Refraction

According to his habit, Chen Gong could vaguely guess what Xiao En had in mind when he asked him to meet.

After hanging up on Sean's call, Chen Gong stayed in the car for more than 20 minutes, switching over and over again in his mind about the recent troubles, and finally decided to go to the appointment——Chen Gong turned the car key back again.

When driving out of the garage, Chen Gong glanced at the time - 15:12.

Already in October, the summer heat is still strong, mixed with the unique dryness of northern cities, which makes people feel depressed.

The sky was cloudless, so the sky shone freely.

It was weakened one layer by the car window with heat-insulating stickers, another layer was weakened by the mirror, and when it finally fell into his eyes, Chen Gong still felt that the sun was a bit dazzling.

On-off and on-off with Sean, the two have been entangled for seven years.

When Chen Gong was in his senior year, half was an intern in a photography company and half was a freelance photographer. At that time, Chen Gong met Xiao En, and it was like a thunderbolt suddenly struck in the chaotic world—then the boy was enlightened.

Xiao En later became a professional model thanks to Chen Gong. At that time, the clumsy Chen Gong had no experience and no chips. kindness.Chen Gong once took a group of photos of Sean, in which Sean was fresh and cute and refined; it was still in the age of blogging, and those photos also became popular on the Internet.

Although the moves are clumsy, they are useful.

The evening when Chen Gong’s graduation ceremony was over and he left the school dormitory with his luggage and moved into a newly rented small studio, Sean called. He cried and said he couldn’t bear you, and said: Where is your home? I have a gift I want to send you off.

It was night, Chen Gong and Xiao En clumsily fired the first shot of their seven-year time-consuming battle in the cramped and musty-smelling tattered room.

This can be regarded as catching up.

At that time, both of them were still poor, living in a small studio rented by Chen Gong.

Chen Gong couldn't hate him later, more or less because he felt that no matter what Xiao En chose later, at least he chose him who had nothing at the beginning.

The first time Sean mentioned breaking up was after they got together for a year - when Chen Gong founded HALO with Wang Yao, he was so busy all day long.At that time, Sean signed into his first brokerage company, and one case could earn Chen Gong's salary for one month.

Chen Gong said "OK" and helped him carry the suitcase down the old building without an elevator.

After Xiao En left, Chen Gong often paid attention to his dynamics on the Internet: within a week, Sean and another model interacted frequently on social media.

A friend said that Sean was looking for a horse by riding a donkey-"You should see clearly now, right?"

Chen Gong said: "Then what else can he do? After all, I blame myself for being a donkey and not a horse."

Later, Chen Gong's pursuit of "success" was very goal-oriented, and this factor was also to some extent-the only thing that can make you feel safe in life, isn't it the capital that you can hold in your hands?

Half a year later, Xiao En found Chen Gong again, using the same words as the first time - he said he couldn't bear you, and said: Where have you moved, I have a gift for you.

He was willing to give it away, and Chen Gong was willing to accept it all.

For the next seven years, every time Sean knocked on the door of Chen Gong's house, Chen Gong knew the answer clearly—he was used as a temporary residence by Sean again, but Chen Gong didn't want to turn him away. outside.

Love is not love anymore... But looking back, the strange city outside the window is colorful, and the desire in my heart that continues to collapse due to loneliness becomes deeper and more elusive.

And Chen Gong has always been climbing all the way towards the goal of "success", and he is reluctant to take a breather; despite this, Chen Gong does not feel that he is qualified to have the ability to start the next relationship.When I'm rational, I also know that this is another angle of overcorrection; but I'm just lying there, and it's hard to open my emotional valve easily.

So Ren Xiaoen repeatedly pushed open his door, occupied his own bed, or generously donated to him, and even more...

So what if there is no love?It's just dispatching, each takes what he needs.

Zheng Yi called Yang Yi a "little sheep".

Every time he hears it from him, Chen Gong finds it a little funny—Chen Gong calls Xiao En and "Lamb".

