desire to be loved

Chapter 5: An episode of the studio

As soon as the three stepped into the box, they saw Du Chen sitting on the seat waiting for them.

"Roy, this is the organizer of today's photography exhibition: Du Chen." Zhenxi introduced the person in front of Roy.

Du Chen got up gracefully, strode towards Roy, "Roy, we meet again." He stared at him with a pair of piercing black eyes.

"Mr. Du, hello." Roy smiled.

"Call me Du Chen! Calling Mr. Du makes people feel a sense of distance." Du Chen made a reasonable request.

Roy looked at him with a half-smile, "So Du Chen, you said we'll talk later, do you mean this time? It seems that you already know who I am."

To be honest, in fact, from the moment Du Chen approached him, he knew who he was.

Looking between Roy and Du Chen, Luo Jie was puzzled by the content of the conversation between the two, but Zhenxi had already said the question he wanted to ask.

"Do you already know each other?"

She stared at Du Chen with interest, waiting for him to explain everything.

"We talked earlier at the exhibition. Roy is a very thoughtful and interesting person." Du Chen resolved the doubts of the two.

Roy responded politely: "Mr. Du Chen is also a very talented person."

Judging from the photography skills alone, Du Chen is a rare talent, but the character can only be determined after more contacts.

At this time Luo Jie interjected: "Du Chen, thank you for inviting us to dinner tonight, let me be the host next time!" He has always disliked the feeling of taking advantage of others.

"Don't say that, since it's Jinxi's friend, it's my friend. Besides, I also want to thank Roy for giving such a high evaluation to my work." Du Chen turned the corner and changed the topic to Roy.

"I'm just saying what I feel!"

"Then let's talk more about each other later, let's order food first!"

Du Chen waved his hand and invited the guests to sit down.

He showed the demeanor of a gentleman, and helped Jane Xi pull out the chair, and after she took a seat, he chose the seat next to her to sit down.

Luo Jie also took his seat immediately.

"Xiaoyi, you sit this way." He instructed Roy to sit opposite Jinxi.

Roy immediately sat beside him obediently.

"Roy, do you like seafood?"

"I'm not a picky eater, I'll eat anything, except sticky things." Roy stared at the menu, wondering if he should order steak.

"The lobster soup here is very rich. Do you want to try it?" Du Chen pointed to the picture in the menu and recommended him.

Roy took a look.

"Well, I'll think about it."

He slightly leaned his body towards Luo Jie, and asked casually: "Jie, what do you want?"

Tomato cheese salad, onion soup, steak, souffle, Roger pointed to these items on the menu.

After Roy saw this, he showed a smile, because Luo Jie ordered all his favorite foods.

"Then I want crab salad, lobster bisque and dory steak, and creme brulee for dessert." He ordered a different meal from Luo Jie to the waiter.

"I also ordered the same meal as him, but my dessert will be replaced with souffle." Jane Xi continued to order.

After everyone finished ordering, Du Chen asked the waiter to bring a glass of red wine.

The red wine that has been sobered has a strong aroma. Shake the tulip glass gently, leaving a light brown color on the edge of the glass. Take a sip, and the deep fruity aroma and sweet and sour taste roll on the tip of your tongue.

"Help this gentleman to this bottle bar after the main meal! I and two other guests ask you to help us pour another bottle of wine." Du Chen explained to the waiter.

The waiter poured the aperitif into Luo Jie's wine glass, and then exchanged another bottle of white wine for other guests. At this time, another waiter entered the box and served the four people's appetizers.

Zhenxi took the lead in raising her wine glass and congratulated Du Chen: "Du Chen, congratulations on the successful conclusion of this photography exhibition."

"Thank you Zhenxi, thanks to your presence, the scene will not be so deserted." He returned her.

Counting the time, Luo Jie and Roy raised their glasses to congratulate him in tacit understanding at the same time.

"congratulations!"

"Congratulations!"

