KNEE ON THE LIPS

After waiting in the waiting room for about half an hour, they finally heard the announcement of their flight.

Lin Zhu immediately got up from his seat and grabbed his luggage. The airport staff had asked him to put the luggage in the cargo area of the plane, but Lin Zhu was too stubborn to listen to the suggestion.

He reasoned that the luggage he was bringing was just a small one, and he wanted to bring it to the cabin instead. The airport staff didn't have any choice but to let him do what he wanted.

The young athlete lazily dragged his small luggage toward the gate, and he silently observed the other athletes who were walking in front of him.

His eyes made contact with Ye Quan's back, but the latter didn't notice his gaze as he was still busy flirting with his girlfriend. Lin Zhu's inner fumed again at the sight. 'What's so special about Zhao Jia?' He wondered as if forgetting that he also admired the girl not too long ago.

After walking for several minutes, they finally arrived at the plane and entered the plane one by one. A pretty stewardess greeted Lin Zhu politely, and he just nodded curtly at her.

With his right hand dragging his luggage and his left hand holding his phone, Lin Zhu was looking for his seat. He didn't think too much about his seat number earlier, so it was quite troublesome for him to look for the seat now.

And it was very bothersome because his seat turned out to be in the front while he was entering the plane from the rear door earlier. What a stupid act!

Lin Zhu was just about to heave a sigh of relief upon finding his seat, but his breath hitched when he realized that his seat was right next to Ye Quan.

They got three-seated rows where he, Ye Quan, and Zhao Jia had to sit together. Zhao Jia was on the left, Ye Quan was in the middle, and Lin Zhu was on the right. What kind of destiny was this?

Groaning inwardly, he flinched a little when he felt a light tap on his left shoulder. He turned his head to find a stewardess smiling at him.

"Please put your luggage in the overhead bin, sir. Or, shall I help you with it?" The stewardess asked politely.

Hearing the question, Lin Zhu widened his eyes in surprise. How could a real man let a skinny girl lift his heavy luggage? It was indeed small in size, but it actually hit the limit of the maximum weight for carry-on luggage.

"It's okay. I'll put it in the bin myself," Lin Zhu replied in his stiff English.

The stewardess nodded while smiling before she excused herself.

Lin Zhu huffed heavily before shoving his phone into his jeans pocket and starting to lift his heavy luggage. Damn! It was so heavy that it almost broke his arms!

He was about to stumble, but thankfully, Ye Quan was so fast to grab the heavy luggage for him.

"You couldn't even lift a small thing like this?"

Ye Quan easily lifted the luggage to the cabin. His biceps flexed sexily, and Lin Zhu almost drooled at the sight.

Lin Zhu almost lost his mind, but luckily, he could regain his composure as he cleared his throat. Without saying anything, he sat down on the seat and started fastening his seatbelt. He knew that Zhao Jia was staring at him weirdly, but he pretended as if he didn't notice it.

After the luggage was safe in the overhead bin, Ye Quan sat down between Lin Zhu and Zhao Jia.

Lin Zhu cursed his luck silently. How come he ended up sitting side by side with Ye Quan and Zhao Jia on the plane? He was being a third wheel!

Lin Zhu didn't want to bother, though. He just silently fished out his phone and his wireless earphone then started playing music from his phone.

He could hear the stewardess start explaining the flight safety procedure as the plane started moving. At that time, Lin Zhu chose to close his eyes and didn't care about his surroundings.

His body was tired even though he only had one match two days ago, and that was why he promised himself to exercise more to maintain his fitness.

He could feel the plane finally taking off, and he tried to sleep for a bit.

Dozen minutes passed, and Lin Zhu was in between reality and dreamland when he suddenly felt a warm breath near his ears.

"Don't sleep, ZhuZhu... Don't leave me alone."

The voice was low and deep, and it gave him goosebumps all over his body. His eyes immediately jolted open, and the eyeballs reflectively shifted to the side.

He found Ye Quan grinning at him, and he really wanted to punch the raven-haired athlete!

"What do you want?" The younger man asked the other man darkly.

"Please keep me company," the older man replied. "Ah-Jia is sleeping, so I'm lonely now."

Hearing Ye Quan's answer, Lin Zhu's hazel eyes automatically moved again, and this time, they caught a glimpse of Zhao Jia sleeping on Ye Quan's shoulder.

Lin Zhu couldn't stop his eyeballs from rolling lazily. "You dared to wake me up just because your girlfriend is sleeping?" He asked in an annoyed tone.

"I know that you weren't sleeping, so I decided to bother you."

"So, you do know that you're bothering me, right?"

"Yes, I know that I'm bothering you."

Lin Zhu gritted his teeth to suppress his anger. Ye Quan was indeed an annoying person!

"What do you want to do with me?" Even if he was irritated, Lin Zhu managed to ask.

The older man grinned upon hearing the question, and he once again leaned toward the younger one as he replied, "We can kiss if you want to."

Lin Zhu's eyes automatically bulged when he heard Ye Quan's careless suggestion. "If you want to kiss, then I will bring my knee to your lips, Senior Ye."