【49.】

Both of them were astonished by these words.

“I…” Tang Yanzhi tried to explain, “I mean I regard you as my friend, so I’m serious about whatever you say.”

He nodded and stressed, “I’m straight, definitely straight.”

“I know…” Xu Chi said. His dimples appeared when he smiled, “But I’m not.”

Tang Yanzhi was stunned.

If others said this to him, maybe it had another meaning, such as “I’m not straight. Don’t be so kind to me.” or “I’m not straight. I’m afraid I’ll fall in love with you because of your kindness.” But it was Xu Chi who said it. Judging from Xu Chi’s character, Tang Yanzhi knew Xu Chi only wanted to state the fact.

However, Tang Yanzhi was still stunned by the unexpected straightforwardness of Xu Chi.

“I…”

“What’s wrong?” Xu Chi looked at the vehicle in front of him which began to move ahead slowly, mumbling, “Does it cause you any trouble?”

“No, no, no.” Tang Yanzhi explained in a hurry. “I, I just feel surprised.”

“Surprised?” Xu Chi turned to look at Tang Yanzhi and smiled slowly. “I know you are straight, so I don’t have any special feelings for you. As you said, we are friends. Therefore, I don’t want to deceive you. I know some straight men are homophobia, so I want to tell you in advance. And it’s up to you whether we could continue to be friends.”

Tang Yanzhi really wanted to ask Xu Chi whether he always made friends in this way. As long as he got familiar with someone, he would tell the other about his sexual orientation. He was so frank that it threw Tang Yanzhi for a loss. On the contrary, Tang Yanzhi was far from an honest man.

“No, no, no… I don’t have any rejection for homosexuality.” Tang Yanzhi was sure. “Not at all.”

“That’s good…” Xu Chi made a sigh of relief. “I don’t have too many friends, and I don’t know how to make friends… Although we don’t meet each other quite often, I can feel that you indeed regard me as your friend…”

In fact, what Xu Chi said just now was bullshit. As soon as he heard Tang Yanzhi’s sincere advice to him, which also seemed like a real comfort, Xu Chi was so excited that he told him this secret directly.

After all, he had kept this secret to himself for more than twenty years. And he just blurted it out.

【50.】

With the car slowly moving, Tang Yanzhi put his hands back on the steering wheel. Now, he felt so uncomfortable, his face puckered.

Xu Chi suddenly asked, “What’s the matter?”

“What?”

“Your face…” Xu Chi said, “It wrinkled like a steamed bun.”

“Oh.” Tang Yanzhi was driving and searching for excuses in a hurry. “I was thinking about my writing.”

“What’s the matter with your writing?”

“You must have read them.”

Xu Chi admitted, “Yep.”

Tang Yanzhi asked one of the most popular questions, “How do you like it?”

“It’s pretty good.”

“Do you follow the updates every day?”

“Yes.”

“But you said…” Tang Yanzhi glanced at Xu Chi. “You don’t have the urge to follow sweet stories.”

Sitting in the same position for too long, Xu Chi lazily stretched himself and said, “But yours are different.”

“What does that mean?”

Xu Chi glanced at Tang Yanzhi. “As your friend, of course I should support you.”

That glance from Xu Chi made Tang Yanzhi excited. Accidentally, he stepped on the brake; the car stopped in the front of the green light.

Xu Chi was startled. “What happened?”

“It’s okay. It’s okay. I slipped.”

“…”

【51.】

Tingting: @Shortie Have you gotten home now?

Xu Chi: Yes. A friend took me home.

Tingting: A Friend? A man?

Xu Chi: Yes.

Tingting: Wow… He’s so kind to you. He would even send you home.

Xu Chi: Yes. I thought he was giving me a lift on his way home. But I didn’t expect that I live in the west of the city, while he lives in the east.

Tingting: ?

Tingting: Crying… Oh, why couldn’t I have such a friend?

Xu Chi: …

Xu Chi: Sooner or later you will have one?

