Tit For Tat (Beloved Enemy) - Chap 92
Don’t owe each other anything,’ how fucking laughable is this. GuQingPei hoping to use this phrase, “Don’t owe each other anything” to offset his suffering in the past two years?
Dream on!!
GuQingPei felt more and more like he is sitting on pins and needles. He knew that he and YuanYang could not be ‘friends’. He can’t do it. YuanYang also can’t do it. The grievances and resentment between the two is still very unclear. The best approach at this time is to completely cut off all contacts with him.
ZhaoYuan had always been a considerate person. Just glancing at GuQingPei’s expression, she could already guess that he wanted to leave. Sighing, she said softly, “QingPei, I’m really not feeling well. Maybe I ate too light during my confinement period, this time, eating such spicy foods, my stomach can’t take it. Can you take me back?”
GuQingPei gently patted her back, “Okay.” He turned to YuanYang and LiuZiWen, “My apologies to the both of you. We are not going to intrude upon your lover’s romantic dinner, I’m going to take her home.”
LiuZiWen nodded with a smile, “JieJie, take care of your health. You two go ahead and leave first.”
YuanYang expressionlessly looked at him, his body a little stiff.
GuQingPei help ZhaoYuan up from her seat and nodded to YuanYang at the same time, “I’ll have to trouble Director Yuan to pay the tab. Let’s find a different date and I’ll make up for it.”
YuanYang coldly responded, “No trouble at all.” He stared at GuQingPei’s and ZhaoYuan’s back silhouettes until they disappeared from his line of sight.
LiuZiWen sighed and held her chin, “My god! Director Gu is so handsome! The charms of a mature man is very unbearable, very unbearable.”
YuanYang gave her a cautious expression.
LiuZiWen thoughtlessly smiled.
After taking ZhaoYuan home, GuQingPei drove around in the downtown area. The series of changes in the imperial Beijing city can be described as rapid. Having not returned for more than two years, he could no longer remember many of the local roads. However, unknowingly, he ended up driving to the district where he had once lived with YuanYang.
Seeing the more than 20 stories of commercial buildings from afar, his heart is a mixture of conflicted feelings.
He parked the car on the side of the road, got out and looked up at this home that was once so familiar to him.
At the time, he left in such a hurry that he didn’t have time to manage the house. In actuality, he didn’t know what he wanted to do with it. From an investment perspective, he should not sell it because the value kept rising. And from an emotional perspective, he really wasn’t able to part with it.
After all, there are many good memories there. People do tend to be sentimental.
So, he’s just left the place as is. He didn’t even remember where he put his key. There are still many things in the house…household stuff, collectibles, and documents that he didn’t clean up and put away when he moved. Right now, it must’ve accumulated a thick layer of gray dust.
He didn’t want to go in because he didn’t know what to do with the house.
Oh wells, since he didn’t remember where the key is, might as well just leave and go.
GuQingPei turned his head back and drove away.
GuQingPei recently took over a real estate project that is in the approval stage. He has been busy every day hoping to be able to increase the volume rate. After all the construction procedures for this land has been approved, he’d sell again at a higher price. He just wanted to do real estate, not real estate development. Real estate development is too energy-consuming, with many maintenance costs in the later period. Return on investment is slow and it’s easily prone to lawsuits. With his company’s current situation, his liquidable assets are only a few million. If he were to have another project, all the liquidable assets would be spent. So right now, the best suitable venture is for a fast turnaround on investments. His keys project at the moment are these construction projects.
Said to be a fast turn-around, the period is anywhere from three to six months’ time. He and his subordinates have been trying to procure connections from all over the places, at the same time, not sparing any effort to find the right buyers.
On this day, GuQingPei and his subordinates were reviewing various proposals when someone knocked on the door.
“Come in.” GuQingPei didn’t even lift his head.
The receptionist girl opened the door and came in, “Director Gu, a friend of yours is looking for you.”
GuQingPei, “Oh. What’s the name?”
“Surname Yuan.” The receptionist girl winked and said, “Very handsome.”
GuQingPei’s project manager started to laugh at the girl, not noticing that his Director’s face was a bit stiff.
GuQingPei straightened up and slowly took out a wet tissue to wipe the pen stain from his hand, “Take the guest to meeting room C.”
“Okay.”
GuQingPei fixed up his tie, “You guys continue on with your discussion. I’ll be back soon.”
Pushing open the door to the small conference room. Indeed, it is YuanYang impeccably dressed in a suit, sitting on the sofa with his hand holding a cup of steaming tea.
GuQingPei’s hand held onto the conference room door, not wanting to go in and not wanting to close the door. He’s already very tired today, he don’t want to devote anymore of his energy to deal with YuanYang. Yet, he still forcefully smiled, “Director Yuan, what wind blows you here?”
YuanYang put down the tea and seriously look at GuQingPei, “I remembered that you owe me a meal.”
GuQingPei stared blankly for a second. Then he remembered the scene from the hot pot restaurant over a week ago. Laughing lightly, he responded, “Oh yah, that’s right. That’s such small thing, Director Yuan don’t need to pay a visit for that, merely have your secretary give me a call will suffice. I’ll just send the money over.”
YuanYang turned a deaf ear to GuQingPei’s sarcasm, “I’m here to talk about the meal, don’t want the money.”
“I really don’t have time today. There is a lot of work waiting for me. Can we change the date?”
“Just make it today. I might not be free another day. It can’t be that Director Gu can’t be counted on for even a meal, right?”
