LET'S BE FRIENDS

Instead of feeling offended by Lin Zhu's threat, Ye Quan giggled in amusement. "I can't give you pleasure if you kiss my lips with your knee."

Lin Zhu's face flushed upon hearing Ye Quan's other vulgar statement. Not wanting to hear more perverted words, Lin Zhu ran his hand to cover Ye Quan's mouth.

"Just shut up! Don't you realize that we are in a public place now?" Lin Zhu scolded the older man quite harshly, but his body flinched in surprise when he felt a wet sensation graze his palm.

He immediately withdrew his hand from Ye Quan's mouth and stared at it in horror. "Did you just... did you just lick my hand?"

Lin Zhu couldn't believe what he just experienced on the plane. As far as he remembered, his trip to Korea was peaceful even though he was sitting side by side with the older athlete, so why did Ye Quan suddenly act this way when they were heading back to China?

"So what if I licked your hand? My saliva is clean, you know? It can even disinfect your dirty hand."

"Stop talking nonsense! My hand is dirty now because of you!"

Lin Zhu was about to unfasten the seatbelt to head to the restroom, but his arm was suddenly being held by someone.

"Where are you going?"

"My hand is dirty, so let me go to the restroom to wash my hand, Senior Ye."

But, to his dismay, Ye Quan didn't let go of his hand. His right hand was still holding his hand while his left hand started rummaging through his small bag.

Lin Zhu was about to free his hand forcefully, but then his eyes caught a glimpse of the object in Ye Quan's hands. It was a pack of wet tissue.

Without saying anything, Ye Quan opened the pack and pulled out a sheet of wet tissue. Without uttering any words, he started wiping Lin Zhu's palm with the tissue.

"Don't you know that we're not allowed to unfasten our seatbelts right now? The weather is not good now, and the plane is not in a stable condition."

Lin Zhu carefully listened to Ye Quan's explanation, then he silently looked up to find that the seatbelt lamp indicator was still on. They were indeed not allowed to detach their seatbelts.

Lin Zhu finally stopped struggling and just let Ye Quan do what he wanted. He, still in silence, observed Ye Quan's solemn expression. His palm was only dirty because of saliva, but the older athlete treated his hand as if it touched a dog poop earlier.

"It's clean now," Ye Quan spoke as he looked up. "Do you want me to clean your other hand too?"

Lin Zhu was stunned upon hearing Ye Quan's unpredictable question. The older man had cleaned his palm like a parent treating his child, and now he was willing to clean his other hand too? Was Lin Zhu dreaming right now?

"No need," the younger athlete answered while drawing his gaze away from the man beside him. "My other hand is clean, so you don't need to clean it for me."

Lin Zhu tried so hard to act normal in front of Ye Quan. He didn't know why, but he was a bit nervous sitting beside the ugly toad. 'What the hell is wrong with me?' He started questioning himself.

"I swear that my saliva is not dirty."

He glanced to the side when he heard Ye Quan speaking again. "You often licked dirty places with your tongue. I'm sure your saliva is full of germs."

"What kind of dirty place did you mean?"

Lin Zhu chose to ignore Ye Quan's question. He was sure that Ye Quan would just start his dirty talk again if they continued the topic.

Both of them were silent for a moment, and Lin Zhu was thankful that Ye Quan didn't bother him again.

But, to his surprise, he could hear Ye Quan's voice again the next second.

"My fans questioned our friendship."

He could hear Ye Quan's words, but he remained silent. Even though Ye Quan didn't say it clearly, he knew what the older man meant.

It was about their 'fake' friendship in front of Ye Quan's fans. It was Ye Quan's fault for lying to his fans, and he didn't care about it.

Earlier when they were still in the waiting room, he had read Ye Quan's fans' comments on the athlete's social media. His fans indeed questioned their friendship.

"They said they couldn't see our chemistry, and they said that we should change partners if we want to be a top player."

Lin Zhu was listening to Ye Quan's words without any intention to respond. He had known about the story, but he couldn't say out loud that he was stalking Ye Quan's social media earlier. Ye Quan surely would tease him if he found out about the truth.

"Do you agree with them, ZhuZhu? Do you think we should change partners?"

Lin Zhu's body tensed upon hearing the unexpected question.

"We can't easily change partners. That will be troublesome for the team management, and they won't let us do as we wish. Moreover, we only played together once, and that can't prove anything," Lin Zhu tried to be as reasonable as possible.

What he said was true, though. They wouldn't be able to change partners if it was not in the team management's plan. Even though he knew that the team management favored Ye Quan, he doubted that they would relent to Ye Quan when it came to this matter.

"Then, I think we should do another thing, ZhuZhu."

Ye Quan spoke again, and Lin Zhu could sense something dangerous was about to come out of the older athlete's lips.

"Let's be friends for real from now on. That way, we can prove to the public that we have the best chemistry."

Lin Zhu's body froze when Ye Quan continued speaking, and he turned into stone when he felt a sudden heaviness on his shoulder. He peeped to his side a little and found Ye Quan resting his head on his shoulder while closing his eyes.