GDRG CH25

Shi Xueqing usually loved wearing his shirt loose, exposing a large area of his collarbone to create a literary and artistic vibe. At this moment, however, he only wished the shirt collar could stick to his skin to completely cover the greenish and reddish marks on his neck.

“Is it serious? Do you need to go to the hospital?”

Shi Xueqing didn’t dare look up. Yet even so, he could feel Xing Jun’s gaze penetrating through the crowd, nailing him, as intense as a tiger staring at its prey.

“It’s okay, I’ll be fine after sleeping.”

While muddling through, Shi Xueqing’s mind suddenly felt a bit dazed. He wondered if now was a good time to play the “sickly beauty” character.

His posture leaning against the wall changed unconsciously. Overall, he wanted to appear weak yet dashing.

Then he pulled something inside his body. Shi Xueqing couldn’t hold back and let out a “hiss”.

It was unclear whether the sound was from enduring pain or soreness, carrying a trembling breath.

But Xing Wei and the others definitely heard it. Lu Yimeng said: “Is it that uncomfortable?”

“I’m fine, just a little sore… You guys go back quickly, I want to rest alone for a while.”

Shi Xueqing thought desperately that the person standing behind them probably heard it too.

He could only fake a few coughs, pretending to be weak with a hoarse voice. He finally managed to fool his classmates into leaving. Xing Wei was very sympathetic about his illness, repeatedly telling him to rest well before leaving, and even said she would go back and find Tao Shu’s ibuprofen for him.

Normally, Shi Xueqing would probably be ecstatic, thinking his “green tea” act was successful again.

But now, as soon as they turned around, Shi Xueqing immediately closed the door—so fast as if a ghost were chasing him.

There was indeed a ghost chasing behind the two girls. Xing Wei and Lu Yimeng turned around, but that tall figure didn’t.

Instead, he took a step forward.

Shi Xueqing was scared out of his wits, thinking that if he hadn’t been quick-witted despite his physical condition, the door would have been grabbed by that hand.

That large-jointed, very powerful hand.

Shi Xueqing had been pinched by that hand all night and tormented for quite a while; he knew better than anyone how terrifying it was.

Shi Xueqing went back to lie on the bed. Curled up in the quilt, feeling the soreness in his body, he suddenly realized clearly, as never before, that he was no longer a virgin.

And his virginity was taken by a man.

Looking at the sea view outside the window praised by everyone on Xiaohongshu, feeling the sea breeze worth 700 dollars a night, and recalling the experiences of skydiving, fine dining, and riding a Ferrari in the past few days, Shi Xueqing thought bitterly that he still wanted to be a gold digger.

But he could no longer be a clean straight man. How could an unclean straight man be a gold digger and get a rich woman’s love?

Sorrow rose from within. Shi Xueqing had never thought he could be so melancholic—so melancholic that he didn’t even want to take a selfie of his current expression. At least wait until the hickeys on his neck faded before taking another selfie.

The doorbell rang at this moment. Shi Xueqing remembered Xing Wei saying she would get him ibuprofen. He got out of bed and went to open the door, thinking he would see Xing Wei.

Before opening the door, he was cautious and put on the security chain.

The door opened, but there was no one outside. Appearing on the ground was a whole bag. Shi Xueqing looked left and right, finally carefully opened the security chain, and pulled the bag in.

Then he closed the door again.

There was indeed a bottle of ibuprofen in the bag, and a box… a box of Shi Xueqing’s favorite fine dining takeout. The food was light and fresh, packed in a wooden lunch box. The lunch box was carved with plum blossoms and hot-stamped with gold, looking tasteful and luxurious.

Shi Xueqing subconsciously wanted to take a photo of it. After realizing this thought, he became even more melancholic.

This meal was probably sent by Xing Wei and the others; they were so nice to remember he hadn’t eaten. However, this was already the end.

With melancholy, Shi Xueqing still felt the food was delicious. After eating, he picked up the phone he hadn’t touched all day, wanting to send a thank you message to Xing Wei.

Suddenly, he found a tube of ointment in the bag.

After seeing the use of the ointment clearly, Shi Xueqing’s face turned red then white.

Could it be… He picked up his phone and saw the top text message, which sent instructions for using the ointment.

The message before that one was “Six twenty”.

Sent a month ago.

So, everything in this bag was sent by Xing Jun.

