business relationship

The sound effects of the game filled my ears and brain. Yang Jie walked up to me and called me, but I didn't even hear him.

"Hey, Zhou Huibo?" He said, glanced at the screen of my mobile phone, and found that I was playing a game, so he didn't make any more noise, standing quietly beside me and staring at my screen.

"Your skills are very good." He looked at and said, and I noticed that he was standing next to me, and the phone almost frightened me.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I..." I quickly took off the earphones and stuffed the phone back into the bag, and suddenly remembered that I promised to find him, and now it turned out that he came to find me.

"It's okay." He waved his hand and said, "But won't you be reported by your teammates if you hang up?"

"Nothing is not important." During the game, my eyes would stick to Yang Jie from time to time, but now I am a little afraid to look at him.

"Let's... find another place to talk about it first?" I suggested.He nodded and said, "There's a coffee shop next door, I know, let's go there." He led me into the elevator and pressed the light on the first floor.

All the way without words.Only Yang Jie was saying goodbye to his friends, and politely refused to have dinner with them in the evening.The girl in the black suit glanced at the two of us after hearing Yang Jie's refusal, said meaningfully that I got it, and left with Yang Jie's friends.

"She is my classmate, the best in the team, and has participated in several business competitions." Yang Jie explained as he walked.

"She knows who you are?" I asked casually, Yang Jie was silent, and walked with his head down for a while before saying, "Yes. But only she knows."

"You two have an unusual relationship." I tilted my head and looked at his back, and there was a bit of jealousy in my words that I didn't realize until after I finished speaking.

He turned to look at me, pursing his lips and grinning.

"It's just familiar." He replied vaguely, slowed down and waited for me to catch up with him, and then walked side by side with me.

The afternoon sun is still very bright, through the neat leaves of the big trees on the side of the road, the leaves are scattered all over the ground, and the little bits of sunshine are very beautiful.There were no people on the street, only the occasional passing vehicles and the office workers who just got off work and hurriedly walked. Few people noticed the two high school students walking side by side, one leaning on the other.

"You have a feeling that makes people want to get close." He suddenly turned his head and spoke to me, his black eyes were shining, and his lips pursed into a beautiful arc.Tilting his head right on my shoulder.

I smiled, and subconsciously stretched out my hand to pinch his nose, and said in a low voice, "Then get closer?"

He put his arms around my shoulders with a smile, walked out at a faster pace, stopped in front of a cafe, and signaled that I was here.

We open the door and go in.There was still no one in the cafe, so we chose a seat by the window to sit down.The golden sunlight hits the tables and chairs, giving people a lazy and warm feeling.He and I ordered a cup of coffee and sat face to face.He sat with his waist slightly bent, without crossing his legs or stretching them up, looking down at his hands.I put my hands on the armrests on both sides of the chair and waited quietly for him, neither urging nor impatient.

In the silence, the coffee was served.The unique sweetness and bitterness of coffee lingered between the two of us.He took a sip from his glass and looked up at me.

"I feel like I like you very much." He said bluntly, which caught me off guard.

"Really." I tilted my head and raised the corners of my mouth to look at him, "I like you very much, too."

He shook his head lightly, stared silently at the coffee in the cup, sighed softly, and murmured: "But no."

"No what?" I asked inexplicably.He pursed his lips and took another sip of coffee.

"We can't be together," he said softly, looking out the window.The sun is just right outside the window, and there are green trees and pedestrians. It is a very beautiful and ordinary afternoon.And the air-conditioning in the coffee shop was very high, and I felt a little chilly all over my body.

"Why?" I frowned.Suddenly remembering the gender of the two of us, I swallowed back the words that came to my lips.

If you like it, you must be together, it's a matter of course.

If you like it, hug him, hold him, kiss him, buy him what he wants, and help him win the game he wants to win.

Why can't the two boys do it?

As if he saw what I was thinking, Yang Jie took another sip of coffee, put the cup on the glass table, and said to me with complicated eyes: "Sorry, this is a bit difficult for me."

"What's wrong?" I leaned forward and asked softly.

The coffee shop was very quiet, and a few people were sitting inside watching the computer and drinking coffee.The lady boss is sitting behind the counter and playing with her mobile phone.

"..." He pursed his lips and sighed again, "A lot of things happened before. But I..."

"Don't you want to talk?" I interrupted him softly, "It's okay. If you want, you can talk slowly."

He shook his head, and I noticed that his eyes were a little red.

"If you are afraid, you can sit on my lap and I will hug you." I said, lying on the back of the chair, and made a hug gesture.He burst out laughing.

"Okay, but there are still people here." He winked at me, and his playful look made me want to grab his collar and kiss him directly.

"Well, that's how it is." He took a deep breath, and the speed of his speech suddenly became very fast, "My parents don't know my sexual orientation, but my aunt does. Maybe it's because of a man I was with before. My friend's aunt knew each other, so she told my parents. My parents are very traditional and can't accept the fact that I have a sexual orientation. They don't believe what I say. In the end, it comes down to me messing around outside and trying to piss them off. So I was forced to break up with that person. Later I learned from my aunt that that person was actually straight. He had several girlfriends before, and after breaking up with me, he fell in love with another girl. Then it was my classmate , that is, the girl in the suit jacket couldn’t stand it anymore, and asked the man’s theory to ask him to give me an explanation, but he didn’t listen. In the end, he told his parents how the incident had been distorted and told him directly. After I went to school, I was almost forced to drop out." After he finished speaking such a long paragraph, he took a deep breath, and finally smiled bitterly, "So it's better for us not to be together. Now I'm still in detention. During the observation period, if something happens again, I will..."

I put my hand on his shoulder and patted him reassuringly.He fell silent and looked up at me.

"I've never had a girlfriend." I said word by word, "Nor have I ever had a boyfriend. You are my first."

He looked at me silently, his eyes trembling.

"I haven't really experienced feelings, but I know I won't be such a scumbag." I stared closely at his eyes and said, "You can take good care of me when you are with me later."

"I believe you." He murmured in a low voice, reached out to hold my hand on his shoulder, and rubbed it lightly, "But..."

I leaned over, put my mouth against his ear, and whispered: "Give me a chance, okay?"

He didn't answer right away.I quickly added another sentence: "Then give me a chance to chase you, okay?"

He suddenly laughed when he heard this sentence, and that graceful arc coupled with his fair and delicate face made me lose my mind.

"Okay." He said with a smile.

When I came out of the coffee shop, I had a bunch of phone numbers on my phone.After parting from Yang Jie, I leaned against the electric pole and waited for the bus, holding my mobile phone and sending Lin Jiran a WeChat message.

"Hey, do you know how to chase boys?"