Chapter 276: 10.17

[Pupa, how long have we been staying in this place?]

[Pupa: three and a half months. Why do you ask? You want to finally do something other than watching your soap opera right now?]

[Oh no, I will try out something after I finished this ice cream, potato wedges, fried chicken, gourmet grilled turkey, a dozen of garlic bread, and many more. Hehehe.]

[Pupa: It's been almost four months since you are trapped here, but all you do is eating and sulking whenever Long Zhen is home. How could he think about your feelings when you seem to be very content with your life here.]

[I mean, other than not getting PAPAPA, I am pretty comfortable right now.]

[Oh the mission, yeah, I also need to do the mission.]

[Pupa: So what is your plan? I will use my deafen function again if you keep making that silly assassination attempt on Long Zhen for the 40th time.]

[No, I have a great idea! I finally spare an hour reading the lengthy world background and found one important thing.]

[Pupa: What is it?]

[It is written that Long Zhen still has an old father, right? The previous mafia lord, Long Zhuo.]

[Pupa: And?]

[It is written that he absolutely despises Long Zhen for being unmarried despite his already hitting thirty-two years old. Old Master Long Zhou is a very traditional man. He hates gays and anything related to it. It is also recorded that Old Master Long had killed at least three of Long Zhen's boytoy in front of Long Zhen himself.]

[But Long Zhen said nothing and usually just ordered his men to throw the boytoy's body away. They already signed up for their life to be Long Zhen's lover anyway. It was their risk to die when his father caught them.]

[I believe the rumour that Long Zhen is keeping an expensive boytoy in this luxurious lakeside view mansion, completely ignoring all women that old master offered to Long Zhen to be his bride.]

[Pupa: And your point is?]

[Simple, since Long Zhen doesn't seem to be bothered with his father killing his boytoy, I believe Long Zhen is filial to his father. I will catch Long Zhuo and threaten Long Zhen to release me, or Long Zhuo will die!]

***

"I don't care about your boytoy! You are an absolutely wretched, disgusting thing! You are my son. You should be having a wife and a lot of mistresses right now!" Long Zhuo yelled on the phone. His car was on the way to the mansion, where Long Zhen kept his most precious boytoy right now.

"I will kill that little shit, and you need to marry after this!" Long Zhuo yelled and ended the call. He was angry at his son, but he was more furious at this little shit who dared to seduce his son. He had killed three boytoys. One more wouldn't be a problem.

When they arrived at the lakeside mansion, Long Zhuo's men kicked the door open. They saw a beautiful man sitting alone on the sofa, eating chips while watching Rapunzel. The beautiful young man glanced at Long Zhuo and his men, and he frowned.

"So you are Long Zhen's new bit—"

"Who are you? Long Zhen didn't say anything about changing the previous bodyguards," the young man asked.

Old man Long's words were abruptly cut short by this insolent boytoy. "How dare you interrupting me! You are just a low boytoy that my stupid son bring for his disgusting enjoyment!"

James Grind rolled his eyes and crossed his arm, "Okay, first, Long Zhen didn't touch me at all. Second, I am not willing to be locked in this place! If you can help me, please do. I really want to leave!"

Old Man Long scoffed when he heard this. It was an old trick these boy toys did in order to gain his sympathy. Because they knew that Old Man Long was bad news.

Long Zhuo ordered his men, "Go catch him and throw him away from the balcony. He needs to be dead before my stupid son arrives."

Long Zhuo had two burly men behind him. They had a mocking smirk on their face, thinking that James Grind was just too gorgeous to fight them. James Grind got up from the sofa and stared at the two bodyguards. "You want to catch me?"

"Of course, an order is an order, cutie. It's too bad that we cannot taste your first."

James Grind smirked. He walked towards the two bodyguards and said, "Well, you cannot taste me first, but you can try this instead."

James Grind used the sharpened fruit knife to slice on one bodyguard's neck.

The bodyguard was shocked when he saw blood spurting from his neck. He tried to cover his neck, but James Grind made a deep slash on his neck. One bodyguard fell on the ground.

The other one was surprised, but he got alerted immediately and tried to grab James Grind. James Grind stepped back threw the fruit knife in deadly precision on the guy's forehead until it pierced his skull.

[Pupa: You are surprisingly skilled in assassination. Why can't you do something like this to kill Long Zhen?]

[Long Zhen is just too good, you know. Besides, I have a feeling that I'm not supposed to kill Long Zhen in the first place.]

[As if everything I do with him is just a play pretend, like lovers that wants to try roleplaying to spice up the game.]

After the two bodyguards were surprisingly beaten by a gorgeous man, Long Zhuo finally realized he was in danger. "You, stay away from me! Long Zhen will not spare you if you dare to kill me!" Long Zhuo threatened.

James Grind laughed as he pulled the knife out of the guy's forehead. "That is what I want. I told you, right? I don't want to live in this cage."

James Grind approached the old Long Zhuo and pointed the knife at the old man's neck. "Who is going to save you now, old man? Hopefully, your crazy son will come soon because I can't wait to leave this prison."

Long Zhen arrived just in time. His gaze was dark, and his breath was that of a tiger ready to maul anyone who came near him.

He thought that James Grind must have been tortured, or worse, killed by his father. If that was what happened… Long Zhen would kill himself and restart.

But to his surprise, when he entered the house. He saw two dead bodies of his father's loyal bodyguards and James Grind pointing a bloodied knife at his father.

James Grind grinned, "Master Long Zhen if you want your father to live, let me go first. I am sick in this house."

"Zhen! Go shoot this little shit! He dares to threaten me like this! You are crazy to make an assassin your boytoy!" Long Zhuo yelled.

Long Zhen said nothing, but he was relieved that James Grind didn't get hurt. Long Zhen took out his automatic handgun without thinking too much and shot his father right on the forehead.

The old Long Zhuo died on the spot with a hole on his forehead. Which make James Grind dazed for a moment.

"D—Did you just…"

Long Zhen hugged James Grind and rubbed his head, "I'm sorry for leaving you too long. Don't worry, that old man is dead now. I don't need him anyway. I keep him around because he has some influence. But don't worry, I will make them submit to me later."

"As long as you are safe, Jamie."

[Pupa:… wait, no meter increase?]

Even Pupa was bewildered by the result.

[… I guess he still treats me as a pet, like a lovable corgi that he treasures more than his trash father…]

[Pupa: Oh well, another failed attempt, it seems.]

[Fuck this.]