Chapter 52 Slander
Wu Ze brought Lin Lin to the cafeteria on a rare weekend. When they ran into Cheng Che, they greeted him warmly and asked Cheng Che to go to the city to play script-killing in the afternoon. "We just happened to be looking for people, would you like to come with us?"
"Teacher Zuo will see me this afternoon."
Hearing Cheng Che's refusal, Wu Ze didn't say much, "Okay, let's make an appointment next time."
Lin Lin asked, "Is Teacher Zuo's project still unfinished? Brother Che has been working so hard. He didn't even get a break after the exam."
Wu Ze: "It's called the capable get more work. If Mr. Zuo is willing to take me under his wing, I'll work for him for free."
The two of them sat opposite Cheng Che, picking up food for each other from time to time. A boy from the next class came over to say hello, but the usually kind Wu Ze had a rare sour look on his face.
After everyone left, Lin Lin said coquettishly, "Can you be more generous? It happened hundreds of years ago and you're still bringing it up."
Wu Ze snorted, "It's like you didn't have eyes before. You could be attracted by something like this."
The two discussed their exes in front of Cheng Che. Cheng Che, who never gossiped, listened to the whole thing for the first time and stared at Wu Ze thoughtfully.
Wu Ze awkwardly grabbed Lin Lin's hand and said to Cheng Che, "Sorry, we were just joking."
Lin Lin suddenly asked, "Does Brother Che have any relationship problems?"
Wu Ze was about to pull his gossiping girlfriend away when he heard her say "hmm". This really shocked both of them. Wu Ze tentatively said, "...if you don't mind, you can talk to us."
Cheng Che stared at the plate without saying a word. Lin Lin said sympathetically, "When you want to talk, you can find Wu Ze or me."
Before Cheng Che could say anything, a burst of exclamations suddenly came from the cafeteria door, followed by that familiar voice calling Cheng Che's name.
In front of everyone, Li Zimai rushed over and hugged Cheng Che tightly, buried his head in his neck and took a deep breath, saying shamelessly: "I miss you so much."
Wu Ze and Lin Lin were shocked again.
The crowd watching in the cafeteria were also shocked. They had never seen Li Shen look so sticky. He looked no different from a young wife who had just returned from outside.
After Cheng Che's brain froze for a few seconds, he quickly reacted and hurriedly pulled Li Zimai's arm down with an unnatural expression.
Li Zimai then noticed the couple next to him and greeted them with a smile: "Class leader, aren't you going out to play this weekend?"
Wu Ze said in a daze: "I went out in the afternoon and got up late in the morning."
Li Zimai just asked casually, then stared at Cheng Che intently, "Is there no meat in the cafeteria? Why have you lost so much weight in two weeks?"
Cheng Che cleared his plate and replied, "I haven't lost weight. You're overthinking it."
"No matter what, I'll take you to a big meal to replenish your energy."
"I've eaten."
"I haven't eaten yet."
"...Then come back before 2:30. I'm going to see Teacher Zuo this afternoon."
"Why does he squeeze you on the weekends?"
......
Lin Lin looked at the two people walking away and asked Wu Ze: "Do all you guys get along like this?"
Wu Ze was strong and calm: "Yes, that's what boys' friendship is like."
After dinner, Li Zimai insisted on following Cheng Che to Teacher Zuo's studio. Cheng Che looked at the dark circles under his eyes and said helplessly, "Go back and get some sleep. I'll come find you after the meeting."
Li Zimai said dissatisfiedly: "Don't you miss me? I came all the way back and you still have to go to a meeting."
Cheng Che turned his head away, not answering his question of "whether he wanted to or not", and only said: "...it will be over soon."
In order to prevent Li Shen from collapsing on the roadside due to fatigue on the way back to the apartment, Cheng Che called a car for him and said, "Go back first, take a shower and get some sleep."
Li Zimai's eyes lit up, and he held his face in his hands and said, "I understand. I'll go back and refresh myself first, and then we can have our wedding night."
