After Dawn (Bing Kuai'er)

Duan Mingyang seldom talked a lot tonight. On the way back, he talked a lot about the current situation and secrets of the city's business community. Ears go in and right ears go out, as long as it has nothing to do with my family, I don't take a word to my heart.

Compared with these boring and lengthy analyses, he cares more about when he can have dinner.

During this trip, no water was taken in, he was tossing back and forth, and he was injured again. He was so hungry that he couldn't bear it, and complained all the way to the unscrupulous boss for oppressing the employees and not giving them food.

Unexpectedly, when I returned to Duan Mingyang's house, I walked in and saw that there was a table of exquisite dishes on the dining table, ranging from appetizers to desserts.

There is also a gold-plated candlestick in the center of the dining table, with three milky white scented candles inserted, the rich aroma of food and the fresh aroma of citrus are wafting in the air.

"Did your family raise a snail girl?" Li Luo was surprised, "When did you do it?"

Duan Mingyang pulled out a chair and sat down: "After we go out."

"Okay, Mr. Duan, it turns out that you have been planning to go for a long time and then came back, and you deliberately let me dress up for so long, why are you playing with me?"

"At the banquet, always be decent."

Li Luo also sat down, loosened his tie, and looked at him with a smile. Two clusters of candlelight were reflected in his amber eyes, bright and dark, like a wizard who was casting a spell, specializing in seizing people's hearts.

"Then am I still decent today?"

Duan Mingyang poured two glasses of red wine and handed one to him: "Bringing Mr. Li to attend is not for the sake of face."

"Huh? What is that for?"

"Clang!" The wine glasses made a crisp sound when they collided.

Duan Mingyang paused before raising his head to drink.

"To surprise."

Li Luo was slightly startled, then smiled: "It's rare to hear you praise me."

If it was in the past, he might be happy all day.

But now...he was a little confused, what was on the mind of the man opposite him who had shown him all kinds of goodwill these days.But don't be tired of playing sweetheart, and become interested in such a recalcitrant wild horse.

That's really ironic.

I tortured him into such an attitude with my own hands, and now I want to train him back with my own hands.

What a beautiful dream, a fool will dig back from the ruins of love to the ruins.

This meal was a rare and harmonious meal, without the verbal confrontation and sarcasm in the past, the atmosphere between the two of them was as peaceful as if they were friends who had known each other for a long time, which was a wonderful sight.

Li Luo was in a pretty good mood. After eating, he didn't yell to leave like before. He left the bowls and chopsticks and went upstairs to take a shower, completely treating this place as his own home.

After taking a shower, he had to put on a new plaster. He couldn't stick it on himself, so he planned to stick it casually, but Duan Mingyang just happened to pass by the room, and saw him stretching his arm awkwardly in front of the mirror and sticking it on his back indiscriminately. Said to press him on the bed, lifted his clothes, and insisted on sticking the plaster on him.

Li Luodou couldn't help it, and simply enjoyed the service with peace of mind, without any seriousness in his mouth: "President Duan used force on me, not to get me, but to get medicine. Will anyone believe me if I tell it?"

Duan Mingyang ignored him, and he continued to talk nonsense: "Mr. Duan is always so gentle with anyone who sleeps with you? Doesn't matter whether he is here to have sex with you or against you?"

"Okay." Duan Mingyang put down his clothes, stood up, and said calmly, "Lin Cheng will come later, you just stay in this room, don't go out."

Li Luo's smile froze.

The pleasure of the whole night receded like a tide in an instant, and disappeared without a trace.

"...Can't you let him go?"

"Mr. Li was wrong." Duan Mingyang gathered his bathrobe, "It's not that I don't let him go, but you don't let him go."

"What's wrong with me?"

"Chengcheng is a bit of a fledgling. He stepped into this circle because he admired you at the beginning. If you take care of him like this, your admiration will soon turn into admiration."

"Adoring me is better than following you, at least I won't play with him." Li Luo stood up with a cold face, and stopped in front of him, "Unless you drive me away, don't let Lin Cheng accompany you tonight."

The next room is Duan Mingyang's bedroom, thinking about what the two of them are doing in the room, how could he be able to sleep?

Duan Mingyang: "Mr. Li, are you so stubborn, are you really only thinking of Lin Cheng? Or... are you jealous?"

