Chapter 19: Let’s Do It Tonight

“I’ve lost my conscience today! Go ahead, I’m quitting, do whatever you want, I’m saying it now, not a penny more!

“Report me if you want, I have the evidence in my hands, the money I gave you was what I skimmed off, we’ll all go down together! I’m not afraid of anything, I’m just a dead man walking!

“If I can’t have a good life, then no one else should either!”

Song Chunhui was so angry he lost his mind, couldn’t control his emotions, and shouted all this in one breath. His brain, throbbing with pain, slowly cleared up. If someone heard this and made a fuss, he might have to sell his house and even end up in jail.

It was all Luo Dagui’s fault, that heartless bastard, forcing him to spend 600,000 yuan on a guarantee letter, threatening to cut ties, and even threatening to report him to Nuolin Group for embezzling public funds, thinking he could scare him.

Luo Hu was no longer the little kid who relied on him and cared for him.

This family, not a single one of them had a conscience, not one remembered his kindness, they ganged up to bully him, stirring up his hard-earned stable life.

Luo Dagui, who was actually intimidated by Song Chunhui, changed his attitude: “Alright, alright, you’re just loud and shouting nonsense. This afternoon, I’ll have Xiaohu get me that guarantee letter, you transfer 200,000 yuan, and from now on, I’ll pretend I don’t have a son like you!”

Just a moment ago, Song Chunhui had secretly vowed that if he gave another penny, he’d be a fool, destined to be a bachelor for life.

But Luo Dagui backed down, and for just 200,000 yuan, he could completely rid himself of this family, sever ties with his disgraceful past, and never have to face them again.

Could he really completely rid himself, completely sever ties?

Listening to the impatient urging on the phone, Song Chunhui asked himself this.

When Luo Dagui used the same old trick, once again using the graves of Song Chunhui’s biological parents to accuse him of being ungrateful, Song Chunhui finally realized.

A dog can’t change its habit of eating shit, Luo Hu had gone to Jiangcheng to find him before, and if Luo Dagui dared to threaten today, who knows what he’d do tomorrow.

He had sworn a poisonous oath, Song Chunhui would rather die than be a bachelor for life, otherwise, what’s the point of living? What was he working so hard for all these years? The “dog” he cursed in his heart was both Luo Dagui’s family and himself.

If he gave another penny, he’d be the dog eating shit!

“Without me arranging the funeral, can your parents rest in peace? Who in the village has ever cared for you, huh? I raised you from six years old, how hard was that? You wanted to go to school, I let you, you got nearsighted, I took you to get glasses, those glasses were expensive, you tell me honestly, have I ever wronged you?”

Song Chunhui couldn’t even bring himself to call him “Uncle” anymore. The last words couldn’t be said randomly in the company, sometimes the salespeople would come back at noon.

He held the phone without making a sound, turned the doorknob to see if anyone was outside, and unexpectedly bumped into another black-hearted person, his heart skipped a beat.

Seeing Song Chunhui’s face turn pale, his eyes behind the glasses wide open with a flash of panic, Li Huan smiled slightly, mouthed to Song Chunhui: “Wife.”

“…” Song Chunhui steadied his mind, immediately regained his composure, ignored the accusations from Luo Dagui on the phone, quickly hung up, and put the phone on silent.

Looks like Four Eyes has been embezzling funds at headquarters, and someone caught him by the tail.

Li Huan put down the paper bag with clothes, mimicking the pose in Song Chunhui’s WeChat profile picture, crossing his arms in front of his chest, striking a successful person’s pose.

“Wife, am I handsome?”

Song Chunhui’s face was expressionless, at this moment, Li Huan was just an immature big boy in his eyes, wearing a suit for the first time, feeling fresh, showing off to him.

Just like him back then, feeling particularly handsome the first time he wore a suit, showing off endlessly in front of his first love, wanting to hear some compliments.

But Song Chunhui knew, this was just a superficial illusion.

He wasn’t sure how much Li Huan had heard, so he replied perfunctorily: “Not bad, very mature and steady, hope you can be like this in life too, focus on your work.”

Why did he start lecturing again as soon as he opened his mouth?

Li Huan didn’t like listening to it, seized the opportunity to take advantage, slipped into the office, hugged Song Chunhui tightly, quickly turned on his feet, pinned him firmly against the door, lowered his head, and kissed him directly, using the force of the kiss to push Song Chunhui back, the door closed tightly.

Still thinking about the mess he hadn’t cleaned up, Song Chunhui was dumbfounded by Li Huan’s series of actions, the tongue like a flood beast instantly rushed into his mouth, his breath was taken away, he struggled desperately to break free, the kiss suddenly stopped, he thought he could catch his breath.

“Be good, I’ll pretend I didn’t hear anything just now.”

