Chapter 199
Soon, several friends in the circle knew that He Mian was in love. The playboy Da Luo Luo, who had been single for thousands of years, had a girlfriend who was six or seven years younger than him.
He keeps his phone in his hand all day long, and from time to time he uses voice to report his work schedule for the day to his girlfriend.
The loving look on their faces was enough to make one's teeth ache.
Someone couldn't help but make a fuss, wanting He Mian to bring his girlfriend over so that they could get to know each other and go out together in the future if there was a chance. However, that guy was very hesitant and even such a simple request was rejected.
That guy is so stingy, is it just a love affair? He is acting like he has never been in love before! I don't know if he thought his girlfriend was a treasure dropped from the sky, and he is still hiding her, saying that his girlfriend is not used to this kind of occasion and is a bit shy, so he will bring her over after she gets a little familiar with him.
Everyone was fed a big mouthful of dog food by this guy without being noticed, and they all felt a little bit jealous. When did this guy become so considerate? Wasn't he shameless and cold to the girls who pursued him in the past? The little girl who pursued him with good intentions and gave him gifts could be scared to tears by his eyes. How could such a thief be liked by anyone?
The sour Wei Chuan just felt that his mouth was filled with acid. He had been in a bad mood recently and couldn't stand seeing men and women flirting and showing affection. His marriage with his girlfriend was also off. That bastard Xu Sisi pretended to be innocent on the surface, and she would blush even if he held her hand or kissed her.
But secretly, the woman was so arrogant that it was hard to believe. She took a junior classmate to get a room. What's more, she was caught by her real boyfriend. If he hadn't discovered it early, who knows how long he would have to wear this green hat?
After the two broke up, the Wei family quickly withdrew their investment. In order to save the company's decline, Xu Sisi quickly got engaged to a divorced man. The day before the engagement, she came to him and cried, saying that she didn't mean it. Haha, he really took advantage of her!
Anyway, he has the green hat on his head firmly on. Now, seeing that among his group of bad friends, even the most unreliable and playboy has a girlfriend, he can't help but complain:
"Come to think of it, you guys are getting quite old. Cousin Zhong Ling's child is already one month old, and I'm still hanging out with a bunch of single guys like you. It's really boring!"
He turned his head and looked at He Mian again. He was texting something on his phone with a smile on his face, as if he was afraid that others couldn't tell that he was in a good mood.
Wei Chuan said gloomily, "I say, among us, you and Zhong Ling will not be the first to get married, right?"
Let's not talk about Zhong Ling. He is a good young man. He has been smart and sensible since he was young. He is a role model among their group of people.
But I don't know what happened these days. I couldn't make an appointment with him no matter what. I asked him two days ago and found out that the guy was actually sick. It was quite serious. He had a fever for two days. In addition, Xiaoxiao also came back and should be taking care of him now.
The key is this annoying killer next to him. I didn't expect him to come ashore early. I don't know which sister was so blind that she fell in love with him!
Wei Chuan suddenly said something tartly, somewhat unbelievably, "No way, He Mian, are you really going there to get married this time? Are you really going to get married first?"
…marry?
Hearing this, He Mian frowned slightly.
His slender fingers that were originally pressing on the phone screen paused slightly, and the phone screen went out.
He didn't care. Instead, he turned around and replied in a relaxed and natural tone, "You think too much. It's too early to get married. There's no rush for this kind of thing. Besides, we've only been dating for a few days. I guess the other party doesn't have that idea either."
He Mian responded casually, trying his best to ignore the strange feeling in his heart. He didn't know whether Nan Yan had any thoughts of getting married, but he himself had no thoughts of getting married at the moment.
He also knew that his behavior might be criticized as bad, but love and marriage are completely different things.
And to be honest, he felt that he didn't like Wen Nanyan that much, and he was with her mostly for other reasons. Although the time they spent together was indeed quite happy, when it came to getting married, he didn't seem to have that kind of anticipation in his heart.
Wei Chuan at the side couldn't help but pat his shoulder, "It's still too early. How old are you? You're already 27 years old, and your cousin Zhong Ling's child is already one month old. As a man with a girlfriend, don't you have any thoughts in your mind?"
