Chapter 9: Everyone's Nervous (Part 9) Click 1 to hear my revenge plan. ...
As Ye Hong spoke, she became quite sentimental. She held He Xiaoqiu's hand, looked at Zhang Deng, and said, "You two were so good before. Why did you become like this?"
Zhang Deng then looked up at her.
Ye Hong said, "Why can't we just talk about it openly? Why do we have to make it public online? How much trouble has this caused the He family?"
He Xiaoqiu said, "Auntie, it's okay."
Ye Hong: "How can it be okay? After your mother found out, she hasn't slept well for several days."
He Xiaoqiu said: "I made her worry."
"Stop making trouble," Ye Hong said while looking at Zhang Deng. "What's the point of saying no apology? There's no right or wrong between friends. We all bear the consequences for each other."
"It's not Zhang Deng's fault," He Xiaoqiu said with a forced smile, "I'm definitely at fault for this."
"Good boy," Ye Hong took his hand and stroked it, acting like a loving elder. "I've watched you grow up. How could I not know what kind of person you are?"
Wei Yuanye also played with Zhang Deng's hands, feeling his muscles tighten, relax, tighten again, and relax again.
Ye Hong looked at Zhang Deng with a slight frown: "Say something."
"You don't like what I say." Zhang Deng said.
Ye Hong: "You didn't say it, how do you know I don't like it?"
Zhang Deng: "You don't like what I say."
Ye Hong felt a little embarrassed and said angrily, "Are you blaming me?"
"Of course I don't blame you," Zhang Deng said. "You're my mother. I have no right to blame you."
Ye Hong said, "Then delete everything you posted online. I can't understand it. Don't post it anymore. The internet is terrible. It will destroy our whole family."
Zhang Deng said, "You can't understand it because it doesn't say what you want to hear."
"You always don't understand what you don't want to hear," Zhang Deng said. "You were like this when I was very young."
Zhang Deng spoke very slowly, and because of his slowness, no one could find a way to interrupt him. He said, "I won't delete it. The Internet is the only place that can give me justice. Since you all think it's my fault, then I will post my entire life online and let everyone judge who is right and who is wrong."
Ye Hong: "Are you crazy?!"
Zhang Deng said truthfully: "Yes, isn't he mentally ill?"
"It's not a big deal," Zhang Deng muttered to himself. "If I'm sick, I'll get treatment. I don't expect sympathy, because sympathy isn't love."
Sympathy is not love. This is a very heavy sentence for Zhang Deng.
This sentence even scolded Wei Yuanye. Wei Yuanye was stunned by the scolding, and then laughed.
He Xiaoqiu looked at him, unable to hide his surprise and helplessness.
Perhaps that helplessness is caused by the fact that the things that one has been holding on to since childhood have gone out of control, causing huge losses to oneself.
Zhang Deng didn't become brave on the first day. He has always been brave, but today he took up the weapon of bravery for the first time.
"I came back just to talk about this," Zhang Deng said. "I don't accept private reconciliation. Right and wrong are in the hearts of the people. If it's not in your hearts, then it must be in the hearts of others."
This is known as the Declaration of Independence in the history of Zhang Deng.
Wei Yuanye admired it very much, glanced at Liu Yan, and raised his eyebrows. Liu Yan seemed to be worried about something and did not respond this time.
When the four of them went out, the atmosphere was a bit awkward, and even Ye Hong couldn't say anything nice.
Wei Yuanye went to press the elevator button. This time, Ye Hong was watching and gave him some face. The four of them entered the elevator together.
After work, Zhang Deng always tried his best to avoid standing next to He Xiaoqiu. In fact, he was not that inferior, but when standing next to He Xiaoqiu, he seemed like an unknown insect living in the corner. He Qiu had a lot of advantages with a few flaws that added to his resume, while he was just the opposite. He had a lot of flaws but only a few strengths.
But even this advantage has been stolen by He Xiaoqiu.
No one spoke in the elevator. Wei Yuanye stood in the corner. Liu Yan took a step forward and stood beside him.
Wei Yuanye stood crookedly, making it seem like the two of them were not much different.
The two people's eyes met at the elevator door, neither of them made any expression nor looked away.
This silent confrontation did not end until the elevator door opened.
Zhang Deng walked out of the elevator and was suddenly stopped by Liu Yan. He said, "Want to chat?"
Zhang Deng came back to his senses and pointed at himself. Liu Yan said, "Is it convenient?"
Zhang Deng thought about it, glanced at Wei Yuanye, and Wei Yuanye said, "I'll wait for you in the car."
He Xiaoqiu was a little uneasy, so Liu Yan tried to calm him down and whispered something. Finally, He Xiaoqiu and Wei Yuanye left one after the other.
