World 2
This person's external identity is an entrepreneur, which seems very impressive, but in fact he is just a half-baked nouveau riche.
Unlike Shang Feng, he had to learn this knowledge since childhood, nor did he have the connections worth showing off like Yang Zheyu.
He was able to break into this circle only because he had found the right opportunity and made money in the coal business.
But luck is sometimes part of strength. At least I have squeezed into this circle, and it is pretty good even if I am at the last place.
——If this person hadn’t set his sights on Yang Zheyu.
Shang Feng doesn't dislike this method of approaching the people around him. When the person he intends to cooperate with refuses to be persuaded, he will also try to approach the people he values. But his method is fundamentally different from this person's. He is more of a "If it works, it works. If it doesn't, forget it. There is no need to pester him about this matter."
But this person, not only did he approach his lover with evil intentions, he was also foolish enough to plant spies in his company... Didn't he consider his own limitations and whether he could handle this kind of undercover role?
So Shang Feng only chatted with him for a while and left the other party speechless.
He didn't intend to push the other party too hard. Sometimes stupid people should not be offended. The logic of smart people is at least normal, but for stupid people... you have no idea what kind of things they will do when they are pushed into a corner, which will harm others and not benefit themselves.
So Shang Feng felt that it was about time, so he extended his hand to the other party, giving him a lot of face: "Then we will meet again next time we have the chance."
"Okay, okay." The man with a beer belly also stretched out his hand and shook hands with him. His fat palms were now full of sweat.
Shang Feng is not a mysophobia person. When he talks business with people, he always drinks and smokes. There are many people who are rich but unkempt. If one fails to manage his facial expressions well, the business may fail.
He did not show any strange expression because of the sweat on the other person's palm. Instead, he shook his hand up and down, and let go after a while.
The two men pretended to talk for a long time before turning around and leaving.
Shang Feng walked to the side of the car. Yang Zheyu, who was leaning against the car, looked at him, then stepped aside and helped open the car door.
Shang Feng got into the car and watched Yang Zheyu walk to the passenger seat. He first waved goodbye to the man with the beer belly, then slowly opened the car door and took out a wet wipe from his pocket and handed it to him.
Although he was very annoyed at Yang Zheyu's attitude of avoiding him these days, he had to admit that the other party was indeed the person who understood his character best.
He is not a mysophobia, but that depends on who he is talking to.
Yang Zheyu fastened his seat belt.
Shang Feng put the second used wet wipe into the small trash can next to him, and the lid closed automatically.
He fastened his seat belt and started the car, while Yang Zheyu next to him also crossed his arms and closed his eyes, as if he was resting.
"I've been wanting to talk to you these past few days." Shang Feng was worried that he would be cold, so he rolled up all the windows and turned on the air conditioner. "But I just haven't found a good time."
Because I didn’t want to have a good chat with you. Yang Zheyu thought to himself and hummed casually.
One word brought out his usual casualness.
"If there's anything, we can just talk about it." Shang Feng's tone was very calm, and no emotion could be heard. "If you hadn't been in the company these few days but had finished all the things on hand, I would have thought you had some opinions about me."
I do have some opinions about you now. Yang Zheyu thought to himself, and then hummed again.
The car braked and stopped.
Shang Feng pulled the car over to the side of the road, then turned to look at Yang Zheyu with an expression of disbelief: "Why, do you really have any opinion about me?"
Yang Zheyu heard something wrong in Shang Feng's tone, and this time he opened his eyes: "What?"
Why did you suddenly change your tone?
He was a little confused: Didn't I just say "hmm"? Why did Shangfeng react like this?
[It's because the host said um.] The system beside him whispered, [That's why he reacted like that.]
Yang Zheyu recalled the conversation between him and Shang Feng just now.
Shang Feng had just said, "If there's anything, we can talk directly. If you hadn't been at the company these past few days but still managed to get all the work done, I would have thought you had some complaints about me." And he just said, "Yeah."
He thought: Shang Feng said, "If you have anything to say, we can just talk about it," and he replied, "Yeah."
