A burst of cell phone ringing broke You Shaoqi's deep thoughts and woke up Su Zhengliang from his light sleep.
You Shaoqi picked up the phone and saw that the call was from Zheng Yufeng. He glanced at Su Zhengliang, who had been woken up, and gestured to the other party to answer the call outside the pavilion.
Su Zhengliang nodded slightly and closed his eyes again.
You Shaoqi walked to the stone wall a few meters away from the pavilion, pressed his phone, and said in a low voice, "I am You Shaoqi."
"Mr. You, this is Zheng Yufeng. Is it convenient for you to listen to the phone now?" Zheng Yufeng's clear voice came from the receiver.
"What's the matter? Tell me."
"I have a few friends here that I would like to introduce to Mr. You. If you are interested, we can make an appointment to meet up."
You Shaoqi said calmly, "I'm outside now. I'll call you when I get back."
Zheng Yufeng chuckled, "Okay, by the way, Mr. You, do you still remember my proposal that night?"
You Shaoqi secretly raised his eyes, looked at the thin back, and said in a deep voice, "Please give me a little more time, let me think about it before I give you an answer."
"Then I'll wait for your call, Mr. You. I hope you won't disappoint me."
Su Zhengliang waited for You Shaoqi to come back after answering the phone, then slowly opened his eyes, "Shaoqi, let's go back."
"Would you like to sleep no longer?"
Su Zhengliang shook his head slightly, "No, I feel a bit cold." He moved his legs, which were numb from sleep, and wanted to get up.
You Shaoqi stretched out his hand, "My leg is numb? I'll help you."
"It's okay," Su Zhengliang automatically ignored the other person's outstretched palm, held on to the handrails beside the pavilion bench, and slowly stood up.
Seeing You Shaoqi's somewhat embarrassed expression after being rejected by him, Su Zhengliang hurriedly smiled and explained, "I just don't like being touched by others, Shaoqi, please don't go outside."
Seeing that You Shaoqi seemed a little disappointed, Su Zhengliang grabbed You Shaoqi and said, "Don't think too much, let's go."
Back in S City, the two of them went to a famous snack bar in the East District and ordered a few of the store's signature dishes.
After ordering, You Shaoqi saw that Su Zhengliang looked a little tired, so he slowly said, "Zhengliang, you seem to have been in poor spirits recently. Have you encountered anything troublesome?"
Su Zhengliang took a sip of water and pursed his lips, "It's nothing, I'm just a little tired."
"If you are just physically tired, you can recover quickly as long as you have a good rest. But if you are mentally tired, what will you do?"
Su Zhengliang was startled when he heard that there was something wrong in You Shaoqi's words, "Shaoqi, why did you say that?"
"Zhengliang, don't get me wrong. I don't mean anything else. I just want to tell you to speak out if you have something to say. Don't keep everything in your heart. I am your good friend and I am willing to be your confidant."
A soft color appeared on Su Zhengliang's handsome face. He nodded and said softly, "Shaoqi, thank you for your concern. It's great to have you as a friend."
Hearing this answer, You Shaoqi curled his lips bitterly, "Yes, I am your friend, so don't hide anything from me. It's better to share the burden with one more person than to carry it alone."
"I see."
The food they had ordered arrived quickly, and the two of them chatted while eating, and the atmosphere became more relaxed.
"By the way, Shaoqi, what have you been busy with recently?
You Shaoqi put down his chopsticks and sighed with a sad look on his face, "In addition to running around in various lectures and attending cocktail parties, yesterday a publishing house wanted me to publish a book, but I turned it down. They have to torture me to death.
I’m willing to give up.”
Su Zhengliang listened to You Shaoqi's complaints and persuaded with a smile, "Isn't this great? Now you are considered famous. This is something that many people can only dream of."
You Shaoqi frowned and said in a very soft voice, "But this is not what I really want."
"Then what do you really want?"
"You really want to know?"
You Shaoqi stared at Su Zhengliang's face closely, with a few unpredictable emotions flashing in his black eyes. The look in his eyes that wanted to see through the other person made Su Zhengliang involuntarily move his eyes to other places, "Can you tell me?
?”
You Shaoqi saw Su Zhengliang's unnatural expression and hesitated several times. His thousands of words finally turned into a brief rejection, "I'll tell you later."
"Shaoqi..."
Seeing You Shaoqi's complicated expression, Su Zhengliang didn't know how to answer, so he could only call his name softly.
"You don't need to care too much about my affairs," You Shaoqi pretended not to care, shrugged, and immediately changed the subject, "By the way, I met your sister last time at the seminar. Your sister and Lin Xi
Luo is..."
Su Zhengliang replied calmly, "My sister is Lin Xiluo's girlfriend."
You Shaoqi pretended to be surprised and said uncertainly, "But why do I think Lin Xiluo's girlfriend is Gu Xinyi, the daughter of the Gu family? I have seen the two of them together on important occasions several times."
A trace of imperceptible melancholy flashed across Su Zhengliang's handsome face, and he replied indifferently, "Lin Xiluo and Gu Xinyi are just having fun, there is nothing between them."
"Are you sure that Linxiluo really likes your sister and is not just a whim?"
When Su Zhengliang heard You Shaoqi's question, he hesitated for half a second, and quickly denied You Shaoqi's point of view, "No. I have talked to him privately to ask him not to associate with my sister anymore, but he insisted firmly.
Rejected. Besides, what kind of person can’t get a person with status and status like Lin Xiluo? If he didn’t really like my sister, he would have been driven away by me repeatedly. What’s wrong with that?
Are you looking at my face?"
You Shaoqi shook his head and expressed his opinion objectively, "But I don't see how much he likes your sister. Although I have only met him once, I feel that the way Lin Xiluo looks at your sister is not that intense.
The eyes between loving lovers should be like looking for the shadow of another person through her."
Su Zhengliang paused with the chopsticks in his hand, and couldn't help but defend Linxiluo, "How could it be possible? You must have seen it wrong. I once suspected that he didn't like my sister sincerely, so I also asked him.
Let him break up with my sister. But judging from Linxiluo's behavior and his answers, he should really like my sister."
"If that's the case, that's for the best. As your friend, I naturally hope that your sister can be happy and not become a victim of the struggle for interests between wealthy families."
Su Zhengliang felt like something was stuck in his throat when he heard You Shaoqi's answer. It took him a while to come back to his senses, "Shaoqi, thank you for your concern for my sister. My sister will definitely not do this. She will definitely be happy."
You Shaoqi looked directly at Su Zhengliang's somewhat absent-minded expression, but could not express the bitterness and depression in his heart. He took some food to Su Zhengliang and pretended to be relaxed, "Okay, no more talking, let's eat the food."