Du Chen showed his white teeth, and said with a smile: "Don't be so polite, please enjoy the food after a while."

"Then I'd rather be respectful than obedient"

As soon as Roy finished speaking, he immediately picked up the knife and fork and started to attack the foie gras on the dinner plate.

After enjoying the appetizers and salad, while waiting for the next dish, Du Chen took the initiative to chat with Roy.

"Roy, I'm curious about one thing. Since both of you brothers are architects, why don't you open a firm together?"

Asked by Du Chen, Roy suddenly felt a low pressure approaching. He looked at Luo Jie, but Luo Jie ignored his gaze.

Just thinking about how to respond to Du Chen, unexpectedly, Luo Jie answered the question for him.

"Xiao Yi, I have been living in the United States for several years, so we have very little contact at work."

Roy's intuition was right. Luo Jie was indeed angry. Although he showed a calm appearance, he could still feel his emotional changes.

Breathing out represents trouble, cold eyes represent displeasure, and faint smile represents extreme anger.

He should be angry that he didn't want to disclose his movements in the past four years to his family, but now he let an outsider know.

"So Roy, are you coming back for a short stay? Or do you decide to stay in Taiwan?" Du Chen wondered if he still had a chance to get close to him.

Seeing that Luo Jie was also waiting for his answer, Roy threw out an intriguing sentence: "Actually, I am waiting for a reason to keep me. If that reason does not exist, then I will choose to leave."

Knowing that what he was waiting for was an impossible dream and leaving was inevitable, he would say that just to comfort himself.

"If I tell you not to leave, will you stay?" Du Chen's tone seemed to be joking, but his eyes were very serious.

Roy smiled and shook his head, taking it as a joke.

"Then what if it's me! Xiaoyi, will you stay?" Luo Jie asked out of the blue.

He also asked Roy the same question a few days ago, and this time he hoped that Roy would give him an affirmative response.

Roy stared at him silently, "If it weren't for my brother, I would have stayed here without hesitation." The words stuck in his throat, but he didn't have the courage to say them.

He smiled lightly and responded with silence.

"Xiao Yi? Luo Jie, do you always call your brother like this?" Du Chen only noticed this now, and he thought this title was very interesting.

"We all call him that in our family." Luo Jie's words had a different meaning.

"Xiao Yi...can I call you that too?"

It's a pity that Du Chen didn't hear his hint.

"Du Chen, you still call me Roy, I'm more comfortable that way." To be honest, he didn't want anyone other than Luo Jie to call his name like that.

Seeing the awkward smile on Du Chen's face, Roy quickly apologized for himself: "I'm sorry."

"Don't feel sorry, I was too impatient." Du Chen was not displeased by this, he comforted Roy instead.

"Eat the turtle!"

Zhenxi passed on a gloating look to him.

Du Chen smiled, not taking her teasing seriously.

He clasped his hands tightly, resting on his chin, "By the way! Roy, are you interested in being a model? I'm going to shoot a series of portraits next, can you be my model?"

From the first moment he met Roy, he identified him as the protagonist in his next series of photos.

"Models usually look for handsome men and beautiful women! I don't think I'm suitable." Roy declined with a smile. He picked up his glass and pretended to drink.

Although Roy rejected him again, Du Chen still did not give up.

"Appearance is not the point, what is important is the temperament that people exude. I really want to help you take pictures, because there is always a sad breath in your eyes, and that breath deeply attracts me." He Directly show that he has a good impression of Roy.

Roy's body shook slightly, and the liquor in his mouth suddenly became mixed.

At that time, Jill could see his mood at a glance. Is it really so obvious?What about Roger?Did he notice it?

"Really? I didn't even know I would feel like this." He smiled to hide his uneasiness.

Du Chen's words caught Luo Jie's attention. He stared at Roy's profile, and Roy had the same expression on his face as at the exhibition.

Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but wonder: what secret is hidden in Roy's heart.

