The next day, they had agreed to go to the mountain near the school for a BBQ. Originally, there were only four of them in their dorm, but the guy with the camera got the tip from somewhere and insisted on joining them, so the number of people suddenly increased, swelled to over ten.
Jingzi also cordially invited Meng Han, the new president of the drama club. Since falling in love at first sight that day, Jingzi completely fell in love. He simply abused his power for personal gain and transferred the photographer originally assigned to the drama club to the musical club, and then he went to the drama club to follow the filming himself.
On the day the camera left, she happily told Xiang Ling that she was going to fall in love with him over time.
Xiang Ling didn't bother to pay attention to him and just rolled his eyes at him.
The group agreed to meet at the foot of the mountain at ten o'clock. Before that, everyone had arranged different purchasing tasks. The four people in Xiang Ling's dormitory had to buy the meat and vegetables before ten o'clock.
Because there were so many people, Xiang Ling and his friends set off for the vegetable market after eight o'clock. There was an acquaintance of Xiang Ling there who happened to be selling these ingredients.
Although they were acquaintances, Xiang Ling had actually bought things there several times, and each time he bought a lot. In addition, Xiang Ling had an outstanding appearance and was very impressive, so they both remembered each other.
Students at A University come from all corners of the country. When Xiang Ling first came here to eat skewers with others, there happened to be a few people from the north with him. They started grilling a hundred or two hundred skewers, which shocked Xiang Ling, who had an iron stomach. Later, he gradually got used to it.
There were also people from the north among the people who went to the barbecue this time, so when he arrived at the vegetable market, he bought directly according to the highest standards. He bought nearly four bags and four boxes of food.
Xiang Ling is very strong, and if he had enough hands, he could carry all these things away by himself, but there are too many things and it is inconvenient to carry them, and Su Luyang and the others would not let Xiang Ling carry so many things by himself.
After gathering all the ingredients and seasonings at the market, Xiang Ling and his friends took a taxi to the agreed meeting place.
The mountain is very high, and it is actually quite difficult to carry so many things up. Fortunately, most of the people in their group are strong and healthy men, and they can bear it by taking turns to carry them.
Su Luyang and Xiang Ling didn't say much along the way, and both of them looked unhappy and seemed to be in a bad mood.
Ji Qiulin and Jiang Yuanhai followed behind them, looking at each other silently, and both guessed that the two must have had a quarrel.
It was already past eleven when we reached the top of the mountain. Everyone was a little tired, so they sat around chatting and resting.
Xiang Ling sat next to the camera with several people from the club, while Su Luyang was alone guarding the ingredients they bought, squatting in the corner and smoking, looking a little lonely.
Ji Qiulin nudged Jiang Yuanhai with his elbow, raised his chin slightly and pointed at Su Luyang. Jiang Yuanhai nodded, stood up and walked to Su Luyang.
"Why are you sitting here alone?" Jiang Yuanhai asked.
Su Luyang looked at him, took a final puff of his cigarette, extinguished the spark, and threw the butt into the trash can next to him.
"Have a cigarette." Su Luyang said.
Jiang Yuanhai looked at Xiang Ling, who was listening to someone talking with his ear tilted to the side, his expression indifferent but still serious.
"You..." Jiang Yuanhai thought for a moment and then asked directly, "How are you and Xiang Ling doing?"
Su Luyang felt in his pockets, as if reaching for another cigarette, but in the end, nothing came out. He knew Jiang Yuanhai had seen through it, otherwise he wouldn't have asked him such questions, so he told the truth, "We had a fight."
"You two actually quarrel." Jiang Yuanhai sighed. "Before you two got together, Qiulin and I thought you two would never quarrel."
Su Luyang raised his eyebrows: "Why?"
"Because you both care about other people's feelings and have good tempers," Jiang Yuanhai added, "We thought that after you were together, as a couple, you would care for each other more, tolerate each other's shortcomings, and understand each other's difficulties."
Su Luyang was stunned.
"Tell me why you are arguing." Jiang Yuanhai said.
Su Luyang paused and told the conflict between him and Xiang Ling.
Jiang Yuanhai was silent for a moment before he said, "I really didn't expect you two to quarrel over this. Both of you have the right ideas, but you just value different things more. Don't tell me you don't know."
"Of course I know. It's because I know that I'm even more confused about what to do." Su Luyang said, "Xiang Ling is right, but we can't really stay like this forever."
