Not far from his ear, someone’s phone was ringing like crazy, a melody both familiar and unfamiliar playing over and over, until Qu Tianyao was literally angered awake. “Whose stupid phone is that?! Turn it off already!!”
Only after yelling did he realize his voice was a bit hoarse all that effort, and he hadn’t even managed to shout very loudly.
Had he drunk too much last night and hurt his throat?
Qu Tianyao moved his hand, wanting to grab the pillow in front of him and deal with the culprit who’d woken him, but the soreness all over his body forced him to stop.
Did he get beaten up after drinking too much last night?!
While Qu Tianyao was still racking his brain trying to recall the previous night, the annoying ringtone finally stopped. He struggled for a few seconds between going back to sleep and checking things out, then turned his head to look around, just in case he really had been beaten up and then tied up by someone. He already had the news headline ready in his head.
“Popular Star Mysteriously Disappears, Suspected Kidnapping, Netizens Send Congratulations.”
Qu Tianyao took a rough survey of his surroundings. Judging by the decor, he was probably in a hotel, maybe the person who beat him up had a change of heart and brought him here, or maybe some kind soul found him and dropped him off.
Either way, he could understand it.
But what he couldn’t figure out was why there was a completely naked man in his room, staring at him and this man looked pretty angry, too.
“Qu Tianyao!” The man’s voice was a bit low; despite carrying plenty of anger, it was still very pleasant to listen to. “Do you know what you were doing?!”
Qu Tianyao shifted his body, wincing at the pain, and gave up almost instantly, lying back on the bed and drawling lazily, “Me? What could I be doing? I should be asking what you’re doing. Is this some kind of prank show?”
At that, the man’s face went dark. His hands clenched into fists at his sides, looking ready to charge over and hit him at any moment. “You don’t know what you did last night?”
“Last night?”
Qu Tianyao laboriously raised one hand to shield his eyes from the light, straining to recall what had happened.
He only remembered that his next drama was about to start filming and there was a lot of buzz online, so to relieve the pressure he’d apparently gone out to a club. He remembered drinking quite a lot, and after that things got fuzzy, he seemed to recall running into someone,
The lighting in the bar had been way too dark. No matter how hard Qu Tianyao tried, he couldn’t adjust the lighting in his memory.
So was this the man he’d met at the bar?
Judging by the man’s state, they had done it last night? And apparently he’d been the one on the bottom.
Then why was the man so angry?
Could it be his hater, who’d discovered he’d slept with the person he hated most, and that’s why he was so furious?
But if that were the case, he would have left last night so probably not.
Qu Tianyao thought about it for a long time and finally arrived at an answer he deemed fairly plausible, asking cautiously, “Do you prefer being the one on the bottom?”
At that question, the man’s face twisted. After a brief internal struggle, he turned to pick up his clothes and put them on. “Put your clothes on first. We need to talk.”