18. Regret
61.
Lin Can and Li He stared at each other for a long time across a bookshelf. The former was at a loss after being caught kissing secretly, while the latter was shocked.
Lin Can was still shy. It was embarrassing enough for him and Fu Xingzhi to do this in public, and he was actually caught by someone he knew. His embarrassment increased exponentially, so he raised his head and gave Fu Xingzhi a reproachful look.
But when Li He saw this look, the meaning was different.
He didn't know much about the details, he only knew that Lin Can's father had an affair with Fu Xingzhi before he died, which meant that Fu Xingzhi was like Lin Can's stepmother. So what happened just now...
No matter how you think about it, it must have been Fu Xingzhi who forced Lin Can!
Lin Can's look instantly turned into resentment, blame, and helplessness in Li He's eyes.
Li He coughed twice, pretending to be calm, and said to the other side: "Lin Can, I have something to talk to you about."
He originally wanted to glance at Fu Xingzhi, but because the other party's aura was very oppressive just by standing there, he retracted his eyes as soon as he turned away.
Lin Can raised his head as usual and used his eyes to ask for Fu Xingzhi's opinion.
Fu Xingzhi took the book from Lin Can's hand and whispered to him, "I'll go pay first, wait for me here."
Lin Can nodded, "Okay."
The hands at his side repeatedly tightened and expanded, and Fu Xingzhi still warned: "Don't talk too long."
62.
After Fu Xingzhi slowly left, Li He came over from the bookshelf. As soon as he saw Lin Can, he could no longer maintain his composure.
"You just let him kiss you like that?" He grabbed Lin Can's shoulders out of control and asked harshly.
Lin Can now felt exhausted from dealing with this person and could only try his best to perfunctorily respond: "Sorry, I shouldn't do this in public. I'll be more careful next time."
Li He was already burning with anger, and Lin Can's evasive attitude only made him even more irritated. He raised his voice even louder, "Are you mentally ill? Am I talking about the occasion? That's Fu Xingzhi! Your stepmother! Your father's..."
"So?" Lin Can interrupted him. When he looked up again, his eyes were filled with indifference. "He's single, and so am I. Why not?"
The look in his eyes now was completely different from when he looked at Fu Xingzhi just now.
Realizing this, Li He's arrogance gradually subsided.
He took a deep breath, loosened his grip on Lin Can's shoulders, and tried to persuade Lin Can in a gentle tone: "Yes, I have no right to control you, but you have to think clearly. His mother is half your stepfather, aren't you afraid of being criticized by others?"
After hearing this, Lin Can actually thought about it.
The conclusion is that -
"I'm not afraid," he said.
Li He almost fainted from those three words. He was so angry that the veins on the back of his hands popped out. He gritted his teeth and said, "Are you fucking crazy? Or did you find that guy named Fu just to get revenge on me?"
Although Lin Can's shoulder was pinched and hurt, he actually found Li He's childish remarks like those of an elementary school student funny.
He sighed and warned Li He sincerely: "Your self-awareness is really a bit excessive."
"The earth does not revolve around you, time will not stop for you, and anything I do has nothing to do with you."
While Li He was stunned, he broke free from the hand that was around his shoulder.
No matter what, Li He was Lin Can's dream throughout his high school years. Even if Li He did that kind of thing, it was still an attempt, and he still didn't want to fall out with him.
But he felt it was time to say goodbye to that perfect bubble.
"I don't regret liking you for so long. Even though I may have only liked you in my imagination, at least I still gained some strength from the person named 'Li He'."
"I imposed too many of my own subjective assumptions on you, which led to me pestering you for four years and causing you a lot of trouble. I'm sorry."
He leaned forward slightly, apologized to Li He, and continued, "But from the moment you threw me on the bed that night at the bar, I came out of my fantasy."
He looked up at Li He and emphasized his tone, "You shouldn't have thrown me to someone else after this. Strictly speaking, this is a crime."
Li He had been listening quietly, but interrupted Lin Can here and said, "That night, I was just having fun."
"Don't say such nonsense, don't make me hate you more." Lin Can's tone was still very flat.
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This time Li He really couldn't say anything and his face turned pale.
Lin Can knew he couldn't communicate with him, and he didn't want to waste any more words. He used up his last bit of patience with Li He and said, "Our ideas and concepts are too different. In fact, we are not even suitable to be friends. Let's not interact with each other anymore."
He was afraid that Fu Xingzhi would wait for too long, so he was about to leave after saying that. Li He didn't stop him.
Only when he was almost at the exit did he hear Li He shouting behind him: "Lin Can! You were the one who chased me first, why did you give up first?"
Lin Can felt nothing in his heart, he just felt it was embarrassing to be called by his name in public.
He took two quick steps and heard another sentence, tinged with a faint cry: "Can't you let me... regret it just once..."
63.
As soon as Lin Can saw Fu Xingzhi, he threw himself into his arms, and the annoyance in his heart a moment ago was swept away.
He noticed that Fu Xingzhi didn't seem to be coming from the cashier's direction, so he asked him, "Did you go to look at other items?"
In fact, there was a hint of anger in Fu Xingzhi's eyes, but Lin Can didn't notice it. He said calmly: "I read it, but it's not a good book."
Lin Can hummed, and suggested, "Next, let's go home?"
He had already been craving for these books and had no mood to watch the movie. All he wanted was to nestle in Fu Xingzhi's arms and listen to him whispering in his ear.
Turn on the air conditioner, put two glasses of juice on the table, and feel time slowly passing by in Fu Xingzhi's whispers. Nothing can be better than this.
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