What Shang Feng thought: Shang Feng said, "...I thought you had some opinion about me", but he said, "Yeah".
It's the perfect wrong frequency chat.
Shang Feng is a person who, to put it mildly, is very methodical. To put it bluntly, God probably didn't give him much emotional intelligence when he created him.
Although he has become accustomed to saying different things to different people over the years, he will still put those things aside when facing Yang Zheyu.
He is the same kid as the seven-year-old who always said "You are going too far".
Like now.
"Okay, what do you have to say about me?" Shang Feng pointed at himself, "Just say it directly."
——Even though they've been in the business world for so long and look much more refined, why is there still an inexplicable gangster air when he says this? Yang Zheyu sighed inwardly and smiled familiarly: "Why would that be? What can I say to you?"
When people lie, they touch their noses, roll their eyes, and make all sorts of small movements.
But Yang Zheyu is really good at pretending. When he lies, his lips move and the words come out smoothly.
He didn't blush when he said this, as if he was telling the truth.
But the person sitting next to him now is Shang Feng, who is familiar with him, which means that he is destined to fail to keep his lie.
"Yang Zheyu," Shang Feng glanced at him and suddenly asked, "How many years have we known each other?"
"I don't remember." Yang Zheyu ignored the fact that the air conditioner was on in the car because Shang Feng was worried that he would be cold, and instead pulled down the window.
Shang Feng is really feeling a little angry now.
It wasn't something he could adapt to instantly, going from best friends to lovers. But he had certainly thought a lot about it during those three years.
He saw all kinds of people, and most of them could share wealth but not hardship, and there were quite a few who used this to show off. So his mentality changed from initially thinking that the two of them might not be the same kind of people, to now thinking that they were simply a match made in heaven.
He wanted to have a good chat with Yang Zheyu, but this guy was as slippery as a loach. Not only was he hard to catch, he also wanted to splash mud all over him. When they were brothers, he thought this personality was cute, but after becoming a couple, he just found it so fucking infuriating.
The system looked left and right. If it didn't have sweat glands, it would have been sweating with anxiety by now: Even if most of the samples it collected from the human social database were of men and women rather than the same sex, this kind of question should not be answered like this!
Isn't this just challenging the other person's patience?
Will Shangfeng really not be angry?
"Remember when you were seven years old, I tricked you into drinking half a glass of baijiu." Yang Zheyu said as he turned to look at Shang Feng, "After that, you always smelled Sprite before drinking it. You still keep this habit now."
They first met when they were seven years old.
It was also because of the bad impression left by this meeting that Shang Feng felt that Yang Zheyu was up to no good and he had to be extremely alert when he was with him, fearing that he would do something bad to him again.
Shang Feng's expression softened slightly. "So you think I can't see that you were just trying to evade me?"
Yang Zheyu stopped talking.
He didn't want to talk, but Shang Feng still had a lot to say.
"Have I done something wrong recently?" Shang Feng asked him.
"No." Yang Zheyu lowered his head and rubbed his hair hard.
He was really a little afraid of Shang Feng's "interrogation". This guy always got to the bottom of things and didn't care about the other person's feelings at all.
Whenever a partner praised Shang Feng for his good personality, Yang Zheyu would simply chuckle and say, "Yes, he's really good." Then the other person would pat him on the shoulder and, as if to summarize the meeting, say that being with someone like him must be comforting.
Indeed, it is soothing when it is soothing, but it is really annoying when it is annoying.
Ask, ask, ask, what's there to ask? Do you know what it means to be confused?
"Have I been involved in any gossip lately?" Shang Feng continued to ask, completely unaware that Yang Zheyu beside him was already in agony because of his question. "Probably not."
"No." Yang Zheyu still lowered his head.
"Then what's going on with you?" Shang Feng's patience was already half gone, but seeing Yang Zheyu's pitiful appearance with his head lowered, his little patience was refilled. "...Could it be that you've cheated on me?"
