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During those years abroad, Yu Yang carried the expectations of his parents and mentor, and all his time was focused on his future and career. But during the downtime and the time left for him to reflect before bed, he couldn't help but imagine the scene of their reunion. He thought about her blaming him for disappearing suddenly, and he also thought about her pretending not to know him. He seriously considered what expression he should use to face her and what he should do to make her forgive him.
When he was most disappointed in himself, he still thought that she already had a boyfriend or was even married to someone else. If she was happy, he would hide all his thoughts and wish her happiness. If she was unhappy, he would definitely find a way to get her out of the mud pit.
But I never thought of the scene in front of me.
Guan Shanyue became his partner, sitting in front of him seriously, without any extra emotion in her eyes, clear and helpless. Upon closer inspection, one could only feel the wariness towards strangers.
She didn't recognize him anymore.
The smile on Yu Yang's face gradually disappeared: "Yes, I am Yu Yang."
It was actually him. Guan Shanyue's emotions were as complicated as a tangled mess, and she didn't know how to express them. She hesitated for a moment and brought out the excuse she had given to Shao Zizhuo before: "Something happened at home, and I lost my memory. I've forgotten everything that happened before."
Yu Yang suddenly looked up. He knew that she became an orphan overnight, but how could she lose her memory?
Guan Shanyue bit her lip. The sweetness of the Black Forest cake still lingered on her taste buds, but a hint of bitterness from the dark chocolate appeared. She felt a little reluctant: "I also received the text message you sent me, but I didn't think it was a mistake, so I didn't take it to heart."
Yu Yang no longer cared about what happened between them. He asked, "What's going on with the amnesia?"
Guan Shanyue smiled and said, "My parents passed away, and my family's company went bankrupt. I suffered from traumatic stress and forgot a lot of things."
Yu Yang looked at her dazzling smile and couldn't help but lower his head. His voice came over muffled: "I'm sorry, I didn't know, I should have come back earlier."
Guan Shanyue was silent. Why come back so early? It's already chaotic enough here. The substitute joke should only appear once in an article!
Guan Shanyue took a deep breath and decided to cut the Gordian knot. Before Shao Zizhuo could react, she quickly sorted out the mess: "The me before is no longer the same as the me now. Let's leave the feelings between us at that time."
Yu Yang looked at her straight, his eyes bright and surprising: "Then can we start over?"
Guan Shanyue shook her head and refused with a smile: "No, I already have a boyfriend." She swallowed her words silently and decided to have a child with him in the future.
Yu Yang was stunned for a moment, trying to find evidence of lying on her face, but she accepted the scrutiny with such openness that he couldn't help but give in. He could only squeeze out a sentence: "Are you, are you, are you happy?"
Guan Shanyue was stunned by this sudden question. She felt that she should make a joke and say "My surname is not Fu, it's Guan", or firmly express that she is very happy to completely cut off Yu Yang's thoughts, but she couldn't say it. The time bomb of the plot was buried between them, and she didn't know when the wire would be detonated.
During the moment she hesitated, Yu Yang's smile returned to his face. He was absolutely certain that there must be something wrong between Guan Shanyue and that unknown man. He changed the subject, interrupting Guan Shanyue's answer: "Forget about that. How about I tell you about our past?"
Guan Shanyue thought about it and decided that he really needed to find out. What if another classmate suddenly showed up later? "Tell me about it."
Seeing that Guan Shanyue was willing to listen, Yu Yang raised an eyebrow and began to vividly describe their past, adding some exaggeration. In short, in his description, "Guan Shanyue" was a girl who cared about her classmates, was united and friendly, gentle and weak, and would not refuse anyone. They used to be good partners who helped each other improve their studies and had experienced many things together.
Finally, Yu Yang confidently told Guan Shanyue, "Back then, we had a mutual crush, but we were young and focused on our studies, so we didn't express our feelings to each other." He looked at Guan Shanyue expectantly, "Now that we've all achieved success in our careers and can control our own lives, some things are different from when we were younger."
Guan Shanyue heard everything he wanted to hear, but pretended not to understand his hint. He finished the cake in front of him in two or three bites and put on his computer bag. "Then let's stop here for today. We can talk again some other time when we're free. I have a meeting today, so I'll be leaving first."
Yu Yang took out his phone and pathetically pulled up the QR code for the business card: "Add me on WeChat, Mr. Guan. If you have anything in the future, just contact me directly. It will definitely be faster than contacting my secretary."
Guan Shanyue was about to take out her phone when a pair of hands suddenly appeared in front of her and scanned the QR code before she could. There was a "beep" sound, followed by a familiar voice: "I'll add you. I'll talk to you on her behalf if there's anything."
Guan Shanyue raised her head. Shao Zizhuo was standing in front of her in a suit and tie. She casually tapped the screen of her phone twice and raised her chin towards Yu Yang. "The verification has been sent. Shao Zizhuo of Qinglian Group."
Guan Shanyue's gaze silently shifted to Yu Yang again. Yu Yang lowered his head and operated his mobile phone. She could only see part of his face.
