GLIHBN Chapter 78
by VolareThe night was dark and heavy, the leaves rustling. A person got out from the back seat of a taxi, their long legs particularly eye-catching.
Chi Ye and Xu Chongming faced each other across the road, the air thick with the smell of gunpowder.
The taxi sped away in a puff of smoke.
Xu Chongming, with the air of a victor, stood on the spot waiting for Chi Ye to come over.
Chi Ye strode across the road, arriving in front of Xu Chongming. He lacked his usual composure, replaced by a touch of grimness.
Xu Chongming’s mouth curved into a smile, a smile full of provocation.
This cousin, whom he once thought gentle and harmless, had truly opened his eyes.
Su Shi was driving, Chen Cheng restless in the back seat, squirming around.
One moment he’d say, “Brother, I’m thirsty, I want water,” the next he’d complain about not finding his phone, saying he probably left it at the KTV.
In the confined space of the car, Chen Cheng’s voice boomed like it was coming from a loudspeaker, giving Su Shi a headache.
Left with no choice, Su Shi turned back to look for the phone.
There wasn’t much traffic on the road at this late hour, and they soon arrived at the KTV.
But who was that standing at the entrance, that familiar figure? It couldn’t be Chi Ye, who should be sleeping at home.
Su Shi slowly decelerated, gently pulling the car to the side of the road.
Xu Chongming must have said something, because Chi Ye landed a punch on Xu Chongming’s face, sending him staggering back two steps to the ground, but his momentum didn’t falter in the slightest.
“Su Shi already knows everything you’ve been doing behind his back, he just isn’t saying anything. Guess why he isn’t saying anything?”
“Stalking, surveillance, deliberately letting Su Shi see me and Miao Xinyi, sending anonymous emails to Du Li, using a self-sacrificing scheme to save Su Shi, maybe even Su Shi showing up at the hotel has your hand in it. Can you dare to say you’re acting decently in any of these cases, little brother?”
Chi Ye looked down condescendingly, stepping forward to grab Xu Chongming’s collar, the skin on his knuckles scraped raw, but Chi Ye was oblivious.
He didn’t expect that even though he did things so covertly, Xu Chongming still easily found out. However, Chi Ye wasn’t afraid of Xu Chongming knowing.
As for Su Shi, Chi Ye was determined to have him. Even if Du Li hadn’t appeared, Chi Ye would have thought of other ways.
Males fight and compete for territory, it was the inherent nature flowing through Chi Ye’s bones.
Chi Ye didn’t deny it. “When did you tell him?”
“Many days ago.” Xu Chongming pressed his tongue against his numb cheek. “You dare to do it, but you’re afraid of him finding out?”
Chi Ye wasn’t afraid of Xu Chongming knowing, but he was afraid of Su Shi knowing. His brows furrowed deeply.
Su Shi knew about his despicable methods, but Su Shi had never revealed it. What did that mean?
Chi Ye was inexplicably uneasy, unable to grasp Su Shi’s attitude.
Seeing the obvious crack in Chi Ye’s composure, Xu Chongming felt pleased. Catching sight of a figure behind Chi Ye getting closer and closer, he threw more fuel on the fire.
“He can tolerate you now, but sooner or later he won’t be able to stand you anymore. You can snatch him from me, but sooner or later someone else will snatch him from you.”
These words were like hopping around in Chi Ye’s minefield. Chi Ye’s eyes turned bloodshot. “Shut up.”
“You say I deserve it, you’re the one who fucking deserves it!”
Xu Chongming’s words stabbed at Chi Ye’s heart like knives. This was precisely what Chi Ye had been afraid of all along.
Chi Ye didn’t care about anyone. He didn’t have parents anyway, he didn’t care about Chi Xiangqin, and he didn’t care about the grandmother he had just acknowledged.
Chi Ye had even loathed that suffocating life before, until he started paying attention to Su Shi through Xu Chongming.
While Su Shi deeply captivated Xu Chongming, he also deeply captivated Chi Ye in an unknown corner, under unknowing circumstances.
Chi Ye was far from as confident as he appeared, believing that Su Shi had to be his. That’s why, all along, he wanted to be better to Su Shi than anyone else in the world, so that Su Shi could never leave him.
But, according to Su Shi’s personality, after knowing what he had done behind his back, he would definitely scold him. Why did Su Shi choose to say nothing?
Also, Su Shi knew he would be jealous and mind, so why did he still have work-related dealings with Xu Chongming?
All these things made Chi Ye anxious.
Chi Ye was furious. “I told you to shut up!”
Xu Chongming grinned wickedly, waiting for Chi Ye to raise his fist again.
Otherwise, it would have been a waste for him to feign weakness for so long.
Sure enough, Chi Ye’s fist rose towards Xu Chongming again.
“Stop.” A voice came, Chi Ye’s body stiffened, his face changed drastically. He lowered his fist, and when he turned around, he was already a different person.
There was fear, there was worry.
Su Shi ran over.
Chi Ye watched as Su Shi rushed over with a blank expression, past him, and helped Xu Chongming up from the ground.
Then he turned around and looked at Chi Ye, questioning, “Chi Ye, how can you hit people? It’s my fault for keeping it from you, I’ll explain it to you when we get back.”
Who doesn’t know how to act? Xu Chongming covered half of his face, using Chi Ye’s method against him. “Su Shi, Chi Ye misunderstood us, he thought I was deliberately using Chen Cheng to meet you.”
Su Shi tilted his head, coldly saying, “Isn’t that what you were doing? Why did you happen to run into Chen Cheng?”
Xu Chongming chuckled, Su Shi was actually suspicious of this. “It really was a coincidence, how would I know Chen Cheng’s whereabouts?”
Su Shi nodded slightly, without much sincerity. “Then thank you.”
Xu Chongming was so angry his teeth itched. In his case, Su Shi couldn’t tolerate a single grain of sand, and they broke up the moment it happened. But in Chi Ye’s case, Su Shi was tolerant again and again.
Chi Ye stood to the side, resisting the urge to carry Su Shi away and hide him.
Su Shi pulled Chi Ye over and said gently, “Chen Cheng’s phone is in the private room, come in with me to find it.”
Chi Ye became obedient in a second. “Okay.”
The two of them walked towards the KTV, their bodies close together. Su Shi didn’t seem to be blaming Chi Ye, and Xu Chongming kicked the ground hard. “Fuck.”
No, he couldn’t just watch them being so sweet while he was suffering so much.
Su Shi found a waiter and returned to the private room, where he really did find Chen Cheng’s phone on the sofa.
The waiter went out first, and Chi Ye grabbed Su Shi. “You know everything?”
Su Shi pretended not to understand. “Know what?”
Su Shi saw Chi Ye appear at the KTV entrance and felt that Chi Ye still didn’t trust him, and had followed him. But when he thought about it, he was the one who had hidden things from Chi Ye in the first place.
Su Shi didn’t want to let Chi Ye be at a disadvantage in front of Xu Chongming. Whatever it was, they could close the door and talk about it later.
“The things I’ve been doing behind your back.” Chi Ye’s voice lacked confidence.
Su Shi “mm”ed.
Chi Ye wanted to say something, but Su Shi interrupted him. “Let’s talk about it tomorrow, it’s so late now and I still have to take Chen Cheng home, I’m so sleepy.”