Strangers Ten Years Later

The relationship between Lin Jin and Xu Fangzhi became closer. He almost completely supervised the decoration of the other party's house. Xu Fangzhi gave him incomparable trust. surpassed his highest level.

Show it to Xu Fangzhi, and the other party is not stingy with his compliments, and Lin Jin's earlobe is slightly red from his praise.

Xu Fangzhi smiled and said, "To thank you, I treat you to a meal? This time, I want to see what reason you have to refuse me."

Lin Jin was a little embarrassed, so he naturally complied.

The place Xu Fangzhi chose this time was very suitable for Lin Jin's taste, and even the chat became very smooth. Halfway through the meal, Xu Fangzhi suddenly got down to business: "I have a batch of clear water houses waiting to be hardcover and then sold. The external plan we made is to create a different dream home—”

"Are you interested?"

Lin Jin's hand holding the chopsticks froze slightly, and looked up at him: "Me?"

The tone was a little surprised.

"I know that you are doing graphic design now, and you have missed a lot of previous homework, but I believe you can do this job," Xu Fangzhi said slowly, "What's more, I am very satisfied with the results you designed for me. I don't think it's going to come as a surprise to you that I've made this decision."

To be honest, Lin Jin has always been a bit muddle-headed after staying in Beijing for so many years. Although he has been in the upper middle class, the company has always made him very depressed—he will, and it doesn’t seem to be a big deal for the company. necessity.

From the bottom of his heart, Lin Jin has always been a conceited and inferior person, and he has always believed that if he is given a chance, he can make better achievements in his own field, and because of this, When Xu Fangzhi's words came out, he almost wanted to blurt out his agreement.

But in an instant, he realized that such a large amount of work is really possible for him today?

Interior design was what he was good at when he was in college, but he is nearly 30 years old now, and he hasn't touched it for seven years. Xu Fangzhi's house can be fixed. To put it bluntly, it can even be said that a blind cat meets a dead mouse.

Seeing that he seemed hesitant, Xu Fangzhi only clinked glasses with him, and said, "It's okay, you still have time to worry about it. The house is still in the final stage, and it's not completely finished." After a pause, he added, "I Wait for you."

Lin Jin's eyelashes trembled slightly, and for a moment he couldn't tell the true meaning of Xu Fangzhi's three words.

He did everything properly, couldn't find any mistakes, and didn't even give Lin Jin a chance to reject him. He was impeccable and pervasive.

Lin Jin clinked glasses with him at the end, the cups collided with a crisp sound, and he thanked him.

Xu Fangzhi drove Lin Jin off, and when the car arrived at the gate of the community, he went back home. Lin Jin walked in alone against the hot night wind, entered the gate of the unit, stomped his feet to wake up the voice-activated lights, and saw Ye Ziyuan standing beside him.

He was smoking a cigarette with a little spark in his mouth, his eyes lit up instantly when he saw Lin Jin, the fundus of his eyes were full of bloodshot eyes, and he looked a little bit perverted.

Lin Jin frowned imperceptibly, without saying a word, started to climb the stairs, Ye Ziyuan just followed silently.

After reaching the sixth floor, Lin Jin realized that if he continued to climb down like this, he might repeat the same mistakes—Ye Ziyuan entered the room again.

So he stopped.

No one made much movement, the corridor was pitch black, Ye Ziyuan pressed the lighter, and finally spoke, with a very hoarse voice: "A Jin, I miss you."

He paused, suppressed his throat, and his voice was hoarse.

A string in Lin Jin's heart was plucked suddenly, and the familiar words evoke familiar memories. It's not that Lin Jin has never heard similar words from Ye Ziyuan's mouth.

But every time after he finished speaking, he was still him, and Ye Ziyuan was still Ye Ziyuan. Lin Jin realized at this time that he would never believe it now.

No, to be more precise, it was nothing more than self-deception before.

Lin Jin also took out a cigarette and lit it, and the flame instantly illuminated his plain and indifferent face. Ye Ziyuan never thought that Lin Jin would have such a cold and indifferent expression, but he has seen enough of it recently up.

Every time I saw it, I felt unbelievable and impossible, but what followed was another kind of suffocating anger.

Ye Ziyuan thought how could Lin Jin show such an expression to him - shouldn't he be smiling at him?

Just like before.

Ye Ziyuan vaguely realized that he and Lin Jin really couldn't go back.

The panic gripped his heart, making him breathless.

Lin Jin opened his mouth after smoking a whole cigarette: "Ye Ziyuan, I'm doing well now."

