Ji Ranxin and Qin Yi sat facing each other at the square table to eat.
The food was prepared by Ji Ranxin’s mother beforehand. The taste was what Ji Ranxin had been accustomed to eating since childhood. However, in this situation, it still felt somewhat different when eating it.
Qin Yi didn’t say anything and ate with his head down.
Ji Ranxin put down his chopsticks and leaned forward slightly, saying, “I went to your school to look for you.”
Qin Yi’s movements paused for a while.
Ji Ranxin continued: “I went to your school and realized that as long as you don’t answer my calls or reply to my messages, I don’t know where to find you. I’ve also been to the classroom where you go to self-study. I haven’t seen you for several days.”
Qin Yi finally raised his eyes and looked at him, “Why were you looking for me?”
Ji Ranxin asked softly: “Yi-ge, are you angry?”
Qin Yi replied: “What would I be angry about?”
Ji Ranxin said to him: “I’m afraid you’ll beat Qu Hao to death.”
Qin Yi also put down his chopsticks, “How long have you known Qu Hao?”
Ji Ranxin replied: “For more than ten years, we’ve known each other since we were young.”
Qin Yi said: “Why did you come here to study? It’s not even a good school.”
Ji Ranxin answered: “My grades can only get me into this kind of school.”
Qin Yi didn’t seem to agree with this answer. He said, “I’ve thought about it, and the most likely scenario is that you came here after Qu Hao.”
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Ji Ranxin fell silent.
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As Ji Ranxin entered the room after taking a shower, Qin Yi turned off the computer and picked up the quilt and pillow on his bed. He said to Ji Ranxin: “I’ll sleep on the sofa, have a good night’s rest.”
The ends of Ji Ranxin’s hair were still wet, his cheeks were flushed red as well. He sat on the edge of the bed and looked up at him.
They had dinner late, so Qin Yi lay on the sofa and didn’t bother to turn on the light, playing with his mobile phone in the darkness for a while.
The room was very quiet. Ji Ranxin also didn’t make any sound.
At almost eleven o’clock, Qin Yi threw his cell phone aside and pulled up the quilt to cover half of his face; only his always-cold eyes remained wide open in the darkness.
When the mobile phone screen was on, the living room seemed pitch-black, but once it was turned off, the surroundings became brighter. The curtains on the windows weren’t drawn. The light from the street lamps in the community filtered in, the warm yellow tones casting light upon the outline of every piece of furniture.
Qin Yi stared at the crystal pendant of the old-fashioned hanging lamp on the ceiling without blinking.
Suddenly, he heard light footsteps in the silence. Someone in the room who was wearing slippers walked gently on the floor. Then they opened the door and entered the living room.
Qin Yi closed his eyes and lay still on his back.
The footsteps walked straight to the sofa and stopped in front of him.
After a while, Qin Yi felt a soft touch on his forehead, accompanied by gentle breathing brushing against his hair.
He could no longer pretend to be asleep, so he opened his eyes and saw Ji Ranxin squatting next to the sofa, his eyes smudged with a warm, bright yellow, looking at his face closely.
Qin Yi met his gaze.
Ji Ranxin said softly: “Yi-ge, I came here after Qu Hao because, at that time, I hadn’t met you yet.”
Qin Yi didn’t speak.
Ji Ranxin leaned forward and kissed his cheek, then his lips, lightly touching like dragonflies skimming the water, “Qu Hao likes women, have you forgotten?”
Qin Yi said with a blank expression: “I also liked women before.”
Ji Ranxin kissed his neck and Adam’s apple, “But I like you.”
Qin Yi lay on his back, looking down at him.
Ji Ranxin lifted Qin Yi’s quilt and pulled up his wrinkled old T-shirt, revealing his smooth and well-defined abdomen. He lowered his head and kissed Qin Yi, starting from his navel and leaving light and warm kisses all the way down.
Qin Yi looked at him, his heart beating rapidly.
It wasn’t until Ji Ranxin pulled down his pajamas and underwear halfway, lowering his head, that Qin Yi suddenly stood up. He reached out and pinched Ji Ranxin’s chin, raising his face, “No.”
Ji Ranxin’s lips and eyes were slightly red, and his breathing was a little rapid. He was then forced to raise his head slightly, looking at Qin Yi with moist eyes.
Qin Yi said: “I need to think about it.”
Ji Ranxin looked puzzled as he pursed his lips: “What do you need to think about? When you kissed me that night, weren’t you thinking clearly?”
Qin Yi did not answer the question but asked: “Have you slept with Qu Hao?”
Ji Ranxin was stunned for a moment, then replied: “No.”
Qin Yi said: “So you prefer to have sex with a stranger? If you met someone else in that place that night, could you have done it with them too?”
Ji Ranxin found that it was actually difficult for him to answer Qin Yi’s question. His purpose that night was initially to hook up with a stranger. He was silent for a while and then asked, “Are you worried about this?”
Qin Yi replied with a simple “Mhm” as he pulled up his pants. He said to Ji Ranxin, “You should go to sleep.”
Ji Ranxin glanced at him and turned around, walking towards the room.
After Ji Ranxin left, Qin Yi lay down on his back and covered his eyes with his arms. He was breathing heavily as if there was not enough oxygen around him, his head throbbing faintly.
The words he exchanged with Ji Ranxin were indeed reasons for him to stand still, but more importantly, he felt scared, as if a hand was pulling him into the abyss. If he didn’t hold on to the rocks next to him tightly, once he fell, he could never come back.
As time passed, Qin Yi maintained his original posture and did not fall asleep. He heard footsteps approaching again.
Ji Ranxin walked to the sofa and softly said to him: “Yi-ge, I want to sleep beside you.”
Qin Yi moved his arm away and saw Ji Ranxin squatting beside the sofa, his eyes sparkling with water.
Ji Ranxin said: “I won’t do anything.”
Qin Yi looked at him for a while, then silently lay on his side, leaning closely against the back of the sofa as he stretched out his hand towards Ji Ranxin.
Facing him, Ji Ranxin lay on his side in his embrace, reaching out to hold his waist and squeezing together on the narrow sofa with him. He pressed his face against his chest and, after a while, said in a muffled voice: “You don’t need to worry about anything. I haven’t done it with other men, you’re the first.”
In that instant, Qin Yi’s breath tightened, as if his neck were being strangled and pulled down hard.
He tried his best to reach out and grab the armrest of the sofa, his nails digging in. The pressure on his neck eased. His breathing slowly became easier and smoother.
Ji Ranxin closed his eyes and said, “If it were another man, I wouldn’t do it.”
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