when you look at me

Yuan Yiping could only barely comfort Liang Yuyi: "Don't be afraid, it's not as serious as you think, I'll be back tomorrow, don't panic, go and send a unified message to the parents of the students, and make it clear that this is an illegal act and you are the victim. Reader, do you understand? Don't talk about your relationship with Ma Chen."

"Now Ma Chen is blocking me! He thinks that I sent it, I don't know how to tell him..."

"Do you have any trustworthy friends?" Yuan Yiping felt a dull pain in his temples: "You go to a friend's house to stay for the night first, don't go anywhere, I'll be back tomorrow."

After finally comforting Liang Yuyi, Yuan Yiping closed his eyes and let out a long sigh.

What the hell is going on.

He stood quietly at the door of the house for a few minutes, adjusted his expression and emotions before knocking on the door.

When Yuan Yiping came back, his mother was naturally very pleasantly surprised and asked him repeatedly how many days he could stay at home.Yuan Yiping had no choice but to tell a lie: "I'm on a business trip in Zhengzhou this time, so I'll come back to have a look if I'm nearby. Tomorrow... I have to leave."

My mother touched Yuan Yiping's face distressedly: "It's really hard work, you say, don't come back if you are so pressed for time."

Yuan Yiping shook his head with some guilt: "Come back if you can."

The dinner was very sumptuous, and my mother probably thought that Yuan Yiping would stay at home all night, so he had to eat enough for one meal, so she made a table full of dishes, Sixi meatballs, steamed yellow croaker, braised pork... Yuan Yiping I eat a lot, but I don't know the taste.He had three things in one mind, talking to his mother, thinking about Liang Yuyi, and thinking about Chen Shuo at the same time—as if he was in trouble, Chen Shuo's disheartened look in the teahouse was nowhere to be seen in his mind. Can't dissipate.

"Mom, go to bed early," Yuan Yiping put his arms around his mother's shoulders: "I'll get up early tomorrow to catch the plane, and I'll be busy for a while later. Why don't you come to Shenzhen for a while? Come early, don't wait." Come back during the Chinese New Year."

"It's not very interesting for you," my mother said, "You go to work, and I don't know anyone else. Why don't you dance and play cards at home?"

"Then why don't we take you out for fun?" Yuan Yiping asked, "Yunnan? Guangxi? Where do you want to go?"

"Let's talk about it at that time!" Mom smiled and laid the mattress for Yuan Yiping: "Your uncle said that your younger brother Da'an might get married this year, so I might go back." Mom is from Shandong, and her brother—— That is Yuan Yiping's uncle - still in his hometown in Shandong.

"Oh... well."

Not long after lying down, Yuan Yiping heard his mother's snoring from the opposite room.He has been running around all day, but he only feels tired and has no sleepiness.

When I opened my eyes until 01:30 in the morning, the phone suddenly turned on.

It was a text message from Chen Shuo.

"I'm downstairs at your house, come down, I have something to tell you."

Yuan Yiping secretly scolded Chen Shuo for being crazy, but he still got up and put on his clothes lightly.

Fortunately, my mother was sound asleep.

Yuan Yiping went downstairs, and sure enough, Chen Shuo was standing at the entrance of the corridor.The street lights in the community reflected half of Chen Shuo's body, the light was pale white, making him look even thinner and lonely.

"Yiping," Chen Shuo put out the cigarette butt on the wall, "I've thought about what you said today."

"It's just me being sentimental. I thought you were worried about me." Chen Shuo chuckled softly, "At first, I really never thought of telling the story about me and Yizhi. But I didn't expect that in front of you I'm so... unbearable."

Yuan Yiping was upset: "What exactly do you want to say?"

"I want to say, anyway, I'm already so rotten in your eyes, so I'll just sit down." Chen Shuo raised his face and looked at Yuan Yiping, his crooked eyes reflected tiny light, like two deep wells: "You stay with me, or I'll tell your mother about me and Yuan Yizhi. Anyway, my parents know about me, and I'm not afraid of breaking the can."

