He Cheng walked out of the compound of the residential building and saw Bai Jinming leaning on the car on the side of the road waiting for him.
"What about the child, let him go?" He Cheng asked.
Bai Jinming spread his hands, "It was released earlier, didn't you see it?"
"I didn't notice." He Cheng said indifferently. He is not at all interested in an insignificant person.
Bai Jinming watched him sit in the co-pilot's seat, pursed his lips, and walked towards the driver's seat, thinking he was unlucky. He sat in and fastened his seat belt while asking, "How about you guys, how's the talk going?"
He Cheng didn't answer, just looked at the dusty residential buildings outside the window, and said after a while, "We split up."
Bai Jinming, who had just started the car, slammed on the brakes and almost threw the two of them flying.
"Are you sick?!" He Cheng cursed.
"You're the only one who is sick!" Bai Jinming started angrily again, "Did you agree to the true division of the false division?"
Thinking of Xu Ran's dull black eyes, He Chengdao, "I agree."
"How is it possible?" Bai Jinming muttered softly.
He Cheng ignored him, admiring the rapidly changing scenery outside, his fingers unconsciously stroking the exquisitely crafted tie clip on his chest.
When Qiao An just returned to China, they met at a class reunion and talked about each other's current lives. I forgot who told the embarrassing story about his tie clip being damaged by a drunk, and Joan heard it. After turning around for a few days, Joan gave him this new tie clip.
Apart from caring, He Cheng couldn't think of any other reason to explain Qiao An's behavior, although later he also knew that Qiao An not only gave him a gift, but also brought gifts for others, but those were all bought by foreign countries. Only this one was chosen according to his preference.
He himself would not bother to give a special gift to someone who didn't care, and neither would Joan.
In comparison, the one lying in Xu Ran's drawer was extremely cheap. He Cheng didn't know why he bought that one. If it was really for giving to him, it would be meaningless.
With Xu Ran's salary, buying this is a huge burden.
He Cheng can't stand people who can't do what they can, and he has to think twice before making a decision for anything that exceeds his own limit. Xu Ran must have not used his brain when he bought that tie clip.
Silently complaining about Xu Ran's ignorance in his heart, he found that Bai Jinming next to him was looking at him from the corner of his eye while waiting for the red light.
"What are you doing?" He Cheng frowned, "Say something quickly."
"Are you worried?" Bai Jinming asked. It's rare to see He Cheng who is so absent-minded.
He Cheng snorted coldly, "No."
"Don't be brave." Bai Jinming smiled lightly, "You two have been together for at least a year, and you can divide as you say, how could you not feel anything at all."
He Cheng ignored him, and just corrected him, "Ten years."
"Well, ten years, longer than the seven-year itch."
Bai Jinming turned a corner, parked the car on the side of the road, and said before He Cheng could scold him, "At least we have been together for such a long time, even if we have a dog, we still have feelings."
"It's nothing to worry about," He Cheng said lightly, "I don't have any feelings at all."
"... hard-spoken."
Bai Jinming sighed, "Okay, if you say no, then you don't have it. So what do you do now, you are single again, are you happy?"
He Cheng frowned slightly.
That's right, he finally got rid of Xu Ran, he can pursue Qiao An openly, and he doesn't have to be angry about Xu Ran anymore, why is he unhappy
But he really couldn't tell whether he was happy or not, it was just calm, like a pool of stagnant water, without any waves.
Bai Jinming looked at his gloomy expression, grinned, and restarted the car.
He Cheng saw him driving on a different road from the return journey, and asked impatiently, "Where are you going?"
"Take you to a good place." Bai Jinming patted him on the shoulder with one hand, "If you don't get drunk tonight, you won't go home."
The properties of the Bai family are distributed in various circles. Bai Jinming's eldest brother, Bai Jinhui, is an expert in business. In comparison, Bai Jinming is more like a second-generation ancestor who is just fooling around. He familiarly brought He Cheng to a private club located in the city center, and directly told the supervisor that he would book overnight for tonight.
He Cheng was sitting in a luxuriously decorated room, playing with the red wine brought up by the waiter, "You are really in a good mood."
"You have to learn to enjoy yourself when you are born, otherwise there is no point." Bai Jinming took out his mobile phone from his pocket and threw it on his lap, "Look at the contacts on the second SIM card, call whoever you want."
Open the address book list and keep pulling down, all the names that appear in front of you are familiar names, there are business partners, and there are more special objects. He Cheng has a slight obsession with cleanliness and won't touch those escorts, but in order not to spoil the atmosphere when there are other friends around, he won't shy away from those smart and capable companions.
After looking around but not seeing the one he likes, he threw the phone back a little annoyed, "You can do whatever you want, call less."
Bai Jinming laughed and scolded him for being difficult to serve, and called several people separately.
They were not considered outsiders, they had done business and drank wine together, but Bai Jinming's ability to call Wang Li here really made others admire him.
Wang Li, who just got married, still has the spirit of a groom's official, and he feels that he is in high spirits. If he is not naturally full of anger, the brothers will inevitably make fun of him.
Bai Jinming didn't say the reason for calling them here, and no one asked. A few people who love to be lively joined in the crowd, leaving He Cheng, who didn't like to mix with them, sitting on the sofa beside them drinking and watching the show alone.
Wang Li only chatted with them for a while, and then came to He Cheng with a wine glass.
The two clinked glasses, and He Cheng asked, "When is sister-in-law's due date?"
"The end of August."
"Good day." He Cheng said.
Wang Li hummed lightly, and asked in a low voice, "What happened to you and that person last time?"
He Cheng frowned dissatisfied, "Bai Jinming asked you to ask?"
