Transmigrated as My Best Friend's Ex

127. Are You Jealous, Xu?

Translator: Guy Gone Bad

“Xu… Xu…” Nancheng Lie’s soft voice rang in Li Qinghao’s ears. He opened his eyes and asked, “Are you off work?” He sat up with a stretch and a yawn, feeling refreshed. Only when a person had enough sleep would he or she feel energetic again. Therefore, Li Qinghao was sure that he must have had a long sleep.

Nancheng Lie raised his hand to show his watch to Li Qinghao and said, “Check the time yourself.”

Li Qinghao took Nancheng’s left hand and looked down at the watch on Nancheng’s wrist. “This watch…” He hesitated for a second and continued, “Is this watch the one I gave you several years ago? The same brand, the same appearance. The only difference is the watch strap.”

Nancheng Lie replied with a casual air, “Yep, the original watch strap was made of snakeskin. It was worn down because of constant usage. I couldn’t get an original watch strap to replace it, so I brought a smooth one of the same colour. What do you think of my taste?”

Li Qinghao fixed his eyes on Nancheng Lie’s left wrist. A few seconds later, he lowered his head and planted a kiss on Nancheng’s wrist, which surprised Nancheng Lie. Then he looked up at Nancheng with a smile and said, “Thank you.”

Nancheng Lie’s heart raced uncontrollably. He had never seen Xu smile so gently before. His lips curled into a sexy smile and he said, “None of your empty talk, Xu. Let me see how you act.”

“So?” Li Qinghao raised his eyebrows. There was an unspeakable charm about his manner.

“So…” Nancheng Lie smiled and stared quietly at Li Qinghao. He was waiting for Li to express gratitude by actions.

Li Qinghao got up and knelt on the bed. He wrapped his arms around Nancheng Lie’s neck and pulled Nancheng closer to him. There was an ambiguous atmosphere between them. He was disgusted at the thought of canoodling with men, but Nancheng Lie was an exception. Li Qinghao cupped Nancheng Lie’s face in his hands and kissed him on the forehead.

In the past, Li Qinghao didn’t feel like intimacy with any man, even with Nancheng Lie. But now everything changed.

“Is that enough for you?” Li Qinghao let go of Nancheng Lie and looked at him with a hint of a smile.

Nancheng Lie gave Li Qinghao a dirty look. Then he scooped Li in his arms and kissed Li hard on the lips. He slid his tongue into Li’s mouth and gave Li a long, hot kiss. Obviously, he was venting his dissatisfaction.

Li Qinghao’s eyes glittered with delight. He knew Nancheng Lie too well. Nancheng’s reaction met his expectations. So, when Nancheng hugged and kissed him, he wrapped his arms once again around Nancheng’s neck. He closed his eyes and managed to stay sober.

Many people like the obscurity and mystery of nights. Everything could be seen clearly during the day. They hated being seen through.

Nancheng Lie was one of them.

In the past, he felt that his love for Han Mingxu was something that should be hidden in the darkness. He kept it from Han Mingxu, but meanwhile indulged in it.

Li Qinghao liked the daytime, because he could see many things clearly during the day. In other words, he liked to make everything crystal clear. So, when he found himself in love with Nancheng Lie, he frankly admitted it.

What would happen when two people with totally different hobbies were together?

Some people said that only when two people had something in common would they be together. Actually that was not the case. When two people with different hobbies were together, they would give in to each other and develop the same hobbies, because they loved each other. That was why couples became more and more similar over the course of a relationship.

“I heard from a female colleague that there is a handmade noodle restaurant under the Sanjiang overpass. The noodles there are very delicious. Would you like to try that noodle restaurant?” asked Nancheng Lie. They came out of the building. Neon lights flashed, lighting up the street. He suddenly wanted to take a walk.

“Okay, let’s go.” Li Qinghao liked noodles. He came from a rich family and seldom ate noodles in a restaurant. He was fed up with all kinds of costly foods and preferred to eat ordinary food.

It took them half an hour to walk from the company to the noodle restaurant. It was not a long distance.

The decoration of this noodle restaurant had an antique feel. It had a very magnificent name– Jianghu. When Nancheng Lie and Li Qinghao appeared at the door, a waitress immediately came up to greet them with a hearty smile.

The hall was crowded and noisy.

“Excuse me, is there any private room?” asked Nancheng Lie. He knew that Li Qinghao didn’t like to stay in such a noisy place.

