Xie Ruoyan and Ling Miao walked one behind the other. Although Ling Miao had some resentment on his face, he and Xie Ruoyan actually walked together without incident. Seeing the two of them appear, Su Yuyang's jaw dropped.
"Yuyang, is your jaw dislocated?" Xie Ruoyan joked.
Su Yuyang closed his chin and stammered: "No...it's nothing. Why is Xiao Miao with you?"
"He..." Xie Ruoyan chuckled. Ling Miao interrupted Xie Ruoyan's words with a cold snort, and said angrily: "I met him on the way back."
Ling Miao was tough, but Xie Ruoyan didn't expose him. Ling Miao was already somewhat hostile to him. If Ling Miao was exposed, Ling Miao would fall out with him, and Su Yuyang would be in trouble if he was caught in the middle. Xie Ruoyan looked at the time and asked, "Do you have any plans for this afternoon?"
"No."
"Codeword."
Su Yuyang and Ling Miao said at the same time. Xie Ruoyan pretended not to hear Su Yuyang's voice. He said regretfully: "Since we have to code, I won't waste your time. The book signing will start at 9:30 tomorrow morning. Today's It’s almost time, I’ll take you back first.”
Su Yuyang smiled bitterly and said "Okay", while Ling Miao looked at Xie Ruoyan with some approval.
This Xie Ruoyan, in some aspects, was quite to Ling Miao's liking. However, Ling Miao would not show his affection for Xie Ruoyan when the enemy was unknown.
In fact, Su Yuyang didn't want to code at all. He came out just to have fun. Why did he have to code!
The room echoed with the "crackling" sound of the keyboard, and Ling Miao's curses could be heard from time to time. Su Yuyang turned to look at Ling Miao, who was busy, and asked, "Xiao Miao, how long do you have left on this book?"
"Five minutes." Ling Miao downloaded a large copy, and he and his teammates had been fighting for twenty minutes. Su Yuyang fell on the bed and sighed: "Five minutes ago, you said there were still five minutes..." If Ling Miao turned his head at this moment, he would definitely see Su Yuyang's aggrieved eyes, still unspeakably depressed.
The book that Ling Miao downloaded was very familiar to Su Yuyang. After all, it was created by him. He now regretted that the secret realm was too big and complicated.
Ten minutes later, Ling Miao took out the book and divided the things. The team leader asked if he wanted to continue to the next book. Ling Miao glanced at Su Yuyang who was doing nothing and suddenly had the urge to call Su Yuyang to play.
Su Yuyang was naturally happy to accept Ling Miao's invitation, so the two of them spent the afternoon playing games.
After dinner, Ling Miao continued to brush up his notebook, while Su Yuyang held his computer and coded hard.
There is a new alliance leader. According to Su Yuyang's habit, he has to update the alliance leader, so he is rushing to update the alliance.
In this way, the two of them forgot about Xie Ruoyan. Ling Miao was unwilling to mention it, and Su Yuyang was afraid to mention it.
That night, Su Yuyang had an uneasy sleep because Ling Miao kept moving around.
When he woke up in the morning, Ling Miao saw Su Yuyang's bloodshot eyes. He said in surprise: "Damn it, Su Yuyang, what's wrong with your eyes?"
Su Yuyang looked at the culprit, yawned and said, "I'm not used to the environment, so I didn't sleep well."
Su Yuyang appeared in front of Xie Ruoyan with a tired face. Xie Ruoyan looked at Su Yuyang thoughtfully, and then he laughed: "Yuyang, did you sleep well last night?"
Su Yuyang knew that Xie Ruoyan had made up some discordant scenes in his mind, but he didn't bother to explain. After getting into the car, Su Yuyang fell on the seat and began to catch up on his sleep. Ling Miao and Xie Ruoyan's eyes accidentally collided, and sparks flew out. Ling Miao turned his head away disdainfully. He sat next to Su Yuyang and held Su Yuyang's hand possessively.
Xie Ruoyan thought Ling Miao's behavior was too childish. He smiled and didn't take Ling Miao's provocation to heart at all.
The car was driving smoothly, Ling Miao stared at the buildings outside the window, and suddenly he became alert. He said coldly: "This is not the road we took yesterday."
Xie Ruoyan explained: "I have to pick up someone first."
The car stopped at the gate of a community.
As soon as Xie Ruoyan's car stopped, a young man wearing simple clothes and smiling came over. He opened the passenger door and got in. While fastening his seat belt, he said, "Why are you here now?" The young man's tone was complaining, and there seemed to be a hint of coquettishness in it.
Xie Ruoyan said dotingly: "I asked you to go with me, but you insisted on staying in bed. Now you still say that I'm late. Am I wronged?"
"Hmph." The young man snorted coldly, and then noticed the two people in the back seat of the car. The young man's eyes slid across the faces of Su Yuyang and Ling Miao. Their calm expressions seemed to have already known that someone else would be in the car.
When they arrived at the venue, Ling Miao woke up Su Yuyang.
Looking at the people waiting in line outside the venue, Su Yuyang sighed: "Fuck, there are so many people."
Xie Ruoyan went to park the car, and Su Yuyang and the others entered the venue with their IDs.
The empty venue seemed deserted. Apart from the staff, there were only a few authors attending the book signing.
Taking advantage of the fact that there were not many people there yet, Ling Miao visited the stalls of his favorite authors.
When Xie Ruoyan came in, Ling Miao happened to sign the name of the last author.
