Demons Beside You

Translator: Larbre Studio  Editor: Larbre Studio

When Laurent and Howard returned home, Winnip, Fali and Faur were already there.

 “Dad, why are you back so early? Where"s Chen? Did he not come back with you?”

 “Err… He said that he wasn"t feeling well and left first. Is he not home yet?” Laurent"s look was drifting away.

 Winnip glanced at Laurent. Having lived together for so many years, she knew from Laurent"s look that something was wrong.

 “Laurent, what did you do again?”

 “What? I don"t understand. I"m a bit tired. I"m going to rest in the bedroom.”

 Winnip looked at Laurent. After all, it was his birthday. She did not want to put Laurent in a difficult position before his daughters.

 Soon, Chen Zhao came back carrying a cake.

 “Chen, why are you only back now?”

 “I went to buy Laurent a cake,” Chen Zhao said, smiling.

 “Did Laurent make another trap for you today?”

 “Why would he? We"re good buddies.” It was as if Chen Zhao had already forgotten about what had happened.

 Just then, Howard, Karim, and Kane walked down from upstairs.

 Chen Zhao immediately shouted, “Hey, Howard, Karim, Kane, where are you going?”

 “Laurent"s birthday party is starting soon. Where are you going now?” Winnip also asked.

 Although the three of them were her bodyguards, they had been staying with Laurent most of the time.

 Therefore, they had no reason to be absent for Laurent"s birthday party.

 The three looked at each other and finally looked at Chen Zhao.

 Kane and Karim had already heard from Howard about how Chen Zhao was closed in a lion"s cage.

 Last time, Chen Zhao was closed in an ice storage room for eight hours, and then he forced them to swim in the sea for a few hours.

 This time, Laurent"s plan was even worse. Importantly, the three of them had helped in the planning.

 They were really worried that Chen Zhao would crucify them.

 Nevertheless, Chen Zhao would not a.s.sault them in front of Winnip and the rest. They could go and hide outside for a few days.

 “We have a buddy who"s severely ill. He"s in the hospital now and we need to go and visit him,” Karim said with a serious face.

 They were all retired soldiers, even comrades, so the excuse was reasonable.

 “Oh, must you go today?”

 “His condition is critical, so we have to go now,” Karim nodded.

 “Yes, we"re afraid that he won"t be able to wait for much longer,” Kane said.

 “Alright. Quickly go then,” Winnip said.

 The three tried to control their fear and boarded the car calmly.

 Then, the car fled from the farm at full speed.

 “Let me go out and make a call,” Chen Zhao said.

 　　…

 “Karim, your phone is ringing. Why ain"t you picking it up?”

 “It"s from Chen.” Karim"s expression was somewhat unnatural.

 “We"ve already escaped anyway. Let"s go somewhere and hide for a few days. As long as we don"t return to Sacramento while he"s here, he can"t do anything to us. Pick up and listen to what he has to say.”

 Karim put Chen Zhao on speaker. “Hey, Chen, what is it?”

 “Don"t you feel that your pants are slightly tight now?”

 “What? Karim adjusted his sitting position in discomfort.

 “Is your thing very hard now? Oh, it"s not just you. Kane and Howard as well.”

 The three looked at each other. They could not help but put their hands into their pants and make some adjustments.

 “The condition will persist for an entire day.”

 “Ha… Chen, this isn"t a big problem, right? We"ll each find a woman later.”

 “One is probably not enough. You need to find a few more. After all, after 24 hours, you"ll never be interested in women anymore.”

 “Chen, stop scaring me. I don"t believe that such a thing will happen.”

 “Whatever. Goodbye.” Chen Zhao hung up.

 The three people in the car looked at each other in hesitation and doubt.

 “Was he being serious?”

 “I don"t know. It"s impossible, right?” Karim sounded uncertain. “But I need to find a woman right now. I feel like my thing is going to explode…”

 The three reached the urban area and headed toward the red light district directly.

 An hour later, the three drove out from the red light district.

 “How was it? Was it fun?”

 “I"m still hard.”

