To Treat Each Other Like Brothers - Chapter 26

Xie Shiyao quickly composed himself from the scare. Although his appearance was unkempt, his tone remained calm and unhurried.

“Assistant Lin, it is only your first day at work, and you have already learned to insubordinate your superior.”

The moment he finished speaking, Xie Shiyao exerted a sudden burst of strength, and the positions of the two men reversed completely.

Xie Shiyao pinned Lin Zhuyi back with his hand, forcing Lin Zhuyi’s back against the wall in a face-to-face posture.

“It seems I really need to go to the Human Resources Department and ask what they taught you today.”

Lin Zhuyi clearly enjoyed this close proximity. He raised his long leg, using it to hook around Xie Shiyao instead, pulling the man closer. “We are family, so why look to others for answers?”

“You should ask me. Only ask me,” Lin Zhuyi whispered, sliding the tip of his nose across Xie Shiyao’s cheek.

Xie Shiyao did not tilt his head away. Lin Zhuyi’s nose was very cold, causing his own breathing to grow significantly heavier.

“It seems that in the future, I must add a clause to the employee handbook. No entering the chairman’s office or having physical contact with the chairman without explicit permission.”

The corner of Lin Zhuyi’s mouth turned up slightly. “Director Xie is going to add a rule specifically for me. As your assistant, it is my honor.”

Two full-blooded men pressed together like this, especially with Lin Zhuyi dressed in a suit, indeed felt completely different from usual.

Xie Shiyao applied force with his arm. “I can interpret this as you seducing the chairman right now. Am I correct, little assistant?”

Lin Zhuyi pulled the man even closer, murmuring, “Director Xie seems to like being seduced very much as well. Otherwise, how could you have developed a physical reaction?”

“You are so hard,” Lin Zhuyi said airily.

The growing, itchy sensation of stimulation in his heart constantly teased Xie Shiyao.

They pressed closer and closer together, and Xie Shiyao’s gaze gradually shifted from calculating to dazed. “Since that is the case,”

“Little assistant,”

“Do you want to kiss?”

The chairman’s office was exceptionally quiet.

This quietness allowed them to clearly hear the footsteps of employees walking around outside.

Out in the corridor, two female employees carrying thick stacks of files gossiped with the distinct relaxation that comes at the end of a workday.

“Did you go to the Human Resources Department today? The new assistant is so tall. I really did not expect our company to have someone this handsome besides Director Xie.”

The other female employee laughed. “I saw him. Oh goodness, speaking of handsome men always gets me excited.”

“I looked at the clothes he was wearing, and they look very expensive. He is probably some wealthy second-generation heir here to experience a normal life.”

“I think so too. When I saw him just now, I even greeted him. But he seemed very busy, and he disappeared in the blink of an eye. Say, where could he have gone?”

“Could he have gone to the cafeteria to eat?”

Separated by a single wall, right behind the door of the chairman’s office, Xie Shiyao and Lin Zhuyi were inextricably pinned against the door, kissing each other passionately with a force that felt as if they wanted to strangle each other, behaving completely like secret lovers.

To them, even kissing had become a gamble. Neither wanted to lose, and each wanted to make the other suffocate first, so they applied more force than the other.

Hearing the faint conversation outside, Xie Shiyao took advantage of a gap in the kiss to tease, “They are asking where you went.”

Lin Zhuyi let out a soft sound of agreement. “I am inside my brother’s mouth.”

Xie Shiyao felt his heart burn upon hearing this. The room fell silent again, save for the friction of suit fabric and their uncontrollable breathing.

Asking whose second-generation heir he is? Mine. Raised by me.

Xie Shiyao took the opportunity to slip the voice recorder out of Lin Zhuyi’s pocket and pressed stop.

Relaxing his fingers, he let the recorder drop vertically. It landed with a click and rolled several times on the floor before coming to a stop.

In the next moment, Xie Shiyao abruptly pushed Lin Zhuyi down onto the office desk.

Xie Shiyao gripped Lin Zhuyi’s neck, raising one leg to press his knee diagonally against the edge of the desk. His tight suit trousers outlined his hip line with absolute clarity.

“Provoking me, you must pay a price.”

His shadow enveloped Lin Zhuyi, and their breathing was audible to one another.

