AM Chapter 33

33 Obey

Liang Jingren hugged the roses and looked at his phone for a long, long time—actually only five minutes, but for a moment, Chen Mo thought he had disappeared in the underground garage, disappeared before his eyes.

He shouldn’t have let go of Liang Jingren’s shoulders, even if the other party really had something urgent to check on his phone.

“Um, Brother Ren, did you hear what I just said?” Looking at Liang Jingren’s deeply furrowed brows, Chen Mo didn’t dare to be as rash as he was just now.

Liang Jingren frowned and said, “Ah, I heard you.”

“Then, your answer…”

“Are you sure you want to hear my answer?” Liang Jingren finally looked up from his phone, but the serious expression he had when checking it remained unchanged, his eyes staring sharply at him.

Chen Mo unconsciously swallowed, “Uh…” He wasn’t sure anymore.

Liang Jingren put down his phone and turned off the screen at the same time, then opened his mouth and asked, “Do you want to hear my thoughts first?”

Chen Mo pursed his lips and said, “You, please speak.”

Liang Jingren said, “I just checked online…”

“Checked what…?”

“Chen Mo, times have really changed.”

“Uh…”

“When I was in elementary school, there were still those homosexual conversion therapy institutions, a national chain, including room and board, but now they’ve all closed down.”

“…”

“I really want to send you for two courses of electroshock therapy, to fix that brain of yours.”

Chen Mo exaggeratedly grinned and smiled, “Brother Ren, don’t joke… My brain is fine, my boss and colleagues all praise me for being smart and hardworking…”

“Yeah,” Liang Jingren said again, “Why are you so damn smart? Even mental hospitals can’t accept you, what a pity.”

Chen Mo: …

Liang Jingren praised him for being smart, but why wasn’t he happy at all?

“Brother Ren seems to be getting more and more venomous, haha…” Chen Mo silently clenched his fists, the forced smile on his face almost failing to hold up, “Is it only like this with me? Do you dislike me that much?”

Liang Jingren looked at him very calmly and said, “Chen Mo, I’ve never liked you.”

…Why did he say that?

Was that how I asked the question?

If he didn’t like him, why did he take him to the amusement park? If he didn’t like him, why did he let him ride his motorcycle? If he didn’t like him, why did he take care of him so meticulously when he was sick? If he didn’t like him, why did he tolerate his lies and mistakes again and again? If he didn’t like him, why did he always pull out a lollipop when he was at his loneliest and saddest?…

And that night—why did he put his arms around his shoulders and call his name! Not letting go even when he was trembling all over!?

“You’re lying.” Chen Mo slightly grinned, a little light glistening in the corners of his eyes.

He said it too softly, Liang Jingren didn’t seem to hear it, completely unaware of the storm raging in the heart of the person in front of him, only caring about continuing to say, “You can say I’m venomous, I accept your criticism, I have been influenced by my surroundings these past few years… but I don’t think it’s a bad thing, if it were before, I would have just hit you.”

“Haha,” Chen Mo dryly laughed twice, looking up at him with resentment and deep gaze, “I’d rather you hit me.”

“No, I won’t hit you.”

Liang Jingren’s firm and righteous tone pulled Chen Mo out of his self-pitying sorrow.

Sudden curiosity and doubt occupied his entire brain, Chen Mo subconsciously raised his wet eyes and looked at the other party pitifully.

But Liang Jingren had limited pity for him, and then, while answering his doubts, he exposed his embarrassing past:

“Weren’t you playing S//M with someone a while ago?”

Chen Mo’s eyes widened—

“Wouldn’t hitting you make you feel good?”

Chen Mo opened his mouth wide—

He was about to argue, his neck and ears turning red as he desperately struggled, “No! I didn’t! Don’t listen to rumors! That wasn’t me!”

Liang Jingren narrowed his eyes and stared at him, “Little Zhuang told me, he saw it with his own eyes.”

“He’s blind!”

“Huh?”

“Uh, anyway, it’s, just, not what you think! It’s not what I wanted at all!” Chen Mo frantically gestured and explained, “It’s, it’s that bastard! He harassed me! I was set up!”

“Pfft, hahaha!” Liang Jingren laughed, laughed heartily, the red roses in his arms shaking, then he narrowed his eyes again and sized up the young man in front of him, “Do you even know what a honeypot scam is? You really dare to say it, kid!”

