Cen Baihe did not realize that he’d caught the attention of many. After dinner, he and Qi Yan walked around the island. It was a little cold on the island at night, Qi Yan watched their elongated shadows, and said with a smile, “those people at the dinner party are all masters from various countries. Those from the west have very different beliefs and principles. You have to have the amulet I made for you at all times and don’t take it off.”
Cen Baihe nodded and held Qi Yan’s cold hand. “I noticed that there were tensions between some countries, although they looked friendly, they were aggressive when they spoke. I am worried that they might be planning something. You have to be careful.”
He had seen a lot of shady tactics in the business world. Many people would do anything for power and money, not to mention that this also involved the pride and interests of their country.
“At a time when science is popular, exchanges like these are held privately and they belong to everyone’s tacit secrets,” Qi Yan smiled, “I didn’t understand why Master Qian wanted to be a consultant for the Special Task Force until after the incident at Wangxiang Town. He was not just a consultant, but a soldier who fought for his country.”
Those who sacrificed for the country and the people should all be martyrs regardless of who they were. Even if some people didn’t know about them because of their occupation and identity, they could not deny their sacrifices.
“Qian Qian?” Cen Baihe looked at Qi Yan under the moonlight and had so many things to say in his heart, but looking at Qi Yan’s clear eyes, he could only say a few words, “do whatever your heart desires.”
Qi Yan chuckled, “guess what I want to do most now?”
Looking at Qi Yan’s smile, Cen Baihe palms started sweating, and his heart was pounding.
“What a nice time to have a walk with your lover,” Lu Gang, the second apprentice of Master Qian, came out from behind the bushes and stood at a distance of seven or eight paces from Qi Yan, “you are young and capable, do you have the confidence to do our country proud?”
“It’s not just me, but all the masters in the country,” Qi Yan had one hand holding Cen Baihe’s, and he touched his chin with the other. He looked smug, “I didn’t expect Master Lu to think so highly of me.”
“Haha,” Lu Gang hated Qi Yan, so when he saw the look on his face, he chuckled coldly, “to be able to obtain my master’s most prized instruments, aren’t you the most capable master in the country?”
“Although you don’t have Master Qian’s ability, you have good eyes.” Qi Yan smiled and nodded as if he didn’t detect Lu Gang’s sarcasm, “Your master also said the same thing to me.”
“No, my eyes are better than his. He couldn’t see how shameless you are, but I do.”
Qi Yan shook his head. “You’re also not as pleasant as your master.”
“You do know how to talk,” Lu Gang snorted coldly, “but you can’t win this competition with your mouth. You don’t really think this is just a simple exchange, right? These people will tear you to pieces.”
After he finished, he looked at their held hands in contempy, turned his head and left with a snort.
“Hmph!” Qi Yan snorted at his back and took Cen Baihe’s hand, “let’s go back.”
Cen Baihe glanced helplessly at Qi Yan who was acting like a child. He took off his coat and put it on him, “sure.”
“Will this meeting be dangerous?”
“I have the skills, and you have the blessings, don’t worry.”
“Can my energy protect you?” Cen Baihe stood in front of the door and had his face and pupils scanned, “I think there is a way to give you more of my energy.”
“What way?” Qi Yan hung his coat in the closet and looked at Cen Baihe curiously. Did he know anything about mysticism?
“I remember that there is something called double cultivation,” Cen Baihe pulled Qi Yan into his arms, “tonight you will give me your spiritual energy and I will give you my purple energy.”
“Wait, double cultivation does not mean sex. It’s wrongly used in movies.”
“It’s okay, I like this interpretation.” Cen Baihe unbuttoned his shirt, revealing his sexy chest and abs, and leaned over to pin Qi Yan on the bed, “don’t you?”
“Baihe, you’ve changed,” Qi Yan felt flustered and breathless as he was trapped under Cen Baihe, “you used to be a very serious and good man. “
“Because there was no one I could be bad with,” Cen Baihe unbuttoned Qi Yan’s shirt one by one with his right hand, “for you, I am willing to become bad.”
Qi Yan: I am not moved.
Suddenly, Cen Baihe stopped, and he looked at Qi Yan with a gloomy expression. “Qian Qian, do you not want to? I’m sorry, I should respect your feelings…”
“No, that’s not the case…” Before Qi Yan could finish his sentence, Cen Baihe’s eyes instantly lit up, and the rate at which he was unbuttoning his shirt instantly increased.
When Qi Yan was completely naked, he couldn’t believe he’d been tricked by Cen Baihe! A seemingly innocent man was the scariest when they decided to be bad.
At this moment, none of them was innocent anymore.