When Chen Gong walked into the restaurant, before Chen Gong had time to ask the waiter for the seat number, "Xiao Yang" waved his hand over there.

Chen Gong sat down, his face was not too good-looking, and his tone was indifferent: "What do you want from me?"

Sean smiled with a dessert spoon on his lips, his dimples were provocative, and pushed another piece of cheesecake closer to Chen Gong: "I have a gift for you!"

Xiao En is one year younger than himself, 27 this year, but he has been well maintained, and perhaps has a lot of medical and aesthetic methods to add - he still looks very much like a college student.Chen Gong looked at Xiao En's delicate face for a while but couldn't find any emotions from the past, so he said, "I'm tired recently and need to be quiet."

"You said you should be quiet, isn't the person here for the appointment?" Xiao En raised his eyebrows and teased Chen Gong: "Could it be that he found a match?"

Chen Gong didn't make a sound, he took a sip of the straw and drank the water.

"I got it right?"

"Not your business."

"What kind of beautiful boy - do you have a picture and show me, is it a model again?"

Chen Gong shook his head: "Not a model."

Sean laughed "puchi" and said, "I'm still a fool, nothing has changed."

Being suddenly ridiculed for his IQ, it took Chen Gong a long time to understand the logic: denying that the "subject" is a model is acknowledging that he has a new love.

Chen Gong glared at him, but still didn't say anything—speak less and make less mistakes.

"If you're not a model, then you're definitely not as good-looking as me."

Chen Gong thought about it, and in his heart he also admitted that Xiao En was good-looking - like a silk shirt, smooth and soft, and his charming folds can be drawn out with every move you make.

——But Zheng Yi is pretty...

——Why Zheng Yi?

Realizing that he had made Zheng Dai into the role of "object", Chen Gong choked on his saliva, and his mood became a little more impatient: "Speak up to business—or I'll go back!"

When Chen Gong indifferently threw this sentence, Xiao En pouted his lips: "Tsk, so ruthless? - I have someone to play with recently, and I don't care about you, an old guy - then let's get down to business: Our company screened in a group of newcomers, lack of exposure, I want to chat with you HALO, can you do some events to mix some works and exposure for the newcomers. Accept?"

"Okay - you propose a budget, and I'll give you a plan."

"A group of newcomers can't spend much money, 80—but I have to keep [-]%."

Chen Gong gave Xiao En a cold look, and then buried his head in drinking water: "Then you can just tell me 60 or not? - OK, let me think about it."

"I'll send you the information back, and you give me an accurate statement as soon as possible."

Chen Gong muffled "Yes".

"Try the cheesecake too, it's delicious."

Chen Gong picked up the tiny gold-threaded spoon, dug a small piece into his mouth, and casually searched for a topic: "How are you doing?"

"Recently, it's lively..." Xiao En said with a smile: "There are a few newcomers who want to fight for some resources, and they take turns to bother me on the pole-yesterday, there was a kid who relied on his looks Yes, you pretended to be drunk and poured it on me—unfortunately, it was in the wrong place, and I didn’t expect that I would bump into him—do you want me to introduce you?”

The cheese melted into his mouth and became sticky, making Chen Gong feel a little queasy: "No need."

"It's quite photogenic - if you take some pictures of his private house, maybe he will become popular?"

A crisis that had been missed in his mind was inadvertently awakened by Xiao En's words, and Yang Yi's lingering voice message sounded in Chen Gong's ear again—"Brother Zheng, I have booked a room, what time do you come over? "

Putting down the spoon, Chen Gong pressed his phone and glanced at the time - 16:35.

Stand up and say goodbye simply: "I can't eat, let's go first."

"Yo..." Sean smiled playfully, "I still want to invite you to my new house."

Chen Gong didn't bother to answer.

Quickly walked out of the restaurant, went to the elevator and took out his mobile phone, just in time for a call from Qiumang: "Senior Chen, what are you doing?"

"I was just about to call you—do you know where Zheng Yi is?"

"……What's wrong?"

