Ji Mingxia was caught off guard and choked on the tea.
While he was listening to Yu Ning talking, his mouth was not idle either, he was eating all kinds of melon seeds and nuts. Now he choked on the tea, his throat felt itchy, and he started coughing madly.
Yu Ning was shocked and quickly handed him a tissue.
Ji Mingxia kept coughing. Yu Ning hesitated for a moment, then reached out and patted Ji Mingxia on the back to help him calm down.
After finally calming down, Ji Mingxia was exhausted. He was sweating all over and a few strands of hair were stuck to his chin. He quickly wiped the sweat off his face with a tissue and calmed down his breath.
Yu Ning looked away from him with a flushed face due to coughing. He looked away awkwardly and said, "It's getting late. Why don't you go and have a rest first? We can talk about it tomorrow if there's anything else."
Ji Mingxia slowly drank some water to moisten his throat which was a little sore from coughing, but he sat there without moving.
At this moment, if someone else asked the question, Ji Mingxia would definitely play dumb and pretend not to be able to answer.
If Yu Ning asked other questions, Ji Mingxia would definitely just evade the question and skip over it.
But... it was Yu Ning who asked Ji Mingxia about the issue of top and bottom!
What is Ji Mingxia's role in this book? He is the love mentor of the protagonists.
He can fool around with other things, but he dare not neglect his job. If he can't even do such a small thing, he has no face to stay with Yu Ning!
Thinking of this, Ji Mingxia grabbed Yu Ning's hand.
He had just coughed and was sweating, and his palms were still a little damp with sweat. After holding Yu Ning's hand, the high body temperature was transmitted to him all at once. Yu Ning instinctively shrank his hand, but before he could react, Ji Mingxia had pushed him back to his seat.
"Regarding the question of top and bottom...if you are curious, I can indeed explain it to you." Ji Mingxia said.
He was standing and Yu Ning was sitting. Hearing him talking, Yu Ning raised his head slightly and looked at Ji Mingxia.
The light reflected on his face, the lines were sharp and upright, but the color of his eyes was indeed soft.
He was even a little surprised by Ji Mingxia's behavior, and his mouth opened slightly. He usually looked like a ghost, but now he looked obedient.
Ji Mingxia cleared his throat, trying to pretend that he was a natural gay, and diligently explained to Yu Ning: "You know, I don't like girls. I like boys."
Yu Ning nodded: "Yeah."
Ji Mingxia asked: "Will you discriminate against me and treat me as an alien because of this?"
Yu Ning was stunned for a moment, even frowned slightly, looked at Ji Mingxia disapprovingly and said, "Of course not."
Ji Mingxia noticed his little expression and felt unhappy in his heart.
Of course he knew that Yu Ning wouldn't do that, he was a straight man, and Yu Ning was the real gay.
Ji Mingxia said to Yu Ning: "I know that the education we received since childhood is that men and women are paired together, men and women get married, become husband and wife, and form a family together. Liking the same sex is considered an anomaly to many people.
"But for me, I feel that... no matter who we like, it is our freedom. As long as we stick to the bottom line and do not break the law, homosexuality and heterosexuality are all very normal things. There is nothing strange about it."
When Ji Mingxia asked this question, it seemed that he was asking a question to Yu Ning, but in fact he was transferring Yu Ning's predicament to himself, and then analyzing it for Yu Ning from his own perspective.
After all, homosexuality is still a minority in this society. Yu Ning grew up in such an environment and is already very sensitive. His gay identity will cause him even greater psychological pressure.
Ji Mingxia deliberately shifted all these things onto himself, just to let Yu Ning know that he has people of the same sex, and that liking the same sex is not a shameful thing.
In order to protect Yu Ning's self-esteem, Ji Mingxia would definitely not expose Yu Ning's sexual orientation.
So he pretended not to know Yu Ning's little secret and only analyzed his own heart to Yu Ning.
Ji Mingxia said: "In fact, I am quite lucky. In the early years, people were more conservative and could not accept such things. But now it is different. Even in our school, a high school in a small county town, you can see that several people in the dormitory know my sexual orientation, but none of them laughed at me or stayed away from me. Instead, they took good care of me.
"When I go to college and live in a bigger city, I won't have this kind of trouble anymore.
"Some people may misunderstand that liking a man means jumping on a man when you see him, being horny and thirsty. But in fact, it is not the case at all. We are just like ordinary people. We are only willing to get close to and contact with the person we like."
