Looking at the back seat of the car, suddenly came out of a person, or a look at the looks of a very demonic also dressed, very immodest young man; Ethan was on full alert, no longer before the wine played crazy to eat Marcus tofu confused look, complete of vigilance, looking at the man in front of him.
The other party lies behind his seat and comes over to look at him carefully. The rich perfume smell comes from his nose, stimulating Ethan to back away a little. He secretly frowns. This person is not bad-looking; look at the face. It is very deceptive, but unfortunately, it has heavy makeup and a look of impropriety. If it had not been Marcus who had pulled him into the car, he would have suspected he was a seller.
The other party stared at him, smilingly opening his mouth first: "Are you Arthur's husband? Not bad...."
"Ahem..."
Marcus almost choked on one of his epithets. Ethan froze and subconsciously looked at Marcus, only to see him frowning and gesturing to the other, "Don't you say anything wrong?"
"I didn't say anything wrong; I heard that Brother Arthur married a man; I think that's what it is. Unfortunately, I don't have time to go to your wedding, Brother Arthur."
Marcus said, "Are you out of time? I've heard it said you've been away from home for six or seven years, right? If you hadn't bumped into me on the street today, you wouldn't have had any intention of coming to me at all, would you?"
The exposed person laughed resentfully and said slightly sheepishly, "Where is it..."
Meeting Ethan's puzzled gaze, Marcus introduced him in no uncertain terms, "My cousin, Ji Ran."
"...Cousin?"
Ethan's eyes were still full of skepticism, obviously because a psychopath was very unkind to the five words"Marcus's cousin."
"The grandson of my grandmother's brother, a Chinese who grew up in Spain," Marcus said and then rushed at Ji Ran," Ethan, my legal cohabitant."
Ji Ran smiled and extended her hand to Ethan, "Hello, cousin-in-law~."
"..."
Although it's nonsensical, Ethan has changed his opinion of Ji Ran quite a bit after such a few words. At least, it's safe to assume he's not a potential love interest, right?
Marcus started the car and asked where Ji Ran lived. The other party reported a hotel address and said, "I've been in B city for the past few years. These two days were business trips before I came here. Brother Arthur can go to B city to find me when he's free to have fun. Well, take my cousin's wife with you."
"You are in B city?"Marcus was a little surprised to hear that this cousin suddenly broke off his relationship with his family and ran away from home six or seven years ago. He didn't expect this kid to run to China, and he has been living right in B city.
Ji Ran nodded and plopped down behind Marcus's seat again, harassing him:''Brother Arthur, do you not know I've been in B city all this time? I thought you'd go looking for me."
Marcus was speechless, "How would I know you came to China too if you didn't contact me?"
"I wasn't afraid of people knowing about my family," Ji Ran said helplessly," Do you not know what I'm doing right now?"
Marcus didn't answer; Ethan turned his head to look at him and instead asked tentatively, "Are you the one...from the TV..."
Ji Ran nodded cheekily, "It looks like I'm not so nameless; my cousin-in-law recognizes me, haha."
"What?"Marcus turned his head and asked Ethan.
"Star."Ethan helplessly said he was not like Marcus, watching TV only to watch financial news. The Internet also only brushes the financial section. He is at home occasionally, accompanied by his grandmother, to watch that boring eight o'clock TV drama. Marcus, this cousin, just now did not recognize it. Now he said so, but remembered, often seen on TV, is a popular small star.
Marcus looked at the car's rear mirror, shaking his head and smiling at Ji Ran. He also remembered that he had seen the poster of this guy in Sun Xiaohui's house. Still, that face was so heavily made up that his mother probably could not recognize it, not to mention that they had not seen each other for many years. Marcus's memory of Ji Ran is still that of a shy young teenager; it is too far.
"What are you doing, running away from home to come to China to work in the entertainment industry?"
Ji Ran was unimpressed: "Brother Arthur, are you looking down on showbiz? I think it's much freer than being at home."
Ethan looked at him skeptically, and Ji Ran laughed, "Cousin sister-in-law, if you have something to say, just say it, don't swallow it."
"...Nothing."
Ji Ran said the hotel had arrived. Marcus saw the door and gathered a large group of people. He was about to drive the car over, but Ji Ran hurried to stop him: "Don't, from the head, directly open the underground parking garage to go. Those are my fans. I don't want to be surrounded by them, so I can't enter the door."
"..."
Marcus pulled into the parking garage as he was told, and Ji Ran said to Marcus, "Brother Arthur, I'd like to have a word with you alone."
