Thirsty Skin - Chapter 53

Chapter 53 – Jealous Zhu Chizhou

For some reason today, Lin Wan’s phone received a new message every five minutes on average.

When he visited the factory with Wanshen executives, WeChat notifications kept ringing.

Brother Chizhou: [Picture]

Brother Chizhou: [This wine is delicious.]

Brother Chizhou: [Picture]

Brother Chizhou: [The asparagus bacon rolls are very good. I will make them for you when I get back.]

Brother Chizhou: [Short video]

Brother Chizhou: [Have you heard this song?]

(Some parts omitted)

Brother Chizhou: [Haha, a beautiful blonde girl just came to our table to chat up, but among the three men here, only one is straight.]

When Lin Wan finally found time to check his phone, the dialog box was already flooding the screen with messages from Zhu Chizhou.

Lin Wan: [Ji Xun and Yan Lu? Which one of them is gay?]

Brother Chizhou: [Xiaowanzi, you finally paid attention to me!!]

Brother Chizhou: [Guess which one.]

Lin Wan guessed randomly: [Ji Xun?]

Brother Chizhou: [Wrong answer, guess again.]

So Lin Wan: [Yan Lu?]

Brother Chizhou: [You guessed it right! Xiaowanzi is so smart!]

Lin Wan felt that he was so childish: [I have to go to a meeting.]

Brother Chizhou: [Can you send me a message immediately after the meeting?]

Brother Chizhou: [My consciousness is constantly echoing with the anxiety of your physical absence.]

Lin Wan smiled knowingly: [I miss you too.]

Lin Wan turned off his phone and started talking with Xu Pingchuan and several other corporate executives.

After talking for a few minutes, the chairman of Wanshen suddenly came to visit. Lin Wan didn’t want to neglect him, so he didn’t look at his phone until the end of the meeting, letting it vibrate from time to time on the table.

Wan Shen arranged a reception at noon, and the chairman of the board came out in person. Lin Wan had no way to refuse, so he took Zhou Yuang with him.

On the way to the restaurant, Lin Wan finally had time to take out his cell phone and look at it.

Brother Chizhou sent him several messages, and none of the words on the screen said “I miss you”, but the meaning they all expressed was “I miss you very much.”

Lin Wan thought that people who studied philosophy were so romantic that they could make a few simple words sound so complicated and difficult to pronounce.

The last few are more straightforward.

Brother Chizhou: [Xu Pingchuan is not a good player, and I guess he is not a good person either. Don’t get too close to him.]

Brother Chizhou: [Xu Pingchuan is not as tall as me.]

Brother Chizhou: [He doesn’t have as much physical strength as me!]

These three messages were posted together, and this one was posted ten minutes later:

Brother Chizhou: [I really don’t like Xu Pingchuan, stay away from him!!!]

Lin Wan pressed the corners of his mouth, trying hard not to laugh out loud.

Twenty minutes later, there was another one:

Brother Chizhou: [Can you please not play cards with him?]

Lin Wan burst out laughing and replied to Zhu Chizhou: [Did Zhou Yuang tell you?]

Xiaowanzi: [I’m just being polite to Xu Pingchuan. I’m going to Beijing on a business trip this weekend.]

Xiaowanzi: [Image: Kiss.jpg]

After the social event, Lin Wan returned to the company and was busy until the afternoon shift ended. His phone was quiet. There were no new messages from Brother Chizhou; he must have fallen asleep.

At around five o’clock in the afternoon, Lin Wan received a call from Nie Xiaolan.

Nie Xiaolan reported on the due diligence on the blueberry project, noting that Lin Wan needed to personally confirm an issue with their senior management. She also complained about the excessive mosquitoes in the mountains, biting little girl Lei Meng to tears, and how the mosquito repellent she’d bought in the town at the foot of the mountain had no effect at all.

When Lin Wan called the general manager of the other company to discuss the situation, he also mentioned this matter.