An hour later, Qi Yan lay on the bed in defeat. He turned to stare at Cen Baihe, “I thought you’d be nice to me?”
Cen Baihe sat next to him, rubbing his shoulders and legs quietly.
“Sleep on the floor tonight.”
Cen Baihe frowned, his beautiful eyes looked sad. “You don’t want me anymore? Did I do a bad job just now?”
“Don’t act cute!” Qi Yan turned his head and lay on the pillow, not looking at Cen Baihe’s face as he wouldn’t be able to withstand his handsomeness.
“I’m still new at this, I’ll practice more,” Cen Baihe gently rubbed Qi Yan’s waist, “don’t ignore me.”
“Go away!”
Qi Yan kicked Cen Baihe away and wrapped himself up with the blanket.
He no longer cared about the advice he read in “How to Get Along with Your Partner”.
“Then I’ll prepare the bath for you to relax in.” Cen Baihe got up from the carpet, reached out and touched the top of Qi Yan’s head that’s exposed, and went into the bathroom to rinse the bathtub. He adjusted the temperature of the water and then put a few drops of essential oil into the water.
“Qian Qian?” When he went back into the room, Qi Yan had already fallen asleep, with sweaty hair sticking to his forehead. Cen Baihe didn’t mind it, he thought that Qi Yan was cute like this, so he kissed him twice on the forehead. Then, he carried Qi Yan, still wrapped in the blanket, into the bathroom.
Qi Yan was really sleepy. He has done a lot of preparations for the meeting in the past few days, so he had used a lot of energy. After the vigorous session with Cen Baihe, he was in a warm and dizzy state, and finally fell into a deep sleep.
Even when Cen Baihe took him to the bathroom, he only opened his eyes slightly and continued to sleep in Cen Baihe’s arms. After all, compared to the hard bathtub, Cen Baihe’s body was more comfortable.
Cen Baihe looked down at the bulge under him, took a deep breath, and soaked in the bathtub with Qi Yan for a while. Then, he wrapped Qi Yan in a large bath towel and carried him to the bed. He was very glad that he was getting healthier now, otherwise he would not be able to carry him.
Even though Qian Qian was thin, he was quite heavy.
As soon as Cen Baihe lay down, Qi Yan rolled into his arms. Their naked bodies were intertwined. This was the biggest test of Cen Baihe’s self-control. But he remembered that Qian Qian had to work tomorrow and suppressed his restlessness.
Holding him in his arms, Cen Baihe closed his eyes.
“Good morning.”
As soon as Qi Yan opened his eyes, he felt warm lips on his forehead. He sat up from the bed with the quilt in his arms, confused.
“Go wash your face and brush your teeth,” Cen Baihe secretly kissed Qi Yan’s lips several times, “do you want to go down for breakfast, or have someone bring it up?” When he said “breakfast”, his eyes fell on Qi Yan’s body.
Qi Yan followed Cen Baihe’s eyes and looked down, only to realize that he was wearing nothing. No wonder he looked so sleazy.
“Are you satisfied with what you see?” Qi Yan asked with a smile.
Cen Baihe nodded.
Qi Yan wrapped the nightgown around his body, put on his slippers and went to the bathroom. On the sink, there was a cup filled with warm water, and a toothbrush with freshly-squeezed toothpaste on it.
After brushing his teeth and washing his face, Qi Yan found that there was a hickey on his collarbone. Although it was not obvious, it looked very scandalous. Thinking of the madness last night, he felt a little hot on his cheeks, and when he turned around, he saw Cen Baihe standing at the door looking at him.
“You scared me,” Qi Yan pulled on his shirt and covered his neckline, “what are you doing standing here?”
“To look at you.”
“Why?”
“You look good.”
Qi Yan: “…”
Sure enough, a man who had had sex was like a beast that was unleashed. Before this, no one knew their true nature.
After washing up, Qi Yan found the clothes that he was going to wear today. As soon as he took off his bathrobe, he felt a strong gaze on him, and it did not move until he finished changing.
“What’s your zodiac sign?” Qi Yan adjusted his tie in front of the mirror, but no matter how he did it, he felt a little awkward.
Cen Baihe couldn’t stand it anymore. He walked up to him and re-did it for him, “the dragon, why?”
“No wonder…” Qi Yan raised his chin with a sudden realization.
“What?” Cen Baihe smoothed the wrinkles on his tie and rubbed his index finger twice on Qi Yan’s Adam’s apple. After being glared at by Qi Yan, he retracted his hand reluctantly.
“Ferocious like the dragon,” Qi Yan glanced at him, “hmph.”
“Only to you…” Cen Baihe whispered in Qi Yan’s ear, “I don’t do this to others.”