Wang Xi said that they looked alike, but she still felt that they were not. Now that both of them were in front of her, with serious faces, she had to admit that they did look a bit alike.
She had never met Shao Zizhuo's half-brother, but Yu Yang might be more like Shao Zizhuo's brother than his real brother. The two of them had the same ambition and intelligence, and were both smart and useful.
"What are you looking at?" Shao Zizhuo's voice suddenly rang out.
Guan Shanyue keenly detected the hint of anger in his voice. She quickly averted her gaze, picked up her bag, and stood up. "I didn't see anything. Why are you here?"
The three of them stood in the most stable triangle, with undercurrents surging. The air seemed to be filled with the smell of gunpowder, and any flies or mosquitoes that flew over would be instantly blown into small, brilliant fireworks.
Guan Shanyue finally realized that this scene gave him the feeling of being trapped in bed.
In order to prevent the situation from getting worse, she silently moved towards Shao Zizhuo, and indulged in tilting the balance towards the jealous person.
As Guan Shanyue approached, Shao Zizhuo saw the angry Yu Yang out of the corner of his eye, and the emotion inexplicably eased a lot. "I heard from your secretary that you were meeting with a partner here. I don't have anything to do today, so I thought of coming to pick you up."
Before Guan Shanyue could speak, Yu Yang sensed her inexplicable emotions and asked with a twitch of his lips, "Who is this?"
Shao Zizhuo said, "I just introduced myself. I'm Shao Zizhuo from Qinglian Group." He put his arm around Guan Shanyue's shoulders and said, "I'm Mr. Guan's boyfriend. I wonder if you are?"
Yu Yang smiled brightly. "You're jealous because you don't know who I am?" Then what would happen if he knew who I was? He said maliciously, "Professional manager Yair Yu, Chinese name, Yu Yang."
The smile on Shao Zizhuo's face froze for a moment. Yair Yu was Yu Yang? He was the one who gave him the business card, so he was the one who instigated this meeting?
In the split second of lightning, Shao Zizhuo suppressed the momentary regret of wanting to go back and give Guan Shanyue the business card, and lowered his head to ask Guan Shanyue, "Are you done talking?"
Yu Yang answered first: "We have finished discussing the matter, but we are old acquaintances, so we just want to catch up."
Shao Zizhuo had a blank expression on his face, looking somewhat superior. "Oh? Mr. Yu, would you be willing to tell me about it as well?"
Although his tone was inquiring, Shao Zizhuo pulled out a chair and sat down, waiting leisurely for Yu Yang to speak, without any sign of negotiation.
Yu Yang raised an eyebrow, unwilling to be outdone, and began to speak, "Yueyue initially felt her English wasn't good enough, and I was preparing for the IELTS, so we agreed to study together. Every afternoon after school, we'd practice speaking until 7 or 8, and then ride home together. She's forgotten all about this, and she definitely didn't tell you. Our homes are across the street from each other, and I could see her leaving the gate of the complex from my house."
Shao Zizhuo took a sip of water and spun the cup around. "Her English has always been good. Could it be that it's been so long that Mr. Yu remembered it wrongly?"
Yu Yang didn't care at all about the sarcasm in Shao Zizhuo's tone. He smiled and said, "Her failure is that she didn't even get 145 out of 150. Mr. Shao still doesn't know her well enough."
Shao Zizhuo gently tapped Guan Shanyue's plate twice with his fork, hinting, "So many years have passed, people change. Her achievements in her youth were well known, and she's always been competitive. You can imagine what she was like in high school, but there are some habits that outsiders may not know. For example, she doesn't like cakes or foreign desserts. She has a light taste and only likes osmanthus cakes, sand cakes, and other traditional Chinese desserts."
Yu Yang glanced at Shao Zizhuo and suddenly smiled: "Mr. Shao, don't you think we look alike?"
Shao Zizhuo raised his eyes, and his eyes were filled with thick ink that could not bloom flowers.
The storm is coming.
This is something you shouldn't say! Guan Shanyue stood there, distracted by the tense atmosphere between the two men. He took emergency shelter, trying to hide his mistake, but it only made it more obvious. "How are they similar? Let me see, how are they similar?"
Yu Yang pointed at his own facial features: "Eyes, nose, mouth, they're all quite similar." He asked Guan Shanyue seriously, "Yueyue, can't you see it?"
Guan Shanyue saw it, but she didn't dare to say it. She used the acting skills she had honed over the past few days and looked at the two people carefully: "I can't tell, they don't look alike at all."
Yu Yang spread his hands innocently and turned to Shao Zizhuo: "What do you think, Mr. Shao?"
Shao Zizhuo didn't say anything, and the air pressure around him was terribly low.
Yu Yang's words were one after another, and Guan Shanyue closed his eyes, unsure how to make amends. What should he say? Yes, yes, he felt the same way, after all, you two were once classmates, so you two must have made a mistake. Or should he say that Wanwan is like Qing, that he is Wanwan, and you are Qing?
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