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Work is a headache.At dusk, Chang Zheng and Tao Ran came out of the client's building one after the other. They didn't even bother to talk about seeing each other tomorrow, and quickly dispersed.

How this special character Xu Yuan will behave today, Chang Zheng watched the excitement with a gloating mind at first.But when Tao Ran spoke out, the expressions on both sides were really exciting, and Chang Zheng was almost 35, so there was nothing he couldn't understand.

Even he himself didn't expect that he was caught off guard by arousing empathy.

Gossip can be inquired about, but true feelings are much more inconvenient.Tao Ran is the new project manager, and Chang Zheng himself has just taken the position of partner. From the perspective of office politics, it is time to help each other, so why bother to offend him.So Chang Zheng put away all his joking thoughts, and decided to turn a blind eye to the matter of Xu Yuan and Tao Ran.

Tao Ran also sensed his kindness to some extent, and from the moment he finished talking with Xu Yuan, he behaved a little more politely.

This level of goodwill is enough to reach a consensus, and at least one more ally is available, but Chang Zheng is not happy at all.Just work.After finally driving out of the congested main road, he turned into the inner road between the small neighborhoods with mottled shadows, and he suddenly felt very lonely.

After parking the car and going to that bar again, and meeting Du Liangheng again, it became a series of logical events.

"Why is there another person, waiting for me?"

Knowing that the other party should not be, seeing Du Liangheng sitting alone by the bar, Chang Zheng still said so.The young man in front of him, full of thoughts, always reminds him of an old friend, so he unknowingly let go of his guard, and doesn't have to think about whether such an opening is too insincere.

Du Liangheng turned his head and smiled slightly: "Wait for you? Can you wait? How many times can you come a month?"

"I'm busy, I don't earn more, how can I have money to drink?"

"Oh, I didn't expect that you work for this little wine money."

Chang Zheng sat down, looked into his eyes, and smiled lazily: "Of course I can do something else, for example, buy you a drink?"

The song happened to be always on my mind. Du Liangheng seemed to like the melody very much. He listened to it with half-closed eyes for a while before remembering to continue the unnutritious conversation with him.

"By the way, I have something I've always wanted to ask you."

It was the first time Chang Zheng heard him say in such a tone: "Well, say it."

"Why did you choose me?"

Subconsciously, he wanted to be perfunctory.But in Du Liangheng's eyes lit up by a bit of alcohol, genuine doubts actually flashed.His whole person was originally covered with a layer of melancholy, coupled with this sudden stubbornness, it almost coincided with Chang Zheng's impression by [-]/[-]%.

So this answer, Chang Zheng hesitated: "Because...it's pleasing to the eye."

Mr. Du was noncommittal, as if he still wanted to say something, but he knew it was better not to say it.He stared at the liquid in the glass silently for a while, then sighed for no reason: "Perfunctory. Chang Zheng, you don't know how to speak human anymore except for perfunctory."

It's rare that there is a person who has been dating several times in a row and everyone is very satisfied, why suddenly it becomes more profound.Chang Zheng glanced at him half-jokingly and half-seriously: "I've just got off work, and I've been pretending for a whole day. It's a big night, a beautiful day, can you tell me something else?"

Du Liangheng smiled: "Okay, it's a beautiful day, let's talk about it in another place. Your home or mine?"

This side is in a mess, while Tao Ran accidentally picked up a friend.

Who would have thought that classmates who hadn't seen each other after graduating from university would meet in the crowd after the concert.Ye Qi hasn't changed at all, he still looks like nothing to do with himself, he has already put on earmuffs before he left the performance hall.Tao Ran called him several times, but the other party turned a deaf ear to him, so he had no choice but to squeeze through the crowd, only to find that he was using a noise-canceling model that he also had, that's why he couldn't hear him.

It wasn't until he caught up and stood in front of Ye Qi that Ye Qi finally saw him.

"...Tao Ran?"

"How long has it been since we graduated, seven years? Eight years? You didn't tell me when you came back, what do you think of you, you don't want friends anymore, do you?"

With such a familiar tone, Ye Qi couldn't help laughing when he heard it: "I really just came back."

The years of friendship separated from each other in the sky were quickly folded into a thin piece of paper, and disappeared invisible in this long-lost laughter.

"Just came back, hmph, thank you for being able to say it..." Tao Ran reluctantly accepted his words: "Let's go, coffee or wine is up to you."

Ye Qi smiled with a guilty conscience, but he was absolutely sincere: "What time is it, what coffee do you want to drink? You decide the place, I invite you."

Tao Ran unceremoniously responded with a blank stare: "Yes, you should invite me. Did you suffer from social terror in the past few years in the UK? Oh no, you already had social terror. It seems that in the past few years, it has become more and more serious. It's serious, isn't it?"

The only ones who know that Ye Qi doesn't like to socialize are the real ones.Tao Ran didn't realize that this was the first time in several months that he let go of himself and was really smiling.

