Chapter 2
In the pitch-black corridor, only the moonlight illuminated half of Yan Shiting’s face.
His voice was as if tempered with ice: “I ask you, what are you doing?”
“I, I haven’t done anything yet…” Shen Rui was already stammering with fear at the sight of Yan Shiting standing there.
It’s not that he was a coward, well, he was indeed a coward.
But after all, this was Yan Shiting, the master of the entire Yan family, who didn’t even blink an eye when sending his own relatives to prison, and didn’t shed a single tear when his parents passed away.
A cold-faced, heartless monster.
Even his father had to lower his head when facing Yan Shiting, how could he not be afraid.
Yan Shiting frowned.
He didn’t bother with the guilty Shen Rui, and directly made a phone call: “Northeast corner of the first-floor bathroom, bring the security guards.”
After hanging up the phone, Yan Shiting didn’t even look at Shen Rui, and strode towards the bathroom.
Yu Li was leaning against the wall, his head feeling dizzy, when he heard a familiar footstep.
Shortly after, his head was supported and leaned against a chest that carried the scent of pine.
Inhaling the pine fragrance, Yu Li gradually relaxed, leaning trustingly against that person.
Soon, the butler came hurriedly with two security guards.
After the security guards had restrained the person who tried to flee, the butler wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and looked at Yan Shiting, who was crouching and embracing Yu Li.
“Mr. Yan, how should we handle this?”
“Go check the surveillance camera by the swimming pool to see what he did, and tell Yan Sui to deal with it tomorrow.”
“Understood, Mr. Yan.”
“Mr. Yan, Mr. Yan, I really haven’t done anything, I…”
Shen Rui trembled, continuously pleading with Yan Shiting.
But before he could finish his words, the security guard covered his mouth, and he could only watch as Yan Shiting carried Yu Li in his arms and left step by step.
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Yu Li could feel that he was moving.
No, it’s more accurate to say that someone was carrying him while moving, just like when he carried boxes.
Now he was the box.
Yu Li suddenly chuckled at his own imagination, letting out a breathless laugh.
“Drunk?” A voice came from above.
Listening to it, Yu Li felt a little aggrieved for some reason.
He had just drunk so much, but that person didn’t believe he was drunk.
Now finally someone believes he is drunk.
“Mm.” He quickly nodded.
Soon, the lights came on, and Yu Li was placed on the bed.
He opened his eyes and saw the familiar ceiling.
He had stayed here a few times at the Yan family’s, and this was the room he always slept in.
Vaguely, Yu Li thought it was three years ago.
Three years ago… he wasn’t as afraid of Yan Shiting then.
“Do you know the person just now?”
Yu Li took a moment to respond, shaking his head, “No, but he said he was Yan Sui’s childhood friend.”
Yan Shiting was silent for a while.
Then he coldly said, “If you don’t know him, why did you drink every cup of wine he offered?”
Yu Li didn’t notice anything wrong with this sentence at all, and honestly replied, “He kept bringing them over, so I didn’t have the heart to refuse.”
He always felt that refusing others would make them angry.
So he always felt embarrassed to say no.
Yan Shiting fell silent again.
Yu Li lay there for a while, feeling a heat rising from his abdomen to his heart, it was very hot.
He frowned uncomfortably, touching his chest, and sat up from the bed, looking up at Yan Shiting standing by the bed.
He asked, “Brother, do you have any more wine? I want some with ice cubes.”
Maybe drinking something cold would make the heat inside him disappear.
The moment he spoke, Yan Shiting’s body suddenly shook.
But after hearing what Yu Li said, he gently furrowed his brows, looking at Yu Li with an inscrutable gaze.
Yu Li was very white and very good-looking.
That androgynous face had only a tear mole under his right eye, reddish-brown in color, which, combined with those peach blossom eyes, was extremely charming.
Under the bright light, Yu Li’s peach blossom eyes squinted uncomfortably, secreting physiological tears that refracted the white light.
The tears slid down, and the tear mole under his right eye, after being wet, seemed to stand out even more.
