This Shura field is not very good!

As soon as he opened the door, Li Chen felt a little strange.

But he didn't think much of it.

Today's company affairs were so unexpected that he hardly had time to think about how to speak to Ye Fan at night.

In fact, he has always been a little guilty about those things before, but because Ye Fan said that he would be really angry if he found out that he lied again, he didn't dare to tell Ye Fan the truth.

However, the two are already lovers now, and today is his birthday, so let's try to confess to Ye Fan at night when Ye Fan is in a good mood.

Hey, it's still a bit of a clever trick.

Putting on the seat belt, a helpless smile appeared on the corner of Li Chen's mouth.

He could already foresee how Ye Fan would blow his hair instantly, and he probably would have been awkward with him for a long time.It's just that he made a mistake first, and he should bear Ye Fan's anger...

"Hey!"

Suddenly, a figure suddenly appeared from the back row and wrapped his arms around his neck.

Before Li Chen could react, a loud kiss was printed on his face.

"Ha, is it a surprise, is it a surprise~"

A teasing voice rang in his ears, Li Chen was taken aback for a moment, then chuckled.

In the rearview mirror, he saw the most familiar teenager hugging his neck and rubbing it flatteringly like a cat.

It is in stark contrast to the way he read novels without distraction a few days ago.

He had already guessed that Ye Fan had deliberately left him cold these few days, just to create a so-called surprise for him.

Last night Ye Fante told him seriously that when he was going to be back late at night from a party with his friends, he had a hard time resisting the urge to laugh before agreeing.

However, I thought Ye Fan would hide at home and give him a surprise attack, such as jumping out of the closet, but unexpectedly he hid in the car.

Tsk, when did this guy find the car keys.

Li Chen raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and while Ye Fan was smug, he pressed down on the back of Ye Fan's head, raising the instant kiss to the point of making people blush and heartbeat.

By the way, whispered in his ear: "Well, but if you are willing to come with me in the car once, maybe you will be more pleasantly surprised."

"Hey you--!"

Letting go, he was satisfied to see Ye Fan jumping back to the back row, his face flushed.

Licking the corner of his lips, Li Chen felt guilty without sincerity:

Cough, some time ago I got used to letting myself go, so it's better to restrain myself now.

However, doing it once in the car seems to be not bad.

Especially in the wild forest environment...

Just thinking about it unkindly, Ye Fan pinched his face heavily as if in revenge.

"Hey, don't think I don't know what you're thinking now, I've seen through your true face a long time ago."

Ye Fan paused for a half-truth and half-false accusation, and leaned on the back of his chair: "Oh right, what is that?"

Ok?

Li Chen blinked, followed Ye Fan's gaze, and his gaze fell on the passenger seat.

"Oh, I just got it at the front desk and said it was for me, but I haven't opened it yet."

As he spoke, he picked up the box with a beautiful ribbon and shook it.Hmm, it looks like a book inside?

However, there is no name written on the box, maybe a friend sent it to the company.

Picking up the gift box with some doubts, Li Chen was just about to open it, but Ye Fan snatched it from behind——

"Hey, it must have been given by one of your admirers."

Deliberately making a tone of yin and yang, Ye Fan raised his eyebrows slightly: "As your real boyfriend, check it in advance, it's not too much."

Li Chen laughed.

Ye Fan's suspicious look made him feel funny and cute.Anyway, there won't be anything strange, so Ye Fan can just watch it if he wants to.

However, it would be too exaggerated to turn around and take a peek.

Shaking his head helplessly, Li Chen seemed to pause when he saw Ye Fan's back in the rearview mirror.

"Well, what's in there?"

Ye Fan didn't answer.

Li Chen frowned, doubts arose in his heart, just about to ask again, but heard Ye Fan suddenly uttered a word——

"Book."

Book?what book?

Ye Fan's appearance was not quite right, Li Chen turned his head subconsciously, and met Ye Fan who turned his head in a daze.Ye Fan's expression was hard to conceal, as if what he was holding was not an ordinary book, but a diagnosis of a critical illness, or a death notice.

Swallowing with difficulty, Ye Fan murmured——

"The Spider's Trap."

·····

In the restroom of the restaurant, Ye Fan washed his face with cold water again, took a deep breath, and tried to calm himself down.

However, when he raised his head, the panic between his brows in the mirror was still unbearable.

His eyebrows twitched subconsciously, and Ye Fan simply closed his eyes hard, but the book with the dark blue cover still clearly appeared in front of his eyes.

