“Why go back?”
Zuo Shihuan slightly clenched his palm, then slowly looked toward the Federal police in the distance outside the car. A trace of tension and wariness flashed through his light brown eyes. “Is it because of those people? But I… I don’t want to go back.”
Gu Heng’s eyes flickered, but he did not directly answer Zuo Shihuan’s question. Instead, he curved his thin lips slightly and, in a gentle tone, comforted him. “We can come again later when there are fewer people.”
Zuo Shihuan turned his head and looked at Gu Heng in surprise, not believing from the bottom of his heart that these were Gu Heng’s true thoughts. Just moments ago, when Gu Heng mentioned going on a date with him, he had looked spirited and full of anticipation.
How could he want to go back?
Gu Heng was the one who had most looked forward to this date between the two of them. He had even made thorough preparations in advance, preparing disguise devices and a fake identity, all just to have a proper date with him.
Zuo Shihuan parted his lips slightly and asked in confusion, “Gu Heng, do you really want to go back?”
Gu Heng’s expression softened, revealing a faint smile. “There will always be chances to date. It doesn’t have to be today.”
Meeting Gu Heng’s gentle face that seemed to be forcing a smile, Zuo Shihuan stared in puzzlement for a moment before suddenly realizing something. A trace of understanding and slight annoyance flashed through his light brown eyes.
Zuo Shihuan’s expression suddenly sank into coldness. Crossing his arms and lifting his chin, he said to Gu Heng in a deliberately unreasonable tone, “I don’t want to go back. I insist on going in!”
Gu Heng froze for a moment, blinking slowly. “Shihuan, why are you… wouldn’t it be better to go back? Didn’t you also want to go back just now? We can date in another district. It doesn’t have to be the central district.”
Zuo Shihuan slightly raised his brows and said displeasedly, somewhat arrogantly, “If you won’t let me enter the central city, then we won’t date today at all!”
Did he think he hadn’t noticed what this fool Gu Heng was thinking? Wasn’t it just that he thought he couldn’t handle the pressure of facing the Federal police and was pretending not to care while tactfully suggesting they go back?
Since when had Gu Heng become so gentle and considerate?
This unfamiliar Gu Heng made Zuo Shihuan feel especially uncomfortable and unhappy.
He would rather see Gu Heng laughing recklessly and willfully, even if his bad ideas never stopped and made him angry and annoyed, at least lively and radiant.
He didn’t want Gu Heng to wrong himself for his sake, suppressing his own expectations and emotions just to accommodate him.
He didn’t want that kind of accommodation.
Did he think he couldn’t see the regret and disappointment in Gu Heng’s heart?
As Gu Heng’s boyfriend, how could he not even satisfy such a simple date?
A trace of determination flashed through Zuo Shihuan’s eyes. In his heart he became even more resolute to go on this date, to enter with Gu Heng, no matter how many Federal police there were, they couldn’t stop him.
He had only been tense for a moment when he saw the Federal police, worrying that his father, Zuo Zoujian, had specifically sent people to search for them.
But he believed even more that Gu Heng had made such thorough preparations. More than anyone, Gu Heng cared about his safety and would not let him risk exposing his identity.
Even if the worst happened, he would at most continue running away with Gu Heng. Until the very last moment when they could no longer escape, he would still go on this date with Gu Heng first!
Zuo Shihuan shot a cold glance at Gu Heng, whose expression had suddenly changed. He really wanted to let out a cold laugh and harshly mock this guy.
The moment he said he didn’t want to date anymore,
Gu Heng’s expression uncontrollably turned panicked, then dim and hurt. He looked at him, then lowered his eyes quietly, unconsciously revealing loneliness and sorrow.
He clearly wanted to go on the date.
No matter how stubborn his mouth was, his eyes couldn’t lie. What a foolish person, so foolish it made him helplessly soft-hearted.
Gu Heng’s gaze grew heavy and dark. Finally, he clenched his palm so tightly that his thumb turned red and cracked audibly, enduring until he could endure no longer before speaking his heart.
Looking at Zuo Shihuan, who had suddenly become cold, he asked with difficulty, “Shihuan, you don’t want to date me anymore?”
