The unscrupulous system forced me to frantically test the small black room

Gu Chengxiu sneezed, and Gu Dongnan sighed when he saw it.

"Come with me and change your wet clothes." Gu Dongnan said.

"Hey, wait a minute, I haven't finished chatting with Mr. Tao Zhi yet."

Gu Dongnan said this and pulled Gu Chengxiu away. Gu Chengxiu was dragged forward, looking back every few steps to see Tao Zhi.

For a moment, only Tao Zhi and Gong Cheng were left in front of the pond, with a few people standing in the distance eating melons.

The night wind blew, and Tao Zhi's hair stood up and he shivered. He felt uncomfortable under Gong Cheng's gaze and wondered whether he should say goodbye and find a reason to leave.

Gong Cheng spoke first.

"Mr. Tao, I'll take you to change your clothes." Gong Cheng said.

When Tao Zhi heard Gong Cheng calling him "Mr. Tao", he felt inexplicably depressed because he used to call himself "Mr."

Gong Cheng's voice was not very dynamic, and Tao Zhi couldn't tell the emotion in it. He guessed that he was suppressing his disgust for being polite.

"No, no, I just came from the locker room and I know the way. I can go there by myself. Mr. Gong, you go ahead and do your work." Tao Zhi waved his hand awkwardly.

"Mr. Tao, please don't misunderstand. I am taking you there just out of basic hospitality etiquette." Gong Cheng said with his eyes lowered.

"Then... I'll trouble Mr. Gong to lead the way." Tao Zhi scratched his head guiltily.

After taking a casual shower, Tao Zhi picked out a loose casual suit and put it on. He casually blew his hair with a hair dryer twice, not bothering to pay attention to the water dripping from the ends of his hair.

Tao Zhi hesitated for a while, thinking that Gong Cheng should have left, so he walked out while lowering his head to tie his tie. It was not until he bumped into someone that he staggered up and saw Gong Cheng looking down at him.

Tao Zhi felt a slight pain on his forehead, but he was too embarrassed to rub his head in front of Gong Cheng, so he pretended to look at Gong Cheng naturally.

"Mr. Gong hasn't left yet. I was so busy tying my tie that I didn't notice there was someone at the door. I'm sorry." Tao Zhi said.

In order to hide his embarrassment, Tao Zhi lowered his head to adjust his tie. Feeling Gong Cheng's gaze on him, Tao Zhi felt inexplicably nervous and his movements to pull his tie became flustered, becoming more and more twisted.

"Do you need my help?" Gong Cheng said.

Tao Zhi opened his arms and waved them exaggeratedly without even thinking.

"No, no, no." Tao Zhi said and took a step back.

Gong Cheng said nothing upon seeing this, but just watched in silence as Tao Zhi continued to fiddle with his tie. He began to get angry as he saw that Tao Zhi's tie was becoming more and more horrible after trying a few times.

Shit, I was able to tie it just fine the first two times when I was alone, but now that Gong Cheng was watching me, I felt like my hands were borrowed and out of control.

"Do you need my help?" Gong Cheng spoke again.

Tao Zhi's brows were already tinged with impatience because of this tie that didn't know how to act according to people's expressions, and the guilt and shame he had just felt also dissipated a lot.

Gong Cheng hated him so much now, and was eager to make him look bad and take revenge on him, so why would he take the initiative to help him? Tao Zhi was puzzled.

I vaguely recalled the time when Xu Yanze appeared a few years ago. At that time, Xu Yanze almost strangled himself with his tie in revenge against me.

Tao Zhi suddenly realized.

Does Gong Cheng also want to go for a plot that's a bit too physically demanding?

Tao Zhi raised his head and looked at Gong Cheng.

"Is helping me tie my tie also included in your hospitality etiquette?" Tao Zhi asked.

"Yeah." Gong Cheng's response was almost inaudible.

Upon hearing this, Tao Zhi simply dropped his hands, tilted his neck forward, and looked like he was ready to do whatever he wanted.

Go ahead and strangle him, the sooner he dies the sooner he can call it a day, Tao Zhi thought tiredly.

Gong Cheng stretched out his hand towards Tao Zhi's neck, and his fingertips traced it skillfully, with slow and gentle movements.

When it came to the step of pulling and adjusting, Tao Zhi nervously held his breath, his eyes narrowed uncontrollably, and he clenched his fists, ready to withstand the upcoming fierce battle.

Gong Cheng pursed his lips and looked at Tao Zhi, who had his eyes closed as if waiting for a kiss.

Gong Cheng's gaze moved from his trembling eyelashes to his rosy lips, and finally landed on his fair neck, where there was a faint scar that, although not clear, was extremely glaring.

Ripples appeared in Gong Cheng's eyes, and they disappeared in an instant.

The unexpected feeling of suffocation did not appear, but Tao Zhi's neck was stained light red from holding his breath. He tried to open one eye to look, and saw Gong Cheng lowering his head and carefully adjusting his tie, which was done meticulously.

Tao Zhi then realized that he and Gong Cheng were very close to each other. Gong Cheng was probably concentrating on adjusting his tie and didn't notice. Tao Zhi smelled the cool and unfamiliar fragrance from Gong Cheng, and his heartbeat inexplicably accelerated.

Gong Cheng adjusted his tie and tightened Tao Zhi's loose collar. Tao Zhi was so nervous that he stood at attention like a good student who was given a red scarf by his teacher.

"Mr. Tao, you closed your eyes just now. Did you think I would do something to you?" Gong Cheng said calmly.

Tao Zhi was stunned when he heard this. You can't say that I'm waiting for you to strangle me to death.

Tao Zhi thought about it for a moment, and suddenly realized that his posture just now was very much like closing his eyes and waiting for Gong Cheng to kiss him.

Could it be that Gong Cheng misunderstood and thought that I was narcissistically asking for a kiss just now? Damn it!

Tao Zhi was suddenly swept away by the heat wave, his lungs were filled with shame, and his toes could not help but start scratching the ground.

Gong Cheng saw a strand of wet hair sticking to Tao Zhi's neck and reached out to brush it off, but Tao Zhi instinctively stepped back and dodged, leaving Gong Cheng's hand empty between the two of them.

Gong Cheng was stiff for a moment, but Tao Zhi didn't notice.

"Sorry, I lost my temper." Gong Cheng's eyes were dim and he naturally withdrew his hand.

Tao Zhi didn't notice this detail, as the scene where Gong Cheng just asked why he closed his eyes was still replaying in his mind.

"I closed my eyes just now because the light was too bright when I looked up, and it made my eyes uncomfortable. It's not...it's not..." Tao Zhi hesitated for a long time and couldn't say the sentence.

"Yeah." Gong Cheng replied.

Seeing that Gong Cheng was giving him a way out, Tao Zhi simply skipped the topic.

"I've tied my tie, thank you. I won't talk about the past with you anymore. After all, we're not the kind of people who can reminisce about the past. I'm going to leave first."

Tao Zhi said as he walked out as if he was fleeing, his steps unsteady and crooked, when he reached the corner he immediately rushed over, pressed his body against the wall and began to gasp for breath.

The shame and tension in his heart also disappeared at this moment, but the feeling of grievance that they had become strangers after meeting each other after a long separation came up, and Tao Zhi's nose felt sore for a moment.