SIATOWITF Chapter 23
by Volare“Those are old photos.” Ji Mo An leaned against the doorway, making a last-ditch effort.
“Brother, the hotel name is printed in the closet.” Su Ziyang quickly darted under his arm and into the room.
“Wow, so luxurious.” The young master, sporting a head of red hair, scurried around the suite. “No wonder it’s the hotel’s biggest presidential suite. Is this the treatment for the heir?”
“Don’t talk nonsense.” Ji Mo An slapped him on the back of the head.
“Hehe.” Su Ziyang hugged his head and peered into the side bedroom. “Brother, can we sleep here with you tonight?”
“Are you so broke you can’t afford a standard room?”
“Come on, why not stay in a good place if we can…”
“An Ge means no sleepovers allowed.” Ye Xun narrowed his eyes, tapping his fingers. Suddenly, he pointed in one direction.
“According to my deduction, An Ge, you’re keeping the snake in the master bedroom.”
“…” You’re too quick for your own good. Ji Mo An wanted to kick Ye Xun again.
“Brother, please, let me see the snek~ I heard from Meng Xiao a long time ago that you even gave the snek jade that clients gave you to use as a water bowl. I’m so curious.” Su Ziyang grabbed Ji Mo An’s sleeve and shook it vigorously.
“You look like a snake.” Ji Mo An remained unmoved.
Looking at an ordinary snake would be fine, but the Nine-Leaked Fish snake definitely shouldn’t be classified as ordinary.
“Alright.” Ye Xun grabbed Su Ziyang by the collar and dragged him out. “An Ge, are you leaving tomorrow morning?”
“Yeah, at eleven.”
“Then see you on Sunday. We talked it over with Sister Qingyan, and we’ll leave together on Friday.”
“Okay.” Ji Mo An closed the door with a sigh of relief. Luckily, Ye Xun had slightly less water in his brain than Su Ziyang.
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“I could feel my brother wavering!” Su Ziyang looked at the closed door, somewhat dissatisfied.
“Is your brain full of water? You’re not a ‘water’ graduate student; you’re just a ‘water’ product.” Ye Xun rolled his eyes at him.
“Hey, you, why are you attacking me personally?” Su Ziyang instantly bristled.
“Don’t you think An Ge seems a little flustered?” Ye Xun countered. “It’s not like we haven’t crashed before. Which time didn’t he say a few words and immediately start mocking you?”
“Seems like it.” Su Ziyang seemed to understand something. “Is brother in a bad mood today?”
“I don’t necessarily think so.” Ye Xun pushed up his glasses mysteriously. “Maybe that photo wasn’t taken by brother.”
“Huh?” Su Ziyang looked confused.
“I’m really impressed you used to give away your relationships to dogs?” Ye Xun’s eyes nearly rolled to the back of his head.
“No, hey!” Su Ziyang raised his hand to cover his mouth. “Hiding someone isn’t my brother’s style either… Well, maybe, I’ll go ask Ji Cheng Yu~”
At this moment, Ji Mo An, who was being rumored to be hiding someone, was walking back to the master bedroom to check on the snake locked in the closet.
A bunch of night owls, not sleeping at night and not waking up during the day… Ji Mo An grumbled as he opened the closet, preparing to send Xuan Bai off to sleep.
Whoosh…
Just as the closet door opened, a dark shadow rushed towards his face.
Ji Mo An subconsciously took two steps back, but unexpectedly stepped on the plastic snake on the floor.
“…”
This world is just a giant makeshift stage, and it was obviously foresight on his part not to let them in.
“Stick, stick~” The snake, having scared the wrong person, shrunk to the size of chopsticks and cautiously licked Ji Mo An’s wrist.
“You.”
“Disappear within one minute, and don’t appear before my eyes before ten o’clock tomorrow morning.”
“Wuwu.” The little snake quickly licked the skin that had been reddened from being bumped, and then was thrown out the window by its tail.
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The next day, the original team of five had been reduced to three.
“Mr. Ji, someone from the auction house has come to meet us.” Stepping out of the station, Special Assistant Bai immediately spotted several figures in suits and ties.
After a round of polite greetings, Ji Mo An reluctantly got into the unfamiliar car.
