Chapter 1
After being busy for almost half a year with preparations for the IPO, Wei Yuhuan finally had some free time and flew back to S City from New York.
His secretary, Li Xiuya, picked up his luggage at the baggage claim and asked Wei Yuhuan what his plans were – if he was going back to the company or somewhere to relax.
Wei Yuhuan thought of his lover, whom he hadn’t seen in half a year, and smiled, “Give me my phone. I haven’t seen Xiaoze in a long time, I’ll go see him.”
Li Xiuya’s expression changed slightly, but he couldn’t say anything – after all, this was Wei Yuhuan’s private life.
Wei Yuhuan, thirty years old, was the CEO of the Huan Yu Group and a prominent figure in the business circle of S City. He was young, successful, and handsome, attracting the admiration and affection of many socialites and ladies.
But this seemingly perfect diamond bachelor had a little-known attribute – he was pure gay.
The “Xiaoze” he mentioned was a rising young actor under the Eastern Entertainment, Lou Ze, who had recently gained popularity.
Li Xiuya handed Wei Yuhuan his private phone and called a driver for him.
Wei Yuhuan noticed the tiredness on his face and patted his shoulder, “You’ve worked hard during this period. Take a week off and rest well. Go wherever you want to play, and the company will reimburse you.”
Li Xiuya didn’t say a word, but he complained in his heart. Who the hell wants to go out and play after sitting on a long-haul flight for more than ten hours? He couldn’t understand it.
Yes, Li Xiuya was also one of Wei Yuhuan’s “intimate partners.” Wei Yuhuan knew he was gay before he hired him.
Although Wei Yuhuan was gay and had many lovers, he didn’t mess around or attract any troubles. Each partner was carefully selected and mutually agreed upon.
Li Xiuya was the one who initiated their first time, and Wei Yuhuan had never hinted or lured him before.
Wei Yuhuan didn’t indiscriminately accept anyone, but had a good impression of Li Xiuya and appreciated his personality and work abilities.
Moreover, with Wei Yuhuan’s busy work schedule, having a partner like Li Xiuya was much more convenient in critical moments.
Li Xiuya was the only lover by Wei Yuhuan’s side who he hadn’t openly broken ties with, but Wei Yuhuan did not mistreat him. During their time together, not to mention salary and bonuses, Wei Yuhuan had purchased many luxury items for Li Xiuya, such as watches, shoes, and bags.
Li Xiuya enjoyed these things, and Wei Yuhuan also appreciated his intelligence and grace.
However, Li Xiuya couldn’t compare to a legitimate lover, and after half a year, Wei Yuhuan was starting to tire of him. He missed the hot and seductive little star in bed.
After parting ways with Li Xiuya, Wei Yuhuan directly took the car from the driver and drove to the place where Lou Ze lived.
As a precaution, he called Lou Ze’s agent beforehand.
The reason why he called the agent instead of Lou Ze himself was that this “pimp” was the one who brought Lou Ze into the industry.
Wei Yuhuan did not have a long-term financial exchange with the entertainment industry, and meeting Lou Ze was just a coincidence.
Two years ago, he attended a party hosted by a friend, and a senior executive of Dongjing Entertainment brought several newly debuted stars to accompany him, including Lou Ze.
During the banquet, Lou Ze kept sending him flirtatious glances, toasting and serving him dishes. When he smiled, there was a hint of shyness in his eyes, which made Wei Yuhuan itch.
Soon after, Lou Ze’s agent approached him and asked if he would like to further develop his relationship with Lou Ze.
Those were all euphemisms. Wei Yuhuan, who had experienced the world, naturally knew what they meant.
To put it bluntly, the entertainment industry was a harem of the upper class, full of hidden rules. The young people with no outstanding talent besides their looks were competing based on their backgrounds and connections. As long as someone was willing to promote them, they could quickly rise to fame.
Wei Yuhuan was already attracted to Lou Ze, and he was willing to take the initiative to send himself to his doorstep, so of course he didn’t mind playing around with him.
That night, he arranged to meet Lou Ze in a hotel and tried something new. The next day, a letter of intent to invest in a TV drama was delivered to Dongjing Entertainment, with Lou Ze named as the lead actor.
The deal was set.
Now, the agent’s phone rang for a long time before it was answered. “Mr. Wei?!” The other side was surprised, and there was some noise in the background, as if they were at a KTV. “You’re back in the country?”
“Yeah, is Xiao Ze with you?”
