Chapter 36: Exposure
This amusement park had done a lot of publicity a week before its anniversary celebration, introducing many fancy things that were expensive and uneconomical, and looked like they were trying to cheat young girls out of their money.
Xue Jin thought so.
But Lin Annie couldn't resist her enthusiasm. As soon as she entered the park, she ran around buying things. Soon, she had a huge colorful rabbit marshmallow in her left hand and an ice cream made of four colorful balls in her right hand. Xue Jin was so angry at the sight.
Xue Jin rubbed the rabbit headband on Lin Annie's head hard: "Don't you feel uncomfortable eating ice cream in such a cold weather? And with four scoops."
Lin Anni was dissatisfied and dodged: "What? I waited in line for a long time, and this ice cream cost me 150 yuan."
Xue Jin sighed: "It's so easy to make money from a rich lady."
"Xue Jin!"
Lin Anni stamped her feet in anger, and the ice cream ball in her hand suddenly fell to the ground with a "crack", leaving only an empty cone. She was so shocked that her eyes widened instantly: "My ice cream! You have to pay me!"
Xue Jin took two steps back quickly, fearing that this ancestor would get angry, and raised his hands in surrender: "Okay, okay, don't be angry, I'll buy you another one."
Xue Jin had never won an argument with his girlfriend. He found the ice cream shop in the surging night and trotted over to line up. Lin Anni stood there, feeling distressed and angry. She squatted on the ground and wanted to find a tissue from her bag to clean the floor, but she was holding things in both hands and couldn't free them for a while.
Just when Lin Anni was worried, a strange male voice suddenly sounded above her head:
"Miss, do you want a tissue?"
Lu Yan was sitting on a bench, waiting for Yu Zechuan to come back from the toilet, but he glanced inadvertently and found a little girl wearing a rabbit headband squatting on the ground with a piece of melting ice cream at her feet. She looked like she was about to cry.
The other person's face looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen him before. There was a huge crowd around her, and she was squeezed so hard that she almost fell.
Lu Yan thought for a moment and walked over.
Lin Anni looked up when she heard the voice and saw a tall and handsome boy squatting in front of her with a pack of tissues in his hand. She was stunned for a moment, then she blushed and said awkwardly: "Thank you, I..."
She subconsciously reached out to take it, but she still had something in her hand. Lu Yan noticed her embarrassment and simply took out a tissue to wrap the half-melted ice cream ball on the ground, stood up and threw it into the trash can next to him.
Seeing this, Lin Anni stood up from the ground, feeling even more embarrassed: "Sorry to bother you."
"It's okay," Lu Yan wiped his hands with a tissue and reminded, "There are a lot of people here, don't squat on the ground, it's easy to get trampled."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and sat back on the bench, continuing to wait for Yu Zechuan to come back. He didn't look like those men who casually chatted up girls, which made Lin Annie's impression of him a little better.
When Xue Jin came back with the ice cream, Lin Annie had already finished the remaining cone in her hand. He smiled and pinched her bunny headband: "How is it, can you eat more?"
Lin Anni was so angry that she wanted to stamp her feet again, but she was afraid that the ice cream would fall off, so she said in dissatisfaction: "What are you talking about? You didn't even wipe the ice cream off when it fell on the ground. Fortunately, there was a handsome guy next to me who handed me a tissue, otherwise I would be so embarrassed."
Xue Jin disagreed and said, "Everyone looks like a handsome guy."
Lin Anni retorted: "No, I'm really handsome, a little more handsome than you... Here, just sit on the chair over there, if you don't believe me, see for yourself."
Lin Annie has always been very picky. Since she said he is a handsome guy, he must be a handsome guy.
Xue Jin couldn't help but take a glance out of some kind of competitive spirit. However, it wouldn't have mattered if he hadn't looked at her, but once he did, his expression changed.
There was no other reason, the person sitting on the bench was actually Lu Yan.
Xue Jin thought of the two figures he saw before entering the garden, and his heart suddenly sank. He quickly stuffed the ice cream cone into Lin Annie's hand and said hurriedly, "Stand here and wait for me. You are not allowed to go anywhere!"
Xue Jin always had a smiling face and was rarely so serious. Lin Anni was startled: "What's wrong with you? Where are you going?"
