159 Singlehood was heaven (1/2)
Li Yuan rested his head backwards on the couch and closed his eyes to relax a little. For now, he had extinguished the lava.
The front door opened and closed, Li Yuan took no notice of it. It was past evening and the boys were returning from their 'jobs'.
Yu Youhan would join them too but, he was probably doing his mistress, like she was some chores, that's what he had collected from Ji Zhou intel.
The living room is where they spent their Fridays, resting, and recounting their week and on weekends they went on 'booty-hunts'.
No commitments, no arguments, no drunken fiance, no family drama: single life was f*cking heaven!
”Sh*tty days?” Li Qiang plopped on the couch Li Yuan was sitting on, with a beer bottle and half-eaten lasagna in hand. He had spoken with mouth-full just like he did when he was a teenager.
Li Yuan ruffled his hair and chuckled lightly and murmured tiredly under his breath, ”You have no idea!”
Despite their complicated relation, their hearts didn't wither. Li Yuan loved his younger brother, his father sin wasn't his brother's fault.
When he was young he hated his half-brother and his mother for ruining his own mother and family but it didn't take long for him to realize who was in the most disadvantage by the scenario and who was the actual root of evil.
His half-brother was an imitation of an angel. Serene and calm. He even hooked-up gentlemanly!
His speciality was science and tech. He was literally a worshipper of machines!
Li Qiang took another bite like a starved man and surveyed the living room, ”You broke the lamp, Yu Jian, off and on... girlfriend brought that for him from Italy. He is going to throw a tantrum for that.”
Now that Li Yaun took another glance at it. He could tell it was hideous. It was an evil leprechaun, with a once lightened hat.
Either the girl really hated him or she had a horrible eye-sight plus a horrible taste.
He raised his bro mockingly, ”Though I think... I did him a favour.”
”You did us all.” Yu Wang spoke from behind as he and Jiang Cheng entered with grins. They too plopped on the couches.
Ji Zhou too descended from the stairs, freshly bathed, ”Our interior designer will stay grateful till his last breath. Though Yu Jian nad his...woman might have other thoughts.”
Yu Jian and Su Qianwei's sister 'relation', if you could call it, was... strange. Like really strange!
She dated guys like he dated girls but they always fell back on the bed with each other. Very often. They weren't compatible, not at all, they fought every second they are together except in the bedroom.
They were each other firsts.
After their work hours, the guys didn't bind by formalities because of their histories with each other. They were irreplaceable because their loyalties weren't sold but earned.
Li Yuan scoffed, and opened the beer bottle from the carate that was on the table, ”That would be an addition to sh*tty life.”
Yu Wang snickered, ”You can always put some colours in with a good piece of ass.”
That was the thing about them, they didn't prey. Either the consoled you or beat the sh*t out of you. Never fished for gossips.
Li Yuan raised a brow and half-smirked, ”Are you offering yourself?”
The room erupted in chuckles and hooting.
It was a provoking act and if Yu Wang reddening face was a sign, the job was well done. Always so short-tempered!
Even when his temper was already lost, he snorted playing-it-cool, ”If even I was into men, I wouldn't choose a jerk to f*ck!”
Another round of snickers followed.
Saying that he opened the beer bottle. They all chatted, joked, drank and discussed issues. Li Yuan half-heartedly listened to them and drank for the most part.
Ji Zhou had lit a cigar and offered everybody. Everybody took one except LI Qiang, who didn't smoke.
Li Yuan took the packet out of his hand and lit his first cigar of the night.
What he could think of was a raven-head woman, sitting on damp grass with his head resting on her lap, on a sunny afternoon under an old willow tree.
Her blabbering about all irrelevant things with a genuine smile on her face and glee shimmering from her eyes.
He mockingly smirked and chuckled at the irony of his own thought.
All the common things the normal couples had and they would never have. It was alcohol playing tricks on him or he was seriously going insane, he couldn't really tell.
Since when did he want these chic-flick things like normal couples?
He had always wanted an explosive and passionate relationship. One that would drag them to insanities yet would be their only strand of sanity.
”Aren't you too into this girl. Too obsessed!? Like why still hung up on her?” Jiang Cheng voice cut him out of his over-the-top thoughts. He was looking at him with a frown etched on his face.
Obsessed? Maybe he was, but she a soul to be obsessed for. Layers and layers below was her core, as complicated as her exterior.
Yu Wang put his feet above the table and snickered in mockery, ”When I am obsessed with a girl I f*ck her out of my system.”
A petty retaliation it was to him. He was calling upon his manliness.
Ji Zhou scoffed and a taunting smirk rose on his drunk-dulled eyes.
”There was one you didn't.” His voice was low yet filled with volumes of ridicule.
Yu Wang face darkened at once at the thought of the woman he hated till his bones. He took a deep puff and it left a bitter taste in his mouth.
He wanted to f*ck her out of the system too but she wasn't the kind you could flush out of your head or heart.
You couldn't hate her without falling deep for her.