Not long after he sent the message, the anonymous user replied.
[Anonymous: Yeah... holy shit, my boyfriend really has another boyfriend on the side?? No way? What are the odds??? Who are you???]
The other onlookers who saw the messages were stunned:
[Anonymous: What's going on? You can actually run into each other here??]
[Anonymous: Your boyfriend and my boyfriend seem to be the same guy~]
[Anonymous: Is the world really that small? I hope my boyfriend and girlfriend never run into each other! God help me, God help me. I don't want to get caught. I really love them both!]
[Anonymous: You up there, you've really mastered the whole "one husband, one wife" thing...]
Tao Zhiyan put his phone away and rushed out to find Bai Ruan without a second thought.
Bai Ruan was obedient enough. Feng Yan had punished him by making him kneel, and he had actually stayed on his knees.
The moment Tao Zhiyan pushed open the door, he saw Bai Ruan huddled in the corner, looking tiny as he cried.
"Mr. Bai," Tao Zhiyan approached him, taking a moment to find the right words. "There's something I have to tell you."
Bai Ruan was trembling all over with sobs. At the sound of his voice, he lifted his eyes to Tao Zhiyan.
Seeing those eyes, red and swollen from crying, made Tao Zhiyan ache for him even more. He cursed that scumbag over and over in his head before telling him plainly, "The Second Young Master lied to you. He's actually seeing someone else."
Someone else?
Bai Ruan froze mid-sob, his eyes blank, as though the words hadn't sunk in yet.
"I know you don't believe me right now, but I can take you to see for yourself."
Tao Zhiyan remembered that the words above Feng Yan's head had said he was going to the Binhai Hotel for a secret tryst. It was only a ten-minute drive from the Feng Family residence to the Binhai Hotel, but the countdown earlier had shown thirty minutes.
That meant Feng Yan would pick up his ex-boyfriend first, then go to the Binhai Hotel to get a room.
If he took Bai Ruan there now to lie in wait and catch them, they should still make it.
With his thoughts in order, Tao Zhiyan grabbed Bai Ruan and pulled him up from the floor. "There's no time to lose. We have to hurry!"
Bai Ruan's mind buzzed, leaving him completely unable to process what was happening.
Butler Tao grabbed his wrist and ran outside, moving so quickly that Bai Ruan found himself growing nervous for no clear reason.
Bai Ruan was panicking, so badly he couldn't even make out his own heartbeat. He let Tao Zhiyan drag him along at a sprint. "Butler Tao... did, did you get something wrong?"
Bai Ruan looked at Tao Zhiyan as they ran. "He... he was angry just now, but he's really good to me. He wouldn't cheat..."
"You'll know when you see it."
Tao Zhiyan pulled him out to the road, hailed the first taxi he could find, and shoved him inside.
"Take us to the Binhai Hotel," Tao Zhiyan told the driver, slamming the door with a bang. "Quickly!"
The driver had been getting sleepy, but the commotion made him open his eyes wider. He looked at them in the rearview mirror. "What's going on?"
"We're going to catch a cheater. If we're late, we'll miss them." Tao Zhiyan fastened his seat belt and looked up to answer.
Catch a cheater?!
"Fuck, I hate cheaters more than anything!" The driver instantly sat up straight. "Just you wait. I'll get you there in a flash!"
With that, he floored the accelerator and shot forward.
The sudden acceleration sent Tao Zhiyan lurching backward, the back of his head knocking against the headrest.
Tao Zhiyan clutched his head.
Looks like this guy has a story of his own...
All right, all right. None of them are here for nothing. Even the NPCs in these domineering CEO novels have a purpose!
Bai Ruan couldn't describe how he felt. Everything had happened too quickly, leaving his head in a muddle.
He unconsciously clenched his fists and stared out the window.
But... he was seeing someone else? Was that possible?
The two of them saw each other almost every day, and Feng Yan had never acted secretive. Their most recent argument had been the one just now. Apart from that, their relationship had been great.
But Butler Tao didn't seem like someone who would lie, either...
The more Bai Ruan thought about it, the more his nose stung. He didn't dare imagine how devastated he would be if Feng Yan really was cheating.
Bai Ruan didn't cry quite like other people. He made no sound, only shed endless tears, looking so hurt that it broke your heart to watch.
Truthfully, Tao Zhiyan wasn't very good at comforting people. He felt rather helpless.
