Ch37 - “I didn’t manage to kiss you.”

Edited by kat

When Lu Tun sent the message to Du Jing, Fu Mingyuan had been waiting in Du Jing’s room for the other man to bring his stuff. 

Du Jing’s cellphone was placed on the table when the text message prompt rang. Fu Mingyuan lowered his head, and when he saw that the sender was “Lu Tun,” he subconsciously frowned.

Du Jing came out with the thick book, and was confused when he saw his expression. “What’s the matter?” 

Fu Mingyuan furrowed his brows with a dark look. “Give me the keys to the car.”

Du Jing was stunned for a while, but before he could say anything, the car keys were directly stolen by Fu Mingyuan.

Du Jing: ….

He looked at his cellphone and then sighed. 

Alright, he didn’t even need a driver now.

…… 

Bo Li and Sun Fan looked at each other with confused expressions. They both didn’t recognize this person.

Fu Mingyuan just slightly nodded at them, which sort of counted as greeting them. 

He lowered his head slightly, and his gaze fell on the young man who was leaning against the table.

The young man had his eyes closed, and the bright white light in the room hit his red cheeks. Half of his face was pressed against the curve of his arm, and even his ears were red. 

His right hand gripped his clothes over his stomach, his knuckles white. The tip of his left foot brushed against the ground. With his knees bent and his right foot pointed, he kicked his foot out, brushing it back and forth against the ground.

Standing next to Shen Qi, Lu Tun discovered for the first time what it meant to “change your face in a second.” 

Seeing Male God standing at the door with a serious look on his face, he felt that his neck had gone a bit cold. Before he could ask Idol if he really didn’t feel good, Lu Tun had already rushed over to Xu Leng’s side.

Bo Li and Sun Fan standing at the door were equally confused. 

Hadn’t he been okay just now?

How come he felt so bad all of a sudden? 

Didn’t he just drink beer? Were the delayed after-effects this strong?

Fu Mingyuan didn’t seem to notice everyone else’s reaction. 

He strode in with large steps, carrying a chilly aura. There was a black overcoat hanging over the curve of his arm, the same as the one he was wearing.

Fu Mingyuan dropped his eyes, his gaze heavy, and he seemed harsher and fiercer than usual, almost angry. 

However, he didn’t say a word, and even when he was walking, his footsteps couldn’t be heard.

Lu Tun was the first to respond. 

He jumped up, put his arm around Xu Leng’s neck, and dragged him to the door. He was thinner and shorter than Xu Leng, so it took a lot of effort for him to drag him over while explaining, “Idol’s friend has come to pick him up, so let’s go first ba.

“Captain, are you going straight back to the hotel? 

“Senior Sun, you too?

“Dog Ge, why don’t you come back with me ba?” 

Why was his situation so hard!

So hard! 

“We’re going back to the hotel, but we don’t seem to have met this friend of Little A’s before.” Bo Li seemed to be a bit suspicious.

Lu Tun took a look at him, gritted his teeth, and while hanging off of Xu Leng’s neck, he pushed at Bo Li with one hand. 

“He’s a rich second generation friend, just look at that aura. One glance and you can tell he’s someone with money.”

Bo Li and Sun Fan seemed to believe that. 

Xu Leng had never had any doubts from the beginning.

Before the four of them left the room, Shen Qi inside started to move. 

It seemed that he had noticed that someone had come in. He raised his head, his eyes confused, and his gaze couldn’t seem to focus.

Half of his face had an imprint mark due to pressing against his arm. 

It made his face even redder.

Fu Mingyuan’s gaze gradually cooled, then deepened. 

He had never seen a young man like this.

He bent over slightly and draped his overcoat over the boy’s back. 

Shen Qi moved, and his left hand pushed at him weakly.

“You… Who are you?” 

He didn’t seem to see the newcomer clearly, his eyes were confused, and his lips were stained with water. He licked at it instinctively.

Fu Mingyuan froze in place, his breathing growing heavier. His Adam’s apple rolled up and down twice, and then he bent even more at his waist until he was even with Shen Qi’s gaze. 

“Do you still recognize me?”

After saying that, he pressed on Shen Qi’s shoulder to firmly tuck his overcoat around his shoulders. 

The young man was only wearing a sweater, and he didn’t know whether it was because Shen Qi was cold or from drinking, but even his neck was faintly red.

Shen Qi moved uneasily, and he seemed to be a little annoyed. He reached out to push away the other party’s hand that had a strong grip on his shoulder, but when his hand reached into the air, his gaze focused slightly. 

