Chapter 72.1
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With a “snap”, Fu Yuanzhou’s chess piece landed on the chessboard.
At first he was in a daze, thinking that he had heard it wrong, but when Ran Shutang repeated it, he was finally sure that he had heard it right. Ran Shutang really said that he wanted to date him, and he showed a look of horror: “You have gone crazy?”
“I’m serious.” Ran Shutang said.
“Damn, don’t disgust me.”
Fu Yuanzhou’s goosebumps came up, he really started to admire Ran Shutang, this was really a ruthless person, obviously the two of them hated each other, but in order to make up to him, this person even spoke out such ruthless words.
“I told you before,” he said earnestly, “we are all men, you don’t have to be responsible to me, to be honest, I don’t think you are wrong, we all make mistakes, at most I am at more of a disadvantage, but what you did these days is enough to compensate me, I forgive you, can you stop abusing yourself like this?”
Seeing that Ran Shutang’s expression that remained unchanged, he wanted to continue talking, but what Ran Shutang said next shocked him so much that he forgot what he was going to say.
“It’s not just for taking responsibility or apologizing.” Ran Shutang said, “I like you.”
“…”
Fu Yuanzhou was stunned.
Ran Shutang was really crazy, to be responsible, he was even willing to pull out such a lie?!
He forgot to make a sound for a while, but Ran Shutang was still saying: “I have liked you for a long time. You think I hate you, but I don’t. I have never hated you. I have always liked you all these years. Entering No. 1 Middle School, skipping a grade, and staying in this city to go to college was all because of you, to be closer to you.”
“Stop it, stop it…”
Fu Yuanzhou felt dizzy and waved his hands repeatedly to stop Ran Shutang from continuing. Otherwise, he would need a ventilator soon.
This was so absurd, it seemed like he was dreaming, but his feet was still hurting, which meant he was awake, that meant wither Ran Shutang was sleepwalking and talking in his sleep, or had some tricky plan and there was a hidden camera shooting them.
Thinking this way made Fu Yuanzhou feel better. He felt that he could no longer be led by the nose by Ran Shutang, so he tentatively asked, “Are you serious? You are real…” When he said this word, he almost bit his tongue, “Like me?”
Ran Shutang nodded slightly, his ears were red, and even his whole face was covered with a faint blush. Compared to his usual cold and indifferent appearance, it was like two different people.
“…”
Fu Yuanzhou was stunned.
Because he found out that this might not be a prank show, and Ran Shutang meant it for real.
The unthinkable happened like this. The rival who hated him in the past suddenly said that the past was all a misunderstanding. In fact, he had a crush on him for a long time. After sleeping with him, he finally couldn’t hide his feelings and proposed to date him.
“You… you go first, let me take it easy.”
Fu Yuanzhou’s blood pressure soared, his head was dizzy, and he lowered his eyes while holding his forehead, not looking at Ran Shutang, he waved to him: “I need to be quiet by myself.”
No one could accept this kind of thing for a while, and Ran Shutang seemed to understand, so he said goodbye to him, and left quietly, leaving Fu Yuanzhou to think wildly.
The first time he heard Ran Shutang’s confession, Fu Yuanzhou’s mind was in a mess, he felt very surprised, very weird, and even a little confused – one of the main reasons why he hated Ran Shutang was because he thought Ran Shutang also hated him, but now he suddenly got to know that there was no such thing at all, it was like adding weight to a stable balance, the original balance was instantly disrupted, making his heart sway from side to side.
Yes, he clearly remembered that he started hating Ran Shutang because Ran Shutang hated him, but why did Ran Shutang suddenly tell him that he didn’t actually hate him?
This was the most incomprehensible thing for Fu Yuanzhou. Although he couldn’t remember things clearly, the beginning was not wrong. After all, he couldn’t hate someone for no reason. He tried to think about it for a long time, and finally remembered why. It was the opening ceremony.
At the opening ceremony, freshmen in the first year of high school were forced to listen to the principal’s speech in the auditorium. At that time, the students were still very unfamiliar with each other, and Fu Yuanzhou and Ran Shutang happened to be sitting next to each other.
He took the initiative to strike up a conversation with Ran Shutang, but Ran Shutang ignored him, and his attitude was cold, and he didn’t even look at him. After the principal finished his speech, Ran Shutang went up to speak. It was then he got to know that he was the student representative of the new high school.
Fu Yuanzhou got angry at the time, thinking that Ran Shutang was really good at pretending, and the freshman representative was so amazing that he didn’t even want to bother to say a word to him?
After the ceremony got over and everyone went back to their classes, Fu Yuanzhou saw that Ran Shutang was talking normally with others, but he didn’t meet even his eyes, seeing this his lungs were about to explode-it turned out that Ran Shutang was not arrogant, he was just targeting him!