Chen Mo was stunned, but only for two seconds, immediately continuing to cling to the person in front of him, trying to explain and exonerate himself, “Brother Ren, believe me, you’re the only one in my heart, I didn’t want to do those things with anyone else! I was tricked! I was framed! Yes! It was that bastard! He even tricked you… ouch!”

Liang Jingren freed one hand to pinch one side of his not-so-fleshy cheek, “Stop dragging others into this, that mouth of yours…”

“Back then, you kept saying ‘unwavering loyalty’, I think I even praised you, now it seems I really praised you wrong.” Saying that, Liang Jingren let go of his cheek that had turned from white and tender to pink, and slapped it hard again, then “tsk”ed, as if he suddenly realized that his actions just now could also be considered a kind of “reward”.

“There are surveillance cameras in both of Nigh Shade Bars, including the private rooms, I can check them whenever I want.”

As soon as these words came out, Chen Mo unexpectedly “fell”, suddenly falling over, hugging his arm and dragging a large bouquet of black and red roses down with him.

Chen Mo bent his knees, as if about to kneel to him, “Brother Ren, I was wrong! I was really wrong! Don’t watch! I beg you, don’t watch!”

Seeing Chen Mo’s crying voice coming out, Liang Jingren was really shocked, thinking: Holy crap! What on earth did you guys do in the private room that you can’t let anyone see!?

However, what Chen Mo thought was extremely simple—I absolutely can’t let Liang Jingren see my pathetic self!!

He didn’t know that his current appearance was also quite pathetic.

Chen Mo’s self-esteem was ridiculously strong, seeing him like this for the first time, Liang Jingren didn’t know whether to be angry or laugh. Anyway, Liang Jingren was both angry and amused at the moment, if Chen Mo could completely kneel down to him, his anger might be reduced a little.

“Brother Ren, please forgive me! I promise I won’t do it again! I won’t go to bars anymore! Or nightclubs! I’ll be obedient! I’ll listen to whatever you say! I’m willing to be your dog!” Chen Mo was so anxious that he blurted out anything, daring to say anything.

Hearing this, Liang Jingren raised his foot and kicked his crooked knees, directly opening his mouth to test him, saying, “Then kneel down.”

Chen Mo “thump”ed and knelt down.

A large bouquet of roses crashed back into his arms, Liang Jingren’s pupils trembled violently, opening his mouth for a long time, at a loss for words.

He thought: Oh my god, he’s so obedient, could it be that Liang Jingyu really trained him?!

Not kneeling for long, Chen Mo was forcibly pulled up by the person holding the roses in one hand.

Immediately, he felt that Liang Jingren felt sorry for him, Liang Jingren couldn’t bear to see him kneel—Liang Jingren liked him.

Although the expression on the other party’s face was full of distress and embarrassment, Chen Mo was willing to think that way: Look, Liang Jingren is always troubled by himself, if this isn’t love, then what is it?

“Hehe… Brother Ren…” Chen Mo smiled foolishly as he was pulled up, as pure as a silly boy.

Liang Jingren certainly knew that this was his set of superficial appearances, Chen Mo knew how to pretend.

If only he was willing to pretend a little in that matter, if he wasn’t so stubborn…

Liang Jingren lowered his eyes and stared at the ground Chen Mo had just knelt on, after a moment, he raised his head and looked at the “silly boy” in front of him, saying, “Chen Mo, you said you’d listen to me, right?”

Chen Mo quickly nodded.

He suddenly felt that he wasn’t completely unable to be an M, after all, he was vaguely expecting Liang Jingren to give him orders at this moment.

“Chen Mo, can you admit your mistake?” Liang Jingren asked.

“…”

Without even having to say which matter he had made a mistake in, the two of them knew very well.

Knowing was one thing, doing it was another. Chen Mo wouldn’t accept this command.

“Didn’t you say you’d be obedient?” Liang Jingren frowned and asked.

Chen Mo smiled bitterly and shook his head, “Only this, I can’t, Brother Ren.”

“…Why?”

“I’m not asking for your forgiveness, Brother Ren.”

Liang Jingren took a deep breath and pushed the bouquet of roses he had been holding for a long time back to the person who had sent them.

“Don’t chase me anymore, you can’t catch up.”

