Chapter 31

Chapter 31

Luo Suiyun listlessly swiped the universal room card to open the door of Room 2901, then she and Luo Wenhuan froze in place.

The lights were on in the suite's living room, and from not far from the entrance, there were signs of destruction everywhere. The flowers and water in the vase had been tipped over onto the carpet, and wine bottles that seemed to have been smashed against the walls now lay on the floor. The walls and corners were stained with alcohol, some chairs were overturned, and many decorations were askew, clearly out of their original positions.

Luo Qianjian stood at the back with his camera, raising an eyebrow at the scene – it was fortunate that the room was large enough and soundproofed well enough, and the guests in the adjacent Room 2902 were probably too busy to care. Otherwise, with this commotion, they would likely have complained to the hotel.

True to form for the main protagonist and male lead, they were indeed bold.

"Is...this the result of Shanting and Li Zhijin fighting, or is Li Zhijin just throwing a tantrum? Is Shanting alright?" Luo Wenhuan, being Shanting's blood-related older sister, immediately became concerned upon seeing the state of the room.

She stepped past Luo Suiyun, who had opened the door, and headed inside first, hearing faint sounds coming from the bedroom direction. Without thinking, she walked in.

Only to see Li Zhijin engaged in physical activity atop someone.

Luo Wenhuan paused, then awkwardly tried to back out, but she couldn't help but notice that the person beneath Li Zhijin wasn't Luo Shanting. They seemed somewhat familiar, but she couldn't quite place them – wait, that was Fourth Elder Sister's early love interest! The one who crashed the engagement party tonight!

Luo Wenhuan's feet froze, unsure whether to advance or retreat.

Although Luo Suiyun had also entered the suite, she wasn't as anxious as Luo Wenhuan. Hearing the strange noises from the bedroom, she didn't proceed further but stopped outside the bedroom door.

"Wenhuan?" Luo Suiyun called out to the frozen Luo Wenhuan, puzzled. "What's wrong? Are they...you know? Why aren't you coming out?"

This time, Luo Suiyun's voice was closer, and although the two people on the bed were in disarray, they hadn't lost consciousness. Even if they couldn't immediately identify the voice, they knew others had entered the room.

Jiang Chengchen, who had given up struggling, fought back again, only to be forcefully restrained by Li Zhijin, who was full of vigor and in control. Li Zhijin didn't stop; instead, he worked even harder without lifting his head.

Luo Wenhuan's facial expression was a mess, contorted in discomfort.

"Suiyun?" Luo Qianjian was also curious about what was happening in the bedroom. After all, he hadn't installed cameras in the rooms, so he didn't know how things had developed tonight.

However, Luo Qianjian wasn't in a hurry. He followed leisurely behind, first photographing the expressions of Luo Suiyun and Luo Wenhuan with his camera.

On the camera screen, Luo Wenhuan, standing within the bedroom door, had a strange expression, struggling to find the words to answer Luo Suiyun. "Fourth Sister...why don't you come in and see for yourself?"

Luo Suiyun hesitated for a second, then curiosity got the better of her, and she finally entered the bedroom.

Luo Qianjian also followed into the bedroom with his camera.

He captured the entire process of Luo Suiyun's face changing dramatically, as well as the reason for her reaction.

"Jiang, Jiang...ah! What are you doing!" Luo Suiyun screamed in despair.

Although the scene was too explicit, no one had the leisure to feel embarrassed or uncomfortable looking.

Li Zhijin and Jiang Chengchen, who were in such close proximity, finally realized that the people who had entered the room were members of the Luo family.

Hearing Luo Suiyun's voice, Jiang Chengchen turned his head in shame and despair, while Li Zhijin, having just finished, pulled away and sneered at the Luo family. "Didn't you arrange for him to be here? Why does it look like you're catching us in the act now?"

"We? We?!" Luo Suiyun gasped in disbelief, on the verge of fainting, unable to form coherent sentences.

Luo Wenhuan was still in shock – she felt a bit sad, after all, Li Zhijin could have been the beloved older brother she had longed for, but seeing him like this, she hoped it wasn't him. Under this hope, her sadness was insignificant compared to her shock that her brother's fiancé would be with Fourth Sister's boyfriend...

