Chapter 69 An Unfriendly Call

As soon as he lay down in bed, Fu Yanle decided to sleep for only an hour. Facing Yu Jingchen's distrustful gaze, he even set an alarm clock with utmost sincerity.

At exactly 3 PM, the alarm clock had only rang for a few seconds when Yu Jingchen saw Fu Yanle roll over, expertly reach for his phone, and then "piu"—

The phone fell onto the carpet.

Yu Jingchen sighed, picked up the incessantly ringing phone, and when he turned off the alarm, he discovered that Fu Yanle had set an alarm every five minutes, for a total of five.

Unfortunately, none of his skills were put to good use. This was because while Fu Yanle's attitude was commendable, his actual abilities were lacking.

Yu Jingchen placed his phone on the bedside table and had just straightened up when the screen lit up, and an unknown number without a label called in.

Fu Yanle had a habit of adding notes to every contact he knew. Yu Jingchen thought for a moment, then hung up the phone. Just as he was about to send a text message asking the other party to call back later, the other party called again.

Is something urgent?

Yu Jingchen glanced at Fu Yanle, who was still asleep, picked up his phone, and went to the balcony. He gently closed the sliding door and answered the phone, "Hello?"

The person on the other end was silent for a few seconds, then said, "Where's Fu Yanle?"

“He’s busy right now. Please call back later. If it’s urgent, I can pass on the message.” Yu Jingchen frowned, feeling that the voice sounded familiar, and the tone made him feel even more uncomfortable.

The other person's breathing became rapid, accompanied by the sound of glass shattering, though it sounded somewhat distant and didn't seem like the person making the call had broken it.

"What right do you have to relay this message? Who are you to him? Are you two together now? How did you manage to hook up with him?!"

"..." Yu Jingchen remembered where that familiar feeling came from and instantly recognized the other person. He sat down on the sofa, his tone calm, "Of course I have the right to pass on the message, because I'm his boyfriend, and we're dating. As for how I hooked up with him, according to Lele, it's because I'm outstanding and charming; he was attracted to me and was willing to believe in my sincerity. Anyway—"

Yu Jingchen lowered his tone, "It's not about living off a woman or lying to deceive people."

"You! You know who I am?" Su Fengyao said, "You're really with him? Who exactly are you?!"

Yu Jingchen said, "You have no right to question me. Lele has blocked your number several times, but you keep bothering me. Did the Su family not even have enough money for tuition before they went bankrupt, so no one taught you what manners and etiquette are?"

"Don't fucking lecture me!" Su Fengyao roared, "Let Fu Yanle answer the phone!"

"Get lost." Yu Jingchen hung up the phone and added the number to his blacklist.

Since Su Fengyao was beaten up last time, she had been quiet for a while. Now she's acting recklessly again, so she must be fully recovered. Thinking this, Yu Jingchen called Xu Shuo.

"Hello? Good afternoon, Mr. Yu~"

Yu Jingchen's tone was quite cold, "So happy? It seems your workload has decreased significantly, and you're in a pleasant and relaxed mood."

"Hello? Good afternoon, Mr. Yu." Xu Shuo repeated the greeting in a perfectly obedient tone, then added, "What can I do for you, Mr. Yu?"

Yu Jingchen said, "Go and check on Su Fengyao's movements today."

“Su Fengyao? Has he harassed Young Master Fu again? That shouldn’t be the case. The person who saw him sent me a message at noon saying that his face was still bruised.” Xu Shuo adjusted his glasses on the other side. “I’ll notify the people over there immediately.”

"Hmm." Yu Jingchen hung up the phone, turned around and walked back to the inner room, only to see Fu Yanle already lying on the bed in a frog-like position, obviously struggling between waking up and being fully awake.

Yu Jingchen walked over, reached out and rubbed the back of Fu Yanle's neck, leaned down and said, "Why aren't you sleeping anymore?"

“If I say one hour, then one hour.” Fu Yanle said in a low voice, “That’s just how awesome I am.”

Yu Jingchen put down his phone and said, "It's 3:05 now, only five minutes. Our Lele is indeed very punctual."

"Ugh!" Fu Yanle rolled over and lay on his side. "It's so cold outside, why did you go to the balcony?"

Yu Jingchen stood by the bed, not answering immediately, because he didn't want Fu Yanle to be upset by Su Fengyao's call, nor did he want to lie to Fu Yanle.

Seeing this, Fu Yanle quickly rolled over twice, reached the edge of the bed, grabbed Yu Jingchen's leg, and scooted up, successfully getting to his feet. Then, he reached out and cupped Yu Jingchen's face, frowning as he asked, "Who made my brother Chen unhappy? Don't you know you have the most valiant man hiding by your side? Tell me who it is, and I'll go and kill him!"

"You dare." Yu Jingchen raised an eyebrow. "You can only kill me."

"This 'gan' is not that 'gan,' you're uncultured!" Fu Yanle poked Yu Jingchen's chest. "A man with a dirty mind!" He poked him again. "Quick, tell me, why are you unhappy? You're definitely unhappy! Do you know that every time you're unhappy, you slightly furrow your brows and have a very cold expression? Although you usually don't have much of an expression, who am I? I'm the man you've slept with, I'm the great scholar Chen!"

Yu Jingchen couldn't help but say, "Hook him up."

"Huh?" Fu Yanyu looked completely bewildered. "What do you mean, 'hooked up'?"

“Here.” Yu Jingchen pinched Fu Yanle’s leg, then pointed to his own waist, “like when you were making a scene at me last night.”

