Praise You
Zhou You chose a Chaoshan beef hotpot restaurant as the venue for the class reunion. It happened to be running a "Draw Your Dream Hotpot" event, where the winner could receive a free meal. Initially, the art academy students were reluctant to accept the offer, assuming they couldn't shamelessly compete with untrained students for a spot. Then, without knowing who started it, everyone started creating with gusto.
Ye Yuanyin was called out by Zhou You.
When she went out, it was You Jing waiting for her. They had just met briefly in Jiutao Village, and parted on bad terms. When he finished his closed-door training, they felt awkward meeting again.
You Jing had fought for her, rejected her, quarreled with her, and done what he needed to say. All the strong emotions had subsided, and now all that was left was scrutiny and observation.
"I heard from Zhou You that you have been receiving psychological treatment recently."
Her emotions were unstable, so she looked at him coldly and defensively.
You Jing's pride got the better of him, and he didn't want to struggle any further in this fruitless relationship. "What we said before doesn't count anymore, so don't take it to heart. From now on, we'll just be strangers when we meet. I don't mind you being affectionate with other men."
She had no expression, and her emotions were dull, like she was watching a play where others were ordering and enjoying the show. You Jing lit a cigarette with a cold look on his face, took a puff, and blew the smoke all over her face. "If you don't say anything, I'll take it as your consent."
Two words came out of her mouth without any warmth, "Agree."
You Jing's heart tightened, and he suddenly laughed out loud, "Ye Yuanyin, you're really amazing. I've been so devoted to you for the past six years, and it all went to waste."
"I'm miserable too." She looked at him and said in a low and sincere voice, "You're not the only one wasting your time."
You Jing cursed and turned away angrily.
After taking two steps, he suddenly felt sad, stopped, and strode back. Ye Yuanyin was stunned, and the next second, the man grabbed his arm, and his five fingers were like iron clamps, and he couldn't get rid of it.
You Jing was like a child who had lost his toy. He hugged her and cried sadly.
"Ayin, when you first came back, didn't you promise to consider me? You made me happy for several days. But in just a month, you've reconciled with Chendi'an again, making me look like a fucking idiot. Is this fair to me?"
Time is silent. The past years have swept away all the mud and sand with absolute mass and density. Ye Yuanyin pushed him away and said calmly, "Professor Sun won't agree. Don't be stubborn."
"Don't put the blame on my mom! It's actually you who doesn't want me."
Ye Yuanyin thought, isn't he the same? Whether it's true or false, the girl around him who likes him never stops, and when she, a man with nothing, sees it, she's frightened, finally sad and disappointed, and quickly gives up on the idea.
People who cannot stand loneliness have no right to ask others to wait for them.
"Ayin, just remember what I'm saying," You Jing's words were like poison, and he kept talking. "A capable man can't be pure-hearted. If you don't believe it, just wait for him to make things difficult for you. You're not strong enough, so you deserve to be bullied."
Maybe he is right, maybe he is wrong.
It had been a while since You Jing left, and Ye Yuanyin, feeling uneasy, finally remembered to go back to the private room.
Chen Yan watched from a distance, thinking that there was no end to the relationship between the two of them. He was not a petty person, and he respected the inexplicable ties and entanglements between people. However, when it came to her, he still felt heartbroken.
He tilted his head, lowered his eyes and instructed: "Xiao Ma, go ask her what she was doing just now?"
"Ah?... Let me ask." Secretary Ma thought hard, wondering why he was jealous and wanted to take action against her.
"Forget it," Chen Yan retracted his overly explicit feelings and said, "You stay here. When the party is over, take her back to the North City Villa. I'll go out for a walk."
Secretary Ma sighed as she watched him walk away, thinking to herself, this guy shouldn't be in a relationship. Once he does, he'll be controlled by his emotions, unlike her, who's free and unfettered.
It was very late that day and Chen Di'an had not returned yet.
In the evening, Maha called again to ask about the progress of the project. Was it kept or completely abandoned? Why don’t you say something?
Ye Yuanyin said I didn’t have time to ask.
Maha said, "Auntie, please ask if you can let me stay. After that, I will recite the Great Bright Mantra for you a hundred times."
Ye Yuan was very weak and had several nightmares at night after hanging up the phone.
Sometimes it was her mother, sometimes it was Xiao Ruan, and sometimes it was Dian Yan, turning around in her mind like a revolving lantern. She was like an ant on the edge of a pot, turning around and around like an ascetic monk.
She didn't know what time it was at night when the vibration of her cell phone woke her up.
Ye Yuanyin groped for her phone in the darkness and picked it up. The bright light in the darkness illuminated her face. She squinted her eyes and took a moment to read the simple two words on the screen.
【come out】
Ye Yuanyin sat up, put on his slippers and walked out of the room.
Chen Yan was leaning against the wall, holding his suit jacket. Seeing her come out dazed, he smiled and asked, "It's so late, why aren't you asleep yet?"
Ye Yuanyin thought, he must know that he fell asleep, and he was asking questions even though he knew the answer.
"Can't sleep. Have you—been drinking?"
His frank gaze fell on her face, his eyes narrowed with a smile, and he answered irrelevantly, "Oh, I met with Qiu Zhiwen tonight." Remembering that she didn't know this person, he explained, "Zhang Siling's ex-husband."
