Chapter 2: I Like Forced Love
Tingyu Bar.
A vortex of light and shadows paired with heavy subwoofers. The dance floor was packed with swaying figures, drunk on dreams and death, the whole place hyped up.
The vibration of the subwoofers made the glass cups on the bar counter tremble slightly. Today was the weekend, so there were a lot of customers. Two bartenders were too busy to handle it all, yet there was a figure huddled in a relatively quiet corner talking on the phone.
He was wearing a bartender’s uniform. A black bowtie was tied around the crisp white shirt, the sleeves rolled up to his forearms, and a few bleached and dyed tufts of red hair were exceptionally eye-catching under the lights.
“You aren’t planning to lay low in the bar forever, are you?”
The voice on the other end of the phone carried a bit of teasing exclusive to a scoundrel friend. “The Ye family’s Third Young Master suddenly fell from the altar. If word gets out, how many rich women will line up to keep you?”
Ye Ran pulled down the corners of his mouth and very politely gifted him a single word: “Scram!”
Xu Huiyang shamelessly continued, “Brother, when you become rich and noble, don’t forget me.”
Ye Ran narrowed his eyes and smiled, “Sure, I heard this bar is still short of male escorts. You come, I’ll recommend you to the boss, and we’ll split the money 50-50.”
Xu Huiyang’s bristled voice came over, “Making me sell my body and I still have to share the money with you, do you even have me in your heart?”
Ye Ran smiled. “No.”
Xu Huiyang: “……..”
Heart-piercing.
“You’ve been at the bar for seven days, breaking your record for staying out playing without going home. Did you do something to offend Chi Yuheng so you’re hiding from returning home?”
He did!
He slept with Chi Yuheng.
Of course, Ye Ran couldn’t say that out loud.
“How could I be hiding from him? My freedom is up to me. I’ll do whatever I want. Can Chi Yuheng even control me?”
Xu Huiyang wanted to say, Brother, do you want to listen to what you just said?
Setting everything else aside, just talking about the time the two of them went street racing. It was fun while it lasted, but when they drove back in the middle of the night, they were chased by traffic police the whole way, who said they had entered a speed-limit zone and even the zebra crossing lines were scuffed by their tires.
He would forever remember how dark Chi Yuheng’s face was when he came to the police station to pick the two of them up. The cold aura around him could have frozen into ice shards.
No matter how flamboyant a person usually was, under such an oppressive aura, they had to shrink their neck and pretend to be a quail.
“When the time comes, don’t tell him I knew you were at the bar.”
Rich second-generation young masters like Xu Huiyang were frequent guests at the bar. If he knew and didn’t report it, and the wind blew to his brother’s ears… As long as his brother checked, he’d know how many times he had been to the bar. His previous lies would be exposed, and he’d definitely be finished.
Ye Ran curled his lips. “Do you have to be such a coward?”
Seven days. Ye Ran had hidden in the bar for seven days, and there had been no movement from Chi Yuheng’s side.
In the original plot, the day after he climbed into the bed, Chi Yuheng listened to him and began targeting the Ye family. He didn’t follow the plot, and over these past few days, he hadn’t heard any news of the Chi and Ye families clashing. Did this mean the plot here had already been altered?
There was another point Ye Ran hadn’t been able to figure out these past few days. This novel was high-smut, but in the plot he knew, aside from his time with Chi Yuheng, the protagonists didn’t seem to have any snuggle-snuggle scenes yet.
This was very abnormal.
Where was the smut?
The author couldn’t have possibly let the protagonists off the hook and just tormented him, right?
Messy thoughts scrambled into a paste in his brain. He couldn’t make sense of it but still had to try. His brain was almost jamming again.
“A-Yao, we can’t handle it, hurry and help……..”
“Coming.” Ye Ran responded.
A-Yao was the temporary name he came up with when he came to the bar. If he used his real name, it would be too easy to expose and unsafe.
On the phone, Xu Huiyang was still making excuses for himself, “Your fucking uncle, is that being a coward? Get it straight, I’m just following my heart……..”
Ye Ran didn’t have time to keep talking to him. He said “talk later” and hung up.
He returned to the bar counter, his face devoid of waves. “What would you like to drink?”
The two girls saw the handsome guy and their eyes lit up. They never thought such a small bar could have such a stunning beauty.
“I want a Margarita.”