“No, he just finished filming a TV drama and said he wants to rest for a few days. I haven’t arranged any activities for him…Do you want me to call him for you?” The person on the other end sounded a bit anxious, but Wei Yuhuan didn’t notice.
“No need, I’ll find him myself.” Wei Yuhuan smiled. Since he was on a break, it would be nice to spend more time with him.
After hanging up the phone, Wei Yuhuan drove to the villa where Lou Ze lived.
This house was bought by Wei Yuhuan for his partner after they had been together for a year. Of course, he wasn’t generous enough to give a six or seven million yuan villa within a year. It was just that the boy repeatedly whispered in his ear that the company-provided apartment’s conditions were too poor, and he had to share it with several small celebrities. They also feared being caught by paparazzi whenever they checked into a hotel.
Wei Yuhuan thought it made sense and let Li Xiuya pick a villa for him to live in. However, they agreed to three rules. First, the house would only be transferred to Wei Yuhuan’s name if Lou Ze stayed with him for five years. Second, during this period, Lou Ze could not be with anyone else. Wei Yuhuan did not like his lover to be intimate with others, let alone have sex or flirt.
Although he hadn’t been able to sleep with Lou Ze much in a month, it was difficult for Lou Ze to see him at all in the past six months in the United States, except when he needed something urgently. Otherwise, Wei Yuhuan rarely asked about his private life.
So in this respect, it really had to rely on the other person’s self-awareness.
At nine o’clock in the evening, Wei Yuhuan parked the car and glanced at the dark villa next to him. He didn’t know if Lou Ze had gone to sleep or went out to play and hadn’t returned.
Lou Ze was a night owl, so Wei Yuhuan thought the former was unlikely.
He took out Lou Ze’s personal WeChat account and planned to send a message first. The conversation box showed their latest message record, which was two months ago.
When he first went to the United States, Lou Ze said good morning and goodnight to him every day and called him darling and dear husband. Wei Yuhuan was almost driven crazy by him!
Later, when he got busy, the contact gradually decreased. From this, it could be seen that distance and time difference were really the killers of love.
Wei Yuhuan rolled down the car window, lit a cigarette, and typed slowly on his phone: “Baby, I’m back in the country. Are you at home?”
Before he could even hit send, he saw a couple of figures not far away, leaning towards him.
They walked shoulder to shoulder, giggling and whispering, and their relationship was unusual.
They were almost in front of the car, and they were so unscrupulous that they hugged each other and kissed passionately!
Wei Yuhuan narrowed his eyes. The streetlight shone on the side of their faces from afar. One of them had a shiny diamond earring on his right earlobe, which was the gift he gave to Lou Ze during their last date before going to the United States.
Wei Yuhuan reached out his hand holding the cigarette and gently flicked the ash out of the window.
The crimson cigarette butt flickered in the dark, and the next second, the headlights in front of the car illuminated the two people who were kissing.
Wei Yuhuan restarted the car and drove away in the bewildered expression of Lou Ze.
There was no point in blaming anyone. It was originally a transaction, and Wei Yuhuan couldn’t force Lou Ze to remain pure and chaste for him when he left him alone for half a year.
But now that Lou Ze had found a new love, it meant that their transaction was over.
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Wei Yuhuan understands the reasoning behind it, but he still feels a suffocating feeling in his chest and feels uncomfortable all over.
That night, he went to his family’s house to spend the night, and his grandfather caught him and gave him a lecture, asking him to learn from his older brother’s steadiness and not be so cynical. His grandmother took the opportunity to urge him to find a partner and get married. Wei Yuhuan was so annoyed that he couldn’t sleep all night, and he was scared that he would be lectured by his grandparents again the next day. He left after breakfast.
In the past half year in the United States, Wei Yuhuan has been living in hotels every day and really doesn’t want to go back to China and run his hotel.
He called Li Xiuya, hoping to find some comfort from him.
After the phone was connected, Wei Yuhuan lazily asked what he was doing and if he was free tonight. There was a clear trace of loneliness in his tone.
Li Xiuya is a very delicate person, and immediately guessed that Lou Ze didn’t give Wei Yuhuan a good time. If this man were in a good mood, he wouldn’t have the spare time to call him, right?
But he was not happy that Wei Yuhuan could call on him anytime, and coldly said, “I’m on vacation. It’s not like you said I could go anywhere I wanted to fall in love. I don’t have time to see you.”
Wei Yuhuan choked and couldn’t say a word!
He had spoiled Li Xiuya’s temper before, and his usual gentleness and thoughtfulness seemed like a fleeting memory.
