Extra 2 (2)

After his mother passed away, he suffered domestic violence from his father, and he met two pedophiles. In Chu Shici’s original life, these three painful memories in his childhood have all changed.

He can enjoy a carefree childhood in this parallel world.

Because Shen Lianzhe arrived in time, Chu Shici was only pulled around by the two men. He had no idea what they were going to do to him, he just thought they were trying to steal his money.

This was the first time he had encountered such a puzzling thing, he kept discussing it with Zhe-ge on the way home.

Shen Lianzhe didn’t know what happened just now.

When he was on duty, he found that Ah Ci was not in the class, so he ran out to look for him and happened to see that scene outside.

After listening to Chu Shici’s words, he also felt that they might have met a gangster.

Shen Lianzhe had already come out of the inexplicable state before. He took his friend’s hand and told him: “If you encounter a strange man again in the future, give him whatever he wants. Your safety is the most important thing.”

Zhe-ge’s expression was serious and his words were severe. Chu Shici couldn’t help but tease him, “It’s okay to be robbed of  money, but what should I do if I meet someone who robs me of my body? Give it to him too?”

Shen Lianzhe’s face instantly turned ugly, “No. I said the wrong things.”

Chu Shici put his arms around his shoulders and smiled casually: “Of course I must resist. No one can even try to snatch a dime from my hand…”

Shen Lianzhe stopped and interrupted, “As long as I am alive, I will not let you be in danger and I will always protect you.”

Chu Shici took his hand back, his cheeks feeling a little hot.

He thought for a moment and smiled brightly, “Then I will also protect you. We will be good brothers for life!”

Shen Lianzhe hummed.

But he always felt uncomfortable, as if he heard something terrible.

After Chu Shici finished speaking, he also regretted it.

Did he just say the wrong thing?

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He was not abused by his father, nor was he discriminated against for his disability. With enough food and clothing, he doesn’t have to worry about survival.

Chu Shici lived with Zhe-ge and the two systems, living in a warm and safe environment, and also embarked on a completely different path from his original world.

Chu Shici is very smart and has studied well since he was a child. Living in the same house as Shen Lianzhe, Zhe-ge watched him study after school.

He did not drop out of school before graduating, and instead entered the best local high school with Zhe-ge.

This time they are not only in the same class, they are also seat mates.

As his living conditions improved, Chu Shici also had other needs. He soon realized from the feedback from everyone else that he was handsome.

He was always confident and flamboyant, but after being watched by some girls in the class, he became like a peacock, always showing off intentionally or unintentionally.

Shen Lianzhe is the person he showed his feathers off to.

After his mother was discharged from the hospital, her health recovered and she returned to work, and the financial pressure eased, Chu Shici began to use the money earned from his part-time jobs to buy clothes and accessories.

Every time he changed into new clothes, he would run to Zhe-ge and ask him to praise himself.

Shen Lianzhe was taciturn and not good at talking. After holding it in for a long time, he could only say one sentence, “It looks good.”

It was dry and sounded perfunctory, but Chu Shici was very happy.

There was a basketball team in high school. After Chu Shici entered high school, he became addicted to basketball and trained extra every weekend.

Shen Lianzhe has no interest in basketball. He spends his days off learning boxing*.

*(散打Sǎndǎ: official Chinese boxing full-contact combat sport.)

One Sunday afternoon, after Shen Lianzhe finished his boxing class, he went to the school to watch a basketball game at the invitation of Chu Shici.

Strictly speaking, this is not a competition, just a training match between the two schools.

Shen Lianzhe was sitting in the audience, with a group of students sitting next to him. He listened to their chatter and realized that these people were all the audience members invited by Ah Ci.

It turned out that he was not the only one who was invited by him, and Shen Lianzhe was inexplicably a little disappointed.

Chu Shici was very good at socializing. He had gathered almost half of the girls in the school to support the match.

It must have been discussed in advance. When Chu Shici’s team scored a goal, the group of female classmates immediately waved flags and screamed, chanting loudly in unison.

During halftime, the cheerleaders came over to help out.

Chu Shici is extremely outgoing, the more people there were, the more energetic he became.

