HR Chapter 41

“Actually, it wasn’t that surprising.” An Yu chuckled softly and said, “When I went there, he was having sex with a girl. Honestly, I didn’t feel angry, as if I had known all along he would do this. I took out my phone and filmed their lovemaking. When they were done and cuddling, enjoying the afterglow, I knocked on the door and walked in, asking them to watch the AV starring themselves. You can’t imagine the look on his face then; frankly, it made me very sad. Later, he told me he wanted to get married and have kids. I never forced him into anything, and I couldn’t bear to deprive him of his right to be a father, so I agreed. Then I sold their AV for a sum of money and bought this chihuahua, just to put all my previous feelings into the dog.”

“Afterwards, I thought about it again, wondering if I had gone too far,” An Yu seemed to seriously consider this question again, finally shaking his head and saying, “I think it’s alright, not as bad as him hiring a bunch of underworld thugs to beat me to death. We’ve known each other since birth. Twenty-two years of relationship couldn’t compare to a penis. Are children that important? Is a relationship that can only be maintained by children worth it?”

Lu Qinyuan listened intently, actively expressing his opinion after An Yu raised the question: “Not worth it.”

“Exactly.” An Yu looked lost: “But he’s very happy after marriage and has his own children, much happier than when he was with me. I’m glad he’s doing well, but unfortunately, whether he’s doing well or not has nothing to do with me anymore.”

“That’s just what you see.” Lu Qinyuan felt he had drunk enough and was about to get drunk if he drank any more, so he went to support An Yu: “Let’s go, I’ll take you back to your room.”

An Yu was very clear-headed at this moment, but he couldn’t control his urge to laugh. He was still grinning when Lu Qinyuan helped him back to his room and laid him on the bed, not knowing if it was a genuine or fake smile. Back then, although he liked that person, An Yu never dared to cross the line. An Yu thought this was good enough, he could see him, and he was good to him; this was enough.

When he was about to wake up, An Yu couldn’t move his body for a while, but his mind was clear. That day he came back drunk late, almost dawn, and when he saw An Yu lying on the bed, he pressed down on him. An Yu listened to that person’s breathing and his own heartbeat mixed together, feeling both panicked and expectant.

However, it wasn’t beautiful. A drunkard and a corpse, it was just a one-sided rape. An Yu was injured, left with shadows, and couldn’t accept his touch for a long time. Later, that person accompanied An Yu to overcome it together.

After they separated, An Yu’s family learned that An Yu liked men. Seeing that he could still marry and have children, they thought An Yu could too. His parents forced An Yu to go on blind dates every day. An Yu then told his parents, “I’m now following a Weak Yama King. He won’t let me get married, or he’ll kill the whole family.” His parents turned almost completely white overnight, but from then on, they compromised on the idea of forcing An Yu to marry. But from that time on, An Yu rarely went home, and he didn’t know how his parents had been these past few years.

An Yu closed his eyes and felt the movements around him. It was very quiet, but he could feel that it was already dawn. After the initial panic passed, what remained was waiting. When his body gradually regained its ability to move, An Yu slowly sat up, rubbed his forehead, and then hugged his head.

An Yu had the urge to hang himself in the room. He could still clearly remember every word he had said last night, and every hint of a gleeful smile on Lu Qinyuan’s lips.

As if deliberately contradicting him, the door was knocked, and Lu Qinyuan’s voice came in, every word carrying extreme malice in An Yu’s ears: “Last night’s story was very good, very memorable, thank you. But there’s one thing that’s not good, what’s his name? Be clearer next time.”

An Yu felt he had lost all face. Hearing Lu Qinyuan’s request, he couldn’t help but think, name? He didn’t seem to remember clearly, just call him Dog.

Anyone could tell that Lu Qinyuan was in a good mood today. Bai Ze subconsciously looked at Sha Tang. Sha Tang awkwardly waved his hands repeatedly. Bai Ze smiled, lowered his head and drank the soup, frowning slightly after a sip. There was a hint of Chinese medicine, although very faint, it was annoying.

Naturally, others couldn’t escape it either. Shu Xiu’s mood for eating was ruined for the most part, but he didn’t dare to escape, he would be caught back. Shu Xiu quickly looked at everyone one by one, and asked: “Hey, where’s Doll? He’s not coming down to eat, should I go call him?”

Lu Qinyuan smiled and said, “No need, he’ll come down when he’s hungry, he’s not a child.”

After he finished speaking, everyone looked up at him, as if Lu Qinyuan had said something strange. Lu Qinyuan raised his eyelids and glanced at them, lowered his head to drink the soup, and when he raised his head again and saw that people were still staring at him, he asked: “Did I say something wrong?”

Min Jia bit his spoon, staring intently as if he wanted to stare a hole in Lu Qinyuan’s face. Qi Yue frowned slightly, seemingly thinking about something, and tapped the table with his index finger, saying: “Brother Lu, totally wrong!”

Lu Qinyuan said with disgust: “Why are you still here? Addicted to mooching off me?” He didn’t know why his temper flared up again, and he started picking on things: “Where’s Zhu Yan? Little Bai’s here, where did he run off to?”

Bai Ze interjected: “Mo Qiu was caught by his old flame, I sent Zhu Yan to deal with it.”

Lu Qinyuan paused in his soup-drinking motion, and asked: “I remember Mo Qiu has a pretty capable little follower, named Lan Se.”

Shu Xiu didn’t quite understand why Lu Qinyuan was asking this. He nodded: “There is such a person, considered Mo Qiu’s disciple.”

