Chapter 94: If He Had Never Returned (Extra 2)
Gu Qinian felt the softness on his lips brush away almost as soon as it touched him. Before he could savor it, the other person had already pulled back.
He had even unconsciously leaned forward a little, yet still failed to get more.
The young man kissed him, lit a fire on both his lips and in his heart, then acted as if nothing had happened at all. Completely at ease, he closed his eyes, flopped back onto the sofa, and continued sleeping like a little pig.
Gu Tang: “Zzzz…”
Gu Qinian’s dark eyes fixed on the young man’s slightly parted lips, his gaze deep and shadowy.
He had never expected to be so easily ambushed by a little thing like this.
Touching his own lips, President Gu grew more and more annoyed the more he thought about it.
The source of his annoyance was that it had not been enough.
The other person had kissed him, so why had it only been one light little sneak attack?
That made no sense!!!
A vein throbbed at Gu Qinian’s temple. He slammed a fist hard onto the sofa. “Wake up!”
Gu Tang was startled and woke with a jolt.
Having just awoken, his expression was blank and frightened. His big round eyes were hazy with mist.
Gu Qinian thought for a moment that the young man had been scared into tears by his punch, and instantly felt a bit of regret. But the thought that the young man was very likely a spy hardened his heart again, and he demanded, “Who said you could sleep here?”
Gu Tang rubbed his eyes. “Hm?”
He was not crying. His vision was just a little blurry.
His mind had not fully woken up yet, and he had not really heard what the person in front of him was saying. He merely sat up and stared dazedly at the man’s face.
When he had lain down to sleep, two buttons at his collar had come undone. As he sat up, the collar slipped lower, revealing a beautifully shaped bit of collarbone and half of a smooth, pale shoulder.
The young man’s innocent, clueless expression and his disheveled appearance created a powerful visual contrast.
It stimulated the senses of the man before him.
Gu Qinian’s Adam’s apple bobbed. He turned his face away. “Fix your clothes.”
Obediently, Gu Tang lowered his head and looked at his shirt.
Only then did he slowly come back to himself.
Right…
The person before him was Big Boss Gu, or rather, Young Master Gu before being awakened.
He did not remember him.
That was why he spoke to him so harshly.
Gu Tang had no intention of arguing with someone who was not clear-headed. Lowering his eyes, he silently buttoned his shirt properly.
Seeing him remain silent, Gu Qinian instead grew irritated, not knowing whom exactly he was warning. “Listen carefully. No matter who sent you here, a honey trap won’t work on me.”
“Oh.”
Gu Tang did not even lift his head. He only answered softly, “I know.”
Gu Qinian frowned tightly. “You’re not denying it?”
“Why would I deny it?”
After fastening his shirt, Gu Tang looked at him in confusion.
Young Master Gu was a rising power in the business world, and on top of that, he had exceptional looks and a great figure. The temptations he faced every day were far more than a little.
But Young Master Gu seemed to have no interest in any of them.
There had even once been rumors outside that Gu Qinian was frigid or had some hidden physical problem.
Only Gu Tang knew.
Young Master Gu was frighteningly healthy.
He just liked focusing all his energy on him alone…
So before awakening him, in Big Boss Gu’s eyes, he was no different from all the other common temptations around him. He was not particularly attractive.
Gu Tang understood that very clearly.
Gu Qinian narrowed his long black eyes and examined the young man. “There’s someone behind you.”
Gu Tang: “?”
What did he mean?
Gu Qinian’s gaze darkened. “Something like what just happened… do you do it often?”
Gu Tang was baffled. “Do what?”
“What, still trying to deny it?!”
Anger spread across the man’s handsome face, and veins stood out on his neck.
Gu Tang truly could not remember what he had done that could make Big Boss Gu angry enough to puff up like a blowfish.
To keep him from exploding, Gu Tang thought for a moment, then folded the clothes that had been covering him and handed them back. “Sorry. I used your clothes as a blanket. I won’t do it again next time. If you think they’re dirty, I can wash them and return them to you?”
When he saw that the man’s expression still had not eased, Gu Tang bit his lip. “Or… when I get paid, I can buy you another one.”
The moment he touched that outfit, he could tell it was high-end custom-made.
He probably would not be able to pay it off even if he spent half a year cleaning this whole building…
But the man still showed no intention of forgiving him.
Gu Tang could only stand up and say quietly, “I won’t sleep on your sofa anymore either…”
But there was no way he could afford to? the sofa.