After scoring a goal, he turned to the audience with a bright smile. His smile was bright and dazzling, like a little sun.

Shen Lianzhe stared at this scene blankly, his heartbeat suddenly started to beat faster.

They won the game and everyone was celebrating.

Several girls surrounded Chu Shici and handed him water bottles and towels.

Shen Lianzhe also brought a water bottle, but he didn’t expect there would be so many people.

Looking at the warm water bottle in his hand, and then at the energy drinks and various drinks held by those people, he suddenly felt embarrassed.

When Chu Shici saw him, he excitedly squeezed out of the crowd and ran to him: “Ge, have you brought me water?”

Shen Lianzhe handed over the warm water bottle. Chu Shici opened it and looked into it, “Cold water?”

“It’s warm. You’ve just finished exercising. It’s not suitable to drink cold water.”

“Thank you, Ge!”

Chu Shici’s gratitude was not false at all. Shen Lianzhe hummed indifferently, but the tips of his ears turned red unconsciously.

Ah Ci only drank the water he handed over and didn’t take any water bottles from other people.

After realizing this, Shen Lianzhe’s mood improved again.

Chu Shici didn’t use the towels given by the girls. He felt that his body was covered in sweat and will stain other people’s things.

He originally wanted to use Zhe-ge’s, but Shen Lianzhe didn’t bring any.

Chu Shici thought for a while, then casually pulled up the hem of his basketball uniform and wiped the sweat from his face.

While wiping it, he inquired: “I saw that the male protagonists on TV are all this provocative. Zhe-ge, was I cool?”

Chu Shici’s well-proportioned and white abdominal muscles were exposed with his movements.

Shen Lianzhe’s eyes subconsciously moved down, and he turned away with a red face.

Seeing that he didn’t answer, Chu Shici smiled and asked: “Are the lines good-looking? I followed the video tutorials specially to train. Zhe-ge, do you want to try it out too? I can recommend it to you.”

Shen Lianzhe’s cheeks became increasingly red.

He was embarrassed to look at it, but Ah Ci kept asking endless questions, even holding his hand and making him touch it.

In the end, Shen Lianzhe panicked and said impatiently, “It’s very greasy.”

Chu Shici was so shocked, he turned his head and ignored him.

In fact, what Shen Lianzhe wants to say is that the lines of muscle are so beautiful that even boys will stare at them unconsciously.

Chu Shici did not hold grudges and soon forgot the unpleasantness of the afternoon. The team celebrated in the evening, and he even asked Shen Lianzhe to go to the KTV with him.

The cheerleaders came over to celebrate, and one of the girls ordered an old Cantonese duet love song.

Among the students present, apart from that girl, only Shen Lianzhe could speak Cantonese.

Seeing that the girl was a little embarrassed holding the microphone alone, Shen Lianzhe stood up and wanted to go over and make up the number.

Chu Shici, who had been playing around with others, suddenly reached out to hold him. Then he got up and went to the song counter to find the Mandarin version of this song.

Nearly everyone can hum a few lines of classic old songs, and soon some people will sing along with the girl.

Chu Shici returned to the sofa again and sat down beside Shen Lianzhe.

Neither of them spoke, and an inexplicable atmosphere spread between the two.

Shen Lianzhe was not a talkative person to begin with, and he never thought of taking the initiative to speak.

He frowned and turned his head to see Ah Ci’s expression. When he turned his head, he found that Chu Shici was also looking at him.

The two people’s eyes collided, and the atmosphere became even weirder.

After singing, the students took their cars and went home.

The community they live in is on the edge of the city, and they do not go home via the same road as other students.

The adoptive fathers were out of town and there was no one to drive them to and from home, thus the two took a taxi.

The taxi was very quiet. Shen Lianzhe looked out the window, deep in thought.

Chu Shici hesitated and said, “Zhe-ge, are you in a bad mood today?”

There was still little expression on Shen Lianzhe’s face. Others could not see his happiness or anger, but Chu Shici could tell that Zhe-ge was not angry.

He thought for a moment, lifted up his clothes, took Shen Lianzhe’s hand and pressed it on his abdominal muscles.

