On the third day after Tao Yuan was born, his mother held him beside another baby's crib and pointed at the wrinkly infant inside. "You two have to love each other forever, okay?"
If Tao Yuan could have talked back then, he would've shouted, "Run!"
Tao Yuan thinks the greatest good deed he's ever done is spending 360 out of 365 days a year with Chi Hua without stabbing him to death.
At seven, Chi Hua brought home a dog and earned Tao Yuan three rabies shots.
At ten, Chi Hua talked him into swimming in the wild, nearly costing him his life.
At fourteen, Chi Hua delivered a love letter for him, making him an overnight sensation on the school radio station.
At sixteen, Chi Hua dragged him into running away from home, leaving him stuck at the police station all afternoon.
Worst of all, Tao Yuan borrowed the wrong novel. Chi Hua stared at the two men on the cover in horror, clutched his chest, and asked, "You don't have a crush on me, do you?"
Tao Yuan: …
At seventeen, Chi Hua kept insisting Tao Yuan had a crush on him until Tao Yuan became thoroughly afraid of gay people.
Tao Yuan figured that once they graduated, they'd split up immediately and never see each other again.
So they applied to universities at opposite ends of the country, more than three thousand kilometers apart.
The day Tao Yuan got his acceptance letter, he set off a string of firecrackers to celebrate his escape from misery.
At eighteen, Chi Hua asked him, "On lonely nights in the future, will you think of me?"
Tao Yuan said, "Don't gross me out."
Chi Hua asked, "Do you know what kind of gross thing leaves an unforgettable impression?"
Who could've guessed the answer wasn't a line, but Chi Hua cupping his face and kissing him.
Tao Yuan responded with a punch and a single word: "Get lost!"
Chi Hua sat on the ground, his face swollen, grinning as he mumbled, "Sorry, I got too drunk and kissed the wrong person."
Later, whenever Tao Yuan thought about that kiss and those words, all he could say to himself was, "You're talking nonsense."
Let's play a game where we say the opposite of what we mean.
Tao Yuan: Oh, I love him with all the passion and madness in the world.
Chi Hua: Me too
My childhood friend is talking nonsense again.
Cold on the outside, warm on the inside shou x carefree gong
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