Even if Ran Shutang wanted to talk to him later, Fu Yuanzhou ignored him and left after pushing him away. Since then, he and Ran Shutang had formed a hateful relationship, no matter what they did, they would fight against each other, so the hatred between them got deeper and deeper.
Ran Shutang and Xie Lin were a bit alike, both belonged to the category of calm top students, children of other people’s families, but in Fu Yuanzhou’s view, Xie Lin was a calm and rational male god, while Ran Shutang was just putting on airs, if he really hated a person, then whatever he did was wrong, even if it was mostly unwarranted anger.
If you really wanted to say what Ran Shutang did to make Fu Yuanzhou gnash his teeth with hatred, there were very few things, in fact it was only two times in three years of high school. One time was the opening ceremony, and the other time was when a girl fainted. He wanted to carry her to the infirmary without saying a word but was stopped by Ran Shutang who helped the girl away.
Although Fu Yuanzhou thought that as long as the girl was okay, no matter who sent her to the infirmary, it would be fine, but why did Ran Shutang jump out halfway? It was completely deliberate to steal his limelight.
He was quite angry because of this, but thinking about it now, could it be that Ran Shutang was jealous and wanted to stop him because he didn’t want him to carry that girl?
This was all in the freshman year of high school, so when did Ran Shutang start to like him?
Fu Yuanzhou muttered in his heart, and suddenly remembered that Ran Shutang said just now that he skipped a grade because of him. Did he like him from before high school? So long?
When did they meet, and what kind of intersection did they have before? If he liked him before entering high school, why did Ran Shutang treat him with that attitude at the opening ceremony?
Fu Yuanzhou had a lot of questions, he was very curious, but it was too strange to ask Ran Shutang directly, it was best to bury this matter and never bring it up again.
Ran Shutang sent him a WeChat message: “Can I come to your place tonight? Make you dinner.”
“No need.” Fu Yuanzhou flatly refused. Before, he thought Ran Shutang just wanted to apologize, so he agreed, but now he said, “I’ll order takeaway, I can almost go downstairs.”
“Okay.”
Ran Shutang replied, and after a while, he said again: “I’m sorry.”
“…”
Seeing him apologizing to himself, Fu Yuanzhou felt complicated. If he hadn’t believed in Ran Shutang’s character, he might have wondered if it was Ran Shutang’s conspiracy because of which they rolled together in bed that night – the person who he had a crush on for a long time was drunk, and so he took advantage of this opportunity to abduct him into bed, as was always the case in TV dramas.
But even if he didn’t know Ran Shutang, this assumption was not valid at all. He was drunk, but after drinking, he still had a fragment of consciousness, he had woken up after being helped to the hotel room, so he was not completely ignorant of what he did.
Although he was quite surprised at the time why it was Ran Shutang who helped him in, but now he could understand that if the person he liked was drunk, he would definitely worry about others taking him away.
Recalling this, Fu Yuanzhou wanted to strangle himself even more. He knew what he was doing when he was drunk, but he couldn’t control himself. …and set himself on fire.
Fu Yuanzhou rubbed his sore waist, regretted deeply for a few seconds, and suddenly thought that if this accident hadn’t happened, was Ran Shutang never planning to confess his love?
Damn, did he want to do this? Fu Yuanzhou was shocked. It was all because of him that he skipped a grade and got into No. 1 Middle School. After doing all these things, he still dared not confess?
Why did he say sorry to him now… Although he was quite shocked but the confession was not a bad thing, what was there to say sorry for? Could it be because Ran Shutang felt that he hated him, and the confession would make him feel disgusted, so he wanted to say sorry?
Fu Yuanzhou suddenly felt guilty. He said it was disgusting at first, but he didn’t mean it that way. He thought Ran Shutang wanted to be responsible for him, even if they hated each other, he was being disgusting to himself. He was not the kind of person who just ruined other people’s lives. Besides he didn’t seem to dislike Ran Shutang’s confession… Even if he was a man, he was still his former rival.
Now that he thought about it, he hated Ran Shutang in the past, he really did. Wasn’t Ran Shutang who was hated by his crush for several years, too pitiful?… The more Fu Yuanzhou thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became, and he replied to Ran Shutang, “Since when did you start liking me?”
He asked this impulsively, but he regretted it as soon as he sent it out. It was nothing to ask, and he quickly chose to withdraw, but Ran Shutang had already seen it.
“Ten years ago,” he replied.
Ten years? Fu Yuanzhou was shocked again. Ten years ago… They were still in primary school, and Ran Shutang knew him then? When did they deal with each other? Could it be that he was in the same elementary school as him, his junior?
