Guan Ze's words left Lin Yao stunned for a long time. He had never thought that he would ask Guan Ze such a question, but he was not very surprised by Guan Ze's answer. Guan Ze had known his thoughts for a long time, but did not deliberately avoid him. This alone touched him.
"Thank you," Lin Yao snatched the wet tissue from Guan Ze's hand and covered his face with it. "Whether you sympathize with me or you just can't help it, thank you."
"Do you have so little confidence in others?" Guan Ze smiled and looked at the road ahead. "I'm not sympathizing, nor am I hindering anything. I'm not the kind of person who gives face to others easily."
"I think so too," Lin Yao lifted up the tissue and looked at Guan Ze. He had always felt that Guan Ze was not easy to approach. Giving him face was not his style. "Why is that?"
"No reason, your question is so childish," Guan Ze sighed, "I just don't feel it, isn't it strange?"
"Okay," Lin Yao sighed, covered himself with the tissue and adjusted his posture, "Just think of it as me just making small talk."
Guan Ze smiled but said nothing.
After driving for a while, Lin Yao suddenly lifted up the tissue and sat up: "Why?"
"Hey," Guan Ze said helplessly, "My son is not as annoying as you."
"That's different. Tonight is too exciting for me. I can't get through it without asking for clarification." Lin Yao thought for a moment and laughed uncontrollably for a while. "Are you used to people having ideas about you?"
"Do you think I'm so attractive?" Guan Ze glanced at him. Lin Yao's face was still a little flushed, and some clumps of hair were still standing. He wanted to laugh when he saw him.
"You're asking me? Hero, you're so funny. If I didn't think you were attractive, would I be so embarrassed?" Lin Yao wiped his face with a tissue in dissatisfaction. Thinking of what happened today, he was filled with grief and anger again. He held the tissue and gritted his teeth, "Ah... Bah!"
Guan Ze was amused. He laughed for a long time before he stared at the road ahead and said slowly, "I just understand and feel the same way."
After hearing these words, Lin Yao felt that he suddenly came to his senses!
Understand? I feel the same way!
He grabbed the tissue fiercely and wiped his face twice. Just when he was about to ask Guan Ze how he felt, Guan Ze seemed to remember something and said, "It's not what you think."
Lin Yao felt like he was knocked from the Korean barbecue rack into the pork freezer of the barbecue raw material supplier in just one second. He felt disappointed and embarrassed at the same time: "What am I thinking! You know what I'm thinking!"
Guan Ze smiled and said nothing.
Lin Yao waited for a while, wanting to hear what Guan Ze was talking about. However, after waiting for a long time, Guan Ze showed no intention to speak again. He could not help but ask, "What is that?"
"Are you admitting that you think differently from me?" Guan Ze glanced at him.
"You can talk if you want! I don't want to hear it. It's not a bank account." Lin Yao leaned back in his chair, lowered the sun visor on the passenger side, and fixed his hair in front of the mirror.
"I had this feeling a long time ago, the feeling of having all kinds of thoughts about a person," said Guan Ze.
"Female?" Lin Yao couldn't help asking, implicitly admitting that he and Guan Ze did not think the same thing.
"Yes, a female." Guan Ze nodded.
"What happened next?" Lin Yao asked. Regardless of whether it was a man or a woman, he was still very interested in Guan Ze's past relationship experiences. After all, this was the man who made his intestines ache whenever he thought of him.
"There was no later."
"Ah? Have you ever been like me, pouring out your heart in front of others like an idiot? If not, then you still can't empathize with me. My focus now is to embarrass myself, don't you understand, hero?" Lin Yao waved his hands, feeling a little dizzy.
"I said it." Guan Ze smiled.
"…Is there no more drama after that?"
"Um."
"Ah..." Lin Yao dragged out his voice. Guan Ze was such a charming man, but there was someone he couldn't get. He immediately regained some balance, "Ah..."
"Ah what?"
"No, I just felt a little bit happy about someone's misfortune."
When the car arrived at the gate of the community, it was stopped by the security guard. Lin Yao patted his face and said, "Thank you, Mr. Guan. I can go in by myself."
He stretched out his hand to open the car door, but before he touched it, he heard a "click" sound, and Guan Ze locked the car: "Tell him, I'll take you in, I'm afraid you'll fall asleep by the flower bed."
“Not really…” Lin Yao hesitated for a moment, lowered the car window, and shouted to the security guard: “Brother, it’s me.”