So he could only act cute and say in a small voice, “Please don’t be angry, okay?”
The young man’s voice was already naturally soft. Speaking so softly and gently like this was like a feather brushing over the tip of someone’s heart, making it itch unbearably.
Gu Qinian’s throat moved. Lowering his voice, he said, “Acting cute won’t help either!”
Gu Tang froze. “I wasn’t…”
That counted as acting cute?
Had Big Boss Gu never seen someone act cute before?
A single, older man who relied completely on his own ability to stay single truly had never seen a cutie acting spoiled. Gu Qinian himself had no idea what was wrong with him. His heart was beating strangely fast.
And when he thought that this alluring young man in front of him was merely a tool sent by someone else to calculate against him,
his anger flared.
“Very good.”
Gu Qinian’s expression turned gloomy. “Playing dumb, are you?”
“Then let me help you remember.”
“Let’s take a look at the nice thing you just did!”
Gu Tang had only just stood up when he was pushed back down onto the sofa.
The other man pinned his shoulders with two strong arms, his hot breath brushing over Gu Tang’s face.
“I, mmph…”
The moment Gu Tang opened his mouth, his lips were sealed.
His pupils shrank.
For one brief instant, joy rose in his heart—
Niannian woke up?!!
But he very quickly realized—
No, he definitely had not!
Because Young Master Gu’s kissing skills were still just like the first time… no, even worse than the first time.
He charged around recklessly inside his mouth, fumbling everywhere without any technique.
Gu Tang understood now.
The current Big Boss Gu had only the appearance of maturity, but when it came to romance… he was basically a complete elementary-schooler.
And the type of elementary-schooler who was bad at it without realizing it.
He ground down on Gu Tang’s lips, impatiently forcing his way in, and at one point their front teeth even knocked together.
It really hurt…
Having no choice, Gu Tang took the initiative to guide him with the tip of his tongue.
In the past, Gu Qinian had had absolutely no interest in intimate contact with anyone.
Especially kissing. Just the thought of it had disgusted him. His severe cleanliness obsession could not tolerate it at all.
But now he was sinking into the young man’s kiss so deeply he could not pull himself out.
This kind of deep kiss excited him far more than the light touch from before.
The little thing’s mouth was so soft, so sweet…
It even felt as if fireworks were exploding inside his head while they kissed.
But the more he enjoyed it, the more Big Boss Gu, who had no experience in love, painfully discovered—
the young man in his arms was extremely… experienced.
Clearly he looked so adorable, with such an innocent and naive appearance.
Yet he was very good at kissing…
Who had taught him?
He wanted to kill that person!
Tie stones to them and throw them into the river!
Then keep this little thing for himself, forever his and his alone.
Gu Qinian’s heart was full of vicious thoughts. He lifted a hand to cradle the back of Gu Tang’s head and deepened the kiss fiercely.
“Mmph, stop for a second…”
Gu Tang discovered that Big Boss Gu’s learning ability was terrifyingly strong.
He had only guided him a little, and the man learned it instantly.
Holding him tightly, he kissed him until he could not stop.
The spacious office echoed with the sticky wet sounds of their kissing, enough to make anyone’s ears burn.
Feeling like all the oxygen in his lungs was about to be stolen away, Gu Tang finally could not take it anymore. He pushed him away and gasped with difficulty. “…Are you trying to eat me?”
Gu Qinian licked his lips with lingering desire, his dark eyes locked on the young man without blinking, saying with his gaze alone—
If he could, he really would like to.
Gu Tang’s lips were slightly swollen, his cheeks were red beyond belief, and even his neck felt hot.
Now he understood what it meant for an old house to catch fire.
It was terrifying…
It was like he wanted to drag him into the flames too…
“That’s exactly how you treated me just now.”
Big Boss Gu pouted as he accused him.
“That’s nonsense!”
Gu Tang glared at him. “I only lightly touched you for a second.”
Gu Qinian raised a brow slightly. “So you do remember now?”
Gu Tang: “…”
Halfway through the kiss, he had remembered.
Earlier, half-asleep in his dream, he had hazily thought it was Niannian calling him, so he had kissed him once.
Who knew it would be Big Boss Gu…
Gu Qinian let out a cold snort. “You have no sense of propriety.”
The moment those words came out, Gu Tang’s temper flared.
Being good-tempered did not mean he had no temper at all.
From childhood until now, Young Master Gu had never spoken to him in that tone!
