Chapter 9
When the driver heard this, he stepped on the accelerator with his right foot.
"——Okay, handsome guy!"
He had a serious face and an indescribable sense of mission. He drove with the momentum of a Ferrari and quickly took Ji Ying to her destination.
After the people got off the car, the driver looked around and saw a bunch of androgynous people dressed in heavy makeup and belly-baring clothes walking in groups towards a bar called ANGEL. There were also a few pairs of men hugging and kissing each other near the door.
He shuddered and drove away in a hurry.
The dust kicked up swept over Chi Ying's feet.
After getting out of the car, he followed the positioning to find his Maybach.
There were a few skinny poached chickens around the car, with so little fabric on them that it looked like they were wearing nothing.
They hadn't reacted yet when Chi Ying walked over, and her lipstick-coated lips were chattering excitedly.
"Baby, raise your head higher. The camera can capture your hair parting that looks like the Great Rift Valley in East Africa~"
"Hate it! I haven't even complained about your sausage lips after you just had lip augmentation~"
The two of them laughed and cursed in a pretentious manner.
The shrill laughter and the flashing lights of mobile phone screens intertwined until an extremely oppressive figure coldly cut off the camera's view.
Ji Ying has an outstanding temperament, which is incompatible with the extravagant and frivolous people around her.
He didn't even bother to hide the disgust and impatience in his eyes. His voice was icy: "The car is mine. I suspect you are planning to steal it. Do you want me to call the police?"
That face, which was already extremely intimidating even when it wasn't smiling, coupled with the cold accusation, instantly made the heavy makeup on the faces of several people lose its color, and the colorful colors were like an overturned palette.
The apologies were fragmented and people scattered like birds and beasts.
Chi Ying scoffed.
Ever since my divorce from Tang An, nothing has gone smoothly.
Chi Ying walked to the side of the car with a gloomy face, and found that there was no one in the car. A surge of anger that had nowhere to vent suddenly rose to his head. He raised his foot and kicked the cold tire hard as if to vent his anger.
—Fuck! Tang An, are you that impatient?!
Chi Ying stood up straight, his tie had been loosened in annoyance and was hanging crookedly around his neck.
His eyes were fixed on the gorgeous door of "ANGEL" that was constantly swallowing up desire and confusion, and his jawline was tense.
My stomach was churning with an almost physiological rejection.
real……
I don't want to take a step inside.
Convenience store near ANGEL.
After Tang An finished eating, he picked up the cigarettes and lighter he had bought and went to the nearest trash can. He took out a cigarette, lit it, and put it in his mouth.
The white mist blurred his thoughtful eyes.
It was now 11:36 pm, and he felt as if he had forgotten something very important.
At the same time, after Chi Ying entered, a seal appeared on the back of his hand, which emitted a bright green light in the dark.
Intense music and intense men, everyone's face is filled with the excitement of searching and being searched.
Ji Ying looked a little out of place in his formal attire, but this kind of abstinent husband was popular in the circle, and with his tall and slender figure and handsome face, a bunch of little zeros soon surrounded him.
"Is my brother alone?"
"Hubby, look at me!"
"Wifey dear, have a drink?"
As the names kept coming into his ears, Chi Ying's face darkened visibly, with an unremovable hostility condensed between his brows.
"Have you seen a boy?" His voice cut through the noise, cold and hard. "He's very fair, with white skin, dark eyes, and lips..."
He suddenly stopped and swatted away the person who was almost touching him, "Fuck! What am I talking about?"
The place was a gas chamber; the cheap aromas and foul air made him dizzy.
Ji Ying pushed through the crowd and shouted while searching.
"Tang An——"
We are not getting divorced.
"Tang An——"
Please, don't kiss others on the mouth, I'm scared.
"Tang An——"
I love you, I love you, I love you.
The red light of the cigarette in Tang An's mouth gradually dimmed, and then the ash fell on his palm. The hand holding the phone trembled from the heat.
He exited the Candy Crush interface.
The time on the screen shows 23:49.
In a flash, Tang An finally reacted.
Damn it, Ji Young! He’s going to turn into a dog!
Tang An suddenly spat out the fifth cigarette that he had just lit in his mouth and crushed it hard on the top of the trash can. With trembling fingers, he dialed Chi Ying's number, turned around and ran towards the Maybach.