Cheng Che: “…”
They were waiting for the bus at the middle gate. There were a lot of people coming and going on weekends. Cheng Che could feel that Li Zimai really wanted to hold his hand. Several times his fingers touched the back of his hand and then retracted it. Cheng Che felt bad. He knew that with Li Zimai's high-profile and flamboyant personality, it was already unfair to him that he could be so restrained in public.
The car arrived soon. Cheng Che pushed the reluctant Li Zimai into the car, looked at the driver again, made up his mind, held Li Zimai's chin with one hand, leaned forward and touched the corner of his lips with his, then quickly closed the car door.
The car drove a long way away before Li Zimai realized what was happening and he couldn't stop laughing.
The driver often came to Huada to deliver orders. He had met many young couples, but this was the first time he had seen two boys so compatible dating. "Hey, little brother, your date is so handsome."
"Well, he's the top scorer in the college entrance exam."
“That’s amazing.”
The driver aroused Li Zimai's desire to talk, and he had to go around the three-kilometer road three times before Li Zimai finished showing off his boyfriend. He couldn't show off to the whole world that Cheng Che was his boyfriend, which made Li Zimai very depressed.
After the meeting, Teacher Zuo took a few students working on the project to a restaurant. Cheng Che sent a message to Li Zimai during the meal, saying that he would be back later. There was no reply from the other party. Cheng Che thought that the other party might be sleeping and did not disturb him. When he came back, he saw Li Zimai lying on the bed, unconscious.
Li Zimai likes to sleep on his side with his face half buried in the pillow, and one arm either hugging Cheng Che or the pillow. Fortunately, the bed is big enough, otherwise his ankles would have to rest on the edge of the bed.
Cheng Che squatted beside the bed and smoothed the loose hair on his forehead. His hair was thin and thick, and it was easy to frizz after being cut short, so he simply left half of it and tied a small knot on the top of his head.
When they were intimate, Cheng Che especially liked to touch his hair, just like now, when Cheng Che touched his hair, he wanted to kiss him.
He also did what he thought, half squatting beside the bed and leaning over, putting his lips on the tip of Li Zimai's nose and kissing his little mole.
After the kiss, Cheng Che suddenly blushed and his heart beat fast. He remembered their first time a month ago and what Li Zimai had said about the "bridal chamber". His mouth suddenly became dry. He ran to the kitchen to make dinner and tried to calm down, but it didn't work and made him even hotter.
It was almost nine o'clock in the evening, so Cheng Che went to the bathroom to take a shower. After that, he stood by the bed and stared at Li Zimai. He stared for a long time, but the other party did not respond. He played with his mobile phone for a while, but Li Zimai still did not wake up.
Seeing that the pointer had reached ten o'clock, Cheng Che shouted "Li Zimai", but the other party still did not respond.
Cheng Che curled his index finger to feel for Li Zimai's breath. After confirming that he was not fast asleep, he muttered softly, "...What's with the wedding night?"
Li Zimai's phone was charging on the bedside table when a text message suddenly came in. Cheng Che glanced over and saw the message: [Didn't I make it clear that I won't pester you? Why are you in such a hurry to leave? And you deleted my WeChat?]
Cheng Che looked at Li Zimai who was sleeping like a dead pig, and the anger that he had suppressed for a long time began to rise. He didn't know whether it was because of the text message that made him angry, or because he was just a young man with a raw appetite. He pinched Li Zimai's cheek and kissed him fiercely, biting his tongue fiercely and unreasonably.
If he still doesn't wake up, Li Zimai is really a pig.
After a flight of more than ten hours and an all-nighter the day before yesterday, Li Zimai rushed back with dark circles under his eyes just to see his Cheche. He didn't want to waste time sleeping at all. He had planned to take a shower and sleep for an hour before going to the school to pick up Cheng Che, but the four alarms on his phone didn't wake him up.
He woke up because he felt his mouth was a little numb and he couldn't breathe through his nose. His conditioned reflex was to push the other person away to protect his innocence.
Cheng Che was really a little angry. Not only did he take the initiative to kiss Li Zimai, but the other party's first reaction when she woke up was to push him away.
He raised his arm and wiped his mouth hard and fiercely, as if he was disgusted by being bitten by a dog. He turned over and got out of bed without mercy, without even putting on slippers, and walked straight out.
