REDPEAFOWL, Chapter 2: Hong Kongque
No one knows why Hong Kongque calls himself Hong Kongque (Red Peafowl).
Even Lu Yipeng himself doesn’t know, and doesn’t want to know. No matter what others may think Hong Kongque is. For Lu Yipeng, it’s a form of spiritual enlightenment, a big one indeed.
“Oh, Brother Lu, you are not swimming today?”.
Lu Yipeng turned and smiled at the junior who greeted him. He was now at the police department’s swimming pool, where an incident had occurred four years ago. Lu Yipeng used to frequent the place, but it had changed now.
“I’m here on business, I’ll be leaving soon.” Lu Yipeng replied, and walked out of the pool. He had come to talk to a junior about a case. He overheard the junior talking to a friend in a low voice, “It’s weird. Brother Lu usually loves swimming, but when the incident with the Red Peafowl happened four years ago…”
Lu Yipeng didn’t want to hear anything more than this, so he quickly walked out.
Red Peafowl…
Detective Lu Yipeng felt a sharp pain on the scar on his calf and got on it immediately. It was definitely just a reminder of the past. The scar had been there for many years, and it probably didn’t hurt much anymore. Except for the pain that was deeply embedded in his soul.
Thinking about Hong Kongque’s face made him feel the urge to kill come immediately, but Lu Yipeng knew that Hong Kongque was not someone that anyone could easily kill. Even if he had lost all clothes and was naked without a weapon, Hong Kongque was still alive and kicking.
Four years ago, Hong Kongque had given him something that made him uneasy. Besides the scars, there were also annoying and frustrating incidents that followed. One such incident was when Lu Yipeng stopped swimming. Why, you ask? Who would want to show off their scarred legs like this? This Red Peafowl was a clear symbol of him being Hong Kongque’s property. No one in the department knew about it, everyone just knew that he had survived
Hong Kongque’s grip for many years. As for the scars, it would be better to die first, no one would ever see them.
For the past four years, Lu Yipeng had thought about removing the scar. Or at least adding more scars, so he could erase the name Red Peafowl from his leg. However, Hong Kongqu had a psychological illness that made him enjoy looking at the scars on his leg excessively. He even insisted on asking if it still looked good. So he had to swallow his pride and keep the scar as a pass to meet Hong Kongque in his realm.
“Hey buddy, are you going back home now? Want to go hang out in town together?” A classmate greeted him. As he was about to get in the car, Lu
Yipeng turned and smiled at his friend, “No, I have to hurry home.”
“There’s a big celebrity event in the city today. Aren’t you going?” His friend insisted. The invited person still shook his head, “I have urgent work to do.”
“Always so busy…Take some time off once in a while. I’ll keep a spot for you.” With that, his friend nodded and got into the car.
If it were four years ago… He would have jumped into the pool, then hurried to go clubbing with his friends. Because that damn name Red Peafowl (Hong Kongque) on his leg was real.
After being branded by his own hand, Lu Yipeng dared not go swimming anymore. He had to stop having sex temporarily, afraid that someone would see the scars. If he had to, he would just pull his pants down. Let Hong Kongque handle that kind of nonsense alone! Most importantly, after being tricked by Hong Kongque into a sexual encounter a few years ago, he lost interest in women altogether. What the heck did that person use on him?
Lu Yipeng slammed his hand on the steering wheel in frustration before driving home angrily. But while driving on the road, he felt like someone was following him. A young police officer slowed down his car beside him and saw two black cars following him. One car parked in front of him, while the other parked behind.
Lu Yipeng remained in his car. If he dared to embrace each other in the middle of this crowded highway, he would. He agreed to embrace, but when he saw the person stepping out of the car, the young man immediately cursed in his heart.
“Hello, Inspector Lu.” The tall, scarred man greeted him. Lu Yipeng immediately recognized him as one of Hong Kongque’s servants, named Little Zhi.
“I apologize for the other day.” Lu Yipeng replied. Little Zhi shook his head, then continued, “ Boss sent me to invite you to the mansion.”
The young police officer looked visibly distressed and quickly responded, “I have urgent matters and need to return home. Thank you, and please tell your boss that I’m not really available.”
Little Zhi said nothing but picked up the phone, recounted Lu Yipeng’s words without missing a beat, and then spoke to the young police officer.
“You said he’ll be waiting at your home then.”
Lu Yipeng tried to calm himself and smiled before responding, “I just received a message that the meeting is postponed. I’ll go to him at the mansion later.”
Little Zhi nodded, smiled, and then went back to the car, while Lu Yipeng thought about breaking Hong Kongque’s bones in his mind. He still vividly remembered what happened last time when Hong Kongque came to his house.
…
“Oh… Little Pengpeng I have been waiting for.”
