashes.
The next day.
Gu Xiu came out of the hotel and was about to call a car when a Volkswagen voluntarily stopped in front of him.
He looked up in confusion and saw that the car window was half-open. A kind-faced driver uncle shouted, “Where are you going, young man?”
Gu Xiu said, “Moon Lake Park…”
The driver uncle was very cheerful. He waved his hand and greeted, “Alright, get in. We’ll carpool. I’ll take you first. A flat rate of ten yuan, definitely cheaper than calling a car online.”
Gu Xiu didn’t care about this little bit of money that he couldn’t take with him anyway, but he was undoubtedly a lazy person who would never stand if he could sit. The cold wind was like a knife cutting his face. He decisively put away his phone, shrank his neck, and opened the back door to get in.
It was windy outside. He first closed the door with his backhand. With a click, the driver locked the door, reminded him to fasten his seatbelt, and then started the car.
Gu Xiu was fastening his seatbelt, while his peripheral vision glanced at the carpooler.
It would have been better if he hadn’t glanced. The moment he did, his just-warmed body froze on the spot.
There was no surprise on Lu Shichen’s face. He still looked straight ahead, his hands clasped on his knees, and asked calmly, “Where are you going now?”
Gu Xiu was speechless: “…”
He swallowed and carefully turned his head to glance at the driver in the front. But the other person silently raised the partition, separating the front and back spaces, and even turned on the music, the volume at its maximum, as if he didn’t exist.
Outside the window, the car drove straight ahead, made a nimble U-turn at an intersection, and returned the way it came. After a while, the street scene outside became more and more familiar. It looked like the road to Lu Shichen’s villa.
Gu Xiu closed his eyes.
It was bad enough to be caught by Lu Shichen, but to be caught while going to meet a netizen…
Fortunately, Lu Shichen beside him did not continue to press him. The man’s side profile was as sharp as a knife, with distinct features, perfect and flawless. The only flaw was probably that cold and serious demeanor.
Even if Gu Xiu was always provoking Chairman Lu, he didn’t dare to breathe too loudly. He silently leaned his head against the car window on the other side and gently took out his phone from his pocket.
The agreed meeting time had just passed.
A7993344: 【Are you here?】
He had accidentally stood up the generous boss. Gu Xiu felt a little guilty and quickly replied.
Gugujiu: 【No… it’s a long story… I can’t make it today.】
Gugujiu: 【I’m with the uncle I mentioned yesterday. He looks very angry. I’ll talk to you later!】
After turning off his phone, Gu Xiu let out a long sigh, turned his head, and glanced. He saw that Lu Shichen was also looking down at his phone. He turned back and edited another message to send.
Gugujiu: 【How do I live in the moment? I feel like he’s going to kill me.】
Gugujiu: 【(Little bird sigh.jpg)】
He waited and waited.
A new message popped up, hitting the anxious Gu Xiu like a bolt of lightning.
A993344: 【Do you like the feeling of being taken care of by him?】
A993344: 【Or, do you like him a little too?】
Gu Xiu was stunned for a moment, a wave of inexplicable panic and unease. He quickly pressed the lock screen button.
He looked up and saw Lu Shichen staring at him intently, so scared that his heart skipped two beats.
Lu Shichen’s gray eyes were sharp enough to see through everything. He asked point-blank, “Who are you chatting with again?”
Gu Xiu licked his lips and avoided his gaze. “Mm… no one.”
Lu Shichen did not pursue the matter and just called out, “Gu Xiu.”
Just like when the two of them used to go to and from work together. Lu Shichen sat upright, his back straight, and naturally instructed, “Adjust my tie for me.”
Gu Xiu’s half-baked assistant radar was triggered, and he reflexively reached out his two hands to adjust it for him.
Unexpectedly, he met those silent gray eyes, like a sky layered with dark clouds before a storm.
He couldn’t advance, nor could he retreat.
Gu Xiu chose to lower his eyes, observing his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose. He skillfully and carefully straightened his tie knot and adjusted the front and back pieces to a more suitable length.
Then he quickly withdrew his hands and sat back tacitly, so upright he was almost reserved. They didn’t speak all the way.
Gu Xiu had successfully run away for a day and a half and was personally brought back to the villa by Lu Shichen.
Lu Shichen’s suppressed emotions for a day and a half finally broke through the critical point the moment the main door closed, erupting like a volcano.
“…Where’s Butler Tong?”
The oblivious Gu Xiu turned his head and was met with a pair of scarlet eyes that seemed to be burning with a raging fire.
Lu Shichen was silent. He loosened his tie while approaching him.
Gu Xiu took a few steps back.
Lu Shichen pressed on step by step.
Gu Xiu sensed that something was wrong. 007 in his mind was also reminding him of the danger. He took three steps in two and went upstairs to his room. Just as he was about to close the door, he was blocked by a strong force.
Lu Shichen easily squeezed into his room, closed the door, and locked it.
Lu Shichen undid two shirt buttons and finally answered his question from when he had entered the door. “Because of Butler Tong’s negligence, I let him go home to rest for a while.”
