Only one step away

As the festive atmosphere on the street became more and more intense, the date of the dance that Fan Jie and Li Yuan had agreed to finally arrived.Although Fan Jie said that she would meet Li Yuan again before the dance to familiarize herself with the dance steps, she did not take the time to fulfill this promise after all.

Regarding this point, Li Yuan was a little lucky, but no matter how clever he was, he couldn't get rid of the promise he had promised to be his dance partner at the beginning.

On this day, the boss of the company gave Li Yuan a holiday early and asked Li Yuan to take care of himself.

Li Yuan is a fastidious person, so no matter how much he dislikes today's dance, he will still honestly tidy himself up and go out.

Early in the morning, he made an appointment with a hair stylist. After finishing his hair, Li Yuan picked out his favorite custom-made suit in the closet and changed into it. While he was putting on a tie, the doorbell rang.

While tying his bow tie, Li Yuan opened the door. The person outside the door surprised him a bit, it was Sunan.

"I'll come over to see how you're cleaning up." Sunan entered the room with a smile, "I didn't bother you, did I?"

Li Yuan put down his half-tied tie, held Sunan's shoulders tightly with both hands, then looked at Sunan fixedly, and said after a while: "Wait for me, after the dance is over, I have a surprise for you. "

Sunan looked at him with a smile, nodded, then reached out and gently tied his unfinished bow tie, a beautiful double cross knot appeared under his hands.

Sunan reached out to caress the bow tie, and then took out a beautifully packaged box from his bag.Li Yuan could tell at a glance that the box was the box for the ruby ​​cufflinks that Sunan bought the last time he went shopping.

Sunan took out the pair of ruby ​​cufflinks from the box, and buttoned them on Li Yuan's shirt cuffs. He lowered his head and kissed the cufflinks, saying, "Merry Christmas, Li Yuan."

Turns out he bought this as a Christmas present for me.Li Yuan was so excited that he wanted to reach out to hug Sunan, but was pushed away by Sunan.

"Be careful to wrinkle the shirt." Sunan reminded him with a smile, then took off the suit jacket hanging at the side and put it on Li Yuan's body, carefully smoothed his shoulders, and then looked at him carefully After a few times, he said, "This is the Li Yuan I am familiar with, dressed in suits and leather shoes, and looks like a gentleman."

Li Yuan smiled, and didn't care about Sunan's refusal, he hugged Sunan into his arms, the familiar body temperature and breath made him unable to feel the passage of time at all, he just felt that it was best to just hug each other until the end of time .

However, the phone rang at the most inopportune time, and the unbeatable ringtone was exclusive to Feng Zhenglin, so Li Yuan had no choice but to connect the phone.

It was Feng Zhenglin's urging voice that came from the other end of the phone. Li Yuan asked him to wait impatiently, and then hung up the phone hastily.

"Feng Zhenglin?" Sunan guessed the person on the other end of the phone from his somewhat exasperated tone.

"Well, he's already waiting for me downstairs." Li Yuan hummed a little unhappy, hugged Sunan's hand, but didn't intend to let go.

"Okay, let's go." Sunan pushed him away, then lowered his head to cover Chen's clothes for him, and also began to urge Li Yuan.

Li Yuan pointed to his own face and said, "Kiss me."

Sunan smiled and kissed his face, then pushed him out the door.Li Yuan stood at the door, looked at Sunan, then quickly pecked his lips quickly, and said very seriously: "Su Nan, you must wait for me, wait for me return."

Sunan stood inside the door, waved at him, and said, "Well, I'll wait for you to come back. Go."

After Li Yuan confirmed his answer, he turned and left.After he entered the elevator, Sunan turned around and closed the door. He stood in the living room where Li Yuan's aura still remained. After a long time, after taking a few deep breaths, he took out his phone and found out Xiao Lang's phone number. dialed out.