"I won't force you, come to the studio to find me when you are willing."

Du Chen took a step back, not to put pressure on Roy. At this moment, a brisk and pleasant bell sounded, and he took out his mobile phone from his jacket pocket.

"Excuse me, let me leave for a moment." He left his seat and walked out of the box to answer the phone.

Roy drank the hot soup quietly. Although the soup was hot, it couldn't warm his heart.

"I'm going to the bathroom." He explained and left.

Leaving the two of them at once, only Luo Jie and Zhenxi were left at the table, and the atmosphere in the box suddenly turned cold.

Zhenxi, who was originally listening, suddenly said: "It seems that Du Chen likes Roy very much." She was testing how possessive Luo Jie was towards his younger brother.

Luo Jie didn't react too much, because he didn't need her to tell him about it, he could see it.

"Xiaoyi, he has been very popular since he was a child, almost no one would dislike him."

"No, my so-called liking is not a simple liking like that." Zhenxi hinted at him in a roundabout way.

Luo Jie stopped eating and looked directly at her: "Speak clearly."

Since it's not a pure liking, then there are ulterior motives, so did she arrange this dinner on purpose?

Is it for the photo taking he said, or for another purpose?

"Du Chen is from that circle. Roy seems to have taken a fancy to him. If you don't want your baby brother to be eaten, don't let him get close to Du Chen."

Her words instantly changed Luo Jie's color.

"Don't be too obvious, after all, Du Chen hasn't done anything yet." Zhenxi reminded him not to stare at people with a pair of angry eyes.

Luo Jie was silent, he picked up the wine glass and drank the red wine in one gulp.

About 5 minutes later, Roy and Du Chen returned to their seats one after the other, and the main meal was already served.

Fearing that the food would get cold, the four of them didn't talk to each other. When dessert was served, Du Chen handed Roy a roll.

"Roy, this is a gift for you."

Holding a roll about two feet long in his hand, Roy asked curiously, "Could it be that you just went out to get this present?"

Du Chen cracked his mouth and smiled, "You're right! The roll contains a photo from today's exhibition. I think you like that photo very much, so you asked the staff to send it here." Anyone with a discerning eye knows that he did this In order to please Roy.

This time Roy did not refuse, "I like it very much, yes, thank you."

Looking at Roy's smiling face, Luo Jie's eyes exuded a dark breath.

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After dinner, everyone seemed to be friendly on the surface, but they had different thoughts in their hearts.

It was nine o'clock in the evening, and the four of them were about to leave the restaurant.

Roy thought he didn't drink much, but he felt dizzy after walking a few steps.

"Roy, are you okay!?" Du Chen happened to hold his waist from behind.

"I'm fine, maybe I haven't touched alcohol for a long time, and my body is a little uncomfortable." Roy responded lightly.

Looking at the hands on Roy's waist, Luo Jie felt complicated emotions in his heart, and he took Roy back to him with one hand.

Don't touch him!He warned Du Chen with his eyes.

Du Chen raised the corners of his mouth and spread his hands.

"Little Yi? Can you still walk?" Luo Jie asked with concern as he supported Roy.

After coming into contact with the familiar body odor, Roy naturally leaned his body against Luo Jie, "Well, I'm just a little dizzy." He gave him a smile and told him not to worry.

Still a little worried about Roy, Luo Jie said to Zhenxi with a sorry face: "Jinxi, I may not be able to take you home."

"It's okay! Then I'll go back by taxi. You can take Roy home to rest first." Zhenxi knew how much her words had affected him.

"Then let's leave first."

Looking at the backs of those two people leaving, Zhenxi crossed her arms and sighed, "I think you'd better give up, Luo Jie is not easy to mess with."

From Luo Jie's wary look on Du Chen, she thought he would list Du Chen as a person who refused to come and go.

"As long as Roy can be tempted, Luo Jie is not a threat to me at all." Du Chen raised his eyebrows and said.

