Gentlemen's Friends

Chapter 16 Part 1: Lu ([-])
After seeing off Qu Ke, the next thing was a busy working day with no new ideas, eating bento from the company's small shop downstairs every day, and cleaning and scrubbing everywhere when I got home, in case Ren Ningyuan came to visit at any time.

However, Ren Ningyuan never showed up, and every night when he went to bed, he felt a sense of emptiness.

That night, I was watching social news on TV, and when I was drowsy, the doorbell suddenly rang.Qu Tongqiu jumped up all of a sudden, not daring to be negligent, and rushed to open the door before even putting on his slippers.

"old……"

He quickly swallowed the sound halfway out.

The man standing outside the door was slender and always had a slightly displeased and picky look on his face. He wore some ostentatious boots, making him look even taller. He was frowning habitually and looking down at him.

"Zhuang Wei? How did you find this place?"

The weather is still not cold, the man has already put on a long black coat, the clothes inside are close-fitting and delicate, his trousers are tucked into his riding boots, his skin is white, his eyebrows are black, and with that cold impatient look, at night, Qu Tongqiu had goosebumps and was reminded of a vampire duke.

"I heard that you live here, so I stopped by to take a look." Zhuang Wei glared at him, "Aren't you welcome?"

Qu Tongqiu hurriedly welcomed him in, knelt down and took indoor slippers for him to wear.

Zhuang Wei entered the house, looked around with a critical look, and said, "The house is not bad. Will Ningyuan charge you rent?"

"Eh? No charge..."

Zhuang Wei looked up at him: "Oh? Your relationship is so good now."

"Uh, that's not true," Qu Tongqiu said honestly, "Ren Ningyuan just kindly helped out, and he took good care of his friends."

Zhuang Wei hummed noncommittally, and sat down on the sofa.

Qu Tongqiu was pouring water for the guests, cutting apples, seeing Zhuang Wei's displeasure, he couldn't find anything to say, and felt a little embarrassed.

I feel that Zhuang Wei is dissatisfied with Ning Yuan's actions.In fact, he was able to borrow Ren Ningyuan's house to live in, just because the timing of coming to T City happened to be that luck.As for the person Ren Ningyuan admires, it is of course Zhuang Wei, who has a very good personality and talent.

Now receiving people, there is a feeling that a tenant who took advantage of the owner is suddenly approached by the hostess, and I can't help but feel a little guilty.

"You like living here?"

"Yeah...it's pretty good..."

"But anyway, it's still a place far away from Ren Ning. Don't you feel uncomfortable living here?"

Qu Tongqiu felt a little ashamed: "This...yes, I just borrow it first, I won't stay for a long time..."

"Have you thought about changing places?"

"Um……"

When he said that, Zhuang Wei looked much better.

Qu Tongqiu added some hot water to the cup, and Zhuang Wei asked him: "There are many places to play in this area, don't you go out for a walk at night?"

"I watch TV and DVDs at home after get off work..."

Office workers who have to work overtime from time to time, come home alone and have no ready-made meals to eat, and no one to clean the house. After feeding themselves and cleaning up, they are almost lazy and just want to watch TV and go to bed. Pleasure-seeking idleness.

"What's the fun in that?"

"Some DVDs are pretty good. Would you like to take some back and watch them?"

The hobbies of family men are three-dimensional and two-dimensional things such as DVD magazines, and Qu Tongqiu also has a lot of collections.Most of the high-grossing blockbuster Zhuang Wei has seen it, and those films that have not entered the theater are also remarkable.Seeing that Zhuang Wei had no intention of rejecting them, he got up and went to the bookshelf to pick out a few.

"These are all good... er, this one..." Although one or two DVDs may feel strange to watch, but they are worth recommending for collection, "It should be pretty good, when you are free You can take your time."

Zhuang Wei took those DVDs and glanced at him: "Why do you always buy DVDs, are you reluctant to spend money to go to the cinema?"

"Not really. The theater effect is better, but it's more convenient to watch alone at home."

"So you have no friends."

"..."

"Seeing how pitiful you are, that's good," Zhuang Wei raised his eyebrows, "The new movie will be released tomorrow night, I just have time, so let's go to the movie with you."

