Intoxicated Friends
Translator: Jury
Editor: NomNom
First Published on Chaleuria
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21.2 – Thank You, Su Mu.
“That’s good. Since this is the advice of a friend, you have to consider it carefully. Yao Yuan, Ling Li…”
“The bastard!” As soon as he heard the name, Yao Yuan’s eyes shot open and he jumped up from the ground, his anger rising again.
“Calm down and listen to me.” Su Mu put his hands on Yao Yuan’s shoulders and looked into his eyes. “Yao Yuan, he’s the leader of the largest gang in the area with the arrogance to match. Taking revenge on him isn’t as easy as it seems. I know you’re not afraid to die, but if you do, what’ll happen to Yao Qian? Are you going to put her through the pain of losing you?”
“Chief?” Yao Yuan hadn’t imagined that Ling Li was a gang leader. He frowned. A gang leader had personally stepped forward to kidnap a woman with no special status? There was surely something else to this that Yao Yuan didn’t know about yet.
“That’s right. In underground circles, he’s famous for being cold. Yao Yuan, don’t make me… don’t make us worry.” Considering Yao Yuan’s temper and disregard for his own safety, Su Mu couldn’t guess what he would do, especially when the matter concerned the sister he cared about most.
Yao Yuan did not reply. After a long time, he slowly said, “I understand. I won’t just let this go, but I promise you that I won’t be rash and recklessly look for him to get revenge.”
“Then I’ll lay down my worries.” Su Mu looked at him and smiled gently, and his hand involuntarily passed over Yao Yuan’s face. The feeling of being reassured had made him forget to move his hand away.
Yao Yuan trembled slightly, looking at him with surprise. Their gazes entwined beneath the soft moonlight and they saw the gentleness in each other’s eyes.
The atmosphere was strange today. Now that both of them understood the feelings deep in their hearts, such casual contact was torturous. Both of them remembered the kiss from long ago and stared at each other in a daze. Su Mu involuntarily moved his hand up along Yao Yuan’s face, his gaze darkening.
“Chief, are you there?”
Zhang Chen’s voice came from nearby. Su Mu’s gaze immediately cleared and he patted Yao Yuan’s face lightly. “Not bad. Looks like you’re still clear-headed. In that case, let’s go. We should head back.”
Yao Yuan nodded. In that instant he had imagined that, if Zhang Chen had not come here at this exact moment, Su Mu might have done something. Immediately he found his thoughts absurd. Don’t think that just because your feelings for him have changed, he’ll change along with them, too. What kind of a person is Su Mu? How could he…
“Chief, it really is you. Go back as soon as you can. Jiang Luo is injured.”
Yao Yuan could no longer pay attention to his confused feelings. He got up and started running, and Su Mu followed behind him. In the end, Su Mu could still consider Jiang Luo a friend, although he had never quite liked the guy.
On the way, Zhang Chen summarized the situation. Jiang Luo had been shot and brought to the hospital by a man dressed in black. Thankfully, he had been hit in the shoulder and not in a vital area, and the doctors had extracted the bullet for him and sent him to a ward to rest.
“Bastard!” Yao Yuan cursed out loud. Now he had one more score to settle with Ling Li.