Gentlemen's Friends

Chapter 48 Extra Story: Right to Choose (2)
"He's already on the plane and will arrive tomorrow. As for whether to meet or not, he will still wait for your news. You can think about it tonight."

"..."

Ren Ningyuan seemed to be aware of his quietness, and lowered his head towards him more and more: "What's wrong?"

Qu Tongqiu understood the reason why he was looking for him, the tip of his nose was red all of a sudden, and his eyes couldn't help but burst into tears.

Ren Ningyuan was stunned for a moment, then fell silent for a while, put his hand on his shoulder, and wrapped him in his arms.

Qu Tongqiu was full of sadness and disappointment, but he couldn't tell the gentlest culprit in the world.And this hug was very tender and considerate. He lay on Ren Ningyuan's chest, and he didn't know what the heart underneath was thinking.

"Are you mentally prepared?"

Qu Tongqiu had a nasal voice: "Wh, what are you preparing for?"

"Zhuang Wei will ask you to stay with him."

Qu Tongqiu choked up and said: "No, I have nothing good."

"Does that mean, if you're good enough, you won't have a problem with him?"

Qu Tongqiu only felt that this was strange: "How, how is it possible? There is also Chu Mo."

Ren Ningyuan seemed to sigh, but didn't say anything further.

The next day, when Zhuang Wei arrived in T city, he called immediately.Although the person who answered the phone was still Ren Ningyuan, Qu Tongqiu was restless from that moment on, running to the bathroom again and again, only feeling cramps in his stomach.

Compared with his panic, Ren Ningyuan was unnaturally calm.

"He'll be waiting for you at the hotel all day today. I'll let him know if you'd like to see him."

Qu Tongqiu thought for a while in a dilemma, but he mustered up his courage: "Ren Ningyuan..."

"Ok?"

"Do you think I should go?"

Ren Ningyuan looked at him for a while: "It's up to you to decide."

Qu Tongqiu hurriedly said: "I know, this is my business, I have to have some ideas. However, I also need your opinion, what do you think?"

"Ok?"

Qu Tongqiu was a little bit embarrassed: "I, I want to know, how you treat me..."

Ren Ningyuan interrupted him: "I have interfered with you too much. This time I don't want to affect you."

"..."

"You don't need to know what I think. It doesn't matter. You just do what you think you should do. Don't think about anything else."

"..."

"Do you think it's time to see him?"

"..."

"I'll take you there."

The car stopped at the entrance of the hotel, and Qu Tongqiu sat for a while before opening the door, lowering his head and whispering, "I, I'm leaving."

"Ah."

After stepping out, I couldn't help but turn around and ask, "You, do you want to go back first? I don't know how long it will take..."

Ren Ningyuan gave a noncommittal "hmm" and said softly, "I know. You can go."

Qu Tongqiu stood nervously in the elevator by himself. Although he had said it silently to himself dozens of times, it was just to meet an old friend, it was no big deal, but his heart was still beating in a mess.

He didn't think he hated Zhuang Wei, although Zhuang Wei gave up on him at that time.

The hurt is real, but it's also real without the hate.

Speaking of which, those who take advantage of others are probably the most despicable part of Zhuang Wei, and he doesn't like it either.

But there was that despicable Zhuang Wei, and there was that Zhuang Wei who insisted on looking for him everywhere when everyone else gave up, and there was that Zhuang Wei who picked him up from the side of the road and took care of him when he lost his mind. The good and the bad add up to make Zhuang Wei complete.

Zhuang Wei's tenderness towards him is as real as the awkwardness, domineering, and bad temper in his temper.

During his most difficult time, only Zhuang Wei gave him comfort.

Although what he asked for was a glass of water, what Zhuang Wei poured down was a barrel of wine, but to him at that time, both were life-saving nectar.

How good or bad Zhuang Wei is is different in the eyes of different people.But at least he was not as selfish and cold as he appeared.

He gave him warmth out of heart.The intention of cuddling with each other once was also true.

Choosing Chu Mo instead of him cannot even be said to be Zhuang Wei's fault.Let's just say they missed it.They're not the ones right for each other.

The door opened after the first knock.The slender figure of the man standing inside the door, his gorgeous and pale appearance, his simple white shirt and black suit jacket, are all clearly visible under the light.

Qu Tongqiu met his eyes, feeling a little dizzy for a moment, and the opening of the meeting he had planned was gone, and he could only say: "Zhuang Wei..."

Zhuang Wei immediately grabbed his hand, and Qu Tongqiu was dragged into the room ignorantly, and then heard the door close behind him.

He was extremely familiar with Zhuang Wei's appearance and the smell of his body, but after seeing each other for two years, after so much experience, he was in a trance like a lifetime away.He felt complicated in that strange yet familiar feeling, being led to sit on the sofa, looking at the man who was very close to him, his palms could not help sweating.

