under the filth

Among the crowd, there is a group of creatures covered with human skin and carefully disguised as humans. They look like humans on the surface, but once they smell the same kind of breath in others, they will bite like hungry beasts. Looking for the source of the smell, frantically chasing and entangled.

They will gradually reveal their original shape in front of the same kind, and all the ugly and crazy gestures that have never been shown in front of others will be exposed to the eyes of the same kind one by one.

Tang Cen didn't know until he was 20 years old that no matter how perfect he is in human skin and mixes in the crowd, he can't change the fact that he is a different kind, and he can't blend in with the crowd after all.All his disguises fell apart that night, revealing the most ugly appearance hidden under the skin.

Driven by alcohol, he showed all the unknown depravity and madness in front of Lu Sheng, and vented all the negative emotions through sex every night after the relationship.

But in the eyes of others, Tang Cen still frequently goes in and out with Lu Sheng as usual, there is no difference from before, and the insiders are only surprised by their sudden change in relationship.

Not long after Lu Sheng and Tang Cen confirmed their relationship, it was soon the end of that semester.

On the corridor leading to the classroom, Tang Cen was standing at the door of a classroom with a book in his arms.Holding the book in one hand, he closed the classroom door softly before turning around and preparing to leave.

The weather at the moment is not very good. The sky is still blue and vast in the morning, and the sky is covered with dark clouds. Looking at the past, it is gray and black, and it seems that a heavy rain is brewing.The lawn that used to be full of people was empty, only occasionally a few birds flew low.

While turning the pages of the book, Tang Cen accidentally raised his head and caught a glimpse of the clouds outside the window. Such weather is not suitable for staying outside the dormitory for a long time, and he forgot to bring an umbrella when he came out today.Not knowing when the rain would come or leave, Tang Cen picked up his book and prepared to rush back to the dormitory without thinking.

But when he reached the end of the corridor, Tang Cen ran into an old acquaintance.

Lily ran up the stairs panting with her umbrella, just in time to run into Tang Cen.She leaned on the handrail of the stairs with her face flushed and gasped for breath, but she kept saying, "Don, it's going to rain, are you going back?"

"Yeah." Tang Cen nodded. Lily in front of him seemed to be jogging all the way, and she was still panting on the armrest.

Tang Cen stretched out his hand to support her, and when he saw her expression, he couldn't help telling her, "Are you okay? You should go back early after you finish your work in a while."

"Okay." Lily replied softly.Maybe it was because she ran too fast, she was still a little dizzy at the moment, when Tang Cen reached out to support her, he simply sat down on the steps of the stairs with his strength.

Tang Cen was led by Lily and almost lost his footing. He carefully looked at Lily's face to make sure she was okay.

After sitting down, Lily felt much more comfortable. She was about to talk to Tang Cen, but when she looked up and saw Tang Cen was still looking at her, she quickly waved her hand: "I'm fine! I'll just sit here for a while and then go find someone. You should go back immediately."

"Okay." Tang Cen nodded helplessly, turned around the corner of the stairs and prepared to walk down.He thought to himself that the weather was a bit bad, and he didn't know if Lu Sheng had come back. If it started to rain, should he go and bring him an umbrella?

Tang Cen was lost in thought when Lily, who was sitting and resting, suddenly stopped him.He turned his head and saw the girl tilting her head, hesitating how to speak.

"That..." Lily sat on the stairs, stuck her head out from the handrail, bit her lower lip and asked vaguely, "Are you dating Lu?" Although she had been gossiping with Andy for several days, but in front of her Tang Cen was a little embarrassed when he asked.

Tang Cen's eyes widened in surprise. He didn't tell anyone else about this, so how could Lily know?Was it Lu Sheng who said it?

"How do you know?" Tang Cen asked with his back turned to her, his tone sounded like an ordinary inquiry.

"A friend told me that he saw you kissing at the door of the apartment." The handrail of the stairs was blocking, and Tang Cen deliberately turned his back to her. Lily didn't see the expression on Tang Cen's face, but said to herself, "You... huh?"

In front of the public, Lily said it in a reserved manner, but they knew what the "uh-huh" meant.It's just that Tang Cen didn't expect that the involuntary kiss at the door would be seen by others, so he couldn't deny it now: "Yes."

Lily didn't expect Tang Cen to admit this matter openly, stood up from the steps in surprise, covered her mouth and screamed softly: "Oh my God! I thought you Orientals are very conservative! I didn't expect you It turned out to be..."

Hearing such a big movement from her, Tang Cen let out a long sigh, and his shoulders drooped.He turned his head and looked helplessly at the girl who was pretending to be surprised with her mouth open, but with a strange light in her eyes. While stroking the back of his head, he said almost compromisingly, "Lily, we all drank some wine that day."

