I’ll Still Love You Even If You’re a Man Vol 1 Chapter 2

The movie "Like Love" was adapted from this novel.



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The volume of the two in the room became softer, so it is almost impossible to hear the conversation between them (Mai Ding and Li Ming) in the room. When Li Ming was rather anxious as he asked Mai Ding the answer for the question, Mai Ding was very confident and insistent in his reply that An Zi Yan does not like guys.


He feels that by doing so, he is helping An Zi Yan keep this a secret. But who knows, whether Mai Ding has any personal motives behind keeping it?


He wants to be friends with An Zi Yan because Mai Ding’s life has always been nothing but normal. Even his friends around him are common and not particularly interesting in terms of characters. So, this time, he accidentally found out that An Zi Yan is bis.e.xual, and that made him want to find some entertainment in his life. He did this so that when he has grandchildren, he will be able to proudly tell them that grandpa used to have a bis.e.xual friend. 


Not sure if Mai Ding can wait till the day he is filled with grandchildren.

In the evening, Mai Ding went out of his room with his hair totally wet and knocked on the door of room 501.

After knocking for a b.l.o.o.d.y long time, An Zi Yan unwillingly open the door, and Mai Ding gave a bright smile while saying, “Cla.s.smate, may I borrow your hairdryer?”


“No.” The door closed with a bang.


Mai Ding always knew that An Zi Yan was a cold person, but he didn’t expect An Zi Yan to be that cold, as his (Mai Ding) smile didn’t even have any effect or help at all.

The next day, Mai Ding went to An Zi Yan’s room door and knocked again at the same timing.


“Cla.s.smate, may I borrow your shower room? Our pipe is clogged.”
“No.”



On the third day, Mai Ding continues being shameless.


“Cla.s.smate, can I use your toilet? I can’t hold it in anymore. The toilet in my room is being used right now.”
“No.”


On the fourth day, Mai Ding has already given up.


“Cla.s.smate, can you lend some heart to me?”
“No.”


Just when An Zi Yan is about to close the door, Mai Ding put his hand at the door's side, saying, “An Zi Yan, you're an a.s.shole, you know? How can you treat your cute and friendly neighbor who is younger than you like this? If you dare treat me like this, then close the door and crush my fingers.”


Mai Ding thought An Zi Yan wouldn’t close the door, and An Ziyan thought Mai Ding will definitely put his hand away, so he closed the door.


After that came Mai Ding’s screams of pain as the door backfired. Mai Ding’s hand is in so much pain that he jumped around and blowed his hand as he gave an excruciating expression. He didn’t even have the time to scold anyone, but only can exclaim the word pain non-stop. His hand started to swell, as it started to turn red. An Zi Yan frowned as he pulled Mai Ding into the room saying, “Who told you to put your hand there!” From his tone, there isn’t a sign of remorse at all. Mai Ding’s hand was starting to tremble in pain and he was suspecting if his hand is broken. His eyes were br.i.m.m.i.n.g with tears when he looked up at An Zi Yan saying, “Quick, my room has a first aid box with a cream from my mother. Help me bring it over.”


“d.a.m.n, so troublesome.” Even though An Zi Yan said that, he still walked out of his room and went next door. Li Ming, who was playing computer games at that time, was surprised to see An Zi Yan walk in and make a mess of Mai Ding’s bed like it’s a dog’s nest before he squeaked out a soft line asking, “Erm, what are you looking for?”


“Medicated cream.” An Zi Yan finally found it in the the corner of the bed inside a bag. He took it, and closed the room door.


Cream? Li Ming was filled with curiousity and he waited for the door to close before he put his ears outside the door of room 501.


Inside the room was Mai Ding said, “Are you staying in this room alone?” He looked around and found out that there was only one bed. An Ziyan’s bed was leaned against the wall in which the other side was Mai Ding’s bed. To put it in other words, without the wall, Mai Ding has almost been literally sleeping beside An Zi Yan’s bed.


An Zi Yan didn’t reply as he opened the bottle of cream.


Mai Ding wanted to s.n.a.t.c.h the bottle over as he said, “I can do it myself.”


“Take your hand away.” An Zi Yan took some of the cream and roughly rubbed it on Mai Ding’s hand, his actions were not even gentle at all.


“Ouch, is there something wrong with you? Will it kill you to be more gentle?”
“Gentle? Doesn’t matter because it's going to hurt anyway.”
“Do you even know how to use it?”

“Ouch, ouch, ouch, get lost! I don’t want this anymore! You are still so rough even though my hand is swelling up.” Mai Ding is very displeased with the way An Zi Yan helped him in applying the medicine.


“So noisy, be quiet.”


Li Ming can only hear what they were saying, but he couldn't see what they were doing. His imagination was very creative, when he felt as if his nose is going to bleed eventually, he quietly went back to his room. After a short while, Mai Ding came back angrily and Li Ming observed Mai Ding before asking, “Yo, back so soon?”


“What do you mean 'so soon'? I am going to die of pain.”


“The first time is always painful.” Li Ming said, as he continues playing his computer game.


Mai Ding felt that Li Ming's words were rather odd and weird, but he didn’t think about it too much, because when he saw the mess An Zi Yan did to his bed, he was literally over the top.

At night, Mai Ding couldn’t sleep because of the pain of his hand, so, he put his ear on the wall, to hear if there was any commotion on the other side of the wall, but he couldn’t hear anything.

“h.e.l.lo, An Zi Yan. Can you hear me speaking?” Mai Ding softly said to the wall.


“h.e.l.lo?” This wall isn’t so thick, so he should be able to hear it. That’s what Mai Ding felt.


After a long while, An Zi Yan's side didn’t have any reaction, but Li Ming started speaking on his bed saying, “ 'h.e.l.lo?' what, you s.h.i.t? Are you gonna let me sleep or not?”


Mai Ding then kept quiet and kept himself close to the wall before falling asleep.


Even if An Zi Yan liked treating Mai Ding hot and cold, keeping him out by closing the door, injuring his hand and messing up his whole bed, Mai Ding is unable to be truly angry with him.



Friends should be compromising like that.


Mai Ding was considered very unlucky, because he was met with the task of distributing books, even if his hand got injured. There was a huge stack of books in front Mai Ding as he carried them. His right hand is unable to conjure up any strength, so he can only use his right arm to carry the books out. When he went out, the students were pushing him around, and that made his arm really tired, and it was when he reached the stairs that the two books on top fell.

At that time, a hand stretched out to catch those two books, which made Mai Ding really grateful. When he looked up, he saw An Zi Yan, he felt even more grateful.


“Thanks. Help me bring it to my room already.” Mai Ding already expressed his thanks way before asking him.


An Zi Yan put the two books back on top of the pile Mai Ding was holding as he said, “I didn’t say I will help you carry the books.”


“Technically speaking, you were the one that broke my hand, will it kill you to help me?” Mai Ding gave An Zi Yan an unrelenting stare, If not for the fact that you are bis.e.xual, I then wouldn’t want to be friends with you.


“You're noisy, didn’t I help you apply medicine already?"


Mai Ding was walking in front while An Zi Yan was walking behind. Mai Ding was walking while turning back to stare at An Zi Yan, saying, “You still dare to say that, how is that considered applying medicine? You applied the medicine so roughly that my hand is not okay from the start, and now it's also swelling up like a bun now.”


An Zi Yan didn’t say anymore and overtook Mai Ding.


Mai Ding looked at the figure of An Zi Yan getting smaller as he walked further.


One day, I will make you willingly walk with me.
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To be continued...