Chapter 158: Water of Oblivion

Anlan took the large bottle of water handed over by Lin Chong. She stood up and walked behind the two "inseparable" men.

"Splash—"

A large bottle of water was poured directly onto the faces of the two men.

The scent of perfume lingering on the ground was instantly washed away.

Gu Xiao and Shen Mubai gradually regained their senses, though their muscle memory still lingered.

"What the hell! Get lost!"

Gu Xiao was the first to react, immediately pushing away Shen Mubai, whose hands were still clinging tightly to his waist.

"Shen Mubai! I treat you like a brother! What do you take me for?!"

Gu Xiao wore a look of aggrieved resentment, his face flushed and his neck red. He crossed his arms over his chest, goosebumps covering his entire body.

He was a straight man!

He was a real man who liked women!

"Lannan! You... what did he just do to me?"

Gu Xiao leaned closer to Anlan, and upon seeing the strange look in her eyes, he felt an embarrassment as acute as being stripped bare.

"Lannan, don't misunderstand. It must be that bald guy's perfume! It's the perfume's fault! Good grief! You already know my sexual orientation!"

Gu Xiao was busy explaining. During the SY party, his sexual orientation had been questioned, and it had taken him forever to clear that up!

And now, a situation like this had popped up again!

He could still feel the lingering warmth of Shen Mubai's body against his chest.

Gu Xiao was losing his mind!

"I don't know, but you two look quite a match to me." Anlan ignored the man's anxious explanations. She curved her lips, a playful glint flashing in her eyes.

Looking at Gu Xiao's fair, Eurasian-looking face, she suddenly thought of the male protagonist of the BL radio drama that Li Gang had recommended to her not long ago.

With his current appearance, Gu Xiao did look rather like the bottom in a relationship.

And Shen Mubai...

Anlan's gaze fell on the man who was keeping his head down and looking dazed. She pursed her lips, a shrewd glint flashing in her eyes.

The woman remained silent, her lips curved into a mischievous smile as her gaze drifted back and forth between the two men.

Shen Mubai's presence was much more masculine than Gu Xiao's.

Ever since she witnessed the scene of the two of them embracing and almost kissing, Anlan's mind had gone off the rails.

She no longer wanted to like Gu Xiao; the man's image in her heart had completely collapsed.

"Gu Xiao, is the reason you don't like me because you like men?"

Anlan's tone was cool and eerie, her words reeking of insatiable curiosity and earnestness.

Gu Xiao felt his hair stand on end. He stared in disbelief at the woman standing before him, lowering his head as he leaned closer to her.

Her question was serious.

Yet it wasn't that he didn't like Anlan; he was also deeply apologetic for letting himself indulge that night and hurting her.

But their backgrounds...

Although Gu Xiao grew up in the Gu family and never lacked for food or clothing since childhood, he knew his status was a far cry from Gu Chen's.

Regarding wealth, status, and being a match for Anlan in terms of social standing, he felt an irresistible sense of powerlessness.

"I don't..."

Gu Xiao sighed, scratching his slightly messy hair. He grimaced, caught in a tangle of contradictions, not knowing how to explain.

"Darling..."

A soft, eerie male voice drifted over from their side.

"Pfft—"

Hiding in the corner, Lin Chong was about to burst with laughter. Leaning against the wall, he watched as Shen Mubai walked toward Gu Xiao with deep affection in his eyes, the man even muttering the word "darling" under his breath.

"Darling, I want you."

"Darling..."

Was the perfume he and Xiaoran developed really that potent?

The bald man observed Shen Mubai in puzzlement, scratching his bald head and muttering to himself, "That's impossible. Pouring water on them should have cleared their heads instantly."

"Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit!"

Three exclamations of shock rang out like thunder!

"Shen Mubai! Get a grip! I am your damn brother! What 'darling'?! Help! Lannan, go on, go make him stay away from me!"

For the first time in his life, Gu Xiao felt disgust and aversion toward Shen Mubai.

Hiding behind the "tall" Anlan, he yelled at the woman to slap Shen Mubai and snap him out of it.

"Brother Bai, are you sure you want to call Gu Xiao your darling? Are you planning to be the bottom?"

Anlan's words dropped.

The hallway fell dead silent.

What kind of wild and brazen words was this woman uttering?

It even broke Shen Mubai's mental defense. "Stop messing around, stop messing around. I just thought I'd tease Gu Xiao, but you're making me sick."

Anlan: "..." She was only speaking the truth.

"Fine, Shen Mubai, you played me!"

Fuming with anger, Gu Xiao strode forward and pointed a finger at the smiling man's nose. "If this weren't a hospital, I'd finish you off!"

Without a word, Shen Mubai flashed forward in a blur and stood right in front of Gu Xiao.

He reached out, wrapping an arm firmly around the other man's neck. "Who's finishing off whom?"

