Strangers Ten Years Later

Lin Jin found out that Xu Fangzhi knew a lot of things, and even liked to travel. The two chatted from Yu Yan to life, getting deeper and deeper, and passed the whole afternoon without knowing it.

It happened to be the rush hour of the traffic jam, and it was not easy to take a taxi, so it was better to walk home, so Xu Fangzhi also politely declined Xu Fangzhi's idea of ​​sending him off.

Lin Jin shook his head and refused: "Don't bother, you drive me off, maybe it will take longer than me walking home."

Xu Fangzhi smiled: "I'll walk with you - please help me design the house, it's impossible to leave you alone alone."

Lin Jin didn't think much about it, and there were some details that he wanted to discuss with Xu Fangzhi, so he agreed.

Although it was the end of August, Shanghai was still so hot that people were sweating profusely. When passing by the gate of a university, Xu Fangzhi actually asked him to stop and wait for a while, and then went to a milk tea shop not far away.

Lin Jin felt strange and took a few more glances. Xu Fangzhi seemed to sense something, turned his head and smiled lightly at Lin Jin.

Then he approached with three cups in his hands. Lin Jin thought it was a little funny, and asked, "Does Mr. Xu drink milk tea?"

A cup of half sugar, a cup of aloe vera tea, a cup of whole sugar.

"I think you don't add any sugar to your coffee. You probably don't like sugar very much," Xu Fangzhi said, "Half sugar or aloe vera. If you don't eat sugar at all, drink aloe vera—but I recommend you drink half sugar. Need some sweetness."

Lin Jin was originally interested in the cup of aloe vera, but when he heard this, he also smiled, took the cup of half-sugar milk tea, and said, "Well, sometimes it's good to try new things."

Xu Fangzhi blinked at him, and Lin Jin saw a little cute emoji from the other party.

And he actually likes to drink full sugar milk tea.

Xu Fangzhi sent Lin Jin to the gate of the community before he wanted to say goodbye.

Xu Fangzhi didn't offer to sit up and sit down, so Lin Jin didn't say anything.Xu Fangzhi waved his phone: "We will contact you later for details."

Lin Jin nodded, and was about to speak, when a figure suddenly appeared from the shadow blocked by the small jungle on one side. Lin Jin jumped forward in fright, and bumped into Xu Fangzhi's body just like that.

Xu Fangzhi took advantage of the situation to support Lin Jin, but he was very measured and did not offend Lin Jin.

Lin Jin remembered what happened to Liu Yan that day again, his face turned pale at first, but when he saw the person in front of him clearly, a complicated feeling surged from the bottom of his heart.

It turned out to be Ye Ziyuan.

"Lin Jin!" Ye Ziyuan gritted his teeth, stepped forward and grabbed Lin Jin's wrist, with such strength that he was about to crush his wrist, "Why are you drilling into other people's arms! I'm so scary ?!"

Lin Jin's face changed slightly, and he subconsciously shook his hands to break free from Ye Ziyuan's shackles, but he couldn't shake them off at all.

Xu Fangzhi's face darkened, he stood in front of Lin Jin in a daze, his back blocked him under the shadow, and his voice was low: "Who are you? What are you going to do?"

"What's none of your business?" Ye Ziyuan turned to look at Xu Fangzhi, his eyes were cloudy, and his emotions were about to explode.

Lin Jin grabbed Xu Fangyi and protected him behind him.

Ye Ziyuan loosened his strength, and Lin Jin took this opportunity to withdraw his hand and lowered his voice: "Ye Ziyuan, we can settle our affairs by ourselves, don't disturb others."

"You actually protect him?"

Ye Ziyuan only felt that his head was about to explode. For so many years, he had never seen another man he didn't know beside Lin Jin, and this man in front of him not only didn't know him, but was actually so close to Lin Jin Leaning together, how could he not be angry.

The man in front of him made him feel a strong sense of threat.

Ye Ziyuan wished he could drag Lin Jin back and lock him up, so that this man wouldn't touch him, he couldn't even look at her!

He clenched his teeth and wanted to pull Lin Jin. Lin Jin didn't want to be so embarrassed in front of his new friends, but felt that he lost all his sanity in an instant, and finally couldn't help but blurted out: "Have you had enough trouble?"

Ye Ziyuan's movements froze, and he was stunned on the spot. After a while, he said angrily and angrily, "Not enough! Lin Jin, you must tell me who this person is and when did you hook up with him? You came to Shanghai Is it because of him?—”

With a sound of "pa——" and the sudden crisp applause, the three people present were stunned at the same time.

Ye Ziyuan covered his face violently, looked at Lin Jin in disbelief, and paused every word: "You fucking hit me?"

Lin Jin actually hit him!

How dare you hit him!

For a split second, Ye Ziyuan felt that his anger buried him completely like a frenzy. He even breathed with anger, and the slap marks on his face seemed to be on fire, which made him almost lose everything. sanity.

