Chapter 28#

Arriving at the banquet hall, the guests had not yet entered. The wedding planner had designed the venue with a cosmic starry sky theme, and the dinner plates were all gold, silver, and crystal.

“The tableware must be returned after use,” the waiter who called Yan Heqing to help reminded him in a low voice. “Be extremely careful when placing them. If you chip one, we’ll have worked for nothing today.”

Yan Heqing nodded. He placed the crystal glasses and then followed the waiter to fold napkins. Soon, a lifelike swan took shape in his palm.

The waiter was full of envy. “Little Yan, it would be great if you worked here long-term! You learn everything as soon as you’re taught!”

Yan Heqing smiled faintly. “I’ve folded them before, just a few details are different.”

The waiter also smiled. Who wouldn’t like a beautiful and humble young man? She assigned a few groups for Yan Heqing to set up and went to other tables.

Ten beautiful napkin swans were folded for each table. After setting the tableware, Yan Heqing was called away again. The guests were about to enter, and they had to prepare to serve the dishes.

Footsteps gradually sounded at the entrance of the banquet hall. Yan Heqing lowered his head and went out through the side door.

Lu Lin did not go to the room to rest. He entered the banquet hall, surrounded by a crowd of people. He stood holding a glass of red wine, accustomed to listening to subtle flattery, occasionally responding with a detached sentence or two.

Chu Ziyu was different from Lu Lin. He hadn’t officially taken over the Chu family’s burden yet; his father and brother were above him. It wasn’t his turn to socialize on such occasions.

He found a seat and sat down, lowering his head to scroll through his phone. After a while, Lu Lin finally came over. Chu Ziyu put away his phone and teased, “No wonder you’re always unwilling to come out. You’re surrounded by people wherever you go. It’s exhausting.”

Lu Lin was noncommittal. He didn’t dislike necessary social interaction. He put down the wine glass, untouched.

Chu Ziyu got excited again. “If it’s not the wine mixed by Little Yan, you won’t drink it? This is Petrus that Old Xie opened especially for you.”

Mentioning Yan Heqing, Lu Lin frowned slightly. “Don’t joke about him.”

Chu Ziyu was stunned, then raised his eyebrows slightly. “Don’t say there’s nothing going on between you two, I don’t believe it. You even went to his place for dinner late at night two days ago.”

Others didn’t know Lu Lin’s difference towards Yan Heqing, but as his childhood friend, he saw it clearly. If anyone else had asked Lu Lin for a kiss, they would have been “invited” away by bodyguards long ago.

“Going to a friend’s house for a casual meal is normal,” Lu Lin said lightly. The light and shadow of the crystal chandelier fell on his eyelashes, his black eyes deep and unfathomable.

Chu Ziyu was amazed. Eating could be explained, but what about the bachelor night at the bar? Lu Lin and Yan Heqing stayed alone in the private room all night. They couldn’t have been talking about cocktails all night, right?

Curiosity made his heart itch and feel uncomfortable, but seeing Lu Lin’s obvious attitude of stopping there, he swallowed his words. At this time, he glimpsed a familiar figure. He raised his glass and shouted, “Yo, Little President Lu, I thought you weren’t coming today.”

Lu Muchi had followed to the banquet hall to find Yan Heqing. Being called by Chu Ziyu, he had to bite the bullet and come over, calling out submissively, “Uncle.” Only then did he turn his head to greet Chu Ziyu, “Little President Chu is joking. For President Xie’s wedding, I have to come no matter how busy I am.”

Lu Muchi and Chu Ziyu got along naturally, without any sense of seniority, speaking very casually.

Only Lu Lin.

He was really terrified of this uncle of his and didn’t dare to be presumptuous.

Lu Lin gave a faint “En” and didn’t say a second word, nor did he ask Lu Muchi to sit down. Lu Muchi was eager for this. He was now bent on finding Yan Heqing. But before he could speak, Chu Ziyu kicked the chair next to him. “Sit, join our table.”

