Chapter 148

“The really dark-skinned one? Wang Junqing?”

“Or the one who’s always chewing on a toothpick?”

Jiang Luo: “……”

He tapped Wang Chuang with the rolled-up papers again, utterly exasperated. “Neither of them!”

Wang Chuang made a sour face. “It has to be a guy?”

Jiang Luo: “I’m giving you a chance—ask a different question.”

Wang Chuang tried again, still frowning. “Which guy, exactly? Do I know him?”

“Yes, you know him.”

“Who?”

Jiang Luo beckoned with his hand. Wang Chuang leaned in, craning his neck and ear closer.

Jiang Luo said seriously, “Huo Zongzhu.”

“Cough!”

Wang Chuang nearly choked.

It’s him?!

He was shocked.

Then he said something that made Jiang Luo jump.

“Wait… you two just went to Shenzhen together, right? And now you’re back saying you like him?”

“You slept together at the hotel?”

Jiang Luo: “……”

“Did he sleep with you?”

Jiang Luo: “……”

He pressed his lips together, grit his teeth, and made a move to tap Wang Chuang with the paper again. Wang Chuang shielded his head with one hand and pointed at Jiang Luo with the other. “If you keep this up, I’m done! I’m leaving!”

Jiang Luo rolled his eyes, relaxed his grip on the paper, smoothed it out, and tossed it on the desk.

Wang Chuang leaned on the desk, murmuring: “You really like guys? You like Mr. Huo?”

“What do you like about him? Why?”

Jiang Luo: “Why? You like what you like. That’s all there is to it.”

Wang Chuang thought it over. “So like guys like girls for being pretty, you like guys for being… good-looking too, right?”

Jiang Luo: “Obviously.”

Wang Chuang started reasoning: “Guys like women’s faces, chest, waist, butt, legs. You like guys… what do you like about them?”

He paused. “Their… you-know-what?”

“Is he… big?”

Jiang Luo: “……”

He felt like strangling Wang Chuang, ready to jump over the desk and hit him, but Wang Chuang quickly said, “You gotta have a reason, right?!”

“When did you realize you liked him?”

Jiang Luo held back the urge to smack Wang Chuang, explaining: “We went to Shenzhen together. He gave me a factory there—already built, fully equipped, ready to run. All that’s left is hiring staff and starting operations.”

Wang Chuang: “???”

He was stunned.

Then his mouth outran his brain. “Damn! If he gave me a factory, I’d like him too!”

“Why did he suddenly give you a factory?”

“Did you live together? Did you really sleep together?”

Jiang Luo: “……”

The next question made him happy again.

“Does he like guys too? Does he like you?”

Jiang Luo almost grinned uncontrollably. Leaning back in his chair, he nodded confidently. “I think so. Probably.”

“Did you confess? Or did he confess when he gave you the factory?”

Shock again. “Wait—what? A factory!? He gave you a factory???”

Jiang Luo shrugged, almost radiating pride. “Not yet. We just toured the factory and talked business. Nothing like a confession…”

His heart was overjoyed, though he pretended calm. “It’s still early. He’s busy, I’m busy. We’ll see later.”

Wang Chuang, ever thoughtful, said: “No, don’t wait. Strike while the iron’s hot.”

Jiang Luo nodded, keeping up the calm act. “I will.”

“Have you confessed before? Do you even know how?”

Jiang Luo countered: “Do you?”

Wang Chuang shrugged. “I’m not in love with anyone right now. We’re talking about who you like.”

Jiang Luo leaned back, cleared his throat, and said, “I’m still not sure if he likes me.”

Then he asked Wang Chuang: “You think he likes me?”

Wang Chuang blinked. “I don’t know. That’s between you two.”

Jiang Luo emphasized: “He gave me a factory.”

Wang Chuang thought for a moment. “Who just gives someone a factory? Especially a ready-made one. That’s insane.”

“Yeah. He likes you.”

Jiang Luo: “We sit together all the time, he even hugs me.”