In order to wake him up, he had crossed into this unfamiliar world, worked hard cleaning all day long, finally managed to sleep for a while only to be frightened awake, then got grabbed and kissed so harshly, and now he was even… even being scolded!
“What did you say?!”
Gu Tang glared at him with round angry eyes, and his voice rose several degrees.
Gu Qinian choked.
Gu Tang said, “Say it again if you dare.”
Gu Qinian: “…”
The man turned his face away, pressed his thin lips together tightly, and said nothing.
Gu Tang refused to let him off. He poked him in the chest with a finger. “Go on, say it!”
Gu Qinian stayed silent and did not fight back.
He let him poke him however he liked.
Inside, Gu Tang cursed: Hmph, cowardly Niannian!
After the whole exhausting day, he was tired and worried, and after this outburst, his anger still had not fully gone away.
He crossed his arms and curled up in the sofa, refusing to speak to him.
“Why are you angry?”
Gu Qinian suspected he had gone mad, or else had been bewitched by the young man in front of him.
In his entire life, he had actually reached the point of trying to coax someone.
As long as the little thing would turn back around and smile at him the way he had during the day, he felt like even if he wanted the stars in the sky, he could go pluck them down for him.
Big Boss Gu reached out and tugged at the young man’s sleeve, awkwardly stuffing a card into his arms. “Don’t be angry anymore. I was wrong just now. Buy whatever you want with it. Take it as compensation…”
Before he could finish, the young man turned around.
Smack.
He threw the card to the floor.
The young man pouted unhappily. His lips were swollen from being kissed by him, and the little bead of his lower lip was slightly broken. His eyes were red at the rims.
Those beautiful amber eyes were full of grievance.
As if he had been badly bullied.
“Sorry…”
Gu Qinian was a little at a loss. “…I only suspected you of wanting to steal company secrets.”
“You suspected I was a spy?!”
Gu Tang stared at him in disbelief.
Gu Qinian coughed lightly and glanced at him. “…Don’t you think you’re suspicious?”
Gu Tang considered it carefully for a moment.
Actually… maybe he was a little suspicious.
The identity the system had given him was simple and crude.
If anyone really investigated and checked HR records, they would find that he had appeared out of thin air, with no social connections and no family or friends.
And he had only just started working at the company, yet that very night he had slipped into the president’s office…
Even if he said he was only there to sleep, no one would believe it.
So it was not unreasonable for the other person to suspect him.
To avoid being questioned more, Gu Tang simply asked back, “If you were suspicious, why did you tolerate me?”
“…” Gu Qinian was struck speechless for a moment.
He did not know either.
Clearly the young man felt suspicious, yet he could not help paying attention to him, and he could not bear to see the little thing feel wronged.
If his thoughts had not been such a mess, he would not have come here to work overtime for no reason that night.
Seeing the look of confusion on the man’s face, Gu Tang leaned closer. “Do you like me?”
Gu Qinian denied it on instinct. “I’m not that casual.”
“Really?”
Gu Tang deliberately moved closer and looked up at him.
“…”
Gu Qinian’s whole body stiffened, and even his breathing became slightly uneven.
Gu Tang leaned closer and closer, deliberately stopping just short of touching him, hovering within a distance where their breaths tangled together. “Do you want to kiss me again?”
Gu Qinian swallowed hard.
Without realizing it, he shifted toward the young man.
“You definitely don’t.”
But Gu Tang suddenly pulled away, bending back lightly and instantly widening the distance between them. “You don’t even like me, so why would you want to kiss me?”
The next second, his retreat was stopped.
Gu Qinian wrapped an arm around his waist, preventing him from moving back. One hand clasped the back of his neck. “You did that on purpose?”
Gu Tang blinked. “Didn’t you say you didn’t trust me?”
As he spoke, his slender pale fingers drew circles on the man’s firm chest.
Gu Qinian caught his hand and held it in his palm. “That’s exactly why I need to keep you by my side and see what kind of tricks you can play.”
Gu Tang: “…”
He had to say—
Big Boss Gu really was self-destructive!
But in that case, he would also be able to stay by his side.
That would help him wake Young Master Gu up.
Gu Tang silently weighed it in his heart and came up with a plan.
He had not forgotten that Young Master Gu was prideful and difficult, so he deliberately lifted his chin and provoked him.
Gu Tang said, “Why should I? Won’t I just run away on my own?”