Seeing Gu Heng like this, so foolish, Zuo Shihuan felt both heartache and anger that Gu Heng always made decisions on his own and forced himself into this state.
If he hadn’t been forced to this point, would Gu Heng really have decided to go back and cancel the date?
It was already too late!
Who told Gu Heng to forcibly drag him out? This time it was his turn to forcibly drag Gu Heng out!
A trace of sharp, noble light flashed through Zuo Shihuan’s light brown eyes. The corners of his lips curved in a fleeting smile before disappearing, replaced by a frost-like expression as he looked at Gu Heng.
On the surface, Zuo Shihuan arrogantly lifted his chin and continued to provoke the unsettled Gu Heng. “If you’re not going to drive in, then let me out. I’ll walk over myself!”
Gu Heng’s face darkened instantly. His tightly pressed thin lips parted slightly as he stared at Zuo Shihuan’s face, opening his mouth several times without speaking.
In the end, as if surrendering…
Gu Heng, too angry to say anything, gritted his teeth and said, “Fine. We’ll go in right now.”
Zuo Shihuan narrowed his eyes in satisfaction, then deliberately struck a spoiled pose, leaning by the window with his cheek resting on his hand, curling his lips as he said, “Drive faster. Don’t you see the queue is very long?”
Gu Heng’s pupils shrank, and he held his breath, grinding his teeth as he said, “Fine, I’ll drive faster!”
Zuo Shihuan quietly used the hand propping up his cheek to cover the increasingly obvious upward curl of his lips. He gave a light cough and said, “How can that work if you don’t drive faster? Gu Heng, at your pace it’ll be dark soon and I still won’t have even gone into the mall.”
Gu Heng once again swallowed his anger and replied, “Fine, I’ll drive faster.”
If it weren’t for the speed limit in the central district of the Federation, and the fact that there were Federation police inspecting passing vehicles right now, he could have driven to wherever Zuo Shihuan wanted to go at the fastest possible speed.
As for whether Zuo Shihuan would be frightened by his driving speed, that was another matter.
Zuo Shihuan was already secretly smiling until his eyes curved, criticizing Gu Heng’s forced slow driving skills while deliberately provoking him: “As long as that’s the case. Anyway, Gu Heng, just don’t get scared into stopping by the Federation police.”
Gu Heng let out a muffled grunt of anger, suddenly tightening his grip on the steering wheel until it creaked, almost tearing off the metal frame.
Zuo Shihuan, no longer bothering to hide his smile, covered his lips with his hand, yet still couldn’t stop the bursts of infuriating laughter escaping him.
Grinding his teeth in anger, Gu Heng shot a fierce look at Zuo Shihuan in the passenger seat who was laughing nonstop. He understood that Zuo Shihuan was deliberately teasing him!
He truly wanted to bite down hard on those especially infuriating rosy lips, to pull Zuo Shihuan into his arms and make him not dare to so openly tease and laugh at him!
He had no idea where the usually steady and honest Zuo Shihuan had learned such mischievous thoughts. It was truly both infuriating and impossible to resist…
Making him laugh along as well.
Gu Heng pretended to be angry and threatened, “In a moment you won’t be able to laugh! I’ll let you see my real driving speed. Before you’re scared by the Federation police, I’ll be going so fast that even the police won’t be able to see or catch up!”
In reality, while Gu Heng was pretending to be angry and threatening him, there wasn’t the slightest bit of real anger in his heart. The corners of his lips were already tugging upward as he started laughing along too.
He just didn’t want Zuo Shihuan to notice.
So Gu Heng endured his laughter while suppressing the twitching corners of his mouth, to the point that even he himself found it funny and ridiculous.
Zuo Shihuan held his stomach and burst into loud laughter. “Hahahahaha, fine, I’ll wait and see your performance, Gu Heng!”
A blazing fighting spirit rose in Gu Heng’s black eyes as he bantered back, “Shihuan, just wait and see. Don’t be frightened by me!”
