Chapter 2
Chapter 2
Shu Yao was about to explain, but he felt that the strangest point of his words was somewhere else.
"Why do you say, still?"
When were they together???
"You guys are in your third year of high school..." Liu Yang scratched the back of his head in confusion. He heard the sound of the subway door closing, so he ignored her and waved his hand hurriedly: "I'm getting off first. Let's talk next time."
Liu Yang was the man who had won the men's 50-meter sprint championship in the high school sports meet for three consecutive years, but he disappeared in an instant.
Shu Yao: “…”
The billboard flew by quickly, and it was pitch black outside, reflecting the expressionless faces of the two people.
Chen Ye seemed completely unaffected, with his legs slightly open leisurely, fiddling with his phone.
How should I put it? It was expected.
After all, everyone has said before that when Chen Ye is unhappy, he may randomly kill some individuals, but when he is in a good mood most of the time, he will choose to ignore everyone equally.
At this moment, Liu Yang and she are probably among those being ignored.
But why did Liu Yang misunderstand? Clearly, at that time, the two of them had met only a handful of times and could not even be called friends.
They were just a part of Xu Zhaoli and Zhao Tiantian's play, two tools who helped disguise the "date" as a "class reunion".
In Shu Yao's few memories, Chen Ye was cold and indifferent most of the time. The thing that left the deepest impression on her was her last meeting with him, on that drowsy summer evening when a sudden rain hit.
That day was the last day to fill in the application form.
The rain did not relieve the stuffiness at all. In a snack bar not far away, the students who had decided on their destinations were toasting and chatting with each other, making it very lively. Across the street, fine raindrops washed the dilapidated brick walls, and the air was filled with a slight smell of blood.
The boy's black T-shirt was wet on his shoulders, and the strands of hair on his forehead were stuck to his eyelashes, with water droplets hanging on them. The slight redness on his right arm was washed away by the rain, leaving a faint abrasion.
He shook his hands and didn't care.
Shu Yao stood at the entrance of the alley holding an umbrella, squinting his eyes slightly. At first, he didn't recognize the person and only saw a silhouette.
At that time, some boys in school loved to show off. They liked to wear short sleeves in the middle of winter and didn’t carry umbrellas on rainy days, so Shu Yao’s first reaction was: There’s something wrong with this guy.
Until the boy came closer and their eyes met, Shu Yao saw the visible dissatisfaction hidden in the other's dark eyes.
Before this, Shu Yao had no negative impression of Chen Ye, but at this moment, she felt that Chen Ye's eyes gave her an inexplicable sense of oppression. Just like his name, dull and wild, like a wolf hiding in the dark night, you never know when it will eat you up.
Shu Yao looked away in a panic and looked behind him, only to find a boy lying not far away, his face covered in rain and his expression ferocious.
But after all, they had known each other for so long, she recognized him immediately. It was her childhood sweetheart and "boyfriend" - Zhou Beichuan.
The day before, she had just heard Zhou Beichuan mention that during the basketball team training, Chen Ye's attitude towards him had always been not very good. He thought that Chen Ye would cause trouble for him sooner or later, but he didn't expect that today...
Shu Yao held the phone tightly in his right hand, not knowing how to react for a moment.
It was at that moment that Shen Ye picked up the already soaked black schoolbag from the ground, unzipped it, and threw a dirty black gift box in his hand directly into it, passing by her coldly.
As he stepped down, a few drops of dirty water splashed up and stained her trouser legs. Some chilling images resurfaced in her mind.
She gripped the umbrella handle tightly and instinctively took two steps back.
Chen Ye's peripheral vision caught her movement, and his gaze slightly swept down to the phone. His low voice was soaked by the rain, and no emotion could be detected.
He said, “If you want to call the police, go ahead.”
*
Although seven years have passed, when Shu Yao thinks of the scene at that time, his first reaction is still the word "dangerous".
She tried hard to move aside a little, but she didn't want to be seen trying too hard. Her expression was completely calm, which formed a sharp contrast with her body language.
Maybe it was because Liu Yang was like a conspicuous bag just now, attracting everyone's attention. Even after he left, Shu Yao could feel that some people seemed to be looking at them.
She gave up struggling. There were only three stops left anyway, and there would be another beautiful tomorrow after she got off the bus, so she might as well save her energy.
The noise of the subway train drowned out the silence.
She looked down at her phone.
Until a low voice suddenly came from beside him and asked: "Are you still in touch with Zhao Tiantian?"
Shu Yao was stunned for a moment before she realized that it was Shen Ye who was talking. She looked up at him and said, "Yes, we are roommates. What's wrong?"
"Xu Zhaoli is getting married, and I'm going to send her an invitation, but I don't have an address."
"He, sent an invitation to Tiantian?" Shu Yao couldn't understand. "Um... doesn't the bride mind?"
Shen Ye sneered: “Who still remembers what happened eight hundred years ago.”
Too.
Zhao Tiantian has had several boyfriends, so she probably doesn't care about this aborted first love.
"When is his wedding?"
"next month."
The subway was about to reach her destination.
