Miles Tang said in a hoarse voice that he wanted to let it go. There was pain and confusion in his eyes, but he didn't say anything that showed regret.
Adrian Tang looked at him calmly and asked, "Why? Because you can't accept it?"
Miles Tang shook her head and gently scraped her fingers on her pants, "Brother Yan, I'm tired of this kind of life. I feel like our life together is like an empty shell."
"Where is the vacancy?" Adrian Tang asked him directly.
Miles Tang didn't dare to look into his eyes, so she just stared at the area just below his eyes and said, "It's empty everywhere."
"for example."
"Don't you think so?" Miles Tang asked him, "Just like this time we were apart for so many days, but you don't even remember what we were doing. I don't think this is how two people should get along. We've become too numb to each other."
Adrian Tang leaned back on the sofa and pinched his brows. He didn't make any excuses for himself.
"I almost forgot how we got along in the past. I don't know if it's the same now." Miles Tang took a breath and slowly let it out, "I don't even want to see you. I feel pressured. I'm afraid you want to do those things with me. I can't refuse, but I really...really hate it. All of this makes me feel very tired. I'm tense and hiding every day, afraid to see you."
Adrian Tang suddenly laughed, leaning back on the sofa, and laughed sarcastically: "From what you said, you would think I am a person with multiple sperms in my brain."
They couldn't remember how long it had been since they last did it. They could probably count the number of times they actually did it last year on one hand. Miles Tang was two years younger than Adrian Tang. Over the years, Adrian Tang had always given in to him and spoiled him in everything. Adrian Tang was so busy with work that the time they could spend together was really limited. Miles Tang didn't like it either, so compared to normal couples, they did it too little.
"I know this isn't your problem. It's something that normal people should have. This is my problem." Miles Tang scratched his pants with his fingers again, and spoke with great difficulty, "But I can't control it."
Adrian Tang didn't say anything euphemistic today. Every word he said was very direct: "You also have a reaction."
Miles Tang was a little embarrassed by this. He bit his lip and nodded, "Yes, my body is reacting and I can't accept it mentally."
"What can't you accept? Which step?" Adrian Tang kept staring at him with an expressionless face.
Miles Tang said: "Everything."
It's ridiculous for two people to sit together and discuss such things. It's ridiculous, especially for lovers who have been together for more than ten years.
Adrian Tang asked Miles Tang if she needed a psychiatrist, and Miles Tang said firmly that she didn't need one, as it wasn't a psychological problem.
He thought S3x was ugly and embarrassing, it was the lowest desire of human beings. He hated the idea of two people having S3x naked like animals.
Adrian Tang asked him again if he had made up his mind.
Miles Tang was silent for a few minutes before nodding.
Adrian Tang nodded to show that he understood. Miles Tang thought he would get angry, but he didn't. He just said, "Miles Tang, we are almost 40 years old. But I feel like you are stuck at 20 and can't grow up. I don't know if I spoiled you or if you were born like this."
Adrian Tang sat up straight and looked into Miles Tang's eyes. Miles Tang's eyes were red all the time, and he listened to Adrian Tang in silence.
"When you encounter a problem, your first thought is always to separate, break up, and then throw everything to me and let me find a solution. I don't know how you view the relationship between homoS3xuals. In my opinion, it is no different from heteroS3xual relationships and marriage."
Adrian Tang's voice was very pleasant, and when he spoke in a low voice, it was very magnetic and seductive. But today he didn't say any sweet love words.
"You always say it's too easy to break up. When we were young, you would throw tantrums and I would treat you as a child, so I would coax you and accompany you. But you can't keep doing this until you are seventy or eighty years old. Break up when you are unhappy, and come back when you can't bear to leave. You said you would become numb after so much trouble. I don't know if you feel numb or painful. I only know that I am still not used to your game and it still hurts me."
Miles Tang listened to him without interrupting. When Adrian Tang said he was upset, Miles Tang looked up at him. When their eyes met, the strong emotion in Adrian Tang's eyes made Miles Tang's breathing slow for a moment, and then she turned away immediately.