They took it very seriously and immediately sent people to the city to buy mosquito repellent equipment for Lei Meng and the others.

Just for such a small matter, Lei Meng specially sent a message to Zhu Chizhou, using pictures and texts to show his brother how much Director Lin cares and loves her, and she seemed determined to pursue Director Lin’s grand ambitions to the end.

Zhu Chizhou had drunk too much the night before, and when he woke up to this message, he was devastated. With wolves in front and tigers behind, and a sister so unreliable, Zhu Chizhou wanted to come out to his family.

Lei Meng also asked: [What kind of girl does Mr. Lin like?]

Zhu Chizhou replied: [He likes girls with outstanding work ability, so you should do your best!]

To resist foreign aggression, one must first stabilize the internal situation. Now is not the time to come out. The big problem between him and Lin Wan must be resolved first.

Li Yanli arrived in Boston on Friday. One of the two materials science laboratories they were going to was in San Francisco, and the other was here.

Li Yanli was pressed for time, so after resting in the hotel for a night, he urged Zhu Chizhou to get down to business.

Yan Lu went back to school early for something, and Ji Xun, the idle guy, was really bored, so he wanted to go with Zhu Chizhou and the others.

Before leaving, Zhu Chizhou sat on the sofa in the living room of the suite and sent a message to Lin Wan to report his itinerary: [I will visit Professor Anderson with Mr. Li today.]

Xiaowanzi wasn’t busy, so he replied immediately: [Isn’t today Saturday?]

Zhu Chizhou: [Yes, the professor set the time.]

Xiaowanzi: [Okay, thank you for your hard work

Zhu Chizhou asked: [What did you do today?]

Xiaowanzi: [I arrived in Beijing this morning and was in a meeting at Li Lei’s company in the afternoon. I’m in the hotel now.]

Li Lei is the founder of the artificial intelligence company that Lin Wan invested in. They still have many details to discuss in person before going public.

Zhu Chizhou felt sorry for Lin Wan working overtime on the weekend: [Are you tired?]

Xiaowanzi: [Not bad.]

Xiaowanzi: [Picture]

Xiaowanzi: [I just finished taking a shower.]

He actually sent a selfie.

Lin Wan stood in front of the bathroom mirror. The dim light shone on him, reflecting his clean and refreshed appearance after taking a bath.

He was wearing his cyan silk pajamas, smooth and soft, clinging to his slender frame. Two buttons were undone at the front, revealing his fair neck and graceful collarbone. He wasn’t wearing glasses, and his slightly damp hair lay messily on his forehead.

This photo was specially taken for Zhu Chizhou, so although Lin Wan did not look directly at the camera, he had a faint smile on his face, and his eyes were particularly gentle, so gentle that they seemed to be dripping with water.

Zhu Chizhou was reminded of the night they first kissed. Lin Wan almost suffocated and gasped for a long time in his arms. After he had gasped enough, Lin Wan looked at him with this look.

Zhu Chizhou’s heart was pounding. He was thinking of some sweet words to say in response to the selfie when a hand suddenly reached out and snatched the phone away. “Holy shit, who’s this?”

Zhu Chizhou reached out to grab it, but Ji Xun swiftly jumped onto the sofa, staring at the phone and said, “I’ve definitely seen this person before!”

Zhu Chizhou: “Give it back to me now!”

Ji Xun always had a photographic memory for handsome men and beautiful women. “Oh my god, I remember now. It’s that…that little Maruko from your company! Director Lin Wan!”

Zhu Chizhou grabbed Ji Xun’s clothes and snatched the phone back, “That is my wife, don’t look at him!”

“Holy shit!” Ji Xun was even more shocked than when he found out Zhu Chizhou was gay. “Fuck you! He’s the one who’s having sex with you?!”

“What’s the big deal?! We’re in a serious relationship!”

