Desk-mate, Do You Like Me? - Chapter 16

Chapter 16

Back home in the evening, Li Mo took a shower, lay on his bed, and pulled out his phone. He opened his usual novel-reading app and, for once, clicked into a category he would have never glanced at before: “Double Male Protagonist.”

What could two guys possibly dohttps://www.google.com/search?q=…? Li Mo genuinely couldn’t imagine.

Out of curiosity, Li Mo found a novel titled The Scheming Disciple Always Wants to Get on Top of Me, a transmigration/cultivation genre.

After reading just a few chapters, Li Mo found it utterly boring.

The plot was incredibly cliché. The shou protagonist transmigrated to become a villainous master. The system forced him to abuse the gong protagonist, who, like an M, was so shamelessly humiliated yet still managed to engage in that kind of thing with the shou.

A bunch of M-brained idiots falling in love, it was ridiculously melodramatic.

Bored with the reading, Li Mo exited the app and opened WeChat, scrolling through his Moments for a rare change.

[The Country Owes Me 18cm: Shared Link.]

Li Mo remembered this person. It was his junior high class monitor, a girl named Su Yuyang. Li Mo hadn’t interacted with her much.

The name looked increasingly strangehttps://www.google.com/search?q=… and so did the link she shared.

Su Yuyang had always shared various links in her Moments, the kind that looked rather maturehttps://www.google.com/search?q=…

Speaking of which, Li Mo had never seen truly explicit content before. The novels he read were all clean, with the maximum intimacy being a kiss.

With an excited heart and trembling hands, Li Mo clicked on the explicit link.

The webpage jumped a few times. Li Mo watched for only a minute, instantly blushing furiously and flipping his phone face-down on the bed.

Holy cowhttps://www.google.com/search?q=… Western style, big muscles, clean white sheets, various miscellaneous tools, and indescribable soundshttps://www.google.com/search?q=…

Su Yuyang looks like the innocent type, doesn’t she?! Why is she watching this stuff every day!

Li Mo finally understood the meaning of that WeChat namehttps://www.google.com/search?q=…

Shameful! Super shameful!

Li Mo took a moment to compose himself, then picked up his phone again, lamenting in his heart: I’m sorry, Mom. I’m sorry, Motherland. I’ve turned into a little yellow flowerhttps://www.google.com/search?q=…

The video was 45 minutes long. It didn’t treat the audience like outsiders, primarily focusing on doing it, moving from one spot to another, using one thing and then another.

After watching the video, Li Mo was deeply questioning his life.

He had never considered two men dating, let alone doing that kind of intimate thing after they started dating. Even more terrifying was that damn it, there were so many positions! They dared to do it, but Li Mo hardly dared to watch!

Li Mo took a deep breath, opened WeChat again, and found the chat interface for The Country Owes Me 18cm.

He and Su Yuyang had barely chatted, so the interface was quite empty.

After much hesitation, Li Mo slowly typed.

Handsome Li Mo: Su Yuyang?

The Country Owes Me 18cm: ? Oh, it’s Li Mo. Do you need something?

https://www.google.com/search?q=…If I hadn’t just come from your Moments, I would have been fooled by your pure and cute demeanor.

Handsome Li Mo: That link in your Momentshttps://www.google.com/search?q=…

This was the first time Li Mo had asked someone for this kind of resource, and it was his junior high classmate, a girl!!!

Whatever. A shameless person is invincible.

Handsome Li Mo: Do you have more?

The other party was silent for a long time.

Just as Li Mo thought he was being treated like a pervert and had been blocked, the message came through.

The Country Owes Me 18cm: Is that really you, Li Mo? I didn’t see this side of you in junior high.

Did she watch this stuff in junior highhttps://www.google.com/search?q=…? Li Mo was deeply shocked.

Handsome Li Mo: I was just a little curious recently, don’t overthink it.

The last three words were entirely superfluous. They would only make Su Yuyang overthink things more.

The Country Owes Me 18cm: Fine, since we’re classmates, I’ll share them with you for free. Remember not to leak them!

Li Mo knew, of course. He wouldn’t turn 18 for a few more months. If he was caught watching this stuff now, who knows how much he would be criticized.

Su Yuyang sent many links. Li Mo started with the first one and regretted it before he was even halfway through.

The content was much more intense than the one in her Moments! It was longer, had more props, and the number of people had increasedhttps://www.google.com/search?q=…

Li Mo quickly shoved his phone under the pillow: No, nohttps://www.google.com/search?q=… I can’t handle group play! It’s too shocking and too explicit!

Su Yuyang sent another new message.

The Country Owes Me 18cm: Ahemhttps://www.google.com/search?q=… these might be a bit too much for you to handle. I suggest you start with pure romance. Should I recommend a few anime for you? They’re quite clean, but very sweet!

Handsome Li Mo: Thank you.

https://www.google.com/search?q=…

The videos in those links were indeed too intense. Li Mo just wanted to understand a bit about male x male dating, not fast-forward directly to that levelhttps://www.google.com/search?q=…

The Country Owes Me 18cm: Li Mo, why are you suddenly watching this kind of stuff? Did youhttps://www.google.com/search?q=… meet true love?

Met true love? Although Li Mo had said his sexual orientation was unclear, that was only because he hadn’t dated yet and didn’t know if he loved men or women. But to say he met true lovehttps://www.google.com/search?q=… had someone turned him gay?

Handsome Li Mo: How do I tell?

The Country Owes Me 18cm: Simple! When you meet the person you like, your heart rate will unconsciously speed up, you can’t control the desire to get close to them, you can’t take your eyes off them, and you don’t want them to be too intimate with others.

Su Yuyang sent a long paragraph, all about what it means to like someone, and that two guys together was fine, telling him not to feel burdened.

