Chapter 72: Bearing the Fruit of One’s Own Actions, Hindsight is 20/20
Li Ge’s wound was a bit deep and he needed a tetanus shot, so there was no time to delay. Chen Shuo said helplessly, “Let’s go to the hospital first and then we can talk, don’t waste time.”
“…” Li Ge was very sure that Chen Shuo felt sorry for him. He was stunned by his words, “Talk about what? You tell me clearly now, don’t try to fool me.”
“I’m not fooling you, let’s go to the hospital first.” Chen Shuo was anxious, his emotions showing on his face.
Seeing that Chen Shuo was nervous about him, Li Ge finally felt triumphant.
He didn’t hate the crying child he was in his childhood. A few tears could win the attention and affection of adults, how great was that?
But later, he was disliked by his cousin, who didn’t like to play with him, so he gradually stopped crying.
Now that he was a man, Li Ge was even less likely to cry. He had just been red-eyed with anger.
But unexpectedly winning Chen Shuo’s sympathy and nervousness, he thought to himself that it wasn’t embarrassing to cry in front of his wife, so he took this opportunity to try and brew some emotions, lowering his head and recalling Chen Shuo’s cold words just now, and soon he was wronged again.
“Can you hurry up?” Chen Shuo was actually quite angry at this moment, angry at Li Ge’s childishness, impulsiveness, and rogue behavior, and even more angry at Li Ge for not cherishing himself, deliberately tormenting him.
Li Ge squeezed his eyes hard, and when he raised his face again, his eyes were wet with tears. He deliberately sniffed and used the trick he was used to as a child, saying pitifully, “If you say you like me one more time, I won’t go if you don’t.”
Chen Shuo stared at Li Ge silently, saying nothing.
Something’s wrong… Li Ge thought he wasn’t crying realistically enough, so he sniffed and lowered his head again, blinking hard to squeeze out tears.
But when he looked up again, Chen Shuo suddenly grabbed his arm and dragged him to the entrance hall, forcing him to put on his shoes with a cold face, not even using his mouth, just kicking the shoes towards his feet.
“What are you being fierce with me for?” Just as Li Ge complained, his butt was suddenly slapped. Chen Shuo hit him hard, directly stunning him.
“Go to the hospital, or get out.” Chen Shuo stared at Li Ge and said coldly.
The old saying goes that the child who cries gets the candy. Li Ge had been spoiled since he was a child and had tasted all the sweetness. He never thought that crying in front of Chen Shuo would get him a slap instead.
“You hit me?” He warned angrily, “I’m not fucking going anywhere!” Just as he finished shouting, his body was forcefully turned around by Chen Shuo, and the other half of his ass was hit hard again, making him groan in pain.
Facing Li Ge, Chen Shuo couldn’t control himself, it was too painful. How could there be a person like Li Ge in the world, who could so easily control his emotions and his life?
To let go of Li Ge, Chen Shuo tried a new life.
The environment at the temple was not good, and the food and accommodation were also not good. He was woken up by the sound of the temple’s board at 4:30 every morning, attended morning class at 5:00 sharp, chanted scriptures with the monks, then sat in meditation, and also attended Buddhist lectures. In the afternoon, he had to copy scriptures and do labor, and in the evening, there was evening class, where he had to sit in meditation with a group of strangers. It was said to be co-cultivation, to strengthen one’s willpower and concentration through the power of the group, but all he cultivated was pain, and time was so hard to pass.
It wasn’t until he returned to his room to rest at nine o’clock that others were reviewing their day’s meditation, but he was trapped in his emotions and desires, unable to escape, his mind filled only with Li Ge.
He wanted to go back to Beicheng to find his little treasure.
He lived in a large dormitory with no privacy, sleeping next to a group of strangers of different ages. Some people ground their teeth, some snored, some had smelly feet, some liked to fart, and some took turns talking in their sleep, it was very, very noisy.
Looking back at all the torment he had endured, Chen Shuo sadly found that he was a joke. The so-called persistence and cultivation of the mind were purely a waste of money to find suffering.