Fu Yanle said shyly, "It's daytime now, and we're all upright gentlemen. This would be indecent."

"Okay," Yu Jingchen said, "Hurry up."

"Yes, sir!" Fu Yanle wrapped his arms around Yu Jingchen's neck, and like a monkey climbing a tree, successfully wrapped his legs around Yu Jingchen's waist. He saluted with one hand, "Reporting, mission accomplished!"

Yu Jingchen turned around with Fu Yanle in his arms and turned up the air conditioner in the room by one degree, since Fu Yanle had a little habit of sleeping without pants. Then he carried Fu Yanle into the bathroom and said while running hot water, "Su Fengyao called you just now, and I answered."

"What bad luck." Fu Yanle frowned. "Did he smear my image in front of you? Did he say anything vulgar or offensive?"

Yu Jingchen patted Fu Yanle's buttocks and said, "Clamp up, I'm going to wring out the handkerchief."

"Okay!" Fu Yanle obediently picked it up.

Yu Jingchen wiped his face and said, "No, but you sounded quite anxious. You probably know you have a boyfriend and called to 'interrogate' him."

"Questioning me? You're really shameless. If I had answered that call, I would have given his whole family a piece of my mind." Fu Yanle rubbed his still-warm face against him. "Don't be upset over some ignorant bastard. I really have no good impression of him at all."

“I have no doubts or distrust of you.” Yu Jingchen pressed his forehead against Fu Yanle’s and said with distress, “I just think of him and the time you were deceived by him. Although you may not have been the complete or real you back then, that was your time and youth. You were in college then, a time when you should have been carefree and unrestrained, but you were trapped in conspiracies and deceptions… Lele, I feel sorry for you, but I am powerless to help you.”

Fu Yanle's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she said softly, "You always feel sorry for me, but why don't you feel sorry for yourself? You suffered a lot of grievances in places I didn't know about during those times."

“I like you because it’s my own choice, purely voluntary. I should bear any feedback and consequences myself, it’s none of your business. But…” Yu Jingchen touched Fu Yanle’s nose and said in a hoarse voice, “I want to be selfish and unreasonable just this once. Lele, please feel sorry for me, and then stay with me forever.”

“This isn’t selfish or unreasonable,” Fu Yanle said. “You just share the same wish as me.”

Yu Jingchen's heart pounded uncontrollably as he eagerly kissed Fu Yanle. They were like two branches intertwined in the heavens and earth, their legs and arms tightly entwined. Separation would be painful, and they needed to experience the joy of their racing hearts and disordered breathing together, their very essence clinging and mingling.

Fu Yanle is more capable than before; he can return kisses, though not with as many fancy moves. But that's okay; as long as it's Fu Yanle, even the most inexperienced one can make Yu Jingchen lose control.

For Yu Jingchen, Fu Yanle was the switch that triggered desire and love.

After leaving the bathroom, Fu Yanle was still clinging to Yu Jingchen. Yu Jingchen liked this intimate feeling. He sat down on the sofa with Fu Yanle in his arms, picked up his phone, and saw a missed call.

Fu Yanle glanced at it; it was Xu Shuo.

Yu Jingchen called back and asked, "What is it?"

"It's about Su Fengyao," Xu Shuo said.

Upon hearing this, Yu Jingchen turned on speakerphone and said, "Go ahead and speak."

"That's right, around 2:50, someone went to Su Fengyao's current residence to look for him. He was wearing a hat and sunglasses, so his face couldn't be seen, but his build was very similar to Lin Qingtong's."

Su Fengyao made the call at exactly three o'clock. If this person, who is suspected to be Lin Qingtong, said something to him, then the timing makes sense.

Yu Jingchen thought for a moment and said, "At the time, I heard the sound of glass breaking after hitting the ground, and I guessed that it was not Su Fengyao who broke it. So it seems that it was probably this person who broke it."

"But how did Su Fengyao know that Young Master Fu has a girlfriend?" Xu Shuo said on the other end of the line. "He hasn't gone out much lately, does he also surf the internet?"

Upon hearing this, Fu Yanle immediately picked up his phone and sent a WeChat message to Fu Sheng.

"Also, I don't quite understand. Even if Lin Qingtong used Su Fengyao to make this call, what was his purpose?" Xu Shuo was confused. "Could it be that he wanted Su Fengyao to give up completely and love only him?"

“No!” Fu Yanle said, “He wants to know who my boyfriend is, especially whether it’s Yu Jingchen.”

Xu Shuo let out a questioning croak, "What does this have to do with him? And how did you know, Young Master Fu?"

“Fu Sheng said that Lin Qingtong wanted to go to Yaoguang, but he ridiculed her and said that Yaoguang didn’t like her. So Lin Qingtong must have become suspicious and used Su Fengyao to gather information. As for what it has to do with him,” Fu Yanle reached out and pinched Yu Jingchen’s handsome face, “of course it’s because he has actually been coveting President Yu for a long time.”

"Oh my god!" Xu Shuo exclaimed, "He's just a fly pretending to be crazy while collecting honey!"

“I have no connection with Lin Qingtong whatsoever.” Yu Jingchen valued his innocence and immediately explained to Fu Yanle, “If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t even remember the name ‘Lin Qingtong’.”

Fu Yanle certainly didn't doubt it, but he was very pleased. He pinched Yu Jingchen's cheek as a reward, then leaned in and gave him a quick kiss, saying with a smile, "I know you're the best!"

"..." Xu Shuo hung up the phone with his boss.

Author's Note:

"Me and My Grudge Boss" by Xu Shuo

I have to add a "/" to everything I write (shrug).