"Shut up," Chu Chenan said with a blushing face, "Give my phone back to me."
"Okay, but it's too late today," Qin Jue said breathlessly, "Let's wait until tomorrow. I'll come to see you tomorrow, okay?"
Qin Jue's voice was low and gentle, as if mixed with a hint of inducement.
Chu Chenan knew Qin Jue's character very well. He said, "No, just ask the waiter to bring the phone down."
"It's so late, you should also be considerate of them." Qin Jue said with a smile, "Or does Chen An want to see me now?"
Chu Chenan didn't insist any longer, and muttered softly, "Then you must return it to me tomorrow."
"Don't worry." Qin Jue said with a smile, "Good night, sweetheart."
Chu Chenan listened to this familiar name and hesitated for a few seconds before hanging up the phone.
His face was red and hot, so he went into the bathroom and washed his face. The cool drops of water dripped down his cheeks, calming him down a little.
He curled up in the quilt, hid his head in the pillow, and rolled over several times before lying down and closing his eyes.
...
...
When sleepiness came over him, his mind was filled with Qin Jue's words "good night".
…
Early in the morning, the waiter brought a dining cart to Chu Chenan.
Chu Chenan had just woken up and was still confused.
He just watched a few waiters push in the dining cart and set up a beautiful breakfast on his table with a bouquet of fresh roses in the middle.
It's the kind that costs $3,333 per plant.
"This is the breakfast Mr. Qin ordered for you," the waiter smiled and handed him the platinum card, "I wish you a pleasant morning."
Chu Chenan yawned, took the card and opened it.
Sure enough, it was a room card.
There was a piece of paper underneath, which read: "Good morning"
Chu Chenan became much more sober. He hurriedly hid all these things in his pocket and sat down at the dining table.
The roses he had placed in front of the floor-to-ceiling window a few days ago were almost withered and were picked up by the waiter.
He leaned in to smell today's fresh bouquet of roses, and the sweet floral scent immediately filled his surroundings.
His mood couldn't help but improve.
After washing up, he drank a few sips of water, sat down at the dining table, and began to slowly savor his breakfast.
He took a bite of the shrimp and found the meat to be tender, smooth and not greasy, which was pretty good.
He chewed the shrimp happily and turned on the mobile phone Qin Jue gave him. There were several messages on the screen, all from Qin Jue.
12:30am
AN: Sweet dreams.
12:40 AM
AN: I miss your kiss.
AN: I hope I can hold you while sleeping in the future.
7:30 AM
AN: Good morning.
AN: Remember to eat breakfast.
8:00 AM
AN: I have three meetings in S City today, and I will be busy until the evening.
AN: But I will try to come back as soon as possible to be with you.
AN: Let's have dinner together again in the evening.
AN: my sweetheart.
He read the messages helplessly. It was still a question whether he could get his phone back. He sighed and replied: Let’s talk about it later.
After he finished breakfast, Liang Ruoxue and the other two came to see him and they sat down on the sofa.
Liang Ruoxue frowned and said, "Chen An, did you receive a call from customer service? The ship's departure time has been delayed for another three days. I'm really fed up. Why is it always delayed?"
"I received it too," Chu Chenan nodded, "They said it was because of the weather."
"It was fine yesterday, why are they saying it will be delayed today?" Gong Jian crossed his arms and sneered, "I don't think so. This company just wants to make more money from us staying in the hotel for a few days."
"Oh, never mind, let's just play here for a few more days."
Liang Ruoxue eased the atmosphere, "I heard there's a bar in the hotel that will have a theme party tonight. It's going to be very lively. Let's go and have some fun tonight."
"Okay." Gong Jian and the others had no objections, and Chu Chenan also nodded.
Not long after seeing them off, Cheng Hao came to see him.
Chu Chenan saw Cheng Hao standing at the door and was a little surprised that Cheng Hao would come to him on his own initiative. He poured Cheng Hao a glass of water and sat opposite him.
Cheng Hao was in a much better mental state today. He changed into a grey long-sleeved shirt, his eyelids drooped. He glanced at Chu Chenan from time to time, then quickly lowered his eyes.
Chu Chenan turned on the TV and they sat on the sofa watching the game. Neither side spoke much and the atmosphere was a little stiff.
Cheng Hao lowered his head, drank a sip of water, and said, "Have you thought it through?"
