Chapter 36 Chapter 36 How could anyone hate him?
"Tell me, you rarely have a day off, why did you ask me out?"
Ansel was extremely alert: "Let me make it clear in advance that the price we discussed last time was the limit. I can't possibly give you a lower price!"
"Calm down." Chi Ke handed him the coat he brought and said politely, "Let's not talk about work today."
"Shit!" Ansel jumped up, "I don't care who you are, get off my friend right now!"
Chi Ke: "Then I'll start bargaining."
"No, no!" Ansel sat down and looked at him affectionately, "I don't care who you are. From now on, you are my dear friend. Tell me, what do you want to talk about?"
Chi Ke: “Emotions.”
"Fuck!" Ansel wanted to jump up again, "You'd better jump off my friend!"
Chi Ke sighed silently: "Sit down."
He would never ask this person for help if it wasn't absolutely necessary.
Although the original work is a BL novel, the gay men in this article are not normal.
Not to mention Leng Yunting and Xu Lemian, Sima Yichen is also a mental patient. Li Xiuming doesn't understand him at all. After thinking about it, the only normal gay is this English guy.
Of course, it's not too normal.
But there is no other way, just pick a general from the lame and make do with what you have.
Seeing that Ansel had finally calmed down and was able to communicate normally, Chi Ke slowly spoke: "How do you tell if a man has homosexual orientation?"
“…”
Ansel took a breath. "Is this such a provocative question right at the start? Tell me, who likes you?"
"He doesn't like me. You can't say that without evidence. His sexual orientation is just my suspicion." Chi Ke said, "It's like this. Although he is a straight man, he is clingy and likes to cuddle and tease. He also blushes easily——"
"Stop!" Ansel could hardly understand English. "What was the sentence before this?"
"Which one?" Chi Ke said, "Even though he is straight?"
"That's it!" Ansel was shocked. "Where did you get that conclusion? From all the 'buts' that follow?"
Chi Ke thought to himself: Let’s see.
He said that it was not just him who was overthinking, but that everyone would overthink.
But here lies the contradiction.
"He said it himself, and he was very sure of it." Chi Ke emphasized, "He would not lie."
"You trust his character so much?" Ansel was a little surprised. "Is it possible that he himself is not aware of it and is simply stupid to this extent?"
Chi Ke frowned: "Don't say that, he is not stupid."
Ansel: “.”
Chi Ke: "He may just be a little slow."
Ansel: “…”
"Ok, ok!" Ansel raised his hands in surrender. "So dear Chi, what do you think now? You should suspect that he is interested in you, right? Of course, the premise is that he is indeed gay."
Chi Ke put down his teacup: "He is indeed a person worth making friends with."
Even though she may not be tactful sometimes, that is all tacitly approved by him. When he is in a bad mood or unhappy, the other party will never overstep the line.
But the existence of "occasionally" made him feel uneasy.
Chi Ke has his own principles. No matter if it is friends or anything else, there must be a clear boundary, which will determine his attitude in this relationship.
"Is it his behavior that always makes you think too much?" Ansel laughed, "In fact, if you don't feel comfortable, then don't be together. It doesn't matter whether it's worth it or not. The most important thing is to be suitable for each other."
Chi Ke raised his eyebrows: "You should understand what I mean."
"Look, you're reluctant to stop associating with him." Ansel sighed, "It's rare to see you unable to make up your mind."
"So I'm here to ask you for advice." Chi Ke said.
"Okay, let me analyze it. The best situation right now is that he is really a straight man and treats you as a friend. He won't do anything that would make people think too much... That's not right. You just treat him as a friend, haven't you ever talked about the issue of sense of propriety?" Ansel asked a soul-searching question.
Chi Ke: "I did say that, but sometimes his actions are very subconscious, and I also..."
"You don't have the heart to refuse?" Ansel frowned. "Just be more stern. If you don't change, then we'll break up!"
Chi Ke was rarely speechless.
Ansel's already big eyes got even bigger: "Fuck, you can't even bear this?"
Chi Ke took a sip of tea and uttered "hmm" rather vaguely.
"Chi, the problem is with you." Ansel said seriously, "Tell me the truth, are you the one who has fallen?"
Chi Ke made a "tsk" sound, then sighed lightly and reluctantly admitted the fact.
"It's not to the point of collapse, but to say there is no collapse at all is definitely impossible."
He has been thinking about this problem during his business trip.
The answer is obvious.
What is interesting?
She is just different from other people. No matter in which aspect, she is unique in his heart.
This result is not surprising.
Ji Qian is right, how could anyone hate him?
"So that's why you said so much." Ansel laughed, "If you believe me, no matter if he says he's straight or not, just press him on the bed and kiss him. If he doesn't obey, then take off his clothes... But based on your description, there's a 90% chance that he's not straight."
