Chapter 85 p2
On the road, the lights were dim, and the speed of the car was neither fast nor slow.
Lu Ze sat in the passenger seat and turned his head to look at the person next to him. “Are you in a bad mood, Brother Yan?”
“No,” Si Guiyan said, and then he said as if unintentionally, “How did you get mixed up with Qiao Mingyuan and the others?”
Lu Ze said, “When I was waiting for you downstairs, they seemed to be quite curious about me and came over to ask if I wanted to play together. I thought about it and since I had nothing to do, and I also wanted to go to the top floor for some fresh air, so I went.”
Si Guiyan hummed in agreement, and then said, “Did you have a good time?”
“It was okay,” Lu Ze said. “They are all very interesting, and they are all open to playing.”
Si Guiyan was silent for a while, and he looked straight ahead. “I’ve never heard that you can play snooker before.”
Lu Ze smiled. “Isn’t it because I haven’t had a chance?”
The car lights were dim, and they shone down on Si Guiyan’s deep face from above, making his whole face look uncertain. He said, “What else do you know?”
“All kinds of messy things. I know a little of everything,” Lu Ze thought for a moment. “For example, golf, hockey, and the like. I have some understanding of most of them. And some card and board games, I also know how to play a little.”
Si Guiyan thought for a moment, then suddenly said, “The wine you opened for me last time, I haven’t drunk it yet.”
This was naturally referring to the bottle of wine that Lu Ze had opened for him when they first met.
Lu Ze paused, then smiled. “If you want to drink it, Brother Yan, I’ll open it for you again when we get back.”
The corners of Si Guiyan’s lips twitched, and he said, “Alright.” But Lu Ze could see that his mood was still not high.
The car continued to drive forward. In the dark night, there were no buildings around the city’s expressway, and only the streetlights illuminated the road ahead.
The phone beeped. Lu Ze looked down. Si Guiyan casually asked, “What’s wrong?”
Lu Ze said, “Young Master Liu is asking me if I have time in two days. We can go to the suburbs to play, fishing, and farmhouses, and the like.”
Si Guiyan’s hand on the steering wheel tightened. “Did you agree?”
Lu Ze shook his head. “Not yet.”
Si Guiyan’s hand relaxed slightly, and he hummed in agreement. After a moment, he seemed to be explaining, “They are usually idle and play some messy things together. You should not get mixed up with them.”
Hearing this, Lu Ze turned his head to look at Si Guiyan and asked, “Don’t you like them, Brother Yan?”
Si Guiyan was silent for a moment, then said, “No.”
He said, “You’re usually so busy that you don’t even see a person for half a month. Do you still have time to go out and play?” He paused, then added, “If you really want to play, I’ll take you. Don’t play some unknown things with them.”
Although Si Guiyan himself did not touch them, he was in this circle after all, and he would occasionally hear some rumors about who had done what dirty things. He would usually just listen and forget about it, but he could not let Lu Ze be tainted.
Hearing this, Lu Ze smiled. He looked at Si Guiyan and said, “Are you jealous, Brother Yan?”
Si Guiyan’s hand on the steering wheel paused. “Am I jealous?” He let out a light laugh. “Do I need to be jealous?”
He said, “I’m just reminding you that you are my person. According to the contract, everything about you belongs to me.”
Hearing this, Lu Ze’s expression paused, and the smile on the corners of his mouth faded. He said slowly, “The contract…”
Lu Ze looked at him and asked softly, “Are you unhappy just because of the contract, Brother Yan?”
Si Guiyan met his clear and dark eyes, and for some reason, his heart trembled. His hand on the steering wheel tightened, and he said, “What else could it be?”
Lu Ze was silent for a moment, then he suddenly smiled. “Then you said I’m your person…”
He said in a low voice, “Do you mean a lover?”
Si Guiyan paused, then said, “Yes.”
The smile on the corners of Lu Ze’s mouth slowly faded. His eyelids lowered slightly, and after a moment, he slowly smiled. He looked up at Si Guiyan and said slowly, “You’re right, Brother Yan. Don’t worry, I will definitely abide by my duty as a lover in the future and will not do anything that makes you unhappy.”
The atmosphere in the car was a little strange for a moment.
