Two weeks later, Hei Yan Jing is behind the wheel of Xie Yuchen's car. The man is sitting next to him blabbering about the coffee he was drinking, while they were stuck in bumper to bumper traffic.
"I am telling you, I told that woman FIVE times my order and she got it wrong! How hard is it? HUH?", he yells into Hei Yan Jing's ear.
"My dear, you have been screaming about the coffee for the past hour. Please shut up", Hei Yan Jing says through his teeth. Xie Yuchen hits him on the arm. "Can you not take it out on me when I am playing touch and go with the fucking cars around us".
Xie Yuchen senses the man's mood and he looks out the window while sadly sipping his coffee. "How much longer?" he asks.
"We literally just need to get to that damn exit", Hei Yan Jing says. He gestures to a sign for an exit. 5 km away. "Once we get off its back roads, and less traffic".
"Do you live in a village?" Xie Yuchen asks.
"Not actually a village, just a small area outside of the city", Hei Yan Jing explains. "We go into the city to get our stuff. His shop is located there. It used to be attached to his house but it got too much. People were getting annoying, and well he has been successfully and unsuccessfully kidnapped too many times for my liking".
Xie Yuchen turns his head slowly at him. "Excuse me?"
Hei Yan Jing looks at him and laughs. "Did you forget that my family is in the same business as you?" Xie Yuchen mouths an "oh" and looks out the window again. "He doesn't have a lot of money but what he has is connections". His voice is serious and Xie Yuchen can tell there is some nervousness.
Hei Yan Jing sighs and leans his body back in his seat. He was getting pissed off. Finally he sees an opening and he merges into another lane. He steps on the gas and he swerves around enough to be able to reach the exit. He finally gets off the main road and he sees Xie Yuchen gripping the seat.
"Sorry", Hei Yan Jing says. He drives a bit slower and he takes Xie Yuchen's hand. He kisses his knuckles while he drives with one hand. Xie Yuchen just softly smiles at him as they continue driving. They finally arrive at a house. Xie Yuchen looks at it.
It has the style of a small palace. It was locked off by a gate, and multiple buildings were connected. "Are you sure you are not rich?", Xie Yuchen asks. Hei Yan Jing laughs and shakes his head no.
"This house was built for him", he says. He pulls up to the gate and punches a code into the pin pad. "It is nothing glamorous, believe me". Xie Yuchen raises an eyebrow not believing it. But when they pull into the grounds he realizes that it was made of love. It was very homely. Hei Yan Jing pulls into the driveway. A figure comes out of the house. It is a thin figure, wearing a dark red cheongsam. He holds a watering can in his hands. A black furry coat was thrown over his shoulders.
Once he sees the car in his driveway there is a flash of confusion on his face. Hei Yan Jing comes out of the car and the older man puts the watering can down and runs over to him. Hei Yan Jing always runs over and practically jumps into the older man's arms.
Xie Yuchen comes out of the car and awkwardly stands by it, watching Hei Yan Jing hug his father. He felt like his father was more spry than he thought. The opposite of his own father. He looks away feeling like he impeded too much into this moment. Hei Yan Jing lets go of his father.
"Dad", he says. He looks him up and down. "You gained weight". The older man smiles and slaps him on the arm.
"Is this Xie Yuchen?", the man says. He lets go of Hei Yan Jing and walks toward the other man. "I am Qi Tiezui". He holds out his hand and Xie Yuchen takes it to shake. Qi Tiezui looks him up and down as he holds the younger man's hand firmly.. "You look like you have a good future".
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Chasing Happiness
RomansaXie Yuchen gets a new roommate, Hei Yan Jing. He hates the man the first time they meet, but as they become friends his feelings blossom into something he can not control. He is unaware that Hei Yan Jing also has a crush on him, both of them are sca...