"Huh?" Qu Tongqiu was flattered, "Really? It's great if you're free."

"I'll book the ticket first. When I come out to have dinner, I can go directly."

"Okay……"

The two were discussing when there was a small sound at the door, and then someone opened the door and came in.

The tall man took out slippers from the shoe cabinet and changed into them naturally, then walked into the living room calmly.Looking at the two people on the sofa, he smiled and said, "Oh, there are guests."

Seeing him appear, Qu Tongqiu was very pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly stood up: "Yes, Zhuang Wei happened to be free, so I came over to have a look. Are you leaving get off work so late?"

"Well, I went to the store today." Ren Ningyuan took off his coat and hung it up. After all, it was his own house, and everything was done quite skillfully and comfortably. "Zhuang Wei, do you have time tonight? Why not?" Go to the store for a drink, and I want to introduce Ye Xiutuo to you."

"I'm not that free, just drop in. Let's meet again next time," Zhuang Wei watched him loosen his collar and cuff buttons, and frowned, "You sleep here at night?"

"Yeah, I have something to do here tomorrow," Ren Ningyuan opened the wine cabinet, took a bottle of red wine, "Will you have a drink?"

Zhuang Wei's face was a little stiff: "No need. I've been here for a long time and drank a lot of water."

Ren Ningyuan raised his eyes and smiled at Qu Tongqiu: "Why do you entertain guests with white water? It's too negligent."

Qu Tongqiu hastily agreed.Those wines are all in Ren Ningyuan's collection. He is a resident, except for opening the cabinet occasionally to wipe the dust, how dare he touch it randomly.

Ren Ningyuan said that he didn't treat him well, and he could also feel the obvious ambiguity between the two, and he faintly felt that Zhuang Wei might not be with Chu Mo, but would really become the "girl" of this house Owner.

"By the way, go and fill the bathtub with water."

Qu Tongqiu let out an "oh", hurriedly went to the bathroom to flush the bathtub again, adjusted the water temperature, and put in bath salts... When he came out, he found that Ren Ningyuan was the only one left in the living room.

"Huh? Where's Zhuang Wei?"

"He went back first."

"Oh..." Qu Tongqiu felt that there were many things he didn't know, and it was hard to ask questions after all, so he could only say, "Zhuang Wei doesn't seem very happy."

Ren Ningyuan smiled and said: "He is like that. The bathrobe is in the cabinet, have you taken it out?"

"Ah, wait a minute, it will be ready soon."

While helping Ren Ningyuan prepare things for bathing, he couldn't help thinking that although Ren Ningyuan said he likes women, if it was a man like Zhuang Wei, maybe the two would be together.Thinking of Chu Mo who openly pursued Zhuang Wei when he was a student, he became confused for a while.

But so many years have passed, no matter how complicated the relationship between the three people is, only his little follower will never change.

Ren Ningyuan went to take a shower first, while Qu Tongqiu was staring at the TV in the living room in a daze, when suddenly the phone rang again.Qu Tongqiu picked up the receiver and heard his daughter's voice shouting in a panic: "Dad!"

"Ah? What's the matter?"

"Dad, did you see what I left behind at home?"

Qu Tongqiu breathed a sigh of relief: "What? Are you in a hurry to use it?"

"Uh, I'm not in a hurry to use it, but I borrowed it from my senior sister... It's not good to throw it away..."

"Well, what is it? Dad will look for it."

"Uh...it's nothing important...it's just a DVD..." Qu Ke stammered, "Dad, it doesn't matter if you don't find it. If you find it, don't dismantle it. It's, uh, a limited edition. It is expensive and easy to get stuck in the machine, if you put it in the DVD player casually, it will be bad if it is scratched..."

Qu Tongqiu comforted: "Don't worry, Dad won't break your things."

Only then did the daughter feel relieved and told him: "The name of the DVD is "Beautiful Heart". Have you seen it? Don't dismantle it."

"Oh..." Qu Tongqiu remembered now, "So that's your plate. I just lent it to a friend."

Qu Ke immediately hissed.

"Uh...Xiao Ke? It's okay, right? Although the movie isn't very famous, the DVD doesn't seem to be hard to buy. If it gets damaged, I'll buy another one and let you pay for it, okay?"

