Testing each other

"You actually managed to coax him into agreeing to get married?" Ludel stared in disbelief in the lounge. "And I was even the last one to know about this. Apart from anything else, do you really treat me as a brother?"

Philo pulled the gun away, lowered his eyes and said, "I didn't lie to him. He pitied me and was willing to marry me. There's nothing to say about this."

Ludel: "...Pity you?"

Philo nodded: "Yes."

"Impossible," said Ludel, "He doesn't look like that kind of bug."

Philo shook his head: "You don't understand him. He is very soft-hearted. If it weren't for this, I wouldn't have been able to keep him in the first place."

"You really have been dreaming about his face since the beginning..." Ludel muttered, and then changed the subject, "No, let's not talk about it. If he is really as soft-hearted as you say, why doesn't he pity the Fourth Prince? With his appearance, I think he has many suitors in school. Can he pity them?"

Philo was silent.

"What are you thinking? You look confused," Ludel frowned, "Are you really in love with him?"

"I've always liked him." Philo said calmly.

——I can even die for him.

"..." Ludel didn't know how to comment, so he could only say, "Then you should be more proactive and treat him better. I see that you have become more and more timid since Lord Wei Shao was hospitalized. This will only push him further away."

Philo twisted the shell in his hand and said nothing.

-

At night, Wei Shao lay on the bed, watching the marriage process in this world with shining eyes.

But not long after he started reading, he received a message from Philo.

[Uncomfortable.] 】

Wei Shao paused as he was flipping through the web pages. The next second, he and the quilt bounced up.

He threw the quilt onto the bed, put on his coat and went upstairs.

Wei Shao knocked on the door twice, but without waiting for any response, he placed his terminal against the door.

Accompanied by a welcoming voice and a clicking sound, Wei Shao opened the door, only to be thrown into the arms.

Maybe he was opening the door when Philo grabbed the door handle, so...

Wei Shao's ears burned, and he quickly helped the limp person stand up: "Why did it suddenly--"

Fei Luo's face was very hot, pressed against his neck, and Wei Shao felt that his body was burning as well.

He closed the door with one hand, picked up Philo directly, and caught a glimpse of the medicine residue on the table when he left the hallway.

Wei Shao swallowed his saliva and said with difficulty, "Did you make the medicine and drink it yourself?"

Fei Luo buried his face in his shoulder, his voice unsteady: "Can't you drink?"

"..." Wei Shao put the back of his hand on his neck for a while, "My fault, I forgot to tell you."

The doctor did not specify when he prescribed the medicine, but what happened later made Wei Shao guess that the medicine had an aphrodisiac effect.

"Didn't the doctor say that there's nothing wrong with it? Why did you think of taking medicine..."

Philo's eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of mist, and he did not answer, but Wei Shao figured out the reason.

"Are you stupid..." Wei Shao put him on the bed, "If I don't ask you, why don't you tell me - what is our relationship now?"

Philo raised his head, as if he wanted to get into his arms, but Wei Shao pushed him away. Philo's body trembled almost imperceptibly the moment he was pushed away.

Wei Shao propped up his upper body with one hand, distanced himself from him, and held the back of his neck with his right hand. His breathing was slightly disordered, and he asked, "What is our relationship?"

Philo looked at him dazedly, then uttered two words clearly: "Friend."

"..." Wei Shao threw him back expressionlessly, "I don't have the habit of sleeping with my friends, Philo."

Fei Luo froze for a moment, then suddenly held Wei Shao's shoulders and moved his face closer.

When their lips were about to touch, Wei Shao turned his head away.

Fei Luo's eyes dimmed for a moment. Wei Shao stared at him and saw that his eyes were red.

Wei Shao's heart was like a big ancient bell in a temple, which was struck heavily. All the fog and confusion disappeared at the moment the bell rang.

Wei Shao looked at Fei Luo and asked in a hoarse voice: "Want to kiss me?"

Philo said nothing, but his eyelashes trembled violently, which Wei Shao thought was his consent.

"Why do you want to kiss me?"