"President Duan is too narcissistic. If I have any thoughts about you, I should have acted on them last night."

At this moment, there was the sound of the door closing from the entrance downstairs, followed by a shout: "Brother Ming Yang! Are you there?"

When Li Luo heard Lin Cheng's voice, he immediately laughed, "You actually gave him all the keys to the house?"

Duan Mingyang raised his eyebrows: "Is there a problem?"

"……No."

It was just a thought that some people squatted at the door for a month or two and got shut down, while others easily got the key and went in and out freely.

The facts in front of him reminded him again and again that his position in Duan Mingyang's heart back then might not even be as good as a casual little lover.

Duan Mingyang took a step closer to him: "Mr. Li really wants to stop me?"

Li Luo straightened his back: "Of course, we will do what we say."

"Okay, then do as you said." Duan Mingyang said calmly, "Please leave my house."

Li Luo was startled, he didn't expect him to be so straightforward: "...Are you really driving me away?"

"Since I can let you stay, why can't I drive you away?"

Lin Cheng from downstairs called a few times but no one answered, went upstairs by himself, heard the conversation, found the room, saw the two of them, surprised: "Brother Luo, why are you here?"

Before Li Luo could speak, Duan Mingyang bypassed him first, and walked out with Lin Cheng in his arms: "He's here as a guest, he's leaving now, let's go to the room and talk."

"Duan Mingyang!"

The three of them paused in unison.

Li Luo's face turned black: "I warn you—"

"Mr. Li is going to warn me again?" Duan Mingyang interrupted him, and there seemed to be mockery in his eyes, "Apart from warning me with bluff, can you do anything else?"

Hearing this, Li Luo almost rolled up his sleeves and rushed forward to fight, but for Lin Cheng's sake, he restrained himself.

"I can't do anything, but with me here, don't even think about doing anything to him!"

Lin Cheng was caught in the middle, in a dilemma: "No... Brother Luo, Brother Mingyang, what are you arguing about? Why do you seem to be arguing every time I come, or I'd better go back..."

Duan Mingyang held him down: "It's nothing, Chengcheng, you, Brother Luo, are just unwilling."

"Ah? Why are you not reconciled?"

"I'm not reconciled that you have the key to my house, I am not reconciled that you are under my care, I am not reconciled...why is he not you."

Duan Mingyang's words were like a sharp and decisive knife, cruelly cutting open the heart of the person in front of him.

"Am I right, Mr. Li?"

Li Luo gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, his nails almost embedded in the flesh of his palm.

He took a deep breath slowly, but the stuffiness in his chest could not be dispelled. His voice was deep and sharp, like a rusty sword, corroded by years of resentment and annoyance. Unsheathed, collided with the knife.

"You really treat yourself as something, have you forgotten what I said on the phone back then?"

[You are a dog in my eyes. ]

The temperature in Duan Mingyang's eyes suddenly dropped.

"Why are you not reconciled to these things..." Lin Cheng faintly realized that the problem seemed to be his own, and turned his head, "Brother Mingyang, did Brother Luo misunderstand...our relationship? Can I...can I tell him? "

Duan Mingyang stared at the person opposite, and said two words in a deep voice: "It's up to you."

Lin Cheng immediately took two steps towards Li Luo: "Brother Luo, the reason why Brother Mingyang took good care of me is because...because... During the years when Brother Mingyang went abroad to study in university, he didn't come home often, and my aunt was in poor health. No, I can only live in the hospital, and our family will take care of it for me. So after he returned to China, he helped me like this, it was just a kind of repayment, not what you think..."

Li Luo didn't react for a moment: "Your aunt?"

Lin Cheng: "Well, Brother Ming Yang is my cousin."

Li Luo froze for an instant, as if his whole body had been struck by lightning.

Lin Cheng continued: "Brother Luo, last time you said that I should be independent, but I was still a little nervous. So Brother Mingyang said to let me stay here tonight, and take me directly to the recording site of the show tomorrow, and he went to talk to the director Say hello and take care of me, I, I agree. I'm sorry... I should face it by myself, and I can't always rely on others."

"...Why didn't you say it before?"

Lin Cheng scratched his head: "Brother Ming Yang told me not to tell other people about my relationship with him, especially those in the circle, otherwise people might make irresponsible remarks if it spreads out."

