I Treat You as a Brother

After a few seconds of panic, Fang Mo took a deep breath, and then secretly expressed his sincere thanks to Zou Shun in his heart.

Xu Xiran, whose lips were almost close to his ear, whispered, "Let's see if he will come again."

"Probably not..." Fang Mo shrank his neck, "It was really a coincidence just now."

Xu Xiran's breath hit his cheek skin vaguely when he spoke.One side of his body was numb, the hand he held with Xu Xiran was about to sweat, and his voice and limbs were extremely stiff.He kind of hoped that Xu Xiran could maintain this posture for a while longer, and also hoped that he could quickly put his hands back and sit back.

He felt that some parts of himself had begun to lose control.

"Okay, okay, look, he didn't..." Fang Mo got stuck in the middle of speaking awkwardly.

Because in sight, his close friend, classmate Zou Shun, was approaching quickly with a malicious expression on his face.

"What are you doing?" Zou Shun was obviously trying to hold back a smile, and his eyes could not help drifting to the hands they held tightly together, "This is a big crowd, it's hard to understand what to say, isn't it too..."

Whether it was his expression or tone, there was obvious ridicule. From Fang Mo's point of view, it was clear that he came here on purpose to sabotage and make fun of himself.But in the eyes of Xu Xiran, who was suspicious of someone stealing the axe, it had a completely different meaning.

He let go of his hand, sat back in his seat, and smiled stiffly at Zou Shun.Immediately afterwards, he lightly bumped Fang Mo with his elbow.

Fang Mo roughly understood what he wanted to convey.

You see, sure enough, just as I guessed, he doesn't want me to be too close to you.

Fang Mo looked at Zou Shun, who was visibly excited and furtively winking at him, and then at Xu Xiran, who was beside him with a serious face and lost in thought, unable to laugh or cry, speechless.

There was a strange smell in the air.Fang Mo didn't know what to do, so he could only laugh awkwardly.

"Ha ha ha ha ha."

"I know, this kind of thing is hard to digest for a while," Xu Xiran sat across from him, trying to enlighten him earnestly, "So I hesitated for a long time whether I should say it or not. Then I thought about it with my heart, and felt that I should know it earlier Better. Better for you, better for him."

These words are somewhat similar to Yang Lin's bitch talk yesterday.But when he said it, it seemed extremely sincere.

Fang Mo lowered his head and poked the barbecue slices on the plate in front of him with his chopsticks, hesitating to speak: "Uh..."

"Oh," Xu Xiran sighed while busying with the baking tray, "It's not easy for him."

"Why do you say that," Fang Mo asked tentatively, "Don't you always resent being pursued by the same sex?"

"It's not easy to say that," Xu Xiran shook his head, "That's two different things."

After he finished speaking, seeing Fang Mo still looking at him, he suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

"The difference is whether it's respect." He tilted his head and scratched his hair with his hands. "It's just... some people want to take advantage of you, but some people really like you. It's different. They are sincere, Even if you can't accept it, you can't hate it, right?"

Fang Mo heard the words and nodded.

He probably understood what Xu Xiran meant.Lust and love are not the same.Most of those of the same sex who are attracted to him just want to have some fun with him and harass him verbally or physically regardless of his wishes.He felt uncomfortable and disdainful about it.

But Zou Shun is not this kind of person in his eyes.According to his imagination, Zou Shun endured his infatuated love, neither hurting nor taking anything, just staying quietly beside Fang Mo, secretly hurting himself, so Xu Xiran not only didn't feel disgusted, but also felt that it was not easy for him.

This is of course a misunderstanding of Zou Shun.Couldn't he, Fang Mo, be the one who really came close to this description?Since Xu Xiran would be moved by this, doesn't it mean that he has a chance?

"Then... if it was you, what would you do if you encountered this situation?" He was eager to try.

Xu Xiran answered without hesitation: "We can only distance ourselves."

Fang Mo, who was about to say something, closed his mouth.

Xu Xiran misunderstood again.He shook his head lightly, patted the back of Fang Mo's hand on the table, and said, "I also encountered this kind of thing when I was in high school, and it was quite uncomfortable."

Fang Mo hurriedly asked, "Can you tell me more about it?"

He wanted to learn about the failure experience of this disgraced senior, so that he could learn from it and sum up lessons.

Xu Xiran thought that he wanted to refer to it from another angle, so he seriously explained it to him.

"At that time, I had a classmate, a boy. We had a very close relationship, and we had agreed that we would go to the same university," he lowered his eyes, his face full of sighs, "I went to him during the summer vacation of the second year of high school and the third year of high school. I was playing at home and accidentally saw his diary."

"Peeping?" Fang Mo asked.

Xu Xiran was silent for a while: "I don't know if it's peeking, but I just saw it. He knew I was coming, but he spread the diary on the table. After thinking about it, I think he might have done it on purpose. Hope you can see me."

