GLIHBN Chapter 62
by VolareChi Ye gently touched the newly grown flesh and asked Su Shi, “Is it ugly?”
“It’s not ugly,” Su Shi said. “When it grows out, just let your bangs grow a little longer to cover it, and you won’t be able to see it.”
Chi Ye shook his head and said, “No, let it show. It’s a man’s badge of honor.”
“Whatever you want.”
The surface wound on his arm had healed, but the bone hadn’t grown back yet, so he had to wear the cast for a while longer.
Chi Ye started getting busy catching up on the schoolwork he had missed.
Su Shi had taken a few days off because of this, and now that he was back at work, he was also busy.
The statement that Su Shi and his studio issued on the internet during the time when Mr. Qi was mired in scandals caused a huge uproar.
In the beginning, many detractors suspected that Su Shi had been bought off, that he had taken money to tell lies and stand up as a witness. Later, an anonymous person released a video confirming that what Su Shi had said was true.
The public opinion on the internet turned around, and from then on, Su Shi’s studio came into the public eye and became very famous.
The benefits brought by the traffic allowed Su Shi to have more choices and to select more high-quality partners.
That afternoon, Su Shi was rushing from the county below to the city, having arranged to meet with a client at the Studio at four o’clock.
He was driving the Studio’s car, and as luck would have it, the car broke down on the road.
The client he was meeting today was a person who paid great attention to punctuality, and Su Shi had put a lot of thought into this collaboration.
Seeing that there was only one hour left before the appointed time, Su Shi called a tow truck and prepared to take a taxi first.
But it was not easy to get a taxi in this location.
At this moment, a familiar car stopped in front of Su Shi.
It was Xu Chongming.
After Xu Chongming understood the situation, he asked Su Shi to get in the car.
Su Shi refused decisively and soon received a phone call from Little Jie urging him, saying that the client had arrived early.
Xu Chongming said that even if they were no longer lovers, they were still alumni, so what was wrong with taking a ride?
Su Shi hesitated for a moment and finally got into Xu Chongming’s car.
By the time he finished meeting with the client and returned home, it was already eight o’clock in the evening, and Su Shi was hungry.
When he returned home, the lights were not on, and Su Shi thought that Chi Ye had not returned yet.
He turned on the light and saw Chi Ye sitting on the sofa in the living room.
“Why didn’t you turn on the light?”
Chi Ye’s face was very cold, and he raised his eyes to look at him. “Do you want to get back together with him?”
Su Shi reacted for a moment. The “him” he was referring to was Xu Chongming. “What nonsense are you talking about?”
“I saw you getting out of his car, I saw you talking and laughing with him.”
Chi Ye’s eyes were red. “So, am I still nothing in your heart?”
Su Shi didn’t know what to say.
“Isn’t that so?”
Chi Ye had never been so fierce before.
Given the current relationship between him and Chi Ye, Su Shi could have said, “What business is it of yours?”, but when he saw Chi Ye’s injured eyes, Su Shi couldn’t bring himself to be tough.
“My car broke down on the way, and I was in a hurry to get back to the Studio to meet a client. Xu Chongming just happened to be passing by, so he gave me a ride.”
“You could have called me, and I could have picked you up.”
“By the time you got here, I would have been late.”
“So, you want to get back together with him?”
“I don’t.”
Chi Ye looked at Su Shi for a while, walked past him, opened the door and left.
Su Shi closed his eyes when he heard the sound of the door closing.
There was food that Chi Ye had made in the pot in the kitchen, and there was a faint fragrance, but Su Shi’s heart was sore, and he had no appetite to eat.
He thought Chi Ye had left like this, but he didn’t expect Chi Ye to come back in less than five minutes.
Su Shi was standing on the balcony looking down when Chi Ye hugged him from behind.
Su Shi’s lips moved. “Didn’t you leave?”
Chi Ye buried his head in his neck. “I didn’t dare to leave. I was afraid that if I left, you wouldn’t let me come back.”
