He Yunzhou's body trembled.
"I'm sorry," he said quietly.
He didn't reach out to shake hands with the other party to make peace as Ouyang hoped.
Because he is really not ready to face the things that happened between him and Ouyang in the past.
Ouyang stared at him deeply, then sighed.
"I'm the one who should say I'm sorry." Ouyang Chenglin said. "I was the one who suggested pretending to be a couple, I was the one who jumped into it, and I was the one who did the stupid thing. I really don't know where you should say sorry. It's not your fault. Everyone has youth and recklessness When, I also... "
"say no more… "
A fragile whisper was squeezed out of He Yunzhou's throat.
In the beginning, it was actually just to stay beside Shu Ran.
Although at that time Shu Ran was only joking and grinning and issued a warning, but He Yunzhou was too afraid of being completely rejected by her, so he completely panicked.
His strangeness was discovered by his best friend Ouyang Chenglin at the first time, and he was not a person who could withstand the other party's inquiries.
It was just a small bottle of beer and a short heart-to-heart talk, but He Yunzhou couldn't control himself and told Ouyang Chenglin about his secret love for Shu Ran.
Ouyang Chenglin also drank a lot of wine at that time, and at that time, he suggested to He Yunzhou that it is better to pretend to be a same-sex couple. In this way, He Yunzhou can continue to stay in Shu Ran's circle of friends as he wished without worrying about the two drifting apart.
He Yunzhou himself didn't know why he agreed to such a clumsy and stupid plan in the first place.
It seemed that as soon as my head got hot, I started pretending to be a couple with Ouyang Chenglin.
["Hey, it's okay, anyway, some people have already made up behind the scenes that the two of us are gay? Hahahaha, I really want to see their expressions after they know this!"]
["Anyway, it's just a change of rhetoric. Let's do what we want between the two of us."]
["It's not a big deal, my boat wants to chase someone, how can I stand by and do nothing?"]
Back then, Ouyang Chenglin was extremely relaxed, and even his slightly teasing words were still in He Yunzhou's ears.
Thinking about it afterwards, it was probably because of the other party's cynical disguise that I really thought that it was just help between ordinary friends. An innocuous, white lie.
And the series of things that happened after that should have been noticed long ago.
So much to say, so much thoughtfulness and tenderness.
There are so many temptations and physical contact.
In fact, Ouyang had already started to cross the line at that time, but he was blinded by the joke-like words of the person at the beginning, so that he didn't realize it at all. In fact, there was no joke in Ouyang's eyes at that time.
By the time He Yunzhou finally realized something was wrong belatedly, everything had reached the point of no return.
Ouyang Chenglin confessed to him.
["I love you, I really can't do without you."]
["You are the only person I can fall in love with in this life, and I can swear to you that there is no one in this world who can love you more than me."]
["Please, just take pity on me, okay? It's fine to pretend to agree to me and then abandon me. I don't want much, just a little bit. I just want a little bit of your love. You just need to share a little bit with me. That's enough."]
["Without you I will die."]
It's completely incomprehensible, and there's absolutely no way to accept it.
I even felt angry and ashamed because of it.
No matter how good they were before, no matter how realistic the two pretended to be a couple, but at that moment, He Yunzhou was still frightened by the love from a friend of the same sex.
He didn't even have time to think about it, and he didn't even have time to consider it, so he was very direct, even arbitrarily rejected Ouyang Chenglin.
The blow Ouyang received was also much, many times more serious than what He Yunzhou thought.
Until now, the words that the man sitting across the dining table yelled at the top of his voice still make He Yunzhou feel sad.
["Do you really not know or fake? If I didn't like you, I would treat you so wholeheartedly? Even if you pretend to be stupid, you have to have a limit, okay, He Yunzhou!"]
And how did he respond back then...
The air conditioner in the hotel was fully turned on, but the old air conditioner couldn't adjust the wind direction. The fierce air-conditioning hit He Yunzhou's back, and cold sweat stuck to his body.
He Yunzhou took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down.
He raised his eyes to look at Ouyang Chenglin a few more times, reminding himself that that ferocious and distorted young friend was gone, and the man who appeared opposite him was much more mature and cheerful.
Maybe it's really like what Ouyang said, after such a long time, he has come out, but He Yunzhou is still brooding.