Qu Ke seemed to have been petrified, and it took a long time before she said tremblingly, "Dad...I, I'm going to sleep..."

"Okay, Dad will buy one for you tomorrow."

"No, no need, my senior sister just said, it's wrong, it's not the movie, it's nothing valuable, it's actually garbage, dad, if you get it, just throw it away...just treat it like me I didn't even say..."

Qu Tongqiu also understood when she heard her hang up the phone in a confused way.

As the father of a 14-year-old girl, I feel very shocked by this.But when you think about it carefully, children are all precocious and have already gone to college, so it would be too naive for her to think that she was born from her mother's armpit.Those who should grow up will grow up sooner or later, but there are more things to worry about from now on, and I can't help but sigh when I think of this.

As for Zhuang Wei, it's nothing. It's normal for a man of his age to have one or two adult DVDs.Let Zhuang Wei take a look, and he won't make fun of him for "no need" in the future.

"Tongqiu, where are my pants?"

Hearing Ren Ningyuan talking in the bathroom, Qu Tongqiu hurriedly replied, "I thought you'd have to wait until you came out to wear it."

He helped prepare the toiletries, but he didn't have the guts to dig through Ren Ningyuan's underwear.

"The leftmost drawer in the closet. Grab any one in it for me."

Qu Tongqiu hurriedly went to open the big drawer, Ren Ningyuan let him touch this most intimate personal item, feeling like he was being valued even more.A personal attendant can also be regarded as a goal for a small follower.

For people who run nightclubs, the colors in their underwear boxes are very refreshing, there are no bold and bright boring designs, they are all clean and tidy, with simple and good taste.But Ren Ningyuan didn't go to work in person.Thinking about it this way, I feel very relieved.

Qu Tongqiu picked one, and when he entered the bathroom, he saw Ren Ningyuan was sitting in the bathtub waiting, the water didn't reach his chest, and it was still very clear.Seeing Ren Ningyuan's naked upper body for the first time, and clearly feeling the lines of the man's chest and abdomen with his own eyes, Qu Tongqiu couldn't help shaking his back.

I have gotten used to Ren Ningyuan's well-dressed appearance at all times, and when I realize that he is also naked, it feels a little weird and novel.I couldn't help but want to look under the water, but I was curious and afraid of offending Ren Ningyuan, so I had to restrain my gaze and fix it above the water.

Ren Ningyuan's figure is better than when he was wearing clothes, and his personality is the same, not arrogant, restrained and gentle, but very "powerful".

Qu Tongqiu secretly compared each other's figures, out of the instinct of a man's self-esteem... Finally Ren Ningyuan asked him to hand over the towel, ready to stand up from the water and dry off.

Qu Tongqiu was curious for a long time, and the opportunity finally came in front of him. The moment Ren Ningyuan stood up with the sound of water, his heart suddenly jumped, and he turned his eyes away, not daring to look directly at it.

As if aware of his discomfort, Ren Ningyuan also wrapped a bath towel around his waist slightly, and waited for Qu Tongqiu to help him put on the bathrobe before throwing down the bath towel and tying the belt of the bathrobe.Ren Ningyuan is very considerate of the feelings of the people around him, he will not make people uncomfortable at any time, and is very polite and polite.

Qu Tongqiu was inexplicably still nervous, his back was numb, and he followed him out of the bathroom, feeling a little embarrassed for some reason.

"Ren Ningyuan, what do you want to do if you sleep in this room at night and I sleep in Xiao Ke's room?"

Ren Ningyuan frowned slightly: "Isn't it strange to sleep on Xiaoke's bed? She has grown up too."

Qu Tongqiu had always thought that his daughter was no different from the yellow-haired girl with no teeth, but after being stimulated by the adult video just now, he had to admit that her daughter might be considered a mature girl.In this way, the scene of the father or other men sleeping on the daughter's bed is a bit wretched and scary, so it's better to avoid suspicion.

"Then... are you going to squeeze with me?"

"Well, it doesn't matter."

Ren Ningyuan would read a book for a while before going to bed, Qu Tongqiu leaned against the bedside with him, struggling to read those obscure passages like a bible, and after reading a few pages, Qu Tongqiu felt boring and couldn't keep his eyes open : "Well, why do you like to read this kind of book when you sleep?"