Fei Luo suddenly struggled violently and closed his eyes tightly, unwilling to even glance at Wei Shao, as if he hated him so much.

Wei Shao laughed softly, pushed him back, and kissed him until tears oozed from his eyes: "Why are you crying again..."

Wei Shao seemed to suddenly understand why Philo cried that first night, and from this he extended more unconfirmed speculations.

"Are you," he paused, "a little fond of me...?"

The moment he asked the question, Wei Shao's nerves were tense. He was afraid that everything was just his imagination.

Philo said nothing.

No words?

Isn't it a consent if you don't say anything?

The default is not...

like.

Wei Shao's heart trembled, and he leaned close to Fei Luo's ear. His voice had both the magnetism of an adult and the urgency of a teenager who couldn't help but say, "Open your eyes and look at me."

Philo ignored him.

Wei Shao had no choice but to lower his head and kissed Fei Luo's lips carefully: "Baby, open your eyes and look at me, okay?"

Philo's wet eyelashes trembled, then slowly opened. He looked at Wei Shao's voice, which was very soft, as if it could be blown away by a gust of wind.

“Is this also pitying me?”

"...What nonsense are you talking about?" Wei Shao frowned deeply, then relaxed his brows and kissed him even harder. "To be honest, I'm just feeling sorry for you."

Philo looked at him quietly.

"I wanted to have a good talk with you, but you refused to communicate. Now you have no chance to regret it." He rubbed Philo's lips with his fingertips and stated word by word, "You kissed me, which is like a seal. There can be no other insects except me... before and after. I didn't mark you because I trust you. If you dare to go find another male insect behind my back, I will..."

Wei Shao's tone dropped and he didn't finish.

Philo interrupted him: "Nothing else, nothing, only you."

just me.

Wei Shao repeated these three words in his mind, and felt his soul drifting a little.

"What about your first love? The one with light hair, bad temper, and who loved fighting?" He snorted coldly, ready to settle the score later.

"What about your dark-skinned, sunny little hot pepper?" Philo asked calmly.

"I was..." Wei Shao raised his voice, and finally softened it helplessly, "I was lying to you, idiot, didn't you realize that it was you who was the other way around?"

Philo's nose wrinkled at the terrible name, "Don't call me that."

"Okay," Wei Shao smiled and nuzzled his neck, "baby."

"..." Philo said nothing, but obediently put his arms around his waist.

Wei Shao hugged the person in his arms, and suddenly a thought flashed through his mind.

——Ji Peiyan’s marriage first and love later literature did not deceive him.

…

In the end, the only sounds left in the room were ambiguous ones and faint pleas for mercy.

It’s a pity that none of them were adopted.

Wei Shao grabbed him and prevented him from escaping, his voice hoarse and deep: "Baby, I wanted to try it a few times before... Okay?"

What a shit.

Philo had no answer at all.

…

-

Philo was awakened by being tickled.

He opened his eyes and saw Wei Shao's handsome face. He frowned and turned away.

Wei Shao took back the hand that was poking his face and said with a smile: "It's afternoon now, can't you get up?"

Philo glanced at the time displayed on the terminal, his face changed, and he sat up immediately.

Then the expression became even weirder.

"...why don't you lie down for a while?" Wei Shao looked at his face and pulled him back with a guilty conscience. "I've said hello to Ludel for you. You don't have to go today."

Philo looked at him, his face showing a look of shock as if he had just woken up from a dream, and also a bit of embarrassed incredulity.

"You..." Fei Luo raised his hand and wanted to rub his temples, and Wei Shao next to him immediately came over to do it for him.

"What's wrong, baby?"

Philo licked his dry lips, and it seemed that he had almost finished stroking them. He turned his face away, his ears slightly red, and said, "Don't yell like that."

Wei Shao narrowed his eyes and responded to every request: "Silly boy?"

"..." Philo frowned again and turned his face back.

Wei Shao couldn't help laughing: "Then what do you want me to call you?"

Philo did not answer.

Wei Shao kissed him: "Lolo."

Philo looked at him quietly without saying anything.

