Winner Takes All

Title: 谁把谁当真 (Winner Takes All)

Author：水千丞 (ShuiQianCheng)

Translator: 月野 見事 (TsukinoMigoto)

Protagonists ：黎朔 (LiShuo), 赵锦辛 (ZhaoJinXin)

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Li Shuo really didn’t want to behave like a hairy boy in front of Zhao Rongtian, but he didn’t know why, he felt ashamed.

Zhao Rongtian smiled and said: “Don’t be nervous. You young people are dating, I don’t want to worry about it. But you are the son of my best friend, and you are so good. We are all happy for you in our hearts and hope that you will take your relationship seriously. Get along well, if we become a family, then we will really complement each other.”

Li Shuo nodded gratefully: “Mr. Zhao…Uncle Zhao, thank you.”

Madam Zhao also said: “Li Shuo, you are older than him. You are prudent and sensible. In the future, you have to take care of Jinxin. I don’t ask for anything else. I only hope that he is healthy and safe. Jinxin listens to you more than me. Auntie leaves him to you.”

“Auntie, don’t worry, I will take good care of him.”

Zhao Jinxin held Li Shuo’s shoulder and shook it gently: “Dad, Mom, I will listen to Brother Li’s words carefully.”

“You also want to listen to your brother, you know, thanks to your brother this time, you have to discuss with your family whenever, don’t make your own decision hastily.”

“Yes, I got it.”

During dinner, Shao Qun and Li Chengxiu sat in the farthest place from Li Shuo, almost at the diagonal angle of the entire table.

Li Shuo took a sip of the dish and said admiringly: “Cheng Xiu, did you cook this asparagus? It tastes really good.”

Li Chengxiu smiled and said, “I cooked it.”

Shao Qun narrowed his eyes, Zhao Jinxin turned his head and opened his mouth at Li Shuo: “I want to eat too, ah–“

Li Shuo smiled, picked up a piece and stuffed it into his mouth, “It’s delicious.” Seeing Zhao Jinxin’s effort to make the siege, he decided to temporarily let Shao Qun go.

Shao Qun glared at Zhao Jinxin, with an expression of hatred for iron and steel.

Shao Wen raised her glass: “Today is to celebrate Jin Xin’s stitch removal. Come, let’s wish him a speedy recovery.”

Everyone raised their wine glasses, babbling with blessings, and then brought the wine glasses to their lips.

Li Shuo gently held Zhao Jinxin’s cup: “Don’t drink it. It is not conducive to the recovery of the wound. I will drink it for you.”

“I’ll just have a drink.” Zhao Jinxin shook his slender finger.

“Don’t drink.” Li Shuo took his wine and drank it up.

Zhao Rongtian and his wife looked at each other with satisfaction.

After eating, Zhao Jinxin asked Shao Qun and Li Chengxiu about the child that will be given birth soon.

Speaking of the child, Li Chengxiu was full of joy: “The expected delivery date is still three months away, and the inspection indicators are all normal.”

Shao Qun also proudly said: “Our family Cheng Xiu has prepared a lot of clothes for the baby.” He took out his mobile phone and showed it to everyone, “How about it, it’s all done by hand, is it not great?”

“Wow, super cute.” Shao Qun’s third sister excitedly praised.

Mrs. Zhao also leaned over to look and exclaimed: “It is so happy to welcome the arrival of the little one.” After finishing speaking, she gave Zhao Jinxin a sad look.

Zhao Jinxin spread his hands and said, “Mom, I’m only 24 years old.”

“What does it matter how old you are? You can’t give birth anyway.” Zhao Rongtian raised his chin to Li Shuo, “What about you, Li Shuo? Have your parents talked to you about having children?”

Li Shuo smiled and said: “We have talked about it. I think the conditions are not yet good at the moment but sooner or later we will find ways.”

“It’s good to have this idea. I still want to have grandchildren.”

Zhao Jinxin smiled at Li Shuo: “Your child must be as good as you.”

Li Chengxiu followed and nodded.

Shao Qun glared at them.

After dark, the Shao family had left, and Li Shuo was also leaving. Zhao Jinxin followed him to the door and put on his shoes carefully: “I will take you to the parking lot.”

The two went downstairs and Li Shuo asked, “Is it really not necessary for me to send them off tomorrow?”

“My dad said no need. So, don’t bother, unless you especially want to see me tomorrow.”

Li Shuo snorted: “Then I’m going to go do something else.”

“What are you going to do?”

“The new office has been prepared very quickly this time and it can be launched by the end of the month. At that time, there will be a cocktail party and more people will be invited to join the fun.”

“Okay.” Zhao Jinxin held his hand, “How will you introduce me then?”

Li Shuo looked at him: “How to introduce what?”

“Are you going to introduce me as ‘CEO of Ennan Group’?”

“Is there anything wrong with that?”

“You should add the sentence ‘also my boyfriend’ afterwards, that would be right.”

Li Shuo squeezed his face: “Public is public, and private is private. Why do you want to mix them together?”

“I’m afraid that there will always be people around you who want to seduce you. I can’t wait to paste my picture on your forehead.”