With his tie loosened, Lin Zhuyi lay back on the office desk, looking at the man before him. “You want to admit that you have lost.”

“Lost?”

“You said it yourself, the one experiencing that absolute craving cannot be you alone. Therefore, even if we both want to sleep together, we must calculate against each other, and experience that absolute craving together.”

As Lin Zhuyi spoke, his finger pressed against Xie Shiyao’s Adam’s apple, sliding all the way down. “Have you finally lost your patience? I told you back then, brother, you are finished.”

The phrase “you are finished” instantly reminded Xie Shiyao of the private room in the Japanese restaurant that day, the bloody kiss, and Lin Zhuyi’s near-flirtatious provocation.

Xie Shiyao tightened his fingers in anger, his consciousness locked in a fierce battle between wanting to take him and wanting to see Lin Zhuyi suffer from absolute craving even more.

Then, an excellent idea popped into his head.

The thin lips of Xie Shiyao turned up into a smirk. He moved his body downward, staring at Lin Zhuyi with a gaze capable of bewitching human hearts.

Immediately afterward, he opened his mouth, catching the zipper of the other man’s trousers between his teeth, and slid it open bit by bit.

The metal teeth burst apart one by one between his teeth, and the sound of the zipper reaching its end echoed in the room.

Lin Zhuyi shuddered all over. Before he could understand what Xie Shiyao wanted to do, the man quickly leaned close and pressed down on him.

The continuous sensations caused Lin Zhuyi to tense his body. Directing his focus toward enduring the pleasure, he asked, “You want to do it here?”

Xie Shiyao did not answer, continuing to toy with him in his own way for a while longer. Once he confirmed that Lin Zhuyi was at the absolute breaking point, he immediately withdrew his hand and patted Lin Zhuyi’s leg.

“You are thinking too much.”

Xie Shiyao left the office desk and wiped his hands with a tissue. “Put your trousers on properly. Get out. Wait for me in the car.”

Lin Zhuyi showed an expression of utter incomprehension.

Xie Shiyao clapped his hands and laughed twice. “In twenty minutes, I will go to the parking lot and wait for you to drive me home. If I do not see you, I will fire you.”

“Furthermore, turn on the voice recorder. You are not allowed to satisfy yourself in the car.” Xie Shiyao thought for a moment about what else needed to be added. “If the chairman and the assistant walk out of the same room, the other employees will think too much into it. What do you think, little assistant?”

Lin Zhuyi did not say a word.

Xie Shiyao extended his fingertip, giving a sharp flick between Lin Zhuyi’s legs. “Absolute craving, is it? Excellent, hold it in. Now, I permit you to leave.”

The sound of footsteps came from outside the door again, sounding like employees passing by as they left work. Lin Zhuyi first stared at Xie Shiyao with a dark expression.

Then, Lin Zhuyi smiled.

“Brother, I am a vengeful person. If you light a fire without putting it out, I am afraid you will face retribution.”

As he spoke these words, he walked toward Xie Shiyao with his undone tie hanging around his neck.

He stopped behind Xie Shiyao, embracing him from behind, burying his head in the crook of Xie Shiyao’s neck, and took a deep breath.

Xie Shiyao originally thought that the young wolf cub was merely throwing a silent tantrum because he could not extinguish his fire. He did not expect Lin Zhuyi to suddenly open his mouth and bite hard into Xie Shiyao’s shoulder through his shirt.

The pain caused Xie Shiyao to flinch, and he turned around angrily.

Lin Zhuyi had already reverted to a calm expression, tying his tie while looking into his eyes.

This face caused the anger in his heart to mysteriously dissipate by half. Xie Shiyao yanking the tie, asking from a high vantage point, “Biting so hard, what if it bleeds?”

Lin Zhuyi met his gaze, his eyes steady and unwavering. “Xie Shiyao, you are probably feeling more uncomfortable than I am right now. Biting you helps extinguish your fire, so do not thank me too much.”

Xie Shiyao’s hand was slapped away, and the tie formed a beautiful knot in Lin Zhuyi’s hands.

Lin Zhuyi gave Xie Shiyao a deeply meaningful look.

The sound of leather shoes striking the floor echoed as Lin Zhuyi walked out of the office arrogantly with his hands in his pockets, acting as if nothing had happened.

Xie Shiyao supported his forehead with his hand, looking down at his trousers in distress.

