Chapter 38#

Chapter 38 Let’s Do It Once

The location of this gathering was still the secret racing track where Gu Chenzhou and He Hailou raced last time, Starlight Entertainment City.

When Gu Chenzhou arrived at Starlight Entertainment City, the racing cars were all ready on the track, looking like they were just waiting for him to arrive before setting off.

Gu Chenzhou was slightly surprised, walked quickly forward and shook hands with He Hailou: “Hello Young Master He, why doesn’t everyone play first?”

“Waiting for Young Master Gu.” He Hailou had already changed into his racing suit. When he reached out to shake hands with Gu Chenzhou, he squeezed hard and rubbed deliberately before letting go and answering with a smile.

Gu Chenzhou certainly noticed this small detail, but he couldn’t quite grasp He Hailou’s meaning for a moment, so he laughed it off: “Young Master He is too polite! Since everyone has changed clothes, don’t wait for me. I’ll be a referee and witness for everyone here.”

He Hailou showed an obviously regretful expression on his face, and then laughed: “Okay, Young Master Gu wait for me to bring the championship to you.”

Bring the championship to me? What does this mean? Gu Chenzhou frowned again, thinking that not long after meeting today, He Hailou’s performance was really a bit strange. According to his status, saying to win a championship was nothing, but giving it to me… It seems that this gathering tonight is not that simple.

This was exactly what Gu Chenzhou wanted. He nodded with a smile and walked to the stands to wait for the race to start.

Racing in the field and watching racing outside the field are two completely different behaviors.

This activity should be considered one of Gu Chenzhou’s few real hobbies. Occasional indulgence and decompression on the racing track can adjust his state very well. Therefore, before going abroad, he often patronized this racing track. At that time, Wei Xiangjin was also dragged by him. But after returning to China, except for the one with He Hailou last time, one thing after another, he had somewhat forgotten this place…

The distraction lasted only for a very short moment.

At the end of November, the last trace of heat remaining in the air quietly disappeared, and the severe cold belonging to winter was sandwiched in the wind, blowing quietly.

The stands, which originally didn’t have many seats, only had a few spectators this time.

Seeing Gu Chenzhou walking up the stairs, several young officials sitting here stood up one after another to greet Gu Chenzhou.

With the same identity, except for a few people, Gu Chenzhou had a unified attitude: polite and restrained, neither arrogant nor close. After nodding and saying a few words casually as usual, he didn’t sit with others, but picked an empty seat in the middle to sit down.

This attitude was actually very obvious. Several people around who originally wanted to say a few more words to get close saw this, looked at the expression, and sat down honestly.

Not long after Gu Chenzhou sat down, the five indicator lights beside the track went out one by one. On the starting line, dozens of loud motor sounds rang out one after another, followed by racing cars of various colors rushing into the track!

This time He Hailou’s racing car was in the middle position, but less than two or three seconds after the race officially started, his silver-blue racing car had already cut through the barrier built by racing cars and the dark night with an indomitable momentum, leading far ahead.

As a veteran of amateur racing himself, Gu Chenzhou sat in the stands and took a look, calculating in his heart that He Hailou’s speed at this time was probably approaching the maximum speed limit of professional racing cars.

This is just a starting section. Gu Chenzhou shook his head in his heart, not knowing whether to praise the other party for being able to afford the speed, or to be speechless that the other party completely disregarded his own safety.

In fact, since he was still abroad, He Hailou has been a key point for Gu Chenzhou to collect domestic information.

But until returning to China and getting along for three months and experiencing many things together, Gu Chenzhou still couldn’t quite grasp the other party’s pulse.

What kind of person is He Hailou?

Promiscuous, regardless of gender, chasing excitement, absurd indulgence—this is the label He Hailou put on himself in the eyes of outsiders.

Mentally unstable, purpose unclear, means obscure and vicious—this is the label Gu Chenzhou put on He Hailou after contact.

But among the above labels, how many are He Hailou’s nature, and how many are deliberately shown by He Hailou for people to see?

The silver-blue shadow was like a sharp knife, arriving suddenly, splitting a smooth path forward with an indomitable posture.

Gu Chenzhou narrowed his eyes slightly. purely from the perspective of an amateur racer, he did not hesitate to give the other party the highest praise, and was also somewhat delighted to see a worthy opponent. But as an opponent and enemy… Gu Chenzhou crossed his legs, thought about it, and smiled, but the light in his eyes became colder.

Also quite interesting.

The twenty-minute race time is not long. When Gu Chenzhou put down his thoughts and started to appreciate this rapid sport dominated by He Hailou, the race in the field was almost coming to an end.

