Transmigrated as My Best Friend's Ex

94. Love Has Nothing to Do With Gender

Translator: Guy Gone Bad

Nancheng Lie gripped Li Qinghao’s wrist with one hand and pressed it against the wall, then grabbed at Li’s collar with the other one and pulled Li closer to his chest. “Qinghao,’ he said in a soft, low voice. He looked affectionately at Li.

Li Qinghao did not know what Nancheng was playing at, so he had to wait and see what would happen.

Nancheng Lie played with the first button of Li Qinghao’s shirt. “How can you keep your buttons unfastened?”

Li Qinghao raised his eyebrows. ‘Nancheng Lie is odd today. He seems to flirt with me. He even behaves affectionately towards me. I remember he refused to be too close to me. He even warned me not to fall in love with him. What’s going on? He suddenly found himself in love with me?’ Li Qinghao thought.

He asked in a teasing tone, “Can you help me button up my shirt, Mr. Nancheng?” With that, he raised his chin and revealed his alabaster neck. He even leaned forward and gave Nancheng a provocative look.

If Nancheng Lie didn’t know Li Qinghao was probably Xu, he would push him away without hesitation. But now that he knew it, he would play up to Li Qinghao, although the possibility of this guy being Xu was only 50%.

“My pleasure.” Nancheng Lie smiled and readily agreed. He buttoned the third button of Li Qinghao’s shirt while whispering in Li Qinghao’s ear, “When did you fall in love with me?”

Li looked at Nancheng without speaking. His eyes were like limpid pools, and Nancheng saw an appealing flirty smile in Li’s eyes. Nancheng had only meant to tease Li, but now he got sexually excited under Li’s gaze.

Li Qinghao was on high alert. He was willing to keep an ambiguous relationship with Nancheng. He was willing to flirt with Nancheng. He had even had sex with Nancheng in Kei’s palace. But anyway, Nancheng was his best friend in his heart. He had some misgivings about making love to Nancheng when he was sober.

What was more, he was in poor health now. Therefore, he wouldn’t be able to gain the upper hand during sex.

It didn’t matter whether or how much he loved Nancheng. Above all, he was a man. He was too proud to lay beneath another man.

In a low voice, Li Qinghao warned, “Let me go.”

It seemed to Nancheng that Li Qinghao was flirting with him. He asked in a teasing tone, “What if I don’t do as you ask?”

“Please have some respect for me.” Li Qinghao’s face dropped to the floor. He thought about shouting for help. Mr. Li and Mrs. Li were downstairs in the living room. If he shouted, they would immediately come upstairs to rescue him.

“The reason why I lost my beloved was that I showed too much respect for him…” Nancheng Lie paused and changed the subject, “Now I want a change.”

“So?” Li Qinghao’s calm voice gave a feeling of danger.

“So let’s act on our most primal instinct. I know you have a feeling for me.”

“You wretch!” Li Qinghao couldn’t restrain his anger. He punched Nancheng in the face.

When he lived as Han Mingxu, he had a pure heart and few desires; in other word, except for Nancheng Lie, no one could get close to him. At that time, Nancheng didn’t dare to go further in their relationship because he was afraid of Han Mingxu finding out that he loved him.

So, Li Qinghao lacked sexual skills. Soon he was completely controlled by Nancheng.

Lie…

A little cry of pain suddenly rang… Li Qinghao was squatting on his haunches, so Nancheng Lie couldn’t see his face. Nancheng raised Li’s chin with his finger and found that Li looked very pale. “You…”

Nancheng Lie froze. Li Qinghao directly pushed him away.

Li’s paleness needled Nancheng. He felt as if a sharp knife pierced through his heart. Damn it! His eyes were burning with anger. He was determined to make Frise and Keqi pay a price.

“Xu… Xu…” For the first time Nancheng stayed rational during sex.

……

“This is the first time I’ve served a man.”

“This is the first time I’ve been willing to accept a man’s service.”

Pfff… Nancheng Lie couldn’t help laughing, “I have to say you have a bad temper.” He was just like Xu. Although on the surface Xu seemed easygoing and meek, he was ill-tempered at heart. When he was a child, he once beat Nancheng Lie up because Nancheng took a bite of his ice-lolly when he wasn’t looking. With his whole body naked, Nancheng Lie sat side by side in the bathtub with Li Qinghao. The bathtub was comfortable because it was fitted with a device that made the water move around and gave a back massage.

“Thank you for your tolerance, Mr. Nancheng.” Li Qinghao lay lazily in the bathtub with his eyes closed.

Nancheng Lie felt a sense of heartache at the sight of Li Qinghao’s weary, pale face. He reached out and massaged the aching muscles in Li Qinghao’s shoulders. Li’s body stiffened, but soon he relaxed. “What’s happening? Do you find yourself in love with me?” He was just teasing, but to his surprise, Nancheng Lie replied frankly, “Yes, I find that I’m attracted by you.” With that, Nancheng curled his lips into a pleasant smile.

Li Qinghao was shocked by Nancheng’s frankness. He opened his eyes and turned to Nancheng. He met Nancheng’s eyes. He had a complex expression on his face. “Don’t you love Han Mingxu anymore?” There was a strain of tension in his voice. He felt like he had eaten the bitter pills.

This guy said that he had loved Han Mingxu for more than ten years. How could he change suddenly?

For some unknown reason, Li Qinghao was struck with a sense of loss.

