Transmigrated as My Best Friend's Ex

 

152. A Text Message

Translator: Guy Gone Bad

Nancheng Lie showed extraordinary patience and endurance in dealing with anything about Li Qinghao. It took him some time to catch Nancheng Beibei. He tied up his naughty niece and said, “Keep your eyes open, girl, he belongs with me.”

Nancheng Beibei had never been tied up before. She was very excited. She felt that what was happening was just as dramatic as a Hollywood film.

After having Nancheng Beibei under control, Nancheng Lie walked over to Li Qinghao and asked seriously, “As elders, we have a duty to help her out with any queries, do you agree?”

Li Qinghao didn’t understand what Nancheng Lie said, but he knew this guy must be harboring indecent thoughts. He nodded obediently, because he was curious about what Nancheng Lie was going to do.

After getting permission from Li Qinghao, Nancheng Lie broke into an evil smile. He took Li Qinghao in his arms and asked, “Are you cold?”

Li Qinghao answered Nancheng Lie with another question. “You will warm me, won’t you?”

“Yes, I will warm you inside and out.” Just as the words fell from his lips, he jumped into the swimming pool with Li Qinghao in his arms. Before Li Qinghao could come back to his senses, Nancheng Lie raised Li Qinghao’s chin with his finger, then he lowered his head and kissed Li Qinghao on the lips.

Nancheng Beibei screamed, “Ah! You can’t kiss him, Uncle!”

‘Why not? I’m doing this to let everyone know he belongs to me,’ Nancheng Lie thought to himself.

Although Li Qinghao knew Nancheng Lie was harboring indecent thoughts, he didn’t expect Nancheng Lie to treat such a little girl as a rival in love. Anyway, he was happy. He closed his eyes, twined his arms around Nancheng Lie’s neck and responded enthusiastically. The servants were stunned. They knew Nancheng Lie was gay, but it never occurred to them that Nancheng Lie had an intimate relationship with his cousin. The people working here had known Nancheng Lie since he was a little boy. They knew long ago that Nancheng Lie was homosexual, so they didn’t discriminate against homosexuals. Actually the taboo relationship between Nancheng Lie and Li Qinghao made them excited.

Not only the servants, but also Nancheng Lie’s parents, Nancheng Yunyu and his wife were shocked by Nancheng Lie’s bold behavior. Nancheng Yunyu’s wife said, “That’s his style. He is spoiled.” She knew that to her husband, Nancheng Lie was more important than her and even their daughters.

She was right. There were many reasons why the Nancheng family were so fond of Nancheng Lie.

First of all, Nancheng Lie’s sisters and brothers were old enough to get married and start a family when he was born. So they actually treated their youngest brother Nancheng Lie as a son. Second, Nancheng Lie’s mother was Mr. Nancheng’s second wife. Nancheng Yunyu was afraid that the other branches of Nancheng clan would ostracize Nancheng Lie, so he felt that he should show Nancheng Lie more love. He wanted to tell everyone that Nancheng Lie was his brother, even though they had different mothers. Third, Nancheng Lie was a bold rebel by nature.

For many reasons, Nancheng Lie grew into a fearless man. But his fearlessness met the approval of Mr. Nancheng and Nancheng Yunyu, because from their point of view, the leader of a big clan had to be fearless.

Hearing this, Nancheng Yunyu glanced sideways at his wife. A faint smile played on his lips. He was a severe, cold man who seldom smiled. She hadn’t seen him smiled like that, even when he was going out with her. But she bore no grudges. She had taken a liking to Nancheng Yunyu on their first meeting. She was a smart woman. To her, love was as important as wealth. Nancheng Yunyu could give her everything she wanted. Before she married him, she adjusted herself to the fact that her future husband put his family ahead of everything. Although she was sometimes jealous, she lived a happy life.  After all, most of rich and powerful men had more than one mistress, but she was positive that Nancheng Yunyu was faithful to her.

She never smelled any other woman’s perfume on him or saw any other woman’s hairs stuck on his coat. He treated her with the respect she deserved. He was always true to her.

Beneath his ruthlessness, he was a very gentle, caring man. Although she knew she was not the most important person to him, she was willing to spend the rest of her life with him.

“It’s been a long time since the last time we travelled together.” Nancheng Yunyu thought for a while and then flung his arms around his wife’s waist. “You go and ask for leave. Then we can go on a trip together.”

“Ah?” His wife opened her eyes wide. “Yunyu?”

