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Li Dong's fingers were still cold from washing his hands, and when he pinched Xingling’s cheek, it was a bit jarring. But Xu Xingling forgot to even shrink his neck back at the sensation as he stared at Li Dong blankly, blinking his eyes to see clearer. Is this person in front of him a fantasy?

"Second Young Master, haven't you left?" This surely can’t be a fantasy; he’s so real. Even this look of disdain is so real.

Li Dong raised his eyebrows and said, "I'm about to leave."

As soon as the words left his mouth, he saw the person on the bed desperately scramble up to cling onto his thigh. If you are not reading this on readerfeeder.blogspot.com, this work was stolen.

"You said that you would accompany me tonight..." Xu Xingling looked up at him pitifully. Li Dong spent all of dinner talking to other people from the company, acted so cold when he saw him, merely accompanied him--and several others-- for dinner, and now he wants to leave just like this?

"You drank so much that you stink all over; what does it have to do with me?" Li Dong said, shaking his legs, "Let go, I hate the smell of alcohol."

Xu Xingling: "That’s easy to fix, though!" He immediately got up, took off his clothes, and ran to the bathroom: "Second Young Master." Before he went in, he said solemnly: "You must not go, wait for me."

"..." Li Dong was silent as he sat down on the edge of the bed.

Xu Xingling let out a string of crisp laughter, humming as he turned and went into the bathroom.

It’s anyone’s guess what he was entertaining himself with inside, but when he came out, his whole body was hot and letting off steam. "Second Young Master!" He wrapped a bath towel, rushed over to Li Dong, and said happily: "Smell again, is there the scent of alcohol?"

There was only the scent of shower gel and shampoo drifting off of Xingling’s now.

Li Dong, who was currently pressed below an extremely happy Xingling, said with a lazy smile: "It smells nice.." If you are not reading this on readerfeeder.blogspot.com, this work was stolen.

Suddenly he saw Xu Xingling's face glowing with a beautiful smile. He arched himself into Li Dong’s arms and said, "Then quickly kiss me!"

Li Dong hugged Xu Xingling and flipped them over, pushing Xingling under him. "Let me take a shower first."

"Then hurry!" Xu Xingling let go of his hand eagerly, and he Li Dong followed to the end of the bed reluctantly, his expression a little sad.

Li Dong was now very accepting of Xingling’s antics, but he was only going to separate from him for a little while; is this necessary?

Fifteen minutes later, Li Dong walked out of the bathroom freshly shower and hugged the thin young man on the bed. Xingling was pressed under Li Dong immediately, and soon, one thing led to another…

They tossed around on the bed for about forty minutes before finally retreating.

"..." Li Dong took a long breath and rolled himself off from atop Xingling. He laid his head down on one of the pillows, reclining with satisfaction.

Xu Xingling's back was sweaty, his hair was matted to his forehead. Despite this, Xingling had only started panting during the second half.

"If you were this quiet when we started, our time together would definitely have been of higher quality..." Li Dong said, and he stretched out his arm to reach for a pack of cigarettes, lighting one to smoke.

"What do you mean..." Xu Xingling's voice was very hoarse, because he had been shouting for the majority of the time..

But to be honest, no man doesn't like this sort of auditory stimulation; Li Dong did like it in the process.

"Reward you." Li Dong swept the hair on XIngling’s forehead aside and planted a kiss right between his brows.

"Second Young Master?" Xu Xingling was flattered and immediately clung to Li Dong like an octopus squid: "Do you like me a little bit now?"

Li Dong originally wanted to brush it off and say, “What gave you that idea?” but he felt as if this would be a bit too hurtful, and he isn’t the type of person to speak sarcastically. 

So he said: "There’s still a bit of distance from me liking you, but it’s not hate." It's just that it’s a bit annoying sometimes. Extremely annoying.

"How far is this distance?" Xu Xingling asked, laying his head down on Li Dong’s chest and acting especially docile.

"It's quite far...probably..." Li Dong said as his cigarette dangled from his mouth. He gestured with his pointer finger and thumb as he tried to estimate a distance. "Maybe one kilometer? Two kilometers?”

"That's not far." Xu Xingling smiled and playfully smacked Li Dong’s arm. Isn't that distance just a matter of walking for a few minutes?

"Why do you care about this?" Li Dong said, smoking a cigarette, "Don't you like my elder brother? What does it matter whether I like you or not?"

Thinking more deeply about that, Li Dong feels as if this matter is really troublesome.

He’s holding someone in his arms and had only just finished battling with him on the bed, but now he’s already talking about Xingling’s actual sweetheart. Tsk tsk.

When Han Tianlin was mentioned, Xu Xingling lowered his eyes and stopped talking.

Because Li Dong said that he was not allowed to mention Han Tianlin.

There was silence for about two minutes. After Li Dong finished smoking a cigarette, he extinguished the cigarette butt and said: "You are lying in my arms thinking about other men. I don’t know if this is bad behavior or not, but I don’t like it either way."

Xu Xingling looked at him, still with his mouth tightly closed and saying nothing, but he hugged Li Dong’s arm tighter.

"I'm with you right now, so you’re thinking too much about it. Whether I like you and whether I’m willing to be on top of you are two completely different matters, understand?" Li Dong explained as he looked down at Xingling. Li Dong had said his part, but felt like he needed to explain the moral behind the story, so to speak. "In other words, Xu Xingling, you are positioning yourself as a tool for me to vent my frustrations on. It’s really hard to think highly of you this way."

A tool, as in the kind that you don’t need to accompany to sleep after the deed is done. As in the kind that you can give a pat on the ass and abandon or simply order to leave.

"Second Young Master..." Xu Xingling was put aside by Li Dong, and suddenly panicked. "Where are you going?"

"Going back home."

"But..." Xingling had thought he could spend the whole night together with Li Dong. "Tomorrow is the weekend, and I can accompany you during the day..."

"No need, I have no shortage of people to cater to me." Li Dong said calmly: "After eating the same thing for two consecutive days, I'm tired of it no matter how delicious the food is."

Li Dong finished getting dressed, and then took out a wad of cash from his wallet, throwing the money down at the head of the bed. "Take a taxi back tomorrow, go shopping this weekend, do whatever you want with it."

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translator notes:

yes, li dong! make it clear to xingling that as much as he is a victim, he also can't just use you as a rebound or replacement like that! you go girl!

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