Dom
“Dom”
twenty one.
The Christmas Eve event was held at a scenic restaurant in Wuyue, where the observation deck offered a panoramic view of the nightscape of the entire southern foothills. A group of students from the Nuclear Research Institute participated with their friends, and those who were alone were accompanied by Guan Shaoxiao, nicknamed "Butterfly Flower," ensuring that no one felt lonely.
Meng Lanjian had a problem with the karaoke app; she tried to select songs several times, but couldn't because of signal issues. Guan Shaoxiao, like a male mama, used his own phone to select a bunch of sad love songs for her, all by female singers with high-pitched voices. Meng Lanjian, who had just recovered from a cold, started the show by feigning heartbreak and using her raspy voice.
Once the atmosphere became lively, some people's appetites were whetted by the alcohol.
Zhuang Huiting knew Meng Lanjian couldn't drink, so she poured Lanjian a beverage and drank herself. She was there to sound out Han Li, and after a few roundabout, trivial gossips, Zhuang Huiting, feigning drunkenness, put her arm around Lanjian and asked, "Tell me honestly, do you still like Han Li?"
"I don't like it." Meng Lanjian answered decisively. "We broke up amicably. Everyone knows the reason: there's going to be a war between the North and the South, and he's going to join the army. I have family members in the military, and if a war really breaks out..."
"Stop talking nonsense!" Zhuang Huiting stopped pretending to be confused. "You've never liked Han Li at all, have you?"
"Are you crazy, Zhuang Huiting?" Lan Jian gritted her teeth and whispered, "Why would I date him if I don't like him?"
"To keep his secret!"
Meng Lanjian continued to play dumb, "You guys don't think he's gay behind his back, do you?"
"Stop pretending!" Zhuang Huiting poked Lan Jian's forehead with her finger. "Old Guan and I both know about his connections in that circle."
"..." Meng Lanjian was speechless and choked with emotion.
"You've kept it a secret pretty well. Back then, Lao Guan and I thought the way he sometimes looked at you was weird, so we tried to stop you from having too much contact with him, but you wouldn't believe us. If Lao Guan and I hadn't deliberately interrupted you two at the hotel that time, you would have been sold off and you would still be counting the money for him!"
Do I look that stupid?
Meng Lanjian recalled the reaction of Zhuang Huiting and Guan Shaoxiao when she and Han Li first got together; their protectiveness was so intense that they practically chained Meng Lanjian up from the Fourth Nuclear Engineering Department back to the twelfth floor.
"You're unusually clear-headed when it comes to relationships, so it's best to break up with Han Li as soon as possible." Zhuang Huiting didn't forget her mission. "But speaking of Han Li's character, I still approve of him! It's just..."
Meng Lanjian quickly covered the megaphone in front of him, "There are people all here! Can you just get to the point!"
"You didn't like joining the crowds on New Year's Eve and skipped the Lianjiang River trip with us, so you should at least show up on New Year's Day, right?"
"Han Li and Ma Yuehe's farewell dinner?"
"Yeah, Lao Guan booked a restaurant for Mongolian barbecue, saying he wants these two to eat so much meat that their military trousers can't fit anymore."
"Okay, I'll do it."
"Aren't you afraid Han Li will bring up getting back together with you?"
"He was just unhappy with the reason we broke up, not because I couldn't accept... his sexual fetishes."
Lan Jian spoke the last sentence very softly.
"You've actually been more than kind to him, haven't you?" Zhuang Huiting shook her head with a smile. "Men, even if they're masochists, still care about that little bit of pride they have after getting out of bed. Even if they've had Viagra, they can't really hold back much and they still have to ask you if you enjoyed it."
Just listen to Zhuang Huiting's words and forget about them.
But she was right about one thing—
Han Li is a genuine masochist.
Lan Jian and Han Li met on the train. After they confirmed their relationship, Han Li decided not to meet his "ambiguous love interest" anymore. Lan Jian waited for him to reply to her message. When Han Li came out of the train station restroom with his suitcase, his face was flushed and he was walking awkwardly and slowly.