Guan Ze held back his laughter and drove the car into the gate, then parked the car outside Lin Yao's yard at his instruction.
When Lin Yao opened the door, Guan Ze did not drive, but turned off the engine and watched him in the car, as if he was sure that it would take a long time for him to open the door. He could only stare at the double-imaged key with bated breath, and then he pushed the key into the keyhole with all his might and opened the door with great effort.
Dad was not at home as usual, and Mom was standing by the door fiddling with the orchids she was growing on the shoe rack.
Seeing Lin Yao open the door and come in, she immediately came over to greet him and then shouted, "How much did you drink? The smell of alcohol on you could kill a cow! You drove back? Are you trying to kill yourself?"
"No, no, no," Lin Yao quickly posed for his mother to show that he was sober, "I just had a drink. I didn't drive. The director of our company sent me back. Don't worry."
"The director sent you back?" When my mother heard this, she immediately looked outside the door and saw the person walking outside. "Why don't you invite him in to sit down? He sent you home with such a stinky person."
"I don't stink..." Lin Yao said, and then he secretly grabbed his collar and smelled it. Does it stink
My mother had already walked down the steps and was about to greet the director. Lin Yao was anxious and rushed over to hug my mother: "No, no, it's getting late. Let our director go back and have a rest. Why did you have to drag him over here?"
"It's only right to say hello. How can you be so rude, kid?" Mom struggled to move forward.
Guan Ze was about to leave when he saw Lin Yao and a woman in flowing pajamas cuddling together. Is this Lin Yao's mother? What the hell is going on
He hesitated for a moment, opened the car door and got out. As soon as he got out, he heard the woman say, "Thank you, Lin Yao, I'm sorry to trouble you."
"No trouble. I just sent him back on the way." Guan Ze smiled. Lin Yao's mother looked quite young, except that her pajamas were a little too flowing. She must have been very beautiful when she was young. Lin Yao looked like his mother.
"Let's go, Director Guan. Thank you." Lin Yao stood behind his mother.
"How can you talk like that?" Mom muttered softly, and then looked at Guan Ze with a smile, "Your last name is Guan, Director Guan, would you like to come in and sit down? I just made some desserts for midnight snack, would you like to try them?"
When Lin Yao heard that his mother was going to let Guan Ze eat her little snack, he almost burst into tears. He leaned close to his mother's ear and whispered, "We just finished dinner..."
"Okay." Guan Ze nodded with a smile.
Lin Yao suddenly looked up and looked at Guan Ze with some disbelief. He thought that with Guan Ze's personality and style, he would definitely smile and then refuse. He never expected that he would agree so readily.
Shocked, Lin Yao muttered in his heart, You asked for this, Master Guan.
Guan Ze was sitting on the sofa in the living room of Lin Yao's house. Lin Yao was sitting opposite him, feeling dizzy and boneless. Lin Yao's mother was happily preparing snacks in the kitchen.
"Why?" Lin Yao asked him in a low voice, "You don't even have to get out of the car!"
"How would I know what you and your mother were doing? It was like a fight." Guan Ze also replied in a low voice.
"Then if she asked you to come in to eat, you should come in. You're not going to say you have something to do and need to leave?" Lin Yao glanced at the kitchen and wanted to say, "Hero, you're going to die soon."
"Why," Guan Ze leaned back on the sofa with his arms folded, "you don't welcome me?"
"It's not that we're not welcome," Lin Yao scratched his head, "I'm not afraid that you'll feel uncomfortable. Theoretically, no one would be willing to come in under such circumstances."
“It’s not awkward.”
It was indeed not awkward. Guan Ze didn't care much about the people and environment around him. He could adapt to any environment. But he did not expect that he would be sitting at Lin Yao's house at this time in this situation.
He himself was also surprised by this.
He has always been curious about what kind of family a child with Lin Yao's personality lives in.
Just now, when he was standing outside his yard, looking at Lin Yao and his mother, who were acting a little funny but very close, he suddenly felt a little envious.
This should be a warm and happy family.
He has never experienced the feeling of being with his parents and family, that feeling of security and comfort, the feeling of a real home.
When Lin Yao's mother invited him, he was surrounded by such a strong desire that he agreed without thinking much.
"Director Guan," Lin Yao's mother walked into the living room carrying a tray with several delicate small dishes on it, "Come and try my cooking skills. Homemade food is the most reassuring."
