Shi An smiled and rejected the girl in front of him: "Sorry, I'm going to pick up my friends from the airport today, so I can't participate in group activities today."
The girl was a little puzzled: "A friend who came to Pingcheng to play?"
"No, he is a native of Pingcheng and is studying abroad."
"Then you don't need to pick it up, do the locals get lost when they get home?"
Shi An still had a smile on his face and looked in a good mood: "He is my most important friend, and I hope to see him as soon as possible."
Shi An arrived at the airport an hour early, thinking of Du Yan, who had not seen him for a long time, the waiting time became wonderful. This time, Du Yan's return was a bit unexpected. He should have returned to China after a month.
Du Yan had been on vacation for a long time, but Zhang Jing's research project had not been completed, so the two decided to wait for Zhang Jing's project to complete before returning to China together.
When Shi An had a phone call with Du Yan a few days ago, he originally planned to inquire about the specific time when they would return to China. He was able to stagger the time of his internship abroad, so that when his friends who had not returned to China for a long time came back, he could not accompany him because of work.
Unexpectedly, Du Yan directly said on the phone that he had booked a flight ticket for three days later. Shi An asked Zhang Jing, but got an unexpected answer.
Du Yan said, "I don't know who Zhang Jing is."
After hanging up the phone, Shi An felt puzzled, Du Yan ran away and returned to China because of his temper
Growing up together, Shi An knew Du Yan very well. Du Yan is actually a very big-hearted person. He doesn't hold grudges. Although he seems to do whatever he wants, he is actually a very transparent person.
Du Yan has never made it difficult for himself or others. He has his own set of rules of conduct.
When An Gang moved to Zhang Jing's house, he thought that Du Yan was like the children in his hometown who liked to bully him, or like Lin Hu, who liked to base his fun on showing his superiority.
Those children in their hometown felt that Shi An had no father, so they showed this sense of superiority by bullying him; Lin Hu, at the entrance of the alley, felt that Shi An was a foreigner, and also expressed this sense of superiority by bullying him.
Although Du Yan said that he wanted Shi'an to pay the protection fee, he was very particular about the spirit of the transaction and would not take too many actions.
In the following contacts, Shi An discovered that in Du Yan's eyes, he was Shi An, and it had nothing to do with his background or his mother.
Even when Shi An was depressed, Du Yan never comforted him. He just wondered why Shi An felt that he was different from others because of factors such as foreigners or children from single-parent families, and was depressed because of it.
At that time, Du Yan said: "Everyone is different, why are you unhappy because of this kind of thing?"
Shi An originally thought that Du Yan couldn't understand his distress because his life was too smooth. On the surface, Du Yan's family was wealthy, and Grandpa Du and the others were all intellectuals and would listen to their children's ideas, not just make demands.
Later, Shi An discovered that during Du Yan's growth, his parents were almost completely absent.
Du Yan's parents only return to China during the Spring Festival every year, and they are completely invisible during the rest of the year. Even when Du Yan lived abroad, he almost grew up with a nanny.
At that time, Shi An asked Du Yan if he had complained about his parents because of this.
Du Yan is very open-minded and said: "They have their own way of life. Although they are busy with work, they also fulfill their parental responsibilities when they are free. I am also an independent individual, why should I put my life focus completely on it? How parents treat themselves in this matter."
From that day on, Shi An knew that people are independent individuals, and they must always learn to be responsible for themselves, not to hurt others, but also not to depend on others.
Perhaps it was this conversation with Du Yan, when Shi An discovered his sexuality, the struggle and hesitation did not go through too long. After finding out about the affair between Zhang Jing and Du Yan, Shi An was a little disappointed, but he was not hit too hard.
Because Shi An knew that it was his own business that he liked Du Yan, and Du Yan had no obligation to be responsible for his life. This is what he learned from Du Yan, an extremely free and easy attitude towards life.
That's why Shi An felt strange, because it was not Du Yan's attitude to life that he was angry and ran back to the country alone. Out of worry and miss, Shi An thought that he would see Du Yan as soon as possible no matter what.