Oh, he does have this idea, but it's useless to just think about it. If the hardware is not good, what can he use to make his move?
He Mian sneered and shook off the hand on his shoulder. His tone became more casual and perfunctory, and he raised his hand to reply a message to his girlfriend across from him.
"Why are you in such a hurry? If you want to get married, just get married. There's no point in rushing things like this. It won't come true anytime soon. Besides, who is like you? My girlfriend is still very young. Wouldn't it be harmful to her to get married so early?"
He Mian couldn't help laughing as he spoke. He raised his hand and saw the math problems sent by his girlfriend on the screen. He Mian looked down and for a moment he had a nightmare like he was back in his senior year of high school.
He has graduated for many years. He is so old, but his girlfriend still asks him to solve trigonometric problems. Who can remember this nonsense? It is even more ridiculous than reading a book in heaven! He thinks his girlfriend is doing it on purpose to make things difficult for him.
There was no other way, He Mian replied helplessly: "Really not, I have been a poor student since I was young, and after graduating from high school, I lost all the knowledge I had. I only did well in one subject, which was the subject of detailed technical analysis and research of human surface organs and soft tissues. It has little to do with the category you are going to take now."
Nan Yan was puzzled and replied: "What is that?"
He Mian couldn't help laughing again. He raised his hands to cover his cheeks. His slender fingers casually moved the black hair scattered in front of his forehead twice. He looked lazy and relaxed. He tapped the screen twice with his fingers: "Fighting, my brother is the best!"
There was a row of small black dots on the opposite side.
He Mian chuckled, perhaps because he was speechless and his girlfriend refused to pay attention to her.
He Mian could almost imagine his girlfriend's current look. She must be unhappy. Her face was soft, her lips were slightly pursed, and her eyes were rolled up with white eyes. Her eyes must be full of contempt and disgust.
Well, he looked like a mentally retarded person.
He Mian couldn't help but ask again, "Girlfriend, where are you doing your homework? Can I pick you up for dinner after I finish here? What do you want to eat tonight? Is Japanese food okay? Girlfriend, I want to video call you, but there are too many people here. Can you let me see what you look like now?"
The two were sending messages as if no one was around. The people on the sofa just watched this person chatting with them, and then they started staring at their phones and laughing for no apparent reason.
My goodness, I know without even looking that he is definitely texting his girlfriend. How shameless to be so clingy!
While they were talking, the door outside was pushed open again. This time two people came. Zhong Ling finally arrived, and Ruan Xiaoxiao, who was following him, also came over.
During this time, Zhong Ling hardly met with this group of friends, nor did he contact Yanyan. In addition to his own deliberate distance from these people, avoiding someone he didn't want to see, Ruan Xiaoxiao also came back.
Their current status is a bit strange, they are not friends, nor lovers, but the parents of both sides are trying their best to bring them together. Especially that night, since his mother learned about Yanyan's previous career, she became particularly happy about Xiaoxiao's return and kept urging him to get engaged as soon as possible.
Xiaoxiao returned to China this time for no other reason than to explain to him the misunderstanding when they broke up. She did not cheat. That night was her birthday and he was busy preparing for his graduation and had no time to attend. So she drank too much that night and slept in a bed with a boy after getting drunk. But in fact, nothing happened between them.
The subsequent messages were indeed sent by the man on purpose, and his purpose was very simple, which was to ask for money. After he left alone and returned to his country, Xiaoxiao finally found out the truth of the matter from several friends that night. So the incident at that time was a misunderstanding from beginning to end.
After hearing this explanation, Zhong Ling didn't know how to describe his feelings. He was thinking, if she had told him everything on the day of their breakup, and the two of them had made things clear instead of remaining silent, perhaps they would have been engaged now, they would not have broken up, and he would not have returned home alone.
He was not the kind of person who would hold on to a mistake and not let it go. What he cared about was her attitude at the time. In his eyes, that taciturn attitude did not mean she had any other difficulties, but was trying to protect the "cheating" man.
But now she told him that it was all a misunderstanding. He really didn't know what expression he should show, let alone what attitude he should have towards her.
