The Crematorium’s Scum Gong Gets to Clock Off After Being Replaced 72

Chapter 72: Roommate 32

【Jiujiu…】 007 had just started.

【Ji Ning won’t drink, and Chen Beichuan didn’t come. I can’t complete this plot by myself.】 Gu Xiu’s face was full of displeasure, and he ended the topic in one breath.

【No,】 007 said cautiously, 【I’m afraid you’ll get drunk… but if you’re the one who gets drunk, maybe you can still complete the mission?】

Gu Xiu was choked.

The glass cup he had been holding in his hand was finally put down.

His face was expressionless as he communicated with 007 with his mental energy. Not far away, Wei Meng, who had been in a state of shock from the beginning, gradually stopped showing his emotions on the surface. But every time Gu Xiu used his mental energy, the muscles on his face and fingers would still tense up slightly.

Gu Xiu was very good at observing these things and confirmed that he could indeed hear the conversation of their mental energy.

But he didn’t know what this person’s intentions were.

【I don’t want to do it anymore.】 Gu Xiu suddenly sighed and tentatively said, without a trace, 【Let Ji Ning play by himself. It’s fine if this low-class plot isn’t completed. If this world collapses, then so be it.】

Wei Meng’s face suddenly changed drastically.

Gu Xiu had quit. Even if the main god wanted to trouble him, it would have to be after the fact. Now, he was unrestrained. He casually picked up a wine glass and paired it with peanuts and melon seeds.

007’s information was true, and it kept persuading, 【Oh, oh, at worst, you can just take the protagonist shou’s place in this plot. The judgment system is not as smart as me…】

Gu Xiu was too lazy to bother with him, his monolids drooping lazily. 【I didn’t tell Chen Beichuan, and Ji Ning didn’t invite him alone. He won’t come. Just give up.】

007 mumbled, 【Jiujiu, what’s wrong with you? I feel like you have some ulterior motives. Did you deliberately not call him?】

Gu Xiu took a big gulp of soda water. 【…Get lost.】

But Wei Meng’s heart was in a turmoil.

He had read many novels and guessed that the ball of light was something like a system. From Gu Xiu’s few words, he had already confirmed that the other party was from a higher-level world. The vivid novel world in his eyes was still not worth mentioning in the other’s eyes. If it collapsed, it collapsed, because the other party had the confidence to leave at any time.

But he didn’t. He was already dead in his original world.

At the beginning, Ji Ning was just a novel character he liked, that was true. After getting along for this period of time, Ji Ning’s protagonist charm had also affected him, making his little thoughts stir.

The current plot development was not the same as in the novel. Chen Beichuan did not treat Ji Ning differently, and Ji Ning had not given up on the scum gong Gu Xiu. Gu Xiu was a task-taker from another world and had no other thoughts for Ji Ning.

Wei Meng couldn’t help but touch his pocket.

This novel world looked very real, but the laws were not sound. He had been single for two lifetimes and was an extremely repressed deep closet. So, as if possessed, he had gotten a packet of powder and carried it with him for emergencies…

Of course, he knew very well about the plot that Gu Xiu was planning to give up: Ji Ning was gotten drunk, and the ill-intentioned Gu Xiu pretended to take him back, but was intercepted by the timely arrival of Chen Beichuan.

Since Chen Beichuan wasn’t coming, if he had to find a home for Ji Ning tonight, why couldn’t it be him?

The private room was full of acquaintances. Ji Ning had taken off his glasses, revealing his exquisite and beautiful face, which made Wei Meng’s heart flutter.

It wasn’t what he was thinking. He was also doing it for the smooth progress of the plot… By the time he reacted, the powder was already in his palm, and the plastic packaging was covered in a layer of nervous and excited hot sweat.

He tentatively asked Ji Ning again, “Birthday boy, a drink?”

Ji Ning rarely refused so firmly. “No.”

He was worried about Gu Xiu, who was in a bad mood in the corner, and did not pay much attention to the restless Wei Meng.

For a moment, Wei Meng could only hear his own chaotic heartbeat, and could only see Ji Ning’s beautiful face, which seemed to be covered with a soft light filter, and the colorful drink cups on the table.

