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At the dining table, Qi Ronghua and Ye Xingzhou were chatting happily, while Qi Xing was buried in eating, only to be singled out by his father.
"This kid got drunk outside last night. Thanks to Young Master Ye for bringing him back. If it wasn't for you, he wouldn't know what trouble he would have gotten into," Qi Ronghua said, patting Qi Xing's head with a slap. "Go toast Young Master Ye, you haven't thanked him yet."
Qi Xing rolled his eyes that he almost rolled them to the sky. Ye Xingzhou, this beast, was the one taking advantage of him, and now he wanted him to toast and thank him?
Qi Ronghua was displeased with his son's attitude. "Go quickly."
Ye Xingzhou sat opposite them with a calm expression on his face but his eyes were fixed on Qi Xing. It wasn't obvious, at least not to anyone except Qi Xing himself.
Qi Xing felt his scalp numb at the thought of this person's shameless intentions towards him. Yet his father kept urging him to toast.
After hesitating for three seconds, he stood up with a glass in hand and deliberately left his seat to approach Ye Xingzhou.
Ye Xingzhou remained seated, showing no intention of standing up to be polite and just calmly waiting for him to come over. When their eyes met, Qi Xing stood beside him, extending the glass, "Thanks, Ye..."
Before he could finish his sentence, the glass slipped from his hand, and a whole glass of red wine spilled on Ye Xingzhou's body, with a loud "splash" as it hit the ground.
"Oh, sorry, my hand slipped."
It was obviously intentional, as Qi Xing's smug smile couldn't hide his satisfaction.
"What's wrong with you? You can't even hold a glass of wine steadily?" Qi Ronghua immediately scolded his son and quickly asked his assistant to help wipe Ye Xingzhou.
Ye Xingzhou's subordinate also hurriedly tried to help, but Ye Xingzhou calmly stopped him. He stood up gracefully, meaningfully glanced at Qi Xing, and turned to Qi Ronghua, saying, "Could I trouble Young Master Qi to come with me and help me with something?"
This request was quite strange and he asked for Qi Xing, but addressed Qi Ronghua. However, no one present thought much of it, as Qi Xing was the troublemaker, and Qi Ronghua, annoyed with his son's troubles, agreed without further ado, gesturing to Qi Xing, "Go with Young Master Ye and see if you can help."
Qi Xing: "I don't..."
Qi Ronghua: "Hurry up."
Ye Xingzhou left first, and Qi Xing reluctantly followed.
The restroom was inside the private room, but it was quite spacious. Qi Xing stopped at the restroom door, seeing that his father's attention was no longer on him and intending to just wait outside. However, the restroom door suddenly opened and a hand reached out, grabbing his arm and forcefully pulling him in.
Qi Xing wanted to curse but was pressed against the door by Ye Xingzhou. Ye Xingzhou's body pressed against his, and his blatant gaze roamed freely over him.
As if knowing what his next move would be, before Qi Xing could raise his hand, Ye Xingzhou quickly grabbed both his hands. Unable to punch, Qi Xing could only try to kick but Ye Xingzhou took advantage of it and slipped a leg between his legs. They entangled in a very ambiguous posture, and Qi Xing's face turned red with anger, "What the hell are you trying to do? My dad is outside, and you dare do this?"
"If you speak a bit louder and attract your dad over then you don't mind him seeing this and neither do I," Ye Xingzhou reminded him calmly.
Qixing cursed as soon as he opened his mouth, "Are you a pervert? Why did you have to target me? What's your intention? Even if I were blind, I wouldn't be interested in you."
"I'm interested in you, and that's enough," Ye Xingzhou said nonchalantly, unaffected by Qi Xing's frustration. The more agitated Qi Xing became, the more amusing Ye Xingzhou found his angry expression. He went straight for it, reaching out and touching him and reluctant to let go.
Qi Xing immediately tried to turn his face away but Ye Xingzhou forcefully held his chin and turned it back.
Unable to break free and unable to fight back, Qi Xing felt like he was being targeted by a vicious dog. Suppressing his anger and discomfort, he gritted his teeth and asked, "What exactly do you want?"
Ye Xingzhou looked at him intently for a moment, a smirk playing at the corner of his lips. "Sleep with me once."
"You're dreaming!" Qi Xing's anger flared up again, and he raised his elbow, putting all his strength into pushing it towards Ye Xingzhou's chest. "I'll kill you!"
Ye Xingzhou took a step back from the push, releasing his hold on Qi Xing's hand, but he didn't show any signs of being flustered.
As Qi Xing's fist swung towards Ye Xingzhou's face and about to make contact, a voice from outside the door interrupted them. "Young Master Ye, do you need any assistance?”
Qi Xing momentarily lost focus, causing not only his fist to miss Ye Xingzhou's face but also slipping and falling directly into Ye Xingzhou's arms.
Ye Xingzhou was knocked off balance by the impact, taking a step back and hitting the wall. Qi Xing ended up sprawled on top of him, prompting Ye Xingzhou to quickly cover his mouth to prevent any curses from escaping.
"Young Master Ye?"
The voice from outside asked uncertainly once again.
Ignoring Qi Xing's angry glare, Ye Xingzhou calmly replied, "No need."
"I'll leave then. If you need any help, just call me."
The footsteps faded away, and Qi Xing forcefully pulled Ye Xingzhou's hand down, biting it hard this time.
It was his left hand this time.
