IM Chapter 57

Beta didn’t speak, letting him dry his wet hair.

Yan ZhuGui leaned close while bending down, deeply inhaling twice. “Wife, why do you smell so good?”

A picture suddenly popped into Xu Chen’s mind: a dog lowering its head to sniff shit on the ground, eating with relish.

He immediately frowned. “Are you a dog? Don’t get so close to me.” He was using Yan ZhuGui’s shower gel in the bathroom, which the alpha was also using, and inexplicably saying these unsettling words.

Yan ZhuGui patiently dried his hair. Xu Chen almost fell asleep comfortably after sitting for a while; he definitely enjoyed being waited on. Yan ZhuGui was good in every way, except for one thing: he hated this person.

Xu Chen’s phone, placed on the side table, rang twice. Yan ZhuGui handed it to him, inadvertently glancing at the caller ID on the screen.

Xu Chen took the call, staring at the familiar contact name. In an instant, he unconsciously pressed the answer button. There was no sound on the other end of the phone. He looked at the connected call, hesitated for two seconds, then finally called out, “Dad.”

Xu RuZhou seemed to be still busy; he could clearly hear the man talking to his assistant.

The next second, the man’s slightly raised voice came through the phone. Even through the screen, you could feel the man’s considerably good mood. After all these years, since childhood, Xu Chen had never seen the current Xu RuZhou, a man so familiar yet so strange to him.

Yan ZhuGui sat beside him with a smile, watching him talk to the man. It was clear that the long-estranged father and son were finally talking like human beings.

Xu Chen’s expression softened, even though he tried to maintain a cold facade, he couldn’t hide the smile in his eyes.

Yan ZhuGui watched without a word, and only when Xu Chen hung up the phone did he speak, teasingly joking, “What did Father-in-law tell you just now?”

Hearing the words “Father-in-law” pop out of his mouth, Xu Chen couldn’t help but give him a second look. “Anyway, he didn’t mention you. And he said that the cooperation project was settled, very smoothly.” The beta deliberately emphasized the last four words.

Xu Chen didn’t know what Yan ZhuGui had done to interfere, but it had actually made that old bastard proactively approach the Xu family to discuss cooperation. The process didn’t matter to him; he always valued the results and used any means necessary to achieve his goals.

Xu RuZhou had called him on the phone to tell him to come home for dinner that night. Xu Chen didn’t refuse, at least not on the phone, and he didn’t show any intention of rejecting the offer.

Although Yan ZhuGui hadn’t heard what the two men were saying very clearly, he could guess what it was about from Xu Chen’s replies.

“Wife, why don’t you rest for a while?” Seeing that Xu Chen was sleepy, Yan ZhuGui said as he squatted down to take off his shoes and put them on the floor. It would be just right to sleep for a while before going back for dinner.

He felt refreshed after taking a shower, but he became sleepy as soon as he relaxed. Xu Chen pulled his foot back from his hand, lifted it up, and put it under the covers, turning his back to him on the bed, not looking at his face.

There was no sound of footsteps leaving behind him. Yan ZhuGui stood by the bed for a while. Xu Chen thought he would leave; otherwise, with this person’s personality, he would have done something long ago.

His ear suddenly heated up; Yan ZhuGui bit his ripe earlobe. A restless hand reached into the quilt, and Xu Chen unconsciously closed his eyes. Surprisingly, his mood wasn’t too bad.

“Wife, did you take such a long shower just to do this?”

Xu Chen’s neck was flushed red, his eyes tightly shut, and he roared back, “Stop talking nonsense, or get out.”

“No, even if I get out, I have to take my wife with me.”

Yan ZhuGui hugged him tightly in his hot embrace like a persistent rogue dog.

Xu Chen whispered, “Boring.”

The alpha smiled shamelessly and didn’t take it seriously, looking like a curious baby, and not seeming out of place as he asked him, “Wife, do you still like him?”

Xu Chen knew what he was referring to, and intentionally wanted to see the man’s ugly face. He almost blurted out the two words without hesitation, “I like him.”

