LWDC Chapter 39

Chapter 39 – I Have Something to Say

Chapter 39 – I Have Something to Say

Chapter 39 – I Have Something to Say

That night, Ning Fei thought it over and over, bought a bottle of extremely expensive wine, and used the remaining money to buy a luxury brand tie.

This basically emptied his account, leaving tens of thousands for food and accommodation. If that wasn’t enough, he would have to scam Duan Yunhong. Anyway, he chose the place, so if it was too expensive, he could pay for it himself.

And so, Ning Fei, carrying a bag in each hand, was led by a waiter to…the balcony on the second floor of a penthouse suite at the hotel.

“Damn, Duan Yunhong, although I said I’d treat, you didn’t have to bankrupt me in one go, did you?”

Ning Fei glanced at the candlelight dinner on the balcony, then at the infinity pool outside on the first floor, and the even wider, unobstructed night view of the city lights, and sighed, “How much does this cost for one night? If I can’t pay, can I just leave you here as collateral?”

Duan Yunhong didn’t expect that his first words would be this. The words he had prepared to say were all thrown aside. He replied with a bit of helplessness and annoyance, “What, am I bankrupt? Besides, you said you’d treat, I didn’t say you had to pay.”

“My treat doesn’t equal my paying, right?” Ning Fei chuckled, taking the wine out of the bag, “I can still afford this bottle of wine, have someone open it.”

“Wait a moment.” Duan Yunhong reached out and took the wine, examining it carefully. His brow furrowed. “This wine…isn’t cheap, is it? Do you have a connection to get it?”

Ning Fei replied matter-of-factly, “Nope.”

“Then why did you buy it? The premium on this is enough to charge you double the price. You’re an agent, are you really trying to go bankrupt?” Duan Yunhong pushed the wine back. “Don’t open this, return it. If you want to drink, just order from the hotel. If they don’t have it, have them go out and buy it.”

Ning Fei raised an eyebrow slightly and pressed the service bell.

Duan Yunhong thought he was calling the hotel to bring another bottle of wine, but when the waiter arrived, Ning Fei handed his own bottle over. “Hey, could you help me decant this?”

Duan Yunhong immediately wanted to stop him. “You…”

“Don’t be a pain.” Ning Fei pulled out a single rose from a small vase in the middle of the table, pointed it vaguely at Duan Yunhong, then nodded at the waiter. “Go open the wine, and you can start serving the dishes, thanks.”

The waiter nodded and went downstairs with the wine.

Only then did Ning Fei put the flower back, then took out a gift box from another paper bag and shoved it at Duan Yunhong. “I’m in a good mood today, can you not spoil it?”

“What’s this…” Duan Yunhong looked at the box and found the discreet embossed logo, realizing it was a luxury brand. “Did the brand give it to you?”

Ning Fei took a sip of lemon mint water before replying, “No. I specifically went to pick it out, otherwise, how could it match you so perfectly?”

As he said this, Duan Yunhong had already opened the box and saw the tie inside. Hearing Ning Fei’s words, Duan Yunhong didn’t know what to say. He was silent for a few seconds, then put the open box back on the table and looked at Ning Fei. “Why are you giving me a gift?”

“I wanted to give it, so I did. You wouldn’t let me bring flowers, so I thought of something else.” Facing Duan Yunhong’s serious tone, Ning Fei replied casually, “You’re one of the people who helped me achieve my goals — although you’re often causing trouble — I saw something that suited you, so what’s wrong with buying it for you?”

“I didn’t let you send flowers, it’s not that flowers are too cheap and I don’t like them…” Duan Yunhong paused, realizing he was getting off-topic, and forcibly returned to his previous line of thought. “You spent so much money to buy wine, and you bought me a gift, why?”

“I already answered, I wanted to buy it, so I bought it.” Ning Fei shrugged. “Don’t presuppose an answer, if you do, you’ll never get the answer you want.”

Duan Yunhong stared at him. “How do you know what answer I’m presupposing?”

“Okay, then you didn’t presuppose an answer.” Ning Fei backed down quickly, obviously not wanting to dwell on the topic. “Can we eat first? Aren’t you hungry? Speaking of which, you didn’t choose the kind of meal where you eat one dish for half an hour, and it takes three hours in total, did you?”

“…Didn’t choose that.” Duan Yunhong heard him change the subject, his tone was a little heavy, but he still answered his question. “Are you very hungry? Didn’t you eat anything today?”

“Hungry, but not exactly that kind of ‘hungry’.” Ning Fei propped his chin up and looked at the man across from him with a smile. “A moment in spring nights is worth a thousand pieces of gold, CEO Duan.”

Duan Yunhong heard him speak so directly, raised an eyebrow and was about to reply when the waiter came up to serve the dishes, so Duan Yunhong closed his mouth.

The wine that Ning Fei brought was still decanting, so to pair with the dishes, the hotel first arranged for another type of white wine. While the waiter was setting the table and pouring the wine, Duan Yunhong suddenly felt himself being kicked lightly.

He looked up at Ning Fei across from him.

Ning Fei smiled innocently at him, but actually raised his foot and, along the man’s calf, all the way up, regardless of whether his shoes dirtied the other man’s pants. The waiter was still there, but Ning Fei played so wantonly, obviously on purpose.

Duan Yunhong’s reaction was to clamp down on the troublemaking foot.

Ning Fei: …

He tried to pull his foot away, but Duan Yunhong was very strong, and he couldn’t move it.