After a moment of thought, he poured a glass of coke. The dark coffee color and dense bubbles hid the reaction of the powder, making it invisible. Then he nonchalantly picked up the spiked coke and handed it to Ji Ning again. “Have some soda.”

“Ah, thank you,” Ji Ning was slightly stunned and even said thank you after taking it.

He was indeed a little thirsty.

The cold feeling nourished his lips, and the fine bubbles burst one after another, making a charming sound. He opened his mouth and was about to drink it down when, in his peripheral vision, Gu Xiu suddenly stood up and strode over. He waved his hand without warning and knocked the glass cup out of his hand.

Clatter!

“Ah!!”

The crisp sound of shattering glass and the startled cry intertwined, exploding in the private room like a bubble.

Ji Ning calmed down a little, looked up at Gu Xiu’s face, which was as dark as the bottom of a pot, and called out to him cautiously, “…Gu Xiu?”

【007! Even if this plot can’t be completed today, you can’t deduct my points!】 Gu Xiu said to 007 while rolling up his sleeves. 【Report it to the main god. There’s a problem with this small world. How can there be such a bug? So disgusting!】

It happened so suddenly that it took Wei Meng a few seconds to realize that the “bug” and “disgusting” he was talking about were himself.

【Quick Transmigration Employee Manual, control the plot, fix loopholes, and let the small world run normally…】 Gu Xiu flexibly used the manual. 【Alright, now it’s my time to fix the bug and correct the loophole.】

Gu Xiu’s cold black eyes locked on the flustered man. He crossed his hands and stretched his muscles, completely liberated.

He was already in a bad mood. A punching bag that came to his door, it would be a waste not to punch it.

He couldn’t beat the protagonist gong, but the one in front of him was just right.

Ji Ning was completely out of the loop, confused, and asked with concern, “Gu Xiu, are you drunk?”

“Mm, I’m drunk,” Gu Xiu said shamelessly. “I’m going to have a drunken fit. You should move aside.”

Ji Ning stared blankly as he approached Wei Meng, who was shrinking on the sofa. His fearful and worried gaze went back and forth between the two, and finally, it fixed on Gu Xiu. At this time, he still remembered to remind him, “Be careful of the broken glass on the floor. Hey, Wei Meng, you should go over there. If you have something to say, say it nicely…”

Without Ji Ning’s words, Wei Meng had already put on a posture of preparing to escape. However, Gu Xiu reacted faster. He took a long stride and rushed over, pulled him up from the sofa, and then threw him back hard.

Wei Meng was thrown until he was dizzy. The out-of-shape shut-in, after taking this hit, directly lost the ability to resist.

“Ah! What are you doing!”

“Gu Xiu! What’s wrong with you?”

“Gu Xiu, stop!”

The others were so scared that their faces turned pale. They shouted and tried to break up the fight.

007 was also captivated by Gu Xiu’s first show of aggression. After a few seconds of reaction, it quickly turned into a ball of light and flew out, watching the fun from a close distance. It was so excited that its silver light brightened a few shades. 【Jiu… you really are from Qidian! Then how come when you were fighting with the protagonist gong…】

Thinking of Chen Beichuan, Gu Xiu became even angrier and cut in, 【That’s because he has the protagonist’s halo!!】

007 was stuck for a moment before it could finish its sentence. 【Uh, I wasn’t asking how you couldn’t beat him. I was asking, why weren’t you fierce at all when you were fighting with him?】

Gu Xiu’s fierce expression was revealed, and he sent the ball of light flying. 【Get lost.】

007 jumped up and down. 【Every time you scold him, it’s ‘get lost,’ but for me, it’s a fierce ‘get lost’!】

Gu Xiu: “…”

Distracted by 007, he was guarding Wei Meng. He was careless for a moment, and Wei Meng secretly came at him. He suddenly bumped into him with all his strength. His body tilted, and his knee hit the ground.

But he still reacted extremely quickly, as if he couldn’t feel the pain. He bounced up from the ground and fiercely grabbed Wei Meng’s hair.

“Ahhhhhh—” Wei Meng screamed in pain.