Lu Muchi subconsciously looked at Lu Lin. Seeing no reaction from Lu Lin, he had to sit down, sitting on pins and needles, his eyes constantly searching the crowd.

Except for the kitchen, the surveillance could only see the various entrances. He only saw Yan Heqing arrive at the banquet hall, and then he disappeared. Could he have gone to find that man now? Lu Muchi became more and more irritable. If Lu Lin wasn’t there, he would have kicked the table away immediately and dug Yan Heqing out right away.

At this time on the 21st floor, Lin Fengzhi used the master key card to open room 2120. He gently closed the door, closed his eyes, and tilted his neck back, breathing deeply the air in the room. He knew Lu Lin hadn’t entered this room yet, but… imagining the scent on Lu Lin, which was the smell of pine needles after snow, his heart couldn’t stop trembling.

The fragrance Lu Lin used should be custom-made. He had searched all brands; there were a few that were close, but the middle notes started to differ, only the top notes were a bit similar.

Uncle Lu Lin…

Lin Fengzhi’s face was flushed. He pressed his violently beating chest and went into the bathroom first.

Before night fell, he wanted to take a bath first.

The food passing room was in full swing. Yan Heqing took the tray and continuously delivered dishes to the banquet hall.

The wedding went very smoothly. After the bride and groom kissed on stage, it was now the parents of both sides speaking. A sentimental piano solo flowed continuously at the scene.

Waiters shuttled through, busy serving dishes.

Yan Heqing scanned around, confirmed that Lu Lin was not at the tables on the left, and delivered dishes to these tables.

Today he had to avoid running into Lu Lin.

Meeting by chance many times would be too deliberate, and there was no need to see Lu Lin today.

The focus was on the stage, and the light in the venue was very dim. People next to Lu Lin talked to him from time to time. Lu Lin occasionally nodded to show he was listening. Suddenly, his peripheral vision flickered slightly, and he looked sideways into the distance. Seven or eight tables away from him, a thin figure flashed by.

“President Lu?” The person called several times before Lu Lin came back to his senses.

He raised his wine glass, took a sip, and finally spoke, “Sorry, what did you just say?”

Chu Ziyu had already left the table to toast the guests. Lu Muchi was in no mood to watch any wedding. He pinched his fingers anxiously. Finally, when the dishes were served, he perfunctorily ate a few mouthfuls, put down his chopsticks, got up and walked to Lu Lin’s side, lowered his head and whispered, “Uncle, I have something urgent and am leaving first.”

Lu Lin was still recalling the figure just now and nodded lightly as a response.

Afraid that Lu Lin would notice something, Lu Muchi walked normally at first. Near the door, he quickened his pace, almost running to the monitoring room.

He checked the small windows one by one, but still didn’t find Yan Heqing. Yan Heqing had vanished into thin air.

Fuck.

Lu Muchi cursed.

He turned his head and asked the security guard to replay the surveillance from the past few hours. The security guard didn’t dare to refuse and quickly replayed the surveillance.

Lu Muchi leaned forward again, watching with extreme concentration.

On the other end, Yan Heqing finished delivering the dishes. Before the banquet ended, they could finally rest for a short while.

“Little Yan!” The waiter who had set the tableware with Yan Heqing earlier ran over. She was holding a plate of durian pastry in her hand. She smiled incredibly cutely and handed it to Yan Heqing. “It’s left over from the kitchen. It’s made from Musang King durian flown in fresh today. The filling is especially generous. Here, have some.”

Yan Heqing did not refuse her kindness. His eyes curved slightly. “Thank you.” He took a piece.

The light in the lounge fell on the boy’s forehead. After being busy for so long, he didn’t even sweat. Even his forehead was fuller and smoother than others. The waiter tilted her head and blinked, unable to help saying, “Little Yan, you are really good-looking. Your mother must be a great beauty!”

