not because of love

That evening, Li Che was drying a white shirt that hadn't been stained at all on the balcony and had washed it three times by hand. He casually lowered his head, and saw a black figure walking slowly - because the shirt was wearing a black casual suit. reason.

Li Che was stunned for a moment, feeling that this figure was a little familiar and a little fuzzy, and he couldn't see it clearly from the angle of looking down.

"The stars are about to run away, you wash your clothes! Come and eat!" Tang Jia in the living room shouted to Li Che with his chopsticks in his mouth.

Li Che didn't move.

"What are you doing, someone tapped your acupuncture points?" Tang Jia continued to shout.

Li Che let go of his hand, and the clothes hanger that hadn't been hung firmly fell down, and landed pitifully on the balcony floor.

"Hehe, you still think it's not clean enough and want to wash it again? If you have the time, why don't you help us spread a quilt." Tang Jia smiled.

Li Che remained indifferent, bent down to pick up the clothes and hung them up, the downstairs was already empty.

Is...wrong?

Li Che walked into the living room mechanically, and sat on the sofa nervously.

"What's wrong with you, did you see someone?" Tang Jia held his chopsticks in his mouth, as if he was smoking.

Li Che shook his head.

Cheng Xiao came out of the kitchen wearing an apron, stuck out his tongue embarrassingly: "The monosodium glutamate is used up, which one of you is free, go out and buy a bag?"

Tang Jia frowned and slapped the chopsticks on the table: "You didn't say it earlier! I've been waiting to eat it!"

"I'll go." Li Che got up, and then put on a thin coat hanging by the door.

Tang Jia sat down with a smile, not being polite to Li Che at all: "Go early and come back early."

Li Che actually wanted to come down to see if...if Yan Lei was here.

It's a pity that there was indeed no one downstairs, so he could only sigh, turn around and leave the community, and go shopping at a convenience store not far outside the community.

Not long after Li Che went downstairs, there was a knock on the door, which sounded a little impatient.

"What happened to him flying there?" Tang Jia muttered, frowning and reluctantly opened the door.

Yan Lei stood outside the door, holding his knees with one hand and the door frame with the other, panting slightly.

"My big brother, why are you here?" Tang Jia hurriedly gave up a seat: "Come in first."

"Where's Li Che?" Yan Lei didn't move, "You let him come out, I have something to say to him."

"You can't talk about it in the room, right? You have to go out for a date?" Tang Jia smiled, turned her head and raised her eyebrows at Cheng Xiao who had just come out of the kitchen and was taking off her apron.

Yan Lei stood up straight and shrugged: "That's right, leave some private space for both of you and me."

"That's a pity, you should have come a minute earlier." Tang Jia spread his hands, showing a very sympathetic expression.

Yan Lei was taken aback: "He went out?"

"You come in and wait for him, he will be back soon, go to the supermarket outside the community to buy something, and you will go out when he comes back..." Before Tang Jia finished speaking, Yan Lei immediately turned around and ran without delay Going downstairs, "It's not too late..." Tang Jia helplessly completed what he hadn't finished speaking, sighed, closed the door and entered the room.

Li Che looked at the closed convenience store with a headache, and the four big words "Closed today" pasted on the door made him want to cry without tears.He wanted to call Cheng Xiao to ask where there was a convenience store nearby, but when he touched his pocket, he found that the coat he was holding casually belonged to Tang Jia, and his mobile phone was in his coat pocket.

Li Che slapped his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

As a foreigner who didn't know his way around, Li Che bravely found it by himself. He vaguely remembered that Cheng Xiao said that there were many supermarkets nearby...

This place was originally on the outskirts of the city, and there were not many people on the road at dinner time. Li Che gathered his coat, thinking that he had "a purpose" but walked around blindly.

After finally wandering into a small shop, but they only sold some snacks and low-grade tobacco and alcohol, Li Che scratched his hair, thinking whether to go back and forget it, if there is no MSG, there will be no MSG, the worst is to have a "special meal" .

Yan Lei took several detours in the huge community before he found the gate. This guy actually doesn't know his way around.

There was only one convenience store outside the community, but this convenience store was closed, and there was no sign of Li Che nearby. Yan Lei had no choice but to call Tang Jia.

"Will you distribute food?" Tang Jia asked.