His fingers were a bit cool and weak, and they slowly stretched out towards Fu Mingyuan’s cheek.

The tip of his index finger moved from the man’s somewhat damp hair to his forehead and gently rubbed it twice, as if to smooth out his frown. 

Fu Mingyuan’s eyes didn’t grow softer but instead colder.

The young man was tracing his outline. 

From his forehead to his cheek to his chin.

Then he chuckled, and spoke with a drunken and husky voice. 

“Ah, Gege, it’s you ya.”

He seemed to be relieved, and he now took the initiative to bundle up in the clothes that he had just been pushing away. 

The air was hot and dry.

Fu Mingyuan softly answered affirmatively. 

“Turn around.” He started talking and gave out a command.

Shen Qi was now docile, and he turned around obediently and faced Fu Mingyuan. 

His expression still didn’t seem that clear. His eyes narrowed slightly, and he seemed to find the light too piercing to his eyes. He reached out to cover his view and kicked the leg of the table with some dissatisfaction.

“Gege, don’t feel good~” 

The young man’s voice was much hoarser than usual, and also seemed to have been lowered a bit, with an indescribably flirty air.

Fu Mingyuan’s originally cold and hard gaze gradually softened, but his words were still commanding. 

“Straighten your arms.”

He had already stood up straight, so Shen Qi could only tilt his head to look at him. 

His eyes were pierced by the bright light, so he once again closed them. His eyelids trembled, and he licked his lips and reached for the unfinished glass of alcohol on the table.

Fu Mingyuan frowned, then bent down again and drew close to him. He pushed the alcohol away with his left hand, and rubbed the young man’s lips with his right finger. 

There was still some liquid remaining there.

Feeling the somewhat cool fingertips on his lips, Shen Qi tilted his face and seemed to want to take a bite. 

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“En, let’s go back and drink water.” 

He simply raised up the young man’s arms and helped him dress.

His clothes were a little big on the young man, and it made his complexion appear paler and his face redder. 

He was also too thin.

Fu Mingyuan squinted. 

When he was playing competitions in the past, he must have reversed night and day for work and sleep.

In the future, he would still play in competitions, so Fu Mingyuan had to think of ways for the young man to at least get enough nutrition. 

Bo Li, who was only a step away from the door, watched their series of interactions, and the innocent young man blushed and somewhat stammered as he turned his head and asked Sun Fan, “A friend?”

Sun Fan’s face was expressionless, and he looked back at Lu Tun. 

Lu Tun: ….

Begging you guys to hold back a little ba! 

He nodded a little anxiously.

Xu Leng seemed to have also noticed something wrong. 

Why did it feel so gay.

“Ordinary friends?” Bo Li asked again. 

Lu Tun nodded again.

Then, in the next second— 

Shen Qi suddenly wobbly stood up, but he was a little unsteady and leaned forward.

Fu Mingyuan grabbed him underneath his armpits and only just managed to steady him. 

Shen Qi didn’t seem very satisfied with this position, so he simply stretched out his hands and put his arms around Fu Mingyuan’s neck, hanging his whole body off of him.

Bo Li: “Ordinary friends?” 

Lu Tun hooked his arms around Xu Leng’s neck and let out a “hehe” before saying, “Captain, you see me and Dog Ge are in this position too! Isn’t this very normal?”

Xu Leng: …. 

It still felt pretty gay.

Shen Qi’s feet were dragging against the ground without any hint of strength. 

This made him a head shorter than Fu Mingyuan, and the top of his head just reached the other party’s chin.

His head rubbed against the other party’s chest. He raised his head, and the corners of his mouth rose to show a brilliant smile. 

Maybe the lights were too dazzling, but this smile made Fu Mingyuan’s ears go red.

He was holding the young man’s waist with one hand, trying to help him up. 

Using Fu Mingyuan’s strength, the young man slowly moved up and drew close until they were face to face, kissing him through the mask.

When he was done kissing him, he wasn’t that satisfied. 

“I didn’t manage to kiss you.

“Gege, I didn’t manage to kiss you.” 

Fu Mingyuan’s whole body was stiff.

His eyes darkened. 

“Ordinary friends?” Bo Li turned his head.

He stepped out of the room. 

Lu Tun: ….

Xu Leng: It was really gay ah? He couldn’t hear what they were saying, such a pity. 

Sun Fan followed behind Bo Li and said suddenly, “Lu Tun, do you want to try kissing Xu Leng?”