After Ji Mingxia finished speaking, he gave himself a thumbs up in his heart.
Those BL novels were not read in vain. As a straight man, I have now become a caring brother.
Not to mention Yu Ning, even Ji Mingxia was almost moved by himself.
After Ji Mingxia finished speaking, he looked at Yu Ning expectantly.
According to his speculation, after listening to his heartfelt words, Yu Ning would realize that they were all like-minded and would probably not be able to help but share his inner thoughts with Ji Mingxia.
After listening to this, Ji Mingxia can take this opportunity to better guide him and prevent Yu Ning from going astray.
As a result, Ji Mingxia waited and waited, but Yu Ning not only did not say anything, but lowered his head and looked at the two people shaking hands. Although there was no expression on his face, his ears were very red.
"Yu Ning?" Ji Mingxia couldn't help but call out.
Yu Ning raised his eyes to look at Ji Mingxia. When he found that Ji Mingxia was looking at him closely, Yu Ning quickly looked away. He slightly turned his face away and whispered, "You said... you are only willing to have close contact with someone you like."
"Well, yes." Ji Mingxia said.
After saying that, he looked at Yu Ning's somewhat unnatural expression, and suddenly realized why Yu Ning's expression was so strange.
If you think about it carefully, Yu Ning has not had any close contact in these years, let alone any friends.
He was ostracized in the entire county.
According to the original text, Yu Ning was also a late bloomer. In terms of emotions, Yu Ning's emotional intelligence and IQ are obviously opposite.
He probably didn't understand at all what Ji Mingxia wanted to express.
Oops, what a mistake.
It was all because Yu Ning had been too smart these past two days. Ji Mingxia now saw Yu Ning radiating wisdom, and he almost forgot about Yu Ning's stupid nature.
It seems that it is a bit early to analyze one's inner thoughts now, as Yu Ning hasn't met someone he likes yet.
Ji Mingxia quickly changed his strategy and quickly shifted the topic back.
"When a man and a woman are together, it is generally called monogamy. When men are together, there are also special terms to distinguish them. Generally, the top refers to the active and strong party, and the bottom, relatively speaking, will be more... tolerant..." Ji Mingxia explained with some difficulty.
Although he had read BL novels, he was not well versed in the field. He roughly knew the meaning of top and bottom, but it was difficult for him to explain it in a more concrete way.
Yu Ning was still looking at him, and Ji Mingxia couldn't continue making up stories, so he said directly: "To put it simply, the top is the one on top, and the bottom is the one on the bottom."
"Above or below?" Yu Ning asked puzzledly.
Ji Mingxia looked at Yu Ning's confused look and felt that it was no longer possible to teach him using obscure words.
Think about it, in the original novel, the supporting character Ji Mingxia seemed to be in a relationship himself, so he gave love advice to the main characters. With such a clear example right there, it was easy to educate them.
Now it was Ji Mingxia, a single man, who was the one who had to teach him. It was too difficult to teach him with words, so Ji Mingxia simply pointed to a certain part of Yu Ning's body with his hand and said, "One uses this."
As he spoke, he pointed to his buttocks: "One is here, understand?"
Yu Ning's eyes suddenly widened, and now not only his ears turned red, but his face was also visibly red.
His eyes stayed on Ji Mingxia's buttocks for a long time without moving away.
Ji Mingxia was standing facing Yu Ning. Although Yu Ning's eyes were fixed in that direction, he actually couldn't see the whole picture.
Anyway, no one can see it, and to Yu Ning, they are all sisters. Ji Mingxia was very calm and was even a little touched by Yu Ning's cute expression.
Then, he remembered something and hurriedly reminded: "After all, it is against the laws of nature. The risks here are even greater than men and women being together. First of all, there are so many scumbags in this circle, you must find someone who is good to you; secondly, even if you find a partner, you must pay attention to hygiene and safety, you must not be bothered, and safety measures must be taken well..."
"Safety measures?" Yu Ning asked.
"Yes." Ji Mingxia said.
These days, censorship is rampant. Although Ji Mingxia has read some BL novels, he cannot read those that are all plain-language. After all, there are too many ambiguous scenes and he cannot stand them.
Therefore, Ji Mingxia didn’t quite understand how gay sex should be done.
But this did not prevent him from providing scientific knowledge to Yu Ning.
