because i'm pretty

DS is a sports brand sold in the form of supermarkets. It first emerged in the Nordic countries that love outdoor sports. It caused quite a stir when it entered Jinghai a few years ago.

In the three-story large building in the city center, there are not only its own brand sports and outdoor merchandise sales area, but also dining and rest areas, and even virtual campsites, indoor rock climbing and other sports and entertainment venues.

So every weekend, every corner here is overcrowded.

The dining area is a fully open fast food restaurant structure, with adults and children coming and going around, many people passing by with their plates, and the waiters cleared the tables behind them...

Sitting on the bar chair, Li Yikai was dumbfounded by a single question.

Lucifer looked at him with a serious expression and persistent eyes. Behind him, an aunt holding a child walked over. His clothes were pulled a bit, and the black tattoo on his neck was exposed between the collar...

Li Yikai doesn't like labeling others because of niche hobbies, but when he saw the tattoo, he couldn't help thinking—what kind of friends did Yuan Zhiming know?

He doesn't mind being known about his sexuality, but he's also not interested in confessing to someone he doesn't care about.

Yuan Zhiming squeezed through the crowd holding the dinner plate, he was particularly conspicuous because of his tall stature, Li Yikai got up to help him carry things, but did not answer this question.

Three milk smoothies, Yuan Zhiming said that it was difficult to line up, and distributed them one by one to the people present.

"Not mine?" Li Yikai asked.

"Ah", Yuan Zhiming said without hesitation, "Aren't you lactose intolerant?"

Li Yikai was stunned for a moment, and then felt a warm current in his heart.

But he didn't appear overly flattered, just nodded with a smile.

"I ordered the mango flavored one for you, and I will call the number later," Yuan Zhiming said.

Zhao Kaisi chuckled: "He is also allergic to mangoes."

"Why do you have so many problems?" Yuan Zhiming complained, and squinted his eyes because of the sweet and fragrant dessert.

Li Yikai glanced at Zhao Kaisi, and admitted: "Milk is just intolerance, it's okay to eat a little, mango is more serious."

Yuan Zhiming generously pushed the bowl over: "Then you eat this."

Li Yikai found that Yuan Zhiming is a person who is very willing to share food. He wanted to say that "eating cold drinks in winter will cause stomach pain", but looking at the other party's eyes, he still picked up the spoon and put it on the smoothie that Yuan Zhiming dug up beyond recognition. Take a sip.

It is very gratifying for you to share the delicious food bite by bite. When Li Yikai is happy, he forgets the embarrassment just now. When Yuan Zhiming is happy, he becomes talkative: "What were you talking about just now?"

"I asked Kevin if he was gay." Lucifer replied.

With a bang, the two metal spoons collided, Li Yikai shook his hands, and Yuan Zhiming froze.

"Why do you ask people like this when you just met?" Yuan Zhiming reacted, clenched his fist and gave Lucifer a shoulder.

"Just asking." Lucifer slowly rubbed the place where he was beaten, as if he had long been used to this way of getting along.

Yuan Zhiming turned his head and smiled apologetically at Li Yikai: "His thinking is a little jumpy, don't mind."

Lucifer's gaze and offensive question just made Li Yikai helpless and speechless.

But Yuan Zhiming's reaction like this really made him look bad.

"I am", Li Yikai said.

"Ah?" Yuan Zhiming suddenly raised his head.

Li Yikai put the spoon flat on the tray, folded his arms and leaned back slightly, looked at Yuan Zhiming calmly and said, "I don't mind."

"I don't mind you knowing, I like men."

Zhao Kaisi looked at the three people who were looking at each other, and swore in his heart that this would definitely rank among the top 3 famous scenes that Zhou Xing most regretted to miss in his life.

Yuan Zhiming's eyes blinked too fast...

It was nothing at all.

There are no strange people in the art circle. Yuan Zhiming knows many gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgenders and even asexuals. Sexual orientation is the most irrelevant personal hobby.

He had never acted so... flustered or even unnatural about this.

Maybe Lucifer asked too abruptly?maybe.

But before he could figure it out, Li Yikai tilted his head, as if he was attracted by the people in the distance.

Yuan Zhiming followed his gaze - two or three seemed to be the staff of the shopping mall, and a woman with dark lipstick surrounded by them was walking towards this side.

The well-dressed lady noticed Li Yikai's gaze, and raised her chin even more, but she didn't stop at all, and seemed to be ignoring it.

But Li Yikai had already got up and greeted her: "Olivia."

Olivia had to stop, showing an emotive smile, still holding her chin up: "Mr. Kevin, why come to our place when you have time?"

