Outside The Law Chapter 8

Warning: There is NSFW content in this chapter.

Su Jiawen completely went off the grid.

He didn't go to school for the next half a month. His phone was out of service too. He got into Jiang Qi's car right under Luo Yu's eyes and never appeared again.

Luo Yu was like a frog in warm water. He had been pleased, acting like he was receiving all the benefits. He wanted Su Jiawen's adoration, but also wanted his own reputation.　　

But the water slowly started heating up. When it pa.s.sed fifty degrees, he became panicked and distressed, unable to calm down again. Every time Luo Yu remembered how Su Jiawen had looked that day when he got the IV, his whole heart felt like it was tightly wrapped with chains and suspended high in the air, then poured over with boiling water.

He waited several weeks before he couldn't take it anymore. He forgot about his dignity and called Xing Licheng in, ordering him to contact Zhen Ting and find a way to get Su Jiawen back.

Jiang Qi picked up Xing Licheng's call, but this time, it was Luo Yu who had to beg him. Thus, he started acting c.o.c.ky. Today he refused to meet up, saying he was busy. The next day he refused to meet up, saying he was out of town. The day after that he also had another event planned. Basically, he wanted Luo Yu to wait.　

Finally, Luo Yu could only personally call Jiang Qi.　

Jiang Qi's a.s.sistant picked up on the other end. Luo Yu's expression was dark as he explained who he was. The a.s.sistant said Jiang Qi was in a meeting.　　

Luo Yu waited two more hours before Jiang Qi called him back.　

He casually asked on the other side, "How come Mr. Luo has the time to find me?"

"It's CEO Jiang who is difficult to meet." Luo Yu tapped his fountain pen against the table out of habit.

Jiang Qi laughed carelessly, "Not as difficult as Mr. Luo. I remember when I was buying Su Jiawen from you, you ignored me for almost half a month."

"But didn't you ultimately still find me?" Luo Yu wasn't angry. Instead, he chided Jiang Qi, "If CEO Jiang is like this, that would be quite disrespectful to me."

Jiang Qi paused. He told Luo Yu to wait a bit, after which the sound of chains clinking together appeared. Luo Yu's heart dropped.　　

A moment later, Luo Yu heard very soft moans coming through the phone. He also heard the sounds of skin slapping skin and Jiang Qi's pants.　

The person moaning was Su Jiawen. He sounded like he was in a lot of pain, or maybe it was only Luo Yu thinking that he should have been in pain.　

Su Jiawen would be in a lot of pain making love with anyone else——because the person he liked was Luo Yu.

Luo Yu calmly hung up. His hands quivered as he grabbed a cigarette off the table and put it in his mouth. He pulled out a lighter and held it to his lips, but couldn't get it to work despite trying several times. He ultimately gave up, squeezing the lighter and closing his eyes.

Xing Licheng stood outside, about to knock. But as soon as he heard a loud noise inside, he hurriedly turned the door handle and entered. The wall by Luo Yu's right hand was burnt black; there was thick smoke drifting from it.　

The smoke triggered the alarm and the high pressure sprinklers overhead turned on. They put out the sparks on the carpet, but also drowned all the decorations and electronics in the room. The luxurious top-floor office building became a huge mess.

Xing Licheng knew what must have happened after seeing the smoke in Luo Yu's hand. Luo Yu had definitely caused the lighter to combust after throwing it too hard. The room was in chaos, but Luo Yu seemed fairly composed. He picked up his half-soaked suit jacket and walked out the door.　

Night fell. Jiang Qi finally called Luo Yu back. Luo Yu could only pick up.　

"Mr. Luo," Jiang Qi began, "Sorry about this afternoon. You understand……Forgive me."

Luo Yu's breath hitched. He quietly inhaled deeply twice before he heard himself say, "It's nothing."

"It's best that you think it's nothing. Why were you looking for me again?" Jiang Qi asked.

Before Luo Yu could say anything, Jiang Qi continued, "Oh, I remember. Mr. Luo wanted to treat me to dinner."

"I wonder when CEO Jiang has time." There was a gun in Luo Yu's hand, an offensive MK23 Mod 0. Luo Yu put the gun on the table and spun it with his fingers. The body of the gun rubbed against the wood, resulting in a quiet, rough sound.

"Just a moment. Let me check my schedule with my secretary." Jiang Qi pressed mute and made Luo Yu wait five more minutes before saying, "Mr. Luo, still there?"

Luo Yu put his phone on speaker and left it on the table. When he heard Jiang Qi speak, he replied, "Un."　