Zhuang Wei is still the same Zhuang Wei, with only some reasonable changes in the past two years... a little thinner, better looking, and a little closer, and there are slight dark circles on his face caused by the long-distance flight and jet lag.

"you lost weight."

The two looked at each other for a while at a distance that could be called intimacy, and then they heard Zhuang Wei say this, Qu Tongqiu couldn't help scratching his head, and then the man put his hands on top of his head, messing up his hair a little rough Yes, he gritted his teeth a bit: "You are really still alive."

Qu Tongqiu couldn't help being moved by the emotions contained in the rubbing.Zhuang Wei really cared about him, and was saddened by his "death" for so long, even with him he felt a little sad.

Even if two people don't mention their old friendship, at least it is a reunion of old friends. It is only natural that the mood is agitated and the palms are hot.

Zhuang Wei originally wanted to take him out for dinner, but he didn't plan to go out after meeting him, so he just called the room service.Qu Tongqiu also thinks it's good, saves trouble, doesn't take too much trouble, and is more comfortable than going to an outside restaurant to eat.

The two of them had dinner together in the room, neither avoiding suspicion nor creating divisions, and naturally talked like good friends, talking about all kinds of things after they parted.

Compared with Zhuang Wei's achievements in winning awards and developing new magazine brands in the past two years, his experience of picking up junk and setting up street stalls was originally thought to be nothing to talk about.But Zhuang Wei is very interesting to listen to. Of course there is no "longing for it", but there should be a little bit of "immersiveness".

When he explained to Zhuang Wei in detail the various ways to use 20 yuan to cover half a month's food expenses, Zhuang Wei laughed and frowned: "You, you don't have to suffer like this in the future."

"Well." His takeaway shop business is still good.

"I will take care of you."

"Huh... ah?!"

Zhuang Wei gritted his teeth: "Ah, what, idiot!"

"You, aren't you with Chu Mo?"

Zhuang Wei stared at him: "You're 'dead', why should I be with him?"

"I... I'm not here anymore, don't you just happen to..."

Zhuang Wei became a little annoyed: "You are stupid, you think that what I treat you is just a joke?"

"But, but..."

"If it wasn't for Chu Mo's car accident, I feel sorry for him, and I would have taken you away long ago. You are all 'dead', can he win over a dead person?"

Qu Tongqiu let out a "huh": "But, but, feelings are something that can't be calculated by who is more miserable..."

Zhuang Wei frowned again: "It's really useless to tell you the truth."

"Uh……"

"Ren Ningyuan will let you come, which means that you have nothing now. Isn't it good to follow me?"

"..."

In his unmoved, simple and stubborn silence, Zhuang Wei finally stood up impatiently.

Qu Tongqiu watched him walk around the table towards him, and hurriedly hid on the other side of the table vigilantly.The two played peek-a-boo around the table.

"What are you running for?"

"Because, because you are chasing."

"If you don't run, I won't chase."

"You, you don't chase me and don't run away."

Qu Tongqiu said he couldn't beat him, but he refused to give in no matter what. Zhuang Wei really had nothing to do with him, and he couldn't laugh or cry for a while.

"If you do this again, I'll tie you up."

Qu Tongqiu was afraid that he would find a rope to get out, so he panicked and said, "Zhuang Wei, you don't want to be with me."

"Ok?"

"The person you like is not me at all. It's just that I'm dead, and you feel sorry for me. That's why you didn't choose me at that time."

Zhuang Wei was silent for a moment: "At that time, I made the wrong choice."

"No, you are right, the person you like is Chu Mo."

The man's face darkened instantly: "What are you kidding?"

Although Zhuang Wei was upset, but his crisis is over, Qu Tongqiu hurriedly took a few steps back, opened a little distance, and then murmured: "I, I just feel that way..."

"What do you think?"

"With your temper, if you didn't like Chu Mo, you wouldn't let him pester you for so many years."

"..."

Under Zhuang Wei's stare, he plucked up his courage again: "Besides, in the past two years when I 'died', although you were very sad for me, you could still live on. What if Chu Mo died? You Can it still be like this?"

Zhuang Wei didn't fight back immediately.

Knowing that once Zhuang Wei opened his mouth, he would be able to bully him with eloquence.Qu Tongqiu hurriedly grasped his brief hesitation, and continued speaking in one go.

"I know, you are sincere when you say you want to take care of me and be with me. But you can't let go of me, not because you really want to be with me, but because you think you abandoned me, and then I 'Dead', you are responsible to me, right?"

Zhuang Wei became a little anxious, and said "tsk": "It has nothing to do with responsibility. I am not a responsible person at all. Don't think of me too humanly."

