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More Than Brothers

by Salted Fish — 2001, our freshman year. Through various clues, we brothers in the dorm unanimously suspected that Xiang Lei might be gay, and so we half-jokingly, half-seriously tried to get him to confess. Under pressure, he eventually admitted it. As if urgently needing some kind of proof, we began endlessly joking about Xiang Lei’s sexual orientation while unconsciously distancing ourselves from him physically and emotionally. Xiang…
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Drama • Gay • LGB • Slice of Life
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Chapter 51 – Epilogues
by Salted Fish — Epilogue 1 In early March 2010, He Fei's grandfather passed away. Overnight, He Fei felt he had truly grown up. By the end of March, He Fei narrowly escaped death. Originally, he and three colleagues had gone to Tianjin for a bidding meeting. Before departure, they drank, and He Fei accidentally had too much. He was stuffed into the back seat by his colleagues when they set off. The car crashed on the Beijing-Tianjin Expressway—the two colleagues in the front seats died on the spot, while He Fei and…
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Chapter 30 – Bland and Flavorless
by Salted Fish — 162 The relationship between He Fei and Xiang Lei returned once again to a state of estrangement. Throughout their four years of university, the relationship between He Fei and Xiang Lei that we witnessed seemed to spend more time in this state. Of course, it was occasionally interrupted by periods of inseparable closeness, but the duration of those latter phases was noticeably shorter each time. Thus, whenever He Fei was in the dormitory, Xiang Lei would find various excuses to leave. Even if Xiang Lei…
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Chapter 9 – One After Another and Reaching the Limit
by Salted Fish — 40 Just as Xiang Lei was about to log off, the shades guy avatar of "Give Me a Cigarette" lit up. Wasn't it "Days Without Cigarettes"? When did the name change back? Xiang Lei thought for a moment—it was probably after breaking up with Wu Liang and meeting Xu Menghu again that this guy had switched his name back. Give Me a Cigarette: Miss me? Herbivorous Wolf: No. Give Me a Cigarette: Why? Herbivorous Wolf: Why should I? Give Me a Cigarette: You tell me. If you have no…
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Chapter 41 – The World Outside
by Salted Fish — Part Three: Merit Without Glory 231 As the third academic year was coming to an end, the brothers in the dorm were either planning to study abroad or preparing for graduate school entrance exams, while Xiang Lei told us he wanted to find a job. Xiang Lei occasionally returned to the dorm, and sometimes He Fei was there too. Whenever Xiang Lei discussed employment pressure or work experience with anyone, He Fei would always scoff. He Fei firmly believed that employment pressure stemmed from…
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Chapter 20 – A Cautious Return
by Salted Fish — 106 After the CET-4 exams, Xiang Lei had no choice but to undergo another surgery at the hospital. Seeing Wei Tong bustling around to pay fees and pick up medicine for him, Xiang Lei wondered when this ordeal would finally come to an end. During the final exams, Xiang Lei noticed that his condition had relapsed yet again. He didn't want to go back to the hospital and placed all his hopes in Li Zeng. At times, he even felt like this was a matter of life and death. Xiang Lei believed that…
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Chapter 31 – Hesitation and Stagnation
by Salted Fish — 168 At the start of the junior year, when the report cards came out, the dorm brothers all started cursing. Everyone except Xiang Lei had failed at least one subject. Zhou Yunzhi had gone crazy playing video games, and only when he saw four red marks on his transcript did he snap out of it. He Fei and Liu Chong each failed two subjects, while Wu Liang and Zheng Dongming both fell victim to the linear algebra professor. That linear algebra teacher was truly ruthless—nearly half the department had…
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Chapter 10 – No Coincidence
by Salted Fish — 51 As early as when Xiang Lei called home before his exams to say he would be on break in two weeks, his father had already started cleaning his room. His mother told Xiang Lei that whenever the sun was out, his father would take his quilt outside to air it. This was the first time Xiang Lei had traveled back from a distant place to celebrate the New Year at home. Along the way, he saw many people making the arduous journey, and his heart swelled with emotion. The train was filled with exhausted…
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Chapter 42 – All or Nothing
by Salted Fish — 236 The senior year had so few classes that Xiang Lei went to that elementary school almost every day. Before each visit, Xiang Lei would prepare something—either school supplies as prizes or fruits and snacks. Later, realizing the school still didn't have an official name, he brought a can of red paint and a brush. Standing in front of the brick gate, he thought for a long time before painting the words "Yucai Elementary School" on it. Children always loved young teachers, and Xiang Lei…
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Chapter 21 – A Matter of Moments
by Salted Fish — Part Two: Not Quite Comrades 111 He Fei watched Xiang Lei walk out of the dorm, his gaze lingering on the door as it closed behind him. He Fei couldn't remember whether he had been nervous a minute ago, but now, he felt like he could finally exhale. "Fuck." This was He Fei's usual way of sighing. After letting it out, he flopped onto his bed and began replaying the scene in his mind. His current mood was no different from how he'd felt in third grade after secretly snipping the…
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