True Color

The next morning, Qi Xing went over to Lin Zhi Nian’s studio again.

Lin Zhi Nian had just finished making a statement and returned. He was tidying up the messy studio with a few assistants when Qi Xing entered. He stood up, looking somewhat embarrassed. “I’m sorry, Qi Xing  the place is still a mess , “

Qi Xing waved his hand. “Sir Lin, please have a seat and take a rest. You’re all sweaty. How’s your hand?”

“I’m fine,” Lin Zhi Nian said. “Are you here to pick up your phone?”

“I came to see you and also to pick up my phone.” Qi Xing picked up his phone from the table and put it in his pocket. “When will you be better? Let’s have lunch together.”

Lin Zhi Nian looked hesitant. “I’m afraid it won’t be possible today. I definitely won’t be able to clean up before noon. In the afternoon, I have an appointment with the lawyer and the real estate agent for negotiations.”

“A lawyer?” Qi Xing asked casually. “Did Ye Xingzhou help you find a lawyer?”

Lin Zhi Nian nodded. “Yes, fortunately, Xingzhou helped.”

Qi Xing said , “You should have told me earlier. I could have helped you find a lawyer too. The legal advisors at my father’s company are quite capable.”

“It’s okay, I didn’t want to trouble you. Thank you again,” Lin Zhi Nian thanked him once more.

“Last night when I asked you about the flowers, I really sent you a bouquet before, directly to the art exhibition. But Ye Xingzhou threw it away. He certainly doesn’t have respect for other people if he does such things shamelessly”

Qi Xing did his best to vilify his love rival, hoping to make Lin Zhi Nian see Ye xingzhou’s true colors.

However, Lin Zhi Nian didn’t appreciate it. His expression became even more awkward. “Xingzhou probably didn’t mean it. He knows I’m allergic to flowers. Probably that’s why he did it. I’m sorry on his behalf”

“It’s fine. I don’t need an apology from you, you really won’t go out for lunch with me?”

“No, let’s do it next time,” Lin Zhi Nian replied.

Qi Xing shrugged. “Fine, there’s always next time.”

As he was leaving, he asked one last question, “Will Ye Xingzhou accompany you to see the lawyer in the afternoon?”

Lin Zhi Nian paused for a moment and answered, “No, he’s busy with work.”

Qi Xing was satisfied. With Ye Xingzhou being so indifferent toward Lin Zhi Nian, sooner or later Lin zhinian would see he’s not good for him.

Since he didn’t make plans with Lin Zhi Nian, Qi Xing drove around the streets aimlessly, feeling bored. In the end, he went to his company.

Having just graduated from university, he was idling his time away in his family’s company. He temporarily held the position of deputy manager in a peripheral department. He would only come in after 10 a.m. and leave before 5 p.m. If he had something else to do, he wouldn’t show up, and no one could say anything about it.

Qi Xing didn’t have the drive for self-improvement. After all, his father had been very lucky and successful in making money. Qi Xing lay on a bed of gold and silver, and even if he squandered it for ten lifetimes, he still couldn’t spend it all. Why would he choose to be a working  when he could live as a prodigal son?

When he was bored, Qi Xing remembered the incident the previous night when Ye Xingzhou asked him to compensate for a tie. It was just a tie, and he could afford it. So, he made a phone call to his father’s personal assistant, who readily agreed to take care of it by noon.

After giving the instructions, Qi Xing didn’t bother with it anymore and dismissed the matter from his mind.

At 4:30 p.m., Yang Kaiming called him, inviting him to go out for a drink in the evening and asking if he had received the car from last night.

Qi Xing responded with just two words, “i was tricked.”

He didn’t really want to go because if he did, he would be teased by Yang Kaiming and his group. However, Yang Kaiming informed him that Ye Wanqi would most likely be there at the nightclub they often frequented, providing an opportunity for Qi Xing to settle the score and vent his frustrations.

Qi Xing pondered for a moment while holding his phone, then changed his mind. “Okay, let’s go then.”

At 8 o’clock in the evening, Qi Xing appeared at the nightclub. Yang Kaiming and his group had just started their first round of drinks.

As soon as Qi Xing sat down, he became the center of attention. Everyone bombarded him with questions, asking if he had won against Ye Wanqi that night. Qi Xing didn’t want to talk about it and asked, “Where’s that guy? Wasn’t he supposed to come? Why haven’t i seen him?”

Yang Kaiming said, “He won’t be here this early. He’ll probably come during the second round. Don’t worry, I have people keeping an eye on him. He won’t easily get away.”

Qi Xing  drank two glasses of wine, engaged in idle conversation with people without much interest, and felt bored. He stood up and went to the restroom outside.

As soon as he entered, he encountered someone he knew. The person approached him timidly and greeted him with a soft and resentful voice, “Qi Xing.”

Qi Xing glanced at him, realizing it was the little celebrity he had been previously interested in before. He had almost forgotten about him.

The little celebrity walked closer to him, wearing a somewhat pitiful expression, and said, “it’s been a while. Have you been busy lately?”

Without saying a word, Qi Xing stared at him, and the little celebrity couldn’t figure out his thoughts. He tried to please Qi Xing, saying, ” my new movie is released recently. Would you like to watch it? I can give you complimentary tickets.”

Qi Xing leisurely asked, “How many scenes are you in the movie? Do you have just three minutes of screen time?”

The little celebrity looked embarrassed, “Yes, yes, about that.”

“Just three minutes?” Qi Xing coldly replied, “well i doubt i’ll watch it?”

The little celebrity said, “Qi Xing, you said you wanted to watch it before…”

“I also wanted you to be with me before, but you didn’t agree,” Qi Xing interrupted him 

The little celebrity blushed and said, “well i want to now.”

