Thirsty Skin - Chapter 52

Chapter 52 – Going Long-Distance

When Ji Xun heard that Zhu Chizhou was going to see Yan Lu, he bought a ticket and went with Zhu Chizhou. They arrived at Boston Logan Airport around 2:00 PM on Thursday, and Yan Lu drove to pick them up.

Li Yanli would arrive a few days later, so Zhu Chizhou had Yan Lu check his brain first.

Zhu Chizhou sat in the co-pilot seat and discussed with Yan Lu about going to the laboratory for an EEG test this afternoon.

Ji Xun heard their conversation and couldn’t help but lean forward: “What kind of test do you want to give Zhu Chizhou?”

Yan Lu glanced at him from behind the steering wheel and said, “An IQ test.”

Ji Xun patted Zhu Chizhou’s shoulder sympathetically: “Look at you, you’re so stupid that you’re even worthy of scientific research.”

Zhu Chizhou wasn’t in the mood to argue with him, so he just followed his lead and said, “Yes, I came here just to upgrade my IQ. When I leave, I’ll be Zhu Chizhou 2.0.”

Ji Xun believed it, “Fuck, there is such an amazing technique? Yan Lu, can’t you also improve my IQ?”

Zhu Chizhou asked, “Do you know why we didn’t test you?”

Ji Xun: “Because I’m smart enough?”

“Because I still have room for improvement,” Zhu Chizhou said, “and you…”

Yan Lu continued, “And you are powerless to save the situation.”

“Damn it,” Ji Xun cursed, “It’s been so long since we last met, and you’re insulting me like this the first time we meet.”

Yan Lu said slowly, “Don’t spread rumors. I hugged you as soon as we met.”

Just now at the airport, Zhu Chizhou and Ji Xun saw Yan Lu and ran towards him like two large dogs. The scene was so eye-catching that Yan Lu almost turned around and left.

In the end, he couldn’t help himself and reluctantly gave each person a hug to show his enthusiasm.

Ji Xun complained to Yan Lu that Zhu Chizhou was too busy with work recently and he hadn’t had time to go out and play with him for a long time. Yan Lu said that this was because Zhu Chizhou had a good boss.

Zhu Chizhou ignored them and buried his head in sending a message to Lin Wan: [Xiaowanzi, I’ve arrived!!]

After sending the message, he remembered it was still midnight in China, so he turned off the screen and prepared to wait for Lin Wan to wake up before continuing. However, the other party replied immediately.

Xiaowanzi: [Are you tired? Who picked you up?]

Zhu Chizhou: [Not tired, I slept for more than ten hours on the plane. Yan Lu came to pick us up. Why haven’t you slept yet?]

Xiaowanzi: [I checked your arrival time and set the alarm.]

It turned out that Lin Wan had set the alarm specifically to wait for his news. Zhu Chizhou: [I miss you.]

Xiaowanzi: [Me too.]

At that moment, Yan Lu happened to be waiting for the traffic light. Zhu Chizhou raised his phone, turned on the front camera, and said to the other two, “Look here, I want to take a selfie.”

Ji Xun laughed and scolded: “You are so fucking cheesy, even posting it on WeChat Moments.”

Zhu Chizhou finished taking the photo and fiddled with his phone. “Why would I post it on Moments? I’m sending it to my boss.”

Ji Xun: “What? Your boss. You still have to report your whereabouts to him when you go abroad.”

Yan Lu chuckled, “Ji Xun, you really are powerless to save the situation.”

Ji Xun: “???”

In the darkness, Lin Wan’s cell phone vibrated again.

Brother Chizhou: [Picture]

Brother Chizhou: [Go to bed quickly, good night.]

The picture showed three people’s heads. The one with the best smile is Zhu Chizhou. The one with glaring eyes, baring teeth and making faces is Ji Xun. The other one is a handsome guy holding the steering wheel with an expressionless face and making a V sign. Lin Wan guessed that he must be Yan Lu.