Yan Heqing quietly took a bite of the durian pastry. The thin pastry wrapped the thick and hot filling. It was a taste he had never eaten before, very novel, very sweet, and also very delicious. He looked up, the corners of his mouth hooked into a shallow arc. “En, she is very beautiful.”

It was almost 11 o’clock, and the wedding banquet was coming to an end. Xie Yunjie had booked the entire hotel and prepared rooms for all guests. Guests left the venue one after another and went upstairs to rest. Yan Heqing didn’t go to clean the banquet hall first. He used the excuse of going to the restroom and entered an elevator.

Lu Muchi stared at the surveillance until he almost went cross-eyed. It was getting later and later. He slammed his hands on the table irritably. “Fuck, did he vanish into thin air!”

The security guard shrank his shoulders in fright, trying hard to reduce his presence.

Just then, the security guard sharply glimpsed the image of an elevator on the lower left. He remembered that this young master of the Lu family had been monitoring this waiter all afternoon. He quickly spoke up, pointing to the lower left corner. “Young Master Lu, is it him?!”

Lu Muchi was close to the edge of exploding. He immediately looked over. In that small screen, standing and constantly rising, was exactly Yan Heqing.

Seeing his clothes were neat, Lu Muchi breathed a sigh of relief. Immediately, his eyes widened, staring fixedly at that monitor of Yan Heqing.

Yan Heqing specifically stood where the surveillance could see his face clearly, letting Lu Muchi see him clearly. He had disappeared for so long; the patience Lu Muchi didn’t have to begin with had long been exhausted.

Reaching the 21st floor, Yan Heqing walked out and disappeared from the surveillance.

The hotel had to ensure safety while also taking into account customer privacy. No surveillance cameras were installed on the guest room floors, but it was enough. Lu Muchi turned and raced against time to the elevator.

All the way to the 21st floor, outside was a quiet corridor. The 21st floor consisted of VIP suites, with only five rooms per floor. Lu Muchi had prepared early. He asked the hotel executive for a master key card. Every room in the hotel could be opened. He started searching from the nearest room, Room 2116.

Beep!

As soon as the door unlocked, Lu Muchi pushed the door open and went in. In the dim room, hearing ambiguous sounds, Lu Muchi clenched his hands and strode into the bedroom.

By the floor-to-ceiling window, two figures overlapped. Suddenly hearing the door slamming, the woman came back to her senses first. Glimpsing Lu Muchi standing at the door, she screamed immediately.

Seeing it wasn’t Yan Heqing, Lu Muchi turned and left.

Fortunately, it wasn’t Yan Heqing, otherwise…

Lu Muchi was full of anger. The thought of someone touching Yan Heqing made him lose his reason a bit, and he walked even more urgently.

Unoccupied.

Lu Muchi backed out and strode towards 2120 diagonally opposite.

Beep.

A crisp sound.

In the stairwell fire exit, Yan Heqing watched coldly. Seeing Lu Muchi enter 2120, he turned indifferently and went downstairs floor by floor.

At the same time, another elevator dinged and stopped on the 21st floor. A handsome man walked out of the elevator, his leather shoes stepping on the wool carpet without making a sound.

Room 2120. Outside the floor-to-ceiling window, the distant glazed lights faintly penetrated a little. On the super-sized bed, there was an obvious bulge.

Lin Fengzhi heard the door opening, and the footsteps getting closer and closer. His ten toes curled up in shame, gently scratching the thin sheet.

He was naked now.

He had put down all his self-esteem and pride. He really liked Lu Lin too much.

And he was also so afraid that Lu Lin liked someone else.

He looked forward to adulthood incomparably and urgently, just for this day. He couldn’t bear Lu Lin belonging to someone else. Even if he had to shamelessly use his body to seduce, he could do it!

The footsteps were close, and finally stopped by the bed.