Marcus rushed Ethan and dropped a sentence to wait for him in the car. He followed Ji Ran out of the vehicle. After the door closed, Ji Ran put his hands into his pants pockets before speaking slowly: "I saw Angus yesterday. He's also here in China. Is he here to see you?"
Is Angus still here? Marcus thought he was not wrong when he saw him in the Lyson parking lot before. The person in Lucas's car is indeed Angus. It's been two months. He initially thought the guy should have returned a long time ago.
"I made it clear to him long ago that it's none of my business if he comes here."
"If only that were true," Ji Ran smiled. Brother Arthur knows about that psychopath. Now that you're married, he suddenly came here and said he didn't go for you. I wouldn't believe him. Just be more careful."
Marcus nodded and asked for his phone number, saying, "You're free; you'd better get in touch with home."
"...That Brother Arthur is out of the way, I'll contact them when it's time to do so."
Ji Ran said and paused momentarily, suddenly leaning in and into Marcus. Marcus was slightly startled. Ji Ran's voice, with a smile, rang in his ear: "Don't move."
The next moment, Marcus felt a weird, bright light flash before him. Subconsciously looking up, he saw that someone holding a camera had quickly run away.
Ji Ran smirked and pressed into his ear, "Congratulations, Cousin Arthur, for being the hero of my next scandal."
"..."
Ji Ran patted him on the shoulder and left with a"Don't tell anyone about our relationship" before walking away.
After Marcus returned to the car, Ethan had already sunk his face beside him. He had also seen Ji Ran deliberately sticking to him outside the vehicle. Marcus had no choice but to explain: "Where do you think you're going? I'm only cousins with him."
As the car re-drives from the underground parking card, Ethan says, "Other than your sister, this is the first time I've seen you so close to your siblings in the family."
"When he was a kid, he came to London on vacation with his family, and we played together occasionally; he was the only one who wasn't afraid of Angus daring to go against him. Angus couldn't get rid of him no matter how hard he tried, and when he first set up a camera in my room, he found it first."
"Oh..."
Ethan trailed off. For some reason, he felt a little sour at the mention of Marcus as a child. They had known each other for quite a few years, and he knew very little about him, not to mention the six years wasted before that.
Yes, wasted lately. Ethan often wondered if, six years ago, he had fallen in love with Marcus at the beginning of the person; is not it that they would have been together already?
When really, it was a shame.
"What were you trying to tell him in the car?"Marcus asked Ethan.
"...I just remembered that once I saw in the news that he had quite a messy private life, being adopted or something, but that gossip news can't be believed in its entirety, is all."
Marcus shook his head. "Xiao Ran is not that kind of person. What's more, with his family background, it's only possible that he is the one harboring someone else."
Ethan wasn't interested in Ji Ran's matter and only asked what he cared about, "What did you guys just get off the bus to say?"
"...He said he saw that Angus is still here and reminded me to be careful."
"He's not rolling yet?"Ethan's tone was terrible when he heard it.
"I don't know, never mind, it's none of my business anyway."Marcus thought better of it about Lucas; after all, he wasn't so sure if he was mistaken.
Ethan suddenly reached over and held his hand resting on the steering wheel.
"What for?"
Ethan lifted his jaw at the front, "Turn left at the intersection up ahead."
It was in a different direction than they were going home, but Marcus didn't ask questions. Turning left and right as he said, he finally turned down a dark alley with no one in it. As soon as the car came to a stop, Ethan unbuckled his seatbelt and rolled over on top of Marcus.
With one hand, he squeezed his shoulder, and with the other, he turned the seat down smoothly, his warm breath close to him, "Let's continue now what we didn't do in the parking lot this afternoon."
Marcus was a little speechless, "Here?"
Ethan's drink was back on, his lips rubbing haphazardly against his face and his hands unruly,"...Come on."
"...There's nothing."
Ethan gritted his teeth and gave him a heavy kiss on the cheek, "You wait here."
Pulling open the door and getting out of the car, he practically ran and sprinted outside the alley; Marcus raised his arm high to cover his eyes and laughed helplessly.
Ethan was back in less than ten minutes, shoveling his purchases into Marcus's handstands and hugging his ti. ght. "Now you can't say no anymore."
Marcus hooked down his back and lifted his head, initiating a kiss for the first time, "Slow down..."
Ethan arched his back, his hands traveling all over his body, and his voice became dull and agitated as he murmured and spat out one word: "Yes."