Ran Shutang said again: “You don’t remember, we met ten years ago, in a chess match, we were opponents at that time.”
When he said this, Fu Yuanzhou had some impression, he had participated in a chess competition when he was young. At that time, it was to compete with Xie Lin, but unexpectedly they were divided into two age groups. Later, he developed a high fever and was forced to withdraw from the competition.
At that time, he met a boy who was younger than him and had a good chat with him… Could this boy be Ran Shutang?
Now Fu Yuanzhou finally understood why when he asked Ran Shutang before if he could play chess, Ran Shutang’s expression was very strange, wasn’t it natural…
Ran Shutang said: “We made an appointment to meet at that time, I waited for you for a day, but you didn’t come.”
Fu Yuanzhou felt even more sorry for him, and immediately apologized to him: “I’m sorry, I had a high fever and was in a daze, and I don’t remember anything… I’m really sorry.”
There was no reply to the message for a short time. After a while, Ran Shutang said, “Can I go over and talk to you face to face?”
“I’ll be there in about an hour.”
That’s how Ran Shutang replied to him. He came on time and brought a lot of ingredients. He didn’t talk right away. He made dinner for Fu Yuanzhou as usual, and the dishes were placed on the table one by one. On the way, Fu Yuanzhou couldn’t help asking.
“How do you know which dishes I like to eat?”
Today was not the first time. These days Ran Shutang cooked all his favorite dishes. He had already noticed it, but he didn’t specifically mention it to Ran Shutang.
“I paid attention when you chatted with others.” Ran Shutang said.
Fu Yuanzhou held the tip of his chopsticks in his mouth, and the food he swallowed was suddenly not so delicious. Ran Shutang’s tone was quite flat, but it had to have a lot of sadness in it, and how much he had to like him, so that he would still not change his mind after several years, and he even remembered all his casual chats with others in his heart…
“Why didn’t you tell me.” He whispered, “What happened when I was young, and that you liked me. For three years in high school, you didn’t say a single word. Never mentioned it.”
Ran Shutang pursed his lips: “You hated me so much, how could I tell you?”
“Was it not because you first showed that you hated me.” Fu Yuanzhou refused to accept it and brought up the speech at the opening ceremony. The more he talked about it, the more depressed he became, and finally concluded, “You were targeting me.”
“I was not targeting you, I… I was too nervous. After reuniting with you, I was nervous about every word I said to you. Later, I wanted to make up for it, but you had already started ignoring me, I don’t hate you.”
Ran Shutang showed rare anxiety, and explained to Fu Yuanzhou, halfway through the speech, his face turned red, and he lowered his eyes, obviously revealing his heart made him very shy.
Fu Yuanzhou’s eyes widened. The misunderstanding was too big. He was not a detective, so how could he have expected such twists and turns: “I thought you looked down on me.”
“No.” Ran Shutang raised his face, his gaze looking firm, “Since ten years ago, you have been the person I hope to chase after, and you have been the only one until now.”
“Cough…let’s eat.”
Fu Yuanzhou’s expression was unnatural, and he bowed his head shyly into the rice in his bowl.
After eating, they chatted again. Fu Yuanzhou meant that maybe they could turn enemies into friends in the future, but they should avoid dating. He never considered falling in love with men but Ran Shutang didn’t back down because he felt that what happened that night, in the end, was still an explanation. Later, when it was too late, Ran Shutang left first, but there was no result in the end.
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With a “snap”, Fu Yuanzhou’s chess piece landed on the chessboard.
At first he was in a daze, thinking that he had heard it wrong, but when Ran Shutang repeated it, he was finally sure that he had heard it right. Ran Shutang really said that he wanted to date him, and he showed a look of horror: “You have gone crazy?”
“I’m serious.” Ran Shutang said.
“Damn, don’t disgust me.”
Fu Yuanzhou’s goosebumps came up, he really started to admire Ran Shutang, this was really a ruthless person, obviously the two of them hated each other, but in order to make up to him, this person even spoke out such ruthless words.
“I told you before,” he said earnestly, “we are all men, you don’t have to be responsible to me, to be honest, I don’t think you are wrong, we all make mistakes, at most I am at more of a disadvantage, but what you did these days is enough to compensate me, I forgive you, can you stop abusing yourself like this?”
Seeing that Ran Shutang’s expression that remained unchanged, he wanted to continue talking, but what Ran Shutang said next shocked him so much that he forgot what he was going to say.
“It’s not just for taking responsibility or apologizing.” Ran Shutang said, “I like you.”
“…”
Fu Yuanzhou was stunned.
Ran Shutang was really crazy, to be responsible, he was even willing to pull out such a lie?!