"...I actually just came here this time to tell you, no matter what happened at the beginning, let it pass. I just want...to reconcile with you. I don't want to lose you as a friend. "
Ouyang Chenglin continued to talk calmly across the table.
but…
Although Ouyang Chenglin kept repeating in his ears that it was not his fault, everything was over or something.
However, thinking about that incident, He Yunzhou still felt as if his chest had been stabbed by a thin and sharp knife.
No matter how much time passed, he couldn't say he was ready for that nightmarish event.
After realizing that He Yunzhou's attitude was indeed evasive, Ouyang Chenglin finally stopped the topic. After a brief silence, Ouyang Chenglin casually talked about other innocuous matters.
After that incident, he went abroad to study and had new friends and a new job.
Some of these things were known to He Yunzhou a long time ago, while others were heard for the first time.
There are many things that are nothing more than ordinary daily trivialities, but Ouyang Chenglin is able to talk about those things wittily, as if his life in a foreign country has always been sunny and happy.
He Yunzhou smiled very cooperatively, chatted, and sighed in surprise at the right time.
Another dish was served, and He Yunzhou was eating, but the food he put in his mouth was tasteless like plastic.
If there were outsiders present at this time, they would probably feel that the relationship between Ouyang Chenglin and him had returned to the original harmony, right
He Yunzhou couldn't help thinking as he chewed the food dumbly.
In fact, He Yunzhou knew very well that everything was false. No matter how dull he is, he can still imagine that when Ouyang Chenglin was forced to go abroad in such a state at that time, how could the life waiting for him be only relaxed and joyful
It's a pity that there are many things that the current him can and should not ask.
And at a certain interval when He Yunzhou felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, Ouyang asked inadvertently while peeling a salt and pepper shrimp in his hand with lowered eyes.
"I heard you have a boyfriend now?"
"Cough cough cough..."
He Yunzhou was drinking water, and when he heard the question, he caught off guard and choked on a mouthful of water, then coughed forcefully.
"God, are you okay?"
Ouyang quickly ran to He Yunzhou's side, patted his back constantly, and asked anxiously.
But He Yunzhou just covered his mouth with his hand and kept coughing dryly.
In fact, the choking saliva was not particularly serious, but he just wanted to take this opportunity to escape.
The brain is blank.
I don't know how to respond to the other party's question at all.
When He Yunzhou finally calmed down, Ouyang was already sitting close to him.
At some point, Ouyang had completely shifted his gaze to He Yunzhou's body. Those deep pupils, as if hiding tiny swamps, were directly aimed at He Yunzhou's eyes, as if he wanted to see from his expression What come the same.
"Ah, I don't mean anything else," Ouyang Cheng Lin said, but after a moment's pause, he suddenly showed a wry smile, "I just, um, okay, I'm a little concerned. I really didn't expect that you would end up with a man Together. After all, your feelings for Shu Ran at that time... "
Ouyang stopped talking again, with a dazed look on his face.
"Ah, I don't look a bit ugly now."
He said softly to He Yunzhou.
"You said at the beginning that you couldn't be with a man. So when I knew about it, I was a little shocked."
"You said it, everything is over."
He Yunzhou said dryly.
Ouyang narrowed his eyes, although he was smiling, but no matter what, He Yunzhou couldn't ignore the sourness in that person's eyes.
"Yeah, that's why I said that I look ugly now..."
The man suddenly lowered his head and calmed down his emotions.
"Ouyang, I—"
"Just pretend I didn't ask the stupid question just now."
Ouyang Chenglin suddenly said, he raised his face and put on a mask-like smile.
"Actually, I've heard about some things from other people. What happened to Shu Ran is really bad. Fortunately, she has you by her side. And there is someone by your side who can help you. From what happened last night Look, the relationship between the two of you is quite good. It is enough that you can meet such a person who is willing to stand in front of you and you can rely on each other at ease. In fact, before this, I have been a little worried about you character. Seeing that you can be happy now, I can feel at ease."
It has to be said that Ouyang Chenglin's last words somewhat exceeded He Yunzhou's expectations.
In his intuition, the other party would probably ask him how he was worse than Huo Zheng.
