Tit For Tat (Beloved Enemy) - Chap 10
After they had finished dinner, Gu Qing Pei called for a cab and sent Zhao Yuan home.
When they were eating, Zhao Yuan told him that she recently met a person she was dating. She looked for a response and Gu Qing Pei said, “Observe him for a while and if you feel he’s reliable, and right, get married.”
He was very happy for Zhao Yuan.
No matter what kind of love they had, he still liked Zhao Yuan. If Zhao Yuan could find a man who will treat her with tenderness, he will be able to put down a big burden from his shoulders.
At the same time, he felt a bit lonely.
Since knowing his own sexual orientation, he has also tried to deal with some boys, but it is basically like a sneaking game. No one he found could be serious, or be considered for a long-term relationship. Unlike homosexuals who had long been self-aware, he had more than a decade to go through. He never had enough psychologically trials to learn about himself in school.
He was forced to understand almost an entire culture in a short time. Then immediately he was faced with a series of headaches such as marriage failure, handling of parents’ expectations, relatives and ex-wives, etc. At that time, his social status and interpersonal relationships had been shaped and stabilized.
He had been a normal person for more than 20 years. One day, he suddenly realized that he was actually an “alien”, which was more impacting to him than he knew, than when he was young and had nothing and nothing to lose.
It took a long time for him to accept the fact that the passion within the men did make him want to find the right thing, but he’s afraid no one would believe that he, who had a steady personality in the eyes of an outsider, used to have that fear of connecting with people for a few years, how emotionally confused he was.
However, he overcame the panic and anxiety and he spilled to his parents the truth about his divorce. His parents were teachers, although very conservative they’re very sensible to the globalization, but he was the only son of the family.
A good and successful career, the matter was resolved without much conflict, now he could calmly face his own sexual orientation.
After accepting his own differences, he felt very relaxed, no longer in a hurry to get married, but meeting the right person….he tried that for several times with no results. On his side….the male partners were coming and going, not too much though…..there have been two or three guys in total he considered for long term relationship but in both times it had ended awfully.
However, after the age of thirty, he had a steady desire to become someone’s permanent lover or husband, so after hearing Zhao Yuan say she wanted to get married, he was relieved but envious.
After Zhao Yuan was sent home, it was inevitable that Gu Qing Pei felt some loneliness, he intended to go to his usual bar to relax, get the best looking man who was pleasing to the eye, at least to have a good night with him. If not then have a small drink then go home to sleep.
The bar owner, a music producer, was a man with a special name. Top Muscles Man was his nickname, and Gu Qing Pei even had fun with him once. Unfortunately, he did not like boys with muscles, he liked them to be tender.
Due to it being a high end bar and with good employee welfare, staff mobility here was not very big. The waiters inside along with the bartender were people who Gu was already familiar with. After he went in, he sat directly at the bar, the bartender saw him and said with surprise, “Brother, how long has it been since you were last here. How have you been doing?”
Gu Qing Pei laughed, “Busy with work, but also busy with life.”
“Understand, so is it the same as always?”
“Ah, a glass of the usual.”
Gu Qing Pei’s wine knowledge was quite good, but he did not usually indulge in alcohol, he also maintained a very good self-control.
Another little bartender ran over to chat with him, “Brother, I have noticed someone for you, he looks good, oh, definitely the type you like, want me to help you connect with him?”
Gu Qing Pei raised his eyebrows, “Which one? Let me see.”
The small bartender’s eyes winked towards a young man sitting diagonally opposite the deck, along with three or five friends, both men and women, and played dice with them.
The boy looked really good, eyebrows, hair looked very soft, exactly what Gu Qing Pei liked.
The little bartender looked at him happily.
Gu Qing Pei smiled and took two banknotes from the purse and stuffed into the waiter’s jacket pocket. “Go ahead.”
The little bar tender carried a glass of wine towards the boy
Gu Qing Pei sat sideways, silently watching the boy.
The little bartender left the drink and said something in his ear, and the boy looked up. Gu Qing Pei can clearly see that when the boy saw him for a moment, his eyes brightened.
Gu Qing Pei’s self-deprecating thought went away. He didn’t have to sleep in an empty bed that night.
The boy stood up and walked towards him.
Gu Qing Pei patted him on the shoulder, smiled to the man next to him, “Brother, is this seat empty?”
The man glanced at him and made a plain gesture, leaving the wine.
The boy took the seat the man left. “Hello handsome, my name is Xiao Yang.”
“Call me Pei Ge. How old are you?”
“Twenty one.”
Gu Qing Pei laughed, “Really young, you still go to school?”