Wei Shao raised his eyebrows: "This is not good? Then - um!"

He felt a pain on his lip and his eyes suddenly widened.

Looking at Philo's eyelashes so close to him, he was stunned for a moment, and then responded with a more intense reaction.

Because of the bad things that happened to his parents, he always thought that he was resistant to marriage. As a result, he was transported into this inexplicable world and met Philo.

Sometimes he even thought that Philo might be God's compensation to him.

Otherwise, how could he meet such a good person?

Although he was careless and reckless, and although there were misunderstandings, he did not regret it at all.

He liked Philo, and Philo liked him—there was nothing better in the world.

-

Chen He was recently amazed at Wei Shao's enthusiasm.

"Why did you suddenly become so excited?" Chen He's hands were shaking as he ate his snacks. "You even registered for the exams for next school year in advance."

Wei Shao was busy writing a competition project plan and said succinctly: "Well, I want to graduate early."

"No, what's up, bro?"

After Wei Shao typed the last word, he pulled Chen He up and said, "Accompany me to print it—because I'm getting married soon."

Chen He's eyes were dull, and he didn't realize that the two were necessarily related: "When?"

"Next week." Wei Shao took out an invitation from his schoolbag, "You're welcome to come and give a gift."

"...Fuck." Chen He flipped open the invitation and saw the two names engraved together on it. He said in disbelief, "I thought with your stupid EQ, you would have to wait until graduation to drink the wine at your wedding banquet with the admiral. But you got married earlier than me?"

Wei Shao raised the corner of his mouth: "He and I are in love with each other, you can't envy me."

"Hey...that's great." Shen He patted his shoulder, "much better than me."

Wei Shao has been feeling a bit arrogant recently, and when he heard this he immediately responded, "You can't say that. What if you like her more and more after we get married?"

Just like him and Philo - although he and Philo haven't officially gotten married yet.

Chen He lowered his head and smiled, but said nothing.

Wei Shao then realized that he was not in a good mood: "What's wrong?"

Shen He breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay."

Wei Shao remembered that he had given Ji Peiyan's contact information to Chen He a long time ago, and frowned, "You are not entangled with Ji... Teacher Ji, are you?"

Shen He was silent for a moment, then said, "No, I haven't even spoken to Teacher Ji."

Something is wrong.

Wei Shao remembered that he had blocked Ji Peiyan for more than a week.

He opened the terminal: "I'd better ask him--"

"No need," Chen He stopped him, "Aren't you going to print the plan? Let's go."

But as luck would have it, as soon as they walked into the copy shop, they ran into Ji Peiyan who was chatting and laughing with the owner.

Ji Peiyan turned his head and saw them, and raised the corner of his lips politely and reservedly: "Hello."

Wei Shao: “…”

Looks like a human but acts like a dog.

He rolled his eyes, walked straight to the self-service copy machine, and inserted what he wanted to print.

Shen He at the door did not move and looked at Ji Peiyan for two seconds, so Ji Peiyan smiled at him again: "Student Shen, what's wrong?"

"Nothing," Chen He retracted his gaze and said to the other side, "Wei Shao, I'll wait for you at the beverage store."

Wei Shao raised his head and glanced between them, then nodded: "Okay, you go."

As soon as Chen He left, Wei Shao walked up to Ji Peiyan holding the printed project book and asked, "What's going on between you and him?"

Ji Peiyan walked out of the store and sat down on the bench outside: "You have a good relationship with Chen He, aren't you afraid that Fei Luo will be jealous?"

He winked at Wei Shao and said, "Or do you want to enjoy the best of both worlds?"

"Your mother..." Wei Shao held back his curse words, "Chen He and I are friends, if your eyes are dirty, just dig them out. And stop talking nonsense, what the hell is going on between you two?"

Ji Peiyan: "It's really nothing."

Wei Shao stared at him.

Seeing that he was not giving up, Ji Peiyan directly changed his words to Chinese: "I just drank too much at the bar and fell asleep accidentally."

Wei Shao's pupils trembled.