"What about the remaining 10%?" Chi Ke said this without much emotion, just stating a fact, "Even if I... I haven't thought about what will happen, so I hope he is not, at least not because of me."
The "thread" has always been in his hand. If he doesn't hold it tightly, Ji Qian might go off track.
He was well aware of the consequences of Ji Qian's derailment, but as the instigator, he was unable to provide another guaranteed and absolutely safe path, which was very irresponsible.
Ji Qian's emotions are just like his personality, they are pure and he rushes forward without regard for the consequences.
Chi Ke is just the opposite.
As a friend, he can give Ji Qian the proper courtesy and sense of boundaries, but as a partner, he has too much to consider and asks for too much, which Ji Qian may not be able to accept or give.
If it ends up in an embarrassing way, how sad would Ji Qian be?
It’s better not to start.
Moreover, he has no intention of letting anyone else interfere with his plans for the future and life.
His feelings for Ji Qian haven't reached that level yet.
"To be honest, I don't reject this feeling. It's quite fresh and it doesn't affect me at all. The premise is that he doesn't mess with me." Chi Ke pushed away the teacup and switched to beer. "I probably won't be a good partner, and I don't want to change for anyone."
"I understand. You just hope he never gets it, right?" Ansel hit the nail on the head, teasing, "You're afraid that you'll be a natural scumbag and hurt her feelings, and you're also afraid that if you push her too far, she'll be upset... Don't worry about whether he gets it or not. Do you want to give him everything he wants?"
Chi Ke was amazed at his ability to capture key words. He must be a successful elite in his career.
"Yes." He admitted straightforwardly.
"You dare to give but not to ask for it. Chi, you are not a scumbag." Ansel laughed teasingly, "Isn't love all about taking from each other? What are you afraid of?"
What are you afraid of?
I’m afraid it won’t come.
Once an intimate relationship is established, he cannot guarantee that he will not do something extreme if an uncontrollable situation arises.
"Forget it." Chi Ke hardened his heart and said, "I'll change it."
I can't take the 10% chance of making Ji Qian sad.
It's best if it's boring. If it's really interesting, it's best to nip this bud in the bud before it grows.
If you cannot take responsibility, you should cut the Gordian knot to avoid wasting others and torturing yourself.
"You're really good at doing this to yourself." Ansel praised, "If you had told me earlier that you were a man, I wouldn't have considered you my friend."
“Not really.” Chi Ke actually had a good alcohol tolerance. The beer in his hand was quickly empty. He smiled and said, “At least not before.”
"You..." Ansel had a complicated expression. "Although you said you are not suitable for dating, as someone who has been in love for fifteen times, I must tell you that you have surpassed all my dating partners. Those damn men can't even be single-minded."
"That's their problem. Don't take what they should have done as an advantage."
He may be qualified, but Ji Qian deserves the best.
Chi Ke wanted to open the second bottle of wine, but Ansel took it away.
"If you drink again, you'll end up in the hospital." Ansel warned, "I won't send you there. If your dean knew that you ended up in the hospital because of eating with me, he would definitely beat me to death!"
Chi Ke listened to the advice and stopped: "Then remember that you owe me a life."
"Go away." Ansel scolded with a smile, "I've already paid for the emotional counseling. I'm very expensive."
Chi Ke was not skilled in calculating feelings, but he was very skilled in calculating accounts: "Your cost performance is a bit low. In the end, no suggestions were given."
"You won't be happy if I really give it to you." Ansel pouted, "I suggest you give it a try, will you accept it?"
"Give me the beer," Chi Ke said, "I don't really want to save your life."
"Fuck!" Ansel threw a tissue at him, laughing. "Okay, just keep it in mind. I'm free tonight, do you want to have dinner with me?"
"No." Chi Ke refused directly, "I have an appointment."
Ansel's eyes glared: "Who?!"
Chi Ke: “…”
"Why aren't you talking?" Ansel asked incredulously, "Him?"
"It's not the two of us." Chi Ke explained, "We just went there to join in the fun."
Go and join Leng Baiyao's blind date.
…
This story started last night in the hospital.
Before Chi Ke could decide whether to accept a straight man's dinner invitation, Leng Baiyao called and asked Ji Qian to visit him late at night to discuss important matters concerning Bai Yueguang.
When he heard that Chi Ke was there too, he immediately invited them to go together.
Chi Ke waited professionally until Leng Yunting came out of the ward and arranged for a driver to take him home before going to the appointment with Leng Boyao with Ji Qian.
"Sit anywhere." Leng Baiyao put out hot pot as a midnight snack, and it seemed that he wanted to have a long chat all night. "It's like this, I have a friend..."