Lu Tun: …. 

Xu Leng: ….

The four of them finally left the room. 

They really couldn’t keep watching this.

The door to the private room closed. 

Fu Mingyuan turned his head to take a look.

His repressed emotions slowly overflowed from his eyes. 

He drew close to the young man’s red ear, lowered his voice, and said, “You know ba, I’m an adult.”

It wasn’t illegal. 

The young man didn’t seem to hear what he said clearly, but just hung onto him.

Fu Mingyuan suddenly lowered his head, pressed against the other’s forehead with his mouth through his mask, and let out a laugh. 

Even his chest vibrated slightly.

This laugh almost exposed Shen Qi as the haziness in his eyes dispersed, and his arms around his neck loosened a little. 

His legs were really about to go soft.

Fu Mingyuan didn’t discover that he had changed at the moment and recovered his serious appearance before bending down and directly picking him up. 

The young man wasn’t light, but he was still within range of Fu Mingyuan’s strength.

Shen Qi put his arms around his neck, and now he seemed to be more well-behaved, just rubbing against the front of his jacket every once in a while and murmuring in a low voice. 

“Gege, I feel so bad.

“Gege, I want to go back home. 

“Gege, have you warmed the bed for me?”

“….” 

Fu Mingyuan’s pace was stiff at first, and then he strode out with big steps.

When he walked out of the hotel, there was a person who stared at them for a while at the door. It seemed that he couldn’t believe it. 

Then he took a picture secretly with his cellphone.

Because he was in a hurry, Fu Mingyuan didn’t notice. 

……

When they got back to the hotel, just after they got out of the elevator Fu Mingyuan saw Du Jing squatting at the door of Shen Qi’s room, looking completely anxious. 

When he saw them, he rushed over.

Fu Mingyuan was still holding the drunk man. He just signaled Du Jing to take the room card from his coat pocket. 

“How did he end up in this state after drinking?

“You weren’t photographed, right? 

“Do you want to stress me to death like this, you just couldn’t go along with me?”

Fu Mingyuan turned his head and gave him a cold look. 

Du Jing bit his tongue.

Then he looked at Shen Qi who seemed very uncomfortable in his arms, and shut up. 

Alright, he’ll just deal with the aftermath ba.

Now he’ll go and stare at the Hot Search list. 

After putting the person on the bed, Fu Mingyuan went to the bathroom to run a bath. Du Jing walked around the room and then dragged a suitcase in from the door.

It was Fu Mingyuan’s suitcase. 

After putting the suitcase in the living room, he went around twice, sighed deeply, turned, and left.

He closed the door. 

Lying on the bed, Shen Qi opened his eyes, his expression clear.

He pinched his cool face and looked at the temperature of the heater. 

28 degrees, very good.

Then he looked down at the clothes he was wearing today. 

It was a bit annoying. How come he had just worn a sweater, there were no buttons for Fu Mingyuan to undo ah.

His cheek rubbed against the pillow a few times and gradually grew warm. 

He slipped his shoes off of his feet, kicked off the quilt covering him, moved his back up and down, and let his clothes bunch up on his upper body.

When Fu Mingyuan came out, what he saw was the young man moving like a fish, frowning and writhing around uncomfortably. 

He lowered his eyelids, a slight smile appearing at the corners of his mouth. He helped cover him up with a quilt again, rubbed the young man’s hair, and pretty much coaxed him in a low voice, “Bear it for a while, I’ll go pour some water for you.”

His voice was a bit hoarse. 

His throat was dry.

On the way back just now, he had passed by a pharmacy and bought some sobering pills. 

Shen Qi let out a low “wu” and seemed to agree.

After waiting for him to leave, he again kicked off the quilt. 

After a few minutes, Fu Mingyuan came in again.

He brought over water and medicine, supporting the back of Shen Qi’s head and letting him lean against his shoulder as he fed him the medicine. 

“The water temperature is just about right now, can you go take a bath by yourself?” Looking down from the young man’s clavicle, Fu Mingyuan’s eyes slightly drifted.

He swallowed. 

Shen Qi rubbed his head against his shoulder twice, and then, turning his head to the side, kissed him.

The young man smelled of alcohol and looked confused and unfocused. 

His hands were causing a bit of trouble, climbing up from down below, his palms hot.

Fu Mingyuan’s eyes darkened. 

After a while, he pushed the young man away.

“Take a bath first.” His voice carried a sense of forbearance, with a feeling that he had never felt before. 

He also didn’t dare to look directly at the young man.

