cold war
“Hahahahahaha!”
Lian Yu grabbed a fan and laughed uncontrollably in Li Mantao's room.
"Manman, did you see Yi Qing's expression? It made me laugh to death. He was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth. He looked like a silly dog."
Li Mantao glanced at Lian Mao helplessly and said unbearably: "Brother, control yourself. Your character is ruined."
Lian Mao waved his hand and spread out his feather fan, hiding his bewildered expression. "I finally know how to deal with people who are not smart enough and can't understand what people are saying."
"how?"
"Just scold me like you did."
Li Mantao: “…”
He slumped on the sofa like a salted fish, feeling that he had been a bit impulsive just now.
It was Rong Yi's fault for provoking him like a madman today and causing him to lose control.
Li Mantao gritted his teeth, stood up, and walked to the front of the schoolbag in a menacing manner. He took out a small notebook from the interlayer, opened the ballpoint pen, and wrote quickly for a long time.
Lian Yu followed curiously, "What's going on? Why are you suddenly writing? Are you writing a short essay scolding your boyfriend?"
Li Mantao buried his head in writing furiously and sneered, "He's not my boyfriend."
Lian Yu laughed: "Are you really angry? I don't think Rong Yi is interested in Yi Qing at all."
"This is none of Yi Qing's business."
Li Mantao put a heavy period at the end, stuffed the notebook back into his schoolbag, puffed up his face and said nothing.
Lian Yu tapped his head with the tip of his fan and said slowly, "What's the matter? My brother has also been in love. Can I give you some advice?"
Li Mantao looked at Lian Yu, then lowered his head again. After a long pause, he said, "I feel like he's deliberately looking for trouble. Furthermore, he seems to be very hostile to you and always speaks in a sarcastic way."
"Me?" Lian Yu pointed at himself in surprise, "What about me?"
"I don't know. He acts weird whenever I mention you."
Lian Yu was thoughtful for a moment, then smiled softly, "I understand, you're jealous."
"Why is he jealous of you? I only treat you as a brother." Li Mantao couldn't understand.
Lian Yu laughed grimly, "Manman, what did you think of Rong Yi before?"
"Brother... uh..." Li Mantao shut up.
Well, according to this logic, if Li Mantao can be with Rong Yi, he can naturally be with Lian Yu as well.
"But it's impossible for us to do that..."
"What's impossible?"
Lian Yu straightened up the body he was leaning on the sofa, leaned closer, lifted Li Mantao's chin with the tip of his fan, and looked over with those carefully drawn beautiful eyes. He opened his thin lips slightly and told Li Mantao a fact that almost scared him to death.
"Manman, I'm number 1~"
Li Mantao: ???
The room fell silent for a moment.
Lian Yu laughed so hard that tears almost came out, and then he pushed the petrified Li Mantao, "Why are you so shocked? Don't I look like it?"
Li Mantao manually closed his jaw and couldn't help muttering, "Oh my God, why are there only gays around me?!"
Lian Yu was still analyzing: "Although I haven't publicized this matter, anyone who wants to know can find out. It seems that your partner has investigated me and is so hostile.
"Well... I've been taking care of you all these years when he was away. If I were to repay the favor, Manman probably wouldn't refuse..."
Li Mantao: "...I refuse."
Seeing Li Mantao's expression of horror and speechlessness, Lian Yu finally relented and stopped teasing him. "Don't worry, I won't attack anyone around me. Well, it's getting late. I'll go back to my room first. Think carefully about whether to bow down to Rong Yi or give him the cold shoulder again."
Bow your head?
He did nothing wrong, it was Rong Yi who made up his own story, why should he bow his head!
Li Mantao punched and kicked the pillow, refusing to give in!
The next day, the comic convention began.
"Teacher Taotao didn't sleep well. You have some dark circles under your eyes." The makeup artist took the makeup brush and lightly swept it across Li Mantao's face.
"I'm quite nervous." Li Mantao smiled apologetically.
The makeup artist gently covered his dark circles and comforted him, "Don't worry. With a face like yours, everyone will love to see you sleeping on stage."
Li Mantao's ears turned red and he stopped talking.
After finishing his makeup, he stood up and met Rong Yi who was walking over.
Rong Yi was dressed in a simple long robe, a conical hat on his head, and a string of Buddhist beads wrapped around his hands. He exuded an aura that made people afraid to approach him.
Humph, loading.
Li Mantao turned his head, and the silver ornaments on his ears made a jingling sound.
Someone stopped beside him, bringing with him a pleasant, light woody aroma.
"Let's go?" the man beside him asked him in a low voice, with a hint of submission in his tone.
Li Mantao raised his head and met Rong Yi's eyes hidden under his hat.
"Yeah." He was the first to look away and walked out.
Several cosplayers were led to the exhibition hall by staff. Li Mantao kept his microphone muted throughout the whole process, and sweat appeared on his clenched palms.
After entering the exhibition hall, some people recognized them and gathered around them. Li Mantao heard his own name amid the noisy voices.
"Be careful." Rong Yi took his hand and pulled him in. Li Mantao then realized that he almost stepped on the garbage on the ground.
His forehead was smoking. He broke free from the hand that was holding him, calmed himself down, and tried hard to recall the content of yesterday's training.