Chi Ke: “Tsk.”
Ji Qian: “Hey.”
Leng Baiyao: “.”
Leng Baiyao: "My friend..."
Ji Qian: “Tsk.”
Chi Ke: “Hey.”
Leng Baiyao: "..."
"It's me, okay? It's me." Leng Baiyao clenched his fists, "Are you two satisfied?"
"Go on." Seeing him reaching for the only glass of apple juice on the table, Ji Qian quickly snatched it away, opened the lid and placed it next to Chi Ke. "Drink this, it won't hurt your stomach and it's healthy."
Leng Boyao really wanted to smack him on the head: "Do you remember that eating midnight snacks is just a side job?"
"We are listening." Ji Qian said, "You can talk about yours, but we haven't forgotten our main business."
"It's my friend - no, it's me," Leng Baiyao's organized words were almost messed up, "I'm going to have dinner with my blind date tomorrow night."
Ji Qian: "Who is it?"
"The one you just met," Leng Boyao said, "Su Jinmian."
"Oh, her." Ji Qian took out the cooked beef and put it in Chi Ke's bowl. "And then?"
Leng Baiyao poked the vermicelli in the bowl and said expressionlessly, "It's beautiful, right?"
Ji Qian fished out the only two quail eggs and gave them to Chi Ke: "Who said it wasn't?"
Chi Ke: “…”
Where is the supporting actor?
He kicked Ji Qian under the table to remind him to be serious.
Ji Qian finally sat up straight: "Why? Are you obsessed with her?"
"I'm obsessed with her? How is that possible? Don't be ridiculous," Leng Baiyao said, as if he had heard a huge joke. "How could I fall in love at first sight with someone who mocked my Chinese grades and stood me up for lunch?"
“…”
Ji Qian felt a sense of satisfaction that justice had come to him and that his revenge had been exacted, and he looked at Chi Ke with an attempt to hold back his smile.
Chi Ke was listening absent-mindedly at first, but after Ji Qian looked at him for a while, he started to pay attention.
After taking a small bite of a quail egg, he said with understanding, "He didn't mention love at first sight just now."
Ji Qian smiled proudly, pinched his thumb and index finger, and secretly made a heart shape under the table.
"...Don't worry about the details." Leng Baiyao firmly believed in his own reasoning, "It's almost the same idea."
Chi Ke nodded: "I understand."
Leng Baiyao continued, "Anyway, she stood me up for lunch today, and her grandfather found out about it, so he had someone force her to have dinner with me tomorrow night."
It can be seen that Su Jinmian really doesn't want to get married, and she finds ways to slip away every time she goes on a blind date.
It is said that at the beginning of the year before last, the old man of the Su family forced her to go on a blind date. She deliberately did not wash her hair for four days and went to the date wearing shorts and slippers, which made the other party so angry that he ran away before finishing the appetizer.
"What do you think?" Chi Ke asked pointedly, "Do you plan to stay together with the purpose of getting married, or pursue each other with the purpose of love, or just break up and never get married?"
Leng Baiyao drank half a bottle of milk in one breath, and said in a calm and serious voice: "I should make it clear in advance that I have no other intentions towards her. I am not the kind of person who needs love, and I don't really want to get the script of getting married first and falling in love later. I don't care about such dispensable things..."
Ji Qian: "Are you drunk?"
Leng Baiyao: “.”
Chi Ke kicked Ji Qian again and said in a serious tone, "Well, we all understand the truth, just tell us the conclusion directly."
Leng Baiyao: "Just get married."
Ji Qian clapped his hands loudly.
"I have my reasons." Leng Baiyao had a look on his face that said "You don't understand my careful consideration." "The Leng, Su, and Meng families have always been family friends, and we have a lot of business dealings. Since we will get married sooner or later, marrying into these two families is the best choice. The one from the Meng family loves my brother deeply. Even if he doesn't like her now, what if the old relationship rekindles and she is instigated to steal my documents? In comparison, the Su family is my best choice."
"What a perfect explanation." Ji Qian praised, "It's hard for you to say such a long paragraph."
"Marriage is a big deal," Leng Baiyao continued to drink his milk, "of course we have to be very careful."
Chi Ke cruelly reminded: "But they may not be willing to get married."
"This is what I want you to do for me." Leng Baiyao put down the empty bottle of milk and took out two big red envelopes. He pushed them in front of them. "Marriage is still marriage after all. At least I can't let her dislike me. I don't know girls very well. Tomorrow night, I hope you can pretend to run into us at the restaurant. You don't have to sit at the same table. You can eat your own food and sit not too far from me and help keep an eye on me. I'll pay for everything."