As Qi Xing gasped for breath and released his bite, Ye Xingzhou's palm had an expected but additional bleeding bite mark on the back of his hand. He glanced down for two seconds, then looked at Qi Xing. "Who taught you to bite when you can't win?"
Qi Xing's breathing was unsteady as he fiercely retorted, "It's none of your damn business."
"Sleep with me once," Ye Xingzhou persisted, advancing step by step.
"Sleep here?" Qi Xing sneered. "Young Master Ye, you really have no standards. In this restroom and with my father outside, you're quite interesting."
Ye Xingzhou remained unfazed. "If you're willing, we can too."
"I'm not willing." Qi Xing struggled out of his embrace, gritting his teeth. "If you dare touch me again, I'll call my dad right now."
In the end, he had to bring up his father, which was embarrassing but he didn't want to continue dealing with this lunatic.
However, Ye Xingzhou was not swayed by his threat. He grabbed Qi Xing's waist and pulled him closer.
Qi Xing exclaimed, "Let go! Are you not done yet?"
Ye Xingzhou reminded him in a low voice, "You provoked me first. I warned you earlier not to provoke me if you can't handle it."
Qi Xing was close to exploding with anger. This person acted like a rogue and then turned the tables and he hadn't even settled the score from last night!
At the peak of tension, Ye Xingzhou suddenly let go of his hand, surprising Qi Xing.
Ye Xingzhou asked, "Do you still want to continue fighting?”
Qi Xing snapped back to reality and forcefully pushed him away, creating distance and was about to curse again when Ye Xingzhou continued, "Sleep with me once, and I'll let you go."
The cold, deep black eyes hidden behind his glasses stared back at him intensely, making Qi Xing wish he could gouge out those dog-like eyes. "Don't even think about it."
What did he mean by letting him go after sleeping once? What did this beast take him for?!
Another knock on the door came from outside, this time it was Ye Xingzhou's secretary. Ye Xingzhou casually opened the door, took the clothes handed to him, and then pushed the door shut and locked it again.
When Qi Xing saw him take off his suit jacket and start unbuttoning his shirt one by one, he was ready to leave. Ye Xingzhou spoke again, "How many days until your car is fixed? If you need a car urgently, you can use mine."
Qi Xing frowned, his attention diverted. "Your burnt car?"
"Not that one, that one also needs repairs. Once it's fixed, I'll sell it. Anyway, do you want it?" Ye Xingzhou asked.
Qi Xing hesitated, his gaze flickering, and then stopped abruptly. Ye Xingzhou had already taken off all his clothes, revealing his muscular upper body. He was well-built with no excess fat and had a good physique.
Qi Xing's gaze drifted for a moment, then returned. Ye Xingzhou changed his shirt and began to change his pants. Qi Xing's eyes followed the movement, stopping at a certain point then he looked down at himself, feeling inadequate and displeased.
Finally, he realized belatedly what Ye Xingzhou meant by "sleeping once." It certainly couldn't mean letting him sleep with him.
This newfound understanding only fueled Qi Xing's resentment. He heard Ye Xingzhou say, "Come to my place after work, I'll give you a ride."
Qi Xing directly refused, "No need, I have plenty of cars, I don't need this one."
He wasn't going to be lured in like a fool.
"Tonight, I'm having dinner with Lin Zhinian, you can join us," Ye Xingzhou offered a bait.
Qi Xing: "..."
Alright, you win.
Back at the table, Qi Ronghua wanted Qi Xing to apologize to Ye Xingzhou by offering a drink, but Ye Xingzhou stopped him, "Forget it, Qi Xing drank too much last night and he's probably not feeling well so it's better to drink less."
He then proposed to Qi Ronghua, "Didn't you say you wanted Qi Xing to gain more experience and take over the company sooner? How about letting him participate in this project at Xingneng Technology? Whether it succeeds or not, it's a good opportunity for Qi Xing to learn."
Qi Ronghua hesitated, "He doesn't know anything, I'm afraid he'll mess things up for you."
Ye Xingzhou said, "A tiger father will not breed a dog son. I believe as long as Qi Xing studies diligently, there's nothing he can't learn."
This reassured Qi Ronghua, and after this encounter, his impression of Ye Xingzhou improved significantly.
Qi Xing, however, was full of bitterness. Wasn't his dad supposed to be clever? Why couldn't he see through Ye Xingzhou's ulterior motives that were plotting against his son? Clearly, he had repeatedly warned himself not to provoke the other party, yet now he wanted to deliver the sheep into the tiger's mouth.
"Dad, you said before to keep my distance from him," Qi Xing muttered discontentedly, reminding the somewhat absent-minded Qi Ronghua.
Qi Ronghua didn't respond. Dealing with him privately was one thing; letting Qi Xing practice with this project was another.
He wasn't afraid that Ye Xingzhou would take advantage of Qi Xing's youth and inexperience to harm them. After all, he would assign someone else to watch and remind from the sidelines.
The dinner ended merrily, except for Qi Xing.
At the hotel entrance, after Ye Xingzhou exchanged pleasantries with Qi Ronghua and bid farewell, his gaze fell on Qi Xing nearby, lips curving slightly, "Qi Xing, until we meet again."
There were three more words behind that clearly say, "See you tonight."
Qi Ronghua, who had drunk a little too much, completely missed all this, while Qi Xing silently rolled his eyes.
Ye Xingzhou didn't mind, got into his car and left.