Chapter 71: Amicable Breakup, I’m Sorry
Coming out…
Seeing Li Ge’s stunned expression, Chen Shuo held Li Ge’s waist with one arm, bringing his body into his embrace, closing the distance between them, and then asked him, “Can you?”
Li Ge immediately came back to his senses and refused without hesitation, “No. If I really take you home, my family will explode.”
It was the answer Chen Shuo had expected.
Chen Shuo didn’t show any emotion, his hand followed the motion from Li Ge’s waist to his back, his index and middle fingers slowly and lightly crawling up his spine, as if tickling him, yet also teasing.
“Uh, that tickles.” Li Ge couldn’t help but shiver. He hadn’t had sex in so long, and being tickled like this by Chen Shuo made him feel happy. Chen Shuo’s fingers seemed to be wrapped in electricity, seeping into his pores, bringing a fine numbness and itch. His body couldn’t help but twist, and he quickly became aroused, hooking his arm around Chen Shuo’s neck and pressing against him, wanting to kiss, “Wife…”
Chen Shuo subtly avoided the kiss, while at the same time, his other arm also wrapped around Li Ge, wanting to completely embed him in his embrace, never letting go.
But he was just simply holding him, restraining himself and resting his chin on Li Ge’s shoulder, still asking in a pleading tone, “Doesn’t Xiao Bao’er want to be with me?”
“Nonsense, I miss you so much.” Li Ge wasn’t into being teased. His whole body was itching. He turned his head and kissed Chen Shuo wildly, from his cheek to his earlobe, kissing and getting anxious, “Wife, quickly relieve my itch.”
Chen Shuo directly avoided Li Ge’s kiss this time and let go of his arms.
He leaned back on the chair, proactively creating a close distance with Li Ge, and said clearly, “If you want to, then take me home to meet your parents.”
“Can we not talk about this? It’s such a mood killer.” Li Ge tried to please Chen Shuo, “If you were a girl, I would definitely take you home, we’d go to the civil affairs bureau to register tomorrow.”
“Then we have nothing to talk about.” Chen Shuo ruthlessly pushed Li Ge away and quickly stood up to keep his distance, “It’s getting late, please pack your things and leave, Mr. Li.”
“…” Li Ge almost fell, his passion instantly extinguished by Chen Shuo’s cold and distant tone.
Chen Shuo ignored Li Ge, went to the balcony, closed the window, and after drawing the curtains, he glanced at the fish tank and reminded him, “Take these fish with you, if you don’t, I’ll dispose of them.”
Li Ge: “…”
Chen Shuo: “Please hurry up, I need to rest.”
Thinking of the words Chen Shuo had left behind, Li Ge suppressed his unhappiness, thinking to himself that he was a grown man, there was no need to argue with his jealous wife. If he could coax his wife well, his days would be happy.
So Li Ge patiently explained, “I admit I was quite promiscuous in the past, but I’ve never been serious, I’ve never liked anyone, including that Meng guy. He was deliberate that night, he just wanted me to give him money and connections because he had no resources. He harassed me at the company, and I beat him up and kicked him out. He hasn’t dared to look for me since. If there’s half a lie, my company will go bankrupt tomorrow.”
During the difficult days of practicing at the temple, Chen Shuo had gotten used to restraining all his actions, even though at this moment, he really, really wanted to hold Li Ge tightly.
No one knew how fast his heart was beating, how excited he was, when he turned on the bathroom light that instant.
Seeing Chen Shuo’s silence, Li Ge quickly coaxed his wife, “Besides not being able to take you home, I’ll do whatever you want, okay? I’ve already made an appointment to buy you clothes, I was just waiting for you to come back, and I’ve also contacted a designer to design them for you. The palace drama I invested in is about to start, it will definitely be filmed next year. If you want to see anyone act, just tell me, I’ll arrange it.”
“If you can’t do it, then go back, let’s have an amicable breakup.” Chen Shuo ordered him to leave.