Relax, relax, you are now Yun Lexin.
When he arrived at the booth of "Xunxian Wendao", Li Mantao was arranged by the staff to stand on his own booth, which was decorated in the style of a bamboo forest. He was wearing exotic clothes and standing in the forest, making the players feel as if they had really seen the free and brilliant Yun Lexin.
Next to him was Rong Yi's booth, which was surrounded by three layers of people inside and outside. However, Li Mantao had no time to pay attention to it because the number of players surrounding him was no less.
The day passed exceptionally quickly. Li Mantao was constantly posing, taking photos, and interacting with players. These steps kept repeating, and he had no time to think about the battle with Rong Yi. During the intermission, he was thinking about how to better fit Yun Lexin's personality.
By the time he got off work, Li Mantao's brain was completely overloaded, and his mind was buzzing with the voices of players talking to him.
When Rong Yi walked up to him, he subconsciously smiled brightly, but when he saw Rong Yi's face, he suddenly put away his smile and frowned.
"Are you tired?" Rong Yi asked in a low voice.
"Not tired." Li Mantao took a deep breath. "What's tiring about this?"
Rong Yi looked at the angry boy in front of her, her eyes sliding from his long eyelashes to his lips painted with light pink lipstick. Her Adam's apple moved, "Well, go back and have a good rest. There's still another day tomorrow."
One more day.
Li Mantao suddenly felt deflated and felt that all his energy had been drained.
After returning to the hotel, he declined the dinner invitation from other cosplayers, rushed to the room, took a deep shower, and then fell asleep on the bed.
Li Mantao didn't know how long he had slept before he was awakened by a knock on the door.
He struggled to get up from the bed, floated to the door, opened it, and squinted at the person standing at the door.
"Have you eaten?" the visitor asked.
Li Mantao tried hard to identify who the person was. He fell on top of the person and mumbled, "I'm sleepy..."
Li Mantao smelled the familiar fragrance and fell asleep again with peace of mind.
Rong Yi caught the boy who fell towards him. His heart beat faster and he carried the boy sideways into the room.
He closed the door and didn't notice that the door of another room not far away was opened. Someone watched him walk into Li Mantao's room.
There was only a night light on in the room. Rong Yi gently placed the sleepy person on the sofa and watched quietly for a few minutes in the dim light.
He stretched out his hand and gently stroked Li Mantao's eyebrows, eyes, nose, and finally landed on her slightly fleshy lips, stroking them for a long time.
Wake the person up by touching him.
Li Mantao sensed something was wrong in his dream.
He seems to be in a cold war with Rong Yi!
After hurriedly saying goodbye to Zhou Gong, Li Mantao opened his eyes and saw Rong Yi's gloomy face and the hand touching his mouth.
Li Mantao: “…”
There's a pervert!
He sat up with a somersault and pointed a finger straight at Rong Yi, "I'm calling the police for trespassing!"
Rong Yi withdrew his hand and replied, "Didn't you invite me in?"
He was just sleep deprived...
Li Mantao hummed a few times and skipped the topic. "What are you doing here?"
"Have you got a meal yet?"
"No. What?"
Rong Yi sighed softly and sat closer, "Eat well."
"I'm not hungry." Li Mantao turned away and ignored him. He picked up his phone and wanted to check the discussion thread of today's comic exhibition, but his stomach started to growl.
“…”
A chocolate was handed to him. Li Mantao quickly grabbed it, opened the package and put it in his mouth.
"I haven't eaten either. I ordered takeout. Would you mind eating with me?"
Li Mantao glanced back at him and hummed in response, "Since you've invited me so kindly, I'll mercifully agree."
Rong Yi laughed, raised her hand and placed it on Li Mantao's shoulder, massaging him gently.
Li Mantao froze for a moment, then was conquered by his moderate strength and slowly slid into his arms.
After my whole body was massaged, the takeaway finally arrived.
Li Mantao collapsed on the sofa with a feeling of being unsatisfied, and instructed Rong Yi to get takeout.
After dinner, the fighting situation between the two sides eased a bit.
After sending Rong Yi back to his own room, Li Mantao lay down and browsed the posts.
Although he was a little nervous at the beginning, as he met more people and interacted more, Li Mantao gradually adapted and was able to deal with players more easily.
The feedback online was also pretty good. Everyone said that his cosplay was very close to Yun Lexin, and Li Mantao's account also gained a wave of followers.
However, some CP fans are dissatisfied, thinking that he and Rong Yi's interaction is too little, and he doesn't even look at Rong Yi during the stage segment, which is a bit of a character breakdown. CP fans here refer not only to Li Mantao and Rong Yi's CP fans, but also Xuanming and Yun Lexin's CP fans. Both sides are not very happy.
Li Mantao reflected that he had brought his personal emotions into work and he had to correct it tomorrow.
On the second day of the comic convention, he and Rong Yi naturally had a lot of interactions, and he even shot a few short videos under the guidance of fans, with good results.
The two-day comic exhibition ended successfully. After get off work, Deng Yangshuo organized a party and invited the cosplayers to go out for dinner together. Li Mantao thought about it and didn't refuse.
Afterwards, he deeply regretted this decision.
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