Yan Lei looked confused: "What the hell, where is Li Che?"

"Didn't find it?"

"This convenience store is closed, and no one else is here."

"Did you call him?"

Yan Lei faltered: "I haven't made it clear yet, am I too embarrassed..."

"Oh, it's embarrassing to find someone else, but embarrassing to call him? What's wrong." Tang Jia rolled his eyes on the other end of the phone.

"You call one, ask where it is, and then tell me! That's it, I hung up, waiting for your message!" Yan Lei cut it off without hesitation, and then sat down outside the convenience store looking clean On the steps, propped up his head and waited for Tang Jia to call back.

Tang Jia dialed Li Che's number speechlessly, but before he dialed it, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Li Che's coat on the sofa - and Li Che's cell phone half exposed in the coat pocket.He sighed, canceled the instructions on the phone, clicked on the call history and dialed Yan Lei's name.

"Where!" Yan Lei roared exaggeratedly.

Tang Jia expressed sympathy directly: "It's so pitiful, Ah Che's mobile phone is forgotten at home, you can find it by yourself, my buddy can't help you." He didn't look worried at all, after all, it was such a big slap In the outskirts of the city, what's the point of finding a boy who is 1.8 meters tall? Could it be possible that Li Che can buy a bag of monosodium glutamate and go to the city center?

So Yan Lei anxiously and distressed put his phone back into his pocket, and searched around outside the community.

"Well, hello, just a little question, do you know where there is a supermarket nearby?" Li Che walked around a few steps, then went around and asked the owner of the small shop.

The boss was pulling the rice into his mouth, pointing to the right side with the finger holding the chopsticks, and said vaguely: "Go there, go up the overpass to the opposite side, there is a commercial building, and there is a big supermarket on the first floor."

Li Che thanked him and went in the direction pointed by the boss, but he was complaining in his heart: Have you ever seen a big shopping mall just to buy a bag of monosodium glutamate?Still running this far.

Li Che actually wanted to go back, but he didn't have the phone with him, so he couldn't tell the people in the room: No need to buy it!He was really embarrassed to just leave empty-handed like this.

Yan Lei circled around and saw a small shop with lights on, but how small is this shop... You can clearly see that there is no customer in it except the boss from ten meters away, Yan Lei shook his head, There is no need to go in to find out if Li Che is here, it's obvious!

Li Che walked slowly up the bridge, step by step.It has to be said that his physical strength is really poor. In order to ensure his own safety, he never dared to exercise vigorously since he was a child. To be precise, he has no habit of exercising at all.Go up this huge long step, take three steps and one rest, treat yourself very well, and don't let yourself get tired.

Yan Lei took a shortcut, regarded the traffic rules as farting, and slipped under the overpass.

Although he is a native of the city, he only came to the suburbs of the city after he went to college, and he doesn't know any shopping malls, supermarkets, convenience stores, etc. in the suburbs...

Li Che finally got on the overpass, patted his chest and took a breath. Fortunately, he didn't feel anything. He continued to walk slowly, as if he was out for a walk, halfway through cooking at home. Xiao and Tang Jia, who was waiting for food with chopsticks in his mouth, forgot all about it.

The night wind was a bit cool, and the street lights were all lit up as the time got later and later.

Li Che moved his neck, casually glanced down the overpass...

Yan... Yan Lei?

Li Che was taken aback for a moment, leaned out half of his body and stared under the overpass, those who didn't know thought he was thinking about jumping down.

He yelled Yan Lei's name for the first time, and a few passers-by looked over with puzzled eyes.

It doesn't matter whether he is lucky or not, it's not the first day I get sick!

Li Che suddenly took a step back and ran forward quickly.

Yan Lei, who was about to step into the commercial building under the bridge, paused, as if he heard someone calling his name, and it seemed to be Li Che's voice.He turned his head, looked around, looked up, left, right, forward, back, and almost looked underground, but he couldn't find even half of Li Che.

Shaking his head, pretending that he was hallucinating, he raised his leg, stepped up the steps, and entered the commercial building.

Li Che supported his knees, stood at the place where he saw Yan Lei just now, gasping for breath, but where is Yan Lei nearby?

I read it wrong?impossible……

"You...you are Li Che, right?!" Two girls in school uniforms ran to Li Che arm in arm, their eyes sparkling.