Jiang Chengchen, lying prone, was as still as if he were dead, showing no reaction. Li Zhijin, on the other hand, gritted his teeth in pain, trying to cover himself with a blanket.

Then Li Zhijin noticed: "Damn it! Luo Qianjian, you're filming? What's wrong with you! Get out!"

Luo Wenhuan and Luo Suiyun also realized what was happening.

Wenhuan: "Third Brother! Why are you still filming? This..."

Luo Suiyun moved to grab the camera directly.

Luo Qianjian, prepared for this, dodged and calmly consoled Luo Suiyun. "Suiyun, don't be upset. Although you saw your boyfriend doing bottom work outside, think of it this way, he's actually your ex-boyfriend."

Luo Suiyun was even more distraught. "Third Brother! Don't say anymore!"

"I'm not a bottom!" Jiang Chengchen, who had been feigning death, finally stirred. He sat up abruptly, his face twisted in pain and his teeth clenched in anger. "I topped him first!"

Li Zhijin rolled over to hit him. "I topped you back! You were crying and begging for mercy!"

Jiang Chengchen retaliated. "You took advantage of me when I fell asleep after topping you!"

Jiang Chengchen, after all, had a reputation as a school bully and was young and strong, unlike Li Zhijin, a playboy drained by his indulgences. At first, he did indeed defeat Li Zhijin and, driven by a desire for revenge, "forgot" his sexual orientation, delivering the most unbearable blow to Li Zhijin in his twenty-eight years of life.

Then Jiang Chengchen slept contentedly, never expecting Li Zhijin to unleash a burst of energy, seeking revenge instantly. By the time Jiang Chengchen was awakened, it was too late...

Luo Wenhuan was embarrassed, and Luo Suiyun didn't want to hear or see any more, but since Jiang Chengchen had been in contact with her, she wanted to understand the specific situation. She was caught between a rock and a hard place, unsure whether to stay or leave.

In the midst of the eye-searing scene and ear-piercing dialogue, Luo Qianjian summarized it all without batting an eyelid. "Oh, mutual tops, huh."

Not bad, the main protagonist and male lead, a strong alliance indeed.

Luo Suiyun was fed up. "Third Brother! Aren't you disgusted by this!"

"What do I have to be disgusted by? These two have nothing to do with me. Jiang Chengchen is your ex-boyfriend, and Li Zhijin is Shanting's fiancé...oh right, where's Shanting?" Luo Qianjian said with a smile.

Luo Wenhuan instinctively worried for a moment, but then she thought of a possibility, her expression suddenly changing. "Third Brother! Where is Brother Jifeng staying?"

Luo Qianjian looked at his camera calmly. "Young Master Li? I can't quite remember. With so many people for me to arrange rooms for, I've been very busy. How could I remember all these details?"

"But you handed out the room cards one by one!" Luo Wenhuan urged anxiously. "Third Brother, stop joking around. Tell me, where is Brother Jifeng staying? Shanting might have returned to this room and found something amiss, so he might have gone to look for Brother Jifeng..."

Luo Qianjian: "Oh, right. Now that you mention it, I just remembered that I might have given Shanting the wrong room card. Was it Room 2902 by any chance..."

Without hesitation, Luo Wenhuan rushed out, running a short distance before returning to snatch the universal room card from Luo Suiyun's hand.

Luo Qianjian held up the camera, acting as the photographer for tonight's love swap, following closely and fulfilling his duties with dedication.

Luo Suiyun stood in place, her face pale and nauseated as she watched the two people still fighting on the bed - it was indeed a real fight, blow for blow, with an air of not stopping until one was dead, unfortunately, neither of them were wearing clothes, making it quite an unsightly scene - after some thought, she chose to leave.

"A-Yun!" Jiang Chengchen caught sight of her leaving from the corner of his eye and hurriedly called out, "Listen to my explanation..."

Luo Suiyun turned around, looking at him coldly.

Jiang Chengchen was hit by Li Zhijin again, he frowned and then corrected himself, "No, it should be you explaining to me, it was you who had someone call me here!"

"When did I ever ask you to come here! Jiang Chengchen, sleeping with a man, who is also my brother's fiancé, is your way of swearing to rise to greatness? You're disgusting!" Luo Suiyun walked away without looking back.

