Gu Jiqing wasn’t quite sure what had happened, but he could sense that something was wrong from the dullness in Zhou Cibai’s eyes when he looked at him.
Zhou Cibai’s brain had actually figured it out, but he was unwilling to believe it deep down. The remark “Stupid Zhou Dagou No. 2” meant that Gu Jiqing might have known that Bai Zhou was his fake identity a long time ago.
Then the drama he had been acting in front of Gu Jiqing, the discussions he had with Gu Jiqing about his emotional state, the complaints he had made to Gu Jiqing every day, and yesterday, when he frantically hinted in front of Gu Jiqing that he needed to release the heat…
Just thinking about it, a feeling of shame and anger jumped from the soles of Zhou Cibai’s feet to his forehead.
He took a deep breath, clutched the phone, looked at Gu Jiqing, and held on to a last glimmer of hope: “Gu Zhizhi, what does Zhou Dagou No. 2 mean?”
“……”
Gu Jiqing, who had just listed several possible situations that might cause Zhou Cibai to become dazed, knew that his “evil-hearted” behaviors had been completely exposed after hearing the word “Number Two.”
He stood there, looked at Zhou Cibai’s unbelievable and hurt eyes, then looked at Zhou Cibai’s eight-pack abs stained with water droplets, then looked at Zhou Cibai’s pajamas that were completely wet with water and could no longer hide any undulation, and finally recalled what he had done recently.
After a brief silence, he quickly determined what might happen next.
His strong desire to not miss the flight and his determination to not want to go home with a body covered in hickeys made Gu Jiqing decide to throw out a sentence “It’s nothing, don’t think too much about it,” within a second, then turned around and walked to his bedroom quickly.
He tried to act as naturally as possible and walk as fast as possible.
However, the next second, the tall and long-legged Zhou Cibai caught up with him in just a few steps, grabbed his waist from behind, lifted him up, turned around, and pressed him onto the sofa: “Gu Zhizhi!”
Gu Jiqing hugged his neck in panic: “What are you doing?”
Zhou Cibai was so angry that he bit him: “You did something bad, and you still want to run away!”
Gu Jiqing kicked him hard: “I didn’t!”
“Then why are you running, you little bastard!”
If Zhou Cibai still had a glimmer of hope before, but the guilty behavior of a certain kitten turning around and trying to run away completely confirmed this crime now.
No wonder Gu Jiqing, who has always been the most considerate, unexpectedly prepared a large table of heat-reducing feast.
No wonder Gu Jiqing, who always knew his limits, agreed to meet Bai Zhou on Valentine’s Day without hesitation.
And it was also no wonder that Gu Jiqing, who had always indulged him in some aspects, suddenly started to feed him only bones every day and didn’t give him meat.
It turned out that a certain mean little cat was deliberately making fun of him.
All of a sudden, all the shame, anger, and frustrated and helpless love he has for Gu Jiqing made Zhou Cibai couldn’t help but hug and start biting Gu Jiqing.
However, all physical struggles were in vain in front of the 1.9-meter-tall, fierce 1, Zhou Cibai. He kept biting and kicking, but Zhou Cibai only became even more excited. In desperation, Gu Jiqing simply hugged Zhou Cibai’s neck, turned his head away, and stopped talking.
As expected, Zhou Cibai immediately noticed that something was wrong with him and quickly stood up, looked down at him, and softly asked, “What’s wrong? Are you unhappy?”
Gu Jiqing lowered his eyelashes, “No.”
“Then why are you suddenly silent?”
Zhou Cibai forgot all the embarrassment and atmosphere for a moment and only cared about Gu Jiqing’s emotions, his voice was low and gentle.
Gu Jiqing just hugged his neck and softly replied, “I was just wondering if we hadn’t met before, if you hadn’t thought I was a girl, and if you hadn’t had a crush on me for so many years, then you wouldn’t like me now, right?”
“What makes you think that?”
Zhou Cibai became anxious.
Gu Jiqing used his usual lazy but distant and gentle tone and casually said, “The first time you did it with me, you were still confessing your love for your goddess during the day and asked me not to bend you. But you did it with me at night, and the next morning you took out your goddess’s photo and looked at it. Wasn’t it because I looked a lot like the goddess in your mind, that’s why you treated me as her stand-in?”
“Of course not!” Zhou Cibai felt pain and anxiety in his heart when he heard the disappointment and unhappiness in Gu Jiqing’s tone.
Gu Jiqing asked, “Then why are you so unwilling to admit that you are Bai Zhou?”
“Because I was just afraid that you would think too much!”
