Translator: ShiriChan
Editor: phizzlepop
Shen Ye faintly glanced at Ye Ming. He knew exactly what was bothering Ye Ming, but he really didn’t care at all.
Seeing the unconcerned look in Shen Ye’s eyes, he realized that Shen Ye wouldn’t change his plans because of him. Although he was keeping him by his side using such despicable means, how could he ever take him seriously? After all, he was just a plaything.
Ye Ming clenched his fists. Acting headstrong would only make everything more unsightly, so he finally responded in a soft, hoarse voice, “Okay.”
Shen Ye smiled for a bit, then turned around and proceeded to walk out.
The company canteen had a private room prepared just for Shen Ye. Although Ye Ming would’ve preferred to eat outside in the canteen rather than stick with Shen Ye, before he could even speak up to refuse, Shen Ye had grabbed ahold of his wrist, dragging him inside!
A sullen expression flashed across Ye Ming’s face.
Shen Ye looked at the side of Ye Ming’s face, an uncontrollable smile tugging at the corners of his lips. It appears he really dislikes me… but, no matter. You’ll get used to it eventually.
“Is there anything you want to eat or that you can’t eat?” Shen Ye asked Ye Ming cheerily.
Ye Ming coldly responded, “No.”
Shen Ye stopped asking questions, throwing an occasional glance at Ye Ming every now and then. Soon, their meal was served, encompassing various types of food.
Looking at the dishes on the table, a complicated look finally surfaced in Ye Ming’s eyes. After so many years, Shen Ye’s tastes hadn’t changed all that much. He exerted a little more force on his chopsticks.
He despised Shen Ye’s current conduct, but if it hadn’t been for that shot he’d fired, then he probably wouldn’t have turned out this way ba… in the end, this was all his fault.
Ye Ming became a little absent-minded. He was sitting next to the person he deeply loved, but was unable to face, so he could only feign ignorance. The food in front of him seemed to carry him back to the past, and he suddenly found that swallowing his food had become somewhat difficult.
Shen Ye casually unbuttoned his shirt, lifting his gaze to peer at Ye Ming’s face.
The young man had a good-looking face, his movements deliberate, his brow slightly furrowed, as if… Han Xu was still sitting right in front of him.
Each and every one of this person’s moves, expressions, and gestures reminded him of Han Xu… it felt like he’d aged, and with the passage of time, his love and hatred had slowly settled to the bottom of an ocean. But, with this person, time seemed to have come to a standstill as he maintained the same appearance from beginning to end, ever unchanging.
The torment he’d suffered from his unresolved emotions those countless days and nights came billowing up. Why was he keeping such a person by his side? The pain he’d just managed to forget on occasion began to overwhelm him once again.
But, like some sort of masochist, he still couldn’t let this person go.
He’d probably never see Han Xu ever again. And if he allowed this person to leave, he’d never be able to find a person who looked this similar to him ever again… it didn’t matter how clearly he understood that this person wasn’t him in his heart.
Shen Ye put down his chopsticks after taking no more than a few bites. He stood up, giving Ye Ming a faint glance, before he said, “I’ll be leaving first.”
Ye Ming didn’t reply, and only watched on as Shen Ye left.
He was the only person left inside the room. It felt empty like something was missing, yet the atmosphere also felt more relaxed. But actually… he’d been hoping they could just sit down and have a meal together while chatting a bit. It was a pity it had become nothing more than a pipedream now.
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“Xiao Tao ah, do you know President Shen very well?” One of his seniors asked him smilingly in a cautious tone.
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Ye Ming pursed his lips slightly. Although he was unhappy with Shen Ye’s behaviour on the inside, he was experienced enough to not let such a petty matter throw him into disarray. He just smiled casually, “We’re not especially familiar with each other or anything. We’ve only met once before.”
Only once? Then, they really couldn’t be considered too familiar with each other.
After hearing this, everyone gave it some thought. Maybe Ye Ming really had gotten in because of his connections. But, as for Shen Ye, he probably really didn’t have much to do with him. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been assigned to do some miscellaneous work over here. Perhaps an elder in his family knew Shen Ye and had asked him to take care of him? The more they thought about it, the more they felt this was probably the case.
In that case, with Shen Ye’s personality, it’d be impossible for him to always take the time to concern himself over Ye Ming. President Shen, the cold-faced King of Hell, wasn’t the type of person who’d care about protecting his own.
