Chapter 106 – Surprise
After the performance, Lin Ganzhi enthusiastically watched the New Year’s Gala with Uncle Yan. Before he was eighteen and living in the orphanage, it had been a long time since he’d experienced the feeling of staying up on New Year’s Eve with family and friends. Uncle Yan brought out some plum wine a friend had brought back from Japan. It had a clear, sweet taste that even a non-drinker like Lin Ganzhi could accept.
With Uncle Yan’s repeated assurances that the plum wine had a very low alcohol content, Lin Ganzhi happily went to get a glass to sip while watching the gala. This time, Yan Shengping rarely had any objections and even watched with a smile as Lin Ganzhi drank cup after cup. By the time the clock struck twelve, even the lowest-proof wine had gotten Lin Ganzhi half-drunk.
Fortunately, he was still conscious, just lacking strength and a bit unsteady on his feet.
Yan Shengping bent down and easily scooped Lin Ganzhi into his arms. Smelling the familiar cold, woody scent, Lin Ganzhi didn’t resist much. Instead, he nuzzled against Yan Shengping’s chest a couple of times, finding a comfortable position to sleep.
“Ganzhi, there’s a surprise upstairs. Want to know what it is?” Yan Shengping whispered in Lin Ganzhi’s ear as he carried him up the stairs.
The mention of a surprise woke Lin Ganzhi right up. Buoyed by the alcohol, he was even a little excited. He wrapped his arms around Yan Shengping’s neck and opened his eyes. Could it be that if he lifted the covers, he would see a bed full of red banknotes? Hehe~
“Stay awake. You’ll know in a moment,” Yan Shengping said mysteriously, his words laced with a smile.
Now Lin Ganzhi was even more expectant. His watery eyes didn’t even dare to blink too much, afraid that if he closed them for a moment, the banknotes on the bed would sprout wings and fly away!
The current Yan Shengping could carry Lin Ganzhi up to the second floor without getting red in the face or out of breath. He opened the bedroom door with one hand, placed Lin Ganzhi on the bed, and then planted a gentle kiss on his forehead. “Wait for me for a moment.”
Lin Ganzhi nodded obediently. As soon as Yan Shengping left, he eagerly lifted the covers, only to find nothing inside. Lin Ganzhi’s eyes drooped with disappointment. So it wasn’t that kind of surprise. The pink-haired boy was now unhappy. There was nothing more surprising to him than a big pile of red cash. Didn’t he say there would be red envelopes for performing?
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He wanted to sleep, but Yan Shengping had told him to wait. Lin Ganzhi thought for a moment and decided to reluctantly wait. What if there was another surprise that he really liked?
With that thought, Lin Ganzhi once again sat obediently on the edge of the bed, using what little reason he had left to straighten the messy covers.
Yan Shengping returned quickly, but he didn’t seem to be carrying anything large. Lin Ganzhi, whose vision was now seeing double, tried hard to make out what Yan Shengping had brought in.
Fortunately, Yan Shengping didn’t make it difficult for the current Lin Ganzhi and took out the fountain pen in his hand.
“Ganzhi, remember this?” Yan Shengping smiled with a hidden meaning, his fingers elegantly twirling the pen. The black afterimage spun several times in the air before landing on his fingertips.
Lin Ganzhi rubbed his eyes and subconsciously blurted out its nickname: “One Hundred Thousand Yuan.”
Yan Shengping: …
The atmosphere he had just built instantly dissipated by more than half.
It seemed the plum wine from earlier was a bit too much. Yan Shengping had to give up on his interrogation for now. He bent down and bit Lin Ganzhi’s lower lip. The flesh of his lip, which had just scabbed over, was now particularly sensitive. Coupled with Yan Shengping’s somewhat punitive deep bite, more than half of Lin Ganzhi’s sleepiness vanished. He subconsciously pushed against Yan Shengping’s chest, trying to shove him away.
He was about to run out of breath! And his lower lip really hurt!
After three minutes of this, Yan Shengping generously released Lin Ganzhi. By now, a layer of mist had formed in Lin Ganzhi’s eyes, and he was looking at him with an innocent gaze. The beastly CEO Yan, who was about to get down to business, felt a rare twinge of guilt, but he had no intention of abandoning his plan.
Stepping back a few paces, Yan Shengping pressed the emerald on the pen’s cap according to the method Qin Feichen had told him that day: three times on the left, once on the right, and finally, a press on the cap. The previously still fountain pen began to vibrate.
Lin Ganzhi, who had just regained some clarity, looked in disbelief at the surprise in Yan Shengping’s hand. No, it wasn’t a surprise, it was a shock.
“Th-th-this, why is it still moving! Has the pen come to life?” Lin Ganzhi was already drunk, and seeing this, he felt like his CPU was about to fry. The pen had gone crazy!
The color of Yan Shengping’s eyes gradually deepened. He held Lin Ganzhi’s shoulders and pressed him down onto the soft bed. His deep, magnetic voice carried a hint of questioning. “It seems I underestimated you before, Ganzhi. Isn’t this the gift you gave me? What, now that I know the gift’s true purpose, you’re not going to take responsibility to the end?”
The true purpose? Lin Ganzhi froze. Faced with Yan Shengping’s direct visual assault, his reason was all but gone, until he felt something pressing against his thigh from above.
Hmm?
A minute later, Lin Ganzhi’s face exploded in a blush. How could a shop in a mall that looked like a vintage store sell this kind of thing? And it cost one hundred thousand yuan!
“I… I didn’t know it was for this!” Lin Ganzhi was on the verge of tears. He wasn’t prepared at all! It would definitely hurt!