She was pleasantly surprised by his words. Nancheng Yunyu gave her a gentle smile and said, “Don’t you think it’s romantic to go on a trip with someone you like?”

Hearing this, Nancheng Yunyu’s wife, who was already in her late thirties, blushed scarlet. Nancheng Yunyu had the ability to touch people deeply, because he would give them what they really yearned for. “Okay,’ she replied. Even a woman with a dominant personality was meek in front of her beloved.

Nancheng Yunyu held her tightly in his arms. Soon the room was filled with gasps and groans.

With the help of Nancheng Lie’s mother, Nancheng Beibei untied the ropes binding her limbs. She ran to the edge of the swimming pool and shouted, “Minghao, I’m coming to save you.” With that, she took off her shoes and coat. Then she jumped into the swimming pool, wearing only a sundress. She was quite good at swimming. Seeing that Nancheng Beibei was approaching, Li Qinghao pushed Nancheng Lie away and said, “You take care of your niece. I’m going upstairs to take a shower.”

Nancheng Lie looked at Li Qinghao with a meaningful smile and asked, “Would you like me to help you?”

Li Qinghao narrowed his eyes. Then he punched Nancheng Lie in the abdomen and said, “You can go to hell.”

Li Qinghao climbed out of the swimming pool, took off his wet clothes and then wrapped himself in a blanket. He didn’t want others to find that he was aroused.

He went back to Nancheng Lie’s bedroom and took a cold shower. After cooling himself down, he walked out of the bathroom and was about to get dressed when he saw the screen of Nancheng Lie’s cellphone light up. He walked over to the bedside table and picked up the cellphone. A new message popped up on the screen. After reading it, his face turned cold.

Li Qinghao came downstairs and had a quick breakfast. Then he walked towards the door, getting ready to go out.

“Are you going out?” Nancheng Lie was surprised. ‘Shouldn’t he stay at home and spend the whole weekend with me?’ he thought confusedly.

“Yes. I got a call from the detective agency just now. Mia has something important to discuss with me. So I have to go now.” Li Qinghao waved his hand to Nancheng Lie and continued, “Bye bye.”

“Wait a bit! I’ll let the family driver take you to the detective agency.”

“Well, that’s great.”

The driver drove Li Qinghao to a square near the office building where the detective agency was located. Li Qinghao got off the car and said to the driver, “You can go back first. I’ll take a taxi home when I’m done here.”

The driver replied, “It doesn’t matter. I’ll wait for you here.” After all, Nancheng Lie told the driver to bring Li Qinghao back safely to Nancheng Mansion.

Li Qinghao smiled and said, “I don’t know when I can get everything done. You go back first. Don’t worry, I will phone Lie and explain.”

“Er… Okay.”

After the driver left, Li Qinghao didn’t enter the office building. He took out his mobile phone and dialed a number.

“Who’s speaking?” A presumptuous, rude voice came from the other end of the line.

Li Qinghao frowned and said in mock fear, “I… I saw the text massage you sent to my cousin. I… I have enough money to buy those photos.”

Hearing this, the person on the other end of the line immediately understood why Li Qinghao phoned him. “Yo, are you Nancheng Lie’s lover? Why didn’t he contact me personally?”

“My cousin didn’t know about it… I deleted that message. Please…Please give me those photos. I’ll give you the money,” Li Qinghao said in a trembling voice. His eyes were as cold as ice.

“It seems like you want to play a hero. You are really a brave boy. Okay… Give me ten million yuan, and I’ll give you the photographic plates.”

“Ten million yuan?” Li Qinghao pretended to be surprised. “I… I only have two million.”

“Are you kidding? Two million yuan is not enough…” The person on the other end of the line suddenly changed his mind. “Alright, considering that you are just a child, I decide to make this deal with you. Where are you now?”

“I’m in XXX Square.”

“Well, now follow my instructions. By the way, are you being followed?”

“No. I… I don’t want my cousin to know about it, so I didn’t ask any bodyguards to follow me.”

“Well, that’s good. Now go to the opposite bus stop and take Bus No. 256. Remember to get off the bus at Y Station.”

“Got it.” Li Qinghao followed the person’s instructions to the letter. Half an hour later, he arrived at Y Station. Just as he got off the bus, his mobile phone beeped and a new message popped up on the screen: “Go to the opposite bus station and take Bus No. 256 again, and then get off the bus at L Station.” L Station was two bus stops away from XXX Square. Without hesitation Li Qinghao got on Bus No.256 again.