The rules for comparing dice rolls were simple. Each person rolled three dice. If they called low, the lower total won; if they called high, the higher total won.
Chu Ziyu was the most enthusiastic when it came to games. His tongue thick with drink, he egged them on. "Low, low, low!"
"All right, low it is." Lin Fengyi grabbed the dice cup, shook it a few times, and slapped it down on the table. He lifted it to reveal a two and two ones.
Chu Ziyu crouched down and leaned closer, adding them up one by one. "Two plus one plus one-four!"
The spectators grew excited too. Yan Heqing would have to roll three ones to win. That meant rolling a triple, which was very difficult.
It looked like they would get to see the cold beauty French kiss someone or do a striptease tonight!
Lin Fengyi was even more certain of victory. He glanced sidelong at Yan Heqing. "Your turn."
Unhurried, Yan Heqing rolled up his sleeves, exposing a length of slender, pale wrist. Then he picked up the dice cup, his movements extraordinarily practiced and fluid. Before anyone could react, he set it down.
He lifted the cup.
"Fuck!" Chu Ziyu cried out in amazement. "Three ones! Three is less than four! Xiao Yan wins!"
Lin Fengyi's expression instantly soured.
With a spectacle to watch, Chu Ziyu eagerly urged him on. "Lin Fengyi lost! Hurry up and find someone to French kiss!"
Although they would miss out on the cold beauty's steamy performance, watching the Lin family's second young master would be fun too. The others joined in the clamoring, pulling out their phones to record.
Lin Fengyi's expression shifted several times. Without even asking, he gritted his teeth, grabbed the man beside him, and pressed him into the sofa for a fiery French kiss, lingering with threads of saliva stretching between them.
The atmosphere in the private room instantly heated up. Countless phones crowded close to their biting lips to film them at close range.
Five minutes passed. Reduced to entertainment, Lin Fengzhi's eyes reddened with anger. He pushed away the man he had kissed into a boneless puddle and looked at Yan Heqing through gritted teeth. "Another round. High this time!"
At that same moment, a tall, straight, imposing figure appeared in the doorway.
Yan Heqing swept a glance over him out of the corner of his eye, his voice as calm as ever.
"All right."
Having lost once, Lin Fengyi was extremely cautious this time. He looked at Yan Heqing. "We roll and reveal together."
Yan Heqing had no objection.
They picked up their dice cups, shook them for a moment, and set them down simultaneously.
Several pairs of eyes fixed on the cups. Both men lifted them at the same time. Still crouching, Chu Ziyu counted Lin Fengyi's first. "Two, three, six-eleven!"
Lin Fengyi immediately looked at Yan Heqing's dice. One, one, two. Four...
Although Yan Heqing had lost this round, Lin Fengyi still knitted his brows slightly.
Yan Heqing had lost. The private room fell briefly silent. Chu Ziyu licked the corner of his mouth and did not join in the teasing this time.
He kept feeling that Yan Heqing possessed an untouchable purity that made him unsuited to becoming a joke.
Still, someone in the crowd urged, "Is the bartender going to pick someone to French kiss, or go straight to the striptease?"
Under the dim lights, Yan Heqing's expression was very composed. Chu Ziyu rubbed the tip of his nose. He really did not want to see Yan Heqing humiliated, so he decided to sacrifice his own lips and volunteered, "How about you kiss me..."
"May I kiss you?" Suddenly, Yan Heqing looked toward the door.
Everyone followed his gaze.
Outside the door, a tall figure had been standing for a long time. Xie Yunjie returned from the restroom and, seeing that Lu Lin still had not moved, asked in puzzlement, "Why aren't you going in?"
The alcohol was instantly scared out of Chu Ziyu. Fuck! The little bartender really was as daring as he was skilled. Of all the people he could choose, he had picked Lu Lin! Now he was definitely getting rejected.
And it would not just be rejection. Lu Lin had always looked down on vulgar games like this. If he got angry, this would not end with a simple refusal.
Little bartender, you're in trouble!
Chu Ziyu's head was about to explode.
Lu Lin walked slowly into the private room. In fact, most of the people there did not know him, but his presence was so overwhelming that the room instantly fell utterly silent.
The sound of leather shoes against the floor was clearly audible as Lu Lin walked up to Yan Heqing.
He looked down at the young man. Their eyes met, and the young man's gaze held nothing but clear, unclouded openness.
"Hey." Terrified that Lu Lin would get angry, Chu Ziyu steeled himself and stepped forward to smooth things over. "We were just joking..."
Before he could finish, he froze.
Lu Lin raised a hand and slipped his arm around Yan Heqing's waist. With one easy tug, the young man fell into his arms. Lu Lin lowered his head, his dark eyes fixed on those two thin lips. "You may."
What?! Chu Ziyu's jaw nearly hit the floor. He was not hearing things, was he? Lu Lin had said yes?!
Xie Yunjie, who had come in behind him, also stood rooted to the spot in shock. Fuck! So after all this, Lu Lin liked men!
The private room remained silent in a strange atmosphere, and no one dared raise a phone to record.
Lin Fengyi's eyes were filled with even more complicated feelings. He knew who Lu Lin was, but they had never interacted.
He had never imagined that Lu Lin would take a fancy to Yan Heqing!
Just as Lu Lin was about to kiss Yan Heqing, he abruptly stopped. His stern face showed no expression as he said evenly, "Everyone out."
At those simple, unambiguous words, Chu Ziyu was the first to recover. He immediately began shooing people out. "Go, go, go. Everyone out."
Xie Yunjie also came in to usher them along. "A few more friends have arrived downstairs. Let's all go down and have some fun."
Anyone who could get both Xie Yunjie and Chu Ziyu to obey had to be a big shot. Everyone present knew how to read a room. None dared stay to watch the show, and they streamed out without another word.
The private room gradually emptied. Lin Fengyi frowned at Yan Heqing for a long while before reluctantly walking out.
Faced with the man at the helm of the Lu Group, he had no choice but to rein in his young-master temper.
Soon, only Xie Yunjie, Chu Ziyu, Lu Lin, and Yan Heqing remained in the private room.
Light fell into the young man's calm eyes as Lu Lin continued, "You two out as well. Close the door."
"!!!" Chu Ziyu nearly cried out. Why did they have to leave too? Was Lu Lin going to do something beyond French kissing?
Was an old virgin's first taste of sex really enough to set heaven and earth ablaze like this?
Chu Ziyu was utterly bewildered. Just a few minutes earlier, if anyone had told him Lu Lin had descended to the mortal world, he would have backhanded them with a resounding slap. "Don't believe rumors or spread them!"
Xie Yunjie glanced at Lu Lin's expression and sensibly dragged Chu Ziyu out at top speed, closing the door without a sound.
The private room was well soundproofed. Once the door shut, the clamor downstairs was cut off, leaving an intense quiet.
Only Lu Lin and Yan Heqing remained in the private room.