As Gu Rongqi's gaze swept across the entire room, Gu Liji, standing next to Cheng Qicai, kept his head bowed the lowest.
Gu Rongqi paused for a moment with Gu Liji and Cheng Qicai, ignoring the strange atmosphere in the room, and asked, "What are you playing?"
Under the intense gaze of everyone, Gu Liji spoke weakly, "It's nothing."
Gu Rongqi raised his hand and glanced at the expensive watch on his wrist. "Let's keep playing. It's only eight o'clock."
After a long silence, they still couldn't figure out what Gu Rongqi was thinking. Zhou Bi stepped forward and tentatively suggested, "How about we go play billiards? It's been a long time since we've played. There's a billiards room on the second floor."
"OK……"
"OK……"
Another chorus of responses followed.
A large group of people arrived at the billiards room. Luo Quan and Zhou Bi, who were fast, teamed up and started playing, while Bai Bo and Gu Liji, who were lagging behind, reluctantly invited Gu Rongqi to join them.
Gu Rongqi didn't care about their reluctance. He chose his golf club, took off his suit jacket, rolled up his sleeves, and casually put the jacket on the sofa.
Cheng Qicai knew absolutely nothing about billiards, but that didn't stop her from appreciating handsome men playing.
It must be said that Gu Rongqi's slightly arched hand holding the billiard cue, with fingers as white and slender as jade bamboo, looked exceptionally fair against the green tablecloth. The way his right hand held the cue and lifted it backward revealed the lines of his arm muscles through the folds of his shirt. He was bent over, dressed in black clothes and black pants.
Wow, what a gem! Serious men are always the most handsome.
Especially when encased in suit trousers, his buttocks appeared exceptionally round.
Cheng Qicai couldn't help but think of the term "noble, aloof, beautiful, and strong bottom" from BL novels.
"Thump~"
With a loud thud, Gu Rongqi's white ball scattered the other colored balls, and at the same time, Cheng Qicai's heart leaped with a "thump".
After making the shot, Gu Rongqi picked up some chocolate powder from the edge of the table and applied it to the top of the cue stick, then casually glanced at Cheng Qicai.
Startled, Cheng Qicai looked away and glanced at the girl sitting next to her. Everyone's gaze was subtly drawn to Gu Rongqi.
It wasn't necessarily because they were looking at her, but the way everyone was staring at her was just too obvious, Cheng Qicai told herself.
To distract herself, Cheng Qicai took out her phone and started watching short videos. After watching several videos of male idols, Cheng Qicai felt relieved.
Sure enough, she was only attracted to good-looking men with great physiques.
Just as Cheng Qicai was engrossed in watching, a dark figure stood in front of her, startling her so much that she instinctively turned off the screen.
She looked up and saw Gu Liji standing in front of her. "Qicai, do you know how to play billiards?"
Wait, weren't you playing pool? When did you get here? You shouldn't have seen her watching suggestive videos, right?
She glanced at the table where Gu Liji had been earlier; now only Bai Bo and Gu Rongqi were playing.
Seeing Cheng Qicai in a daze, Gu Liji urged, "Can you do it?"
She shook her head.
"No, I'll teach you." Gu Liji's voice was filled with joy.
Cheng Qicai was led to the pool table without knowing why. Before she could react, Gu Liji shoved a cue stick into her hand.
Gu Liji said to Gu Rongqi at the next table, "Brother, I'll teach Qicai how to play billiards. I think she's too bored over there. You should have fun with Bai Bo."
Gu Rong started to speak.
Bai Bo's expression turned grim. He made a throat-slitting gesture at Gu Liji, his eyes saying, "You're dead."
Ignoring him, Gu Liji picked up the cue stick and demonstrated the moves to Cheng Qicai.
He didn't want to fight his brother; he'd only ever get beaten up. He'd rather let Bai Bo enjoy that honor. Gu Liji thought slyly.
Cheng Qicai was speechless. She wasn't bored at all. They were just using her as a shield again. She would just say that Gu Liji was trying to teach her out of kindness.
She understood, but since Gu Liji wanted to teach her, she didn't want to embarrass him.
Cheng Qicai imitated Gu Liji's movements.
Gu Liji helped her correct her posture. "Align your eyes with the clubhead, aim, and hit." As soon as the command was given, Cheng Qicai pushed the club forward with her arm.
The white ball slowly rolled to the target balls arranged in a triangle, stopping just grazing the edge of the first ball.
This time, Gu Liji was speechless. He picked up the white ball and put it back in its original position. "No, you need to do a long pull and push forward. Push forward, you know? Use some force."
Cheng Qicai nodded obediently.
"Put some effort into it!" Gu Liji reminded her from the side.
"Thump~"
Miracles happen with great effort.
The effort was used, but it was used in the wrong place.
Cheng Qicai and Gu Liji stared intently as the white ball jumped up, flew over the target ball, flew over the edge of the table, and landed straight on the black back in front of them.
Gu Rongqi bent down to hit the ball when he felt a sharp pain in his back and groaned softly, "Ugh~"
Da~da~~da~~~
The white ball landed on the ground and rolled away somewhere unknown.
This was not only the sound of the white ball disappearing, but also the sound of Cheng Qicai and Gu Liji's hearts stopping.
Gu Liji: "..."
Cheng Qicai: "..."
That "hmm~" was really lewd! That was Cheng Qicai's first reaction.
Hey, no! How did it end up hitting Gu Rongqi's back?!
She felt utterly hopeless.
Heaven is going to destroy me!
Gu Liji reacted quickly, stepping forward to help the bent-over Gu Rongqi up, "Brother, are you alright?"
Cheng Qicai nervously followed and helped Gu Rong up on the other side, apologizing hastily, "President Gu, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."
Hearing the commotion, the crowd gathered around, offering their concern and asking questions.
"Go to the rest room inside," everyone crowded around Gu Rong and led him to the rest room. Gu Liji said to Cheng Qicai, "Go outside and call the staff."
Cheng Qicai nodded, walked outside the billiards room, and explained the situation to the staff.
Soon after, Cheng Qicai saw a staff member bring over a doctor in a white coat.
As Cheng Qicai and the others entered the lounge, they were immediately dazzled by Gu Rongqi's strong and broad back, with a large red mark on his fair skin.
The doctor stepped forward, looked at the red mark, and said, "It's nothing serious. Just apply some ice or an ice towel, and after 24 hours, apply a warm compress and some medication to reduce bruising."
Cheng Qicai asked a staff member to take her to get ice packs and towels. When she returned, only Gu Rongqi was in the lounge.
"President Gu!" Cheng Qicai called out, somewhat hesitant to look at Gu Rongqi, "Let me put an ice pack on your wound."
Gu Rongqi turned around and sat sideways on the sofa, with Cheng Qicai sitting behind him.
She wrapped the ice pack in a towel and gently pressed it against the red mark, then spoke again, "I'm sorry, Mr. Gu."
The cold towel touched his skin, and Gu Rongqi instinctively tensed up.
Sensing Cheng Qicai's guilty tone behind him, he relaxed and said calmly, "It's okay, I shouldn't be seriously injured. I'm much better now."
Like an apologetic puppy carrying a wilted rose in its mouth.
Cheng Qicai wasn't sure if Gu Rongqi said that just to make her feel better or if he really meant it. She was behind him and couldn't see Gu Rongqi's expression.
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