Sure enough, Big Boss Gu let out a cold laugh and hugged him even tighter. “You appeared in my private area at night. If I say something valuable went missing and then hand you over to the police station—”
“What do you think will happen to you?”
They were too close. Gu Tang turned his neck away. “The police won’t wrongly accuse people.”
“Right. But you’ll still be detained and investigated.”
Gu Qinian pulled the young man onto his lap and pinched his chin, turning his face back so they had to look at each other. “You’d be locked up with real dangerous criminals. Aren’t you afraid?”
“…”
Gu Tang’s little face turned red, then white.
Big Boss Gu was even scarier than he had imagined.
Unlike Young Master Gu, who had grown up with him since childhood, the man before him had grown through hardship and had seen far too much darkness in the world.
When he was ruthless, he was more ruthless than anyone…
At the thought, he shivered suddenly.
“You don’t have to be afraid.”
Perhaps sensing his fear, the man’s large hand lightly stroked his back. “As long as you behave and stay by my side, I won’t do that.”
Gu Qinian had thought it through.
For the first time in his life, he was interested in someone.
So what if he was a spy?
Was he supposed to be afraid?
Even if the little thing had a dagger hidden on him, Gu Qinian was confident he could handle him.
Compared to that, training a spy was much easier than trying to search for someone who suited him this well.
No matter who had sent this thorny little rose,
he was accepting him.
He raised a hand and touched the young man’s soft lips, his gaze deep.
Gu Tang knew very well what that look meant.
Even though his memories had not been awakened, Big Boss Gu and Young Master Gu were still the same person. The subconscious would not change.
So…
He obediently closed his eyes and accepted the kiss.
—
The next morning.
As the president’s special assistant, Jiang Yiwen arrived at work half an hour early.
The moment he saw the light on in the president’s office, his heart dropped.
When he reached the door and looked—
sure enough, that man was already in work mode.
Damn, what a twisted workaholic…
Jiang Yiwen cursed inwardly, then approached with a professional smile. “President Gu worked overtime again last night?”
Gu Qinian did not even lift his eyes to look at him. He merely gave a calm “Mm.”
Getting even that much was already good enough!
It meant the workaholic was in a very good mood today.
He had worked overtime the whole night, and his mood was still that good…
Absolutely twisted!
To keep the man from working himself to sudden death and leaving no one to pay his salary in the future,
Jiang Yiwen kindly reminded him, “President Gu shouldn’t think only about work. You should also consider yourself. Even if you’re single, you still need to take care of your health…”
Before he could finish, the hidden side door in the office wall opened.
Inside was a lounge.
A private space of over two hundred square meters, containing everything one might need—bathroom, kitchen, bedroom, and so on. It was where Gu Qinian usually rested when he got tired from work.
But at that moment, a slender young man walked out of it.
If Jiang Yiwen was not mistaken, he was wearing their president’s shirt.
The oversized shirt hung on his body like a dress, reaching to about two inches above his knees.
Below it stretched a pair of long pale legs.
The young man looked as if he had just woken up. His hair was messy, and he was barefoot, his pale feet stepping onto the dark carpet as he walked to their president’s side. “Do you want coffee? Or tea?”
Gu Qinian finally lifted his face from the documents and pulled the young man into his arms. “There’s an outsider here. Fix your clothes.”
As he spoke, he buttoned up the young man’s collar himself.
The young man yawned lazily and waved at the “outsider.” “Morning, Yiwen.”
Jiang Yiwen: “???”
Stiffly, he answered, “Morning.”
After buttoning him up, Gu Qinian’s tone turned a little sharper. “Go back and put on pants.”
“I am wearing something!”
Gu Tang defended himself. As he spoke, he lifted the hem of the shirt to show him.
He was wearing a pair of oversized shorts underneath!
They were both men. Back at the dorm and at home, he always dressed like this, and Young Master Gu had never said anything. But in front of Big Boss Gu, suddenly this was wrong and that was wrong.
Older men were such a hassle…
Gu Qinian immediately pressed the shirt back down and nervously darted a glance toward Jiang Yiwen.
Jiang Yiwen instantly got the hint and covered his eyes. “Reporting to President Gu, I didn’t see anything!”
After handing him a cup of coffee, Gu Tang went back into the lounge to continue sleeping.
Only after the lounge door closed again
did Jiang Yiwen lower the hand covering his eyes.
Good grief!
Their boss had gotten a partner overnight!
No wonder he was acting so flashy this morning…
Even while drinking coffee, the corners of his mouth were raised!!!
