Xie Zhuxing has much too much pride and dignity to discuss porn. Therefore, when Wang Chao rambled on and on about the actors’ figures and sizes, he only listened in silence.
Wang Chao poked Xie Zhuxing’s shin with his foot and complained, “It’s not that I’m lecturing you. But Xiao Xie, all this goody-goody facade is fake. You’ve already seen it, what’s wrong with discussing it?”
Xie Zhuxing glanced at him and said, “Stop calling me Xiao Xie. I’ve got over half an year on you.”
Wang Chao asked, “Then what should I call you?”
Xie Zhuxing said, “Call me Ge.”
Wang Chao didn’t want to be treated as if he was younger and asked, “What does your parents call you?”
Xie Zhuxing, “
My nickname.”
Wang Chao said, “What is your nickname?”
Xie Zhuxing refused to tell.
Wang Chao could not stop his curiosity and kicked him on the shin again, “Did you hear me? What is it?”
Xie Zhuxing, “
Baobao.”
Wang Chao paused for a second. Yet, as soon as he visualized the scene of Xie Zhuxing being chased by his parents and relatives, calling him “baobao,” he couldn’t stop but begin to laugh.
Xie Zhuxing tried to hold it back but couldn’t, and he too began to laugh. He glanced at Wang Chao and asked, “What does your family call you?”
Wang Chao laughed as he said, “Sometimes Lao San, sometimes Xiao Chao. There isn’t a definite one.”
Xie Zhuxing stopped laughing.
Wang Chao recalled something and stopped too.
Xie Zhuxing said with a flat voice, “It’s pass two a.m. now. Time to shower and go to bed.”
He turned over to get out of bed. Wang Chao hurriedly got up and grabbed the other man’s waist. “Angry?” He cooed.
Xie Zhuxing replied, “Angry at what?”
Wang Chao said, “Stop faking it. Aren’t you just angry at that person calling me by my nickname?”
Xie Zhuxing stayed silent.
Wang Chao admitted everything himself, “I really don’t remember whether I told him to call me by that. We were really good friends then, and I even brought him over to my parent’s house for dinner. I had no idea that he was not a good person at all, but as soon as I did, I cut him off.”
Xie Zhuxing paused for a moment and said, “He isn’t a good person in my opinion either.”
Wang Chao grinned, “Everything baobao says is right.”
Xie Zhuxing, “..Please call me Xiao Xie instead.”
He headed to the bathroom. While taking a shower, he suddenly realized, Wang Chao is so different today.
Usually, he would never explain himself when things like this happen. He would even find ways to piss him off by retorting at every chance.
But he explained everything so calmly today.
Wang Chao laid flat on the bed outside, thinking to himself: Fuck, that shit was exhausting. Whether Xie baobao is angry for real or only pretending to be jealous, he could see right through.
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Sorry for being late! This chapter is on the short side because author was still on vacation.