half thorns, half joy

Ye Nan and Xu Ningyu had almost played all the items they were interested in in the playground, and they were ready to go home.

On the way, Ye Nan saw a few children running past with a hydrogen balloon excitedly, and she couldn't help but look at them twice because of their joyful appearance.

Seeing this, Xu Ningyu rushed to the front of the booth, picked out a balloon with a Stitch pattern, and handed it to Ye Nan after paying.

Ye Nan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "I didn't say I wanted balloons."

"Take it, the other kids have it." Xu Ningyu smiled and curled his lips, "I didn't bring you a gift when I came out to play today, I hope you don't dislike me."

Ye Nan replied subconsciously: "I didn't come here for the gift, thank you for the balloon."

She took the balloon and carefully looked at the doll on it. She guessed that Xu Ningyu chose this balloon because she had posted several pictures of Stitch in her circle of friends.

Ye Nan really liked this little blue monster, and she still hugged the balloon when she got back to the car.

She took a picture of the balloon and was about to send it to Moments when she was surprised to find that Zheng Yifan had updated a Moments a second before.

It is a group photo of five people, male and female, Zheng Yifan is standing on the far right, next to a slender beauty, their arms are extremely close.

The background seems to be a scenic spot, and the accompanying text is a trip to Japan. Zheng Yifan is smiling in the photo, his eyes are shining, and he looks very happy.

Seeing Zheng Yifan's smile, Ye Nan suddenly felt uncomfortable.

Zheng Yifan has his own circle of friends, she has not successfully integrated into Zheng Yifan's life until now, and he has no plan to bring her into it.

Thoughts of disappointment and sadness came flooding back, Ye Nan was so shocked that she couldn't get up the energy to post any news anymore.

She curled her lips, locked her phone and put it back in her bag.

Even if he didn't stare at the photo, Ye Nan could still think of every face in it, all smiling, a harmonious and relaxed scene.

In the past two days, Ye Nan always thought of Zheng Yifan, but Zheng Yifan never sent her a message after the last video call.

Ye Nan thought at first that he was too busy with work, so he didn't bother him, but he went to play with his friends.

No wonder he would say something about her being free. It turned out that his subtext was that he was also free.

Xu Ningyu noticed that Ye Nan was depressed, so he couldn't ask the reason, so he had to soften his voice and chat with her about other topics.

"What do you want to eat tonight? You have consumed a lot of energy today, so you should eat more later."

Ye Nan forced a smile and replied, "Is Korean food good?"

"Okay, I'm fine. I'll take you home after eating." Xu Ningyu spoke softly, seeing that Ye Nan's expression didn't change much, feeling a little discouraged.

She was unhappy, maybe it was because she didn't want to come to the playground with him.

Although the whole process was very pleasant, Xu Ningyu didn't feel the difference from her to him, as if he regarded him as a friend like Jingjing, or even on a more ordinary level.

Xu Ningyu is not someone who gives up easily, as long as he is determined, he will go on no matter how difficult it is.

He secretly cheered himself up, the pain once or twice was regarded as encouragement.

After dinner, Xu Ningyu sent Ye Nan back to the shopping mall that he had made an appointment with in the morning.

Xu Ningyu had many questions about Ye Nan's uncertain residence, but unfortunately he didn't dare to speak out, so he could only watch her back as she left alone.

Xu Ningyu knew well that the two had just met for a short time, and it was inappropriate to ask too in-depth questions.

After Ye Nan returned to Zheng Yifan's home, she immediately sent a message to Xu Ningyu: "I'm home."

Within a few seconds, the other party's reply came, probably because he had been staring at the phone.

"Okay, you take a shower and rest earlier, you've been tired all day."

"Ah, you too."

Ye Nan put down her bag, let go of the balloon and let it float to the ceiling.

The orange slowly crawled out of the nest, and the attention was drawn away by the balloon, and it stretched out its claws to grab it.

But it is too small, it can't jump high, and it can't reach the rope anyway.

Ye Nan watched the orange circling anxiously, secretly amused, and knelt down to talk to it: "This is a gift from a friend, otherwise I'll play with it for you. Be good, I'll give you canned fish."

Orange meowed disapprovingly, and looked at the temporary excrement shoveler with round eyes, trying to change her mind.

Ye Nan was unmoved, and the orange walked away with short legs.

Because Ju Zi's reaction was so interesting, Ye Nan's depression was swept away, and she cheerfully packed her clothes and went to take a bath.

Ye Nan didn't take the initiative to contact Zheng Yifan again for a few days, but got closer to Xu Ningyu, and met Jing Jing for two meals on the way.

Jing Jing was naturally happy to hear this, and found an opportunity to instill a lot of good things about Xu Ningyu in Ye Nan.

Ye Nan was not as repulsive as before, but just listened quietly and didn't speak.

At this moment, Zheng Yifan and the director who are far away in Japan have just finished a meeting.

The president of the Japanese company took away the cooperation plan made by the director, and the words he said before leaving also meant to let go.The Japanese have always taken a long time to make decisions, but once the decision is made, everything becomes very fast.