Shen Qi put his arms around his neck and was a bit unhappy. 

His hands still wanted to be sly. What he felt under his hands was too good.

The lines of this man’s body were even more alluring than when he looked at them. 

His leg rubbed against Fu Mingyuan’s leg.

Before the next step, the cellphone placed at the head of the bed suddenly rang. 

That was the ringtone for Du Jing’s work phone.

Normally, if it wasn’t something urgent, he seldom would call Fu Mingyuan using this phone. 

Fu Mingyuan held Shen Qi’s armpit in one hand and wanted to help him into the bathroom. He answered the phone with his other hand.

Du Jing’s anxious voice traveled over. 

“Is that one in your family asleep now?”

Shen Qi softly leaned into Fu Mingyuan’s arms, and it seemed that he had heard Du Jing’s words. He raised his head, his eyes half narrowed, looking somewhat confused. 

“What’s the matter, Gege~”

His voice had already gone completely hoarse. 

Fu Mingyuan’s breathing was a little unsteady, and he paused in holding the person up. It was only after a while that he answered Du Jing affirmatively.

Du Jing rubbed his forehead. 

“Ge, something urgent came up. How about you go slowly first?”

Why was it just one thing after another! 

Fu Mingyuan let out an “en,” let go of his cellphone, and simply picked up Shen Qi again. His expression gradually returned to normal.

“Take a bath first, and listen to me a bit. 

“I have something to do.

“After I come back, I’ll fix your drunkenness problem.” 

Fu Mingyuan placed the person at the door of the bathroom, made him support himself with the door, and then brought Shen Qi’s cellphone in.

Seeing that his expression wasn’t very good, Shen Qi gave up on his plans. 

He just sighed at the bottom of his heart.

Leaning against the wall with one hand and rubbing his temples with the other, he teetered and tottered towards the inside of the bathroom. 

Fu Mingyuan closed the door, his expression growing cold.

The call hadn’t been hung up yet, but Du Jing could only vaguely hear the sound of a door opening and closing over there. He nearly felt that his eyes were growing ears. 

It took two minutes for Fu Mingyuan’s quiet voice to sound out again.

“What’s going on?” He went to the kitchen from the bedroom, checking on the congee he had made for Shen Qi in a pot along the way. 

He was afraid that if Shen Qi vomited, his stomach would be too empty and he would feel bad at night.

Du Jing’s tone suddenly became serious. “Someone posted a recording on Weibo of Shen Qi’s quarrel with Chen Ling before his retirement. 

“Now there’s already an uproar on Weibo, with people hoping that Shen Qi will come out to explain whether he retired at the end of the year because his playing fixed matches had been unearthed and he had just left out of anger.”

Du Jing didn’t believe it. 

As far as he knew, although it was against the rules to play fixed matches, the punishment would just be getting suspended for one season.

Fu Mingyuan paused, then walked out of the kitchen. When he passed the bedroom, he could still hear the sound of water. 

“Has the recording been deleted?” There was no change in his tone.

It was just that his gaze had grown a bit sharp. 

Du Jing didn’t notice.

“It’s been deleted, but it’s useless. Some people saved it and posted it back up. People fought until they got to the official PUBG Alliance Weibo and asked them to give an explanation.” 

After all, Angry had won the solo championship before.

If he really had played fixed matches, then did that mean the championship had been corrupted? 

“Send it to me.” Fu Mingyuan pinched his eyebrows.

Du Jing answered affirmatively and then said, “There’s…there’s something else.” 

Now he really wanted to hack that person into pieces.

He had just wanted to camp out at Fu Mingyuan’s gossip Weibo, but what did he manage to get while camping ah! 

How deep the waters were in the e-sports circle, Du Jing, who had never been in the circle, now knew.

Most of the fans who had originally said that they supported Angry now immediately defected. All the fighting power focused on cursing out M1G was now all transferred onto Angry. 

“Talk.” Fu Mingyuan seemed to be holding down his anger.

Du Jing’s laptop mailbox showed that the transmission was successful, and he sighed. “It’s just, in the audio recording, Chen Ling mentioned Shen Qi’s biological mother, saying that his mother was mentally ill. He asked whether Shen Qi had inherited it, and that’s why he wouldn’t livestream. 

“Isn’t that pure bullshit?

“Is this Chen Ling sick?” 

Fu Mingyuan lowered his eyes, and after a while, let out a cold laugh.

“I see. You take a rest first ba.” His tone was even colder than just now. “I’ll deal with it here.” 