"Was it your girlfriend who cheated?" The driver looked at Bai Ruan in the rearview mirror and offered some advice. "Let me tell you, when it comes to cheating, you need to catch them early!"
"What are you crying for? No crying! The sooner you catch them, the sooner you can stop worrying!"
The driver added, "Besides, if she dares get a room with someone when you both live in the same city, she's definitely done it more than once or twice!"
Bai Ruan took a moment to process that, then burst into a loud wail and cried even harder.
"No, hey... don't!" The driver jumped at the sound, even swerving a little. He looked awkwardly at Bai Ruan. "Hey, no... don't cry!"
"I'm just telling the truth. Hey, hey, don't... why are you crying even harder...?"
When they arrived, Tao Zhiyan paid the fare and got out, pulling Bai Ruan behind a tree across the street.
Tao Zhiyan took out his phone to check the time. "They should be here soon."
Bai Ruan stood behind Tao Zhiyan, his lips pressed together in silence.
"Here, stand here." Tao Zhiyan pulled Bai Ruan over to where he had been standing. "You'll have a clearer view here."
They stood there for quite a while. Even the ads on the plaza's giant screen had gone through a full loop, but there was still no sign of Feng Yan.
Bai Ruan thought Butler Tao must have made a mistake. Feng Yan doted on him and treated him so well. How could he cheat?
But Bai Ruan wouldn't be angry with Tao Zhiyan over it. After all, Butler Tao only wanted what was best for him.
Just as Bai Ruan was about to speak, he suddenly saw a familiar figure walking toward them from a short distance away.
The instant he recognized him, Bai Ruan's pupils contracted, and his heart sank as though it had been filled with cold lead.
The tall man carried a paper bag in one hand, his face beaming, his eyes full of tenderness.
His boyfriend.
His lover.
At that very moment, he was walking across the street with his arm around someone else's shoulders.
They moved with easy intimacy, like lovers who had been together for years.
Feng Yan said something, and the shorter young man widened his eyes, jumped up to throw his arms around Feng Yan's neck, and raised a fist in mock anger.
Feng Yan smiled-or perhaps he hadn't. Bai Ruan couldn't see clearly. Tears obscured his vision, turning the entire world hazy.
Feng Yan's pleas for mercy failed, and the shorter young man kept pretending he would hit him. Half a second later, Feng Yan suddenly scooped him up around the waist. The young man cried out in surprise and pushed at Feng Yan.
This time, Bai Ruan saw clearly. Feng Yan was smiling, and he looked very happy.
A taxi with its headlights on sped past in front of them.
Feng Yan carried the young man into the hotel.
"..." Bai Ruan abruptly snapped out of his daze and started to rush across.
"What are you doing?" Tao Zhiyan grabbed him.
"I... I!" Bai Ruan breathed hard, trembling all over as tears spilled from his eyes, but he didn't know how to answer.
"Going to demand an explanation? Or punch the scumbag and kick his side piece?"
Bai Ruan's limbs went cold. Even his back felt numb.
He didn't know what he was going over there to do. His mind was a mess. Even after seeing Feng Yan carry someone else into the hotel with his own eyes, he still found it hard to believe.
If Feng Yan was cheating, how could he still go on trips with him, go shopping with him, and stay with him as though nothing was wrong?
He wanted to catch them in the act, to confront Feng Yan, but he was afraid he wouldn't get any answers.
A gust of cold wind blew past, chilling Bai Ruan to the bone and nearly freezing the breath in his lungs.
Tao Zhiyan looked at Bai Ruan. "Think this through. If you go to him like this, the most you'll get is some meaningless explanation."
"Would you be satisfied with that?"
Bai Ruan looked into Tao Zhiyan's eyes.
Butler Tao was a little taller than him. His features were smooth and well-defined, his lashes slightly lowered. In the hazy night, there was something indescribably captivating about him.
Bai Ruan lifted his gaze slightly, looking at Tao Zhiyan.
He wouldn't be satisfied.
He didn't want some meaningless explanation.
He wanted to know how Feng Yan had gotten together with that man, how long they had been together, and whether Feng Yan had ever worried that this would cause them to break up.
He wanted to make Feng Yan regret it.
"I can help you." The corners of Tao Zhiyan's mouth lifted. "I'm very interested in training dogs."
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