The Seventh Year of Being Bedfellows at War

As a straight-laced kid raised under the red flag, Li Yifan finally encountered his great trial two years after enlisting, just as he was deciding what direction his life would take! At the time, Bai Ge was only a fledgling salesman. When the delivery driver took leave and the military base’s convenience store started pressing for its order, Bai Ge had no choice but to accompany his supervisor on the delivery. But fine, he could understand having to deliver the goods. Who could tell him why his supervisor ended up delivering him, too?*

Scene One: After dinner, in the living room. Li Yifan lies on Bai Ge’s lap as they watch TV. Neither of them has any idea what’s on, since their minds are elsewhere. Suddenly remembering how they first met, Bai Ge can’t help pinching Li Yifan’s hand. Unfortunately, the guy’s flesh is so firm that Bai Ge is the one who hurts his hand. “What are you doing?” Being pinched out of nowhere naturally doesn’t sit well with Li Yifan. “Nothing. I just remembered how you tied me up when we first met.” But now there’s no trace of displeasure, only a beaming smile. “I hadn’t had meat in ages, so seeing you got me excited.” If there was one right decision he made in his life, it was probably carrying Bai Ge back to the dorm the moment he first saw him. *

Scene Two: Bai Ge and Li Yifan have an unspoken agreement: Bai Ge will put up with something no more than three times. If it happens a fourth time, he stops hoping for anything. He won’t want anything anymore, not even Li Yifan. Li Yifan and Bai Ge have been together for seven years and have never faced a situation like this, so Li Yifan had forgotten the agreement existed. But one try was all it took for him to nearly lose his precious darling.