“Sorry, sir. There are no private rooms available.”

“That’s all right. There are still some seats available in the hall. Lie, I want to take a seat in that corner.” Li Qinghao was easy-going.

They took their seats and began to order dishes. The menu was interesting. The first page of the menu read ‘Jianghu Menu’. After opening the menu, they saw many creative dishes’ names, such as ‘The 18 Palm Attacks to Defeat Dragons’, ‘Branch Beats the White Chimpanzee’, ‘Nine Yin Skeleton Claw’. Li Qinghao and Nancheng Lie were familiar with those names, because these names all came from Louis Cha’s novels, although the two of them didn’t read martial arts novels. Louis Cha was a very well-known novelist in China.

Li Qinghao pointed at the words on the menu and asked, “What’s the dish named ‘The 18 Palm Attacks to Defeat Dragons’?”

The waitress replied with an enigmatic smile, “Sir, you will know when the dish is served.”

Li Qinghao was a little disappointed. “Okay, I’ll take that.” He handed the menu to Nancheng Lie and asked, “What would you like to eat?”

Nancheng Lie took the menu from Li Qinghao’s hand and thumbed through a couple of pages. “Cutie, I don’t know what to order. Can you give me some advice? What are the signature dishes of your restaurant?” With that, he looked earnestly at the waitress.

People were more or less narcissistic, especially beautiful women. If someone gazed a little longer at you, you would think that person was interested in you. The waitress was a beautiful woman. Looking at Nancheng Lie’s handsome face, she blushed. “What kind of food do you like?” Her voice was tender.

“I prefer mild flavours,” answered Nancheng Lie. In fact, it was Li Qinghao who preferred mild flavours.

“I suggest you try these dishes. Although they are not the signature dishes, personally I think they are delicious, too.”

“Okay, I’ll take them.”

“Would you like some wine? Our house wine is home-made, and you can’t get it anywhere else. A lot of the guests come for our wine.” In addition to the basic salary, the waitresses here got a bonus every month. The bonus was based on how much their customers eventually paid. So, their attitude in attending to customers was very important.

“Oh? What kind of wine is it?” Nancheng Lie liked drinking. “I usually drink red wine. I guess from the decoration style of your restaurant and the dishes’ names that your house wine is a kind of fruit wine or flower wine, am I right?”

“Yes, you are right! Our house wine is a kind of fruit wine. Sweet Osmanthus Wine is a characteristic feature of our restaurant.”

“Alright, give me a bottle of Sweet Osmanthus Wine.”

The waitress turned to Li Qinghao and asked, “What about you, sir? Milk, juice or tea?”

Li Qinghao rolled his eyes at the waitress. He finally realized that he was just a minor in the eyes of outsiders. “Cutie, you suggest Sweet Osmanthus Wine to my brother and soft drinks to me. Don’t you think it’s a form of discrimination?” He acted like a wayward child.

Hearing this, Nancheng Lie nearly fell off his chair. He got goose bumps all over. He looked at Li Qinghao with a strange look on his face.

Li Qinghao gave Nancheng a stern look and looked back at the waitress. “Are you in love with my brother, cutie? My brother is a playboy. He often changes his girlfriend,” he said in a teasing tone.

The waitress was a little embarrassed. It was a bit hot and stuffy in the hall. She flushed to the ears. However, she was a strong woman. So, she said frankly, “Every woman likes handsome guys, and so do I. If you’d like to introduce your brother to me, I’ll be happier.”

“No, no, no, I have a wife…” Nancheng Lie interrupted her. “Ah…” He gave a little cry of pain.

“What’s wrong?” The waitress had good ears.

“I’m very hungry. Please tell the chef to make the dishes quickly.” Nancheng Lie waved the waitress away. As soon as the waitress was out of sight, he turned to look at Li Qinghao with puppy eyes. “Are you jealous, Xu?” Just now Li Qinghao deliberately stamped on Nancheng’s foot. That was why he let out a little cry of pain.

“Are you crazy?” Li Qinghao turned away his face.

“Yes, I’m crazy. I’m crazy about you.”

At these words, Li Qinghao instantly looked around. He breathed a sigh of relief when he found that people around them were eating without paying any attention to their conversation. “Shut up!”

It was just a knee-jerk reaction, but Nancheng Lie thought that Li Qinghao was afraid that their relationship would be known by outsiders. The thought gave Nancheng Lie a feeling of heartache. His smile disappeared to be replaced by a deep frown.