Seeing that Sun Baiqi had left, Lu Zhengfei turned to Chen Qianqing: “He’s just a kid, Qianqing, you don’t have to bother with him.”
Chen Qianqing responded with a quick hum as a means of acknowledging him, and did not say anything. Even though Sun Baiqi was usually a little bossy, he was not a bad person. At the very least, he had never forced anyone when it came to relationships, and most of them were based on willing transactions——From this point of view, Sun Baiqi was much better than Lu Zhengfei.
When Lu Zhengfei saw that Chen Qianqing was still unwilling to talk, he thought that Chen Qianqing was still mad at him, so he said: “Qianqing, what did he say to you? You can tell me, I’ll go beat him up.”
Chen Qianqing responded: “Oh, he said I was your little canary.”
Lu Zhengfei wished he could give Sun Baiqi’s head a good whack.
When Chen Qianqing saw how dark Lu Zhengfei’s face had become, he continued: “And he also said that he would definitely do me in if you ever throw me away.”
Lu Zhengfei’s face changed for the worse.
Chen Qianqing said: “You can deal with that however you please.” When it came to Sun Baiqi, he actually did not mind, but what bothered him was how Sun Baiqi was treating him——His actions today proved that this was how he acted with the original Chen Qianqing. And even though Lu Zhengfei had heard Sun Baiqi’s remarks in his past life, it was clearly Chen Qianqing who had to deal with those remarks on his own.
Without Chen Qianqing’s compromise, the possibility to ease up their relationship had been cut off.
Chen Qianqing himself would be fine with Sun Baiqi’s words, but he could imagine how hurt and even despaired the real Chen Qianqing would feel hearing those words.
Too weak, much too weak; Lu Zhengfei thought that he was strong enough, but it was only after he became Chen Qianqing that he realized how weak he really was——He could not even protect his lover from being involved in these petty rumours.
When Lu Zhengfei finally held the reins of the Lu family, nobody dared to try anything against him or Chen Qianqing anymore; but he and Chen Qianqing had already moved towards an dead end with no way back.
Lu Zhengfei said: “Qianqing, they’ve invited me to join them in billiards, you should come too, we can eat dinner with them later tonight.”
When Chen Qianqing heard the mention of ‘billiards’, he nodded.
Lu Zhengfei and his friends were all fans of snooker. Before he fell in love with Chen Qianqing, he would often play it all throughout the afternoon. His technique was not too bad, but there would still be wins and losses throughout the day.
When they came to the billiards room, Lu Zhengfei went with Xu Shaoren to one of the tables.
Chen Qianqing knew that Xu Shaoren worked as a psychiatrist, so he could just about guess what Lu Zhengfei needed help with from Xu Shaoren. However, he did not intend to participate, leaving Lu Zhengfei to struggle over things by himself.
If they were just playing casually, their game of snooker would probably last no more than about twenty minutes. While playing, Lu Zhengfei would glance over at Chen Qianqing, causing him to make several mistakes. This made Xu Shaoren a little unhappy.
When they started their second set, Xu Shaoren told him directly: “Lu Zhengfei, are you here to watch him or play snooker? Can you please focus a little more?”
Lu Zhengfei responded in a perfunctory manner: “We’re just playing around, it’s not a competition, what’re you being all serious for?”
Xu Shaoren goes: “…If you want to look at him, can’t you just be open about it? It’s bloody embarrassing how sneaky you’re being, I would’ve thought you wanted to dig a hole under someone’s fence if I didn’t know what you were up to.”
Lu Zhengfei: “That’s how I like it!”
Xu Shaoren: “…”
Chen Qianqing had long noticed Lu Zhengfei’s gaze on him. He was sitting at a table not far away, so he could also vaguely hear the conversation between Xu Shaoren and Lu Zhengfei.
Seeing how Lu Zhengfei kept sneaking glances at him, Chen Qianqing sighed deeply. He got up and walked over to him.
When Lu Zhengfei saw him walking over, he put down his cue immediately: “Qianqing, what is it? Are you bored?”
Chen Qianqing nudged towards his cue with his chin: “Pass it.”
Lu Zhengfei was stunned, but he gave him the cue.
Chen Qianqing took the cue from him and faced Xu Shaoren: “Let’s play a game, and you, sit over there.”——You, meaning Lu Zhengfei.
Lu Zhengfei rebuked: “Qianqing! I can play with you too! I’m great at snooker!”
Chen Qianqing did not respond, only motioning for the attendant to set up the game.
Lu Zhengfei felt wronged: “Qianqing, are you really not gonna play with me…”
Xu Shaoren said: “Shoo! Move over, quickly!”
Lu Zhengfei could only walk to the side silently, and watched pitifully as Chen Qianqing and Xu Shaoren began the second set.
Ever since changing bodies, Chen Qianqing had never touched a cue. At first, it still felt a little foreign to him; but after two shots, he started to warm up to it again.
Lu Zhengfei who was sitting at the side was slightly surprised. He had no idea that Chen Qianqing could play snooker at all, much less being this good at it.
Xu Shaoren thought that Chen Qianqing was a beginner, so he was still going slack on him at the start; but soon, he realized that Chen Qianqing’s technique was definitely not below him. And from the looks of it, he might really be unable to fight foot to foot with Chen Qianqing if the latter had not been so out of practice.
After twenty minutes, Chen Qianqing won the second set, but the gap between their scores were not huge. He faced Xu Shaoren: “Another?”
Music to Xu Shaoren’s ears.
