Shen Yi quickly realized that the few seconds He Yue hesitated were a critical moment, a moment to seize the opportunity and compete with a master of BL novels for his affection. He smoothly continued, “Yes, you’re straight. You like Asian girls with long hair.”
“Your laptop’s wallpaper is an Australian beach, indicating your longing for summer, warmth, and women. Your chat avatar is Shizuka from ‘Doraemon.’ Since childhood, you’ve liked gentle, kind, and academically successful girls. You usually choose female characters in games, with perfect figures and beautiful faces. Spending half an hour customizing their appearance shows you have fantasies about the female body. You call me ‘little cripple,’ but you’re always polite to attractive women you meet on the street…”
“In conclusion, you’re straight.” A straight guy without a girlfriend.
Shen Yi’s illogical reasoning stunned He Yue, who was pondering life’s big questions. People tend to subconsciously believe in others’ answers when they’re lost.
Shen Yi swiftly cut through the confusion, abruptly severing the nerve that was about to bend in He Yue’s mind. Holding his breath, he listened to He Yue’s reaction for a moment. He seemed a bit dazed. “I see…”
“Yes.” Shen Yi breathed a sigh of relief and hung up the phone. He touched the blanket covering his knees on the wheelchair, which he took from He Yue’s house. In his hurry to leave yesterday morning, he had a fellow student push him to the door and didn’t bother to return the blanket on the wheelchair. Fortunately, this was covered in the living expenses he provided to He Yue.
Shen Yi traced his nails on the blanket, feeling a bit lost suddenly. He remembered that He Yue said he would help him trim his nails today. Now, because of the heavy snow outside blocking deliveries, he had to cook for himself with his injuries.
Shen Yi attributed this sense of loss to the difficult transition from extravagance to frugality in his heart.
He Yue frowned and pondered for a while before suddenly realizing. He had called to question Shen Yi’s behavior of running away while owing debts, which was related to whether he was straight or not?
Staring at the computer screen, he slowly reasoned it out. His laptop wallpaper hadn’t been changed, and he hadn’t touched the chat account avatar he set up in middle school. Besides calling Shen Yi “little cripple,” he was always polite to everyone on the street, regardless of age or gender. As for the game, what could he do if the game only had female characters?
Ignoring whether he was straight or not, didn’t Shen Yi realize how absurd his analysis was? This little liar was talking nonsense! He owed him ten more kisses for this.
He Yue rubbed the armrest of his chair, gritting his teeth. Shen Yi had painted his lips with lipstick to make them shine, and he hadn’t even kissed them once!
He couldn’t go abroad now, but Shen Yi was on vacation early. He would come back eventually, right?
When he caught Shen Yi, he would not only get his kisses, but also exchange them for other activities a few times.
But Shen Yi said he wouldn’t come back and planned to make up for the missed courses there. He Yue politely hung up the phone and asked Shen Yi’s class monitor for Shen Yi’s parents’ phone number.
As he expected, this little cripple didn’t tell his parents about his injury.
He Yue pretended to care about Shen Yi’s injury and asked Shen Yi’s mother how he was recovering. He said he met Shen Yi when he was traveling abroad and felt sorry for his appearance.
Shen Yi’s mother initially thought it was a scam call, asking her to transfer money to a specified account. But as she listened, it sounded more and more real. When He Yue finished speaking and didn’t ask for her bank account, she believed it instantly and immediately called her son.
“Are you on vacation? Come back soon, mom will make soup for you. How can you be alone abroad for a hundred days with a bone injury? What if it leaves sequelae? If your classmate hadn’t called, how long did you plan to hide it from us… Son, why don’t you tell mom about everything anymore…”
Shen Yi had a headache. He couldn’t say, “The person who told you wants to kiss your son.”
“Okay, I’ll buy the ticket tomorrow.” Shen Yi was cautious and didn’t buy a ticket to the nearest airport to his home. Instead, he transferred through several cities to avoid being intercepted by He Yue.
Seizing the opportunity, He Yue also called his parents and asked them to pick him up together, hinting heavily that he had been taking care of Shen Yi since he was injured, which won him a wave of goodwill.
…
Shen Yi limped off the plane and saw his parents waiting together from afar. He was about to speed up, but when he looked around, he saw He Yue standing next to them, pushing a wheelchair. Shen Yi immediately wanted to turn around and board the plane again.
When He Yue saw him, he quickly pushed the wheelchair forward. As the crowd queued to exit, they instinctively made way for the disabled person, allowing Shen Yi to go first.
Amidst the crowd’s gaze, He Yue pressed Shen Yi into the wheelchair. “Let me apologize first. I’m sorry, I intentionally told your parents.”
This preemptive move left Shen Yi speechless.
