Chapter 10 – 010

“Remove your ridiculous demands! Or else I’ll be naked in front of you every day! Not even wearing underwear!”

Xie Yunjing sprang up like a frightened virgin, retreating three meters from the bed.

“Shameless!”

Gu Xian furiously tore the stack of papers in half, resembling a ravenous dragon tearing into its prey.

“Rewrite it!”

“……”

In the past, seeing Gu Xian this angry would have prompted Xie Yunjing to mock him immediately. But now, with Gu Xian beginning to unbutton his pajamas…

Xie Yunjing calmly picked up his laptop, and faced Gu Xian’s threatening glare that suggested he might pounce at any moment. “What needs to be changed?”

Removing the other clauses went relatively smoothly, but when it came to the clause “Do not be naked in front of each other, even at home,” Xie Yunjing refused to budge.

“Given your earlier behavior, this clause must remain.”

“Why! Can’t I be comfortable in my own home?”

“If this clause is not included, I won’t remove any other clauses either.”

“Fuck you! You’re such a fuss!”

“Exhibitionist!”

“Pretentious!”

“Shameless!”

The two bickered like elementary school children for a long time before finally reaching an agreement.

When Xie Yunjing came out of the shower, Gu Xian was already lying on the bed with his eyes closed, pretending to be asleep.

Xie Yunjing walked over, standing by the bed and looked at him, “Get up.”

Naturally, Gu Xian didn’t respond.

“Get up, you took the wrong pajamas.” Xie Yunjing clenched his fist, and the sound of his knuckles cracking filled the air. “Don’t make me use force.”

The supposedly asleep Gu Xian suddenly opened one eye and then burst into unrestrained laughter.

“Hahahahahahaha!” He pounded the bed. “Third Young Master Xie, your body looks so good, hahahaha…”

The same style of pajamas that fit Gu Xian perfectly was stretched taut on Xie Yunjing, the sleeves and pant legs were too short, and the chest area was so tight it looked like it might burst open at any moment.

He couldn’t understand why Xie Yunjing insisted on buttoning up the ill-fitting clothes!

“Stay away from me, hahahaha…” Gu Xian laughed so hard that he could barely breathe. “I’m afraid you’ll use those buttons as secret weapons to assassinate me.”

“These-are-your-pajamas,” Xie Yunjing emphasized each word with a biting tone. “If you have the energy to laugh this hard, you might as well reflect on yourself…”

He suddenly let out a cold laugh: “Shorty!”

Gu Xian, who was quite satisfied with his height, immediately retorted, “Nonsense! I’m just the right height!”

Xie Yunjing glanced at his sleeves that covered his hands: “Heh.”

“The set you’re wearing was custom-made for me. Change back into yours quickly.”

“No way!” Gu Xian pulled the quilt up, and said with a smile tinged with malice, “It’s not like you can’t wear it.”

“I’m afraid I’ll fall asleep and the buttons will pop off, hitting you and sending me to jail,” Xie Yunjing said as he reached for the quilt. “Hurry up, or I won’t mind helping you change.”

“Damn it!” Gu Xian clenched his fingers, “You said I can’t be naked in front of you!”

“And you said exceptions can be made for necessary situations.”

Xie Yunjing suddenly yanked hard, and Gu Xian, having no resistance, was stripped of the quilt covering him.

“Now is one of those exceptions.”

“Exception, my ass!” Gu Xian jumped up to run, but Xie Yunjing grabbed his ankle and dragged him back.

Gu Xian was unusually flustered, he exclaimed, “You look like a rapist right now, do you know that?”

“I know I’m not,” Xie Yunjing said, using one hand to grab both of Gu Xian’s hands, twisting them aside.

Gu Xian, of course, wouldn’t let himself be handled so easily.

With an extraordinary effort, he broke free before Xie Yunjing could fully secure his grip. But instead of retreating, he lunged at Xie Yunjing, straddling him and wrapping his arms tightly around his back.

“Go ahead! If you have the guts, take off all my clothes right now!”

Gu Xian regained his arrogant demeanor, while Xie Yunjing, now furious, demanded, “Gu Xian! Get off me!”

The person on top of him was pressed tightly against him, with two soft mounds pressing down due to gravity. Gu Xian’s hands were tightly locked behind his back, making it difficult for Xie Yunjing to free himself due to the awkward angle.

