Secret Love Nest

In the Club

For a change I didn't meet Qing in our home for dinner. After work I directed myself to a well known club in the heart of the city.

Qing and I will meet with Wang Zhu here. The cousins will probably discuss business, as usual. But I wonder why we are meeting in a club?

Before going out of the car, a club personnel approach it to tell me that I can use the staff door to enter so no one from the club regulars and customers can see and recognize me.

I willingly follow, pulling up the hood of my jacket and making sure that my mask is on. Disguising is not always fun but necessary.

I was walked into the VIP lounge, up to the VVIP lounge where exclusive members are usually accomodated. I entered a large room.

Qing was already there. He is the one my eyes immediately sought. Relaxed in the plush seaters, when he saw me he hailed me and patted the seat beside his.

I made my way through the room to sit down next to him. The music from the sound system is loud and jarring, party people on the dance floor are dancing and shouting like they are having the happiest time of their lives.

Here in the VVIP room, people are also dancing but there's a more relaxed vibe than at the chaos on the ground.

Clubbing has never been my thing. Take me out to drink in a bar then I will say yes, but drag me to dance in a club, I would have to think at least five times before giving a positive reply.

Me: (getting an untouched bottle of beer) (turning to Qing as I pull off my mask and pull down the hood of my jacket) Why are we here?

I look around the room. There are at least a dozen people on the room including me and Qing. His cousin, Wang Zhu, is currently in one corner talking to someone.

Qing: (leaning down to whisper in my ear and to stealthy kiss me) Wang Zhu gege has a proposal for me. We are here to meet other investors in a new project.

Investors? Jeez, almost everyone here in the VVIP room are in the same age bracket as us, they are investors already? I think the oldest in the group won't even pass thirty years old.

Me: Are you interested?

Qing: Yeah

Qing leaned down to nuzzle my hair while I drink my beer. That's the moment when Wang Zhu came to us.

Wang Zhu: (smiling at me) Dayu, my favorite cousin, come and give me a hug.

Me: (looking at Qing) Is he drunk already?

Qing: Nope but he has a scheduled blind date tomorrow so he is trying to get wasted. Poor man, let's be magnanimous and give him a hug.

I shrug and stood so I can hug his cousin. Wang Zhu and I patted each other's back before separating.

Me: (smirking at him) A date eh. Tell us about it after?

Wang Zhu: No! I have enough interference from my mother, you can both fuck off my life.

He sat down on Qing's other side. Others started to sit around the table full of booze and finger foods.

Qing put his hand on the back of my seat. I lean a little closer to his side and try to listen to the cousins' conversation.

Qing: A club like this? In Shanghai? How about the competition?

Wang Zhu: We never compete Qing. We build and we conquer. I already did an inspection on the place. Competition can be tough but when did that stopped us? The project is great, the study is great and it is an opportunity.