"Thank you," Guan Ze watched her put the small plates one by one on the coffee table. There were small scones and bread. They looked beautiful and smelled delicious. "You are really good at cooking."
"Praise him after you finish eating." Lin Yao added.
"You're the most annoying," Mom hit him on the head with the tray, "Eat first, I'll get the drinks."
“Stop taking it…” Lin Yao was very worried about Guan Ze.
My mother stopped and looked back at him, then sighed sadly and walked towards the kitchen: "You acted like this in front of the company leaders, and you haven't been fired yet. It's amazing."
"Lin Yao is a good person in the company. Everyone likes him." Guan Ze was amused. Lin Yao's mother is the same as him. It seems to be hereditary. "Don't do it. There are already so many here."
"Drinks don't take up space in the stomach." Lin Yao's mother replied with a smile.
"Your mother is very cute," Guan Ze took the wet wipes thrown by Lin Yao, wiped his hands, and picked up a small scone, "Just like you."
Lin Yao smiled so much that his eyes curved when he heard this: "Thank you, Mr. Guan. I'll praise you after we finish eating."
Guan Ze didn't know why Lin Yao kept repeating this sentence. He smiled and took a bite of the small pancake.
Lin Yao looked at Guan Ze. After he chewed twice, his expression changed a little, and he seemed a little confused. In order to understand the level of stimulation Guan Ze received, he also took a piece of pancake and put it in his mouth.
As expected, he was already used to the delicious little bitter cakes. While chewing, he said to Guan Zile: "Now praise me, no less than five words."
Guan Ze laughed, put all the scones into his mouth, and counted the words on his fingers: "Your mother is a genius."
"Is it delicious?" Lin Yao's mother came over with a large glass pot, "Have a glass of juice, I just squeezed it."
"It's delicious." Guan Ze nodded calmly.
Lin Yao was so happy that he fell on the sofa and laughed. His mother glanced at him and looked at Guan Ze helplessly: "This kid is like this when he drinks a little. Director Guan, just ignore him."
"It's okay," Guan Ze also wanted to laugh. Lin Yao's state after drinking was really funny. "Just call me Guan Ze."
"Guan Ze, try this juice. I put a lot of different kinds of fruits in it."
Guan Ze took the cup handed over by Lin Yao's mother and took a sip. An indescribable taste instantly occupied his taste buds. He covered his mouth with his hand and coughed softly: "It's quite fresh."
"Of course it is. It's much healthier and safer than the ones made from essences on the street!" Lin Yao's mother nodded happily.
Guan Ze ate two pieces of scones, a piece of bread and a glass of juice. To be honest, it tasted really bad, even worse than the noodles he cooked. He admired Lin Yao's mother's creativity and her superb skills in making snacks with such abnormal taste according to normal procedures.
But he still enjoyed the meal. This was something made by his mother. Even though it tasted bad, it was very warm.
Only a family like this can raise a simple and happy child like Lin Yao.
After chatting for twenty minutes, Guan Ze stood up and said goodbye. Lin Yao sent him to the car with a smile on his face: "Don't worry, it just smells a little bit scary, but it won't give you diarrhea."
Guan Ze smiled, opened the door and got in the car. He said to him while sitting in the car: "You are so lucky."
"Ah?" Lin Yao didn't react immediately and leaned against the car window. "Oh, you mean my mom? Aren't all mothers like this? Of course, my mom is more awesome..."
Guan Ze wanted to say that of course not all mothers are like this, some mothers may not even be willing to look at their own children, let alone cook.
But he didn't say it. After all, this was something he didn't want to mention, and Lin Yao, who was simple and happy, probably couldn't understand this situation.
After Lin Yao sent Guan Ze away, he returned to the house in a daze.
She stayed in the bathroom under the water for a long time before she came to her senses. Looking at her red face with white marks in the mirror, she couldn't help but frown. She actually stayed with Guan Ze like this for the whole night.
Then he was even more depressed to find that he didn't know when he spit out the chewing gum Guan Ze gave him. Wait, did he spit it out or swallow it? He stared at himself and thought for a long time, but he couldn't remember it. He held his stomach and felt a little sad and angry.
When he was a kid, he swallowed gum, which was already quite sad. Lin Zong also kept telling him that the chewing gum he swallowed would blow bubbles out of his butt when he pooped...
