Transmigrated as My Best Friend's Ex

105. Guess Who I’m Sleeping With

Translator: Guy Gone Bad

A cell phone was vibrating on the carpet, but no one noticed.

Nancheng Lie sat on the side of the bed and gently wiped Li Qinghao’s body with a towel that had been soaked in warm water; while Li Qinghao lay still on the bed, tired and exhausted.

‘No doubt Xu needs more exercise. I’ll take him to the gym for exercise when he restores his health. Otherwise, I would be desperately unhappy if he broke down after just two orgasms,’ Nancheng Lie thought to himself.

“Enough, I want to sleep,” Li Qinghao said in a hoarse voice. He felt his skin would be abraded if Nancheng Lie kept on scrubbing him with the towel like this.

“Okay.” Nancheng Lie jumped out of bed, bent over and picked up his cell phone from the floor. He narrowed his eyes at the sight of the caller’s name on the screen. He walked into the bathroom and closed the door behind him.

Sitting on the toilet, Nancheng Lie stared blankly at the screen for a long while. The word ‘Xu’ was presented on the screen. He knew the missed call was from Keqi. The other day he had bought a new cell phone, but not changed his SIM card. He also forgot to modify his phone book. When he saw the name again, he seethed with rage.

‘Keqi is really a fake, a shameless hustler! How dare he call me?’ Nancheng Lie thought. Although he was angry, he phoned back and asked politely when he got through, “Xu, what’s the matter?” His voice was filled with simulated tenderness, and even he himself felt sick.

Keqi leaned back in his leather chair. To be honest, he was relieved when he found Nancheng Lie didn’t answer the phone. He was not sentimental and would never be stung by conscience. However, after knowing Li Qinghao, he didn’t want to play the part of Han Mingxu anymore.

Keqi broke into a soft laughter and teased, “You didn’t answer my phone just now. Are you lying on your lover’s bed?”

“Yes.” Nancheng Lie whistled and continued, “You know him, too.” They hated each other, but had to pretend to be good friends. Foxes proved to be good at dissembling.

“Oh?” Keqi’s smile disappeared. He knew who Nancheng Lie meant.

“Guess who I’m sleeping with. Qinghao! He’s in my bed now.” Nancheng Lie also stopped smiling. Their eyes all glowed dangerously, but they couldn’t see each other.

“It’s not funny, Lie.” Blue veins stood out on the back of Keqi’s hand. At the moment, he really wanted to kill Nancheng Lie.

“Do you think I’m kidding you?” In the past, Nancheng had always called him Xu. But not once did Nancheng call him like that this time.

If Keqi could be more attentive, he would find that Nancheng’s attitude towards him changed. However, Nancheng’s words infuriated Keqi, and he couldn’t calm down.

“Nancheng Lie.” He called him by his full name. There was a hint of warning in Keqi’s voice.

Nancheng Lie? Nancheng Lie raised his eyebrows. He used to be so stupid that he didn’t see the difference between Keqi and Xu. Now he was clear-minded and sure that Keqi was not Han Mingxu. He could easily see through Keqi’s tricks. “Are you angry?” he asked in a teasing tone.

Nancheng Lie thought back to the moment before Han Mingxu had the car accident two years ago. ‘At that time, Xu was driving while talking to to me on the phone. I provoked him into calling me by my full name. To be honest, I harbor improper thoughts every time he calls me by my full name, because he looks so damn sexy when he’s angry,’ he thought.

“Don’t touch him.” Keqi refused to follow Nancheng to change the subject. “You are not the type to get entangled with your ex. If it’s because I have feelings for him that you decide to play with his affections, I will…” Keqi recovered his composure. Everyone knew Nancheng Lie loved Han Mingxu, so Keqi thought that the reason Nancheng Lie paid attention to Li Qinghao again was because he was consumed with jealousy at the fact that Keqi took a fancy to Li Qinghao.

“What will you do?” Nancheng Lie asked aggressively. He snorted in his heart. ‘How dare he threaten me? Who does he think he is?’ he thought angrily.

Keqi didn’t answer Nancheng’s question. He tried to move Nancheng with affection, “We are brothers, aren’t we?”

“No, we are not.” Nancheng Lie replied firmly. They were deadly enemies. “I never want to be Han Mingxu’s brother.” He meant more than the words told. Keqi didn’t fully understand what Nancheng meant.

“Lie…”

“Don’t say any more.” Nancheng Lie covered his ears. “You’re calling just to ask who I’m now sleeping with?”

Nancheng Lie twisted his lips into a confident, vicious smile. ‘Keqi must be trying to cause me to die of anger, but he is just daydreaming. No one can take Xu away from me,’ he thought.

“No.” Keqi put the matter aside and got down to business, “Let’s talk about the theme park. My aunt told me that Nancheng Group stopped investing.”

Keqi’s intention was entirely predictable.

Nancheng Lie smiled like a ruffian. “Yes, Nancheng Group is in financial difficulty. So I gave the order to stop investing the theme park in Leiluo Kingdom. I have to put the interests of Nancheng Group first.”

