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Afraid of waking up Kong Zhong, Li Mantao took the gift box and grabbed Rong Yi and went into the study.
Ordering Rong Yi to stay quiet, he rubbed his hands together, and opened the gift box with a hint of anticipation.
"Wow……"
Li Mantao picked up the watch carefully and looked at it over and over again, unable to let it go. "This watch is so beautiful. Is it expensive?"
"It's not expensive, as long as you like it." Rong Yi came over and put the watch on him.
Li Mantao looked at Rong Yi helping him put on his watch and felt something was wrong.
Acting too normal...
Moreover, judging by Rong Yi's tone, he might have thought that the watch was given by him.
"You didn't do anything, did you?" Li Mantao asked suspiciously.
Rong Yi paused and asked, "What can I do?"
"Hmm..." Li Mantao pondered for a moment, "For example, you wouldn't throw away the gift Brother Lian gave me and give me something you picked yourself, right?"
"...How is that possible? I don't have money to burn. If you don't believe me, ask Lian Yu if this is the watch he gave you."
Li Mantao looked at him for a moment, took a photo of his watch and sent it to Lian Yu.
Li Mantao: Brother Lian, I really like the watch. Thank you, OWO.
Lian Yu quickly replied.
【Lian Yu: I like it ^^】
Lian Yu's reply was normal, it seemed that Rong Yi did not lie.
"I wrongly blamed you." Li Mantao coughed lightly, "I'm sorry."
"Just a verbal apology?" Rong Yi leaned closer ambiguously.
Li Mantao swallowed hard, "Then...then what do you want to do?"
Rong Yi leaned over and whispered two words.
Li Mantao's cheeks flushed red. "No... my back still hurts."
Rong Yi settled for the next best thing: "...what about it?"
"No, the skin on my thigh is broken."
Rong Yi whispered in his ear, "Does your hand hurt?"
“…It doesn’t hurt.”
…
living room.
Kong Zhong lay on his side on the sofa, listening to the sounds from the next room and shedding tears.
"Retribution... Is this my retribution?" he murmured.
The sound continued for a long time, until Kong Zhong felt so hungry that he cried out, and then it stopped.
Hearing the sound of the study door opening, Kong Zhong quickly closed his eyes and pretended to be still asleep.
"You haven't woken up yet..."
Li Mantao washed his hands first, then quietly walked to the sofa. Seeing that Kong Zhong's eyelids were red and swollen from crying, he sighed with heartache.
The playboy Kong Zhong has never looked so miserable before.
Rong Yi stood behind Li Mantao, hugged him from behind, grabbed his wrist and squeezed it gently, "What do you want to eat tonight? I'll make it for you."
"Dinner so early?"
Li Mantao looked at his watch. It was only four o'clock in the afternoon.
"Well, your boyfriend hasn't eaten yet, but he's already running errands for you." Rong Yi rubbed Li Mantao's neck.
"Who's talking to your boyfriend?" Li Mantao pushed his head away, took a small piece of bread from the coffee table and handed it to him. "Eat first, then leave. When Kong Zhong wakes up later, it will probably be awkward to see you."
Rong Yi held the small loaf of bread and said in a low voice, "Throw it away after use, that's all."
"Get lost, who is being used?"
Rong Yi raised an eyebrow: "I also helped Manman, isn't it uncomfortable?"
Li Mantao quickly glanced at Kong Zhong and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw no sign of him waking up. He clenched his right fist and punched Rong Yi in the stomach, "Have some shame!"
Rong Yi also glanced at the lying Kong Zhong, his eyes passing over Kong Zhong's trembling eyelashes. He chuckled, picked up Li Mantao, put him next to Kong Zhong, and leaned over him.
Li Mantao was shocked and immediately wanted to push him away.
"Shh, don't wake up your good friend." Rong Yi reminded in a low voice.
Li Mantao quickly held his breath and glared at Rong Yi to warn her.
"What are you doing?!"
"Nothing, they're about to kick me out, a goodbye kiss isn't too much to ask for, right?"
"Then don't do it here... Ugh!"
Listening to the sticky sound of water so close to him, Kong Zhong felt numb and vicissitudes of life in his heart, and he could even distract himself to count how long the two had been kissing.
When I counted to 250, the sound of water finally stopped.
Li Mantao's voice was slightly panting, and her tone was shy and annoyed: "Alright, get out of here."
Rong Yi wanted to kiss him for a while longer, but Li Mantao made a wooden basket gesture with his hands and pointed at his head as a silent warning.
Rong Yi: “…”
He raised his hands and stood up helplessly in surrender.
After straightening his clothes, Rong Yi glanced at Kong Zhong and saw some moisture in the corners of his eyes. He chuckled softly and walked away with the small bread.