"Spider Trap".

The title of the book, as well as the small gilded words on the cover, made his back feel a little cold——

"A trap made of lies and tenderness, once you fall into it, you can't break free."

lies and tenderness...

No no no no no!Li Chen is not that kind of person!

He patted his face suddenly, and the tingling on his cheek made him wake up a lot.However, a series of doubts also followed.

He was not mistaken, the book that Lu Changyuan bought for Li Lang today was delivered to Li Chen.

On the title page, however, it clearly says—"To my dearest brother."

……Why?Is something wrong?

Li Lang is obviously Li Chen's ex-boyfriend, why did he call Li Chen his younger brother.Could it be that this was a little love affair between the two of them in the past?

However, there was clearly no ambiguity in the content of the following words, just the tone of joking between brothers.

...So, Li Lang is actually Li Chen's brother? ?

No, no, it's too strange to think about it this way.

As an older brother, would he pursue his younger brother openly, propose a date, or even force a kiss? ?

And Li Chen, knowing that it was his elder brother, still pretended not to know him, acquiescing to this ridiculous behavior? ?

How can it be!

What's more, not only Li Chen, but also his sister Li Yin didn't seem to know this person.When Li Lang proposed a date, Li Yin even called to teach him to guard against this rambunctious man.

On Li Lang's side, there are also many doubts.

His good friend Lin Moyan seems to have seen his relationship with Li Chen long ago.That day in the park, Lin Moyan was not at all surprised that he had a relationship with Li Chen.

But his editor, Lu Changyuan, decided that the protagonists of the date that day were Li Lang and Li Chen.He even warned himself not to get entangled with Li Lang, that guy is looking for Li Chen.

...Hiss, what's going on here?

Ye Fan bit his lower lip tightly, as if he had fallen into a complicated maze.But he is very clear that this series of situations is very wrong.

Thinking about it now, when he first met Li Lang, he misunderstood the name Li Lang.

Li Lang, Li Lang.

Obviously the pronunciation of the surnames is different, even if you read the name together, you can't hear the difference at all.

After the comic book signing, the seemingly coincidental encounter, the frivolous and casual strike-up, and a series of strange actions by Li Chen after that, quickly passed through his mind like a movie.

Finally, stay on the light message on the title page.

Ye Fan suddenly felt his throat dry.

It was as if an unknown bug was crawling around the neck, making it suffocating.

····

When Ye Fan returned to the dining table, Li Chen had already finished ordering for a while.

Finding that Ye Fan had been away for too long, he was about to go to the bathroom to find someone, when he saw Ye Fan sitting opposite him with an apologetic smile.

"Sorry, there are too many people in the bathroom." Ye Fan smiled and looked down at the menu.

Li Chen frowned - he saw that Ye Fan's forehead and hair were still stained with water.

Ye Fan would wash his face with cold water when he was flustered. This was a little habit that Ye Fan didn't realize, but he knew it very well.

So, what happened to make Ye Fan feel flustered? ?

Li Chen frowned, recalling the scene in the car after Ye Fan finished unwrapping the gift——

"Hey, it's not a big deal, it's just that the gift is too heavy."

Scratching his head in embarrassment, Ye Fan smiled dryly and held up two identical books in front of him: "Look, I also wanted to give you this book."

Indeed, it would be embarrassing to buy a heavy gift, especially when Ye Fan carefully planned to surprise him on his birthday.

But as far as Ye Fan's performance is concerned, it seems that it is not as simple as just buying a lot.

Could it be that there is a special little surprise designed in that book, which cannot be realized if someone gives the same gift?

However, this doesn't seem right, I haven't read the book myself, so I won't spoil the surprise in advance...

While thinking hard, Li Chen slightly narrowed his eyes.

He noticed that there was a drop of water on Ye Fan's forehead hair, which was crumbling.

Subconsciously reached out to help him brush it away, the moment his fingertips touched the forehead hair, Ye Fan abruptly avoided——

Tick.

The drops of water fell and fell onto the menu, splashing a small trace, like a tear that fell.

Both of them were startled, looking at the water drop, Li Chen's hand stopped stiffly in the air.

"Hold, I'm sorry. I, I washed my face just now, and my hair is still a little wet, so..."

Ye Fan suddenly came back to his senses, as if realizing that the dodge just now was too abrupt, he hurriedly explained.