He forgot to make a sound for a while, but Ran Shutang was still saying: “I have liked you for a long time. You think I hate you, but I don’t. I have never hated you. I have always liked you all these years. Entering No. 1 Middle School, skipping a grade, and staying in this city to go to college was all because of you, to be closer to you.”
“Stop it, stop it…”
Fu Yuanzhou felt dizzy and waved his hands repeatedly to stop Ran Shutang from continuing. Otherwise, he would need a ventilator soon.
This was so absurd, it seemed like he was dreaming, but his feet was still hurting, which meant he was awake, that meant wither Ran Shutang was sleepwalking and talking in his sleep, or had some tricky plan and there was a hidden camera shooting them.
Thinking this way made Fu Yuanzhou feel better. He felt that he could no longer be led by the nose by Ran Shutang, so he tentatively asked, “Are you serious? You are real…” When he said this word, he almost bit his tongue, “Like me?”
Ran Shutang nodded slightly, his ears were red, and even his whole face was covered with a faint blush. Compared to his usual cold and indifferent appearance, it was like two different people.
“…”
Fu Yuanzhou was stunned.
Because he found out that this might not be a prank show, and Ran Shutang meant it for real.
The unthinkable happened like this. The rival who hated him in the past suddenly said that the past was all a misunderstanding. In fact, he had a crush on him for a long time. After sleeping with him, he finally couldn’t hide his feelings and proposed to date him.
“You… you go first, let me take it easy.”
Fu Yuanzhou’s blood pressure soared, his head was dizzy, and he lowered his eyes while holding his forehead, not looking at Ran Shutang, he waved to him: “I need to be quiet by myself.”
No one could accept this kind of thing for a while, and Ran Shutang seemed to understand, so he said goodbye to him, and left quietly, leaving Fu Yuanzhou to think wildly.
The first time he heard Ran Shutang’s confession, Fu Yuanzhou’s mind was in a mess, he felt very surprised, very weird, and even a little confused – one of the main reasons why he hated Ran Shutang was because he thought Ran Shutang also hated him, but now he suddenly got to know that there was no such thing at all, it was like adding weight to a stable balance, the original balance was instantly disrupted, making his heart sway from side to side.
Yes, he clearly remembered that he started hating Ran Shutang because Ran Shutang hated him, but why did Ran Shutang suddenly tell him that he didn’t actually hate him?
This was the most incomprehensible thing for Fu Yuanzhou. Although he couldn’t remember things clearly, the beginning was not wrong. After all, he couldn’t hate someone for no reason. He tried to think about it for a long time, and finally remembered why. It was the opening ceremony.
At the opening ceremony, freshmen in the first year of high school were forced to listen to the principal’s speech in the auditorium. At that time, the students were still very unfamiliar with each other, and Fu Yuanzhou and Ran Shutang happened to be sitting next to each other.
He took the initiative to strike up a conversation with Ran Shutang, but Ran Shutang ignored him, and his attitude was cold, and he didn’t even look at him. After the principal finished his speech, Ran Shutang went up to speak. It was then he got to know that he was the student representative of the new high school.
Fu Yuanzhou got angry at the time, thinking that Ran Shutang was really good at pretending, and the freshman representative was so amazing that he didn’t even want to bother to say a word to him?
After the ceremony got over and everyone went back to their classes, Fu Yuanzhou saw that Ran Shutang was talking normally with others, but he didn’t meet even his eyes, seeing this his lungs were about to explode-it turned out that Ran Shutang was not arrogant, he was just targeting him!
Even if Ran Shutang wanted to talk to him later, Fu Yuanzhou ignored him and left after pushing him away. Since then, he and Ran Shutang had formed a hateful relationship, no matter what they did, they would fight against each other, so the hatred between them got deeper and deeper.
Ran Shutang and Xie Lin were a bit alike, both belonged to the category of calm top students, children of other people’s families, but in Fu Yuanzhou’s view, Xie Lin was a calm and rational male god, while Ran Shutang was just putting on airs, if he really hated a person, then whatever he did was wrong, even if it was mostly unwarranted anger.
If you really wanted to say what Ran Shutang did to make Fu Yuanzhou gnash his teeth with hatred, there were very few things, in fact it was only two times in three years of high school. One time was the opening ceremony, and the other time was when a girl fainted. He wanted to carry her to the infirmary without saying a word but was stopped by Ran Shutang who helped the girl away.
Although Fu Yuanzhou thought that as long as the girl was okay, no matter who sent her to the infirmary, it would be fine, but why did Ran Shutang jump out halfway? It was completely deliberate to steal his limelight.
He was quite angry because of this, but thinking about it now, could it be that Ran Shutang was jealous and wanted to stop him because he didn’t want him to carry that girl?
This was all in the freshman year of high school, so when did Ran Shutang start to like him?