It seemed that they didn’t need to be too worried, it really only had been a coincidence today.
Everyone gave Ye Ming a friendly smile, then went back to doing their own work. Moreover, judging by Ye Ming’s temperament, he wasn’t the irritating kind of person who liked making trouble, and President Shen probably wouldn’t meet with him all that much.
Ye Ming inwardly breathed a sigh of relief. Although he’d wanted to come work here, he didn’t want the whole company to know about the kind of relationship he had with Shen Ye.
Just that, his relief was premature.
After around four o’clock in the afternoon, Guan Yuyang walked out of the office with a complicated look on his face, then whispered to Ye Ming, “President Shen wants you in his office.”
Although Guan Yuyang had already lowered his voice, the people next to them still heard him.
Ye Ming’s movements stopped. Without asking anything else, he only replied, “Okay.”
He’d been in the company for more than a week now. Shen Ye hadn’t thought to look for him even once before, but today, wanted to meet with him twice in a row.
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Shen Ye was sitting on the swivel chair in his office, pinching his glabella with his thumb and index finger. Ye Ming’s calm appearance during lunch at noon kept appearing at the forefront of his mind… he’d somewhat underestimated his concern for this person, so much so that all afternoon, he’d been preoccupied with him.
But, unlike Han Xu, he could have him anytime and anywhere he wanted him.
Ye Ming took the elevator upstairs, and finally arrived at the door to Shen Ye’s office. The nearby secretary smiled and led him in, saying, “President Shen is waiting for you inside.”
After she finished, she watched as Ye Ming entered the room, her eyes sparkling with a desire for gossip. After so many years, this was the first time she’d ever seen Shen Ye directly summon an ordinary employee who had nothing to do with him to his office. Who knew what kind of relationship they had?
Shen Ye’s office had hardwood floors and elegant decorations with a lounge in the front. When Ye Ming walked inside, he saw Shen Ye standing in front of a large, transparent window with his hands behind his back.
Ye Ming didn’t know why Shen Ye had suddenly called him over during work hours, so he asked, “You were looking for me?”
Shen Ye turned his head, staring stonily at the young man in front of him, before he murmured, “Come here.”
Ye Ming frowned slightly, but still walked over.
Shen Ye looked down at the person in front of him, suddenly reaching out to caress Ye Ming’s cheek.
He stroked the skin on his face with his warm fingers, gently brushing past his lips. Ye Ming instinctively wanted to avoid him, but it wouldn’t be wise for him to irritate Shen Ye right now, so he barely managed to resist the urge to do so.
Shen Ye traced the contours of Ye Ming’s face, slowly closing his eyes, as though… the person he was touching was the one he loved, yet hated the most… and was now standing right in front of him.
Letting him do whatever he wanted.
A crazed, possessive look came into Shen Ye’s eyes as he opened them. Then, he pressed Ye Ming down onto the office desk!
Ye Ming was stunned, his eyes gleaming with fury. He clenched his fists, but didn’t push him away in the end. He didn’t like doing such meaningless things. Since he’d agreed to Shen Ye’s demands, he ought to try and obtain as many benefits as possible instead of pointlessly going against him out of sheer stubbornness.
Shen Ye noticed Ye Ming’s expression, a cold, teasing look dancing in his eyes. He’d thought that Ye Ming would balk at this treatment, but he hadn’t. Ye Ming quickly shut his eyes, assuming a submissive role.
The endurance and shrewdness in this young man were far beyond his imagination. It seemed a little different from the results of his investigation…
But, it doesn’t matter. Sooner or later, I’ll figure out what kind of person you are. The corners of Shen Ye’s mouth quirked up, and he landed a kiss right on Ye Ming’s neck.
Ye Ming’s eyelashes quivered, a prickle of pain radiating from his neck from where he’d actually bitten down. He felt his clothes being tugged off as the cold air touched his skin.
An ambiguous atmosphere suddenly arose within the office.
Then, an abrupt ringing sound interrupted them. The lively, loud ringtone kept going off. Ye Ming’s expression suddenly changed. He took out his phone and saw that it was actually Zhou Jiaping! Why was he calling him right at this time!
Shen Ye saw who it was, and chuckled into Ye Ming’s ear, “It looks like he’s run out of things to do recently, and has the time to look for you again.”
He sounded light-hearted, but still emanated an indistinct sense of danger.
Ye Ming’s gaze froze. Without any hesitation, he rejected the call, and said to Shen Ye, “We should’ve broken up long ago.”
