One bit the other, and the other kissed, a faint taste of blood gradually filling their mouths.
Chu Ziyu briefly regained consciousness. Looking at the man before him, he banished all other thoughts from his mind and simply hugged Shen Huaiyu tightly. " Shen Huaiyu, let's do it."
Shen Huaiyu's voice was hoarse, "You're drunk."
Chu Ziyu snorted, "I'm not drunk." He smiled, leaned close to Shen Huaiyu's ear, and whispered, "Last year I almost married a woman, but she dumped me in the end. Do you know why?"
Shen Huaiyu's breathing became heavy. "Why?"
She said I don't even have common sense about lying; if I'm aroused, I'm not drunk. I was already hard but I was pretending to be drunk and asleep. My IQ isn't on the same level as hers.
Chu Ziyu's consciousness was blurred. She grabbed Shen Huaiyu's hand and moved it down, " Shen Huaiyu, you better understand, did I lie today?"
Meanwhile, Yan Heqing and Lu Lin left the bar. Yan Heqing glanced back at the now-dark room and asked Lu Lin again, "Are you sure we don't need to go up?"
Lu Lin took Yan Heqing's slightly cool fingers in his hand, put them in his coat pocket, and whispered in Yan Heqing's ear, "Your hands are always so cold."
Yan Heqing knew he was very drunk, and smiled, "Your pockets were so warm, I deliberately kept them cold."
Lu Lin chuckled softly, kissed behind his ear, then straightened up and walked slowly home with Yan Heqing along the sidewalk. "I met Shen Huaiyu back in 20XX."
Yan Heqing paused for a second, then said, "When I was six years old."
Lu Lin gently squeezed Yan Heqing's fingers in his pocket. " Chu Ziyu came to my house looking like a drowned rat, wanting to play games."
When Lu Lin opened the door and saw Chu Ziyu crying like a ghost, he knew that playing games was just an excuse.
Sure enough, right at the start of the game, Chu Ziyu burst into tears.
"I got dumped."
Chu Ziyu had always faked her tears before; it was only when she cried for the first time that she realized tears could be so salty they taste bitter.
Lu Lin gave him a strange look, "Weren't you already used to it?"
Chu Ziyu felt even worse. "It's different this time."
In those years, homosexuality was not so openly accepted. Even after the passage of the same-sex marriage law, very few people of the same sex actually got married. When Chu Ziyu discovered that he could actually like men, he didn't dare tell Lu Lin and Xie Yunjie.
He wasn't afraid of their rejection, but he was afraid of rumors and gossip.
His family owns an entertainment company, and he knows better than anyone the destructive power of rumors. Lu Lin and Xie Yunjie are his most important friends, and he doesn't want their friendship to be strained in the slightest.
He wanted to pursue Shen Huaiyu.
result...
Chu Ziyu burst into tears, "This time it's a boy!"
Lu Lin said "Oh," and then the rain started to pour down again, so he got up to close the window.
The room faced the street. He was on the second floor and could see a figure on the street in the distance.
He watched for a few seconds, but the person didn't move.
Lu Lin closed the window and returned to the sofa.
Chu Ziyu found it hard to understand. He emphasized, "Didn't you hear me? I was dumped by a man this time."
Lu Lin picked up the controller and focused intently on the screen while playing the game. "Being dumped by a man is the same as being dumped, it makes no difference."
"..." Chu Ziyu choked, wanting to say that this was not what he meant, but then felt that it was pointless to talk about these things with Lu Lin.
Lu Lin doesn't date or like anyone, so he wouldn't understand this feeling.
It was more painful than the previous 32 times he had been dumped, by a factor of N.
Chu Ziyu ignored Lu Lin and ran into the guest room to cry.
" Chu Ziyu stayed at my house for a week." Lu Lin intertwined his fingers with Yan Heqing's again, their hands clasped together. "The day he left, I saw Shen Huaiyu still behind the sycamore tree."
Lu Lin's eyebrows twitched slightly. "At the time, I was just guessing that he might be the first man to dump Chu Ziyu, and I didn't pay much attention to it."
It wasn't until Chu Ziyu's unusual reaction at dinner that day that he remembered this little incident.
Using an excuse to leave with Shen Huaiyu, he cut to the chase, asking, "You approached Yan Heqing because of Chu Ziyu?"
Shen Huaiyu admitted it.
Lu Lin then invited Shen Huaiyu go boxing.
Using Yan Heqing is unacceptable, regardless of the reason.
It was late at night, but the bustling bar street was still lively. There were many flower and trinkets for sale ahead. Lu Lin was drunk, but his eyesight was still good. He spotted plum blossoms among a pile of roses. He led Yan Heqing over, saying, "They're both in their thirties now. Don't worry about them."
Stopping in front of the plum blossom tub, only upon closer inspection could the color be discerned: white plum blossoms. Lu Lin glanced sideways, his eyes gentle, "Buy them all?"
Upon hearing Lu Lin's words, the shopkeeper quickly began promoting, "Winter is the perfect time to admire white plum blossoms. Their fragrance is delicate; you might not notice it at first, but suddenly, it's more pleasant than any other flower scent. It's long-lasting and pleasant. Ten yuan a branch, would you two like a bunch?"
Lu Lin was about to pay when Yan Heqing stopped him, "That's too expensive, how about 3 yuan a branch?"
The shop owner was surprised that such a young and handsome man would try to bargain. She shook her head, "Eight yuan, no less."
Yan Heqing pulled Lu Lin to leave, but the shopkeeper quickly asked, "Do you want them all?"
Yan Heqing had just counted them; there were only 21 branches. He paused, "A total of 60."
The shop owner still made a good profit at that price. She sighed and went to get the plum blossoms. "Never mind, it's getting late. It would be a waste if they didn't sell. I'll sell them to you at a loss. Please come again next time!"
Yan Heqing turned her head and winked at Lu Lin. Lu Lin narrowed his dark eyes, paid 60 yuan, and waited for Yan Heqing to take the plum blossoms and hug them. Lu Lin didn't walk any further and hailed a taxi by the roadside.
As soon as they entered the house, Lu Lin pressed Yan Heqing, flowers and all, against the door and kissed him for a long time. The boss wasn't exaggerating; the occasional fragrance of plum blossoms wafted into his nose, more intoxicating than alcohol. He swept Yan Heqing up in his arms and strode to the bathroom, saying, "Let's shower together tonight."
Yan Heqing reminded him, "Don't take a bath after drinking."
Lu Lin kicked the bathroom door shut. "Then you wipe me down."
The next day, Yan Heqing was woken up by a phone call.
Lu Lin was about to cut off the call when Yan Heqing snatched it away. Seeing it was Chu Ziyu, he took the call and said, "Good morning."
Chu Ziyu's voice was urgent, " Heqing, if it's Shen—"