growing up

Anyway, I can't fall asleep, but I don't want to go to exercise so early.Ling Chao simply turned on the computer and played online for a while.

The collection bar on the home page of the browser is a few forums that I often visit.This is Ling Chao's habit. He always saves the websites he often visits, so that he can go in at one point when he wants to read them.

I casually clicked and watched, and there was nothing of interest in the recent posts.

After looking aimlessly for a while, the mouse clicked on a collection.

When the lavender page jumped out, Ling Chao realized that this was a gay forum he followed.

When he first learned about his sexual orientation, he checked a lot of information on the Internet and found this forum by accident.Unlike other forums that are full of indecent content, this forum is mostly a place where some literary and artistic comrades write their autobiographies.Ling Chao doesn't know whether these stories are all true, and the content of the stories is also varied, some happy and some unfortunate.It's just someone else's story, and I am at best a spectator.

It has been almost two years since the account was registered. Ling Chao used to visit it from time to time, and occasionally commented, or wished or comforted.

This time, I haven’t clicked on it since the beginning of the school year. There are many new posts on the homepage, including a post from a familiar ID—we are finally together.

This ID was followed by Ling Chao when he first came to this forum. At that time, they seemed to have just entered college, and the two were classmates in high school. The host liked another boy when he was a sophomore in high school. Not enthusiastic.Only in the relationship of attending classes in one classroom.Didn't even say a few words.It wasn't until the third year of high school that the two met because of a debate competition. Later, the two gradually became friends. The host kept his feelings in his heart and only treated the boy wholeheartedly. The two got their college entrance examinations in the same city, but they were from different schools.The boy is a very good and handsome person. As soon as he entered the university, the buds of feelings that were suppressed in high school suddenly appeared overnight. He received many love letters from girls, and he seemed to be thinking about it. one of them.He came to the host to ask for his advice, which was what the host wrote on the forum at first.

Later, as time went by, the poster mustered up the courage to confess.But it scares the boys.

In the past two years, this landlord will update their status on the forum from time to time.From evasion, to confusion, to reconciliation to ambiguity.Now, it has finally come to fruition.

This post was posted a week ago, and there are already more than 2000 followers.For more than two years, Ling Chao watched their story develop little by little.I thought of Gu Yuan again. If one day, when Gu Yuan knew that he was gay and liked him, what kind of reaction would he have?

After going through the building layer by layer, I left a message to the host on the site to express my blessings. The two of them added each other as friends before, but they didn't chat much. They were all discussing the things mentioned in the post.After all these were done, it was already more than two hours later.The sun was shining outside, and the lights in the house were still on.

Ling Chao stood up and moved his stiff limbs, and turned off the light at the bedside, only to feel a little hungry.

After washing and changing her clothes, remembering that she would not be eating at home all day, she called Aunt Chen to let her know, and then went downstairs to have breakfast with her wallet key.

Ling Chao has been working on the test papers all morning, because the school stipulates that their class needs to complete the high school courses in the second semester of the second year of high school, so the teachers of each subject make progress relatively quickly from the formal class.In just a few days, a lot of test papers have been done.The students in the class are all very diligent. Although Ling Chao is also used to this kind of progress and has no difficulty in learning, he never lags behind when it is time to work hard.

The questions given by the teachers of all subjects were not low in difficulty. After a whole morning, Ling Chao only finished a few test papers in mathematics and comprehensive science.I looked at my watch, and there was only half an hour left before the agreed time yesterday.

Ling Chao went to the bathroom to wash his face, opened WeChat and saw Wang Tian and the other four boarding students in the group were already on their way to the hotel they had made an appointment with yesterday, and Wang Xiaoxiao and Chen Yu were also preparing to leave. Know what he's doing.

Ling Chao quit WeChat and clicked on the address book to call Gu Yuan, it rang for a while before he was picked up.

"Hey, Gu Yuan? What are you doing? It's almost noon." Ling Chao said

"Huh?" Gu Yuan's voice sounded weak, as if he was still awake after being woken up: "Oh, I almost forgot. Then I'll pack up and go out."

"Did you have a fever again? Why are you so weak?" Ling Chao asked a little worried.

"No, I just fell asleep, and I was fine yesterday." Gu Yuan's low laughter came from the receiver, feeling a little numb.

"Is that good?" Ling Chao asked again.

"Yes, that's great. Don't worry. I'll wash my face first, and I'll see you at the hotel later." The voice was much more normal now.

"Okay, see you later." Ling Chao also felt relieved.

The restaurant was booked by Chen Yu, and the address was posted in the group.Ling Chao didn't know how far it was, so he took a taxi and asked the driver brother to drive there according to the address.

There are quite a lot of cars in Xincheng on weekend mornings, and you always have to wait for a while when you encounter traffic lights. In fact, it is not far away, and it took less than half an hour.When he looked for the private room number given in the group, everyone else was already sitting in it.

Before walking to the door, I could hear several people chatting lively inside, Wang Tian's voice was the loudest, he didn't know what joke he told, and everyone else laughed out loud.

