Don't be a Kept Man

Chapter 32: I Can Only Live If You Live

The car has been vibrating for a very long time, shaking all the way, as if they were leaving the city. The road was all mud, and driving through would kick up all the dust and ash, which was enough to make people cough until their eyes were red and itchy.

They seemed to be almost there as the crook who was keeping an eye on them suddenly uttered out an "ack" sound and used his knees to lift himself up. He then covered their eyes with some kind of black cloth and loudly yelled out,

"Motherfucker, my butt's numb from all the sitting. What the heck were you two men doing driving up in the middle of the night to the mountains? You aren't fucking gay prostitutes, are you?!"

They had followed Huo Ming Chen since the very beginning at the highway. They planned to act then, but then they saw another person inside the car. To avoid any unforeseen events, they withheld going forward with their plan and kept waiting from a distance away. Who could have thought that the two of them were still together even this late at night? The contractor was urging them, and seeing that the sky was dark, they gritted their teeth and decided to kidnap them both.

Now they have two hostages when they only received money for kidnapping one person. It was like an assassin killing someone without receiving any money; a man would feel like they had been cheated out of a profit for doing a deed for nothing

Lu Qi thought inside his heart that he was glad that they didn't go too crazy, otherwise they would have been seen. As if Huo Ming Chen could tell what he was thinking, he lazily sighed and said,

"Don't think about it too much. That kind of thing is impossible."

He and Lu Qi were not people who fooled around randomly. At best, they would talk their mouths off, but that was it. Besides, who would be bold enough to have sex in the wild? Not even worrying about the bugs, you've got to at least be worried of the bacteria and viruses.

Just as he finished talking, he was pushed by someone from behind. The crook yelled,

"Why do you talk so much!"

He had been very bored during the entire truck ride. So when Huo Ming Chen and Lu Qi were talking, he didn't hesitate to listen in on them from the beginning to the end of their conversation and because of that, he became very annoyed at their long conversations.

The two of them were brought to a place that seemed to be some sort of warehouse. The kidnappers did not take off their blindfolds, and after listening to the sound of a metal door being locked, they seemed to be surrounded by silence.

In the dark, humans will feel extremely unsafe, and this would especially include Lu Qi, the kind of sensitive person who overthinks. His eyebrows were furrowed the entire time, always feeling like the ball still had not dropped. He slowly moved backwards, taking one step at a time, wanting to lean against the wall. He stopped when he heard Huo Ming Chen's voice echo around the room,

"Lu Qi, are you here?"

This place seemed very spacious, as Huo Ming Chen's words echoed, but Lu Qi's heart seemed to settle down for some reason.

"I'm here."

"You stand there and don't move. I'll come find you."

In this kind of situation, Huo Ming Chen was unexpectedly stable and steady, able to make anyone feel safe. In the darkness, he searched in a stable and purposeful manner, and within a matter of minutes, he could feel Lu Qi. Lu Qi was first shocked and then calmed down.

Huo Ming Chen said, "Lower your head, I'll take your blindfold off."

Lu Qi listened to him and lowered his head. Huo Ming Chen came closer and used his sense of touch to help him. A slightly cold nose stroked across his face, and in the middle of banging their heads accidentally, they kissed a few times and in the end Huo Ming Chen successfully used his teeth to bite the blindfold off.