In the golden cage

It was raining when they came out of the mall.

Neither of them had an umbrella, and the parking lot where Li Chen's car was located was still some distance away.The rain fell suddenly when they were halfway there, and the two had to find a corner to shelter from the rain in a hurry.

The sun in winter is short-lived, and at four or five o'clock in the afternoon, the world is already dark.The street lights were turned on early, and there were beams of orange-yellow light, among which fluffy drizzle could be seen with the naked eye.

Rain is not common in winter, and it gets colder every day, and a gust of wind blows through, and it will freeze into the bone marrow.

Li Chen knew that Ji Shaoting was afraid of the cold, so he immediately unbuttoned his windbreaker and put Ji Shaoting in his arms.

Li Chen is taller than Ji Shaoting, and he exercises a lot, his body is full of firm flesh.Ji Shaoting pressed against his chest, only to feel that Li Chen's heartbeat was stronger than his.

Ji Shaoting thought that he really hadn't done anything this year, and even his physical functions had degenerated.

Li Chen's warm voice fell, and asked him if he could be warmer like this.Ji Shaoting nodded and said thank you.

Then there was a silence.Thanks to the sound of rustling and rain, this period of silence is very comfortable, at least Ji Shaoting's social instinct did not drive him to find some words to break the silence.

They waited at the corner of the commercial street.Passers-by in the not-so-spacious streets opened their umbrellas, while those without umbrellas hurriedly looked for shelter from the rain.The leaden gray fog weighed down heavily, and the rain-soaked asphalt road glistened under the street lamps.

A shadow cast by the corner of the eaves hid them.Ji Shaoting secretly looked up at Li Chen, and found that his eyes were closed, his dense and long eyelashes were closed together, and there was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

Ji Shaoting's heart suddenly felt numb, followed by unreasonable fear and anticipation, he couldn't tell what it was like.It turns out that mixed flavors are the same thing.

They draw warmth from each other under the same windbreaker, which is extremely gentle from the literal point of view.

Li Chen is seldom gentle towards him, and once he softens his posture, the defense that Ji Shaoting has worked so hard to build before will crack and crack.

It was as if after returning from London, no matter how wronged he was, when he saw the wedding photo on Li Chen's desktop, his heart melted together.

Li Chen is right, he is a creature that is easy to empathize with and be moved easily, let alone in the dark where day and night meet.In the dark, everything hides and hides, and it is too easy to breed inexplicable feelings, so the light and shadow of the bar are particularly dim and ambiguous, so as to promote men and women.

Ji Shaoting repeatedly told himself to be calm and calm, not to let everything go to waste.As long as there is no expectation for Li Chen, he will not be hurt again.

But at this moment Li Chen called softly: "Ting Ting."

Ji Shaoting is very face-saving, and anyone who sees him is willing to warm up with him, and he will shout at him after a while.That's why he has heard countless calls from childhood to adulthood, but only the call from Li Chen is the most special, every word has his own stubbornness, stubborn to the point of paranoia.

Of course Ji Shaoting was afraid, but he couldn't resist at the same time.He answered him: "I am."

He felt Li Chen tighten his arms around his waist.

Here it comes again, Ji Shaoting thought, this strong and brutal way of expressing love.

"You actually know what I'm thinking," Li Chen whispered in his ear, asking in a eager tone that urgently needs to be proved, "Is that right?"

It is equivalent to a confession.

That's right, this atmosphere is at the right time, place and people, Li Chen will not let it go.Ji Shaoting really wanted to change the subject, but he had already learned his lesson once, knowing that changing the subject would only make Li Chen more aggressive. After all, Li Chen never considered his feelings, let alone gave him time to smooth out the mess in his chest. mentality.

Ji Shaoting sighed uncontrollably, but Li Chen was too nervous to hold a sigh: "Why are you sighing?"

"Just thinking about something." Ji Shaoting felt that the situation was becoming more and more difficult to handle.

"What are you thinking?" Li Chen kept asking, "Don't you understand my feelings for you? Not everyone is qualified to be Mrs. Li, only you, Tingting, I only want you."

So Li Chen thinks being Mrs. Li is a supreme honor, right?But Ji Shaoting didn't want it at all.

The rain didn't intend to stop for a while, and Ji Shaoting had nowhere to escape.Li Chen ordered him to look at him again, so he could only raise his head to meet his eyes.Even his eyes were forcing him to give an answer, and there was a bit of hostility between his brows.

Ji Shaoting can be 100% sure that if he honestly said the above sentence, Li Chen would really go crazy on the spot.

"Why are you silent?"

Because I don't want to respond to your self-righteous love.

"Tingting, you understand, right?"