Unfortunately, with Xu Shaoren’s joy came someone else’s misfortune. Lu Zhengfei had been sitting on that cold bench for twenty minutes, and seeing that Chen Qianqing was asking Xu Shaoren for another round, he called out unhappily: “Hey hold it, Xu Shaoren, it should be my turn!”
Xu Shaoren had no intentions of conceding to him at all: “Stay where you are. You? Playing? As if your eyes can even stay on the ball.”
Lu Zhengfei refuted: “Even if my eyes aren’t on the ball, I should still be playing!”
Xu Shaoren: “…” Is it really that hard for you to have a sense of shame?!
With Lu Zhengfei’s incessant whining, Xu Shaoren passed him the cue with much reluctance. He said to him : “You know what, Lu Zhengfei? I think your brain’s already been munched on by zombies!”
Lu Zhengfei laughed at him, but his eyes were completely fixed on Chen Qianqing.
Chen Qianqing raised his head to look at him: “Lu Zhengfei, do you know how much of a pervert you look like right now?”
Lu Zhengfei responded: “Heheheheh, I know.”
Chen Qianqing: “…” He could not be bothered to say anything more. Picking up the cue ball, he prepared his shot.
Billiards are a gentleman’s sport, and an official game required one to be dressed in a vest, trousers, and a white dress shirt. Naturally, they did not need to bother with the formalities as they were only playing a casual game today, but Lu Zhengfei suddenly felt the need to see Chen Qianqing in a proper suit when he saw how skilled he was.
And when he beats him, he can push him down on the table…lock his wrists above his head, loosening up his white shirt, and watching as he glared at him with a red face…
Earth to Lu Zhengfei. He responded: “Nothing, I was just thinking about my next shot…”
Chen Qianqing: “…” Like you’re fooling anyone?! Can thinking about your next shot make you hard?! He had only just discovered how sordid a man he actually used to be!
Only with Chen Qianqing’s disapproving gaze did he realize that he actually got a reaction from that. But you could not blame him, it had been a long time since he did it with Chen Qianqing. It took a lot for him to finally get Chen Qianqing to rub one out for him, but it was all ruined by Chen Xiaohui…God, he could just die.
While Lu Zhengfei was still in a daze, he suddenly heard Chen Qianqing’s gentle voice that sounded like a soft ripple of water; but unfortunately, the contents were not as soft. Chen Qianqing said: “Lu Zhengfei, if you keep getting in heat, I’ll make sure I cripple your little ‘buddy’.”
Lu Zhengfei: “…” He was instantly soft!
With that, Lu Zhengfei had gotten even more out of it.
With a dark face, Chen Qianqing cleared the table by himself. The only thing lacking in this scene was for him to face Lu Zhengfei, and tell him that he could put down his cue, and scram…
Xu Shaoren watched the interaction between the two at the side, and it invoked a look of surprise from him. He had seen Chen Qianqing in the past, but right now, he felt like the Chen Qianqing he was seeing was a completely different person from the one before!
The Chen Qianqing now had an aura that could suppress Lu Zhengfei completely!
As a psychiatrist, Xu Shaoren naturally would not think this to be a normal phenomenon. After observing Chen Qianqing carefully, a vague idea formed in his heart when he recalled what Lu Zhengfei had mentioned to him as well.
After his fight with Chen Qianqing, Lu Zhengfei returned to the side, beaten. When he handed the cue to Xu Shaoren, his expression was extremely displeased.
Xu Shaoren said: “Hey, are you really done?” He thought that he would never get a second go after Lu Zhengfei got the cue.
Lu Zhengfei sighed: “I’m not doing great today, just have fun with him.”
When he heard that response, Xu Shaoren sighed: “You’ve really fallen deep.”
Lu Zhengfei responded: “And what can I do? He’s unhappy today, I can’t help it, you play with him.”
Xu Shaoren took the cue: “Alright, you can sit down then.”
Lu Zhengfei sat down and begun to spectate their game. That obsessed look never left his face for a moment; instead, it only grew stronger.
After playing for a bit, Chen Qianqing really could stand it no longer——If Lu Zhengfei’s gaze ever materialized, then he felt that his clothes would long been stripped off his body by it.
Xu Shaoren was also getting a little uncomfortable. Once his good friend was together with Chen Qianqing, it felt to him that a negative sign had simply been added before the number of his IQ; he was such an idiot that he could hardly believe they were the same people.
After the two finished their game over that excruciating gaze, Chen Qianqing put the cue down on the table and said: “I’m done.”
Lu Zhengfei came over: “Why aren’t you playing anymore?”
Xu Shaoren mumbled: “If you stared at me like that, I’d be done too.”
Lu Zhengfei responded: “It would be disgusting for me too if you wanted me to stare.”
Lu Zhengfei then added: “If you’re done, why don’t we go eat? What do you feel like having today?”
Chen Qianqing responded: “No appetite.”
Xu Shaoren chimed in: “Me neither.”
Lu Zhengfei: “…I never planned to invite you.”
Xu Shaoren: “Are…you…sure…?” Speaking with such emphasis, he clearly had his weakness in his palm and was asking him that on purpose.
With that sudden reminder, Lu Zhengfei gritted his teeth: “In that case, I’ll let you come just this once.”
Xu Shaoren: “…” What was he even trying so hard for?
Lu Zhengfei said: “Qianqing, let’s go eat steak, some Kobe beef just arrived at that store, it should be good.”
Chen Qianqing’s gaze moved between Lu Zhengfei and Xu Shaoren, and he responded: “Sure.”