KC | Chapter 98

Time passed by the minute, and Chen Xi felt uneasy in the car.

Although Lin Yiran had always been reliable when handling things, this was not exactly something honorable, and Lin Yiran was afraid the news would leak, just like Chen Xi.

The reason Chen Xi felt nervous was because he was afraid something else would come up and affect Lin Yiran’s reputation.

Just now, in a moment of desperation, he had pushed Lin Yiran to help him disrupt the bid, and only now did he realize, belatedly, that disrupting a bid carried risk.

To put it nicely, disrupting a bid was: malicious competition from a peer. To put it plainly, it was: shameless. Taken further, if things went badly, he could even end up in trouble.

If Huanyu’s bid got ruined, Jiang Jingwen would definitely check the surveillance. Brother Lin’s face was too recognizable, and Jiang Jingwen’s husband was someone in the advertising circle, so he would definitely be able to ask out Brother Lin’s background. By then…

This had originally been the job I took on, so I should be the one to disrupt the bid too. I really should have been the one to go just now.

Oulái’s Double Festivals budget had doubled, something even Zhang Yanrong knew, so Brother Lin could not possibly not know. Brother Lin always did things with careful planning and steady advances, and he generally did not do things he had no confidence in. He did not take the bid because he saw me working with Oulái, and there was also a greater possibility, he had no connections in Oulái.

Brother Lin had no connections, and he was not sure the bid would win, so he did not bid. I wanted to bid, so he did everything he could to help me win.

Just like before with Gulin, he clearly knew the chance of signing was extremely low, but because I wanted it, he kept supporting me.

The risks I could think of, Brother Lin definitely could think of too. But why did he not spell out the pros and cons just now, and instead talk about all those useless things?

Because he knew I wanted Oulái.

If he told me the risks, I would not let him do it, and then the bid would be gone.

Brother Lin did not talk about the risks because he did not want me to be put in a hard position, and he went to disrupt the bid for me because he wanted me to take Oulái, and did not want me to be upset.

Chen Xi wrapped himself tightly in Lin Yiran’s shirt, using the familiar smell of laundry detergent to calm his restless emotions. The schizophrenia patient had not felt this anxious for a long time, because by Lin Yiran’s side, he always felt at ease.

Lin Yiran treated him like a flower in a greenhouse, caring for him with all his heart, watering him patiently, watering him until he was full and tender enough to drip with juice, growing wantonly and carefree.

Whenever Chen Xi ran into a problem, Lin Yiran did not bring up the risks he would face, only talked about feasible strategies, helping him complete the set goal and letting him harvest the joy of growth.

What Chen Xi thought was steady progress step by step was actually a piece of sky that Lin Yiran had held up for him. If Lin Yiran had not called Wang Yaohua, had not worn the Nine-Colored Deer bracelet, and had not helped him disrupt the bid, then Gulin, Pinsheng, and Oulái would never have cooperated.

Lin Yiran played the most important role in the substantive progress of every key client for Chen Xi.

What he had done for Chen Xi was far more than Chen Xi had imagined.

He waited from noon until afternoon, and his stomach was growling, so Chen Xi had completely no appetite to eat.

He felt that disrupting a bid should not take this long, and wanted to ask Lin Yiran how things were going, but he was also afraid Lin Yiran was talking with Li Ying right now, and sending a WeChat message would only cause trouble.

At 16:30, Lin Yiran got into the car looking dusty and worn from travel, not even taking off his mask before telling Chen Xi to “drive”, as if there were a pack of wolves chasing behind him, and if he ran one minute late, he would be bitten to death.

Chen Xi did not ask where to go, and did not ask whether handing in the bid had gone smoothly. He obeyed Lin Yiran’s instructions and quickly drove out of the Oulái parking lot.

The Cadillac drove toward the suburbs, and Lin Yiran took off his mask, undid his shirt and changed into leather shoes, then looked into the rearview mirror to fix his hair and let out a long breath.