"Hmm?" Chu Chenan held the remote control and answered hesitantly, "I've thought it through."
"If you want to join this circle, I advise you to break up with your boyfriend first." Cheng Hao said: "If you become a meat queen, I think you should know what you will face."
"You will be in a lot of pain, and you will definitely die in the end." Cheng Hao looked at Chu Chen'an, "I, I still want to advise you not to come to this circle. You are different from me. You have a happy and brilliant life, and there are so many people and things worth cherishing. Depression can be treated, and maybe you think so because of the disease."
Cheng Hao spoke so sincerely that Chu Chenan was stunned for a moment, but he could only say, "Thank you for persuading me, but I still want to make this decision."
"Yeah." Cheng Hao lowered his head and said, "You should have learned about this circle before. Most butchers only have one animal, and many of them are in a relationship. Before entering this circle, the top leaders will hold a ceremony for you to choose a butcher you like."
Chu Chenan's scalp tingled after hearing this. This feeling was similar to the segments on blind date shows, but a little more serious.
"High-level?"
Cheng Hao: "Yes, they are the leaders who organize and protect us. Their identities are very special and they have great power. Although our circle has not committed any crime, except for suicide, any abnormal death caused by others is illegal. Only with the protection of these leaders can this circle continue to exist."
Chu Chenan nodded: "So that's how it is."
Cheng Hao asked, "When do you plan to join? There is a performance at the hotel tonight. I can ask my boyfriend to introduce you to the higher-ups."
The boyfriend Cheng Hao was referring to was Zhou Qiangshan.
"No, no," Chu Chenan said hurriedly, "I may not be ready yet, let's wait a few days."
Cheng Hao: "Well, it's okay, you can take your time."
Chu Chenan thought about it and thought that maybe this was an opportunity for him to get some clues tonight. "Um... can I go to see your performance?"
Cheng Hao: "Okay, let's go together. There are also many people from outside the circle coming to watch tonight."
Chu Chenan nodded: "Yes."
At night.
Chu Chenan declined the invitation from Liang Ruoxue and others, and went to the basement on the third floor below ground level of the hotel with Cheng Hao, where there was a large and tightly guarded club.
For privacy reasons, everyone at the party tonight wore masks. Cheng Hao and he were both wearing masks.
When going through inspection at the door, Cheng Hao took out a card that looked like an ID. A bodyguard at the door took the card and swiped it in front of a special verification machine. The light on the verification machine then flashed green.
Passed.
The bodyguard looked at Chu Chenan, "What about yours?"
Cheng Hao explained: "He is with me, he just came to take a look."
The bodyguard said: "Fill in your identity information and detailed address, and then sign a confidentiality agreement before you can enter."
Chu Chenan nodded. He had guessed that there would be this link. He took the folder and filled in all his personal information. When it came to his work address, he wrote: None.
Before coming to the Star Hotel, for safety reasons, he had already announced to the public that he had quit his job at the Strange News Agency and is still unemployed.
The bodyguard said calmly, "Since you know the special nature of this club, you should also know what to do."
Chu Chenan nodded, "Well, I will keep it a secret and pretend that I didn't see anything."
The bodyguard said coldly, "If the police target this place because of you in the future, nothing will happen to this club, and the only one who will be in trouble will be you."
"Yeah, I understand."
Chu Chenan nodded repeatedly, so nervous that he broke out in cold sweats.
The bodyguards' words and deeds hinted that their umbrella of protection was large and numerous.
After he filled it out, they went through another security check before he was qualified to enter the factory.
The club was flashing lights of various colors, and Chu Chenan felt like his eyes were about to be dazzled.
On the dance floor, several slender boys and girls twisted their bodies seductively to the loud music.
The audience was full of people. Several middle-aged men with big bellies were wearing suits and masks, but they could not hide their twisted and dirty desires.
The club has three floors. The second floor is surrounded by walls made of transparent glass. Through the glass, one can see that the club is probably filled with powerful people with perverted hobbies, who are watching everything that happens here.
Chu Chenan only dared to follow Cheng Hao. He leaned close to Cheng Hao's ear and shouted under the music, "Isn't your boyfriend Zhou Qiangshan here with you?"
Cheng Hao shook his head, "He said before that he was not interested in this."
Cheng Hao took him to the stage area inside.
It is very quiet here, completely different from the dance floor outside. The seats below the stage are arranged around the circular stage, so you can see the stage clearly no matter how far or near you are.