Seeing that the person finally left, Li Mantao breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a little overwhelmed.
I don't know how long this bastard has been holding it in. As soon as I see him, it's like I've taken some aphrodisiac, and it's irresistible.
Although... he wasn't much better.
Li Mantao pulled out a tissue, wiped the corner of his mouth, grabbed his phone and started looking at the takeout.
He had only eaten a small piece of bread to fill his stomach at noon, and now he was a little hungry.
After ordering takeout, Li Mantao watched short videos for a while when a phone call came in.
"It was delivered so quickly? It can't be a pre-prepared meal..."
Li Mantao answered the phone puzzledly, "Hello?"
Almost as soon as the phone was picked up, an anxious voice came from the other end.
"Li Mantao, is Kong Zhong with you?"
Um?
Li Mantao blinked, "...Who are you?"
"I'm Wan Shanlin. Is he with you? I have something to explain to him."
Li Mantao let out a long "Oh" and asked, "What's the matter?"
There was silence for a few seconds, and then someone spoke incoherently, "There are some misunderstandings between him and me...some things are not what he thinks...Can you let him answer the phone?"
"Ah? What's the misunderstanding? Tell me about it."
"Can I...can I talk to him?"
Li Mantao was about to make a few sarcastic remarks when the person who had been lying on the sofa suddenly sat up and grabbed the phone.
Kong Zhong cried out in anger, "No! Get out!"
After yelling, he clicked hard to hang up and wanted to throw the phone to the ground. Li Mantao quickly grabbed his hand and said, "Calm down, calm down. I haven't used this phone for long."
Kong Zhong choked and slowly loosened his hand. Li Mantao quickly rescued the phone.
He glanced at Kong Zhong's expression and said cautiously, "Wan Shanlin said there were some misunderstandings. Do you want to..."
"No." Kong Zhong leaned against the sofa in despair, a look of disillusionment on his face, "...No."
Li Mantao didn't dare to mention it again, and gently comforted Kong Zhong for a while.
Fearing that Kong Zhong would become depressed, Li Mantao kept Kong Zhong at home and arranged for him to live in the second bedroom.
Kong Zhong stayed there until Li Mantao's birthday.
These days, he seemed to be confined to bed. Apart from eating and washing, he never got out of bed. He also developed the bad habit of overeating. He became a lot rounder, and the abdominal muscles that he had maintained very well in the past were almost gone.
Li Mantao was terrified. Kong Zhong has always paid great attention to his image and would go to the gym whenever he had free time. As for now... well, let alone going to the gym, these three words have probably become a taboo for Kong Zhong.
"Um... um, thank you, senior. I can't come today. I have something to do." On the balcony, Li Mantao hung up the phone, looked at the big sun outside, and sighed.
He turned around and was startled, "Brother Zhong, why are you here?"
For the first time ever, Kong Zhong got out of bed. He didn't go to eat, wash up, or go to the bathroom. He just stood behind Li Mantao and listened to him talk on the phone silently.
"Taotao, happy birthday. I originally prepared a gift for you, but I can't get it now. I'll give it to you later." Kong Zhong said, "If you want to go out and play, go ahead. Don't worry about me."
Li Mantao scratched his head, feeling a little confused.
Li Mi and some other friends wanted to invite him out for dinner, but he refused. However, there was still one problem that had not been resolved - Rong Yi.
These days, because he had to look after Kong Zhong, Li Mantao rarely went out and asked Rong Yi not to come over, which made Rong Yi very dissatisfied.
When chatting before going to bed yesterday, Rong Yi threatened him in both explicit and implicit ways that if he didn't celebrate his birthday together, she would tell Wan Shanlin about Kong Zhong. Li Mantao had no choice but to agree to Rong Yi.
"Then you stay at home, I'll be back in the evening." Li Mantao finally said.
"It's okay if you don't come back." Kong Zhong said.
Li Mantao blushed and went into the room to pick out clothes.
At noon, Li Mantao packed himself up and prepared to set off.
"Brother Zhong, I ordered takeout for you. It should be here soon. Remember to pick it up. I'm leaving now."
"good."
After looking at Kong Zhong for a while and feeling that he was relatively stable, Li Mantao felt relieved, closed the door and left.
However, what he didn't know was that almost as soon as he entered the elevator, a tall man walked out of the stairwell.
The man's eyes were bloodshot, and although he looked haggard, it was obvious that he had cleaned himself up. He stood outside the door for a long time before ringing the doorbell.
When the door was opened, he moved his throat and said in a hoarse voice: "Kong Zhong..."
…
Li Mantao went downstairs and saw Rong Yi's car.
"Have you been waiting long?"
Li Mantao got into the passenger seat and just finished speaking when he was pulled over and his lips were blocked by Rong Yi.
