The little crab didn't return home all night, and after reviewing the surveillance footage, Wei Yuhuan found out that the little guy didn't appear until early in the morning.
At first, Wei Yuhuan didn't think too much of it, but when he saw the little crab relax, he realized that he had been emotionally manipulated by this unknown intruder.
This feeling made Wei Yuhuan very uncomfortable and made him really think about what he wanted to do with the little crab.
It's natural to like beautiful things, and although Wei Yuhuan was attracted to the child's appearance, it was not enough to outweigh the child's bad behavior of trespassing into his home.
And Wei Yuhuan wasn't a beast who would take advantage of someone just because they were attractive.
But he also didn't want to dwell on this matter, so he thought maybe he should just let it go. As the CEO of Huan Yu Group, it was beneath him to bicker with an ordinary citizen.
Considering the child's cute appearance, Wei Yuhuan planned to find a chance to talk to him, educate him, and then ask him to move out, thus ending this feud.
Wei Yuhuan's plan was all well and good, but something happened that night that made him change his mind again.
After the little crab came back, he fell asleep immediately and slept for a whole day, completely treating the Spring River Flower Scenery Garden as his own territory.
In the evening, he walked out the front door and bought some groceries, cooking and frying them while swaying his head and looking very happy.
Wei Yuhuan watched him, curious and amused.
Perhaps because he slept too much during the day, the little guy couldn't sleep at night and lay in bed playing with his phone for quite a while.
Wei Yuhuan didn't pay too much attention at first, but when he glanced up, he realized that the child was squinting his eyes, his lips slightly open, and his posture and movements were a bit strange. Wei Yuhuan was stunned and quickly guessed what was going on - the little guy was doing something that every man does!
The process lasted for more than ten minutes, and Wei Yuhuan watched it over and over again, imagining countless scenarios and nearly bursting a blood vessel.
Afterwards, the kid looked a little out of it, lying on the bed with a relaxed expression and slightly puckered lips, as cute as a kitten.
Thinking about his previous plan, Wei Yuhuan suddenly felt reluctant to let him go!
It seemed that he couldn't just let this kind of beauty go. Even if he just found a job for him and kept him around to look at from time to time, it wouldn't be a bad thing!
Besides, the rent for the luxury riverside community was almost ten thousand yuan a month. He had basically given this little guy a free ride, and the rent alone was enough to make him owe him.
Why not use this evidence of his crime to blackmail him into working for him and paying him back?
"If he doesn't comply? Hmph..."
Wei Yuhuan took a big sip of his iced tea to calm himself down and started thinking about how to make this guy follow his plan.
He couldn't just go up to him and say, "I've been monitoring you for a month and I think you're cute, come hang out with me and I'll treat you well"... that's just creepy.
After thinking all night, Wei Yuhuan decided not to confront him directly, but to leave some suggestive items at Chunjiang Huajing Yuan and wait for the guy to realize that he had been discovered. Then he would make his move and demand some kind of compensation.
Wei Yuhuan printed two screenshots of the surveillance footage and wrote a note himself that said, "Young man, I am the owner of this apartment complex. I have learned that you have entered and lived in my home without my permission for some time. For certain reasons, I will not immediately report you to the police. However, I have evidence of your wrongdoing that you cannot ignore. If you wish to resolve this peacefully, please call me at 138XXXXXXXX (Wei)."
The next morning, when the little crab left his house, Wei Yuhuan brought the note to Chunjiang Huajing Yuan.
Upon entering the house, Wei Yuhuan looked around at the home he had been monitoring for a month. It was still clean and tidy, as the little crab cleaned regularly. This was something that touched Wei Yuhuan deeply.
Perhaps this little guy wasn't as bad and dirty as he had imagined.
It was Wei Yuhuan himself who was in a dilemma. He looked at the two photos he had printed out, one of the kitchen which was relatively decent, and another of the bathroom which was (…). Wei Yuhuan hesitated for a moment, but ultimately decided to retract the inappropriate photo and only leave the decent one, along with the note, on the most conspicuous spot in the house, the dining table.