Li Shuo sneered: “Am I such a person with no self-control?”

“I’m afraid that others will have no self-control.” Zhao Jinxin leaned into his ear and whispered, “For example, when I see you for the first time, I don’t have self-control. I just want to strip you naked and fuck you hard.”

Li Shuo pushed his head away: “Little kinky demon, you think everyone is like you?”

“Of course other people can’t be like me, I will kill them.” Zhao Jinxin hugged Li Shuo’s waist and said sweetly, “Uncle Li is mine.”

Li Shuo couldn’t help but raise the corners of his mouth: “Okay, I’m going back now. You also go back to accompany your parents more. They will leave tomorrow.”

“We will go back to see them together next time.”

“Okay.” Zhao Jinxin pursed his lips as if he wanted candy.

Li Shuo kissed him: “Good night.”

“Good night.”

Li Shuo put most of his energy into the preparation of his new office, and with the expansion of Ennan’s business, Zhao Jinxin was also very busy, running around with an injured hand every day.

Even in this case, Zhao Jinxin tried his best to find time to find Li Shuo. If he can stay for the whole night, he stays for the whole night and has a ‘meal’.

The more this ‘long-lost love reunion’ period goes by, the more Li Shuo wishes to remain calm. If it is true that as Zhao Jinxin said, they are talking about the relationship for a lifetime, then there is no reason to be too impatient. So he always keeps a certain distance from Zhao Jinxin to test him and also to test himself. It will test whether his control will be defeated by the feverish lovesick brain again.

On this day, Li Shuo went drinking with Wen Xiaohui. Zhao Jinxin called and asked him where he was. Li Shuo said, “Are you at my house now?”

“Yes, I just drove by. Why are you so late and haven’t come back yet?”

“How many times have you ‘accidentally’ passed by this time?” Li Shuo said helplessly, “I’m drinking with my friends, you can go back and rest first.”

“…… Which friend?”

“Xiaohui.”

Zhao Jinxin snorted softly: “I’m waiting for you.”

“You go back, I will find you another time.”

“Do whatever you want, I will still wait for you.”

Li Shuo said helplessly: “Well then, you can wait.” He hung up the phone.

Wen Xiaohui curled his lips: “Clingy.”

Li Shuo smiled: “He’s a bit clingy, but he’s also cute.”

“Cute?” Wen Xiaohui looked unbearable, “Since you think he is cute, why don’t you go back to see that cute boyfriend?”

“We have to get along slowly. It’s not good to be too impatient.” They used to be too impatient. Their passion is like an open fire burning all their reasoning and causing those unbearable pains. He has learned a lot, so he is cautious this time.

“It makes sense. Man, I just want to hold on to it.” Wen Xiaohui winked and said, “Hey, I gave you those, have you tried it? Is it good?”

The wine in Li Shuo’s mouth was almost spit out, and his face displays a look of uneasiness, “No, not yet.”

“Try it, don’t waste it.” Wen Xiaohui smiled obscenely, “I promise you’ll like it.”

Li Shuo has not dared to let Wen Xiaohui know the true position between him and Zhao Jinxin on the bed. He is not embarrassed. He just thinks that Wen Xiaohui might be scared and cry for him. It seems that there is no need for special attention. Besides, Zhao Jinxin doesn’t care about what others think at all. Li Shuo has always been very touched by his considerate attitude.

Wen Xiaohui saw Li Shuo’s embarrassed looks and deliberately teased him: “Oh, are you shy? I don’t think you will be embarrassed.”

Li Shuo said with a low smile: “I will try it when I have time.”

“Hahaha, I am waiting for you to give me product feedback.”

Li Shuo realized that if they continued to talk, it was going to go on until midnight. So he left ahead of time. Moreover, although he didn’t want to admit it, he did have Zhao Jinxin waiting for him at his door in his heart.

He went back home in a hurry, Zhao Jinxin really sat at his door, and when he saw him coming back, he hugged his knees and pretended to be pitiful.

Li Shuo leaned against the wall and looked at him condescendingly: “Actually you have the keys to my house, right?”

“Yes, but if I go in without authorization, you will be angry.”

“I will be.”

“So I have to wait for you here.” Zhao Jinxin ‘meowed’ and said, “Master, you are back.”

Li Shuo laughed and walked over to pull him up.

Zhao Jinxin hugged him and kissed him, then glued himself to his back, followed him into the house, and sniffed hard beside Li Shuo’s face: “Drinking?”

“Just a little bit.”

“You don’t let me drink yet you go and drink by yourself.”

“It’s for your health not to let you drink.”

“My wounds are all healed.”

“There are scars. Drinking can affect scar repair.”

“What does the scar have to do with anything?” Zhao Jinxin spread his palms in front of Li Shuo and smiled, “The more I look at it, the cooler it looks. Have you ever seen a manga called ‘Inuyasha’?”

“I don’t watch these childish things.”

