Chapter 376: It's hard to have both

I don't know when this good brother of his came here, nor how long he stood behind the door, but as long as I witnessed this secret kiss while the other person was asleep, I can understand his hidden and dark love...

After noticing the pair of eyes behind the door, Zhang Querong slowly stood up straight, and faced Chen Boyang's extremely complicated gaze with an expression as if his long-suppressed thoughts were finally discovered.

Although I felt shocked and uneasy, what I felt more was a sense of relief that came from being liberated.

This thought, which he had endured for many years, caused him to suffer from the conflicts and entanglements between love and friendship in these years. Even when he was stimulated by outsiders and had the desire to compete, he could not help but take into account his good brother who had been trying hard to pursue Su Yun.

He wanted to have the best of both worlds, so he kept delaying the truth, just to postpone as much as possible the scene of the brotherhood breaking up after his secret love was exposed.

Until this seemingly ordinary night, in this accidental coincidence, the thoughts that he had never dared to speak out were witnessed and discovered by Chen Boyang himself.

Time seemed to slow down at this moment. He waited quietly for his good brother's next move, but the person behind the door did not move for a long time. But time seemed to speed up at this moment. The two looked at each other silently, as if they had exchanged thousands of words, and then the silence turned into a tacit silence.

Just when Zhang Querong felt that he had made all the mental preparations, Chen Boyang behind the door finally pushed the door open.

Perhaps because he remembered that Su Yun had not woken up yet, he pushed the door very slowly, just like the natural elegance and grace that outsiders showed him. His demeanor did not seem like that of a frustrated man who had just discovered that his best friend had betrayed him, but rather like the calmness and tranquility of someone exploring the wonders of nature.

As Zhang Querong followed his gaze silently, Chen Boyang's eyes passed over him, then stayed on Su Yun's coat for a moment, and then swept across the two cups of coffee on the coffee table that were still surrounded by a little smoke and hot steam.

After a long silence, Zhang Querong couldn't help but move his lips and called him softly: "Danny..."

"Tsk." Chen Boyang raised a finger to his lips and glanced slightly to the side at Su Yun. "Mary is too tired. Don't wake her up."

There was a strange calmness in his expression.

Zhang Querong calmed himself down, realizing that he really couldn't guess the mood of his good brother who was always good at guessing what was in front of him. In the end, he had to take back the words he wanted to say and returned to silence.

Seeing that Chen Boyang was holding three servings of takeaway dessert soup on the coffee table, Zhang Querong thought about it and understood why Chen Boyang came over at this time: Chen Boyang had been hiding in the house to recuperate, restore his mood and work on his creations these days, and he had been coming to the recording studio here to record new songs according to his schedule.

The recording studio over there can see the lighting conditions of the office building from afar. After Chen Boyang finished recording and came out, he saw that Su Yun's office was still brightly lit, so he would definitely give her a call to show his concern.

It was estimated that just before and after he went out to the tea room to make coffee, Chen Boyue called to ask about Su Yun, so Su Yun asked Chen Boyue to buy some midnight snacks for them to eat together, and then asked Chen Boyue to take him home - he came back in the TV station crew's car today and did not drive himself, and Chen Boyue was living with him now, so they were going the same way.

However, unexpectedly, due to some strange circumstances, this unexpected thing happened.

After an unknown amount of time, Su Yun, who was resting on the desk with her head propped up by her hands and her eyes squinting, finally woke up in a daze after a slight swaying.

In a daze, I caught a glimpse of two figures on the sofa next to me...

Su Yun woke up with a start. She looked over and found that the two figures were Chen Baiyang and Zhang Querong who were sitting quietly on the sofa. Only then did she feel relieved: "You guys... have I slept for a long time?"

I don't know why they came over when one of them hadn't left yet. But since they were all acquaintances, Su Yun didn't bother to find out what was going on. He looked at his watch and found that it was already past eleven o'clock in the evening. He covered his forehead and waved his hand: "It turns out it's so late. I'll just wrap up and go back to Kowloon Tong. What do you want?"

Unexpectedly, he dozed off for more than half an hour without noticing. Su Yun shook his head, trying to wake himself up from the drowsy state faster and return to normal.

"I heard on the phone that you and Lesley were here, so after the recording, I bought some sweet soup as a midnight snack as you requested." Chen Boyang's answer directly confirmed Zhang Querong's previous guess.

Su Yun nodded, and was about to get up and go to the tea table to get some sugar water - but as soon as she moved, she could feel the extra "burden" on her body.

Su Yun quickly held down her coat that was about to fall off her shoulders. After taking a look at herself and the surroundings, she picked up the remote control to brighten the lights while holding both sides of her coat and said, "Thank you for your concern."

