Mr. Dior - Chap 7
The highlight of tonight’s performance has not yet begun. On the stage, a rock singer is currently performing to warm up the atmosphere.
At the moment, the nocturnal people have not yet arrived but the drunk office workers were already staggering to their seats. The business people in suits took off their upper outer garment (i.e. a blazer or coat), rolled up the sleeves of their polo shirts, and meticulously combed their hair with both of their hands. At once, they transformed into a wild and frivolous customer.
The young pole dancer who’s wearing clothes that’s barely covering her body was about to enter the stage when she suddenly spotted Jiao Qi. She pouted her lips and threw him a kiss.
The young and handsome President Jiao, at this moment, is unable to respond to the girl’s enthusiasm. His face is as cold as a block of ice. He raised his hand and asked his smart brain, “How many times did Zhangda Diao not return home before 10 o’clock this year?”
The smart brain quickly searched its own information database. The records that the owner thought was “insignificant” were kept for only one month.
【 On the 3rd of last month, he was playing golf with a client and returned home at 11:32 in the evening. On the 16th of last month, he played games with President Wang and returned home in the wee hours. On the 28th of last month, he went to the hilltop at night to see the aurora[1] … 】
{T/N: [1] aurora – Sometimes referred to as polar lights, the northern lights (Aurora Borealis) or southern lights (Aurora Australis), is a natural light display in the Earth’s sky and predominantly seen in the high-latitude regions like around the Arctic and Antarctic.}
Jiao Qi unexpectedly discovered that for a long time, he hadn’t even cared about the places where Zhangda Diao went. He was also very busy and often went home late, so it’s just natural that Zhangda Diao was the same as himself. Whenever his husband informs him that he will be attending a social dinner, he will just casually respond without even listening carefully to the reasons he gave him, in which some of them turned out to be fabricated.
He thought so because a lot of his reasons were shoddy. For example, who would play golf in the middle of the night? And from which hilltop can you see the aurora in China?
In their seven years of marriage, Jiao Qi’s heart had always felt warm but suddenly, this heart of his fell to the ice cave and it felt extremely painful.
“Call a few beautiful ones over.” Zhang Chenfei’s voice loudly commanded but his sight, all throughout, stayed on his lovely little wife’s pale face. He raised his hand and took him into his arms. “Why, are you scared?” he asked while inserting his hand inside Jiao Qi’s shirt.
“President Zhang, you came.”
“I haven’t seen you for days.”
Two well-dressed enchanting boys came over carrying liquor in their hands, and the pair of big eyes with thick eyeliners flashed at Zhang Chenfei, clearly seducing him. The smell of inferior perfume assailed Jiao Qi’s nostrils and caused him to sneeze repeatedly.
“Don’t touch me!” Jiao Qi pinched the warm hand inside his shirt and pulled it out. Thinking that those hands had touched those boys who were selling liquor, he felt a burst of nausea.
Zhang Chenfei stubbornly wanted to tease him some more, so he tightly embraced him in his arms and with a grin, he said, “You are my wife. If I do not touch you, who will I touch then? Oh, do not forget. You are to pay for your father’s debt. If you are not obedient, be careful that … ”
He was not able to finish speaking as he discovered that his lovely little wife’s eyes had turned really red. This caused him to immediately choke. For no reason at all, his heart tightened in pain, and instinctively, he somewhat panicked.
“Why are you crying? Didn’t gege (older brother) already stopped teasing you?” Zhang Chenfei softly whispered, and tried to kiss his face, but he was firmly pushed away by Jiao Qi.
“Yo! Zhang Ge (elder brother), how come you changed to eating meat today?” A well-dressed man embracing a woman in a red dress swayed over and smiled. “Aren’t you afraid of your home’s lovely little wife?”
“What lovely little wife?” The woman in red dress curiously asked.
“Sweetie, you’re a newcomer and you don’t know that this President Zhang has always been famous for being afraid of his wife. Whenever he comes here to play, he never let ‘Wine Princess’ to come close to his body because he said that his laopo (wife) can smell perfume, haha haha … Huh!”
The man’s laugh abruptly stopped halfway. He became frightened when he saw the beauty in President Zhang’s bosom and exclaimed, “Sis… Sister… Sister-in-law? Sister-in-law!”
The smell of perfume?
Jiao Qi was startled and carefully recalled that each time Zhang Chenfei returned home, he was indeed covered by various kinds smell from the outside such as sweat, wine, seawater, and grass, but there was never a smell of others’ perfume.
Slowly leaning back to his lao gong’s bosom, he was immediately surrounded by a faint fragrance of wood and leather. It was the smell of the perfume he gave to Zhangda Diao which is Hermes Earth, the perfume designed for a mature and stable man.
Jiao Qi raised his eyebrows and said, “President Wang is quite skillful.”
This President Wang is the little companion who Zhang Chenfei always mentions. In those legends, he accompanied him in the middle of the night to soak in the internet cafe and to look at the aurora on the hilltop.
“Ah-haha…” President Wang smiled unnaturally.
Zhang Chenfei looked at the interaction between the two people with indifference. The arm around his lovely little wife suddenly tightened and said, “Sure enough, you really colluded with Wang-shi!”
