[Both the top (Gong) and bottom (Shou) have issues that need remodeling. This novel is exclusively from the top's perspective, and the author reserves all rights of interpretation.]
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World 2
Zhengxing Group, which was caught up in public opinion three years ago, was re-listed this year and surpassed several large companies that originally wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to climb up as a dark horse. This directly slapped the faces of those who thought that Zhengxing Group would collapse.
The video on the phone has been played for the fifth time.
A crowd gathered at the entrance of Zhengxing Group, but this time, the topic was no longer "an entrepreneur's character is what people really value these days," but rather "Zhengxing Group has once again demonstrated..."
He didn't finish his words, because the next second Shang Feng pushed open the door and walked out, followed by his subordinates.
The reporter who was originally speaking to the camera immediately chased after him like a dog smelling meat, and the video automatically paused again.
Yang Zheyu's gaze lingered on the message from the other party: "Your man is so damn handsome! I feel like I'm going to get erections." He smiled and replied: "Of course, don't you see whose man this is?"
Just then, there was a knock on the box door.
Yang Zheyu stood up and walked to the door.
——He opened the door.
The smile that was always on his face finally disappeared this time, and he stared at the person outside the door expressionlessly, because he didn't really want to smile at this person.
During this period, countless people mentioned Shang Feng to him.
Those who didn't know him well were wondering how long it would take for Shang Feng to dump him and pursue his former lover. Those who knew him well kept sending him videos about Shang Feng, hinting that he had to trust Shang Feng.
As for why he should trust Shang Feng?
Yang Zheyu looked down at the man who was half a head shorter than him. The man had a handsome face and eyes as clear as a deer's.
As if unaware of his resistance, the handsome man raised his face and gave him a harmless smile: "Hello, is it inconvenient for me to come in?"
It’s indeed not very convenient. I hope you can know the situation and leave quickly.
Yang Zheyu curled his lips and stepped aside: "Look at me, I forgot. Let's come in and talk."
——Of course it’s because Shangfeng’s ‘white moonlight’ recently returned to China.
Yang Zheyu and Shang Feng have been good brothers for many years.
Shang Feng has been very methodical since he was young, determined to succeed in everything he does. He's the typical "other people's kid." But when it comes to interpersonal relationships, he's a complete fool.
As for Yang Zheyu, every adult would be charmed by his sweet words, saying that this kid would have a bright future. But his academic performance was just not good, it was abysmal.
Yang Zheyu originally didn't want to have a good relationship with Shang Feng. He thought that Shang Feng, a blockhead who only cared about studying, was not worth having a good relationship with.
But his parents, who had to go to school every few days to apologize to the teacher on his behalf, told him: You must build a good relationship with the good student Shang Feng.
Yang Zheyu's parents are different from other people's parents. They are the kind of magical parents who can save face.
Specifically, it was manifested in that she could not only save face to make faces at him to cheer him up, but also save face to hold up a red banner and a loud speaker when he graduated from elementary school and said, "Let's congratulate Yang Zheyu on his successful graduation from elementary school."
Fearing they'd use their old trick of setting the alarm to record and then playing non-stop "Hello, hello! Please make friends with Shang Feng and learn from that good kid!", Yang Zheyu reluctantly went upstairs.
He was a man who could easily establish good relationships with others, but when it came to being friends with Shang Feng, he had to fall down countless times before Shang Feng even said, "We are good friends now, right?"
Yang Zheyu's smile froze a little at that moment, and then he hit Shang Feng on the back of the head: "It's been a long time since then!"
Shang Feng is indeed a good person. Before meeting him, Yang Zheyu thought that he was studying hard every day. After meeting him, Yang Zheyu found that this person is completely different in private than he is in public.
She would even drag him skydiving and rock climbing on weekends, saying that this was a way she had found to relax.
As the two of them spent time together day and night, Yang Zheyu began to develop different feelings for Shang Feng.
The emotions hidden beneath the teasing words gradually began to be related to the word "love".
He would put his cold hand into Shang Feng's neck when Shang Feng was not paying attention, and then point at Shang Feng who was shrinking his neck and laugh.
