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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 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 8 – Tornado
by Salted Fish — 35 A senior from the Student Union introduced me to a part-time job doing market promotion. When I mentioned it in the dorm, Xiang Lei was very interested and wanted to join too. Liu Chong teased from the side: "Don't you have a man already? Why are you still hustling so hard? Don't you need to focus on taking care of the family?" Xiang Lei laughed and replied, "We're striving together!" The so-called market promotion was essentially cold outreach—handing out promotional materials to street…
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Chapter 7 – Beyond Measure and Ashamed Beyond Words
by Salted Fish — 30 It was probably after the day Xiang Lei visited He Fei in the hospital that he became noticeably less flamboyant when answering phone calls in the dorm. The flirtatious remarks decreased, and he deliberately lowered his voice. Most of the calls were naturally from Wu Liang. Sometimes, Xiang Lei would say, "It's not convenient to talk now. Let's chat online instead." Then, grabbing his computer card, he'd head to the computer lab. Xiang Lei saw the shades-wearing avatar of "Give Me a Cigarette"…
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Chapter 6 – Wu Liang
by Salted Fish — 25 After returning from the computer lab, Xiang Lei stayed by the phone. After a five-minute ambiguous call, he went to take a shower. The call was about their afternoon date. Before dates, Xiang Lei always made sure to shower, fix his hair, and change into fresh clothes. He himself admitted it was to compensate for his deep-rooted lack of confidence. The person Xiang Lei was meeting was Wu Liang, a freshman at Polytechnic University. For an entire week, Wu Liang had been calling Xiang Lei for two or…
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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 50 – Beyond the Lights
by Salted Fish — 297 Spring Festival 2010, the sixth day of the lunar new year. He Fei's schedule for the day was packed. At noon, he went to Shunyi for a gathering with his high school buddies. In the afternoon, he planned to visit Xiang Lei's home. In the evening, Shi Zhuo had invited everyone out for dinner and karaoke. Xiang Lei was scheduled to leave for Shandong the evening of the seventh day. Prior to that, He Fei had asked when would be a convenient time to meet and say goodbye, so Xiang Lei arranged for…
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Chapter 5 – Xu Menghu
by Salted Fish — 18 Xiang Lei met several online friends almost every week, sometimes even more than one in a single day. Most of Xiang Lei's online friends were slightly older than him and would often take the initiative to treat him to meals, almost invariably choosing McDonald's. Xiang Lei complained that he now felt nauseous at the sight of the red "M." Xiang Lei always insisted on not staying overnight off-campus. Yet, every time he returned, his roommates would eagerly ask him, "So, Xiang Lei, was the guy wild? How…
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Chapter 49 – So Near Yet So Far
by Salted Fish — 290 November 20, 2009, Friday, evening, 6:30 PM, Beijing, North Third Ring East Road. He Fei was driving home from work when his phone rang with an international call. As soon as he answered, he heard the other person shrieking, "Holy shit! It went through!" followed by wild laughter. After laughing his fill, the other person asked dumbly, "Did I get the wrong number? You're He Fei, right? Guess who Laozi is?" As if he needed to guess. Who else would make this overseas call besides Liu…
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Chapter 48 – Another Four Years
by Salted Fish — 281 July 2, 2005, seemed to mark a brand-new beginning for He Fei. 282 He Fei learned from the school's Youth League Committee that Xiang Lei had been assigned to a place called Banka in Lincang, Yunnan. The Western Volunteers were scheduled to report to their posts in late July. By mid-July, Xiang Lei should still have been in his hometown. So, He Fei went to the department's student office to inquire about Xiang Lei's home address. To his dismay, the address Xiang Lei had registered…
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