He wondered if twenty minutes would be enough for the arousal to subside. If all else failed, should he wear an overcoat to cover it up when he walked out?

However, although it was uncomfortable, it was indeed quite interesting. You must be thinking the exact same thing.

Lin Zhuyi thought so too as he pulled open the car door, sat in the driver’s seat, and stared blankly at the red dot on the voice recorder.

Ten minutes.

Twenty minutes.

Half an hour.

Xie Shiyao showed absolutely no intention of coming downstairs.

Growing somewhat impatient from the wait, Lin Zhuyi pulled out his phone and sent a full stop to Xie Shiyao.

Five minutes later, Lin Zhuyi received Xie Shiyao’s reply.

“I left in the driver’s car and will not be returning home for dinner tonight. Play by yourself, fool.”

Lin Zhuyi laughed out of sheer anger.

He shook his head, shifted gears, stepped hard on the accelerator, and started the car.

The Bentley drove out of the Yaoshi building. While waiting for a red light, Lin Zhuyi sent another message: “Who are you eating with?”

The message drifted into the abyss without a response.

Given Xie Shiyao’s recent attitude toward him, Lin Zhuyi was not worried about Xie Shiyao failing to control his physical desires.

He could be certain that the gamble against him was currently the most interesting thing in Xie Shiyao’s eyes.

The Bentley drove to the entrance of the old family estate, idling for a few minutes before making a sharp U-turn and heading toward the city center.

Since it was still early, Lin Zhuyi drove around the city center by himself, eventually finding a Japanese restaurant to have dinner.

The ordered dishes filled the entire table. Just as he was about to use his chopsticks, Lin Zhuyi caught sight of the neighboring table out of the corner of his eye. A diner eating alone was smiling foolishly at a short video on a phone.

After a moment of thought, Lin Zhuyi also took out his phone and propped it up beside his bowl.

He did not quite understand why the person at the next table was laughing, but he still imitated the expression, curling the corners of his mouth and crinkling his eyes.

He chewed and swallowed, believing no matter how he looked at it that compared to the boring short video before him, it was Xie Shiyao who truly made him feel every single moment of his existence.

He really did not wish to recall how he spent those four years when he lost Xie Shiyao. But since this person was willing to come back, what did it matter if he waited a little longer?

Lin Zhuyi still remembered that when he discovered the man had left without saying goodbye years ago, he had been admitted to the hospital with respiratory alkalosis. A cherished toy had been broken, ruined, and discarded, leaving him filled with immense regret.

Fortunately, you have returned. This time, I will first hold you tightly, and then let you break all over again in my embrace.

A burning fire raged in his stomach. Lin Zhuyi finished his meal, settled the bill, got into the car, and drove a full circle around the northern part of the city.

By the time he returned to the old family estate, it was already quite late. During this period, Lin Zhuyi had decided that the moment he saw Xie Shiyao, he would teach him a thorough lesson.

Yet when the door to the old estate was pushed open, Xie Shiyao seemed to have just finished a shower, wearing a bathrobe that was wide open at the chest with a towel draped over his head. His legs were resting on the coffee table as he sat on the sofa drinking red wine and watching television.

Seeing Lin Zhuyi enter, Xie Shiyao patted the spot next to him. “Come and sit.”

Not understanding his motives, Lin Zhuyi sat down beside him.

Xie Shiyao emanated the sweet fragrance of red wine. He moved closer, sniffing Lin Zhuyi’s hair out of curiosity. “Where did you go? Why are you back only now?”

Lin Zhuyi said, “You are not checking to see if I am carrying someone else’s scent, are you?”

Xie Shiyao admitted honestly, “That is correct.”

Lin Zhuyi sneered. “Having held it in for so long without messing around, brother, I guess you are about to explode down there.”

Xie Shiyao burst out laughing. “Indeed. However, compared to messing around, making you suffer from absolute craving feels much better.”

Speaking up to this point, Xie Shiyao swirled the red wine in his hand, leaning his body against Lin Zhuyi. He took a sip of the wine and then looked up, staring at Lin Zhuyi with eyes covered in a thin mist.

He parted his moist lips, deliberately teasing Lin Zhuyi’s heart with a provocative tone. “Little kid, I did not play enough during the day. Tonight, how about,”

“You sleep in my room?”