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Xu Le is used to sleeping with his phone turned off, only to hear Tao Zhiyuan's late WeChat message when he woke up. He is here on a business trip today, so he asked Xu Le to have dinner by the way.

Although he came out to his parents, Xu Le has only one gay friend, Tao Zhiyuan.They are about the same age, and they met through the Internet a few years ago. At the beginning, they didn't know each other's sexual orientation, but they slowly talked about each other after they got acquainted.The two happened to live in neighboring cities, and they would meet again soon, but most of the time they still chatted online.Tao Zhiyuan gave Xu Le a lot of comfort when he just came out of the closet and was kicked out by his family.

On the way to work, I made an appointment with Tao Zhiyuan for a meal time and place, and when I returned to the company, I devoted myself to a day's work.

Xu Le called Tao Zhiyuan when he got off work and learned that he had left the client company and was on his way to the Hunan restaurant they reserved.When Xu Le came, Tao Zhiyuan had already sat down for a while, even ordered the dishes.We have eaten together more times, and we have a certain understanding of each other's tastes.

Although the two haven't seen each other for three or four months, they are already too familiar with each other, and they naturally talk non-stop when they meet.

Tao Zhiyuan will leave only tomorrow afternoon. After dinner, he said he wants to go to the bar and Xu Le will accompany him of course.Xu Le didn't go to the bar much, almost always with Tao Zhiyuan.

The bar they came to was discovered by Tao Zhiyuan when he was here on a business trip. It was not as noisy as ordinary bars, and he could sit down, drink and chat.Every time Tao Zhiyuan came here and wanted to go to the bar, they always came here.

"I wanted to ask during dinner just now. Are you busy recently? Why do you look so tired, with dark circles appearing under your eyes." Tao Zhiyuan asked Xu Le while drinking.

Xu Le shook his head silently, picked up the wine glass and took a sip.

"Anyone else introduced you to a girlfriend?"

Judging from his expression, Tao Zhiyuan already guessed that, according to his understanding of Xu Le, this is probably the only thing that can bother him so much at present.

"Yeah, very nice girl."

"That's really a pity." Tao Zhiyuan sighed, if he could like women, who would be willing to take such a difficult road.

The two could only smile helplessly.

"What about you? The person I mentioned before, how is it doing now?"

Xu Le mentioned that Tao Zhiyuan told him not long ago that he had a crush on a new colleague.

"It's still the same. Sometimes I think he is the same, and sometimes I think he is very straight." Talking about this, Tao Zhiyuan felt a little distressed, "Kida, which I have always been proud of, doesn't seem to work anymore."

"Then spend it with him like this?"

"if not?"

Tao Zhiyuan was helpless, feeling uncomfortable being hung up, but who told him to be willing.

Xu Le heard Tao Zhiyuan talk about some ambiguous things between them, and he also knew that he was a straightforward person. If he wasn't a colleague, he would definitely figure out what the other person was thinking, and he wouldn't be as troubled as he is now.But since the two are colleagues, it's really difficult to deal with.

"Then at least we can celebrate Singles' Day together this year." Xu Le could only joke.

Tao Zhiyuan rolled his eyes, "Can't you have a little pursuit? Wouldn't it be better to spend Valentine's Day together!"

"It's not because you look down on me and hang yourself on your colleague!"

Xu Le was more relaxed in front of acquaintances, and joked along with Tao Zhiyuan's words.

"You boy!"

Tao Zhiyuan clinked wine glasses with Xu Le, the two took a sip of wine, then looked at each other and laughed.

"Speaking of Singles' Day, do you want to go shopping again?" Tao Zhiyuan knew that Xu Le did a lot of online shopping on Singles' Day last year.

"It's cheap, anyway, all I buy are practical things."

Online shopping is very attractive to Xu Le, who is a bit of a nerd, and he has always enjoyed the endless promotional activities of merchants.

"You plan to spend Singles' Day forever?" Tao Zhiyuan asked.

He had heard Xu Le talk about some past events, and advised him more than once to find a companion if he could, because it was too lonely to be alone.

"That's not bad."

Xu Le smiled at him, Tao Zhiyuan couldn't say anything more.