"Go back and marry Ji Cheng, whom you love. This is the best ending for us." His voice was flat, without any ups and downs, "You live your life, I live mine, and never No see, it’s good for each other—"

"Shit!" Ye Ziyuan took a sudden step forward, pushing him hard against the wall.

Because of his anger, the voice-activated lights suddenly turned on, illuminating the entire narrow space in an instant, Ye Ziyuan used all his rationality to suppress the furious anger, and said word by word: "Lin Jin, don't you Like me?"

He stared at him stubbornly, trying to see through him, "Tell me honestly, don't lie, you don't like me at all now?"

Lin Jin's heart skipped a beat.

Ye Ziyuan went down several steps and got very close to Lin Jin.

His face was dim and blurred in the darkness.

Ye Ziyuan was a little nervous, but also a little scared.

He knew that Lin Jin was a one-sided person, as if he had decided to stay with him all the time, as if he would always be with him. If one day, Lin Jin planned to let go, he might, and he really wouldn't Go back again.

As soon as Ye Ziyuan thought of this possibility, even his breathing would have a cold thorn, which made him unable to calm down at all.

He couldn't imagine what it would be like if Lin Jin really left his side.

For more than ten years of life, he has long been used to being accompanied by this person in front of him. If this person is not in front of him... what will happen to him?Ye Ziyuan didn't even dare to think about it.

The breathing sounds of the two were intertwined in the darkness, and no one went further. The silent confrontation made the silence seem like deathly silence, which was extraordinarily long.

Ye Ziyuan could see Lin Jin's peaceful pupils. In those eyes, there was an endless love for him. He had never cared about it, and he had never thought about it. , what else could be the reason?

After a long time, Lin Jin lowered his eyes and said calmly, "Not at all."

Just four words, but Ye Ziyuan's barely maintained calm collapsed. He grabbed Lin Jin's collar suddenly, and suppressed the raging anger in his voice: "Look me in the eyes and say this!"

Lin Jin took a deep breath, seemed to find it ridiculous, curled the corners of his mouth, and smiled coldly.

He looked at him without leaving any nostalgia: "Ye Ziyuan, I don't like you at all—"

"You are dismissed."

Ye Ziyuan looked at him, the strength in his hand suddenly drained completely, he retracted his hand little by little, curled up into a fist, wanted to lose his temper, but he couldn't, didn't dare, didn't want to do anything to Lin Jin .

In the end, he slammed hard on the wall beside Lin Jin.

Lin Jin's pupils moved slightly.

Ye Ziyuan felt that his body was torn into two people, one howled and wanted to hide Lin Jin, and the other was full of hope, thinking that Lin Jin could not be so cruel to him, and it was impossible that he really didn't like it at all. Own.

He punched him hard again, fixed his eyes on him, and said viciously, "Lin Jin, I don't believe it!"

Lin Jin frowned little by little.

Ye Ziyuan was bleeding from the back of his hand, and small drops of blood kept bubbling out. He ignored it and just stared at Lin Jin with those burning eyes: "Ah Jin, no one knows you better than me. You lied to me. Right? If you don’t like me, who can I like? Like that bastard surnamed Xu?! Then he’s a nouveau riche, can he be better than me?!”

Lin Jin looked at Ye Ziyuan in disbelief: "You check him?"

The calmness he tried to maintain also collapsed in an instant: "Ye Ziyuan, what if we are together? I am waiting for you to find other men, waiting for you to cheat, and waiting for you to think of the house when you are tired." Is there a wretch like me waiting for your return?—"

"Ye Ziyuan, I have lived this kind of life for ten years, and I don't want to live it again, do you understand?!"

"I..." Ye Ziyuan's face turns pale and turns blue, and he can't explain it. After all, these things are indeed what he did to Lin Jin. He has no choice but to make promises, " I promise I won't do this in the future, really. You've seen it too, I can break those things for Ji Cheng, and for you I'm more—"

"I'm not Ji Cheng."

Lin Jin suddenly laughed out loud, he raised his hand to wipe away the tears that fell unexpectedly from the corner of his eyes, shook his head, and suddenly felt that all the anger was unnecessary.

Isn't Ye Ziyuan the only fucking person?

"That's enough." Lin Jin shook off Ye Ziyuan's hand, "If you don't leave, I will."

Lin Jin wanted to break free from his embrace, Ye Ziyuan was swept away by great panic, he knew that as long as he really let Lin Jin go at this moment, this person would really never return to his side.