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Li Yuan couldn't figure out why Feng Zhenglin appeared at Fan Jie's ball.Feng Zhenglin didn't seem to want to explain a little, after a brief meeting, Feng Zhenglin drove Li Yuan to the dance scene.

The ball was held in the Fan family's private estate, which was quite far from the city center. This was due to the fact that Fan Jie's father was a quiet person.

Fan Jie has a bright and outgoing personality, which is completely opposite to her father's personality, so the father and daughter usually don't live together.But right now, because of this ball, the two father and daughter got together, and the originally quiet manor seemed extremely lively.

In the spacious living room, various celebrities gathered in twos and threes. Li Yuan alone has seen many familiar faces in the political and business circles in various formal official occasions. people.

"I really didn't expect that the Fan family would invite so many famous people." Feng Zhenglin sighed after taking a sip of wine while standing beside Li Yuan.

"Ah...it's true..." Li Yuan replied casually, feeling a little flustered in his heart.He wanted to find an opportunity to honestly tell Fan Jie about his relationship with Sunan after today's dance, and he couldn't delay any longer. However, he thought for no reason that Fan Jie said that today is a very important event for her. The words of the dance party made him faintly uneasy.

After a burst of commotion, Fan Jie finally appeared. Standing beside her father, she was wearing a beautiful fringed red dress, a pair of bright golden high heels, and her long hair was rolled up high, revealing her slender and beautiful neck. , just like her personality, her makeup today is also ostentatious and enthusiastic.

After dealing with the pleasantries of various people around her, Fan Jie's eyes finally fell on Li Yuan. She took her father's hand and walked straight to Li Yuan.

"Li Yuan, let's meet again." Father Fan had dealt with Li Yuan several times, and it was Li Yuan's eloquent talk at work that made him admire this young man.

"President Fan, you look really good recently." Li Yuan greeted politely, not forgetting to admire Fan Jie's outfit today, "Miss Fan is also very pleasant today."

Fan Jie changed her extroverted personality from the past, and after giving him a rather shy look, she just nodded slightly as a response.

"I still have some old friends who want to say hello, so I won't tell you more, you have fun." After Fan's father stood for a while, he found an excuse to leave.Fan Jie did not leave with him, but stayed by Li Yuan's side, and then very naturally took Li Yuan's arm.

Feng Zhenglin glanced at the pair of soft panties holding Li Yuan's arms, coughed twice, and found a reason to leave, so only Fan Jie and Li Yuan were left.

"Today, Sunan didn't come?" Fan Jie asked softly.

Li Yuan looked at her in surprise: "You invited Sunan?"

"Yes, not only Sunan, I also invited Xiao Lang. Xiao Lang said he would come over today, but Sunan didn't reply."

Li Yuan thought of the man who tied a tie for him at home and gave him cufflinks, the man who had been sending him out without saying anything, and couldn't figure out what the other person was thinking.

"Probably, you want to stay at home with the child today?" Regarding Fan Jie's question, Li Yuan could only make an excuse casually.

"I think so too." Fan Jie nodded, then raised her hand to look at her exquisite wristwatch, and said, "The dance will start in 10 minutes. Do you need to get acquainted first?"

Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, but soon he came back to his senses and shook his head: "No, it's not necessary."

Fan Jie looked at him meaningfully, and smiled: "During the few days I was away, did you practice?"

"Yes." Li Yuan replied, "Su Nan will practice with me."

"Su Nan is really a competent dance teacher." Fan Jie admired, but a strange emotion flashed across her pretty face.

"In terms of dance teaching, he is indeed very responsible." Li Yuan nodded, but he was thinking in his heart that he hoped that this time would pass faster, so that he could have a good time after the dance. Explain everything clearly to Fan Jie, and then return home to give Sunan a big surprise.

As time passed, the lights in the living room gradually dimmed, leaving only the welcome guests standing on the stage.After a brief introduction and holiday greetings from the welcome guests, the indoor spotlight fell on Li Yuan and Fan Jie, and at the same time, the familiar song PorUnaCabeza sounded in the hall.

