Of course he noticed. Lan Wangji always noticed everything about this lovely creature, ever since five years ago, and yet he still did not want to admit that this beautiful man meant something to him. 

His heart clenched when he saw the reddened eyes, and the low sniffles, and he could guess what was inside that beautiful head. He probably should tell Hua Cheng to speed up the process of catching the bitch and her loan shark. Right now, there was only one thing to do to cheer up his lovely chef so that he became more pliant in his hands later. 

He picked up the phone at his office desk and called Jingyi, his nephew, and told him to come to his office. Jingyi was prancing around in Hua Cheng's part of the building when he got the call from his uncle, and he went straight to his office, eager to do his bidding.

"Yes, uncle?" He entered after he knocked on his door.

"Jingyi, come here, I want you to do something for me."

"Ooh, another secret project, uncle?" He sat in front of his uncle, excited about the thing his uncle would tell him to do.

"Hmm, a secret project, I like that." Lan Wangji smiled when he thought about how Wei Wuxian would thank him when he found out about it.

The house inside the gated community was pretentious to say the least. It was huge alright, but it's a mish-mash monstrosity of everything that was supposed to be great alone. But being put together? The normal sane architect would reject the project. It made sense, since Su Minshan was the one who designed the house. And paid it with Wei Wuxian's hard-earned money.

The two people inside the house were indulging in carnal pleasure, with the woman screaming lewdly and the man grunted and sweating profusely. They were in the middle of enjoying the act of coitus when they heard the doorbell's ringing.

"Fuck!" Su Minshan, who was about to come, swore with lots of unsavory words, and he pulled out of the woman he was in the middle of fucking. "Fuck!" He repeated the swear word again and pushed the woman away from him. "Who the fuck was that?" He took his bathrobe from the floor and wore it while he walked downstairs to open the door.

"Su Minshan?" There were two men in casual clothes in front of his door, but his instinct told him that those two were cops. Since he had done nothing wrong, he did not worry about it.

"Yeah, what can I help you with?" He looked down on them with disdain on his face. Whatever charge they had on him, with his lawyer he only needed a maximum of two hours to get out of whatever it was.

"Your wife was in an accident  and she was in the hospital right now, you're her emergency contact." One of the men spoke in a calm voice while the other only observed.

"My wife? Is she okay?" He was surprised to hear that Mianmian was in an accident. He thought she was out for the weekend with her friends, that's why he brought his mistress back here.

"She's in a coma, can you please come with us right away? We're afraid she didn't have long to live."

What the fuck. 

He thought that he was marrying some rich lady, and now she's about to croak? But to think again, it's better if she's dead, because he's the sole heir of her fortune.

"I'm going to get changed."

"We'll be waiting."

Su Minshan went back to the room where he left his mistress, a voluptuous young lady with enormous breasts and nimble body, and dressed up quickly. He told his mistress to go back to her own apartment since he had some business to do and he would contact her later. The mistress did what she was told and Su Minshan quickly went with the police officers to see his dying wife.

It was around dinnertime when Xie Lian woke up with his stomach grumbling. He felt sore all over and he thought about his dreams, when he realized that there was someone sleeping beside him. He looked at the person, who was still asleep with his hand reaching out to him, and suddenly felt shy. 

He didn't know what made him behave shamelessly like that–kissing another man first, although the end result was mind blowing. But it was worth it. 

He looked at the sleeping younger man beside him. 

"Are you trying to seduce me again Ge?" Hua Cheng was not asleep, instead he was alert and now he pulled the older man closer and kissed him. Xie Lian responded with the same ferocity that Hua Cheng showed him.

"Mm, I was actually thinking about what to eat, since we skipped lunch." He nibbled on Hua Cheng's delicious lips. And no, he had no regret.

"Well, I'm quite satisfied with my lunch." Hua Cheng chuckled as he deepened his kiss and started to touch his beautiful gege all over again.

"Mm, you may be a superhero who doesn't need food. But I'm hungry." Xie Lian smiled and pushed Hua Cheng back. Then he stood up and gathered their scattered clothes on the floor. "Besides, we need to talk about the case."

"Mm, the case." Hua Cheng still tried to connect his glitzed brain when he remembered that he was supposed to give Xie Lian the proof of Su Minshan and Luo Qingyang's crime. Goddamnit. 

He quickly stood up and rummaged through his clothes to find the USB drive that contained the proof. Thank god he found it in his pant's pocket.

"Ge, I have made progress on the case." He gave the drive to Xie Lian. "It's definitive proof that the ex fiance scammed your friend, and also a lot of other things that could put the loan shark away." 

Xie Lian took the drive and looked at Hua Cheng with gratefulness in his eyes.

"Thank you, San Lang." He then took his laptop and put the drive in. "Why don't you order us something to eat while I browse this drive?" 

"As you wish, Ge."