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After returning home, Luo Jie placed Roy in his bedroom and brought him a glass of water in the dining room.

Roy took the cup and drank it in one gulp. The cold liquid temporarily relieved the discomfort in his chest.

Alcohol has penetrated into his blood now, and his head is heavy, "It's so hot." He lies on the bed, fanning his hands to relieve the heat.

"Why are you not wary of strangers at all?"

Luo Jie's voice suddenly came from his ear, Roy opened his eyes, he propped up his upper body, and Luo Jie was standing on the edge of the bed.

Turns out he was still in his room!

"Are you referring to Du Chen? Isn't he a rare friend?"

He knew that Du Chen had a good impression of him, but because he was a friend of Luo Jie's colleague, he didn't embarrass him face to face.

"It's not just Du Chen. Didn't a foreigner strike up a conversation with you at the exhibition this afternoon? Why did you stand there stupidly and let him touch you?"

Ever since that foreign man approached Roy, he had been observing them. Roy's expression at that time was something he had never seen before, and he acted like a mature man.

He couldn't help being a little angry and a little envious, that man could make Roy show that look.

Roy frowned, and he explained Jill's behavior: "He didn't touch me, he just touched my shoulder. Physical contact is very common in foreign countries."

Although he knew that Luo Jie was worried that he would be bullied, he didn't like how Luo Jie misunderstood someone indiscriminately.

Unexpectedly, Roy would retort. Luo Jie said with a serious face, "I don't care how you live in the United States, but you are now in Taiwan. Have you forgotten your previous experience?"

Roy's appearance often attracts some perverts to approach him, and he encountered many sexual harassment incidents during his school days.

I still remember that when they were in high school, the two brothers would often stay to play after school, and would take a shower in school after each game, but one day he saw a classmate peeping at Roy from behind the shower curtain, and even Still making obscenities.

If he hadn't discovered that he had beaten the man up in time, he wouldn't dare to imagine what would happen to Roy.

After being beaten up by Luo Jie for no reason, Roy suddenly felt a little irritable. Perhaps he was emboldened by alcohol. He responded unhappily: "I don't understand what you are worried about? It's just a very common social behavior. Why do you want to Seeing it so seriously? I am already an adult, I will protect myself."

He lay down, intending to ignore Luo Jie.

Seeing his concern being distorted, Luo Jie's inner anger was finally detonated.

"You said it was an ordinary social behavior, what if they actually have such thoughts about you in their hearts?"

He jumped onto the bed quickly, pinning Roy under him and trapping Roy's hands above him.

Roy stared at him stupidly with his eyes wide open.

The confused and chaotic thoughts in front of him paralyzed Roy until his blood seemed to stop flowing, and he couldn't shake off the hands that were trapping him.

"Let go of me." There was a tremor in his tone.

His brain sent a warning to him. If he didn't escape from this position, his eyes might betray him and release the hot emotions that had been suppressed for a long time.

Luo Jie stared at him condescendingly, and instantly tore off all the buttons of his jacket.

Roy's mind went blank, and there was a buzzing sound in his ears.

He has no idea what Luo Jie wants to do?However, the body temperature transmitted from Luo Jie's body made the blood in his whole body boil.

"Do you think that only women in this world can be violated? You can't even break free from my hands. Do you still think you can protect yourself?"

With a swipe, Roy's face immediately turned pale. He never dreamed that Luo Jie would say such a thing.

He punched Luo Jie on the right cheek, "Luo Jie! Don't go too far!"

Luo Jie froze, the anger and disappointment in Roy's eyes completely awakened him from losing control.

He got up and left him, walked out of the bedroom without saying a word, walked to the dining room, took out a bottle of ice water from the refrigerator, and forcibly drank two mouthfuls.

At this moment, his heart is full of contradictions. He doesn't understand why he behaved like that?Say those words to irritate Roy.

But he explained to himself: that was just to give Roy a little warning, and he had no other thoughts.