“How could he possibly desire your body???” Ji Xun’s worldview was practically overturned. “Didn’t you say he was cold and cruel? Didn’t you say he was a loner? Didn’t you say he was difficult to get along with? I still remember the last time you mentioned him to me, you said he tortured you to the point that you didn’t even want to go to work.”

Zhu Chizhou also found the past very strange when he recalled it, and couldn’t help but sigh: “This is life, full of surprises.”

“It’s shocking. You’re freaking scaring me to death!” Ji Xun stared blankly for a long moment, then added, “But it seems reasonable. He’s so damn handsome. If I were to become gay for someone, it would at least be someone like him.”

Ji Xun stretched out his hand: “Show me the photo again.”

Zhu Chizhou pushed him away and said, “Get out of the way. I need to get back to my wife.”

Zhu Chizhou sat down solemnly on the sofa, and Ji Xun squatted beside him and watched.

Zhu Chizhou typed in the input box: [I miss you.]

Ji Xun said: “Tsk tsk tsk, why are you gays so unoriginal in dating? All you do is say you miss me, i miss you.”

“Oh?” Zhu Chizhou remembered that Ji Xun had been in many relationships and must be very experienced, so he humbly asked for advice: “Then how should I say it?”

Ji Xun instructed: “Add ‘gan’ between these two words.”

Zhu Chizhou: “?”

Zhu Chizhou: “Get lost.”

Zhu Chizhou added a “hug” between the two words “I miss you” and sent it out.

Ji Xun put his hand on Zhu Chizhou’s shoulder: “So innocent? Didn’t you already have sex?”

Zhu Chizhou pushed the hand away: “Not yet.”

“So what have you been doing for so long?”

Zhu Chizhou’s expression was particularly sacred: “We are in love.”

Ji Xun asked again: “You haven’t entered his body yet, but has he entered your soul?”

Zhu Chizhou was already numb to the drunken boasts he made that time, which were constantly being used by his two friends to whip him up. “He has entered my soul, and I will soon enter his body. We have had some initial friendly contact, and now we are on the right track.”

Ji Xun gossiped: “How do you feel?”

Zhu Chizhou said: “I feel like my soul has been reborn again.”

Ji Xun: “Wow, when are you going to get on the right track?”

Zhu Chizhou was silent.

His plan was to first resolve the issue of him being able to hear Lin Wan’s thoughts, or at least to have a clear solution, and then he would confess to Lin Wan and try his best to gain Lin Wan’s understanding and forgiveness.

Ji Xun elbowed him: “What’s wrong?”

Zhu Chizhou came back to his senses and said, “There is still a very difficult problem between him and me. Let me solve this problem first.”

“You’re thinking that far ahead?” Ji Xun thought he understood immediately, “Are you planning to come out to your parents? It’ll be tough for your dad, but it’s okay. I’m here to support you. If your dad kicks you out, our Ji family will take you in.”

Zhu Chizhou laughed. Their problem was more difficult to solve than his father’s, but he accepted Ji Xun’s kindness: “Thank you in advance.”

Ji Xun worriedly asked, “If your father refuses to let you two be together and threatens him with his career, will he give up?”

Zhu Chizhou was stunned: “That shouldn’t be the case. He likes me very much.”

“He likes you more than anything else?”

Zhu Chizhou opened his mouth but no words came out.

Ji Xun grabbed his shoulder firmly and said, “It’s your first time in love, so you always think everything is simple. In fact, many things often don’t develop in the direction you expect. You’d better be frank with him and explain it clearly. It’s better for the two of you to share the burden than for you to bear it alone.”

Zhu Chizhou sighed inwardly, “The problem isn’t with him, it’s with me. We can’t shoulder this together.”

If he were to speak frankly with Lin Wan now, he might as well keep his distance from him.

“No matter whose fault it is,” Ji Xun said, “you got the order wrong.”

Zhu Chizhou frowned: “What do you mean?”

Ji Xun: “You should get on the bed first and fuck him hard.”