Qi Yan’s eyes slowly looked down. “If you dare to do this to others, I’ll make sure you can never get it up again.”
“Okay,” Cen Baihe, who interpreted it as love. He smiled and helped Qi Yan put on his coat, “Then let’s go now?”
“Hmm.” Qi Yan nodded, “the other masters are probably awake.”
“By the way, Qian Qian,” Cen Baihe closed the door and suddenly said when he walked to the elevator, “is your zodiac sign a pig?”
Qi Yan nodded in confusion, “why?”
“It’s said that dragon and the pig are a good match.” Cen Baihe smiled contentedly, “It seems that we are perfect together.”
Qi Yan looked at his happy face, took his hand, and said, “don’t be superstitious.”
He couldn’t believe a CEO who believed in science would become superstitious all of a sudden.
The moment he finished speaking, the elevator door opened, and there were two strangers standing inside, one was about forty years old, and the other was a young man.
The young man looked at their held hands, and shyly turned away.
The elevator didn’t stop until it reached the second floor. Cen Baihe looked down at their hands and tried to pull away, “this doesn’t seem appropriate?”
“Stay still,” Qi Yan grabbed his hand. “Other masters and their partners are holding hands. Why can’t we?”
The other two in the elevator: But they are all of the opposite sex.
Qi Yan didn’t care about this, he looked at Cen Baihe and raised his eyebrows, “you didn’t put in enough effort.”
They clearly wanted to tell everyone that they were together, why pretend otherwise? If he really wanted to let go of his hand just now, he would have pulled harder.
Cen Baihe coughed dryly, pretending not to understand what he meant.
“Master Qi,” a master not far from the elevator, saw Qi Yan and greeted him with a smile. Then, he nodded politely to Cen Baihe, looking very calm. His wife was wearing a cheongsam, holding his arm and smiling gently.
“Master Pei,” Qi Yan was not close to Master Pei, but he was very famous in the southwest region, and he also heard that he was a man who was very afraid of his wife.
But looking at Mrs. Pei’s gentle appearance, he couldn’t imagine.
“Master Qi, your lover has a dignified appearance. He must be a very blessed man, and you two look good together.” Mrs. Pei only knew how to tell fortunes from looking at people’s faces and nothing else, so she came as a family member but not as a participant.
However, she was good at socializing and knew what to say to make people feel good. Although Master Qi and his lover were young and of the same sex, she could see that they had a very good relationship. Complimenting someone’s partner was the best way to compliment the person.
Sure enough, Mrs. Pei’s words made Qi Yan very happy, and the smile on his face brightened a bit more. “Baihe is great, but he doesn’t like to talk much.”
“That’s fine, men who talk less seem more reliable,” Mrs. Pei was not guarded against a young man like Qi Yan, and when Qi Yan smiled, her heart softened a bit, “he looks like someone who can take care of people, very good.”
Mrs. Pei didn’t know Cen Baihe, but Master Pei did. It seemed like Fifth Master Cen was really enjoying this.
He thought that a person like Cen Baihe would not show up in an event like this, because he would only be seen as Master Qi’s same-sex partner and nothing else. The more valuable a person was, the more they value their pride, how could they bear to be looked at with contempt?
But Cen Baihe looked happy, which gave a good impression to Master Pei.
A man who is willing to put down his pride for his lover is a good man.
Like… himself.
As the most promising master of the younger generation, as soon as Qi Yan appeared, several masters took the initiative to talk to him, and everyone looked kind, looking at him as if they were looking at their own hope and future.
Lu Gang sat in the corner, watching Qi Yan and his partner sit at a table with several famous masters.
Having breakfast on the table, he snorted disdainfully.
“It seems that your friend is very popular,” a brown-haired Western master sat in front of Lu Gang and spoke in broken Chinese, “are they so friendly towards him because he has a high-profile partner?”
He was referring to Cen Baihe.
Lu Gang took a sip of milk and did not speak, but his expression was ugly.
Seeing this, the brown-haired master was satisfied but he pretended to be ignorant. “Did I say something wrong? You look upset.”
Lu Gang put down the silver fork in his hand and looked up at the man. “Sir, I have the habit of not talking when I eat.”
The man froze, as it took a while to understand what he meant.
“Sir, my Chinese is not very good, can you explain it to me?”
“I said…” Lu Gang wiped the corners of his mouth and said with a mocking tone, “if you haven’t learned Chinese well, don’t say things that would sow discord.”
The brown-haired man suddenly became embarrassed. “Sir, you may have misunderstood, I don’t mean to provoke you.”
This man named Lu Gang doesn’t seem to be as impulsive and mindless as their report showed.