Even though he was feeling irritated at the moment, after hearing this 'accusation', Yang Zheyu quickly turned his head to look at Shang Feng and without a second thought, spat out, "Bullshit."
It's neither this nor that, so what is going on?
Shang Feng laughed in anger: "What on earth is going on? Even if I die, I should know the truth, right?"
Seeing that he couldn't escape, Yang Zheyu simply gave up and said word by word: "Lu Xinian is back."
Shang Feng was stunned, not because of the name, but because of Yang Zheyu's overly gloomy expression when he said this: "What?"
……who?
There was a soft 'click' sound.
Yang Zheyu leaned over to where Shang Feng was. Shang Feng didn't dodge, but he felt his heart skip a beat - this position was too close. They were only this close when they were in bed or one of them needed to recharge. It was so close that Shang Feng's ears began to turn a little red.
But from this perspective, Yang Zheyu could not see Shang Feng's red ears, nor could he hear Shang Feng's increasingly rapid heartbeat.
He only saw the other person's stiff body, and the slight dissatisfaction in his heart even began to ferment.
——Are you that happy?
"I say," Yang Zheyu said in Shang Feng's ear. This posture really looked like a young couple whispering sweet nothings to each other, but what Yang Zheyu said was not a romantic love word, but a sentence that made Shang Feng feel creepy when he heard it, "Your white moonlight is back."
With a loud bang, Yang Zheyu opened the car door and got out.
Shang Feng was left sitting in the car with his brows tightly furrowed.
This time he heard clearly that what Yang Zheyu said just now was that Lu Xinian had returned.
If you ask Shang Feng if he still remembers Lu Xinian, of course he does. This person was his first love, and also the source of his nausea every time he got sick late at night.
He always thought that Lu Xinian would be with him until the end, even though this person had some little habits that he didn't like in private, and even though he hadn't figured out what his feelings for her were.
But he always felt that as long as two people spend enough time together, even liking each other can turn into love.
But not only did this person not stay with him until the end, he also hurt him with such excessive remarks and even left.
If Yang Zheyu hadn't dragged him out and scolded him, the company would have been caught in public opinion, and rival companies would have sent all kinds of unscrupulous media outlets, willing to fabricate anything for a fee, to smear him. The new blood who had just joined the company resigned. With so many difficulties coming at once, he probably would have been completely devastated.
As for what Yang Zheyu meant by "white moonlight", even though Shang Feng didn't go online much, he knew the meaning of this word.
But... a guy like Lu Xinian is nothing but a piece of white moonlight. He is just like dried rice grains stuck on clothes.
Isn't this an injustice?!
[Host, host!] Maoqiu flew to Yang Zheyu's side, not quite understanding why he got off the car when they were chatting happily. [Why did you get off the car so suddenly, and with such a grim expression?]
"Nothing," Yang Zheyu replied casually, "I just suddenly felt very unhappy."
"Why do you feel unhappy?" Maoqiu continued to ask, turning his head as he asked, and then saw the car slowly backing up. "Is it because of Lu Xinian?"
Just as the system was cheering for Shang Feng's behavior of regressing instead of advancing, Yang Zheyu also noticed its reaction.
The man looked back, then turned and ran.
System: How can you be so unethical?
Then Yang Zheyu turned around and went into the grassy path where cars could not enter.
"It's because of me." Seeing that the car couldn't drive in, Yang Zheyu slowed down again. "I feel like I've really lost face right now, do you understand?"
The system could tell that the host was not in a good mood at the moment, so it wisely did not ask a stupid question like "Should I understand?", but instead asked: [Why does the host feel that he has lost face?]
"I wasn't like this before. I wouldn't become so anxious and jealous just because of someone's existence." Yang Zheyu frowned. "...And tell me, am I the so-called latecomer?"
It was he who initially thought that Shang Feng was heterosexual, and it was he who told Shang Feng, who had confessed his sexual orientation to him, that they would be very good brothers in the future... Maybe it was a really good thing for Lu Xinian and Shang Feng to be together?
These two people are each other's first love, and they are more like a couple when they are together.