The long busy tone in the receiver was like a blunt knife cutting flesh.
Answer the phone! Answer the phone! Shit!
Fear wrapped around my heart like a cold vine.
Tang An was so anxious that he was about to burst into tears.
"……Hello?"
It works!!
But what came from the receiver was a strange, coquettish, and deliberately pinched male voice.
Tang Yan's hand that was pulling open the car door froze in mid-air.
"Who are you? Where is the owner of the phone?" His voice was tense.
The background noise on the other end of the phone was deafening. Tang An held his breath and tried hard to catch the other party's intermittent words.
"...Him? He's drunk... In booth A3. Are you his girlfriend? Come pick him up..."
Tang An took a deep breath and suppressed his surging anxiety: "Sorry to trouble you, I'll be there right away."
"Ah~ It's okay, it's okay..." The man chuckled, with undisguised regret, "...Before the phone rang, I thought this extremely handsome guy was 'No Man's Land'."
He paused, his tone suddenly becoming gossipy and frivolous. "But I'm really curious, how perky is your butt? Do you have any secret recipe?"
“What…?!” Tang An staggered and almost hit his forehead on the car door frame.
The other party's voice came through clearly, with a mischievous smile: "The handsome guy gave you the note, 'Tang An with a very perky butt'... Tsk tsk, you didn't know that?"
Tang An's knuckles, gripping the phone, turned bluish-white, and he practically squeezed out a few words from between his teeth:
"I have no idea."
There was a lot of noise and a long queue at the entrance of ANGEL.
Tang An glanced at the time, and his heart suddenly sank.
There are less than five minutes left until the pool reveals its true form.
Hold! ! !
A rage flashed in his eyes, and he completely lost his patience in queuing. He walked straight to the front of the line and extended his hand to the security guard who was stamping the documents: "Sorry, I'm cutting in line. My husband is in here looking for a mistress. I'm catching him in an affair."
The words "catching an adulterer" seemed like a universal pass, instantly eliminating all potential criticisms. All eyes around were cast in his direction, a mixture of sympathy and undisguised interest in watching the show.
Tang An faced all these gazes and walked into the door with an expressionless face.
As soon as you enter, deafening music and crowded crowds come like a tide.
While struggling to push through the wall of people blocking his way, he held the phone tightly to his ear.
"Are you almost there? He keeps calling your name..." A male voice with a clipped tone came intermittently in the noisy background.
"What?! I can't hear you!" Tang An almost shouted.
"I said—"
Before he could finish his words, the number on the phone screen cruelly jumped to four zeros.
Tang An's pupils suddenly shrank, and his body moved faster than his brain. He slammed away the well-dressed boy holding a mobile phone, took off his coat in a flash, and covered his head with the unconscious Chi Ying lying on the sofa.
"Oh my face--" The delicate boy was caught off guard and was pushed back.
Tang An covered Chi Ying with his entire body, pressing her down tightly.
Under the palm, the feeling of firm and tough muscles was instantly replaced by something furry, soft, and alive with warm body temperature.
“Ouch~”
Tang An was quick to act and clamped the dog's mouth shut as it tried to make a sound.
"You..." The delicate boy stood still and looked over in surprise and doubt.
Tang An gritted his teeth and said in a tense voice, "Yes, I am Tang An with a nice butt."
As expected, the other party's line of sight moved downwards instantly, accurately locking onto the target area.
Tang An secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thankful that the environment was dim.
He quickly glanced at the booth out of the corner of his eye. Great, the others were already drunkenly rolling around in a ball, kissing passionately... Wait!
His eyes met the eyes of a round-faced young man wearing a wide Taoist robe and a crooked bun in the most inconspicuous corner of the booth.
A swaying beam of light passed by, illuminating the boy's bottomless black eyes, which were calm and peaceful.
Tang An's heart trembled, and he subconsciously hugged the dog wrapped in his coat tighter in his arms.
The young man saw this subtle movement clearly. He stood up slowly, picked up a conspicuous LV bag, and calmly placed himself between Tang An and the chaotic booth. His voice was low but clear: "Excuse me, the person I'm waiting for has arrived."
Thanks to the round-faced boy, Tang An managed to get Chi Ying, who had turned into a dog, out of the bar without any danger.
