Thank You, Brother
The sky gradually darkened.
Qi En stood at the entrance of the M Club, hesitating to go in.
If only the little cat were here too.
He had taken the light rail to get here, and on the way, he got thirsty, so he bought a cup of milk tea.
He bought the cheapest one, three yuan a cup.
He even added one yuan to ask the staff for a slightly larger insulated milk tea bag.
When he arrived at the M Club, he threw away the finished milk tea cup, carrying only an empty bag.
Because he forgot to bring a bag when he left, he could only use this bag to carry his supplies.
Others would certainly not guess that his milk tea bag contained weapons.
Qi En felt he was really too smart.
“Ding”—
It was D Gege looking for him.
Dash: Arrived?
enn: I’m at the entrance.
Dash: Good. I looked into it, M Club is a somewhat business-oriented bar. Act the part when you go in, don’t be nervous, don’t let anyone see through you.
enn: Act like what?
Dash: Haven’t you been to a bar?
enn: No.
Dash: Good boy.
enn: (o·.·o)
Dash: It doesn’t matter. After you go in, don’t pay attention to anyone hitting on you, and don’t talk to others.
Dash: Just find a waiter, tell them your friend also works here, and you are here to find your friend. Ask them to take you to the staff lounge. After sending them away, take the elevator from the lounge to B3, that is our station.
“Don’t talk to anyone, only talk to the waiter.”
“Mn, I remember.”
Qi En was a little nervous. He tensed his shoulders and lowered his head to type.
enn: Okay.
Dash: Tell me again when you enter the elevator.
enn: Okay, thank you, Brother.
Dash: Okay.
enn: Okay.
Dash: Go in.
enn: Okay, Brother.
Qi En didn’t let a single word from Dash drop to the ground.
Summer was hot. Although the sun had set, the ground still retained the heat from a whole day of scorching sun.
Qi En stood in the same spot for a long time, and his feet were burning.
He wanted to go in and enjoy the air conditioning.
Qi En was still wearing the outfit he changed into after the livestream. The loose short-sleeved shirt hung loosely on his body, the collar askew, revealing his slender collarbone.
The shorts only reached above his knees, and his two porcelain-white legs dazzled.
There was a bruise on his knee from accidentally bumping into something on the light rail, looking like pudding stained with plum jam.
The club’s lights swept over his hair, plating a layer of fluffy gold on the tips.
A creamy yellow milk tea bag hung on his forearm.
Did he come to the bar to drink milk tea?
He looked like someone who liked to drink full-sugar milk tea with lots of ice and tapioca pearls, plus many toppings.
Cute as hell.
Qi En was in a stalemate with the security guard at the entrance.
Even though Qi En had already taken out his phone to show him his electronic ID, the security guard still refused to let Qi En pass on the grounds that minors were not allowed to enter.
Being stopped at the door was too embarrassing.
He could feel that people passing by all slowed down their steps in unison.
And people from inside the club came out too. At first, he thought they were going home, but he didn’t expect they came out to laugh at him.
Why were these people so bored…
D Gege only said what to do after going in, he didn’t say what to do if he was stopped at the door.
The security guard was still chattering here, saying that this was a membership club, and he couldn’t spend money inside even if he went in without a membership. He also said he wasn’t suitable to play here or something. He also said he was too simple and was tricked into coming here by someone.
He wouldn’t be tricked. He was a hitman.
His organization’s station was right here.
But he couldn’t say it directly.
Qi En was a little anxious, and he started to stutter, stumbling over his words:
“I am… not here to play… I’m here to find someone, and, I am an adult, I showed you my ID, look, I’m already nineteen.”
Qi En said so much, but the tall and burly security guard only said four words, “What did you say?”
Qi En was a little broken.
He bit his lip, his eyes resentful.
Looking over the security guard’s Pacific-wide shoulders, he could vaguely see the crowd inside.
The security guard stepped aside and blocked his view.
“Go back quickly, or ask the person you are looking for to come out and pick you up.”
“It’s messy inside, at least find someone to accompany you.”
To Qi En, the security guard sounded like “no matter how much nonsense you talk, I just don’t believe it.”
“Then, then I’ll let him come out to pick me up.” Qi En said this sentence very loudly.
He walked a few steps away, found a place where the security guard could see him, and pretended to take out his phone to make a call.
Just right, he also wanted to call D Gege.
D Gege said to report to him no matter what happened.
At this moment, a shadow was cast from above.
Out of the corner of his eye, Qi En glimpsed someone coming towards him.
He thought he was blocking the way, so he moved to the side.
But he didn’t expect that person to follow him.
Qi En moved to the other side again, and that person copied him.
Qi En was strange. He looked up and saw the man looking at him.
Qi En subconsciously flipped his phone down, clutched his shirt hem tightly, and stood against the wall.
But the man didn’t walk past; instead, he walked a few steps in front of Qi En.
When Cheng Xun came out to pick up his friend, he saw him “arguing” with the security guard at the door.
At first, he just felt he looked familiar.
He could tell he was very angry, but he seemed not to even know how to lose his temper.
Head drooping, like a fluffy little chick.
Even when provoked, he just walked away fluffily.
The “little chick” looked up timidly and asked, “Excuse me, do you know me?”