"Let go of me!" Gu Xiao struggled in pain.

Lin Chong tried to mediate: "Cut it out, Boss Gu will be coming out soon!"

The bald man stood up and walked over to Anlan with a small bottle of perfume in his hand. "President An, Xiaoran asked me to give this bottle to you."

Holding his breath, Lin Chong carefully placed the small bottle filled with red liquid into Anlan's hand.

This bottle of perfume was one that he and Xiaoran had spent days researching, pouring their utmost effort into it.

However, its effects had never been tested before.

"Why are you so nervous? Baldy, what kind of potion is this?"

Released by Shen Mubai, Gu Xiao stepped forward, picked up the small bottle with his large hand, pinched it between his fingers, and brought it up to examine it.

Gu Xiao's movements were equally cautious; he was worried this perfume would make a fool of him again.

"Put that down and give it back to President An. This is the Oblivion Perfume. There is only one such bottle in the world. Put one drop on your wrist every day for a consecutive week, and you will forget the person you love."

"Oblivion Perfume??!"

"Oblivion Perfume!!"

Gu Xiao and Shen Mubai cried out in unison.

Shen Mubai gasped, "Lannan, quickly tell Brother Bai, were you deceived by some scumbag?"

The man rolled up his shirt sleeves. Anlan was a younger sister they had watched grow up since childhood; how could he stand by and let a man hurt her!

And the hurt ran deep enough to resort to Oblivion Perfume!

"You'll have to ask your good brother about that."

Lin Chong's tone deepened. He shot a sidelong glance at the oddly behaved Gu Xiao, snatched the small bottle back from him, and shoved it back into Anlan's hands.

"President An, take it back and follow my instructions."

Clutching the small bottle tightly in her hand, Anlan nodded and replied indifferently, "Got it."

She was about to slip the perfume into her bag.

Suddenly, a large hand swiftly snatched the small bottle right out of her grasp.

"Gu Xiao! What are you doing?!"

"Gu Xiao! Are you... are you that scumbag?!"

Gu Xiao cast a gloomy and eerie glance at Shen Mubai, who wisely kept his mouth shut, before turning his gaze back to Anlan.

"You're going to use Oblivion Perfume? To forget who?"

Anlan sneered, "To forget an idiot."

Gu Xiao's mouth twitched, his pupils trembling. His entire body radiated a cold and chilling aura.

"I won't allow it! You're not using it!"

"Who the hell do you think you are to boss me around?!" Anlan detested macho men the most; the second young master of the Qin family was one, and Gu Xiao was another!

"I am your man!"

As the words fell, "Bang—" the door to Mu Ran's hospital ward was abruptly pushed open.

The four people in the hallway were truly startled and turned to look simultaneously.

"Lin Chong, what's wrong with Gu Yan?"

Lin Chong hurried over, grabbing the edge of the door and peering into the room.

Gu Yan was lying on the floor, bruised and battered, breathing weakly with his lower body stuffed inside a burlap sack.

"What happened?" Lin Chong was completely bewildered.

Gu Chenshuo said coldly, "Passed out, won't wake up."

Lin Chong: "..."

Beaten up like that, it would be a miracle if he could wake up; it was a miracle he was still alive.

Gu Yan's nose had even been beaten crooked.

His legs looked as though they had been broken.

"He probably passed out from the pain," Lin Chong sighed, shifting his gaze toward the woman on the bed. He caught it!

He accurately caught the woman's hand twitching slightly.

"Hey! President Gu!"

Gu Chenshuo remained expressionless, looking like a grim reaper always ready to claim lives.

"What is it?" The man frowned, his tone impatient.

Lin Chong waved his hand, "Nothing, I just happen to have some perfume here—a powerful restorative. Let me get it, he'll wake up as soon as he smells it."

"Wind oil?" Shen Mubai, leaning against the other side of the doorway, raised an eyebrow in teasing curiosity.

"What wind oil? It's perfume! Very special! Don't talk about things you don't understand. This perfume is even more potent than the one you and Gu Xiao smelled!"

Lin Chong's words carried a hidden meaning, and that single simple sentence left Shen Mubai with an indescribable expression.

"What's wrong? You don't look well. Go back and rest, take a holiday."

Gu Chenshuo had a cold exterior, but he still cared warmly for his brothers.

Shen Mubai bit the inside of his cheek. "I'm fine."

"President Gu, don't worry, let me find it. Hey, where did I put that perfume again??"

Just as Lin Chong was rummaging through his bag, feeling entirely at a loss, a figure "flew" into the room with lightning speed.

"Holy shit, what is Gu Xiao doing? Giving him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation?"

Shen Mubai continued to cling to the doorway, craning his neck inside to look skeptically at the man squatting half-blindly in front of Gu Yan.

"What is that he's holding in his hand?"