Tangtang: My dear Shortie, what are you doing? I miss you badly, kiss kiss kiss.

Tingting: ?

Tingting: Disgusting!!!

Xu Chi: …

Tingting: Being a sucker means you will end up being a loser.

Xu Chi: …

Tangtang: Are you home yet? Did you have dinner? It seems there are large amounts of people in City A today.

Tang Yanzhi (OS): I pretended so hard that I almost believed it myself.

Xu Chi: Yes. I just finished dinner.

Tangtang: Will you live broadcasting tonight? You haven’t done that for a long time. I want to see you play Famine.

Xu Chi: ?

Tingting: Are you kidding? You want to see Shortie play Famine?!! He really sucks, and I want to take his mouse and keyboard to help him.

Tingting withdrew a message.

Xu Chi: …

Tangtang: [Link]

Tangtang: Here is a guidance for passing through all levels in Famine. Shortie, after reading it, you won’t be killed so soon.

Tingting: I’m here.

Tingting: Which game are you talking about?

Tingting: Do you mind telling me?

Tingting: I want to join you.

Tangtang: Nikki Up, Onmyoji, The King of Glory.

Xu Chi: Stitch, Hyakkiyakou.

Tangtang: Chu Liuxiang.

Xu Chi: Justice Online.

Tangtang: Fluctuating Girl.

Xu Chi: Action Kamen.

Tingting: ?

Tingting: ????????

Tingting: ???????????

Tingting: I just found the update of Guinea Pig’s Pillow Talk had finished! What happened?????

Xu Chi: ???

Xu Chi immediately opened the X website, Pillow Talk was ranked top 1 on the popularity list. He clicked in it and read those comments roughly. His readers were all surprised that the book was finished. Thinking for a while, he opened Guinea Pig’s Weibo account.

Guinea Pig: Pillow Talk. The End.

No.1 Fan: ??

No.2 Fan: The end???

No.3 Fan: How come?

No.4 Fan: That’s it? Suddenly!!! I haven’t been ready for it yet!!!

No.5 Fan: Ah, Piggy! Why would you suddenly post all of your chapters? Crying. Now I have no stories to follow!!!

No.6 Fan: What’s wrong with you guys? Before, Piggy updated once every day, while you cried for more updates. While, now you are not satisfied with him posting all of the stories? What do you really want?

No. 7 Fan: Piggy… Why do you suddenly want to end it? You don’t have such a habit in writing other stories…

Guinea Pig replied to No. 7 Fan: To meet the needs of readers.

This answer caused a heated discussion among the fans, who complimented Guinea Pig without stop, such as “Piggy is so sweet”, “Being Piggy’s fans is so happy” and so on. Xu Chi closed the page of Weibo and turned to WeChat.

Xu Chi: Why did you end Pillow Talk?

Tang Yanzhi: Huh?

Tang Yanzhi: I don’t want you to be so tired following it. So I ended it.

Xu Chi: ?

Xu Chi: …

Xu Chi: So considerate?

Tang Yanzhi: Yes.

Tang Yanzhi: Also I am afraid you’ll be bored with the story and stop following it one day. I end it if before it becomes a problem.

Xu Chi: ?

Xu Chi: I won’t. Your writing is so good. I’ll follow it for sure. I said I’ll support you.

Tang Yanzhi: What if there is a better sweet story, which takes away your attention to me one day? What should I do then?

Xu Chi: ?

Xu Chi: Is that so severe?

Tang Yanzhi: Quite severe!

Xu Chi: I read little sweet stories. If I hadn’t known you… I wouldn’t have read sweet stories…

Tang Yanzhi: [I can get you back if others like you, but what if you like others.jpg]

Xu Chi: …

Xu Chi: It may not happen in a short term.

Xu Chi: [Take it easy.jpg]

Looking at this reply from Xu Chi, Tang Yanzhi could not help sighing that Cutie Chi was so gullible.