Chapter 37: The Rival Always Wants to Taste Him Again [37]

Chapter 37: The Rival Can't Stop Wanting Another Taste of Him "37"

Shi Mo was currently lying in Ye Qi's arms, playing a game on his phone.

Ye Qi handed him the freshly iced fruit tea, and he casually bit the straw and took a sip, then half-closed his eyes in contentment.

When he saw the message from Lin Ran, he raised an eyebrow and sat up straight.

His dark hair brushed across Ye Qi's face, leaving a ticklish sensation.

Ye Qi didn't catch who the message was from.

But when Shi Mo sat up, he shifted his position accordingly, still holding him in his arms, and twirled a strand of Shi Mo's hair around his finger.

Shi Mo glanced at Ye Qi, who was playing with a lock of his hair, and reached over to swat his hand away.

Seeing Ye Qi's slightly aggrieved expression, Shi Mo just smiled faintly and said:

"If you dare mess with my hair again, you can get the hell back to your place tonight and never come back."

Ye Qi wanted to sigh inwardly but didn't dare say a word—he'd spent the whole day coaxing Shi Mo back into a good mood.

There was no way he'd dare say anything now.

Shi Mo, on the other hand, couldn't care less what he was thinking and directly tapped on the message Lin Ran had sent him.

He quirked an eyebrow, chuckled lightly, and replied:

"What do you want me to help with?"

The other person had clearly been waiting for his reply.

Lin Ran, as if certain Shi Mo wouldn't refuse, had already drafted a long message.

The moment Shi Mo's message went through, Lin Ran's came back:

"A Mo, you're the only one who can help me now. Hear me out—don't trust what's being said online. I admit that script wasn't actually written by me, but it's absolutely not plagiarism!"

"I bought that script from someone else because he was really strapped for cash, and I genuinely liked it, so we struck that deal."

"But I never expected that person to be someone Ye Qi had planted! Ye Qi deliberately set me up, wanting to ruin my reputation and take over our Lin family!"

"A Mo, our family's cash flow has hit a snag. You're the only one who can help me now. If the Lin family collapses, he'll target your Shi family next!"

"A Mo, if you're willing to help me just this once, I'll do whatever you want."

Shi Mo narrowed his eyes at Lin Ran's last message:

"Really? Anything at all?"

It took a while for the reply to come back:

"Yes, you can do anything to me—even my body, if you want."

Shi Mo couldn't help chuckling, but before he could reply, Ye Qi snatched the phone out of his hand.

Ye Qi stared with a blank expression at Lin Ran's messages and the photo that had just been sent.

Lin Ran was shirtless, head tilted back slightly, wearing only a pair of grey sweatpants, his six-pack on full display, looking a bit shy, and the corners of his eyes were slightly red.

Ye Qi was grinding his teeth in fury. He immediately deleted the photo and was about to curse Lin Ran out.

But then he remembered he was only a lover now—he had no right or position to scold Lin Ran.

And on top of that, this was Shi Mo's phone, and Shi Mo was right there watching him.

No matter how much he wanted to, he couldn't use Shi Mo's phone to curse Lin Ran out right in front of him.

Otherwise, if he pissed Shi Mo off, he wouldn't even be his lover anymore.

Ye Qi pouted his lips slightly, feeling wronged, but cast his eyes down and handed the phone back to Shi Mo, speaking softly:

"Don't believe a word he says. I didn't set him up—he's just got a screw loose."

"The Lin family is beyond saving at this point. Can we just ignore him?"

As he spoke, Ye Qi wrapped his arms around Shi Mo's waist from behind, resting his head against his shoulder and neck with a gentle nuzzle, his voice muffled:

"He's lying to you and seducing you. He's no good."

"He has less money than me, worse character than me, cooks worse than me, isn't as good-looking as me, and his body isn't as good as mine either... A Mo... don't look at him."

Shi Mo found it amusing to see Ye Qi acting like a wronged little puppy.

He thought to himself that if Ye Qi had a tail, it would probably be drooping right now.

"Young Master Ye, have you forgotten your place? You're just my lover—how dare you tell me who I can look at?"

Shi Mo said with curved, smiling eyes, a hint of teasing in his tone, then added casually:

"Actually, he's not bad-looking..."

"A Mo, don't provoke me, or I won't be able to stop myself from breaking his legs."

Ye Qi's voice was soft, but his dark, ink-like eyes brewed with madness.

Shi Mo knew Ye Qi was fully capable of doing such a thing.

After all, Ye Qi had once put someone in the hospital with a bag over their head and nearly crushed Lin Ran's hand under his foot.

But that wasn't the effect he wanted.

Shi Mo snorted with a laugh: "What a little mad dog."

He paused, then spoke as if casually:

"I thought you'd lock me up."

Ye Qi stared intently at his collarbone, where marks from two days ago still remained.

Hearing Shi Mo's words, he only replied in a low, hoarse voice:

"How could I? I'd never bear to do that to you..."

Ye Qi kissed the tip of Shi Mo's ear, one arm circling his waist while the other hand slid up his leg, gently grasping his ankle and slowly tightening.

Of course he wanted to do that.

Ye Qi never considered himself a good person—if he liked something, he would fight for it with everything he had.

If he can't win it, he'll use every means to get it.

In all his life, there were few things he'd been this crazy about, and nothing he'd ever liked that he didn't get.

But Shi Mo is an exception.

For now, he can start as a lover, work on becoming what Shi Mo likes, and give him everything he's got.

Then climb up step by step until he finally stands beside him.

But if Shi Mo dares to run, he'll lock him up and keep him by his side forever!

But right now, everything's going according to plan, so he won't do that yet—and he doesn't want to go there either.

Because he knows that once he takes that step, there won't be any more smiles in Shi Mo's eyes when he looks at him...

Ye Qi pushed down the mad thoughts in his heart and wiped every trace of emotion from his eyes.

Meanwhile, Shi Mo had already turned Lin Ran down and pinned the blame on Ye Qi.

He also hinted that Ye Qi had already started making moves on the Shi family, so there was nothing he could do.

That pissed Lin Ran off big time.

Even 447, who'd been asleep, was jolted awake by the alarm blaring about Lin Ran's rising dark value.

[Ahhh! I'm losing it, I'm losing it!! Xiao Momo, Lin Ran's dark value just maxed out!]

447 shot straight into the room, pounced into Shi Mo's arms, and rolled around in his embrace until Shi Mo pressed a hand on it to settle it down:

[Xiao Momo, what did you do? Why'd you suddenly push him over the edge? He's super dangerous now—he could put your lives at risk at any moment!]

Shi Mo didn't answer 447. He just blinked at Ye Qi, his gorgeous eyes brimming with laughter.

"What are we gonna do? Young Master Ye, looks like he hates you even more now~"