MPLB-40.1

They didn’t go to the bar. Darren bought some beer and they went back to the balcony in the office.

No quarrel, no words, Zhan had been very quiet.

After drinking half a bottle of beer, however, he looked at the night sky from the balcony and burst into tears all of a sudden.

Sitting in front of him, Darren silently watched him crying. He neither comforted him nor stopped him.

He even gave him a second bottle.

Throwing away the first empty bottle, Zhan started to drink the second one.

He was not good at drinking. After the second half bottle, his eyes had been blurred.

“Finally, Wang Yibo managed to be with Yangzi. Well, what’s the big deal? He’s just a little handsome.”

“Does he know what kind of woman she is? Stupid! He even doesn’t know her true features. How could he take a pity on her?”

“Bah. Shameless! They have got together again after all. Shameless!”

“Yangzi is bad. She is a killer. Does he know she killed me? She killed me!”

Darren clearly heard what Zhan said at the beginning.

But later, he couldn’t understand a word at all.

What did it mean that Yangzi had killed him? Had Yangzi ever thought about killing him?

Darren clenched his fist. Murderous look came on his face.

He wouldn’t let Yangzi go if she dared to hurt Zhan.

“She is just good-looking. No, what’s so good-looking about her? Even one of my fingers is more beautiful than her.”

“True.” Darren absolutely agreed with that.

In his view, Yangzi wasn’t pretty but ugly.

“You all are blind. Can’t you tell that I’m more beautiful than her? Blind!”

“I’m not blind,” said Darren seriously.

“No, you are. All of you are blind. Uh-huh…”

Zhan held his legs and cried aloud. In fact, it could be so hurtful for him when the agreement ended.

In fact, he couldn’t act as indifferent as he had said. “Yangzi is a bad woman. She really is…”

Indeed, his heart hurt. It hurt a lot…

As alcohol came up inside his brain, Zhan was in a daze. His body started shaking and fell down after he cried for some time.

Darren helped him and then, Zhan fell into his arms.

Although Zhan was drunk and talked intermittently, Darren figured out the key information.

Young Master Wang broke off their engagement. Zhan became free again.

Perhaps, it was a happy news. But seeing that Zhan had been so upset, Darren wasn’t delighted at all.

He didn’t want to see him sad. Zhan sadness made his heart hurt.

“Zhan, I’ll take you to rest, OK?”

Darren stood up holding him and walked to lounge of the office.

There were two folding beds.

Zhan was so thin that he would have a good sleep on the bed.

However, he unexpectedly flung his arms around Darren neck when lying down. “Don’t go…”

Darren was stunned and dragged to him.

They were very close to each other instantly.

Zhan smelt nice. His breath on Darren face was numb, which made him flush immediately.

His heart suddenly beat wildly.

“I’m… I’m not leaving.” He would definitely stay with him tonight, since Zhan was drunk. “Don’t worry. I’m here with you and I won’t leave.”

“Don’t go…” Zhan sounded husky and sexy. The arms around his neck were continually tightening.

“Zhan” Darren felt something wrong. Weren’t they too close to each other now?

It was less than one finger between their faces where Zhan kept pulling him towards him continually.

He had drunk a little with Zhan just now. He was unsure whether it was because of the alcohol or Zhan fascinating smell.

Being so close, Darren actually became flustered.

“Zhan, let me go first.” Darren wanted to pull his arms away. But Zhan was strongly holding him instead of loosening his arms.

Darren dared not to remove them too hard in case Zhan got hurt.

The distance between them became shorter and shorter. Darren was… inexplicably impulsive.

At the deep and quiet night, it was only they were here…

“Zhan,” said Darren in an extreme husky voice, with strong forbearance hidden inside.

“Zhan, loose me first. I promise that I won’t leave.”

“Don’t you want me?” Zhan blinked his big bright eyes.

His eyes virtually drove Darren crazy.

Did he want him? Yes! Very much! It had been a long time that he wanted him.

But he was drunk now…

“You want me…” Zhan strongly pulled him towards himself.

Darren was about to go crazy. His sweat, as big as beans, rolled down his cheeks from forehead.

They were surrounded by ambitious atmosphere. He felt hot as if his breath was even on fire.

“Zhan…”

Finally, Darren couldn’t help lowering down to him.