Lan Jian didn't realize it at first, until Han Li confessed to her afterwards that his master (or dominator) had...
After learning that he had come to end their relationship, she made one last request to him: if Han Li could hold back his ejaculation and not untie the semen lock she had prepared for him until he got home, she would agree to end their relationship.
Han Li succeeded, but the other party broke the rules of the game. Their relationship had already crossed the line; the other party secretly logged into Han Li's social media account and sent Meng Lanjian a photo of him with a gag in his mouth. At that time, Meng Lanjian had already noticed Han Li's strangeness... He seemed hesitant even to hold her hand, let alone take it any further.
After receiving the photos, Meng Lanjian decided to have a serious talk with Han Li. Since this kind of thing couldn't be discussed in public, she and Han Li went away from the school to a secluded luxury hotel, paying a hefty fee—to avoid leaving a record of their stay.
Han Li, feeling utterly ashamed, scratched his head in front of Lan Jian, tearfully recounting his childhood of being controlled by overly educated parents and his later experience with BDSM. Before hearing Han Li's story, Lan Jian had only a vague understanding of the BDSM community, even its literal definition. After he finished speaking, Han Li, with his handsome face brimming with tears, asked Lan Jian if she would be willing to become his new "Dom."
Lan Jian was clueless about love affairs and had not yet explored her own sexual fetishes, so she asked Han Li how she could test whether she could become his "Dom".
So Han Li put on the collar and crawled at her feet.
The moment Han Li reached out her hand, Meng Lanjian resolutely shook her head and stopped the "experiment." She said she didn't like it, not at all.
Then she asked Han Li, "Is it because of my personality... that you feel I could be your abuser or dominator, which is why you like me and want to date me?"
Han Li nodded. "I'm greedy, Lan Jian. I long for a normal relationship, but I also hope that you can accept my sexual fetish."
Revealing their hand too early made them easy targets for each other, becoming the final straw that could break the other's back.
Lan Jian said, "But Han Li, I just want to have a proper relationship with you. We just tested each other, and I don't currently have any sexual preferences that match yours, nor do I want to play these games with you. I hope you can respect my wishes."
Lan Jian's words were full of rejection, but Han Li felt that Lan Jian's determination and decisiveness were a natural "Dom" to him. He knew that his mentality had become distorted, but he did not want to give up the opportunity to correct his lover's sexual fetish.
The standoff ended with Guan Shaoxiao and Zhuang Huiting making a barrage of calls – these two guys somehow found out that Lan Jian and Han Li had gone to a hotel, and they were going crazy trying to get Lan Jian back to school so that she wouldn't be alone with Han Li anymore.
When Lan Jian pressed the two men about how they found out, they refused to say, even though they were keeping a close eye on Lan Jian and Han Li. One of them would morally blackmail Meng Lan Jian by accusing her of "valuing romance over friendship" and demanding that she have dinner with him. The other, who was supervising his junior in the nuclear medicine department after work, also assigned him a lot of tasks, fearing that the two of them might have time to date and have intimate contact.
In fact, Zhuang Huiting and Guan Shaoxiao were simply overprotecting and overly concerned about Meng Lanjian.
Han Li catered to Lan Jian in everything he did; he would never make any physical contact with her unless she took the initiative. He was persistent, wanting to make Lan Jian enjoy this treatment through absolute submission, and then succumb to it.
However, Meng Lanjian remained clear-headed and composed, and kept silent about Han Li's past. The two were simply not on the same wavelength.
After dating for thirty days, Meng Lanjian got tired of always having to be the one to take the initiative to hold hands.
They had been dating for sixty days and hadn't even kissed.
The relationship lasted less than ninety days before ending in a peaceful breakup.
A breakup is a breakup. Couples who used to tremble when they hugged no longer need to struggle over conquering and preventing submission.
However, even now, Meng Lanjian still has no way of knowing how Zhuang and Guan found out about her and Han Li's hotel room meeting, or when they learned exactly about Han Li's sexual fetishes.
Perhaps Lan Jian can find the answer from Han Li.
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