After all, it was true that He Yunzhou directly rejected Ouyang because he couldn't accept a relationship with a man at that time, and if it wasn't for his refusal to be so relentless, maybe Ouyang Chenglin would not have done such a radical thing in the end...
No matter how hesitant He Yunzhou was, the meal with Ouyang finally ended in a peaceful atmosphere.
After that, Ouyang never made any unnecessary words or deeds that made He Yunzhou feel uneasy.
He Yunzhou finally breathed a sigh of relief.
However, just as the meal, which didn't start smoothly, finally came to an end, He Yunzhou himself had an inexplicable small situation.
His cell phone rang, and the caller turned out to be Huo Zheng.
Seeing the caller ID on the phone screen, He Yunzhou couldn't help but frowned slightly, and said inwardly that it was not a coincidence.
He and Ouyang managed to finish chatting about the so-called "boyfriend", but Huo Zheng made a phone call and instantly changed the subject again.
"Why didn't you pick it up? It's your boyfriend, right."
What made He Yunzhou even more suffocating was that Ouyang Chenglin, who was sitting next to him, had already seen the caller number at the very first moment.
He Yunzhou was not surprised, Ouyang Chenglin had locked Huo Zheng's "identity" just by seeing a call.
Huo Zheng's call profile picture was specially chosen by that person.
Not long ago, He Yunzhou had to draw a self-portrait for Huo Zheng because he lost in the boxing match game with him.
(It took a lot of effort for He Yunzhou to force himself not to send Huo Xiaomiao's picture directly to Huo Zheng. After all, in his mind, the two are too similar.) After Huo Zheng got the picture, He Yunzhou could only watch helplessly as the other party replaced all his online avatar communication software with this picture.
Unfortunately, because He Yunzhou was afraid of seeing the Tusi cat, he changed his profile picture from a group photo of the two cats to a sketch of a self-portrait he drew at will.
In line with Huo Zheng's previous behavior, in the eyes of outsiders who don't know the inside story, Huo Zheng and him are the most appropriate couple portrait users.
Of course, He Yunzhou thought it was a bit subtle before, but since he was lazy and cancer, and he didn't have any interaction with Huo Zheng's other friends, he thought that no one would see the "couple portraits" of him and Huo Zheng at the same time, so he didn't take it seriously. Avatar changed. But God sometimes likes to joke with people. For He Yunzhou, even if other people find the couple's profile picture, it is just a matter of casual explanation.
It was Ouyang who discovered all this.
He Yunzhou was almost certain that at this moment, the man sitting next to him probably really felt that Huo Zheng was his boyfriend.
At this point, it seems that it is difficult to even explain clearly. He Yunzhou looked at his mobile phone in embarrassment, then bit the bullet and answered the phone.
"Where are you, I just got off work, I can pick you up after you finish eating..."
The moment the phone was connected, Huo Zheng's voice rang.
"No, don't bother."
He Yunzhou subconsciously wanted to refuse.
However, Huo Zheng on the other end of the microphone seemed particularly persistent today.
"I just want to pick you up, isn't that all right?"
He Yunzhou couldn't help laughing bitterly as a voice of aggrieved and annoyed voice came over.
"But you haven't been very busy recently..."
"not busy."
Huo Zheng said firmly.
In fact, He Yunzhou didn't really understand why Huo Zheng was so obsessed with picking him up, but he who wanted to refuse at first caught a glimpse of Ouyang Chenglin's focused gaze from the corner of his eye.
"Oh, there's really nothing I can do about you."
With a thought in his mind, He Yunzhou suddenly softened his tone, and then told Huo Zheng the location and name of the small restaurant.
According to his thinking, with Huo Zheng as an excuse, the dinner between him and Ouyang must end early—of course, in a sense, his thinking is not wrong, Huo Zheng's car came very fast, and it was almost time to reach Ouyang. Before Chenglin finished talking about the past, the very recognizable roar of a high-end coupe sounded from the side of the road.
"..."
Across the slightly dirty glass of the small restaurant, He Yunzhou stared dumbfounded at the streamlined sports car that was so exaggerated that people couldn't help frowning, and was speechless for a while.
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He Yunzhou: ... I don't want to go out of the restaurant to claim that person. Is it too late to say that the two are just ordinary friends now
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As for Ouyang, his mood is very complicated.
Very complicated.