Du Jing answered affirmatively, but he still wasn’t quite at ease.

After all, the audio didn’t seem to have been spliced together. It was real. 

Although the voices weren’t very distinct, their names really were called out, and the voices of other M1G members could be heard, including RJJ’s voice.

It couldn’t be that this guy had made an audio recording on purpose. 

These fans really didn’t recognize Angry and Chen Ling’s voices after all.

During his time with M1G, Angry hadn’t done any official livestreams. Even though fans had visited the M1G official Weibo many times about it, he still wasn’t willing to do them. His reason was very simple: livestreaming would affect his training time. 

And there was even less of a reason to mention those interviews. Both big and small, he wasn’t willing to participate in any of them.

His reason: it wasn’t his real job and would affect his practice. 

Chen Ling had quarreled with him many times because of these matters.

But to no avail. 

In the M1G team, only RJJ’s livestream was a bit more active, and the others also didn’t really livestream.

Chen Ling didn’t care about other people. As long as RJJ could make money, it was fine. 

It was just that RJJ and Angry’s personalities clashed, and there were very few times they did duos together. It was also very hard for fans to sneak a peek at Angry while watching RJJ.

Fu Mingyuan didn’t click on the audio recording directly. 

He listened to the sound of the water in the bathroom and rubbed his sore temples. It was only after the fierceness in his eyes gradually faded away that he went back into the bedroom.

After a bath and taking the medicine, Shen Qi seemed to have sobered up a bit. He didn’t support himself against the wall when he came out. 

The smell of alcohol on his body had been replaced by the smell of shower gel. His hair dripped water down his neck, his bathrobe was loosely tied, and the bedroom light reflected on his delicate clavicle.

Fu Mingyuan half-squinted at him for a while, then slowly approached. 

“Sobered up?” He lowered his head slightly and brushed his thumb against the red corner of the young man’s eye.

Shen Qi didn’t feel any shame. He nodded, then drew forward, hugging him and spraying Fu Mingyuan’s neck with warm breath. 

Fu Mingyuan let out a low laugh and pressed the back of his head with his palm.

“How much did you drink? 

“Drinking is bad for the stomach, so don’t drink so much next time.”

He knew that it would be hard for Shen Qi not to be happy after being able to talk to his old friends. 

Drinking a bit of alcohol was actually quite understandable.

It was just that Fu Mingyuan didn’t want him to harm his body because of this. 

“There is congee in the kitchen. If you are hungry, then go and have some,” he exhorted again.

Shen Qi recognized the meaning of his words and was suddenly vexed. 

He pulled at the back of Fu Mingyuan’s clothes. “Gege, are you going to leave?”

When he spoke, he still sounded a bit hoarse. 

Fu Mingyuan’s breath stagnated. He pulled away from him, and his gaze fell on his lips.

And then he kissed him. 

It was a very gentle kiss.

It wasn’t demanding at all. 

Shen Qi blinked and chuckled. “Then will Gege come back tonight?

“I will warm Gege’s bed. 

“Do you want that, Gege?”

He looked up, and it was as if there was light in his eyes. 

Fu Mingyuan was silent for a moment, rubbing the young man’s eyelids with his finger.

His young man was a young man who could shine. 

He rubbed his eyelids with a very light touch, and the eyelids under his hand trembled.

Shen Qi just felt that it was a little cool and ticklish. 

He pursed his lips and began to laugh.

It was only after half a minute that Fu Mingyuan released his hand and told him, “Don’t play with your cellphone, it’ll be easy for you to become dizzy.” 

Then he added, “But if you don’t feel well, call me right away.”

Shen Qi answered affirmatively, leaned his head against his chest again, and said with a smile, “I know. 

“It’s just that with you not here, I don’t like to sleep alone.

“You see, my head needs to rest on your arm to sleep well.” 

Saying that, he yawned.

Maybe he was really drunk, but he was now sleepy. 

Fu Mingyuan’s eyes looked soft, and he let out an “en.”

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The author has something to say: 

Wow, I wanted to cry when I wrote. My god, what is with my brain.

My cub, in Fu Ge’s eyes, is shining QAQ 

Thanks for the nutrient solution and mines.

Um, at the end of the month, is the nutrient solution going to expire hehehe 

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Juurensha: ….so I think SQ pretended to be drunk to try and seduce FMY, but really, I feel like he didn’t need to do that to just seduce FMY hahahaha. Also both RJ and CL are terrible, and I hope their faces get slapped soon.