After tossing Lin Ze into the car, Yi Yan bent down to grab his coat and threw it onto the front passenger seat.
Then, he drove straight to Lin Ze’s apartment building.
Yi Yan unbuckled his seatbelt, leaned toward the back seat, and said, “Lin Ze, we’re here. Wake up.”
Yet how could the person in the back seat have any consciousness left?
He didn’t take in a single word Yi Yan said.
Yi Yan massaged his temples and let out a sigh. “Fine, consider this my good deed for the day.”
He supported Lin Ze as they got out.
When he reached the front entrance, he paused, then irritably kicked the corner of the wall.
What kind of crappy place is this, not even an elevator?
Resigned to his fate, he scooped up Lin Ze and climbed the stairs.
Upon reaching the fifth floor, his increasingly gloomy gaze finally lit up.
Finally here.
He set Lin Ze down and fished the keys out of Lin Ze’s bag.
The moment he opened the door, the room was pitch black, devoid of a single ray of light.
Yi Yan steadied Lin Ze, switched on the light, and settled him onto the sofa.
He frowned and surveyed the surrounding environment.
At that moment, the thought popping into his head was whether accommodations in City A could really get this pathetic.
In the eyes of a young master, how could a tiny space of less than two hundred square meters fit a human being?
Doesn’t Lin Ze find it hard to breathe living in a shoebox like this every day?
He felt suffocated just standing there.
After grinding his teeth and complaining for a bit about Lin Ze’s living conditions, he noticed Lin Ze had already leaned back against the sofa and fallen soundly, peacefully asleep.
He stepped over the sofa, crouched down in front of Lin Ze, and pinched Lin Ze’s soft, smooth cheek.
For some reason, ever since pinching Lin Ze’s cheek earlier that day, Yi Yan seemed to have gotten hooked, always finding an excuse to pinch him again.
“Hey, Little Zeze, why don’t you come live with me? Big Brother here will get you a big house, how about that?”
Instead of curling up in this gloomy, rundown district, he might as well live with him. Lin Ze could even enjoy a period of luxury!
He proposed this to Lin Ze with quiet self-satisfaction, believing this was the highest honor he could bestow upon Lin Ze. After all, plenty of people lacked the qualifications to even dream of living with him!
That remark seemed to filter into Lin Ze’s dreams, causing him to unhappily knit his brows in his sleep.
After dropping Lin Ze off at home, Yi Yan went off to enjoy his own aristocratic nightlife.
It wasn’t until twelve noon that Lin Ze groggily sat up from the sofa, realizing he really had indulged a bit too much last night. His throat was now dry and burning like fire.
Remembering the alcohol he had shared with Yi Yan last night, was it Yi Yan who brought him back?
His head was still spinning with waves of pain. Uncomfortably, he slipped on his slippers and headed to the bathroom.
He squeezed a dab of toothpaste onto his toothbrush and began brushing with his eyes closed.
As he brushed, he furrowed his brows slightly, sensing something was off.
After finishing, he opened his mouth to inspect closely. The skin of his lower lip was reddish and slightly broken.
He took a deep breath. It seemed he really had internal heat from drinking too much last night; he’d better exercise some restraint from now on.
Lin Ze walked to the kitchen and mixed himself a cup of honey pomelo tea.
Drinking it down, his throat felt cool and far less dry.
After sending Yi Yan a text message to thank him, he put his phone down and prepared to wash the empty cup.
Unexpectedly, his phone chimed with a notification, the screen lighting up.
Lin Ze set the cup down and opened the message.
“Well, Little Zeze really had a good night’s sleep, only waking up at this hour.”
Even through the screen, he could picture Yi Yan’s punchable tone and expression.
Lin Ze raised an eyebrow and rapidly typed out a string of characters: “If you say so.”
Receiving this message, Yi Yan couldn’t help letting out a soft chuckle.
He actually knew to come and thank him?
Wasn’t this basically telling him that Lin Ze had completely forgotten everything that happened last night?
He had prepared for the worst case scenario. If Lin Ze threw a tantrum over this, he wouldn’t mind speeding up the timeline and using forceful methods to take him right then and there.
He used to detest taking things by force. With everything he had, why would he ever need such tacky tactics?
But he had changed his mind now.
Lin Ze had genuinely hooked his appetite.
He couldn’t really be blamed for breaking his own rules this once.
Just as he tossed his phone aside, Yu Fu wrapped his arms around Yi Yan’s neck from behind the sofa.
“Ah Yan, who were you chatting with?” Yu Fu asked coquettishly, leaning against Yi Yan’s neck.
“Awake?” Yi Yan curved the corners of his lips slightly.
“Mhm, Ah Yan was too amazing last night.” The more he spoke, the redder his face became, his white teeth gently biting his lower lip in a shy, bashful display.
Hah.
Yi Yan chuckled and coaxed him, “That’s because Yu Yu is just too cute, I couldn’t help myself.”
Yu Fu beamed like a flower, walking around the sofa to crouch at Yi Yan’s knees.
“Ah Yan, when will you have time to go out with me again?”
Yi Yan pulled out a gold card and slowly slid it toward the top of Yu Fu’s head.
With a flick of two fingers, the gold card slipped straight down into the sagging collar of Yu Fu’s shirt.
“A-Ah Yan?”
“It’s yours,” Yi Yan said with a smirk, casually dropping those words.
His wicked yet handsome face wore a devil-may-care smile.
“W-What do you mean?” Yu Fu widened his eyes in nervous panic.
“It means take this card, eat well, drink well, and stop coming to bother me. Understand?” Yi Yan parted his thin lips, delivering the chilling words with a smiling expression.
“Brother Yan, I don’t understand.” Yu Fu cried out in disbelief, “Didn’t we just have a great time last night? You even said I was amazing, you even called me your baby.”
“I’m bored of you.”
He laughed, a hearty laugh with curved eyes and a flash of neat white teeth, looking as flawless as prime white jade.
Yu Fu never expected that someone who could smile so breathtakingly could be someone who loved to toy with other people’s sincere feelings.
Why could he change his tune overnight and say he didn’t love him anymore?
He couldn’t accept it. He genuinely couldn’t accept that the Yi Yan who had looked at him with such tender warmth just last night could discard him so ruthlessly now!
When he hooked his arm around Yi Yan’s last night, he had even thought he was already his boyfriend.
How laughable, how utterly laughable.
In this person’s eyes, it was nothing more than a disposable one-night stand.
Yi Yan had never taken him seriously to begin with.
Yu Fu lowered his head in resignation, tears pooling in his eyes before dropping one by one onto the floor.
Yi Yan was clearly used to this kind of scene. Crossing his legs, he smiled with utter indifference.
“Be smart and take it. Don’t think your heartbroken act is going to make me stay. We’re all adults here, you gotta play it smart, understand? Be a good boy, Brother Yan still prefers smart people.”
After giving Yu Fu’s hair a casual pat, he strode away with light steps.
Leaving Yu Fu crouched alone on the floor, fists clenched, his entire body trembling slightly.
Adults.
Play it smart.
But he couldn’t play it smart; he had truly given his heart.
How could Brother Yan be so cruel to him?
Hahaha.