CH 74

Chapter 74: On Purpose

Chang Qing and Lu Zheng looked at each other. Seeing that he didn’t seem to be joking, he frowned slightly, and said softly: “I was indeed careless. I didn’t hold it firmly. I blame the wine bottle for being too smooth.”

Lu Zheng didn’t listen to his explanation. “You did it on purpose,” he said in a calm voice.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was like this. His gaze was fixed on Chang Qing like a knife, and he repeated in a low voice: “You did it on purpose.

Chang Qing’s heart was thumping from the look in his eyes. He pretended to be calm and said, “If you want to think so, I can’t help it.”

How can this be deliberate? Chang Qing was a little confused about Lu Zheng’s brain circuit.

Lu Zheng still stared at Chang Qing, as if he wanted to see through him.

Chang Qing avoided his intensely emotional gaze, hesitated for a moment, and said, “Forget it. I’d better go to sleep, you…you should go to bed early too.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he wanted to leave. Unexpectedly, Lu Zheng stretched out his arm, grabbed Chang Qing’s wrist and pulled it hard, making him lose his balance and fall back on the sofa.

Chang Qing looked up at Lu Zheng’s face under the light and asked a little uncertainly, “What are you doing?”

Lu Zheng stared at him, his thin red lips moved, “What do you mean?”

Chang Qing: I’d also like to ask what you mean.

Seeing that he didn’t say anything, Lu Zheng finally became agitated again. His annoyance was mixed with some anger. “How dare you say that you didn’t do it on purpose? Didn’t you do all that to get my attention?”

Chang Qing: “…”

Here we go, the tyrant is speaking.

He cleared his throat, and said calmly, “Is there some misunderstanding?”

Lu Zheng let go of his wrist, grabbed the wine bottle on the table and raised his neck to take a few sips. He then abruptly placed the bottle on the table and turned to look at him, “What misunderstanding can there be? Why do you want to introduce a man to me? You know it in your heart.”

Chang Qing said: “… You said you like men.”

Lu Zheng stared at him, and said coldly, “You’re quite warm-hearted1.”

The corners of Chang Qing’s mouth twitched and he said, “What do you want to say? Let’s talk it over, don’t have any misunderstanding.”

Originally, he drank a glass of wine, and his cheeks were a little red, and his mind was floating. But when he encountered this situation, he became more sober.

Lu Zheng lowered his eyes, “I don’t understand you. You want to introduce someone to me, and you knocked over a wine bottle in front of me. You even wanted to wash my underwear a few days ago! You say you didn’t do it on purpose?”

Chang Qing: “I…”

He closed his mouth again, looked at Lu Zheng’s handsome face in surprise, and argued, “I didn’t wash your underwear, did I?”

Lu Zheng said, “You like men, and you even help a man wash his clothes. You’re an adult, do you still need me to teach you what to do and not to do?”

“You know how much you can drink. Why do you still get drunk in front of me?”

“Drinking with me, tripping and falling and overturning the wine bottle. Aren’t you looking for a chance to be alone with me?”

“Introducing me to someone, are you sure it’s just for me?”

Under Lu Zheng’s continuous bombardment, Chang Qing was dumbfounded.

Lu Zheng raised his eyes and looked at Chang Qing, with a serious expression between his brows, “Tell me, did you do it on purpose?”

Chang Qing: “…”

He felt ridiculous. He met Lu Zheng’s eyes. At this glance, he saw the little light in Lu Zheng’s eyes, burning brightly and flickering. He couldn’t say whether it would be extinguished in the next second, or if it might burn more vigorously.

Chang Qing’s heart trembled, and he looked away from Lu Zheng’s gaze first. The emotion in Lu Zheng’s eyes became deep but explicit, and he didn’t dare to look directly at him.

Before Chang Qing could speak, Lu Zheng spoke again, “No matter what you think, there can be no results between us. You need to stop thinking about things that can’t possibly work out.”

Chang Qing: “…”

He was overwhelmed by Lu Zheng’s momentum. When he spoke again, it came out weaker which made him even more unconvincing. “You misunderstood…”

In fact, compared with misunderstanding, Chang Qing was more inclined to think that Lu Zheng was trying to make a counter attack.

Obviously it was him…

Yes, Chang Qing had already noticed Lu Zheng’s undisguised emotions at the moment when they’d exchanged glances just now.

He actually…

Now it wasn’t a question of whether or not Chang Qing dared to think about it. This was the truth in front of him. If Lu Zheng was open-minded and didn’t have any ideas, how could he distort Chang Qing’s behavior?

Of course, some of the things Chang Qing did were inappropriate, but Chang Qing was a man first and a gay man second. He didn’t have such careful thoughts. So naturally, he wouldn’t care that much. It might not have been anything at that time but now that it had been dragged out by Lu Zheng it has all become his “evidence.”

Lu Zheng said in a calm voice: “What misunderstanding can there be?”

Chang Qing had nothing to say. He lowered his eyes and suppressed the emotions in his eyes. It could be assumed that Lu Zheng himself had felt uncomfortable. So from a certain day onwards he had deliberately started to keep his distance from him.

If Lu Zheng thought of him like this and pushed all the troubles of his own heart onto him, it would make himself feel better. It’s not like Chang Qing can’t take this ridiculous accusation.

