World One
After Luan Ye hung up the phone, he continued to wait there.
He originally wanted to buy some food from the snack stand next to him, but when he thought that Gao Yuan might come over when he left, he gave up the idea.
——How strange. Luan Ye tilted his head back and closed his eyes. He had clearly guessed what Gao Yuan might say to him, so why did he feel so nervous and scared at this moment?
It seems like there’s a little bit of… inexplicable expectation?
Are you crazy?
Luan Ye took out his cell phone and took a look. Fifteen minutes had passed since Gao Yuan called him.
During this period, he replied to the text messages from his friends and teachers one by one, saying that he was not depressed, but just wanted to go out for a walk.
The responses I get are generally of the following two types: 'I knew you were fine!' or 'You can't do that again next time!'
They all tacitly avoided the option of 'asking further questions'.
Luan Ye smiled and put away his phone.
Whether it was the fact that he thought they would scold him but they didn't, or the text messages from Yu Xiaoduo whose tone went from bad to depressed and finally to worried about whether he was okay, or the call from the old professor after getting his reply, Luan Ye didn't know how to describe his current mood.
There were footsteps nearby, Luan Ye seemed to sense something and raised his head.
- Gao Yuan, who looked like he had just run over, wiped the sweat off his face with the back of his hand and looked towards where Luan Ye was.
The moment the two looked at each other, Luan Ye's thoughts suddenly went back to the playground where they first met.
A big part of the reason he'd developed such a strong interest in Gao Yuan was because he felt he was very similar to himself, both fearing being abandoned. He subconsciously felt that only someone like him could sit with him and mend his wounds.
"You..." Luan Ye opened his mouth, suddenly not knowing what he wanted to say.
Did you see what I posted on the campus forum?
Did you come here specifically to break up with me?
He wanted to say something, but at that moment, Gao Yuan, whose figure had gradually overlapped with the original person who had caught his attention, made Luan Ye successfully forget the draft he had just written.
"I went to your school to look for you today," Gao Yuan sat down next to Luan Ye. This was the first time the two of them were together. Gao Yuan rarely paid attention to the expressions of passersby and looked directly at Luan Ye. "But I couldn't find you."
He even looked unnaturally relaxed.
"Why do you want to find me?" Luan Ye asked.
"Because..." Gao Yuan hesitated.
He chose the path of a sports student because he had good physical strength and was not very interested in anything that required thinking. If he had to choose between training every day and doing homework every day, he would rather choose training every day.
He didn't like to use his brain, but his intuition told him that he couldn't tell Luan Ye now because he had heard "that news" and mistakenly thought that Luan Ye came here because he was going to be upset.
So he had to come up with an excuse.
If you ask who is better at thinking between the two of them, Luan Ye is undoubtedly better than himself.
So now he had to come up with an excuse to deceive Luan Ye... Calm down. Gao Yuan. Think about what you are best at. It's sprinting.
What do you think about when you're sprinting? You... you don't think about anything at all.
You just think about running forward.
Damn it!
"Because..." Gao Yuan gritted his teeth and decided to lie to Luan Ye directly, "Because I want to know whether you broke up with her or not."
Luan Ye looked at Gao Yuan in confusion. He had never expected that Gao Yuan would say this: So what does this mean... do you know or not?
Very good! Luan Ye is now completely stunned by what I said! Gao Yuan couldn't help but give himself a thumbs-up in his heart. Keep up the good work!
"Do you still remember what you promised me before?" Gao Yuan looked at Luan Ye, not intending to give him any time to think. "You promised me to break up with her, so have you broken up with her now?"
"We broke up, but..." Luan Ye wanted to say something, but he felt like something was wrong.
"—That's good." Gao Yuan interrupted Luan Ye. He now understood that if he wanted Luan Ye to not break up with him, he had to be the first to divert Luan Ye's thoughts. "Although I know you two are not really together, who can accept that their partner has a lover in public, right?"
"Yes." Luan Ye nodded subconsciously, "This is indeed not okay. I apologize to you."
The system above his head was now in a state of dismay: Gao Yuan had changed the subject so awkwardly and abruptly, and the host hadn't even noticed.
Should we say that humans in love are all fools?
Just as Gao Yuan was applauding himself in his heart, Luan Ye looked at him and finally realized that he seemed to have missed something: "Gao Yuan."
"Hmm?" Gao Yuan looked at Luan Ye, "——What's wrong?"
Besides hiding the fact that he was with her, Gao Yuan couldn't hide anything else, Luan Ye thought. Whether he was happy or sad, even now, the joy in Gao Yuan's eyes could hardly be concealed.
So what happened to make Gao Yuan so happy?
Is it really just because of his 'breakup' with Yu Xiaoduo?
"Why...are you so happy?" Luan Ye said this in a low voice, his expression a bit cold. "Is it because I broke up with her?"
"Yes... yes." Gao Yuan was stunned. He had always been a little afraid of Luan Ye, especially now that Luan Ye spoke to him in this tone. "...Isn't this matter worth my happiness?"
…
Gao Yuan knew that the music composed by Luan Ye had been sold to a very famous singer, and he also knew that Luan Ye was a talented player in their academy.