Qi Xing replied, “No need, I’m not interested.”

Being straightforwardly rejected, the little celebrity’s face turned even redder. He said with humiliation, “I was foolish before. i’m ready to go out with you now…”

 Qi Xing impatiently said, “Don’t try to flatter yourself too much. Since you failed to seduce the wealthy married woman,  you now trying to catch my attention again? well it won’t work.”

Qi Xing had no psychological moral when it came to humiliating others. After the little celebrity acted pretentiously for a while, unable to hold his face anymore, he suppressed his fleeting anger and met Qi Xing’s mocking gaze.

“I used to have genuine feelings for you, but you hesitated and refused to be with me. I could have overlooked that honestly that’s not the issue. But what did you do? You went and seduced an older rich woman so as to make it big in the industry that’s the only thing you care about.”

After he finished speaking, a faint clearing of throat suddenly came from outside the door. It wasn’t obvious, but it couldn’t be ignored.

Qi Xing frowned, retracted his leg, took two steps back, and indeed, it was Ye Xingzhou leaning against the wall outside the restroom, smoking. He didn’t know how long he had been eavesdropping there.

“What do you want? Do you live off eavesdropping other people’s conversations?” Qi Xing cursed as soon as he opened his mouth.

 Ye Xingzhou’s gaze shifted over, raising an eyebrow and said mockingly, “do you get rejected everyday?”

Qi Xing: “…”

Someone, please shut this person’s mouth, 

The young celebrity , still not giving up, hesitated and called Qi Xing, but Qi Xing glared at him and said, “Get lost.”

The young celebrity left dejectedly, and Qi Xing no longer paid attention to Ye Xingzhou. He went back into the restroom.

Ye Xingzhou followed him in, and  Qi Xing turned to look at him, “do you want to watch me pee or what?”

Ye Xingzhou leaned against the sink and continued smoking, showing no intention of leaving.

Qi Xing couldn’t be bothered to say anything more to him, so he turned around and relieved himself.

Ye Xingzhou’s gaze fell on Qi Xing’s ass, circling around, and he slowly exhaled smoke.

Qi Xing was wearing a slim-fit suit pant, and the light gray fabric wrapped around his firm and round butt. Due to the movement of relieving himself, the two butt cheeks involuntarily tightened towards the center, but he himself was completely unaware.

Two minutes later, Qi Xing walked back to the sink, washing his hands and tidying up his messy hair.

When his gaze shifted away from the mirror, he saw Ye Xingzhou staring at him from behind. Qi Xing became even more impatient and asked. “What do you really want, Ye Xingzhou?”

He turned around to say something, but Ye Xingzhou suddenly leaned forward, bit his cigarette, and flicked his wet bangs with his finger.

Qi Xing was stunned. Ye Xingzhou’s hand smoothly slid down, brushing past his face. Startled, Qi Xing’s feet slipped, almost falling, but he was caught by Ye Xingzhou’s arm.

“Are you a some sort of pervert?” Qi Xing regained his senses and became angrily embarrassed.

Ye Xingzhou casually withdrew his hand, “I told you last time, that  you put on a look of being defiled by just a mere touch. How will you even pursue men like this?”

Qi Xing: “You…”

Ye Xingzhou: “No cursing”

“What’s the problem with me pursuing sir Lin? You don’t like him, yet you don’t let me have him. Are you interested? Holding onto something you don’t like and not letting others touch it?”

Qi Xing was truly annoyed. He had been sailing smoothly all his life, but for the first time, he encountered such an annoying nemesis like Ye Xingzhou, who always seemed to stalk him.

Ye Xingzhou: “Hmm.”

Qi Xing: “Hmm, what?”

Ye Xingzhou seemed pleased with Qi xing’s frustrated expressions and spoke in a cheerful tone, “you always look cute when angry.”

Qi Xing: “you are indeed a pervert.”

Ye Xingzhou ignored him and casually put out his cigarette on the sink. He slowly said, “Whether I like it or not is not important. If it’s mine, I hate others touching it.”

Qi Xing understood: “So when your car was touched by someone else, you would rather set it on fire?”

“Just consider that I do,” Ye Xingzhou looked back at him, “If it’s something I like, I would be even more unhappy if someone else touched it. If anyone dares to touch…”

Qi Xing instinctively asked, “What happens if they touch it?”

Ye Xingzhou’s voice turned faint, “want to find out?.”

Qi Xing felt awkward and thought, your threats won’t work.

Moreover, Ye xingzhou clearly didn’t like Lin Zhinian, so what nonsense was he talking about?

He wasn’t interested in wasting more words with Ye Xingzhou. He turned to leave but was suddenly stopped as a hand grabbed his wrist and forcefully pulled him back.

Before Qi Xing could react, Ye Xingzhou’s other hand quickly slid from his waist to his butt, using an extremely erotic technique to give it a squeeze. Qi Xing widened his eyes, and if it weren’t for his right hand being held by Ye Xingzhou, his fist would have already struck.

“You—” Qi Xing

Ye Xingzhou quickly let go of him, stepped back, and acted as if nothing had happened, as if it was Qi Xing’s illusion. “Let’s go.”

Suddenly Yang Kaiming’s voice came from outside, “Qi Xing, are you growing mushrooms in the restroom? What are you doing?”

Ye Xingzhou casually remarked, “Your friend is here.”

Qi Xing held back his anger, took a deep breath, and walked out.

Seeing Qi Xing coming out of the restroom in an angry state, Yang Kaiming was about to ask when Ye Xingzhou also followed out, giving him a cold glance.

Yang Kaiming choked for a moment, and Qi Xing had already walked away quickly. He hurriedly caught up and lowered his voice, “What was Ye Xingzhou doing here? Did he do something to you in the restroom?”

Qi Xing: “…Get lost.”