The famous talker not only knew how to negotiate and do stand-up, he was also very skilled in the cursing department: “Damn it, this is fucking unbearable. Whoever likes doing this bullshit can do it. I really can’t take it anymore…”

Lin Yiran had always worn the skin of refinement and courtesy, and had never been this out of control. Chen Xi guessed this should be the backlash from “forcing a good person into prostitution”.

At the same time as feeling guilty, Chen Xi also felt a little happy, because this was the first time Lin Yiran had shown him his true self.

The aftereffects of doing something that went against his conscience were pretty strong. Lin Yiran cursed for a full 3 minutes, still going even after his throat had turned slightly hoarse.

When Chen Xi saw a supermarket ahead, he pulled over by the road and very considerately got out to buy him a bottle of mint green tea.

Lin Yiran gulped down two mouthfuls to moisten his throat, and finally said something without any swear words: “Don’t stop here, there’s surveillance above us, and you’ll get fined if it’s over 5 minutes.”

Chen Xi started the car and continued driving toward the suburbs. Lin Yiran closed his eyes in the passenger seat to rest, and the Cadillac drove into a small grove of trees. Lin Yiran half-deadly opened his eyes, looked at the sunroof above, and said, “It can’t shake today,”

Another day, switch to a big G, develop a few new cheesi, and drive to the city center to shake.

Chen Xi: …

He did not want what was offered to him, so it seemed he really had suffered psychological trauma.

Chen Xi tried to make up for it for himself: “You didn’t say where to drive just now, and I didn’t use navigation, so I just drove around and ended up in the grove. Don’t misunderstand, I…”

Lin Yiran knew what he wanted to hear, leaned his head against the seat, and weakly said, “Huanyu’s bid is definitely going to be ruined. There are less than two weeks left before the end-of-month event, and Oulái doesn’t have time to open a new bid. I estimate someone will contact you in the next day or two.”

Chen Xi stopped the car, pounced over, and gave him a big hard smack of a kiss: “Brother Lin, you’re so handsome!”

Lin Yiran immediately felt energized and asked back, “Really?”

Chen Xi nodded very firmly, “Really.”

After confirming that the sign for making a living off his looks had not been lost, Lin Yiran straightened the shirt that had been wrinkled from Chen Xi “wearing” it, and only then casually recounted how he had disrupted the bid: “Disrupting a bid should have been a 3 or 5 minute job, but I was afraid there would be too many surveillance cameras in the mall, and there was also a chance of running into some familiar supplier, so I blocked Li Ying in the parking lot.”

“I went to the parking spot your informant gave me, but I couldn’t find Li Ying’s car, so I looked through the license plates one by one. In the dark corners with no surveillance, I found her car.”

“Li Ying was definitely a repeat offender. I crouched by the parking spot for over 3 hours and saw her carrying big bags and small packages into the car, with the trunk stuffed full of gifts.” Lin Yiran paused here, as if unwilling to recall that experience, and said perfunctorily, “I went over, followed the script to inspect the performance, and then left.”

In order not to expose his identity while looking for the car in the parking lot, Oulái’s parking lot had thousands of cars, and it definitely was not as easy to find as he said. Brother Lin had crouched in the shadows waiting for Li Ying, and he could not stay too far away, so it definitely was not as easy as he made it sound. If he really had just acted according to the script, then Brother Lin would not have been cursing when he came back, so it must have been Li Ying making things hard for him, and he did not want to tell me.

Chen Xi crawled onto Lin Yiran’s lap and rubbed his hand in a flattering way.

Lin Yiran reached along his neck and into his shirt, and Chen Xi undid his buttons and obediently let him touch.

Very obedient, very cute, and very much making one want to ruin him.

“Chen Xi, I helped you disrupt the bid, shouldn’t you pay me some compensation?”

Chen Xi nodded, “What does Brother Lin want?”

Lin Yiran’s eyes were dark and unreadable: “Whatever I want, you’ll give it to me?”