Jiang Qi scoffed. He said, "Mr. Luo has waited for quite a while. You mustn't be busy lately."

Luo Yu had truly never been treated so coldly and disrespectfully before in his life, but he had also never liked anyone before. He had never seen the marks left over from s.e.x on someone's body and felt like he couldn't breathe, frozen in place. As he listened to Jiang Qi humiliate him, Luo Yu's mind went blank for an instant. He felt agitated, like there was something stuck in his throat.　

On the other end, Jiang Qi added, "I'm free next Tuesday. I'll treat Mr. Luo this time. An address will be sent to you shortly."

And then he hung up.

Time pa.s.sed scarily slow when one was waiting.　

Luo Yu acted like nothing was wrong. He even went overseas to attend his mother's best friend's birthday party; he had to reject several people's attempts at matchmaking there.　

The day he returned to Ping City, Shen Qiyin was coincidentally there too. His new girlfriend wanted to go out to sea.

Shen Qiyin asked Luo Yu if he was down to meet up. Luo Yu absentmindedly responded, telling him to amuse himself.

Shen Qiyin was somewhat displeased. He felt that Luo Yu's soul hadn't been in his body recently, but he had also invited other people out, so wasn't that hung up about it. He brought them to Luo Yu's pier himself.

He saw the white tip of the yacht from far away. Shen Qiyin felt that something was off. Upon taking a closer look, he realized that the "Shen Qiyin" sprayed on the side of the boat and the decorative tree that had been onboard had both disappeared.　　

"Qiyin……Where's your name?" Zhou Zihao who had seen the ship before discovered the problem too, so asked him.

Shen Qiyin smiled stiffly and made up an excuse for himself. He said that after his family heard about it, they thought he was being too high key, so he was forced to cover up his name with new paint.

Onboard the ship, Shen Qiyin left his female companion outside and walked into his room to call Luo Yu. He looked at himself in the mirror and thought that his expression was dark as night.

Luo Yu picked up. Shen Qiyin asked, "I won't ask about you covering up my name, but why the f.u.c.k did you take my tree?"

Luo Yu was in the car on the way back to his company. When Shen Qiyin brought up the two trees, he suddenly thought of the time when Su Jiawen had stuffed the bargaining chips into his hand behind the tree.　　

The scent of the ocean was very strong on the deep seas; the large palm tree had blocked the light from the dining hall. The kiss they had exchanged in the evening glow against the backdrop of the waves was extremely sweet——and Su Jiawen had told him: "For you."

Luo Yu hadn't pondered on it before, but now that he was reminiscing, he realized that Su Jiawen was probably saying the bargaining chips are for you, but my heart is for you too.　

"……Say something, f.u.c.ker!" Shen Qiyin was still cussing.

"I'll compensate you two new trees later," Luo Yu responded icily.

Shen Qiyin waited for a long time, but Luo Yu refused to give him a reason. He could only calm himself down and switch topics to ask Luo Yu, "How's Su Jiawen been?"

"You gotta throw out the old to get in with the new. I booked a plane next week to our hotel in country U. Are you coming?" Before Luo Yu could speak, Shen Qiyin had already filled in the blanks himself. He continued, "There's some fresh meat at White Nest, even fresher than Su Jiawen. I——"

"Going to country U would be nice. But there's no need to prepare anybody. I'm bringing Su Jiawen," Luo Yu cut him off.

Shen Qiyin froze for a couple of seconds. His voice raised several pitches. "f.u.c.k. Didn't you give Su Jiawen to Jiang Qi?"

"I'll contact you when it's closer to the date." Luo Yu wasn't planning on answering Shen Qiyin's question at all, so hung up after this.

Jiang Qi had to have done it on purpose. He scheduled for their meeting to take place in the restaurant of the hotel that had hosted the auction.　　

He sent the location of their dinner to Luo Yu two hours in advance.　　

Luo Yu had been very cranky the entire day. When he received the text from Jiang Qi, he was in the middle of a short meeting with the core team of his technology department. He was very displeased with the reports from last quarter and was in the process of yelling at the team members one by one when his phone suddenly beeped. Luo Yu immediately shut up. He grabbed his phone and glanced at it. Then, he scanned the room with furrowed brows and said a few last words before leaving.　

He left behind a few high ranking members of the company who had just been scolded. Everyone awkwardly laughed at each other and walked back to their own offices.

Luo Yu got to the hotel on the dot. Jiang Qi was already there.