Lu Yipeng frowned at the term that slipped out of the mouth of the man in the white shirt matched with another brownish-red blazer. This time, Hong
Kongque had no Paechikchik stuck on his finger, but instead, he had a glass of whiskey in its place.
“What’s the matter?” Lu Yipeng asked with a slight raise of his eyebrow, then continued, “The calcium I gave you yesterday. Did you not take it?”
Lu Yipeng thought about the box of calcium that had been sent to the forensic department. Once he found out there was nothing messed in it, he left it there. He had no intention of retrieving it back. Who would want to go pick up that stuff from that guy anyway?
“I didn’t forget about the calcium.” The young police officer replied.
“Well then, try to look more cheerful than this. You haven’t even reached fifty or sixty years old yet.” Hong Kongque said, shifting in his seat and pouring another glass of whiskey. A servant quickly walked over to bring the glass to Lu Yipeng.
“Have a drink with me.” Hong Kongque said as Lu Yipeng eyed the glass of whiskey in his hand warily.
“What else did you add to it?” Lu Yipeng asked.
Hong Kongque shook his head, looking as serious as ever, “Can you see what I’m adding to it?”
Lu Yipeng looked at him for a moment before shaking his head, “I’d rather not drink, to avoid any complications.”
“Surely…” Hong Kongque asked again, and Lu Yipeng nodded, “I don’t want to be drugged by you again.”
Hong Kongque raised his finger to his head before letting out a sigh,
“Pengpeng, you really like using hard words.”
Before Lu Yipeng could finish his sentence, he was grabbed by two big men in police uniforms. He was then smacked hard in the back, and the image in front of him faded away.
The sound of ice hitting the glass made the young police officer snap out of it. He blinked while feeling a dull ache at the back of his head where he had been hit. He heard someone talking above his head, “Are you awake yet?”
Lu Yipeng suddenly got up and found that his body was almost naked… almost. Luckily, there were swim trunks on.
Swim trunks?
The young policeman turned back to look at the person sitting behind him, Hong Kongque, half sitting half lying on a long chair. He was holding a glass of brightly colored liquor and had a secretive smile on his face as usual.
“Do you like it? I just changed you into a new swimsuit, so I wanted to see you swimming. You look really sexy in that swimsuit.”
Lu Yipeng glanced at the person speaking before immediately standing up.
He didn’t want to imagine what state he was in before waking up. He didn’t want to imagine what his body had been through while unconscious.
“Headache?” Hong Kongque asked when he saw the young man’s face, “This is… If you agree to drink and get drunk, it’ll be over. I’m not going to kill you, I just want you to stay quiet, that’s all.”
“I’ll leave.” Lu Yipeng said while turning and walking out immediately.
Hong Kongque raised a finger to his head and then spoke briefly, “Inchen,
Qingheng.”
Two black Velociraptor-like rottweilers, almost as tall as the ankles, rushed towards Lu Yipeng immediately. Before they could pounce at Lu Yipeng, they stopped in their tracks and turned to look back at Hong Kongque, who was sitting there smiling.
“What would you do next, Pengpeng, go for a swim, or wrestle with Inchen and Qingheng?” Hong Kongque said casually, sipping his liquor in the glass. Lu Yipeng hesitated to look at the two dogs that were about to attack, knowing that a simple command might make them jump on him. Finally, the young man gritted his teeth, “Fine. I’ll go swimming. You can call your dogs back now.”
Hong Kongque smiled broadly before speaking again, “Inchen, Qingheng, come here.”
The two dogs, who were about to bite the young man, immediately perked up and ran towards their master. Hong Kongque grabbed a biscuit from the plate on the table and threw it to them, each getting two pieces with a satisfied expression. Lu Yipeng was reluctant to continue watching, so he jumped into the pool and swam away.
Hong Kongque probably didn’t want him to see too much in the mansion, so this time he dealt with him to knock him out. Lu Yipeng began to think that next time he should prepare some sleeping pills to avoid worrying about encountering anything worse than sleeping pills, but it wasn’t certain. This peafowl guy might have injected something into him while he was unconscious.
Lu Yipeng swam two rounds before stopping at the edge of the pool and looked up towards the sky. He could see that this must be a part of the luxurious constellation that was now visible, as tonight was a full moon. He could see the constellation more clearly than usual, but he didn’t hope to know anything more about it. Lu Yipeng gazed at the moon for a while before turning back to look at the pool, where he saw Hong Kongque sitting holding a glass of wine, staring at him with interest. He thought about wanting to really pluck out his eyes.
“Well well. Not joining me for a swim?” Lu Yipeng said with a gracious smile, inviting Hong Kongque to join him in the pool. Even though he was sure that Hong Kongque would refuse to get into the pool, he knew that his masculinity would surely be questioned if he declined.
