Chapter 173: Actually, I Like Men
“Brother, I missed you so much!” Nan Xun said happily.
Yan Luo laughed loudly twice. “I missed you too.” Then he patted the kid on the back. “Come on, get in the car. We’ll talk on the way.”
Nan Xun answered with an “Mm,” climbed into the back seat, but the moment he opened the door, he met a pair of curious, wide eyes and froze.
A pretty girl of seventeen or eighteen blinked at him, staring straight at him. When she saw him dazed, she grinned and patted the seat beside her. “Sit down already—what are you spacing out for?”
“You are… my brother’s younger sister?” Nan Xun guessed her identity in one go.
“Yep! I’m Yan Man. I just happened to be off today, so I pestered my brother into bringing me along. Xiao Bai, let me tell you—my brother talks about you all the time. In the two-plus months since you got out, I’ve heard your name at least a hundred times…”
Yan Man was a cheerful, talkative girl, very likable.
Nan Xun instantly warmed to her, and the two of them hit it off quickly.
Up front, Yan Luo watched the two kids chatting happily in the rearview mirror, without the slightest awkwardness of a first meeting. He raised an eyebrow slightly.
Manman really did like boys like Xiao Bai—good. Just as he expected.
“Brother, where are we going?” Nan Xun leaned against the window and looked outside, asking curiously.
Yan Man giggled and winked at him. “Of course we’re throwing you a welcome-back party. Right, brother?”
Yan Luo hummed in a low voice.
The car stopped in front of a high-end bar. The manager personally came to open the door, bending slightly at the waist as he said respectfully, “Master Yan, everything is ready.”
Yan Luo nodded almost imperceptibly, then opened the back door for Su Mobai to get out.
Yan Man wanted to follow them in, but Yan Luo ruthlessly pushed her back inside and said to the driver, “Take the young lady home first.”
Yan Man glared at him indignantly, clearly unhappy.
If she couldn’t go in this time, there would be plenty of chances later.
Nan Xun followed Yan Luo into the lavishly decorated private room in a daze. Inside, five or six men were already seated. Beneath their clothes, their bodies were solid and muscular, stretching the fabric tight.
The moment Yan Luo entered, they all stood up at once and bowed slightly. “Master Yan, you’re here.”
Yan Luo nodded, then pulled Nan Xun over to his side. “Xiao Bai, let me introduce you. These are all brothers who’ve been through life and death with me. This is Li Datou—you can call him Brother Li or Brother Datou. This is Zhou He—call him Brother Zhou. And this one…”
Nan Xun nodded politely to each of them and called them all “brother.”
These men were straightforward types. Hearing the kid call them that, with such a well-behaved look, instantly won them over.
“Xiao Bai, Master Yan already told us about you,” Zhou He said. “You saved Master Yan’s life. That makes you our brother. Stick with Master Yan from now on—we’ll make sure you eat well and live large!”
Saved Master Yan’s life? Was he talking about that time at the mining camp, when someone tried to ambush Yan Luo and Nan Xun rushed in to fight?
A hint of doubt flashed through Nan Xun’s eyes, and he glanced at Yan Luo, who was smiling faintly, eyes full of indulgence.
Seriously—how was that saving his life? Even if he hadn’t rushed in, his brother, who practically had eyes on the back of his head, would definitely have avoided it.
Li Datou laughed loudly. “Enough talk. Xiao Bai, we came all this way today just to welcome you back. Come on—drink!”
A cup of strong liquor was shoved into Nan Xun’s hand. Each of the other “brothers” also raised a glass. Nan Xun subconsciously glanced at Yan Luo and realized he too had a full glass in hand.
“Alright! Thank you, big brothers. I’ll drink first as a sign of respect!” Nan Xun said boldly, tilting his head back and draining the glass.
They froze for a moment, then burst into satisfied laughter. “We thought Xiao Bai would be all refined and polite and refuse a bit—didn’t expect him to be even bolder than us! Good! We like guys like you!”
After a few drinks, everyone loosened up immediately.
Nan Xun felt that Su Mobai’s body actually held alcohol pretty well and was ready for a few more rounds, but just as his glass was refilled, Yan Luo took it away.
“Xiao Bai’s still young. Don’t make him drink so much.” Yan Luo’s gaze swept coolly over the men.
“Oh? Master Yan’s already protecting him? Xiao Bai’s almost nineteen, right? Not a kid anymore—he’s legal.”
“Xiao Bai, have you drunk before?”
“Xiao Bai, ever tasted women?”
“What are you asking that for? Forget why we’re here? We’re welcoming Xiao Bai back!”
Zhou He snapped his fingers. The leader waiting outside immediately brought in a group of women—top-tier looks, no worse than current celebrities.
Everyone except Yan Luo had a woman sit beside them.
Nan Xun looked at the woman next to him who kept leaning closer and quickly shifted away.
But the moment he moved, she followed. The surrounding “brothers” burst into laughter at his awkward state.
Nan Xun immediately ran to sit next to Yan Luo. That woman seemed afraid of Yan Luo and didn’t dare approach, hesitating in place.
“Brother, I’m not interested in this!” Nan Xun grabbed Yan Luo’s arm, instantly feeling safe.
But this time, Yan Xun was wrong—Yan Luo didn’t help him. He reached out and ruffled Nan Xun’s hair, the same indulgent motion as always, but what he said nearly made Nan Xun spit blood.
“Xiao Bai, you don’t like this type? Want me to have Zhou He change to another?”
Zhou He understood immediately and went to the door to give instructions. Soon, seven or eight more women were brought in—tall and short, cute and seductive, pure and enchanting, mature and loli types—all of them.
Nan Xun almost wanted to cry. Damn it—bunch of filthy-minded men!
“Brother, I don’t like any of them! Brother, you don’t even have women around you—I don’t need them either!” Nan Xun blurted out.
Li Datou coughed. “Master Yan’s abstinent. Are you abstinent too? Xiao Bai, we came a long way just to welcome you back—don’t kill the mood.”
Hearing the word “abstinent,” Nan Xun glanced at the man pressed close beside him in surprise, then said seriously, “Brother, I’m like you. I’m abstinent too—really. It’s not that I want to spoil everyone’s fun, it’s just that I—”
Across from them, the men were already laughing and cuddling the women. They were displeased hearing this. It was one thing for Master Yan to be strange alone—this kid was clearly a virgin who just hadn’t tasted it yet.
Yan Luo looked at Nan Xun with an almost cold expression. “Xiao Bai, listen to your brother. Today, just enjoy yourself. Put aside those notions of propriety and shame. If one of my men hasn’t been tempered by lust, how will he withstand an enemy’s honey trap in the future?”
Nan Xun hadn’t expected Yan Luo to be this cold toward him—it was like he’d suddenly become a different person, unfamiliar.
From his words, Nan Xun roughly guessed that in the past, some subordinate with weak resolve had been seduced by an enemy’s honey trap, fallen for it, and ended up implicating other brothers—hence Yan Luo’s ruthlessness on this matter.
Seeing everyone’s faces darken, Nan Xun felt like crying.
Finally, amid another wave of jeers and urging, Nan Xun opened his mouth and said with great difficulty, “Actually… I don’t like women.” After a pause, “What I like… is men.”
In an instant, all sound came to a dead stop.
