Chapter
XI
Blacked Out
(What is Going On?)
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Wu Xie had just tied his shoe when there was a knock at the door. He looked at Zhang Qi Ling who was propped up against his headboard over the top of his book, raising a sinfully dark eyebrow that said, 'Will you be getting that?'
Wu Xie rolled his eyes and headed toward the door. He opened it and was immediately blinded by the smiling face of Mop. Wu Xie resisted the urge to puke on him. One shouldn't become predictable.
"Sunshine! Good morning!"
Wu Xie almost... just for a moment... thought he heard Zhang Qi Ling snort from inside the bedroom but dismissed it as him hearing things.
"Good morning, Mop. Zhang Qi Ling is just inside. Please, come in."
Wu Xie turned and walked in front of Big Brother Beast, leading him inside. After rounding the corner and seeing Zhang Qi Ling's dead stare, Wu Xie stuck out his tongue and flopped into a chair in the corner.
"No, no, sunshine! Please stand up! You too, my brooding friend." Zhang Qi Ling snapped his book shut and stood. Wu Xie did the same and couldn't help but feel like something bad was going to happen.
It didn't take long to realize he had been right.
Mop dug into one of his many pockets and retrieved a two foot length of red rope. Wu Xie could see it was made of a soft, silky looking material and had it been in the hands of Wu Sanxing his 'perv alert' would be blaring.
Zhang Qi Ling looked at the man and back to Wu Xie who shifted nervously on his feet before looking up and saying, "Mop... what is that?"
"This is today's exercise, of course! All day today, the teams will be tied together and asked to fulfill several tasks to help you learn from one another and how to overcome obstacles as a team in an 'out of the box' manner you might not be forced to do in your day to day lives."
Wu Xie blinked and turned to Zhang Qi Ling, "I must have blacked out after he said we would be tied together... what is going on?"
"En." Zhang Qi Ling nod.
Wu Xie paled, "It's that bad then?'
Zhang Qi Ling almost... almost smiled. Instead the Zhang Qi Ling's blank stares came forth. "En."
Wu Xie bowed his head, soft dark brown haired seeming to droop with the young man's mood, "It's that bad. Fudge."
***
Wu Xie and Zhang Qi Ling sat side by side on the edge of Zhang Qi Ling's bed. Both men stared at the seemingly innocent bit of rope that lashed their wrists together.
"You know," Wu Xie said breaking the silence for the first time since the man had left, "I'm right handed." He emphasized this by lifting his right hand which in turn lifted Zhang Qi Ling's left.
Zhang Qi Ling's eyes followed the red rope like a moth to light, "Sucks to be you, Little Puppy."
"Thanks for the concern, Men You Ping." Wu Xie stood up and tugged at their combined wrists, "Come on. No use hiding in here all day. Everyone else is in the same boat, right?"
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FanfictionZhang Rishan has always had a sadistic streak when it comes to his little cousin. Wu Xie and Zhang Qi Ling was doing their own business peacefully. They hate each other's guts and willing to do anything just to avoid the other. Then a misfortune fol...
