Chapter 27

Chapter 27

After Wu Xia returned to Jiang City from Jing City, he stayed in a hotel for three days, which broke his heart. So he immediately looked for a house and a job. He didn’t like to buy things, so he didn’t have much luggage. When he came back, he sold everything he could sell, and gave away the rest. Finally, he rented a one-bedroom apartment and found a job, and slowly felt that his life had a focus and returned to the right track.

Gradually, his work became more and more stable, and he felt his heart slowly calm down. Once, when he was walking with his cat, he met someone.

That person was holding a sausage and feeding the stray cats in the neighborhood. Xiao Ba smelled the fragrance and began to bark. He gave Xiao Ba a sausage, and Wu Xia insisted on giving him money, so the two exchanged WeChat and began to contact each other.

That man was the same age as Ling Sheng, three years older than Wu Xia, and was a graphic designer, but gradually, the chat between the two became a little different.

“I… dated him for a while.” Wu Xia nervously tugged at the left sleeve of his hoodie, and seemed to find it difficult to say. He lowered his head and choked for a while, then nervously looked up at them.

Seeing that the two of them looked normal and hadn’t changed much, his eyes paused on Ling Sheng’s face, and he lowered his head in disappointment again.

“Then he told me that his stocks were trapped, and he didn’t have any money on hand recently, so he asked me to lend him some money.”

Hearing this, Ling Sheng and Jiang Chen almost guessed the subsequent plot, but Ling Sheng asked him, “Xiao Xia, I remember you’re not a spendthrift, why don’t you even have six thousand yuan on hand? How much money did you give him?”

Wu Xia heard his words, bit his lip, and held back tears for a long time without speaking.

The air was silent for a long time before he stammered, “I later found out that he was playing online gambling games and owed a lot of gambling debts…”

At this point, it was clear enough. Jiang Chen couldn’t help but say, “You’re paying off his gambling debts?”

Wu Xia shrank back, and suddenly burst into tears: “I don’t want to, Sheng ge, but, but he… he has photos, he, he threatened me with videos… I can’t help it, I’m really scared.”

“Photos? What videos?” Ling Sheng’s eyes also sharpened.

Wu Xia’s savings were all saved by him. He didn’t earn much money as a pet groomer, but he was very frugal. There were always only a few clothes in his wardrobe, and he didn’t pursue brands for shoes, as long as they were comfortable and wearable. Most of the clothes in the wardrobe were still bought for him by Ling Sheng. Firstly, he was reluctant to throw them away, and secondly, they were indeed of good quality and style, and he liked them very much.

He dropped out of school at the age of seventeen to work, and this year he is twenty-five years old, eight years. He didn’t have much savings before and after, but he had about one hundred thousand, which is now all gone. Not only is it gone, but he also owes more than one hundred thousand in online loans and credit cards, all planted in the hands of this one person.

“He… we…” Wu Xia couldn’t say it, his lips were bleeding, and he didn’t say a complete sentence.

“You slept with him?” Ling Sheng asked bluntly.

Jiang Chen was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood, and looked at Wu Xia in disbelief. He slept with him and let people take photos and videos?

Wu Xia sat there extremely embarrassed, his head almost buried between his legs: “I… I didn’t know he would… I didn’t expect…”

It seems it wasn’t voluntary.

“Taking photos secretly is a violation of privacy, you can call the police,” Jiang Chen said calmly.

Wu Xia immediately shouted in horror: “No, I can’t, he… he will send the videos out… then I’m done, I…”

“Then he is suspected of disseminating obscene/filthy articles,” Jiang Chen continued to list the charges expressionlessly: “If he uses this to coerce and receive your money, then he is also suspected of extortion.”

Wu Xia looked at him blankly, and even Ling Sheng turned his head to look at him.

At this time, the phone rang. Jiang Chen picked it up and saw that it was a delivery call. He hung up the phone and went to open the door. The delivery guy outside repeatedly apologized: “I’m sorry, the rain is too heavy, it’s a bit late.”

“It’s okay, I’ll give you a good review later.” Jiang Chen took the delivery in: “Eat something first, and we’ll discuss how to sue him after we’re full.”

Four dishes and a soup were all packed in insulated bags, and they were still hot. Jiang Chen first gave Ling Sheng a bowl of soup, let him drink it before eating. During the period, he still made small movements, obviously declaring sovereignty, but Ling Sheng didn’t stop him. Wu Xia only ate half a bowl of rice and put down his chopsticks. After eating, Jiang Chen neatly cleaned up everything.

The heavy rain outside was still falling, and it hadn’t stopped. After eating, Wu Xia’s mood also calmed down a little. He didn’t have the panic and helplessness he had just had, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Jiang Chen also changed subtly.

“Do you have transfer records and chat records? Or recordings are also fine,” Jiang Chen asked him.

Wu Xia hurriedly took out his phone, turned it on, and handed it to him directly.

This man’s name is Wang Zhiqi. The transfer records range from a few thousand to tens of thousands, with the largest amount being fifty thousand transferred a month ago.

Jiang Chen didn’t bother to look at those greasy flirtations in the early stage of the WeChat chat history. Basically, it was coaxing Wu Xia to transfer money to him. Wu Xia was a person who cherished money very much, and he didn’t want to at first, but at this time, pictures began to appear in the record. Jiang Chen didn’t click to open them, but he could see what kind of photos they were.