Since Gu Chenzhou didn’t go down this time, from the middle section, He Hailou took the lead, leading a string of racing cars behind to eat his tail dust—except from the perspective of the racer himself, there was really not much suspense and excitement in the race.

Gu Chenzhou saw that the time was about right, got up and walked towards the racing field. When he walked downstairs, He Hailou just crossed the finish line and was stopping slowly.

“Young Master Gu, fortunately I didn’t disgrace my mission.” He Hailou took off his helmet and shouted loudly. His voice was a bit hoarse. Even without a real opponent in this race, the speed he soared was enough to make him look like he had run a marathon of several kilometers, with sweat all over his face and forehead.

Gu Chenzhou thought to himself what did I ask you to do that you could disgrace your mission? His face didn’t move, walked to the other party’s side and said: “Congratulations Young Master He.”

“Congratulations to us both.” He Hailou answered with a smile, leaning on the seat of the racing car like he had no bones, one hand rolled up his sleeve and rested on the car door, looking lazy, “Does Young Master Gu want to go down and run a lap?”

Before Gu Chenzhou spoke, the sound of the motor came, and the racing cars behind He Hailou crossed the finish line in twos and threes.

This speed difference is really a bit exaggerated, but the circle is small like this… After all, not everyone loves to play, and those who love to play don’t all dare to play on.

Gu Chenzhou shook his head: “No, everyone is tired after running a lap today, wait for next time.”

“If Young Master Gu wants to run, I’ll accompany you.” He Hailou opened the car door and got out of the car.

“That would be an unfair victory.” Gu Chenzhou smiled faintly.

He Hailou raised his eyebrows and was about to answer, but the words came to his mouth and turned a direction temporarily: “Okay, just tired today too. I’ll race with Young Master Gu again next time. Let’s go to Starlight to sit for a while now?”

Gu Chenzhou wanted to see He Hailou’s intention tonight, so he naturally cooperated.

And He Hailou’s inquiry was mainly aimed at Gu Chenzhou—the status of other people here was still a bit worse.

The group had no objection. After changing clothes, they walked from the racing track to the Starlight Entertainment City in front.

The manager of the entertainment city received the news early and waited at the elevator in advance to make arrangements for these young masters personally.

“Go to the sauna room first.” He Hailou said.

Gu Chenzhou was indifferent.

Others who had just finished racing and sweating felt that this idea was good, and responded one after another, following the leading manager to the sauna room.

First took a shower and changed into a bathrobe, then steamed in the sauna room for a while. After fifteen minutes, Gu Chenzhou, who kept sweating, didn’t want to stay any longer, walked out of the room, and found a masseur to massage himself.

Not long after, He Hailou also pushed the door in. The bathrobe on his body was loosely tied with a belt, and most of his wheat-colored strong chest was exposed, causing the masseur who led him in to peek sideways frequently and inadvertently.

He Hailou walked to the massage chair next to Gu Chenzhou and lay down: “Young Master Gu doesn’t seem to like this very much?”

Gu Chenzhou was closing his eyes and letting someone massage his shoulders and back. Hearing this, he opened his eyes: “Why does Young Master He ask this?”

“Young Master Gu doesn’t seem very interested.” He Hailou said.

Gu Chenzhou waved his hand and pointed to his legs to the masseur. At the same time, he straightened up and picked up the wine glass placed aside, took a shallow sip and said: “High interest for steaming sauna?”

High interest because everyone is doing activities together and high interest because of the content of everyone’s activities together are not easy to compare, but He Hailou didn’t care. Hearing this, he nodded: “What hasn’t Young Master Gu played? —Change two sensible ones in.” The last sentence was said to the masseur.

Such requests are not uncommon. The masseur understood and stopped, walked out not long after, and brought in several men and women, clean and young, completely in line with He Hailou’s appetite.

He Hailou glanced at the row of men and women standing by the door and smiled at Gu Chenzhou: “Does Young Master Gu want one?” He shrugged at Gu Chenzhou, “Different feeling from professional masseurs.”

“No,” Gu Chenzhou half-closed his eyes, too lazy to even look, “Dare not compete with Young Master He for beauty.”

He Hailou laughed dumbly: “With Young Master Gu sitting here, what beauty can be competed for?” Saying this, he said to the masseur who brought people in, “Forget it, take them all out, you just continue to help me knead.”

The masseur who came in with He Hailou agreed and took everyone out again.

He Hailou lay back on the massage chair and said to the masseur: “Teach me two tricks that are good for relieving fatigue. I’ll go back and knead for someone.”

Honestly speaking, for the young masters who come here, it’s not strange to find those men and women for massage just now, but it’s strange to ask to learn two tricks. The masseur agreed with some surprise, thought for a while and said to He Hailou: “Young Master He, people mostly sit indoors now, and the easiest parts to get tired are the neck and shoulders.”