"Luo Suiyun!" Jiang Chengchen gritted his teeth and simply continued beating Li Zhijin.

While they were fighting fiercely over here, in room 2902 next door, after the door was swiped open, there was a stark contrast of tenderness and affection.

Luo Wenhuan looked at the slightly ajar bedroom door, approaching tremblingly; this time, unlike when she had rushed in next door, she stood at the door and listened.

In the bedroom, there were sounds that made one blush upon hearing, and because the main characters were similar, it felt like they had returned to the night of the Luo family's coming-of-age ceremony, when everyone discovered that Luo Shanting and Li Zhijin had spent a night together.

Luo Wenhuan couldn't help but shed tears, then suddenly pushed the door open hard, the door hitting the wall with a loud bang.

"Please, Brother Jifeng, let me rest, I... Ah!" The coquettish Luo Shanting was startled by the sound of the door, then he and Li Jifeng looked at the bedroom door simultaneously.

Luo Wenhuan stood there with a face as black as ink.

The redness drained from Luo Shanting's face, while Li Jifeng raised an eyebrow indifferently, then stopped, reached for a robe to put on, and asked Luo Wenhuan kindly, "How did Wenhuan suddenly come here?"

Li Jifeng glanced behind Luo Wenhuan, furrowing his brow, but his tone remained relatively calm: "Is Third Master Luo taking pictures? That's not very appropriate, is it?"

Luo Qianjian smiled, "It's quite interesting, a keepsake."

Li Jifeng moved subtly to the side, trying to step out of the camera's frame, but unfortunately, he underestimated the lens of Luo Qianjian's camera and was still within the viewfinder.

Luo Wenhuan finally seemed to come to her senses, screamed, and rushed at Luo Shanting, picking up the pillow that had fallen to the foot of the bed and throwing it: "Luo Shanting! How could you do this! How could you treat me like this! One wasn't enough for you, so you're in such a hurry to take another, what about me? What am I supposed to do! Both are yours now, you don't have to worry about which one you met as a child anymore, right! How can you be so shameless!"

Luo Shanting dodged, aggrieved: "I didn't, Sister, I didn't mean to, I... Sister, I confirmed it, I'm sure that Brother Jifeng is the older brother I met as a child, that's why... I just didn't want to go back and face Brother Zhijin, so I stayed here to rest, but Brother Jifeng also likes me, so we..."

"Yes, he likes you, both of you! He likes you being available to everyone!" Luo Wenhuan was even more furious.

Luo Suiyun came from 2901 to 2902, looking at the scene before her, she was so stunned that she almost forgot about her ex-boyfriend in the next room.

Luo Suiyun: "This... how could it be like this? How could Shanting be with Master Li... what is Wenhuan talking about..."

As Luo Qianjian had said earlier, now both Luo Suiyun and Luo Wenhuan were awake and no longer sleepy, but they were more confused than ever.

Luo Qianjian chuckled lightly, "Matters of the heart are complicated."

Compared to the development between Li Zhijin and Jiang Chengchen in the next room, which was somewhat unexpected for Luo Qianjian, the extent to which Li Jifeng and Luo Shanting would go in this room didn't surprise him at all.

After all, in the original plot of the book, Li Jifeng and Luo Wenhuan, who was then the fiancée of his biological younger brother Li Zhijin, developed just as quickly, going to bed on the day they showed signs of interest, and after it was over, he personally carried Luo Wenhuan back to her and Li Zhijin's bed... it was twisted.

Tonight was also the engagement night of Li Zhijin and Luo Shanting, such a special time point, how could Li Jifeng not be moved?

And Luo Shanting was no "sentimental person"; tonight, he heard that he might have mistaken the twins, he was already upset by Li Zhijin's attitude towards him, naturally, he was more willing to believe that he had made a mistake, so when he encountered Li Jifeng, he wanted to ask, Li Jifeng's interest in the immorality of the situation would make the conversation lead to a mutually satisfactory conclusion.

Finally, developing into seven times that night, was normal.

Luo Wenhuan was still lashing out in a frenzy, Luo Shanting, unable to retaliate due to his state of undress and feeling somewhat "guilty," was basically on the receiving end of the beating and dodging.