Lin Fengzhi clutched the goose down quilt with both hands. The nervous heartbeat sounded like a drum in the quiet room. Lu Muchi couldn’t hear it more clearly. His eyes were cold to the point of freezing.

So.

This was how he offered himself.

Stripping naked and climbing into a man’s bed.

Lu Muchi sneered silently. He pressed the remote control in his hand. The huge room was instantly bright as day. The bulging curve on the bed was incomparably tempting. One could imagine what stunning scenery was under that fluffy quilt. Lu Muchi threw away the remote control, stepped forward, grabbed the quilt, and threw it back on the floor.

“Ah!”

Lin Fengzhi cried out in surprise, caught off guard.

He first lifted his face shyly. When he met those bloodshot and incredulous eyes, Lin Fengzhi’s smile froze on his face. He even forgot that he was naked now, sat up and asked, “Why is it you!”

Lu Muchi was also frozen.

Before his eyes was the young body he had touched countless times in his midnight dreams. Just like in the dreams, snow-white and alluring.

But…

Now it appeared on another man’s bed.

He didn’t even have time to think about why Yan Heqing had turned into Lin Fengzhi.

His two eyeballs were almost instantly covered with angry bloodshot veins.

Almost at the same time, leather shoes stepped on the floor, making a steady sound, and stopped at the door of the room.

Lu Muchi and Lin Fengzhi looked over at the same time.

Outside the bedroom door, Lu Lin frowned slightly, then without a word, turned and left.

Click.

He closed the door behind him.

Lin Fengzhi’s head buzzed.

What to do! Lu Lin misunderstood! He definitely misunderstood! He misunderstood that he and Lu Muchi…

Lin Fengzhi’s whole face turned snow-white instantly. He didn’t even have time to care about his secret being discovered by Lu Muchi, nor did he care about putting on clothes. He jumped off the bed eagerly, wanting to catch up with Lu Lin to explain, “It’s not like that! Uncle Lu Lin…”

Before running a few steps, his arm was grabbed by Lu Muchi.

Lin Fengzhi couldn’t break free and was so anxious his voice cracked, “Lu Muchi, let go of me!”

Lu Muchi tilted his head. Lin Fengzhi was still prying at his hand, but was suddenly frightened by his look. Lin Fengzhi shrank his shoulders and stopped struggling.

Lu Muchi’s fingers used force, to the extent of crushing Lin Fengzhi’s arm. He squeezed a voice out from between his teeth, “The person you like is my uncle.”

Not a question, but a statement.

Lin Fengzhi had delicate skin and tender flesh, and his arm soon became red and purple. It hurt badly, so he simply admitted it. Anyway, he was discovered, admitting it was no big deal. “Yes, I like Uncle Lu Lin! Let go quickly! It hurts me to death.”

Lu Muchi’s eyes were dark and unclear. Past memories became incredibly vivid.

“Lu Muchi, are you home? The old house? I’m coming to see you! No, haven’t seen you for a long time, missed you.”

“Lu Muchi, I’ll treat you to ice hockey! Oh right, does your uncle have a partner?”

“Nothing, just my big brother got a girlfriend recently, so annoying. I’m worried for you, having an extra aunt to control you in the future.”

So.

It was all using him!

Suddenly Lu Muchi pushed Lin Fengzhi down, pressed him hard onto the bed, pinched Lin Fengzhi’s chin with one hand, and said coldly in his ear, “Want to be my aunt? You are not worthy!”

…

After cleaning the banquet hall, Yan Heqing’s wages for today arrived, 1000 yuan.

The head chef of the kitchen also packed extra food for Yan Heqing.

“These are extra meat dishes. Just heat them up at home and you can eat.”

There were also two boxes of Musang King durian pastries.

Yan Heqing thanked him politely, carried the things, and left the hotel through the side door. It was too late and the subway had stopped, so he walked to the roadside to hail a taxi.

At the same time, from the hotel parking lot exit on the other side, a black Bugatti slowly drove out.