Qu Tongqiu hurriedly said: "That's not true, you are a person who values ​​emotions."

Zhuang Wei's reaction to this kind of praise turned into anger again: "Which bastard told you that?"

Qu Tongqiu was shocked: "I, I just think so..."

"..."

"I and Chu Mo are very different in your heart."

"..."

"You have a heart for me. But he is the one who means the most to you. In fact, you know it yourself."

"..."

"When he is still by your side, you cherish him."

In the silence where no one spoke anymore, Qu Tongqiu continued to stand tremblingly against the wall. After a while, he heard Zhuang Wei sneer and say: "Chu Mo doesn't treat you very well, don't you hate him? Did he say nice things?"

Qu Tongqiu said honestly, "It's not about saying nice things..."

He was just telling the truth.

He didn't like Chu Mo, and he didn't want to have more contact with that guy, but he didn't want to make Chu Mo suffer for no reason.The pain and imperfection of others does not bring him joy.There is no such deep hatred in his simple life.

"I just think we should find the right person..."

"..."

"I'm not the one you're right with, and you know that, right?"

Zhuang Wei didn't answer, just said: "Is Ren Ningyuan the right person?"

Qu Tongqiu thought for a while: "I am with him, very happy..."

He is also unable to make rational and accurate judgments.In the past few years, his previous life standards have been subverted, and he can only explore with intuition.

Being able to live with Ren Ningyuan and his daughter makes him very fulfilled, and he feels that he already has everything he wants.

Zhuang Wei smiled: "Are you sure? 'The right person' will know what I'm thinking and let you come to see me?"

"..."

"Even if he is the right person for you, you may not be the right person for him."

Qu Tongqiu lowered his head and stuttered badly: "This, this, I, I know..."

"Even if he is a gentleman, he treats you well now out of guilt, what if one day he can no longer give you happiness?"

Qu Tongqiu thought about it again, and whispered, "I, I will fight for..."

In fact, Ren Ningyuan was originally "chased" by him.

When he was studying, Ren Ningyuan didn't like to be followed by him, and he didn't pay much attention to him. He was still a little tail that couldn't be shaken off.At that time, it didn't matter that he had any relationship with Ren Ningyuan, he was equally determined and extremely tenacious.

Now that I am older, sometimes I can't remember what I was like back then, and I also lose some courage.This is a kind of cowardice that belongs to adults and has too many scruples.

He should be like the simple and persistent self before, chasing Ren Ningyuan from a passerby with no name to a small follower, chasing Ren Ningyuan from C city to T city.

He is also a mature and responsible middle-aged man, Ren Ningyuan has no obligation to "give" him.What you want, you have to get it yourself, you can't wait.

Life was not long, and he couldn't wait any longer.

Zhuang Wei didn't speak any more, just stood opposite him and looked at his red eyes.

"I'm sorry. I said that."

Qu Tongqiu quickly waved his hands: "No, no." Then he said, "I, I'll go back first."

"I'll take it to you."

"No, no need..."

Zhuang Wei did not persist after all.

Qu Tongqiu thought, he must be in a mess, maybe he will call Chu Mo later.

It turns out that it is not easy for a person to see clearly his own heart.

When we walked out of the hotel, the night was already very dark, it was snowing, the wind was blowing, and it was very cold.

The white snow field was so bright that Qu Tongqiu could see clearly even with squinted eyes. There was a car and a person waiting for him in the cold wind.

Qu Tongqiu tightened his collar, and ran towards the man with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

There was only a short distance before Ren Ningyuan, but when he ran over, he felt anxious, and he was afraid that Ren Ningyuan would not wait for him if he was one step away.

Fortunately, Ren Ningyuan was still standing, patiently waiting for him to come to him.Qu Tongqiu looked up at him, opened his mouth, and the air he exhaled turned into mist, but his throat seemed to be blocked, and he couldn't speak for a while.

Ren Ningyuan also looked at him.

The two looked at each other without blinking for more than a minute, but it was Ren Ningyuan who spoke first, and said in a low voice, "Go back."

Qu Tongqiu swallowed hard: "Yes."

The next day, when Qu Tongqiu woke up from a heavy sleep, it was already dark and it was already dinner time.When he opened his eyes, he saw Ren Ningyuan looking down at him.

Even when he was dizzy and confused, he still felt that Ren Ningyuan was extremely handsome and gentle.

"woke up?"

"Um……"

Ren Ningyuan stared at him, and suddenly said, "Thank you."

Qu Tongqiu let out a "huh" and instinctively said, "No, you're welcome..."

Ren Ningyuan smiled: "Do you know what I'm thanking you for?"

"..."

"Thank you for choosing me."

"..."

"I am very happy."

On the man's usually calm face, there was no obvious emotion, but his fingers were trembling.

(End of this chapter)