Nancheng Lie saw the disappointment in Li Qinghao’s eyes. He felt quite pleased. Now he was more certain that Li Qinghao was Xu, although Li didn’t want to admit it. Nancheng decided to be more patient and play up to Li.

But soon Li Qinghao composed himself. He squinted at Nancheng and asked, “What are you playing at?” He grew up with Nancheng Lie, so he knew him very well. In his view Nancheng Lie was testing him. He heightened his vigilance.

He was like a hedgehog rolling himself into a ball when attacked, looking so cute. For fear of teeing him off, Nancheng changed the subject, “I’m here to tell you some news about TRKS.” As he spoke the words, Nancheng’s spirits sank lower and lower.

“TRKS?” Li Qinghao’s face became serious. “What’s the news?”

“I had my men sneak into T organization, and they found one of the researchers who had taken part in the development of TRKS.”

“What?!”

…

Fifteen minutes later, the two of them were fully dressed. When they came downstairs, Mr. Li and Mrs. Li were still watching TV in the living room.

“Dad, Mom, I have something to attend to. I’m not coming back tonight.” Li Qinghao didn’t want to make them worry.

“Uncle, Auntie, don’t worry, Qinghao will stay in my home tonight.” Nancheng Lie gave them a bright smile.

Li Qinghao shook his head. This guy was so shameless.

After getting on the car, Nancheng Lie pressed a button and the passenger seat turned into a small bed. “You can have a sleep. I’ll wake you up when we reach home.” His voice was tender. Obviously, he treated Li Qinghao as his sweetheart. Li Qinghao accepted his kindness. He closed his eyes and rested. Before long, he fell asleep. He had seldom slept well since he woke up from that coma finding that he became Li Qinghao. He was a light sleeper, and the slightest disturbance would wake him up. He was always on high alert. After all, he was traumatized by the murder two years ago.

But now lying in Nancheng Lie’s car, he was sleeping peacefully.

Because he knew Nancheng Lie would never hurt Han Mingxu. Although Li Qinghao always tried to hide his real identity from Nancheng Lie, he subconsciously saw himself as Han Mingxu and enjoyed Nancheng’s care and consideration. He didn’t notice that, but Nancheng Lie did because he was sensitive to Li Qinghao’s emotions.

At the Nancheng Mansion.

Nancheng Lie placed that researcher in the Nancheng Mansion, because it had a world-class security system and lots of first-rate guards. Even if the researcher tried to escape, he would be recaptured soon.

Nancheng Yunyu led his men in annihilating T organization. Then he appeared in front of the poor researcher, who had been held prisoner for a long time, as a Messianic figure and captured his trust easily. Nancheng Yunyu was sly and manipulative. He easily elicited the secret of TRKS from the researcher. He conned the researcher and lured him to China.

Later, the researcher obediently followed Nancheng Yunyu to China, because Nancheng Yunyu promised him a job as a doctor in Nancheng Hospital.

To that desperate researcher, it was a heaven-sent opportunity to change his life.

When the car was about to drive into the garage, Nancheng Lie suddenly changed his mind. He stopped the car and opened the roof of the car. The starlight poured into the car and shone on Li Qinghao’s sleeping face.

Nancheng Lie had a servant bring him a blanket. He put the blanket over Li Qinghao and looked at him with loving eyes.

Although he had a changed face, Nancheng Lie soon accepted the fact that Li Qinghao was the real Xu. After all, he learned a lesson from Keqi.

Meanwhile, Nancheng Lie was thankful that his beloved had a changed face, because if he looked exactly like Keqi, Nancheng might mistake him for Keqi, and by then he would be unable to control his desperate anger.

Nancheng reached out and brushed Li Qinghao’s eyebrows with his fingertips. He couldn’t help whispering, “Xu…”

“Don’t make any noise,” Li Qinghao subconsciously replied. He turned over and fell asleep again.

Nancheng Lie’s eyes lit up with affection. What Li Qinghao said proved his guess. Such a conversation had happened numerous times when they slept together in the past.

Li Qinghao’s reply was natural, as if by instinct.

‘Xu, why did you lie to me? I don’t mind you cheating me, but my heart aches for you,’ Nancheng Lie thought.

“You silly boy.” He caressed Li Qinghao’s face, slowly lowered his head and planted a soft kiss on Li’s forehead. His eyes sparkled with love.

“Don’t tell me you’ve a new sweetheart.” A low, male voice came from outside the car. Obviously, he didn’t want to wake Li Qinghao too.

Nancheng Lie got out of the car. He didn’t close the door for fear of waking Li Qinghao. “Bro.” He came up to Nanchen Yunyu and said with a bitter smile, “When I was a junior high school student in grade two, I told Dad that I would love Xu for a lifetime. ”

“And now?”

“He is Xu.”

“What?!” Nancheng Yunyu was surprised – he couldn’t believe what he’d heard.

“Let’s go over there and talk it over.” Nancheng Lie pointed to the swimming pool.

After he finished his conversation with his eldest brother, he came back and found Li Qinghao still sleeping. Nancheng Lie gently picked Li up and carried him to his bedroom. It was not the first time that Nancheng Lie had done so. In the past, Xu liked lying on the grass while reading a book. Every time he fell asleep on the grass, Nancheng carried him back to the bedroom.

At that time, Nancheng Lie was wondering why people thought that men could only love women. In his view, it was okay for a man to fall in love with another man.

Yes, love has nothing to do with gender. Gays should be treated with respect.