Pandora's Box

After a while, Cheng Yichen exhaled a long breath, and asked softly: "Right, what do you want to eat tonight? Let's go grocery shopping. While it's still early, let's go shopping and choose what you like."

At the same time that many burdens in my heart were finally unloaded, the remaining lingering things seemed particularly glaring, and thus became more and more heavy.

I made up my mind and said, "I think, go see Zhuo Wenyang."

Cheng Yichen looked at me and said, "Okay."

Then he added: "He may not be in the company, I'll check what he's busy with right now."

I was taken aback for a moment.

Originally, I was very uneasy, thinking about how to explain my inexplicable fickleness to Cheng Yichen.

After all, being afraid to see Zhuo Wenyang for a while, and actively wanting to see Zhuo Wenyang for a while, it sounds like there is something wrong.

However, he seemed to have no intention of asking at all.Not only that, but he also respected what I didn't want to see, and also helped me to see what I wanted to see.

After a while, Cheng Yichen came back from the phone and told me: "Wen Yang accompanied a friend to the gallery to see the exhibition, and I asked for the address for you."

"..."

Seeing that I was not moving, he smiled softly and said, "Go quickly. Don't be late and miss it."

I got into the car, my heart was pounding, I felt guilty and trembling inexplicably, as if I was going to chase some light and hope.

When I arrived at the gallery, I found that there were quite a few people visiting the exhibition during this weekday, and I felt that the works on display should be the works of well-known painters.I read the introduction anxiously. Since I don't know anything about art, in order not to seem out of place with this place, I can only stand at the door and take the time to google it.

It turns out that today's protagonist is a talented young painter who has achieved many achievements at a young age and is very handsome. The photos on the scene in Baidu Encyclopedia are all like stars.

I suddenly had a thought: I would accompany my friends to see art exhibitions during working hours, which is very unlike Zhuo Wenyang's style.

So this should be an unusual friend, or this is not an ordinary art exhibition.

This strange intuition made my heart tighten involuntarily.

Walking inside, I saw Zhuo Wenyang.

He is talking to people politely.He is still good-looking, belonging to the kind of good-looking that stands out from the crowd, even if the people around him are not bad, he is the only one that stands out in my eyes.

Then I realized that it was the handsome painter himself who was talking to him, and sitting next to him was a young woman with fair skin, beautiful appearance and outstanding temperament.

During their chatting and laughing, Zhuo Wenyang's eyes turned slightly, and happened to look in my direction, and I met his eyes unexpectedly.He seemed to be taken aback for a moment.

I can't see if there are any fluctuations in his mood, I can't tell, because I am trying my best to suppress the waves in my heart.

Zhuo Wenyang stood up, looked at me, nodded, and said, "Long time no see."

Under his direct gaze, I was in a trance like a demon, and I could only repeat: "Long time no see."

He turned to those two people and said, "Let me introduce you, this is..."

I tensed up.

He said, "My former classmate, Lin Jing."

Every word he said was right, but suddenly my heart sank.

Both the artist and the beauties greeted me politely, and I could only smile and nod.

Zhuo Wenyang said again: "This is Luo Ningyang, a well-known painter. We are all here for him today."

The painter smiled and stretched out his hand to shake with me.

Zhuo Wenyang continued: "This is Zhao Xuanlu, my girlfriend."

Both Luo Ningyang and Zhao Xuanlu opened their eyes wide.

I just felt the smile freeze on my face.I want to be decent and control my expression somewhat.But I can't fix it, I feel like my face is cracked, like my mind.

I don't remember what we talked about next, and I don't know, I just know that my ears are buzzing.

I vaguely seemed to say goodbye, and the next moment my brain recovered, I was already walking on the street alone.

My feelings are not all sadness. What is more intense than sadness is collapse, bewilderment, ignorance, and doubt about life.

I looked up at the dimmed sky speechlessly, wondering what this was called.

Is the world playing tricks on me?

Is this development really justified?

Well, only novels need logic, but life doesn’t need logic. People’s changes can be unreasonably absurd.

I walked numbly for a while, and faintly heard someone shouting from behind: "Lin Jing!"

Now when I heard the sound, I wanted to flee the scene at the speed of light, but when the sound got closer and closer, my feet didn't listen to my brain at all, and I stopped on my own initiative.

Zhuo Wenyang caught up, a little out of breath. He looked at me and said with a smile and angrily: "Hey, why are you walking so fast."

"Oh..." I replied numbly, "Hurry up?"

He smiled and said, "Soon."

"Oh……"

"I almost missed you."

Why do I want to chase me?But his mouth simply lost the motivation to speak, and he just repeated salty: "Oh."

He didn't speak anymore, and walked beside me silently.I saw him rubbing his shoulders and showing a slight grin.

I was extremely depressed, but I still couldn't ignore his discomfort, so I asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"Zhao Xuanlu just beat me up," he gasped and said, "There seems to be a bruise here."

"..." I was shocked, thinking that this is too hot.

But after thinking about it, he didn't choose it himself, so he could only respect and bless him.

I asked sourly: "Why, you can still make her angry?"