The two of them were sitting so quietly on the sofa. They probably didn't want to wake her up but were also worried about her sleeping here alone, so they were standing by her like two shadows, right?

The three of them each took their favorite flavor of sweet soup and started eating. Su Yun, who was unaware of the situation, ate and drank with gusto, while the other two young men, who had their own thoughts, ate without any taste.

"What's wrong with you?" Su Yun couldn't help but ask after noticing that the place was too quiet while eating.

This twin star pair is always playful and funny when they are together. Even when the media was hyping up the "Red vs. Purple dispute" a few days ago, they ignored each other because of the awkwardness of the quarrel. They would turn around and run in the opposite direction when they saw each other, but they would rush to support each other when something happened, and all their thoughts were revealed on the surface.

It's not like now, when the two of them are sitting on the same sofa, so close to each other, but it gives people a weird feeling that they are close yet their hearts are far away.

Were these two people quarreling again over some trivial matter without her knowing?

"It's nothing, I'm just a little tired, so I don't want to talk much." Chen Boyang explained slowly.

After hearing this explanation, Su Yun truly confirmed that the two of them were really having a quarrel again, and it was not just an ordinary quarrel.

In the past, if Chen Boyang and Zhang Querong didn't want to pay attention to the paparazzi chasing them, they would either stick together and whisper and laugh loudly, making it impossible for anyone to get a word in; or they would act cool together and not say a word, leaving the paparazzi who were asking questions to stand aside awkwardly and make love with the air...

But this is in terms of how we treat other people.

When it comes to Su Yun, both of them have very double standards, and never show the salted fish look of "tired and don't want to talk". Instead, Su Yun, who is used to the salted fish paralysis, is too lazy to pay attention to these two energetic young men, and from time to time she shows a laissez-faire attitude of "I'm tired and don't want to talk or move, you guys do what you want".

So Su Yun turned his attention to Zhang Querong again.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Querong, who was usually very gossipy and talkative, was extremely quiet at this moment. No matter how Su Yun tried to beat around the bush, he responded to all of Su Yun's questions in a way that was not perfunctory but did not hit the nail on the head.

Su Yun tried his best but found nothing. Finally, he gave up his curiosity and his desire to persuade them and let the two young men with abnormal behavior walk out of the office.

Seeing the office door being closed from the outside, Su Yun stood up and returned to his desk, intending to tidy up the things on the desk and then go home to rest.

At the same time, the two people who walked out of the office walked towards the garage in silence.

When he got into the passenger seat of the car, Zhang Querong couldn't help but look at the person next to him: "Danny..."

"Let's talk about it when we get back." Compared to the calmness in Su Yun's office before, this time there was obviously a bit more coldness in the response, but it made Zhang Querong's heart, which had been hanging all night, relax a little.

He was not afraid of the ensuing quarrel or even fight, but what he feared most was Chen Po-yang's abnormally calm performance - the recent smear campaign had a great impact on his good brother's mental and physical condition. When he occasionally rested at home, he would always see Chen Po-yang sitting quietly in a daze on the balcony or in the living room, unable to sleep or eat well, and he had lost a lot of weight.

The little bit of energy he had finally regained during his time in the hospital was once again offset by the repeated slander, further aggravating his emotional illness.

He was afraid of becoming the bad guy who made things worse, so he was reluctant to express his determination.

He has a deep and hidden love for Su Yun, and also has a deep friendship with this good brother of many years.

No one wants to lose, and everyone wants to protect, which inevitably becomes the root cause of all conflicts.

They returned to the new house in silence. Zhang Querong, who was walking behind, took a deep breath after locking the door and calmed his confused mind.

Then, he looked at the thin figure in front of him: "Whatever you want to ask, I will answer truthfully--"

"I'm sorry." He apologized softly, "You can scold me or hit me if you want. I know I'm sorry for this matter, but all of this has nothing to do with Mary. It's purely my personal behavior..."

Suddenly, I heard a figure in front of me laugh, with mixed emotions, I couldn't tell whether it was sarcasm or self-mockery.

"If I say that I really want to beat you up right now, will you... fight back?" Chen Boyang's figure was extremely light, and seemed to have a hint of gentleness and grace, but the lines of his tightly stretched arms honestly revealed his training status.

Knowing that Chen Boyang looked thin but his physical training intensity was much higher than that of his peers, Zhang Querong was silent for a second and then answered with one word without hesitation: "Yes."

This shout ended all the laughter and friendship they had once shared, and turned these former good brothers into two opposing individuals.