Seeing that Yan Shiting didn’t move, he rubbed his eyes and asked, “Brother?”
Yan Shiting turned around.
Before leaving, he said in a deep voice, “Wait.”
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The butler brought a few bottles of low-proof cocktails and a bucket of ice cubes from the party.
When Yan Shiting returned to Yu Li’s room with the items, Yu Li had already washed his face three times in the bathroom, but the heat in his body still hadn’t dissipated.
He sat dizzily at the small table, and as soon as Yan Shiting came back, he stared eagerly at the things in his hands.
Yan Shiting glanced at him, put down the wine and ice bucket, and the sound of the bottles gently colliding was clear and pleasant.
He held the tongs, picked up two ice cubes from the ice bucket and placed them at the bottom of the glass, then opened a bottle of wine and slowly poured the pink liquid into the glass.
After pouring one glass of wine, he swirled the glass and then placed it in front of Yu Li.
This series of actions was so pleasing to the eye.
Yu Li’s gaze followed the movement of his hands the entire time.
Yan Shiting’s hands were very beautiful.
The veins on the back of his hand were protruding, the blood vessels were clear, the fingers were long and knuckles distinct, looking very powerful.
But in the past three years, Yu Li had never really looked at them closely.
One is because he didn’t have the opportunity, and two is because he didn’t dare to.
He was afraid of Yan Shiting.
In the beginning, he wasn’t afraid, and every time he saw Yan Shiting, he would affectionately call him “brother.”
But later, Yan Shiting found out that Yu Li liked Yan Sui.
Yu Li still remembered that day, right in the Yan family’s garden, Yan Shiting stood under a plum blossom tree and coldly asked him, “Do you like Yan Sui?”
After he admitted it, Yan Shiting was silent for a long time, then threw out a warning, “Stay away from Yan Sui, he won’t be with you.”
Although it was something he already knew, hearing those words from Yan Sui’s closest brother, the master of the Yan family, Yu Li just felt embarrassed.
The Yan family, with their business spanning the globe, from large-scale projects cooperating with the government to people’s daily necessities, their products were virtually everywhere.
Given such a family background, how could he be worthy of liking them.
After that, Yu Li didn’t dare to call Yan Shiting “brother” as he had before, but “Mr. Yan.” And when Yan Sui found out, it became “Elder Brother Yan.”
He was like a quail, afraid and hiding whenever he saw Yan Shiting.
Reminiscing the past, Yu Li frowned uncomfortably, looking at the glass of wine, unconsciously letting tears fall.
The tears dropped on the back of his hand, and he suddenly snapped back to his senses.
Not wanting Yan Shiting to notice, he quickly picked up the glass of wine and downed it in one gulp.
Due to the hasty movement, a lot of the wine flowed down the cup rim, wetting the collar of his T-shirt.
Yu Li didn’t bother with it, didn’t dare to look up at Yan Shiting, and hurriedly poured another glass.
Just as his hand touched the bottle, Yan Shiting pressed down on his hand.
Yu Li was taken aback.
Yan Shiting’s hand was indeed as powerful as he imagined, and with his hand grasped, Yu Li couldn’t struggle.
The atmosphere was quiet for a while.
Yan Shiting furrowed his brows, looking at Yu Li’s trembling eyelashes, and called out softly, “Yu Li.”
After a while, he said, “Yan Sui is in a relationship, are you that upset?”
Yu Li’s mind was hazy, and he only heard the last three words Yan Shiting asked – are you upset?
He belatedly replied, “Yes, I’m upset.”
Yan Shiting slowly released the grip on his hand.
But Yu Li no longer wanted to drink the wine, and after that glass with ice cubes, he not only didn’t feel comfortable, but rather more distressed.
He simply laid his face on the cool wooden table top and closed his eyes.
He didn’t want to drink anymore, but Yan Shiting quietly kept picking up ice cubes and drinking the remaining cocktails, one glass after another.
The empty bottles piled up, and the ice in the bucket gradually dwindled.
Yu Li heard the sound of the bottles falling to the floor.