As soon as Ling Miao saw Xie Ruoyan, he walked straight towards Su Yuyang. He took the book and hurried back. Before he could return to Su Yuyang, a shocking scene happened in front of him.
Xie Ruoyan turned a corner, walked up to the young man, and hugged the young man in his arms. Ling Miao happened to walk beside the two of them, and he heard Xie Ruoyan say to the young man with reddish cheeks: "Follow me closely, don't get lost again."
Holy shit, what kind of rhythm is this
Su Yuyang looked at Ling Miao with a smile on his face, his eyes flashing with pride, as if he was saying: "Look, I just said that Brother Xie is not interested in me, right?"
Ling Miao received Su Yuyang's proud gaze. He glared back and stamped his feet unwillingly.
"Introducing my lover Lin Ming." Xie Ruoyan looked at Ling Miao and said, the meaning could not be more obvious: I have a lover, don't worry I will steal Su Yuyang from you.
Lin Ming smiled shyly, his ears redder than red beans.
Ling Miao touched the back of his head awkwardly and said with a smile, "Ling Miao, Su Yuyang's lover."
"You don't hate me anymore?" Xie Ruoyan raised his eyebrows and looked at Ling Miao.
Ling Miao shrugged: "If the enemy and we are clear, there will be no hatred. I apologize to you for my previous behavior. Because something happened, I am a little sensitive, so please don't mind."
"That's good. When can you go back and have a meal together when you have time?" Xie Ruoyan suggested.
"We plan to play for a few more days before going back." Ling Miao said maliciously.
Su Yuyang understood Ling Miao's thoughts, and the two of them had cunning smiles on their faces, which made Xie Ruoyan shudder.
After the autograph session started, Su Yuyang was like a wheel, unable to take any time off; Xie Ruoyan had to maintain order in front of the booth and take care of Lin Ming, a super road addict, and was already sweating profusely; Ling Miao was the only one who was leisurely. Almost fell asleep next to me.
A slight snore sounded, and Su Yuyang turned his head and saw that Ling Miao fell asleep on the chair.
The book fan who was waiting for Su Yuyang's autograph saw this scene in front of her. Although her face was calm, her heart was filled with "fuck"s one after another. Looking at Su Yuyang's gentle eyes and the doting smile on his lips, Su Yuyang naturally didn't need to say more about the identity of the man sleeping beside him.
"Shu Da, your boyfriend is asleep. He's so cute." The female book fan suddenly spoke up and drew Su Yuyang's attention back.
"ah?"
"Bang—"
In a panic, Su Yuyang touched the book on the table to the ground. Ling Miao was awakened by a "bang" sound.
"Su Yuyang, what happened?" Ling Miao pouted and asked confusedly.
"It's okay." Su Yuyang lowered his head and signed with a guilty conscience.
A dark shadow appeared beside him. Su Yuyang turned his head and saw that Ling Miao was standing nearby sorting out the knocked down books.
Su Yuyang was probably encouraged by the presence of his lover by his side, so he signed significantly faster. Even though his hands were cramped, there was a slight smile on his face.
It was already evening when the autograph session was over, and the sky was a little dark.
Su Yuyang fell on the chair, rubbed his cramped hands and said, "I feel now that my decision not to attend the autograph session was the right one." This was said with a sense of relief.
"Can you sign your name for me?" A timid voice came. Su Yuyang was crying in his heart, and tears almost drowned his body. Despite this, he still smiled and said: "Okay."
He raised his head and looked at the person in front of the table. Damn, who could he be if he wasn't Lin Ming? Next to Lin Ming stood Ling Miao.
Xie Ruoyan was busy with work, so he entrusted Lin Ming to Ling Miao's care. Ling Miao followed Lin Ming every step of the way.
As soon as Xie Ruoyan came back, he saw Lin Ming's satisfied smile. He asked curiously: "What happened to make you smile so happily?"
"I got Shu Da's signature, look." Lin Ming showed Su Yuyang's signature to Xie Ruoyan like a treasure. Xie Ruoyan looked at the signature and gave Su Yuyang a grateful look.
Lin Ming proposed to have dinner at home, and Su Yuyang and Ling Miao said it was okay.
Ling Miao and Lin Ming were busy in the kitchen, while Su Yuyang and Xie Ruoyan were clearing the table in the living room, their faces overflowing with happiness.
Su Yuyang sighed: "When I saw you again, I felt that it was yesterday that we broke up; but now I feel that it was a lifetime ago that we were together."
Xie Ruoyan looked at the two people working in the kitchen and suddenly asked nervously: "Did Xiaomiao encounter anything unpleasant?"
Su Yuyang briefly told Tang Xuan's story, and Xie Ruoyan suggested that Su Yuyang tell Ling Miao all his ex-boyfriends as soon as possible and get vaccinated. Su Yuyang counted with his fingers and found that except for the guy whose name he couldn't even remember, his ex-boyfriend Ling Miao had already met him. After thinking about it carefully, there was no need for him.
At the dinner table, the laughter never stopped. The four of them seemed to have been friends for many years, talking and laughing late into the night.
Back at the hotel, Su Yuyang lay down on the bed, and Ling Miao lay next to him, holding Su Yuyang's waist and saying domineeringly: "Su Yuyang, you are mine, no one can take it away."
The two of them were still immersed in the sweetness, when Ling Miao's cell phone rang at an inappropriate time.
Looking at the unfamiliar number on the screen, Ling Miao hung up out of habit. Not long after, the number called again, and Ling Miao answered impatiently.
"Ling Miao, I am Hu Yueyuan..."