It was almost driving him to a corner.

"Tingting, talk," Li Chen's smile has disappeared, because of Ji Shaoting's silence, guilt and fear, he has become extremely aggressive, even his tone is heavy, "I told you to talk!"

"I see!"

Ji Shaoting finally couldn't take it anymore: "But do you have to have sex!"

There was a mess in his chest, and there was only one thing that was clearest: he felt that Li Chen's exuberant sexual desire was disgusting.

Ji Shaoting has always been pure-hearted and ascetic, but he also understands Li Chen's needs. It is understandable to relieve him, but why can't he use some ordinary methods.

Li Chen remained silent for half a minute before speaking again: "You really mind that night in England."

Not only the night in England, Ji Shaoting said in his heart, but also the night after you tried to cheat but failed.

"Do you have to have sex?" Li Chen repeated Ji Shaoting's question slowly, and Ji Shaoting already regretted saying what he said from the bottom of his heart.He and Li Chen couldn't communicate at all, so what's the use of telling the truth: "It's okay, Ah Chen, forgot what I said—"

"Since you understand my intentions," Li Chen cut off Ji Shaoting's words, "then it should be clear that it's normal for me to want to do those things with you."

Ji Shaoting couldn't help but be bored: it was this natural tone again.

Li Chen continued his unquestionable speech: "I want to fuck you because you are very attractive. Isn't that a good thing? I have no desire for you, so you should worry."

Look, he had already said that he and Li Chen couldn't communicate at all, so why did he tell the truth to him.

So Ji Shaoting put on a look of knowing that he was wrong, saying that he understood.It's good for Li Chen to tell him that he understands: "If you have something unhappy, you have to tell it. It's always hidden in your heart. I don't know, so I can't tell you."

It turned out that this matter was considered open for Li Chen, using these few words with a teaching tone.He thought he had enlightened Ji Shaoting, but he didn't realize Ji Shaoting's perfunctory.Ji Shaoting wanted to laugh for some reason.

"I'll tell you in the future," Ji Shaoting can tell lies now without changing his face, and he has become a very bad person around Li Chen, "Now I have to find a way to go home quickly, Mom is waiting, and I have to cut the cake—— — Ah Chen, look, do you feel that the rain is getting lighter?"

Ji Shaoting was talking nonsense, the rain hadn't weakened at all, but he really didn't want to wear Li Chen like this anymore.After returning home, with Aunt Chen around, Ji Shaoting felt more at ease.

Li Chen looked out twice, and said, "It's cold now, and you'll catch a cold when it rains. Let's wait a while before going there. After a while, the rain will stop, and you will start living in the south. This kind of shower will end soon. .”

Ji Shaoting waited quietly, feeling that the rain in his life was not as long as this one.

What Li Chen thought was exactly the opposite of him.He then embraced Ji Shaoting, kissed his ear and whispered: "Besides, it's good that the rain doesn't stop."

This rain is not rain, but a dream, covering people in a dense white mist.

Li Chen was very satisfied with the unexpected weather change, which created an excellent opportunity for him to confess his feelings to Ji Shaoting and dispel Ji Shaoting's worries.He leaned against Ji Shaoting's ear, and he called out more and more out of breath, full of lingering love: "If you feel that you are not ready yet, I promise you, we can take our time."

Ji Shaoting's first reaction was: lie.

If Li Chen was really willing to take his time with him, Fang Xian wouldn't be so impatient to press him for an answer, and now he wouldn't keep asking: "Is it okay?"

Ji Shaoting looked into the depths of the rain curtain, and the tall and low buildings hung low on the edge of the gradually deepening night.

"Are you okay? Tingting, are you okay?"

Ji Shaoting had already learned to be good, and replied with a smirk: "Okay."

The rain did stop after a while, and just as Ji Shaoting wanted to get out of the dark corner, Li Chen held him back.

He turned around and found that Li Chen's complexion was different from before, but Ji Shaoting couldn't tell what the difference was.He heard Li Chen say, "There is one last thing to say."

Ji Shaoting waited on the spot, and said politely: "Then please tell me."

Li Chen withdrew his hands and hung them by his sides, his whole body became serious.Ji Shaoting couldn't help thinking to himself that there was some important imperial edict to be announced in this posture.

It wasn't an imperial decree, Li Chen even lowered his voice, and there was an unnatural awkwardness in his words: "That night in England, it was my lack of self-control, and I didn't consider that it was your first time, which frightened you. Ting Ting— —”

Ji Shaoting's eyes widened, seeing Li Chen take a deep breath, his lips opened and closed, and he said three words that Ji Shaoting never expected to hear in his life:

"sorry."