"Actually, Xiang Ling was so paranoid because a senior he respected was reported for his lifestyle and ultimately expelled," Jiang Yuanhai said. "Both of them were reported, but in the end, only one of them left."
Su Luyang opened his mouth but couldn't say anything.
"Do you know why Xiang Ling is afraid that the two of you will be reported? He's not afraid of being expelled. With his family connections, he definitely won't be the one to leave." Jiang Yuanhai said, "He's afraid that you will be expelled. He's afraid that you will be implicated. In fact, he has always been thinking about you."
Su Luyang: “…”
"Actually..." Su Luyang gritted his teeth and said with difficulty, "I actually don't feel safe with him."
Jiang Yuanhai was surprised. "How could that be? Xiang Ling is famous for giving people a sense of security. You don't think Xiang Ling doesn't like you, do you? Su Luyang, do you know how obsessed Xiang Ling was with your face in the beginning?"
Su Luyang felt a mixture of joy and sadness at hearing this. After a moment's thought, he decided not to speak out what was pent up inside. He sighed silently and asked, "How do you two manage to maintain this balance? I see you're often very close, and you haven't been reported. Teach me."
Jiang Yuanhai shook his head: "Don't learn from us, go find a straight guy to learn from."
"Straight man? Why?" Su Luyang asked.
"You can observe straight men more often and see how they get along with their bros." Jiang Yuanhai also said, "Nowadays, many straight men behave in ways that even gay men wouldn't dare to do."
Su Luyang: “???”
"Besides learning from straight men, another thing you need to do is be open and calm about everything. If you're intimate in public, do it with confidence and don't be sneaky," Jiang Yuanhai said. "The more open and aboveboard you are, the less likely others will think you're just being gay. Besides, if you two are in a serious relationship, there's no need to hide anything; just be open and honest."
Su Luyang was stunned. This was actually possible!
It’s as if the door to a new world is slowly opening.
It took Su Luyang a while to react: "Sure enough, he's an experienced person, amazing."
"You're welcome." Jiang Yuanhai said.
"Listening to your words is worth ten years of reading." Su Luyang bowed and thanked him, "I admire you."
"Alright, both of you, stop arguing and go talk." Jiang Yuanhai stood up and patted Su Luyang on the shoulder. "Xiang Ling is very sentimental. Who knows how sad he must be right now."
"Thank you." Su Luyang looked up at him.
Jiang Yuanhai waved his hand and returned to Ji Qiulin.
Su Luyang did not go to find Xiang Ling immediately. He sat there and looked down the mountain. He could see their school from here, which was not far away.
After sitting for a while, Su Luyang took out his mobile phone again and clicked on a photo. The photo showed a middle-aged couple kissing intimately.
Su Luyang watched for a long time and didn't notice that his companions had already set up the grill and were ready to start barbecuing.
When Su Luyang put away his phone, he found that they had even started a fire.
Xiang Ling was holding a can of beer in his hand, standing in front of the grill and watching someone Su Luyang didn't know grilling skewers. Because of the distance, Su Luyang couldn't hear clearly what Xiang Ling was saying as his mouth kept opening and closing, but Su Luyang didn't need to listen to know that Xiang Ling must be shouting "It smells so good, so good".
He suddenly felt that their quarrel was totally unreasonable.
Su Luyang stood up and walked straight to Xiang Ling. Before Xiang Ling could react, he put his arm around his neck and said, "Shall we go talk over there?"
Xiang Ling pursed his lips and said nothing, but he still followed him.
They walked to a deserted tree and stood facing each other. Su Luyang looked at Xiang Ling pitifully and touched Xiang Ling's hand tentatively: "Let's stop the cold war, okay?"
Xiang Ling rolled his eyes: "Who is going into a cold war with you? I clearly spoke to you today."
"Yes, you said four sentences." Su Luyang said, "Eight words in total."
Xiang Ling: “…”
Xiang Ling laughed angrily: "You're still blaming me? You only said two sentences this morning."
Su Luyang said seriously: "But I said a total of sixteen words."
Xiang Ling looked at Su Luyang: "Are you childish? This also counts."
"I'm not naive. It's just that every time I see you, my IQ and EQ drop offline." Su Luyang said, "You're so good. When I look at you, you're the only one in my heart, and I forget everything else."
Xiang Ling: “…”
Xiang Ling almost burst out laughing. He glared at Su Luyang unhappily and pretended to scold him, "You only know how to say nice things. Smooth talk doesn't work on me."