Chen Xi seemed to have guessed his special fetish, and smiled, “Yeah.”

Lin Yiran’s pupils were very dark, and when he stared at Chen Xi with focus, it was like a hunting dog eyeing its prey. The prey, the little white rabbit, stretched out its claws, wrapped around the hunting dog’s neck from above, and gave him a long kiss.

After the kiss, Chen Xi was almost pressed against his lips. The breath he blew out when speaking seemed to be tempting him: “Does Brother Lin want to tie me up, or do you want to use props?”

Lin Yiran’s lip shape was very pretty, his upper lip curved into an elegant arc, his lower lip full, and when he spoke, his lips opened and closed, letting out restrained restlessness: “Why use those?”

The two pairs of lips pressed together again, and Chen Xi used the tip of his tongue to trace his lip shape, testing him: “Don’t you like it?”

Lin Yiran shook his head.

“I, seem to be a little different.” The negotiation expert was rarely at a loss for words, but he really did not know how to describe this kind of mood. He was afraid of scaring the rabbit away.

Chen Xi leaned over and kissed him again, as if he was happy to play this kind of “kissy game”, kissing from his forehead to the tip of his nose and then to his lips.

Lin Yiran wanted to be honest, but did not know how to start. Chen Xi looked into his eyes and asked, “Does Brother Lin want to see me get hurt?”

Earlier on the balcony, Chen Xi had accidentally cut his arm and bled a little. Lin Yiran had kissed his wound, seeming very excited, and the light kiss gradually turned into sucking…

Lin Yiran nodded, then shook his head, his gaze drifting elsewhere, and said, “Forget it.”

He suddenly remembered their first time, when Chen Xi had also been soft and clingy like he was now. Back then, his state of mind had been different, and he had associated Chen Xi with those messy people. Thinking about it now, he really had not been a good person.

For someone this cute, even treating him well was not enough, so how could he bear to torture him to death?

Lin Yiran held him in his arms and softly said, “I won’t let you get hurt again.”

Chen Xi licked his lips and said, “What if I want to?”

Bedroom, alcohol, surgical scissors.

Chen Xi sat on the bed, wearing nothing but underwear.

Lin Yiran measured 14CM and drew a line above his navel.

The surgical scissors had a puncher placed between the two circular holes. Lin Yiran pinched up the skin along the line, and Chen Xi turned his head away.

He was somewhat resistant to medical supplies. During physical exams and blood draws, he did not dare look at the needle, and now he did not dare look at the puncher either, but he still rested both hands on Lin Yiran’s shoulders, cooperating and obediently letting him do it.

The “click” sounded like a stapler stapling paper, and then there was a cold, icy sensation. Chen Xi clearly felt a needle pass through his belly skin.

It hurt a little, but not very much.

“Brother Lin, is it done?”

“Not yet.” Lin Yiran kissed him and asked, “Does it hurt?”

Chen Xi shook his head.

A long, slender silver chain with a metallic sheen was wrapped around his waist, sparsely set with broken diamonds, reflecting dazzling light under the white light. In the center of the waist chain was a sapphire about the size of half a fingernail, brilliant, lively, and clean.

When Lin Yiran was showing him belts, he happened to see this waist chain, and thought it would look very nice on him, so he bought it together with the belt for three times the price.

Chen Xi tightened his stomach, and the waist chain made faint rustling sounds with the movement. He stood up and swayed around by the bed, and with every step he took, the waist chain swayed along with his stride.

“What kind of preference is this, making me look like a Western Region dancer.”

Lin Yiran held his waist, kissed the blue sapphire pendant at his waist, and said in a low voice, “I like it this way.”

Tie you up, bind you, and make you my private property.

Chen Xi pressed down on Lin Yiran’s head, his eyes curved with hooks, and cursed with a smile, “Such a pervert.”

“It sounds very nice when it shakes. You will definitely like it even more.”