Chapter 60 "I like you and want to see you."

The last ray of sunset was swallowed up by the night. After leaving the horse farm, the four of them drove to the nearby hot spring hotel.

After changing clothes, everyone else was shirtless, except Jiang Yao, who wore a white yukata with the buttons fastened. Standing in the swirling mist, even his eyebrows and eyes were restrained and calm, which was very different from his usual carefree and unrestrained style.

His companions looked at Jiang Yao in surprise: "Young Master Jiang, why are you wearing so much clothing for the hot springs? Why don't you show us some muscles?"

"I haven't been working out much lately."

Jiang Yao said it casually, but in his heart he had already cursed Duan Zhuxian a hundred times.

When he was changing his clothes just now, he was shocked by the blue and red marks.

When people around heard this, they felt a little regretful, but also a kind of indescribable relief.

These guys are all carefree young men who have been used to extravagant spending since childhood. The youthful energy in them has long been dissipated by wine, sex and money.

But Jiang Yao is different from them. Not only is he born with a good appearance, he is also very capable and self-disciplined. He has always been the child of other people's families. While they admire his strength, they can't help but feel jealous.

After entering the water, the thin clothes stuck to Jiang Yao's skin, faintly outlining the contours of his chest and abdominal muscles.

Unable to hold back his peacock-like demeanor, Jiang Yao picked up his phone, took a selfie and posted it on his Moments with the caption: Hot Spring.

Less than half a minute after I sent it, I received a message from Duan Zhuxian: "The yukata is nice."

Jiang Yao instantly saw the hidden meaning behind the other person's words, suppressed the urge to roll his eyes, and replied, "It's just to protect your reputation."

Duan Zhuxian: "What kind of reputation?"

Jiang Yao knew someone was asking knowingly, so he sneered and added, "The dignified Mr. Duan is actually a beast in human clothing."

After sending it out, he intuitively felt that Duan Zhuxian was going to say something obscene again, and his face felt uncontrollably burning.

Unexpectedly, Duan Zhuxian changed the subject: "I'm eating near you."

Jiang Yao misjudged the situation and didn’t reply, but exited the chat app directly.

Someone asked, "Why is Mr. Jiang's face red when he hasn't even had a few sips of wine?"

Jiang Yao pretended to be calm and said, "The water temperature is a bit high, hot."

After chatting and drinking with some friends, it was already ten o'clock. Jiang Yao was not a lazy person after all. He had to go to the company tomorrow, so he prepared to say goodbye first.

After taking a quick shower in the attached bathroom and turning off the shower, the intermittent sounds of conversation from the hot spring pool outside came in.

"I heard that a while ago, someone from the Duan family was imprisoned. He's of the same generation as us and his crimes were serious. But he hasn't been sentenced yet. Maybe there will be a turning point."

"Although he hasn't been sentenced yet, it's a foregone conclusion that he'll go to jail. After all, the fact that he was able to go to jail so quickly is definitely due to Duan Zhuxian."

The person who said this was called Wang Cen. Since all the girls he pursued in school had a crush on Duan Zhuxian, he unilaterally became enemies with Duan Zhuxian.

Jiang Yao had never cared about this before, and besides, he was the one who got along the most with Duan Zhuxian.

But now, he felt that Wang Cen was quite annoying.

Someone asked: "Why would he send his own family in there for no reason?"

Wang Cen said: "Eliminate the competitors."

The people around him were puzzled: "He is already the most capable descendant of the Duan family. Who else is qualified to be his competitor?"

Wang Cen sneered, "What's the point of being powerful? He's not well-received in the Duan family. How can he stand out if he doesn't resort to some underhanded tactics?"

The other two were hearing this for the first time and didn't quite believe it: "Don't tell me you just don't like them and are just making this up."

"Really." Wang Cen lowered his voice, "My old man has an old acquaintance with the Duan family. It seems it's because of his biological mother..."

The rest of his words were interrupted by the sound of a door being pushed open.

"Wang Cen, why didn't I notice you were so talkative before?"

Jiang Yao walked out of the bathroom neatly dressed. His face, red from the heat, had lost its smile and looked a little cold.

Wang Cen had been so engrossed in his conversation earlier that he didn't stop. Now that he realized the relationship between Jiang Yao and Duan Zhuxian, he also felt something was amiss, but he still insisted to save face: "Hey, Young Master Jiang, why are you still protecting your shortcomings? Have you forgotten how you targeted Duan Zhuxian back then?"

Just now in the bathroom, Jiang Yao heard Wang Cen making fun of Duan Zhuxian, and he was extremely angry for a moment, but it was not the first time that Wang Cen showed hostility towards Duan Zhuxian in front of him.

He was still thinking about why he felt this strange mood.

It turns out to be "protecting one's shortcomings".