Because in the end, the breakup was actually his fault. He was the one who didn't notice that something was wrong with his girlfriend at the first time, didn't give her enough time and company, and couldn't attend the party on her birthday, which led to the misunderstanding.
It was inexplicably ridiculous, but it couldn't be said to be completely unreasonable. But why did he take all the blame on himself? Did he think he was living too happily, so he wanted to find something to make himself feel guilty and miserable?
He is not that stupid. If he missed it, he missed it. Besides, he did give her a chance in the first place.
And those things were all ifs. The real situation was that they had broken up, and during the period of their breakup, he fell in love with another girl. Although the other party had no feelings for him, it was undeniable that he liked her. Moreover, he and Xiaoxiao could never go back to the past. It was impossible for him to get back together with her, and he didn't want to get engaged to her.
Originally, Zhong Ling had been avoiding contact with these two people, fearing that he would not be able to control his emotions and things would get out of control, but he inevitably met them today.
Zhong Ling was invited by everyone to sit on the other side of the sofa. The atmosphere was obviously a little strange. It was not them that were strange, but the relationship between Zhong Ling and He Mian. Anyone with eyes could see that these two were having a conflict.
Although it was unclear what exactly happened, it was not a good idea to just keep the situation at a standstill. After all, these friends and brothers knew each other and had grown up together. Who hadn't had a quarrel with each other? But after the quarrel and drinking, everyone would be the same as before and not take it to heart at all.
That's why they took the opportunity to bring Zhong Ling over, hoping to ease the relationship between the two, or at least make it less tense like before.
As soon as Zhong Ling arrived, several people naturally went up to greet him.
Especially Wei Chuan, who has the best relationship with Zhong Ling recently. When he arrived, he immediately put his hand on Zhong Ling's shoulder and handed him a glass of wine, "I've been looking forward to you for a long time, and finally you came. I invited you so many times but you didn't come. You are really disrespectful to me now!"
"How are you, Boss Zhong? Are you feeling better?"
When Zhong Ling heard the familiar voice of "Boss Zhong", his finger that was about to reach out paused. For some reason, the figure of another person subconsciously emerged in his mind, and he suppressed that thought.
He casually glanced at the people sitting opposite him.
Seeing He Mian's lazy look, his eyes flashed, he raised his hand to take the wine glass and took a sip, feeling the dryness in his throat ease a little, and responded casually, "It's no big deal, I'm just a little busy recently, so I don't have much time to come out."
Ruan Xiaoxiao also sat down with him.
She also turned around and said hello to these people. They all knew her, so the relationship between them was quite harmonious.
However, people are confused about this situation. Have these two people reconciled?
In fact, from the moment Ruan Xiaoxiao received the message from He Mian that day, she couldn't help but feel nervous and worried. She had wanted to come back a long time ago and wanted to explain everything to Zhong Ling. But at first, she was too embarrassed to explain, and then because of some academic issues, she failed too many courses and was placed on probation, so she couldn't graduate and couldn't leave.
So during that time, she was busy working on her graduation while trying to find someone to find out what happened at the party that night. Finally, she saw everything that happened on a video camera that a friend carried with him.
It turned out that nothing happened between her and that man that night. She had never cheated on him, nor had she done anything to let Zhong Ling down. Everything was just a misunderstanding, and she had rushed back this time to clarify this misunderstanding.
But for some reason, she felt that Zhong Ling seemed to have changed. She originally thought that as long as she explained the whole story from beginning to end, Zhong Ling would calm down, and the gap between them would completely disappear, and everything would return to normal.
But the reality was not like that. She remembered it clearly. After she explained everything that day, Zhong Ling showed no reaction at all. He was sitting on the sofa, half of his face hidden in the light and shadow. He said to her in a cold and calm voice:
They have broken up.
This made Ruan Xiaoxiao unable to control her emotions and she burst into tears on the spot. She didn't understand why Zhong Ling no longer cared about her in just a few months. They had such a close relationship before, didn't they?
Later, after she had finished crying and her mood had gradually calmed down, she began to wonder if Zhong Ling was still angry with her because of something she had concealed before, so he had been refusing to forgive her?