He would want to see the other person when he was feeling down.
Shang Feng, a person who was dispensable, gradually became an existence with different meaning to him.
——If Lu Xinian hadn’t appeared.
Yang Zheyu listened to Lu Xinian's words with a somewhat heavy look in his eyes.
When he heard Lu Xinian talk about his past with Shang Feng in a sentimental tone, he felt like an outsider.
Lu Xinian was very shameless. He spoke as if the person who immediately ran to the United States after Shangfeng Company was caught in public opinion was not him, as if he was forced to leave Shangfeng.
Yang Zheyu began to feel that Lu Xinian was right, and he was the thief who stole someone else's love.
Yang Zheyu stared calmly at the ashtray on the table, its edge still carved with flowers. He felt his hands itching.
If he hadn't received so many years of compulsory education, he really wanted to smash this thing on the forehead of Lu Xinian sitting opposite him.
Lu Xinian transferred to their class in his second year of high school.
Yang Zheyu was not interested in the transfer student who had excellent grades but looked thin and as if he had not eaten enough. Rather than paying attention to the transfer student, he preferred to pay attention to Shang Feng, who also had good grades.
But high school boys are either very brave or very timid when it comes to love, basically these are the two extremes.
Yang Zheyu was a popular figure, known for his ability to take a joke and speak his mind. However, the person he fell in love with was his brother, and they were both of the same sex. So, he decided to keep his feelings to himself, hoping that one day, when Shangfeng got married, he would give him the biggest red envelope.
He never thought that Shang Feng would fall in love with Lu Xinian, a transfer student.
Shang Feng said that Lu Xinian was very good to him and he was really grateful for the warmth Lu Xinian gave him.
Yang Zheyu found these words irritating. He wanted to ask Shang Feng how he could fall in love with a transfer student who had just arrived, and why he fell in love with a boy. But he felt that saying this at this time would make him look like an idiot, so he said nothing.
Shang Feng asked him what he thought about homosexuality. Yang Zheyu said to Shang Feng with his usual smile that he didn't think much of it and that he would always be his best brother.
The two men bumped fists and then went down the stairs together.
But what is different?
Yang Zheyu walked behind Shang Feng and wanted to say something, but then thought better of it.
It doesn’t matter if they don’t get along as a couple, he can still be Shangfeng’s good brother and go in the same direction with him.
The shelf life of brothers is definitely much longer than that of lovers.
Then Shang Feng and Lu Xinian got together.
They were open about this and never paid attention to the outside voices from the time they graduated from high school to college.
What a great couple.
Yang Zheyu stared at the two people's backs getting farther and farther away, and unconsciously slowed down his pace.
That's great, he thought, let it be, and then he turned and deviated from the direction he had prepared for himself - he extinguished the fire of love himself and turned around and left.
If Lu Xinian had not come to this class during his high school years, he and Shang Feng would not have gone from being close friends to a relationship where they only nodded to each other to say hello.
If Lu Xinian had not suddenly chosen to return to China after helping Shang Feng's company to overcome its difficulties, he and Shang Feng would not have been able to return to being friends again.
But Lu Xinian is back now, just like he suddenly appeared in their class.
Yang Zheyu listened to Lu Xinian's words of gratitude.
Lu Xinian thanked him very much for taking care of Shang Feng during his absence. Yang Zheyu nodded and waved to him: "You're welcome."
He didn't mention that he and Shang Feng had been together for three years since Lu Xinian went to other countries.
He went from being a young master who knew nothing to being familiar with many terms. He could finally understand the true meaning of the words said at the dinner table. He finally went from walking behind Shang Feng to walking beside him.
Then Lu Xinian came back.
Shangfeng's white moonlight is back.
Yang Zheyu didn't want to use sharp words to ask Lu Xinian why he came back after Shangfeng's company stood up again. He didn't want to ask what Lu Xinian had done in the past three years, and he didn't want to tell Lu Xinian what he had done for Shangfeng over the years.
He didn't want to play the victim, nor did he want to complain to someone he didn't like very much.