Li Zimai regained consciousness and ran after Cheng Che barefoot, "Che Che! Che Che..."
He stretched his arms across Cheng Che from behind, begging for mercy incoherently, "Don't be angry, I thought it was someone else..."
"Who do you think it is?"
Cheng Che pushed him away expressionlessly, "It seems like you often encounter this kind of thing."
Li Zimai's eloquent mouth was completely useless at this time. Unable to explain clearly, he simply blocked Cheng Che's mouth and quenched his thirst first.
......
Li Zimai began to reflect on himself, "...Baby, did I upset you in some way?"
Having just experienced a devastating love affair, Cheng Che really didn't want to discuss anything with him, so he just perfunctorily replied, "...No."
Li Zimai hugged him tightly and said with certainty, "You did. You haven't sent me a goodnight emoji in the past two days. Just now, you bit me while I was asleep and woke me up, and you were still angry."
Cheng Che closed his eyes and didn't want to say anything more to him.
Li Zimai turned his face and asked seriously, "Are you unhappy about Yang Yanning looking for me?"
Cheng Che didn't say anything, his lips were tightly pursed, and he was obviously unhappy.
Li Zimai turned on the wall lamp and saw that his eyes were slightly red. He didn't know whether it was because he had just been treated harshly or because he was really wronged.
"I was wrong. I didn't handle this matter well. Please don't be angry, baby."
"Yang Yanning came to see my mom and insisted on accompanying her shopping, so we went out together. I didn't talk much to him. I told him I had a boyfriend and deleted his contact information. If I had known you would be unhappy, I wouldn't have gone there..."
"...At that time, I was with him...with him...that is..."
Li Zimai couldn't say anything more. He finally understood what it meant to bring disaster upon oneself. He had done nothing wrong. He just wanted to find someone to come out to his family. Most importantly, he refused the arrangement to study abroad at the music conservatory. But his mother insisted that he didn't even understand his own sexual orientation and yet wanted to decide the direction of his life by himself.
Later, I dated several people and wanted to be a scumbag to show off to their mothers, but he failed to be a scumbag and broke up with them without doing anything.
Li Zimai originally thought that he had done a great job, his future was secured, and the cabinet door was kicked open, but he never expected that he would fall into Cheng Che's hands.
How can he gain Cheche's trust while clearing his identity as a scumbag and make Cheche believe that he is a good man who is loyal and responsible in his relationships?
"That's what it is." Cheng Che looked at him coldly, his flushed face still not subsiding.
Li Zimai flattered her, "It's all in the past, and I didn't do anything. My first kiss and first night are all yours!"
Cheng Che did not deny it, but obviously did not believe it.
Li Zimai raised his palm and assured: "Cheche, I am serious about you."
"Then you are not serious about them."
"...N-not really?"
"Then why do you want to date someone? Are you so irresponsible about your own feelings?"
As expected, he knew Cheche would think this way. No matter how he explained it, he couldn't make it make sense. Li Zimai simply became unreasonable, "You're slandering me. When I was dating them, I didn't know I would meet you. If I had known I would like you so much, I wouldn't even have taken a flight and would have stayed by your side without any hesitation."
Cheng Che was coaxed by his sweet words again, thinking that Li Zimai was a scumbag, with a lot of tricks on his lips, and who knows how many people he has coaxed.
Seeing Cheng Che's expression soften, Li Zi took the initiative and pressed on him, touching him all over. "Baby... I feel very uncomfortable now. I feel that my dignity has been insulted... I need you to say that you love me."
Cheng Che turned his face away from him and said, "Get away. I want to sleep."
Li Zimai pinched his chin and kissed him stickyly for a long time before letting him go. "If you are unhappy in the future, you must tell me the first time. You can't hold it in yourself, okay?"
Cheng Che didn't say anything.
Li Zimai felt that this matter was very important and insisted that Cheng Che agree to it, otherwise he would not be allowed to sleep.
Cheng Che uttered a stiff "hmm." Li Zimai then lay back down and hugged him again, muttering to himself, "Cheche... I only love you."
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