Chasing Ethan to the Ends of the World Chapter 2

When Ethan He first met Adrian Xie, he was throwing pottery.

He still remembered that it was a Thursday and the weather seemed a little hot and humid, but it didn't rain.

After handing in the information, he passed by the Academy of Fine Arts. One of the buildings was built like a warehouse with a rolling door. Thousands of finished ceramic products and many semi-finished products were displayed inside.

He glanced inside from somewhere.

There was a person sitting on a stool facing the door, with a pair of bony hands attached to the clay. His slender fingertips flexibly turned and gathered several times, and the general shape took shape.

The following movements were even cleaner and neater, without any drag, and the shapes were also more delicate. Ethan He couldn't take his eyes off them for a moment.

Until the person inside looked straight at him.

The moment their eyes met, an old-fashioned idea suddenly popped into his mind.

I seemed to see his soul at a glance.

Next is the skin.

Then be attracted.

The boy had cold eyes and no expression on his face, but he was handsome. When he raised his eyebrows and looked at her, Ethan He's heart skipped a beat.

He stood there without moving, but the person inside stood up and disappeared from sight, and did not appear again for several minutes.

...

"Why did you arrive so late?" Oliver Ji raised his arm to look at his watch and joked that it would take more than a few minutes.

Adrian Xie's face looked bad to begin with, and it darkened even more when he heard that.

Oliver Ji looked at him with interest, his eyes full of ridicule.

Adrian Xie didn't want to say more, frowned and said that he would go to see the house first.

More than ten minutes ago, when he had already arrived at the underground garage, Ye Ziqi called and cried and made a fuss, asking if she had changed her mind and no longer had feelings for him, or if she had a new love.

At first he tried to coax her patiently, but later he got really annoyed by her pestering and his tone became colder and colder, and finally he just hung up the phone.

"How is it, Young Master Xie? Are you not satisfied?" Oliver Ji took his people around.

Adrian Xie just glanced at it casually.

Big enough, with good lighting.

"It's okay, let's take this one." Adrian Xie made the final decision.

Oliver Ji saw him picking up the key and was about to leave, "You didn't even ask the price?"

Adrian Xie had already reached the stairs. "You decide. Anything more will be considered an apology."

Oliver Ji was secretly astonished. Even though they had been classmates for almost four years, he was still shocked by the generosity of this young master.

The budget provided by Adrian Xie was large enough, completely exceeding the rent of this land. He was just more than half an hour late. This apology was indeed too huge.

"Tsk tsk, no wonder so many people are rushing to come."

He took out his cell phone and called the agent to finalize the contract.

At night, in an apartment in the city center.

The suppressed sound in the bedroom was intermittent, and the pain that belonged to Ye Ziqi was mixed with a bit of pleasure.

"Hiss," Adrian Xie's back was scratched with red marks by nails. It didn't hurt much, but it was very uncomfortable.

His interest suddenly dropped, he hastily pulled out and turned the person around, and Ye Ziqi's face was buried in the quilt.

...

After it was over, Ye Ziqi lay on the big bed, gasping for breath, the sweat on his forehead had not dried yet, some of it stuck to his bangs, and some of it flowed down to his chin.

There was a sound of water in the bathroom, and he looked up. Although he couldn't see it, he could imagine how S3xy the broad back covered with water droplets would be.

Thinking of how intense it was just now, Ye Ziqi felt unsatisfied and couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth.

It seemed like he had come to the right place tonight. He did not inform his boyfriend in advance, but took a taxi and waited at the door.

When Adrian Xie saw the person coming, he frowned slightly.

"What are you doing here?"

Ye Ziqi ignored the dissatisfaction in his tone, approached him with a frown on his face, apologized obediently, then acted coquettishly and did everything he could to seduce him into bed.

"I'm not leaving tonight?" he asked.

Adrian Xie had just come out of the bathroom, covered in steam. He had a bath towel wrapped around his waist, and his broad shoulders and narrow waist were in perfect proportion, with his well-defined abdominal muscles exposed without any cover.

