Xiao Yuanmu's eyes were dark, and his tone was unpredictable: "Do you agree?"
"I agree." Song Xuanhe didn't seem to notice his gloomy look, and said nonchalantly: "I never have long-distance relationships. You are so busy with work, and we were not really sincere when we were together at the beginning. Breaking up now can be regarded as getting back on track."
"Back on track." Xiao Yuanmu repeated the last four words, and suddenly curled his lips with a mocking look: "Our breakup is back on track for you, then what was our being together in the first place to you?"
Xiao Yuanmu stood up and walked towards Song Xuanhe step by step. His eyes were as cold as a deep pool, and there was an invisible thick gloom under his eyes. His cold voice was icy and cold: "Substitute?"
When Song Xuanhe saw Xiao Yuanmu approaching, he was not panicked at all. He stared at him calmly and calmly. However, when he heard the word "substitute", he was startled and frowned, "What substitute?"
"The reason why you want to be with me even if you threaten me with the dean." Xiao Yuanmu approached Song Xuanhe, put his hand on the back of the sofa behind him, and trapped him between him and the sofa in a restraining posture. His voice was cold and deep: "The reason why you don't like me at all but play the role of lover, and live together but don't have any substantive relationship."
Xiao Yuanmu stared at Song Xuanhe with his dark eyes, not missing any change in his expression, and curled his lips sarcastically: "Am I right?"
"I have no idea what you're talking about."
Song Xuanhe frowned, he had anticipated Xiao Yuanmu's reaction when he mentioned the breakup, so he was not panicked when he realized that Xiao Yuanmu was angry. However, when he heard the "stand-in theory" inexplicably pop out of his mouth and saw his serious and gloomy expression, he knew that things were not going in the direction he expected.
"What substitute?" Although he felt something was wrong, for some reason, Song Xuanhe did not feel any fear or terror. Instead, he confronted Xiao Yuanmu with a pair of innocent and clear eyes: "Explain yourself clearly."
It is this pair of seemingly clear eyes that always make people unconsciously let down their guard and believe everything he says. Even when they know that he is lying, they can't help but defend him. They would rather deceive themselves than let him show disappointment and sadness in his eyes.
How come he didn't realize in his previous two lives that Song Xuanhe had such a pair of beautiful eyes, so beautiful that he was willing to deceive himself but still couldn't let go.
"Oh."
Xiao Yuanmu sneered, not at Song Xuanhe, but at himself. Even though he knew that nine out of ten sentences Song Xuanhe said might be false, he was willing to believe that the sentence he said to him was the only truth.
The words that Song Jiani said when she found Xiao Nan at the banquet were still ringing in her ears: "Do you think Xuanhe brother likes you? He doesn't like you at all, but another person. You are just a substitute for that person!"
"Have you ever thought about why Xuanhe and his brother wanted to be with you? Why did he use the director of the welfare home to threaten you to compromise? And why, even though he was with you, he never officially acknowledged your identity in front of everyone!"
Song Jiani picked up the champagne with a smile, and with the smugness of an insider facing the insider in her eyes, she whispered: "If I'm not mistaken, you haven't even slept together, right? You don't have to believe it, but of course you can check it out. Who do Xuan and brother usually spend the most time with and are happiest with? Who do they care about the most?"
"Maybe you can also take a look at who he is chatting with now. I have never seen Xuanhe brother smile so happily at you."
"Someone told me that you are with me because you regard me as a substitute for Xiao Shenglin." Xiao Yuanmu stared into Song Xuanhe's eyes without blinking and asked him, "Is she right?"
"How is that possible!"
If Xiao Yuanmu was talking about someone else, Song Xuanhe might still hesitate and doubt whether the original owner really did such a despicable thing, but he was talking about Xiao Shenglin.
Although Xiao Shenglin and Xiao Yuanmu both have the surname Xiao, and Xiao Shenglin is even from a branch of the Xiao family, their appearances and personalities are completely different, so there is no possibility that one of them is a substitute for the other.
"What do you believe in what others say?" Song Xuanhe showed his absurdity on his face without disguising it: "Think about it yourself, how are you similar to Xiao Shenglin? There is nothing in common between you two!"
Song Xuanhe thought that Xiao Yuanmu would be a little upset after hearing what he said, at least doubting or reflecting, but Xiao Yuanmu was unexpectedly calm. He just said "hmm" lightly, and then said: "Who do you think I look like?"
"No one looks like him." Song Xuanhe pushed Xiao Yuanmu's face away and looked away, "Don't listen to other people's nonsense. I was with you at that time purely because you were good-looking."
Xiao Yuanmu let go of his hand, turned around and left without saying a word. After a while, he took out two photos from the bedroom and handed them to Song Xuanhe.
