Jiang Chiyan pressed his lips into a straight line. He could give Xiao Cheng himself and his life, but he could not lose his status as the top.
Absolutely not!!!
Watching Jiang Chiyan remain silent, Xiao Cheng curled his lips ever so slightly. "Not going to beg?"
Since he would not beg... Xiao Cheng narrowed his eyes, rested his fingertips on Jiang Chiyan's chest, and traced circles as lightly as a feather.
Almost the instant Xiao Cheng moved, Jiang Chiyan's breathing quickened and his chest began to heave harder. An unnatural flush spread across his face, and his whole body... grew excited.
"Xiao Cheng..." Jiang Chiyan gritted out, his fingers curling from the unbearable sensation.
Jiang Chiyan could not break free of the tie binding his wrists. It only tightened, leaving several faint marks on his wrists.
Xiao Cheng pushed Jiang Chiyan's shirt aside with his fingertips, suddenly crouched down, leaned forward, and kissed his chest.
Jiang Chiyan's Adam's apple bobbed hard twice. "You..."
Xiao Cheng's kisses were like the strongest liquor.
Intoxicating, dragging him under.
In that instant, Jiang Chiyan felt as though all his reason had burned to ashes. His voice was terribly hoarse. "Xiao Cheng, please... I can't take it. Untie me."
Xiao Cheng climbed off Jiang Chiyan, looking as calm and composed as a gentleman. "I'm not satisfied."
Jiang Chiyan tugged at his bound wrists again.
Xiao Cheng noticed and reminded him, "Stop struggling. I spent two whole weeks learning how to tie the knot around your wrists, custom-fitted to their size. The more you move, the tighter it gets and the more it hurts. Behave for a while."
Jiang Chiyan ground his teeth. "Please, handsome."
Xiao Cheng said, "Still... not satisfied."
Swallowing his embarrassment, Jiang Chiyan said, "Please... hubby."
Satisfied, Xiao Cheng removed the tie covering Jiang Chiyan's eyes and freed his wrists.
Jiang Chiyan flexed his stiff, numb wrists and narrowed his eyes at Xiao Cheng, danger radiating from him as he rose to pin him down.
Had he not been tied up, Xiao Cheng would have been no match for him physically.
However.
Xiao Cheng neither dodged nor ducked. He calmly pointed at his watch and blinked innocently. "It's twelve forty-five in the afternoon."
"So?" Jiang Chiyan asked, catching Xiao Cheng by the wrist.
Xiao Cheng said, "I have a commercial shoot at two. The location is an hour away, so I have to leave in fifteen minutes. If you can... finish in fifteen minutes, I don't mind."
Jiang Chiyan's dark eyes clouded over.
Fifteen minutes...
Who was he insulting?
Jiang Chiyan took several deep breaths and had a server bring over several bottles of ice water. Grinding his teeth and staring fixedly at Xiao Cheng, he threw out a warning-
"Just you wait. I'll have you crying someday."
Xiao Cheng ate with an elegant grip on his chopsticks. Looking up to meet Jiang Chiyan's wolfish gaze, he uncomfortably looked away, the rims of his ears faintly red.
Xiao Cheng took his phone from his pocket and handed it to Jiang Chiyan. His gaze landed on Jiang Chiyan's pants, lingered for an instant, then awkwardly shifted away. "Um... browse the web. Take your mind off it."
Jiang Chiyan took the phone with a dark expression.
The moment he unlocked the screen, a Weibo notification popped up.
Jiang Chiyan casually opened Xiao Cheng's Weibo messages. A group chat appeared on the screen.
Xiao Cheng's solo fan group, Official Group One.
Quite the coincidence.
The young woman who had taken pictures with Xiao Cheng earlier that day was complaining in the group-
"I finally got a chance to take pictures with Brother Cheng, and his face ended up covered by an emoji! I curse the man who took our pictures! May his instant noodles never come with seasoning packets!!!"