Shi Xueqing was so scared he almost threw the phone away. Fortunately, his last bit of reason made him grip the phone tightly to avoid losing another few hundred dollars. But this made him see more information accumulated today.

Several missed calls.

And on WeChat… Xing Jun’s friend request.

I must be dreaming. Shi Xueqing thought in a trance, maybe I should just sleep.

Maybe when I wake up tomorrow, I’ll be a clean straight man again.

But he couldn’t sleep soundly. His dreams were messy, ending up full of images of himself begging for pleasure under Xing Jun last night.

Especially when he felt pleasure at the end, his face full of charm, legs wrapped around the other’s strong waist.

He almost couldn’t believe the person in the dream having drunken sex with Xing Jun was himself.

Shi Xueqing woke up again in the middle of the night. He sat blankly on the bed for a moment, finally scrambled out of bed, and took the ointment into the bathroom.

Regardless of what the terrible Xing Jun wanted to do, he, Shi Xueqing, couldn’t ignore his own butt.

The process of applying medicine was difficult. When Shi Xueqing came out of the bathroom, he looked dazed again. He thought, yesterday was indeed a dream, right?

Otherwise, how could he possibly swallow Xing Jun?

Thinking about it, with a mood of escaping the world, he buried himself in the dark dream.

Only in the second half of the night, he was woken up by a nightmare again.

In the dream, Xing Jun pinched his neck viciously, scolding him for deliberately seducing him while drunk. While scolding, Xing Jun waved his big hand and transferred all the money in his bank account.

…

“Brother, you finally got up early today. Is your biological clock back to normal?” Xing Wei took the milk back to the dining table, teasing her brother.

When she got up this morning and just left her room to find her two sisters, she saw Xing Jun standing in the corridor, seeming to wait for someone. Xing Wei didn’t think much, thinking Xing Jun was waiting for everyone to have breakfast together, so she pulled Xing Jun downstairs with her.

“I wonder if Student Shi is better.” Zheng Songtao next to her said.

“Right. Brother, did you send the ibuprofen over?” Only then did Xing Wei remember.

Xing Jun sat at the dining table and just gave a “Mm”.

He looked calm, only the details of his movements revealing impatience, as if he didn’t want to stay at the table anymore and just wanted to do his own thing.

“By the way, didn’t Student Shi skip dinner last night? Can he take medicine on an empty stomach?” Zheng Songtao remembered another thing.

“I ordered food for him and sent it with the medicine,” Xing Jun said lightly.

Xing Wei didn’t think much. She grinned: “Brother, you’ve become attentive after not seeing you for a few years. My future sister-in-law will be lucky.”

Lu Yimeng and Tao Shu came back with their trays. Tao Shu walked a bit ahead of her. Lu Yimeng saw Tao Shu walk to the dining table and suddenly stand still, asking in confusion: “What’s wrong?”

“…Nothing.”

Tao Shu’s expression seemed a bit strange. Lu Yimeng didn’t understand and soon put the matter behind her.

Six people sat around the table, but the empty seat belonging to Shi Xueqing remained unoccupied. Breakfast time was almost over, and Lu Yimeng worriedly said: “Xiao Shi isn’t still sick, is he?”

“I’ll call him…” Before Zheng Songtao finished, he saw Xing Jun stand up.

“I’ll go up and check,” Xing Jun said.

Zheng Songtao was stunned. He thought a few days ago that Xing Jun didn’t like Shi Xueqing, and Shi Xueqing catching a cold was also because the two competed in drinking at the restaurant.

Unexpectedly, Xing Jun was quite proactive in visiting the sick now.

“It’s fine, he’s coming. Xiao Shi! Over here!”

Lu Yimeng waved.

From the entrance of the restaurant, Shi Xueqing walked in with his head down. His movements were still elegant, but a bit dawdling, as if he had struggled internally a lot before coming down.

He wore a shirt today, but uncharacteristically buttoned it up to the top button. He even wrapped a silk scarf around his neck.

That shirt was long-sleeved too.

“Yo.” Jason saw him from afar and started provoking, “What kind of Hawaiian literary dressing style is this?”

Shi Xueqing ignored him. He took his food and sat in his seat—separated from Xing Jun by two people.

“Sorry, I got up late,” he said.

His vocal cords were much better than yesterday, not hoarse, just a bit weak.

Jason didn’t get a reply to his provocation and felt it was boring himself.

