Chapter 14
What? Lin Shengwen originally liked men… Liang Xun suddenly began to doubt his own hearing. If he hadn't misheard, and if what Xu Yiming said was true, then his perception of Lin Shengwen had been wrong from the beginning? But there was no indication that Lin Shengwen and he shared the same sexual orientation.
No, Liang Xun frowned. He hadn't seen Lin Shengwen get particularly close to any girl. Plus, he seemed so reserved during college that few had the courage to confess their feelings to him. It was a bit of a legend at Ting University. But he had previously assumed that no girl had ever caught Lin Shengwen's eye... Thinking about it that way, there was no indication that Lin Shengwen was actually straight.
Liang Xun lowered his head, and the cigarette butt that had not been smoked for a long time burned by itself. Liang Xun flicked off the ash and put it between his lips. Only after he exhaled the foul air did he turn his head and look at Xu Yiming.
"I only like Lin Shengwen."
Liang Xun's eyes looked bright under the front desk light of the restaurant in the back.
“It has nothing to do with gender.”
Xu Yiming smiled and said, "I'm just asking casually. You don't need to be so nervous."
Liang Xun opened his mouth and was about to say something when Lin Shengwen's car drove up to him. Lin Shengwen opened the door from inside and motioned Liang Xun to get in.
He put out his cigarette and got into Lin Shengwen's car.
"See you later." Xu Yiming raised his chin.
Lin Shengwen drove the car more than a kilometer out of the auxiliary road before asking Liang Xun.
"What did Xu Yiming say to you just now?"
Liang Xun bit his lower lip and didn't hesitate for too long before he couldn't help but say, "...He said you like men."
"…Is it true?" he asked Lin Shengwen.
Lin Shengwen was stunned, his eyes still fixed on the city road in front of him. He nodded slightly.
"right."
Liang Xun frowned: "Is this why you want to find a man even if you want to have a fake marriage?"
"Yeah." Lin Shengwen was not shaken at all, as if it didn't matter to Liang Xun knowing his sexual orientation.
He had never concealed anything from Lin Shengwen - so he didn't understand why Liang Xun's tone sounded a little annoyed.
He added, "I didn't tell you in advance because I wasn't thoughtful. I was just afraid that if I didn't tell Pei Ning...that you and I had already gotten the marriage certificate, he would blame you later. It would be better to let him scold me first and let it go."
Lin Shengwen sighed.
"I'm sorry, the blame is mine."
"I don't blame you," Liang Xun's voice was deep, "I just... didn't expect it. I thought you liked girls."
"I've known about my sexual orientation for a long time," Lin Shengwen explained. "Pei Ning probably only found out last year. Xu Yiming guessed it a long time ago and came to me for confirmation, so I told him straight out."
Lin Shengwen asked again: "Did Xu Yiming only say this?"
Liang Xun hesitated for a while, then almost collapsed: "He also asked me if I was the same as you... also..."
"...and you like men anyway?" Lin Shengwen completed the second half of his sentence.
Liang Xun hummed in a depressed tone, not knowing how to react in front of Lin Shengwen.
"What did you say?"
Lin Shengwen's voice was very soft, without any strong curiosity, nor did it put any pressure on him. He just calmly followed his words and asked.
"I said... yes."
Liang Xun looked to the left and saw Lin Shengwen's profile illuminated by the street light on that side, leaving him with a backlit silhouette.
He was glad that Lin Shengwen was driving and had no time to notice his peeping.
"I'm the same as you, Lin Shengwen." Liang Xun said.
Liang Xun fell silent after he finished speaking, and Lin Shengwen didn't know what to say. He was just thinking about why Liang Xun confessed to him so frankly.
Is this a sign that he can be pursued? Lin Shengwen doesn't know.
He was not quite sure what words to use to describe this feeling. He only knew that Liang Xun might be a little different. He seemed to pay more attention to Liang Xun inadvertently. Moreover, in his social circle, there was no one else like Liang Xun, which made him even rarer.
From this perspective, it may not be surprising that he would have a slight liking for Liang Xun.
If it was just a vague concept of Lin Shengwen before, then from now on, when Liang Xun and he both know the same sexual orientation, can this kind of affection be developed?
Lin Shengwen was a little curious. While slowing down, he glanced at Liang Xun out of the corner of his eye.
Liang Xun pursed his lips, not knowing what he was thinking. He just looked at the lights passing by outside. The light and dark cycled back and forth on his thin but handsome face, just like the story-telling scenes in a movie.
When they were about to reach Jinlu Road, Liang Xun's face turned pale. He clutched his thighs and looked at the scenery at the intersection of Jinlu Road in a trance.
"Lin Shengwen, you said that the bar opened by Xu Yiming is very popular on Jinlu Road, right..."
Lin Shengwen uttered the name of the bar. In fact, his car had already seen the bar. He was about to pull over, but he saw Liang Xun's body tremble and looked up at him in disbelief.
Lin Shengwen's chest tightened, and he guessed something.