He Yue took advantage of the opportunity to pinch Shen Yi’s cheek boldly. “I’ve apologized, so you can deduct ten or twenty kisses. The rest is irrelevant.”
“What are you trying to do?” Shen Yi was puzzled. “Aren’t you straight?”
“I am,” He Yue nodded. “But does that have anything to do with me kissing you?”
Shen Yi scratched the leather on the armrest and administered a strong medicine. “It does, because I like men. What you’re doing is practically sexual harassment, you know?”
He Yue stumbled, nearly knocking Shen Yi over. He quickly steadied him, incredulous. “Really? You’re not lying to me? You’ve lied to me so many times, you have no credibility with me.”
“Really. If I’m lying to you…” Shen Yi glanced around, “You can kiss me as you please. My parents are right in front of us. Let’s settle the debt in this way. I won’t evade it.”
He Yue blurted out, “Then be my boyfriend!”
Shen Yi’s back stiffened. This guy was definitely not straight. “No, I don’t like you. You’d be at a loss.”
“He who dares wins,” He Yue, five steps away from Shen Yi’s parents, boldly snatched up their son, “I’m willing. From now on, we’re a couple.”
Returning home was truly walking into the lion’s den. Shen Yi reached back with his cane, not caring which part of He Yue he pinched, he was about to be driven mad by He Yue’s overbearing behavior.
But He Yue didn’t evade. He was only wearing a sweater, deliberately tensing his abs. “What do you think? Solid, right?”
He Yue loved seeing Shen Yi flustered. The flailing claws were like scratching an itch, making him feel comfortable all over.
…
Although He Yue forcefully made Shen Yi his boyfriend, he seemed to have suddenly become enlightened. His words and actions became more honest, and he didn’t mention kissing again. Instead, he behaved like a considerate suitor.
For several days, Shen Yi hadn’t heard He Yue call him “little cripple” from his mouth, and he felt a bit uncomfortable. He suppressed this feeling and steadfastly adhered to the policy of “ignoring” He Yue. He figured He Yue was probably experiencing his first relationship, especially with a guy, and found it novel. But if someone always faced rejection, even a proud person like He Yue would gradually lose interest.
Although He Yue had managed to snatch him as his boyfriend, Shen Yi sometimes felt sorry for him. If He Yue’s romantic interest were a beautiful and interesting girl, his first love should have been sweeter than honey, not encountering obstacles at every turn.
He kept hinting to He Yue about breaking up, but He Yue didn’t take the hint.
One day, He Yue had just finished a difficult professional exam. He hadn’t video called Shen Yi for three days to focus on his studies, and now, feeling confident after the exam, he eagerly wanted to share the news with Shen Yi.
Shen Yi, one hand on his crutch and the other holding his phone, heard He Yue hadn’t failed his exam. He was about to smile, but then remembered he had to keep He Yue hanging and coldly replied, “You still have two more exams. Keep up the good work.”
He Yue: “Can I come see you after I finish all my exams?”
Recently, Shen Yi had been living at home, enjoying his mother’s nutritious soups until his face turned green. He couldn’t help but miss the days when he lived abroad with He Yue, at least then he didn’t have to eat whatever He Yue forced on him.
“Whatever,” Shen Yi said, not wanting to affect He Yue’s exams too much.
“How’s your leg injury?” He Yue asked. “Can you walk yet?”
Before Shen Yi could respond, He Yue continued, “Don’t rush to walk. When I’m on break, I’ll take you to the hospital for rehabilitation. Don’t worry, just use the wheelchair if you need to. Be extra careful when you’re alone at home, and call me if anything happens, even if I’m in the exam room.”
Since they were talking about recuperation, Shen Yi couldn’t help but complain, “I don’t want to drink bone soup anymore.”
“Be good, let’s drink it a bit longer. I’ve been learning how to make soup with a chef recently, and I should be able to master it when the break comes…” He Yue said.
“You weren’t like this before,” Shen Yi didn’t get any sympathy from He Yue, but instead received more soup. Before, He Yue would run out into the snow just to buy him ice cream, even if he only allowed Shen Yi to take one lick.
As soon as the words were out, Shen Yi realized he had said too much. He stammered a few words and hung up the phone.
He Yue looked at the darkened phone, his eyes cooling. The battery was still full, and he had even washed his hands and charged it. Choosing a time that was neither too early nor too late, he called Shen Yi.
Shen Yi was really hard to pursue.
Taking the initiative to become the pursuer, He Yue found that the little cripple wasn’t impressed. Shen Yi preferred pressing him onto the wheelchair directly for a better effect.
Who hadn’t had a relationship before? He cautiously explored a way that suited both of them, avoiding sowing the seeds of trouble for the future. After enduring for two weeks, he didn’t dare to push forward. He knew Shen Yi didn’t like men. At that point in their conversation, He Yue reluctantly settled into the role of a nominal boyfriend.