Fu Yuanzhou muttered in his heart, and suddenly remembered that Ran Shutang said just now that he skipped a grade because of him. Did he like him from before high school? So long?
When did they meet, and what kind of intersection did they have before? If he liked him before entering high school, why did Ran Shutang treat him with that attitude at the opening ceremony?
Fu Yuanzhou had a lot of questions, he was very curious, but it was too strange to ask Ran Shutang directly, it was best to bury this matter and never bring it up again.
Ran Shutang sent him a WeChat message: “Can I come to your place tonight? Make you dinner.”
“No need.” Fu Yuanzhou flatly refused. Before, he thought Ran Shutang just wanted to apologize, so he agreed, but now he said, “I’ll order takeaway, I can almost go downstairs.”
“Okay.”
Ran Shutang replied, and after a while, he said again: “I’m sorry.”
“…”
Seeing him apologizing to himself, Fu Yuanzhou felt complicated. If he hadn’t believed in Ran Shutang’s character, he might have wondered if it was Ran Shutang’s conspiracy because of which they rolled together in bed that night – the person who he had a crush on for a long time was drunk, and so he took advantage of this opportunity to abduct him into bed, as was always the case in TV dramas.
But even if he didn’t know Ran Shutang, this assumption was not valid at all. He was drunk, but after drinking, he still had a fragment of consciousness, he had woken up after being helped to the hotel room, so he was not completely ignorant of what he did.
Although he was quite surprised at the time why it was Ran Shutang who helped him in, but now he could understand that if the person he liked was drunk, he would definitely worry about others taking him away.
Recalling this, Fu Yuanzhou wanted to strangle himself even more. He knew what he was doing when he was drunk, but he couldn’t control himself. …and set himself on fire.
Fu Yuanzhou rubbed his sore waist, regretted deeply for a few seconds, and suddenly thought that if this accident hadn’t happened, was Ran Shutang never planning to confess his love?
Damn, did he want to do this? Fu Yuanzhou was shocked. It was all because of him that he skipped a grade and got into No. 1 Middle School. After doing all these things, he still dared not confess?
Why did he say sorry to him now… Although he was quite shocked but the confession was not a bad thing, what was there to say sorry for? Could it be because Ran Shutang felt that he hated him, and the confession would make him feel disgusted, so he wanted to say sorry?
Fu Yuanzhou suddenly felt guilty. He said it was disgusting at first, but he didn’t mean it that way. He thought Ran Shutang wanted to be responsible for him, even if they hated each other, he was being disgusting to himself. He was not the kind of person who just ruined other people’s lives. Besides he didn’t seem to dislike Ran Shutang’s confession… Even if he was a man, he was still his former rival.
Now that he thought about it, he hated Ran Shutang in the past, he really did. Wasn’t Ran Shutang who was hated by his crush for several years, too pitiful?… The more Fu Yuanzhou thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became, and he replied to Ran Shutang, “Since when did you start liking me?”
He asked this impulsively, but he regretted it as soon as he sent it out. It was nothing to ask, and he quickly chose to withdraw, but Ran Shutang had already seen it.
“Ten years ago,” he replied.
Ten years? Fu Yuanzhou was shocked again. Ten years ago… They were still in primary school, and Ran Shutang knew him then? When did they deal with each other? Could it be that he was in the same elementary school as him, his junior?
Ran Shutang said again: “You don’t remember, we met ten years ago, in a chess match, we were opponents at that time.”
When he said this, Fu Yuanzhou had some impression, he had participated in a chess competition when he was young. At that time, it was to compete with Xie Lin, but unexpectedly they were divided into two age groups. Later, he developed a high fever and was forced to withdraw from the competition.
At that time, he met a boy who was younger than him and had a good chat with him… Could this boy be Ran Shutang?
Now Fu Yuanzhou finally understood why when he asked Ran Shutang before if he could play chess, Ran Shutang’s expression was very strange, wasn’t it natural…
Ran Shutang said: “We made an appointment to meet at that time, I waited for you for a day, but you didn’t come.”
Fu Yuanzhou felt even more sorry for him, and immediately apologized to him: “I’m sorry, I had a high fever and was in a daze, and I don’t remember anything… I’m really sorry.”
There was no reply to the message for a short time. After a while, Ran Shutang said, “Can I go over and talk to you face to face?”
“I’ll be there in about an hour.”
That’s how Ran Shutang replied to him. He came on time and brought a lot of ingredients. He didn’t talk right away. He made dinner for Fu Yuanzhou as usual, and the dishes were placed on the table one by one. On the way, Fu Yuanzhou couldn’t help asking.
“How do you know which dishes I like to eat?”
Today was not the first time. These days Ran Shutang cooked all his favorite dishes. He had already noticed it, but he didn’t specifically mention it to Ran Shutang.