Ruan Xiaoxiao tried hard to attribute Zhong Ling's cold attitude towards her to the fact that he was angry with her, but she had another guess in her mind -
She didn't even know the girl's name. In the photo that He Mian casually sent to her that day, the girl kissing Zhong Ling was only a silhouette, but she could tell that the girl must be very beautiful.
Perhaps it was some strange intuition in a woman's heart, she felt that the relationship between Zhong Ling and that girl was definitely not as simple and casual as these people said.
They said that Zhong Ling was in a bad mood during that time and was instigated by them to go to the club. Later, someone gave him a bad idea and told him to deliberately find a girl to show his affection to irritate his ex-girlfriend, just to make her come back from abroad earlier.
She was indeed angry and rushed back from abroad. Her studies were finished in a hurry and her friends scolded her for being useless and for chasing after someone who had broken up with her.
But people are like this. When their material living conditions are good and satisfied, they pay special attention to spiritual pursuits.
She has enough food and money, and her family supports her even if she does not do well in her studies. Her family will also arrange a job for her in the future, but the only thing she cares about now is her ex-boyfriend. She just likes Zhong Ling.
I like him so much that I can't live without him.
If it was at the beginning, Ruan Xiaoxiao would still believe what those people said, but now, she clearly felt something was wrong.
So during this time, she continued to inquire about a lot of information in private. When she learned from Wei Chuan that the girl was a princess of a high-end club, Ruan Xiaoxiao's originally nervous attitude relaxed a little. She always felt that most girls who were willing to work in such places had other purposes, and most of them were after money and being kept. Such girls would do anything for money. Zhong Ling should not like girls from such places.
During this time, Uncle and Aunt Zhong also kept inviting her to visit the Zhong family, and their familiarity in speaking to her made it seem as if they already regarded her as Zhong Ling's fiancée.
But Zhong Ling didn't fall for it. After several times, he even didn't bother to go back to the Zhong family, and his attitude towards her was still cold. They haven't reconciled until now. Outsiders thought that the misunderstanding between the couple was resolved and they were ready to get engaged, but the fact was completely the opposite.
Ruan Xiaoxiao was anxious and upset, but it was useless to be anxious and upset. She could only follow him shamelessly, just like before.
Today's gathering was a birthday party for one of my friends, and the young people present all knew each other, but the atmosphere was obviously a little cold.
Maybe it was because they hadn't seen each other for a long time. After all, no one was blind and the estrangement between Zhong Ling and Ruan Xiaoxiao was obvious to all. In fact, they also found it strange. The little princess from the club that Zhong Ling brought over during that time was obviously a cover. Now that the real owner had returned, why was he still looking so cold? It looked like someone had cheated him out of 800 yuan.
But then again, Zhong Ling was indeed quite protective of that girl some time ago. He brought her home for dinner and reportedly had a quarrel with his family.
To be honest, they really wanted to gossip about the details of this incident, but they couldn't say it in front of Ruan Xiaoxiao. After all, they still understood the difference between close and distant relatives.
In their eyes, Ruan Xiaoxiao, the real girlfriend, is the closest one, while the little princess who was pulled over by Zhong Ling as a decoration is the distant one.
Wei Chuan saw that Zhong Ling was not too willing to talk to him, so he turned around and started to greet Ruan Xiaoxiao, "Sister Xiaoxiao, you're back. You've been abroad for a few years, and you've become prettier."
Ruan Xiaoxiao is that sweet and sunny type of girl, a typical little sunshine type of girl. Her eyebrows and eyes are not delicate, but it is easy for people to like her when she smiles.
No one is unhappy when being praised.
Ruan Xiaoxiao's lips curled up and she smiled unconsciously. She had a good relationship with Wei Chuan. After sitting down next to Zhong Ling, she turned around and smiled and replied, "Thank you. You are much more handsome than before."
"Of course." Weichuan agreed shamelessly.
Ruan Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes at the crowd, and the smile on her face became more genuine. She asked again, "What were you talking about just now? You all looked so happy. Did something good happen?"