Liking someonehttps://www.google.com/search?q=… is it that complicated?

Li Mo suddenly regretted asking Su Yuyang this question.

The Country Owes Me 18cm: Hehehttps://www.google.com/search?q=… Mo Mo, we’re good friends, don’t be shy, okay? Do you have someone you like? I can help you pursue them!

Handsome Li Mo: https://www.google.com/search?q=…I don’t know who I like. I’m just a little curious. Really, just curious.

Li Mo himself wasn’t sure. His desire to explore male x male issues was just triggered by the sentence he saw on the toilet door, which piqued his curiosity.

As the saying goes, curiosity killed the cat, and it truly did.

The Country Owes Me 18cm: Aiya, let me tell you, don’t be shy about this. Hesitation leads to defeat, you know?

The words were crude but the message was not wrong, but the problem was Li Mo wasn’t doing this for his own emotional issues, just out of curiosity.

But now that he’d learned about it, he felt even more depressed.

According to Su Yuyang, when you see the person you like, your face blushes, your heart races, and you want to get closer to them. Wasn’t that how he had been with Xu Qing these past few days?

When cleaning the toilet, Li Mo’s eyes would unconsciously drift to Xu Qing, and he would seek out Xu Qing after every class.

Could it be a one-sided thing for me?

—I’ve thought about it. I think I should observe for a few more days.

[The Country Owwes Me 18cm]: You can do it, Mo Mo! Be sure to ask me if you don’t understand anything!!!

She suddenly started calling him “Mo Mo”https://www.google.com/search?q=… Did she automatically categorize him as a girlfriend?

Li Mo got up from the bed and walked over to the full-length mirror, carefully observing his physique: tall, long legs, muscular build, plus an eight-pack. I mean, which high school student has a perfect face and body like this? Who wouldn’t be smitten?

And I’m half a head taller than Xu Qing. I look like the top one in any scenario.

https://www.google.com/search?q=…Wait, why am I fantasizing now?!

Feeling like things would only get weirder if he thought about it further, Li Mo dove under the covers, tucking his head in.

The next morning, Li Mo walked into the exam room yawning. He hadn’t slept much yesterday because he had opened the door to a new world.

The first exam today was Math. The entire exam process would conclude after the second exam, English.

Math was even less of Li Mo’s strong suit. Since the beginning of high school, his Math scores had consistently stabilized between 50 and 60 points.

After half-doing, half-guessing the multiple-choice questions, Li Mo roughly skimmed the free-response questions. He only wrote the first sub-question for each problem, but couldn’t even write the first sub-question for the last few major problems.

Li Mo admired his answer sheet. Although he didn’t know the answers, he had written something in every answer area.

Very satisfied! Time to sleep!

Thud

He hadn’t slept for long when the stool beneath his butt was kicked over. Li Mo fell to the floor, wincing in pain.

Wu Xiuxiu was livid, pointing at him and cursing: “I was right yesterday after all! You bad student, your character is completely flawed!”

The protective Yu Wencheng frowned: “Ms. Wu, you can’t use such harsh words.”

Wu Xiuxiu scoffed: “Am I wrong? I might have wrongly accused him yesterday, but today I have evidence!”

Li Mo picked up the stool, rubbed his sore butt, and asked: “What is it now?”

“You still have the nerve to ask?!” Wu Xiuxiu slammed the object in her hand onto the desk—it was a note.

Li Mo suddenly remembered that a Grade 12 student, who claimed to be an upperclassman, had asked him to hand this note to Shen Shuyi. The note was folded squarely, not bulky. Li Mo had casually stuffed it into his pocket and completely forgotten about it.

“Look at what’s written inside!” Wu Xiuxiu picked up the note and read it out loud, word for word: “‘I love you, I want to have a home with you.’ What is this? Huh? Let me ask you, you’re only in the second year of high school! And you’re thinking about such shameless things!”

Actually, there was another sentence on the note, but it was too provocative, and Wu Xiuxiu was too embarrassed to read it out loud, and the author is too embarrassed to write it out.

https://www.google.com/search?q=…

I want to know what the hell this is too?!! Upperclassman, you look so sunny. Why would you write such a flirty note to Shen Shuyi?!

Xu Qing, sitting in front, could see the full content of the note when he turned around. He had no idea when Li Mo had started dating someone.

After hearing the content of the note, Yu Wencheng’s face darkened: “https://www.google.com/search?q=…Li Mo, who gave you the guts to date early?!”

Li Mo had a difficult time explaining: “It’s nothttps://www.google.com/search?q=… this isn’t mine.”

“It’s not yours? It fell out of your pocket. Whose is it if not yours?” Because of yesterday’s incident, Wu Xiuxiu had been holding onto a knot of anger in her chest. Today, she finally had an outlet, and it was for puppy love, which was just as serious as cheating.

At Huaying No. 1 High School, early dating resulted in disciplinary action, calling parents for a meeting, and a one-week suspension. That’s why few boys and girls walked too close to each other in school.

“This ishttps://www.google.com/search?q=…” Li Mo was about to confess the upperclassman from yesterday but then thought that doing so might implicate Shen Shuyi. He hesitated on whether to speak up.

This momentary hesitation convinced Wu Xiuxiu that the note was Li Mo’s, and he was too guilty to explain.

“Director Yu, he’s tacitly admitted it himself. You can’t say anything now, can you?” Wu Xiuxiu put her hands on her hips, her heavily made-up face contorted with anger.

Yu Wencheng sighed: “Li Mo, come with me to the Academic Affairs Office. The rest of you, continue the exam.”

At the Academic Affairs Office, Yu Wencheng pushed the door open and walked into the office. The office was empty. He pulled a nearby chair and sat down, sighing constantly.

Li Mo kept his head down, standing silently beside him, not daring to breathe.