Zhuo Wenyang smiled and said, "Yes, because I just said she is my girlfriend."

"???"

"After all, she has been secretly in love with Luo Ningyang for a long time."

"..." Shocked my whole family, this triangle relationship is too confusing.

"Of course," he said, "she's not actually my girlfriend."

"..."

My heart was ashamed and I commented: "Ah, you, why bother."

People don't see you at all, and you still have to forcefully post it. Is it necessary?You're so worthless, I look down on you!

Zhuo Wenyang sighed, and said: "I just intend to help them. Otherwise, the two people have been in a stalemate for too long, and neither of them has the intention to take the initiative. If they don't give a push, I don't know what it will cost them. when."

"..."

My feet were still moving forward mechanically, but my mind suddenly became confused.

"Don't look at Zhao Xuanlu's temper, but her prospects are very small. She can't speak to Luo Ningyang, and she doesn't even dare to look at him. But if she wants to get close to Luo Ningyang, she must arrest someone to embolden her. I'm always being such a tool person, but I'm really tired," Zhuo Wenyang said with a smile: "However, they are actually quite interesting..."

Zhuo Wenyang just walked like this, talking about the past of those two people, which made me dazed all the way.

"Although I'm not sure what Luo Ningyang thinks, but his reaction can answer all questions. If he is not interested in Zhao Xuanlu, his mood will not fluctuate at all, will he?"

My broken sanity finally slowly reassembled.So Zhuo Wenyang is only helping his friends, with no selfish intentions.Let me just say, how can he be the kind of person who inserts his foot in other people's feelings!

Hahahahahaha!

My whole body suddenly relaxed.The sky was blue, the wind cleared, the sun was just right, the soul that had left its body returned to its original position, and the heart that fell into the abyss also returned to its original position, and it was even more alive and kicking.

I tried to stay calm and ate the melon calmly: "Yes, yes."

After going back and forth, I also forgot my original purpose of coming to find Zhuo Wenyang.

Anyway, I'm happy enough now.Just as Baidu Symptoms thought it was time to prepare for the funeral, when the eyes were black, the doctor sent the diagnosis result and said don't think about it, nothing happened.

All other further pursuits can be ignored for the time being, just the lucky moment of false alarm at this moment is already very satisfying and enjoyable.

I was walking cheerfully, when suddenly a raccoon cat rushed past me with a golden retriever, I was stunned: "Here we are, where are we going?"

Zhuo Wenyang smiled and said, "I don't know, I thought this was where you wanted to come."

Where is this going!

"Haven't you been rushing here? I can't even scream."

"..." I couldn't admit that I was incompetent and furious just now, so I had to bite the bullet and say, "Aha, yes, I originally wanted to buy something, food, but I seemed to be in the wrong direction. Let's go back first."

Zhuo Wenyang said: "My car is parked at the gallery, it's a little far away."

I looked at the map location on my phone, and was somewhat taken aback.This is not only a bit far away, I never thought that my foot strength is so good, the two years in the mountains were really not in vain.

Zhuo Wenyang said: "Take a break first, and then go back slowly. The weather is also pretty good, so let's take a walk."

I was really thirsty and exhausted, so we sat down in a roadside shop and ordered some drinks.

I was gushing and drinking iced tea, Zhuo Wenyang took out his mobile phone to look at it, and said, "I'm sorry, I have to explain to Luo Ningyang first, otherwise Zhao Xuanlu will come after me and kill someone."

"Oh, good."

He entered the information with his fingers like flying for a while, I saw that his face was very relaxed, and I guessed in my heart that it should be done.

"Are you all right?"

"It's okay," he said with a smile, "but Luo Ningyang is really, obviously flustered, and pretends that he has nothing to do with him."

"Hahaha, there are such stubborn people," I asked, "Then how did you tell him?"

Zhuo Wenyang put down the phone and said, "I told him that Zhao Xuanlu and I are just ordinary good friends. The reason why I said that suddenly was purely to see other people's reactions."

"Uh-huh."

Zhuo Wenyang looked at me with a smile.

"..."

It dawned on me, what the hell am I doing too?

What kind of expression Luo Ningyang had at that time, I can't remember at all.But I myself rushed out on the spot!

Although Zhuo Wenyang didn't say anything, I just sat across from him, only a narrow table away from him, and my whole body seemed to suddenly become naked without any barriers.

I was embarrassed for a while, pretending to be nonchalant and playing with the straw in my hand.

He watched me nibble the straw and asked, "Do you have anything to say to me?"

"..."

On the way here, I really prepared what I wanted to say, and I was also full of courage to forge ahead.

But at this time, in front of Zhuo Wenyang, all the surging momentum seemed to be swallowed up in the boundless sea in an instant, leaving only a villain in his heart beating the drum desperately in the depths.

I stuttered involuntarily: "Yeah, not at all." I wasn't trying to pretend or be afraid of failure, I was just completely panicked.

Zhuo Wenyang was silent for a while, and then said, "Perhaps, I should say it differently."

"what?"

"Do you still think of me the same as before?"

I froze for a moment: "What?"

He said, "I saw that PowerPoint you made."

"..."