Wei Chuan stopped laughing at this moment. He turned around with a sour face and pointed at He Mian across from him, "What else can you say? You're talking about He Mian's new girlfriend. This guy is so mean. He found a girlfriend who is much younger than him and he hides her from everyone."
Ruan Xiaoxiao paused when she heard this, then turned to look at He Mian who was sitting opposite her playing with his phone. Then she smiled and said in disbelief, "Brother He Mian already has a girlfriend. I never expected that. Brother He Mian will be in trouble in the future. He will be controlled by his girlfriend and behave himself."
He Mian put away his phone and glanced at her.
Ruan Xiaoxiao couldn't help laughing again after she finished speaking, and continued:
"You've brought a lot of pretty girls out to play before, and we're all witnesses now. And He Mian has said that he's not a marriageist. Now, if your girlfriend knows about this dark history, she'll definitely pinch your ears, right?"
Ruan Xiaoxiao sighed, then smiled and joked, "But come to think of it, Brother He Mian has such high standards, she must be a great beauty to make Brother He Mian change his mind so quickly, right? Brother He Mian, why don't you bring her here as soon as possible so that we can open our eyes and see what that girl is like?"
He Mian raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and looked at Ruan Xiaoxiao with a faint smile, "Well, if there is a chance, she will definitely come. She is busy now. Her girlfriend is still young. I am afraid that you guys might scare her. I will bring her to you later."
Ruan Xiaoxiao pursed her lips and smiled softly, then raised her hand to drink a glass of juice, "Then you must not break your promise, you have to treat us to a meal when the time comes."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Zhong Ling beside him put the glass in his hand down heavily on the table with a clanging sound.
The sound was not loud, but it was loud enough for everyone in the room to hear it.
The originally harmonious atmosphere suddenly became a little subtle.
But the person who put down the cup had no expression on his face and calmly explained, "Sorry, my hand slipped accidentally."
He Mian glanced at him without showing any big reaction. However, Ruan Xiaoxiao, who was sitting next to him, felt something was wrong. However, she did not ask about it on the spot. Instead, she said softly, "Then you better be careful, so as not to accidentally cut your hand."
After a long while, Zhong Ling finally said "hmm".
He knew who the girlfriend He Mian was talking about was. After he confessed his feelings to Yanyan and was rejected, they got together the next day.
Because soon he saw a photo of the two holding hands in Yanyan's circle of friends.
Yanyan doesn't like posting photos, and her Moments are pretty clean. She'll occasionally post photos of herself clocking in at a cat cafe. She likes cats and dogs, and her part-time job is also at a nearby cat cafe. The photo of them holding hands was also taken at a cat cafe.
In the photo, Nan Yan is holding a cat and leaning on a man's shoulder, with her fair and clean face smiling without showing her teeth. The man behind her only shows half of his body and one hand. His slender fingers are holding Nan Yan's fingers. Their posture is casual and casual, with their fingers interlocked.
The copy also added a sentence: [Oh, my stupid Husky got into a fight with the cat, what should I do?]
It is visible to the naked eye that there is joy and smile in the girl's words in the copy.
He could almost imagine that Yanyan was something he had never seen before. She had never shown such a lively and interesting side to him.
He still remembered the huge and unignorable sense of loss that suddenly surged in his chest when he saw the photo that night, as if he had lost something important, as if a thorn suddenly pierced his throat, and he felt sad and empty in his chest, and had a feeling of confusion as to what to do with himself.
I have never felt that way before. A huge sense of loneliness and emptiness came over me.
Just looking at that line of text would make him feel an uncontrollable sourness and coldness surging deep in his heart.
This feeling is really unpleasant. He has to watch the person he likes with other people. He is unwilling to accept it, but there is nothing he can do. This feeling of helplessness makes him feel more and more depressed and desperate.
He had said such words and his feelings were so obvious, but in the end he was still rejected. What could he do? How could one force himself to get love?
He didn't expect that he would lose control like this. He thought he could control himself, but emotions are something that the more you suppress and control them, the more out of control they become in the end.