“…” Li Ge didn’t understand why Chen Shuo’s attitude had changed so drastically. He was really like a different person when he came back, making him even more inscrutable.
He explained to Chen Shuo, “Our situations are different, coming out isn’t as simple as you think, can you not make things difficult for me?”
“Yes, so let’s have an amicable breakup.” Chen Shuo urged, “Hurry up and leave.”
“…”
Being repeatedly embarrassed by Chen Shuo, Li Ge felt a hint of humiliation for the first time. His two legs were bound by stockings, and he stood there, feeling very uncomfortable in his heart, even suspecting that Chen Shuo was deliberately playing him for a fool, watching him make a fool of himself.
He asked Chen Shuo, “Do you have to be like this?”
Chen Shuo walked past Li Ge and went to open the refrigerator to check. It was empty, except for half a tube of noodles in the door compartment, which he had bought two months ago.
Taking out the noodles, he went to the kitchen and picked up a soup pot, ignoring Li Ge throughout the process, preparing to cook a simple bowl of noodles.
“I’m so fucking despicable.”
Chen Shuo’s movements paused. Li Ge’s voice was not close, and he hadn’t come over. He turned his head and met Li Ge’s eyes from across the room. Without having to look closely, he could see the grievance in those eyes, as well as an emotion called “hatred.”
“It’s because I’m so despicable that you don’t take me seriously! You’ve been gone for dozens of days, I’ve been living a good life, but I’ve been staying here alone and suffering from insomnia, thinking about you every day. Have you thought about me? My heart is all on you, I haven’t even looked for anyone else, I have to take care of myself when I’m uncomfortable,” Li Ge’s gaze was fixed on Chen Shuo’s punchable funeral face, unable to suppress his grievances and anger, his emotions becoming more and more agitated as he spoke, “I can’t change the past, I didn’t even fucking know you then. Isn’t it enough that I like you and treat you well now? Why are you making things difficult for me? Have you ever considered me?!”
Not enough, far from enough.
“No, go live your good life.” Chen Shuo said calmly, not looking at Li Ge again, turning on the faucet to add water to the soup pot. He only heard a “clatter,” then a “clang,” something heavy falling on the floor, it seemed to be the desk lamp.
“Fuck you!” Li Ge completely exploded. He swung his arm fiercely and swept all the scriptures and calligraphy copybooks from the desk onto the floor, “Who do you think you are, and what right do you have? If I chase after your cold ass again, I’ll fucking take your surname!”
Chen Shuo turned off the faucet and placed the soup pot on the stove, but didn’t turn on the fire.
He lowered his head, looking at the swaying water in the pot, listening to the sounds in the room. Li Ge was impatiently putting on his pants, his face must be very sullen, and when his temper flared, he might even curse a few times.
“Who do I want? I was blind to have taken a liking to such a stubborn and smelly idiot! You’re a fucking smelly idiot, you know that!” Li Ge cursed harshly, trying to provoke Chen Shuo into giving him some response.
But Chen Shuo completely ignored him. No matter how he cursed, how harshly he cursed, until his breathing became rapid, his chest heaved violently, and his heart ached faintly, he still didn’t get a single response.
“You coward who doesn’t even dare to fart! I’m not going to hit you today, I’m just going to curse you to death, so you’ll be so ashamed that you won’t even have a place to hide, you’re a fucking waste of space!”
“Mr. Li, have some dignity.” Chen Shuo finally turned his head to look at Li Ge’s pained and sullen face and said, “The way you can’t leave me, it’s really despicable.”
“…” Li Ge froze.
Chen Shuo added, “If you don’t want to leave, why don’t you just buy this apartment?”
His unwilling thoughts were exposed by Chen Shuo on the spot, and Li Ge tasted an even more embarrassing flavor. It was only at this moment that he realized that he liked Chen Shuo from the bottom of his heart, so much that he had lost his dignity, his face completely gone.