"Go take a shower, I'll take you back to school. Yu Yanwu"

"Adrian Xie!" Ye Ziqi's face changed immediately and he shouted in disbelief.

"Be obedient. Move faster. I'm very tired today." Adrian Xie said in a cold voice. He walked out of the bedroom without looking back after saying that.

Ye Ziqi pounded the bed to vent his anger, but finally resigned himself to his fate, picked up his clothes and went into the bathroom.

On the way to send someone back to school, the evening breeze was not as hot as at noon, and there were few pedestrians, but the street lights were bright. Adrian Xie parked the car on the side of the road and lit a cigarette.

The two just started arguing again on the road, but most of the time it was Ye Ziqi who was accusing.

"Can you please tell me what I did wrong, or are you angry?" Ye Ziqi said.

The rising smoke made it difficult for him to see the expression on Adrian Xie's face, so he could only try hard to make it out.

"No."

"What on earth is that..."

"Let's break up." Adrian Xie exhaled a cloud of white mist, his tone flat.

The rest of Ye Ziqi's words were stuck in his throat, as if he was choked by the thick smoke.

"...What did you say?"

"Tell me what you want tomorrow, and get in the car first."

In the following time, Ye Ziqi seemed to have lost his soul. He mechanically opened the car door, got out, and then watched the car drive away at the dormitory door.

I have already memorized the license plate, and I still feel happy every time I see it, but I didn't know that this joy would be so short-lived.

Ye Ziqi thought of Adrian Xie again. His face alone was enough to make people fall in love with him, not to mention his distinguished family background and the energy he possessed.

The more inaccessible they seem, the more fatally attractive they are to people.

At that time, he pursued people easily and indulged in it without thinking about anything else, but he didn't expect that this relationship was just a flash in the pan. He didn't dare to find out how much Adrian Xie really loved him.

Ye Ziqi just thought that he overestimated his own abilities. Adrian Xie had a bad reputation and he had provoked someone he shouldn't have provoked.

Adrian Xie drove fast and when he returned to the apartment, he glanced at the messy bed. Some of the liquid had dried up.

He tore off the sheets and pillowcases and threw them into the laundry basket, then walked towards the guest bedroom without even looking.

The next morning, the cleaning lady came to clean the house. As usual, she collected the dirty sheets in the basket and replaced them with a new set.

He slept until ten, ordered his usual takeout, and then headed straight into the studio.

During this time, I received a phone call.

It was Oliver Ji, his roommate and partner, who urged him to decide on the decoration style of the studio and a bunch of other miscellaneous things.

After hanging up the phone, he continued working on the painting he had just unfinished, and it was not until four o'clock in the afternoon that he went to discuss the decoration details with Oliver Ji.

When Adrian Xie drove the GT3 past the teaching building, many people looked up and watched.

Ethan He was also among them.

Unexpectedly, there was no one sitting in the passenger seat today.

Ethan He casually chatted with his roommate next to him, "Was that Adrian Xie just now?"

His roommate Zhang Quan looked at him in surprise, "Yeah, but how come you know that too?"

Ethan He smiled and said, "No one should be unaware of this."

Zhang Quan heard the gossip in his words and moved closer with great interest.

"I heard that he just broke up with his boyfriend, the one from the Academy of Fine Arts, Ye Ziqi,"

"Wow, it's really fast. It hasn't been long since they last met. Look, the tattoo is still there..."

The two had just finished class, and Ethan He reminded him to be careful on the steps, "Really?"

"Of course. He is a famous playboy in the Academy of Fine Arts. His speed of changing partners is not exaggerated."

"He's just handsome and rich, I would do the same if I were him!"

Ethan He just smiled without saying anything, followed the crowd out of the teaching building, looked in the direction where the car disappeared thoughtfully, and remembered that he seemed to be missing a dinner party.

The days passed quickly and it was the weekend, the day I had an appointment with Zhao Zongde.