“Do you want me to come down and swim together?” The man was asked with a smile, to which Lu Yipeng quickly nodded, though he still felt a prick to be called that name again.
“I want you to come down and swim with me. I’ve never seen you take off your shirt before.”
Hearing Hong Kongque chuckle, “Do you want to see me naked or… dream on, Little Peng.”
Lu Yipeng almost immediately thought of something, was it that Hong Kongque would not know how to swim. Lu Yipeng thought that if he could trick him into getting into the water, he might have a chance of catching Hong
Kongque and taking him to be questioned at the lodge. The servants wouldn’t dare do anything then. Thinking so, Lu Yipeng smiled and continued.
“Kongque, are you not coming to swim with me? If I see you undressing once, I might be charmed by you.”
Hong Kongque almost choked on his drink. He quickly swallowed it and chuckled, “Persistent, be careful, I might bite my tongue.”
Lu Yipeng pursed his lips and stared at him, his cheeks turning slightly red before swimming to the other side. Hong Kongque let out a sigh and lifted his glass to take another sip.
“Come on.” Lu Yipeng called to him again as he swam back, “Join me. I want to hug you now.”
Hong Kongque raised his hand to cover his mouth after almost choking out the wine through his nose, “Pengpeng, please. I’m not ready to choke to death.”
Lu Yipeng looked at him in dismay. This time the young man’s cheeks turned bright red, not just from exerting himself, but because Hong Kongque could hear his own heart pounding.
Damn…
…
Lu Yipeng felt restless and embarrassed, not wanting to mention the reason. He tried to think of words of apology and repentance, thinking that someone like Hong Kongque must have fallen into the pool, but he forgot that it was Hong Kongque. Even if he was ten people, that guy would not easily fall for it.
Besides, even if he didn’t fall for it, there were plenty of others who would. Thinking this way, Lu Yipeng felt sorry for himself. So he resolved to swim, thinking that in a little while, Hong Kongque would be satisfied and call him up himself.
Why did he have to do something like this?
Lu Yipeng emerged from the water with anger, but when he looked up from the water, he had to stop in shock. He found Hong Kongque standing on the pool’s edge with a mysterious smile on his face.
“I don’t usually take off my clothes in front of anyone.” Hong Kongque replied before pulling off his wet shirt. The brown-red shirt slid down to the floor, revealing his fair skin, which seemed to glow under the moonlight.
Lu Yipeng stood, fascinated, above the slender white legs. The tight red swimming trunks and the strong waistband with red stripes protruding from the back.
“Do you really want to hug me, or maybe?” Hong Kongque whispered softly before sitting down at the edge of the pool and stretching out his feet.
“Kongque…” Lu Yipeng called softly, extending his hand and holding the tip of Hong Kongque’s toe, then bringing it to his mouth, Hong Kongque sighed with satisfaction as the other person kissed all over his foot as if casting a spell. Then slowly licking along the soft flesh between his toes, creating a pleasing tingle.
Hong Kongque closed his eyes in enjoyment, allowing Lu Yipeng to deal with his own toes with his mouth. Then his body fell into the water instantly.
The sound of splashing water spread loudly around Lu Yipeng, confident that this time Hong Kongque would have to swallow a lot of water. He was dragged down so quickly that he couldn’t even stand up like this. Even if a swimmer had to dive, they would still suffocate, but it turned out that they were wrestling in the water for a long time and he himself was taking in a lot of water. Plus, he was almost running out of air before emerging from the water, almost suffocating to death.
The young policeman sighed heavily as he emerged from the water before coughing until his face turned red. When he turned around, he saw Hong Kongque standing and smiling in the pool.
“Were you going to drown me to death?” The person asked Lu Yipeng who had tears welling up in his eyes as they spoke, “Do you know how to swim?” The young police officer interrupted Hong Kongque with a raised eyebrow. “Well, yeah, I can swim. When did I tell you I couldn’t?”
Lu Yipeng felt his mouth go dry as if he had been cursed. He looked at Hong Kongque again, then coughed and he heard a chuckle from that direction,
“Don’t tell me that you thought I could not swim so you dragged me into the water like this?”
The person being questioned didn’t respond, but instead turned their face away, “I’m going home now.” Speaking swiftly, they swam to the ladder to get out of the pool, with Hong Kongque swimming after them, “Hey, you said you wanted to hug me.”
“You pushed me into the water. I’m not in the mood.” Lu Yipeng replied curtly, hearing Hong Kongque let out a sigh, “The moral standards of the Hong Kong Police Department are easily compromised. You just choked on water and became afraid.”
Lu Yipeng turned back slowly before speaking, “I’m not afraid.”
“Then come back to the pool.”
The young police officer hesitated before finally agreeing to come back down into the pool. Then Hong Kongque swam towards him, pushing him against the pool’s edge.