"I'll give you a chance to take back your words this time, Miles Tang."
Adrian Tang usually called him "Xiao Ning" and never called him by his name, but today he called him "Miles Tang" again and again.
"Miles Tang," he repeated, staring at her face, "Think carefully before you say anything. I promise that if you let it go this time, you won't have the chance to regret it. I don't know what position I hold in your heart after all these years of life. I only know that I don't care about you, and you can just throw me and this relationship away."
Miles Tang seemed to want to speak. He opened his mouth, but Adrian Tang didn't give him a chance.
"You've changed a lot since you returned to China. I know you don't want to come back. I can actually keep spoiling you. I can coax you when you're angry. But the premise is that you like it and need it. Since you don't like it so much, forget it. Forget it is still the word you said, it is really useful."
After saying this, Adrian Tang returned to his room, which was the guest room. The master bedroom was left to Miles Tang. Miles Tang's pajamas were still there, but he didn't change.
He left in the middle of the night, and Adrian Tang knew when he left.
Adrian Tang hadn't fallen asleep yet. He knew Miles Tang was still sitting on the sofa. He didn't open his eyes when the door rang.
He covered his forehead with his arm and remained motionless for a long time.
Nathan Tao has three shops in total, and he spends more time in the new shop. It is the largest and has the most people. There are dozens of employees in the shop, not including tattoo artists.
There are two bosses in the store, one is Nathan Tao and the other is Huang Yida.
Huang Yida is a fat man who loves to drink tea. He is not too fat, just a little strong. He is over 40 years old and has worked with Nathan Tao for more than ten years. Nathan Tao had only skills but no money at first. Huang Yida gave him money to open a shop and build a brand for him.
The two were close friends who had never broken up over the years, and had never quarreled over money. Now Nathan Tao had everything, including fame and money. The money Huang Yida had invested in him was now nothing. But Nathan Tao never said anything else. Huang Yida had proposed to withdraw from the partnership several times, but Nathan Tao scolded him back.
We are one family and we don’t have different opinions. Nathan Tao always says this.
The younger people in the store call Huang Yida "Uncle Yida", while the older ones call him "Dahuang".
Nathan Tao will be leaving next month. He will not be back for one or two months. He is always on the road. He said that he has to find tattoos and see them. There are always things that have not been seen. There are better people everywhere in the world. There is no end to artistic creation.
As soon as he left, a lot of things were thrown to Huang Yida. Nathan Tao actually relied on him a lot. Huang Yida gave him a lot of freedom over the years. He could leave whenever he wanted and do whatever he wanted. He was an ambitious man who wanted a lot. Huang Yida never said anything. Just tell him what you want to do and we will arrange it.
This small building of more than 1,000 square meters in Xindian is located in a commercial district where every inch of land is worth a lot of money. Da Huang bought the place directly, not rented it. Nathan Tao actually didn't have much money, and Da Huang put almost all the funds that could and couldn't be moved into it. The plan was made suddenly, and there was no time for preparation in advance. Nathan Tao was a little hesitant at the time, and Da Huang had almost arranged everything, and came to him and said: "It's done."
Da Huang is such a practical person, straightforward and not entangled. Nathan Tao didn't even say thank you. There is no need to say that. If you say too much, it will be far away.
"Brother Dong, are we going to the exhibition in Guangzhou? It's held along the line. I saw they tagged us on Weibo yesterday? Did you tell them that you're going?" As soon as Nathan Tao came to the store, Huange came up to him and asked.
Nathan Tao raised his eyebrows: "You didn't tell me. I don't have time next month. I'm going out."
"Ah, I think they mean that we are the one who is determined. I will ask Uncle Yida again."
Huange's job is to manage work accounts on various platforms. He majored in new media operations in college and started working in the store before he graduated. It has been almost three years now.
"What do you want to ask me?" Huang Yida had just arrived. He walked in and happened to hear Huang Ge talking, so he asked behind him.