“…”

Li Huan’s predatory gaze locked onto Song Chunhui, capturing every subtle reaction on his face, Four Eyes was indeed scared, didn’t dare to look at him.

He leaned in, kissed Song Chunhui’s moist lips, indeed became obedient, so he softly ordered Song Chunhui: “Kiss me.”

Completely surrounded by the breath of the same sex, what Song Chunhui felt was no longer disgust, but despair.

A deep despair that made him feel powerless.

He couldn’t resist anymore, how could a small person like an ant fight against the heavens? If the heavens wanted him dead at midnight, he wouldn’t live past dawn. The reason he’s still alive now might be because he hasn’t made enough jokes yet, maybe after experiencing eighty-one jokes, he could have a good reincarnation in the next life…

Song Chunhui didn’t want to take the initiative, Li Huan didn’t force him either, finding Song Chunhui’s glasses annoying, he casually took them off, the familiar smell of cheap hair wax kept drilling into his nose.

When he kissed Song Chunhui again, Li Huan briefly thought, he still had over two hundred yuan in his pocket, wondering if he could get Four Eyes a better hair wax, always smelling like this, embezzling funds but not using something good, was he saving the money to take to the grave?

The sticky wet kiss mixed with ambiguous heat gradually spread in the quiet office.

The kiss didn’t last long, Li Huan was afraid of reacting, always keeping his limits, only kissed for two minutes before decisively ending it.

Song Chunhui leaned against the door, slightly panting, still keeping his head down, not looking at him, he pulled him into his arms, hugged him, and gave him a sweet reward in time.

“Actually, I didn’t hear anything, it was your reaction when you opened the door that scared you.” Li Huan softly coaxed Song Chunhui, “It’s my fault, I won’t scare you again.”

Hearing faint voices outside, Song Chunhui immediately pushed Li Huan away, snatched back his glasses from Li Huan’s hand, hurriedly put them on, just opened the office door, Zhang Cong and medical representative Sun Wei walked into the sales department.

He took the opportunity to scold Li Huan: “Do you think wearing a suit means you can act all high and mighty with me? Don’t take yourself too seriously! Get out, if your mind isn’t on work, don’t do it!”

Li Huan stared at Song Chunhui’s serious cold face, still panting while speaking, his chest heaving noticeably, his emotions were so intense, it made him itch.

Yesterday’s lesson was still not enough.

“Manager, how dare I act high and mighty with you.” Li Huan kept staring at Song Chunhui, speaking with emphasis, “I will focus on the right things.”

As soon as they entered the sales department, there was a show to watch, Zhang Cong saw Li Huan coming out of the manager’s office in a neat suit, his outstanding temperament, truly wasted at “Jinhui”, still having to watch the face of a troublemaker every day, really pitiful.

Li Huan picked up the paper bag on the ground, ignored Zhang Cong and Sun Wei, and left straight away.

After closing the office door, Song Chunhui’s heart couldn’t calm down for a long time, all sorts of messy emotions mixed together, ultimately brewing a painful taste, bitter in his heart, hard to dispel.

Life’s path is not easy to walk.

Step by step, he walked out of the impoverished mountain village, Song Chunhui cherished his hard-earned opportunities more than anyone, he didn’t have the guts to embezzle public funds.

He only dared to follow Ma Jianguo and drink some meat soup, actually, he shouldn’t have drunk the meat soup either. But he really needed money at that time, he had to repay student loans, he wanted to keep the only person who had truly cared for him in this world, his first love.

He wanted more opportunities, wanted to make a name for himself, wanted to live a truly decent life.

Unfortunately, things didn’t go as planned.

Song Chunhui knew very well, once Ma Jianguo’s embezzlement was exposed, he would be the one to take the fall, he couldn’t clear his name, the materials he held didn’t mean much to someone diagnosed with a terminal illness.

Besides himself, he couldn’t threaten anyone, nor could he fight for a chance to go back.

One wrong step, every step wrong.

The calendar given by the supplier was still on the desk, Song Chunhui sat back in his office chair, picked up the calendar, and flipped through it casually.

It’s been over a month since he came to Ancheng, life seemed to have fallen into a vicious cycle, not a single day of peace, even wanting to die, he had to find time to catch his breath first.

The mess wasn’t cleaned up, the videos and photos weren’t deleted.

Song Chunhui put down the calendar, even sighing felt tiring, there were several missed calls on his phone, all from Luo Dagui, followed by WeChat messages from Luo Hu, father and son one after the other.

He first dragged the father and son’s phone numbers into the blacklist, then opened WeChat, ignoring Luo Hu’s emotional messages, typing word by word at the bottom.

