In the bustling bar, chaotic music blared and glasses clinked.
Under the garish neon lights were faces of every kind.
People swayed and rocked in the dance floor, moving left and right, venting all the negative emotions the day had brought, leaving them behind on the dance floor.
Gu Yansheng made his way through the lively crowd, carrying drinks to a private booth.
Yes, Gu Yansheng was a server at this bar.
He and his coworker carried two cases of alcohol toward the booth.
Inside the booth were several men who had ordered a large amount of alcohol the moment they arrived.
After entering, Gu Yansheng opened all the bottles as instructed by the customers.
Just as he was about to leave, an older man called him over.
“Hey, you, come here. Drink this glass.”
Gu Yansheng had some recollection of this older man—he had been coming here to spend money for several consecutive days.
Gu Yansheng froze for a moment, then said quietly, “I’m sorry, but we have rules against this.”
The older man shot him a glance. “What rules? I’m telling you to drink, so drink. What’s the matter, not giving me face?”
The others in the booth started egging him on.
Gu Yansheng didn’t move.
In a place like this, all kinds of people came through, and no one knew what might have been slipped into the drinks.
So Gu Yansheng stayed still, silently gazing at the man before him, hoping someone would step in and speak up for him.
Despite being a young man, Gu Yansheng had a very delicate and handsome appearance—large, round eyes, long lashes, and lips as pink as a freshly ripened strawberry, sweet and tempting, making one want to take a taste.
Gu Yansheng happened to have a slight cold that day. To avoid affecting his work, he hadn’t taken any cold medicine, so his voice carried a faint nasal tone that sounded pitiful, with a hint of coaxing.
As if sensing Gu Yansheng’s hesitation, the older man took out a clean glass and, right in front of Gu Yansheng, poured it full. “There, now you can drink it, right?”
The coworker who had entered with Gu Yansheng clearly saw a small pill slip from between the older man’s fingers. Gu Yansheng, being in a blind spot, didn’t see it.
The man kept insisting Gu Yansheng drink, and it went without saying what that pill was.
Having worked at the bar for so long, the coworker naturally understood the lecherous old man’s intentions.
Gu Yansheng had only been working at their bar for six months, and because of his good looks, he was often the target of unwanted attention.
The coworker was about to warn Gu Yansheng when the older man shot him a fierce glare. “Ask around first whether you can afford to offend me before you speak.”
The coworker fell silent.
He was just a lowly server, with no money or influence in Jiang City, and couldn’t afford to offend these people at all. All he could do was pray that Gu Yansheng wouldn’t drink, wouldn’t drink.
Gu Yansheng stared at the glass for a moment. The glass was clean, and the alcohol had been poured right before his eyes, so it should be fine.
Besides, judging by the current situation, if he didn’t drink, this man probably wouldn’t let him leave easily.
He would just endure it for now.
So Gu Yansheng downed the entire glass in one go.
A smug smile spread across the older man’s face, and he didn’t make things difficult for them any further, letting them leave.
After stepping out of the booth, the coworker made an excuse about having something to do and left first.
Once he was out of the booth, Gu Yansheng felt his head growing increasingly dizzy. It was probably his cold getting worse.
He was staggering toward the back to find some cold medicine when he noticed that the old man from earlier had been following him at a distance, neither too close nor too far.
And he realized he was feeling hotter and hotter, his whole body radiating a strange sensation.
Gu Yansheng understood in an instant, he had been drugged.
He steadied himself, forcing his demeanor to appear normal. He had no idea how long it would take for the drug to fully take effect.
He couldn’t head toward the back anymore, because there were fewer people there. He had to go where the crowds were.
The lecherous old man stuck close behind him, just waiting for the moment when lust would overwhelm him. Gu Yansheng was simply too alluring his pretty face and slender figure made the man drool with desire, itching to have his way with him.
Gu Yansheng quickened his pace, but he couldn’t shake the sleazy man following him. Then he spotted a tall, handsome man up ahead.
This man looked upright and righteous, like he should be a good person.
Gu Yansheng felt his body growing hotter by the second. He had no choice but to gamble. He stepped forward, wrapped his arms around the tall, handsome man, and whispered pleadingly, “Brother, help me. I don’t know the man behind me.”
Because of the drug, his voice sounded more like a coquettish moan.
Xuan Chiyi glanced at the man behind the boy, that man’s eyes kept darting toward him.
Understanding the situation at once, he scooped the boy up and carried him out.
The sleazy old man panicked and rushed forward to block Xuan Chiyi: “Hey, where are you taking my friend?”
Xuan Chiyi asked the person in his arms, “Do you know him?”
Gu Yansheng shook his head: “I don’t know him. Brother, please take me away from here.”
“Did you hear that?” Xuan Chiyi stared coldly at the man and barked in a low voice, “Move aside!”
Before this old man, Xuan Chiyi had an absolute height advantage. His voice was icy, his handsome face sharply defined, and a single look carried immense pressure. A flicker of fear rose in the old man, and he could only watch helplessly as the man carried off the prey he had been eyeing for days.
“President Xuan, this is?” The assistant who had been by Xuan Chiyi’s side for years looked at the person in his arms, momentarily stunned.
After getting into the car, Xuan Chiyi said, “Back to the hotel.”
Gu Yansheng curled up in Xuan Chiyi’s arms, clutching tightly at his clothes, and whimpered softly, “Brother, help me.”
He was truly suffering right now.
Xuan Chiyi said in a low voice, “Hold on a little longer.”
Gu Yansheng thought the man was unwilling to help him: “Brother, I’m clean. I’ve never slept with anyone.”
When he still got no response, he begged, “Brother, can you call this person for me and ask him to come pick me up? I feel so awful.”
