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Ten minutes later, Ye Xingzhou chose a dimly lit alley and drove in, then turned off the engine and parked there.
Qi Xing was a bit surprised: "Here?"
Ye Xingzhou gently flicked his finger then unbuckled both of their seatbelts.
Qi Xing complained, "Why are you so impatient?" He was then pulled into Ye Xingzhou's arms.
They fell face-to-face onto Ye Xingzhou's lap with his breath uneven and hands propped on Ye Xingzhou's shoulders: "Are we really doing it here?"
Ye Xingzhou's hand had already slipped inside his down jacket and teasing him slowly then reminded him: "You said it yourself, anywhere is fine."
Qi Xing muttered, "Beast," but he was quite cooperative as he wasn't the only one eager. Ever since he received the call and heard Ye Xingzhou's voice, he was hooked.
But he didn't want to show it too obviously and give this bastard too much satisfaction.
His hand brushed against Ye Xingzhou's Adam's apple and felt the warmth while slowly sliding down to unbutton the top button of his shirt.
Ye Xingzhou let him do this as his palm rested on Qi Xing's waist and gently caressed as if he couldn't get enough.
"Ye Xingzhou, why did you come here?" Qi Xing suddenly asked. His voice was soft while leaning against Ye Xingzhou as his nose lightly brushed against the latter's chin and neck with his lips barely touching.
His posture resembles a wild cat.
The car was dark with no light around and in the dim, quiet space, only their heartbeats sound remained. The subtle tension was infinitely amplified that even their breaths seemed to heat up.
"I came because I wanted to."
Ye Xingzhou spoke casually but his movements became a bit more intense.
Qi Xing chuckled softly: "Is it because no one is with you for the New Year, so you feel empty and lonely that you can't sleep?"
Ye Xingzhou didn't deny it: "Is it fun to set off fireworks?"
"Very fun," Qi Xing's lips lingered on the skin beneath Ye Xingzhou's collar and give it a light suck, "I’m spending the New Year here as there are plenty of fun things to do. Even if you don't come, there are plenty of people to keep me company. I'm not like you, a poor little thing."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Xingzhou's hand on his waist paused, then forcefully pressed him against the steering wheel and leaned in to kiss him.
"Hiss—"
His back hit the hard, uneven steering wheel and with Ye Xingzhou trapping him and biting his lip, Qi Xing frowned, feeling a bit uncomfortable and kicked Ye Xingzhou.
Ye Xingzhou released him then repositioned him upright. His hand moved up to the spot he had just hit: "Does it hurt?"
Qi Xing replied a bit irritably: "Can't you be gentler? Why are you so rough? It hurts like hell."
Ye Xingzhou turned on the car's overhead light and stared at his furrowed brows. While Qi Xing continued to grumble, Ye Xingzhou had already turned on the car's heater, peeling off his down jacket, followed by his sweater.
Qi Xing snapped back to reality and grabbed his own clothes: "What are you doing? If you keep this up, I won't do it."
Ye Xingzhou: "Taking off your clothes."
Qi Xing: "Don't be a pervert..."
"I just want to see your back." Ye Xingzhou insisted on stripping him down then turning him around to reveal a large bruise on his back, from his left shoulder down to his back.
When Ye Xingzhou's fingers touched it, Qi Xing flinched: "Don't touch it, it hurts."
"What happened?" Ye Xingzhou stared into his eyes. That bruise couldn't have been caused by just that one impact; it must have been there before.
Qi Xing sighed in frustration: "My dad hit me with a chair."
Ye Xingzhou frowned at this: "What was the reason?"
Qi Xing hesitated to answer but under Ye Xingzhou's gaze, it seemed there was no chance to lie.
His fingers once again hooked onto Ye Xingzhou's collar, teasing his skin while slowly saying: "It's nothing much…it's just that I came out to my dad during the New Year and it made him furious."
Ye Xingzhou's eyes flickered: "Came out?"
"Yeah," Qi Xing shook his head, "It has nothing to do with you, so don't think too much about it. It was just a simple coming out."
Then there was silence.
Ye Xingzhou watched him without moving while Qi Xing lowered his eyes with his fingertips still lightly scratching the same spot, as if time had frozen.
Maybe it was dozens of seconds, or perhaps longer but Ye Xingzhou smiled. The curve of his lips right in front of Qi Xing, who felt a flutter in his heart but still complained: "What are you laughing at?"
Ye Xingzhou's fingers brushed over the bruise on his shoulder: "You said it was nothing, so it’s nothing, right?"
Qi Xing let out a soft hiss and swatted his hand away: "I told you not to touch it, you bastard."
Ye Xingzhou reclined the seat and pulled him back then wrapping his arms around Qi Xing's waist to avoid the injured area but still holding him close.