That evening, Wei Yuhuan returned to his company and eagerly sat in front of his computer, waiting to see the little crab's reaction.
At 8:30 pm, the guy came back.
Wei Yuhuan stared at the screen as he saw the little crab walk into the balcony, into the bedroom, and then into the kitchen - he noticed the note!
Ha ha, this little guy was indeed showing a look of fear and panic, and even looking around nervously - so cute...
Wei Yuhuan tightly held his phone and waited for the guy to call him, while thinking about what to say.
However, the guy's subsequent reaction seemed different from what Wei Yuhuan had expected.
He just threw away the note and photos, quickly packed his few clothes, towels, soap, and even the kitchen's oil and vinegar, and rushed towards the balcony...
Wait! Wait! Hey!
Wei Yuhuan was so anxious that he almost exploded. When the other party was collecting their clothes, he sensed something was wrong and frantically called the security of Chunjiang Huajing Garden, hoping they would come and catch the person. But the security guard, who had been ignored for a month, couldn't react so quickly. When he received the call, he kept saying, "Hello, hello, who is this?"
Wei Yuhuan stood in front of the surveillance video, watching the little crab pack up its things and escape in panic and confusion!
Damn... I never said I was going to catch you! Why are you running?! What the hell are you running for?!! (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻***
Wei Yuhuan beat his chest and stamped his feet, feeling extremely frustrated. This little guy was not following the rules at all!
But when he calmed down and thought about it, he realized it made sense. The little crab knew it had been discovered, so why would it wait to be caught? The "threat" technique only works when the person is in a state of "guilt" or "fear." For example, if the little crab cared about the surveillance footage in Wei Yuhuan's hands, it would be susceptible to his manipulation.
But this was a guy, and men are less susceptible to this kind of moral constraint than women. Moreover, Wei Yuhuan had no idea what his profession or background was, so how could he threaten him? Should he just release nude photos of him on the street? By the time the photos were in the hands of the little crab's acquaintances, Wei Yuhuan would have already been charged with spreading obscene materials!
-Wei Yuhuan, you really have water in your brain. You used the methods of a gentleman to deal with this small rascal. People like him won't fall for that!
Wei Yuhuan sighed heavily. He thought that having the other party's handle meant victory was guaranteed. So he allowed the person to come and go in the cage, arrogantly believing that the person was already in his grasp. But one mistake and the person ran away right under his nose.
Now, in this vast sea of people, where could he find him? Even with 1TB of surveillance footage, it was useless!
Wei Yuhuan slumped into his genuine leather chair, feeling depressed and regretful.
The next day, even though he knew Chunjiang Huajing Garden was empty, Wei Yuhuan drove there again.
After entering, he carefully checked the house again to see if the little crab had left anything behind.
But there was nothing except for a strangely shaped white radish left in the fridge, possibly because he was in a rush.
Wei Yuhuan looked at the radish that seemed to have legs and remembered the last time he was abandoned by Cong Yuan. His mouth twitched with anger.
The melancholy was so similar...
Look, even a carrot seems to be mocking him with a sneer.
Wei Yuhuan closed the refrigerator door heavily, walked around and came to the balcony where the little crab climbed over the wall every day.
The height of about ten meters on three floors doesn't look low. Although each outer wall has a protruding balcony that serves as a stepping stone, it still looks dangerous.
At night, in the dark, Wei Yuhuan couldn't imagine how much danger the little guy had to face climbing this ten-meter balcony every day. And a few times he even climbed with a watermelon on his back. What if he accidentally fell down?
He wiped the muddy windowsill with his finger, then turned and looked at the clean tiles and floor inside the house, lost in thought.
He suddenly understood why the guy would use a bathrobe to pad the bed when sleeping, take off his shoes when entering the room, and not put the cooked food in the refrigerator. Because from the first time he came in, he didn't want the owner to know he had been there, so he was very careful and tried not to leave any traces or smells inside the house, nor did he touch anything that belonged to the owner.