Cheng Hao and Chu Chenan sat in the last row. Chu Chenan put the invisible camera into the system space in advance, and took it out after coming in and hid it in the left chest pocket of his white suit.
As the piano music sounded, a host wearing a black transparent lace top walked in front of the red curtain.
The host put on delicate makeup and wore a red mask. She smiled and said, "...Finally, thank you all for coming. This performance is led by our butcher Mr. Zhou. The lovely meat animals are also ready. Next, let us wait and see~"
As he said this, he licked his fingers with his tongue, twisted his waist and left.
There was applause and cheers from the audience, and the red curtain rose immediately. Under the white light, three men were lying in the cage, wearing gags in their mouths and blindfolded, crawling in the cage obediently and docilely...
Chu Chenan frowned and watched Zhou Qiangshan come on stage with a dinner plate and a whip, open the three cages, and leave the three men naked. **Kneel down in a row.
They were whipped several times by Zhou Qiangshan one by one, and they moaned with enjoyment like cats. Chant.
Then, the audience became excited, some whistled, some swallowed their saliva.
Zhou Qiangshan sharpened the reflective blade in his hand, smiled and squatted behind them...
Chu Chenan turned his head away, he couldn't bear to watch it anymore.
Cheng Hao's face looked bad. He stared blankly at Zhou Qiangshan on the stage and clenched his hands.
Chu Chenan said tactfully, "Didn't you say... Zhou Qiangshan is not interested?"
"I didn't tell him I would come." Cheng Hao's eyes were red, with a fragile despair in his numbness, "He probably thought I wouldn't come."
"Let's go out first." Chu Chenan patted his shoulder.
They came to a secluded and quiet booth and sat down. Cheng Hao pinched his hands tightly, and his fingertips were embedded in the flesh.
Cheng Hao lowered his head and said nothing, and Chu Chenan didn't dare to speak either.
He felt that Cheng Hao was like a glass bottle full of holes at the moment, which could only be maintained in its original shape by sticking it together with tape. If he was not careful, it would collapse and fall apart.
A few minutes later.
Chu Chenan tried to comfort him, "How about... after the performance, you go and talk to him about it. Shouldn't this be considered cheating?"
Cheng Hao shook his head, "No, he said he only likes me."
Chu Chenan: "But if he only likes you, he shouldn't be with those three people..."
Cheng Hao's eyes were red. He interrupted him and said, "Maybe, maybe he just has this hobby. He might explain it to me when he comes back... I haven't asked him clearly yet, and nothing has happened completely."
Chu Chenan couldn't persuade him much because Cheng Hao had been completely brainwashed by Zhou Qiangshan. Zhou Qiangshan is the only person who supports Cheng Hao to live, and his obsession is deeply rooted. Even if Chu Chenan said more now, Cheng Hao might not listen to him. Instead, he might become hostile towards him.
Chu Chenan: "Well, then I'll ask later."
Cheng Hao sat for a while, then stood up and said, "I'm going to the bathroom."
Chu Chenan nodded: "Go ahead."
After Cheng Hao left, he quietly stood up, found a position with a higher field of vision, raised his hand, pressed the invisible camera in his pocket, and took pictures of the scene in the center and around the dance floor.
After finishing all this, he returned to the performance hall alone and sat in the last row near the door.
While arranging the part where Zhou Qiangshan appraised the three teenagers, he let the system shut down 90% of his hearing senses, because his scalp went numb when he heard the screams of pain and enjoyment of the teenagers.
On the third floor of the club, two people stood at the French window, overlooking the noisy scene here.
Zheng Yuxi poured him a glass of wine. "How come you have time to come to my place? Didn't you just come back from abroad? I couldn't invite you to come before."
Qin Jue stared sinisterly at the chaotic dance floor below and took a sip of wine.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Zheng Yuxi said, "The ship's affairs have been arranged, Mr. Qin, you just need to wait for the harvest as if you were an outsider. I have a new batch of goods, which are very tender. I have specially reserved the best for you. How about sending it to you tonight?"
"No need," Qin Jue said.
"Why didn't you say it earlier! I even put on my pants and ran over to greet you." Zheng Yuxi frowned and sat down. He had just locked up two women in his private bedroom. The two women screamed quite nicely and he was having fun.
Qin Jue glanced at him with disdain, turned his back to him, and stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window.
