Love Is Around

　　When David Yu saw Michael Sheng again, he was drinking and flirting with a man in a private room in a restaurant. Just as the man was about to rip his trousers off, the door of the small room opened. 　　Michael stood at the door like a handsome god, staring at him as if he was a clown. At that moment, David felt as if his heart had been ripped off. He wished the ground would swallow him up. 　　\"Mr. Sheng, good to see you!\" 　　Seeing that Michael was looking at David\'s body, a glimmer flashed across Harold Huang’s face.\"Do you like him?\" 　　Michael sneered.\"No. He’s disgusting.\" 　　\"I\'m sorry. Let me get rid of him.\" Mr. Huang said and turned to David.\"Leave us,\" he said with a waving gesture. 　　The box is claustrophobic to say the least, and no one wanted to leave more than David. 　　But if he walks out today, his sick grandmother may be carried out of the hospital tomorrow. Saving face was the least of his concerns. 　　\"M

　　Michael knew him well enough to hit David where it hurt. 　　In this world, the person David cared most about was his grandmother. Truth be told, Michael was a close second. In his heart, his first love still occupied a small corner, tucked away from everything else. 　　David would never openly admit this, and he only kept his feelings to himself. Michael was his well-kept secret. He would rather die than hurt his grandmother, and she would most certainly get hurt if she learns about his sexual preference. She would not be pleased to learn that David likes men. 　　\"Michael, leave my grandmother out of this!\" He pleaded. \"Don\'t be cruel. Why would you do something like this? What if someone did the same to you?\" 　　Michael patted David\'s face and said in an almost doting tone.\"Be good, or I\'ll send the video to your old lady!\" 　　David’s whole body trembled. He clenched his teeth. 　　The truth was, though humiliating, he had just made a pret

　　The audition was in a small, dilapidated building in the east of the city, which had been reconstructed according to the original design. The stairs were steep and narrow. Gloomy light came through the dirty and broken windows. It was dull and depressing. 　　David has read the screenplay for \"Ferry\" five or six times. He knew it by heart. He has not had a chance to perform such a big scene for a long time, and so he was a little nervous. 　　Sam Wen had gone home, but Michael still insisted on having rough sex with David every day. 　　Last night, David\'s legs trembled after Michael had his way with him. Today, this works well for him, since his mood matched that of the character he was playing. The protagonist of the novel was also living a desperate existence. 　　In order to maintain this mood, he didn\'t speak until the audition. However he didn\'t expect to see Michael Sheng and Sam Wen sitting next to director Warren Ji when he went in for the audition.

　　David was lying on the bathroom floor, looking at the dim light above, thinking about how tired he was of living. But grandma\'s still here. He couldn’t leave her. 　　Besides, Paul is still alive. 　　When he went out from the bathroom while leaning on the wall, Annie grabbed him.\"What\'s the matter? Director Ji has just told me that he can\'t pick you. Today\'s audition went so well, everybody agreed that you were the best actor!\" 　　Annie noticed his injuries. \"What happened to your face?\" 　　David shook his head.\"It\'s nothing. I fell. It was an accident.\" 　　Annie He could tell, after seeing Michael holding Sam Wen just now, that something had happened. \"Forget it. If you can\'t get this role, we’ll find you another one.\" 　　David\'s vision was very blurry now, but he was not uncomfortable. He had gotten used to losing his vision many years ago. David declined Annie’s offer.\"Forget it, I\'m not going to be able to act now!\" 　　\"

　　Running into them in the hospital was totally unexpected. Knowing him, David knew Michael would definitely use this incident to threaten him. 　　But his grandmother’s life is on the line. 　　David squatted on the edge of the flowerbed in the hospital, with a pile of cigarette butts scattered around his feet. He narrowed his eyes, trying to focus on the dim yellow street lamp. 　　However, David didn\'t expect that Michael wouldn\'t trouble him, but Sam found out for himself. 　　As soon as he came out of the old lady\'s doctor\'s office, Sam Wen stopped him. 　　\"David, let\'s talk.\" 　　Sam Wen is handsome and famous. David didn\'t want to talk, but he was afraid that Sam would lead the reporters to the hospital and so he agreed. 　　Sam drove them to a very private coffee shop. He had reserved the entire second floor. He was very rich. As soon as they sat down, Sam Wen went straight to the point, \"I\'ll find the best doctor for your old lady