He had seen Luan Ye neglecting to eat in order to create, and he had also seen the smile on Luan Ye's face when the finished product appeared.
But the more he was with Luan Ye, the more he realized his own weakness. So he was always afraid that Luan Ye would regret it one day, and he was afraid that Luan Ye would regret being with him one day.
"Since you don't want to come out to me." Luan Ye frowned now, just like the expression Gao Yuan had seen countless times in his dreams, when Luan Ye began to regret being with him, "Then why are you unhappy about the other people standing next to me?"
"I didn't stand up because I was afraid. I've always been afraid that you would regret it." Gao Yuan knew that Luan Ye was no longer the person who would be led by him just now. If he wanted Luan Ye not to break up, he would have to reveal his heart to Luan Ye. "You have already planned your future, but I am still at a loss as to my own future."
The system stared at the happiness values of the two people on the panel in front of it that only it could see, and silently closed the panel.
It started to become a little confusing.
Humans are really strange creatures.
Although he was happy that the other party came to the school to find him, he looked confused.
Even though I am afraid to face such a partner, I still say things that I have never dared to say.
No wonder the creator of an advanced civilization would send himself to Earth to try to make it investigate what love is and what humans’ view of love is.
"And I know what everyone in your school thinks of you. They all say you're a hardworking genius...you're truly outstanding." Gao Yuan paused, his eyes wandering. "So...so when they said you seemed to be with Yu Xiaoduo, I felt very fortunate."
When he said this, he didn't even dare to look at Luan Ye's expression. He made up his mind and poured out to Luan Ye everything he had always wanted to say but didn't dare to say.
"Because I think this is the path you should really take. Someone like you shouldn't be associated with the word 'homosexual', especially someone like me who hasn't even planned my future career."
Say it out.
Really said it!
Gao Yuan secretly glanced at Luan Ye and found that Luan Ye did not look angry.
——He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart.
"Sexual orientation can't be changed. It's not a choice, nor can it be controlled." Luan Ye looked at Gao Yuan and suddenly said, "I've always hated things like 'I liked women before because I didn't meet you' or 'I'm straight, but I became gay because of you.' Do you know why?"
Saying those words just now had exhausted all of Gao Yuan's courage. He didn't have the courage to ask Luan Ye why the topic suddenly changed to something else. He could only follow Luan Ye's steps obediently: "...What?"
"Because this only proves that they were originally bisexual, but they were not clear about their sexual orientation at the beginning. It doesn't prove anything." Luan Ye replied.
"Oh." Gao Yuan replied dryly, scratching his head again, feeling embarrassed. "Um... I still don't understand what you mean."
"What I want to say is that I'm very sure that I'm gay. I'm a complete homosexual." Luan Ye pointed at himself, "So it's impossible for me to fall in love with a woman one day. If you ask who among us is more likely to like a woman, I think you are more likely."
After all, Gao Yuan looks like a straight man.
When Gao Yuan looked at him when they first met, he thought his reconnaissance radar was wrong.
"I won't!" Gao Yuan retorted loudly without thinking.
Today is a weekday and there are not many people in the park, but some people still look over because of Gao Yuan's loud voice.
"Idiot." Luan Ye complained.
What he said didn't mean that Gao Yuan would like women in the future. He just wanted to say that he would not be with the opposite sex, that's all.
"So..." He raised his eyebrows, "Are you planning to come out to me now? Just because I broke up with Yu Xiaoduo, is it that simple?"
Because this was a question Gao Yuan had been thinking about for a long time in the taxi, he answered quickly this time, and just by listening, he sounded very firm: "Yes, it's that simple."
"You really won't regret it?" Luan Ye asked.
Gao Yuan shook his head firmly: "I won't regret it."
"You... don't hate me for doing that?" He was very firm, but Luan Ye was now a little hesitant. "... It's about letting others misunderstand that I was with her."
Gao Yuan nodded, then after a while, he hesitated and shook his head.
"Because you explained it to me later, I don't hate it anymore," said Gao Yuan.
Furthermore, Yu Xiaoduo's post clearly states that Luan Ye clearly stated that he was gay when he rejected her. Even when he later asked Yu Xiaoduo to help "act", it was based on the fact that both of them knew this.
If Luan Ye had agreed to Yu Xiaoduo's confession without Yu Xiaoduo's knowledge and was trying to use this to incite him to come out, then he would have rushed over and beaten Luan Ye before Yu Xiaoduo even posted.
"——Is that so." Luan Ye took a deep breath, picked up the notebook and pen, and patted his face. "Since you're out of school now, do you want to go to the snack street to eat something together?"
"Ah... OK! So... are you hungry?" Gao Yuan thought about the shortest route to the snack street and patted his pocket. Luckily, he had brought his wallet with him. "I have money. I'll pay later."
"That's great," Luan Ye patted his shoulder and whispered in his ear, "Thank you in advance, my boyfriend."
Gao Yuan's face flushed red, and he wanted to say something. But Luan Ye had already stood up. He had no choice but to cover his ears and stand up with Luan Ye.
...What? Gao Yuan thought to himself. If only I had known this earlier...
If I had known this earlier, I would have stood up sooner.
Isn't the treatment for speaking out and refusing to speak out so different?
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