However, Xue Jin had already turned around and strode towards Lu Yan. His face looked grim, and he felt that his anger was about to burn through his reason. Many things that didn't make sense before were instantly explained.
The flowers that inexplicably appeared in Yu Zechuan's house, the neighbors who inexplicably sent meals to Yu Zechuan's house, and Yu Zechuan's inexplicable stay-outs at night, it turned out that these were all caused by Lu Yan's mischief!
Lu Yan was sitting quietly in a chair when suddenly a blue figure appeared in front of him. He looked up subconsciously, but saw an unexpectedly familiar face and stopped involuntarily.
No way.
Lu Yan thought to himself, how could I run into Xue Jin when I was visiting an amusement park? What kind of luck is this?
Xue Jin stood in front of Lu Yan, his eyes behind the lens were sharp, and his tone was heavy: "Lu Yan, what on earth are you trying to do?!"
Xue Jin's jealousy actually outweighed his anger. Each of them had his own purpose in doing things. Yu Zechuan did it for revenge, and he also did it for revenge. Only Lu Yan was involved in this turmoil for no reason and was involved with them for no reason.
Like an enemy but also like a friend, it makes people feel deeply uneasy.
Before Lu Yan understood what was going on, he stood up from the bench and raised his eyebrows slightly: "Mr. Xue, I don't think I understand what you mean. How about explaining it to me?"
Xue Jin thought Lu Yan was just playing dumb, so he grabbed his collar and asked in a low voice, "Don't think I don't know you live next door to Zechuan. Tell me, what's your purpose in approaching us?!"
Xue Jin actually compared Zechuan to someone more ruthless, as evidenced by his attempt to assassinate Lu Yan in the previous game: "Do you believe me, I can kill you quietly at any time?"
Lin Anni was standing far away, not knowing what was going on. She saw Xue Jin suddenly attack Lu Yan, and her face turned pale with fear. She quickly ran forward to stop him and said, "Xue Jin! What are you doing? Let me go!"
Didn't she just compliment the other person on his handsomeness? Why did Xue Jin get so jealous?
If Lin Anni hadn't been holding something, she would have stopped the fight by now. She was so anxious that she stepped on Xue Jin several times. She felt extremely embarrassed for this impolite behavior: "Did you hear me? I told you to let me go!"
Xue Jin just stared at Lu Yan coldly without saying a word, and the situation became tense.
Lu Yan also let him hold it, his expression was extremely calm.
Until a cold and familiar voice suddenly exploded in my ears, breaking the silence -
"What are you doing?!"
Lu Yan's pupils shrank slightly when he heard the voice, and he looked into the distance subconsciously. As a result, he saw Yu Zechuan standing not far away looking at them with a frown, showing surprise and surprise, but more of confusion.
Yu Zechuan obviously couldn't understand why Xue Jin and Lin Annie were here when he had just gone to the bathroom, and they almost got into a fight with Lu Yan.
In his opinion, the two parties should not know each other.
Lin Anni was also a little surprised: "Brother Zechuan, why are you here?!"
Yu Zechuan didn't bother to answer. He walked between the two of them, stretched out his hand and gently pushed Xue Jin, forcing him to let go of Lu Yan's collar, and frowned and asked, "What's going on?!"
Xue Jin was so angry that he laughed back: "You ask me? I want to ask you, don't you know who he is?!"
As soon as he said this, the other three people suddenly fell into a strange silence.
Lu Yan thought, the truth will eventually come out. However, he felt relieved for no reason. After all, he had been worried for too long. It might as well be exposed.
There was a flash of panic in Yu Zechuan's eyes, but it was because of the embarrassment of having his relationship discovered. After all, Xue Jin always disapproved of him interacting with strangers. If he knew that he and his next-door neighbor had developed a one-night stand within a few days, he would be furious.
Lin Anni was stunned, wondering why the handsome guy who lent her tissues seemed to have a special relationship with Zechuan? Xue Jin was obviously her boyfriend, so why did he look like he had caught someone cheating?
The ice cream was almost melting, and Lin Annie couldn't help but secretly lick it.
"Slurp!"
Her voice attracted everyone's attention. Three pairs of eyes were fixed on Lin Annie, which made her feel inexplicably stressed and she was so stiff that she dared not move.