Zhou Cibai didn’t want Gu Jiqing to have any uncertainty or doubt about this relationship, so he ignored his face, dignity, and shame and just looked at Gu Jiqing with an anxious and serious tone.
“At that time, I always thought I was a straight man, but I was inexplicably attracted to you. My face would turn red, and my heart would beat faster because of your words, actions, or just your back view. I would also be very unhappy if you said one more word to someone else or saw someone touch you more.”
“At first, I didn’t know why. I wondered if it was because you looked a lot like my goddess, but when I was having s*x with you, I was very sure it wasn’t the case. I’ve already said that you were the one who was drugged, not me. I was sober, so I’m sure I had s*x with you because I liked you, and the you I liked at the time was the you, as Gu Jiqing.”
“I was also confused later. How could I like two people? And I liked both of you so much too? Was it because you two were so similar? Not only in appearance and the tear mole, but also in your similar temperament and feelings as well. But after I knew that you were her, I understood. I didn’t like you because you looked like her, but because you are you. That’s why I like you.”
“Because you are good, gentle, and kind, independent and strong, lonely and fragile, and you meet my aesthetic standards in every aspect. You have ten thousand characteristics that attract me, and these make you unique. So all these years, I have never been moved by anyone except you, but even without knowing anything, I still fall in love with you at first sight and at second sight.”
“I also believe that no matter how many times I see you, no matter how many identities you have when I see you, whether you are a boy or a girl, whether you like me or not, I will always like you because you are you, so I will fall in love with you again and again, it has nothing to do with anything else.”
“You can be angry with me, you can bully me and tease me, but you must not doubt this; otherwise, Gu Jiqing, I will be very sad.”
Zhou Cibai spoke so anxiously and so confidently, as if he had confirmed all these words in his mind millions of times before he could blurt them out in a hurry, catching Gu Jiqing off guard without any flashy or sophisticated embellishment.
Gu Jiqing had never thought about it so much, nor had he cared so much.
Even when he thought that Zhou Cibai really had a goddess, he just thought that it was a normal experience for a boy in his youth, he didn’t think too much about it.
In his eyes, Zhou Cibai’s clumsy fake identity was just a small trick of the cunning big dog.
So he originally just wanted to tease Zhou Cibai, use Zhou Cibai’s sense of morality to break away from this ashamed big dog, hide back in his room, and escape today’s disaster.
But when all the answers came crashing down on him, he thought of how Zhou Cibai had clumsily put on the fake identity just to protect his sensitive and insecure mind, and he unconsciously hugged the person in front of him tightly.
It turns out that his love was so strong.
From the time they were young and ignorant, when they had no idea what love was, to now, when they have treated each other sincerely, after he exposed all his shortcomings and bad thoughts in front of Zhou Cibai, he has always been firmly loved by Zhou Cibai.
He was so determined that he almost believed that he was worthy of Zhou Cibai’s love.
So this is why those who are favored are always fearless.
Gu Jiqing has never had any preference in his life since he was a child, so he wants to try again without any fear.
He hugged Zhou Cibai, buried his face in his neck, and whispered, “But I don’t like people lying to me.”
“I was wrong. I didn’t mean to lie to you. I just wanted to give you a surprise after hearing you talk about what would happen if we had known each other since middle school. Don’t be angry, or don’t be angry for too long, okay?” Zhou Cibai hugged him, unable to hide the anxiety and worry in his tone.
Gu Jiqing raised the corner of his lips: “Then you even said that I dress up beautifully every day and even added other people on WeChat, and you will be jealous.”
“But I’m just jealous. You’re so pretty and nice, and there are so many people who like you. I always feel that I’m not worthy of you, and you’ve always refused me. I’m worried every day, afraid that you’ll be snatched away. Otherwise, why would I sign an agreement with you and say that I’m your boyfriend in public?”
Besides being anxious, his tone also sounded a little aggrieved.
Gu Jiqing also added, “You even think I’m too thin, do you think I’m uncomfortable when you hug me? I heard that straight men like you like those who have meat.”
“No! You’re so comfortable to hug! You’re so fragrant and soft! I’m just worried about your health! Don’t you always lack the physical strength to keep up?” Zhou Cibai was so anxious to show his loyalty that he accidentally blurted out the truth.
“……”
After a brief silence, Zhou Cibai hurriedly explained, “No! Gu Zhizhi! That’s not what I meant. I didn’t ask you to be less picky about food just for that…”
“I don’t believe you.” Gu Jiqing’s lips were curled up, but his tone was still calm as before. “Unless you finish the heat-reducing feast.”
