Prisoner's Dilemma

When Han Shaojun came out of the hot pot restaurant, it was already dark, and he sent his friends to the car. He stood by the roadside, and his lungs hurt from the cold wind.

Xiao Jin did not leave, but watched Han Shaojun worriedly: "Let's go too."

The street lamps on the street blurred into lines in Han Shaojun's eyes, and he wrapped his scarf tightly: "I want to walk casually, you..."

"Then let's go." Before Han Shaojun could say goodbye, Xiao Jin had hooked his neck and pressed his shoulder.

"Thank you." Han Shaojun thanked him, Xiao Jin had absolutely nothing to say when he accompanied the rolling road at night in the winter.

The two wandered around the street, chatting all over the world for a while, Xiao Jin took out his mobile phone: "Jiang Chen is not mean enough, I'll call him and scold him."

Han Shaojun pressed his hand: "Stop beating, maybe he's busy."

What did Xiao Jin want to argue, Han Shaojun's cell phone rang, and it turned out to be Jiang Chen.

After a moment of hesitation, Han Shaojun answered the phone.

"Shaojun! Shaojun..." Jiang Chen's voice was intermittent, as if the signal was not very good, "You...where you..."

"Oh, we're done, everyone has already gone back." Han Shaojun said calmly, he didn't even think about why he could talk to him so calmly when he was obviously so uncomfortable that he couldn't breathe.

Jiang Chen seemed to be taken aback for a moment: "Then you...you..."

"What were you busy with at night, why didn't you come?" Han Shaojun asked him for some reason, no matter what, he had to give him a chance to explain, otherwise it would be too unreasonable, especially when facing Jiang Chen.

Opportunity, opportunity, he never hesitated to give Jiang Chen a chance.

Jiang Chen glanced at Lin Zhuyan who was crying so hard.Lin Zhuyan is a very smart woman. She knew that Jiang Chen's stomach would explode if he was not careful, so she sat in the corner with her back to him, silently shedding tears. It made Jiang Chen so angry that he had nowhere to vent his anger.

"I...I..." Jiang Chen inexplicably thought that Han Shaojun couldn't let Han Shaojun know that he was with Lin Zhuyan, otherwise he would be doomed, "Oh, I just accidentally overslept."

The clumsy lie chilled Han Shaojun: "Oh, then go on to sleep."

Jiang Chen heard that something was wrong with Han Shaojun: "Where are you? I'm here to find you? Anyway, it's boring to have so many diners at your dinner party. Let's go have a supper again? Call Xiao Jin?"

"No, that's it."

Jiang Chen wanted to say something more, but Han Shaojun had already hung up the phone, the two of them were talking, and it was rare for Han Shaojun to hang up first.Jiang Chen stared blankly at the words "call ended", and the fire that had been suppressed for several hours spewed out like a volcanic eruption: "What are you doing! It's weird!"

He wanted to call again, but when he thought of Han Shaojun's indifference, he became furious.

It's just a party, what's the big deal!Is he worth it to show his face for such a trivial matter?

The more Jiang Chen thought about it, the angrier he became, he simply pressed the phone and stuffed it into his pocket.

Xiao Jin on Han Shaojun's side asked concerned: "What did he say?"

"It's nothing." Han Shaojun smiled, and put his arms around Xiao Jin's shoulders, "Let's find another place to eat. I don't know when we will meet again after I leave."

"Then I have to hit you first, let's go!"

Ten days later, Han Shaojun got on the plane, and his family and Xiao Jin came to see him off.He left alone, leaving the place where he had laughed and been sad, and cut off the source of unhappiness completely.

On the eve of the Spring Festival, their group got together again, organized by Xiao Jin, this time Jiang Chen attended without any accidents.

Jiang Chen looked absent-minded while resting his cheeks, but in fact, his eyes flicked around, and every person who entered the door had to be scanned by him.I haven't seen Han Shaojun since I missed the appointment that day, and I thought that I should talk to him carefully today, so as not to worry about the New Year.But after waiting and waiting, Han Shaojun didn't come, and he wondered in his heart, wouldn't he come?I don't think so, Xiao Jin's game, how could Han Shaojun be missing?

But he was embarrassed to ask, based on his relationship with Han Shaojun, wouldn't it be considered a joke if he asked others whether Han Shaojun would come or not?

Xiao Jin took someone into the room and yelled that everyone was ready for dinner.Jiang Chen became even more strange, while eating in silence, he glanced out from time to time, hoping to see that person appearing at the door when he raised his eyes.But he never got what he wanted, and he hoped that someone at the table would bring it up, but everyone seemed to have a tacit understanding, and the topic never involved Han Shaojun.

Jiang Chen was in a hurry, what did this group of people do?Han Shaojun is such a living person, do you pretend that he doesn't exist?

Finally, he couldn't hold it anymore.Someone told a joke, and a group of people laughed so hard that Jiang Chen also laughed and said casually: "When we meet, it becomes so lively. It would be even better if Shao Jun was here today!"

One person didn't hear the problem, and responded again and again: "That's right! It's a pity that he left in a hurry, and he hasn't passed the year."

Jiang Chen no longer cared about making jokes or not: "What did you say? Go? Where did he go?"