He opened his eyes and looked up at Yan Shiting.
Yan Shiting must have taken a shower after returning, and now he was wearing a black silk robe instead of a suit, looking languid yet exquisitely elegant.
Yu Li thought of the pine scent he had smelled earlier, guessing it must be the fragrance of Yan Shiting’s shampoo or body wash.
He watched Yan Shiting tilt his head back to drink, his movements refined, yet a drop of wine still slid down the corner of his mouth, across his Adam’s apple, and disappeared into the collar of his robe.
Yu Li suddenly felt a bit thirsty.
He stared at the trail of that drop of wine, suddenly having a ridiculous thought.
He abruptly stood up, wanting to go to the bathroom to wash his face and rid himself of these impure thoughts.
But the moment he stood up, his already dizzy head became even more disoriented, and the world spun before his eyes.
Instinctively, Yan Shiting pulled the swaying Yu Li into his embrace.
When Yu Li came to his senses, the Adam’s apple that had inspired his absurd thoughts was right in front of his eyes.
Yu Li’s face flushed scarlet, and it felt hot.
He struggled a bit and stammered, “Brother, I, I want to go to the bathroom…”
Yan Shiting grunted and tightened the arm around him.
He lowered his head, but found that Yu Li’s face had an abnormal redness.
Yu Li hadn’t noticed anything amiss yet, pursing his lips and looking dazed as he said, “Brother, I’m so hot, I want to wash my face.”
Yan Shiting’s pupils suddenly constricted.
That man, how dare he!
“Yu Li, you’ve… been drugged.”
Before Yan Shiting could finish his sentence, he felt a sudden rush of feverish heat coursing through his limbs.
The air he exhaled became scorching hot, just like Yu Li, he too had been drugged.
Frowning, he quickly recalled his dinner, and his gaze eventually fell on the ice bucket.
The cocktails were all sealed, so the only possibility was the ice cubes.
Yan Shiting’s expression turned grim, his eyes filled with a terrifying intensity, as if brewing a storm.
Yu Li didn’t notice anything amiss, thinking he had just drunk too much.
He felt Yan Shiting’s heat and hesitated, asking, “Brother, are you drunk too?”
Yan Shiting didn’t respond, just carrying him and laying him on the bed.
His mind was still clear, wanting to reach for his phone to make a call.
But the next moment, Yu Li wrapped his arms around Yan Shiting’s neck.
Although Yan Shiting was also very hot, Yu Li felt comfortable in his embrace.
When Yan Shiting suddenly got up to leave, Yu Li felt reluctant.
Yu Li rolled over, clinging to Yan Shiting and sighing contentedly.
“Yu Li!” Yan Shiting raised his voice.
Yu Li looked up at him, then his gaze shifted downward, to Yan Shiting’s Adam’s apple.
Suddenly, Yu Li leaned in, finally kissing that Adam’s apple.
It wasn’t really a kiss, just his soft lips brushing against it.
The delicate skin beneath, every drop of blood seemed to be boiling.
Yan Shiting’s breathing immediately became heavy.
Looking at the ceiling, his voice deep, “Yu Li, do you know what you’re doing?”
Yu Li didn’t answer him, or rather, didn’t seem to be aware that Yan Shiting was talking to him.
Yan Shiting closed his eyes briefly.
When he opened them again, he had flipped their positions, now hovering over Yu Li.
He raised a hand to caress Yu Li’s face, his exhaled breath mingling with Yu Li’s.
Seeing Yu Li’s dazed gaze, he softly asked, “Yu Li, do you know who I am?”
Yu Li’s hazy mind registered those words.
He blinked, his eyes slowly moving from Yan Shiting’s forehead down to his chin.
Finally, he affirmed, “I know, you are Yan Shiting.”
Yan Shiting’s pupils gradually deepened.
His Adam’s apple bobbing, no longer able to restrain himself, he leaned down and kissed the tear mole below Yu Li’s right eye, “Good boy.”
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Wtf dude !!! Who gives more wine to a drunk person ??? Give him some water or yogurt or whatever !!!