He licked the inside of his cheek and looked up at Lu Zheng. He sighed in his heart. With a slow, and slightly sullen, and downcast face, he said. “There is no misunderstanding. It’s all my fault. It’s because I think too much and do too much. I won’t do this again. I’m sorry.”

When he said that, Lu Zheng was speechless. He had thought that Chang Qing would retort fiercely and even slam the door to leave. He had never thought that he would admit it directly.

In fact, that was what Lu Zheng thought at first, but as he spoke more and more, the more he knew it was a bit ridiculous, but an inexplicable anger in his heart made him unable to stop, and he went directly to this step.

Lu Zheng looked at Chang Qing who sincerely admitted his mistake. The fire in his eyes flickered a few times, then slowly extinguished. What was he doing?

Isn’t he angry that he questioned and accused him like this?

Lu Zheng returned to his senses. At that moment, he felt a little frustrated. He knew that he had made a very absurdly bad move, but he couldn’t show it on his face. He averted his gaze and said dryly, “As long as you know.”

Chang Qing: “…”

He couldn’t help but glanced at Lu Zheng, but Lu Zheng didn’t look at him, and had already shifted his gaze elsewhere. Chang Qing could only see the side of his face. He was indeed very handsome, and there were many people around him who were pursuing him, but he was still able to maintain such an almost simple temperament. It was actually quite remarkable.

Such a person shouldn’t have anything to do with him either. Chang Qing sighed and his tone was much lighter when he said: “I’m sorry. I’ll pay attention in the future, and I won’t have any thoughts about you anymore. I was wrong. Please forgive me these few times.”

That’s not true, Lu Zheng said to himself. You’re right it’s me who’s wrong!

It was he who’d spoken irresponsibly and attacked him. Obviously, he was the one who had the dirty mind and now he’d slandered him.

Lu Zheng was even more annoyed. However, he couldn’t get out of his trap at this moment. He couldn’t say anything else. Since he had already said it, he might as well say it out loud and get Chang Qing to avoid him completely and break off the idea completely.

Lu Zheng thought about this, and said again: “From now on, keep your distance, we can’t be alone in the same room.”

Chang Qing’s gaze slid across his face, with some inexplicable emotions, “Hmm.”

Lu Zheng took one last look at him before saying, “You go to bed.”

Chang Qing stood up and walked out of the living room.

Lu Zheng stared quietly at the wine bottle in front of him, reached out to hold it in his hand, and gently stroked the smooth body of the bottle with his thumb.

Whether Chang Qing likes him or not, he knows very well in his heart. Chang Qing’s eyes were chasing Lu Hua most of the time. He really loves Lu Hua. There were no personal feelings in his eyes, only tenderness and contentment.

In Chang Qing’s eyes, Lu Hua is not only a person, but perhaps also his yearning and hope for his family, so Lu Hua still has some sustenance-like feelings for him.

This was also figured out by Lu Zheng, and Chang Qing told him…

Lu Zheng himself couldn’t explain clearly. On the one hand, he felt that what he said was ridiculous, but deep down in his heart, there was a vague feeling of being convinced by himself.

Lu Zheng was surprised when Chang Qing admitted it so simply, but he didn’t think much about it. He just thought that Chang Qing wanted to calm things down. He probably also felt that his attack was inexplicable, so he was trying to coax him.

This realization made Lu Zheng somewhat uncomfortable.

But it was enough. He must have become an inexplicable and unreasonable man in Chang Qing’s heart. He’s afraid that he might even be equated with Lu Shi.

That’s enough, Lu Zheng thought. He didn’t want to see Chang Qing swaying in front of him anymore.

Such feelings should be suppressed at the beginning.

When Li Xinyue got the bottle of red wine from Lu Zheng, she checked the price using the text printed on the case and found out that it cost seven or eight thousand. Her face flushed with excitement. Even when she was a student, she was dismissive of the female classmates who were raised by the boss. At this time, she couldn’t help but be moved.

After all, Lu Zheng was not only rich, but also handsome.

Li Xinyue’s heart was stirring and she was thinking about finding opportunities to make further progress.

In her opinion, Lu Zheng was so kind to her and looked at her so brightly, obviously it was not completely unintentional.

Li Xinyue had a plan in mind. When she came to the Lu Villa area, she was dressed even more beautifully. However, she didn’t see Lu Zheng again. By chance, she “unintentionally” asked Lu Hua, and learned that Lu Zheng would only come back at noon for lunch and then sleep in the company.

Not being able to meet Lu Zheng meant that there was no chance. Li Xinyue wasn’t reconciled, but there was nothing to be done about it.  She could only tutor Lu Hua more wholeheartedly hoping that she can get a good grade so that Lu Zheng would be impressed by her.

Lu Zheng didn’t know that he had become the favorite of the new tutor. At this time, in addition to the deadlock with Chang Qing he was also facing some troubles and mental struggles.

He was once again certain that in this family, except for him and his elder brother, the remaining two, were really fucking placental crops of Ms. Qin.

Lu Zheng looked at the recent report that his subordinates had just given him, which was about Lu Shi.

This idiot has been coaxed by Shi Huanchuan into living together.

What was even more suspicious was that Shi Huanchuan invited the Shi family’s doctor to visit him twice a week.

Lu Zheng already had a bad premonition in his heart. At this time, his premonitions were usually very effective. He took out his cell phone and called Lu Shi.

The author has something to say: Lu Shi is coming to see his brother xd