So only Zhang Deng and Liu Yan were left standing at the entrance of the underground garage. It was a bit cold there, so Zhang Deng tightened his clothes and buried his face in his collar.
Liu Yan looked at his clothes, smiled, and said, "You must have bought it yesterday."
Zhang Deng said, "What do you want to say?"
"Don't you think this is too obvious?" Liu Yan asked.
Zhang Deng didn't understand what he meant for a moment.
Liu Yan asked, "Where did you find a man to act with you?"
Zhang Deng understood now.
"There's a video online of you two shopping yesterday," Liu Yan asked. "Did you buy matching outfits on purpose for today?"
Zhang Deng was a little tired, and he said, "No."
Liu Yan had never realized that as soon as he faced Zhang Deng, he would become so cruel that even he himself was unfamiliar with it.
He said, "If you are like this, will anyone love you?"
Zhang Deng smiled, a very polite, defensive smile, because other than that, he really didn't know what expression to make.
"You don't need to attract my attention in this way," Liu Yan said impatiently, "When will you let me go?"
Zhang Deng was a little dazed. He had no idea how to refute it. Liu Yan felt guilty. He said, "Xiao Qiu and I have a good relationship. Even if our relationship wasn't good, I wouldn't be with you. What happened back then was because we were still young. Xiao Qiu wasn't the third party. Even if it weren't for him, we wouldn't be together."
Zhang Deng said: "You..."
No wonder He Xiaoqiu suspected that Zhang Deng had always coveted Liu Yan. It turned out that even Liu Yan herself thought so!
Zhang Deng felt that he was completely unable to accept this fact for a moment, and his head was about to explode.
"I hope you can live your life well," Liu Yan said. "Don't go astray, and don't use such tricks again."
This was so ridiculous that Zhang Deng didn't know where to start defending himself.
He wanted to ask Liu Yan, "Am I this kind of person in your eyes?" He also wanted to ask Liu Yan, "When did you suddenly become rotten?"
How could you ask such a shameless question and make such a shameless comment on my life?
Zhang Deng finally just opened his mouth, as if he really knew the man in front of him for the first time.
Liu Yan asked: "What are you thinking about?"
This is the first panicked step for men, asking the other person "What are you thinking about" in the hope of getting the answer they want.
Zhang Deng said: "I just want an apology."
"I don't understand," Zhang Deng said, "Why is it so difficult to apologize in your world? You can shirk responsibility, you can make excuses, you can pass off falsehoods, but you can't truly apologize for your actions."
"I liked you before, but I couldn't help it, and I've already paid the price," Zhang Deng said, still maintaining a basic sense of decency. "After you and He Xiaoqiu got together, I stopped liking you. At first, I forced myself not to like you, but later I just got used to it. As you said, no one will love me, but I've long given up expecting anyone to love me. I can live well even without anyone loving me."
Liu Yan asked, "So, it was you who really invited Wei Yuanye?"
Zhang Deng suddenly felt that the communication was ineffective. He said such a long sentence, but Liu Yan only grasped the point that no one loved him.
Zhang Deng said, "I didn't hire him."
Liu Yan frowned: "Who is he then? You wouldn't know anyone like him in your social circle."
"What kind of person?" Zhang Deng said, feeling exhausted. "In your eyes, who is unworthy of the other?"
This was the first time Zhang Deng had said such harsh words to him. Liu Yan was stunned by his retort and then asked, "Why are you like this now?"
Zhang Deng stood across from Liu Yan, thinking, "How can a person's youth fail like this?"
He once liked Liu Yan so much that he filled his entire diary with fantasies of love, wrote countless poems for her, and watched flowers bloom and wither in his heart countless times, but Liu Yan was just such a person.
If Liu Yan truly loved He Xiaoqiu, Zhang Deng would not regret his feelings, but Liu Yan was also a bad person who evaluated conditions in love.
Zhang Deng’s youth was declared a complete failure at this moment.
Liu Yan frowned: "Why don't you speak?"
"I have nothing more to say," Zhang Deng said, "If nothing else, I'll leave first."
Liu Yan grabbed his arm, and suddenly a horn was heard from behind. Wei Yuanye drove the car over, pointed the headlights at them, and honked the horn again.
Liu Yan's expression seemed to be asking, "Is this the kind of man he is?"
Zhang Deng: "Just take care of yourself."
Liu Yan: “?”
Zhang Deng shook off his hand, got on the passenger seat, and fastened his seat belt in one smooth movement. Wei Yuanye didn't even look at him, driving the car past him, almost pressing on Liu Yan's feet, forcing him to take a step back.
In the rearview mirror, you can see He Xiaoqiu walking out, holding Liu Yan's hand, and then he disappears.
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