 “I didn"t come… I couldn"t.”

 “Me too.”

 “Me too.”

 “Is this really going to continue for a day?”

 Suddenly, Kane pulled his thing out of his pants.

 “What are you doing? We"re not interested in your d*ck.”

 “Mine has turned purple.”

 “I think mine has as well.”

 “Me too.”

 “If this really continues for a day, I feel that we will really become impotent…”

 “Chen wasn"t joking?”

 “Maybe he"s really not.”

 Their faces paled. They had already realized the severity of the problem.

 Chen Zhao"s words might actually come true. The more they thought about it, the more scared they were.

 “What now?”

 “You want to go back? Chen will kill us.”

 “But if we don"t, we"ll be soft forever.”

 How? We"re doomed either way…

 “Let"s go back.”

 Finally, Kane made up his mind.

 “Are you not scared of Chen?”

 “I am, but are we really going to avoid him for our entire life?”

 “Sounds reasonable. Let"s just face him.”

 　　…

 “Kane, Karim, Howard, why are you back? Didn"t you go and see your ill comrade?”

 “Err… Actually…”

 “He"s already dead, so we think that Mr. Laurent"s birthday party is more important now.”

 “…”

 “Fine, as long as you"re happy.”

 “Where"s Chen?” Kane asked.

 “Outside, I think,” Fali said.

 The three found Chen Zhao near the creek by the farmland. At the moment, he was soaking his feet in the water, his pants rolled up from the cuffs.

 “Hey, Chen, what are you doing here?”

 “Daydreaming.”

 “Err… You must be thinking of something important.” Kane was forcing a conversation.

 Karim and Howard stood at the side awkwardly, not knowing what to say.

 “I"m thinking about how to kill you legally.”

 “Ha… This joke isn"t funny…” Their smiles were worse than crying.

 “Do I look like I"m joking?” Chen Zhao turned his head and looked at the three.

 “Chen, we were not involved in this. It"s all Mr. Laurent! Actually we wanted to stop him, but he didn"t listen.”

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Translator: Larbre Studio  Editor: Larbre Studio

These three cronies were always present when causing trouble. But when they had to take responsibility, they would push all the blame onto Laurent.

 Chen Zhao didn"t think that they were innocent. No one could escape from the blame. Anyway, Chen Zhao didn"t plan on letting any of them go.

 “No one can escape. I"ll take care of all of you.”

 “Chen, just tell us what we have to do to be forgiven.”

 “I haven"t decided. I"ll tell you all later.”

 “Then…can you take care of our problem right now? We"ve been hard for more than two hours now.”

 Having a b.o.n.e.r for two hours was definitely not a happy thing. They felt that they"d definitely be disabled if this persisted.

 “Then how about you help me brainstorm how to punish you all? If I like your idea, then I"ll help you take care of that problem.”

 The three almost broke down. You want to punish us and ask us to help think of an idea. And the idea has to satisfy you?

 Just kill us.

 “How about…we help you prank Mr. Laurent?”

 These three shameless b*stards could sell out their boss without hesitation to save themselves.

 “Laurent won"t escape either. His fate has already been decided. You don"t need to worry. It"ll be better for you to think about how to pay for your sins.”

 The three shuddered. Seeing how stubborn Chen Zhao was, their heads hurt more.

 Of course, their d.i.c.ks hurt even more… It felt like it would explode soon.

 “We"ll do whatever you want.” Kane was about to cry.

 “How far is it to town?” Chen Zhao asked.

 “A few kilometers.”

 “I got it,” Karim said, a lightbulb going off. “You want us to run to town, right? Don"t worry. We can definitely do it.”

 “It"s not that easy.”

 “Run there and run back?”

 Chen Zhao nodded. The three felt overjoyed. It was easier than they"d imagined. Running ten kilometers was indeed tiring, but it"ll be better than their situation now.

 Plus, even though they"d left the army, they were still in shape.

 “Take off your clothes and run.”

 “What?!” all three of them cried.

 “You heard me. I want you to run ten kilometers nude.”