The person Gu Yansheng mentioned was his coworker. He knew that coworker had feelings for him, but now he truly had no other option, he was in so much pain and desperately needed someone to help him.
Xuan Chiyi gritted his teeth and asked, “You want him to come help you?”
Gu Yansheng’s voice trembled slightly: “Mm.” Even his breath was scorching hot now, he was reaching his breaking point.
Xuan Chiyi grabbed Gu Yansheng’s chin, his gaze dangerous: “What do you take me for?”
Gu Yansheng: “You… don’t you not want to?”
Xuan Chiyi: “Don’t you know that things like this should be done behind closed doors?”
Xuan Chiyi carried the man back into his hotel room.
Gu Yanheng clung tightly to his neck, refusing to let go, burrowing deeper into his chest.
Xuan Chiyi’s voice was low and deep: “Do you know what you’re doing?”
Gu Yanheng clumsily kissed his lips, “I know, brother, please help me.”
Gu Yanheng felt his whole body growing hotter and hotter; he needed release, so he grabbed the man’s tie and kissed him.
At that moment, all of Xuan Chiyi’s breath and heartbeat fell into chaos.
He had never been the kind of person to act so casually.
He had a cleanliness obsession, which was why he hated others getting close to him.
But this young man before him—he didn’t dislike him at all, and had even developed feelings.
Xuan Chiyi said, “I hope you won’t regret this.”
Gu Yanheng’s voice was tinged with tears: “I won’t regret it.”
Xuan Chiyi leaned down to kiss away his tears.
When the last round was completely over, Xuan Chiyi looked at the beautiful young man, who had now quieted down and fallen asleep, his long lashes still trembling slightly, his cheeks flushed pink.
The boy’s lips were red and swollen from his kisses, and his body was marked with patches of red from his doing. The boy’s skin was too delicate and too fair—even though he clearly hadn’t used much force, marks were still left behind, like a gorgeous, sensual painting.
Xuan Chiyi couldn’t resist lowering his head to kiss him once more.
The bed had already been left in a mess by his actions.
The young man’s body also needed to be cleaned up.
Xuan Chiyi grabbed a bath towel and wrapped it haphazardly around him, then carried the young man to the bathroom to clean him up.
After both of them were cleaned, Xuan Chiyi put on his clothes and went to the pharmacy.
He had just noticed that the young man’s rear was red and swollen, seemingly injured.
Xuan Chiyi knew himself well—he had probably really hurt the young man.
When he went to the pharmacy to buy medicine, the young woman at the counter noticed the obvious red scratch marks on Xuan Chiyi’s wrist, and for some reason, her face turned red.
Sure enough, the handsome and considerate ones were always someone else’s boyfriend.
The young woman secretly glanced at Xuan Chiyi, but he shot her a look, signaling her to hurry up and ring up the purchase, startling her into quickly averting her gaze.
Xuan Chiyi gave off a very sharp and intimidating aura—one look from him in the bar had scared off the man who was coveting the young man, let alone a soft and timid young woman like her.
After buying the ointment, Xuan Chiyi immediately rushed back to the hotel.
After applying the ointment to the young man, Xuan Chiyi finally lay back down on the bed.
Recalling what had just happened felt like a dream, but the warmth of the young man in his arms was real, and it all told him that this was truly real.
In his thirty-six years of life, it was the first time he had kissed someone, the first time he had slept with someone, in another city, with a stranger.
Xuan Chiyi was not a casual person—he would definitely take responsibility for this young man. Tomorrow, when the young man woke up, he would ask him if he was willing to be with him, if he was willing to leave this place with him. He would treat him well for the rest of his life.
Xuan Chiyi had always been a man of his word.
When Gu Yanheng woke up, he felt sore all over, as if he had no strength left at all, and there was an indescribable discomfort in a certain place behind him.
And he was currently lying on a soft, large bed, still in a man’s arms.
He took a minute to process it all.
Right, he remembered now—yesterday at the bar, an old man had slipped him something. At the critical moment, he had asked a handsome man for help.
Then that man had brought him to the hotel.
And then…
Of course Gu Yanheng remembered that he had been the one to make the first move.
He struggled to get up and found his clothes. He had just pulled on his pants when a low voice sounded from behind: “You’re awake?”
The sudden sound in the quiet room startled Gu Yansheng. He plopped down onto the chair in a hurry, which pulled at his rear, making him hiss in pain.
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to startle you.” The man from the bed came over to check on him. “Are you alright?”
The man was wearing only a pair of shorts, his tall, sturdy build fully on display. Remembering that the condition of his rear was caused by this very man, Gu Yansheng shyly turned his face away. “I’m fine. Thank you for yesterday.”
If it hadn’t been for this man, he didn’t know where he would have ended up today.
After getting dressed, Gu Yansheng finally remembered to thank the man. “Um, what’s your name? I don’t mean anything by it, I just thought that if I ever get the chance in the future, I’d like to thank you properly.”
Just then, Xuan Chiyi also wanted to ask the young man if he would be willing to be with him. “What’s your name?”
Gu Yansheng: …Wasn’t he the one who asked for the other’s name first? How did it turn around and get asked first instead?
Gu Yansheng: “My name is Gu Yansheng.”
Xuan Chiyi frowned, and Gu Yansheng thoughtfully explained: “Yan as in ‘disgusting,’ and Sheng is the character with the three-dot water radical next to a star.”
Xuan Chiyi nodded thoughtfully and softly repeated his name.
For some reason, hearing his own name spoken from this man’s lips made Gu Yansheng shiver slightly.
Gu Yansheng: “And what’s your name?”
Xuan Chiyi: “Xuan Chiyi.”
Gu Yansheng, who had been sitting on the chair, shot up the moment he heard those three characters.
His voice was full of shock: “You’re Xuan Chiyi?!”