Qi Xing lay on Ye Xingzhou while feeling a bit strange. He tried to prop himself up to look at him but Ye Xingzhou pulled him down: "Don't move."
Ye Xingzhou's voice was slightly hoarse, not in a lustful way but as if suppressing some emotion. Just as Qi Xing was about to ask, he felt Ye Xingzhou lean down and place a kiss on his shoulder.
His heart trembled lightly and he suddenly didn't want to ask anymore.
Ye Xingzhou's lips pressed down and the hand around his waist slid down before pressing into the hollow of his lower back.
Qi Xing quickly lost the ability to think about anything else and just being held in Ye Xingzhou's embrace, surrendering to his rhythm.
But tonight, Ye Xingzhou seemed different. Last time he had been rough and relentless but tonight he was careful. Almost as if treating him like a fragile item and exuding a gentlemanly demeanor.
This made Qi Xing feel uncomfortable as he was left hanging and after several unbearable urges, the curses that slipped out were all silenced by Ye Xingzhou's soothing kisses.
"Have you been possessed by someone? If you can't do it, I’ll find someone else, um..."
More words turned into a hurried gasp as Ye Xingzhou paused while gripping his hands tightly and biting down on his Adam's apple then pressed Qi Xing closer to him and do him as he wished.
Qi Xing felt both pain and pleasure. Finally, convinced that this was the real Ye Xingzhou, the beast.
After it was over, he was drenched in sweat and kneeling naked on Ye Xingzhou's lap while tugging at his wrinkled shirt, complaining: "What’s wrong with you tonight? Can’t you be normal?"
Ye Xingzhou reclined in the seat while lighting a cigarette and exhaling smoke: "Didn’t you enjoy it just now?"
He did enjoy it afterward but Ye Xingzhou's initial gentle manner was something he was not accustomed to as this person is more on rough style.
Qi Xing leaned closer and almost pressing his face against Ye Xingzhou's while staring into his eyes: "Why are you not quite normal lately?"
Ye Xingzhou remained silent and just stared intently at him with his eyes slightly narrowed.
Qi Xing wanted to say something else but Ye Xingzhou took another drag of his cigarette and slowly exhaled. Qi Xing coughed and leaned back then snatching the cigarette from him and bringing it to his own lips before raising an eyebrow in provocation.
Ye Xingzhou watched Qi Xing's face after he exhaled which was flushed from the satisfaction of desire with his biting gaze more enticing. It was this face, this person, that made him crave more and unable to stop.
He wanted to genuinely cherish and love him but also wanted to swallow him whole and merging him(QX) into his very being.
Those intense emotions intertwined and expanded.
Half water and half fire.
But the more restless and surging the inside, the calmer the surface appeared.
Since his teenage years, he had long been accustomed to restraint and self-suppression but he was no longer that teenager who could only be forced to choose and yield.
What he wanted, he would get it no matter the means.
Like the most cunning hunter. Before capturing his prey, he would set traps according to the prey's habits, preferences, and needs, either striking immediately or using strategy to make them slowly succumb.
He had plenty of patience.
But love was not simply about hunting and being hunted.
He was too caught in a trap.
Swayed and pulled.
Deeply mired and unable to extricate himself.
So, until he was sure his prey was just as trapped and completely ensnared, he wouldn't reveal his cards.
After finishing this cigarette, Qi Xing wanted to sit back in the passenger seat but Ye Xingzhou pressed him down: "Come back to Huaicheng City with me."
“To Huaicheng City? My dad will definitely beat me to death." Qi Xing said awkwardly.
Ye Xingzhou: "Do you want me to help you talk to him?"
"No need," Qi Xing immediately refused and felt guilty. "You shouldn't go as it's not your business. Just wait until he comes to terms with it."
"Come back to Huaicheng City with me now." Ye Xingzhou insisted.
Qi Xing lowered his head and thought for a moment: "Let me call my cousin first as I was staying in his house."
Ye Xingzhou took a tissue to help him clean up then helped him put on his clothes.
As his fingers accidentally brushed against Qi Xing's skin, he felt the fire igniting where Ye Xingzhou had touched him and Qi Xing let out a low gasp, feeling a bit flustered again.
Ye Xingzhou: "Do you want more?"
Seeing the teasing smile in his eyes, Qi Xing felt a bit displeased: "Ye Xingzhou, why are you always so at ease?"
This bastard had driven hundreds of kilometers in the middle of the night to find him and now he was laughing at him, as if he were the one who was unsatisfied and desperate. This feeling of always being at a disadvantage in confrontations with Ye Xingzhou was indeed quite frustrating.