After careful scrutiny, the delegates who had obtained the signing authorization politely told the director to adjourn the meeting tomorrow and asked them to arrange their own activities.

The director knew that the negotiation had made great progress, and happily shook hands with the other party to bid farewell.

The next day, the director took Zheng Yifan to go shopping, planning to have a big meal and relax.

Zheng Yifan did not express any objection. After all, he has been trying his best to modify the plan this week. He can't eat well or sleep well. It's time for him to take a vacation for his body and mind.

The director is not very interested in the unique souvenirs on the roadside, and he is thinking about the restaurant introduced by the assistant, and he walks slowly.

Zheng Yifan, however, was attracted by the cards issued at the stall, and stopped in his tracks.

The exquisite cherry blossom shape, lovely color scheme, and the hairpin that Ye Nan once wore on her hair are similar in style.

Maybe Ye Nan will like it.

With a thought, Zheng Yifan took out his wallet and bought a copy, carefully wrapped it and put it in his pocket.

He felt that this was a very common thing, since he had been away from home for so long, Ye Nan was helping to take care of Orange, so giving her a small gift was nothing.

However, the director saw the clue, and laughed and joked: "Hey! Did you buy a gift for your sweetheart? But you are too stingy, you only bought a pair of hairpins? If you treat him so badly, he must run away with others!"

Zheng Yifan wanted to refute the director, wanting to say that Ye Nan is not the kind of woman who has an eye for money, so she would not run away just because the things he sent were not expensive enough.

Before the words came out of his throat, Zheng Yifan realized something was wrong in the blink of an eye, and almost broke out in a cold sweat.

Why did he want to refute the director's last two sentences, but directly ignored the words "sweetheart" in the first sentence?

It's not very scientific.

Zheng Yifan fell into a brief moment of confusion and confusion, unable to utter any rebuttal words.

Faced with Zheng Yifan's silence, the director spoke more vigorously: "Do you think what I said is very reasonable? Listen to me, find a better store and buy a set of high-end cosmetics, which are much more useful than these gadgets .”

Zheng Yifan finally came to his senses, looked at the director helplessly, and explained: "Director, it's really not what you imagined. I bought it for a friend. I treat her as my younger sister, so don't think too much about it."

"Duplicate your words!" The director snorted, "When the time comes, people will run away, and you will have nowhere to cry, so don't blame me for not reminding you."

Zheng Yifan was speechless, so he simply let the director misunderstand, and said with a wry smile: "Let's go to that restaurant quickly, or we won't be able to line up when the meal time comes."

The director immediately became greedy, and ignored Zheng Yifan's emotional trivialities, and continued to look for restaurants.

In the evening, the director who ate his stomach full satisfactorily hailed a taxi and sent himself and Zheng Yifan back to the hotel. Once they entered the room, they collapsed on the bed and did not move.

The director muttered: "Ah, I've made it through, I'm going to lie down for a while before going to take a shower."

"Then I'll go back to my room first." Zheng Yifan greeted and ran away.

Zheng Yifan took off his suit and took out all the items in his pockets. When his eyes touched the issuing card, he couldn't help but think of Ye Nan, and was surprised that the other party hadn't looked for him for a long time.

He opened the chat history and saw that the last conversation was a video call four days ago.

Zheng Yifan pondered for a while, but couldn't think of a reason, he clicked the keyboard hesitantly, and sent a message to Ye Nan.

"How are you doing these days?"

After the message was sent, it was like a stone sinking into the ocean, and no reply was received for more than ten minutes.

Zheng Yifan was a little impatient, and dragged down to refresh four or five times, but it was still blank.He frowned, and clicked on the circle of friends to browse.

Ye Nan has the habit of posting on Moments, and he can know her movements by checking if there are any updates.

Sure enough, he quickly found the photo Ye Nan posted an hour ago, which seemed to be taken in a bar.The table in the picture is covered with wine bottles and three hands in a victory sign.

The accompanying text and pictures are equally uninhibited: "Don't get drunk tonight!"

One of his hands was painted with light pink nail polish, Zheng Yifan recognized it, it was Ye Nan's hand.In addition, the one with the big red nails is probably Ye Nan's female friend.

The remaining hand was obviously bigger, and it looked like a man's hand.

Zheng Yifan's face darkened suddenly, and he thought of something almost instantly.He didn't forget that the time he and Ye Nan had sex after drinking.

Now, she went drinking with a man again, who knows if history will repeat itself...

Zheng Yifan angrily threw the phone on the bed, took his pajamas to wash up.

On the other side, Ye Nan drank a glass of cocktail slowly, deliberately delayed for a while before replying to Zheng Yifan's message.

She was holding her breath right now, just waiting for Zheng Yifan to come to her door.

After a while, Zheng Yifan replied: "Going to sleep, good night."

Ye Nan became even angrier when she saw it, and the anger burst through the top of her head, and she clenched her phone tightly between her teeth.At the same time, deep loneliness filled her heart.