“Stop fighting, stop fighting,” someone came up to persuade. “What’s wrong? Gu Xiu, calm down, have some water…”

Gu Xiu glanced over. “What water? Who knows what dirty things are in there!”

In the current situation, no matter how you looked at it, Gu Xiu was the unreasonable one. Plus, with Wei Meng’s cries for mercy, the few boys who were still sober surrounded him, planning to restrain Gu Xiu and separate the two.

“Gu Xiu, calm down. Don’t have a drunken fit!”

Bang!

The sound of the private room door being kicked open drowned out the stern question.

Chen Beichuan had casually thrown on a jacket, his hair was messy, and his gaze was searching.

All the noise was paused, and everyone looked at him at the same time.

Gu Xiu was also stunned. “…Why are you here?”

Chen Beichuan’s gaze fell on him and did not move away. His breathing was slightly rapid. “Ji Ning told me.”

Gu Xiu’s face immediately turned ugly. This person seemed to be indifferent to Ji Ning, but now he came as soon as he was called for a birthday party?

Chen Beichuan did not expose Ji Ning’s “Gu Xiu seems unhappy” in front of outsiders. He just looked at him with soft eyes. “I’m here to pick you up.”

Gu Xiu opened his mouth but didn’t make a sound.

Chen Beichuan asked him in a warm voice, “What’s wrong?”

It would have been better if he hadn’t asked this last sentence.

Gu Xiu suddenly became irritable again. He didn’t dare to look at the person at the door, turned his head, and fiercely kicked Wei Meng’s butt.

Then he explained to the people in the private room, “I just saw him put something in Ji Ning’s drink.”

Gu Xiu had no evidence, but Wei Meng’s suddenly changed expression was enough to explain everything.

“I think I saw it too,” a roommate of Ji Ning stood up drunkenly and pointed at Wei Meng, swaying. “That Wei… Wei Meng, did you put something in Ningning’s drink? It looked like a white powder…”

The reference to “white powder” was overly sensitive. Everyone either retreated in panic or covered their mouths in alarm. Every face was filled with disbelief, as if they were looking at a terrifying flood and a fierce beast.

Wei Meng explained in a panic, “No, it’s not drugs. I’m a law-abiding good citizen. How would I dare to touch that kind of thing?”

But this undoubtedly admitted his own despicable and shameful act.

“Ji Ning” stared blankly at the broken pieces on the ground, and then at Gu Xiu.

“Ji Ning,” Gu Xiu said to him with a serious face, “you shouldn’t drink tonight, and don’t drink any drinks either. In the future, be careful when you make friends.”

The protagonist shou’s protagonist’s halo was that he was prone to attract these messy love debts. The protagonist gong did not cooperate with the plot to save the damsel in distress. He didn’t know if he would encounter any more trouble in the future.

Ji Ning was so grateful that his eyes quickly turned red. “Gu Xiu…”

“Mmm,” Gu Xiu pressed his head and stumbled.

Ji Ning swallowed the rest of his words and was about to express his concern when Chen Beichuan’s movements were faster than his words. He reached out a hand and put it around Gu Xiu’s shoulder.

“You’ve been drinking?”

Gu Xiu didn’t answer. He lowered his head and shoulders in exhaustion, and a patch of his ear was flushed red. Although there was no obvious smell of alcohol on him, Chen Beichuan knew this guy’s tolerance very well.

He could get drunk from just a few liquor-filled chocolates.

And he would kiss people randomly when he was drunk.

His thoughts began to run wild and couldn’t be stopped until Gu Xiu tried to break free, and lifted a pair of dazed black eyes to look at him, as if they were covered with a soft and delicate thin veil.

This look was very much like asking for a kiss.

Chen Beichuan’s Adam’s apple bobbed.

Gu Xiu suddenly frowned hard, raised two fingers, and poked him in the chest.

“My…”

Gu Xiu poked again, pushing the stiff roommate back again and again.

Then he shouted with full force, “My peanut!”

Chen Beichuan: “…”

He’s definitely drunk.

Gu Xiu pushed his roommate to the side, but he was not in a hurry to leave.