“Okay, I understand.” Yan ZhuGui said extremely generously, “It’s my own fault for being unenterprising, making my wife have a little lover in her heart. I deserve to be jealous to death. Why didn’t I just burn myself to a crisp, saving a lot of trouble and letting the rot stay in my stomach, stinking from the inside out, and still being annoying?”

“It’s good that you know.” Xu Chen casually echoed his words.

“Wife.”

Xu Chen was irritable and quickly turned around, hugging his neck, his head resting on Yan ZhuGui’s shoulder, avoiding direct eye contact with the alpha, “Stop dawdling here, if you can’t do it, get someone else to come.”

“I’m young, energetic, and you know the length and size there. Our bodies are a great fit.”

Xu Chen glanced strangely at the part of him that was already reacting, his face flushed red. He steadied his breath and said calmly, “If you accidentally hurt me, or if I’m not satisfied, I’ll kick you out and find someone else. Anyway, even if I have a bad temper and like to make trouble, it’s not difficult to find an alpha who will dote on me.”

Yan ZhuGui hated it, his teeth aching, “You wouldn’t dare!”

“If you understand me, you should know that I really would dare.”

Yan ZhuGui used to be arrogant, partly because he had the capital to be arrogant. Whether it was work or socializing, no matter the identity of the other party, he didn’t have to take anyone seriously and could do things as he pleased.

Sitting at the gambling table, he only played for the biggest stakes.

But now he was indeed scared.

He didn’t dare to gamble, afraid of losing.

“Don’t go looking for those shady people. If you really hate me, I can help you find two clean and attentive people.”

Xu Chen’s eyes darkened, and a smile crossed his lips. “Okay, I think you’re pretty good. Let me try you out and see if you can make me feel good.” The beta pushed him down and took the initiative to sit on top of him.

Yan ZhuGui’s eyes widened slightly in astonishment. “Wife, are you doing this on purpose?”

Xu Chen pursed his lips, chuckled, “If you can’t serve me well, I’ll kick you out and find someone new.” He unbuttoned Yan ZhuGui’s shirt one by one in an orderly manner, mischievously pinching the man’s nipples hard.

Yan ZhuGui’s expression didn’t show whether he was in pain or secretly enjoying it. He hooked his arm around his waist. “I won’t give you that chance, absolutely not.”

Xu Chen stared at him with deep eyes, not replying.

“Wife,” Yan ZhuGui said affectionately.

“Don’t talk.”

“I want to say, how would you know I love you if I didn’t? Really. I’ve liked you for so many years, but I was afraid of bothering you, thinking I was frivolous. People who change their minds quickly are either rogues or hooligans. Even if I said it, it would only make you hate me. But I’ve never forgotten you, really.”

Xu Chen’s Adam’s apple bobbed slightly, his throat dry. “I know.”

“Know what?” Yan ZhuGui stared at his face without blinking.

Xu Chen looked up, straightened his face, and looked at his face close at hand, saying, “I love you too.”

“Huh?” Yan ZhuGui’s expression froze for a moment, looking both dumb and silly, which was actually a little funny.

Xu Chen couldn’t take it anymore and shouted into his ear, “I said me too, I love you, I’ve never forgotten you, never.”

Yan ZhuGui was confused by his rough words.

“A’Chen.”

Xu Chen was getting hot all over, “I’m the big idiot, how could I fall for a thing like you?”

Yan ZhuGui smiled. “So we call this, not a family, doesn’t enter a family.”

“Get out of here, who’s family with you?”

“Wife.”

The muscles on Xu Chen’s face twitched, a little impatiently. “Don’t bother me, if you don’t move, get out.”

Yan ZhuGui still didn’t move.

“Wife.” Yan ZhuGui’s voice became even lower, and their bodies were pressed tightly together.

Xu Chen was about to be tortured to death by him. He understood the alpha’s intention, but he just wouldn’t do as he wanted. His voice was faint and impatient as he turned his head. “What?”

“I love you.”

“I know.”

“I… love… you.” Yan ZhuGui said each word extremely seriously. A forced melon is not sweet, but how do you know if you don’t try to twist it.

“I said, I know.” The beta’s words were getting more and more violent.

Yan ZhuGui continued to whisper in his ear unwillingly, repeating “I love you” without getting tired.

Xu Chen finally gave in to his wishes. “I love you too.”