Li Che wiped his forehead with the back of his hand: "Who are you?"

"We have seen you in the book! But you are not the same as the book. I thought I was mistaken, but it turned out to be true!" One of the girls took out Liangmu's book and a pen from the messenger bag, "Yes. Sign me up?"

Li Che was a little flattered, but he still took it without moving his eyebrows. He opened the cover and was about to sign his name when he found that "Yan Lei" was written squarely on it.Li Che's fingertips trembled, and he quietly signed "Li Che" next to Yan Lei's name.

"Did you make an appointment to have dinner together?" the girl asked.

"Huh?" Li Che was taken aback.

"Yan Lei was here just now, didn't you come to look for him?"

Li Che frowned slightly, and said in a low voice, "No."

The girl was about to speak, Li Che moved the corners of his lips again, showing a seemingly friendly smile, waved his hand and said, "I have to leave beforehand, thank you for your support for Liangmu's works." The voice fell, Leave without looking back.

It turned out that it was true that he saw Yan Lei, but where did Yan Lei go, why did he disappear?

Li Che really forgot about buying MSG this time, and walked around with his sore legs to sit on the steps of the back door of the commercial building, intending to take a rest before returning the same way.

He hung his head, propped his forehead with two palms, and his mind was in a mess.

Suddenly he felt that he was a very useless person. He clearly said that he would go abroad when Yan Lei started to develop toward his dream. He didn't intend to accept Li Shi and live with him, but just wanted to change his environment and relax. They didn't need to rely on Li Shi, didn't need his help, and didn't even intend to tell him that from the moment Li Shi threw him down, they were destined to be strangers in this life.

However, he was reluctant to leave.

The more Yan Lei shines, the more reluctant he is to leave, even if he watches from a distance.

"Lost? Still waiting for me."

Li Che opened his eyes suddenly, but kept his posture still.

"I'm not very familiar with this side, and I'm worried that if I don't find you, I'll get lost first."

Li Che lowered his head, not knowing what expression to use to face this person, so he didn't even raise his head.

"If I hadn't met those two girls who asked for my autograph just now, I wouldn't have known you were really here."

Yan Lei stood opposite Li Che, Li Che lowered his head, just enough to see his clean shoes.

"Li Che, look at me." Yan Lei held Li Che's wrists with both hands.

Li Che obediently took his hand away, but did not raise his head.

"Let's talk for a while, I haven't heard your voice for a long time." Yan Lei squatted down, Li Che's hair hung down, covering his beautiful eyes, Yan Lei couldn't see anything.

Li Che moved his wrist and broke away from Yan Lei's palm.

Yan Lei didn't mind, just smiled lightly: "Yeah, why did you come to me, you didn't even know that I came to you, I just... have been looking for you."

"I know." Li Che said suddenly.

"Really?"

"I saw you just now. I called you very loudly, but you didn't hear me. When I came looking for you, you disappeared." Li Che still lowered his head, he didn't dare to look at Yan Lei at all, for fear When he raised his head, he would involuntarily throw himself into his arms.

Yan Lei stretched out a hand and lifted Li Che's hanging lock of hair, "Say, will it be like the TV show where we passed each other just now? Just as you got on the flyover, I walked over from below Passing by like that?"

"Maybe."

"I'm sorry." Yan Lei cupped Li Che's face with both hands: "Next time I will definitely stand where I am and wait for you."

Li Che took a deep breath, forcing back the tears that were about to burst out of his eyes.

"So, do you want to make up with me?" There was no doubt in Yan Lei's words.

Li Che looked at Yan Lei, with unknown emotions flickering in his eyes, but he didn't speak.

"Li Che, I really only ask you this last time. If you say no, I will have to hide and wish you happiness secretly."

Li Che took away Yan Lei's hand, shook his head and whispered "I'm sorry".

Yan Lei's heart fell to the bottom instantly, "Are you going to reject me again?"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." Li Che couldn't bear it anymore, clutching his hair tightly with both hands, he kept shaking his head, "I'm sorry, I want to be with you."

Yan Lei laughed again, the corners of his eyes were moist: "You are not frank, young man." He stretched out his hand, ignoring the people passing by downstairs of the commercial building, and tightly wrapped Li Che into his arms.

Li Che, you used to say that no one insists on being with me, but ah, I insist on being with you, no one but you.