Love O2O- Beyond a Beautiful Smile

Chapter 36- Don't Talk With Your Mouth Full. R18+

A/N: Posting this chapter now from my phone so I can't set it as private- I'll log in from the computer later and change the setting so don't be surprised if it appears to vanish. It won't go anywhere- just to a private setting.

And just in case you were wondering, my mind seems to be permanently residing in the gutter these days. It's there so frequently I'm contemplating getting an interior design to help brighten the place up. 😊

"We're going to play a game..." Mei dumped the basket of clothes on the floor and sat himself down next to it, opposite KO who was glued to the couch in confusion. "I'm going to ask a question. Your answer determines what I do next."

KO nodded to show that he was following along.

"Answer quickly, truthfully, and with a response I like... and I take a piece of clothing off." KO's eyebrow rose. This was not what he'd been expecting but so far he thought he might like this game. Mei wasn't finished explaining the rules though.

"Hesitate, and I'm going to assume you're trying to work out what I want to hear. And I'll put something else on."

And.... there was the catch.

"Tell me something I don't like, and I'll put something on. Tell me a lie, and I'll put something on." Mei rattled the washing basket. "If I empty this basket... we're done."

"Then what?"

"No. Not done for the game. Done. Completely." A clear coldness settled on Mei's face and KO felt his heart clench. All of a sudden, he really didn't want to play this game... he sighed. All Mei was really asking for was honesty, and he'd only resorted to these measures because he'd been too chickenshit to speak openly.

    KO nodded. "Let's play."

    "Start from the beginning: How long have you known I was E-Mei?"

    "Umm..." As KO fumbled with the very first question, Mei reached in to the basket and grabbed a shirt.

    "Fuck. Slow down, Mei. It's not that simple an answer." He rubbed his forehead. "How about I tell you in stages, you decide what each stage is worth?"

    Pausing while doing the shirt up, Mei thought about it for a moment before his hands fell away from the buttons. "Okay. But the shirt stays on for not doing this from the get go."

    "Fair trade," KO took a deep breath, then held up one finger. "First- did I know E-Mei was a man? No. I suspected- there were things you would say that made it seem like you were male- but like you said, we both left the question of gender unasked."

    Mei unbuttoned the shirt he'd just done up.

    "Aren't you taking it off?"

     "It doesn't sound like you were finished."

    "Shit. Okay. I knew E-Mei was in Beijing and you'd let slip about being at Qing University. So I took the cafeteria job."

    "Why?"

    "To meet you. That day we arranged to talk, if we got along well then I was going to suggest meeting at the cafeteria before my next shift."

    "But I never spoke to you."

   "No... but you disappeared as soon as you heard my voice. That confirmed it for me- E-Mei was a renyao."