“You make me feel excited to watch.”
“Um…” Lu Yipeng cleared his throat before finally speaking slowly, “Why… why did you not come to swim with me from the beginning?”
“Do you really want me to swim with you?” The person being questioned replied, trying to control their emotions, and then explained slowly, “Even if I want to or not, you wanted to do it to me already, why do you have to wait for me to say so, or do you want to tease me?”
Once they reached this point in the conversation, Lu Yipeng felt his face blush immediately, and he hurriedly turned to the other side, hearing Hong
Kongque chuckle softly, “Well, actually. I didn’t think of it that way. I just didn’t want anyone to see the Red Peafowl on my back.”
“?”
“When you blush like that, you look cute.” Hong Kongque said, leaning in closer, causing Lu Yipeng to blush even more and quickly turn away.
“Just a second, did you say red Peafowl on the back? Do you have the Red
Peafowl tattoo on your back?”
“Yeah…” Hong Kongque cleared his throat and continued, “If you kiss me until I am satisfied, then. I will let you see it once.”
The black eyes of both met for a pause. Before Hong Kongque let out a sigh,
“Come on. I don’t mind.” He said, and leaned down to bite the neck of the other person, Lu Yipeng, who gasped in surprise before pressing his face in for a kiss.
The tips of their tongues entering aggressively made Hong Kongque quickly wrap his arms around the other person’s face, pulling it closer. The lips of both collided violently, until a heavy sigh was heard. Lu Yipeng pushed Hong
Kongque’s body towards the edge of the pool, pressing another hot passionate kiss, before pushing their bodies down to the ground. The sound of a heavy sigh echoed in the room. After both parties separated their lips.
“Let me see your Red Peafowl.” Lu Yipeng said with flushed lips and face.
Hong Kongque’s face showed a small smile before he turned away.
A large red peafowl displaying its beauty on a clean white backdrop. Its tail feathers extended down around Hong Kongque waist, and probably long enough to reach the front part of the crotch area.
“Hong Kongque…” Lu Yipeng mumbled, before leaning in closer to the figure, “Your Red Peafowl is so beautiful, why don’t you want anyone to see it.”
“I’m afraid someone will fall in love with it instead of me.” Hong Kongque replied with a smile, and Lu Yipeng only responded with a chuckle, “Even if you have no tattoos, I won’t fall for you.”
Hearing the other person chuckle, Lu Yipeng leaned in again. Then their lips met once more, as Lu Yipeng pressed both of Hong Kongque’s arms against the edge of the pool, kissing all over the white backdrop and around the red peafowl.
The couple made love in the water, hearing the sound of splashing water alternating with moans and sighs. The red peafowl on Hong Kongque’s back trembled to the rhythm of their passionate lovemaking, as if about to move on its own. Lu Yipeng kissed the white skin once again, before pressing his face against the neck that was emitting soft moans, engaging in another passionate kiss.
Red Peafowl…
…
Lu Yipeng was almost exhausted to death before Hong Kongque would be satisfied. He leaned against the edge of the pool, letting the other person massage his body without being able to resist. He heard Hong Kongque whisper,
“Pengpeng, please be my companion until dawn. I don’t like full moon nights.”
Lu Yipeng struggled to open his eyes. He thought he should be able to go back now, but what he felt was the silver moon shining brightly in the sky, and a delicate touch on his body. Before the whole scene faded away.
…
“Lu Yipeng, when did you leave the deserted island?” asked a younger sibling as Lu Yipeng walked into the department. The young man raised one eyebrow before replying, “This morning.”
He then walked straight to the table, where many case files were stacked.
“Inspector, how did the investigation go?” another younger policeman walked in to ask. Before Lu Yipeng could sit down, he gestured to hold.
“Just give me a moment.”
The woman nodded, placing two thick case files on the table, “A Douhou case.”
“Um, I’ll leave them there.” Lu Yipeng said, raising his hand to his head as the younger police woman walked out.
That annoying peafowl!
Lu Yipeng woke up the next morning to find himself lying on a bed he had never seen before. Looking more closely, he saw a large birdcage in front of him. Then Hong Kongque walked in, ready with instructions to feed the birds for ten minutes before Lu Yipeng realized where he was. As he opened the door and saw the vast ocean outside.
What kind of a deserted island is this? A different world on the island where Hong Kongque kept birds!
Lu Yipeng vowed to himself that he would not stay another night at Hong
Kongque’s mansion. The host forced him to feed the birds for three days in exchange for detailing the case he was investigating. Sometimes Lu Yipeng seriously wondered if Hong Kongque was involved in these cases, but until he had evidence to arrest the doctor, it was impossible. Besides, he had nowhere defeated that guy, but one day he will drag that guy into prison.
One day…one day soon.
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