 “You"re humiliating us!”

 “Yes, I"m humiliating you all.”

 “You think we"ll agree to such an insulting request?” Kane glared at Chen Zhao with clenched teeth.

 “I was going to have you three men have a round with each other. Are you sure you won"t run?”

 The three quickly took off their clothes. What a joke! They were all straight and having s.e.x with their friends was disgusting.

 Chen Zhao happily returned to the house. He didn"t know what Fali, Faur, and Winnip were talking about, but they seemed happy.

 “Chen, where"s Kane and the others? They didn"t find you?”

 “Oh, they might not be in a good mood. They went out for a run.”

 “Run?” Winnip was confused. “Are they in a bad mood because their friend died?”

 “Is Laurent still in his room?” Chen Zhao asked.

 “He might be too tired from earlier. He"s old, after all.”

 Just then, Winnip"s phone rang. Seeing the caller, her expression turned uncomfortable, but she still picked it up after a few rings. “Hi, it"s Winnip.”

 “Mrs. Winnip, please help us. If you take our products down, our farm really will go bankrupt.”

 “I"m sorry. I can"t tolerate it. Your products have severe product violations. I can"t allow your products to appear in my supermarket anymore.”

 “Mrs. Winnip, I promise our products won"t have the same problem anymore. I swear.”

 “No… There"s nothing for us to say. You can try another supermarket.” Winnip"s att.i.tude was firm. “If there"s nothing else, I"ll hang up. Goodbye.”

 When Winnip hung up, Fali saw her expression. “Mom, what"s wrong? Your business made you upset?”

 “A rancher actually mixed meat of a cow that had died of sickness into the high-quality beef and was put on our shelves. My workers discovered it.”

 “There"s no point in wasting time talking to people like that,” Fali said. “Just put him on the blacklist.”

 “Whatever. Let"s stop talking about these unhappy matters.” Winnip clapped. Putting away her upset feelings, she rose and walked to a shelf. She took out a detailed mahogany box. “You and Fali are moving to the new home, right?”

 “Fali told you?” Chen Zhao was surprised.

 “This is for you.”

 Chen Zhao accepted the box. Opening it, he saw that it was a dazzling golden key.

 “This… Winnip, what is this?”

 “It"s for you. I know that when you Chinese people move to a new home, family and friends would gift some symbolic things. I don"t know what to give, but this key has been pa.s.sed down through many generations in my family. I"ll give it to you now. I hope you can treat Fali well.”

 “Mom, if you give Fali and Chen this key, then what about me?” Faur asked, jealous.

 “I"ll give you my business when you marry your invisible boyfriend. How"s that?”

 “I don"t want that,” Faur rejected quickly. “I like my current job.”

 Chen Zhao considered it. He didn"t refuse the gift. The key was expensive, but to Chen Zhao and Winnip, it wasn"t too bad. Plus, he really did like this.

 “Oh, Chen,” Fali said. “Go get Dad"s gift.”

 “Oh, you two prepared a gift for Laurent?” Winnip really wanted to know what they"d prepared.

 Chen Zhao went to the RV and took out a pot of strange red flowers.

 “Uh…”

 Winnip and Faur were confused. Why was he giving flowers as a birthday gift? Were these flowers expensive? Did they have some special meaning?

 “Mom.” Fali whispered in Winnip"s ears.

 Winnip"s eyes brightened. “Really?”

 “Of course. I promise it"ll be helpful.”

 “Great. I love it.”

 Faur was still confused. “Fali, isn"t this a gift for Dad? Why is Mom so happy?”

 “Not telling,” Fali said, grinning.

 “Mom.” Faur glanced at Winnip, but she also shook her head, not telling Faur. “You"re all isolating me. I"m upset,” Faur said in mock anger. Unfortunately, no one paid attention.

 Faur grew more and more curious. What exactly were these flowers for?

 Just then, Winnip"s phone rang again. Seeing the number, her brows furrowed again.

 “What? Is it those guys again?”

 “No, it"s the town"s police station.”