Rebirth from the Ashes

Chapter 643: The Boy Next Door’s Back

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The trio went to a locally renowned restaurant for dinner. After dinner, Shen Xi was baffled when Fu Qingxuan and Pei Xu stepped into their respective rooms. “Aren’t you guys staying together?’

Fu Qingxuan replied, “We’re not staying together.”

Pei Xu cleared his throat as if he had something to hide. He lifted his chin to look at her and said aloud, “Do you have a problem?”

Shen Xi rolled her eyes in disdain. “You’re only giving yourself away as you try harder to hide it.”

With that, she swiped her room key and went in.

Furrowing his brows, Fu Qingxuan asked Pei Xu, “What is Xixi talking about?”

Pei Xu replied, “How would I know?”

He then opened his door and headed into his room.

Struck by a thought, Fu Qingxuan went to knock on Pei Xu’s door. “Pei Xu, you promised to scrub my back tonight.”

Pei Xu nearly p*ssed himself. Swallowing a cuss word, he shifted his gaze. “Look for someone else.”

Fu Qingxuan inquired, “Who can I look for?”

It was not like he could ask Xixi. She was a girl after all.

Pei Xu opened the door and stuffed a business card in Fu Qingxuan’s hand. “This.”

Fu Qingxuan glanced at the business card with services including the much-needed house call. There was also a telephone number on it. Fu Qingxuan walked away and uttered, “Alright. Bye.”

Pei Xu closed the door and turned on the TV. He sat on the sofa to watch but none of the TV shows tickled his fancy. His mind flew back to the moment Fu Qingxuan said alright.

“F*ck!”

He swore under his breath before kicking the coffee table. He got up and shuffled out but stopped at the door.

The moron, Fu Qingxuan, was a little naïve. Surely, he would not call that number, right?

The presidential suite was well soundproofed to block off any noise. After getting a grip of himself, Pei Xu opened the door to find a femme fatale standing outside Fu Qingxuan’s room. She was making a pass at him.

“F*ck!” Pei Xu agitatedly spat. With eyes burning with fury, he walked over.

Fu Qingxuan, the idiot, actually dialed the number!

“Hey handsome, are you two together? The price would be double.” The femme fatale’s eyes lit up as Pei Xu approached. She locked eyes with Pei Xu and flirted coquettishly. “Oh, if you have any fetishes, the rates go even higher.”

Today was her lucky day to be called to show two handsome hunks a good time.

With looks like these, she was willing to provide them pleasure for free. It would give her something to boast about to her girlfriends.

Nevertheless, youngsters tended to be full of energy at this age, and the two guys seemed to have that inclination. Oh, they better not break her.

Fu Qingxuan looked at the woman in puzzlement. He was unable to connect the dots of what she was saying either. “I’m sorry, I’m looking for a male masseur.”

The femme fatale gazed at the boys with a complicated look on her face. She should be angry, but in the servicing industry, the customer was king. She kept a friendly attitude since they were hunks after all. “Why did you call a woman then? I’m already here, so you’d have to pay me two hundred for the cab since you don’t want to go on with the service.”

The young men turned out to be gay. She was happy over nothing.

Fu Qingxuan frowned. He had to pay for her presence here and without the service?

Pei Xu drew close and darted a cold look at the girl. Fu Qingxuan would catch on if the girl kept talking. Pei Xu whipped out some cash and handed it to the girl in case Fu Qingxuan might go after him if he found out. “We don’t need it. You can leave.”

The femme fatale took the money and felt the cash. It was about a thousand yuan. She longingly gazed at them. “Boys, keep my card. Please frequent my business whenever you’re here. Introduce me to your friends. I’ll give them a discount.”

Furrowing his brows, Fu Qingxuan stared at Pei Xu. “She didn’t work. Why did you pay her?”

Although he was rich, money did not grow on trees. How could Pei Xu just give money away like that?

Cursing in his mind, Pei Xu shoved Fu Qingxuan into his room while deflecting the question. “Do you want a girl to rub your back?”

Fu Qingxuan answered, “I can replace her with a man.”

Pei Xu was thinking of slicing off his hand. Why did he have to give the business card to Fu Qingxuan? He hissed through clenched teeth, “I’ll rub your back!”

F*ck!

How did it end up like this!

Someone distributing flyers on the street gave Pei Xu the business card on his way back earlier. Since he did not have a habit of littering, Pei Xu stuffed the card in his pocket.

Fu Qingxuan gave it some thought. “Why do I find the woman strange?”

Pei Xu chickened out on answering the question. Instead, he guiltily pushed Fu Qingxuan to the washroom. “Take a shower. I’ll scrub your back in a bit.”

He then looked around for the business card and spotted it on the coffee table. Pei Xu immediately tore it to pieces and threw it in the bin. Hit with a realization, he went to the other washroom and flushed it down the toilet.

Meanwhile, in the capital.

Yun Jinping was unpacking her things as she had just gotten back.

Shen Zhangqing came into the house carrying two bags. Without any hesitation, he made a beeline into the kitchen and soon emerged wielding a knife and bearing a gruesome look on his face.

Yun Jinping quickly ran after Shen Zhangqing as he bolted out without a word. She pulled him back. “Honey, is Su Yi here again?”

Since last year, Su Yi and Li Jingran had routinely come by to persuade Xixi to go back to their family. Most of the time, Shen Zhangqing would scare them away.

“The boy next door’s back.” Shen Zhangqing clenched his teeth as he glanced next door.

He had been holding back his temper and letting the rage simmer inside ever since he found out that his darling daughter was stolen by the wolf next door. Shen Zhangqing had been waiting for the neighbor’s return to interrogate him.

However, the wait went from one day to two days and eventually stretched to two weeks. Still, there was no sighting of the neighbor. Shen Zhangqing saw him today at last. He had to go over and get to the bottom of the matter.

“You can go and have a talk with him, but why do you need to hold a knife?” Afraid he might hurt someone in the heat of the moment, Yun Jinping took away the knife.

She and her husband spent more than two weeks at home. Shen Zhangqing was unable to sleep and eat well because of Xixi. The only thing on his mind was having a sit-down with the neighbor.

Nevertheless, the neighbor had not been home.

“I…” Shen Zhangqing hid the knife behind his back. “Stay out of this. I won’t let him go easy now that I caught him. He’s asking for it to snatch my girl under my nose. I ought to teach him a lesson.”

Yun Jinping panicked. “You don’t have to bring the knife even if you want to teach him a lesson. Hand over the knife.”

They were meeting him for the first time.. Why teach a lesson when nothing was set in stone yet. What if they got it wrong? How was Xixi supposed to live with it?