After all, Yu Ning was even more ignorant than him. Ji Mingxia made some guesses based on fragments of information he had read in novels over the years, combined with the situations of men and women and his yearning for an ideal partner. He summarized it in his mind and passed it all on to Yu Ning.
For example, when looking for a partner, you can't just look at what he says, but also look at what he actually does. Cooking, doing housework, and taking care of the small details of daily life are all plus points.
Sweet words are not as practical as sending an umbrella on a rainy day. A top who lies down on the bed as soon as arriving at the hotel is not a good top. He must take care of the bottom before he can enjoy himself. After enjoying himself, he must not look down on him or neglect him. This is the basic standard!
For example, gay relationships require more caution and vigilance than ordinary relationships. They need to pay attention to safety, use condoms when bathing, and maintain a safe and clean environment, and even physical examinations, etc. These are all necessary conditions.
This circle is very chaotic, and many people just want to enjoy life while the weather is hot, but they must stick to their bottom line.
Only those who have passed all the tests and scored high marks can be together.
Ji Mingxia talked a lot, and Yu Ning stared at him from beginning to end. Ji Mingxia paused and said quickly: "Of course, don't be scared by the popular science I just said, such as bleeding and diseases... These are all probabilistic events. As long as the other party is reliable and everything goes according to the normal procedure, it's actually very happy."
"Happy?" Yu Ning repeated.
"Yes." Ji Mingxia was afraid that his explanation would completely put Yu Ning off the idea of finding a partner, so he quickly said, "Although it was painful to imagine the past, in fact... it was very comfortable. In fact, in the gay circle, there are more 0s than 1s. Have you heard of those words, no 1 to rely on, 0s floating everywhere... 0 is the bottom, 1 is the top, the meaning is the same... Anyway, as long as they have experienced it, most people will prefer to be the bottom."
Yu Ning didn't know what he was thinking of. He blinked and looked at Ji Mingxia and asked, "Is Mingxia a bottom?"
The expression on Ji Mingxia’s face froze for a moment.
Looking at Yu Ning's innocent eyes, he was finally forced to say with tears in his eyes: "Well... I am also a bottom."
Yu Ning asked: "Because you feel comfortable?"
Ji Mingxia didn't expect that Yu Ning would say such vicious words with such an innocent look on his face.
Although he said more when he was explaining the science, Ji Mingxia remained calm inside.
Why did he feel something was odd when Yu Ning asked him
But at this time, Ji Mingxia certainly couldn't deny it. He was forced to say with tears in his eyes again: "Yes, it is really important to have a big penis and good sex."
Ji Mingxia said, and couldn't help muttering: "But you don't have to worry about these."
"Is mine enough?" Yu Ning pursed his lips shyly and asked in a low voice.
"Enough, if you are not good enough, no one else can be good enough!" Ji Mingxia encouraged carelessly, "You are the most perfect!"
Yu Ning is the protagonist!
The novel does not clearly state the size of Yu Ning and Pei Yuan. As a bottom, Yu Ning is so gifted, how could Pei Yuan be any worse?!
Their happy sex life is guaranteed by the original work, so they don't have to worry about it!
But he... Ji Mingxia thought that after he completed the plot mission, one day in the future, he would suddenly announce that he had changed from being bent to being straight...
Someone should believe him...right
Ji Mingxia was worried about his future and didn't notice that after Yu Ning heard his words, he looked at his body, then looked at Ji Mingxia's body, with a thoughtful expression on his face.
"Then... I'll go fill the bathtub." Yu Ning said.
"Bathtub? Are you going to take a bath?" Ji Mingxia asked puzzledly.
Yu Ning said: "You are tired after a day, it would be better to take a bath and sleep."
Ever since Ji Mingxia gestured with her buttocks, Yu Ning's face has been flushed.
Although it has faded a little at this moment, compared with his usual ghost-like pale appearance, his complexion still looks much better than usual.
Like a normal adolescent boy, he looked away with a gleam in his eyes, almost shyly. After helping Ji Mingxia prepare her pajamas, he went into the bathroom and cleaned up the bathtub.
In Ji Mingxia's opinion, Yu Ning was much more tired than him today. Logically, he, who did not contribute much, should take care of Yu Ning. Unexpectedly, Yu Ning considered him first.
Although Yu Ning is thin, his muscles are well-proportioned, and he looks like a male model. Whatever he does is pleasing to the eye, flushing the bathtub, putting in a bath ball... ordinary actions look particularly good when he does them.