Lin Wan enlarged Zhu Chizhou’s head and looked at it for a while, clicked to save the picture, and replied to Zhu Chizhou: [Well, I’m going to sleep.]

After reading the message, Zhu Chizhou put away his phone. After a while, he remembered to send a message to Zhu Ling to let her know he was safe, but Zhu Ling did not reply.

Yan Lu also came to live with them these days, and the three of them booked a suite in the hotel.

After the rooms were assigned, Ji Xun dragged his suitcase to Zhu Chizhou’s room.

Zhu Chizhou stopped him and said, “Go to your own room. It’s not convenient for me to sleep in the same bed with you.”

Ji Xun joked in a mean way: “What’s wrong, are you having your period?”

Zhu Chizhou told him to get lost, “I’m afraid my partner will be unhappy.”

“What?” Ji Xun was shocked. “When the hell did you get a partner?”

Zhu Chizhou said calmly: “Just a few days ago.”

“Holy crap!” Ji Xun yelled, “Yan Lu, come quickly! Zhu Chizhou has betrayed the organization!”

Yan Lu’s voice came lazily from the next room: “I already know.”

Ji Xun glared: “You weren’t the first one to tell me!”

“I’ve already told you,” Zhu Chizhou dragged his suitcase into the room, “It’s the one I told you about when we were drinking in Rong City last time.”

“Fuck…” Ji Xun opened his eyes wide, “Didn’t you say she only likes your body and not you as a person? Are you really into it?”

Zhu Chizhou said reservedly: “He already likes me now.”

“Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck…” Ji Xun was so shocked that he couldn’t even speak straight. After being surprised, he came to his senses and said, “Then you wouldn’t stop sleeping with me just because you have a girlfriend, right? Didn’t I sleep in the same bed with you when I had a girlfriend?”

Yan Lu laughed out loud in the next room and slowly walked to the door of Zhu Chizhou’s room to watch the two fools bickering.

Zhu Chizhou came out with a certain air of boasting: “Because I’m not dating a girlfriend, I’m dating a boyfriend. My sexual orientation is now male. Do you understand?”

“Huh??? The person you were talking about before… is a man?!” Ji Xun was petrified.

Yan Lu had confessed his sexual orientation to them since high school. Every time they went out together, Ji Xun and Zhu Chizhou were very self-protective and did not stay in the same room with Yan Lu.

Over time, it became a habit for Ji Xun and Zhu Chizhou to sleep in the same bed.

Unexpectedly, the brother he had slept with for more than ten years suddenly told him that his sexual orientation was male.

The blow was so great that Ji Xun was stunned for a long time. Finally, he looked at Yan Lu and murmured, “So now I’m the only precious straight man among the three of us?”

Yan Lu nodded and stamped his seal: “Endangered animals.”

In the afternoon, Zhu Chizhou and Yan Lu went to the laboratory. Ji Xun said that the world is too unfriendly to straight men. Straight men need to get enough sleep to heal themselves, so he didn’t need to upgrade his IQ.

When they arrived at the laboratory, Yan Lu changed into a white coat, asked Zhu Chizhou to sit in a comfortable chair with his eyes closed, put a hat covered with sensors on his head, and began to do an EEG scan.

The instrument started up, and a series of complex brain wave patterns were synchronously displayed on the computer screen next to it.

The entire test lasted a long time, from around four o’clock to nearly seven o’clock. During this time, Yan Lu kept chatting with Zhu Chizhou and guiding his inner thoughts, especially topics related to Lin Wan.

After the test, Zhu Chizhou took off his hat and asked, “How was it? Did you find anything?”

Yan Lu exported the data from the instrument. “We can’t draw conclusions directly from these raw data yet. I need to process and analyze them. I’ll let you know the results in about a week.”

Zhu Chizhou was dissatisfied: “Other people can tell whether it’s a boy or girl right after taking an ultrasound, but I have to wait a week for results.”