Qi En still remembered D Gege telling him not to talk to strangers, but just saying one sentence should be fine, right?
Because this person looked like he knew him.
Cheng Xun’s gaze fell on Qi En’s flushed face.
Was it very hot?
Did he stand outside for a long time?
His thoughts turned in his mind, and the words that came out became: “I don’t know you.”
Qi En let out an “Oh”.
He wanted to call D Gege, but the person in front of him hadn’t left yet.
And didn’t speak either.
What did he want?
Qi En suddenly had an idea.
He poked his head out to glance in the direction of the security guard. Seeing that the security guard wasn’t paying attention here, he said to the man, “Gege, can you do me a favor?”
Although D Gege said not to talk to anyone except the waiter. But Qi En couldn’t get in now, so asking someone for help should be fine.
Just don’t talk after going in.
“Speak.”
This person was so aloof. Qi En suddenly felt the other party might not help him, so he softened his tone a lot, “Gege, can you take me inside?”
“You can’t get in?”
This person was not only aloof but also sparing with words.
With a straight face, cold as ice.
The way he asked back was a bit fierce.
“I can get in… but my friend is inside, he doesn’t have time to come out and pick me up, he wants me to go in by myself, I can’t go in by myself,” realizing that his words were contradictory, his eyes fluttered in panic, his eyelashes like butterfly wings disordered by the wind.
“Um, I mean…” Qi En pinched the corner of his clothes, dragging out the end of his sentence stickily.
“I know.”
“Mn?” Qi En looked up at him.
Did that mean he agreed to help?
The next second, Qi En heard the man say: “No.”
“Ah…” Qi En’s emotional shift was very obvious; anyone could see he was unhappy.
As if he didn’t expect to be rejected, his mouth opened slightly, his eyes glistening with light.
“Is your friend a member here?” the man asked again.
So sudden.
If he didn’t help, then forget it; why suddenly start chatting?
Qi En didn’t understand, but he still made up a lie to trick him:
“Yes.”
“Monthly member?”
“Yes.”
Cheng Xun nodded and started asking him again: “Are you very close with this friend? Did he ask you to go over and play?”
“Yes.”
“What’s his name? I can help you find him.” Saying that, Cheng Xun took out his phone.
Qi En’s eyes secretly glanced at his phone, his fingers twisting the corner of his clothes desperately, his speech speed suddenly becoming fast like a machine gun: “No need to help me find him, he isn’t free now, doing that inside, that’s why I tried to see if I could go in by myself, and ended up being stopped by the security guard. If you won’t take me in, then forget it, I’ll find someone else to help me.”
At this time, Cheng Xun unlocked his phone.
Qi En happened to glimpse his phone screen. Although Cheng Xun switched away quickly, Qi En still saw a little bit.
Why was it a bit familiar?
Cheng Xun stopped moving his phone. Qi En looked at his face and happened to meet Cheng Xun’s eyes.
Cheng Xun looked natural; he put away his phone, “I’ll take you in.”
Qi En snapped back to reality, “Really?”
“Really.”
“Thank you, Gege, you are such a good person.”
“Follow me.”
Cheng Xun turned around first, walked a few steps, looked back to confirm Qi En was following, and then continued walking.
The security guard recognized Cheng Xun and greeted him.
“President Cheng, you’re in a good mood tonight.”
Cheng Xun lowered his eyes and flattened the corners of his mouth, but the smile still spilled out a little from his eyes.
“Your friends were looking for you just now, but they went in first.”
“Okay.”
At this time, the security guard noticed there was another person behind Cheng Xun.
If not for the shadow on the ground, he really wouldn’t have discovered him.
Qi En lowered his head, pretending to organize his “bag,” a smile that hadn’t yet formed hanging on his lips, his breathing becoming light.
He raised his head, looking only at Cheng Xun and said, “Why did you take so long to come out and pick me up?”
Cheng Xun looked down at him.
A tuft of unruly hair stuck up from the cowlick on the top of his head, so soft one wanted to reach out and smooth it. From this angle, he could see his lowered eyelashes casting two shadows under his eyes, trembling gently with the blinking movement, like the folded wings of a butterfly at rest.
Qi En didn’t get Cheng Xun’s cooperation. He grabbed his sleeve and shook it to remind him, asking again, “Why did you take so long to come out?”
“…Was busy just now.”
“Fine, let’s go in now.”
When passing by the security guard, Qi En glanced at him.
But he saw the security guard sweating profusely, not even daring to meet Qi En’s eyes.
Why was he so afraid?
Qi En found it strange and looked a few more times.
Until Cheng Xun pulled him away, only then did he withdraw his gaze.
Qi En’s attention was on the security guard one second, and shifted away the next.
He was like a chick that just broke its shell, curious about everything, looking left and right, sometimes even staring at the lights on the aisle ceiling until his eyes were dazzled, and he had to squint urgently.
At this time, a pair of large hands covered his eyes.
These hands were a bit rough and very hot.
Qi En subconsciously dodged back a little, but was supported by the back.
“Stand steady.”
“Can your eyes handle it?”
So he was blocking the light for him.
Qi En took a few small steps back, “I’m fine, thank you, Gege.”
Calling him Gege with every breath, very sweet.
Cheng Xun then slowly lowered his hands.
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