As Ji Mingxia watched, he began to feel sleepy.
In order not to disturb others, they set out for the restaurant in the lake in the middle of the night.
Just dodging the ghost consumed all of Ji Mingxia's energy.
When he first saw the ghost, he was so scared that he ran away in panic.
When he found that there were only two options before him, the pavilion and the box, Ji Mingxia finally deliberately messed up the tables and chairs in the box, attracted the ghost into the box, and then hid in the pavilion himself.
According to his plan, after the ghost entered the box, Ji Mingxia in the pavilion would find an opportunity to escape and would not trap himself to death.
This plan is extremely risky and can only be described as a desperate struggle.
Fortunately, Yu Ning was very capable. As soon as the ghost entered the box, the bronze mirror was subdued by Yu Ning.
During the whole process, although Ji Mingxia didn't help much, he was still exhausted.
When he just came back, Ji Mingxia was immersed in the excitement and excitement of Yu Ning conquering the bronze mirror, and didn't feel anything.
Now that I had calmed down, I suddenly felt a little tired.
The bronze mirror and the blood-red ring were still on the coffee table, right in front of Ji Mingxia.
Both were priceless secret items, and the bronze mirror even contained the control over Quanzhuang. Yu Ning was quite carefree and just left them there without any intention of putting them away.
The room was filled with orange-yellow lights, which brought a sense of warmth. Looking at Yu Ning who was busy not far away, and the gurgling sound of water in the bathtub, a sense of security came over me, and every subtle sound seemed like hypnosis.
Ji Mingxia unconsciously changed to a more comfortable position and then slowly closed his eyes.
By the time Yu Ning brought the water over, Ji Mingxia had already fallen asleep.
"Mingxia?" Ji Mingxia fell asleep on the chair, and Yu Ning called him softly.
Ji Mingxia was sleeping soundly, showing no signs of waking up.
Yu Ning looked at his sleeping face for a moment, and helplessly, he could only bend down, pick up Ji Mingxia and put him on the bed.
When lying on the bed, Ji Mingxia was awakened and opened his eyes slightly.
When he saw it was Yu Ning, he immediately felt relieved.
Lying down feels much more comfortable than sitting. Ji Mingxia was so tired that his brain was completely unable to work. In a daze, he changed himself to a more comfortable sleeping position, turned his back to Yu Ning, curled up with the quilt, and soon fell into a deep sleep again.
Ji Mingxia's sleeping position is a very common side sleeping method.
But he was sleeping curled up with his back to Yu Ning. Although Yu Ning tried his best to control himself, his eyes couldn't help but move down Ji Mingxia's body.
Usually his eyes were on Ji Mingxia's face, but after Ji Mingxia's lecture tonight, Yu Ning unconsciously looked down at the waist and finally stayed at a place he shouldn't be looking at.
Above and below…
He remembered every word Ji Mingxia said just now.
Although Ji Mingxia did not say it explicitly, when it came to the criteria for choosing a spouse, Yu Ning could of course see that what Ji Mingxia said were all his ideal types.
Only those who pass the assessment are qualified.
Yu Ning quickly got up and tidied up Ji Mingxia's pajamas and filled the bathtub with water, just wanting to show off his good performance.
Unexpectedly, Ji Mingxia fell asleep before he finished.
In the battle at night, Ji Mingxia seemed insignificant, but only with his cooperation would Tong Jing be fooled and show up. In his opinion, Ji Mingxia made a greater contribution for Yu Ning to be able to subdue the bronze mirror so quickly.
Every time he subdued a mysterious item, Yu Ning's body would absorb some special energy, so he didn't feel tired at all.
But Ji Mingxia is an ordinary person. After working hard all night, he was already exhausted.
Seeing Ji Mingxia sleeping soundly, Yu Ning finally restrained himself. He reached out and covered Ji Mingxia with the quilt, hiding the place that made him uneasy.
Yu Ning stayed with Ji Mingxia for a while, until he was sure that he was sleeping soundly, then he got up, washed, and lay back down on his own bed.
Ji Mingxia slept until the next afternoon.
During this period, not to mention Yu Ning's movements, even the ringing of his cell phone couldn't wake him up.
When he opened his eyes again and sat up from the bed, Ji Mingxia was completely drowsy and could hardly tell the difference between day and night, and had no idea where he was.
It was not until Yu Ning poured him a cup of hot water and Ji Mingxia drank a few sips that he gradually came to his senses.
