Chapter 67: Just Fooling Around with the Idiot

Chapter 67: Just Messing with a Fool

After Chen Wang left, Gu Sai stayed in the hospital for two more days before being discharged.

During those two days, Chen Wang's driver ran around handling all the paperwork and procedures for them, and finally got them safely back to Beicheng.

Although the gauze on Gu Sai's body had been removed, the wounds still needed regular treatment. Wu Xiulan worried about her son having no one to look after him in Beicheng, so she decided to stay until he was fully recovered.

When Mi Qi learned that Gu Sai was back, he rushed over and hugged Gu Sai the moment he walked in.

"Surviving a disaster means good fortune is coming! May your future be filled with love!"

"Thanks, but I'll skip that part." Gu Sai gently pushed him away, looked at his hands, then checked behind him—nothing there.

"Where's Zhadan?"

Mi Qi was stunned: "Oh crap, I'm so used to having Zhadan around that I forgot he's your cat!"

Gu Sai: …

Mi Qi waved his hand dismissively: "It's cool, it's cool. I've got no shoots this month anyway, so let Zhadan hang out with me. You're still hurt, so there's no way you can take care of him properly."

It was the first time he'd ever felt so possessive about someone else's cat.

"Fine," Gu Sai said reluctantly.

Wu Xiulan sliced up a plate of fruit for Mi Qi. Mi Qi had a silver tongue, saying the fruit Auntie cut was twice as sweet, which had Wu Xiulan beaming from ear to ear.

"You two chat while you eat. I'll go get groceries and make you some yellow braised chicken for lunch."

"Thanks, Auntie!" Mi Qi said gratefully. "I finally don't have to eat takeout."

The second Wu Xiulan was out the door, Mi Qi's expression changed. He grabbed a potato chip and held it to Gu Sai's neck: "Spill it—are you and Chen Wang dating?!"

During the livestream, their interactions were way too suggestive, and after the explosion, Chen Wang, who was completely unharmed, had been spotted at the hospital multiple times. Their shippers had already sent out wedding invitations all over the internet.

How could Mi Qi, who was so sharp when it came to romance, not pick up on it?

Gu Sai lowered his head, ate the chip, and said, "Nope."

"I don't buy it!" Mi Qi cupped his face and begged, "Ugh, just tell me the truth. I can keep a secret, I swear I won't tell anyone. Are you two together or not? Or are you in the talking stage?"

Gu Sai blinked and asked, "What counts as dating? What counts as the talking stage?"

Mi Qi's eyes lit up. He sat up straight and started to school him: "Dating means you've made it official—he says he loves you, you say you love him, and then you promise each other forever and ever, blah blah blah. The talking stage is..."

Mi Qi thought carefully and said, "It's like... you haven't kissed or slept together yet, but you're both ready, and even the underwear you wear every day is carefully chosen, ready to take things to the next level at any moment."

Gu Sai thought about it seriously. His relationship with Chen Wang really didn't count as dating, and it didn't seem to count as flirting either.

"Neither, I think."

Mi Qi didn't believe him: "The way you two look at each other is practically dripping with chemistry, and you say it's not? Who are you trying to fool? You can't fool me—I'm a pro at love! Spill it, what stage are you two at?!"

Mi Qi was Gu Sai's best friend. There was nothing to hide between them, and Mi Qi's love life was often the subject of jokes he told Gu Sai.

So Gu Sai answered honestly: "We're really not dating. We've only had sex."

"Pfft..."

Mi Qi sprayed out a mouthful of juice, staring wide-eyed at the innocent, adorable Xiao Gu Sai.

Gu Sai quickly grabbed some tissues to wipe his mouth: "Drink slower. Why are you freaking out so much?"

Mi Qi: "Gu Sai, look into my big, brass-bell eyes and say that again—you and Chen Wang have... done what?"

"Had sex."

Mi Qi was still in shock. He suspected Gu Sai was too naive to get what he meant, so he tried to explain: "Xiao Gu Sai, sleeping together... you might not fully get it. To outsiders, sleeping together means... you know, like actually doing it, not just lying in the same bed under the covers and falling asleep."

Gu Sai nodded: "I know. Sex."

Mi Qi: ...

"Wuwuwu, my little Gu Sai, what have you been through? How did you grow up all of a sudden?"

In Mi Qi's eyes, Gu Sai had always been this innocent, cute little boy. When Mi Qi told him about his online boyfriend getting a tattoo on his dick, Gu Sai would blush just from hearing about it. How did he go to Ninefold Tower and come back like this...

Mi Qi beat his chest and stomped his feet, as if the little white flower he'd carefully nurtured had been ruined. But then he thought about who had defiled him—a devastatingly handsome Best Actor—and it didn't seem so hard to accept after all.

"Size? Technique? Stamina?" The next second, he asked the important questions.

Gu Sai was almost thrown off by the topic change: "Huh? It's... pretty good, I guess. Anyway, I think... it's... pretty nice."

Mi Qi fantasized about what Chen Wang was like in bed, and drooled with envy: "Xiao Gu Sai, you eat good! You've already had sex—how is that not dating?!"

Gu Sai said, "We haven't made it official. We just sleep together."

Mi Qi: "So, friends with benefits?"

Gu Sai thought about it and nodded: "Yeah, probably."

Mi Qi rolled his eyes dramatically: "I just started thinking better of the Best Actor, and now he turns out to be this kind of guy! And you, Xiao Gu Sai, letting him talk you into bed as his booty call. Aren't you afraid he's got a messy love life and gives you some STD?"

Gu Sai thought to himself: I can't help it—my organs fell for him at first sight.

"His love life isn't messy. He's only ever slept with me," Gu Sai said.

Mi Qi snorted: "You believe a guy when he says he's a virgin? Men's mouths are full of lies. I told my new online boyfriend I was a girl, and he believed it, didn't he?"

Gu Sai: ???

"You're in another online thing?"

"Yeah, I've got nothing better to do. Just messing with a fool."

Gu Sai asked, "Aren't you supposed to start shooting next month? Which director's project?"

Mi Qi said, "Same director as before, and the male lead is the same guy too."

"The male lead you slapped over fifty times in the last production and who started taking antidepressants after filming ended?"

"Yeah," Mi Qi said, totally confused. "Tell me, after I slapped him into depression, shouldn't he have some kind of trauma from me? How come he recommended me to the director for the new one? And I read the script—in the new one, I'm still the bad guy. Not only do I slap the male lead, I also kick his legs and stomp on his face."

The more Mi Qi thought about it, the more freaked out he got: "Could this be his scheme to get me canceled online?"

Gu Sai suddenly remembered what Sister Miaomiao had told him, and it clicked: "I know! He must have been beaten into becoming an M!"