When a cold wind blew at the entrance of the alley, Tang An noticed the abnormality of the young man's Taoist robe.
The sleeves of his robe were wide, and the hem almost dragged on the ground. His hair was askew and in a mess, and there was even... some suspicious potato chip crumbs on the corner of his clothes?
"Oh, you're talking about that," the boy said casually, as if seeing through his confusion, "I just finished the comic convention and didn't have time to change."
Tang An: “…”
A sly glint flashed through the boy's eyes. "But, he's a real Taoist priest. He's been a disciple before, and he has a Taoist name."
He suddenly raised his hand and pointed precisely at the "coat package" in Tang An's arms that he was trying hard to hide.
"For example, today, on a whim, I calculated and made an exception to accept a friend's invitation, which I would not have accepted otherwise. And then, at exactly midnight, we... 'met' each other."
He paused, shaking his fingers slightly.
"For example, I know your relationship, how old you are, how old he is, when he lost his human form... and how many times he will turn into a dog before he dies completely."
The word "die" was like an icicle, piercing into the dead air.
The dim light of the street lamps poured down from the top of the wall, illuminating only this narrow alley.
The color drained away from Tang An's face in an instant.
Chi Ying, who had been forcibly held in his arms, suddenly broke free and rushed towards the boy with a roar at a speed so fast that it almost left an afterimage.
“Woof woof!! Woof woof woof?! Woof woof woof woof——”
[Bullshit! I'm alive and well! Why are you cursing your dad?! Fuck!]
After turning into a dog and getting drunk, Ji Ying's violence index has already exceeded the limit. At this moment, he is like a bomb with the fuse lit.
Tang An had no time to react! Just as the sharp white canine teeth were about to bite the boy's delicate nose, the other party's body was like a weightless feather, and he dodged it very lightly, his movements slow and rhythmic.
"Including this time, you've already turned into a dog three times." The young man's calm voice cut through the barking of the dogs. "Twenty-one more, and your death is imminent."
The air solidified.
Chi Ying's sprinting movement suddenly froze, and he subconsciously turned his head to look at Tang An behind him.
In the dim light, Tang An's slightly trembling hands and the tears silently sliding down her cheeks were so clear that they were dazzling.
A low, threatening roar rolled out of Chi Ying's throat: "Woof——"
【Shut up--】
He crouched low, his tail lashing anxiously at the cold ground.
"That's enough, Chi Ying." Tang An's voice was hoarse.
Chi Ying ignored him, gathered strength in his hind legs, and stared at the LV bag carried by the boy with his scarlet dog eyes, ready to shatter the darkness with thunder.
"I said..."
A cold hand suddenly clamped the back of Chi Ying's neck like an iron clamp.
For the first time, Tang An screamed out in such a broken and uncontrolled voice: "Chi Ying, stop it!!!"
The desperate roar repeatedly crashed and echoed in the silent alley.
Chi Ying's arrogant tail and ears instantly wilted and drooped, and a whimper of grievance and fear came out of his throat.
【Woo… so fierce.】
Tang An was a ruthless man. His immense fear and grief were forcibly suppressed in less than three seconds. The calmness and judgment honed over many years of career as a lawyer instantly took over his body.
He took a deep breath, and when he looked up again, the panic in his eyes had disappeared, leaving only an almost cold calmness.
Tang An looked at the young man before him, whose eyes were deep and whose temperament was totally inconsistent with his age. He lowered his posture, but his tone was undeniably formal: "My name is Tang An, and this person beside me... is Chi Ying. To be honest, young Taoist priest, we have indeed encountered something strange that cannot be explained by common sense."
He nodded slightly, his gesture humbly, but his men mercilessly pressed down the restless dog head, forcing Chi Ying to lower his "noble" head as well.
The boy took it all in.
"Ahem," he clenched his fist against his lips, a faint blush spreading to the tips of his ears. "Well, I'm... ahem, my name is Bu Suanzi, you can just call me Xiao Bu."
"Okay, kid." Tang An blurted out.
Bu Suanzi's eyes widened instantly: "You!"
Tang An: “…”
Damn, you're such a jerk. Why are you being so abstract at such a critical moment?
He pulled the corner of his mouth awkwardly: "...Sorry, my tongue slipped."
But this name is really suitable for abstraction! ! ! !
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