The man almost coughed up the food he ate in his mouth: "Didn't he go abroad to study?"

Jiang Chen's mind roared, as if he was in a nightmare: "He went abroad?"

The man was frightened by his appearance, and looked around as if asking for help: "Yes, yes... It's been a long time since I've been gone for a few days... You, you don't know?"

The last sentence ignited Jiang Chen like a firecracker, but it was a stuffy cannon, the inside was blown to pieces, and the outside had to maintain its image, but the good exterior was also on the verge of breaking, like peeling wall skin, falling off piece by piece.

He couldn't care about anything else, he pushed his chair and rushed out, running all the way to the street.

The cold air made him wake up a little bit. Trembling, he took out his mobile phone and dialed the familiar number. He had never thought of contacting Han Shaojun these days. He held his breath and swore that Han Shaojun would not come to him, and he would never take the initiative to go. Find Han Shaojun, or lose your position.

In the ringing of the phone that could no longer be connected, he looked around blankly as if he wanted to find Han Shaojun, but he was far away in the sky, how could he find him?

When the phone tone automatically hung up, Jiang Chen ruthlessly kicked the trash can on the side of the street, with a bang, echoing in the night.

The sky and the earth are long, and he is lost in the darkness.

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Ten years later.

Han Shaojun has been back to China for more than a week. After getting over the jet lag, he has gradually adapted to life in China.In the past ten years, he seldom returned to China, and when he came back, he spent a few days with his parents at most before leaving again.But he knew everything about domestic affairs, Jiang Chen and Xiao Jin also went abroad one after another in the past few years, Jiang Chen was earlier and Xiao Jin was later.

Enough rest, friends keep inviting, Han Shaojun has a non-stop reception every day and night.

He first attended an afternoon tea party that day and had some conversations with people, but it was already too late when he rushed to the next one.

"You're late!" Zhou Yixing pulled him into the box, asked someone to deliver a clean glass, and poured three glasses of wine, "Don't say anything else, let's drink three glasses first!"

Han Shaojun glanced at it, and found that the three small cups were only half poured, although there were a lot, but not much.He, Han Shaojun, has a background of two generations of his parents and grandparents in China. After completing his studies abroad, he studied with his uncle who had already taken root abroad for several years. Now that he has returned to China, he has taken over the family business at a young age.There are not many people in the circle who are qualified to drink Han Shaojun's wine, that is, these friends are arguing for him to drink more because of their friendship when they were young.

As an adult, Han Shaojun was a little more refined, with a light smile and a calm demeanor. He didn't refute his friend's face, and simply drank three glasses of wine.

"Good! Refreshing!" Friends applauded.

Several groups of people chatted lively, and from time to time someone came to chat with Han Shaojun.The neighbors and classmates in the past have achieved their own achievements and are showing their strengths in their respective fields. They connect with past feelings, establish new interpersonal networks, and talk about the current situation from childhood anecdotes.

Zhou Yixing stood next to Han Shaojun: "Shaojun, what a coincidence that you came here. I invited someone here today. Guess who it is?"

"Who is it?" Han Shaojun smiled.

"Don't you even guess it? Oh, my heart will itch to death if I don't say it! It's Jiang Chen! Can't you imagine it!"

Han Shaojun trembled slightly: "Isn't he still abroad?"

Zhou Yixing patted his thigh: "That's why I said it was a coincidence! He said he was tired of staying outside and sneaked back. It was just yesterday morning! I received a call from him before I woke up! Do you think it was a coincidence Coincidentally? You’ve only been back for a few days? It’s as if he came back with you, hahaha!”

The slightly drunk Zhou Yixing couldn't breathe from laughing, but Han Shaojun couldn't laugh anymore.When he learned that the person who came was Jiang Chen, the first reaction in his mind was: leave.But why go, what is there to be afraid of, what is there to hide?Wasn't he the one who refused to even say goodbye back then?

There is still some expectation in my heart.After all, the friendship from childhood is still there, it doesn't mean that it can be erased by erasing it, and those past resentments will gradually fade with time, just like being photographed on the beach and seawater, evaporating in the sun.After so many years, it must be a lie to say that I don't miss it at all.Although I can hear various news about him from time to time, it is only hearsay after all.What does he look like now?How are you?

So Han Shaojun drank quietly in the noisy box, and he didn't even have the mind to deal with others coming to chat.

After a few glasses of wine, the door of the box was pushed open again.Han Shaojun raised his head suddenly. Although the light was dim, the man was as bright as a hot star.

Jiang Chen, I haven't seen him for ten years, his facial features are more profound, and his eyes are sharp and energetic.He didn't speak, but quietly scanned the people in the box, his aura was aggressive, and he was as proud as a drawn knife.

At that moment, Han Shaojun's heartbeat accelerated uncontrollably, and he realized that after ten years, the person in front of him was still a curse that he couldn't get rid of.

Jiang Chen's eyes fell on Han Shaojun, but he didn't stay too long, and he left as soon as he touched it.

"Jiang Chen, you're finally here!" Zhou Yixing called for another drink.

Jiang Chen's thin lips drew a beautiful arc, and he reached out and fished out a beautiful woman with delicate makeup from behind, and strode into the box with his arms around her waist.