Thinking of this, Zhong Ling could only force himself not to think about it. It was as if a dense sense of sadness and pain was constantly spreading in his chest. Every time he thought of those things, the pain and unwillingness quickly spread to every part of his body.
Finally, Zhong Ling took a deep breath, suppressed all the complicated emotions deep in his heart, raised his hand to pick up the wine glass again, and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.
Wei Chuan, who was standing by, noticed the subtle atmosphere and changed the subject in time, shouting, "Hey, you thief, you're being unfair. You weren't that nice to us just now!"
"I can't help it. Who made you ugly?"
"Fuck, what's so ugly about me? You're the ugly one!"
A few people were arguing and talking about something new, and the atmosphere finally became a little more lively.
At this time, He Mian's mobile phone screen lit up again.
He looked down and finally saw a photo his girlfriend sent him. They couldn't video chat, so they could only look at the photo. He saw that his girlfriend was wearing an extremely ugly pair of black-framed glasses and had no makeup on. She looked very clean, with a row of test materials beside her.
There were two stick figures drawn on the notebook on the table, one sitting and the other kneeling. The one kneeling on the ground and kowtowing and begging for mercy was called He Mian. Now he couldn't help laughing.
He Mian pressed his finger on the screen, casually replaced the photo with wallpaper, and quickly typed out a few words: "Your Majesty, please spare my life. I admit my mistake!"
Then I saw another message from the other side:
"I'll spare your life. Come and take my car."
He Mian couldn't help but raise his eyebrows in surprise when he saw the message. Thinking that there were many people in the house and it would be difficult to talk, he simply got up and went to the corridor outside, then called Nan Yan directly. After a few beeps, the other side answered: "Didn't you say you couldn't come? And you also said it would be bad to meet certain people, why do you want me to pick you up? Where are you now?"
Nan Yan took off her glasses while packing her things. "I haven't left yet. It's still early. I asked you to pick me up later. Besides, who said I was going to meet your friends? I'm just going to meet you alone."
He Mian smiled and said, "Then I'll pick you up."
He thought that this was the downside of having a young girlfriend: she was too clingy, as clingy as a newborn kitten. However, he was slapped in the face by his girlfriend the next second.
Nan Yan shook her head and refused, "No, I can come up by myself when the time comes. Have you forgotten that I used to work here? I am very familiar with this club. You can just wait for me in the corridor of the compartment when the time comes."
He Mian felt a little sorry, "You really don't need me to pick them up? Others are boyfriends picking up their girlfriends, why is it the other way around when it comes to you? I am a man after all."
Nan Yan couldn't help laughing, "You are different. Your situation is special, so you can only count as half at most."
He Mian understood what that meant immediately and was so angry that his teeth were itching. "Come here, come here as fast as you can. If I don't kiss you to death today, I won't be called He!"
After the call was hung up, Nan Yan rushed over without stopping. Her relationship with He Mian had been steadily improving during this period, but she had no contact with Zhong Ling anymore.
That man's patience was unexpectedly good. Ever since his confession was rejected, he had been restraining himself from contacting her again. And recently, the heroine came back, and it would be too idle for her if she didn't do something.
So, today, they finally got the chance. He Mian organized a party with that group of people. He originally wanted to take her with him, but she refused. After all, she was Zhong Ling's girlfriend the last time she showed up, but this time she became He Mian's girlfriend. In this situation, Zhong Ling might not come. After all, when he refused, both of them were obviously embarrassed. If she took the initiative to approach him again, she would inevitably be criticized.
This time, she didn't do anything else but just wanted to show up.
When Nan Yan arrived at the club, she saw her boyfriend standing in the corridor at the corner. Under the dim blue light, she could see a nearly burned cigarette between his fingers. Nan Yan pursed her lips and smiled softly. She rushed over from behind, hugged his back with both hands, and kissed him near his ear:
"Boyfriend, I'm here to pick you up. Come home with me. I'm hungry. You have to take me out for dinner."
The man who was originally standing at the corner paused, lowered his head, and his face was hidden in the light and shadow. His face could not be seen clearly, and only the jade-like skin behind his ears could be seen. He avoided the cigarette in his hand and put it out, and there was no movement for a long time.
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