Opposite shore

Chapter 10

Probably because there were too many logical loopholes in this sentence, Chen An didn't know where to start to refute, so he could only pick the most obvious mistake to correct him.

"That's not my boyfriend."

"Really," Zhou Xuxing's tone was still calm, "but it should be true that he doesn't want you to talk to me too much."

"He has no other intentions..." Chen An didn't know when Zhou Xuxing became so vengeful, so he had to try his best to clear up the misunderstanding, "He has other things to do in the background..."

"It's okay, you don't need to explain it for him," Zhou Xuxing interrupted him with a gloomy expression, "I mean, do you really want to fall in love with a college student?"

Chen An felt that Zhou Xuxing was very strange today. From the time he got in the car to the current conversation, he felt uncomfortable no matter what he heard, and he couldn't help but speak with emotion.

"Is there a problem?" Chen An asked him back, "Do you think college students can't date or I can't date?"

"No problem," Zhou Xuxing was also full of resentment, "I just want to give you some advice."

"This kind of young child is not only immature, but also has unstable job development and future plans. He may not even know where he will go after graduation."

"If you want to fall in love with him, I hope you can consider this."

"Yes, you're right," Chen An said unbearably, "You have a successful career, you are mature and steady, and your future plans are clear..." Chen An paused, then turned his head to look at Zhou Xuxing, "But you Can you make love to me?"

Zhou Xuxing was choked dumb by these words. He turned his head in surprise and looked at Chen An for a moment. Although the other party immediately lowered his head, Zhou Xuxing still saw his reddish eye sockets and angry expression. eyes.

The car fell silent in an instant, the impulsiveness and resentment just now gradually faded away, the two of them were silent at the same time, Zhou Xuxing also realized his slip of the tongue, "Chen An..."

"Zhou Xuxing, I have my own judgment," Chen An interrupted sullenly, "I know the person I'm getting along with better than you, I don't know why you suddenly acted like this today, if it's really what you said I don’t think there’s any need to worry about it.”

"It's not necessary?" Zhou Xuxing chuckled mockingly, and said in a low voice, "I've been messing around for a long time because what I said hindered the progress of your relationship with others, right?"

"I've wanted to ask for a long time, what is the relationship between us in your eyes now?"

"What kind of bad relationship can make you move away from the opposite door without saying a word, and you don't want to mention someone you like, and now you don't want to tell if you have a date?"

When Chen An's home arrived, Zhou Xuxing kicked the accelerator and stopped at the gate of the community. Chen An couldn't resist his questioning, so he unbuckled his seat belt and was about to get out of the car.

"You are emotional now, we will talk when you calm down another day."

Unexpectedly, Zhou Xuxing pressed a button and locked the car door, "I'm calm now."

Chen An pulled the door handle twice in vain, feeling tired, "Do you think I can't have my own privacy?"

"I don't think the privacy is to the point where it can't be said at all," Zhou Xuxing tapped the steering wheel with his fingers irritably, "At least we weren't like this before."

How was it before?Chen An really wanted to ask a question, but he didn't ask after all. He knew that there must be a big difference between him and Zhou Xuxing's imagination of the ideal relationship between the two.

"People change." He muffled.

As soon as he finished speaking, his cell phone rang. Chen An was taken aback, and suddenly realized that his cell phone was ringing, and pressed the answer button in a panic.

"Chen An, are you home yet?"

"Why didn't you reply to the message I sent you?"

Even without the hands-free, Sheng Gu's voice was clear enough in the closed car, Chen An was a little embarrassed, and quickly pressed the volume down button.

"It's already here. I was just packing up. I didn't see the message you sent."

Zhou Xuxing couldn't hear the next conversation, Chen An patiently told the other end of the phone that I was fine, Zhou Xuxing unconsciously lowered his face, turned his head to look out the window, and tapped his fingers on the steering wheel.

After Chen An hung up the phone, Zhou Xuxing unlocked the car door with a cold face, "Okay, I understand what you mean, go back and rest early."

After a while, Chen An gradually realized what Zhou Xuxing "understood" that day.

Although the two hadn't been in touch for a long time because they were busy with work, there were always some natural interactions and occasional greetings on social platforms.And this disengagement is even different from the cautious cold war last time. It is a kind of indifference and alienation that is acquiesced by both sides.