He said these words calmly, but his gaze was like a turbulent vortex, enough to suck Yuan Yiping into it.

Yuan Yiping took a step back and was stunned for a while before asking: "Are you serious?"

"Yes," Chen Shuo replied flatly, "I'm serious."

Yuan Yiping thought that I was fucking shooting myself in the foot.

In the final analysis - he didn't expect Chen Shuo to achieve this level, is he worthy of Chen Shuo's achievement?Did Chen Shuo really give up any hope?

Yuan Yiping's mind was so confused that it was about to explode, but Chen Shuo stepped forward and said softly, "Let me hug you."

Apparently he wasn't asking for advice, but just to let him know—he pulled his hands away and firmly wrapped Yuan Yiping's shoulders.Yuan Yiping was in a mess, with his arms hanging down, surrounded by him like a stiff scarecrow.Chen Shuo lowered his head and rubbed the tip of his nose on Yuan Yiping's shoulder.

It was the end of October, and the autumn in Gancheng was no warmer than that in Shenzhen. The autumn wind was blowing, and neither Yuan Yiping nor Chen Shuo moved, like two statues.

After a long time, Yuan Yiping said: "I will return to Shenzhen tomorrow."

Chen Shuo let go of his hand abruptly: "Why? You haven't come back for five years, in order to avoid me - you left after staying overnight?!"

"It's not to hide from you," Yuan Yiping explained wearily, "something happened to the company."

Chen Shuo stopped talking, lit a cigarette and put it in his mouth.Yuan Yiping didn't speak, but silently looked at the flickering fire between his fingers.The night wind blows in waves, and leaves fall from time to time.

Yuan Yiping suddenly remembered what happened ten years ago. At that time, Chen Shuo and Yuan Yizhi fell in love. Sometimes the two of them didn't know where to play, and they didn't come back until this point. In the sweltering heat, Yuan Yiping saw the two of them kissing downstairs.And now it has been ten years, and ten years later, in the downstairs of his house again, the person beside Chen Shuo has become Yuan Yiping.

Yuan Yiping thought, both he and Chen Shuo are bastards - of course, Chen Shuo is the more bastard.

"I'll go to Shenzhen with you, what time is your flight tomorrow?" Chen Shuo said suddenly.

Yuan Yiping didn't answer, turned around and went upstairs.

The next morning, Yuan Yiping returned to Shenzhen alone.

He went to the office first, and as expected, the office was smashed.Fortunately, the damage was not particularly serious, only the computer was damaged, a few holes were hammered out on the table, and the safe was still locked.

The little girl from the cultural and creative company next door was poking around at the door, and when she saw Yuan Yiping, she quickly said, "Hey, it's you, I thought someone was here to sabotage again!"

"How many people came yesterday?"

"Two," the girl said, "we were scared to death. Fortunately, there were few people. As soon as the security guards came, they were taken care of."

Yuan Yiping nodded: "Thank you very much."

"You're welcome, you're welcome," the girl waved her hand: "It's not easy for you, meeting such hooligans..."

Yuan Yiping returned to the office again, staring at the mess in front of him, suddenly remembered something.

He went straight to Duan Hang's desk and pulled the bottom drawer.Duan Hang's desk was smashed and split in the middle, but the drawer remained untouched.

In the drawer, is a black mouse.This mouse was replaced by Duan Hang. That day he said that the mouse was broken and went to buy a new one.

Yuan Yiping took the mouse and walked into the cultural and creative company next door: "Can I try the mouse here?"

"Come on, come on." Everyone probably sympathized with Yuan Yiping and was very enthusiastic.

Yuan Yiping plugged the mouse into the computer.

He moves the mouse, scrolls the scroll wheel, and clicks the left and right buttons.

Everything is fine with this mouse.