It was the first time for Li Yuan to dance in front of so many people, so he felt a little nervous at the beginning of the dance. However, as the dance progressed, only the scene of Sunan dancing with him flashed through his mind, as if the scene before his eyes It was only Sunan who danced with him instead of others, so the nervous feeling of being at a loss in his heart gradually disappeared.

Under the spotlight, Li Yuan led his partner proficiently and steadily. In his eyes, that was not Fan Jie, but Sunan. Now he only wanted to dance with Sunan, whether it was daytime or night , just want to dance with him alone.

He wants to dance tango with Sunan, to jump out of those so-called morals, so-called social ethics, and jump to his ideal life.

Spinning, spinning, spinning again, Li Yuan looked at Sunan and smiled, Sunan in his eyes was slightly sad, but he was not worried, because he knew that he would always be with Sunan, I will dance this dance with Sunan forgetfully, forever.

As the music draws a rest at the last note, the tango dance of Li Yuan and Fan Jie finally came to an end.

The warm applause around him brought Li Yuan back to reality. At this moment, he suddenly realized that his dancing partner was Fan Jie, not Sunan.However, the words Sunan said when he danced with him for the last time sounded very clearly in his mind at the moment: "...Only by dancing with your own heart can you dance the best dance, and life, It should also be like tango, only by following your own heart can you have real freedom."

Li Yuan looked at Fan Jie, recalled the dance steps just now, and suddenly realized that this Argentine tango called PorUna Cabeza was chosen by Sunan for himself, and in Sunan's heart, this dance is very special. It should be Xiao Lang and Sunan, and it shouldn't be Fan Jie and Li Yuan, but Li Yuan and Fan Jie.

Li Yuan, who understood this, suddenly understood that Sunan's bad temper at certain times was not because of the work habits he said, but purely because of his unhappiness.

Yeah, what's more infuriating than seeing your lover dance with someone else in front of you?

Li Yuan suddenly felt that he was a little too stupid. Su Nan is obviously such a sensitive person. Although he was used to repression and restraint during his relationship with Su Bei, how could he be so careless and believe what he said? If you don't care about anything?

Realizing this, Li Yuan no longer wanted to stay here anymore. He stood beside Fan Jie with an uneasy expression, but he didn't notice that Fan Jie took the microphone from the master of ceremonies.

After a brief voiceless voice, Fan Jie blushed slightly, and then said: "First of all, thank you very much for taking time out of your busy schedule to attend this Christmas ball. I feel very honored and honored I am very happy, because today's dance is not just an ordinary Christmas ball for me. In the middle of this year, I met the most important person in my life. To me, he is so special and important, So much so that I can’t stand the time of being apart from him.” At this point, Fan Jie turned around and held Li Yuan’s hand with one hand, “Li Yuan, you are the best Christmas gift God has given me. I would like to stay with you every Christmas and dance this song PorUnaCabeza with you on this day every year.”

Li Yuan could understand every word Fan Jie said. However, when the words were poured into Li Yuan's mind this time, he suddenly lost the ability to understand them. looked at Fan Jie with an almost shocked expression.However, before he could react, Fan's father walked up to him, took the microphone in Fan Jie's hand, and continued: "Although this year I invited everyone to come here under the pretext of the Christmas ball, but in fact, today is the little girl's birthday." Fan Jie and Li Yuan's engagement ceremony."

Engagement ceremony! ?

These four words exploded in Li Yuan's mind like a bolt from the blue, making Li Yuan, who was a little dizzy, clear in an instant. He looked at the two father and daughter who were talking to themselves, and looked at Those who gathered around to greet, congratulate, and congratulate, suddenly felt like they were being calculated.

There is no ball without a partner, and nothing to attract attention, because he himself is the center of attention.