[I haven’t been in Jiangcheng for a long time, no need for you to report, I’ve already been held accountable by the company. Over the past five years, I’ve transferred a total of 360,000 yuan to you, I have records of every transaction, if you really consider me family, return it within a week, I can serve two years less in prison]

Xiaohu: [Brother, how did you get into such a big mess? Is it true? The family can’t raise money right now, let me think of a way, where are you? I’ll come find you later]

Song Chunhui, with a headache, also blacklisted and deleted Luo Hu’s WeChat, the world became quiet, let it stay quiet like this, a beheading is just a scar the size of a bowl.

He turned his head, looking out at the unchanged wasteland, it was the same as when he came, still the same now.

Like his dull and tasteless life, unchanged, filled with loneliness and sadness.

*

Given a day off, Li Huan didn’t go to work in the afternoon, washed the clothes and pants he changed out of the day before yesterday in the dormitory, hung them out to dry in the sun, he wasn’t sure if they were clean.

Wondering if Four Eyes was still in the office.

Li Huan lay bored on the broken bed, there were games on his phone to pass the time, but he didn’t play, afraid he couldn’t resist spending money, thinking if he took the millions he spent on games before and spent it on Song Chunhui, would he still dare to lose his temper with him.

When kissing, he was obedient, his tongue would reach into his mouth, his hands would wrap around his waist. As soon as the kiss was over, he’d turn hostile, fierce, and nagging.

This Four Eyes really needs a lesson.

Suddenly thinking of the pungent smell on Song Chunhui’s head, Li Huan opened a website to research, he never used hair wax, didn’t know which kind was good, after researching for a while, he found that the good ones he couldn’t afford, he was really poor.

He turned to his vain cousin, asked Li Ge to send him a box of the best and most expensive men’s hair wax, if possible, secretly transfer some money to him.

Li Ge in Beicheng received a WeChat message from his cousin: [What nonsense are you up to, not learning well again, are you? Behave at work, dare to mess around with homosexuality, I’ll break your legs]

Li Huan explained helplessly: [I want to flatter the manager, he uses hair wax every day, just right he’s taking me to a social event tonight, if the deal is signed, I get a commission, want to thank him]

Li Ge: [No money, send the address, I’ll tell my assistant to handle it tomorrow]

Having hair wax is not bad, Li Huan thanked his cousin.

In the evening, he received a message from Song Chunhui.

Baby: [9:30, wait at the intersection in front of the company]

Song Chunhui taking the initiative to message meant he was still thinking about the commission, Li Huan had long forgotten the small friction in the afternoon, took a nice shower in the leaky bathroom before setting off.

As soon as he got in the car, Li Huan acted like nothing happened, smiling and calling Song Chunhui: “Wife.”

Song Chunhui also acted like nothing happened, didn’t respond to that, talked about work: “When we get there, you wait in the car, I’ll go in and talk to Director Wang, I brought you along mainly to say things you don’t understand, in the future, you’ll have to judge for yourself.”

Li Huan didn’t like dealing with old men, it was best if he could wait in the car. He knew what Song Chunhui was talking about, the “Red Romance” bathhouse offered “romantic” services at night, the most expensive package included things that went without saying.

What Director Wang did had nothing to do with him, he was worried about something else: “Just talking?”

“…” Song Chunhui really couldn’t act, he was full of anger towards Li Huan, the kiss from noon still lingered in his mind, disgusting him.

“Nonsense!” He said irritably, “If not just talking, would I be watching from the side? Have some sense, if Director Wang is well taken care of tonight, the deal should go through.”

Li Huan responded with an “oh,” and said with a smile: “I thought you ordered a package for yourself too.”

“…” Song Chunhui always felt Li Huan was mocking him, his temper flared, “Yeah, I ordered one, so what, are you jealous? Want me to order one for you?”

“You’re losing your temper again, are you a firecracker? Only I can tolerate your temper.” Li Huan reached to hold Song Chunhui’s hand, patiently coaxing him, “I don’t like women.”

Song Chunhui shook off Li Huan’s salty pig hand: “Isn’t there still Director Wang?”

Li Huan: “…”

Song Chunhui: “Go mess with him, record a video, force him to sign the deal.”

In the dim car, watching Song Chunhui vent his dissatisfaction angrily, Li Huan suddenly laughed, raised his arm, wrapped it around Song Chunhui’s neck, pulled him towards himself, leaned over and gave him a heavy kiss, quickly letting go.

“Wife, you’re so fun.”

“…” Song Chunhui frowned and scolded, “Move over, buckle your seatbelt, I’m driving.”

“Yes, ma’am.” Li Huan obediently buckled his seatbelt.

Afraid Li Huan would act improperly again, Song Chunhui turned on the traffic radio to ease the ambiguous atmosphere in the car, the silver Mercedes, weathered by time, headed north.

Li Huan lazily leaned back in the seat, looking at the road ahead, suddenly spoke: “Wife, let’s do it tonight.”

“…” Song Chunhui silently drove.

“Is that okay?” Li Huan added, “This time I won’t hurt you again.”