“Didn’t you want to take off my clothes? Now that I’m not running, why don’t you take them off?”

Xie Yunjing, after some introspection, assured himself he had no feelings for Gu Xian. However, a certain part of a man’s body was completely irrational, and would react to the slightest stimulation.

Being aroused by his arch-enemy was a humiliation Xie Yunjing couldn’t bear to repeat. In the end, he succumbed to Gu Xian’s shamelessness.

The ill-fitting pajamas felt even tighter when lying down. Xie Yunjing and Gu Xian each occupied the far edges of the bed, and the blanket, pulled taut between them, let in cold air that chilled both of them.

In such a harsh environment, neither could sleep.

Gu Xian, with a sarcastic tone, asked, “Third Young Master Xie, how does it feel to share a bed with your arch-enemy?”

Xie Yunjing replied evenly, “If you’re not happy, you can sleep on the floor.”

“Hah? Why should I go and not you? Damn you-“

Suddenly, Xie Yunjing yanked the entire blanket over to his side.

Gu Xian sprang forward, grabbed a corner of the blanket before Xie Yunjing could fully wrap himself in it: “Half of this blanket is mine!”

Despite Xie Yunjing lying fully on the blanket, and despite Gu Xian being no match for him in strength, Gu Xian’s efforts were in vain. After struggling for a while with no success, Gu Xian angrily kicked Xie Yunjing: “Let go! Or I’ll go tell Uncle Kang.”

Finally, the previously unresponsive Xie Yunjing reacted: “Are you a child?”

Gu Xian, while pulling his “half” of the blanket over himself, didn’t care about getting too close to Xie Yunjing. He cursed, “As long as it works! And you dare say that to me? Who was the one who always went to the teacher to tattle on me during school?”

Xie Yunjing didn’t respond, whether due to being tired or because Gu Xian’s words were true.

However, Gu Xian didn’t let his guard down, warning, “If I wake up tomorrow morning and find myself without a blanket or on the floor, I will tell Uncle Kang!”

Xie Yunjing remained silent, seemingly dismissive of such childish accusations. However, as Gu Xian was drifting off to sleep, he heard a faint noise from beside him.

“Hmph.”

*

“Hey, brother, what did you do with Xie Yunjing last night?”

Gu Xian, has two exaggerated dark circles under his eyes, looked utterly exhausted as if he had been up all night playing cards.

He rolled his eyes at the loudly inquisitive Li Yuqiu and put on his sunglasses. “What else? We fought.”

Li Yuqiu gave him a skeptical look.

It’s not that he didn’t trust his good brother, but the sheer difference in physical strength between Gu Xian and Xie Yunjing was something even Gu Xian couldn’t deny. If the two of them had really fought last night, the fact that Gu Xian was still standing and talking to him was…

Li Yuqiu’s overactive imagination led him to blurt out, “Fight between fairy?”^[1]妖精打架 (yāo jīng dǎ jià) = Fight between fairy, is an internet slang term. On the surface, the phrase appears to refer to a fight between two enchantingly beautiful women. However, its … Continue reading

“…” Having spent the entire night fighting over the blanket with Xie Yunjing and not getting any sleep, Gu Xian, who was barely awake, suddenly lashed out in anger, kicking Li Yuqiu. “Are you asking for a beating?”

“Ouch! Ouch!” Li Yuqiu clutched his leg, feigning exaggerated pain. “I was wrong, I was wrong! I just woke up early to take you to work, so I’m not fully awake yet!”

“Don’t you have your own job to go to? Am I crippled or brainless that you have to take me to work?” Gu Xian looked even more irritated. “Besides, I was the one who didn’t sleep well last night, not you!”

“Alright, alright, brother, I was really wrong.” Li Yuqiu gently pushed Gu Xian toward the car, and coaxed him like a child. “Isn’t this your first day at work? It’s a memorable occasion! Hurry up and catch some sleep in the car.”

Gu Xian continued grumbling, but eventually, the overwhelming drowsiness won. He soon fell asleep leaning against the car seat.

*

“Are we there already?” Gu Xian was still somewhat drowsy when Li Yuqiu woke him up.