Indignant, the young woman dumped two photos into the group.
In the photos, beside the girl making a heart gesture stood Xiao Cheng, his handsome face covered by a little yellow-face emoji.
The Oranges in the group all began chiming in.
___: "Hahahaha, girl, that's tragic!"
___: "Bestie! Drop Brother Cheng's location! I want to run into him, aaah!!"
___: "A man who gets to go out to eat alone with Brother Cheng and gets this jealous-could it be Lawyer Jiang? @Jiang Chiyan V"
___: "Lawyer Jiang, I hear your instant noodles won't have seasoning packets anymore."
After reading the comments, Jiang Chiyan sent a voice reply without a second thought, saying hoarsely-
"Sorry, I don't eat instant noodles."
The instant he sent that message.
The entire group fell silent.
Dead silent.
So quiet that Jiang Chiyan wondered whether his internet had disconnected.
Jiang Chiyan was drinking ice water to cool down, feeling terribly restless inside. He had not noticed at all that he had sent the voice message to the group using Xiao Cheng's main Weibo account.
The group stayed silent for a full fifteen or sixteen seconds.
Only then did the Oranges gradually recover.
___: "Holy fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck!"
___: "Xiao Cheng and Jiang Chiyan, you two use the same phone and the same Weibo account???"
___: "My ship is real!"
___: "I'll bring the marriage registry here. Newlyweds, please get married on the spot and grow old together!"
___: "Aaaaaaaaaah!"
Messages raced up the group chat.
Jiang Chiyan blinked hard, trying to read them. His eyes grew sore, but he still could not keep up with how fast the Oranges were flooding the chat.
Beside him, Xiao Cheng finished eating and took a tissue to wipe the corners of his mouth. Catching a glimpse of the group chat out of the corner of his eye, he got a fright.
Xiao Cheng reached over and plucked the phone from Jiang Chiyan's hand. He tapped the screen and sent another voice message to the group, only making things more conspicuous as he tried to explain-
"We're eating. Jiang Chiyan picked up the wrong phone."
The Oranges erupted into another round of "holy shit" and doting grins.
A new fan who had just joined the group asked in confusion what had happened.
A few longtime fans stepped forward to explain.
___: "As everyone knows, Brother Cheng is very territorial."
___: "When he was filming a show a couple of years ago, an actress wanted to stir up dating rumors with him. She slipped his phone into her breast pocket, then stuck out her chest with a bashful look and told him to reach in and get it."
___: "Holy shit, then what happened..."
___: "Then Brother Cheng got a new phone."
___: "What happened to the old phone?"
___: "He smashed it and burned the pieces."
___: "Brother Cheng doesn't let people touch his phone. Even his college roommate Yin Xiaomo has never touched it."
___: "I'm shipping Gunpowder Smoke CP now. Gunpowder Smoke yyds, Lawyer Jiang yyds."
Gunpowder Smoke-Xiao Yan.
At the sight of the words "Gunpowder Smoke," the bases of Xiao Cheng's ears reddened despite himself.
Jiang Chiyan rarely followed gossip and did not understand what "yyds" meant. A little puzzled, he asked in the group, "What does 'Lawyer Jiang yyds' mean?"
The Oranges answered him instantly.
___: "Yyds means 'forever single.' 'Lawyer Jiang yyds' means you'll be single forever if you leave Brother Cheng."
___: "Hahaha, exactly, so you two had better stay locked together."
Jiang Chiyan: "..."
He felt that something was off and asked again, "Then what does 'Gunpowder Smoke yyds' mean? You're lying to me, aren't you?"
Once the Oranges confirmed that he really did not understand, they started pulling his leg again.
___: "'Gunpowder Smoke yyds' means 'Gunpowder Smoke's kidneys are a hidden concern.' It's advice to exercise some restraint when you two are together. Think of your kidneys."
___: "Kidney tonic-tastes absolutely amazing."
Jiang Chiyan: "..."