Before getting in the car, he had been thinking about how to get back at Ye Xingzhou tonight.
Ye Xingzhou noticed the expression on his face and changed his tone: "But I want to, so do you want to do it again?"
Qi Xing looked up in surprise.
Ye Xingzhou met his gaze calmly: "Do you really want to do it again?"
They had only done it once, and neither of them was satisfied, so there was nothing wrong with admitting that.
His gaze was too sincere and Qi Xing inexplicably felt his face heat up before looking away: "Maybe not as my back still hurts."
Besides, doing it in the car on the main road at this late hour was really not appropriate.
Ye Xingzhou chuckled lightly: "Alright, then forget it."
Qi Xing felt his ears burning so he kicked him before climbing back into the passenger seat.
As Ye Xingzhou drove out of the alley, Qi Xing had already finished his call with his cousin, telling him that he wasn't going back and that he didn't need to leave the door open. His cousin seemed unfazed and even agreeing to help keep it from his parents. Qi Xing awkwardly thanked him and quickly hung up.
"You really don't want me to talk to your dad? But how do you plan to explain to your parents when you come back to Huaicheng City with me?" Ye Xingzhou asked.
Qi Xing thought to himself that if he talked to his dad right now, it would only confirm their relationship, which would only add fuel to the fire.
He wasn't planning to let his parents know about him and Ye Xingzhou just yet; at least not until his dad came to terms with his orientation.
"No need and just mind your own business."
Picking up his phone, he thought for a moment and then dialed another number, this time to his Grandpa.
Mr. Chen had a habit of staying up on New Year's Eve and at this hour, he was still awake. When the call connected, Qi Xing steeled himself and asked his Grandpa to help him cover for him with his parents, saying he had gone to Qingping Garden in Huaicheng City.
Mr. Chen laughed after hearing this: "Coming out to your parents on New Year's Eve? You really know how to pick your timing, huh? Are you trying to ruin their New Year?"
Qi Xing awkwardly laughed: "I already said it, Grandpa. Anyway, are you going to help or not?"
Mr. Chen: "First, tell me the truth. Did you come back alone or with someone else? Where do you plan to go when you return?"
Qi Xing's voice caught in his throat and felt a bit awkward.
Just as he hesitated on how to respond, Ye Xingzhou's hand reached over to take his phone and directly said: "Mr. Chen, it's me, Ye Xingzhou."
Qi Xing glared at him. He wanted to snatch the phone back but it was too late.
Mr. Chen on the other end was not surprised: "You specifically went over there to pick Qi Xing up?"
Ye Xingzhou: "Yes."
Mr. Chen: "Do his parents know about your relationship?"
Ye Xingzhou: "No, Qi Xing doesn't want his parents to know."
Mr. Chen didn't ask further and just finally said: "I'll help you keep it from Qi Xing's parents but since you said you were coming to Qingping Garden, you might as well come over and stay with me for a couple of days."
Ye Xingzhou agreed: "Okay."
After hanging up, he returned the phone to Qi Xing: "Your grandpa wants us to go back to Huaicheng City and go to his place directly."
Qi Xing: "Why does my grandpa know about me and you?"
"Knowing is knowing." Ye Xingzhou was too lazy to explain, "Anyway, they'll find out sooner or later."
Damn—
Qi Xing wanted to curse but lacked the confidence.
But who knows, maybe one day when he's in a bad mood, he'll just kick Ye Xingzhou out.
The car had already driven onto the road out of the city. He yawned but his gaze returned to Ye Xingzhou while trying to make conversation: "Do you want me to drive? You've been driving for hours, can you still manage?"
"Just sleep for a bit," Ye Xingzhou kept his eyes on the road and focused on driving, "We'll switch later."
Qi Xing: "So what exactly did you come here for? Was it just a whim?"
Ye Xingzhou smiled slightly: "Curious?"
Qi Xing: "If you don't want to say, then forget it..."
"I came to see you." Ye Xingzhou's words cut off Qi Xing's voice and left him momentarily speechless.
Ye Xingzhou looked back at him: "Are you stunned?"
Qi Xing snapped back to reality, smiling: "Did you come to see me, or did you come to have sex with me?"
Ye Xingzhou: "Whatever you think it is, that's what it is."
Qi Xing: "I think it's both?"
Ye Xingzhou's gaze returned to the road, lightly responding with an "mm."
Qi Xing found it strange; had this person really changed today?
"I'm actually quite happy you came."
He threw out this sentence and then stopped talking. He leaned back against the seat and comfortably closed his eyes.
Ye Xingzhou looked back again as his gaze sweeps over Qi Xing's relaxed profile as his eyes gradually softened.
He turned up the car's heater and accelerated into the night.