Bennett and the Veil of Secrecy Chapter 9

Bennett slept until noon the next day. When he got up and looked at his phone, he discovered that while he was asleep last night, Lucas had actually sent him photos as promised.

Lucas may indeed be unattractive, and his face is not shown at all in this photo. He took pictures in front of a mirror, topless.

Bennett didn't like looking at muscle photos taken in the mirror, but the photo was of Lucas, so Bennett didn't feel disgusted. He just felt that Lucas deserved to be an engineering graduate, simple and well-behaved.

Bennett praised Lucas and said, "You are so strong. You are either at work or in the gym every day. No wonder you don't have time to date me."

After saying that, Bennett clicked on the big picture and looked at it, trying to find out if there was anything else he could boast about. Seeing the shadow on Lucas's sweatpants, Bennett was stunned, and then joked to Lucas: "The size is also great."

Lucas replied to Bennett: "What size?"

Lucas just said "tied out" to Bennett last night, which finally gave the two people's chat an atmosphere that was consistent with the style of this dating app, so Bennett couldn't tell whether Lucas was shy or pretending to be stupid at the moment.

Not long after, Lucas asked Bennett: "Do you like this type?"

Bennett said frankly: "Yes, otherwise why would I marry you?"

"But it doesn't matter if we just chat," Bennett added, fearing that Lucas would think too much, "I'm not forcing you to date me, don't get me wrong."

As long as he could talk to people for a few words, Bennett was satisfied. It didn't matter to him whether Lucas wanted to meet or not. Otherwise, Lucas said yesterday that he would not pretend not to see it next time he took him to the supermarket.

Lucas did not continue the original topic with Bennett. After a while, he asked Bennett: "Why did you install this software?"

Bennett didn't know how to answer such a careless question, so he said, "It's a long story."

Lucas didn't reply for a long time. Bennett didn't know if he was waiting for him to say something, or if he was busy again. After waiting for a while, he asked Lucas: "Do you want to hear it?"

"Say." Lucas replied.

Bennett thought about it and told Lucas truthfully: "It's not clear what we're talking about. If you want to hear it, you have to call me."

Bennett was going to check some literature in the afternoon. After replying to this message, he packed his schoolbag and went out. He had a simple lunch at a sandwich shop on the corner and went straight to the library.

When entering the library door, Bennett received a message from Lucas.

"Let's go tonight," Lucas said, "It's not convenient now that I'm at the company."

Bennett stopped in his tracks. He never thought that Lucas would be willing to have a voice call with him.

He always thought that Lucas was the kind of introvert who would reluctantly agree to have a short meeting with Bennett at a downtown coffee shop on the first anniversary of their acquaintance. The voice call should be on the half-year anniversary of their acquaintance, or when Bennett left. That day in City C, in short, is not today.

Bennett read Lucas's reply a few more times. His heart became warm and he walked briskly upstairs. The floors and stairs in the library became cute. He replied to Lucas: "Okay."

Then he said, "Then you have to tell me when you get home."

Lucas said: "Yeah. Send me the photo first."

Bennett secretly took a profile photo in the information room and sent it to Lucas, and then did nothing serious the entire afternoon.

He was thinking, if Lucas really had a voice call with him, what would he say to make Lucas think he was very interesting and willing to make an appointment with him for the next phone call.

There is nothing much to say about school and boring life. It would be childish and boring to mention the relationship with the classmates in the laboratory. Bennett has never been to most of the restaurants and entertainment venues in C City. Bennett has been wandering around for an entire afternoon and has not checked the literature. , the topic didn’t come up, and came back in vain.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Bennett walked around in his small bedroom many times, took a shower, lay down on the quilt and put on headphones, and then texted Lucas: "Are you home yet?"

"Just arrived." Lucas said.

Bennett clicked his hand back and forth on the screen, typed "Can we get through the voice call" several times, deleted it, typed "that" again, and finally the phone rang, and the screen flashed, prompting There's a call request from Lucas.

Bennett pursed his lips, took a sip of water from the water glass, and nervously pressed the answer button. Suddenly there was a loud noise from the other side, and the sound of something falling to the ground. Bennett said "hello" a few times, and after waiting for a while, a cold and low mature male voice came from the receiver to Bennett's ears: "Mu?"

Bennett's heartbeat was very fast because Lucas's voice was just right and nice.

"Aren't you going to work overtime tonight?" Bennett felt that he was about to stutter, so he pretended to be calm and asked Lucas questions.

Bennett is better at verbal teasing during chatting, but when it comes to direct communication, it is Lucas who is more calm.

Lucas paused for two seconds and told Bennett, "Work at home tonight."

There was also the sound of fingers tapping on the keyboard from the other side. Bennett's cheeks were hot and he whispered to Lucas: "Are you talking to me while working?"

"Yeah." Lucas paused, and the sound of the keyboard stopped.

Bennett sat up from the bed, lifted the quilt to dissipate some heat, and said to Lucas, "You are so busy."

"It's okay." Lucas said.

"Lucas," Bennett sounded familiar to Lucas's voice, so he said, "I think we have met by chance."

"Huh?" Lucas made a questioning tone.

"I seem to have heard your voice." Bennett said.

"Really?" Lucas said without wavering, "Where?"

Bennett said a few words to Lucas, but not only did it not calm down, but his heart beat even harder, so he had to admit to Lucas: "Lucas, I'm so nervous talking to you."

Lucas's typing stopped, and he asked Bennett, "Why?"

Bennett didn't know the answer, so he had to guess: "Maybe it's because I haven't spoken Chinese to anyone on the phone for a long time."

"Well," Lucas asked him, "does your wrist still hurt?"

Bennett looked down at his wrist, which turned red and turned into bruises, and commented with a grimace: "Now it really looks like the traces left after being tied up..."

"Mu." Lucas called him.

Everyone said "mu" with some unknowing tenderness. Bennett's face turned red and his heart skipped a beat when he heard it, and he said to Lucas: "It's weird to call me a single word. In fact, my real name is Bennett. You can call me Xiao Zhao or Xiao Mu." "

"Yeah." Lucas responded and stopped talking.

Bennett waited and waited, then shamelessly asked Lucas: "Okay, why don't you scream?"

... Lucas seemed a little helpless and called him "Bennett" in a low voice. Bennett immediately said: "That's not right."

"What's wrong?" Lucas asked him.

"I only let you call me Xiao Zhao and Xiao Mu, why would you call me anything else?" Bennett said with reason.

Lucas vaguely said the word "Xiao Mu" and asked Bennett, "When will you go shopping next?"