Ch39 - Three days

Whatever was said on the other end of the call, Wang Chao ignored it all. He hung up and tossed the device away as he continued to lie by the headboard in that ridiculous posture. Even with half-dried tears and a pair of swollen eyes, he still found the arrogance to cry with his hoarse voice: “Did you hear that? You won’t let me fuck you, but many others would queue up and beg me for the opportunity!”

Had he complained to his brother or even to another girl, Xie Zhuxing wouldn’t have gotten as angry. Yet he had to call the person that Xie Zhuxing despised the most.

Furious, Xie Zhuxing furrowed his brows and said: “Can you not live without this Zhou bastard or what?”

Wang Chao stubbornly retorted: “He’s obedient and good in bed. I can’t live without him – what’s wrong with that?”

Xie Zhuxing had been affectionate a minute ago, yet his face instantly soured at the other man’s words. He had never paid attention nor practiced much and understood that he lacked the skills to be good in bed. The problem is, Wang Chao had called someone else the minute after they slept together. He even praised the other man as “good in bed,” who can tolerate such a thing?

Xie Zhuxing got up from the bed and began to put on his clothes without speaking another word.

Wang Chao was taken aback: “What are you doing?”

Xie Zhuxing didn’t even cast a glance his way when he said: “Go home.”

Wang Chao: “…” Didn’t he forget his keys?

Xie Zhuxing dressed himself rapidly. Then, he left after slamming the door shut without ever looking back.

Wang Chao laid by the headboard, dumbfounded. Then, all of a sudden, he burst into tears from sadness and anger, cursing as he cried.

He could be considered a scum, yet even himself had not left his partner immediately after sex, without any aftercare. He would gift girls luxury handbags after every hookup. Even with Zhou Niansen, he agreed to do the latter a favor later.

That Xie Zhuxing is out of his fucking mind. He did nothing besides filling his ass with cum, and he dared to slam the door? Fucking shameless!

Xie Zhuxing had not left either. He waited by the door in case Zhou Niansen actually came.

Wang Chao has been stripped naked and bent over – his body opened entirely after the fucking – any man would want to shove their member into his body.

Wang Chao sobbed until his tears drenched half his pillow. Then, all of a sudden, he remembered that he had called for Zhou Niansen to come over. He regretted it for a bit since he didn’t want to see this person, nor did he think he was good in bed. That phone call and the taunts that ensued were all to piss Xie Zhuxing off.

He wanted to give Zhou Niansen another call and tell him not to come. When he grabbed the phone, however, he saw that Zhou had replied and said that he had family business to attend to and could not come over.

Great, now he won’t have to call again.

He tossed the phone onto the table, but the aim was off, and the phone landed on the ground. Instantly distressed, he struggled to drag his body to the edge of the bed and reached to fish the phone from the ground. Fortunately, the phone was protected by a case, and it didn’t leave any marks.

…Fuck! This is wrong! He has done him wrong already. Why was he distressed over this gifted phone?

Out of spite, he tossed the phone back to the ground; yet, his subconscious was reluctant, and there was no force in his motion.

Xie Zhuxing waited for over an hour in front of the door until half-past twelve. Once he was more or less sure that the other man wouldn’t come, he then left assured.

By the time he had returned, Zhao Zhengyi had already gone to bed. The truth was: neither did he forget to bring a key, nor was his roommate Zhao Zhengyi out of town.

He couldn’t sleep. Both his mind and body were over-stimulated. Thus, he ended up doing sit-ups, struggling to stifle his own chuckles while doing so.

His little idiot. The mouth on his face was real annoying, yet the mouth down there was real cute. Sweet, soft, and understood how to flirt.

He mocked that he was bad in bed. Well, he’ll just practice more in the future, and eventually, he’ll get good.

The next morning, the roommates met each other.

Zhao Zhengyi said: “Xiao Xie, you came back late yesterday. I hadn’t gotten the chance to congratulate you for winning the New Artists Award.”

Xie Zhuxing humbly replied: “It was only luck.”

Zhao Zhengyi widened his tired, baggy eyes and switched the conversation topic: “Even then, you didn’t have to laugh until three a.m in the morning.”

Xie Zhuxing hastily apologized with a sheepish grin on his face. Deep down in his heart, however, he thought: “This was not for winning the new artists award. This was because he became the groom yesterday.”

The tenth of this month was the date of their fan meet in Guangzhou. Since the schedule for each location is different, the group needed to rehearse some new activities.

Xie Zhuxing arrived at the company on time.

Unsurprisingly, Wang Chao did not show up. Duan Yikun told Xie Zhuxing to give the other man a call.

Wang Chao didn’t pick up.

Xie Zhuxing thought this would happen and said: “Kun Ge, how about you start the class for everyone else. I will check on him at his place.”

Yet, Duan Yikun asked: “How come I heard that you two had a fight last night at the KTV?”

Which teammate reported that? Seeing that he could no longer hide the information, Xie Zhuxing then explained: “We had a minor argument, that’s all.”

Duan Yikun continued: “Since there are no outsiders here, I won’t speak in circles. I’ll be frank with you. Don’t be offended.”

Xie Zhuxing humbly obliged.

Duan Yikun spoke calmly: “Xiao Xie, you’re able to coax him to you will, that’s a skill. But you have to understand when to stop. There are some paths that once you’ve chosen, you cannot turn around.”

Xie Zhuxing: “…Kun Ge, you misunderstood.”