Si Guiyan keenly sensed that Lu Ze’s attitude was a little wrong, but he thought about it and didn’t find anything wrong.
During the period of their relationship, the second party was not allowed to have a romantic relationship with anyone else and had to fulfill his obligations as a lover and satisfy the first party’s physiological and other needs. This was the content of the contract, and it was also the result of their mutual discussion. Lu Ze had not raised any objections at that time.
Si Guiyan’s hand on the steering wheel tightened unconsciously. He didn’t understand if Lu Ze was really unhappy, or if it was his own illusion.
***
But the various things that happened later made Si Guiyan understand that this was not his illusion.
In the few days that Lu Ze was on vacation at home, their interaction seemed to be fine, but Si Guiyan could clearly feel that the two of them were no longer as relaxed and at ease as they usually were, but instead had a bit of deliberateness and stiffness.
In fact, Lu Ze’s attitude towards him was no different from before, but Si Guiyan always felt that it was different from usual.
For example, he would no longer cook, even though he had requested it before. He would also no longer act disobediently and joke with him. Even in bed, he was no longer as much of a scoundrel. If Si Guiyan told him to stop, he would stop, leaving him stuck in the middle, which was annoying, but it also seemed as if he had really taken his words to heart.
But Si Guiyan always felt uncomfortable, but he didn’t understand why.
This state continued until half a month later, when Lu Ze joined the crew.
When he woke up the next morning, the bed was already empty. There was no longer the usual note from him on the bedside table, but instead, there was a cold message on his phone, saying that he was going to film.
Si Guiyan sat on the bed for a long time, not understanding what Lu Ze was angry about.
It seemed that everything had started from the night of the party.
That night, Si Guiyan had asked Zhou Wenjin to go out for a drink. As soon as Zhou Wenjin entered the private room, he tutted in amazement. “Brother Si, Brother Si, it’s really rare. You old man can actually take the initiative to ask me out.”
He plopped down next to Si Guiyan and said, “Tell me yourself, which time in the past month have you not said you were busy when I asked you out? What’s wrong? You have a beauty in your arms, and you’ve finally remembered me?”
Si Guiyan glanced at him. “Stop talking nonsense.”
He picked up a glass of wine and downed it in one gulp. Zhou Wenjin was surprised and quickly sat up straight. “What’s wrong with this? Why are you drinking to drown your sorrows?”
Si Guiyan put down his wine glass and looked back at him. Zhou Wenjin quickly said, “Don’t scare me, Brother Si. If you have anything to say, just say it. Is there something wrong with the company? That’s not possible…”
Si Guiyan said, “Don’t overthink it.”
He leaned back on the sofa, his fingers tapping on his knee. Under Zhou Wenjin’s somewhat anxious gaze, he hesitated for a long time before he said, “Tell me… why would someone suddenly get angry?”
“Who? Who’s angry with you?” Zhou Wenjin was surprised for a moment. He looked at Si Guiyan and subconsciously said, “It can’t be that little lover of yours, right?”
Si Guiyan didn’t speak, so Zhou Wenjin took it as a tacit agreement. He was instantly interested and moved closer to him. “No, brother, he still dares to be angry with you?”
Si Guiyan looked at him in confusion. Zhou Wenjin said, “In our circle, which of the kept people doesn’t treat their backer like an ancestor? Who is so bold as to be angry with their backer?”
Si Guiyan frowned. “Is that so?”
“Of course,” Zhou Wenjin said. “Being kept is for money, status, and resources. There’s always something to gain. What’s the point of being angry? To make the backer unhappy? Or to think that you’ve gotten enough?”
Si Guiyan thought for a moment and said, “He’s not… very obviously angry.”
Zhou Wenjin said, “What do you mean?”
Si Guiyan roughly summarized what had happened recently. Zhou Wenjin immediately smiled. “Brother, isn’t that called being angry?”
“Yes, he’s not openly giving you a bad face, but isn’t he secretly expressing his dissatisfaction?”
Si Guiyan glanced at him, then picked up his wine glass and took a big gulp, and said with some annoyance, “I know.”
He just didn’t know why Lu Ze was angry.
Seeing his appearance, Zhou Wenjin also slowly became serious and asked, “What’s going on? Weren’t you two quite normal at my birthday party last time? Did something happen?”