And Li Chen also retracted his hand naturally, and smiled indifferently.

This long-lost politeness made him feel uncomfortable.

It's like going back to the time when Ye Fan was awkward when they first lived together.

However, now that both of them are used to being lovers, what happened to Ye Fan to suddenly resist him...

Could it be that the problem still lies in that book?

Li Chen frowned and thought, but Ye Fan abruptly changed the subject to interrupt his thoughts——

"By the way, I saw Li Lang's editor when I was buying a book today."

Li Chen was stunned.

Li Lang's name suddenly made his heart skip a beat.

Is it—

"This book seems to be published by their publishing house, and his editor is there to help."

Li Chen's face was stiff, and he pretended to be calm and said, "Then what did you talk to him about?"

"What can I talk to him about, and I don't know him."

Li Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

"However, listening to him chatting with his colleagues, Li Lang seems to have opened the window for serialization again because of the date."

Li Chen rolled his eyes in his heart: "It's normal, that guy is frivolous and irresponsible."

Ye Fan took a sip of the juice and suddenly looked straight at him.

"—Then, how did you fall in love with him in the first place?"

····

"It's strange, isn't it? You and his personality don't match at all. How did you get together in the first place?" Ye Fan slightly raised his eyebrows, looking like he was inquiring about gossip.

Li Chen almost choked on water: "...cough, no, didn't you agree not to mention this matter again?"

"But I'm your boyfriend now. I want to know about your relationship history. It's normal."

"This……"

Li Chen was dumbfounded.

Although Ye Fan occasionally inquired about him and Li Lang like this before, but no matter how many times, he couldn't get used to it.

That nasty guy, who is clearly his elder brother, was mistaken for an "ex-boyfriend". It makes my stomach hurt to think about it.

But he couldn't explain it to Ye Fan.

The absurd behavior that was acquiesced in the heat of the moment at the beginning, once exposed, will involve a series of lies.

These lies made him feel uneasy at times.

Although Li Lang promises that non-special circumstances will never appear in his life, and he will not let Ye Fan know the real relationship between the two of them, but he is still worried that something will go wrong one day.

Just like this morning, when Ye Fan complained about the strange plot in the novel, he was taken aback.

At the same time, I clearly realized that these things can no longer be concealed, the longer it is delayed, the more troublesome it will be.

but……

Li Chen frowned, and looked at Ye Fan who was still staring at him.

no, no...

Ye Fan is not in the right mood right now.If you tell him the truth rashly, maybe it will add fuel to the fire.

Biting his lower lip, Li Chen raised his head, and a helpless smile appeared on his lips again.

"Well, actually, when I was with him..."

He recounted Li Lang's fabricated story in the coldest tone.

The story is so simple that it is almost impossible to hear any relationship between him and Li Lang, and he tried his best not to make Ye Fan feel uncomfortable.

However, the voice of the narrator stopped abruptly——

When Li Chen raised his eyes, he was facing Ye Fan's increasingly ugly expression.

... did I say something wrong?

Or, even just such an experience made Ye Fan feel unhappy?

"Ye Fan, you..."

He spoke embarrassingly, just as he wanted to say another word of comfort.

Ye Fan raised his hand to interrupt, and ended the topic abruptly:

"—Never mind, I know you and him have nothing to do."

Although he said it was nothing, Ye Fan's expression clearly showed he was very concerned.

what happened?

Relatively speechless, the atmosphere between the two became silent.Li Chen tried his best to recall all the details, trying to find the reason for Ye Fan's anger.

Ye Fan raised his chin and looked at him, and said lightly:

"Li Chen, when did you start liking me?"

"Eh?"

"It shouldn't be after the reunion." Ye Fan looked sideways out of the window, with a slightly cool tone: "You have liked me for a long time."

Li Chen's pupils trembled.

It was obviously a very warm content, but Ye Fan's tone seemed to be questioning the disgraceful past.

Li Chen bit his lower lip, lowered his eyes and nodded.

"……Um."

"Then..." Even though his tone was low, Ye Fan didn't seem to hear: "Then why didn't you tell me earlier."

Li Chen was slightly taken aback, and subconsciously frowned.

It wasn't just Ye Fan's cold tone that made him feel uncomfortable.

More importantly, an inexplicable tension made his heart hang.

【You obviously like me, why didn't you tell me earlier. 】

It sounds like it's a matter of lovers being angry and acting like a baby, but the current atmosphere makes him feel flustered for no reason, walking on thin ice.