Luo Qianjian was only concerned with filming, Luo Suiyun tried several times to stop it but failed, in the end, it was the refined and elegant Master Li who spoke up to stop it: "Enough, Wenhuan, Shanting, stop fighting, talk things out. What did you mean by saying you mistook someone?"

When Li Jifeng spoke, Luo Wenhuan stopped, choking back sobs, she recounted the whole story, including tonight's revelation that Li Jifeng and Li Zhijin liked to pretend to be each other as children, which led her and Luo Shanting to realize they might have mistaken their identities.

After listening, Li Jifeng pondered, about to respond, but first heard Luo Qianjian say in surprise, "I was joking, you really believed it?"

Everyone looked at him.

Luo Qianjian continued casually, "About the thing where Master Li and Second Master Li switched places as children, I made it up off the top of my head, Li Yuan isn't close to me, how would he chat with me about his older brothers, if we chatted, it would be about our older brother."

Luo Wenhuan and Luo Shanting widened their eyes, Luo Shanting anxiously asked, "Then why did you tell us that?"

Luo Qianjian matter-of-factly replied, "For fun, isn't that how gossip is, you just say whatever, how was I to know you had a childhood story with the Li brothers, and I certainly didn't expect Shanting to be so impatient."

Luo Wenhuan was in turmoil, enraged, "Third Brother, how could you..."

Luo Shanting bit his lip, looking at Li Jifeng in confusion, "But, Brother Jifeng..."

"But Shanting is still young, Master Li, you're not, how could you also lack propriety, Shanting is your brother's fiancé." Luo Qianjian added calmly.

Li Jifeng gave a thin smile, "Shanting only asked me if I had given someone chocolate in the orphanage as a child, he didn't mention anything about me and Zhijin pretending to be each other, when I answered Shanting, I said I didn't remember such a trivial matter, it wasn't intentional misdirection on my part. As for tonight... Shanting was too proactive, I went along with it, yes, there was a problem, but I think Zhijin won't hold it against his big brother."

Luo Shanting's face became even paler, he hadn't expected Li Jifeng to say such things, devoid of any warmth.

"The relationship between Master Li and Second Master Li must be truly good." Luo Qianjian sighed, then switched hands holding the camera, his wrist was getting sore.

Li Jifeng sneered, "Not as good as the relationship between the siblings of your Luo family, appearing suddenly in the middle of the night and knowing to come to my room to find your brother. Third Master Luo, you've been through a lot."

"It was just that we went to the room next door first, found Second Master Li and our Fourth Sister's ex-boyfriend getting along so happily, we were surprised, so we thought of coming to find Master Li and our Sixth Brother." Luo Qianjian laughed.

Luo Suiyun, upon hearing the words "ex-boyfriend," was expressionless, looking at the scene before her, she was even a little relieved - no matter what, the fact that Luo Shanting and Li Jifeng slept together was more noteworthy than Jiang Chengchen and Li Zhijin sleeping together.

And although Jiang Chengchen was her ex-boyfriend, it was Jiang Chengchen, not herself, and they had already broken up publicly, others, even if they knew about this, wouldn't pay too much attention to her movements...

Li Jifeng frowned, "What's wrong with Zhijin?"

"If Master Li is curious, you can go next door and see for yourself." Luo Qianjian said politely, "We still need to call our parents, we're quite busy."

Li Jifeng frowned and walked out in his robe.

Luo Suiyun, Luo Wenhuan, and Luo Shanting were all taken aback.

"Call them Mom and Dad?"

"Now?"

"But..."

Luo Qianjian nodded, calmly countering, "Otherwise? Now that Shanting's fiancé is in bed with Suiyun's ex-boyfriend, and Shanting himself is in bed with his fiancé's older brother, it can't be kept under wraps. We have to let Mom and Dad handle it; they are the elders after all. And don't wait until dawn. The sooner we deal with this, the sooner we can go back and sleep soundly."

Luo Suiyun gritted her teeth. "Third Brother, you don't need to keep emphasizing it. If you must speak of him, call him Jiang Chengchen, don't mention me!"

Luo Qianjian said helplessly, "Alright, if that's what you want to do to deceive yourself."

Luo Suiyun: "..."