Song Xuanhe picked it up and took a closer look. The photo on it was a graduation photo of Xiao Yuanmu wearing a bachelor's gown in front of the gate of Imperial Capital University. Although Xiao Yuanmu's eyes and eyebrows in the photo showed a sense of alienation, they also had the clarity and brightness of a young man.
This reminded Song Xuanhe of the scene when they first met, and the boy with bright eyes after he was rescued from the swimming pool. Although Xiao Yuanmu was the same person before and after his rebirth, if one only looked at the photos, few people would think they were the same person at first glance, because their temperaments were so different.
Song Xuanhe unconsciously looked up at Xiao Yuanmu at this moment, comparing him with the difference between him and Xiao Yuanmu before his rebirth. After careful thinking before, he always felt that the difference was very subtle and almost non-existent, but simply using intuition and eyes to look, he could find that there was a huge difference between them.
It should be said that Xiao Yuanmu gradually became a different person after his rebirth. This change did not happen overnight, but was the result of long-term subtle changes.
That's why Song Xuanhe was so slow. He didn't realize Xiao Yuanmu had already been reborn until after Sun Jinren's incident. It was also after seeing this photo that he realized that he could no longer guess Xiao Yuanmu's thoughts in the same way as before before and after his rebirth.
Xiao Yuanmu now is completely unpredictable.
But... Song Xuanhe flexed the fingers on his legs. No matter which Xiao Yuanmu it was, he would no longer feel fearful or resistant.
Maybe he knew too well Xiao Yuanmu, who pretended to be distant and cold but was actually fragile and awkward before his rebirth. He also saw Xiao Yuanmu, who seemed strong and indifferent after his rebirth but actually liked puppies very much and would turn pale after seeing a snake.
He knew his weaknesses, his preferences, and the pain and shadow beneath his strength. Unknowingly, he had completely understood the other person.
The last person he knew so well was a good friend who wanted him to live happily before he passed away. Xiao Yuanmu was the second one, but he was destined not to be able to accompany him for long, no matter in which form.
It seems that no matter which world he is in, anyone he cares about will leave him in various ways.
The others were accidents, but Xiao Yuanmu's separation was destined to happen. In this case, he should handle this matter well. Xiao Yuanmu will have a bright future and many people will love him. When he leaves this world, Xiao Yuanmu will naturally start a new life.
When Song Xuanhe saw the second photo in his hand, his pupils shrank slightly, and then he curled the corners of his mouth. It seemed that there was no need to wait for him to leave. From today on, the relationship between Xiao Yuanmu and him would be completely severed.
The person in the second photo also looked very familiar to Song Xuanhe - Xiao Shenglin during his student days.
If one only looks at the two photos without comparing them with the real people, Song Xuanhe also admits that Xiao Shenglin, who is also wearing a bachelor's gown and has a cold look in the photo, is very similar to Xiao Yuanmu, who had a distant temperament before his rebirth. Even when comparing the two photos, one can find that their eyebrows and face shapes are somewhat similar.
At this moment, Xiao Shenglin was gentle and refined, with soft and elegant features, while Xiao Yuanmu was cold and indifferent, with cold and sharp features between his features. That was why no one thought they looked alike. However, the premise of all this was that no one had ever seen these two photos.
After seeing these two photos, Song Xuanhe naturally could not lie with his eyes open. Even if he lied with his eyes open, Xiao Yuanmu, who took out the two photos, would not believe it.
Song Xuanhe threw the photos on the coffee table, turned his head to meet Xiao Yuanmu's gaze, and said with a smirk, "You gave me these two photos to prove that I regard you as Xiao Shenglin's substitute?"
Xiao Yuanmu sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, waiting indifferently with his eyes downcast. Ever since Song Xuanhe started looking at the photos, his hands had been tapping the armrests of the sofa in a rhythmic manner. When he heard him speak, his fingers paused, and he raised his eyes and said, "Is it you?"
"Would you believe me if I said it wasn't true?"
"I believe it."
Song Xuanhe was stunned by Xiao Yuanmu's cold but firm voice. He stared into Xiao Yuanmu's dark eyes. Those bottomless eyes seemed to contain countless complex emotions, which made it difficult for him to say the words that were on the tip of his tongue.
Song Xuanhe looked at him, his clear eyes seemed to be smiling nonchalantly, but he seemed to have no emotion at all: "What if I say yes?"
After a moment of silence, Xiao Yuanmu moved his hand from the armrest to his leg. He pursed his lips slightly, and something was tense in his clear voice: "I hope you say no."
Song Xuanhe lowered his eyes and asked him again: "If I say yes, will you believe it?"
Seeing Song Xuanhe avoiding his gaze, Xiao Yuanmu's dark eyes flashed with something, and the corners of his slightly pursed mouth slightly raised, and his low tone seemed to be tempting and seemed to hide some danger: "As long as you say it, I believe it."
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