Gu Qinian took a sip of the coffee the young man had made by hand. The rich, mellow aroma lingered around his nose and lips.
In a very good mood, he asked, “Anything else?”
Meaning: if not, you can get lost.
Jiang Yiwen asked with trembling uncertainty, “He… is that the cleaner from yesterday?”
“My personal life assistant.”
Gu Qinian corrected him word by word. “Very personal.”
Jiang Yiwen: “…”
That was certainly personal enough.
He had even been taken care of in bed!
—
Inside the lounge.
Gu Tang took a pair of Big Boss Gu’s trousers from the closet and put them on.
He was not short himself, but compared with the other man, he was much smaller all around.
The trousers hung loosely on him.
And they were very long.
If he did not roll them up, he could easily trip.
“So annoying. It’s way more comfortable just wearing shorts…”
Gu Tang muttered a complaint to himself.
Though this world’s Big Boss Gu was older, he was unexpectedly innocent.
Last night he had carried him into the lounge, yet after only kissing him a little, he had let him go to sleep. If it had been Niannian instead, Gu Tang probably would not even have been able to get out of bed this morning.
But the problem was that the other person had done nothing more, and showed no sign of waking up.
That made things troublesome…
Gu Tang sat on the bed in a daze, thinking about some way to stimulate Big Boss Gu.
Only if Young Master Gu’s soul fragment woke up quickly could he go home…
Gu Qinian took only two hours to finish the workload that normally took him an entire morning.
Then he headed impatiently toward the lounge.
Although he had been working, he could not stop his mind from drifting to the person inside. He even regretted sending him away just now.
Swish—
The door opened, and the young man was bent over making the bed.
As he moved, the hem of his shirt slid upward, outlining a round curve, while his straight long legs swung beneath it.
No matter who had sent the little thing,
that person had already succeeded.
He really had been bewitched into temptation.
But no matter what secrets he might lose, he was not giving the little thing back.
As Gu Qinian secretly thought this, his eyes unconsciously turned fierce.
Hearing the door open, Gu Tang turned around.
The moment their eyes met, Gu Qinian’s gaze changed, and he hid his darker emotions. “You don’t need to do this.”
Gu Tang hugged a small pillow with a freshly changed pillowcase. “Aren’t I your personal life assistant?”
That was what they had agreed on last night.
He was supposed to stay by the other man’s side under the identity of a personal life assistant.
How had things changed again after only one night?
Afraid that Big Boss Gu might go back on his word, Gu Tang set the pillow down and walked forward, hooking his arms around the man’s neck. Blushing, he asked, “Then… what does President Gu want me to do?”
The title “President Gu” suddenly felt very grating.
Gu Qinian frowned. “Do you have to call me that?”
This was an opportunity!
If the other person remembered the name “Niannian,” maybe that would wake him up.
So Gu Tang deliberately asked, “Then what should I call you?”
Gu Qinian’s gaze flickered.
Yesterday, when they first met, the young man had called him “Niannian.” Later he said he had mistaken him for someone else. When Gu Qinian had woken him from sleep, he had again hazily called him “Niannian.”
Clearly, no one would call a stranger by such an intimate doubled nickname.
That name was not meant for him.
Then…
Who was Niannian?
Could it be that he had misunderstood?
The young man was not a spy at all. He had simply mistaken him for Niannian’s substitute?!
All at once, jealousy surged up inside him. Gu Qinian’s tone turned cold and hard. “Just call me by my name.”
“Okay.”
Gu Tang sounded a little disappointed.
Young Master Gu still had not woken up.
He bit his lip and quietly said, “Then I’ll call you… Qinian.”
That form of address suited Big Boss Gu’s age and identity better.
Most importantly, Young Master Gu liked hearing him call him that in bed. Maybe if he kept using it, the other person would remember something.
Gu Qinian made no comment, which counted as silent approval.
Then he asked, “What do you want to eat for lunch?”
Since he had failed to wake Young Master Gu, Gu Tang was not in the best mood. He answered casually, “Anything.”
Gu Qinian: “…”
Yesterday he had told him he was not picky, but there had actually been so many things he did not like…
Knowing he would not get any useful information from the young man directly, Gu Qinian simply called Jiang Yiwen and told him to order some food more suited to a young person’s taste.
Right before hanging up, he added a strawberry cake as well.
Jiang Yiwen stared at the page now filled with food names from top to bottom. “…”
Was this really a personal life assistant?
This was more like bringing home an ancestor to serve.
