Chapter 32: He Congsheng’s Nightmare

Translator: Mukyuu
Editor: Mikyuu

Silence fell upon the crowd for a second when Li Xingwen finished her sentence.

Immediately followed by— 

A series of even louder screams that would have taken the roof off! 

Even the people playing in the pool looked over curiously, wondering what was happening. 

All the girls had their mouths covered in excitement and the boys were snickering unsympathetically. 

He Congsheng reacted first. His face fell and he said irately as he slapped the table, “No! I protest! Do something else!!” 

“Why change?! We made a deal to play no matter what!” 

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Amidst the chaos, Li Xingwen teased, “What, afraid to play?”

It wasn’t that withdrawing, tail tucked and eyes downcast, wasn’t an option. It was just that the move would be too cowardly and nobody would put up with it. 

Ning Yan’s eyes were swirling in confusion and his heart was practically ready to leap out of his throat. All he could think was, Li Xingwen! Li Xingwen you’re so dead!I So dead!!!!

But in reality, he remained frozen and didn’t dare make a move. 

He Congsheng wanted to yank Ning Yan close to him out of frustration. Just then a girl, made braver by the alcohol and caught up in the moment, just stood up, raised her hand, and shouted, “Can I volunteer as tribute?!” 

When the screams became even louder, Ning Yan’s hand whipped out and grabbed Lin Rong’s right hand underneath the table! 

Lin Rong jerked and then turned around to look deeply at him. 

Ning Yan… Ning Yan’s face was so red that blood could have been oozing out. In that second, he didn’t dare turn around, move, or say anything. All he could do was hold Lin Rong’s hand in a death grip. 

f*ck… what kind of joke is this?! How can he let someone else do this?!!!

Ning Yan huffed a protest in his heart. 

Lin Xingwen’s curled fingers knocked lightly on the table and she asked, without a care in the world, “So, what will it be, Little Lin?”  

Lin Rong turned around in the middle of all the noise. 

The corners of his mouth slowly lifted. 

While the sounds and screams of encouragement and teasing continued, he reached out his free left hand. 

His fingers were slender and shapely. It was the hand of a pianist and a hand that his fans worshipped. 

Gently, he plucked a tiny pink cherry between his thumb and forefinger. 

The excitement from everyone around the table was about to boil over— 

This man, who had always been so cold, was willing to play this game? Who would he pick? Would he stand up? To whom would he walk?

Nobody had anticipated that in the next second, the man would yank with his hand, the one underneath the table, and the youth next to him would fall towards him with a shout of alarm— 

The man raised his hand, opened his lips, and gently bit into the cherry. Then he lifted the young man’s chin and tilted his head so that the tips of their noses brushed as he pressed their lips together! 

— 

In that single instant, the entire crowd was shocked. 

They stood silent for a few seconds. When they realized what had happened, everyone opened their eyes wide and they inhaled sharply. 

“Damn, damn, damn!!!” 

“f*ck me! What’s happening? They really kissed, oh f*ck me!” 

“Ahhhhhh!!” 

In that instant, nobody could get out a meaningful sentence. Everyone was either cursing or screaming!

The girl who had volunteered herself was so shocked that she didn’t feel drunk at all and stared with open eyes and a slack jaw!

Beside her, the girl who had realized the relationship between the three men calmly rubbed her ears, which had gone numb from all the loud noises around her. 

Li Xingwen took a sip of her red wine with a smile and reminded everyone, “No photos!” 

He Congsheng held his head between his arms as he lost control of his emotions. He wailed loudly. 

But for everyone else—they were so excited by this that they almost lost their senses! 

Who did Lin Rong pick?

Ning Yan!!!

Ning Yan, oh my god!!

Nobody had thought that Lin Rong would choose him! What kind of plot twist is this?! How could things develop this way?!

Did Lin Rong randomly choose a guy next to him just because he didn’t want to kiss a girl?

No, right? No!

He wouldn’t turn Ning Yan into the butt of a joke!

Come to think of it, didn’t the two of them have a scandal at some point?!

—Someone remembered that and started spouting randomly, “I knew it! Dammit, I knew there was something going on between those two!” 

Someone also said— 

“f*ck me you two really did it?” 

Real? Fake?

Ning Yan only knew that he had been invaded the second the man’s warm lips pressed against his—

His whole body tensed and he squeezed both hands tightly. But the hand that he had grabbed voluntarily actually went one step further and threaded its fingers between his so that their hands were tightly clasped together. 

Their palms pressed against each other—and Ning Yan felt like every inch of his body was electrified! 

He froze, still as a statue while his mind went blank. His ears couldn’t hear anything except the thudding of his heart, like a drum, and the sound of the man breathing. 

The grip the man had on his chin was gentle, the breath that brushed against his cheek was gentle. 

The night wind was gentle, the fragrance of the wine was gentle. 

The stars were gentle, the moonlight was gentle. 

Everything melted together and Ning Yan felt like he was diving headfirst into a warm ocean, becoming surrounded and caressed by it. 