“I paid attention when you chatted with others.” Ran Shutang said.
Fu Yuanzhou held the tip of his chopsticks in his mouth, and the food he swallowed was suddenly not so delicious. Ran Shutang’s tone was quite flat, but it had to have a lot of sadness in it, and how much he had to like him, so that he would still not change his mind after several years, and he even remembered all his casual chats with others in his heart…
“Why didn’t you tell me.” He whispered, “What happened when I was young, and that you liked me. For three years in high school, you didn’t say a single word. Never mentioned it.”
Ran Shutang pursed his lips: “You hated me so much, how could I tell you?”
“Was it not because you first showed that you hated me.” Fu Yuanzhou refused to accept it and brought up the speech at the opening ceremony. The more he talked about it, the more depressed he became, and finally concluded, “You were targeting me.”
“I was not targeting you, I… I was too nervous. After reuniting with you, I was nervous about every word I said to you. Later, I wanted to make up for it, but you had already started ignoring me, I don’t hate you.”
Ran Shutang showed rare anxiety, and explained to Fu Yuanzhou, halfway through the speech, his face turned red, and he lowered his eyes, obviously revealing his heart made him very shy.
Fu Yuanzhou’s eyes widened. The misunderstanding was too big. He was not a detective, so how could he have expected such twists and turns: “I thought you looked down on me.”
“No.” Ran Shutang raised his face, his gaze looking firm, “Since ten years ago, you have been the person I hope to chase after, and you have been the only one until now.”
“Cough…let’s eat.”
Fu Yuanzhou’s expression was unnatural, and he bowed his head shyly into the rice in his bowl.
After eating, they chatted again. Fu Yuanzhou meant that maybe they could turn enemies into friends in the future, but they should avoid dating. He never considered falling in love with men but Ran Shutang didn’t back down because he felt that what happened that night, in the end, was still an explanation. Later, when it was too late, Ran Shutang left first, but there was no result in the end.
With a snap, Fu Yuanzhou's chess piece landed on the chessboard.At first he was in a daze, thinking that he had heard it wrong, but when Ran Shutang repeated it, he was finally sure that he had heard it right. Ran Shutang really said that he wanted to date him, and he showed a look of horror: You have gone crazy?I'm serious. Ran Shutang said.Damn, don't disgust me.Fu Yuanzhou's goosebumps came up, he really started to admire Ran Shutang, this was really a ruthless person, obviously the two of them hated each other, but in order to make up to him, this person even spoke out such ruthless words.I told you before, he said earnestly, we are all men, you don't have to be responsible to me, to be honest, I don't think you are wrong, we all make mistakes, at most I am at more of a disadvantage, but what you did these days is enough to compensate me, I forgive you, can you stop abusing yourself like this?Seeing that Ran Shutang's expression that remained unchanged, he wanted to continue talking, but what Ran Shutang said next shocked him so much that he forgot what he was going to say.It's not just for taking responsibility or apologizing. Ran Shutang said, I like you.Fu Yuanzhou was stunned.Ran Shutang was really crazy, to be responsible, he was even willing to pull out such a lie?!He forgot to make a sound for a while, but Ran Shutang was still saying: I have liked you for a long time. You think I hate you, but I don't. I have never hated you. I have always liked you all these years. Entering No. 1 Middle School, skipping a grade, and staying in this city to go to college was all because of you, to be closer to you.Stop it, stop itFu Yuanzhou felt dizzy and waved his hands repeatedly to stop Ran Shutang from continuing. Otherwise, he would need a ventilator soon.This was so absurd, it seemed like he was dreaming, but his feet was still hurting, which meant he was awake, that meant wither Ran Shutang was sleepwalking and talking in his sleep, or had some tricky plan and there was a hidden camera shooting them.Thinking this way made Fu Yuanzhou feel better. He felt that he could no longer be led by the nose by Ran Shutang, so he tentatively asked, Are you serious? You are real When he said this word, he almost bit his tongue, Like me?Ran Shutang nodded slightly, his ears were red, and even his whole face was covered with a faint blush. Compared to his usual cold and indifferent appearance, it was like two different people.Fu Yuanzhou was stunned.Because he found out that this might not be a prank show, and Ran Shutang meant it for real.The unthinkable happened like this. The rival who hated him in the past suddenly said that the past was all a misunderstanding. In fact, he had a crush on him for a long time. After sleeping with him, he finally couldn't hide his feelings and proposed to date him.You you go first, let me take it easy.Fu Yuanzhou's blood pressure soared, his head was dizzy, and he lowered his eyes while holding his forehead, not looking at Ran Shutang, he waved to him: I need to be quiet by myself.No one could accept this kind of thing for a while, and Ran Shutang seemed to understand, so he said goodbye to him, and left quietly, leaving Fu Yuanzhou to think wildly.The first time he