Black Lotus

Tang Family.

Bang Bang Bang… A violent knock sounded at the front door. The butler hurried over to open the door and saw that Tang Shuo was staring at the door with a suitcase, looking very tired.

“Young master? Did the lady say that you will return tomorrow?”

“I have something to deal with here and caught the last flight back just in time. How are my parents? Are they all asleep?” Tang Shuo took off his jacket and walked to the living room. He poured himself a glass of water and drank it all at once.

“Yes, they went to sleep already. Your brother is still in the study room. Do you want to see him first?”

“Hmm, got it. You should rest early too.”

Tang Shuo rushed upstairs to the study room and walked in without knocking.

“Brother, why are you still up?”

Tang Lunxuan took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes. “How come you are back today? You should’ve told me in advance. Why so? You are worried about your love?”

Tang Shuo scratched his head, and replied embarrassedly, “Hmm… no. I came back because my work is all done.”

Of course, he came back because of the person he cared for. He pulled an all-nighter yesterday to finish the music that he was working on and was able to come back earlier than expected.

“Brother, what are you looking at? Don’t work too hard, go and have some rest.”

“I will after I’m done reviewing these contracts. These projects are quite a mess, so I need to do a little more research.”

Tang Lunxuan did not tell his younger brother that his company was doing a contract with the Gu Family Corp, fearing that Tang Shuo would think that this was a trap set by Gu Yansheng.

Recently, Qiyue Group’s capital ran into some problems, so the company desperately needed some additional investment. But the several companies cooperating with the company currently all ran into weird situations and were not able to help it out, so Gu Family Corp. was the company’s best bet right now.

“Don’t need to worry about me. You must be very tired after rushing back, right?”

“Yeah, I’ll go to bed then, good night.”

“Mm.”

After Tang Shuo left the study room, Tang Lunxuan stopped what he was doing and sighed.

Gu Yansheng had been uneasy all night as if his mind was in a different world. He didn’t even hear Shen Luoan calling his name until Shen Luoan was in front of his face.

“Yansheng? Yansheng?”

“Huh? What’s the matter?” Gu Yansheng returned from his thoughts and looked at the person beside him.

Shen Luoan yawned and said in a waxy voice, “Yansheng, I’m sleepy.”

“It’s getting late, I’ll help you to your room.” Gu Yansheng came back to his senses and walked Shen Luoan to his room.

Shen Luoan lied down quietly on the bed, and when Gu Yansheng got up and was about to leave, he grabbed onto Gu Yansheng’s arms.

“Where are you going? I want you to sleep with me, okay?”

Looking at the person on the bed he couldn’t make himself refuse, so he said, “Fine, I’ll stay with you for a while.”

Gu Yansheng sat beside the bed with Shen Luoan, looking up at the moon outside the floor-to-ceiling windows. He was thinking of something else.

Since the call that he hung up, Gu Yansheng had been in a daze all night. He was thinking about Wen Niannan and couldn’t help but imagine the scene of Wen Nianna on the bed calling his name.

His mind was scrambled and he didn’t feel sleepy at all.

Looking back at Shen Luoan, who was asleep, he softly stroked Shen Luoan’s hair and got off the bed gently.

He walked to the balcony and lit a cigarette. He just held the cigarette there and stared down at the number on his phone.

Gu Yansheng didn’t take a puff the whole time while the cigarette was lit and only realized when the heat burnt on his fingers. He extinguished the smoke and returned to the room.

Shen Luoan woke up the next day and saw Gu Yansheng sound asleep beside him on the bed.

Gu Yansheng didn’t get much sleep last night and only fell asleep after leaning against the bed just before dawn.

Seeing that Gu Yansheng showed no sign of waking up anytime soon, Shen Luoan walked over lightly and said, “Yansheng?”

The person who was still asleep suddenly moved his eyelids and murmured, “Huh?”

“Don’t sleep like this, lie on the bed. I’ll help you down.”

“Um… ok…”

The person on the bed slid into the quilt and fell asleep again.

Shen Luoan didn’t expect that Gu Yansheng would be so obedient when he was sleeping. Seeing that the person was indeed asleep, he also lay back on the bed.

Raising his hand to trace the delicate sleeping face in infatuation, his eyes are full of a sense of victory, “You belong to me. I’ll win you back.”

A ring suddenly sounded in the room. It was from Gu Yansheng’s phone.

Shen Luoan walked over quietly to Gu Yansheng’s coat and took a look at the caller ID: Yuanfeng.

Is it Zhou Yuanfeng? 

Shen Luoan picked up the phone and made no sound. A man’s low and hoarse voice came from the other end of the phone.

“Don’t forget to pick up your mom at the airport at 1 o’clock in the afternoon. She isn’t planning to let you go this time, so you get caught again. I don’t want to clean up after you again.”

Hearing no reply from Gu Yansheng, Zhou Yuanfeng was a little confused. From what he knew of Gu Yansheng, Gu Yansheng would either briefly give him a one or two-word reply and hang up or argue with him for a while. But now, why isn’t he responding?

“Yansheng? Hello?”

Toot…Toot…Toot... the call ended.

Zhou Yuanfeng called again and found that Gu Yansheng’s phone was shut down. Since they just had a fight, Zhou Yuanfeng simply thought that Gu Yansheng was still mad at him, so he didn’t think too much about it.

On the other side, Shen Luoan suddenly thought of something, turned off the phone, and put it back in the coat. Then, he purposely wrinkled Gu Yansheng’s suit before going to bed again and closing his eyes.

When Zhou Yuanfeng arrived at the airport, he did not see Gu Yansheng. He frowned and called Gu Yansheng again, but Gu Yansheng’s phone was still turned off.

What is this guy thinking? Does he think that this is not messed up enough?

“Yuanfeng.” A familiar voice came from behind, and Lu Yun came over with her luggage.

“Mrs. Lu.” Zhou Yuanfeng stepped forward and picked up the suitcase.

“I said that I don’t need to call me Mrs. Lu when we aren’t at the company. What about that kid? Why is he not here with you?” Lu Yun looked around and didn’t see Gu Yansheng. She frowned in disappointment.

“Yansheng probably mixed up the times, maybe he is waiting for you at home already. Let’s head back.”

Translated by: Summit

Edited by: UnderTheMoon