Just as he was about to kiss his lips, he heard that Zhan unconsciously whispered, “Yibo…”

….

“Zhan, what happened? Why Young Master Wang broke off your engagement? What’s going on?”

Early in the morning, Jili rushed here with his phone once knowing that Zhan was in the office.

“Zhan, wake up. What’s going on? Tell me.”

Darren came in from the outside with a bowl of hot soup in his hands.

“Canceling their engagement?” Darren frowned.

Knowing that they must had a quarrel, Darren didn’t expect that Wang Yibo was so heartless as to cancel the engagement directly.

“It’s on the newspaper! It’s true.” Jili hadn’t expected it as well. How did it happen within one day?

Was it because Zhan rejected Young Master Wang on the spot on the stage?

Canceling engagement for such a tiny thing, however, did Young Master Wang have to be so petty?

“No way! Young Master Wang is too excessive! I have to talk to him!”

That was just a trivial matter. Even if it humiliated Young Master Wang, couldn’t he make an apology?

A ger being canceled engagement, how would he survive in their circle later.

“Are you going to meet Young Master Wang?” Chuyue arrived late. Like Jili, he was holding his phone.

Staring at Jili, he had a look of disbelief. “How dare you? His bodyguards will hit you and throw you out of the Wang Family like a chick.”

Chuyue stepped on foot closer to him and said fiercely “Young Master Wang is the commercial emperor, who is cold and cruel, by the legendary. You really dare to go to him?”

Jili shuddered with fear by his expression and shrunk his neck when looking up into his eyes.

“But… But I’m too angry at him!”

“Isn’t it great that I’m free?”

Behind them, Zhan sat up somehow. Rubbing his eyes, he sounded dull.

“From now on, our love and marriage have no mutual interference. I’m free to be in love with others. Isn’t it good?”

You can fall in love freely.

Sounds pretty good.

But he was dumped, shouldn’t he feel sad?

Jili looked stunned but Chuyue was thrilled.

“So, I can pursue you from now on, right?”

Chuyue felt the chills on his neck, just like the way Darren’s cold eyes made him feel.

Chuyue faked a smile and said, “Oh well, I was kidding. I don’t like Zhan at all.”

“Am I that unattractive?” Zhan got off from the folding bed and glared at him.

“No, I mean… Um, I am just not that into you.”

Chuyue faked a smile and stepped back quickly.

Of course, he liked him. Zhan was a good friend of his, how could he hate him?

The problem is he didn’t dare to.

Everyone knew he didn’t dare to do anything because Darren was protective of Zhan.

After all, Jili was prettier than Zhan, wasn’t he?

Even if he intended to hit on friends, he should be doing that to Jili.

Zhan looked a bit hard to play up to.

Zhan walked to the bathroom, closed the door and saw his messed- up face in the mirror.

He didn’t know what he did last night, but the freckles made his face look dirty.

But these freckles…

He raised his hand and stroked across his face.

Cosmetics were always harmful to the skin. To be honest, he hated what was on his face.

With a light sigh, he cleaned up his face with the cleansing foam.

“Jili, bring me some clothes.” He called out from the inside.

“Okay.” They got everything at the office because they often worked overtime.

Jili gave him the clothes and heard the showers.

He looked at the closed bathroom door then turned to Darren.

“He called me last night so I brought him here afterwards.”

“Nothing special happened?”

Jili wanted to ask about Zhan and Yibo, but Darren blushed.

He walked to the window and glanced at the view outside, avoiding others’ gaze.

“We had some drinks then slept until dawn.”

Of course Zhan was the one who slept until dawn, and he…

He got up from his body after hearing the words “Yibo” came from his mouth.

His mind was occupied with his breath and hazy drunk eyes all night long. But he couldn’t help to think of the name Zhan called out.

Just like that, he sat there in silence all night.

Jili and Chuyue looked at each other. Jili still wanted to ask, but he waved his hands right after to stop him.

“Well, Zhan already decided to break up with Young Master Wang in two years. We are just a bit ahead of schedule now.”

Chuyue giggled. There was no need to ask since whatever happened already happened.

It was obvious that Zhan was upset. But nobody knew how upset he was exactly.

Let time heal everything.

Selfishly speaking, Chuyue wanted Zhan to be with Darren.

They knew each other too well after being friends over the years.