“I trained specifically, not to show off to others, I just wanted to show it off to you. Ge, please praise me.”

Shen Lianzhe lowered his head and said nothing. He retracted his hand and turned his head to the side.

Looking at his ears that were so red that they were bleeding, Chu Shici suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

He tugged at his collar irritably, opened the car window, and stared blankly at the street lights outside.

After Chu Shici’s mother was discharged from the hospital, he went back to live in his own home.

The two separated in the corridor and walked to their respective houses.

Listening to the sound of the door opening behind him, Chu Shici thought for a while and said tentatively: “Zhe-ge, your adoptive father is not at home, so it would be boring for you to live alone. Why don’t you come over to my house? I have a double bed.”

Shen Lianzhe’s back was turned to him, and Chu Shici couldn’t see Zhe-ge’s expression.

After waiting for a few minutes for an answer, he coughed lightly: “There’s nothing to be embarrassed about, Zhe-ge, didn’t we often sleep together when we were kids?”

After a while, Chu Shici heard Shen Lianzhe’s cold voice, “Okay.”

After returning home and closing the door, Chu Shici stamped his feet excitedly and covered his mouth to prevent himself from smiling.

His mother was not at home that night, so Chu Shici took Zhe-ge to watch his favorite movies together.

The two closed the curtains, turned off the lights, and watched a horror movie together.

Chu Shici was watching the movie attentively but Shen Lianzhe didn’t like to watch bloody scenes, so he secretly looked at his friend the whole time.

After watching the movie, Chu Shici got into bed and whispered to Shen Lianzhe: “Zhe-ge, what are you going to do if we encounter the apocalypse one day?”

Shen Lianzhe thought about it seriously for a while, “Live in the mountains, grow vegetables and raise chickens, be self-sufficient and stay away from the crowd.”

“Don’t you want to build a survivor base?”

“Not interested in it.”

After Shen Lianzhe said this, he began to regret it. Many classmates in the class said that he was boring, and he didn’t want Ah Ci to think so.

Shen Lianzhe was about to explain why when a clear and smiling male voice suddenly came to his ears.

“That’s not bad, at least it’s safe. Then I’ll hide with you, and take my mother and your two adoptive fathers with me. I like it, it’s safe and sound.”

Shen Lianzhe didn’t reply.

He closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep.

Chu Shici stood beside and looked at him with his chin propped up, his eyes particularly gentle.

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When filling in their application for the college entrance examination, the two chose the same school.

The two adoptive fathers held a coming-of-age ceremony for them at home.

After dinner, the adoptive fathers took Chu Shici’s mother to another room to talk, leaving them alone to chat here.

This was the first time Chu Shici drank.

With the help of alcohol, he leaned on Shen Lianzhe and whispered in Zhe-ge’s ear: “Zhe-ge, we have grown up.”

Shen Lianzhe glanced at him coldly, raised his arms and hugged him.

“Ge, your adoptive fathers are gay, have you noticed?”

“Hm.”

“Then have you discovered that I am actually gay too.”

Shen Lianzhe’s hand holding the wine glass shook imperceptibly.

He took a sip of wine and hummed again.

“You know that yet you are still so close to me, and you are not afraid that I will do something to you?”

“I’m not afraid, I know you.”

Shen Lianzhe paused, put down his wine glass and hugged him tighter, “I don’t like men.”

Chu Shici raised his head and gave him a sly smile: “But I know you like me! Last time I went to your house to read comics and sleep with you. You thought I was asleep, but in fact I was not. You secretly looked at me through the quilt. You hugged me and called Ah Ci over and over again, I heard you!

You also took away all the chocolates that others gave me and replaced them with your own. Only you know that I like to eat strawberry-filled chocolate. As soon as I ate it, I guessed that the chocolate had been swapped, you fool!”

The blush spread from Shen Lianzhe’s neck to his cheeks at a speed visible to the naked eye.

He pursed his lips, and his voice, which had always been cold, now had a little more warmth.

“I did it on purpose.”

“?”

“You didn’t resist when I hugged you, and you ate the chocolate happily. I can see that you like me too.”

Chu Shici laughed, “Okay, you win, I’m a fool!”