Shen Ye looked into Ye Ming’s eyes, grabbing onto his chin, as he slowly said, “Is that so?”
“Really,” Ye Ming directly turned off the phone, tossed it aside, then raised an eyebrow at Shen Ye, “President Shen, shall we continue?”
Shen Ye stared at Ye Ming. He wouldn’t forget about Ye Ming’s initial disgust and unwillingness. But now, he was uncharacteristically taking the initiative to extend him an invitation. Of course— not because he liked him.
He was just afraid of him going back on his word and doing something to Zhou Jiaping again.
He really valued his relationships and morals ah. How great would it have been if you’d liked me like this back then…
Why did you have to do something like that to me?
Shen Ye’s gaze darkened, his pain and hatred mixing with other complicated emotions, nearly tearing apart his sanity and ripping his heart to shreds. It was almost impossible for him to distinguish who was actually standing in front of him anymore. He clutched Ye Ming’s neck, and forced his face down against the table. He let out a chuckle next to his ear, “Of course.”
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Ye Ming could still grit his teeth and endure it at the beginning, but towards the end, couldn’t help making a few sounds. He felt like his bones were about to break, and there was a look of pain on his face.
By the time they were finally done, he could barely stand up.
Shen Ye let go of Ye Ming, and glanced over him indifferently. Since he was already his man, naturally he ought to be more obedient.
Ye Ming clenched his teeth and got up, trembling as he proceeded to get dressed. He cast his eyes down to hide his sorrow, and said to Shen Ye, “Can I go now?”
Shen Ye glanced at him, and said impassively, “Leave ba.”
Ye Ming pulled his collar up to hide the hickey on his neck. He turned around and walked out.
The idle secretary outside was pretty much about to doze off when she finally saw the person inside come out, her eyes almost popping out of her head at the sight. Heavens! What juicy gossip! What had happened inside just now?!
The female secretary’s heart thumped. Had President Shen always been gay? President Shen had remained single all this time, looking unapproachable like an iceberg. She’d thought that it was just his natural disposition, but who knew that he actually liked men!
This was really too exciting!
Ye Ming got off the elevator, but didn’t go straight back to his office. Instead, he snuck off to the restroom first. No one else happened to be inside the restroom at this time. He took a look in the mirror. Either Shen Ye didn’t care much about Ye Ming’s reputation, or maybe it was intentional, but the hickey on his neck was so conspicuous that he couldn’t cover it up at all.
Ye Ming let out a sigh.
【Ye Ming: This really is…】
【888: Now, do you feel things are troublesome?】
【Ye Ming: This really is such a wonderful surprise! Let’s see who won’t know about the relationship between me and my clever little brother, let’s see who dares to give me any work to do! Hahahahahahahaha!】
【888: ……】
Ye Ming carefully tidied up his clothes and washed his face before returning to his office.
It’d been more than an hour since he left, and many people were discussing this rather animatedly. So when he came back, he received a lot of attention as everyone’s gazes fell on Ye Ming. The entire office was so quiet you could have heard a pin drop.
There was a look of embarrassment on Ye Ming’s face. He paled and clenched his fists.
“Xiao Tao, you’re back…” a senior who’d looked after him before this said awkwardly, “I have something else to do, so I’ll go do that now…”
The crowd dispersed without anyone asking anything.
Fair enough. Things were very clear now, what else could they say? It turned out this was the real reason behind Shen Ye “caring for” Ye Ming!
There were basically only straight men here. Although there were some people who didn’t harbor much disgust for gay people, they wouldn’t associate themselves with them either, much less with someone who had a relationship with President Shen. It was best for them to just stay far away from him ba.
And this was really much too shocking!
A self-deprecating smile played on Ye Ming’s lips. Oh well. If they knew, then they knew ba. After all, he wasn’t planning on staying in this place for a long time, and it wasn’t like he’d never gone through hardships before. Although he’d prefer if others didn’t learn of his relationship with Shen Ye, he wouldn’t let what others thought of him drag him down either. After adjusting his state of mind, he was now calm and composed.
When it was finally time to get off work, Ye Ming hurried home.
The translator has something to say: Hello! Nice to meet you all! I’m ShiriChan
The editor has something to say: Han Xu has a will of steel, Shen Ye is… hm… taking his anger out on a lookalike, how grand.
My disgust for Shen Ye is mounting!
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