“…”
Finally, it was Yu Zechuan who took the initiative to break the silence. He said to Xue Jin without any emotion: "I know you want to tell me something. Send Annie home first. I'll wait for you at the apartment."
Yu Zechuan was not a fool. He finally sensed something unusual in Xue Jin's words, but the amusement park was not a place to talk, so he could only suppress the doubts in his heart.
Xue Jin looked at him, hesitant to speak, but finally nodded: "Okay."
He ignored Lin Annie who looked puzzled and took her out of the amusement park directly. His back figure quickly disappeared in the crowd.
At this moment, Yu Zechuan still had no doubt about Lu Yan.
After all, Lu Yan was so kind and gentle to him.
She didn't mind his mood swings, nor did she dislike his unusual illness. She even remembered all his hobbies and the words he said when he was sick...
How could such a person harm him?
Yu Zechuan forced a smile, revealing a stiff arc. It was obvious that he was trying hard to keep smiling: "I'm sorry, that person just now was my friend. I may not be able to play with you today."
He looked at Lu Yan with a dark look in his eyes, wondering what he was thinking: "Let's go back first."
Lu Yan didn't say a word from beginning to end. After all, he was about to be judged, and no matter what he said now, it would only speed up the exposure of the matter. He always felt that Yu Zechuan seemed to have realized something, but it didn't seem like it.
After a long while, Lu Yan smiled and uttered a word:
"good."
He and Yu Zechuan hailed a taxi on the side of the road and went home in silence until they took the elevator upstairs. When Lu Yan was about to unlock the door and go into the house, Yu Zechuan finally said, "Come to my house and have a seat."
He didn't use a question, so he didn't give Lu Yan any choice.
Lu Yan paused when he heard this, but he finally withdrew his hand and said in a good-tempered manner: "Okay."
This was not the first time Lu Yan went to Yu Zechuan's house, so he seemed particularly familiar with it. After entering the house, he sat down on the sofa, not nervous at all, and even had the leisure to peel an orange: "What do you want to eat tonight? I'll make it for you."
Yu Zechuan poured a glass of orange juice in the kitchen and walked out holding it: "Don't worry, my friends haven't arrived yet."
He did not ask Lu Yan whether he knew Xue Jin, nor did he ask what the dispute at the amusement park had caused. He just sat down next to Lu Yan and handed him a glass of orange juice: "This orange is very sour, drink the juice."
Lu Yan likes to eat oranges, probably because this fruit is good for the body. After Yu Zechuan woke up this morning, he ordered a lot of takeout, including jelly snacks and drinks, all orange-flavored.
They invaded each other's lives and left clues.
Seeing this, Lu Yan paused. He took the cup and drank it silently, sip after sip. It tasted sour at first and a bit bitter aftertaste. Most people couldn't accept this taste, but if it was too sweet, it wouldn't feel like orange juice.
"Yu Zechuan,"
Lu Yan put the cup back on the tea table, watching the remaining orange juice slide down the transparent wall of the cup, and suddenly spoke softly,
"No matter what happens, remember one thing: I will never hurt you."
He really had no intention of harming Yu Zechuan. Lu Yan's evil desire to survive could only force him to tell a few lies, but no more, because any betrayal could become the last straw that broke the camel's back for Yu Zechuan.
Yu Zechuan sat on the sofa with his eyes downcast, holding the half-peeled orange, tossing it back and forth. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "Really?"
Then everything went quiet, and there was no further text.
The windows were not closed when I left home today, and the cold wind at night flowed in through the gaps, blowing up the cool-toned curtains, and the high-rise buildings outside were looming.
The silence was broken only by the sound of a doorbell outside.
Lu Yan realized that Xue Jin might have come, and stood up from the sofa: "Your friend is here, I'll go back first."
Yu Zechuan nodded, but did not stand up to see him off. He watched with his own eyes as Lu Yan walked towards the door, one step, two steps, three steps, and finally staggered, holding onto the wall as if dizzy, and then slowly stood up and walked forward, reaching out to catch the other person's falling body.
Lu Yanhun's body went limp and he was too dizzy to stand. He finally realized something and looked at Yu Zechuan in surprise: "You... you put drugs in the drink?"
"What else?"
Yu Zechuan stared at Lu Yan expressionlessly, lowered his head close to his ear, and asked softly:
"How long do you want to deceive me, Lu Yan?"
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