Just when Chen Beichuan was fully focused and with a hint of anticipation, his subsequent actions were completely unexpected—he walked to a corner and squatted down.

The small silver ball of light skillfully floated by his side, preparing to eat melon.

Chen Beichuan was confused, but he stuck to him like a little tail, squatted down like him, and squeezed the invisible 007 to the side.

007, a ball of mental energy, rolled around pretentiously. Unfortunately, no one could see him, and the only host who could see him didn’t care. He was busy staring at Chen Beichuan.

007 silently floated up, like a light bulb hanging above their heads, emitting a cold and pale light.

The farce was not over. Ji Ning had his friends as his backing and directly rushed up to question Wei Meng, “Wei Meng, what was that medicine?”

Wei Meng’s face was pale. “Xiao Ning, listen to me. I was just impulsive for a moment…”

Ji Ning: “What medicine?”

A roommate’s girlfriend, who had read a lot of novels, mumbled in disdain, “Could it be that kind of medicine? Is Wei Meng gay?”

Ji Ning was stunned. “…Is he?”

Wei Meng was immediately in a panic. He grabbed his hair and turned around twice. Some words came out of his mouth without thinking. “Xiao Ning, I told you I’m a fan of yours. I’ve liked you for so long… Don’t believe their nonsense. They, they’re just some paper characters!”

“You’re the one who’s talking nonsense!” Ji Ning just found this person unreasonable and retorted loudly, “They’re my good friends! What novel, what paper characters…”

“How could I lie to you?” Wei Meng was anxious and explained without choosing his words. He pointed a finger and didn’t forget to drag the gossiping Gu Xiu into the water. “Didn’t all the plot points I told you before happen, although the details are a little different… it’s all because of Gu Xiu. It was all messed up by him. He seems to have a golden finger, maybe something like a system.”

Gu Xiu was originally engrossed in eating melon, but he didn’t expect Wei Meng to have guessed most of the truth by a fluke. His groggy brain instantly sobered up, and his open mouth forgot to close for a long time.

Chen Beichuan was also stunned for a moment. His mind worked fast, and plus Gu Xiu’s reaction…

Ji Ning was so angry he was trembling all over. “Get out.”

“Xiao Ning, listen to me.”

“If you don’t get out, I’ll call the police,” Ji Ning’s eyes were resolute, and he pointed to the ground. “I’ll also go and get it tested to see what you put in my drink…”

“Fine, fine, fine. I’ll get out, okay? We’ll talk later, okay? I’ll send you a message…” Wei Meng quickly softened and left the private room in a dejected state.

The several roommates were still shaken. The drunk ones had sobered up and all gathered around, reassuring Ji Ning, and said in a flurry, “It’s fine, Ningning, don’t be afraid. We’ll take you back together later…”

The crisis was resolved, and Gu Xiu’s tense nerves relaxed. The groggy feeling immediately magnified. He had just stood up when, as if he were being dragged by a heavy lead ball, his whole body fell straight down.

【Ahhhhhh, I knew it!】 007 shouted and made a hindsight comment. 【You’re really drunk! I told you not to drink rice wine like a drink!】

Chen Beichuan quickly caught him under his arms with his two arms and steadily caught him.

In complete contrast to the chaotic Ji Ning, their side was like a still frame. Chen Beichuan was still savoring Wei Meng’s strange words from just now, while Gu Xiu was staring at him without blinking, with a rather familiar look.

It was like the last time he had gotten himself drunk from eating liquor-filled chocolates, and it was also like a long, long time ago.

Gu Xiu seriously stared at the gray in his eyes, getting closer and closer, and then closer.

Until he couldn’t get any closer.

A light touch of the lips, so light it was hard to say it was a forced kiss.

Besides, Chen Beichuan was not resisting, but was rather looking forward to it.

He even wanted to hold the back of Gu Xiu’s head, with the greatest force, so that the little bird would struggle with its wings but couldn’t fly away, and then pry open the other’s teeth and seize the sweetest saliva from the deepest part.

Suddenly, it was so quiet that a pin drop could be heard.

A series of astonished faces turned over. In the dim private room, a pair of eyes were as wide as the obstructive light bulbs like 007.