That’s why Chen Shuo would ride on his head, embarrass him, and wrong him, really not taking him seriously, not considering him at all, doing whatever he wanted.
“Fuck you.” Li Ge desperately wanted to leave this embarrassing place. He angrily opened the wardrobe to pack his luggage, but his own clothes were a mess, and a silicone object rolled out, the same size as Chen Erdi, as if mocking him for how despicable he was.
He picked it up and smashed it on the floor, and not satisfied, he stomped on it twice, then threw all his clothes on the floor, “I don’t fucking want anything that’s been in your house!”
Chen Shuo turned on the fire to boil the water, ignoring the frantic Li Ge.
“And those fish, right!” Li Ge rushed to the balcony, and on the smooth glass surface of the fish tank, he saw his own clear reflection, with a pathetic look on his face, yet still feeling sad, making a fuss over such a small thing, what an embarrassing idiot, even more foolish than that dog Chen, a big fool.
“Bang—!” A loud noise came from the room.
Then Chen Shuo heard the sound of glass shattering, mixed with the sound of “whooshing” water.
Seeing Li Ge’s bleeding hand, his heart instantly tightened. He didn’t have time to turn off the fire and quickly rushed to the balcony, but was surprised to see Li Ge’s slightly red eyes.
“What are you looking at, get lost!” Li Ge turned his face away and was about to leave when his arm was grabbed, “Hurry the fuck up and let go, don’t force me to hit you!”
Chen Shuo: “I’ll hit you later.”
Li Ge: “…”
Chen Shuo quickly checked Li Ge’s wound. The knuckles were all broken and bleeding. This was still light. What was serious was the cut on his wrist from the glass, which was constantly bleeding, he didn’t know how much force he had used.
Stopping the bleeding was important. The floor was covered in water and broken glass, but Li Ge was still restless, cursing like a firecracker, his temper flaring. He directly carried him into the room, and only put him down in front of the kitchen sink, then turned on the faucet and forcefully rinsed Li Ge’s wound to reduce the risk of infection.
Seeing Chen Shuo’s seemingly nervous expression, Li Ge became even more unhappy and cursed him, “Pretender, you’re willing to waste water now? Do I have to pay you for the water bill?”
“Let’s wrap it up for now, you might need stitches at the hospital.” Chen Shuo instructed Li Ge to continue rinsing, promptly turned off the fire on the stove, took out the first aid kit from the cabinet, and wrapped Li Ge’s wound with gauze, “Hurry up and press on it, come with me to the hospital.”
“I don’t need you to take care of me.” Li Ge refused to cooperate, “Didn’t you want to have an amicable breakup with me? It’s none of your business if I die, don’t be so hypocritical.”
“…”
Chen Shuo knew Li Ge’s choice, and he also knew that he wasn’t that important in Li Ge’s heart. Indulging in a moment of sweetness would only bring more pain.
He was so afraid that one day he wouldn’t be able to control himself and would do something to hurt Li Ge. He just didn’t expect Li Ge to hurt himself, making his heart ache so much, how could he let go?
“Let’s go to the hospital.” Chen Shuo put away his keys, but Li Ge stood there, uncooperative.
Li Ge deliberately tore open the gauze Chen Shuo had just wrapped for him, observing Chen Shuo, and said, “Apologize to me, say you were wrong just now, otherwise, I’m not going.”
Unable to see Li Ge like this, Chen Shuo really wanted to kick him out, so that they would never see each other again.
But Xiao Bao’er’s eyes were still a bit red, and his wound was starting to bleed. He couldn’t bear it and finally compromised and apologized, “I’m sorry, I was wrong just now.”
Li Ge still wanted Chen Shuo to kneel on the washboard, but after hearing the “I’m sorry,” he suddenly chuckled and asked Chen Shuo again, “Are you still going to have an amicable breakup with me?”
