Reluctantly Willing

After seeing the front side of the man on the stage, Liu Cheng's legs felt heavy and he fell to his knees.

The man on the stage was Yan Zi.

A few generous middle-aged men beside An Xiaoyan were calling out to the bartender to refill the wine. They handed An Xiaoyan the wine, a cup at a time, and An Xiaoyan did not hesitate to gulp down the wine. The wine dripped from his mouth to his clothes, and his chest was wet.

Cheers continued to pour in and more people crowded in front of the stage. Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Liu Cheng walked through the crowd and grabbed An Xiaoyan. Before they could head out…

A guest donning thick gold chain was feeling unhappy as he had spent so much money. His money would go to a waste if An Xiaoyan was pulled away.

"Don't be tactless, young man."

No matter how chaotic the scene was, Liu Cheng was determined to take Yan Zi out of the place, "Anyone who wants to continue to make him drink will have to go through me."

Upon hearing that, those who wanted to go forward and join in the fun stopped in their tracks. Though this man looked very young, his words were ruthless enough to stop them. Liu Cheng assisted An Xiaoyan out of the room.

Liu Cheng opened the door to a suite, put An Xiaoyan down and returned to the dinner appointment. He lied to them saying that his father needed him home to attend to some urgent matters, and went off.

Back to the suite, the figure on the bed disappeared. Liu Cheng was hoping that Yan Zi would not return to the room, so he hurriedly searched the suite. He felt at ease only when he was near the bathroom and heard the sound of water running.

An Xiaoyan bended over beside the toilet and vomited out most of the wine he had just drunk. The feeling of a bulging stomach subsided.

Liu Cheng leaned against the door frame and waited quietly for Yan Zi to finish vomiting. He took out a wet towel from the table and handed it to An Xiaoyan.

"Thank you," An Xiaoyan struggled to say these two words after wiping the dirty corners of his mouth.

After placing An Xiaoyan to sit on the bed, Liu Cheng sat down on the sofa. He was waiting for his words to give him an explanation on why he would be reduced to his state within a short period of ten days. He could quit his job at the pharmacy, but why would he work in such a place!

An Xiaoyan closed his eyes and rested for a while. He felt much better. Although alcohol continued to penetrate his body, he was still conscious. And it was indeed true that one could train his capacity to hold his liquor through practice. He had only drank for a few days and now he was able to hold his liquor much better than before.

"If you have any question, just ask," An Xiaoyan no longer held on to any hope. Gu Jun's purpose was to let the people around An Xiaoyan know that he was in such a place. Now Gu Jun had done it.

"Yan Zi, what's the matter? Why are you here? Did Gu Jun force you?" Liu Cheng held on to An Xiaoyan's shoulder tightly with his hands. How he wished all that he had seen were not true. People like Yan Zi should not lead such a life.

"No, I am willing."

Willing, he said he was willing.

A thunderbolt shattered Liu Cheng's hopes when Yan Zi said that he was willing.

"There's nothing wrong with it. I can earn a lot of money just by drinking here. I don't have to earn little as a doctor."

Each word pricked Liu Cheng's heart, "But it is no joke how much harm this can do to your health. You can do this a day or two but can you do this for a year or two?"

"Cheng, can I live till then?" An Xiaoyan looked pale and weak as he replied. This sentence was the only truth that he spoke. He knew his body better than anyone else. During his days in the prison, he was beaten up and there was inadequate medication in the prison to treat him. Coupled with inadequate nutrition, his body was not as strong as before. Three or four months after he was released, besides toiling hard at work, he had been drinking persistently, this worsened his health further.

Liu Cheng took off his coat and wrapped it tightly around An Xiaoyan's thin body, then murmured, "Yan Zi, you will, you will live for a long time. Don't stay here, I will take you away."

Liu Cheng wanted to lead An Xiaoyan outside, but could not seem to move him after a few pulls. Looking into the eyes of the person sitting on the bed, Liu Cheng felt uncomfortable. An Xiaoyan's face was slapped with a thick layer of foundation and his eyes had a thick layer of eye shadow. He resembled those who worked at the clubhouse.

"I won't go. I'm doing fine here."

"Yan Zi, do you have to argue with me at this time? Go back with me, take a bath and sleep. When you wake up tomorrow, everything will be over."

"Cheng, you go back."

When Liu Cheng heard "Cheng", he was stunned. An Xiaoyan never called him that. What happened? An Xiaoyan's stubbornness made him a little impatient. An Xiaoyan used to be a righteous man who could tell right from wrong. When Liu Cheng was in the university, he would get a scolding from An Xiaoyan each time he went drinking. He could not accept such a drastic change.

"Do you know what kind of place this is? Today they can hand you wine. Tomorrow it might be drugs. You want to be a degenerate here?!"

"Yes, I am willing." Once again, An Xiaoyan firmly rejected Liu Cheng.

Yan Zi, why do you have to stay in the pit of fire when I have the chance to rescue you?

The moment when Liu Cheng left, An Xiaoyan's shoulder drooped and his tears fell. He was not a ruthless person, and did not want things to become like this. But he had no choice as he needed money and could not escape from Gu Jun's control.

When an angel falls into hell, he can only live like a devil.

A faint scent of Liu Cheng's perfume still lingered on the coat on his body. An Xiaoyan folded up the coat carefully and hugged it in his arms like a treasure.

Liu Cheng left the clubhouse without a coat and felt a little cold. His assistant was waiting at the door all along. As soon as Liu Cheng walked out, he opened the car door immediately.

"Director, why did you leave so soon? How was the dinner today?"

Liu Cheng gave a face indicating that he did not wish to answer. His assistant had never seen him like this.

"Director, are we going back to the old house?"

"Go back to my apartment."

On the journey back home, Liu Cheng kept thinking of Yan Zi's colorful face. It made him start thinking of whether Gu Jun had done something to An Xiaoyan. Otherwise, Yan Zi's character would not have undergone such a drastic change.

What exactly happened?

When An Xiaoyan recomposed himself and returned to the room, many guests had already left. He did not earn much today. He went back to his own room and saw his two roommates removing their makeup. They did not talk to him and continued what they were doing.

One of them was an ordinary waiter, while the other was a male hostess. The system of Night Charm Luxurious Clubhouse was that the more the guests spent, the more the male hostesses could earn. Likewise, if the guests were to spend less, the male hostesses would earn less. This was exactly what An Xiaoyan was worried about. He did a calculation that if he had been working as a doctor, he would have earned almost a hundred thousand dollars. And now, he would need to earn this much money within half a month so that he would not give himself away when he returned home.