Chapter 58 Chapter 58 You like girls, right? ...
"Tan Chong!"
Ji Maili was startled by the roar behind him, and when he turned around, he was pulled behind by the sullen-faced Shen Lu.
Tan Chong spread his hands and smiled indifferently, "Was I wrong? There's nothing shameful about this, right? You haven't been shy about telling anyone, so can't you tell him?"
Shen Lu resisted the urge to punch him and pulled Ji Maili away.
Chen Lu walked so fast that Ji Maili had to walk and run to keep up with him. The hood of his down jacket was blown over by the wind, and his ears were almost falling off.
Tao Dacheng saw them coming back and started to curse and complain, "You guys are finally back! What the hell is going on here? It's probably an inside job..."
Before Tao Dacheng could finish his words, Shen Lu pulled Ji Maili past him and said, "Let's go back."
"What's wrong?" Tao Dacheng noticed that the atmosphere was not right and followed Ji Maili to ask, "What's wrong?"
Ji Maili remained silent, his expression dazed, even more disturbed than Chen Lu's. "Are you two okay?"
The motorcycle stopped on the road above. Chen Lu turned around and put on Ji Maili's hat and tied his scarf outside. Ji Maili was like a lazy waste, standing still and letting him fiddle with it.
"It's okay." Shen Lu said, "Let's go back."
Ji Maili didn't make any noise along the way. It was so quiet, so quiet that it made Chen Lu uneasy, but he didn't know how to break the silence.
Arriving at the entrance of Shen Lu's alley, two motorcycles stopped one after the other. Shen Lu said to Tao Dacheng, "You go back first."
Tao Dacheng: "I wouldn't be here if you didn't tell me." Who is crazy enough to stay here and be a light bulb?
After Tao Dacheng left, Shen Lu glanced at Ji Maili, who was sitting motionless behind him and said, "Get out of the car."
Ji Maili got out of the car and slipped when he landed. Chen Lu helped him up and withdrew his hand after he stood firm.
Ji Maili was surrounded by Chen Lu with only his eyes exposed. His bangs and eyelashes were frosted and he felt cold every time he blinked. He looked at Chen Lu's hands that seemed to be avoiding him, and he didn't know what was going on in his mind.
Shen Lu sighed. The thing he had been hiding was suddenly revealed. He didn't know what to do. He had been thinking all the way whether to deny it or find a reason to say that Tan Chong was talking nonsense. But Ji Maili was not stupid. Tan Chong had said it so bluntly, and he probably wouldn't believe it even if he denied it again.
Shen Lu's heart was set: "What do you want to ask?"
Ji Maili stood there motionless. When he opened his mouth, he found his throat was dry. He didn't know what he wanted to prove. He swallowed to moisten his dry throat: "You like girls, right?"
The breath that Shen Lu sighed turned into a mist and was quickly blown away by the wind. "I like men."
Ji Maili didn't react much. His reaction was already complete the moment he heard what Tan Chong said. But the strange thing was that when he heard Tan Chong say it, he was only angry, but now when he heard Chen Lu admit it himself, he had an indescribable feeling. The first thought that popped into his mind was... If he liked boys, he didn't like Wang Yiran.
Ji Maili looked up at Chen Lu: "Who is it?"
Shen Lu didn't want to give him too many shocks in one day: "You don't want to know."
Ji Maili was quite curious, and he blinked his white eyelashes at Chen Lu.
Shen Lu asked, "Are you done asking?"
Ji Maili nodded.
Shen Lu: "Then it's my turn to ask."
Ji Maili's mind was in a mess: "What do you want to ask?"
Shen Lu said, "Are you still staying at my house today?"
Ji Maili's first reaction was why not stay? But then he thought...
Ji Maili hesitated: "I..."
Shen Lu didn't need him to finish his words: "Send you home."
Seeing that Shen Lu was anxious to send him away, Ji Maili immediately became excited. He grabbed the handlebars of the motorcycle and said, "I won't."
Shen Lu didn't know what his "no" meant, and didn't want to ask: "Then let's go. I'm almost frozen into an ice sculpture standing here."
Ji Maili's mind was in a mess. It seemed like he had a lot to think about, but he didn't know where to start.
In the dark alley, neither of them took pictures with their phones, as if they were afraid to see each other's expressions, and they just walked all the way to Shen Lu's house.
"Take a shower?" Shen Lu regretted asking, "Forget it, you should go home and take a shower tomorrow."
