Nonlinear Love

Chapter 2: The bed is small, so you have to squeeze with me.

Chi Wang narrowed his eyes and looked down thoughtfully, those pitch-black pupils were as clean and pure as ice, which made him unable to see through the other party’s emotion.

He hummed inexplicably and thought for a few seconds. “Your name seems to have overcome mine.”

This sentence was just mentioned casually, yet Su Lian felt as if his heart had been pricked by a needle, and the psychology barrier that he had built earlier instantly collapsed.

He pursed his lips, pinching his fingers, preventing himself from losing his temper.

In the past, Chi Wang said their names were very well matched, they were undoubtedly a couple, and he was born to be controlled by Su Lian.

It was only now, he realized that the seventeen years old Chi Wang was completely different. The feeling between them had also dissipated into a haze with the change of time and space.

Even if he wanted to control the other party, he seemed to have no position at all.

A little wind swept by at night, the hem of the school uniform was blown halfway. The hot and humid air drifted over, making Su Lian feel a bit breathless.

Chi Wang consciously flicked the ash off the cigarette and said in a lazy voice, “Hey nemesis, make way, make way. Don’t block me from jumping down and skipping class.”

Chi Wang’s obstreperous behavior didn’t change after he kicked him four times without the other person himself knowing, and it was even worse than before.

Su Lian remained silent. However, he moved two steps aside while suppressing his emotions.

The sturdy figure on the wall bent slightly, then leaped up and landed on the ground in all one go.

“Let’s go.” Chi Wang turned to Su Lian and waved his hand casually.

“Chi…” In the end, Su Lian couldn’t hold back. He reached out and grabbed the scarlet cigarette.

When the night wind blew, the ash of the cigarette fell onto the back of his hand, which caught him off guard, and it was also burning pain.

Su Lian hastily shook it off, threw away the remaining half into the trash can on the side. “Smoke less, or you will get lung cancer.”

Chi Wang lifted his eyebrows at Su Lian. “Are you f*cking the director of the teaching affairs?”

“…” The tone was so arrogant that he wanted to give this person another kick.

“It’s just a friendly reminder.” Su Lian placed his hands in his pocket. His voice became lower while his expression got colder.

Chi Wang nodded in bewilderment. “I know, see you later.”

Under the night, Su Lian stared at Chi Wang’s back and stood still for a long time until the other party disappeared into a small dark spot.

A burning sensation slowly came from the back of his hand. Su Lian pulled the hand out of his pocket, lowering his head to check it, only to find the skin was burnt red by the smoke that had just fallen on.

Pressing the burnt part with his fingers, the conversation between him and Chi Wang just now couldn’t stop playing in his head over and over again.

The more he thought about it, the more depressed his mood became.

What exactly did Chi Wang want to do? In the end, Su Lian couldn’t sit back and watch, thus he quickly chased after the other party.

Fortunately, after walking not far away, Su Lian turned to the corner of the street and saw the familiar back again. At this moment, there were two people beside Chi Wang.

The three people were placing their hands on each other’s shoulders. Apparently, there was no formality in them.

“Has everything been explained?” Chi Wang’s voice was low and lazy.

He took off his school uniform and carried it casually in his hand. The black T-shirt hung crookedly over his shoulders, his long legs stretched out, and his pace was fast.

“En, it’s all been explained.”

“Tonight, all the brothers are here! It’s! Means! The team has been arranged, Master Wang!”

Two sounds responded, seamlessly connected together.

The trio passed by the street lights on the street, the dim light shined on their faces, which made several faces visible, then fell into darkness again.

Su Lian narrowed his eyes, those faces appeared to be familiar.

The tall and thin one was called Lin Yan and the one with a baby-fat face was Gu Anjiu.

Coincidentally, weren’t these the two brothers who couldn’t wait to grab Chi Wang’s pants to wear?

The two continued to follow Chi Wang until he started his business. They had a good relationship, and never gave up. In the past few years, the company had grown rapidly and was known as the upstart in the business world.

Looking at how sneaky these three dogs were, there must be nothing good.

Su Lian lifted his hand and hooked up the hood inside the school uniform, the wide brim covering most of his face. He maintained a distance and followed them cautiously.

The three people in front of him were beating each other, their voices alternately soaring and plunging, they appeared to be in a good mood.

After walking for a while, turning left and right, moving around like a maze, they finally went into the alley in the corner of the city.

The two rows of street lights were dim, the entire alley was shaken into darkness. The small shops on both sides were scattered with ambiguous red lights, which were particularly eye-catching, making people couldn’t help having wild and fanciful thoughts.