Ren Ningyuan looked at him with a smile: "Feel sleepy?"

"yes……"

"Isn't this effect very obvious?"

It took Qu Tongqiu a minute to realize that Ren Ningyuan seemed to have told a joke just now, and was flattered, but Ren Ningyuan was already concentrating on reading his book again.

The two were so close that they could hear each other's breathing and even feel the hot aroma.Qu Tongqiu felt that this was very comfortable.Suddenly there will be some outrageous fantasies, and I want to pounce on it, scratch it or something.The two had never had a real touch.

But that would be presumptuous.Ren Ning is far from the type who can joke around and make a fuss.Lying next to him, in fact, is still outside his world.

"Ren Ningyuan, I plan to move out after a while."

"What's wrong?" Ren Ningyuan frowned slightly, and closed the book, "If it's about rent again, then don't talk about it. I don't like politeness."

"No, no, I'm not being polite," Qu Tongqiu always felt awkward talking to him, precisely because he never knew what he liked to hear, "When I first came here, I didn't know the place well, so you borrowed a place to let me settle down It’s been so long, it’s enough. Now that Chu Mo and the others are back, and you have many friends, it’s time to use them. Even if I borrow them, it doesn’t make sense to not borrow them. It won’t be easy for you to deal with it, right? When we first met, I also said that I would serve you as before, but you see, these days, I haven’t helped you with anything, and I can’t add trouble to you anymore.”

He said a bunch, Ren Ningyuan listened carefully, and just smiled: "If I can lend it to them, why not lend it to you. It's really strange what you think."

"They are different from me..."

"I won't borrow the house casually. Don't think about it anymore. Live in it."

Ren Ningyuan is a bit cold by nature, and he doesn't like to use long sentences when speaking, let alone being polite.However, Qu Tongqiu felt his chest was hot, his face was also hot, and his heart was beating wildly: "Boss..."

"Ok?"

"Do you also consider me a friend? I mean, the same as Chu Mo and the others..."

Ren Ningyuan smiled and said, "Otherwise you think so."

Qu Tongqiu's face was flushed, his lips trembled, he was so happy that he couldn't speak for a moment.

"Old, boss..."

Ren Ningyuan looked at him and said with a smile: "Hearing you say that, it seems to be back more than ten years ago." After a pause, he said, "It's a pity that you and I are different."

Qu Tongqiu almost burst into tears: "Boss, I am the same, I admire you as before, no matter how many years, I am willing to serve you all my life..."

Ren Ningyuan smiled: "That's unnecessary."

Looking at Qu Tongqiu's reddened eye sockets, he didn't think it was ridiculous, so many years have passed in a blink of an eye, the sadness of a middle-aged man.

"I didn't have time to get together before. It's rare that you really came. Let's be my companions."

In the evening, Qu Tongqiu slept next to Ren Ningyuan.Counting it as the fourth time to sleep on the same bed with Ren Ningyuan, thinking that he said "to be a companion", and that he would really be able to follow Ren Ningyuan for a long time in the future, I felt happy and at ease.

There was no dream all night, and when I woke up, I was very refreshed and relaxed.

Ren Ningyuan got up earlier than him, and was already in the bathroom. Qu Tongqiu dazedly stood by the door wearing slippers, watching him brush his teeth, wash his face, the most ordinary things, and Ren Ningyuan felt very comfortable doing them. nice.

Seeing that Ren Ningyuan put on the blade and was about to shave his chin, Qu Tongqiu said, "Boss, let me shave for you."

Ren Ningyuan glanced at him, smiled and handed him the razor.Qu Tongqiu carefully reapplied shaving foam on him, supported his face, and carefully shaved his side face and chin.Ren Ningyuan narrowed his eyes slightly as if he felt comfortable.

After scraping, Ren Ningyuan looked in the mirror, smiled and said, "Not bad."

"Shall I shave for you in the future?"

Ren Ningyuan smiled and said, "Okay."

After breakfast, Ren Ningyuan got up and put on his coat, and said gently, "By the way, I won't be here tonight. I'm going abroad with Chu Mo for a few days."

(End of this chapter)