"Fuck, I didn't take a shower, brush my teeth, or change my clothes last night... and just went to bed like this?!"
After waking up, Ji Mingxia couldn't help but howl.
Yu Ning said: "I was wrong. You were so tired, I should have asked you to take a shower first."
"How can I blame you for this?" Ji Mingxia said hurriedly, "I was so sleepy at that time. If I really took a shower, I might have fallen asleep while standing... But this sleep was so comfortable, I'll go take a shower now."
When Ji Mingxia came out of the shower, the takeaway that Yu Ning ordered for him was delivered.
Ji Mingxia was so hungry that he ate voraciously. Only after he was full did he slowly regain his spirits.
Yu Ning was operating the computer in the hotel room. The blood-red ring placed beside him was still glowing. Ji Mingxia asked curiously, "Yu Ning, what are you doing?"
"Looking for Li You." Yu Ning said.
Li You
Ji Mingxia was stunned for a moment, then he suddenly remembered that the target of their trip was Li You.
The blood-red ring is a pair of rings, and the other ring may have an impact on the ring in Yu Ning's hand.
This was their original intention for coming to Quanzhuang Hotel.
Until last night, Ji Mingxia thought that the abnormalities in the hotel were caused by Li You and another blood-red ring, but in the end, it turned out to be the bronze mirror.
Although the bronze mirror has been conquered now, the matter is not over for Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning.
Li You is missing, and the whereabouts of the other blood-red ring is unknown. The missing person may have been murdered and turned into a ghost.
Everything has returned to the starting point. If we want to ensure safety, we must find Li You.
Ji Mingxia had already experienced how powerful Yu Ning was, so he didn't beat around the bush and guessed blindly. He ate his dessert while patiently waiting for Yu Ning's result.
Sure enough, after a while, Yu Ning closed the webpage, turned to look at Ji Mingxia and said, "I roughly know where she is."
Long before Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning arrived at Quanzhuang Resort, Li You had already posted a message on Weibo to inform everyone that she and her friends were on vacation in Quanzhuang Resort and that she had turned off her phone in the hope that no one would disturb her.
On the first night that Ji Mingxia and others stayed in the hotel, when Zhao Zhuoyue got into trouble, Ji Mingxia hoped that the hotel would provide surveillance so that they could check whether Li You himself had been to the restaurant.
At that time, Tong Jing rejected their request on the pretext of customer privacy.
After Yu Ning subdued the Bronze Mirror, he gained control of most of the situation in the resort. First of all, he could confirm that Li You was not in the resort.
"The ring absorbed Tong Jing's energy, and its ability to sense the other ring increased, pointing to a certain area in the east." Yu Ning said to Ji Mingxia, "I just used the bronze mirror to check the hotel's surveillance and confirmed that Li You and his group had indeed been to Quanzhuang Hotel, but they left the resort just after they checked in."
"Just finished checking in, and are you leaving the resort?" Ji Mingxia said.
“To be precise, I left right after I posted on Weibo.” Yu Ning said.
"Why? Are they deliberately making people think they are at Quanzhuang Resort?" Ji Mingxia asked puzzledly.
"Mysterious objects can sense each other at certain times, and since the two rings are paired, their sensing ability should be even stronger." Yu Ning said, "I guess when we got the rings, Li You already knew that the owner of the rings had changed."
Ji Mingxia was stunned for a moment and said, "You mean... Li You knew that Lin Siyun's ring had changed hands. After she arrived at Quanzhuang Resort and checked into the hotel, she felt that there was another very powerful secret item in the Quanzhuang Hotel, which was this bronze mirror...
"So she deliberately posted that Weibo post to lure people over here... to make us fall into the trap of the bronze mirror?"
Yu Ning said: "This should be one of her purposes. Since Li You took the initiative to publish the location on Weibo, there is a bronze mirror guarding the Quanzhuang Resort, so Li You said that she would turn off her phone and hope not to be disturbed. In the next few days, no one will pay attention to their schedule and dynamics. Even if you want to find her, you can't find her.
"After Li You left the resort, she did not leave the area immediately. Three days ago, the day we checked into the hotel, surveillance footage showed that Li You and her friends drove into the primeval forest behind the resort."
"What does that mean? What do they want to do by entering the primeval forest..." Ji Mingxia asked in confusion.
Yu Ning sorted out the currently known clues and looked at Ji Mingxia.
"kill."