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Sometimes the world is so strange, people who don't see each other once in a year, once met once, may meet again and again.

Xu Le was sitting at the table near the entrance of the restaurant, and Shen Hao naturally saw him too.

He stopped in front of Xu Le's table, and Xu Le stood up to greet him, saying what a coincidence.

"He is my high school classmate—Xu Le."

Shen Hao introduced to his female companion standing beside him.

"Hi, I'm Gao Mengjie."

Gao Mengjie smiled and stretched out her hand to Xu Le, who held her hand.

Beautiful and generous, this is her first impression on Xu Le.

"Mengjie, go and sit down first, I'll have a chat with Xu Le." After introducing them to each other, Shen Hao said to Gao Mengjie.

"Okay, then I'll go over and order food first, you can still do it as usual"

"Ah."

The conversation is so natural, the relationship between the two must not be as simple as ordinary friends.

Gao Mengjie nodded to Xu Le and went to the seat they reserved.

Shen Hao sat down opposite Xu Le, and no one spoke for a while.

Looking at the mature man in front of him, who was meticulous in everything from hairstyle to clothing, and exuded an elite atmosphere, Xu Le couldn't help feeling a little dazed.In his memory, the sunny boy who rode a bicycle with him through the streets and alleys, smiling wantonly, could hardly see the slightest shadow on him.Yes, so many years have passed, how could there be no change.

Time flies.

No matter how close lovers were once, now they are just the most familiar strangers, and they can only sit here as old classmates and greet each other.

"You often come here to eat." Xu Le was uncomfortable and had nothing to say.

Shen Hao nodded, and glanced at the coffee in front of Xu Le, "What about you? Didn't you like drinking coffee before?" Without waiting for Xu Le to say anything, he said, "But it's been so long since we haven't seen each other, it's normal that the taste has changed."

Xu Le smiled indifferently, and didn't explain why he ordered coffee today because he didn't sleep well recently.

"Xu Le, since we met again until now, you don't seem to have asked me how I've been doing all these years." Shen Hao looked at him firmly and said.

"You...you should be living well." Xu Le said softly.

Shen Hao didn't say anything, still staring at Xu Le.Xu Le deliberately avoided his gaze, and took a sip of the coffee as a cover-up. The coffee that had been sitting for a long time was really sour.

After a while, Shen Hao suddenly chuckled, "That's right, everyone says I'm doing well. Isn't that right? My career prospects are bright, and I have a beautiful and considerate girlfriend."

"Congratulations, you are a great match."

Xu Le held back his bitterness and tried his best to squeeze out a smile. He felt that he was very ridiculous at the moment.

He just wanted to find an excuse to leave, when he heard Shen Hao say again: "Speaking of which, Xu Le, I still have to thank you for today." He paused and glanced at him, then raised the corner of his mouth, smiling but not Da Yan, "Without your determination back then, how could I be where I am now?"

Xu Le couldn't remember how he got out of the restaurant in the end, and he couldn't remember whether he was decent when he left. When he came back to his senses, he was already standing on the street where Xilai walked.

He looked around blankly, neon lights flashing, crowds of people.

Walking aimlessly with the flow of people, I stopped in front of a street band.Although the equipment is simple, they are young and sweating wantonly enjoying their youth, beautiful youth.

Xu Le stood there, listening to them singing one song after another.From crowds of onlookers to the end of the song, from noisy and extraordinary to ordinary.

People come and go, everyone has their own way to go, no one will stop for others, only Xu Le is always standing there.Just like these years, he stubbornly paints the ground as a prison, he will not go out, and he will not allow others to come in.