No matter how long he cultivated, no matter how much torment he endured, it couldn’t compare to the torment Li Ge was giving him at this moment.
“Fuck, are you even human?” His ass was still hurting. Li Ge put away his grievances and stopped crying. He wasn’t even getting any candy, what was the point of crying? He might as well not get a few more slaps.
He turned back to ask clearly, but his injured wrist was suddenly squeezed tightly by Chen Shuo, and a sharp pain quickly spread.
“Ouch, you fucking!”
“Don’t push your luck.” Chen Shuo saw Li Ge’s pain, his just-cried eyes were moist, with tears on his eyelashes, deliberately tormenting him again.
Meeting Chen Shuo’s emotionless cold eyes, Li Ge was almost worn down, and retorted, “You’re the one fucking pushing your luck with me!”
Every time Chen Shuo went crazy, he would confront him head-on like this, never willing to give in, never willing to say a few nice words. His heart was so hard. He was clearly nervous about him, was it so hard to say he liked him? If he said it, wouldn’t he go to the hospital? It was as if giving him a way out would kill him.
In the end, he couldn’t bear it. Chen Shuo loosened his grip a little, looked into Li Ge’s eyes, and said, “I told you, I’m a very bad and violent person. I gave you two chances to leave, you didn’t go, there are no more chances.”
“I think you’re the one who should go to the hospital, hurry the fuck up and go to the mental hospital and have a look.” Li Ge couldn’t free his wrist, and it hurt when he moved, “Let go!”
Chen Shuo still looked into Li Ge’s eyes and asked, “Do you want to hear me say I like you? Okay, I’ll say it for you. I like you very much.”
“…” Li Ge was obviously stunned.
Who in this world would say they liked someone with a funeral face and an expressionless expression, and what they did was not human? This dog was still making him bleed, was he afraid he wouldn’t live long enough?
“You like my ass!” Li Ge cursed, “Is this how you like someone? You don’t even feel sorry for me when I cry, you even give me two slaps, and now you’re fucking tormenting me, if you want to kill me, just say so!”
Chen Shuo: “Yes, I don’t want to feel sorry for you.”
Li Ge: “…”
“Your behavior just now was quite annoying.” Chen Shuo didn’t let go, instead, he held Li Ge’s hand and interlocked their fingers, leading him into the room to re-bandage his wound.
Looking at Chen Shuo’s serious bandaging movements, Li Ge was puzzled and questioned, “What do you mean? Are you really in love with me or are you playing me?”
“Don’t be noisy,” Chen Shuo frowned, “you talk too much.”
“Fuck.” Li Ge didn’t cooperate. Who knew that Chen Shuo would look up and give him a cold look, asking if he wanted to be hit again, and that if he didn’t listen, he would hit his ass, it was really outrageous.
After bandaging, Chen Shuo urged Li Ge to put on his shoes.
The wound hurt terribly. Li Ge first made a note of it. When he was putting on his leather shoes, he noticed the black stockings on his feet. He had been in a hurry to leave just now and had put on his trousers without taking off the stockings. It was so inappropriate to wear them to the hospital.
“What are you standing there for, hurry up.” Finding Li Ge dawdling, Chen Shuo didn’t give him a good face and slapped his ass again, this time not too hard.
“Don’t fucking be so handsy, I haven’t taken off my stockings.” Li Ge was about to go into the room to take them off when Chen Shuo suddenly squatted down at his feet, lifted his trouser leg, and then hooked his fingers into the fishnet stockings and tore them violently, from his calf down, completely ruining them.
“…” His wife was really violent.
“Don’t wear this kind of thing in the future.” Chen Shuo stood up and said, “If you have time to seduce me, you might as well be a little more obedient. If you’re not, I’ll hit you.”
“…” Li Ge felt something was wrong. Was the quiet one not pretending anymore? Had he completely revealed his true nature? He was unconvinced, “Why don’t you listen to me? It’s more like I should hit you.”
Chen Shuo didn’t respond, only asking Li Ge where his ID was. After finding Li Ge’s wallet in the room, he got him a pair of socks, then squatted down and neatly helped him put them on, then helped him put on his leather shoes, and was about to leave.