Shu Yao stood up, holding the pole, and smiled lightly, saying politely yet distantly, "Then I'll go back and ask Tiantian."
*
When Shu Yao returned home, Zhao Tiantian was sitting on the carpet working on her thesis.
Her shoulder-length hair was pulled back by a headband. Her face was solemn, her fingers dancing across the keyboard as she muttered to herself, "It's okay! I'm in great spirits! I'd rather be a monkey in my next life than a human. I don't care about love or weight loss. I only care about my thesis!"
“…”
Shu Yao silently comforted herself in her heart, it’s okay, it’s all normal.
It's graduation season for graduate students, so how can they not be crazy?
Zhao Tiantian took the time to glance at her and finally stopped letting herself go.
"What's wrong with you? What horror movie? You didn't even explain it to me clearly."
Shu Yao was exhausted both physically and mentally. He threw his bag down and lay down on the sofa.
"My aunt invited me to dinner. She said her eldest daughter was going to take the college entrance exam and wanted to share her experience with me. But when I arrived, I realized it was a blind date."
Zhao Tiantian stopped typing instantly and turned around: "Your aunt is really scheming. She introduced you to someone openly before, but was rejected. Now she's secretly doing this?"
"She has no choice. My mother is pushing her so hard." At this point, Shu Yao took out her cell phone. On the screen there was a message from her mother Shu Meiru, asking her if she had arrived home.
She didn't ask how the blind date went, probably thinking they should give it some time. Shu Yao replied as usual: "Here we are."
Zhao Tiantian leaned over and saw the chat screen between her and her mother. She was surprised and said, "You and your mother only chat about 'Are you home?' every day? It looks like copy and paste."
Shu Yao smiled helplessly: "She is worried about me being alone in a big city."
"Why? You're not a child anymore."
"Before I got married, I was always a child in her heart."
Seeing that she didn't really want to talk about her mother, Zhao Tiantian brought the topic back to the blind date: "So, how about the man you met tonight?"
Shu Yao simply repeated it.
Zhao Tiantian was so angry that she couldn't even finish her paper. "What kind of man is this? He has more flaws than all my ex-boyfriends combined."
It was the first time that Shu Yao was amused that night. She struggled to pick up the chocolate on the coffee table, opened a piece, and broke off half. The bitterness was mixed with a slight sweetness, and the dopamine made her brain clearer.
Zhao Tiantian took the other half from her hand and ate while complaining, "To be honest, judging by the boyfriends I've had, the ones I found when I was a student were more reliable. The older you get, the greater the chance of meeting weird guys."
Shu Yao smiled: "When we were students, you were talking about Xu Zhaoli?"
"Actually, if you think about it, even though he's a bit of a fool, his personality is actually okay." After saying that, she turned around and continued working on her thesis.
Shu Yao thought of Shen Ye's words and tapped Zhao Tiantian's back with one finger: "Hey, did you know that Xu Zhaoli is getting married soon?"
"Hmm?" Zhao Tiantian typed away, "I don't know. Who told you that?"
"I just met Chen Ye. He asked me for your address and said that Xu Zhaoli wanted to send you an invitation."
"Did you give it to me?"
"No."
"Why?"
"I'm just worried that you don't want to go." Shu Yao leaned on the pillow, his voice a little muffled. "Besides, we haven't been in touch for several years. It always feels unsafe to give the address suddenly."
"You're still as defensive as ever!" Zhao Tiantian joked. "That's Chen Ye! The second son of Yuanyang Real Estate, he's got plenty of money and power. What could he possibly be trying to deceive us about?"
"But I met him on the subway, and he was dressed very cheaply."
"Hiss..." Zhao Tiantian seemed to be lost in thought. "Now that you mention it, it reminds me. I heard before that he and his brother don't have a good relationship, and his parents are partial to one of them, so it's possible that he won't get to share the family money."
"eccentric?"
"Haven't you heard? In high school, everyone couldn't stand it. His brother went to such an expensive international school and was picked up by a special car, but Chen Ye squeezed into the same classroom with us and always rode his bike to school by himself. Oh, yes, someone also said that when their family went out to travel, it was basically the three of them, and they never took Chen Ye with them."
Shu Yao had never heard of these things, and felt mixed emotions for a moment.
In the quiet living room, the only sound that could be heard was the clacking sound of Zhao Tiantian typing.
Shu Yao closed his eyes and soon felt sleepy.
She didn't know how long it had been, but when she was half asleep, a vibration woke her up. She frowned slightly and looked at her phone. It was a message from a WeChat friend named "Later".
The content only has one period.
On her WeChat, people often use group messages to clear one-way friends. She has also encountered people who use group messages to stop their friends just to save effort, so she didn't think it was strange.
If she knew who the other person was, she would usually ignore him, but this "Later" was too unfamiliar, and his circle of friends was empty, so she couldn't find any useful information.
Shu Yao lowered his eyelids and thought for a moment, thinking that if it was a partner, he would have to modify the note to prevent accidental deletion, so he asked politely:
[May I ask who you are?]
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