These words sounded both aggrieved and sad, and Su Shi’s inner defense line was touched.
His will became weaker and weaker, and there was a tendency to gradually lose control.
The next day, the two of them acted as if nothing had happened, and Su Shi still drove Chi Ye to and from school.
Su Shi “accidentally” ran into Xu Chongming for the third time while he was out running errands and finally realized that Xu Chongming was doing this on purpose.
Su Shi cut to the chase. “We can’t go back. Don’t cause me any more trouble like this.”
Su Shi didn’t give Xu Chongming any chance and left gracefully.
Xu Chongming kicked the ground in frustration.
In the past few days, Chi Ye had been leaving early and returning late, and Su Shi didn’t need to pick him up.
People are sometimes like this: the more you tell them not to do something, the more they want to do it.
Su Shi found an excuse for himself in his heart, saying that the injured needed to be cared for. So he detoured to the entrance of Chi Ye’s school to try his luck and see if he could meet Chi Ye.
It was really a coincidence. He just happened to see Chi Ye walking out of the school gate with a girl and heading to a restaurant next door.
Su Shi recognized that girl. He had seen her downstairs in Chi Ye’s apartment building. At that time, he had even pretended to be intimate in front of the girl.
So what was going on now?
Su Shi’s car was parked on the side of the road with its hazard lights on, watching Chi Ye and the girl pass by. Chi Ye didn’t look this way and went straight into the restaurant next door with the girl.
Su Shi felt like a voyeur, peeking at Chi Ye with someone else in the car.
An indescribable emotion rushed to his head, and Su Shi drove away in a fit of pique.
This was good too. Heterosexuality was the mainstream, and normal marriage and childbirth were what the elders wanted.
However, Su Shi felt inexplicably agitated in his heart.
There was an intersection ahead, and there were two roads in front of him: to go forward or to turn around.
One was to stay away from Chi Ye, and the other was to get closer to Chi Ye.
How should he choose? The red light turned green, and Su Shi didn’t have time to think. His body had already made a choice for him in advance. He slammed the steering wheel and turned back.
Returning to the same spot, Su Shi parked the car, and his heart was pounding.
Su Shi got out of the car and walked closer to the restaurant.
The restaurant was very simple, but it was full of people and the business was very good, and it was very popular among students.
Su Shi saw Chi Ye take out a tissue and give it to the girl. The girl took it and smiled at him.
The courage that Su Shi had mustered suddenly dissipated.
He originally thought that Chi Ye would only be so considerate to him, and he originally thought that this was his exclusive favor.
Only at this moment did Su Shi realize that he already had a strong possessiveness towards this consideration and would not allow others to touch it.
But now, it wasn’t.
Chi Ye had been kissing up to him for so long, he must be tired.
This girl looked like a good girl, gentle and sensible, and she was a good match for Chi Ye.
Su Shi felt a sourness in his heart, turned around and left, walking straight ahead aimlessly, his pace getting faster and faster, almost running.
Until he was grabbed from behind and forced to stop.
Su Shi was about to see who was bringing bad luck to him. The words of scolding were already on his lips, but when he turned around, he saw Chi Ye. He couldn’t help but be stunned.
“Let go.” Su Shi was a little embarrassed and wanted to break away from Chi Ye’s hand.
Chi Ye held on to him and wouldn’t let go. Su Shi still wanted to break free, but Chi Ye hugged him tightly. “Don’t be like this, let’s go home.”
Su Shi stopped moving instantly. “Aren’t you eating with someone?”
In a place where Su Shi couldn’t see, Chi Ye grinned.
“You’re already here, how could I eat with someone else? Of course, I’m eating with you.”
This place was not far from the school gate, and there were many students coming and going. Su Shi was shy and pushed Chi Ye away, wanting to regain some face. “I just happened to be passing by to see you.”
“Yeah, I know.”