He didn't want that.

He must keep Lin Jin.

At that moment, Ye Ziyuan didn't think about anything. He only remembered that he pressed Lin Jin against the wall in a reckless manner. His strength was so strong that Lin Jin could not escape, and he could do whatever he wanted.

As a result, even the kisses were filled with the rust-like smell of blood. Lin Jin struggled continuously, but could only be pressed even tighter by Ye Ziyuan, and he was even a little out of breath.

Ye Ziyuan's hand held his waist. At that moment, Lin Jin suddenly thought of the scene in Beijing a few months ago.

The same is true of Liu Yan, who pressed him hard into the haystack, and he kept struggling to escape, but he couldn't escape no matter what.

He seemed to be trapped in a huge maze.

Same, but a little bit different.

For Liu Yan, he was desperately unwilling to let the other party touch his stubbornness, but the person in front of him had the smell he was most familiar with, and the dream he had dreamed about for decades, even he himself felt pitiful ——He actually had a physical reaction.

Lin Jin simply stopped struggling.

He let go of his strength, and in the darkness, he just looked at Ye Ziyuan quietly, his pupils were dim.

Ye Ziyuan bit his lower lip, kissed his earlobe, took a step back, and suddenly met his eyes, at that moment, Ye Ziyuan suddenly woke up and realized what he was doing.

He froze in place.

"keep going."

Lin Jin looked at him coldly and said, "Continue, isn't it just a long-distance hookup? I'll treat it as a hookup with you. Anyway, it's all about solving physical problems. It doesn't matter if it's you or someone else."

Lin Jin's words were like a loud slap on Ye Ziyuan's face.

"Ye Ziyuan, I've always been curious about why you kept me by your side for so many years?" Lin Jin said, "That's what I thought in my heart, listen to me, is it right? A fool can appear by your side to help you when you have an accident, and can also let you vent when you can't find anyone. After all, I am clean, safe, and much better than those ducks outside. Only you, yes no?"

"...No," Ye Ziyuan shook his head stiffly, "I didn't think so...I...I didn't think about anything."

He stood there in a panic, his mind was in chaos, and he didn't know what he wanted.

He really didn't think about anything, he just thought that Lin Jin would always be there, no matter what bad things he did.

He will always be there.

As long as he returns to that small rental house, the lights will be on for him, there will be dry and warm slippers, home-cooked meals prepared by Lin Jin, and his gentle smiling eyes.

From Lin Jin, Ye Ziyuan can get something that no one can give—but what it is, he doesn't know...

he does not know.

Does he really not know?

Lin Jin lowered his eyes and said in a low voice with restraint, "Ye Ziyuan, you are more selfish than me."

He straightened his clothes, buttoned them, fastened his belt, and went up the steps.

Ye Ziyuan didn't dare to make any moves this time, he just stared at his back in a daze, until Lin Jin walked to the door, opened the door with a key, and planned to enter, Ye Ziyuan felt an impulse in his heart— —

He opened his mouth suddenly, and a hoarse voice sounded in the quiet stairway.

"Because, I like you."

Lin Jin's body froze there.

Ye Ziyuan stared at him stubbornly. At that moment, it seemed that something broke through the shackles and filled his head in an instant. He suddenly woke up from a ten-year dream, and paused every word. Said.

"It's because I like you that I let you stay by my side for ten years. It's because I like you that I found that when Ji Cheng was very similar to you, I transferred my feelings for you to him. It's also because of me I like you, so..." His voice was deep and subconsciously seductive, he paused word by word, pierced through time and space, through the long and boundless years, and finally brought the words of that year to the present .

Landed heavily.

"It's also because I like you that I refuse to let you go now."

In the summer of that year, because of his ridiculous self-esteem, when Lin Jin said "how can a man and a man be together", he buried all his feelings under the heavy tombstone, and there was no day of dawn.

It's been too long, so long that he has forgotten that long before the boy he kissed for the first time, he had a dream about Lin Jin.

In the dream, Lin Jin smiled at him gently, jokingly pinched his neck and scolded him: "Ye Ziyuan, why don't you know how to solve this kind of questions, are you a little too stupid?"

In the dream, he kissed his forehead, the tip of his nose, and the corners of his lips. He regarded him as a treasure, but unexpectedly, the dream had lasted ten years, and during these ten years, he had hurt him deeply.

But for such a ridiculous amount of self-esteem.

"Lin Jin, I love you."

Ye Ziyuan finally said.