“Lie, let’s talk frankly. If Nancheng Group is really in financial trouble, almost all enterprises in the world must be facing bankruptcy.”

“So, what do you want to say?” Nancheng crossed his legs and decided to deal with Keqi patiently. Although he had promised not to hurt Keqi, it didn’t mean that he would let Keqi off lightly.

“My aunt hasn’t given Qinghao the final one third of antidote. It’s irrational to provoke her.”

“It’s none of my business.”

“You… You like him, don’t you?”

“What?”

“You are a proud man. You won’t care about anyone for no reason. I think you have feelings for him, right?” Keqi said in a confident tone of voice. ‘I lost my head just now and wrongly thought that Nancheng Lie deliberately approached Li Qinghao out of jealousy. I forgot that Nancheng is a very proud man. He loved Han Mingxu dearly. How could he have the heart to hurt Han Mingxu by robbing him of his sweetheart?

If he still loved Han Mingxu, he wouldn’t seduce Li Qinghao even if he has feelings for Li. So… Does Nancheng Lie no longer love Han Mingxu?’ Keqi thought, his eyes twinkling with suspicion.

“I love only one person in this world,” Nancheng Lie said in a very serious tone. “Do you know who he is?” he asked deliberately, trying to confuse Keqi.

Keqi lapsed into silence, a little muddled.

What did Nancheng Lie mean by that?

There was no answer from Keqi. Nancheng Lie continued, “He looks exactly like you. His voice is the same as yours. He is…” Nancheng Lie stopped speaking. The ambiguous atmosphere Nancheng Lie deliberately created drove Keqi to retreat. Keqi felt as if Nancheng Lie was confessing his love to him. But in fact, Nancheng Lie was full of evil ideas. “Do you know who he is?”

After saying that, Nancheng Lie grew silent, too. ‘Keqi and Xu are the same height and have the same face, voice and even DNA. But I know clearly that he’s not Xu. My beloved Xu is aloof, elegant and simple. He would never kill people as ruthlessly as Keqi did, or take advantage of me,’ Nancheng thought.

“I don’t understand what you mean.” Keqi felt a growing sense of panic. What Frise had said only aroused his suspicion, but Nancheng Lie’s words completely panicked him.

“Alright, I can’t force you to understand me.” Nancheng Lie let out a sigh of disappointment.

“What about the investment in the theme park?”

“No way,” Nancheng Lie replied firmly. He would rather throw his money into the water than invest in that damned Leiluo Kingdom.

“Don’t pressure me.”

“Whatever you say.” With a smile on his face, Nancheng Lie was in good mood. “I’ll wait for your answer. Bye.” For the first time he hung up the phone on his own initiative.

“Hello… Nancheng Lie… Nancheng Lie… ” The beeping sound rang through Keqi’s ears. He was fully baffled.

‘Was Nancheng confessing his love to me just now? Or he was just threatening me? What the hell did he mean? Do I have to respond positively to him and say, ‘I formally accept you as my boyfriend, and please continue investing the theme park in Leiluo Kingdom’? The thought makes my flesh creep!’ Keqi thought to himself.

Keqi rested his chin on one fist and narrowed his eyes, staring blankly ahead.

Nancheng Lie pocketed his cell phone with a triumphant smile. He pushed open the bathroom door and saw Li Qinghao leaning against the wall next to the door. He immediately stopped smiling and stood with his hands crossed, like an obedient monkey. “When did you wake up, Xu?” A few minutes ago, he had fallen into exhausted slumber. How could he wake up so soon?

Li Qinghao folded his arms over his chest and looked calmly at Nancheng without saying a word.

Nancheng Lie got a bad feeling. A drop of cold sweat rolled down his forehead. Xu looked scarier when he was silent than when he was talking to Nancheng or calling Nancheng by full name.

Seeing that Nancheng Lie stared at him with a nervous look, Li Qinghao sighed numerous times in his heart. He couldn’t bear to see Nancheng so pitiable and dispirited. “You’ve stayed in the bathroom for a long time. I was worried about you, so I came to see what was happening. It turns out that my concern is misplaced. You look nice.”

His words cheered Nancheng up. “Don’t worry, I’m all right. I… I’m constipated. You can go back to sleep.” With that, he picked Li Qinghao up and continued, “Let me carry you to the bed. Walking will add to your tiredness.” A sycophantic smile appeared on his handsome face. He looked like a pug puppy wagging its tail.

To be honest, Li Qinghao wanted to walk by himself, but he knew that if he insisted on walking himself, Nancheng would come up with more than a dozen reasons to persuade him. So, he had no intention of resisting him.

‘He is constipated? How could he dream up such an excuse? Although I didn’t hear the conversation between Nancheng Lie and Keqi clearly just now, I can guess what they were talking about,’ Li Qinghao thought. He remained silent without asking any questions. Nancheng Lie had his own ideas. Li Qinghao didn’t want to interfere in his affairs.

It was a kind of respect. He shouldn’t deprive Nancheng Lie of the right to handle his own affairs or force Nancheng Lie to give way to his demands.