heard Ran Shutang's confession, Fu Yuanzhou's mind was in a mess, he felt very surprised, very weird, and even a little confused one of the main reasons why he hated Ran Shutang was because he thought Ran Shutang also hated him, but now he suddenly got to know that there was no such thing at all, it was like adding weight to a stable balance, the original balance was instantly disrupted, making his heart sway from side to side.Yes, he clearly remembered that he started hating Ran Shutang because Ran Shutang hated him, but why did Ran Shutang suddenly tell him that he didn't actually hate him?This was the most incomprehensible thing for Fu Yuanzhou. Although he couldn't remember things clearly, the beginning was not wrong. After all, he couldn't hate someone for no reason. He tried to think about it for a long time, and finally remembered why. It was the opening ceremony.At the opening ceremony, freshmen in the first year of high school were forced to listen to the principal's speech in the auditorium. At that time, the students were still very unfamiliar with each other, and Fu Yuanzhou and Ran Shutang happened to be sitting next to each other.He took the initiative to strike up a conversation with Ran Shutang, but Ran Shutang ignored him, and his attitude was cold, and he didn't even look at him. After the principal finished his speech, Ran Shutang went up to speak. It was then he got to know that he was the student representative of the new high school.Fu Yuanzhou got angry at the time, thinking that Ran Shutang was really good at pretending, and the freshman representative was so amazing that he didn't even want to bother to say a word to him?After the ceremony got over and everyone went back to their classes, Fu Yuanzhou saw that Ran Shutang was talking normally with others, but he didn't meet even his eyes, seeing this his lungs were about to explode-it turned out that Ran Shutang was not arrogant, he was just targeting him!Even if Ran Shutang wanted to talk to him later, Fu Yuanzhou ignored him and left after pushing him away. Since then, he and Ran Shutang had formed a hateful relationship, no matter what they did, they would fight against each other, so the hatred between them got deeper and deeper.Ran Shutang and Xie Lin were a bit alike, both belonged to the category of calm top students, children of other people's families, but in Fu Yuanzhou's view, Xie Lin was a calm and rational male god, while Ran Shutang was just putting on airs, if he really hated a person, then whatever he did was wrong, even if it was mostly unwarranted anger.If you really wanted to say what Ran Shutang did to make Fu Yuanzhou gnash his teeth with hatred, there were very few things, in fact it was only two times in three years of high school. One time was the opening ceremony, and the other time was when a girl fainted. He wanted to carry her to the infirmary without saying a word but was stopped by Ran Shutang who helped the girl away.Although Fu Yuanzhou thought that as long as the girl was okay, no matter who sent her to the infirmary, it would be fine, but why did Ran Shutang jump out halfway? It was completely deliberate to steal his limelight.He was quite angry because of this, but thinking about it now, could it be that Ran Shutang was jealous and wanted to stop him because he didn't want him to carry that girl?This was all in the freshman year of high school, so when did Ran Shutang start to like him?Fu Yuanzhou muttered in his heart, and suddenly remembered that Ran Shutang said just now that he skipped a grade because of him. Did he like him from before high school? So long?When did they meet, and what kind of intersection did they have before? If he liked him before entering high school, why did Ran Shutang treat him with that attitude at the opening ceremony?Fu Yuanzhou had a lot of questions, he was very curious, but it was too strange to ask Ran Shutang directly, it was best to bury this matter and never bring it up again.Ran Shutang sent him a WeChat message: Can I come to your place tonight? Make you dinner.No need. Fu Yuanzhou flatly refused. Before, he thought Ran Shutang just wanted to apologize, so he agreed, but now he said, I'll order takeaway, I can almost go downstairs.Okay.Ran Shutang replied, and after a while, he said again: I'm sorry.Seeing him apologizing to himself, Fu Yuanzhou felt complicated. If he hadn't believed in Ran Shutang's character, he might have wondered if it was Ran Shutang's conspiracy because of which they rolled together in bed that night the person who he had a crush on for a long time was drunk, and so he took advantage of this opportunity to abduct him into bed, as was always the case in TV dramas.But even if he didn't know Ran Shutang, this assumption was not valid at all. He was drunk, but after drinking, he still had a fragment of consciousness, he had woken up after being helped to the hotel room, so he was not completely ignorant of what he did.Although he was quite surprised at the time why it was Ran Shutang who helped him in, but now he could understand that if the person he liked was drunk, he would definitely worry about others taking him away.Recalling this, Fu Yuanzhou wanted to strangle himself even more. He knew what he was doing when he was drunk, but he couldn't control himself. and set himself on fire.Fu Yuanzhou rubbed his sore waist, regretted deeply for a few seconds, and suddenly