Li Yuan was a little short of breath when more and more people surrounded him. He didn't have any chance to explain, let alone refuse. He looked around, trying to escape from this suffocating place, but I saw Xiao Lang's figure inadvertently - Xiao Lang was talking to the person in front of him with his back turned. The person standing in front of him had short, well-trimmed hair and slender limbs.

Li Yuan was taken aback by this, he pushed everyone away, walked towards Xiao Lang quickly, and grabbed the person standing in front of Xiao Lang, but was disappointed to find that it was not the person he imagined, but A girl in men's clothes.

"Sorry." Li Yuan said, and let go of the girl's hand.

Xiao Lang stood aside and smiled, "Congratulations, Mr. Li, you have become the son-in-law of the Fan family."

Li Yuan glared at him bitterly: "I didn't intend to do that."

"But it has become a fact now." Xiao Lang smiled and shook his shoulders, then raised his hand and waved behind Li Yuan, "Miss Fan!"

Li Yuan trembled all over, without Xiao Lang's greeting, the familiar smell of perfume was already approaching behind him, and those hands were also familiarly wrapped around his arms, all this made Li Yuan fall into the ice cave.

"You are really late." Fan Jie looked at Xiao Lang with a smile.

Xiao Lang whistled, and said: "It doesn't matter if you come early or late, the important thing is that you don't miss the most exciting show, right?"

"Where's Sunan? He didn't come with you?" Fan Jie asked.

"Su Nan..." Xiao Lang lengthened the ending, and looked at Li Yuan meaningfully, "I don't know, I haven't contacted him these days." Speaking of this, Xiao Lang suddenly said seriously, "I I’m here today to say goodbye to you.”

"Farewell?" Fan Jie looked at him in surprise, "Where are you going?"

"Estonia." Xiao Lang said, grinning.

"...International Dance Competition?" Li Yuan, who was originally silent, suddenly looked at him and said.

Xiao Lang nodded: "Yes, I will participate in the international dance competition two months later, and I finally found a suitable dance partner."

Xiao Lang patted Li Yuan's shoulder, then bent down and kissed Fan Jie's face: "I wish you a happy engagement."

"Thank you." Fan Jie smiled happily.

"Okay, I have to go." Xiao Lang turned around with a smile, waved his back to Li Yuan, and said loudly, "Goodbye! Li Yuan!"

Li Yuan watched Xiao Lang stepping out of the door of the living room, until the figure disappeared for a while, then he suddenly walked towards the door, his heart was so full of uneasiness that he ran out of the door.

Passing through those corridors, he was a little annoyed, why is this room so big, and why he ran for so long without seeing the end.

Outside the window of the long corridor, there was the roar of a locomotive. Li Yuan quickly opened the window, and he saw downstairs that Xiao Lang's locomotive had its taillights on in the snowy night, and it was dazzlingly red.

Sitting in the back seat was a familiar figure - well-trimmed short black hair, long and slender limbs that couldn't be covered by a heavy coat, and that handsome fair side face - that was Sunan, thin and white Snowflakes fell on his black coat, Xiao Lang stood beside him, carefully stroked the snowflakes that fell on his shoulders and head with his hands, and then put the motorcycle helmet on his head.

"Su Nan!"

Li Yuan shouted.

Through the helmet, Sunan didn't seem to hear it. Instead, Xiao Lang raised his head. He found Li Yuan's figure. He raised his hand, put his index finger and ring finger together in front of his eyebrows, gestured to Li Yuan, and then Put on the motorcycle helmet, and go away amidst the roar of the rumbling engine.

Li Yuan was in a hurry, he hurriedly closed the window, and ran downstairs quickly, but met Feng Zhenglin at the door.

"Where are you going?" Feng Zhenglin looked at him seriously.

Li Yuan ignored him, but walked straight past him.Just before he took three steps, he was grabbed by Feng Zhenglin.