He was probably implicated by me. An indescribable emotion rose in Gu Xiu’s heart, so much so that he could temporarily ignore the danger in front of him. He quickly explained, “I was just cooped up at home for too long and wanted to get some fresh air. If I hadn’t run into you by accident today, I would have come back on my own. Butler Tong is old. He definitely didn’t expect me to do that…”
“Huh? You’re quite concerned about him,” Lu Shichen said, lowering his head to unbutton his cuffs.
The two of them couldn’t have a smooth conversation at all. Gu Xiu watched as he removed his restraints one by one: the tie was thrown away, the buttons were undone, and the gentle and proper white shirt became a loose piece of cloth, half-covering the man’s firm torso.
Lu Shichen took a deep breath, his gray eyes becoming deep and dark. “I’m really angry, Gu Xiu.”
Gu Xiu finally figured it out and subconsciously glanced at Lu Shichen’s crotch.
But Lu Shichen happened to bend down to pick up his tie, so he didn’t see it.
“Gu Xiu,” Lu Shichen still had that same straightforward but unquestionable tone. “Come here.”
Gu Xiu was good at continuing to act cute after taking advantage. He thought that as long as he was obedient on the surface, everything would be fine. So he walked over trustingly and looked at Lu Shichen’s hand, which was holding the tie, in confusion.
In that moment of distraction, his wrist was grabbed by Lu Shichen. The cold and smooth tie was wrapped around it, and in a few strokes, it was tied together with his other wrist.
Gu Xiu struggled a little, and Lu Shichen quickly tightened the tie until it became a dead knot. Gu Xiu woke up as if from a dream and exclaimed, “…Ninth Uncle!”
Lu Shichen pushed him on the shoulder. His hands were tied, so to keep his balance, he could only retreat again and again until his calves hit the end of the bed, and his whole body fell back onto the large bed.
Lu Shichen looked down at him and held up a slender finger to his lips. “Shh. Don’t be afraid.”
Gu Xiu: “…”
He was all too familiar with this state of madness. It looked a hundred times more serious than the day he had put a necklace and ring on him.
Lu Shichen bent down, and his superior chest and abdominal muscles were faintly visible between his open white shirt. His next move was again unexpected. He took off his silver half-frame glasses and turned to put them on Gu Xiu’s face.
He was slightly nearsighted, and the lenses had a certain prescription. The curved lenses would only make a person with normal vision feel dizzy. Gu Xiu was unprepared and immediately closed his eyes. “Uh… so dizzy.”
Lu Shichen held his chin with two fingers to fix it in place, and a seemingly comforting kiss gently landed on the edge of the lens.
“It’s fine, close your eyes,” Lu Shichen’s voice was low and hoarse. “Just feel it with your body.”
Then he lifted Gu Xiu’s shirt up, over his head, and used it along with the tie to restrain his hands, the hands that had been chatting so fervently with netizens behind his back.
His upper body was thus exposed to the air, cold and shivering. The only thing to be thankful for was that the glasses were also taken off, so Gu Xiu could finally look at the man above him.
He didn’t have time to say or do anything. The next second, his pants were also stripped off!
“Ninth Uncle! Wait!” Gu Xiu was in a panic.
Lu Shichen turned a deaf ear, his chest heaving violently. He was in such a hurry that his fingers were also trembling. He tried two or three times before he could unbuckle his suit pants belt.
The cold belt was thrown onto his hot body. Gu Xiu shivered, his black pupils trembling in panic. He kicked his legs to get up from the bed, but because his wrists were bound and there was a person on top of him, the effect was like a fish flapping futilely on a cutting board.
Gu Xiu couldn’t resist and could only shout at the top of his lungs, “Ninth Uncle! I’m a straight man! Don’t…”
“Straight man?” Lu Shichen’s gaze was dark and cold as he interrupted, “Then how do you explain Jiang Yuan Yao?”
“I…” Gu Xiu had just spat out one word.
An alarm for breaking character immediately popped up in his mind.
Restricted by the rules, he could not deny his entanglement with Jiang Yuan Yao. Just claiming to be a straight man was already testing the limits of danger. Gu Xiu was speechless and could only repeat one sentence over and over, “Ninth Uncle, I’m really a straight man! You can’t do this!”
Lu Shichen didn’t believe him at all. He lovingly stroked him and kissed him on the cheek. “Mm, I guarantee I’ll make you comfortable.”
In the chaos, 007 was still adding to the mess: 【Jiujiu! I’m about to be forced to shut down again! You take care…】
The voice came to an abrupt end.
Leaving Gu Xiu and the sea of consciousness that had become a pool of stagnant water, to face the wolf-like Lu Shichen alone.
The effect of an old house on fire was really no joke!
“I’m a top! Just like you!” Gu Xiu’s neck was stiff, and his handsome face was flushed red. “If you’re going to… my butt, I, I…”
“I’ll hate you for the rest of my life! Lu Shichen! I’ll hate you for the rest of my life! Hate—you—”
As if he had been hit by a sharp arrow, Lu Shichen’s body stiffened. He struggled to lower his head and look at the stern-faced Gu Xiu. He blinked slowly, and his rationality returned.
As a superior who gave orders, his tongue was so clumsy at this moment. After a long while, he finally said softly, “…Don’t.”