"You know all the good places. It seems that you are doing well, so I am relieved."

Arriving at Tao Ranxuan's izakaya, Ye Qi sat down and looked around, smiling as if he was worried about him.

"Anyway, please."

"You are really... okay, I'm not afraid of your laughing, and I can't be regarded as just coming back. It's just that there are too many things recently, and I just settled down, so I haven't bothered to contact you yet."

"It's good if you can settle down." Tao Ran keenly grasped the faint softness when he said these words: "You have been away for so many years, and it is a good thing that there are people and places for you to settle down when you come back."

Ye Qi didn't deny it either, and filled the sake glass in front of Tao Ran himself: "Yes, I'm really lucky. What about you? How are you doing?"

"It's a coincidence. I've been very annoyed recently. Everything is not going well. It's probably a bad year."

In Ye Qi's impression, Tao Ran is a very tough person.Whenever there is a difficulty, he can always have a little more perseverance than others expected, and thus turn the danger into good luck.I don't know what happened, but between Tao Ran's brows, there was a sense of defeat.

"It's probably not work that can make you feel uncomfortable."

Tao Ran smiled bitterly: "Yes, and no. The only thing I have done wrong in the past few years is not distinguishing between public and private. In other words, I did not intend to do so, but once everything starts, it is out of my control."

Ye Qi was a little surprised: "You moved your colleague?"

"...It's hard to say, drink and drink."

Ye Qi's curiosity was really aroused, and he quickly raised his hand to hold him down: "What's the hurry, are you so good at drinking sake? Come and tell me, what's going on, you are such a person who is afraid of right and wrong , how did you get into such trouble?"

This kind of relationship, which was kept from colleagues and not easy to mention with friends, lasted for too long. As a party involved, Tao Ran was exhausted both physically and mentally.Although the day he agreed to Xu Yuan, he knew what his decision meant, but the twists and turns in the process really exceeded his expectations.

Since the old friend asked, he planned to give himself a chance to speak out.

"The thing...it's really a long story. It was probably because the intern I recruited was pestering me, and I couldn't resist. A few years ago, he was basically on a business trip project. He got together less and left more, and it felt good. Later His own ideas are too big... Alas, I can't say that, in fact, he and I have never been the same kind of people, we bumped into each other because of all kinds of trivial matters, and then we separated."

"That's good too. If you don't stop, you will be disturbed by it. Just look forward."

Tao Ran smiled wryly: "I think so too, but he doesn't think so, what can I do?"

Ye Qi continued, "Avoid and don't see."

"It will definitely be like this in the future, but recently, I don't know why I am so unlucky. I have to go to the former company to do research every day when I get the first job in the new company."

Ye Qi's concerned face finally showed a crack: "Tao Ran, you resigned because of this shit?"

"At that time, there was no way. He stood on the opposite side of me in many official affairs. When I found out that it was not as simple as making troubles with him, it was too late. I took the blame and resigned."

——Another reason is that Tao Ran doesn't want to see this person in the office every day after breaking up.

There was a helpless silence on the table.Ye Qi didn't know where to persuade him, but in the end he came up with the most straightforward method, persuading Tao Ran to drink enough and go home to sleep well.

At the end of the night, the two probably drank eight or nine together.Ye Qi was basically drinking with him, Tao Ran had something on his mind, after drinking, he became more and more silent.Ye Qi took a taxi to take him back, and when he got downstairs, seeing his red eyes clearly, he could only let out a long sigh and send him upstairs.

"I'm fine, don't bother you."

The voice was very steady, but those rabbit-like eyes just now were very scary, Ye Qi still followed him up, not intending to compromise.

"Go back, there are still people waiting for you at home, don't let people wait in a hurry."

Ye Qi muttered, "I've greeted him a long time ago." As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Tao Ran who was slowly pushing open the door of his house, and his whole body shook suddenly.He was startled, and quickly reached out to hold him.

"Where is your light..."

While asking, Ye Qi groped for the wall and flipped on the switch casually.

The overhead light in the living room suddenly turned on, and Xu Yuan, who was sitting on the sofa, looked at them with a stiff expression, as if watching two monsters that fell from the sky.

None of the three of them expected the current drama, and they were all quiet for a while.

Later, Ye Qi was the first to react.He calmly nodded to Xu Yuan, turned around and left.

"Hey, Ye Qi..."

The person who was stopped stood on the stairs, raised his head and smiled with a gentlemanly demeanor: "Dude, there is a fire in your backyard. Fighting the fire is more important than reminiscing about the past, so I'm leaving first."

Life was a mess and someone pointed it out, Tao Ran's old face really couldn't bear it: "Then let's talk next time, be careful on the road."

Ye Qi waved his hand indifferently, and quickly disappeared around the corner.

Tao Ranjiu was mostly awake, sincerely, he didn't want to turn around and enter his house.