Ye Yuanyin frowned, wondering why he wanted to drink with Zhang Siling's ex-husband, as if he had some experience to share.
Chen Yan stared at her intently, his eyes gleaming. Whenever he drank, he became unruly and aggressive. Ye Yuanyin had long since learned about this, so she was a little wary.
She automatically backed away until her back rested against the wall. "Should the AI healing project be suspended?"
“The group’s board of directors saw little value.”
"So what do you think?" Ye Yuanyin asked him, "You're the one who makes the final decision. It's been going on for three years. Do you really want to give up?"
She stood opposite in a pure and peaceful manner, with lights in her eyes. She was calm even when the moon and wind came.
Chen Yan stared at the beauty that her loose pajamas couldn't hide, and his heart was burning with heat. He loosened his tie around his neck and asked with a smile, "Do you think it's better for people to be idealistic or realistic?"
"What kind of person are you?"
"What do you think?"
“Maybe the project really has to be abandoned?”
“Everyone and everything has their own mission.”
"If one day you find that I have also completed my mission, then we can separate peacefully and not get entangled."
Dian Jin'an still hadn't gotten over his grudge against her meeting You Jing, but when he heard her say this, his cold eyes cut through the deep-seated illness brought on by drunkenness like a sharp knife.
He looked at her coldly, and after a while he said, "What do you mean?"
“Prepare for a rainy day.”
"Strange, I never knew you could predict the future."
"I've already said it's just a hypothesis, and hypothesis doesn't mean it didn't happen."
"You don't want to separate in your heart, so why do you need to assume?"
“Even middle school students know that flow is the only truth that governs the operation of the material world.”
"You are so unreasonable, why don't you learn Buddhism?"
Ye Yuanyin was speechless after being rebuked. He raised his eyes, his eyelashes cast shadows by the light, making him look like a long forest blocking out the sun. "Aren't you just as realistic?"
In an old-fashioned villa, doors faced each other, leaving a short corridor in between. He straightened his body slightly, and his open legs touched hers. Ye Yuanyin subconsciously moved closer to the wall.
When Chen Dian saw this, he suddenly stood up straight. He was much taller than her. The light from the corridor shone on his shoulders. She raised her head, and her whole face was locked in shadow.
Chen Yan said with a sullen face, "Why do you always forget what I said?"
He refused to speak clearly, so who knew which one it was? With every step he took, Ye Yuanyin felt his territory being eroded inch by inch, until there was no longer any gap between them.
He roughly pulled the tie off her neck and covered her eyes with it horizontally.
The silk material carried his body's warmth and scent. Because of temporary blindness, Ye Yuanyin's sense of smell and hearing became extremely sensitive.
In the dead of night, a man and a woman were alone, the air conditioning vents emitting a faint stream of cool air. The heartbeats beat again and again, and it was impossible to tell whether it was his or hers.
He bit her lips and teeth, staining her pure bones with the crimson of the world. Ye Yuanyin was like a boat capsized on the sea of love, accustomed to the rain on Wushan Mountain, the water of Xiaoxiang, and the moon on Dongting Lake, but unable to see through the romantic affairs of men and women in this world.
Her pajamas were pushed up to her waist and she shuddered suddenly.
But he still refused to let her go, "Do you like me?"
Ye Yuanyin tried his best to suppress the moan that was about to escape and said, "I like it."
"Will you always like me?"
How difficult that must be, she thought. Age fades, beauty fades, love fades, can one defy the laws of nature?
"meeting."
"fraud."
Really hard to please. Ye Yuanyin reached out and pulled off the tie on his glasses, and was not surprised to meet his eyes that were scrutinizing yet full of dissatisfaction.
What exactly is he dissatisfied with?
Her face flushed like the undulating coastline. She calmed her breathing and changed the subject: "Is there really no room for change in the project?"
Sediment reached out and pinched her face, asking, "Can't you pay attention when we're making out?"
"Can't you give me a reason?" she said aggrievedly. "The children in Jiutao Village are so pitiful."
"Am I not pitiful?"
Ye Yuanyin gave up the desire to continue communicating with him, thinking why did things become so circuitous and tortuous after drinking? It was really tiring.
"Forget it, I won't talk to you anymore. I'm going to sleep."
Sediment pulled her back by her arm, his eyes, like deep pools, shimmering with a dark gloom, staring at her. He seemed helpless and embarrassed, and spoke awkwardly. "Given your current condition, continuing this project will only harm you."
Ye Yuanyin thought, so this is why. He should have said it earlier. He didn't know where all that anger came from just now. He had to torture me like this before he would tell me.
"I'm not afraid."
She stretched out her hands and hid in his arms, her hands alternately hugging his waist. Suddenly, something came to her mind, and she looked up at his face again. It was cold and lonely under the breeze and bright moon. Her heart was filled with mixed emotions. She stood on tiptoe and kissed him, smiling and saying.
"Even junior high school kids know that the world is materialistic, but to me, you are idealistic. I will always love you."
The gloomy heart of Chen Yan finally cleared up. He couldn't hold back his lips and lowered his head to deepen the kiss.
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