“Wait!” Li Ge pointed to the balcony, “The fish I worked so hard to raise—”
“They won’t live.” Chen Shuo said.
Li Ge: “…”
“Now you know how annoying you are?” Chen Shuo reminded Li Ge without any politeness, “They were killed by you.”
“…” Li Ge really regretted it. The fish had been his companions in this deserted room, listening to his complaints every day. He immediately rushed to the balcony. The water was all over the floor, and several small Rhodeus fish were struggling on the ground.
Fortunately, there was still some water left at the bottom of the fish tank, and two were still at the bottom. Li Ge wanted to pick up the fish with his bare hands but was stopped by Chen Shuo, who had come over in time, and scolded him for being “too late.” He looked at the still-struggling small fish and was full of regret.
There were many glass shards on the floor. Chen Shuo stopped Li Ge and picked up the fish one by one and put them into the fish tank.
The water level in the tank was not enough, and the built-in filter couldn’t work. He turned back to look at Li Ge and saw him standing there pitifully, saying, “There’s not much hope, my condolences.”
Li Ge: “…It’s all your fucking fault.”
He was so tired as soon as he came back, and the house was a mess. Chen Shuo shook the water off his hands and sat on the edge of the bed next to Li Ge. Then he quickly reached out and wrapped his arms around Li Ge’s waist, and as Li Ge was off balance, he forcefully pressed him down on his lap, and without a word, he raised his hand and slapped his ass, his movements smooth and powerful.
“Ah, fuck!” Li Ge cried out in pain and wanted to escape, but his neck was held tightly. When he struggled, Chen Shuo would squeeze him like a madman. Where was the look of liking him?
After a few more hard slaps, Chen Shuo stopped, listened to Li Ge’s gasps, and asked him, “Whose fault is it? You don’t reflect on your own mistakes, what else can you do besides lose your temper?”
Li Ge: “You—”
Chen Shuo: “And you cause trouble for others.”
Li Ge: “…”
“You’re almost thirty and you’re like a child.” Chen Shuo helped Li Ge stand up. Seeing Li Ge’s ugly face, he warned him, “If you lose your temper again, I’ll keep hitting you. It’s your own fault if it hurts.”
After speaking, Chen Shuo held Li Ge’s hand tightly and led him out of the apartment, not letting go even in the elevator. When Li Ge struggled, Chen Shuo would ask him coldly if he was asking for a beating.
“You’re the one fucking asking for a beating.” Li Ge retorted unhappily.
Chen Shuo: “Do you want me to hit you in the elevator?”
Li Ge: “…”
Chen Shuo: “Be a little more obedient, and I won’t hit you.”
“…” Having never seen Chen Shuo like this, Li Ge was stunned from time to time.
Until he was led to the car by Chen Shuo, Chen Shuo hadn’t given him a good face, like a creditor, especially since he was still wearing a black vest and black pants, his two strong arms exposed, his chest muscles prominent.
Li Ge cursed inwardly: What are you trying to be cool for, fuck.
“Get in the car, don’t dawdle.” Chen Shuo urged.
Li Ge got into the car with a sullen face, deciding to teach the disrespectful dog a lesson, but just as he spat out a “you,” he was mercilessly interrupted.
Chen Shuo: “Shut up, don’t distract me while I’m driving.”
This was unbearable. Li Ge cursed, “Fuck,” and immediately lost his temper, “Which idiot said he liked me just now? And said he liked me very much, are you fooling a ghost? You’ve been hitting me all this time, is this what you call liking?”
Chen Shuo asked back, “Is there a conflict?”
Li Ge: “…”
Chen Shuo: “Liking you and hitting you, there’s no conflict.”
Li Ge: “…”
Chen Shuo: “I’m violent, but I have my limits. Be a little more obedient, don’t ask for a beating.”
“Fuck you.” Li Ge cursed directly, completely not expecting Chen Shuo to get out of the car, specifically go around to the passenger side, open the door, and slap his ass, so fucking perverted.
“Fuck, are you going crazy?!”