Duan Yikun smiled and said: “It’d be best if it was only my misunderstanding.”

Xie Zhuxing understood that he wasn’t convinced. Yet, even if he did explain, he wouldn’t know where to begin. His relationship with Wang Chao wasn’t certain nor steady. Even though he won’t be able to hide it from his teammates and agent whom he spent every day with, now is not the time yet.

Duan Yikun noticed his silence and was further convinced in his guess.

Faking a smile, he said: “Let’s stop for now. Quickly check up on him at his place.”

Xie Zhuxing couldn’t wait any longer, so much that he wanted to grow a pair of wings and fly there.

Yet, once he arrived at Wang Chao’s place, no one answered the door. Since he already had a key for this place, he used it to unlock the door. Yet, when he opened the door, all of his excitement extinguished in an instant. It’s as if he had been drenched in a jug of ice-cold water.

The bed was still a mess, yet the person was not there.

When he came, he was as excited as a groom on the second day of his wedding – a bit shy, and a bit exhilarated – and he even decided that no matter what kind of bullshit Wang Chao said today, he would tolerate it.

But what’s going on now? Where’s his bride?

Wang Chao had run home.

Yesterday, he woke in the middle of the night from his irritated bowels. His diarrhea lasted intermittently until the next morning when he could no longer bear it. Sobbing, he dressed and dragged himself back home and burst into tears after he burrowed his head into Wang Jing’s embrace.

Wang Jing, who was eating breakfast, was stunned by his tears. He patted the other man’s back and asked with uncharacteristic gentleness: “What’s going on? Who did you wrong?”

Sobbing, Wang Chao replied after a long while: “I had too much crawfish that I diarrhea-ed. My butt hurts.”

The innocent crawfish had no way to refute his slander.

Wang Jing wanted to bring him to the hospital, but the latter wouldn’t give in. Instead, he found an excuse: “I’m a celebrity now. If others know that I’m at the hospital because of diarrhea, that’ll be humiliating.”

Therefore, Wang Jing had to bring some medicine back to treat him.

Wang Chao didn’t want Wang Jing, or even worse, Wang Qi, to see through his lie. Thus, he asked: “Where’s our eldest brother? Will he be home for these couple of days?”

Wang Jing replied: “He’s preparing to quit. The transition period is busy, and this place is far from his workplace. He won’t be home these couple of days.”

Isn’t he getting a promotion? Why is he quitting now? Wang Chao couldn’t understand, but he didn’t have the energy to inquire further.

It wasn’t that Wang Jing never doubted his younger brother, for no matter how you slice it, diarrhea shouldn’t distress anyone this much. Though, his brother is very spoiled and wouldn’t serve as a fair comparison with regular people. Moreover, he was in a rush to return to work at the hospital anyway and didn’t inquire further either.

During the three days of resting at home, Wang Chao didn’t answer any calls, didn’t post any moments or updates, nor had any energy for mobile games. Yet, whenever his phone ran out of battery, he hurriedly charged it over the worry that Xie Zhuxing wouldn’t be able to call him.

But the angry part was, Xie Zhuxing only called him once a day.

As his health recovered, his pent-up anger became more intense; he only thought about how to take his revenge, and at least have Xie Zhuxing suffer what he had suffered during these three days.

He never thought about the fact that he had alternative methods for revenge.

He had decided that he would fuck – and brutally so – the other man back. He’d need at least three times, and they’d have to be without condoms.

Three days later, he finally appeared at the company. The moment he went upstairs, he bumped into Ji Jie and Cheng Yao.

“You’re still coming? Thought you were going to leave the group.” Ji Jie took a jab at him immediately.

Wang Chao angrily retorted: “You’re the one who’s leaving! Fuck off with that nonsense of yours.”

Afraid that an argument would occur, Cheng Yao hastily interjected: “Captain, why didn’t you answer our calls these past few days? Xiao Xie Ge has been so anxious.”

Wang Chao’s eyes instantly brightened: “How so?”

Cheng Yao said: “He went to search for you a couple times at your place. He zoned out constantly during class, and during recess, he’d immediately check to see if you’ve posted a new moment.”

To appease the Captain, he exaggerated his words to the extreme.

Yet the Captain was instantly convinced. Gloating, Wang Chao asked: “Where is he? Is he at the company?”

Cheng Yao really didn’t know the answer this time and cast a glance at Ji Jie for assistance.

Ji Jie replied: “He might be practicing choreography at the training room?”

Wang Chao then trotted happily toward the training room.

Ji Jie and Cheng Yao looked at each other, and both shook their heads.

Xie Zhuxing had been practicing for a while now, his whole body was drenched in sweat. He gathered his t-shirt sleeve up to his shoulder, grabbed a bottle of water, and drank as he scrolled through his phone.

Wang Chao’s phone has been on this whole time, but he never answered his call. It was obvious that he was throwing a childish tantrum.

Wang Chao nudged the door open and glanced around. Once he confirmed the other man was there, he loudly kicked the door open with arrogance.

Xie Zhuxing, who was sitting in front of the window, raised his head in response. A bead of sweat hung at the tip of his hair. Basking under the bright sunlight that shone through the window, his entire body looked as if he was glowing.

Wang Chao had forgotten to maintain his arrogant appearance. He gulped and thought to himself: How did this hot little thing become even hotter after only three days apart?

Xie Zhuxing clenched the bottle so hard it nearly popped.

These miserable three days had finally passed.