But now, there was still half an hour left before the agreed time. Ethan He raised his wrist to look at his watch for the third time, but his cousin had not appeared yet.

Ethan He held the phone and called Harper Yang, and walked towards her direction as if prepared for a rainy day--- "Hey, brother, where are you? I'm almost dizzy..."

Ethan He was speechless, "Stay where you are."

More than ten minutes later, the two siblings met at the restaurant entrance.

"...Oh, you know I don't know the way." Harper Yang smiled awkwardly. The tip of her ponytail was still stained with dried clay, which was picked away by Ethan He.

"Thank you, bro!"

The brother and sister waited at the door for a while before Connor Zhao and his two companions arrived.

"I took the initiative to invite one more person. You don't mind, do you?" Fiona Qiu joked with a smile.

"Of course I don't mind."

Ethan He looked at the tall girl next to her. Although he already knew her identity, his expression remained expressionless.

"Hello, Serena Miao." The girl extended her hand gracefully.

"She is harder to invite than me. We have to order a few more dishes later." Fiona Qiu joked.

Ethan He said yes, with a barely perceptible smile on his lips.

Harper Yang also learned to greet people like her brother, "Hello, seniors, my name is Harper Yang!"

Fiona Qiu chuckled, thinking that the little girl was lively, and joked frankly: "Are you calling me now?"

Harper Yang laughed, "I will definitely work hard, senior sister."

After a brief greeting, everyone sat down together. Serena Miao sat opposite, looking at Ethan He calmly.

She had heard of him. He had won many outstanding projects in the business school. He started leading a team in his sophomore year and did a good job.

Serena Miao felt that Ethan He was inexplicably pleasing to her eyes, and couldn't help but look at him a few more times.

During the dinner, Harper Yang was like a book with a million questions, and her little mouth never stopped. Fiona Qiu had originally called her here because Serena Miao's expertise matched his, and he was happy to sit aside and watch the little girl ask questions. Although Serena Miao looked cold, she still answered all the questions one by one.

When the show was over, Harper Yang was still reluctant to leave. "Senior, what if I have more questions later? Can I find you guys again..."

Harper Yang was a little distressed.

"Go find your brother." Serena Miao, who had been silent, suddenly spoke up. She shook her phone at Ethan He, and the bracelets on her wrists made a slight sound: "Can I add a contact number, Ethan He?"

Fiona Qiu looked at Serena Miao, Connor Zhao looked at Ethan He, and Harper Yang's eyes moved back and forth between the two.

"What's going on?" Fiona Qiu nudged his friend's arm and winked.

"Brother, does the pretty senior have a crush on you?"

Ethan He shook his head, "Don't talk nonsense, she has a boyfriend."

Harper Yang looked surprised: "How did you know?"

Ethan He didn't answer and changed the subject.

On the other side, in the office building, Adrian Xie and Oliver Ji were discussing the details of the decoration.

Adrian Xie has always had a sharp eye and he has no shortage of money. He and Oliver Ji have no disagreements. Apart from some decorative cultural relics, they made a rough plan for the rest and the overall decoration plan came out soon.

He wanted to knock down a wall, and Oliver Ji followed him, "There's something I want to tell you."

Adrian Xie wiped off the dust and said, "Go ahead."

Oliver Ji’s girlfriend is also from the Academy of Fine Arts, and the three of them have a good relationship. When she heard that Adrian Xie was going to set up a studio with her boyfriend, she also had the idea of   joining.

"Mulu wants to come too?"

"It's fine to form a partnership or invest, it depends on what you want."

Oliver Ji added.

Adrian Xie looked at the cubicle upstairs and shook his head indifferently, "It's up to you to decide."

"The staircase is too straight. Break it down and make it spiral. Don't use an escalator."

Oliver Ji followed and said, "Okay..."

It was almost dark when they came out, and Adrian Xie said he wanted to treat Oliver Ji to a good meal.

"It's not a festival, just treat them casually..."

Adrian Xie ignored him and walked out first with his long legs.