“Yeah, just around the corner, and you?”
“I also work near here.”
Gu Qing smiled a little positively, revealing two tiger teeth. The boy looked really delicious.
Gu Qing Pei put down the glass, came close to his ear and said, “Let’s not waste time here, okay?”
Xiao Yang gave a straight smile, lowered his voice and said, “But I’m not going to your house, this is my principle.”
“No problem, I won’t bring you to my home, there is a hotel near here …..you want to pick?” Gu Qing Pei threw money, gracefully made a please ‘let’s go’ sign.
Xiao Yang jumped out the chair, and took his arm in his grasp.
The two people left the bar, chatting. Gu Qing Pei and the boy walked to the car parked on the roadside.
He opened the door to Xiao Yang, “Come on, it’s cold outside, get in.”
The younger man was just about to get in, when something flashed near him. A hand sneaked past him and twined itself around his neck, pulling him to one side. Xiao Yang screamed.
Gu Qing Pei suddenly turned around and all of a sudden he was hit with Yuan Yang’s face donning a mischievous smile.
Gu Qing Pei was too surprised to look at him. Yuan Yang’s smile twisted a little bit and he said, “Gu Zong, you’re like a sneaky cat, coming out in the middle of the night looking for food.”
Note: Zong is like what you would call a General….or in this case Boss…so Yuan Yang saying Gu Zong he actually saying Gu Boss…or my boss Gu.
Gu Qing Pei was thrown a little on seeing Yuan Yang and he wanted to get angry, but then he thought it was stupid.
Gu Qing Pei quickly calmed down, “Yuan Yang, you are really lacking in manners.”
He went to Xiao Yang and asked: “You are not injured…are you?”
Xiao Yang shook his head and didn’t dare to speak.
“It’s nothing, let’s go.”
Gu Qing Pei wanted to hurry and get out of there. Yuan Yang stopped the car with a hand on the door, and squinted at them. Gu Qing Pei frowned at Yuan Yang and sent him a warning look, “Step aside.”
“Gu Zong, how are you going to leave me here, are you not going to order me to send you home?”
“I’ve already got off work, I don’t need you for that.”
“How can you do that, didn’t you drink…how can you drink and drive?”
Gu Qing Pei satirically said, “Compared with you, I drank boiled water.”
He can smell wine, strong alcohol and everything else emanating from Yuan Yang’s body.
“Yes, the last time you talked me into fighting to drink wine.”
Gu Qing Pei frowned, “I am not drunk…..I can drive…now can you let go?”
“If I’m not going to…. what are you going to do?”
This was completely stupid. Gu Qing Pei’s head was simmering with waves of fire, he wanted to slap Yuan Yang so hard once or twice.
Damn you, Yuan Yang.
The boy was so fucking annoying and unfortunately he wasn’t his son so he couldn’t discipline him.
Xiao Yang whispered, “I’m going to go back first.”
Gu Qing Pei leaned his hip on his car, “Don’t, this is nothing, we will take a taxi.”
After that he took Xiao Yang to take a taxi.
Yuan Yang stepped forward and grabbed Gu Qing Pei’s arm and laughed, “Gu, what’s wrong….what about the relationship between us, is it not satisfying…..to the point that you are looking for other men ……in my face….is it appropriate?”
Gu Qing Pei was startled. Although he held a bit of hope that Yuan Yang might be a little gay, but in such an environment, with such a person, it was a fool’s wish. It was impossible to lie to someone about what he and Xiao Yang were going to do.
Although he was aware of his sexual orientation, it was no small inconvenience to him. However, since he kept it in check, he didn’t have any worries. He quickly adjusted his attitude, and he didn’t believe he couldn’t cope with Yuan Yang problem.
He turned and laughed: “Yuan Yang, what is this? What is the relationship between us?”
“Gu Zong, without such a bridge across the river, I have a question to ask you, what is your relationship with him?”
“We are friends.”
“Oh, you walk with your friends with arms around their body?”
Yuan Yang thinking of the scene that was playing in front of him, he couldn’t help but laugh. It was ridiculous. Not only was Gu Qing Pei gay but has a taste that was so bad. He preferred this two-bit stick boy…. Is that your favorite type?
“Yes, I like to walk hand-in-hand with my friends, what’s your problem?”
Yuan Yang exposed a grave smile, “I said that I couldn’t stand for it.”
As soon as he said that, he reached for Gu’s hand. He pushed Xiao Yang and put on a fierce expression, “Don’t touch him…he’s mine, get the fuck out of here. Scram”
Little Yang was scared so he turned and ran.
Gu Qing’s face turned green.