“Come on!” Li Yuqiu, too curious to worry about Gu Xian’s morning grumpiness, shook him vigorously. “Get up quickly and see what kind of show they’re putting on!”

“What show?” Gu Xian asked as he got out of the car. Before he could fully take in his surroundings, the loud noise nearly made him stumble.

“Welcome, welcome! Warm welcome to Young Master Gu Xian joining Guangyao Media!”

In front of the company he was about to join, a row of beautiful women stood on the left, and a row of handsome men on the right. They were enthusiastically waving pom-poms and repeatedly chanting the welcome phrase.

Pop!

Pop!

The sound of party poppers echoed through the air as a middle-aged man with a decent appearance, marred only by a slightly protruding belly, quickly walked out from the end of the rows of beautiful women and handsome men amidst a shower of confetti.

As soon as he reached Gu Xian, he enthusiastically grabbed Gu Xian’s hand and shook it vigorously. “Young Master Gu, you’re finally here! We’ve been waiting for you for so long!”

Gu Xian uncomfortably pulled his hand back, and replied perfunctorily, “Okay, okay, Wei Wenxian, right? I know who you are.”

“Yes, I’m the current CEO of Guangyao,” Wei Wenxian replied, beaming with joy. “I never expected that the Young Master would know me; I’m truly delighted!”

“… There’s no need for that,” Gu Xian muttered, and glanced at the still-chanting welcoming party. “What is all this?”

Wei Wenxian rubbed his hands together, and said with a smile. “This is a special welcome ceremony we’ve prepared for you, Young Master. Are you satisfied?”

“… I’m very satisfied,” Gu Xian said insincerely, unable to hold back his sarcasm. “Just when I got out of the car, I thought we had arrived at a bathhouse.”

“Hahaha! The Young Master is so humorous!” Wei Wenxian laughed, either genuinely not catching the sarcasm or choosing to ignore it for the sake of smoothing things over.

The continuous chanting of “Welcome, welcome” and the onlookers from the street made Gu Xian’s already sleep-deprived head ache even more. He irritably scratched his head. “Can you get them to disperse? Doesn’t the company have anything else to do?”

“This is all for welcoming you, Young Master,” Wei Wenxian continued to smile, but after saying that, he waved at the group. “Alright, everyone, disperse! Back to work!”

Gu Xian let out a breath and asked, “Where’s my office?”

He just wanted to sit down and catch some sleep.

“It’s all ready for you!” Wei Wenxian emphasized, clearly eager to please. “Young Master, follow me.”

“… Everything in your office is brand new. I hope you’ll be satisfied…” Wei Wenxian babbled on about how excellent the location of Gu Xian’s office was, how much effort went into the decor, clearly seeking approval.

However, when he opened the office door, his cheerful face froze.

“Se-Second Young Master?” Wei Wenxian stared in surprise at the person sitting behind the desk with both feet propped up on it.

Gu Leyu was playing with a pen and looked up at the sound of the voice. “Brother, you finally made it.”

Having just boasted to Gu Xian that everything in the office was brand new, Wei Wenxian now saw several shoe prints on the desk.

Wei Wenxian stammered nervously, “Y-Young Master, I didn’t know Second Young Master was in the office…”

Gu Xian’s face showed no emotion. He simply waved his hand, and dismissed Wei Wenxian. “Go on with your own business.”

Knowing better than to get involved in family matters, Wei Wenxian quickly made his exit.

With the door closed by Li Yuqiu, Gu Xian approached the desk. “Get down. That’s my spot.”

“This is your spot? Isn’t this the benefit you got from getting your ass fucked by a man?” Gu Leyu said with the sweetest tone, spouting the most disgusting words while scrutinizing Gu Xian’s face, who had removed his sunglasses upon entering the company. “Brother, how does it feel to get fucked by a man? Feels good? Hurts? Do you need me to find you a doctor?”

Li Yuqiu was furious: “Gu Leyu! That’s your brother! Show some respect when you speak!”

Gu Leyu sneered, “I don’t recognize someone who gets fucked by a man as my brother.”

Li Yuqiu was about to retort but was stopped by Gu Xian.

“Gu Leyu, you keep saying ‘fucked in the ass’ left and right and you even came here specifically to ask how it feels…” Gu Xian’s face showed a mocking smile, “What, are you jealous of my sex life?”