He could vouch for Darren that he would definitely take care of Zhan if he picked him.

So wouldn’t Zhan be happier with Darren?

These were just secrets between the boys. Even Jili knew nothing about it.

Someone opened the door and Xuan Lu walked in not long after.

“Oh there you guys are. I was going to call and make an appointment first.”

“Well, where is Zhan?” Xuan Lu said with a big smile.

“In the shower.” Jili pointed at the bathroom.

“I got a call from the Yang Group this morning. They asked us to talk about signing the contract and they specifically want Zhan to be there.”

“Is it going to be signed this soon?” Jili and Chuyue exclaimed in surprise.

Darren also turned around and looked at Xuan Lu.

This was Zhan’s dream. He said he will make September Studio prosperous.

It would be like a magical step forward if they could sign the contract with the Yang Group.

“I know! That’s why I came over right after I received the call.”

They could tell she literally rushed over here because of her rapid breath.

“A long delay may cause troubles. So, we should sign it as soon as possible.”

After all, they never did business with such a big company.

With that said, the bathroom door was suddenly opened, and a boy walked out.

Zhan was still carrying a vapor of water all over his body because of the shower. His wet long hair was dripping water, creating a misty color.

He wiped his hair with a towel while coming out of the bathroom.

The four people in the lounge all fixed their eyes on boy face. No one could look away even just for a moment.

What a beauty!

No, he is like a fairy!

The freckles were all gone and his face were clean and delicate. He looked like he was blushing because of the hot shower.

His eyes looked even brighter under the long eyelashes. His skin set off his eyes which were already gorgeous.

His lips were pink as if a fresh fragile rose and were bouncy like a freshly opened jelly.

Without freckles, his facial features were like a masterpiece, exquisitely gorgeous.

His beauty was breathtaking that you couldn’t look away.

“Who… are you?” Xuan Lu couldn’t help to take two steps forward.

She was tempted to get closer but panicked at the same time.

“Are you blind, Xuan Lu? Can’t you recognize me?”

Zhan looked at her. There was no longer any pain from last night, only pure calmess as if nothing could scare him.

It seemed like the shower had given him a new life.

“Oh wow, you really are Zhan! Xiao Zhan!” Xuan Lu was so surprised.

God, it was really Xiao Zhan, the hideous ger everyone knew of!

How could this be real? Did the ugly duckling become the swan?

“Did you have a plastic surgery?” Xuan Lu still found it unbelievable.

“Zhan didn’t have a plastic surgery. Maybe he had a treatment of cosmetology.”

Jili was also completely dumbfounded. But if Zhan had cosmetology, why were there freckles on his face before he took the shower?

What is more, rumors said freckles couldn’t be completely removed. There would be some marks left after the treatment.

Where are the so-called marks on Zhan’s face?

His face was simply perfect, without any flaws.

Chuyue finally gathered his thoughts, “I think Zhan’s was afraid that he would be too beautiful and cause wars in the society, so…”

He exhaled out of relief and concluded, “So the freckles were cosmetic used to make yourself look ugly, right?”

Too beautiful that it might cause wars…

It made Zhan speechless.

However, Chuyue’s statement obviously sounded the most reasonable.

Zhan dried his hair and looked at Xuan Lu, “Aren’t we going to sign the contract? Prepare the stamp and let’s head out.”

“But your face…” Jili stepped forward.

This was what he looked like originally. No foundation, no concealer, nothing.

Jili freaked out in the end.

“Why did you make yourself ugly? Do you know how uncomfortable we were when people called you ugly?”

He wanted to scold back every time someone called Zhan ugly.

But Zhan was definitely not good-looking. So, he worried if arguing could somehow hurt Zhan’s feeling.

So Jili swallowed his pride every single time!

But now, Even Beijing socialite Yangzi  seemed inferior to Zhan!

Zhan could finally hold his head high!

“Didn’t you hear what Chuyue said? I was intimidated by my own beauty.” Zhan said indifferently.

“You’d piss off many people if you said that out loud!” Gosh, it was not a good thing to be too proud.

“Well, they might not be willing to agree if you said that, but they couldn’t deny it looking at the way you are now! Hahaha…”

Xuan Lu was thrilled. She didn’t feel confident enough when they were about to sign the contract with the Yang Group.

But the odds of winning are definitely higher with such a gorgeous beauty.

….