The client who grabbed Liang Xun at the door of Mingsheng had Liang Xun drunk and bumped into his arms before. When they met later, he had no recollection of what he looked like. It was obvious that he had been forced to drink and had lost his memory.
"We don't have to go in if you don't want to. Now go home."
After Lin Shengwen said this, Liang Xun shook his head again, not knowing what he was worried about.
"Is it okay?"
Liang Xun raised his head: "How do you know I can't drink?"
Lin Shengwen said succinctly: "Guess. You don't seem to want to come."
Liang Xun bit his lower lip again. Lin Shengwen saw his pale pink lips losing blood and turning white under the pressure of his teeth. Lin Shengwen was afraid that he would bite his lower lip.
"If you're just going along with Pei Ning, there's no need. He'll go drinking if he wants to. There's no need to coax him."
"It's okay." Liang Xun waited for Lin Shengwen to steady the car, opened the door, and walked out first.
Xu Yiming's car was not nearby, so they waited for a while before Pei Ning, who was driving Xu Yiming's car, almost scraped the wheel of his car against the curb when he parked.
Although Liang Xun himself couldn't drive, he could still see that Pei Ning's driving skills were quite average. He didn't know why Xu Yiming was willing to give the Rolls-Royce Ghost II to Pei Ning to drive. Isn't it just the cost of repairing the car... Thinking about it this way, Lin Shengwen's car was much more low-key, perhaps because he worked in a hospital.
Pei Ning got out of the car very casually and let Xu Yiming lead the way inside.
Liang Xun had only come here once in a hurry last time, and because of Chen Guangquan's trap, he didn't have a very good impression of this place. However, he didn't expect that there was a private room in the corridor.
Pei Ning sat in an awkward position, half lying on the sofa, instructing Xu Yiming to open a glass of wine for him. He then pulled Liang Xun and said, "Let me tell you, the last time Lin Shengwen came here, I don't know who he met, but then he mysteriously asked the waiter to call a taxi for that person to take him back. If I didn't know who Lin Shengwen was, I would have suspected that he was going to fall for that person."
Liang Xun's expression froze. The dim light in the private room, with a hint of blue and purple, reflected in his pupils like a reflection. The question he asked Pei Ning was so soft that it seemed like he was asking and answering himself, but Pei Ning still heard it.
"The last time, was... when was it?"
"Oh, it was the night before I sent you a message saying Lin Shengwen was going to buy a property. It should have been more than a month ago. I can't remember the exact date."
After Xu Yiming finished giving instructions to the waiter, he walked to the sofa and heard Pei Ning's words.
"The 18th of last month," he said.
Lin Shengwen, for once, ordered a cocktail. He wasn't addicted to the drug, nor was he particularly averse to it, but work restrictions meant he didn't have many occasions to drink. He had tested his alcohol tolerance before: on a Saturday with no classes the next day, he'd locked himself in his room and drunk all night, only stopping when he clearly realized he was drunk.
Looking at Liang Xun's increasingly pale face, he felt the urge to cover Pei Ning's mouth and throw him out.
Even if Liang Xun had blacked out that day, he might not be able to remember anything. Judging from his current behavior, it is obvious that what happened that day may be one of the psychological shadows that Liang Xun really wants to forget.
Lin Shengwen wanted to sigh, but held it back. He picked up the cocktail glass and took two sips.
But he didn't expect that Liang Xun's gaze would stop on his wine glass.
It happened so fast that Liang Xun suddenly leaned forward, snatched the wine glass in front of Lin Shengwen, picked it up and drank it all in one gulp.
Pei Ning was stunned for two seconds when he saw it.
Liang Xun's pupils seemed to be leaking some liquid, and the inside of his eyelids had a watery sheen. He softly asked Lin Shengwen, "I want to drink, is that not okay?"
"Don't you think you can't drink alcohol?" Lin Shengwen asked him back.
"...Don't worry about it." Liang Xun retorted in a low voice with a pale and unconvincing face.
It is true that Lin Shengwen’s cocktail tastes very good and does not taste strong, but it actually has a high alcohol content.
Lin Shengwen stood up. He was afraid that Liang Xun would feel uncomfortable due to the alcohol, so he wanted to pull him away.
"I'll take him away first, and we'll get together next time." He said this to Xu Yiming and Pei Ning, half-hugged Liang Xun, whose ears were already a little red, and asked him to follow him back.
Liang Xun mumbled something, as if he said something again. The words were so unclear that Lin Shengwen could not hear anything. He only felt his breath spraying on the side of his neck.
Very itchy.
"Let's go home, okay?" Lin Shengwen leaned close to his ear and asked the person in his arms whose eyes were already a little blurry.
This time, Lin Shengwen heard clearly what Liang Xun was saying: "What are you talking about going home... That's not my home."
Liang Xun's voice was filled with a hint of grievance: "Why did you lie to me? When I took you to see the house, it wasn't the first time you saw me. Why didn't you tell me? Are you satisfied only if I embarrass you now?"
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