Huan Ge didn't look back. Nathan Tao pointed behind him. Then he looked back, exclaimed "Ah", and asked again.
Huang Yida was also surprised: "No, he never asked me. Wasn't he unhappy with us last time? He never called me again."
Huange was a little confused and asked, "Should we go? Should I repost their Weibo?"
Nathan Tao thought for a moment and asked Huang Yida: "I definitely don't have time to go, what about you? Do you want to go?"
Huang Yida was also very upset: "If you don't go, they will have to think of some tricks, thinking that you are deliberately not giving them face. If you don't go, they will think you are doing it on purpose. Go, I will take you there. You can't not go either, the message has been sent over there."
Nathan Tao laughed and said, "Those along the line haven't made any progress in all these years. They are narrow-minded."
Nathan Tao is popular, which is a good thing. But there is also a disadvantage, that is, everyone thinks they have a good relationship with him, and whoever has something to do wants Nathan Tao to support them. If you don't go, you are not giving face and don't treat me as a friend. This is quite distressing, because Nathan Tao really doesn't have that much time to support everyone. Along the line is a tattoo artist in another city, who is also very good. He used his own name when he set up a company. Nathan Tao has known him for many years. This person is easy to get angry and pick a fight over something.
After asking, Huange went back to his desk to study, preparing for the postgraduate entrance exam. The employees here don't have heavy workloads, and once they finish their own work, they have more free time. They can do whatever they want, or learn tattoos from any tattoo artist in the shop.
There are dozens of permanent tattoo artists in the shop, most of whom have been with Nathan Tao for many years, and a few young ones have joined in the past two years. They are all excellent tattoo artists, each with their own style, and all of them are very strong. There are also two European uncles and a Japanese tattoo artist in the shop. Apart from Nathan Tao, they have the most requests for tattoos.
Nathan Tao has to finish all the recent drawings before going out, so he is in a hurry to finish the drawings during this period.
Today's work is full of backs. Nathan Tao has very few small pictures, almost all of them are large pictures. The customer is a young man who can't stand the pain very much, and he keeps hissing and laughing in front of him.
Nathan Tao asked him what he wanted to eat and asked someone downstairs to order it for him.
The young man said: "I can't eat anything. Don't worry about me. Just give me a glass of iced Coke to relieve the pain."
"Eat, you have to eat until night, you can't hold on." Nathan Tao said to him.
The young man sighed and said, "Give me anything, then."
"Have some boxed lunches. They're damn delicious." said a customer nearby.
There is a kitchen downstairs, the food is very good, and customers can take their portions, and whatever they want to eat is delivered to them. The lunch boxes were brought up by a little girl in the store, who brought a large dinner plate with several lunch boxes stacked on it to deliver the food upstairs.
"Do you have ice, little beauty? Can you bring me a cup of ice cubes?" Nathan Tao, the customer, said to the girl who was lying on the ground and handing her the lunch box.
The little girl didn't even look at him, just gave him the lunch box and turned away.
"Little beauty?" the boy called out to her again, "Ice!"
The person still ignored him and didn't even glance over at him.
He looked back at Nathan Tao and was surprised at how cold their employees were.
Nathan Tao saw his look and said, "Someone has gone to get it for you."
"Oh, thank you." The young man turned back.
After a while, the boy who brought the ice came, put the cup on the shelf next to him, and smiled at him. The young man politely said thank you again.
The little boy ignored him and left.
The customer finally couldn't help but ask, "No, Brother Dong, are the people here so unique?"
Nathan Tao smiled through his mask. His eyes always seemed to be smiling. He tilted his chin towards the boy and said, "Don't argue. He can't talk."
The young man blinked and pointed at his throat: "Can't speak? Or...can't speak?"
"cannot."
The young man was so surprised that he asked again: "What about the beautiful girl just now...?"
Nathan Tao raised his hand while changing the needle and pointed at his ear: "She can't hear."
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