"Hey, look, this is a bit too polite." Ji Qian grabbed two red envelopes and stuffed them into the coat pocket on the back of Chi Ke's chair. "But you know, our teacher Chi is quite busy. It takes too long to prepare a western meal, and there is also the time for traveling back and forth. Let me calculate the usual hourly wage..."
Leng Baiyao knew that he was taking advantage of the situation, so he took out two more red envelopes: "Is that enough?"
"I just like talking business with Mr. Leng." Ji Qian stuffed them into the other pocket of his coat and smiled subtly, "If Mr. Leng wants to ask this, it doesn't have to be enough."
"Aren't you a little too greedy?" Leng Baiyao took a deep breath and looked at Chi Ke, "Don't care?"
In fact, Chi Ke felt that it was enough, but when he turned around and saw Ji Qian's unsatisfied hand still stretched out, he shrugged and said, "I can't control it. This is my boss."
Ji Qian said, "Hurry up and pay!"
"Good people are often bullied." Leng Baiyao gritted his teeth and took out two more red envelopes, "It's really gone!"
With the heavy cash in hand, Ji Qian asked Chi Ke contentedly: "Then should we help him?"
Leng Baiyao: “?”
What's the meaning?
So even if you take the money you may not do the work, right?
Chi Ke wanted to laugh a little, but before Leng Baiyao exploded, he nodded and said, "Okay."
The three chatted for a while, and after finishing the hot pot, the birds outside the window began to sing.
Leng Baiyao lived in a large villa of more than 1,000 square meters, with a ready-made guest room. The two of them took some disposable toiletries and simply rested at his house.
Before going to bed, Leng Baiyao felt a little insomniac, so he ran to Ji Qian's bedroom and knocked on the door, but no one opened it after knocking for a long time.
He wondered for a while, and went to the guest room at the other end of the corridor thoughtfully. Sure enough, he saw someone in Chi Ke's bedroom, which had not been closed.
Hold.
Are you guys going to do anything bad secretly?
He walked to the door with a stern face, but before he could say anything, Ji Qian beside the bed suddenly looked up and made a gesture to him to keep quiet.
Leng Baiyao then realized that Ji Qian was bending over and not moving because someone was holding his arm.
He put aside his serious mood, raised his chin jokingly, and mouthed: [You have 502 stuck on your sleeve? ]
[Pooh,] Ji Qian was speechless, [Get out, close the door.]
Just now, the boss in Switzerland received an email, and Ji Qian wanted to come over to discuss it with Chi Ke.
When he arrived, the person was still awake. He lowered his head to look for some information and when he looked up again, Chi Ke, who was leaning against the headboard, had already closed his eyes.
Disturbing people's sleep is a serious crime, especially for those who lack sleep.
Ji Qian didn't have the heart to wake him up, so he carefully helped him lie down, but he suddenly curled up sideways and grabbed his sleeve.
He hesitated and didn't pull it out.
We have known each other for a long time, and I have seen Chi Ke taking a nap before.
This person sleeps very well most of the time, lying flat without moving around, so well-behaved that it makes people feel itchy. The few times when he sleeps on his side, he frowns and curls up into a ball very unsteadily. He wakes up when he moves, and does not continue sleeping after waking up.
Ji Qian waved his hand to send Leng Baiyao away, sat on the carpet, leaned over the bed, and gently patted Chi Ke's back. It took a long time for his brows to relax a little.
Tsk.
She looks really good...
Ji Qian tilted his head and stared at his face to relieve his boredom.
Chi Ke's handsome and delicate facial features appeared particularly soft in the night. His long and curled eyelashes cast a blurred shadow. His lips were slightly pursed. Without the cold gold-rimmed glasses, he seemed less distant than usual.
Ji Qian was extremely thirsty. Every time his heart beat too fast, he would look away and then look back when his heart calmed down. He did not dare to overstep the line in the slightest.
Even though his hand was being grabbed and pulled towards his chest, he restrained himself and did not allow the other person to do whatever he wanted. He just held up his sleeve so that his hand would not miss anything.
It was not until dawn that Chi Ke finally let go and his breathing calmed down.
Ji Qian pulled back his half-frozen arm, and his legs were numb when he stood up. He almost knelt down again, but he gritted his teeth and stood firm with great willpower.
If he wasn't afraid of waking people up with the sound of his knees hitting the ground, he would have allowed himself to have close contact with the floor.
When he was leaving the house, he happened to run into Leng Boyao who was getting up early for morning exercise. Ji Qian yawned and waved, "Good morning."
Leng Baiyao stared at the two dark circles under his eyes in shock, looked at him, then looked at the closed door, and slowly raised a thumbs up: "Awesome."
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