Yan Shengping let out a light, extremely seductive laugh, showing no empathy for Lin Ganzhi’s nearly exploding state of mind. “It’s okay, it’s not too late to know now. We won’t do anything else, just try this out.”
“Mmph, no!”
Lin Ganzhi was drunk, but he wasn’t stupid. If this thing went in, he didn’t believe Yan Shengping would really let him off so easily. Besides, the object pressing against him was showing a tendency to get bigger and bigger. Lin Ganzhi was so scared he just wanted to shrink into the covers.
But before Lin Ganzhi could take action, Yan Shengping bent down and bit his collarbone. A sharp pain was followed by a strange, tingling numbness.
Lin Ganzhi whimpered, wanting to push him away but finding his hands completely devoid of strength. He could only curse him as a beast under his breath.
Would CEO Yan, who had been lambasted by the entire internet since last June, care about something like this? Lin Ganzhi could curse all he wanted, but if he stopped his actions, he would lose.
After midnight, notifications on Lin Ganzhi’s phone didn’t stop, but he had no chance to reply to any of them. Outside the window, colorful fireworks bloomed wantonly in the night sky, repeatedly illuminating the dark room where the two lovers’ figures were intertwined.
At two in the morning, Lin Ganzhi didn’t even have the strength to lift a finger, but the beast beside him was still full of energy, showing no intention of resting.
Lin Ganzhi hated feeling sticky all over and mumbled that he wanted to take a bath.
Yan Shengping smiled, sated, then picked Lin Ganzhi up and carried him towards the bathroom. Once inside, Lin Ganzhi thought he could finally soak in a comfortable hot bath. He relaxed and stretched out his body, but then he heard a splash, and the water level around him rose a little.
Lin Ganzhi turned his head in confusion. Yan Shengping planted a kiss on the corner of his mouth and coaxed, “Be good. It’s a two-person tub. It’s big enough.”
Was this a question of whether it was big enough? Lin Ganzhi huffed, wanting to push Yan Shengping away, but then he suddenly felt a change somewhere on his body. Lin Ganzhi’s body stiffened. He tried with all his might to get out, but his foot slipped, and he fell directly into Yan Shengping’s arms. A light chuckle sounded from behind him.
“Be good. You just sleep, I’ll do the moving.”
Could he possibly fall asleep like this?!!
Lin Ganzhi’s just-calmed emotions were once again thrown into chaos, and a hard-to-fade red stained the corners of his eyes.
In the beginning, he still tried to cooperate, but later, Lin Ganzhi was truly so tired that he was half-asleep, half-fainting. It wasn’t until the sky outside began to lighten that Lin Ganzhi felt himself being carried back to the bathroom, washed clean, and then he fell into a thoroughly deep sleep.
When Lin Ganzhi woke up again, the sky outside was already slightly dark. He paused for a moment, then, despite his sore body, found his phone. The time displayed was 5:30 PM.
Old beast!
Lin Ganzhi fell back onto the bed, on the verge of tears. His stomach was already growling with hunger, but the spot beside him on the bed was empty. His voice was so hoarse now that even shouting was difficult.
Helpless, Lin Ganzhi could only pick up his phone to check the messages. When he opened WeChat, it showed 99+ messages. After filtering out the group messages and unfamiliar people, Lin Ganzhi replied to them one by one.
Among them, the most lively was their small group chat.
The earliest messages could be traced back to midnight last night.
At the beginning, the tone was quite normal. Everyone sent New Year’s greetings, and then the tycoon Wenren Yi came out to send red envelopes. Because there was a limit on the amount, she first sent more than ten two-hundred-yuan ones at once, and then she simply transferred money directly, saying it was New Year’s money from the elders in her family. Lu Xi and Que Jin were in the chat thanking the tycoon. Que Jin himself was still in the United States, so he probably received even more red envelopes in person.
However, after chatting for half an hour and still not seeing Lin Ganzhi, everyone started to get suspicious.
Lu Xi: [Where’s Ganzhi?]
Que Jin: [Maybe he’s still chatting with the elders in his family.]
Wenren Yi: [That can’t be right. I sent so many red envelopes, there’s no way Ganzhi’s money-grubbing nature wouldn’t come out to collect them. Could it be, hehe~]
Que Jin: [Ahem, there are children in the group, watch your influence!]
Wenren Yi: [Okay, darling~]
Lu Xi: [? There are only four people in the group. Don’t tell me you’re talking about me? I’ll have you know, don’t look down on people! I have tons of wives!]
Wenren Yi: [Hehe, excluding posters, figures, and hug pillows, show me a real wife?]
Lu Xi: [Don’t you look down on my wives!]
Wenren Yi: [Hey, don’t get me wrong, I like 2D wives too. I just purely look down on you~ Little Lu~]
Lu Xi: [You just wait, I’ll have my brother introduce someone to me right now. I’ll bring her out after the New Year and scare you to death!]
Wenren Yi: [A girlfriend? Forget it. You’re more suited to having a boyfriend to take care of you, hahahahaha!]
Lu Xi: [[Powerless rage ing]]
Three in the morning:
Wenren Yi: [Three hours have passed, and Ganzhi still hasn’t claimed my red envelope~]
Que Jin: [Is this what you call sleeping?]
Wenren Yi: [Going to sleep right now!]
Que Jin: [Too late. Open the door.]
Lu Xi: [What kind of play are you two doing?]
…
Five in the morning:
Wenren Yi: [CEO Yan is a beast!]
Wenren Yi: [I hope Ganzhi has a chance to claim my red envelope before midnight tonight!]
At this moment, Lin Ganzhi wanted to die from shame and indignation!