Jiang Yao raised his eyebrows slightly, and a smile appeared on his lips: "You are right, I am just protecting my shortcomings. Duan Zhuxian is my man now, and it is only natural for me to protect him."

He walked towards the hot spring pool, glanced down at Wang Cen, and said, "Also, spreading rumors is illegal. Don't let it get out of hand and become unresolved."

After saying that, he turned and left the private soup dumpling room, and met a waiter holding a rose outside the door.

"Hello, is Mr. Jiang Yao in there?"

Jiang Yao said: "That's me."

The waiter smiled and placed the flowers in Jiang Yao's hands: "A gentleman asked me to pass this bouquet of flowers to you."

"Which sir?"

"He didn't give his name."

After the waiter left, Jiang Yao looked down at the rose in his arms, frowning slightly.

His attention was completely focused on the flowers, and he didn't notice someone walking towards him. The next second, he was caught off guard and pushed into the corner by that person, and the unpleasant smell of alcohol hit him in the face.

Jiang Yao looked up and saw that the man in front of him looked familiar and was grinning at him.

"Jiang Yao, I finally see you again. Let's see where you can escape to today."

As soon as this person opened his mouth, Jiang Yao remembered that it was the idiot who had confessed to him at the horse farm before. His surname was Xu, but he couldn't remember his name. After being ignored by him several times, he threatened to block him every time he saw him in the future.

I didn't expect that he actually dared to put it into practice. It seems that he is tired of living.

He clenched his fist expressionlessly and was about to reward the drunk in front of him when he suddenly saw a tall and straight figure standing not far away, very close to the door of the private room.

It's a string-by-string.

I don't know how long I've been here, and whether I've heard his defensive remarks. The sound insulation in this crappy hotel is poor.

But he had no time to care about this. What was more important at the moment was that he was being cornered with a bouquet of roses in his hand, and his legal spouse and lover, the world's most jealous person, was watching quietly beside him.

Jiang Yao had an urge to black out his eyes——

It's really fucking hell.

He kicked the person in front of him away and said sternly: "Get out, don't let me see you again!"

The man surnamed Xu stomped his kicked calf and staggered back a few steps. When he looked up, he happened to meet a cold gaze. After realizing who the tall man was, he was so scared that he half sobered up and ran away for his life.

After Jiang Yao took a deep breath and looked at Duan Zhuxian, his deep eyes no longer had any coldness. They were like a bottomless lake, without any emotion at all.

He immediately walked towards Duan Zhuxian: "I'm just about to go home. Is your dinner over?"

Perhaps because of his guilty conscience, his tone was unusually soft.

Duan Zhuxian hummed, "I guess you haven't left yet, so I came to see you. I didn't expect to come at the perfect time."

Jiang Yao was speechless, feeling that Duan Zhuxian's words sounded particularly awkward, but Duan Zhuxian did not mention what had just happened.

Jiang Yao walked along the corridor leading to the exit, looking around.

Duan Zhuxian asked, "What are you looking for?"

Jiang Yao muttered, "What a shabby place! There's not even a trash can."

Duan Zhuxian raised his eyebrows: "Trash can?"

"Well, throw this thing away."

Jiang Yao deliberately ignored Duan Zhuxian's expression. He walked left and right a little impatiently, holding the handle of the rose bouquet with one hand and lifting it upside down roughly. The delicate petals could not withstand the tossing and fell to the carpet.

Along with the falling petals, there was also a gold-stamped card.

Duan Zhuxian picked it up before Jiang Yao.

Jiang Yao immediately went over to grab it, but failed because Duan Zhuxian was holding it too tightly.

There were six short words printed on the card. When Jiang Yao saw them, his heart tightened and his head hurt even more.

"I like you and want to see you."

A slow and deep voice suddenly rang in my ears, enunciating each word, burning my eardrums and making them buzz. I felt like I was being stabbed in the back, and my chest was clearly already weak, but it was still beating rapidly up and down.

The card was signed with only the letter X. Jiang Yao thought of the surname "Xu", and the drunk face instantly appeared in front of him.

He snatched the card, crumpled it up, and dropped his hand to his side.

"Don't watch boring stuff."

As Jiang Yao spoke, he looked up at Duan Zhuxian, but found that the other party's expression was still the same, without any displeasure at all, not even a hint of jealousy.

Duan Zhuxian made an ambiguous "hmm" sound.

From the moment Jiang Yao discovered him, all of Jiang Yao's guilt and panic were seen by him.

He put one hand on Jiang Yao's back and pushed Jiang Yao forward. He controlled his smile and said calmly, "Don't look for a trash can. The flowers are pretty. It would be a shame to throw them away."

Jiang Yao: "?"

At this time, the flower delivery waiter happened to pass by and saw Duan Zhuxian and Jiang Yao walking together.

Due to his professional ethics, he was about to say something about blessing with a smile, but Duan Zhuxian's look put an end to his words.