Ji Maili frowned, "I can't sleep if I don't wash."
Shen Lu nodded and brought him some pajamas to change into.
Ji Maili was taking a shower in a tiny toilet, and was startled by the cold water that came out.
As if he was woken up by cold water, he finally understood why Chen Lu locked him in the toilet and wouldn't let him out. Thinking about how he went out naked that day, Ji Maili's ears became hot and he cursed himself for being an idiot in his heart.
After taking a shower, Ji Maili saw Shen Lu sitting on the sofa smoking. He pointed at the quilt on the sofa and asked, "What is this?"
Shen Lu, "I'll sleep here tonight."
Ji Maili felt a little uncomfortable. He didn't say that he disliked him, so why should he be so clear about separating from him?
Ji Maili threw the quilt back into the bed in the room, "You'll freeze to death if you sleep there!"
Shen Lu looked at him, and neither of them spoke until the cigarette in his hand burned out.
It was getting late, so the two went into the house to sleep. Once the lights were turned off, there was no light in the room. The two lay side by side on the small bed, and no one spoke.
"Chen Lu," Ji Maili asked softly after an unknown amount of time, "Are you asleep?"
Shen Lu didn’t want to talk at this moment, nor did he want to answer questions: “I’m asleep.”
Ji Maili didn't bother to argue with him about the strange situation of being able to talk while sleeping, "When did you know you liked boys?"
Shen Lu knew that this matter was not going to pass: "I don't remember."
Ji Maili moved his head. Although he couldn't see anything, he still turned his head to Shen Lu, "Do you have someone you like?"
Chen Lu felt that Ji Maili's torture had intensified. Was it really appropriate to ask these questions now?
Shen Lu sighed: "Yes."
Ji Maili didn't know what was wrong with him, but he had to ask, "Is this someone I know?"
Shen Lu closed his eyes and said, "Yes."
Ji Maili kept asking, "Who is it?"
Shen Lu couldn’t stand him: “Sleep.”
"I can't sleep," Ji Maili said, unable to suppress his curiosity. "Who is it?"
Chen Lu sighed: "Ji Maili, if you keep asking, this night will not end well."
Ji Maili said "Oh" and was silent for about a minute. He then asked again: "Is it me?"
Shen Lu paused: "Shut up."
Ji Maili stopped talking. Shen Lu could feel that he was always looking at him. Although he couldn't see anything, he knew what expression Ji Maili would have now. A look of seeking knowledge, perhaps a little aggrieved, a little angry, because he asked him to shut up.
Shen Lu never thought that he would tell him this in such a situation. His Adam's apple rolled slightly, and his voice was a little hoarse: "Yes."
Ji Maili didn't say anything. Shen Lu felt that the person next to him had stopped breathing. He was probably scared.
Shen Lu asked, "Is it disgusting?"
Ji Maili's mind was spinning, but it was a little slow. "W-what?"
Shen Lu didn't dare to guess what he was thinking now: "Didn't you say that if a man told you that he liked you, you would be disgusted?"
Ji Maili retorted: "But you are not someone else."
Shen Lu reminded him: "I am a man."
Ji Maili thought for a while, and seemed to have figured something out. He said, "It doesn't matter. This way we can always be together."
Shen Lu thought he would feel disgusted, thought he would be disgusted, and even thought he would feel indifferent, but he never thought he would answer like this. He turned his head and asked, "Do you understand?"
Ji Maili didn't quite understand, "Why are you being so mean to me again?"
Chen Lu didn't want to explain it too clearly to him, but now he felt that if he didn't explain it clearly to him, he would remain confused. "I admit that I like you, which means I will leave as long as you have a girlfriend. If you didn't know anything, maybe I could continue to stay as your friend, but now that you know, it's cruel for me, and I don't want to torture myself to that extent, so we can't be together forever, do you understand?"
The topic progressed too quickly, and Ji Maili hadn't thought about it yet. He asked blankly: "Then, what about before that?"
Ji Maili thought, maybe I can not have a girlfriend, as long as he does not find a girlfriend they can always be together, but Chen Lu thought that what he meant was that he wanted to be happy for a while.
Shen Lu, who was extremely disappointed, suddenly softened his tone: "...Mai Mai, go to sleep. If you keep talking, I'm afraid I won't be able to help but hit you."
Ji Maili: "But you can't beat me."
Shen Lu no longer had the energy to refute his confidence: "How do you know if you don't try? Even a rabbit bites when it's angry. Do you know that I can't beat you?"
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