After saying that, he hooked Zhe-ge’s neck, raised his head and kissed him.

There was a soft and moist touch on his lips. Shen Lianzhe took Chu Shici’s hand and uncontrollably touched places he shouldn’t touch.

While they were kissing, the bedroom door opened a crack, and Chu Shici’s mother peeked in.

She already knew that her son was gay, after all, she was his mother.

Mother Chu doesn’t mind this.

Shen Lianzhe was someone she had grown up watching, and he was a very nice person. she felt relieved that Ah Ci followed him.

The adoptive fathers took Mother Chi out for a late-night snack. With them there, she wouldn’t be thinking about coming back tonight.

Now Chu Shici and Shen Lianzhe are the only two people left in the family.

They had just punctured the window paper. Shen Lianzhe originally only planned to kiss and hug him, but Chu Shici insisted on pulling him to do something exciting.

He grabbed Chu Shici’s soft hair, pursed his lips tightly, and lowered his eyes to look down at the person kneeling in front of him.

He never thought that their progress would be so fast.

Chu Shici was very liberal in this regard. He would play whatever he wanted and was not shy at all.

That night, at Ah Ci’s strong request, they tried everything except the last step.

Early the next morning, Chu Shici lay on the bed and stared at the ceiling.

After waking up, a lot of memories suddenly appeared in his mind. All the temporarily sealed memories came to life, and he remembered everything.

Recalling all the embarrassing things he did with Zhe-ge when he was a child, Chu Shici gave himself a hard slap.

He made a sound and turned to look at Zhe-ge.

Shen Lianzhe’s eyes were closed tightly, as if he was still sleeping.

But seeing his red ears, Chu Shici knew that Zhe-ge had woken up long ago. And just like him, he remembered their past.

Finding that someone was more embarrassed than him, Chu Shici became even more thick-skinned again.

He hooked Shen Lianzhe’s fingertips, “Zhe-ge, your face is so red, you look like Apple Man.”

Shen Lianzhe raised his eyelids slightly and looked at him coldly from the corner of his eye.

Chu Shici stuffed the teddy bear on the bedside into his arms again, “Ge, look, this is our third brother!”

“Be quiet.”

“We vow to be brothers for life, not of the same age…”

“That’s enough! Ah Ci!”

Chu Shici turned over and lay on top of him. Shen Lianzhe was afraid that he would fall off the bed, so he stretched out his hands to hug him.

Chu Shici buried his face in his shoulder and laughed muffledly. After laughing for a while, he suddenly started to cry.

“Zhe-ge, my mother is still alive, and I’m going to college.”

“I was able to pass the exam. Damn it. Is this really me? I didn’t copy anyone or use the back door. I became a college student based on my own ability. Damn it!”

Shen Lianzhe’s usually cold eyes were now particularly gentle.

Chu Shici touched his short black hair and said, “Zhe-ge, how about we dye our hair later and make it gold. I also want to get my ears pierced. How about you get one too? Earrings look very handsome on you. Yes. How about getting a couple tattoos? If you are afraid of pain, just use tattoo stickers.”

After talking about it, he was a little incoherent. In the end, he leaned into Shen Lianzhe’s arms and cried loudly.

He never thought that he could be so good.

Shen Lianzhe didn’t say anything, just patted his back silently.

When Chu Shici calmed down, Shen Lianzhe said: “Let’s not go back now and stay in this world for a while. We can wait until we finish college and provide for your mother in her old age before we leave, okay? Ah Ci?”

Chu Shici kissed him and nodded heavily.

A few months later, the moment he stepped onto the university campus, the last trace of regret in Chu Shici’s heart disappeared.

He did not become a street hoodlum and got the life of his dreams.

Shen Lianzhe held his hand and looked at him quietly.

After seeing his lover’s bright eyes, he suddenly felt very satisfied.

They will spend their entire lives in this parallel world, allowing Ah Ci to completely forget the pain of his past.

When this world ends, they will go to other small worlds to create new beautiful memories for each other.

Until the unbearable memories left by the punishment worlds were completely wiped away. Until it was as if they had never experienced those dirty things.

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