“Okay, I’ll finish eating. Then please don’t be angry after I finish eating, okay? We won’t see each other for half a month, and I don’t want you to be unhappy before we separate.” Zhou Cibai rubbed Gu Jiqing’s head, as if he would agree to whatever Gu Jiqing said, no matter how excessive it was.
Gu Jiqing really responded: “En, okay, then wait for me, and I’ll feed you.”
“?”
Gu Jiqing feeds him?
Before Zhou Cibai could react, Gu Jiqing had already slowly gotten out of his arms, walked on the carpet to the dining room, poured a cup of chrysanthemum and coptis tea into a wine glass, took a sip himself, and then walked back.
Then he sat astride Zhou Cibai’s legs, facing each other, and leaned over to kiss Zhou Cibai’s lips.
The extremely bitter liquid and the soft touch poured in at the same time. Zhou Cibai frowned slightly because of the bitterness, but he couldn’t bear to give up the tenderness, so he could only accept all the bitterness.
He felt that as long as it was given by Gu Jiqing, he could accept it, no matter how hard it was.
However, just when he was ready to accept more bitterness, a hard strawberry-flavored candy was deftly pushed into his mouth.
As the sweetness grew, Zhou Cibai’s breathing tightened. He pressed Gu Jiqing’s waist with his hands. The sweetness after the extreme bitterness made him forget everything that happened before, and he began to greedily demand the candy between his lips and teeth.
It wasn’t until the candy completely melted and only the sticky smell of strawberries remained in the air that Gu Jiqing withdrew from this pulling battle, lowered his eyes to look at Zhou Cibai, and asked in a low voice, “Eat the bitter first, then the sweet, isn’t it sweeter?”
Zhou Cibai didn’t expect that Gu Jiqing was not only no longer angry with him but would also be so proactive. His ears were red, and he nodded, “En, sweet.”
Gu Jiqing asked softly, “Do you want to try something sweeter?”
Zhou Cibai felt like he was about to explode with excitement. He didn’t dare to look into Gu Jiqing’s eyes. He could only purse his lips and nod again with some anticipation.
Then Gu Jiqing’s lips curled, he pushed him away, and he said, “Then our Bai Zhou gege will have to suffer for a while.”
“?”
Before Zhou Cibai could react to what this meant, Gu Jiqing had already thrown this out with a smile, quickly got off him, and ran to the bedroom barefoot.
He looked like he was going to run away after flirting with him, leaving Zhou Cibai alone to suffer.
Zhou Cibai finally realized that the little liar Gu Jiqing had been acting like him from beginning to end!
“Gu Zhizhi!” Zhou Cibai’s ears instantly turned red when he realized that he was being teased again. He quickly stood up, stretched out his arms, and grabbed Gu Jiqing by the waist, saying angrily, “You’re being a jerk again!”
Gu Jiqing was caught by him, and his shoulders trembled with laughter. “Zhou Cibai, you are this stupid.”
Gu Jiqing still said that he was stupid?!
Zhou Cibai thought of the things Gu Jiqing had deliberately said to him when he was using a fake identity, and then thought of the confessions and apologies that Gu Jiqing had just tricked him into making. His ears were so red that they almost turned into cooked crabs: “Gu Zhizhi! Why are you being this mean now?”
“I learned this from you, Bai Zhou gege.”
“Gu Zhizhi!”
“Or does our brother Bai Zhou gege prefer to be called Gege-chan?”
“You still mention Gege-chan!”
“Then let’s not mention Gege-chan, I’ll just call you didi, en? Didi?”
“Gu Zhizhi! You…”
Zhou Cibai felt that Gu Jiqing had no idea what effect it would have if he called a man “didi” in such a voice and tone with a smile. He couldn’t argue with Gu Jiqing, and he couldn’t bear to be fierce with him either, so he could only lean over and cover Gu Jiqing’s lips in shame and anger.
All of Gu Jiqing’s teasing and joking turned into a weak push in an instant: “Zhou Cibai, you… candy… take the candy away first… Zhou Cibai!”
“Then you can call me Ci ge first.”
“Don’t want, you originally are didi1Didi means younger brother..”
“Then I call you gege?”
“Zhou Cibai!”
“Gege, please stop bullying me, okay?”
“You…”
Who is bullying whom?
Gu Jiqing had never thought that Zhou Cibai, who was such a pure, upright, yet somewhat childish and face-conscious man, when called gege in a cute way, would be this deadly.
But before he could even finish his words, Zhou Cibai’s powerful kiss sealed it all.
Only then did he realize that the sweetness that comes after bitterness can be this sweet—so sweet that he could hardly breathe. He was forced to call out “Ci ge” softly with a hoarse voice in the sticky air that smelled of strawberries.
