Gentlemen's Friends

Chapter 36 Part [-]: One
Ren Ningyuan coaxed the little niece to bed, pulled up the curtains for her, and her cousin came back.Seeing that she was alone, Ren Ningyuan knew that his nephew was disobedient again.

"Xiaofei still doesn't listen to me." Cousin Li Ruo, who is over forty years old, complained very elegantly.

Ren Ningyuan smiled and said: "Let him go, Le Fei has grown up too, young man, let him do what he wants to do."

It was getting late, and Ren Ningyuan went back to the room by himself, sitting on the bed and looking at the photo on the bedside.The pillow is old, and the man's clothes are still there, but after a long time, if you put it under your nose and sniff it, there is only a very faint, barely noticeable smell.

Ren Ningyuan slept on that pillow and turned off the light.

He wondered if he could dream of him tonight.

He often heard that man in his dreams and knew he was right outside the door.However, when you are in a hurry to open the door, the dream is often broken.

Until now, he still refused to enter his dream.

The man was dead, silently.Both Zhuang Wei and Chu Mo went abroad.Occasionally contact, everyone tacitly never mention that person, it seems that with the passage of time, after the vague shadow of that person disappears, it will be as if it never existed, and everyone will feel at ease in the future, as if nothing happened.

It is true that any wound will stop bleeding and heal.

However, it became a scar.

Because of the man's memorial day, Qu Ke came back from school on the weekend. She grew taller and matured a lot this year, and became a big girl.After the man passed away, she seemed to grow up suddenly overnight.

She was originally just a child with extraordinary intelligence, but her mentality is still very naive, more childish than her peers, and she loves to act like a baby.Her father took good care of her, only a child who is happy enough has the capital of innocence, and she lived like a carefree little princess in that not-so-rich family.

After the man left, Ren Ningyuan actually allowed her to live a much better life. She had everything she needed and was not worried about it. She was picked up by a famous car, and she no longer had to squeeze the bus or go on foot like when the man was alive.

But it was difficult for her to survive as a child anymore, she was like a Cinderella in this magnificent palace, with a vicissitudes far beyond her age.

Ren Ningyuan looked at the girl who even cut her own hair now: "Did you receive all the things that were brought to school last time?"

"Got it, thank you, Uncle Ren."

"That's good, what else do you need, just tell me."

"Uncle Ren, you don't need to send me money anymore, I can handle it myself."

Ren Ningyuan paused: "Don't be polite to me. I promised your father that I will take care of you."

"Actually, I used the money my father left me to invest, and I have spent the past few years without any problems," Qu Ke will now carry his shoulders like a boy, "I think my father will be more happy to see that I can independent."

Ren Ningyuan looked at her for a while, then nodded.

When Qu Ke said he wanted to live on campus, he didn't stop him.It's not that he doesn't love her, but that it's hard for him and her to be alone now, and they can't return to the pampering intimacy they used to have.

He felt that Qu Ke even hated him, even though no one told her anything.

That kind of subtle hatred and unfamiliarity, she and he actually have it.

Once it was just the two of them facing each other, the fact that the man was dead became even more apparent.

Every day that person is gone, they feel incomplete, but they can't comfort each other at all, and face-to-face only makes the gap bigger.

When Ren Ningyuan came out of the swimming pool, Ye Xiutuo and Rong Liu were already having breakfast.

Rong Liu praised: "Your physical strength is really good after swimming up to now."

Ye Xiutuo said solemnly: "My physical strength is good, but I used it up last night." Lin Han was still sleeping in the upstairs room.

"Shameless!" Rong Liu couldn't help yelling, "Why doesn't Xiao Teng go out with me on vacation? Doesn't he need to relax?"

"He is the father of four children, so please forgive him."

"Oh," Rong Liu lay on the table sadly, "but I haven't been on vacation for a long time. That kind of function may degenerate if I don't use it for a long time."

Ye Xiutuo said: "Shut up, how can you embarrass Ning Yuan by saying such things?"

Ren Ningyuan sat down to eat, smiled, and stuck his fork into the mango bowl.

Ye Xiutuo picked up the fork and ate the mango dices without hesitation, and looked at him: "Ning Yuan, it's not me meddling in my business, isn't it bad for your health?"

Rong Liu didn't know whether to live or die: "Don't worry, he has already married his right hand, hahaha."

After he finished laughing, he didn't have breakfast, so he could only lie down on the table sadly and look at the knife and fork standing upright in front of him, while flipping through his phone: "Sent so many messages, Xiao Teng didn't even reply to me... Ah, I'm so lonely..."

Rong Liu was in a nympho alone, and Ren Ningyuan just ate breakfast in a leisurely manner. Compared with Rong Liu's romantic and handsome appearance, Ren Ningyuan's quiet and handsome silhouette was completely calm and peaceful that a successful man in his 30s should have. restrained.Such a person would be single, Ye Xiutuo couldn't figure it out.

"Ning Yuan, it's time for you to find a girlfriend." Ye Xiutuo paused, "Or a boyfriend?"

Ren Ningyuan just smiled.

"Don't take it seriously, everyone needs a companion. Whether it's a man or a woman."

Ren Ningyuan pursed his lips and poured another cup of tea without answering.

He doesn't believe in love, so he has never been in love, and he is not interested in such topics.

Feelings are painful, overwhelmed, out of control.He had seen Ye Xiutuo and Rong Liu lose their composure in their relationship, and thought it was not good.And love is too fickle and not stable at all, so he doesn't yearn for it.

He only likes and is used to the feeling of being able to hold it in his hand.A relationship that is in control is reassuring.

He instinctively wants to keep everything important to him in his palm.

He doesn't know what love is like. He has heard many people describe it, and he has imagined it a little bit. He has a little outline, but he still doesn't understand it.In fact, he didn't want to know, he thought it was like a drug.

But he would often think of that unremarkable man, recalling their brief time together during those decades of long contacts, and he could no longer fall asleep.

He felt like he was going to have a heart attack.

Ye Xiutuo put his hand on his shoulder: "I know you can't let it go. But it's over, no matter what you think, it's useless."

Ren Ningyuan raised his eyes: "I didn't think about anything. The new store will open next week, how are you preparing?"

Ye Xiutuo seemed hesitant to speak, but finally just sighed: "Okay, it's good if you're willing to talk about work."

(End of this chapter)