Wei Yuhuan was successful in the business world and was not someone who would smile and flatter others. He was so angry that he threw his phone aside.
The air conditioner in the car was set to 18 degrees, but it couldn’t cool down the fire in Wei Yuhuan’s heart. He lowered the car window and let the polluted city wind hit his face.
Driving around aimlessly for half a day, Wei Yuhuan felt more and more depressed.
He had been indulging in a life of debauchery for ten years, with countless lovers and no restrictions. When had he ever thought that there would be a day when he had nowhere to go?!
The silver Mercedes drove onto the Fengjiang Bridge, and Wei Yuhuan looked at the sparkling river and suddenly had a flash of inspiration – he seemed to have a river view apartment at the Chunjiang Huajing Garden Estate!
But when it came to that apartment, it was a depressing story that made him feel disheartened.
It was also a year ago when he was invited by an old friend to give a financial investment speech at J University and met the college student who was hosting the event, Cong Yuan.
That child was handsome and had a natural arrogance in his eyebrows and eyes, which reminded Wei Yuhuan of his “first love” in college. But his first love didn’t succeed because the other party was a straight man. Although Wei Yuhuan was promiscuous, he had a certain sense of morality and didn’t mess with straight men.
But Cong Yuan was different. Wei Yuhuan could see at a glance that he was the same type of person as himself.
He was overjoyed, as if the desire that had been dormant for ten years was about to be fulfilled.
Cong Yuan was quite skilled too. He made Wei Yuhuan endure a month of spiritual love talk, but didn’t let Wei Yuhuan get any further. If it were anyone else, Wei Yuhuan would have been annoyed a long time ago, but Cong Yuan not only didn’t, he also raised Wei Yuhuan’s appetite high, indicating that he had good emotional intelligence.
Every time Wei Yuhuan gave him something, Cong Yuan would return it without batting an eye and say, “Wei Ge, I regard you as a confidant, and the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water. You giving me these things will only ruin our relationship.”
He said it so tactfully that Wei Yuhuan was powerless to argue.
But he wasn’t in a hurry, on the contrary, he was happy. He felt that good food was like wine, the longer you wait, the better it tastes.
During that time, his mind was full of Cong Yuan, and he went to Lou Ze’s place less and less. He even secretly bought a set of apartments near J University and planned to give it to Cong Yuan as a gift on his birthday.
The house was renovated in the fastest time possible for three months. On the day of Cong Yuan’s birthday, Wei Yuhuan gave him the address and brought him there.
The new house was decorated with flowers, cake, red wine, roses, lanterns, and quilts, all new.
Wei Yuhuan had prepared for so long, if he didn’t get any action tonight, he would really suspect that the other party was deliberately teasing him.
Cong Yuan was obviously moved and that night, he reluctantly rolled the sheets with Wei Yuhuan.
Wei Yuhuan pressed him on the new bed and ate him up slowly all night long. The food was so delicious!
He even brought the house transfer contract, hoping that Cong Yuan would sign it as soon as he woke up, expressing his heartfelt intentions.
This child was clear-minded and grateful. Once he received Wei Yuhuan’s kindness, he would be bound to him.
As long as he followed him, let alone the house, Wei Yuhuan would take care of his future prospects.
He thought beautifully in his heart, but Wei Yuhuan could never have predicted that when he woke up in the morning, Cong Yuan was already gone!
He called Cong Yuan, but the other party’s phone was turned off. Later, he received a short message saying, “Wei Yuhuan, I don’t want to play with you anymore.”
Wei Yuhuan was confused. Where did he offend this young master? Weren’t they getting along well last night? They were so in tune in bed, moaning and begging, crying with tears, and it was so attractive.
Later, when he called again, although he answered the phone, the other party was cold and resolute, insisting on breaking up.
Well, Wei Yuhuan didn’t like to force people into doing things they didn’t want to do.
Although feeling disappointed and unable to figure out what went wrong, since Cong Yuan had made up his mind, he didn’t want to make things worse for himself.
Coincidentally, the company went public, and he became busy travelling between China and overseas. Later, he stayed in New York for almost half a year, and gradually forgot about his past relationship.
In fact, that’s just how relationships are these days. Who can’t live without whom?
However, this year has been particularly unlucky for him. First, his beloved girlfriend left him without any reason. Then, his celebrity lover cheated on him, and even his usually obedient secretary dared to show him attitude. After experiencing so many setbacks, Wei Yuhuan felt a bit disillusioned.