It seems that once you answer wrong, you will fall into the abyss...

He crossed his fingers and rubbed them lightly with some unease.In his mind, he was seriously thinking about Ye Fan's question-why.

Indeed, during the years of liking Ye Fan, in the previous few years, he confidently believed that when the right time came, the relationship between the two would be a matter of course.

Even if Ye Fan is emotionally insensitive, he can wait for Ye Fan to grow up a bit and tell him directly what he wants.

However, when Ye Fan expressed his aversion to same-sex feelings that time, he realized an important problem when he was surprised and disappointed.

My own thoughts are actually just one-sided self-righteousness.

Even for Ye Fan, it was still a headache.

Silently report strange feelings to friends, and expect the other party to develop according to their own expectations.If you don't give him the response he wants, you will feel disappointed, and even feel unreasonably ashamed.

- This is simply a selfish act.

Jian Mingyou once suggested that even if Ye Fan doesn't have that kind of interest in him at the moment, you can use some tricks to make Ye Fan like him.

However, what is the essential difference between these so-called tricks and the despicable means in the novel?

The same is deception, and the same is to induce the person you like to do things against your will.

He doesn't want to do that.

So when he reunited with Ye Fan, he warned himself to hide his intentions, not to disturb Ye Fan, let alone do maliciously induced behavior.

But maybe it was because of Qimen's threat, or he overestimated his own self-control.

So much so that later, he more or less did something against the principle, and felt happy for Ye Fan's behavior of getting closer.

So, now that Ye Fan likes him, how much deliberate induction is in it...

The palms of the hands were clenched under the table, and the joints were almost white.

Li Chen blinked with difficulty.

Even though his throat was tight, he knew very well that he could no longer escape.

Gritting his teeth heavily, Li Chen raised his head solemnly, staring at Ye Fan's face with his dark eyes.

His thin lips parted slightly, and he paused word by word:

"Because I don't want to do things that bother you."

Ye Fan's pupils trembled suddenly.

Li Chen bit his lower lip and continued: "Ye Fan, I didn't tell you before because I didn't want to cause you trouble, and I didn't want to force you to make a choice against your will, but..."

"—do not want to force me to make choices against my will?"

Before he could finish speaking, Ye Fan suddenly repeated it bluntly.

Li Chen was taken aback for a moment, seeing Ye Fan staring at him, his eyes were full of disbelief.

The two looked at each other, and for a moment, the air seemed to freeze.

"laugh."

Suddenly, a sneer broke the silence, and Ye Fan laughed out loud as if thinking of some ridiculous joke.

The laughter seemed particularly abrupt in the quiet environment, Li Chen almost subconsciously held his breath.

He felt flustered like never before.

Ye Fan laughed so hard that tears almost came out, rubbed his eyes, looked at Li Chen, just said "you", but shook his head and took back the words.

He twitched the corner of his mouth, simply took out a book with a dark blue cover from the side, and pushed it in front of Li Chen.

"Come on, since I bought it, I'll give it to you."

He looked at Li Chen quietly, lowered his eyes slightly: "Open it and have a look, there is a gift for you inside."

Li Chen frowned, and his fingertips trembled slightly.

The book in front of me is like Pandora's box, once opened, it will turn back and release disaster.

However, Ye Fan fixed his gaze on him, making him unable to escape.

The phone touched the cover and gently opened it.The bronzing book title on the cover flashed a faint luster under the light.

However, when he turned to the title page, his movements stopped abruptly——

Blinking his eyes stiffly, his suspended heart sank to the bottom in an instant.

"Originally, I also wanted to ask the author to help write a few sentences as a gift. After thinking about it, it would be better to say it myself."

Ye Fan stood up and looked down at him with no warmth in his eyes——

"Li Chen, it's not easy. You managed to make me fall in love with you without forcing you."

The arc of the corner of his mouth became more mocking, and he slowly opened his hands, the two rings on his trembling palms glowed with a slight silver light.

Like the faint mist in his eyes.

"So, accept the fruits of success now."

Taking a deep breath, Ye Fan turned his wrist——

"Jingle Bell."

An almost inaudible sound.

After the silver ring fell and collided, it rolled down a few times and finally stopped on the small lettering on the cover.

"A trap made of lies and tenderness, once you fall into it, you can't break free."

Everything, dust settled.

Just like Ye Fan's last confession——

"Li Chen, I love you."