Yan Lu glanced at him and said, “If you can get pregnant, I can get the results for you right away.”

Zhu Chizhou didn’t know what he was thinking about, and he became excited again, “If I have to get pregnant, it should be Xiaowanzi who gets pregnant for me.”

“Haha,” Yan Lu sneered, “First ask him if he can accept your mind reading ability before you consider this.”

Zhu Chizhou instantly became dispirited.

After having dinner in North Point in the evening, the three of them found a place to drink.

Zhu Chizhou sat down and sent Lin Wan a photo of the bar: [Picture]

Zhu Chizhou: What is Xiaowanzi doing?

Lin Wan quickly replied: [Picture]

Xiaowanzi: In the car, going to Wanshen with Zhou Yuang to see the factory.

The car is driving fast, and the picture shows a blurry view outside the car. Judging from the road, it should be on a highway.

Wait… Wan Shen? ?

Zhu Chizhou was stunned. Isn’t that the company where Xu Pingchuan is the vice president of investment?

Zhu Chizhou immediately replied: [Why are you going to Wanshen?]

Xiaowanzi: [To see the factory.]

Zhu Chizhou: [I know. I was wondering why you had to go in person. Ang Ge could have gone alone.]

Xiaowanzi: [Mr. Xu has invited me many times, and it would be impolite not to go.]

Zhu Chizhou typed: [Didn’t you say that Brother Ang will be in charge of Wanshen from now on?]

After typing it, he cleared it. He couldn’t say it because that was what he heard in Lin Wan’s inner voice. Lin Wan had never actually told him about this.

He typed again: [You know Xu Pingchuan likes you, right?]

What’s even more wrong is that when he met Xu Pingchuan, he and Lin Wan were just ordinary colleagues, and there was no way Lin Wan could ever have discussed this topic with him.

Zhu Chizhou had a very good memory, but at this moment he felt that he could not tell Lin Wan anything, because he wasn’t even supposed to know anything.

There was a sense of absurdity when he deleted the input box again and again. He wished he could reload all his memory to review the information he had learned, which ones were said by Lin Wan himself and which ones were the ones he had heard from him.

Lin Wan is very smart, and if he was not careful, he would easily arouse Lin Wan’s suspicion.

After typing over and over again without sending any message, Lin Wan sent another message: I’m so sleepy.

Zhu Chizhou had no choice but to change the subject: [Did you not sleep well last night because I wasn’t there?]

Xiaowanzi: [Mainly because I got up early this morning to soak in ice water. I could sleep a little longer when you were around.]

Zhu Chizhou wanted to go back to China immediately: [I will sleep with you every day when I come back!]

Xiaowanzi: [Yes.]

Zhu Chizhou: [How long will it take? Take a nap in the car.]

Xiaowanzi: [There are still forty minutes left, so I’ll take a nap.]

Zhu Chizhou sent Lin Wan an emoticon saying “I miss you”, and then opened the dialog box with Zhou Yuang.

Zhu Chizhou: [Brother Ang! Are you and Mr. Lin going to Wanshen to meet Xu Pingchuan?]

Zhou Yuang: [Yes, on the way. How are you doing in the United States?]

Zhu Chizhou: [Now that I’m in Boston, I have some personal business to take care of first.]

Zhu Chizhou: [You must protect Mr. Lin today and keep Xu Pingchuan away from him.]

Zhou Yuang: [Hey, don’t worry about it, they have a good relationship.]

Zhu Chizhou: [??]

Zhou Yuang: [I overheard the boss’ phone call just now. It turns out that he and Xu Pingchuan have a mutual friend and they are very good friends. They were even planning to play cards together this weekend.]

Zhou Yuang: [The boss hasn’t had a girlfriend in all these years. If he and Xu Pingchuan have similar interests, they would be a good match.]

A good match???

What a good marriage!!!