She signaled He Hailou to turn over, and started kneading.

He Hailou’s shoulders and back tightened slightly, then slowly relaxed: “Like grabbing a cat’s neck?”

Now even the masseur massaging Gu Chenzhou laughed. The one massaging Gu Chenzhou was a middle-aged male masseur. He sometimes erected his palm and beat the muscles under his hand quickly, and sometimes stretched his five fingers, grabbing and kneading, saying: “Similar feeling, just some small force-exerting skills, and pay attention to massage acupoints at the same time.” He didn’t hesitate to tell the key points—thinking that a dignified young official, even if he falls into dire straits in the future, can he come out to grab his rice bowl? Mostly learning two tricks to go back and show filial piety, or at most to please the object he wants to pursue.

The female masseur moved again, this time from He Hailou’s neck along the spine, hands pressing quickly continuously, all the way down to the lumbar spine.

He Hailou half-squinted his eyes, his chin resting on the pillow, and heard the female masseur say: “The back is the same as the neck. Pressing the right place can be effective immediately and relieve fatigue.”

He Hailou stopped for a while to experience the feeling of his body, and then said: “This is not only relieving fatigue, but also stimulating the spirit.”

From here, it can be seen that the female masseur really can’t speak well. Asked by He Hailou like this, she actually choked and couldn’t continue. It was the male masseur on the side who spoke: “It’s all combined, Young Master He. We massage for half an hour or an hour at a time, and we must take care of all aspects. Appropriate stimulation also helps customers better feel the relaxation after massage.”

Frankly speaking, how could He Hailou care about this?

Just saying this sentence, he signaled the female masseur behind him to explain the few movements just now in detail, and at the same time glanced in the direction of Gu Chenzhou lying beside him.

Already closed his eyes and resting again.

He Hailou suppressed the excitement in his heart, watched the female masseur’s movements seriously for a while, gestured himself, got off the massage bed, and made a pushing away gesture to the masseur massaging Gu Chenzhou.

The male masseur was stunned, and his hands stopped.

He Hailou walked to the massage bed and naturally took over to press Gu Chenzhou’s neck.

Gu Chenzhou, with his eyes closed, moved his body slightly, changed to a more comfortable position, and didn’t open his eyes.

He Hailou smiled and began to perform He-style massage on the person on the massage bed: slender neck, broad shoulders, straight back, lean waist… His ten fingers tossed and turned, lingering and reluctant to leave, and his gaze continued down along the direction of the massage: the slightly raised curve under the white bathrobe, the outline outlined by two strong thighs, and the depression that appeared because they were not completely closed…

He Hailou’s fingers unknowingly became light and slow. The movement that should have been pressing down along the bathrobe turned into hooking the hindering clothes with his little finger, and exploring inside with the rest… Then he suddenly found the body under his hand moved.

He Hailou withdrew his hand with some regret, withdrew his too obvious gaze with a calm expression, and smiled at Gu Chenzhou who opened his eyes and looked at him: “How does Young Master Gu feel?”

Gu Chenzhou looked at He Hailou for a while, picked up the wine glass beside him, raised it to the other party, and drank the dark red liquid inside in one gulp: “Flattered, Young Master He.”

“Here I am only willing to press for Young Master Gu.” He Hailou spread his hands as if helpless, and said to Gu Chenzhou at the same time, “Does Young Master Gu think it’s about time? Go out for a drink together?”

There was indeed a bunch of people waiting outside. Gu Chenzhou nodded, put down the cup, stood up and walked out with He Hailou.

A gathering of a bunch of young masters actually didn’t have too many surprising tricks.

When Gu Chenzhou and He Hailou walked to the private room outside, some people were singing and drinking in the private room, and some went downstairs to play a few games.

The two sat on the sofa, played for a while and drank a few bottles of wine. He Hailou turned his face and suggested to Gu Chenzhou: “It’s still early, shall we go to Taihai River to play?”

Taihai River is not too far from here. It is considered a scenic spot in the capital. Commercial buildings along the bank are scattered and towering, with brilliant lights. There is a cool breeze and the sound of water on the water. The combination of modern city and waterscape is a good place to relax.

Gu Chenzhou glanced at the watch on his hand. It was nearly ten o’clock. He thought to himself that the play tonight dragged on long enough, but nodded in agreement on the surface.

He Hailou turned to the others with satisfaction: “What about everyone?”

“Young Master He invited personally, must give face.” Several young masters in the private room said grinningly, and picked up their phones to notify others who were not present.

Taihai River tonight seemed extraordinarily peaceful.

Getting off the car, Gu Chenzhou saw at a glance that the big river, which was usually crowded with tourists and boats, was calm, with only a winding deep water flowing quietly in the riverbed.

