Xu Ji agreed.
He couldn’t possibly refuse a deal that guaranteed no loss.
Ji Fangchi quickly called and asked, “Ge, how is it? Do you need my help? Did Sister-in-law take off his clothes? Do you want me to come in and support you? It’s unfavorable to be alone when catching an affair!”
“No need,” Xu Ji glanced at Li Ting, who was pretending to be innocent after getting what he wanted, and said quietly, “I’m forgiving your sister-in-law.”
Ji Fangchi, still squatting behind the flower bed, was completely shocked. He realized that he was wrong from beginning to end, very absurdly wrong! He always thought it was his sister-in-law who loved Xu Ji-ge deeply, but he never expected it to be the other way around!
He loves him so much!
“Ge, calm down!” Ji Fangchi said anxiously, “You are blinded by love right now, a matter of principle cannot be so easily overlooked!”
Xu Ji’s voice sounded very calm, “It’s okay, I know what I’m doing.”
You don’t know crap! Ji Fangchi was going crazy.
“I’m hanging up first,” Xu Ji said, “When you decide what to eat, call me, and I’ll come pick you up.”
“Ge! Xu Ji-ge!” Ji Fangchi’s heart-wrenching cries were only exchanged for a “du du du” tone over the phone.
But thanks to Ji Fangchi, Xu Ji remembered something. He asked Li Ting, “Why were you holding that Auntie’s waist when you came in? Are you a pervert?”
Li Ting out a “hah” in absurdity. He quickly realized what was going on and dragged out an “oh”, then said, “So someone tipped you off? Did you come back to catch me in the act?”
Xu Ji lifted his eyelids and looked at him, “Answer my question.”
Li Ting’s mouth carried a hint of a smile, he stood up and walked towards the door, “Auntie tripped at the door and I reached out to support her.”
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly opened the door and saw Ji Fangchi crouched behind the flower bed.
“Ah… It’s you,” Li Ting lifted his lips.
Ji Fangchi was caught off guard. When he raised his head, all he saw was the beauty’s friendly smile.
Li Ting was very tall, and when he looked down at him, the darkness was overwhelming. His face had a smile that was not quite a smile, and he exuded a very strong sense of intimidation.
Ji Fangchi was startled and almost fell to the ground trembling.
Fortunately, the savior appeared in time. Xu Ji crossed his arms and said, “What are you doing?”
“Nothing,” Li Ting’s eyes were filled with smiles as he looked towards Xu Ji, “Just saying hello to the little kid.”
One was 26 and the other 25. To them, someone who just graduated from high school was definitely a little kid.
“Alright, we’re done talking anyway, I’m leaving now,” Xu Ji said. As he passed by the flower bed, he said to Ji Fangchi, “Get up, I’m taking you back.”
Ji Fangchi quickly patted the dust off his pants and followed him. He turned his head and saw the beauty still leaning against the door frame, smiling as he watched them leave.
“Remember our agreement,” Li Ting said. New chapters come out on g.com first.
Xu Ji did not look back, but raised his hand to signal that he got it.
Ji Fangchi’s alarms went off. What agreement? Could it be that his sister-in-law took advantage of Xu Ji-ge’s affection for him and made him sign an unequal treaty? Was it something like continuing his relationship with that woman and making Xu Ji-ge turn a blind eye to it?
How could the renowned Xu Ji-ge fall into the hands of this little vixen?! Ji Fangchi was furious. That’s right, he no longer saw Li Ting as a virtuous beauty, but as a bad vixen who deceived both Xu Ji-ge’s body and heart!
After that, Xu Ji returned to his happy single life before marriage.
They were playing with open cards now. He didn’t have to go back every week, and Li Ting didn’t have to rush back either. Both sides were very satisfied.
Because of this, the BinHai[1] house was left unused and the lights hadn’t been turned on for two consecutive weeks.
It was entirely accidental when Xu Ji went back. That day, due to a lack of inspiration, he stayed at the company by himself until nearly midnight, but the picture he drew still fell short of his expectations.
The intense concentration and thinking made him very tired, so he chose to go back to the house that was only a 15-minute drive away, rather than the 30-minute one. Li Ting wasn’t living there anymore anyway.
For half a month, no one had visited this place. A thin layer of dust had settled on the cabinets, tables, and floor. After tidying up a bit, Xu Ji lay down contentedly and instantly fell asleep. As expected, his bed, which he had slept on for eight years, was the most comfortable.
