When An Angst Writer Meets A Doting Writer

Story 49-51

【49.】

Both of them were astonished by these words.

“I...” Tang Yanzhi tried to explain, “I mean I regard you as my friend, so I’m serious about whatever you say.”

He nodded and stressed, “I’m straight, definitely straight.”

“I know...” Xu Chi said. His dimples appeared when he smiled, “But I’m not.”

Tang Yanzhi was stunned.

If others said this to him, maybe it had another meaning, such as “I’m not straight. Don’t be so kind to me.” or “I’m not straight. I’m afraid I’ll fall in love with you because of your kindness.” But it was Xu Chi who said it. Judging from Xu Chi’s character, Tang Yanzhi knew Xu Chi only wanted to state the fact.

However, Tang Yanzhi was still stunned by the unexpected straightforwardness of Xu Chi.

“I...”

“What’s wrong?” Xu Chi looked at the vehicle in front of him which began to move ahead slowly, mumbling, “Does it cause you any trouble?”

“No, no, no.” Tang Yanzhi explained in a hurry. “I, I just feel surprised.”

“Surprised?” Xu Chi turned to look at Tang Yanzhi and smiled slowly. “I know you are straight, so I don’t have any special feelings for you. As you said, we are friends. Therefore, I don’t want to deceive you. I know some straight men are homophobic, so I want to tell you in advance. And it’s up to you whether we could continue to be friends.”

Tang Yanzhi really wanted to ask Xu Chi whether he always made friends in this way. As long as he got familiar with someone, he would tell the other about his sexual orientation. He was so frank that it threw Tang Yanzhi for a loss. On the contrary, Tang Yanzhi was far from an honest man.

“No, no, no... I don’t have any rejection for homosexuality.” Tang Yanzhi was sure. “Not at all.”

“That’s good...” Xu Chi made a sigh of relief. “I don’t have too many friends, and I don’t know how to make friends... Although we don’t meet each other quite often, I can feel that you indeed regard me as your friend...”

In fact, what Xu Chi said just now was bullshit. As soon as he heard Tang Yanzhi’s sincere advice to him, which also seemed like a real comfort, Xu Chi was so excited that he told him this secret directly.

After all, he had kept this secret to himself for more than twenty years. And he just blurted it out.

【50.】

With the car slowly moving, Tang Yanzhi put his hands back on the steering wheel. Now, he felt so uncomfortable, his face puckered.

Xu Chi suddenly asked, “What’s the matter?”

“What?”

“Your face...” Xu Chi said, “It wrinkled like a steamed bun.”

“Oh.” Tang Yanzhi was driving and searching for excuses in a hurry. “I was thinking about my writing.”

“What’s the matter with your writing?”

"You must have read them.”

Xu Chi admitted, “Yep.”

Tang Yanzhi asked one of the most popular questions, “How do you like it?”

“It’s pretty good.”

“Do you follow the updates every day?”

“Yes.”

“But you said...” Tang Yanzhi glanced at Xu Chi. “You don’t have the urge to follow sweet stories.”