“Sorry,” Chen Beichuan lightly pulled Gu Xiu away a little, held him in his arms, and said politely to the crowd, “Then I’ll take my future boyfriend and leave first.”

These words were like a thunderclap falling into a calm sea.

After a few seconds of silence, someone asked in a daze, “Why is it the future?”

Chen Beichuan glanced at the half-asleep Gu Xiu, his eyes and voice exceptionally gentle. “Because he probably can’t give me an answer now.”

Then he gently patted that flushed face and said in a warm voice, “Let’s go.”

Gu Xiu’s mouth was saying “mm-hmm,” but his feet were as if they were rooted to the ground and wouldn’t move.

Chen Beichuan dragged him to open the private room door. The bright light shot in, illuminating Gu Xiu’s black pant legs.

There was a tear on his knee, but because the pant legs were loose, the condition of the skin inside could not be seen clearly.

“Are you injured?… Forget it,” he estimated that the drunk little stupid bird himself didn’t know. Chen Beichuan really didn’t want to continue to be entangled with these people. He decisively squatted down and turned his back to Gu Xiu. “Get on.”

There was no reaction from behind. He said again, “If you don’t get on, I’ll eat your peanut.”

His back sank.

Chen Beichuan curled his lips, held the boy’s knees, and with the force of his well-trained muscles, he easily carried the other on his back.

As the end of the year approached, many college students had already left school to go home, and some people who worked in the capital had also set off on their journey home early.

The streets were deserted, the street lamps were dim yellow, and the fine, dancing snowflakes were shining with a crystal light.

Chen Beichuan’s dull footsteps echoed in the silence.

His tall and thin body bore the weight of two people, but he had been training for a long time and walked very steadily, his steps deep and even, the snow making a pleasant crunching sound.

Suddenly, the biting wind carried his gentle voice to the back. “Gu Xiu, are you asleep?”

Gu Xiu’s eyes were dazed and blank as he looked at the tire tracks on the asphalt road. He replied unconsciously, “Mm…”

Chen Beichuan: “You can still reply when you’re asleep?”

Gu Xiu: “Shut up.”

Chen Beichuan: “Still pretending to be asleep?”

“If I’m asleep, I’m asleep,” Gu Xiu said unreasonably. “You’re so noisy.”

Chen Beichuan: “I’ll just be noisy.”

The speed and effectiveness of childishness were extremely strong.

Gu Xiu covered Chen Beichuan’s mouth and nose with his hands. “Shut up.”

Chen Beichuan easily pushed his hand away. “Hey, Gu Xiu.”

Gu Xiu mumbled in dissatisfaction, “Noisy…”

“I’ll just be noisy with you.”

Chen Beichuan was relentless.

Gu Xiu behind him stopped making a sound from being annoyed. Chen Beichuan still kept talking. “I’ll just be noisy with you. I like to see you get angry when I provoke you, and I like to see you get angry. I also like… to see you smile.”

“But I don’t like you smiling at others, especially Ji Ning. Do you understand?”

Gu Xiu hummed in annoyance.

“Gu Xiu, are you cold?”

“Gu Xiu, I can smell the alcohol on you now. It’s like fermented sugar-roasted chestnuts.”

“Gu Xiu, you’re a little heavy…”

“…”

“Hey.”

He didn’t know how long it had been. Chen Beichuan said “hey” again as usual, but there was no follow-up for several seconds.

Gu Xiu subconsciously held his breath.

Then, without any warning.

Chen Beichuan stopped his steps and took a deep breath. “Gu Xiu, I like you.”

Gu Xiu’s drowsy and drunk eyes suddenly widened to their limit, and he froze. He was so cold from the icy night wind that he slowly blinked.

His chin was still resting in Chen Beichuan’s neck, and the woody scent lingered. The street in his field of vision was deserted, and the street lamps were also sparse. This street was very long, and the scenery had not changed for a long time. It was exactly the same as before, not a dream.

Snowflakes fell on their shoulders. In the seemingly still time, Chen Beichuan seriously spoke again, “Gu Xiu, I’ve liked you for a long time.”