Blazing fire is hard to extinguish chapter 35
Educate
Li Tingyan grabbed Lin Chi’s wrist and led him out of the nightclub.
As they neared his car, Lin Chi couldn’t resist and pulled his hand away from Li Tingyan’s grasp.
He used all his strength, with both hands working together to pry Li Tingyan’s fingers off his palm. He struggled so hard that his wrist turned red.
Li Tingyan stopped, turned around to look at him, and when he saw Lin Chi’s reddened wrist, he eventually slowly loosened his grip.
On the winter night streets, the bars on either side were deafeningly loud, but there were hardly any pedestrians on the road. Under the plane trees were only fallen leaves, and a row of cars parked by the roadside seemed like a natural wall, with Lin Chi and Li Tingyan standing within this enclosure.
“What are you so angry about?” Lin Chi shook his wrist, which had been held painfully, with a look of bewilderment.
He wasn’t blind; he could definitely tell how cold Li Tingyan’s expression was when he first came in. Otherwise, there wouldn’t have been such a dramatic effect, like parting the Red Sea.
But he really didn’t understand.
He had only come out for a drink and to play some games. What was there for Li Tingyan to be angry about? Was it because he didn’t take care of himself?
Lin Chi was speechless.
“I’m not a kid. Don’t I know whether my body is okay or not? Do I need you to watch over me?”
He said to Li Tingyan.
Li Tingyan stood by the car, looking at him. Lin Chi’s coat was draped over his wrist, his shirt had one button undone, and he looked a bit disheveled. His hair was messy, his cheeks were red, and his eyes were moist and dazed, clearly showing he had been going all out. Most importantly—
Li Tingyan asked quietly, “Is that all you’ve been doing, just drinking?”
Lin Chi was stunned.
But he immediately got angrier. “What else could it be? Besides drinking, I played a few rounds of games. What else could I be doing? This is a proper nightclub.”
His mind had gone astray, mistakenly thinking that Li Tingyan was asking if they had gotten involved in anything improper.
After all, outsiders had many misconceptions about their fashion circle. Some even thought they were either indulging in pleasure or wallowing in decadence.
But to Lin Chi, he was as pure as could be. He lost a few rounds of games, and aside from being punished with drinking, he just had a few buttons undone.
If things had gone too far, he would have spoken up and stopped it.
But Li Tingyan lifted his hand, pinching Lin Chi’s collar. His gaze was cold as he asked in a low voice, “Then what is this?”
Lin Chi initially didn’t realize what was wrong until he saw the faint lipstick mark on the pointed collar of his shirt.
A very faint hint of red.
It was barely noticeable unless one looked closely.
“This…”
He was momentarily speechless. The most likely owner of this lipstick mark he could think of was An Fei. Just now, when An Fei squeezed in next to him, someone behind him accidentally pushed him, causing him to fall on Lin Chi’s shoulder, and his lips naturally brushed against his shirt.
This explanation was plausible.
But it was also a bit too coincidental, sounding completely like an excuse.
Moreover, he had no interest in An Fei, but An Fei had indeed made advances toward him. During those blurred few minutes, he had indeed considered whether he should end his so-called “friends with benefits” relationship with Li Tingyan.
This made him feel inexplicably uneasy.
“It was accidentally brushed against,” Lin Chi mumbled. “There were so many people in the club just now. You could get foundation on you just by passing through the dance floor.”
Li Tingyan’s eyes flashed with a trace of mockery. He didn’t believe it at all.
He moved closer to Lin Chi, just a few steps away, but it was filled with a sense of oppression.
Lin Chi tried to dodge, but he was grabbed by Li Tingyan, who pinned him against the car door by his shoulders.
During the brief twenty-minute drive, Li Tingyan’s mind replayed the sounds from the phone call.
Noisy, chaotic, the laughter of young men and women, and the sweet voice calling Lin Chi’s name.
“Lin Chi, why haven’t you come over?”
“Chi Ge, if you don’t come soon, you’ll have to drink more. We’re going to get you drunk tonight.”
One sentence after another, though they were just normal teasing among friends, they ignited his anger like sparks.
When he got closer to the nightclub and saw Lin Chi surrounded by people, his anger reached its peak. Lin Chi, surrounded by people, with flushed cheeks, looking exceptionally beautiful, smiling nonchalantly, could provoke anyone with just his gaze.
For a moment, a very secretive instant, he almost wanted to just take Lin Chi away, back to his place, and lock him up.
But he didn’t delve into where this impulse came from.
Even though Li Tingyan’s heart was churning, he appeared extremely calm on the outside.
He asked Lin Chi, “I remember that our exclusivity agreement includes not allowing any flirtation with others, right?”
This was something Lin Chi had said himself.
Even as a bedmate, one should have basic decency. Lin Chi wasn’t as crazy as some people in their circle who change partners every day. He was afraid of getting sick himself.
So, once he decided to have a long-term casual relationship with Li Tingyan, he clearly expressed his aversion to multiple relationships.