"Do you know what the occasion is today?" Feng Zhenglin held onto his arm tightly, not intending to let go, "Today all the relatives and friends of the Fan family who are respectable in society are here."

Li Yuan turned to look at Feng Zhenglin, and said word by word: "So what? I promised Fan Jie to be her dance partner, but I didn't agree to be her fiancé."

Feng Zhenglin sent his hand away and said: "But you once gave her the illusion that you knew what she thought, but you didn't reject her, and you didn't explain your position. Now that you say something like this, you think you have picked it all up." ?”

Li Yuan was silent.No matter what the original intention was, he should have revealed his relationship with Fan Jie immediately, but he didn't do that after all. On this point, he really lost his mind.

"So, do you think it's appropriate for you to walk away on such an occasion?" Feng Zhenglin folded his hands and looked at him, "No matter what, Fan Jie didn't do anything sorry to you and Sunan, even if you don't like her , and can't refute her and her father's face on this occasion, after all, in this city C, someone who coughs can shake the whole city's economy three times."

The meaning of Feng Zhenglin's words is very clear, no matter how he wants to explain to Fan Jie after this ball, but today, Li Yuan must be a qualified dance partner, a qualified "fiancé" standing beside Fan Jie, because this is At the beginning, he had a lucky retribution between Sunan and Fan Jie.

"...I see." Li Yuan sighed.

Feng Zhenglin patted him on the shoulder, then took out his mobile phone and handed it to Li Yuan: "Go and call Sunan?"

Li Yuan looked at the phone and shook his head.The moment he saw Xiao Lang and Sunan leaving together, he really wanted to catch up, but he didn't know what to do or what to say after catching up.

He was sure that Sunan must have been watching at the moment Fan Jie confessed his love.Regarding this matter, Li Yuan didn't know what he should say to explain it. Perhaps, Sunan didn't want to answer his call, nor did he want to listen to what he had to say.

Li Yuan originally wanted to have a good talk with Fan Jie after the crowd dispersed, but he didn't expect that Fan Jie was so happy that night that she was already drunk and went back to her room to rest before the dance was over.

Li Yuan's plan fell through, so he could only continue to accompany Fan's father to socialize among the many guests who came to congratulate him.Not easy after the dance, declined Fan's father's proposal to invite him to stay at home, Li Yuan drove back to the residence, and it was already two o'clock in the morning.

The lights in the room were off and no one was in the room.

Sunan didn't wait for him.Although Sunan once promised when he went out, he would definitely wait for him to come back.

Li Yuan closed the door, then drove to Sunan's downstairs.When he got out of the car, he habitually looked up at the window on the sixteenth floor. The window belonging to Sunan was dark. Did Sunan fall asleep?Still not at home?Li Yuan didn't know.

Li Yuan entered the elevator, anxiously watching the floor numbers beating non-stop, and rushed out the moment the elevator door opened, and then took out the key to open the door, but because he was too nervous, the key couldn't be aligned The keyhole, when he opened the door and turned on the light, what he saw was that the familiar room became a little strange.

The room is still furnished, but the magazines that Sunan used to read on the coffee table are gone, and the warm photos on the cabinet are gone.

Li Yuan called out, "Su Nan?"

There was no answer in the empty room.

Li Yuan turned around and went to the bedroom, but there was no one on the bed in the bedroom.Li Yuan opened the closet, and the closet was empty, not a single piece of clothing was seen.

Li Yuan sat by the bed in the bedroom for a while, without any emotion, not even the thought of crying, just felt as if there was a piece of emptiness in his heart, with nowhere to rest.

Li Yuan took out his mobile phone and dialed Sunan's number. The notification sound that the other party had turned off the phone came from the phone.

The last memory of Sunan is the back view of Xiao Lang's locomotive going away.

Thinking of the thin back on that snowy night, and listening to the busy tone on the other end of the phone, Li Yuan burst into tears—he finally lost Sunan, and all this was because of his own sins.