They hadn't seen each other for ten days, and Rong Yi was really hungry. Li Mantao also missed him a little, so he let Rong Yi do what he wanted.
After kissing for a while, Li Mantao felt that if he continued, he would not be able to eat. He struggled to push Rong Yi away and said, "I'm hungry."
Rong Yi regretfully let go of his hand and drove to his destination.
At noon, the two had a meal in a famous restaurant, strolled around in the afternoon, and then went straight to Rong Yi's house.
By the time night fell, Li Mantao had no strength left in his body and felt that this birthday was too tiring.
Rong Yi helped him take a bath, changed the bed sheets and quilt covers, and then disappeared somewhere.
Li Mantao was so tired that he fell asleep without realizing it.
Half asleep and half awake, a sweet orange scent drifted into the room. Li Mantao sniffed it and opened his eyes in a daze.
Rong Yi was carefully placing a cake on the bedside table. There was some flour on his face and some cream on his clothes from somewhere. He didn't look as cold and stern as usual.
Rong Yi placed the cake in place and wanted to wake Li Mantao up, but she met Li Mantao's bright eyes.
"Ahem," Rong Yi coughed lightly, "Get up and eat the cake. I made it, so it might not look very good."
Li Mantao couldn't stop smiling. He sat up and kissed Rong Yi on the face with a "boo", picking up some flour.
Rong Yi blushed strangely, and hurriedly put clothes on Li Mantao, put candles on the cake, and started singing the birthday song.
Li Mantao closed his eyes and silently made a wish while listening to the birthday song which he was not very familiar with.
He closed his eyes, blew out the candle, and opened his eyes.
Rong Yi knelt on one knee, holding an open small box in his hand, which contained a pair of rings.
He looked at Li Mantao with focused and affectionate eyes.
"Manman, your boyfriend is in the reserve. Can he apply to pass the probation period early?"
Li Mantao's heart was filled with excitement. He stared at Rong Yi without blinking, and then looked at the pair of exquisitely designed rings.
He took a deep breath, and under Rong Yi's increasingly expectant gaze, he slowly said, "...Let me take a look at the points book first."
Rong Yi: “…”
Li Mantao climbed down from the bed with difficulty, found his schoolbag, and found the scorebook in the interlayer.
Under Rong Yi's silent gaze, he reluctantly turned to the latest page and slowly read out the number: "Ninety-five points... The score is not even a hundred. What should I do?"
Rong Yi was anxious and wanted to stand up. "Can I get a five-cent advance?"
Li Mantao stretched out his hand and pushed him down on one knee again.
"What's the rush?"
He slowly picked up the cake, licked the cream on it, and pondered for a moment.
"Um……"
Rong Yi's heart was pounding: "How is it?"
Li Mantao deliberately slowed down his singing, admiring Rong Yi's anxious yet unhurried expression for a while before saying, "It tastes okay. I'll give you five points."
He smiled, his almond-shaped eyes curved. "Congratulations, you've passed Li Mantao's boyfriend assessment and are now officially Li Mantao's boyfriend!"
Rong Yi's heart burned as she handed the ring box to Li Mantao. "...Can my boyfriend help me put the ring on it?"
Li Mantao's cheeks flushed. She took out the slightly larger ring from the ring box and put it on the ring finger of Rongyi's left hand.
Rong Yi stared at the ring on his hand for a full half minute. Li Mantao kicked him without looking at him. "Where's mine? Put it on me quickly."
Rong Yi finally came to her senses and put the remaining ring on Li Mantao with trembling hands.
He held Li Mantao's hand tightly and kissed the ring.
"Manman, I love you."
Li Mantao felt the hot breath on his hand and responded excitedly and shyly.
"I-I love you too."
...Then he immediately regretted it, because of this sentence, Rong Yi went crazy, and Li Mantao was forced to leave his master before his clothes could even get warm.
The cake was not eaten...or rather, it was eaten by him in another way.
The next day, Li Mantao covered his face when he woke up.
“…This is too…Ahhhh!!”
Feeling a cool touch on his face, Li Mantao stretched out his hand and looked at the round ring on his left ring finger, feeling a sense of satisfaction in his heart.
He also has a partner!
Although it is not quite the same as the love life he had imagined before, but... this is also good. No, I should say that it is better and happier than he had imagined.
Another bony hand stretched out from the side and grasped Li Mantao's left hand. Two rings of the same style gleamed in the sunlight.
Rong Yi hugged Li Mantao and said in a hoarse voice, "Good morning, boyfriend."
Li Mantao held Rong Yi's hand, turned his head to look at Rong Yi, narrowed his eyes, and kissed Rong Yi on the lips.
"Good morning, boyfriend!"
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