The cherry was between his lips but he was too stunned to react. When the man bit down on the cherry, all Ning Yan could taste was the sweet and sour juice from the fruit. 

Ning Yan shivered. 

The man pressed against his lips and slowly pushed the half-eaten fruit into Ning Yan’s mouth. With that move, Ning Yan’s lips turned more sensitive. 

Ning Yan’s hands tightened their grip and he swallowed. 

Until now, he had kept his round eyes open. But in this instant, he lowered his eyelids as a watery sheen covered his eyes and moistened them. 

A dusting of pink colored not only his cheeks, but also his ears, even the corners of his eyes and his neck. 

After, the man slowly opened his eyes. 

From that close of a distance, the man stared intently at him. His eyebrows were black as crow feathers and his eyes as dark as ink. 

Ning Yan’s heart felt like it was on fire. 

Lin Rong… 

Pervert, grandmaster of perverts!

He really did kiss him! 

Ning Yan’s fingertips started trembling. 

That was his first kiss… he had never done anything so intimate with anyone!!

Ning Yan’s breathing turned unsteady. He felt Lin Rong move again. 

Lin Rong murmured in a quiet and gentle voice against Ning Yan’s lips, “Yanyan, bite the cherry.” 

That deep and sexy voice traveled through Ning Yan’s lips, into his chest, and arrived at his heart.  

He jerked as if being electrocuted. He involuntarily moved his neck back and the cherry almost fell out of his mouth. The man immediately leaned closer and pushed the cherry back in. 

But this position meant that Ning Yan had to lean back with Lin Rong supporting the back of Ning Yan’s head. This meant that the two of them got even closer.

Ning Yan melted, burned up, ripened, and felt his soul leave his body. 

So is this what it feels like to smooch someone you like?

He felt like he was about to ascend to the heavens on the spot… 

Just as Ning Yan was about to collapse into Lin Rong’s arms in a daze, Li Xingwen’s teasing woke him up. “Hey, how long does it take for you to eat a cherry?” 

Ning Yan: !!!

He jerked awake and his eyes flew open. He immediately gripped Lin Rong’s sleeves and his breathing became rapid. 

Lin Rong rubbed the back of his head in comfort. Ning Yan’s face was bright red. He pouted and decided to go on the offensive angrily taking back the cherry from Lin Rong’s mouth!

This move caused the man to freeze. 

In that second, Ning Yan felt the man’s breathing get heavier and the hand on the back of Ning Yan’s head applied more pressure. 

Out of sheer embarrassment, Ning Yan briskly chewed up the cherry and then pushed the pit back into Lin Rong’s mouth. Then he hastily pushed the man away, turned his head to the side, and covered his mouth with the back of his hand. 

“Ahhhhhhhh!!” 

“You two are so—“ 

“Oh wow, oh wow, tonight’s so worth it! So worth it!” 

“Hahahaha, so how does it feel?” 

“Ning Yan, are you acting shy?” 

“Are you two for real?”

“Spit the pit out, spit it out!” 

“Who has the pit?”

Everyone else was having the time of their life!

The man’s handsome face turned pink. He obediently spat out the pit, having eaten all of the fruit flesh. 

Those people started shrieking again!

Ning Yan’s gaze roamed around the room. He panted and felt dizzy. His face was bright red and he had no idea what time of day it was. 

Lin Rong couldn’t help but look at him with a tender gaze and a smile on his lips. 

How could they hide anything with that look— 

These two are for real!

While it was a bit surprising, people of the same gender could get married and there was no lack of same-sex couples in real life or among the internet-famous. After the surprise wore off, at the most the crowd marveled over how many of the people they knew came out this day. Then they continued with the teasing. 

Li Xingwen kept smiling. Pactmates are a wonderful and beautiful existence.

He Congsheng collapsed against the table, where his tears practically covered the table top. 

He sobbed, “Ning Yan… ahhhh!” 

Ning Yan had still been drifting when he was called back to reality by that sound. With a jerk, he suddenly grabbed the wine glass in front of him and downed its content with one gulp!

Lin Rong blinked and then immediately frowned. He reached out a hand to stop him. “Yanyan!” 

But Ning Yan finished the drink and slammed the cup down. Then he hiccuped and his eyes immediately turned hazy. 

Lin Rong, “…” Isn’t he supposed to be a good drinker?

Ning Yan turned around to look at him. 

The alcohol rushed to his head and turned him numb. He finally relaxed and stopped being as stiff as he had been before.

He could finally turn around and glare, red-faced, at the pervert. Then, “Hmph!” 

After that hmph, Lin Rong saw the young man avert his gaze and bite down on his reddened lips. A few seconds later, the young man looked over sneakily again with those doe-like eyes. Once again, he hmph-ed. 

Lin Rong, “…”

In that instant, he vaguely understood what Jiang Xiaoning and Jiang Mo had meant by calling Ning Yan “proudly conceited.” 

Ning Yan continued acting “proudly conceited” like this and hmph-ed over and over again, like a machine stuck in a repetitive loop.