The announcement sounds and the flight arrives.
Shi An stood up and walked to the arrival gate to wait for someone.
Du Yan came out soon, only carrying a backpack, his expression on his face looked very relaxed and comfortable, and he didn't look like he was running away at all.
Seeing that Shi An was waiting at the arrival gate, Du Yan came over and gave him a hug: "You really came, I haven't come back for more than a year, so I don't know the way."
Shi An smiled and said, "I don't have anything to do anyway. Of course, I have to greet my best friend when he comes home. I invite you to dinner, what would you like to eat?"
Du Yan laughed loudly and said, "You must go for a string!"
So, the two of them didn't even go home, and went straight to the food stalls for a meal.
Du Yan's alcohol intake has improved a bit in the past two years, and the two of them chatted casually about the current situation while drinking.
Shi An mentioned Zhang Jing several times, but Du Yan directly diverted the topic, which made him even more strange. But since Du Yan didn't want to talk about it, Shi An wouldn't ask any more.
However, although Du Yan was not the Du Yan who poured it in a glass, he was still not drinking well. After drinking a few glasses of beer, he started to get a little drunk, and he couldn't speak his mind.
"Shi An, do you know why I ran back first?" Du Yan gnawed his teeth and ate a bunch of crispy chicken bones, crunching.
"Ah? Why." Shi'an was good at drinking, so a few glasses of beer had no effect at all. He knew very well the truth that drunkards need to be smoothed out, so he followed Du Yan's words and asked.
"He cheated."
"Did you misunderstand something?" Shi An's eyes widened, unable to believe what he heard.
Although he and Zhang Jing are rivals in love, he knows that Zhang Jing's personality is extremely serious and rigid, and he attaches great importance to Du Yan. It is absolutely impossible for Zhang Jing to cheat.
Even if Du Yan and Zhang Jing were not able to get together in the future, Shi An could only imagine the reasons for their incompatible personalities, cheating and cheating, which were completely out of consideration.
Du Yan's eyes were a little dazed, and he almost asked what to answer: "In the past, even if he was busy with his studies, he would come back to sleep every day. During this time, he slept in the laboratory, and I ran to find someone just perfunctory. Sent me off."
"By the way, and he actually got up and carried me on his back when he called. It's very unusual, right?" Du Yan said, "This is not what the Internet said, by the way, ten men cheating sign."
After hearing this, Shi An felt that Zhang Jing's behavior was indeed a bit abnormal, but he had no experience in love, and his thoughts towards Du Yan were not pure, so he didn't know what to do with himself.
"Zhang Jing bastard!" Du Yan scolded angrily, and then fell headfirst on Shi An.
"… "
In the end, Shi An could only send the drunkard home, thinking about having a good chat with Du Yan tomorrow.
However, the next day, Du Yan disappeared.
When Shi An went to find him, Grandpa Du said that he went on a trip. Du Yan decided to shut down and enjoy the journey, but would call back regularly every day to report safety.
Du Yan also left a letter to Shi An and asked his grandfather to hand it over.
Shi An brought the letter home, and after reading it, he was dumbfounded.
It turned out that Du Yan remembered what he said last night when he was drunk, and wrote it on the first page almost intact. On the second page of the letter, it was a shocking reversal.
The first sentence on the second page is: Shi An, do you think Zhang Jing will come to me because of guilt and guilty conscience after seeing the first page
It turned out that Du Yan made such a fuss just to go backpacking alone.
Zhang Jing may have been used to cleaning up Du Yan's mess since he was a child. He was always worried about the frizzy temper of the other party, and did not agree with Du Yan traveling alone. Considering his worrying personality, Du Yan rarely made this request.
This time, it was a godsend.
Zhang Jing's abnormal behavior is true, but Du Yan didn't take it to heart. He knew that Zhang Jing was a thoughtful person, and sometimes it was easy to get into trouble.
Du Yan knew that he had a low EQ. If he forcibly came up to comfort the other party, he would probably give Zhang Jing a heart attack, so he would just let Zhang Jing think about it himself.