"I'm here to find someone."
…
During the filming process, many people around him came to talk to him, but he rejected them all coldly.
After five or six minutes, more and more people came to talk to him. He got a little panicked, and quickly rejected them, then stood up and ran out of the performance hall.
After he returned to the booth and turned on his phone, he saw that he had more than a dozen missed calls, all from Qin Jue.
And the message he sent:
7:20 p.m.
AN: Why not?
AN: Where did you go?
Chu Chenan turned off the screen. Seeing that Cheng Hao had not come back for such a long time, he felt a little worried and got up to look for him.
As soon as he reached the bathroom door, he was grabbed by the arm by a fat man leaning against the door.
Chu Chenan said: "Let me go."
The man was drunk and smelled bad. He smiled and tried to take off the mask on his face. "How much do you charge for one night? I want to try it."
Chu Chenan struggled hard, "I'm sorry, I'm not that kind of person, please let me go, I want to leave."
“Stop pretending to be innocent!” the fat man insisted, “It has to be this way or that. Whatever I want, I’ve never failed to get. Fucking uh… ahhhhhhh!”
The fat man was interrupted by a sudden sharp pain in his arm when he was halfway through his words. He tilted his head and looked, horrified, "Qin... Mr. Qin..."
Chu Chenan broke free and looked at Qin Jue, slightly stunned.
"Mr. Huang is in a very elegant mood." Qin Jue didn't look at him, but smiled at the fat man and said, "Don't you know that there is no forced buying and selling here?"
The fat man had a broken arm, but he still smiled and apologized, "It's my fault, it's my fault. Look at me, I get confused when I'm drunk. I'm sorry, little brother, I... I'll leave now, I'll leave now."
The fat man was sober now and kept apologizing to Chu Chenan.
"Don't be in a hurry to leave, Mr. Huang. I'll treat you tonight." Qin Jue smiled and glanced at the bodyguard behind him. "Go, treat Mr. Huang to a good time."
"OK."
The two bodyguards behind him made a gesture of invitation to the fat man and dragged him away.
The fat man was trembling, his eyes full of fear, "I really didn't mean it... I didn't mean it... I won't go... I won't go, let me go... I want to go back, President Qin... President Qin!!"
The fat man's sharp screams gradually faded away. Chu Chenan lowered his eyes. He was wearing a blue mask that covered his face tightly. Qin Jue should not be able to recognize him.
As he thought about it, he raised his voice and whispered thank you to Qin Jue, then turned around and left quickly.
He would be finished if Qin Jue mistakenly believed that he had the perverted habits of this circle.
…
He found Cheng Hao in the corner behind the booth. Cheng Hao was squatting on the ground with red eyes, staring at the cracks in the floor stubbornly and numbly.
The only string in his body was stretched tight, and Chu Chenan knew that it would break one day.
Chu Chenan patted Cheng Hao's shoulder gently and said, "It's getting late, let's go back first."
"Yeah." Cheng Hao nodded, and left the noisy and dirty club with him like a zombie.
He could see that Cheng Hao actually didn't like this place at all, and didn't like these people with perverted hobbies.
He just poured all his love into Zhou Qiangshan. Only by convincing himself to accept this could he fall in love with Zhou Qiangshan.
This is a deformed love.
When he reached the stairwell door, he casually placed the mask on top of the iron lid of the trash can next to him.
Shortly after the elevator door closed, a hand picked up the blue mask, and the person's fingertips gently stroked the exquisite texture on the mask.
After Chu Chenan returned to the room, he changed his clothes immediately. He went to the refrigerator, took out a bottle of iced drink, and gulped down half of it.
The difficulty of the tasks in this copy world was a bit too much for him.
He turned on his hidden camera, confirmed that the video was recorded, and then turned it off.
"bite!"
His phone suddenly received an anonymous message:
"Why would you want someone else to eat your beautiful body? You should be locked up in my castle so I can kiss you, possess you, and protect you every day. Baby, you are mine, including your body."
Chu Chenan looked at this perverted and strange text message again and again, feeling vaguely uneasy, so he quickly deleted the strange text message.
As he was thinking, his doorbell rang.
He walked closer and looked through the peephole.
It’s Qin Jue.
Chu Chenan took a deep breath and opened the door.
Qin Jue was holding a bouquet of blue roses, standing at the door, staring at him, and approached him step by step, "Where did you go tonight?"
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