By then, Yuan Chen had straightened his clothes and stood with his hands in his pockets, watching Shen Yi, who was still sprawled lazily on the sofa.
"With stamina that poor, you'd give up halfway through anything you wanted to do."
"..."
He was talking about what had happened a few days earlier, the night Shen Yi had stayed in Yuan Chen's bedroom.
The mood had been perfect, but at the crucial moment, Shen Yi had run out of stamina and surrendered first.
Bracing himself against the sofa, Shen Yi sat up with some effort. He was actually nursing a little resentment.
For his own sake, he had to defend himself.
"Physiologically speaking, if you've already... done it three times, it's perfectly normal to feel tired. I really thought I couldn't take any more that day."
"So you're saying being with me is boring?"
"Boring?..." The word made Shen Yi laugh in disbelief, anger naturally flaring in his eyes.
"Don't you think you're the one with far too much energy?"
"This is normal."
"I don't think it is."
"Have you ever been with someone who wasn't up to par?"
The moment Yuan Chen finished speaking, Shen Yi, who had been arguing all along, suddenly fell silent.
Should I explain this...? He struggled inwardly, but even so, it was better to be honest than let himself be misunderstood.
"You're my first man."
For an instant, the faintest trace of amusement flickered in Yuan Chen's eyes, so subtle that Shen Yi almost wondered whether he had imagined it.
"You were very proactive then. I thought you had plenty of experience. Think back to your heat period. You held out quite well, didn't you?"
Shen Yi squeezed his eyes shut. With a sigh, words spilled out like a confession.
"Back then... I'd lost