He calmly waited for Luo Yu. He had even already finished decanting Luo Yu's wine for him.

Luo Yu wasn't the type to wear his emotions on his face. He sat down naturally and asked the waiter for a menu, then indifferently ordered a few dishes.　

Jiang Qi discussed the current economy with him, and shared some secret gossip about Hong Kong. Luo Yu accompanied Jiang Qi in his useless chattering. Halfway through the meal, he finally shared his intentions.

Jiang Qi listened to Luo Yu's proposal. He thought about it and said, "Mr. Luo, I'm a businessman."

Luo Yu nodded, signalling that he was willing to listen.

"Jiawen isn't bad." Jiang Qi winked at him knowingly.

Luo Yu leaned backwards, slightly lifting his head to look at Jiang Qi. The expression in his eyes was dangerous, but he held back the explosion of emotion.

"Unfortunately, he's a little ingrate who refuses to change." Jiang Qi took a sip of wine. "I spent a lot of money on him with the intention of repaying my debt of grat.i.tude, but he sold me in the blink of an eye."

Luo Yu froze, then immediately guessed that Jiang Qi had placed a listening device on Su Jiawen. That night at the horse stables, Su Jiawen had told him to be careful. Jiang Qi had heard everything. Luo Yu didn't speak, silently looking at Jiang Qi, waiting for him to continue.

Jiang Qi lowered his gaze to observe his hands before finally resuming, "And you know, Mr. Luo. The person in Su Jiawen's heart is someone else. f.u.c.king him isn't as nice as I thought it would be."

Before he could finish talking, Luo Yu couldn't hold himself back anymore. He stood up in a rush and pulled out his gun. He held the gun up to Jiang Qi's forehead and expressionlessly asked him, "You really think I wouldn't dare to touch you?"

Jiang Qi raised his arms in surrender. He didn't say anything, only looking at Luo Yu calmly.　

Luo Yu glared at him. His index finger was so close to pulling the trigger, but at the last moment, he put the gun back down on the table.　　

In the end, Luo Yu spent cash ten times the amount Jiang Qi had paid for Su Jiawen, along with the value of the land Zhen Ting had given him, to buy Su Jiawen back.

Jiang Qi said he was scared that Luo Yu would want to kill someone upon seeing Su Jiawen's current state. He said he needed to keep Su Jiawen at home for a few more days to wait for the other to recover.　　

Luo Yu was originally so close to pulling his gun again; his expression changed several times. In the end, he thought of something and ultimately agreed. He prepaid 30% of the deposit and scheduled a time to pick up Su Jiawen from Jiang Qi, then stood up to leave.　

"Mr. Luo," Jiang Qi suddenly called out to Luo Yu. Luo Yu turned around to look at him.

Jiang Qi smiled at him politely and joined his hands together in a salute. "I admit my defeat."

Two days later, Luo Yu went to pick Su Jiawen up to go home.　

He got to Jiang Qi's house early in the morning. He didn't bring any attendants or bodyguards, driving himself there in a big car. He parked by the iron gate outside and got out of the car to press the doorbell.　

Su Jiawen walked out alone, not carrying anything. He formed a desolate scene. 　

His expression was a little dazed. When he saw Luo Yu, his only reaction was to shrink in on himself a little. He didn't smile. The light and innocence in his eyes had disappeared. He didn't like Luo Yu anymore, or anyone else.　　

"Luo……" Su Jiawen's voice was a little hoa.r.s.e and very quiet. He walked closer and stared at Luo Yu through the gate. It opened with a "geda" and suddenly, Su Jiawen was right in front of him.

The sky was extremely gloomy. The temperature wasn't low, but the air pressure was. It made one feel like a fish out of water as they walked down the street, mouth opened wide to breathe, but unable to inhale any air.

Luo Yu was in extreme pain and discomfort because of oxygen deprivation from the air pressure, or maybe it was because of some other reason.　

He leaned in closer to look at Su Jiawen. Su Jiawen had lost a lot of weight. There were dark circles under his eyes and he could only say "Luo." He didn't say anything after that.　

Luo Yu ignored the circle of bruises around his neck and held onto Su Jiawen's hand. His hand was very cold and the joints were distinct. Luo Yu acted like nothing had happened and asked him, "Are you cold?"

Su Jiawen shook his head and got in the car with him.

It was twenty degrees outside, but Luo Yu turned on the heater. He started the engine and told Su Jiawen, "You're not wearing enough."

Su Jiawen was wearing quite a bit. He didn't respond.