It wasn’t until the waiter left again and went downstairs that Ning Fei raised his eyebrows and said, “Let go, I’m going to get a cramp.”

“You started it first, you little horndog.” Duan Yunhong finally let him go. “Do you still want to eat? If you don’t want to, I’ll tell them not to serve the food yet, and wait until you’re tired and hungry later.”

“Okay, okay, let’s eat! CEO Duan booked a suite with a swimming pool, an amazing night view, and a luxurious suite, how could I dare not appreciate it?” Ning Fei raised his glass to him. “I haven’t even seen the master bedroom of this suite yet, I’m sure it’ll have a luxurious bed.”

Duan Yunhong clinked glasses with him and said lightly, “There’s a waterbed on the first floor.”

“Ah!” Ning Fei blinked. “CEO Duan has this kink!”

Duan Yunhong originally thought he would directly admit that he liked the arrangement, but now he was being thrown back the words. He was so choked that he couldn’t say anything else. “…Eat!”

*

This meal, to be fair, was indeed very romantic and worth savoring slowly.

Not only the delicious food, wine, and beautiful night view, but also the violin music that started halfway through the meal, and the fireworks that started in the distance towards the end. Ning Fei was a little dazed when he saw it and looked at Duan Yunhong. “CEO Duan, there’s BGM and fireworks, that’s quite the expense?”

Duan Yunhong: “I didn’t arrange it!”

Ning Fei’s probing gaze went back and forth on him.

Duan Yunhong had to say, “Tsk, the music is part of the dinner set, it was already there. I didn’t specifically request it. The fireworks are really a coincidence, it has nothing to do with me!”

“If it’s not, then it’s not, what’s with getting so worked up?” Ning Fei smiled and raised his glass to him again. “Then I also thank you. It’s thanks to your arrangement that we were able to encounter such beautiful fireworks, everything is just right.”

Duan Yunhong touched his glass. “You were still complaining that the arrangement was too much before.”

“Just kidding, don’t take it seriously.” The two drank until the wine in their glasses was empty, and Ning Fei refilled both glasses. “You still complained that my buying this bottle of wine was unnecessary, but I think it’s quite delicious.”

“Several hundred thousand, how could it not be delicious?” Duan Yunhong raised an eyebrow. “I have similar wine at home, you should have told me earlier and I would have brought it. Have I ever denied you wine?”

“Buying it yourself is different from someone else giving it to you.” Ning Fei raised his glass again. “For the sake of several hundred thousand’s worth of wine!”

Duan Yunhong touched glasses with him again and drank.

“Hey, you also have to drink a glass for my gift. It’s worth tens of thousands, although you definitely don’t lack it…” Ning Fei poured wine again, and looked around. “Oh yeah, where’s my gift? Where did you throw it?”

“It’s here.” Duan Yunhong took the gift box from the small table next to him and placed it on the table.

Ning Fei commanded, “Put it on and try it?”

Duan Yunhong replied, “Now? It doesn’t match…”

“So much nonsense.” Ning Fei stood up, walked to his side, grabbed the tie and put it around his neck. “Let me see you tie it, what’s wrong? You dislike my gift and think it’s not as good as your collection?”

“You’re talking about ties while eating…” Duan Yunhong didn’t struggle, and raised his chin helplessly, letting him do it. “Are you a little drunk?”

“Perhaps?” Ning Fei smiled. “But I won’t fall down, there’s an important program tonight.”

As he said this, he really gave Duan Yunhong a quick and simple knot, neat and beautiful. While helping Duan Yunhong tidy his collar, Ning Fei leaned over, his fingers brushed the back of the man’s neck, and his face close to the other’s ear, he whispered, “Aren’t you going to feel and see what I’m wearing today?”

Duan Yunhong, as if possessed, unbuckled his belt and actually touched it. “…!”

Ning Fei noticed that his breath hitched, and immediately chuckled and bit him. “Saint Duan, can you still sit still?”

“You…aren’t you going to eat?” Duan Yunhong asked this, but his hand was already holding onto him.

Ning Fei pulled apart the tie he had just tied, as if unwrapping a gift. “Eat? Let’s ‘eat’ something else.”

Duan Yunhong stood up with a whoosh.

The music was still playing, the fireworks were still going off, he suppressed his emotions, his voice low. “Actually, I still have something to say…”

Ning Fei’s kiss interrupted him.

After a while, the two separated, but their bodies were tightly pressed together, infecting each other with heat. Ning Fei hooked Duan Yunhong’s neck, and while being all touchy and clingy with him, he whispered, “Stop yanking words, Duan Yunhong, we can talk about nonsense later… I’m just asking, did the waiter leave?”

Duan Yunhong had to reply, “…Left, he left after serving the dishes.”

Ning Fei then contentedly hung on him. “Then what are you still hesitating for, let’s go downstairs, waterbed!”

*

That night, Duan Yunhong wanted to say something several times, but Ning Fei pulled him back into a dizzying passion.

Ning Fei said, “Is your mouth being used to say those meaningless words right now? Get to doing something proper…!”

Ning Fei also said, “I don’t want to hear anything else at this time, focus!”

Ning Fei also said, “I can’t think right now, don’t ask!”

Duan Yunhong indulged in it, and was brought into a daze by him. In the end, his brain really couldn’t function, only instinct. After a crazy night, before losing consciousness and falling asleep, a vague thought still appeared in Duan Yunhong’s mind.

–Tomorrow morning, the first thing I have to say is…!