But this apartment had been without anyone for too long, so his not leaving any traces ended up being everywhere. From borrowing a bed to sleep in, to later borrowing the bathroom to take a shower, then borrowing the kitchen to cook, he kept pushing his luck and intruding more and more...
After several months, or even half a year of living as a lodger, every nook and cranny of this house was already filled with his scent.
Wei Yuhuan sat on the bed and absentmindedly picked up the bathrobe on the bed, lowered his head and sniffed it unconsciously.
This move was actually quite sleazy, but he was too disappointed to care about self-loathing.
What entered his nose was a scent of cheap soap and a faint scent of a young man. Actually, that little guy was quite clean, even though he was poor and wore only low-grade goods from the flea market. He was very particular about personal hygiene.
At this moment, Wei Yuhuan didn't mind him anymore, holding the sleeping robe sentimentally, thinking about where the little guy went after being scared by him last night, whether he would have a place to stay in the future, whether he would find another house that he couldn't resist living in, and what if he got caught...
After thinking about it, Wei Yuhuan couldn't bear it anymore and slapped himself, cursing, "He's just a small thief. Why the hell am I so worried about him?"
With some unknown feelings, Wei Yuhuan moved into the Spring River Flower and Landscape Garden.
He tried to imitate Little Crab and bought groceries to cook for himself, but he couldn't distinguish between oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar. He ended up making several batches of disastrous dishes and wasted a lot of good ingredients, so he gave up completely. He tried to imitate the other guy and eat watermelon by scooping it out with a spoon, but he couldn't understand the other guy's sense of satisfaction. He lay on the balcony, blowing the river breeze and looking at the river view, but all he felt was endless loneliness and desolation.
Wei Yuhuan couldn't figure it out. Why was it that, as human beings, that little thief could sneakily live in someone else's house with an uncertain future and still eat and sleep carefree, but when it came to himself, he felt so empty?
After brooding for a while, Wei Yuhuan couldn't take it anymore. He was fed up with being influenced by such a small guy.
"What the hell, I need to find some fun!"
He sat up from the bed, dialed a friend's number.
This friend of his was a "talent" named Shao Yongyang. There was hardly any entertainment venue in S City that he didn't know about, and there were few people with status and reputation that he didn't recognize. If you wanted to ask about those people's private lives, he could talk to you for three days and nights, with more secrets than even the most professional paparazzi! Of course, he generally didn't casually tell people those things. He was a professional "information broker" who only exchanged valuable information.
Wei Yuhuan hadn't contacted Shao Yongyang for a long time because his friend's life was too flashy, and he felt that he could easily be led astray by him if he hung out with him for too long.
When Shao Yongyang received Wei Yuhuan's call, he was also surprised. He had intended to warmly inquire about his friend's recent situation, but Wei Yuhuan went straight to the point and said, "Hey, do you know any high-quality, single gays around you? I'm lonely and want to find a lover."
Shao Yongyang was angry and said, "Do you think I run a duck restaurant or something?"
Wei Yuhuan replied, "Just tell me if you know anyone!"
Shao Yongyang said, "I don't know anyone! Damn it, even if I did, they'd be M.B. Do you want them or not?"
Wei Yuhuan looked down on them and said, "I don't want an M.B."
A few years ago, Wei Yuhuan went to a nightclub with Shao Yongyang, where he saw many young gay men who made a living in this way. The places Shao Yongyang took him to were of a higher class, and these M.Bs (male prostitutes) had decent looks, unlike some of the others outside who looked like demons with their faces covered in makeup, drenched in cheap perfume, and wearing clothes full of holes, as if they wanted everyone to know what they were selling. However, upon closer contact, Wei Yuhuan discovered that these "beautiful on the outside" young masters were not fundamentally different from the M.Bs outside.
As the saying goes, "a whore has no feelings." Even if Wei Yuhuan were starving, he would not touch these kinds of people.
Shao Yongyang was not satisfied with this and said, "What's wrong with M.B? You went for fun, not seriously. M.B can satisfy you, and you each get what you need, isn't that perfect?"
Wei Yuhuan became angry and cursed, "Who the hell told you I went there for fun?"
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