Tang Cen's words suddenly reminded Lily, she put away the playful expression on her face, put her hand on the armrest, and asked angrily: "You drank a lot that day, but at least Lu was sober, how could he so!"

It's one thing to have sex after drinking, it's another to take advantage of it.

Faced with Lily's questioning, Tang Cen turned his head and looked away.He didn't really want to explain, but just like the rumors Lily heard from other people, if he didn't explain, the misunderstanding would spread wider and wider, and it would become more and more outrageous.

After a while, Lily heard Tang Cen's voice.

"I promise," he said.

This time, Lily was not only surprised, she was stunned by the simple words, and after a few seconds, she suddenly came back to her senses and exclaimed: "What?! Lu chased you for so long before. No promise, I always thought you had no feelings for men."

"Are you serious? Lu he...??" Lily was shocked and began to speak incoherently, her hands were gesticulating in the air, her mouth closed but no sound came out.

Tang Cen looked at her silently. Under his gaze, Lily really didn't know what to say, so she put down her hand and patted her thigh: "Well, you have to know, there are quite a few boys in school who treat you Interesting, seeing that Lu hasn't chased you, they didn't dare to try."

"Those boys are probably going crazy now." Lily looked into Tang Cen's eyes and said every word.

Tang Cen got a headache when he mentioned this: "Are there many people who know about it?" It's not that he wants to hide the relationship, but he doesn't want to cause more trouble, and the things in hand are enough to keep him busy.

"No, in fact, everyone thought that Lu would give up on his own initiative before graduation, so some people thought it was a misrepresentation." Lily didn't understand why Tang Cen would suddenly agree to Lu Sheng's pursuit, even though they were usually like lovers in a relationship .When Tang Cen mentioned this matter, she acted very calmly, but she couldn't tell whether it was good or bad to use the strength of alcohol to determine it.

Lily thought for a while, and then said: "If you don't want to make it public, I'll say hello to them. Anyway, you are still getting along as usual, right?"

"Yes..." Tang Cen leaned on the handrail, and saw the floor at the bottom through the gap between the handrails of the stairs.At the end of the staggered railings, only a thin and long pattern of dark tiles was exposed.

After staring at the irregular spiral shape for a long time, Tang Cen was a little dizzy.He rubbed his eyes, turned his head to Lily and said, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

"Small things." Lily waved her hands indifferently, holding an umbrella and preparing to walk towards the classroom, while Tang Cen was also holding a book and preparing to go downstairs when she saw her leave.But just as he reached the corner, Lily's figure suddenly appeared at the corner above him again.

"Tang!" Lily leaned out half of her body from above, "Then you and Lu won't go to the sorority party next month?"

Tang Cen nodded, although he didn't know what Lu Sheng's arrangement was, but Lu Sheng never liked such activities, and he happened to have other things: "Well, I happen to be going home."

"Oh, what about Lu? Is he going back?" Lily wasn't too surprised that Tang Cen came home. After all, he didn't go back last year, but she was curious whether Tang Cen returned to China with Lu Sheng.

"If he doesn't go back, I'll be alone." Tang Cen looked up at the girl with a calm expression, but nothing special.

Lily sighed with some disappointment: "Ah... I thought you were going to meet your parents so soon." When she was with Andy back then, she brought her home and showed her parents to see her within two days. , but on second thought, Tang Cen and Lu Sheng are not the same as them, maybe it will take time.

Sure enough, Tang Cen's voice came from below: "I don't have any plans yet."

"That's right, let's date for a while longer, I'm optimistic about you two." The girl propped her chin and watched Tang Cen walk down slowly until the figure completely disappeared behind the corner.

Tang Cen was standing on the passageway on the first floor with his book in his arms. He looked at the dark and dense clouds in the sky, and smiled self-deprecatingly.

Although Lily said she was optimistic about them, Tang Cen never had much expectation for this relationship.Not to mention how long they can be together, Tang Songyuan's attitude alone is a big problem. No matter what, his father will not accept that he hangs out with men.

Tang Cen hurried all the way to the apartment, and when he reached the door of the apartment, it was already lightly raining.He took out the key and opened the door. When he entered, he bumped into Lu Sheng who came out when he heard the door opening.

Lu Sheng helped him, and then patted the water droplets on his shoulder: "I'm still thinking about whether to pick you up."

"I just met Lily and chatted for a while, so I came back late." Tang Cen took off his rain-stained shirt and threw it together with the book on the sofa in the living room.

Lu Sheng put his arms around his waist and kissed his beautiful collarbone.Tang Cen obediently put his arms around his shoulders and pressed against him, letting Lu Sheng's hand slide down little by little.

In the end, he, a selfish person, was just using Lu Sheng to survive this most difficult period, and what happened in the future was not within his plan.Tang Cen never imagined what his future would be like, nor did he plan his own life.