The facial muscles on GuQingPei’s stiffened. YuanYang came to his company with such unforgiving determination. It’s easy to come here but sending him away is not going to be easy.
He looked at his watch and helplessly responded, “Fine, today it is then. Where does Director Yuan want to go eat at?”
“I’m picking the place?”
“Wherever is convenient for you.”
YuanYang stood up, “Let’s go then. I’ll drive.”
GuQingPei said, “I’ll drive and follow you. Otherwise, it’s not going to be convenient for me to get to work tomorrow.”
“You didn’t hire a driver?”
“No need for one at the moment, cost savings.”
YuanYang leaned on the wall, smiling but not really smiling, “Even better, I can be your driver one more time. If you don’t mind, I’ll pick you up tomorrow morning.”
GuQingPei’s Adam’s apple unconsciously bobbed, “Director Yuan must be joking. Alright, you drive. Let’s go.”
“Joking?” YuanYang laughed twice, “It’s not like I haven’t been your driver before.”
GuQingPei lightly shook his head with a smile, not wanting to continue bickering with him. YuanYang looking for him, of course, it can’t just be for this one meal. He must have things he wanted to say. GuQingPei can already foresee that this will not be a pleasant dinner, but he could not avoid it.
Compared to the YuanYang two years ago, who wanted to tie him up with a rope, this YuanYang of today is much easier to handle. Just needing to use a little more brain power and incessantly talk about nonsense, this he’s able to deal with it.
However, this hypocritical way of getting along with each other is likely to collapse in any instant. He really hoped that there would be such a moment in time in which he and YuanYang could politely and amiably say the words “goodbye” to each other.
The “goodbye” that they should have said to each other two years ago.
When they are confined in the tight space of the car, being forced to breathe in each other’s scent, both did not speak. They are sitting so close together that every time YuanYang shifted the gears, his elbow would touch GuQingPei.
YuanYang can faintly smell the male cologne on GuQingPei. GuQingPei can also smell YuanYang’s fresh and cool aftershave.
They were once very familiar with each other’s scent. They have kissed each other’s faces, caressed and stroked each other’s bodies. They’ve had sex, had been intimately close and had tightly embraced one another.
Now, it has become such a strange relationship. At the moment, GuQingPei didn’t know how to describe his feelings. He really just wanted to get out of the car and flee.
YuanYang parked his car in the parking lot next to the main entrance of a residential neighborhood. The shop facing the street was a rented Jiangnan cuisine brand chain. The restaurant is very extravagant. GuQingPei thought they would be eating here.
YuanYang took him into the restaurant and led him through the restaurant hall and walked out from the back door, directly to the elevator inside the residential building.
GuQingPei frowned, “Where are we going? Aren’t we eating here?”
“Who told you we’re eating here?”
“Then you……”
“It’s close.” YuanYang’s stared blankly at the floor number displayed on the elevator.
“Then, where are we going?”
“My home.”
GuQingPei was surprised for moment, his voice lowered, “Why are we going to your home.”
“Didn’t you say that I can choose the place?”
“Director Yuan, this is not appropriate, right?”
“Why is this not appropriate?” YuanYang looked at him mockingly, his eyes are very dark.
“We’ve already….”
“You want to say that we’ve already broken up, right?”
GuQingPei did not speak, just looked at him in silence.
The elevator stopped and the door opened. YuanYang pressed the elevator door and made an inviting gesture.
GuQingPei did not move.
YuanYang smiled, “We have indeed broken up. But to think about it, you let me fucked you for such a long time for free and got nothing out of me, don’t you feel that it’s such a pity?”
GuQingPei fisted his hand, “Director Yuan, what exactly do you want to say?”
“I think the phrase that Director Gu said the other day ‘don’t owe each other anything’ was too generous on me. I owe Director Gu too many things. I want to return each and every one of it. Otherwise, I’d feel restless.”
GuQingPei stared at him coldly, “I don’t need you to repay anything.”
YuanYang stood closely to him and lowered his head, his thin lips close to GuQingPei’s ears and whispered, “But I need you to return something to me.”
GuQingPei reached his hand out to push him away but his hand was immediately grabbed by YuanYang. Following is GuQingPei suddenly getting shoved and pushed up against the mirror in the elevator. YuanYang’s tall and strong body pressed on top of GuQingPei. Before GuQingPei could even open his mouth, hot and fiery lips smashed harshly onto his lips. YuanYang’s forcefulness made this domineering kiss so intense that it felt just like it was in the past. This was all too familiar, bringing back infinite memories for GuQingPei.
After being startled momentarily, he began to violently resist. But unfortunately, GuQingPei had never been able to beat YuanYang in physical strength. So nevertheless, he was tightly constraint by YuanYang. He was even forced to open his mouth by the strong grasp on his chin. YuanYang’s soft wet tongue aggressively invaded his mouth. This kiss made GuQingPei breathless, his face flushing. Under his skillful tease, his (GuQingPei’s) knees started to weaken.
At the time when GuQingPei could hardly breathe, YuanYang finally released him.
Once GuQingPei’s hands were free, his fist fiercely headed toward YuanYang’s face.
YuanYang easily grabbed his hand.
GuQingPei angrily glared at him.
YuanYang smiled at him provocatively, licking his lips, as though he’s not fully satisfied, looking exactly like the devil.
GuQingPei coldly asked, “What is the meaning of this?”
“Although I’ve had my fill before, but since I haven’t touched it for more than two years, suddenly I am just a bit curious about the taste.” YuanYang smiled, “It seems that not much has changed.”
End of the Chapter