"Shopping with friends", Li Yikai spoke calmly, got up and walked towards her, not intending to introduce the few people behind him.

But Olivia's voice is high enough to pass through the noise. She chuckled twice and deliberately said, "Really? I thought you were here to do consumer research just now!"

"Then you go shopping slowly." She brushed her hair and smiled lightly with her red lips: "Sorry, I can't give you a discount for your partner."

This eccentric tone made people have to pay attention, Zhao Kaisi frowned, and looked at Yuan Zhiming for an answer.

Yuan Zhiming probably guessed the other party's background, but he and Zhao Kaisi didn't have the kind of tacit understanding that could communicate silently, so they just opened their mouths blankly.

He was even more entangled in whether to call Li Yikai so that he could escape the tense confrontation.

But it turned out that Li Yikai didn't need it, and his tone was still polite and calm: "I've been wanting to explain to you, but your mobile phone has been unable to get through. I am very sorry about the project. We have cooperated for four years, and of course I don't want to lose DS as a customer. "

"But it is inevitable that creativity will enter into a period of cooperation fatigue. Our original creative team can't produce ideas that make you refreshed. I can't do anything about it. Changing the team will help everyone's work."

Olivia raised her eyebrows lightly: "Don't talk to me about the bureaucracy, we only talked about changing your teacher Liu, and didn't say that we would change the whole team. With such a large system of DS, changing the project team will not help our efficiency at all. No."

"I will continue to assist the new team until they adapt smoothly, and you can call me at any time," Li Yikai said, "Group A is the earliest member of Miao Jia's qualifications, and their ability will only be higher than mine."

"Forget it," Olivia chuckled softly, "I don't know you advertising companies yet? It's about team loyalty."

She looked at Li Yikai, seemed to be thinking of something, and removed some aggressiveness in her tone: "Kevin, you are still too young. I have worked in Party B and Party A for so many years, and I have seen it many times as a result of being so impulsive."

"You always feel that your ideas are valuable, and it's the clients who are begging you to take over the projects. In fact, it's not true, the circle is so small, you offended a client like DS today, not to mention our international influence."

She looked at the employees behind her, and then turned her head: "Even my own contacts can radiate half of Jinghai's industry circle—my evaluation of you actually affects your future career development."

These words were too condescending, and people couldn't help frowning. Yuan Zhiming had seen Li Yikai confront the bosses on the phone and in the meeting room, so he couldn't help standing up, worried about how Li Yikai would react.

But Zhao Kaisi pulled him and motioned him to sit down and leave it alone.

When Yuan Zhiming was hesitating, he heard Li Yikai laugh out loud, still in that lukewarm but polite tone: "Thank you for reminding me, I hope we can all work smoothly in the future."

Olivia played both soft and hard ways, and was blocked by a pile of cotton. If it wasn't for the subordinates around her, she would have rolled her eyes and left with her head held high.

She turned the corner and said "OK".

"Have fun, I have to meet the vice president of the Asia-Pacific market, so I won't accompany you."

"Goodbye," Li Yikai waved his hand.

Turning his head, the smile on his face faded instantly.

"Let's go?" It was Zhao Kaisi who asked.

"Let's go?" Zhao Kaisi froze for a moment.

"We still need to do physical examination, buy medicine, and get vaccinated." Li Yikai raised his hand to check the time.

"Oh yes", Zhao Kaisi grabbed the shopping bag and stood up.

Yuan Zhiming opened his mouth, but seeing the other party's calm expression, he suddenly didn't know what to say.

"See you on Monday then," he said.

Li Yikai nodded: "See you on Monday."

Yuan Zhiming didn't lower his head until the figures of the two disappeared in the elevator. The smoothie had already been spent, leaving only a puddle of white liquid.

Lucifer poked him, Yuan Zhiming turned his head and saw a pair of eyes that seemed to penetrate him.

"You won't betray our bachelor alliance, will you?" Lucifer asked.

"I won't." Yuan Zhiming's voice was not very interested, but he still answered the question patiently.

"But that Kevin is gay, and it doesn't look simple," Lucifer commented.

"I won't," Yuan Zhiming said again, "You know, I won't fall in love with anyone."

Lucifer pondered for a moment, and for some reason he was still worried: "But if you get involved, you won't..."

"That won't be the case," Yuan Zhiming said, and he slapped the spoon on the tray, which was in stark contrast to Li Yikai's horizontal and vertical one.

He said firmly: "Boys and girls are the same."

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I have already written 20 chapters, it goes by so fast.

I have been reading everyone's comments, but I am very clumsy and don't know how to express it.

Anyway, thank you all for your likes!