After taking a shower, changing into pajamas and lying on the bed, Lin Yao felt as if his whole body was exhausted. Not only because of the alcohol, but also because he had been very busy that night.
He had not thought much about what happened during dinner, but now that he had calmed down, all the fragments came back to him.
He was once again horrified by the fact that Hengdao and Guanze were the same person.
"Ah..." Lin Yao covered his head with a blanket and yelled, "What the hell is going on!"
This indescribable feeling of shame and anger tormented Lin Yao for the entire weekend, making him miserable. When he was feeling extremely uncomfortable, he picked up the phone several times and wanted to call Hengdao, but he always remembered that this was Guan Ze at the moment he was about to dial.
All along, he felt that he had found a familiar stranger who could listen and complain to him, but he didn't expect this to be the result in the end.
He deliberately left home ten minutes late on Monday when he went to work. In order to avoid Guan Ze, he got drunk that night so that he could chat with Guan Zedong all night without blushing. Now that he was sober, he could not calmly face Guan Ze, who had suddenly become one with him.
However, what he didn't expect was that for someone as unlucky as him, God would not let him get his wish so easily.
While waiting for the red light, he casually glanced at the rearview mirror and actually saw Guan Ze's Cherokee parked behind him!
He turned his head suddenly and saw Guan Ze looking at him with his forehead supported. When he saw him turning back, he smiled.
"Oh—shit!" Lin Yao quickly turned his head and stared at the red light. What did this mean? It was already ten minutes late, so why was Guan Ze still next to him!
Fortunately, the green light came on after a few seconds. Lin Yao stepped on the accelerator and rushed forward. He didn't know if the small Xiali was still asleep, but he always felt the accelerator was weak. He didn't bother to study it and just drove forward.
The Cherokee was following him closely. Guan Ze didn't know what he was thinking and he honked the horn several times.
"Why are you rushing me?" Lin Yao was anxious and shouted at the rearview mirror, "I won't be late!"
After shouting, he stepped hard on the accelerator, and the small Xiali slowly accelerated. Lin Yao was feeling unhappy when his cell phone suddenly rang.
He freed one hand and took out his phone without even looking at who it was: "Hello! Driving! Who is it?"
"Why are you running? Can you run?" Guan Ze's voice came out, "You didn't release the handbrake."
“Oh my god!”
When Lin Yao parked his car in the parking lot and ran towards the elevator, Guan Ze's car slowly drove in. He didn't look over there, but just rushed to the elevator and pressed the button. He was used to embarrassing himself and didn't care if it happened once or twice more. He just didn't want to be alone with Guan Ze and it would be embarrassing.
The elevator came down very slowly. Guan Ze was already walking towards this side. When the elevator door opened, he rushed in without looking back, turned around and pressed the button to close the door.
Close it! Quick!
A foot suddenly stepped in from the middle of the elevator door that was about to close, and the elevator door opened again.
It’s Guan Ze.
"How cruel," Guan Ze pressed the button on the floor, "If I miss this, I'll have to wait another ten minutes."
"I didn't see you." Lin Yao lowered his head and stared at his pants.
"Do you believe this?" Guan Ze laughed.
Lin Yao said nothing, sighed, and put his hands in his back pockets.
People entered the elevator one after another, and Lin Yao felt a lot more comfortable. When getting out of the elevator, he followed Guan Ze slowly.
"I won't go to the tea room at noon, so you can go there to do exercises without worry." Guan Ze said as he turned into the marketing department.
Lin Yao felt like he really wanted to crash into the water dispenser next to him.
He was inexplicably annoyed and didn't even say hello when he entered the design department.
When he passed by the director's office, he suddenly heard someone calling him, "Lin Yao, come here."
"What are you doing!" he yelled and turned to look over.
Director Chen was standing at the door of the office, looking at him kindly. He was startled: "Director Chen."
"The firecrackers I had this morning," Director Chen smiled, "Come in, I have something to tell you."
"The company asked the design department to send two people to the international advertising exhibition on Thursday to observe and learn." Director Chen stood behind his desk and looked at him. "I thought about it and decided that the newcomers should go and learn. You can go with them and see."
"Me?" Lin Yao was stunned, but he was quite happy in his heart, "But I have work to do."
"It's just a two or three-day business trip, it won't affect anything."
"Okay," Lin Yao hesitated and asked again, "Who will go to the design department?"
"Director Guan, take a few people with you."