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A fair intimate face in the midst of a depraved haze appeared in his mind*, but his dark ink-like eyes were firmly fixed on the two people that weren't far away. No, it should be said that his eyes were fixed on the two people's hands that were clasped together tightly. When Chen Heng refused to come to the company to work overtime, he quietly drove down to Chen Heng's apartment building at once.

[*T/N: I think he's recalling some memories here]

He learned of Chen Heng's mobile phone number and apartment address through the company's employee information form. He saw Chen Heng enter Xia Ming's car; he watched Chen Heng and Xia Ming act intimate inside the car; he followed them all the way to this place; then he saw them holding hands creating an intimate scene.

Didn't he say that he had an urgent matter to attend to? It turns out that this was the kind of urgent matter he meant.

The corner of his mouth curved up into a bland smile, Qi Wei put his hands in his pockets and his pair of long and slender legs walked over to the two people in front of him.

The stairs they were on could only accommodate two people walking side by side. Chen Heng was still holding Xia Ming's hand as they walked up the steps, and the moist, sweaty feeling on his palm was slowly becoming something he could no longer tolerate. Hearing the sound of footsteps coming from behind him, he subconsciously pulled Xia Ming to his side, so they could give way to the person behind them. Then he suddenly heard a rough and familiar voice: "Su Yi."

Xia Ming turned around first to look at Qi Wei, and his face flashed into a guarded expression. The latter side just smirked, giving him a faint glance, before naturally turning his gaze to Chen Heng.

Chen Heng paused for a moment before slightly nodding towards to the young man: "Qi Wei."

In any case, it's outside working hours; he didn't have a reason to act deferentially to the other.

Qi Wei faintly smiled, he moved to slightly face Xia Ming, but his eyes were still fixed on Chen Heng. "This is?" He has a sense of proportion so he didn't bring up the matter of his text message. In fact, there was really nothing to do at the company; it was merely an excuse to stay in the same room with Chen Heng, nothing more.

He didn't expect that he'll be rejected.

No… from start to finish, this has always been that man's style.

Chen Heng's face didn't show the slightest hint of embarra.s.sment. He simply glanced at the young man in surprise before introducing them to each other: "This is my friend, Xia Ming." Then he said to Xia Ming: "This is my boss, Qi Wei."

Xia Ming slightly leaned towards Chen Heng's side; his eyes were bent into crescent moons, smiling as he greeted Qi Wei: "h.e.l.lo." He was smiling but he was also covertly sizing him up and sounding him out. Seeing that Qi Wei's face did not show anything strange and there wasn't even a crease between his brows, Xia Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

No one is allowed to s.n.a.t.c.h this person from him!

Qi Wei's gaze faintly covered Xia Ming's body. “h.e.l.lo, I am very glad to meet you.” After giving this polite greeting, he turned to the man beside him: “Would you mind if I joined your group?"

"We would be honored."

Chen Heng wore a gentle mask on his face, and his tone of voice made it seem like he was extremely delighted.

But he was contemplating on which of these two individuals was the real sender of those anonymous letters. Qi Wei unexpectedly showed up here and it goes without saying that this behavior is extremely suspicious, he has to be vigilant.

Regarding the strong kiss that he felt was utterly unpleasant, this Qi Wei appears to be the more plausible suspect compared to Xia Ming.

The surrounding scenery was beautiful and pleasant, and while they were admiring the various kinds of animals they saw along the way, Chen Heng casually asked: "How is it that you also came here?"

Qi Wei closed his eyes, this action prevented people from taking a glimpse at the expression in his eyes.  “Oh, I didn't think that they needed my help at the company and since I was bored, I decided to roam around A City by myself. I heard from the other employees that this zoo is one of the city's iconic attractions, so I decided to take a look.”

After saying this, the young man took the opportunity to invite Chen Heng, "This is my first time coming to this city. If you have time, can you take me to some of the well-known scenic spots in the area?"

"Of course, I can."

Chen Heng feigned enthusiasm as he said this, his plain and gentle face only showed a friendly smile.

"It's settled then." Qi Wei smiled and joked. "I'm only staying here for a month. When senior comes back, I will be returning to M country. If I have you locals with me, then I do not need to worry about getting lost."

Chen Heng was smiling on the surface, but his eyes were dark.

The explanation he got from the young man in front of him was reasonable and you basically couldn't find any loopholes. But Chen Heng still felt that something was wrong. Could there really be such a coincidence? A City was so big, but they just happened to run into each other at the same zoo?

Also, deliberately telling him that he was going to leave soon, could Qi Wei have said that in order to lower his guard?

Xia Ming saw them chatting agreeably with each other and a twisted expression flashed through his delicate face. He blinked his eyes slowly as he interrupted their conversation. "Su Yi, can I be your* guide?"

[T/N: this is plural. It refers to both Chen Heng and Qi Wei. He's volunteering to act as their guide]

"Sure, ah." Chen Heng was originally planning to meet with Xia Ming more so he could find an opportunity to confirm the other party's true ident.i.ty. Now, Xia Ming was the one who took the initiative to approach him, of course he'll gladly agree.

However, it was still necessary to ask for Qi Wei's consent. "What do you think?"