"...what's written in it?"

Xu Xiran didn't elaborate, but smiled at him a little stiffly.

"Then, what happened next?" Fang Mo asked again.

"I was so shocked at the time, and there was a feeling... of being betrayed, I couldn't accept it at all," Xu Xiran said, and sighed again, "It's over."

He said the last three words lightly, but at that time, the process was certainly not simple.

Fang Mo was silent for a while, then asked again: "Then have you ever regretted it?"

Xu Xiran nodded after being quiet for a few seconds: "A little bit. I was immature at the time, and I was too impulsive. Everything I said and did hurt people. Obviously, I can handle it better."

Fang Mo lowered his head and bit his lip, but remained silent.

"You handle it well," Xu Xiran said, "If you feel embarrassed, I can find another way from our club, you don't have to worry too much about it."

Fang Mo was depressed, but the reason was completely different from Xu Xiran's guess.He lowered his gaze and shook his head slowly after a long silence.

Seeing this, Xu Xiran piled the huge pile of meat on the grill onto his plate: "I understand, I understand how you feel now, really."

What the hell do you know, Fang Mo thought to himself.

A gentle, considerate and attractive straight man is simply the most annoying creature in the world.His whole body was full of flaws, which made his heart itch, and always shattered his hopes.

Seeing that he was not feeling well, Xu Xiran was a little anxious, and began to hold back his lines to coax him.

"Actually, it's not necessarily true. Maybe I'm overthinking it." He tried to squeeze a smile at Fang Mo, "I'm not very clever in this respect. It's very likely to guess randomly. wrong."

Fang Mo looked up: "That's right, I really met the man he had an unrequited love for!"

Saying this sentence consumed a lot of his determination and courage, and he felt a little regretful after he finished speaking.Because in that half minute just now, he had another very bad idea.

Xu Xiran's doubts can be used completely.The excuses are all ready-made, Xu Xiran himself only used them when he was in the club activity room.For example, in order to determine whether Zou Shun really has a crush on him, one or two tests are not enough.I still have to find opportunities to try again in the future, and then carefully observe his reaction.Another example, if Zou Shun really has that kind of thought, in order to make him retreat, he can pretend to be a couple in front of him.All in all, Xu Xiran had to be physically close to him.

What a great opportunity.

Fang Mo felt that he was too great to give up such a sweetness on his own initiative.After experiencing last night, his ideological realm has almost taken a qualitative leap.

Xu Xiran spread some meat on the baking tray, then put down the tongs and withdrew his hand.He tilted his head and propped his chin, thought for a moment, and said, "I have an idea."

"……what?"

"The results of the two tests today may not be accurate, and the possibility of a coincidence cannot be ruled out. Can we find opportunities to try a few more times in the future to see his reaction?"

"..."

"If he really likes you, we can also pretend to be a couple in front of him. He knows you have a partner, so he should be able to give up?"

"..."

"What do you think?" Xu Xiran asked.

Fang Mo looked at his face and swallowed.

You brought it on fucking yourself, he thought.

"What should I say?" Seeing his hesitation, Xu Xiran urged.

Fang Mo nodded solemnly: "Sure."

Just after returning to the dormitory after dinner, Fang Mo received a call from Zou Shun.

"Let me know." He smiled wickedly, "Let the two of you have dinner alone."

Just now after the fitting was over, Zou Shun, who had agreed to have dinner together, suddenly pretended to answer the phone in the middle of the walk, and left early.

"Then may I ask, why did you keep interrupting me in the activity room just now?" Fang Mo asked.

"Hahahahahaha," Zou Shun laughed loudly, "because your expression at that time was so funny!"

"..."

"What's the situation with you two now?" Zou Shun was a little excited, "Why are you suddenly so ambiguous. After what happened last night, he got enlightened?"

Fang Mo fell into hesitation, fearing that Zou Shun would collapse if he knew the truth.

"Speak up," Zou Shun asked, "Even straight men wouldn't just hold hands casually?"

Fang Mo sighed, and decided to tell the truth: "He suspects that you have a crush on me."

"..."

Zou Shun was silent for a moment.

"I told him it was a misunderstanding, and he said it's better to do an experiment to see if you would come to bother him if he was like me."

"..."

"Why the hell are you here?" Fang Mo said, "Can you be kind?"

"Didn't you say that he is very nervous?" Zou Shun's voice trembled, "Why do you care about such details and think so much?"

"I don't know," Fang Mo sighed, "I told him that I met the person you have a crush on, but he didn't listen very well."

"Fuck, I'm so embarrassed!" Zou Shun was a little anxious, "Then what should I do, do you want me to bring that person in front of him to prove his innocence?"

"Yes, yes," Fang Mo said, "but...it's best to take it after a while."

"Why?" Zou Shun was puzzled, "Is there anything more important?"

Fang Mo lowered his head and touched his nose: "...hehe."