Chapter 65 A Belated Apology [VIP]
I can finally face a part of my past self with peace of mind.
I am an inferior me, a coward, a twisted me, and a childish me.
——Orange Confessions
Lin Mian's words almost made Zhen Hao drop the phone he was holding.
In a panic, she trotted from the corridor to the stairwell before she dared to ask in a trembling voice, "What do you want?"
Can you let her go?
It's been so many years, can you let her go?
Zhen Hao had never felt that being liked by others was such a terrifying thing. It was so terrifying that it made her feel uneasy.
"Hehe, sorry, I was just joking with you." Lin Mian's voice immediately changed to a smiling one.
Zhen Hao: “…”
He actually said this was a joke? She was scared to death, okay?!
Zhen Hao was filled with rage and had no place to vent it. Since the other party was joking, there was no need to continue the call.
When she spoke again, her voice returned to its coldness: "If you have nothing else, I'll hang up."
She didn't even dare to say she would hang up, for fear that Lin Mian would threaten her with other words.
Sure enough, Lin Mian raised his voice again, "Zhen Hao, don't hang up! Otherwise, I'll really jump. I'm not kidding you this time. Listen... that's the sound of the wind."
"Lin Mian!" Zhen Hao couldn't help but shout, "What do you want from me?!"
Her voice attracted Zhou Chunrui: "Okay, who are you talking to on the phone?"
From the moment Zhen Hao went out to answer the phone, Zhou Chunrui inadvertently caught a glimpse of her increasingly ugly face. When he saw her leave the corridor and come to the dark hallway, he followed her worriedly.
Unexpectedly, she actually heard Zhen Hao's roar.
In her impression, Zhen Hao has always been so cold and aloof that people might even mistake him for being introverted. He rarely loses control of his emotions like this.
Seeing that Zhen Hao didn't say anything for a long time, she couldn't help but become more worried: "Is he okay?"
"I'm fine. You go back to the dormitory first. I have something to take care of." Zhen Hao forced himself to calm down and answered Zhou Chunrui in a normal voice.
"Okay, be sure to call me if you need anything." Since Zhen Hao said so, Zhou Chunrui naturally would not pry into her privacy and quickly walked back to the dormitory.
"Tell me, what do you want me to do..." Zhen Hao's voice was full of fatigue after he calmed down.
Her life never seemed to get better. As soon as she saw a little ray of hope, greater darkness would come over her, leaving her with no real respite.
"What I want you to do is very simple..." Lin Mian smiled roguishly and asked a question, "I heard that you are with that kid Shixu?"
Suddenly hearing Shixu's name, Zhen Hao's heart started beating faster again, and he mumbled, "I don't know what you're talking about..."
"It's not the time sequence?" Lin Mian said to himself, "Could it be Shi Hang and that guy?"
"That's not true!" Zhen Hao retorted.
"No matter who it is, I want you to break up with him." Lin Mian's voice changed several times, becoming sinister and low, and his laughter became a little crazy. "Then be with me and be my girlfriend, Lin Mian."
Hearing this, Zhen Hao couldn't help but blurt out, "Are you sick?!"
Lin Mian ignored her insults and continued to press, "If you don't agree to me, I'll jump down. I'm not kidding!"
"Then jump!" Zhen Hao was so angry that he completely lost his mind and uttered vicious words one after another, "I bet you don't dare to jump!"
"Zhen Hao, do you still have any conscience?!" Lin Mian roared, his eyes red.
"Yes, I have no conscience, so..." Zhen Hao gritted his teeth and said, "Don't look for me again in the future."
After saying that, she hung up the phone cruelly.
After this incident, Zhen Hao spent more than half a month in fear, fearing that something might really happen to Lin Mian, but she did not have the courage to confirm it, so she could only endure it day by day.
Until Zhou Chunrui got the news and told him: "I don't know how well that brat Lin Mian is doing. I heard that his business is going from strength to strength. He's already a big boss at such a young age."
The three of them talked about everything. Zhou Chunrui and Yan Yunshu knew very well about Lin Mian's threatening phone call, so they helped Zhen Hao keep an eye on Lin Mian's movements.
"That's good." No matter how much Zhen Hao hated Lin Mian, he didn't want anyone to die.
From the sudden reunion to the time they sat down to the table, Lin Mian only greeted Zhen Hao when they first met, and then the two of them kept to themselves as if they didn't know each other.
But there were too many surprises this evening, and Zhen Hao saw an old acquaintance at the table again.
However, they didn't have a chance to say hello because the finale person from the relevant unit arrived.
"I'm so sorry everyone, extravagance and waste are not allowed right now, so we can only have a simple meal together." When the big shot was speaking, Zhen Hao felt a pair of eyes fixed on him.
She thought it was Shi Xu who was sitting opposite her, but when she looked carefully, the gaze disappeared without a trace.
Most of the speakers were men, with a few women occasionally going out to smoke or go to the bathroom, and the atmosphere gradually became relaxed.
"The hospital has something urgent to talk to me about, so I'll go there first." Knowing that the hospital might come to him with a case at any time, Yan Yunshu did not do as Zhen Hao said and remained silent while everyone was toasting. Sure enough, something happened.
, she left early.
Breathable.
The restaurant is located in a high-rise building, prosperous and gorgeous.
