☆, Chapter 114: Friendship Distance
"Oh, what do you understand?" Gu Ran asked curiously.
"There's a saying that all good things must come to an end. Whether it's friendship or love, only a few can last forever. People will come together and separate because of various things," said Gu Yan.
"Yeah, yeah." Gu Ran nodded.
It does make sense, but what does this have to do with rejecting Shi Lanlan?
"I can help Lanlan temporarily, but I can't help her forever. Besides, my meticulous help will only make her more dependent on me."
"A little kindness will be followed by a great deal of resentment. One day she will resent me for not helping her. Then our relationship will sour and it will be time to say goodbye."
"Instead of waiting until that day, it is better to keep a proper distance now."
"I can't interfere with Lanlan's life. She has to work hard on her own. I won't help her anymore."
"If she asks me out in her free time, I will still go, just like before, we can sit across from each other, drink coffee, eat snacks, and chat about our recent life."
"But other than that, I won't provide any other help."
"This is the most appropriate distance for our friendship."
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The next afternoon, Gu Yan arrived at the Japanese restaurant on time.
When she arrived, she found that Zhuang Chen had arrived early.
Zhuang Chen is always like this. Unless he is too busy with work to be available, he will come early every time they go on a date.
Gu Yan usually arrives on time, and Zhuang Chen has already ordered the dishes. He knows Gu Yan's taste very well.
It was the same today. Zhuang Chen had already ordered the set meal, which was the set meal they ordered when they first came to this Japanese restaurant.
The same food was served one after another, as if time had flowed back to the first time they met. Gu Yan couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
"What are you thinking about?" Zhuang Chen poured her some sake and asked her with a smile.
"Thinking back to the first time we met." Gu Yan expressed nostalgia. "It was really thanks to you then, otherwise I would have been in great danger."
The two met for the first time in Wushan.
Like many wealthy people, Gu Yan loves all kinds of extreme sports and adventures, and has conquered many extreme environments.
That time, she challenged the Fog Mountain alone, but she didn't expect to encounter extreme weather. The mountain was blocked by heavy snow, and the navigation was sometimes working and sometimes not. Gu Yan was trapped on the mountain and almost ran out of ammunition and food.
At this time, she met Zhuang Chen, who was also trapped in the mountains with two friends. They spent a night together on the mountain and finally contacted the rescue team and were successfully rescued down the mountain.
Perhaps it was the suspension bridge effect created by facing difficulties together, but after that, their relationship developed rapidly and they soon became boyfriend and girlfriend.
Zhuang Chen's performance in times of crisis and the gentle details in life also conquered Gu Yan.
She admires Zhuang Chen very much, and so does Zhuang Chen.
In the three years of their love, the two have hardly ever quarreled, and have only had two minor conflicts, both of which were resolved well by Zhuang Chen.
Gu Yan always thought that the two of them were a perfect match and that it was only a matter of time before they got married.
But now thinking back on this, I suddenly realized that this is not entirely true.
Just like the reason why the two of them have not gotten married yet - Zhuang Chen needs to convince his parents.
Why did she need to be persuaded? Because Gu Yan was a very determined DINK.
When Zhuang Chen was pursuing Gu Yan, Gu Yan explained her life plan and said she would carry it out to the end.
Zhuang Chen didn't care about it. He said he was not the kind of person who was obsessed with continuing the family line.
So the two of them quickly fell in love.
However, getting married requires the adjustment of both families. Many people of the older generation, such as Zhuang Chen's parents, find it difficult to accept the new concept of DINK.
Zhuang Chen never dared to tell the two elders about this matter, so he did not propose to Gu Yan for a long time, which is why the two of them have not taken the next step until now.
It seems that Zhuang Chen has been cooperating all the time, but in fact, Zhuang Chen is not the kind of person who always accommodates others.
"Zhuang Chen." Gu Yan pulled herself away from the memories of the past and called Zhuang Chen solemnly.
Zhuang Chen looked at her and smiled gently, "What's wrong?"
"I'm ready to expand the company's business overseas. I need to rotate through three countries, and it will take at least three years." Gu Yan stated his decision.
Zhuang Chen was a little surprised and frowned slightly, "So long? Do I have to stay abroad forever? How often can I come back?"
"Well, basically I spend most of my time abroad." Gu Yan nodded and said, "I can come back once every few months."
"If you're really willing to do that, then we'll have to have a long-distance relationship." Zhuang Chen teased with a hint of joking, "I didn't have a relationship in college, and now that I'm this old, I'm going to have a long-distance relationship."
"Yeah, I also think this is neither fair nor appropriate for you." Gu Yan nodded in agreement, and then said seriously, "So I decided that we should break up."
All of Zhuang Chen's movements froze in an instant. After a long time, he looked up at Gu Yan.
"What did you say?"
After he asked this question, he even took out his cell phone to check the date.
April Fool's Day has long passed, and today doesn't seem to be a good day for pranks.
"I said let's break up." Gu Yan repeated seriously.
Zhuang Chen was a little dazed. He turned around and searched around aimlessly.
"What are you looking for?" Gu Yan was a little puzzled by his actions.
"Camera," Zhuang Chen said, frowning deeply. "Did your company start a new prank show? Or a breakup show or something? Am I being pranked?"
“…” Gu Yan was a little amused and helpless.
She also knew that she had broken up too suddenly.
Zhuang Chen may not be able to accept it easily.
But she didn't expect that Zhuang Chen would misunderstand and move on to the variety show.
"Actually..." Gu Yan wanted to explain.
Zhuang Chen gave up looking for the camera and turned back to look at her seriously.
"Xiao Yan, I want to tell you seriously, even if it's a prank variety show, I'm very unhappy if you make jokes about this kind of thing."
"I'm not kidding. You should know I don't joke about this kind of thing, and I wouldn't use my feelings to gain attention." Gu Yan looked back at him seriously, "Even if I were an artist, I wouldn't hype myself up like this. What's more, I'm not an artist at all, so I don't need this."
Zhuang Chen stared at her for a while, and could tell her seriousness from her determined expression.
Zhuang Chen was confused for a moment and asked, "Then what happened to you?"
Communication is so developed nowadays that flying abroad is not a difficult thing for people like them. Why would they break up just because of a long-distance relationship?
Zhuang Chen felt this was ridiculous.
Gu Yan shook her head. "It's not because I was going abroad that we broke up. I decided to go abroad because I decided to break up first."
"I need a reason." Zhuang Chen's tone was calm, but he was already a little angry inside.
Gu Yan was so nonchalant and wanted to break up without knowing the reason. What did she take their relationship seriously?
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