“What childish things? Adults also watched it. There is a character in it, the palm is a black hole, it can suck things in, do you think I look like this?” Zhao Jinxin pressed his palm to Li Shuo’s face, and then he pretended a voice dubbed with his mouth. “Phew… just like that, suck you in, you will never be separated from me anymore.”

Li Shuo smiled and said, “How naive.”

Zhao Jinxin kissed his cheek and lips: “As long as I can’t be separated from you, I will use any method.”

“You don’t need to use any method, we will just have a good and normal relationship.” Li Shuo patted his hand, “What would you like to drink?”

“Milk.” Zhao Jinxin said, “You also have a drink for hangover and sleep.”

“Okay.” Li Shuo went to warm the milk.

Zhao Jinxin sat down on the sofa, looking at Li Shuo’s busy figure in the kitchen, his eyes were shamelessly obsessed.

Soon, Li Shuo brought out two cups of milk, handed one to Zhao Jinxin, and drank the other himself.

Zhao Jinxin drank, while deliberately getting the milk stains to his mouth. He then stretched out a piece of tender red tongue, and licked gently along the lip line as he looked at Li Shuo with his fascinating pair of peach blossom eyes.

Li Shuo’s Adam’s apple slid up and down. He closed his eyes to cover up the emotional fluctuations. He then pushed some documents on the table to Zhao Jinxin, “My assistant made a plan for the opening cocktail party, what do you think about it?”

Zhao Jinxin curled his lips, picked up the documents and flipped through them: “Li Chengxiu, Wen Xiaohui, Chang Wenyou…” He raised an eyebrow, “Are you holding an opening reception or ex-boyfriends party?” When he thought of how he would really have to face all three people who have had a past with Li Shuo at once, he felt irritated.

“Isn’t it okay to invite more friends to join us?” Li Shuo paused, “In addition, Xiaohui and Wenyou are not my ex-boyfriends.”

“Nor is Li Chengxiu, it’s just your wishful thinking.” Zhao Jinxin often warns himself not to be jealous like his brother, especially to the person who is now his own sister-in-law, but occasionally, especially when he feels that there are people coveting Li Shuo everywhere, he suddenly understands his brother’s mood.

Li Shuo squinted his eyes. He picked up the empty milk glass and walked to the kitchen. When he passed by the sofa, he rubbed Zhao Jinxin’s head in a gentle tone: “That’s our business.”

Zhao Jinxin smiled, but there was no gentleness in his eyes. He followed Li Shuo up to the kitchen: “If you invite my sister-in-law, are you not afraid that my brother will insist on coming? My brother is not afraid of making trouble. If he makes trouble, it would be embarrassing.”

“Oh, then I will hire more security.” Li Shuo rinsed the cup neatly, “What about your cup? Bring it over.”

“I haven’t finished drinking yet.”

“Hurry up and drink, it’s late now. You need to go back and rest early.”

Zhao Jinxin hugged him from behind and blew air into his ears. He spoke in a deep and sexy voice: “You drove me away again. Can’t I stay today?”

“You’ve been playing tricks many times.” Li Shuo said, “Hey, you drive carefully.”

Zhao Jinxin was unmoved, swaying his waist and acting like a baby: “I insist on staying. I will stay.”

Li Shuo smiled, but said nothing. He silently washed the cup, turned off the pipe, wiped his cup dry, then took out the paper towel and wiped his hands slowly. He then threw the paper towel into the wastebasket.

Finally, he gently removed Zhao Jinxin’s hand around his waist.

Zhao Jinxin said disappointedly: “Uncle Li, you are really a hard bone.”

“Fortunately, your teeth are strong enough.” Li Shuo leaned up and kissed him on the cheek, “Go back home, be good.”

“Your both gentle and ruthless look is the most charming.” Zhao Jinxin lowered his head and held his lips, sucking gently, and then let it go, “But I haven’t finished drinking my milk yet.”

“Then finish drinking.”

Zhao Jinxin raised the milk cup: “You feed me.”

Li Shuo smiled, raised his head and poured the rest of the milk into his mouth. Then he pressed the back of Zhao Jinxin’s head, and blocked the warm, creamy lips. This kiss was more demanding than the previous one. It was a hundred times more rude and enthusiastic, the milk was delivered into Zhao Jinxin’s mouth in the most primitive way.

Zhao Jinxin grabbed his wrist with one hand and hugged his waist with the other. He turned away from the sink and pressed the person against the wall, and kissed roughly.

The milk dripped into the collar along the corners of their lips, and as the two separated, they were panting with milk stains remaining on their chins. They both looked a little embarrassed.

Zhao Jinxin licked his lips, squinted a pair of naturally romantic peach blossom eyes, and whispered ambiguously: “Really want me to go back?”

Li Shuo took a deep breath and said solemnly: “Stay.”

Zhao Jinxin seemed to hear the first sound of the war drum and his blood boiled with that very simple word.

It is bound to be a long and sweet night.

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Next update: 2022/04/13 (on knoxt), 2022/04/15 (on wattpad)

*Translator’s Note: hahaha Li Shuo can’t help but to annoy Shao Qun. I don’t know why but it was so satisfying to watch lol -K