Others who drove here separately also felt something was wrong and began to talk in low voices.

At this time, He Hailou, who arrived one step earlier than everyone else, walked back from the river, led everyone to the place where the boats were docked, and soon boarded the only two-story luxury cruise ship with lights on.

Here, everyone understood that this was made by He Hailou—just blocking the whole river directly… Was it to not be disturbed when touring the lake? Several young masters looked at each other, their faces slightly strange.

Gu Chenzhou and He Hailou walked side by side to the second floor of the cruise ship.

The boat shook gently, leaving the river bank with a slight sway that made people comfortable and relaxed.

He Hailou took a bottle of good wine from the freezer on the second floor, uncorked it with a corkscrew, and poured a glass for Gu Chenzhou sitting on the sofa: “Young Master Gu try? 1876 collection.”

Gu Chenzhou took it and held a mouthful, tasted it slightly and put it down casually: “Indeed not bad.”

He Hailou smiled, also put down this expensive foreign wine casually, stood up and invited Gu Chenzhou: “Rarely come to Taihai River once, and there is no one. Shall we go out and see the river view?”

This was really modest. It wasn’t that there was no one, it was clearly that there was no one except their ship.

Gu Chenzhou, who had been waiting to see He Hailou’s purpose, was also somewhat curious. He nodded slightly and stood up to walk out of the cabin with He Hailou.

Opening the cabin door leading to the deck, the cool wind rushed onto the face, soft and slightly itchy, seeming to contain some faint unknown fragrance, making people secretly intoxicated.

The two leaned on the railing and looked into the distance.

The black river wound forward. The lights of various colors on both sides were dazzling. The ears were filled with the bubbling rhythm of water, noisy and endless… Light and dark, movement and stillness, had the most perfect combination at this time.

Gu Chenzhou’s gaze fell from the brilliant lights on both sides to the deep river water. Extremely dark, it seemed to reflect a little deep green light from both sides, blurred, vague, scattered and spreading forward very regularly, like a light belt in the water formed by stars falling from the sky… Wait?

Gu Chenzhou was suddenly stunned.

His body leaned forward unconsciously, and at the same time he heard the surprised discussion of the people downstairs.

That’s right, it was a light belt composed of green light, not an illusion, nor the reflection of the river bank lights… Someone was lighting in the water?

As this thought flashed, Gu Chenzhou suddenly heard the discussion below suddenly become louder, and at the same time the world seemed to darken suddenly.

He looked up and found that the buildings on both sides of the river bank somehow extinguished all lights in an instant. The whole river was shrouded in darkness at this moment.

But such shrouding lasted only for an extremely short while.

In the process of slowly adapting his vision, Gu Chenzhou saw that the faint green path in the center of the river channel in front of the cruise ship became more conspicuous. The light seemed to penetrate the water surface and flow wantonly a few centimeters away from the water. Then rose purple, pale red, dark blue, various colors lit up one by one from the river water.

A black shadow suddenly jumped out of the water, leaped high over the faint green path, and plunged into the water from the other end.

Gu Chenzhou was stunned for a long time.

Because of that sudden black shadow, and also because if he saw correctly, the upper body of that black shadow was a woman, and the lower body… should be a fish tail?

What on earth is this doing…?

The conversation on the first floor cabin became louder and louder. Gu Chenzhou looked ahead. Since that black shadow leaped out of the water and dived in, the entire Taihai River seemed to come alive. Black shadows shuttled and played in the magnificent light. It seemed that an aquatic city suddenly rose in the river water. After the colorful light, various aquatic plants gradually appeared, swaying green water plants, water hibiscus with a touch of bright color on the cheeks. Stones, pillars, huge palaces made of coral…

Mermaids slowly swam out of the river. Some coiled their fish tails and sat on the rocks, some swam around in the palace, chasing and playing with each other.

The originally quiet river bank gradually gathered crowds. The pointing voices converged into a huge wave of sound, transmitted to the center of the river.

Gu Chenzhou’s shoulder suddenly became heavy. He Hailou standing beside him leaned on him.

He turned his head slightly and saw He Hailou half-squinting and smiling at him. The scattered light in front of the cruise ship shone here. Under the faint light, his smile was seductive and lazy:

“Young Master Gu, do you think he will like this?”

Gu Chenzhou thought to himself how do I know which one you are talking about? He smiled. Except for the surprise born from unexpectedness at the beginning, he calmed down now—these are not difficult for them, the key is whether they want to do it or not:

“Young Master He is really generous.”

He Hailou lowered his head and smiled. Then he drank the wine in the cup in one gulp and said to Gu Chenzhou: “Young Master Gu, let’s do it once?”