“Won't three people be too crowded, ah?” Qi Wei glanced at Xia Ming with a smile that wasn't a smile.

"Not at all, a car can definitely sit three people." Xia Ming pretended to misunderstand what the other person said.

Chen Heng did not hear the implications of the words exchanged by the two men, and echoed Xia Ming's words: "Yes, ah. A car is more than enough for three people, but I haven't bought a car yet so I can only sit in your car."

"Sit in my car." The two people's voices sounded at the same time.

Their voices have yet to fade when Qi Wei and Xia Ming took a look at each other, then with tacit understanding they removed their gazes.

With their eyes s.h.i.+ning with profound light, Qi Wei gave Chen Heng the right to decide. "Su Yi, it's your choice."

Chen Heng didn't understand why it was important for him to make a decision over such a trivial matter. It seemed to him that they were simply wasting time over nonsensical things.

Thus, he calmly said: “Just use rock-scissors-paper ba."

Qi Wei and Xia Ming: "..." Idiot.

In the end, the problem was settled via rock-scissors-paper. Qi Wei's paper to Xia Ming's scissors: Xia Ming won.

Xia Ming was very happy and Qi Wei was expressionless, he turned his head to ask Chen Heng: "If it was up to you, what would you choose?"

Chen Heng thought for a moment, "Rock."

Qi Wei heard that and the corner of his mouth slightly turned up, and there was a faint smile in his eyes.

The three men parted ways after making an appointment to go out next week. Qi Wei drove back by himself, and Chen Heng followed Xia Ming to his car. Chen Heng considered Xia Ming's cover and took the initiative to talk to him in the car: “Being a courier must be very exhausting, haven't you considered changing jobs, ah?”

Xia Ming gripped the steering wheel in his hand tightly and vaguely replied: "I'm still waiting a little a longer before changing jobs again." He blinked his eyes and looked straight ahead, driving the car intently, "How's your job? Are you getting along well with your colleagues?"

"It's pretty good." Chen Heng whispered back.

The young man next to him was silent, then he suddenly changed the subject: "Didn't you say that you had a younger brother last time? How is it that you're not related by blood?"

"He is the son of my parent's friend. His father and mother died, so my parents adopted him." At the mention of Song Wenze, Chen Heng's eyes turned gloomy and he silently hanged his head down.

When Xia Ming saw the man's eyes dim with sorrow and loneliness, his heart suddenly had this urge. He wanted to hold the other person tightly in his arms and plunder his body until the man only had him in his eyes.

Long before he approached this man, Xia Ming had already sent people to investigate him. He was aware that the man's younger brother had teamed up with his ex-boyfriend to betray him. His heart must certainly be in pain after being hurt by the ones he loved most, but he's still smiling. Weak yet strong, really makes people feel distressed for him.

There's a voice in his heart saying: Hold him, overwhelm him, he needs your comfort right now, but his reason tells him that he can't do this.

It will scare the other person away.

But the bottom of his heart has already been set aflame, it raged within his body, and burst after burst of frenzied throbbing soon followed after.

So hot, I really want to have him.

Seeing that they were about to reach the man's apartment building, Xia Ming very much wanted to turn the car around and directly take the man back home to lock him up. His family is very powerful, even if he makes a man disappear out of nowhere, no one will be able to trace it back to him. Xia Ming couldn't help but feel somewhat restless, but he knew that if he acted on this impulse, the man would definitely resist. His body is no good, if the man really resisted, he would not be his opponent.

That won't do. He must think of the perfect strategy to grab a hold of the man, so he can lock him up in the cage that he personally built for him. Then he'll be able to hold him and violate him all day and night.

"Thank you for keeping me company today."

Captivated by the magnetic voice that pa.s.sed through his ears, Xia Ming began to fantasize about the other party making a helpless cry as he moaned using this voice.

"Don't mention it. You've said it yourself, we are friends, ah." Xia Ming reigned in the fervent look in his eyes and wore a shy smile.

"En, of course we're friends." With his eyes covered with a faint layer of mist, Chen Heng's smile was warm and soft.

When Xia Ming drove away, he took back his gaze, and his plain face shed off its gentle persona to reveal cold, hard eyes and an apathetic expression.

A while ago, when Qi Wei and Xia Ming were discussing the problem of who will ride in whose car, Chen Heng had actually thought of the perfect murder plan: he'll orchestrate a car accident where Qi Wei and Xia Ming will unexpectedly die at the same time. It's merely killing one more person after all. Regardless of who the real stalker is between Qi Wei and Xia Ming, this method is undoubtedly the safest and most time-saving way of getting rid of the two together.

But unfortunately, this method was something he had carefully planned for Song Wenze. A perfect murder plan would no longer be perfect if used more than once. Accidental deaths must absolutely not happen in the same way. Since he has determined that the person hiding in the dark that keeps on stalking him and provoking him is from the same world as him, then after eliminating Song Wenze, he'll come for him(stalker) next.

At least for now, the most important thing is to break the official couple apart which is the key in ridding himself of the system.

As for those people who dared to covet him, he will not let any of them off.

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What's with Qi Wei's name? it's like google-sensei hates him.. sensei refuses to translate his name and the words that come after it…