Only Xing Jun kept staring at Shi Xueqing unabashedly. Shi Xueqing went to get jam while eating toast. He reached out but couldn’t reach it.

Xing Jun took one and put it in his hand.

Shi Xueqing looked up at him, his eyes looking scared. Soon, Shi Xueqing grabbed the jam, lowered his head again, and continued eating.

Deliberately avoiding any physical contact with Xing Jun.

Throughout the breakfast time, Shi Xueqing was very silent. The others just thought his cold hadn’t fully healed and didn’t think much of it.

Only when getting into the car to leave, Shi Xueqing went to the bathroom, so he came a step late. Jason watched helplessly as he didn’t go to the Ferrari but went to sit in the already crowded SUV.

“There are four of us here,” he said.

“Can’t an SUV seat five people?”

Lu Yimeng was very happy. Among the people in this SUV, Zheng Songtao was a straight steel man, she couldn’t stand Jason, and Tao Shu wasn’t interested in fashion. Now that Shi Xueqing was here, he could help her with references for shopping tomorrow.

Lu Yimeng was happy. The Ferrari on the other side, which had been stopped for a long time, finally started after the SUV started.

“Brother, what’s the situation?” Xing Wei realized something was wrong belatedly. “Did you quarrel with Xiao Shi?”

Xing Jun drove without speaking. Xing Wei thought her brother looked like he wanted to wait for Shi Xueqing to get in the car just now, so she said again: “Don’t tell me you guys fought—you beat him up unilaterally?”

“…” Xing Jun spat out a sentence after a long time, “What are you thinking in your head.”

“Hey—then why are you guys acting weird?”

Xing Wei felt things were really weird. She observed carefully next and found that Shi Xueqing avoided Xing Jun all day.

It was fine when the group was walking, but when the seven people split up, with some taking photos and some not, Shi Xueqing inevitably stood furthest from Xing Jun. Although he chatted a bit less with others, he was chatting normally. Only when facing Xing Jun, he seemed to be deliberately avoiding.

But after observing for a while, Xing Wei let it go. She wasn’t some big sister who would run out to resolve conflicts for everyone; if they didn’t get along, then don’t get along.

Besides, they were going shopping all day tomorrow. her heart had already flown to the shopping center; she must shop to her heart’s content.

Shi Xueqing squeezed in the SUV all day. In the evening, they ate Portuguese food by the fire. Shi Xueqing was terrified as soon as he sat down.

Because Xing Jun’s seat was right next to him.

He tried hard to avoid him all day, but unexpectedly stumbled here. He was afraid of Xing Jun’s retaliation, afraid of being tormented by Xing Jun, and dared not provoke the other party again.

Waking up early this morning, Shi Xueqing told himself to hide far away, endure until the trip ended, and then never get close to anything related to Xing Jun again.

This way Xing Jun would let him go, right?

Ideally, don’t mention their drunken sex to anyone either.

Shi Xueqing finally ate authentic Francesinha and stone soup. But he ate with surging emotions, constantly afraid Xing Jun would do something—what Xing Jun would do, he didn’t know. What he was afraid Xing Jun would do, he didn’t know either. But unknown things were scary.

For example, he couldn’t understand how Xing Jun, who called him “gold digger” every time, suddenly slept with him after drinking.

As a result, what he feared came. Shi Xueqing was dealing with a piece of grilled octopus when he suddenly saw Xing Jun lower his body out of the corner of his eye.

And, his hand was reaching under the table.

“Ah…”

He cried out. Fortunately, it was short and low, controlled in time. But Xing Jun definitely heard that sound. Soon, he saw Xing Jun get up.

Shi Xueqing looked at him nervously. But Xing Jun just said very calmly, even peacefully: “Your napkin dropped.”

“…”

The napkin Shi Xueqing covered on his legs had indeed dropped.

Xing Jun waved for the waiter to come over and change a napkin for Shi Xueqing—or even change a bib to prevent his white pants from getting dirty. Shi Xueqing stared at Xing Jun with wide eyes, speechless for a moment.

How dare Xing Jun act so natural?

“What did you think I wanted to do when I looked down?” Xing Jun said to Shi Xueqing right at this moment, in public.

He even took a sip of water, looking at Shi Xueqing, making his profile look like he was chatting with a friend in the eyes of others.

Only Shi Xueqing could see his eyes at this moment.

——Dark, with possessiveness so strong it was shameless.

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