Chen Mo’s eyelashes trembled lightly, his hands tightly hugging the wrapping paper that had already been stripped of its thorns, causing it to wrinkle, deform, and twist.

“Are there no other requirements?” Chen Mo was still unwilling to give up, “Other than that, any other commands… I’ll be obedient.”

“Then go chase someone else.” Liang Jingren said, “Go chase girls, it should be very easy for you, right.”

Chen Mo looked at the calm and unwavering expression on the other party’s face, pouting and biting his lower lip.

Liang Jingren was fearless in meeting his gaze, “I know you’re very popular with women, Lucas complained to me that several of your female classmates abroad don’t know you’ve returned to the country and are always asking him for your news, he’s annoyed to death. Reply to his messages when you have time, stop using the time difference as an excuse.”

Chen Mo couldn’t help but laugh—a laugh born of anger.

Damn it!! That idiot Lucas actually dared to snitch to Liang Jingren in private!!!! After returning to the country, he neglected to monitor their private chats because Liang Jingren was so close, damn it!

Holding the desire to kill his former roommate from afar, Chen Mo smiled even more brilliantly, but only on the surface.

“Brother Ren,” Chen Mo said with a smile, “Some things still have to respect objective reality, you can’t force people to do things they don’t want to, for example—I don’t like girls now.”

Liang Jingren raised his eyebrows, “You only like men?”

Chen Mo swiftly nodded, just about to say “I only like you”, but Liang Jingren interrupted him, saying, “Then go chase Xu Yilin!”

“…”

Chen Mo thought: Does he know that Xu Yilin recently made a sign specifically saying “Chen Mo and Flies Not Allowed”, so he deliberately wanted to disgust him?

It must be.

Look how happy Liang Jingren is smiling, he’s even holding up his fingers and listing Xu Yilin’s good qualities for him: “He’s elegant and refined, doesn’t smoke, doesn’t drink, doesn’t have to socialize until the middle of the night, doesn’t have a group of hooligans surrounding him and calling him brother, doesn’t do dangerous things like pulling people out to drive motorcycles in the wilderness at night…”

“He’s good at everything, completely different from you.” Chen Mo pouted and said.

Liang Jingren chuckled twice and said, “It’s good that he’s different from me, why don’t you try a different flavor, how would you know if you don’t try?”

“…” Chen Mo was silent.

The next day, Saturday afternoon, Chen Mo stepped into the flower shop that didn’t have that damn “Chen Mo and Flies Not Allowed” wooden sign hanging up.

When he walked into the flower shop, Xu Yilin had already taken out the wooden sign from under the workbench.

“I’m here to buy flowers today, Mr. Xu, don’t stand behind there, come out and do business.” Chen Mo didn’t wait for Xu Yilin to come around, and squatted down in front of a row of brightly colored flowers.

He picked out a yellow rose, took it out of the flower bucket, and said, “I searched the meaning of flowers online, this color means apology and asking for forgiveness.”

Xu Yilin crossed his arms and came to the flower bucket where he had chosen the flower, looking at Chen Mo handing him a yellow rose, “Are you sure you want this? How many do you want? How do you want it wrapped?”

Chen Mo leisurely sat on a round stool on one side of the workbench, staring intently at his phone, not paying attention to him.

After a while, a bouquet of five yellow roses was wrapped.

After receiving the wrapped bouquet, Chen Mo stood up, bowed deeply to the flower shop owner, and offered the bouquet with both hands, “I accidentally broke the flower head in your shop before, I’m sorry. Also, I’m sorry for making excuses and saying bad things about your flowers to avoid responsibility.”

Chen Mo’s memory wasn’t worse than Xu Yilin’s, he knew which thing Xu Yilin had always resented him the most for.

Xu Yilin was shocked by his actions. He was a little scared. He felt that the Chen Mo in front of him might be a fake alien in disguise.

“Oh, if you don’t accept the apology, you can also… but I’m still giving you this bouquet of flowers.” Chen Mo handed the bouquet forward again.

Xu Yilin looked puzzled.

Chen Mo said, “Someone told me to chase after you.”

“I accept your apology!” Xu Yilin grabbed the bouquet and quickly picked up the carved wooden sign from the side of the workbench, solemnly handing it to the person in front of him.

Chen Mo took the wooden sign, smiling and using both hands to try to break it—he couldn’t break it.