"Classmate Zhenhao." A deep and mellow voice suddenly came from behind the two of them.
When they turned around, Shi Hangyu had already slowly walked up to them.
"Long time no see." The man had a calm smile on his face and his tone was calm and gentle. "I was a little surprised to see you at the banquet just now."
It turned out that the vague gaze just now came from him.
Looking at Shi Hangyu right in front of him, Zhen Hao was completely stunned.
This kind of impact was different from the distant gaze they had just had at the dinner table. The close visual experience made her forget to even breathe.
She had thought about seeing classmate 683 again, but never thought it would be in such an occasion.
At the table were not only leaders of relevant units, but also former suitors, close sisters, fellow students, and also... "bed partners".
From a distance, Shi Xu saw Zhen Hao and Shi Hang standing face to face. They paused for a while, then turned around and walked in the other direction.
He was willing to give her time and space until she had cleared all the shackles in her heart.
Zhou Chunrui had already quietly walked away when she saw that the person coming was Shi Hangyu. She walked around a corner and happened to meet Shi Xu head-on.
"Did you see everything?" Seeing Shi Xu's cold expression, Zhou Chunrui immediately guessed something.
"What do you want to say?" Shi Xu neither admitted nor denied it.
"Mr. Pei, you are so good, there must be a lot of women trying to get close to you, right?" Zhou Chunrui looked at the man in front of her who was impeccable in both appearance and family background, and suddenly felt that if she continued to match him with Zhen Hao, she would be suspected of pushing her good sister into the fire pit.
"Yes, a lot." Shixu did not hide anything.
"I knew it." Zhou Chunrui didn't want to support this couple that he had been supporting since childhood.
The older people get, the more they feel that a simple life is the truth. If Zhen Hao really married into a wealthy family like the Pei family, she would have to endure hardships that ordinary people could not imagine.
She refused.
Unexpectedly, Shi Xu changed the subject: "I told them that I like men."
"Pfft..." Zhou Chunrui couldn't help laughing, "Did you really say that to those women?"
Shi Xu nodded: "Yeah."
"Why didn't your old man beat you to death?" When Zhou Chunrui thought about the entire wealthy circle speculating whether Shi Xu had really come out, he felt that the picture was too beautiful and could not bear to look at it.
"Almost." Shi Xu said with a wry smile.
Not only the Pei family, but even the usually gentle and open-minded Shi An would look at him with a look of disappointment, and then sigh: "Xiao Xu, are you trying to piss off your grandfather to death?"
Mr. Pei is now over eighty years old, and the Pei family members dare not bring this matter to him, but they don’t know how long they can keep it secret.
"Because it's good?" Zhou Chunrui suddenly realized something.
Time has no answer, but silence is the best answer.
"I'm rooting for you. Come on, Mr. Pei." Zhou Chunrui raised his hand and wanted to pat Shixu's shoulder, but after thinking about it, he put it down.
You can't touch your sister's man, even if it's social etiquette.
On the terrace, Shi Hangyu's voice, wrapped in the cool winter night breeze, reached Zhen Hao's ears: "Student Zhen Hao, I'm sorry."
"Hmm?" Zhen Hao was a little confused when he suddenly heard such a serious apology. "Sorry for what?"
"I've always wanted to say sorry to you, but when I was young I didn't want to give in easily. I always thought I'd wait a little longer, waiting for the right opportunity." Shi Hangyu tilted his head slightly, a relieved smile on his face. "I didn't expect that this wait would last for more than ten years."
"It was Yu Ling and the others who were causing trouble back then. I have always wronged you. I am really sorry." Shi Hangyu apologized sincerely again.
In Shi Hang and Pingjing's narration, the hidden grievances in Zhen Hao's heart finally came to light. She had been burdened with the label of "tattling" for so long, and now she could finally let it go. Her eyes and eyebrows suddenly filled with a relaxed smile, and even her voice became lighter: "It's okay."
Not all "I'm sorry" can be exchanged for a "It's okay". How lucky they are that in the long torrent of time, they can still find the lost original heart for the little self in the past and start over.
The two of them didn't stay here any longer. Shi Hang and Xian turned around and went back to the box, while Zhen Hao turned around and headed in another direction.
She heard that the night view of Min City was very beautiful in recent years, but she had not yet taken a close look at it.
The restaurant was located in a high-rise building overlooking the river, with a great view. She planned to walk around it and then return to the private room.
Zhen Hao had just taken a few steps when he saw a familiar figure.
After so many years, she still felt uncomfortable when she saw him, and her heartbeat accelerated in an instant.
Her legs felt as heavy as if they were filled with lead, and she lacked the courage to move forward or backward.
A cool breeze blew past her ears, and a face suddenly popped into her mind.
Shi Hangyu smiled and said "I'm sorry" to her. The image of a mature man and a green boy kept switching, and finally settled on the tall and straight back that she had seen countless times during her teenage years.
Her secret love days were filled with figures who had no clear intentions. It was so sad, yet it also made her so happy. In other words...
Zhen Hao's gaze once again fell on the figure not far from her, and a courage that came from nowhere prompted her to walk towards that person step by step.
"Hi." She greeted the other person with a chuckle.
The man turned around and saw that it was her. He was surprised but soon showed a look of joy: "It's you, good."
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