Lin Jin ate the bear's heart and leopard guts and beat him!

He knew very well that this time was different from last time, last time he missed, but this time he hit him sincerely, and it was to protect other men!

Lin Jin withdrew his hand and lowered it. The hand that hit him was still hot, so he clenched it tightly, and the temples at the corners of his eyebrows twitched. Looking seriously at Ye Ziyuan's face, he suddenly felt extremely ridiculous.

He actually has loved Ye Ziyuan so seriously for so many years, with all his heart.

But in his eyes, Lin Jin is nothing at all, let him trample on him.

Lin Jin withdrew his gaze and looked at the ground indifferently: "Get lost."

Ye Ziyuan trembled all over his body, and he was forgotten in an instant whether he would be soft or not hard. Ye Ziyuan didn't care about anything at the moment, and only stepped forward aggressively to pull Lin Jin back to his side.

But Xu Fangzhi kept Lin Jin behind him. Before he could react, he punched Ye Ziyuan in the face with a hook. Ye Ziyuan fell to the ground unexpectedly, struggling to get up, Xu Fangzhi simply held it. Lin Jin's hand went into the unit door.

Ye Ziyuan felt a surge of blood, and pressed his palms against the painful ground, jumped up and rushed towards the door of the unit. Before Lin Jin went in, he closed the door with a "bang", the sound echoed in Ye Ziyuan It's like the ears are exploding.

He slammed the door and saw Lin Jin and Xu Fangzhi going upstairs one after the other without looking back.

At that moment, his heart seemed to be tightly clenched, Ye Ziyuan was breathless all over his body, staring at Lin Jin's back, as if he wanted to see through a hole in him.

He said in a hoarse voice, half aggrieved and half angry: "Lin Jin, you are so fucking cruel. I have been squatting in the police station for a whole day and you didn't come to redeem me. After finally getting out, you still don't want to buy me." Hit me? You let me go? You actually let me go!..."

At the end of the story, I felt embarrassed, and kicked the iron gate hard, but hurt myself, gritted my teeth so hard that my face turned red, took a deep breath, Ye Ziyuan covered himself shoes.

*!

Why doesn't everything go my way, kicking the door almost cripples my foot!

Lin Jin opened the door with mixed feelings, and invited Xu Fangzhi to come in and sit down.

Xu Fangzhi was also polite, and followed in together, saying: "I'm sorry, I hope you didn't blame me for meddling in my own business."

"No..." Lin Jin moved his lips, felt embarrassed for some reason, and said after a while, "I should be sorry for letting you see such a thing."

Xu Fangzhi smiled, and said naturally: "I thought you were the type who couldn't speak harsh words, but I didn't expect to see you not only move your lips, but also move your hands."

Xu Fangzhi's very well-timed joke saved Lin Jin from the embarrassment and restraint of "being knocked out of the way". He heaved a sigh of relief and shook his head helplessly.

Lin Jin could hear the sound of Ye Ziyuan fighting with someone downstairs, and then left angrily. At this time, Lin Jin and Xu Fangzhi had already watched a movie.

Hearing that there was no movement, Xu Fangzhi took the initiative to bid farewell: "I bought you a cup of tea and a movie, let's treat you to dinner another day."

No matter how thick the line was, Lin Jin could sense that Xu Fangzhi was interested in him, otherwise he would not have walked home with him on foot, nor would he have gotten involved in his affair with Ye Ziyuan.

Although Lin Jin is a little socially handicapped, it's not that he doesn't understand the world at all - he's not Ye Ziyuan.

And just ended a decades-long crush, and he didn't have the energy to devote himself to a new relationship. Lin Jin smiled almost without thinking, and said, "Let's see."

Xu Fangzhi didn't show a surprised expression, but just nodded: "Then you can come to me if you have any questions."

Xu Fangzhi's sense of proportion is very good, and Lin Jin can't find any faults.

After sending Xu Fangzhi away, Lin Jin just stood at the window and looked out. Ye Ziyuan naturally left long ago, and Lin Jin didn't even think he would come back——

Lin Jin pointed at his nose and scolded "Fuck off". He is not Lin Jin, so it is impossible for him to be so thick-skinned.

Lin Jin realized that perhaps only by being completely ruthless towards Ye Ziyuan, this person would truly disappear from his life.

He didn't want to deceive himself anymore, as long as Ye Ziyuan stood in front of him for a day, he would think of his embarrassing past, the train ticket in the box, and his mother's name engraved on the tombstone And countless bouquets of blood-red roses.

He knew that this had nothing to do with Ye Ziyuan, it was all his own doing, but he was really a little afraid of seeing Ye Ziyuan.

This person will constantly remind him that his mother died due to his negligence and did not even see his son for the last time.

If, if he had been with his mother at that time... maybe the mother would not have died at all.

Lin Jin lit a cigarette, and his temples puffed.