Li Tingyan naturally agreed.
Now, Li Tingyan asked him, “Then what is this? Going to a nightclub behind my back, with someone else’s lipstick on you. If you get drunk, who do you plan to have take you away?”
The last part of his sentence was delivered with a coldness that could almost freeze.
Lin Chi was left speechless, feeling for the first time what it meant to be unable to clear his name even if he jumped into the Yellow River.
He really hadn’t done anything.
His drinking capacity was not bad, and he wasn’t some helpless bunny. There was also Xi Ziwen beside him; who could take him away?
“I really didn’t do anything,” Lin Chi said angrily. “And why should you control me? Can’t I go to clubs and have some fun besides being with you…”
He should have kept quiet. As soon as the words “have some fun” came out, Li Tingyan’s expression changed instantly.
Lin Chi was still angry. “Li Tingyan, you need to realize I’m a 23-year-old adult. I can take responsibility for whatever I do. You don’t need to…”
But he didn’t get to finish his sentence.
“Mm…”
Lin Chi’s shoulder slammed heavily against the car door, and his lips were sealed.
On this winter street, it seemed like they were the only two people for a mile.
The withered leaves rustled on the ground as the wind blew, creating a continuous sound that was irritating.
Lin Chi was pressed against the car door, his back against the hard metal, feeling a bit of pain.
But he couldn’t pay attention to such details at all.
Li Tingyan held onto his shoulder, his knee pressed between his legs, pinning him in a completely locked position.
Li Tingyan’s kiss was far more aggressive than before, filled with suppressed anger, almost gnawing at his lips. Lin Chi could even taste a hint of blood.
Lin Chi couldn’t make a sound.
The wind around them was cold, but being locked in Li Tingyan’s embrace made him feel entirely overheated.
After so many days of constant proximity and entanglement, he and Li Tingyan had developed a tacit understanding.
He could feel the heat from Li Tingyan’s palm through the thin shirt, making his waist involuntarily relax.
While he drifted in and out of consciousness, Li Tingyan had somehow opened the car door.
Lin Chi didn’t have time to react.
He was suddenly pushed inside.
With a click, the car door locked, and the back seat turned into a dim, enclosed space.
Lin Chi collapsed onto the back seat, which was very spacious, but with Li Tingyan there, it was crowded.
The two of them squeezed into the back seat, making even breathing feel stifling.
Lin Chi watched as Li Tingyan, expressionless, threw off his coat and began unbuttoning his shirt, one button at a time.
Damn.
Lin Chi stared in disbelief.
“What are you doing? Calm down, this is a public place.” he fumbled, trying to push Li Tingyan away. Although he was wild and playful and loved to have fun, he still had some basic sense of caution. What if something went wrong and it made headlines tomorrow?
Besides, the bar street wasn’t far, and who knew when a drunk person might pass by?
“Stop, ah…”
Before Lin Chi could finish his sentence, he involuntarily stopped speaking and curled up.
Li Tingyan looked at him with a completely unconcerned gaze.
“Don’t you like excitement?” Li Tingyan asked coldly.
His fingers were too cold but skillful, making Lin Chi shiver uncontrollably.
Lin Chi wanted to awkwardly escape but was trapped in this cramped back seat.
Li Tingyan was doing things that made him lose control, yet his voice remained indifferent. He asked Lin Chi, “Don’t you like it?”
Lin Chi couldn’t speak.
He was now left with only a shirt, breathing heavily.
He heard Li Tingyan ask him with a lack of warmth, “Am I that boring that you need to find fun outside?”
With those words, Lin Chi clutched Li Tingyan’s sleeve tighter in distress.
Li Tingyan calmly looked at him.
He knew Lin Chi was playful and lively, completely different from his own calm and steady nature.
But he had thought that at least during their relationship, Lin Chi would be more obedient.
But he didn’t know how to handle Lin Chi properly.
He was very angry but couldn’t use the methods he employed with competitors in business settings on Lin Chi.
So he decided to cater to Lin Chi’s fetishes, making the experience more memorable for him.
“Don’t move too much,” he said, mocking Lin Chi with a calm voice, “It wouldn’t be good if someone saw us from outside.”
In fact, the car was equipped with window film, so it was very clear inside but completely opaque from the outside.
Lin Chi was so angry he wanted to bite him. “You bastard…”
His face was flushed red.
This environment, where someone might pass by at any moment, was indeed very unsettling but also intensified the desire.
Especially since he was now the one being controlled, and the one controlling him was someone he liked.
He gritted his teeth, still not satisfied, and cursed again, “Bastard.”
He had never realized before how hard to deal with Li Tingyan could be.
…..
Lin Chi collapsed exhaustedly onto the back seat, his soul seeming to float in mid-air.
He looked as white as a jade statue bathed in light—pure, innocent, yet completely vulnerable.
Li Tingyan’s fingers lightly brushed his face, and as he saw the look of terror in Lin Chi’s eyes, he leaned in.