Chapter 2: No Crying<br>"Nanny?..." The man stared at him blankly. Though twenty-four—two years older than Jian Qing—he looked like the kind of harmless, easily bullied high schooler that made people want to sin.<br>As if he’d let you do anything to him.<br>In truth, he did. No matter how rough Jian Qing was, no matter how much it hurt, a few honeyed words would make Cheng Wen submit, covering his eyes and crying silently into his hands.<br>He didn’t want to cry. It just hurt too much. The tears fell on their own.<br>Jian Qing’s breathing hitched. Smiling, he slid an arm around Cheng Wen’s waist—slimmer than many women’s—pulling him close. With forced patience, he murmured:<br>"Yes. See? If you work at home, I’ll see you the moment I walk through the door. We’ll have more time together. Don’t you want that?"<br>Cheng Wen, oblivious to the danger, easily let Jian Qing steer his thoughts. Hearing this, instinctive joy sparked. His dark eyes brightened as he looked up, whispering, "...Yes."<br>"Then it’s settled." Jian Qing smiled, satisfied, giving his waist a squeeze.<br>Cheng Wen was ticklish. He instinctively squirmed away but couldn’t escape. His cute, rounded earlobes flushed pink. Yet his delicate brows knitted together, remembering the earlier topic. "A’qing... the... the salary... isn’t it too much? My boss only paid me fifteen hundred..."<br>Fifteen hundred yuan was a fortune to Cheng Wen.<br>Fatherless since birth, his mother had died of illness when he and his brother were seventeen. Since then, he’d worked odd jobs, scraping together meager wages to put his younger brother through school.<br>He’d started in a small town near their village, hauling goods in a supermarket for seven or eight hundred yuan a month. Only after moving to Beijing two years ago did his pay reach a thousand.<br>Before meeting Jian Qing, fifteen hundred yuan stretched thin: three hundred for rent (a damp, five-square-meter basement), two hundred for food, the remaining thousand sent to his brother, Cheng Ran.<br>"..." Jian Qing paused, momentarily speechless.<br>In Beijing, any job paid thousands. That boss had clearly exploited Cheng Wen’s simplicity.<br>He had no time for this nonsense. Tightening his arm, he shoved the man onto the bed, impatience sharpening his tone.<br>"If you think it’s too much, I’ll give you fifteen hundred."<br>His body hit the mattress, the sudden weightlessness making him gasp. Before he could react, his soft lips were brutally claimed.<br>Jian Qing easily reduced him to tears, his eyes wet and red. His lashes fluttered helplessly; slender fingers clutched the cotton quilt beneath him like a frightened animal.<br>Jian Qing wasn’t satisfied. His movements were rough, grinding Cheng Wen’s tender lips until they bled.<br>Cheng Wen whimpered, tears welling. He wanted to pull away but feared angering the man above him. He could only whimper pitifully, "A’qing... it hurts..."<br>"Endure it."<br>"Wuwu..." Cheng Wen’s lips trembled. He wanted to cry.<br>At the first sob, Jian Qing’s brow furrowed in annoyance. He lifted his head, staring down, his voice low and hard.<br>"No crying."<br>Stupid enough already. Crying made him look even less like that person.