The aftereffects of the car accident… Ji Mo An lowered his eyes, staring at his slightly trembling fingertips.
Ordinary cars are too fragile and can easily be crushed in a high-speed collision…
Don’t be afraid… the journey from the station to the hotel is only half an hour… The dizziness surged uncontrollably, as if something was blocking his throat. Ji Mo An clenched his fist, his nails digging deeply into his skin.
Suddenly, a cold sensation was received by his skin.
Ji Mo An was stunned for a moment, and his consciousness instantly returned.
Xuan Bai was leaning against the car window, seemingly gazing at the scenery outside, but was actually poking his wrist with his finger.
What are you doing… Ji Mo An glanced at the front row. Special Assistant Bai seemed to be chatting happily with the driver.
His wrist was poked again, and this time the slender fingers belonging to the man skillfully drilled into Ji Mo An’s palm.
His hand was tugged, and Ji Mo An subconsciously looked at Xuan Bai.
Golden eyes.
He stared blankly at the golden vertical pupils close at hand, and his originally chaotic brain suddenly quieted down.
Xuan Bai was smiling, a very gentle smile, his gaze seeming to penetrate his body and shine directly into his soul.
His whole body felt light, as if something was being organized, being extracted.
“Don’t be afraid.”
Until a voice echoed in his mind, Ji Mo An suddenly trembled and came back to his senses.
Special Assistant Bai was still chatting with the driver, and Xuan Bai was leaning against the car window, gazing into the distance, his amber round pupils flashing with the rapidly receding street scenes.
His palm was empty, and it seemed that everything just now was just his illusion, except… his fingertips were no longer trembling.
“Mr. Ji, we’re here.”
The car stopped in front of the hotel, and Special Assistant Bai opened the door with a relieved expression.
Heaven knows how vigilantly he had been staring at the driver’s hand on the steering wheel the whole way.
Drive steadily, drive slowly, these two sentences had been repeated so often that the driver wanted to stop the car and beat him up.
“Mr. Ji, hello, hello.” Walking into the hotel lobby, a middle-aged man in a suit and tie hurried to greet him.
“Xuan Bai, let’s go upstairs.” Ji Mo An rubbed his eyebrows and gave Special Assistant Bai a look.
Special Assistant Bai immediately shook the middle-aged man’s hand, politely leading him to the side.
“That’s the auction client.” Ji Mo An led Xuan Bai into the elevator. “I could have bid online, but my mom insisted that I come to the scene.”
“Are you going to hold up a paddle tomorrow?” Xuan Bai seemed somewhat strangely excited.
“No.”
“Okay…”
“But…” Ji Mo An took out a small booklet from his briefcase and flipped through it. “These are the auction items for tomorrow. See if there’s anything you’re interested in.”
“If I’m interested, will you buy it for me?” Xuan Bai blinked his eyes, quickly slipping to Ji Mo An’s side.
Ji Mo An didn’t say anything, but just pointed to the soft bed.
Xuan Bai immediately lay down on the bed, propping his head up with one hand and patting the quilt with the other.
“What I mean is, take a nap, and you’ll have everything in your dreams.”
“But the books say that overbearing presidents spend a fortune for the female lead, snapping up everything they pass by.”
“Are you the female lead?” Ji Mo An countered.
“I’m a snek.” Xuan Bai opened his mouth, sticking out a snake tongue like a red ribbon.
Snake my foot… Ji Mo An immediately slapped the booklet on Xuan Bai’s face, directly smashing the snake tongue back in.
“Alright, after the auction tomorrow, I’ll have Bai Yan take you home. I have to go back a day early to attend a charity gala.”
“Aren’t you taking me?” Xuan Bai threw the booklet to the side. He had no interest in those beautiful gemstones.
“People without invitations are prohibited from entering.”
“I’m…”
“Sneks without invitations are also prohibited from entering.”
Bad person.
Xuan Bai took the initiative to leave Ji Mo An’s room for the first time.
“Heh…” Watching Xuan Bai’s back, Ji Mo An let out a cold laugh.
Charity gala, everyone on his family tree who is still alive has to attend. Taking Xuan Bai there would be no different from coming out of the closet in public.
Even if there’s nothing between them, that’s absolutely! not! allowed!