"No," Wang Li shook his head, "I can tell that something is wrong with you."
He Cheng laughed, "What's wrong with me?"
"All." Wang Li said very seriously, scanning him from top to bottom, "You divided?"
The excessively precise insight made He Cheng a little angry. But he still raised the corners of his mouth and smiled lightly, "Yes."
"..."
Wang Li sat down beside him, looked at the crowd, and said, "I remember him. You have been together since before."
He Cheng didn't answer. He was thinking about his own business.
After a while Wang Li said again, "Marriage is a good thing."
"Okay, I know you have a wife, come to me to show your affection?" He Cheng snorted, "You might as well tell them and see if they will drink you."
Seeing the indifferent expression on his face, Wang Li shook his head slowly, "You are not a character who can play games in the world, and you will be reversed when you are careful."
"You mean to say that extreme joy begets sorrow?"
He Cheng's face turned cold, and his tone became a little alienated, but Wang Li was unmoved, and just said, "Almost."
"Xu Ran said that you never handed in your homework before. It seems to be true." He Cheng stood up and straightened the folds of his clothes, "But you are wrong, I am fine now."
He paused, then put on a smile again, "It should be said, it's very good."
Thanks to Wang Li's blessing, He Cheng suddenly thought about it. Maybe some people are suitable for being together, and some people are not suitable, like Wang Li and his wife married, but he and Xu Ran are just the two who are not suitable, and there is no pity that they are separated now.
The little silent emptiness I felt before is probably an illusion after realizing that my life has changed.
He is free.
No need to think about the fact that someone in that house still made hangover soup waiting for him to go home, He Cheng decided to completely indulge himself tonight. When he came to Bai Jinming's butt, he kicked him and said, "Come here."
Bai Jinming followed him to a remote place, He Cheng said, "Call Qiao An and tell him to come over."
Bai Jinming was stunned for a moment, "Now?"
"Now."
Bai Jinming held the phone helplessly, staring at him with some vigilance, "It's possible, but what do you want to do?"
He Cheng was annoyed by his question, and scolded, "What kind of person do you think I am, are you still afraid that I will attack him casually?"
"I'm just reminding you not to be too impatient. If Qiao An knew that you broke up with Xu Ran and found yourself directly, I don't know what she would think."
It was rare for Bai Jinming to be so serious, and He Cheng also turned serious, and said coldly, "I know. I will take my time."
It seems that he will compromise on all the topics related to Joan in the end. Bai Jinming, who realized this, sighed and said softly, "As long as you have a little patience with Xu Ran..."
"What?" His voice was covered by laughter, and He Cheng couldn't hear it clearly.
"It's nothing." Bai Jinming smiled and began to search for Qiao An's phone.
At three o'clock in the morning, Xu Ran curled up in the cold blanket, holding his phone in a daze.
He Cheng has not deleted his contact information. In the chat software, He Cheng's profile picture is always gray. Xu Ran has read their chat records from beginning to end over and over again. This is the only thing he can miss that has passed away. emotional stuff.
Mostly, he said several words, and He Cheng would say "um" or "no" after a long time. There are many words, but the amazing thing is that Xu Ran can see the emotion that each word represents. Even, he remembered everything that happened in the records.
This one was that he wanted to go out on a date during the holiday, but was told that He Cheng would have to work overtime. Although He Cheng only brought his work back home, they never mentioned the matter of going out together again.
This one was a button missing from He Cheng's suit, and he sewed it up, but He Cheng thought it was so ugly and ordered him to throw it away. In the end, Xu Ran secretly kept that suit, and it is still hanging in the corner of the closet.
This is He Cheng being pressured by his family again, so he got too angry and began to toss him on the bed. It was the first time Xu Ran went to the hospital to see the anorectal department. The doctor gave him medicine with a blank expression. While waiting for the order, He Cheng asked him where he was, and he said he was walking in the park. From then on, He Cheng thought that he was still fine after being tortured like that, so he got worse and worse.
this...
They are all boring things, but they represent everything that Xu Ran has experienced in the past ten years. He considers himself lucky that he wasn't cheated or robbed of love, at least He Cheng had a bottom line, broke up with him openly, and said goodbye.
It doesn't matter, he thought, at least he loved without complaint or regret.
But the tears still flowed down, wet the gray pillow towel, and a colorless and transparent flower bloomed. He had a sore nose and could barely breathe.
pain. When the weather is cold and cold, his knees will hurt, but now Xu Ran can't tell whether the pain is the body or the heart. He even hopes that he has a bear's paw, which can open his chest and take out the throbbing heart. Crush hard.
don't want. Don't break up.
He wanted to cry, to shout, but when he opened his mouth, he could only let out a meaningless cry, as if someone had strangled his neck, and there was no tone at all.
Tears blurred his vision and cast a shadow on the text on the phone screen.
don't want. don't want.
"He Cheng...!"
He was finally able to make a sound, but what he called was the man's name.
"He Cheng, He Cheng, He Cheng..."
He yelled over and over again, listening to the empty echo in the room, tirelessly, as if as long as he kept yelling, He Cheng would really stand in front of him.
The voice became hoarse, and there was a sweet itchy throat, Xu Ran stopped and coughed forcefully, curled up into a small ball on the bed, trembling non-stop.
ow.
The phone slipped from the pillow and fell to the ground, but he remained motionless as if he didn't notice it.
Closing his eyes, it was as if everything in the past was just a dream, a dream that tormented him physically and mentally.
After a good night's sleep, when I wake up, the dream will wake up.
It's as if nothing happened, He Cheng is He Cheng, he is him, and there will be no intersection again.
They don't know each other, and they don't owe each other.
The author has something to say: Thanks to Weiyun Danhehan for mine