thought that if this accident hadn't happened, was Ran Shutang never planning to confess his love?Damn, did he want to do this? Fu Yuanzhou was shocked. It was all because of him that he skipped a grade and got into No. 1 Middle School. After doing all these things, he still dared not confess?Why did he say sorry to him now Although he was quite shocked but the confession was not a bad thing, what was there to say sorry for? Could it be because Ran Shutang felt that he hated him, and the confession would make him feel disgusted, so he wanted to say sorry?Fu Yuanzhou suddenly felt guilty. He said it was disgusting at first, but he didn't mean it that way. He thought Ran Shutang wanted to be responsible for him, even if they hated each other, he was being disgusting to himself. He was not the kind of person who just ruined other people's lives. Besides he didn't seem to dislike Ran Shutang's confession Even if he was a man, he was still his former rival.Now that he thought about it, he hated Ran Shutang in the past, he really did. Wasn't Ran Shutang who was hated by his crush for several years, too pitiful? The more Fu Yuanzhou thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became, and he replied to Ran Shutang, Since when did you start liking me?He asked this impulsively, but he regretted it as soon as he sent it out. It was nothing to ask, and he quickly chose to withdraw, but Ran Shutang had already seen it.Ten years ago, he replied.Ten years? Fu Yuanzhou was shocked again. Ten years ago They were still in primary school, and Ran Shutang knew him then? When did they deal with each other? Could it be that he was in the same elementary school as him, his junior?Ran Shutang said again: You don't remember, we met ten years ago, in a chess match, we were opponents at that time.When he said this, Fu Yuanzhou had some impression, he had participated in a chess competition when he was young. At that time, it was to compete with Xie Lin, but unexpectedly they were divided into two age groups. Later, he developed a high fever and was forced to withdraw from the competition.At that time, he met a boy who was younger than him and had a good chat with him Could this boy be Ran Shutang?Now Fu Yuanzhou finally understood why when he asked Ran Shutang before if he could play chess, Ran Shutang's expression was very strange, wasn't it naturalRan Shutang said: We made an appointment to meet at that time, I waited for you for a day, but you didn't come.Fu Yuanzhou felt even more sorry for him, and immediately apologized to him: I'm sorry, I had a high fever and was in a daze, and I don't remember anything I'm really sorry.There was no reply to the message for a short time. After a while, Ran Shutang said, Can I go over and talk to you face to face?I'll be there in about an hour.That's how Ran Shutang replied to him. He came on time and brought a lot of ingredients. He didn't talk right away. He made dinner for Fu Yuanzhou as usual, and the dishes were placed on the table one by one. On the way, Fu Yuanzhou couldn't help asking.How do you know which dishes I like to eat?Today was not the first time. These days Ran Shutang cooked all his favorite dishes. He had already noticed it, but he didn't specifically mention it to Ran Shutang.I paid attention when you chatted with others. Ran Shutang said.Fu Yuanzhou held the tip of his chopsticks in his mouth, and the food he swallowed was suddenly not so delicious. Ran Shutang's tone was quite flat, but it had to have a lot of sadness in it, and how much he had to like him, so that he would still not change his mind after several years, and he even remembered all his casual chats with others in his heartWhy didn't you tell me. He whispered, What happened when I was young, and that you liked me. For three years in high school, you didn't say a single word. Never mentioned it.Ran Shutang pursed his lips: You hated me so much, how could I tell you?Was it not because you first showed that you hated me. Fu Yuanzhou refused to accept it and brought up the speech at the opening ceremony. The more he talked about it, the more depressed he became, and finally concluded, You were targeting me.I was not targeting you, I I was too nervous. After reuniting with you, I was nervous about every word I said to you. Later, I wanted to make up for it, but you had already started ignoring me, I don't hate you.Ran Shutang showed rare anxiety, and explained to Fu Yuanzhou, halfway through the speech, his face turned red, and he lowered his eyes, obviously revealing his heart made him very shy.Fu Yuanzhou's eyes widened. The misunderstanding was too big. He was not a detective, so how could he have expected such twists and turns: I thought you looked down on me.No. Ran Shutang raised his face, his gaze looking firm, Since ten years ago, you have been the person I hope to chase after, and you have been the only one until now.Coughlet's eat.Fu Yuanzhou's expression was unnatural, and he bowed his head shyly into the rice in his bowl.After eating, they chatted again. Fu Yuanzhou meant that maybe they could turn enemies into friends in the future, but they should avoid dating. He never considered falling in love with men but Ran Shutang didn't back down because he felt that what happened that night, in the end, was still an explanation. Later, when it was too late, Ran Shutang left first, but there was no result in the end.