For someone like him, this is a bit too embarrassing and does not fit in with his usual image.
"So you specially asked me to meet you after you returned home." Yang Zheyu smiled and tapped the table, leaning back on the cushions, looking very leisurely. "Just to talk to me about these things?"
He still looked like the same experienced man, but Yang Zheyu knew that the shirt he was wearing underneath was soaked with sweat.
"Of course not." Lu Xinian said to him, "I hope you can break up with him."
Even as this person uttered such a baffling statement, his expression was clearly gentle. It was just like back in high school. Shang Feng had just told him they hoped to start a company together, and Lu Xi had come the next day and told him he didn't want to get too close to Shang Feng.
"I hope you can keep your distance from him, otherwise I will misunderstand that your feelings for Shangfeng are not just brotherly."
"I'm sorry, because Shangfeng and I are both gay... I hope you don't think my words are too harsh."
"You're not really in love with your best friend, are you?"
Yang Zheyu closed his eyes, broke free from his memories, and then he was ready to answer just like he did when he answered Lu Xinian.
He didn't think he could compete with Lu Xinian.
He and Shang Feng had been brothers for so many years, and Lu Xinian had only been there for three months when Shang Feng told him that he seemed to have fallen in love with the transfer student. But even if he had to leave, he would leave with his back straight.
But what came out was not a good one.
But——
"How dare you ask me to break up with my girlfriend?" Yang Zheyu said. His tone was very bad, but his eyes were terrified. It was completely unknown why he suddenly spoke his heart out. "If you have the guts, ask Shang Feng to come and tell me in person."
【Start confirming host information.】
What was that? Yang Zheyu was startled and looked around. What was that strange sound in his ears?
[Host information has been confirmed and meets the screening criteria. ]
"Shang Feng and I have been together for several years, I believe you know that." Lu Xinian was completely unexpected for his response. His original plan was disrupted, but he still forced himself to continue, "Do you really think he likes you? He just treats you as a good brother."
If that electric current-like sound hadn't appeared, these words might have really pierced Yang Zheyu's heart.
Although he had a stubborn temper and a "you can say whatever you want, if I take it seriously I lose" attitude towards many things, he was indeed skeptical about whether Shang Feng really liked him.
He never believed that Shang Feng's feelings for him were love, not friendship.
[Caught up, caught up! It's all my fault for taking so long to say goodbye to my first host. I was almost late!] A black furry ball with big eyes emerged from mid-air. At first glance, it looked very similar to the spiders that Yang Zheyu feared the most. [Transformation begins!]
[Hello!] The black fur ball looked at Yang Zheyu and greeted him, [Second host.]
What, hello?
Yang Zheyu widened his eyes.
What second host?
The spider became a spirit and could even fucking talk and blink ahh ...
Because of a tragic experience he had as a child when he was bathing or rubbing his hair and suddenly touched a spider, Yang Zheyu is most afraid of spiders.
He is not only afraid of the real ones, but also the Q-version ones.
The uncontrollable outburst of his inner voice was terrifying enough, and now he was caught off guard by something that looked like a spider. Yang Zheyu felt completely shattered. He yelled, "Fuck you!" and ran out, grabbing his phone.
But the door was locked and wouldn't open. He pulled at it for a long time before remembering to turn it first. After turning it once, he opened the door and ran out.
A good-looking man was running wildly in the corridor with his long legs, looking back from time to time, as if there was a ghost in the box.
Someone in the corridor, bewildered, walked over to the door that hadn't been closed in time out of curiosity, not quite understanding what the person sitting there had done to cause that person to run like that.
...or is there something unclean here?
Lu Xinian sat in the private room. He had thought Yang Zheyu would say hello, just like he did in high school, and leave the seat next to Shang Feng for him. But Yang Zheyu not only ran away, but also ran away in a panic, as if he were some kind of dirty thing.
More and more people gathered at the door. A group of people pretended to walk over unintentionally and glanced into the box. After seeing his face, they sighed in unison.
The gentle expression on Lu Xinian's face finally broke: "Yang! Zhe! Yu!"
——I’m not done with you!