Wang Chuang nodded: “Guys hugging guys? That’s kinda gross. If you sat next to me, no matter how close, I wouldn’t hug you. He likes you!”

Jiang Luo: “He bought a place on Wukang Road just so I could move in with him.”

Wang Chuang clapped. “He likes you! Definitely likes you!”

Jiang Luo: “He even arranged for Wang Junqing and the others to protect me.”

Wang Chuang: “He likes you!”

Jiang Luo: “%￥￥&”

Wang Chuang: “He likes you!”

Jiang Luo: “*&@￥@”

Wang Chuang: “He likes you!”

Jiang Luo: “balabalabala”

Wang Chuang: “He likes you!”

Jiang Luo jumped up, heart pounding, started straightening his clothes like he was about to march into battle.

Wang Chuang, the true bro, encouraged him immediately: “Go! Just take him down!”

“Confess tonight, go straight to the bedroom!”

“Pregnant by tomorrow!”

“Charge—! Go boldly—!”

But how to “charge”? Jiang Luo, inexperienced, had no idea.

He sat back down, heads together with Wang Chuang. “If I confess directly, is it too sudden?”

“What if he’s not prepared?”

“What if he doesn’t actually feel the same way?”

“Hmm~~!”

Wang Chuang, bent over the desk, thought deeply, nodding. “True. Guys liking guys isn’t common. He might not like you.”

Jiang Luo was speechless, smacking his head. “You just said he likes me.”

Wang Chuang explained: “Normally, even if you’re close, you just eat, drink, play pool. Guys don’t usually give gifts. Who expects him to give you a factory?”

“Could you give me a factory?”

“Or could my parents?”

Jiang Luo thought carefully. “Huo Zongzhu treats people well. I didn’t expect him to give me a factory either.”

“Why would he give me such a huge factory?”

Wang Chuang: “Didn’t you ask him?”

Jiang Luo: “Yes.”

Wang Chuang: “What did he say?”

Jiang Luo: “He said Shenzhen’s business environment is good, it’s a special zone, and I need a factory in the south. He also said, as an investor, he’d take two percent of profits.”

Wang Chuang scoffed: “Excuse. Saying that makes giving you a factory sound reasonable. But no one gives a factory for no reason. Even close friends don’t.”

“Anyway…”

Wang Chuang corrected himself: “Whether he likes you as much as you like him is hard to say. Guys liking guys are rare. It’s unlikely it just happened that you like a guy, he likes a guy, you like him, and he likes you back.”

“I think…”

Wang Chuang scratched his face. “Don’t confess yet. Probe first. See how he really feels.”

“If he really likes you, confessing now or later won’t matter. If not, you could scare him off.”

Jiang Luo agreed: “Right, watch the situation first.”

He asked Wang Chuang: “And if he really doesn’t feel that way?”

Wang Chuang looked a bit troubled. “That’s a bit tricky.”

Jiang Luo: “What’s tricky? I like him. If he doesn’t like me, I’ll chase him.”

Wang Chuang: “How?”

Jiang Luo: “Like a guy chases a girl, I’ll chase him.”

Wang Chuang: “Not the same, right?”

“Why not? Same thing.”

Jiang Luo, brimming with confidence, asked, “How do you usually chase girls?”

Wang Chuang blinked: “I don’t know. Never chased one. Never liked any girl.”

Jiang Luo, annoyed: “Telling you is pointless.”

Wang Chuang thought: “Take her out to eat? Go shopping? Movie? Club dancing?”

Wang Chuang pictured Huo Zongzhu—didn’t seem right. “You can’t chase Mr. Huo like a girl. You buy jewelry for a girl. How do you give that to Mr. Huo?”

Jiang Luo: “I’ll give a watch.”

Wang Chuang: “He doesn’t need that. He can give you a factory. He doesn’t need a watch. You need something special.”

Jiang Luo started thinking about what special gift he could give Huo Zongzhu.