"You find a way to hold him back, don't let him go out and play with others!"

Qiu Mang smiled on the other end of the phone and said, "Are you jealous?"

"Why are you so jealous, I'm fine, don't be kidding, I can't even eat anything when I think of him now!"

"Then you still mind if he goes to play with others?"

When he reached the B2 floor, Chen Gong paused, and separated from the crowd in the elevator car, before Chen Gong continued: "I can tell you, I can trust you, and you can trust me—that Yang Yi is not a good person." Something, he wants to ask Zheng Yi... so what, then secretly photograph Zheng Yi, and blackmail him in the future!"

Qiu Mang didn't look back on the other end of the phone—he must have been shocked.

Chen Gong added: "I heard it with my own ears!"

"Okay, I know...I told him. But...don't you hate him?"

"That can't make him fall into the mouth of a sheep—" There was a shell stuck in his head, and Chen Gong corrected him meaninglessly—"Ah!"

"Why didn't you tell him yourself?"

Chen Gong unlocked the car and got in the car: "Can I say it? Can he believe it? He's being fascinated by that lamb - I don't get along with him, I'm now Tell Zheng Yi that I'm provoking you!"

Qiu Mang expressed understanding: "That's right—anyway, Zheng Yi is an idiot. You have no proof, and it's not easy to prove yourself in this kind of thing. When the time comes, Director Zheng's forehead will heat up and he will pour you a Coke or something..."

Chen Gong smiled bitterly: "What's the matter with you calling?"

"Oh..." Qiu Mang paused, and said, "Zheng Yi suddenly said that he would resign..."

Chen Gong was stunned: "Why?"

"He didn't want to say anything, he just said that he was a bastard, he said that he had done something wrong and was ashamed to stay in HALO, he said he wanted to apologize and explain, and he didn't know how to make it up--ah, Senior Chen, he has been in trouble for the past two days Stay with you, do you know who he offended?"

Chen Gong, who was "offended", lost his mind when he said Qiu Mang's words.

"Can you persuade him?"

"Should I persuade him?... It's not like you don't know that we don't get along."

"Eh?...The person Zheng Yi offended...couldn't be you?"

"Oh no..."

"Did he speak rudely again? Did he beat you up?"

Chen Gong denied: "He hit me and I hit back—what's the point of getting angry?"

Qiumang laughed "puchi": "I'm still a fool, nothing has changed."

It was the second time today that Chen Gong was ridiculed for his IQ, and it took Chen Gong a long time to understand the logic: denying that the behavior of "offending himself" was Zheng Yi's beating, that is to admit that the person Zheng Yi offended was himself.

Chen Gong was a little suffocated.

Qiu Mang chased after the victory on the phone: "What did he do that you can't forgive - tell me!"

"It's nothing...ah, don't ask!" Chen Gong was a little impatient because of the girl's entanglement: "Don't think too much, it's really nothing-you can rest assured that if you leave the staff, the staff will definitely pass your hand , you just insist on not letting him go when the time comes—as long as Zheng Yi doesn't leave, I can guarantee that I will do business in the future and not seek personal revenge!"

"Don't you want him to go? ——He's gone, you're the director now."

Chen Gong was stunned for a long time.The air conditioner in the car was turned on a little too much, which contrasted with the temperature of my forehead was a little hot.

After taking a long breath, Chen Gong replied, "Well, I don't want to."

Then he hung up Qiumang's call.

The phone was hung up in this room, and the four of them looked at each other in blank dismay.

After a long while, Zheng Yi laughed through his tears: "Did you hear that? ——He didn't want to."

The author has something to say: The small theater——

Zheng Yi: "Hey, you are in a hurry!"

Chen Gong: "No."

Zheng Yi: "Hey, you are in a hurry!"

Chen Gong: "No."

Zheng Yi: "Hey hey, you love to speak Sichuan dialect when you are in a hurry!"

Chen Gong thumped the table: "I said if you don't have it, you don't have it. I'll beat you to death!"