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After the meal Yuan Yang went to the kitchen and packed everything up for use later.

After cleaning up, Yuan Yang went into the study and moved the stool to sit near Gu Qing Pei and said, "Read the case information to me."

Gu Qing Pei raised his eyebrows, but complied to that demand as he took the file of information and handed it to him saying, "You understand it?"

Yuan Yang shook the not so thin file in his hands and said, "Isn't this written in Chinese?"

Gu Qing Pei pushed the glasses up his nose, too lazy to start a quarrel with him, "I'll give you a brief description of the case. And then, you take a look at the data but make sure you carefully study it. If you encounter any problems, you will have to get it clarified with me by tomorrow night. As you already know tomorrow is Sunday and you have only one day to familiarise yourself with this case before you leave on Monday. You're to fly directly to xx city, be on time even if you have to ask others for help. After you get in touch with him, call me and if necessary, I'll be there."

"I know, let's talk about the case now."

Gu Qing Pei spent the next few hours explaining the case to Yuan Yang.

Gu was neither a legal professional nor was he exposed to lawsuits or state-owned lawsuits before, but he had a partnership with a lawyer for a while. Both of them worked together to collect many asset packages in the past six years. The income from this endeavour was higher than his regular salary. If Yuan-Director had not intervened and brought him to the new company, Gu had plans to quit this job and take up that side business as his main and expand further on it.

Since mostly it was all non-performing assets that were involved in legal expertise, he was now at least more knowledgeable about real estate's financial and tax issues, so Yuan-Director's several litigation related claims were cleared to be worked over by him.

When it came to work, Gu Qing Pei turned completely professional and exuded a kind of calm wisdom and his speech was erudite, lending him an air of a cool, charming person.

Yuan Yang while listening to Gu, unconsciously ran his eyes all over the man, attracted to Gu Qing Pei.

Gu Qing Pei was talking, and found that Yuan Yang was staring at him. He frowned and asked, "What did I just say?"

"That they paid for 428 acres of land. They transferred payments to the local farmers, and left four hundred acres under the company. Because of the financial crisis, they failed to pay in a timely manner."

Gu Qing Pei bowed his head and turned the pages and looked up, "Yes, more than ten years later that piece of land has been used to grow vegetation by the local farmers. The land transfer contract is still there, but now it's up for re-acquisition. Locals certainly do not want to sell at the current price, which is one of the major difficulties we encountered in this area."

Yuan Yang nodded and then suddenly leaned forward and smoothly took Gu's lips in a soft kiss.

Gu Qing Pei was stunned for a second but looked at him with a frown, "What are you doing?"

Yuan Yang shrugged carelessly, "I don't know, I just wanted to kiss you." He was too lazy to think of reasons, he just wanted to do it, why should he give reasons for every single action? He leaned forward and cupped Gu Qing Pei's head with his hand. He could not refuse the temptation before him, so he stretched forward and kissed Gu Qing Pei's soft lips.

This is a rather mild kiss, unlike any other rough act of Yuan Yang. Yuan Yang only sucked his lower lip a few times, then let him go.

Gu Qing Pei was flustered completely but he covered it up by busily pushing his glasses up and clearing his throat, "You should concentrate on this...what did I say just now?"

Yuan Yang's lips curved in a smile, "I have heard you and even written down the key point. You do not have to emphasise on the points repeatedly."

"You really remember?"

"I will carefully read the material. Since it is half past nine, I am going to prepare for bed."

"You sleep at half past nine?" Gu was surprised.

"I used to go to bed early and get up early." He stretched his body lazily. "You have to sleep as well."

"I still have a lot to deal with."

"No, must go to bed before ten o'clock." Yuan Yang's hand pulled Gu Qing Pei's glasses from his face. He carefully looked at Gu Qing Pei's eyes, they looked tired. "When you don't wear glasses, you seem younger."

Gu Qing Pei reached out and want to snatch his glasses back but Yuan Yang raised his arm, not intending to give them back to him.

Gu Qing Pei turned away, scooped out a spare from the drawer????.