Luo Yu took him home. He held Su Jiawen's hand and walked in the door. The housekeeper and chef were both waiting at the entrance.　

The chef saw them enter and immediately said, "I made a bowl of noodles for Mr. Su."

But Su Jiawen said he wasn't hungry. Luo Yu asked if he wanted to take a nap, because he looked very tired.

Su Jiawen thought about it, then nodded. He said thank you Mr. Luo and turned around to head towards the guest room downstairs.　　

Luo Yu clenched his teeth together and tugged him back. He asked, "Where are you going?"

"You said……" Su Jiawen seemed to want to explain himself, but was pulled upstairs by Luo Yu. Luo Yu dragged him into the master bedroom and shoved him onto the bed.

"Your room is here," Luo Yu said. "Sleep."

Su Jiawen nodded and started stripping in front of him. His pale and thin upper body was covered in strangely shaped green hickeys that were almost gone. There were even thin scabs on his nipples.

There had been a chain around his neck. The places that had gotten sc.r.a.ped wouldn't heal so quickly.　　

Luo Yu glanced at it, then immediately removed his gaze. He helped Su Jiawen bring over his pajamas. Su Jiawen changed into them and curled into the blankets.　　

Luo Yu leaned down and kissed Su Jiawen's forehead, then his lips. He solemnly said, "Sleep, Jiawen."
As if he treasured Su Jiawen a lot.

Su Jiawen looked at him, but was mostly expressionless. Luo Yu stood up straight again and made to leave. Su Jiawen suddenly spoke up. He softly called for Luo Yu, "Mr. Luo."

Luo Yu looked at him gently. "Do you want me to accompany you?"

"You don't think I'm dirty?" Su Jiawen stared directly into Luo Yu's eyes. He still used the same tone, but his question was extreme and borderline hysterical. He asked, "You don't feel dirty after touching me?"

This was probably the first time in his life that Luo Yu didn't dare to speak. A long pause later, he finally said, "Why would you think that?"

But Su Jiawen continued muttering to himself. "I feel dirty."

"If you feel dirty, take a bath." Luo Yu picked Su Jiawen up, helped him undress, and carried his naked form into the bathroom.

He put Su Jiawen into the bathtub and half-kneeled to help him fill up the tub with water. Luo Yu let the warm water cover Su Jiawen and all the markings left on Su Jiawen's skin. He diligently washed him, gently helping Su Jiawen clean every part of his body. His gaze was unperturbed, not at all avoidant.

Su Jiawen allowed Luo Yu to do as he wished. He let Luo Yu drain all the water in the tub and turn on the showerhead to rinse off the bubbles on his body.　　

Luo Yu washed Su Jiawen from head to toe, then wrapped him in a thick, clean towel and carried him back to bed. Su Jiawen gazed at Luo Yu. His eyes were wet, but it appeared that he didn't dare to cry anymore.

Luo Yu made him sit on the bed, then grabbed the hair dryer to blow dry his hair. After Su Jiawen's hair was dry, he told him, "See, you're clean now after a bath."

"Really?" Su Jiawen asked him.

Luo Yu undid his tie and said, "I'll stay with you."

"Are you still willing to get in bed with me?" Su Jiawen inquired the moment Luo Yu was about to lay down beside him.

Su Jiawen's warm, naked body pressed against Luo Yu. His hand travelled lower to rub and tease the thing between Luo Yu's legs; Luo Yu naturally became hard. He pressed Su Jiawen into the bed and kissed at Su Jiawen's soft but cold lips, almost as if he were biting at them. Su Jiawen's member became erect too, and brushed against Luo Yu's abdomen. His mouth was open as he panted.

Luo Yu grabbed the lube in the drawer by the headboard and prepped Su Jiawen. Su Jiawen's legs were spread very wide. Luo Yu's fingers moved in and out of his body.　

Luo Yu was so aroused he felt like he was going to explode. When he thought there was enough preparation, he slowly pushed into Su Jiawen's hole. Su Jiawen groaned, and Luo Yu started pounding into him roughly.　

In the throes of pleasure, Luo Yu placed a hand on Su Jiawen's neck, easily covering up the strangle marks there. Su Jiawen's eyes were closed shut, vision blurry from all the tears, but he could still feel Luo Yu's movements. He suddenly reached a hand out and grabbed Luo Yu's wrist, forcing him to remove his hand. He said, "Mr. Luo, look."

Luo Yu had never known that making love could be so agonizing. Now he knew.