“I want a Mojito.”
“Okay, just a moment.”
The corners of Ye Ran’s mouth curved up slightly. It wasn’t an exaggerated arc, carrying a bit of lazy flamboyance, revealing very shallow dimples.
The two girls watched, their eyes curving into crescents as they discussed, “Wow, I really like this type of boy, handsome and sunny, totally my type.”
The other girl followed up, “Although this type of boy is great, I don’t really like it……..”
“You don’t even like this type, then what type do you like?”
“Fine, I’m sick, I like forced love.”
“Wow, that’s not a sickness, sister, you have taste!”
At this time, another bartender leaned over and gently nudged Ye Ran, who was grabbing ice cubes, with his elbow.
“A-Yao, tell me, why are girls’ preferences so weird nowadays? They actually don’t like your type and prefer forced love?!”
Although Ye Ran had only been here for a few days, he had already formed a very good relationship with his colleagues and liked joking with them normally.
He curled his lips into a smile. “What’s wrong with that? I also like forced love.”
The bartender knew he was joking, laughed and chatted with him for a bit, then went to mix drinks for other customers.
After mixing the drinks for the two girls, Ye Ran continued serving the next customer.
“What drink?”
From the moment the man arrived at the bar, his gaze had been dead set on Ye Ran’s body. Those smooth body lines, that clean, handsome face—if he slept with him……..
His Adam’s apple bobbed up and down rapidly. His voice was hoarse, like sandpaper grinding against wood. As he spoke, his head leaned forward slightly, and his sight scanned back and forth over Ye Ran. “Mix whatever you’re good at. As long as you mix it, I’ll love drinking it.”
Ye Ran looked at the man’s wretched expression and snorted coldly.
Unsurprisingly, he had encountered a pervert.
If your daddy doesn’t get angry, you treat me like a male escort?!
Ah! This evil gay world!
The corners of Ye Ran’s mouth curled up in a taunting arc. “Will you drink whatever I mix?”
The perverted man nodded.
Ye Ran casually grabbed a few bottles of strong liquor and a large glass from the bar counter. To hell with the taste, he poured them all together.
Then, he placed this specially made strong drink in front of the pervert. The bottom of the glass collided with the counter, emitting a dull thud.
“Drink.” One word, crisp and clean.
The smile on the pervert’s face instantly stiffened, his eyes glued to the cloudy liquor.
He subconsciously gulped, his back molars tightening.
He had spoken too confidently just now. If he downed this glass, let alone walking out, even standing would be a problem.
He pulled out a twisted smile. “How about waiting till next time……..”
“Don’t be like that!” A layer of deep ruthlessness covered the bottom of Ye Ran’s eyes. “Since you’re already here, I’ll feed you.”
The pervert was blinded by lust, his mind full of romantic scenes of being fed wine. He didn’t notice the change in the other person’s eyes at all and readily agreed, “Good, good, good……..”
The next second, his chin was seized. His lower jaw was pinched with immense force, and he was forced to tilt his head back.
The liquid scrambled to pour into his mouth. The spicy liquid burned his throat, sliding down his esophagus like swallowing a ball of fire.
He wanted to dodge, but his chin was gripped tightly. He couldn’t even move half an inch to struggle, only able to emit vague whimpering sounds.
Only when the glass was completely empty did Ye Ran abruptly let go.
The pervert, losing his support, collapsed like a puddle of mud on the high stool in front of the bar. His body slid down uncontrollably, finally falling to the ground with a “thud,” unable to even stand up.
The two girls who had just ordered drinks were shocked by this scene, murmuring, “Sister, I take back what I just said. I like exactly this type, he’s just too, too, too handsome!”
Ye Ran looked down condescendingly at the pervert he had forcefully intoxicated.
He scoffed with disdain, “Weakling.”
Ye Ran went to wash his hands, preparing to continue mixing his drinks.
At the same time, the main doors of the bar opened. A group of several people entered from outside, and the originally noisy music seemed to lower by half a decibel.
Girls successively voiced out, “Look, look! He’s simply handsome enough to defy the heavens!”
Ye Ran looked over following the voices. Looking through his few tufts of dyed wine-red fringe, he clearly saw the person who had arrived. Instantly, his whole body stiffened, and his legs felt heavy as if filled with lead, unable to take a step.
His brain lost its ability to think in a split second.
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