Yuan Yang took those pair of glasses as well and threw them to the side. He pulled Gu Qing Pei up by his arm, "I said go to sleep."

Gu Qing Pei was pulled to the bathroom door, "Go take a bath, or I'll come in there and help you wash."

Gu Qing Pei sighed and entered the bathroom. He slammed the door shut before Yuan Yang could follow him inside.

Yuan Yang puffed out a breath and smiled slowly. He rushed to another bathroom and rinsed briefly, then ran back to the bedroom and jumped into Gu Qing Pei's bed.

Gu Qing Pei walked into the bedroom, and saw Yuan Yang sitting on the bed with only a black underwear on him, flipping through a book.

He knew even though the chances of him getting Yuan Yang out of his bedroom was slim, he still tried, "Hey, go sleep in the next room."

Yuan Yang raised his eyebrow sardonically, "Don't want to."

Gu Qing Pei turned around and wanted to go sleep in the guest bedroom but Yuan Yang called out to him with a grin, "Where you sleep....I'll sleep there."

Gu Qing Pei closed his eyes in exasperation, reined in his urge to scream and shout and turned back to the bed.

Yuan Yang laid down beside him and showed off his tights abs and two long, muscular legs in a seductive pose. His arms bulged with muscles and his perfect body was laid out on the bed like a spread of feast.

Gu Qing Pei pretended not to see any of the sexiness near him, burrowed directly into the quilt and turned his back to Yuan Yang.

Yuan Yang grabbed the quilt from Gu Qing Pei and grumbled, "You fuck ....you're not gay, are you? I'm sure you don't like men. I have such a good body but you don't even spare me a look!"

Gu Qing Pei continued to ignore him and laid facing the other side. Yuan Yang looked like a loser in front of him. He leaned over Gu and tried to look at his cock, "Hey, you have not washed away the marks I left on your little Gu?"

When it came to cleanliness, Gu Qing Pei was a neat freak. He rubbed his little Gu almost raw and till it turned red just so he wouldn't have to see the ink marks on his skin anymore. The more he rubbed it, the more he wanted to murder Yuan Yang badly.

Yuan Yang smiled roguishly and said, "Has it washed out yet? If you don't speak, I can personally check it."

Gu Qing Pei bit his teeth, "It was washed away."

Yuan Yang laughed once and then again as he put pressure on Gu's chest and stretched him out before him. He leaned on the sturdy chest underneath his arm and winked at him before he whispered, "If you're not wearing glasses, you look young. With your dishevelled hair, you look no better than me."

Gu Qing Pei turned his head away, "You're one ridiculous young man."

Yuan Yang forced his head back to face him and hugged Gu like a child, "Hey, do you feel tired?"

"Tired? Of course I am tired. How can one live and not feel tired. I need to work hard so I don't rely on anyone else for my food and clothing."

Yuan Yang paused thoughtfully and muttered, "I can feed you."

"You?" Gu Qing Pei laughed at that ridiculous answer, "The eldest son ah, you have no money."

"You should be sorry to say that, who should I blame it on?"

"Who was the one who irritated me first? It's your own damn fault your money is gone now. I had to do something to control your atrocious behaviour."

"What the.....you....fuck....you finally tell the truth."

Gu Qing Pei sighed and cried, "You deserve it, I had to cure your rowdy attitude."

Yuan Yang coldly said, "Finally, I'm going to rule you on the bed."

Gu Qing Pei neatly elbowed him in the stomach and pushed him away, "I'm going to sleep."

"I'll hold you to it." Yuan Yang wrapped one hand around Gu's waist and in one pull, the man was in his arms.

Gu Qing Pei struggled to free himself a few times....and failed. He gave up and simply laid in his arms, ignoring him.

In fact, it was very warm, the kind which Gu Qing Pei wanted. Not the warmth of the radiator, but sleeping in the dark of winter with a warm person. It was really a...warm thing.

Gu Qing Pei closed his eyes and with a peace of mind, nestled into Yuan Yang's arms and fell into a really deep sleep.

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