Li Luo bit his lip, his strength gradually increased, his lips turned whiter, and he was silent for a few seconds, his bloodshot eyes looked at Duan Mingyang:

"You did it on purpose, didn't you?"

Duan Mingyang replied indifferently: "I don't understand Mr. Li's meaning."

"Okay, then let me explain more clearly." Li Luo's voice was frosty, "Duan Mingyang, you didn't let Lin Cheng tell me, you deliberately made me misunderstand your relationship, did you just wait for this moment and slap me in the face , see my joke?"

"I haven't thought about it that way."

"Then you give me a reasonable reason?"

Duan Mingyang looked directly at him and asked, "I told you, do you believe me?"

"That's right." Li Luowu laughed softly, "Your reason is not worth listening to, it's all false."

He grabbed his coat from the chair, draped it over his shoulders, then turned his back, dressed neatly and buttoned it up slowly.

His fingertips trembled slightly, and he took deep breaths.

After putting it on, he turned around, and there was no trace of emotion on his face, as if he had put on an invisible mask.

"Mr. Duan, I have already done what I can do for our cooperation, and it is useless. There is no need to do some hypocritical things to keep me. As for my dad, you can help as much as you want, and the rest Next, I'll do it myself."

After Li Luo finished speaking, he didn't look away, passed by, and went straight to the door.

Duan Mingyang grabbed his arm: "Where are you going?"

"Didn't you let me go? Mr. Duan's house never seems to welcome me, so why should I make trouble for myself?"

Duan Mingyang's five fingers tightened, causing him a little pain: "I won't let Chengcheng say it because—"

The intimate nickname made Li Luo's eardrums ache.

He once asked Duan Mingyang when they were most intimate and lingering: "When you call me, can you be more intimate? Don't always be so cold..."

Duan Mingyang replied: "What counts as intimacy."

"For example... you can fold a word or something..."

In Li Luo's blushing all over his face at that time, there was actually a hint of shame.

However, Duan Mingyang didn't buy it, treated him so fiercely, but refused to give him a soft title.

It's like never giving him a promise.

Maybe it's just so that when he abandons him, he can retreat unscathed as a matter of course.

Really shrewd.

Li Luo shook off his hand: "No need to explain, I interfered in your private affairs this time only because I treated Lin Chengru like a younger brother and didn't want to see him go astray. Since things are not what I thought, I can feel at ease. As for other Yes, I won't meddle any more."

Duan Mingyang didn't give way, and still stood in front of him: "Don't you care if I have other people?"

"Why do you think I care?" Li Luo suddenly understood after asking, and laughed softly, "Mr. Duan, you are really scary. Your brother just insulted my body, but you want to insult my self-esteem? You think I don't Do you know what is your intention in asking this question to make me misunderstand the relationship between you and Lin Cheng? You just want to force me to admit that I have that kind of feeling for you, right? "

Duan Mingyang's Adam's apple twitched: "...Yes."

"But it's a pity, there really isn't, there wasn't before, and there won't be in the future."

Li Luo sneered, with obvious hatred in his long and narrow eyes.

"In my eyes, you were a scum before, and you are still a scum now, and you will be a scum all your life. A person like you is not worthy of having other people's sincerity. You, like your father and brother, should go to hell."

Duan Mingyang's face was instantly gloomy, even slightly pale, his Adam's apple kept slipping, but he didn't say anything.Looking at him, it was like looking at a distant stranger.

Lin Cheng couldn't hold back: "Brother Luo, isn't it a bit..."

"It's ugly, isn't it? That's because you haven't experienced what I have experienced, otherwise, you might speak even worse than me. "

Li Luo walked around the two of them, walked to the door, turned his head sideways, and squinted at Duan Mingyang behind him:

"Sooner or later, I will make you regret provoking me back then."

Duan Mingyang turned his back to him, remained motionless, and said in a cold voice:

"I do not regret."

Li Luo paused as he was about to move forward.

"But I regret it."

Regret the impulsive entanglement, regret the easy fall, regret the passionate infatuation, but what I regret the most is the resurgence of the anger that I know I should hate but can't control.

Duan Mingyang did it, using Lin Cheng as a bait to draw out the deepest care in his heart.

But it's not necessary.

He has always been very clear that the heart he gave away by mistake has never really been taken back.

If Duan Mingyang kept it well, even if he was wrong in every possible way, even if he was going to hell, he would have been willing to go with him.