Unlike him and Shang Feng, they are more like good brothers who just hang out together than a couple.
What kind of couple could have the kind of relationship he and Shang Feng had? They'd go to the office together, interacting with all sorts of people. And then, finally getting some time alone, they'd end up arguing over each other's differing business ideas.
[Why do you think that?!] Seeing that the host was about to get stuck in a dead end, the system quickly pulled his thoughts back, [Host, I just want to ask you a question!]
"You ask." Yang Zheyu said.
In this heterosexual society, few people fall in love with the same sex. The system said, "So after you fall in love with someone, your first reaction must be that they are straight. Who would immediately think that they are also gay? Right?"
Yang Zheyu didn't say anything. He felt that what the system said... seemed to make some sense?
"As for telling Shang Feng, who had confessed his sexual orientation and said he seemed to have a crush on Lu Xinian, 'You two will still be good brothers.' That's what someone who truly cares about him would do." Seeing the host's emotions begin to calm, the system continued, "Think about it, he had already told you that he seemed to have a crush on Lu Xinian. In that situation, if the host had told him about the feelings he had always held, that would have been truly selfish!"
Yang Zheyu still didn't say anything. He felt that what the system said seemed to make some sense.
"I'll say it again!" the system continued, "If Lu Xinian truly wanted to live a good life with Shang Feng, he shouldn't have left when his company was in trouble. If he wanted to leave, he should have done so cleanly... He came back halfway and said he wanted to be with Shang Feng, and he said that to you, the host. Isn't this simply bullying you, the host, for being too soft-hearted!?"
Yang Zheyu walked a little faster, he felt that what the system said made a lot of sense.
——Very good! There's nothing wrong with him! The one with the problem is Lu Xinian!
The system was relieved, but before it could feel happy about the excellent results of its guidance, it heard Yang Zheyu say:
"By the way, why didn't you tell me from the beginning that you could read my mind?"
——It’s terrible!
The system had never expected the host to ask this question at this moment. The entire sphere began to panic, wishing it could instantly grow eight arms and three mouths to explain to the host: "Ah... that! This is a function that was born with me when I was created! It's like a human 'instinct'. I didn't mean to hear the host's thoughts!"
"It's okay," Yang Zheyu glanced at it lightly, not quite understanding why it was so excited. "Remember to tell me earlier next time."
"You already know everything," Maoqiu was a little confused, and still a little aggrieved. "How can I tell you earlier next time?"
"What I mean is... next time you bind to a new host, you can tell the other party about this as soon as possible." Yang Zheyu looked at it and sighed, "How could you be so stupid..."
Just then, Shang Feng's voice rang out.
"Who are you calling stupid?"
The sound is not loud, but clear.
Yang Zheyu looked back and saw Shang Feng, who had been following him since he didn't know when.
Before, Yang Zheyu was busy listening to the nonsense of that beer belly guy and didn’t have the chance to take a closer look at Shang Feng’s clothes. Now he has the chance.
Shang Feng wore a light blue sweater, and his deep eyes and brows matched the color of the sky perfectly. They say clothes make the man, but this guy seemed to have it the other way around, making his clothes look like high-end merchandise.
"I didn't know he was back," Shang Feng thought Yang Zheyu's mumbling was just calling him stupid. He walked over and shook Yang Zheyu's hand. "No one told me about this."
Yang Zheyu shook off his hand: "Now you know."
He still felt a little unhappy, not only with Lu Xinian, but also with Shang Feng who was stunned when he heard the news just now - was he so happy?
Do you still remember that you are his current girlfriend?
"It's been three years since he and I met," Shang Feng said without getting angry. Instead, he shook Yang Zheyu's hand again. "And he left me when I needed his help the most. Do you think I look like a bootlicker, or am I really shameless enough to leave you and be with him after all this?"
Yang Zheyu didn't say anything, but this time he didn't shake off Shang Feng's hand.
"Really?" Yang Zheyu was suspicious.
"Really not," Shang Feng said, "Don't you know what kind of personality I have?"
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