Chi Wang stopped at a long staircase, went upstairs, and the trio instantly disappeared from sight.

The lighter Su Lian’s footstep was, the heavier his worry became.

When he lifted his head and looked up, the big word ‘Night’ was brightly lit with red light, even more, unbridled than the hair salon next door.

He couldn’t see the end of the narrow staircase clearly, and there were flashy recruitment notices pasted neatly on the wall.

Su Lian tore a piece of it randomly, he took a closer look at it under the dim light: Our place recruited beauties with a large sum of money, no limit in age, as long as you’re good-looking. The salary is ample, come, come~~~

“…”

He felt pain in his head from those several tildes.

In the past, there were a lot of small advertisements on the dilapidated wall in front of the house, and the content was changed to ‘Huge sum of money for childcare.’ Which didn’t seem to be out of place.

During the time when he knew Chi Wang, this man was indeed quite poor, and he split a dollar in half in order to spend it. The three brothers huddled together in a small, shabby dormitory. They went to the hospital to sell the medical treatment equipment under the wind and rain, which almost got kicked out several times.

At that time, he was tough and hardworking. Yet now, at the age of seventeen, was he really degraded himself to become a male prostitute for money?

The previous guess was carried out casually but it was more difficult to accept than imagined.

Su Lian touched the schoolbag’s outer pocket, he brought the ID card, yet he couldn’t use it since he wasn’t an adult.

He could use the money to make his way in, but if he didn’t have money in his pocket, he properly wouldn’t be able to get in the door. It would be embarrassing to be kicked out.

Su Lian took off his school uniform and stuffed it in his schoolbag, leaning against the wall of the alley, and stared at the bright sign in a daze.

The place looked quiet, there were quite a few people coming and going.

From time to time, several young people grin while walking up the stairs. The darker the night, the more prosperous they were.

Hidden so deep, this shouldn’t be illegal, right?

Thinking about it again, if they could recruit an underage, how could this place be regular?

Su Lian waited for a long time but didn’t see anyone come out. He didn’t know how Chi Wang became like this. However, he couldn’t stand seeing this person become a disgrace and received others’ cold eyes.

The more he thought about it, the more irritable Su Lian was. Therefore, he decided to go upstairs to see the situation.

The second floor was brightly lit and the room was translucent.

Through the glass door, in a cloud of smoke, he saw a line of teenagers with different hairstyles, Chi Wang stood in the center to give an admonish speech.

With one look, there were neat rows of computers next to them. They were wearing headphones, all sorts of special effects were displayed on the screen, and they were fighting fiercely at first glance.

The door was so mysterious, the name was even more ambiguous than the nightclub.

This was f*cking…an Internet cafe?

Su Lian leaned against the glass door, pinching his eyebrows, and began to recall which step in the conversation started to go wrong.

“It’s tiring to work hard and make money.”

“Receive guests? Can be considered like that.”

“I’ll treat you to a private room tonight.”

The two people chatting without communicating were unexpectedly fit one into the other.

Su Lian felt his head was about to explode. Because his first strongest impression of Chi Wang was a ruffian, he had a deep misunderstanding about this person.

Judging from his current way of speech, Chi Wang was still a person who could talk properly.

In any case, he was most unlikely to become a disgrace.

Su Lian shut his eyes, letting out a long sigh of relief. His heart that had been hanging all night finally fell back to its original position.

Inside, Chi Wang’s eyes slowly swept through the crowd, his voice was not loud, yet there was a feeling of being oppressed. “Who asked you to find so many little girls to be the network administrators?

“Xiao Jiu asked the brothers to do it.” Lin Yan leaned to the side with his arms crossed, he swiftly shifted the blame. “I said it won’t work, pigheaded.”

“Why not? Master Wang, didn’t you say opening the business with a new atmosphere? The pretty little girls are efficacious. Look at today, there are a lot of men, and the place is full. Isn’t this good?”

Gu Anjie let out an ‘ah’ and circled around pointing everywhere as if pointing to the scenery. “Look at this crowd of people. From today onward, we will make a lot of money! Full! Bowl!”

The little fatty lifted his face in an imposing manner.

Leaning against the counter, Chi Wang sneered, “The customer in the Internet cafe is mostly male, do you still need to pull men to surf the Internet?”

“I don’t understand.” Gu Anjiu shook his head and asked for advice humbly, “Say it again carefully, I’m afraid that I don’t understand one of your steps clearly, and I can’t keep up with your wealth secret code.”