“Ha?” Jiao Qi somewhat cannot keep up with his lao gong’s train of thought.
“The day had become cold and it’s time for Wang-shi to go bankrupt.” The president unhurriedly took a sip of his wine, and spoke in a matchless ice-cold tone.
“Huh? Wha… What?!” President Wang, who was implicated into something by merely being there, was struck dumb.
On their way back home, Jiao Qi never spoke. When he entered the door, he saw the bottle of pale yellow Hermes perfume on the key cabinet in the foyer, and only then did he stop his urge to charge at his husband.
Throwing the suit coat mercilessly on the sofa and then gripping firmly his lao gong’s necktie, Jiao Qi interrogated him in a cold voice, “Why did you never tell me that you were going to that place?”
The president was pulled by Jiao Qi at a crooked angle and he took advantage of this opportunity to bow his head and smack the lips of his lovely little wife. “Why do I have to report the places where I went and go to you?” After speaking, he abruptly carried him horizontally while walking with large strides towards the bedroom.
“Zhangda Diao! How many things are you hiding from me?” Jiao Qi was thrown into the bed. He tried to climb up but was suppressed back again.
“Oh, naturally there are a lot, but why should I tell you?” The president fiddled with his lovely little wife’s soft ear. The secret deep within his heart, how could he possibly tell it to this heartless corporate spy.
Jiao Qi’s patience and forbearance only allowed him to restrain his impulse to slap somebody on the face. “I knew you wouldn’t dare tell me because you were afraid that I am a corporate spy. You are really incompetent!”
“Humph! Using such method of spurring somebody into action by making negative remarks just to let me divulge my secret,” the president’s complexion is hideous as he pulled open his lovely little wife’s shirt fiercely, “I will not be fooled! How could I possibly tell you that I love you and loving you makes my heart ache. That I wanted to spend a lifetime together with you, even if it’s just for money.”
The sudden and unexpected confession made Jiao Qi to stare blankly. Quite a long time has passed before his soul returned to his body. “Who wants your money?”
Where should we go from here? As expected, those lines were a script from the book.
“Whatever you want, I’ll give it to you.” Zhang Chenfei propped up his body and smilingly looked at his lovely little wife. His eyes appeared soft and gentle.
“Who am I?” Jiao Qi looked straight into his husband’s eyes.
“Yanyan.” Zhang Chenfei said without hesitation and then kissed his little wife’s moist lips. Just now in the nightclub, his lovely little wife had a glass of wine, and there is an intoxicating taste which remained between his lips and teeth. People couldn’t help but savor it again and again.
Jiao Qi licked the corner of his mouth and gripped his husband’s big head within his hand. “Seeing that you did not cheat on me at the time you went to the nightclub, I will spare you just this time but … uhh … ahhh…”
Making love repeatedly until late into the night, the satisfied president-daren cuddles his lovely little wife and finally slept until the sound of snoring was heard. Jiao Qi opened his eyes and gave orders to his smart brain.
“What am I doing on the 3rd, 16th, and 28th of last month?”
The smart brain took the worksheet out.
【 On August 3rd: The live broadcast platform’s new function went online … went to a high-class dinner with the group … returned home at 10:20 in the evening. 】
【 On August 16th: Zhao Tengfei, President of Fei Teng Corporation, took you to an evening banquet. 】
【 On August 28th: A bug appeared in the video platform for Qixi Festival [1] where members’ activities were reduced to half the price. All employees went overtime. Returned home at 00:03 past midnight. 】
{T/N: [1] Qixi Festival – Also known as Chinese Valentine’s Day, known as Tanabata Festival in Japan, and as Chilseok Festival in Korea. It is a Chinese festival that celebrates the annual meeting of the cowherd and weaver girl in Chinese mythology. It falls on the 7th day of the 7th month on the Chinese calendar. More on Wikipedia}
The 28th was actually Qixi Festival?
He could vaguely remember that at noon that day, Zhangda Diao gave him a call. “When I get off work at night, I’ll pick you up and buy you something tasty.”
Jiao Qi touched the big hand circling his waist, slowly put his hand into it, and immediately held it tight. Using his thumb, he stroked his husband’s soft purlicue[2], and used the back of his head to rub against the husband’s strong chest until he fell asleep.
{T/N: [2] purlicue – anatomy. the space between one’s forefinger and thumb}
The next day, Zhang Chenfei opened his eyes in a daze and felt a burst of headache. He grimaced in pain and massaged his temples. He’s also unable to remember what happened yesterday. Feeling the warm body around him, he habitually embraced him in his bosom.
……
“Oh, this is not enough!”
“Shut up!”
……
Last night, those extremely shameful lines are like a rising tide in the sea that instantly rushed into Zhangda Diao’s head making it a mess. The president-daren sat up and his face was pale.
Heavens, what had he done in these two days?!
He took Jiao Qi to the nightclub!
He boasted that he had a lot of lovers!
After he slept with him, he threw a check at Jiao Qi!
He also brought Jiao Qi to the company’s office to play!
O’ Heavens! Isn’t this the pattern leading to divorce?!?