"Do you like it?" Su Luyang asked.
Xiang Ling said, "I don't like it."
"But you just laughed." Su Luyang said.
Xiang Ling said, "Which eye of yours saw me smile? I didn't smile. What on earth did you want to talk to me about? If it's all this nonsense, I don't want to listen anymore. I'm going to help."
Su Luyang grabbed Xiang Ling and said, "You kitchen idiot, why are you helping me? Don't burn the mountain down for them."
Xiang Ling said: "Can you speak?"
Su Luyang said, "You just said that what I said was nice."
Xiang Ling started to speak fiercely: "Su Luyang!"
"Okay, okay, I won't talk nonsense anymore." Su Luyang admitted defeat: "Baby, I was wrong. Let's make peace, okay? From now on, we won't be public, and we won't kiss, hug, or hold hands. I'll do whatever you say and promise to be your perfect secret lover."
"You thought about this all night long?" Xiang Ling asked.
Su Luyang couldn't figure out what Xiang Ling was thinking. "I know you're doing this for our long-term development, so I'll listen to you and promise not to tell anyone and not to do anything in public."
Xiang Ling pursed his lips: "What did Ah Hai say to you just now?"
"He didn't say anything. I just went to him to ask for advice and asked him how he and Qiulin usually balance their relationship." Su Luyang said.
"Then why didn't you listen to him?" Xiang Ling asked.
Su Luyang's expression froze for a moment, but Xiang Ling happened to look down and didn't see it.
"I was planning to introduce you to the cameras today." Xiang Ling stared at the tips of his shoes. "If you don't want to be open with them now, then I won't tell you."
Su Luyang had no idea why Xiang Ling suddenly changed his mind, but how could he not want to? "Speak, of course I have to!"
Xiang Ling sighed: "I actually wanted to tell them a long time ago. Weren't we going to KTV on the National Day celebration? I was planning to tell them that time, but you didn't come."
"Didn't you say you wouldn't make it public?" Su Luyang then realized what he had missed.
"I mean, I don't want to be completely public, but of course I have to tell it to people I trust," Xiang Ling said. "It's not that I don't want to be intimate with you, but we have to do it gradually. And you didn't touch me when I told you not to, but can you resist touching me, you idiot with a brain full of crap?"
Su Luyang was stunned: "I thought, I thought..."
"What do you think? Do you think I'm just playing with you? Do you think I want to hide you so that I can dump you later?" Xiang Ling said.
Su Luyang: “…”
Su Luyang lowered his head.
What Xiang Ling just said was actually just a casual remark. He didn't notice Su Luyang's expression suddenly changed after hearing this. He was still secretly happy about their reconciliation.
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So any doubts will be explained in the subsequent chapters, you will understand as you read on. I will only say one thing here.
The report Xiang Ling was worried about was not about homosexuality, but about being reported for having "problems with lifestyle."
PS: When Xiang Ling first came out, it was not known to everyone. He only talked about it in class and in the society. Later, in order to make Ji Qiulin's behavior "high-profile", he was just more open in his words and actions, and he would not say that he was gay everywhere for no reason.
Xiang Ling once said that coming out in a small circle is skirting the edge of school. If it is too high-profile and people are being affectionate everywhere on campus, it is not advisable. This is not limited to homosexuals. Even many heterosexuals will be reported for lifestyle problems. However, relatively speaking, the domestic environment has stricter requirements for homosexuals.
For example, it is OK for heterosexuals to kiss on campus, but if homosexuals kiss on campus, they are likely to be maliciously reported and face disciplinary action or even expulsion.
(Of course, this is Xiang Ling’s idea. If I say too much now, it will reveal the plot. Anyway, there will be a reversal in the subsequent content)
Here are a few more examples of heterosexuals being reported and expelled: using their bodies for money, having sex on campus...
In addition, Xiang Ling is actually also shy. This is their first time in love, and they both have no experience. They need to keep getting used to each other. It is unlikely that they will only quarrel this time, but things will definitely get better and better.
In their future lives, no matter good or bad stories, they will grow up gradually and find the best way for them to get along with each other.
I don’t know if I have explained it clearly. Anyway, these are currently Xiang Ling’s views. Please continue reading. Everything I want to say is in the article.
Also, to the little angels who are reading my article for the first time, I am a person who loves to write "fairy tales". Many plots will be more idealistic, of course there will be slightly realistic parts. If you can accept it, please continue reading!
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