Afterward, he started to come back here more frequently and gradually brought back the things he had moved to Hanjing.
During this time, Xu Ji and Li Ting had no contact with each other.
Another month passed, and Xu Ji finally completed a project that kept him busy for a long time. He took an afternoon nap on the water sofa, and when he came out of his room, he saw a large pool of dark red liquid seeping out from under the crack of Li Ting’s room door, almost spreading to the bathroom.
Normal people would have been frightened by this sight and naturally associated it with a series of terrifying events such as murder and hiding bodies. But Xu Ji wasn’t. He furrowed his brows and approached closer, then smelled a strong scent of liquor.
Without hesitation, he made a phone call to Li Ting, who answered quickly. In the background, there were many people speaking in a chaotic and noisy manner.
Xu Ji couldn’t help but move his phone away a bit and said, “Hey, you spilled some liquor in your room.”
“Mn?” Li Ting seemed to have moved a little farther away, it was much quieter, “Spilled liquor? How come?”
Xu Ji didn’t feel like explaining and just said, “It’s just spilled, come back and clean it up.”
“I’m in S City right now,” Li Ting said, “Can you help me go into the room and see which bottle spilled?”
Xu Ji, “Your door is closed.”
Li Ting, “I didn’t lock it, just open it and go in.”
Xu Ji didn’t want to go into someone else’s room, but Li Ting couldn’t come back now. He couldn’t exactly leave the spilled liquor there for several days, could he?
“Don’t say it so disgustingly,” Xu Ji rubbed his hair irritably, “Then I’m going in.”
The guest room was very simple, with only a bed, a desk, and a chair, nothing else, it was empty and desolate. Even though Li Ting had been living here for a long time, there had been no change, oh, not for a long time, because he only came back twice a week.
The only difference was the small liquor cabinet placed by the door, with five or six bottles of foreign liquor on it, one of which was now lying on the ground, broken into pieces.
Xu Ji stepped around the liquor, picked up the broken bottle, and looked at it, “Louis XIII.”
“Ah…” Li Ting sighed heartbrokenly, “I heard this is expensive.”
“Heard?”
Li Ting was still feeling regretful about the money, “I don’t know the brand, someone gave it to me and said it’s very expensive.”
“It’s okay,” Xu Ji knew this liquor, he had it many times, Louis XIII, it’s considered a relatively good foreign liquor, “If there’s nothing else, I’m hanging up.”
Li Ting took the initiative to explain in a low voice, “I returned to S City because I needed to deal with some things for the company over here. If your parents ask, don’t spill the beans.”
Xu Ji, “Mn, got it.”
After the phone call ended, Li Ting locked his screen and stuffed his phone back in his pocket.
It was really strange, as long as Xu Ji promised something, he knew that the former would do it well, and he had no idea where this trust came from. Maybe it was because Xu Ji was someone who took things seriously? So he was very confident in Xu Ji’s character?
Though he could be quite stubborn, which was annoying at times.
“Li Ting! What are you doing inside? You don’t want to work so you’re slacking off?”
The kitchen door was roughly pulled open from outside, and Li Yue saw Li Ting’s back facing him, as if he was up to something bad. Li Yue immediately grabbed Li Ting’s long hair and pulled it back, saying, “What were you doing, huh?”
Li Ting was pulled back and felt the pain, but still revealed a small smile at Li Yue, “… Sorry, my husband just called me, I came in to answer it.”
Li Yue sneered and let go disdainfully, “You don’t even feel shitty about marrying a man? Doing everything for someone else every day, do you also have to kneel down to have him fuck you at night?”
Li Ting, wearing an apron, stood on the side in a disciplined manner with his head lowered, his expression unclear.
Li Yue felt sickened seeing his cowering appearance. At first, he was wary of Li Ting trying to fight for the family property, but this cowardly man didn’t even dare to argue with him. It was extremely boring. Li Yue said, “My mom asked you to cut some fruit for the director outside.”
Li Ting responded with a low voice.
Before leaving, Li Yue taunted again, “You’re just a sissy who can’t even be brought to the table”
The door slammed shut.
After a while, Li Ting pulled the corners of his mouth and let out a laugh from his throat. He slowly raised his hand and smoothed out his disheveled hair. He looked in the direction of Li Yue’s departure, his pitch-black pupils like a cold abyss, leaving only a chilling coldness.
[1] or “near the coast”, I’m not sure if this was a name or description so you take your pick