Chen Shuo had specifically looked, there was no one around. He pressed Li Ge down with one hand, not letting him get up, and slapped him twice, not too hard, not too light, but Li Ge subconsciously groaned, looking really pitiful. He pulled Li Ge up, cupped his head, and kissed him on the lips with a little force.
“…” Li Ge was stunned again.
Chen Shuo caressed Li Ge’s cheek with his thumb as a form of comfort and said to him in a low voice, “All consequences arise from causes. I’m going crazy because you forced me, you know that?”
“…” Li Ge thought to himself, it’s over, the dog has gotten addicted to chanting scriptures and is starting to chant to him.
Initially, Chen Shuo had also considered a nearby tertiary hospital when he bought this apartment.
Besides the annual physical examination and work needs, he had never been to the hospital. He didn’t like hospitals. Tonight, he was so annoyed and heartbroken by Li Ge that he was also full of anger.
Fortunately, Li Ge quieted down on the way and didn’t make a fuss with him anymore.
Arriving at the hospital, Chen Shuo took Li Ge straight to the emergency room and was stunned when he took out Li Ge’s ID from his wallet. Registering was important, so he registered first, took the receipt, and then took Li Ge to see the doctor.
After the examination, Li Ge’s wound indeed needed stitches, and he also needed a tetanus shot. Chen Shuo quickly went to pay the fee, worried that Li Ge would need someone to accompany him during the wound cleaning. When he returned, he saw Li Ge looking nervous and asking the doctor if it would leave a scar.
Doctor: “What’s there to be afraid of for a young man to have a scar? You only need a few stitches, my skills are good, don’t worry.”
Li Ge: “I don’t care, I’m just afraid my mom will see it and worry.”
He couldn’t accompany him for the stitches. Chen Shuo waited in the hallway and took out Li Ge’s ID again. The Li Ge on the ID was smiling at him, handsome and carefree, but unfortunately, he was a habitual liar.
Li Ge came out soon. Seeing Chen Shuo silently waiting at the door, he took the opportunity to act pitiful, approaching Chen Shuo and whispering, “It still hurts even with the anesthetic.”
Chen Shuo: “It’s good that you’re not dead.”
Li Ge: “…”
When they went to the place for the shot, Li Ge found that the tetanus shot was given in the butt and immediately became anxious, “Why the butt? How am I supposed to get this shot?”
Chen Shuo remembered that the tetanus shot was given in the arm and didn’t expect this. He said, “Go to the bathroom and take them off.”
Li Ge cursed in a low voice, “This time it’s all your fault, you pervert. I said I wanted to take them off, and you wouldn’t let me. What will the nurse think of me when she finds out I’m not wearing underwear?”
Chen Shuo: “It’s your own fault for being wild.”
Li Ge: “…”
After accompanying Li Ge to get the tetanus shot, the farce was over. After another half an hour of observation, they could go back. Chen Shuo still had the scandalous torn stockings in his pocket and was too embarrassed to throw them in the hospital trash can.
He sat on the waiting chair, scrolling through the news on his phone, ignoring Li Ge.
The hospital was still bustling with people at night. Li Ge couldn’t sit still and sat next to Chen Shuo, wanting to watch the news with him, but Chen Shuo wouldn’t let him and pushed him away.
He couldn’t lose his temper in the hospital and asked in a low voice, “What’s wrong with you again?”
Chen Shuo put away his phone, took out Li Ge’s wallet, took out his ID, and handed it to him, asking, “What did your family teach you, to be such a good liar?”
“…” Li Ge was stunned for a moment before he realized what Chen Shuo was referring to.
His birthday was on June 20th, just half a month away. The day he had invited He Yan and Yuan Feng to the club to sing, it was a fake birthday he had made up on the spot.
“Wasn’t it just to talk to you more?” Li Ge complained in a low voice, “Who told you to ignore me? It was a white lie, understand?”
Chen Shuo ignored Li Ge.
Li Ge was ignored, and no matter how unhappy he was, he could only hold it in.
After the observation time was over, the two of them returned to the car together. Chen Shuo then opened his mouth to remind Li Ge, “If you lie to me again, I’ll really beat you to death.”
Li Ge: “…”