Lu Qinyuan said: “Lan Se will take Mo Qiu’s place. Tell Zhu Yan to come back. Mo Qiu was caught by his old flame, not a mortal enemy. What’s he going there for?”

“This… Brother!” Shu Xiu was taken aback, was he giving up on Mo Qiu?

Lu Qinyuan didn’t answer, but said to Shu Xiu: “Ye Xing will come later, it’s time to settle the score between you.”

Near noon, Ye Xing had not yet arrived, and Shu Xiu was already impatient, chasing Lai Xi to play for a while. An Yu was cooking dog food in the kitchen, and Shu Xiu was helping out on the side. In the middle of it, Cheng Ruoyu made a phone call, and Shu Xiu hurriedly wanted to leave, but was stopped by Lu Qinyuan. His sharp eyes stared straight into Shu Xiu’s eyes, and he asked: “Shu Xiu, what are you afraid of? Don’t you trust me, your brother? Was I such a failure as a brother before?”

Shu Xiu’s mood was very complicated. He trusted Lu Qinyuan, but he didn’t trust himself.

Just as the two were confronting each other, Ye Xing arrived late, and upon seeing the two of them in this posture, he said with self-awareness: “Am I late? Xiu Xiu couldn’t wait? Sorry, I was a little late dealing with things.”

Lu Qinyuan snorted and said, “It’s not too late, it’s not too late to come before dark.”

Shu Xiu sat down silently, not knowing what to say.

The aggrieved party didn’t speak, so Ye Xing, the perpetrator, had no choice but to open his mouth. He said: “When you went to Shang Shui City on behalf of Mr. Lu, you casually took on a small matter from the Xi family in Shang Yu. The person you hit was surnamed Hua, named Hua Chen, he is my student and also my younger brother. Hua Hua, this person has a bad temper, loves to fight and cause trouble, but his heart is actually very good. The Xi family in Shang Yu also wanted to use your hand to get rid of Hua Hua, but unfortunately, you spared Hua Hua’s life. I want to know, why did you spare Hua Hua?”

“Face, I like that face.” Hua Chen’s appearance was what Shu Xiu had always dreamed of. They belonged to the same type. Hua Chen had grown up, but he hadn’t. He still remembered the handsome face, a pair of dark and clear eyes, full of stubbornness and unwillingness to admit defeat.

It seemed as if that face was right in front of him, Ye Xing chuckled and said, “Since you spared him, why didn’t you spare him completely, why did you kick and injure his waist? We’ve known each other for more than a day or two, you should know my temper, Shu Xiu. That knife can be considered light, right? Huh?”

Shu Xiu couldn’t help but clench his hands. Ye Xing always adhered to the principle of ‘I won’t offend others unless they offend me; if they offend me, I’ll kill them directly,’ without any sentimentality. Leaving him alive was out of consideration for Lu Qinyuan, so it should indeed be considered light. But that was for Ye Xing; for Shu Xiu, was it light? Not light at all.

In the terrifying silence, Lu Qinyuan suddenly said: “What would be considered light?”

Ye Xing chuckled, he asked: “Has anyone told you that Xiao Qi’s wrist was broken? Mr. Lu, what would you do?”

Lu Qinyuan didn’t speak, his eyes turned very sinister for a moment. Ye Xing casually turned his palm over and spread his hands: “That’s it. You don’t hurt your person and don’t hurt your heart. You only know the pain when you’re hurt.” He paused and added: “However, I can’t make Mr. Lu, the brother, feel bad. Whatever punishment Mr. Lu wants to impose on me, I accept.”

Lu Qinyuan said: “So, Shu Xiu is at fault, but there’s an old saying that ‘ignorance is bliss’. At the time, Shu Xiu didn’t know that Hua Chen was your younger brother, so injuring him was justifiable, but you knew that Shu Xiu was my brother, but you still hurt him, that’s not right.”

Ye Xing said: “Mr. Lu, Shu Xiu is still alive.”

Lu Qinyuan’s eyes turned cold: “Then I’ll have someone give Hua Chen a knife one day, as long as he’s still alive, that’s acceptable.”

Ye Xing’s voice also turned cold: “If you calculate it like this, you might as well kill them both.”

Lu Qinyuan’s lips slightly turned up, a smile appearing, and he asked: “Are you willing?”

Ye Xing also laughed, he was naturally unwilling.

Lu Qinyuan would never back down as long as he had a point of reason. As a subordinate, Ye Xing had no choice but to fulfill his duties as a subordinate, he touched the ring on his left ring finger, making a small concession, and he said: “That was my mistake, I should have learned from Yan Ye and submitted a greeting card before making a move.”

Lu Qinyuan shook his head, not accepting his attitude. Shu Xiu’s face turned slightly pale, really afraid that the two of them would fight because of his matter. Ye Xing looked at Shu Xiu and felt sorry for him, sincerely saying: “Xiu Xiu, don’t blame your brother for being ruthless, if I didn’t know Mr. Lu, then you would already be a dead man. But indeed, I shouldn’t have interfered in the grievances between you and Hua Hua. Your brother apologizes to you here.”

Shu Xiu quickly stood up and said softly: “I was also wrong, I’ll go apologize to Brother Chen another day.”

Ye Xing waved his hand and said: “Don’t go, he never learns from his mistakes, he should have forgotten already. He’s hooked up with the small boss from Shang Shui, if you go again, he can fly to the sky. Speaking of which, that small boss was split off from Lazy Yan.” As he spoke, he looked at Lu Qinyuan.

Lu Qinyuan oh-ed and turned a page of his book, saying: “You’re still lacking a bit of sincerity.”

Ye Xing frowned and said: “Mr. Lu, don’t push your luck.”