The photos looked like they were taken when the phone was unsteady, and the face and upper body were completely photographed, but due to the camera position, there was nothing at the waist and abdomen.

Wu Xia had been buying photos with money, and begged him not to spread the photos.

But Wang Zhiqi obviously had precautions, only said that the photos were accidentally seen online, not taken by him, just felt like Wu Xia, so he sent them to him to see.

The last sum of fifty thousand was transferred in early November. After that, Wu Xia never replied to his messages again. The most recent time was today when he made more than a dozen voice calls, and Wu Xia only answered one.

And there were also a dozen missed calls in the missed calls.

“I don’t have any money. The six thousand yuan I borrowed from Sheng ge last week was to repay credit card and online loan installments, and to pay rent. When he asked me to meet him the day before yesterday, I learned that he not only had photos, but also videos.” Wu Xia shivered in fear when he mentioned Wang Zhiqi: “I can’t get any money out, so he asked me to… find someone… to sleep with.”

The more he said, the more difficult it became, especially in front of the person he liked.

Wu Xia used all his self-control to avoid running away directly.

He had always been cautious and never hurt anyone. He wouldn’t even eat an extra piece of free bread at the supermarket. If he ate it, he would definitely buy it, because he felt that things that didn’t belong to him shouldn’t be taken. He didn’t know why all this happened to him.

“From the beginning, you shouldn’t have given him money,” Ling Sheng wanted to smoke a little. He reached out and touched it, and found that he didn’t bring cigarettes with him. After being with Jiang Chen, he rarely smoked, and there was always something else that could divert his attention.

Wu Xia sat there, Rui Rui looked at Ling Sheng uneasily.

He was very afraid of seeing disgust and disappointment in those eyes, but Ling Sheng didn’t have any. He just said, “From now on, don’t give him any more money. This is a bottomless pit, and you can’t fill it.”

Wu Xia nodded, but was still very uneasy: “But… what about those videos?”

Ling Sheng thought for a while, and before he could speak, Jiang Chen said, “Aren’t you busy with company affairs recently? You don’t have to worry about it, I’ll solve it for him.”

Wu Xia looked at Jiang Chen again. Jiang Chen was very calm: “Of course, if you trust me.”

Wu Xia is a particularly good-tempered person. Wang Zhiqi is determined to take advantage of his personality and dare to go too far with him.

He is now grasping at a life-saving straw. He has no way out. He still has to repay his monthly debts. Wang Zhiqi is like a poisonous snake coiled around him. Someone is willing to help him, and he can do anything.

“Does Wang Zhiqi know your address?” Ling Sheng asked him.

Just now, Wu Xia would rather stand in the rain outside than dare to go back, probably because there was someone at home.

As soon as he mentioned this name, Wu Xia shrank his shoulders nervously. He nodded: “I can’t go back, he, he knows where I live, I’ll just find another place to live.”

He has no money on him now, and with his character, if he had a reliable friend to borrow from, he wouldn’t need to squat outside the convenience store at this point.

Ling Sheng looked at the heavy rain outside, hesitated for a moment, and said, “You can stay here for now.”

Wu Xia and Jiang Chen looked at him at the same time.

Wu Xia was very excited at first, but when he saw Jiang Chen, the expectation on his face immediately shrank back, and he could only stammer and ask: “Or I should… go out, I’ll just find a place to live.”

“You don’t have any money on you now, and it’s raining so hard, where are you going?” Ling Sheng pointed to the guest bedroom: “I’ll clean up the guest bedroom for you later, and you can live in the guest bedroom.”

Jiang Chen was definitely unhappy. Two Gays living together, a single man and a single man, and they used to have a relationship, how could this not be a problem!

He believed that Ling Sheng would not mess around, but he was not generous enough to accept that he and his ex-boyfriend lived under the same roof!

Moreover, this case sounds simple, Wu Xia is stupid and has no brains, he still has to help him contact a lawyer and find a way to collect evidence. This will take at least a month. Could it be that they will live together for a month?

“I’ll pay for him to open a room in a hotel outside,” Jiang Chen frowned, with his arms crossed over his chest: “You’re used to living alone, it’s not good to live with others, and Wu Xia may not be willing to live with you.”

Wu Xia was of course happy, but obviously Jiang Chen was not happy.

“No need, the hotels outside are too expensive, how can I spend your money again, I’ll go out, I’ll just find a place to live,” Wu Xia hurriedly went to pick up the bag with clothes and was about to leave.

Wu Xia himself doesn’t have many friends, let alone friends who can let him stay. Ling Sheng understands his character. If he really had a place to live, he would tell him truthfully, instead of saying “just find a place” like this.

Ling Sheng stopped Wu Xia, and then looked at Jiang Chen, who clearly had an expression of “try letting him stay”.

He sighed. He took the initiative to help Wu Xia. Jiang Chen only took action for his sake. He couldn’t wrong his boyfriend because of others, so he said, “Xiao Xia, you can live here, I have other places to live.”

Wu Xia looked at him hesitantly. Ling Sheng looked towards Jiang Chen and raised his chin slightly: “I’ll go live with Xiao Chen.”