However, he watched for a while and found that Zhang Jing didn't seem to have any signs of understanding, so he decided to give some catalyst to help the other party to understand.
So, Du Yan patted his butt and ran back to China. After sobering up today, he thought about the rare opportunity, and just took advantage of this time to take the route of the wandering hero that he had longed for since childhood.
Du Yan's whereabouts, even Grandpa Du and the others don't know yet, Shi An can only wait in Pingcheng as Du Yan said in the letter.
The day after Du Yan left, Zhang Jing came back.
When he got home, it was already midnight. Shi An slept late, and when she heard movement outside, she got up to take a look.
As soon as he went out, he saw Zhang Jing standing in the yard with a suitcase.
Zhang Jing should have been waiting for him, and when he saw it, he came out, nodded directly, and sat down on the stone bench beside him.
"I see there are lights in your room, I guess you should come out before you sleep." Zhang Jing's face was not very good, some stubble appeared on his chin, and he looked a little decadent.
Shi An said, "I know what you want to ask. Du Yan talked to me yesterday."
Zhang Jing looked at the direction of Du Yan's house, but did not answer: "Well."
Seeing him staring at the wall in a daze, Shi An joked, "Why, do you want to climb the wall to find Du Yan?"
Zhang Jing said, "I just suddenly remembered the scene where Du Yan smashed me against the wall with a peanut shell when he moved in on the first day."
"Actually, I've been thinking, if I hadn't been drunk, my relationship with Du Yan would have stopped forever as a friend." Zhang Jing was a little melancholy, "A few days ago, Du Yan was drunk again."
"He suddenly called me Xiao Lang, and I remembered that the night after the college entrance examination was over, that's what he called."
"… "
Shi An was a little speechless. Is he considered a close friend now? He clearly came here as a rival in love. Did he act too harmless on weekdays? Zhang Jing has completely forgotten about it.
"If you are angry, then break up quickly. I am ready to apply for a postgraduate study abroad."
"..." Zhang Jing seemed to be choked by Shi An's shameless remarks, and didn't speak for a while.
"How's it going?" Shi An added with some good intentions.
"It's not so good, you don't need to add fuel to this fire, I'm not a fool." Zhang Jing said, "No matter how it started, now Du Yan is with me, I won't let go."
"Then what are you struggling with?"
"Maybe it's self-loathing. I know that Du Yan may just treat me as a friend, but he still wants to pretend he doesn't know anything, so he wants to continue like this, as long as he stays by my side." Zhang Jing He wiped his face, and the expression on his face became more and more decadent.
"I even secretly went to see a psychiatrist behind Du Yan's back, trying to learn to be more generous and not to care about it..."
Shi An finally couldn't stand these two people. He always felt choked with dog food. He got up and went back to the house, took the letter and threw it on Zhang Jing.
After Shi An returned to the house, across the window, he saw Zhang Jing's eyes suddenly light up and the expression that finally relaxed after reading the letter. He turned off the light and lay on the bed with a stomach full of discomfort.
"Shian, Shi'an, are you stupid..."
A bizarre couple quarrel, and that's it. Shi An didn't learn about the follow-up until after he went abroad.
At that time, the three of them were drinking tea in the garden, and Shi An casually talked about the turmoil two years ago.
Zhang Jing rarely showed a slightly embarrassed expression on his face, but Du Yan laughed loudly: "Because Xiao Lang is him!"
Shi An asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"
Du Yan explained: "I once had a dream. I dreamed that Zhang Jing and I were lovers. At that time, his name was Xiao Lang. Later, he died, and he staged a ghost relationship with me. I personally think that , that was our past life."
Zhang Jing nodded: "After Du Yan mentioned it, I also felt a little deja vu. It should be from a previous life."
Shi An looked at the two people in front of him. It's fine for Du Yan to have such a whimsical idea. Zhang Jing, a person who is extremely rigorous in thinking and is still engaged in scientific research, would actually believe in this past and present life.
Sure enough, love makes people blind and stupid.
Including his Shi An, he was so stupid that he could laugh out of the bottom of his heart when he saw the happiness of the two of them.