“Alright, alright, I’ll wait for you to scare me, wait for you, Gu Heng, to…”
Zuo Shihuan wiped the tears of laughter from the corners of his eyes, one hand holding his aching stomach from laughing too hard. A bright, cunning gleam rose in his light brown eyes as he added, “But the speed limit in the Federation’s central city doesn’t exceed 40 kilometers per hour. At that speed… is it enough for you to show off, Gu Heng?”
Gu Heng was suddenly choked up. Raising his brows, he gave a wicked smile and said, “Why wouldn’t it be? If there’s no speed, there’s still skill. Shihuan, do you want to see?”
Zuo Shihuan’s expression suddenly stiffened. He realized that even the speed limit wouldn’t restrain Gu Heng. If Gu Heng really got serious about showing off his skills, then even at a speed below 40 kilometers per hour, he would probably still attract the attention of the Federation traffic police.
On the stretch of road they had driven earlier…
Along the way, Gu Heng had driven an ordinary hover car. Whether it was to deliberately show off or to take shortcuts, he had maneuvered with flashy skill, weaving at the limits between forest paths, over the surface of lakes, and between suburban buildings.
Zuo Shihuan no longer had the slightest doubt about Gu Heng’s driving skills.
His only worry was that Gu Heng would get arrested by traffic police.
Not because of speeding, but because his excessively thrilling driving skills might cause innocent passersby to have heart attacks, as well as bystanders screaming and reporting him.
Zuo Shihuan felt speechless at his own wild imagination, yet also thought that anything could happen when it came to Gu Heng. The best solution was to stop Gu Heng from messing around in advance.
“Alright, focus on driving.”
Zuo Shihuan deliberately changed the topic and said, “It’ll be our turn in line soon. Gu Heng, turn on your disguise device first.”
At the mention of the disguise device, Gu Heng let out a slightly depressed “Mm,” yet still understood the importance of it and prepared to activate the device he was completely unwilling to turn on.
Only before activating it, Gu Heng’s gaze darkened as he looked at Zuo Shihuan, yet for some reason did not speak.
Even Zuo Shihuan grew puzzled and asked, “Gu Heng, what’s wrong?”
Gu Heng’s eyes flickered. He lifted his gaze and looked seriously at Zuo Shihuan. “I want you to look at me, look a few more times. Remember my appearance clearly. Because in a moment I’ll be changing to another face…”
This strange request made Zuo Shihuan feel both helpless and somewhat amused. But under Gu Heng’s especially serious and solemn expression, he straightened his posture and looked earnestly into Gu Heng’s eyes as he said: “I’ll look at you carefully and remember what you look like, Gu Heng.”
“Mm.”
Zuo Shihuan felt that Gu Heng was satisfied. Very soon, he activated the disguise device and turned into another person who was both similar and not similar.
After changing his appearance, Gu Heng still had black eyes and black hair, a high-bridged nose, vivid red lips, and the same noble, distant temperament.
As if he had never changed, yet truly had changed.
Amid the blended light, subtle differences in facial features and contours layered together, combining into the complete likeness of an entirely different person.
If Gu Heng, in this current appearance, were walking in a crowd, Zuo Shihuan would recognize his back at first glance, yet when Gu Heng turned to look at him, he would say “Sorry, I mistook you for someone else,” and leave.
Because he no longer looked like the original person.
Only those deep black eyes hidden in the haze of light, carrying a noble coldness like the icy peaks of a solitary mountain, but melting like snow the instant they looked at Zuo Shihuan, revealing warmth and love,
Made it impossible for Zuo Shihuan to ever forget, and in a single glance recognize that this was his Gu Heng.
The Gu Heng who loved him.
The only one in this world who so rarely and preciously loved him like this.
How could Zuo Shihuan not be moved? He quietly clenched his palm, yet could not grasp the wildly beating heart within his chest, nor the growing, intense longing for Gu Heng in the depths of his heart…
After Gu Heng turned on the disguise device, facing Zuo Shihuan’s gaze, he said insecurely, “Shihuan, maybe you shouldn’t look at me anymore. This isn’t the original me…”
“It is the original you.”
As Zuo Shihuan said this, he turned slightly, trying to move closer, closer still to Gu Heng, his eyes gentle and smiling as he said, “I can recognize that it’s you, Gu Heng.”