He didn’t like men either. Couldn’t Shen Yi be like him, only liking him?
…
Sitting at his desk, Shen Yi picked up the English original, and his gaze fell on his quiet phone. He paused, remembering He Yue’s retaking of several math subjects. He took out a blank notebook and summarized the key points for He Yue, referring to the e-books and past papers he found online.
His little niece, a third-year middle school student, came in and asked if he wanted to go out for fruit. Shen Yi shook his head. “You guys go ahead. I have something to do.”
The little niece tiptoed to sneak a peek at what Shen Yi was writing on the paper and asked gossipingly, “Brother, are you writing to your girlfriend?”
“It’s not ‘brother,’ call me… forget it,” Shen Yi didn’t raise his head. “Why do you think it’s for a girlfriend?”
“Because you’re writing so seriously. If it’s for yourself, you wouldn’t mark it so clearly.” The little niece borrowed Shen Yi’s review materials and flipped through them. All she saw were pure formulas. It was nothing like now, where each character’s meaning in Chinese was marked out. It was as if it were for a dummy.
Shen Yi’s pen paused, and he suddenly asked her, “Why does it have to be a girlfriend?”
The little niece pouted, feeling disappointed. “Because the top student in our grade only does this for his dumb girlfriend when he’s tutoring her. He even marks the pinyin for her.”
She sighed like an old adult, “I really hate you top students for having double standards.”
“Don’t call others dumb,” Shen Yi rubbed her hair thoughtfully.
“I won’t. Will you do it for me then?” Shen Yi’s handwriting was like neat print, and he rarely made mistakes in a whole page of homework, making his assignments the most popular among classmates.
“Shen Yi hesitated, ‘I have to give He Yue…'”
The little niece snorted, “I’m neither smart enough nor dumb enough. You have to rely on yourself.”
Shen Yi: “…”
He stared at the desktop, lost in thought, not even noticing the several missed calls on his phone.
…
He Yue emerged from the library and witnessed a breakup scene between a couple, deeply understanding the principle of being a bootlicker until you have nothing left. Every accusation from the guy to the girl felt like a stab to his knee.
No, it was different. Even though Shen Yi hung up on him thirty-six times, he still answered the phone, even if he didn’t say much.
As if to prove something, He Yue immediately called Shen Yi. But he couldn’t get through after fifteen consecutive calls.
“Break up!” the guy couldn’t bear it anymore. “You don’t love me at all.”
The girl, annoyed, felt embarrassed to argue in public and breathed a sigh of relief when the drama finally ended. “Fine, let’s never see each other again.”
He Yue was dumbfounded, feeling that the girl’s face would not look out of place on Shen Yi’s body.
Did they really have to break up?
He Yue set his books aside and sat on the steps in front of the library. He would wait here today. If Shen Yi returned his call… then they wouldn’t break up.
…
At midnight, He Yue stretched his legs and threw two professional books into the trash can.
Who cared about studying? He was done with it.
At the same time, Shen Yi, who had spent the whole night contemplating life on the balcony in the cold wind, slowly turned his wheelchair.
Maybe he really wasn’t straight.
Shen Yi picked up his phone and saw a list of missed calls, roughly fifty or sixty, with a text message at the top.
“Dating men is really not fun at all. I’d rather be single.” It echoed the sentiment of “I won’t let you copy even if you hand in your exam.”
Because he didn’t answer the phone, He Yue was angry?
If it had been yesterday, Shen Yi would probably have been happy. No, Shen Yi argued in his mind, ever since he inexplicably started dating He Yue, he hadn’t been happy whenever he saw this message.
He hastily called He Yue back, but as soon as He Yue saw it was him, he hung up. Eventually, He Yue even blocked his number.
…
He Yue, with red eyes, pulled the blanket over his head and quickly blocked all of Shen Yi’s contact information.
This damn little cripple, he wouldn’t see him for at least… two or three days.
Early the next morning, He Yue received a harassing phone call.
An unfamiliar hoarse male voice immediately confessed to him.
“You’ve got the wrong number,” He Yue said irritably, “Bro, you won’t get a girlfriend if you can’t even remember the right number.”
“Just because I dialed the wrong number, you’re cursing me so early in the morning… you’re just dumped by your girlfriend!”
He Yue was annoyed, “Are you crazy? Dare me? Bring it on. I’ll call someone to beat you up.”
“Don’t you hang up, or else I won’t know if you’re scared.”
He Yue was itching to vent his frustration. The troublemaker had come to him. He jumped straight down from his top bunk, ready to face the challenge.
When he arrived at the meeting point, there was no one to confront. Instead, there was only a little cripple holding a voice changer.
He Yue stared at Shen Yi’s innocent almond eyes from three meters away.
Damn it, he owed him a beating.
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