Because Wang Xiaoxiao was the only girl, she was arranged to sit at the back facing the door, and she was the first to see Ling Chao.He waved at him: "Ling Chao, you are finally here. Come in quickly."

The others turned to greet him when they heard the voice.

Seven people sat around a round table.There was a vacant seat on Wang Xiaoxiao's left, and they invited him to sit there, and Gu Yuan was on his left.Then came Wang Tian, ​​Xiao Yuping, Xu Ziqiang, Zhang Cheng and Chen Yu.

Ling Chao greeted everyone, then turned to look at Gu Yuan, feeling that he was about the same as usual, so he was really relieved.

"Ling Chao, look at the menu and see what you want to eat. We just ordered a few dishes, so we'll be waiting for you." Chen Yu handed over the menu and said.

"I am casual, not picky eaters." Ling Chao took the menu with a smile.

I've already ordered □□ dishes. The people in D City have a strong taste, and it seems that several dishes are heavy.It's not that Ling Chao can't eat spicy food, it's just that he's used to it being milder.After opening the menu, I ordered two more home-cooked dishes and stopped.

The waiter came over with a few small dishes, put away the menu, and asked if they wanted drinks.

Wang Tian said: "Okay, let's have two bottles of beer for each person, and we have to play in the afternoon, so drink less at noon."

Ling Chao didn't expect them to have no objection.It feels like the two bottles of beer that I said casually are drinks.Ling Chao occasionally drinks with his father at home, but his amount should be a bottle of beer, half a glass of red wine, and the amount of white wine that he dare not touch.

"How about... Shall I drink yogurt with Wang Xiaoxiao?" Ling Chao was a little embarrassed but had to speak out.

"Ah? You don't know how to drink?" Wang Tian leaned forward and looked at Gu Yuan in disbelief.

"I'm not very good at drinking." Ling Chao said with a smile.

"That's fine, don't drink it. The yogurt is also very good." Chen Yu looked at the waiter and said, "Then get us a beer and two yogurts. We'll drink this at noon, and we'll continue at night. "

"I want ice." Xiao Yuping said.

"I want ice too." Zhang Cheng also said.

"I don't want ice." Wang Tian raised his hand and said.

"I don't want ice either." Xu Ziqiang said.

The waiter asked while remembering: "Then why don't you serve half ice and half normal temperature?"

"It's fine, I can't drink ice, hey, Gu Yuan, what about you?" Chen Yu looked at Gu Yuan and asked.

"I can do it." Gu Yuan replied.

"Success, those few wait a moment." The waiter went out after writing this down.

The dishes are served very quickly. There are a lot of northern dishes, and a dozen dishes can be placed on a full table.Xiao Yuping opened a bottle of wine for each of them, and everyone filled their glasses.

"Let's have a drink first, as a welcome to Ling Chao and Gu Yuan's class." Chen Yu is worthy of being the class monitor, with a full leadership demeanor.

A few people stood up jokingly, picked up their cups and stretched out their hands, touched the top of the table, and drank the wine in one gulp.

Ling Chao also took a big mouthful of yogurt, and thanked him with a smile.

Gu Yuan didn't speak, but his drinking was done in one go, crisp and neat.

He still looked calm and calm. When someone asked him a question, he would answer it, but he didn't take the initiative to speak.Others are used to him like this, and they don't think there is anything wrong with it.

"Don't drink in such a hurry, it's such a big cup." Ling Chao couldn't help but make a sound.

Gu Yuan smiled and filled up the empty cup: "It's okay."

Several people chatted while eating, drinking, and talking about some interesting things about the school.Wang Xiaoxiao's personality is also very lively, and he plays well with them.Ling Chao and Gu Yuan are new classmates, they don't know much about the school, so they just listen to them silently.Before the meal was finished, the wine was drunk first.

It can be seen that all of them have a good drinking capacity. After drinking two bottles of beer, it really feels like 'drink less'.Except for Zhang Cheng's face, the others are no different from the beginning.

This restaurant is near the Science and Technology Museum, and the group walked there slowly after eating.Ling Chao and Gu Yuan walked last.

"I didn't expect you to drink well!" Ling Chao glanced at Gu Yuan and said as he walked.

Gu Yuan wore a gray pullover hooded sweater with the same style of sweatpants underneath.Walking in the sun, the skin on the face is more white.

"It's okay." Gu Yuan said.

"Are all of you guys quite drinkable?" Ling Chao looked at the rowdy people in front of him, wondering what Wang Tian said that made Wang Xiaoxiao want to beat him.

"Maybe, more or less, I drank with my family since I was a child." Gu Yuan was also looking ahead, with a smile on his lips.

"Oh, I can't do it. I used to drink with my dad, and I felt uncomfortable if I didn't drink a couple of sips." Ling Chao was a little envious of their drinking capacity, but he was a little disappointed.

Gu Yuan turned around to look at Ling Chao, lowered his head and laughed: "Brother Chao, it really doesn't matter if you drink well or not, you are still a very powerful person."