Gu Heng’s gaze shifted, and he pressed his thin lips together. “You don’t need to comfort me. I know… wait, Shihuan, don’t kiss me yet!”
Ignoring the objection, Zuo Shihuan insisted on kissing Gu Heng’s thin lips.
Helpless, Gu Heng wrapped an arm around Zuo Shihuan’s waist, yet still struggled slightly before Zuo Shihuan lightly brushed his lips, like a dragonfly skimming the surface of water, stirring ripples and sweetness in his heart.
But after a brief daze, Gu Heng still gently pushed Zuo Shihuan away and said, “How about after I turn off the disguise device later, then you kiss me? Right now, looking like this…”
Gu Heng lowered his deep, obscure black eyes. Even his expression carried dissatisfaction toward this disguised, false appearance of his, and he did not want to be kissed by Zuo Shihuan in this form at all.
Zuo Shihuan paused slightly, then said helplessly and indulgently, “If I close my eyes, then I’ll be kissing your original appearance. Would that satisfy you, Gu Heng?”
Gu Heng froze in astonishment, as if he had not expected such a method.
Before Gu Heng could respond, Zuo Shihuan, unable to wait, closed his eyes and kissed him.
He kissed those cool, soft lips.
Gradually warming and moistening, they embraced and kissed.
Unconsciously sitting on Gu Heng’s thigh, he was then fiercely and passionately kissed by Gu Heng, intensely strong yet meticulously gentle, kissing over every place.
A burning hot palm slid along the gap of his clothes.
Grasping a slightly cool, supple waist.
Then tightening forcefully, drawing out waves of trembling and gasping.
Wandering wantonly.
Lips and teeth entangling intensely.
Gu Heng kissed him fiercely and fervently, while Zuo Shihuan closed his eyes and slowly kissed Gu Heng’s lips, nose, facial contours… and finally his eyes.
With eyes closed, little by little, he sketched Gu Heng’s appearance in his heart.
Clearly, more and more clearly, engraving it in his memory.
—
The temperature inside the car rose.
The atmosphere grew ambiguous and heated.
Only the hover car in automatic driving mode moved forward bit by bit. Neither Gu Heng nor Zuo Shihuan noticed, still immersed in their world of loving kisses.
So they also did not see a dark figure gradually approaching the car window.
From a short distance away, the figure said something, yet still was not noticed by the two inside the car, and had no choice but to step forward and knock on the window.
“Stop kissing. Federation traffic police inspection. Please cooperate and open the door.”
The sudden incident caused Zuo Shihuan to stiffen and petrify in an instant, eyes widening, hardly daring to believe what he had just done in front of the Federation police. He hurriedly pushed Gu Heng away with one hand and straightened his clothes and appearance.
After fully tidying himself up, Zuo Shihuan’s breathing was rapid, his heart pounding in lingering shock. Thinking of the Federation police still standing outside the car, he quickly opened the door.
As soon as he opened it, Zuo Shihuan immediately spoke with a sincere attitude: “I’m sorry for delaying your normal duties!”
“It’s good that you know that. I can understand that you young couples can’t help yourselves for a moment, and with the long waiting time in line becoming impatient, but next time you still need to pay attention!”
A petite and cute Beta female police officer wearing a police cap and a teal-blue uniform held a small record notebook in her hand. Like a rabbit, she stared at Zuo Shihuan with a serious expression as she lectured him.
Zuo Shihuan was overwhelmed with shame and said softly, “…We’ll pay attention in the future.”
The female officer nodded. “It’s good that you know. Next time, don’t make me call you several times without any response.”
Zuo Shihuan’s face flushed red as he said in embarrassment, “Okay, it definitely won’t happen again.”
Just as Zuo Shihuan was incomparably ashamed and reflecting on himself, Gu Heng beside him couldn’t help but let out a “pfft” of laughter, then quickly shut his mouth and looked away, pretending nothing had happened.
But it was already too late!
Zuo Shihuan immediately shot him a fierce glare, clenching his fists angrily and grinding his teeth as he looked at the carefree Gu Heng who was still laughing.
—If he had known, he should have just let this b*stard be upset.
—What kissing? What’s there to kiss about a b*stard!
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