“Next to the city, people who ought to surf the Internet will eventually come. You can find some handsome guys for our place to attract female customers that don’t usually come to the Internet cafe. Wouldn’t there be more people then?”

Chi Wang lowered his head slightly and patted Gu Anjiu on the back of his head like a fool. “Study more in normal time, engage in different business, and compete with mistakes. Understand?”

Gu Anjiu clapped his hands. “Wonderful.”

A group of brothers with different hairstyles stretched out their voices and repeated without thinking, “Little sisters—wonderful.”

Chi Wang found the scene was crazy and felt suffocated. “…Shut up, let those little girls go back early. It’s not safe for them to walk at night. If you are really short of work and want to stay, change the work shift to daytime.”

The conversation fell into Su Lian’s ears, making his expression relaxed a little. This guy’s business mind had been online since the beginning and he also knew it. Chi Wang seemed to be a considerate gentleman now. However, he always reverted the remnant to a benefit that was not worthless.

Even if the two of them were currently strangers, the future was long, he could still manage Chi Wang and that guy would be saved.

Su Lian pulled the brim of his hat down, turning sideways, preparing to leave.

His elbow hit the glass door, making a crisp sound. The people inside turned back, and the atmosphere froze for a while.

A group of people tilted their necks like an owl seeing its prey, staring straight at the newcomer, making the scene embarrassing.

Gu Anjiu glanced at the recruitment notice in Su Lian’s hand, then he stared fixedly at that flawless appearance in front of him. He suddenly smiled like a blooming flower. “Just after changing the market strategy, a little brother1 came to the door? Handsome guy, do you want to find a part-time job? Our place hired beauties with a huge sum of money, no limit in age, as long as they are good-looking, and the salary is ample, come, come~~~”

Su Lian: “…”

Although he was eager to help people, he really didn’t want to mess with the other party in this way.

Su Lian drooped his eyes, kneaded the recruitment notice into a ball, and stepped out of the door with a little irritation. “Not interested.”

Chi Wang cocked his head and squinted his eyes to tell the difference. “Wait…Nemesis? So coincidence?”

“An acquaintance? That’s better…no, I will invite you to join us.” Gu Anjiu’s smile deepened. “Handsome guy, don’t be so indifferent, just try it.”

Su Lian stepped back, frowning even tighter. “I don’t know him, I went the wrong way.”

“Really? This place isn’t easy to find.” Chi Wang’s eyes carried a hint of exploration.

Su Lian nodded calmly. As long as my expression is cool enough, others will not know that I’ve been following them.

Chi Wang didn’t say a word, just holding the cigarette laterally and glanced at Su Lian pensively.

It’s quite a coincidence that they bumped into each other twice within one night.

“Hey, you can find such a twist and turn, what does it mean, you’ve been involved in this 8D terrain front line, so cherish this fate.”

Lin Yan stepped forward, joining the persuasion army. “I think you are good-looking with a proper appearance. You are very suitable in becoming our job leading role here. The working hour has been arranged tentatively from 10 p.m. to 2 o’clock, so as not to delay your affair.”

He paused for two seconds and praised from the bottom of his heart, “With your appearance, at least 250 salary every hour.”

The f*ck 250, this speech was even smoother than the previous one.

Su Lian recalled that Lin Yan once used this set to fool their hospital into buying dozens of medical equipment.

“I’m sorry, the work time is too late, I can’t.”

Su Lian paused for a second, he gave a glance to a place as if he hadn’t done it. “Unlike a certain someone that sleeps during the day and receives guests during the night.”

A certain someone who was being scolded indirectly was leaning against the glass door without proper behavior. “It’s not too late. Going to bed at two or three o’clock counts as staying up late?”

Su Lian raised his eyes, his dagger-like gaze flew over. “I go to bed at eleven o’clock. Maintaining good health, can you do it?“

Seeing his irascible face yet still endured it, Chi Wang couldn’t help laughing. “Don’t make trouble, he is only a high school student and the Internet cafe doesn’t accept minors, it’s illegal.”

Su Lian said you still have a bottom line.

He put his hands in his pockets with a cool expression. “Let’s go, the dormitory will be closed later.”

Chi Wang took out his mobile phone, glanced at the screen, and reminded Su Lian warmly, “It’s already close at 12:15, what’s to be done?”

“…” Sh*t, waiting too long at the door and he forgot to check the time.

The cool expression that remained motionless for five minutes gradually cracked.

On a new day, there was no time for divination, and it was definitely an inauspicious sign.

Chi Wang yawned lazily. “I can let you sleep here for one night. However, the bed is small, so you have to squeeze with me.”