Second-Hand Love Letter

ide now? Can you go over and watch him for a while? I’ll be there in about ten minutes.”

“Okay, okay, thanks Dad.
En.”

Lu Yong recalled what happened this morning.
He really didn’t expect to send the money at first.
He just went to wash the sheets secretly.

He got up early and no one else was awake yet, so he didn’t let anyone bump into him.

It was really freezing to wash the sheets in cold water in winter.
The last time he washed things in cold weather, it seemed like it was in high school, right? He lived on campus in high school and didn’t have a washing machine.
He was very afraid of being disliked by Shen Wenqiu, so he was not lazy at all.
He immediately washed his clothes when they got a little dirty and even helped Shen Wenqiu to wash his clothes as well.
But Shen Wenqiu would secretly take out his panties in advance and wash them off by himself.
Only once he forgot about it and it got washed together.
Shen Wenqiu discovered it when he was drying.

Shen Wenqiu blushed and asked, “Why did you wash it?”

Lu Yong said, “I washed it very clean.”

Shen Wenqiu was probably overwhelmed with shame and lost his temper with him, “This is not a question of cleanliness… You are not allowed to do it in the future.”

It was too cold.
The more he washed, the clearer his brain became and he gradually became suspicious of himself.
It seemed… Shen Wenqiu didn’t explicitly say that he would date him, right? It was just that when he was overwhelmed by what he said, he casually replied, “I like you too.”

Compared to a cautious reply, it seemed to be just Shen Wenqiu’s thoughtless and unintentional remarks.

At that time, he felt that Shen Wenqiu was a little stunned from being fucked by him…

 

Lu Yong finished washing the sheets and stared dazedly in a melancholic way.
Then he gloomily took the sheet to the roof in order to dry it.

When he went upstairs, he ran into his dad who had just woken up.

His father glanced at him, then looked at the blanket in the basin.

Lu Yong wanted to lie very much.
He felt uncomfortable being stared at and was frightened.
After thinking about it, he still didn’t want to lie.
In the end, he blushed and said blankly, “I slept with Shen Wenqiu again…”

His father’s eyes seemed to say, ‘Laozi is not surprised at all.’

Lu Yong blushed even more.

His father asked, “The relationship has been settled? But doesn’t Xiao Baa owe a lot of money? What are you going to do? If you go to a foreign country to get married, will our country also recognize your spousal relationship?  Then you also have to share half his debt, right?”

Lu Yong felt that Shen Wenqiu was very shy about having a relationship with him.
Marriage… He didn’t even dare to think about marriage.

And in fact, his father didn’t know how much money Shen Wenqiu owed.

His father said, “How can he not be depressed when he owes so much money? If you can help him pay it back, pay it back.
If a couple is being calculative about each other so much, you will be tired.
He is an excellent good boy.
Turn over for him and you two will get along better with each other in the future.”

Lu Yong nodded.

He thought his father couldn’t be more right.

Lu Yong dried the sheets, went straight downstairs and walked out of the yard.
His father asked from behind, “Where are you going?” 

Lu Yong got in the car directly, without looking back and said, “I have something to do.
I’m going to the city.”

He thought, hesitating again and again, it was better to do it directly.

Expressing his feelings to Shen Wenqiu with actions was more powerful than any flowery words and he had the confidence to woo Shen Wenqiu again.

What kind of state Shen Wenqiu was in now? As someone close to him, he knew better than anyone else.

He always remembered a very ordinary moment.
Once, Shen Wenqiu said to him with a light smile, “I’m no longer the Xiao Baa you remembered before.”

Shen Wenqiu pretended to be optimistic with a smile that he could never forget.
And when he saw him, he felt so distressed that he wanted to cry for Shen Wenqiu.

Back then, the sunny, cheerful, proud and confident young man was flattened by setbacks, lost all pride, and shrank himself up.

What about him?

What has he been doing lately? He pulled Shen Wenqiu out of the water but Shen Wenqiu still seemed to have been waiting wetly on the shore, perched on the edge of the water, with no fixed place in his heart.

Lu Yong hurried up and came back just before dinner.

Shen Wenqiu sat peacefully in the yard, basking in the sun and playing Go with his father.
Hearing his return, he didn’t look up, pretending to ignore him.

Lu Yong stood beside him and silently waited for them to finish the next round.

Shen Wenqiu put away the pieces and said, “Are you still playing? Uncle.”

Lu Yong interjected, “Shen Wenqiu, I have something to tell you.”

Shen Wenqiu listened as if he didn’t know what to say and set up the chess pieces directly.

Lu Yong picked up the chessboard and walked away.
Shen Wenqiu couldn’t ignore him any longer and chased after him angrily, “Lu Yong, is there something wrong with you?”

Lu Yong was also annoyed, “Yes, there is something wrong with me.
I’m missing a hand, it’s obvious that there’s something wrong with me.”

Father Lu caught up and snatched the chessboard back.
The two quarrelsome people were driven outside into the courtyard, “I still want to play.
I’ll continue to play with others.
If you two are going to quarrel, then go and quarrel outside! You’re giving me a headache!”

So Shen Wenqiu and Lu Yong were both kicked out of the house.

Shen Wenqiu only felt angry, angry with himself, with nowhere to vent.
He stared at the ground and walked forward.

Lu Yong didn’t say a word and followed him like a big loyal dog.

No one spoke.

After walking like this for more than ten minutes, his feet started to heat up.

At the edge of the deserted field, Shen Wenqiu finally stopped.
He turned his back to Lu Yong and said cruelly, “I mean to refuse.
If you don’t understand my euphemism, I am now telling you clearly that I am refusing you.”

He finally refused, stop torturing him.

 

He didn’t know if he had hurt Lu Yong or not, but he felt like a sharp knife had been pierced into his heart.

Lu Yong made an “oh” sound, which didn’t sound like he was giving up.

Lu Yong disagreed and said lightly, “…then I’ll ask again tomorrow.”

“What are you going to ask?” Shen Wenqiu’s shoulders shook.
He felt embarrassed but he couldn’t help crying, so he sniffled and asked, “Lu Yong, you said you like me.
But what you like is the old me and not the current.
What do you still like about me? Didn’t you… didn’t you also say that I’m a rotten person?”