Si Guiyan was silent for a moment, then sighed. “I’m not sure either.”
Zhou Wenjin said, “Then you should at least know when it started, right?”
Si Guiyan glanced at Zhou Wenjin and told him the cause and process of the matter. Zhou Wenjin’s face slowly changed, and in the end, after he finished speaking, he slammed the sofa and said, “Damn, that kid has wolfish ambitions!”
Si Guiyan looked at him. “What do you mean?”
Zhou Wenjin slammed the table and analyzed it for him in detail. “Think about what he said. Was it because of the contract? And he asked you if he was your lover? What does that mean? Isn’t he trying to move up?!”
Si Guiyan was stunned. “Move up?”
Zhou Wenjin said indignantly, “That’s right! He’s not satisfied with the status of a lover and wants a title. That’s why he’s talking to you in such a roundabout way!”
Si Guiyan was stunned for a long time before he slowly said, “A title… what title?”
Zhou Wenjin said, “In the short term, it’s the status of your boyfriend. In the long term, it’s the status of your future partner, your other half. Oh, that’s right, same-sex marriage is not allowed in the country, but no matter what, as long as he gets your recognition, then in front of outsiders, he is your person, which is a completely different status from a lover.” He rubbed his head. “Tsk, I didn’t see it before. That kid is not aiming for something small. But it’s also normal. With your status, Brother Si, who wouldn’t be tempted…”
Si Guiyan could no longer hear what Zhou Wenjin said later. He was just silently repeating the words “boyfriend” and “partner” in his mind, and the thoughts in his heart were instantly clear.
Lu Ze’s words that night, his reaction, his attitude, and the vague feeling that something was wrong that he had had at that moment all seemed to have an explanation at this moment.
Boyfriend?
Si Guiyan thought about this word and didn’t seem to find it repulsive. As for a future partner…
After thinking about it, it didn’t seem bad to have such a person with him for the rest of his life.
If that was the case… then what had he done last time?
Zhou Wenjin was still chattering on. “Brother, I’m telling you, you must not fall for his trick. People like them have no heart. They are all after your money! It’s just because you can provide them with resources and the like. Brother, you must not let him get his way… Brother? Brother Si?”
He looked at Si Guiyan’s absent-minded appearance, and he had a bad premonition in his heart. “Brother? You’re not really taking it to heart, are you?”
Si Guiyan glanced at him. “Can’t I?”
“No,” Zhou Wenjin scratched his hair. “It’s not that you can’t, it’s just that have you ever thought that what if his motives are not pure?”
Si Guiyan paused, then said slowly, “If they’re not pure, then they’re not pure. If he’s after my money, then he’s after my money. I’m willing to let him be.”
Zhou Wenjin opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Si Guiyan stood up, his expression also much more cheerful. He patted his shoulder and said, “Thank you for today. You can play. I’ll go back first.”
With that, he turned and left, leaving only Zhou Wenjin looking at his back, and for a moment, he couldn’t help but slap his own mouth.
You shouldn’t have said that.
Si Guiyan had been drinking and couldn’t drive, so he found a designated driver. On the way back, he looked at the dim scenery outside the window, thought of their past interactions, and then thought of Lu Ze’s words, and what his own reaction had been at that time. The alcohol went to his head, and his brain couldn’t help but throb with pain.
As for Zhou Wenjin’s words that Lu Ze had ulterior motives for him, he didn’t believe it. Although they hadn’t been together for long, he knew that little bastard’s personality.
If it were just a kept relationship, he wouldn’t have gone to such lengths. That sincerity, Si Guiyan believed that he would not be mistaken.
But to say that he liked him… Si Guiyan was also a little unsure. He was a dozen years older than him after all, and his personality was not as warm and frank as his, but rather quite boring…
He rubbed his temples and thought, forget it. Whether he likes me or not, in short, he is his person now, and he can’t run away.
There were still a few years left. He didn’t believe that he couldn’t catch him.
It was not early. Si Guiyan sent a message to Assistant Lin and, after confirming that he was not asleep yet, had him adjust his schedule for the next two days, and also bought a plane ticket to the city where Lu Ze was.
The streetlights were bright, and the orange-yellow halo hung in the air, spilling on the ground, illuminating the road ahead.