Chen An suddenly realized that this time he seemed to really lose Zhou Xuxing.

Realizing this, he panicked for no reason.For a long time, he had been doing psychological preparation for leaving Zhou Xuxing, and he once thought that he had succeeded.But when the rhythm of the whole thing started to get out of control, and Zhou Xuxing really got farther and farther away from him, he realized that he was not ready to lose Zhou Xuxing at all.

The impact of this incident has permeated his life, making him unable to cheer up from the bottom of his heart whenever he thinks about it in his spare time, walking on the street, or even between work.

He personally cut off the only link with Zhou Xuxing.

During this period, he had a meal with Sheng Gu and tried to distract himself, but it didn't seem to work.The more Sheng Gu showed his personality, the more Chen An could perceive the difference between others and Zhou Xuxing and Zhou Xuxing's irreplaceability.

Not only did he fail to divert his attention, but he felt more guilty towards Sheng Gu, adding another layer of psychological burden to him.

It wasn't until he went to the bar that even a nervous person like Chu Chenyi started asking him "Are you okay", that he realized that something was really wrong with his state.

"I'm fine." Chen An said.

"Come on, you're about to write the word broken love on your face." Chu Chen also approached and sat down in front of him, "Is it really broken this time?"

"It should be." Chen An's mood still seemed very flat, he looked at Chu Chenyi, and smiled helplessly, "I may need to get used to it for a while."

"It's okay, just take it easy," Chu Chen also squeezed his shoulder, "I was thinking that it's not your birthday in two days, if you don't spend it with him this year, just stay with us."

Chen An nodded, and then thought of some far-fetched things.

Zhou Xuxing was almost always on Chen An's birthday since he was a child.

Chen An's parents divorced when he was very young, and they each went to other places to develop and formed new families. Chen An lived with his grandmother in the family courtyard of the university since he was a child.Every time he celebrates his birthday, grandma will buy him a birthday cake and make a table of delicious food to celebrate.

Zhou Xuxing’s family lived upstairs from Chen An’s house. The two families had a good relationship and had close contacts. Zhou Xuxing’s mother called Chen An’s grandma “Mr. Wu”, and Zhou Xuxing and Zhou Xuyin called her “Grandma Wu”. On An's birthday, the siblings will bring gifts to Chen An's house to eat cakes, rain or shine.

Later, when Chen An was in his second year of high school, his grandma passed away. Zhou Xuxing, who was still in college at the time, took a week's leave to rush home from out of town to help Chen An and his aunt deal with the old man's funeral.

Later on, Zhou Xuxing would take a day off every year on Chen An's birthday to have a meal with him, blow out candles, and then bring birthday presents from his family.For a while, he was too busy with work, Chen An told him that it was fine if he didn't have time, and this time was not bad, but Zhou Xuxing insisted on coming, and sent a message saying, "Try not to miss such an important day as your birthday."

Chen An's grandmother said when he was eight years old that on such an important day as your birthday, those who love you will definitely not be absent.Not only did he remember this sentence, but Zhou Xuxing also remembered it.

Of course, Chen An knew that the "love" in Zhou Xuxing's heart must mean something else, but it was the first time he felt that he couldn't completely blame him for not being able to give up Zhou Xuxing, because Zhou Xuxing's weight was too important in his life. up.He also thought that if there really was a magic world's forgetting spell, then while forgetting Zhou Xuxing, he would also lose most of the good memories in his life.

In the future, Zhou Xuxing might really be absent.

Now Zhou Xuxing is going through one of the most frequent periods of calls from his family every year. The phone calls from his parents and Zhou Xuyin and the courier deliveries remind him over and over again that Chen An's birthday is coming.

It's just that after parting ways last time, he hasn't figured out what to do for Chen An's birthday this year.It was the first time that President Zhou Xu was thinking about whether he would disturb him if he went to celebrate Chen An's birthday.

Thinking that in previous years, the two would discuss where to eat a few days before Chen An's birthday, Zhou Xuxing decided to sit still and wait for news from Chen An.

On the night before Chen An's birthday, Zhou Xuxing, who waited with his mobile phone until he fell asleep but did not receive any news, saw Chen An's caller ID on the night of Chen An's birthday after he had sent his birthday present.

He stared at the phone and was stunned for a moment. After realizing it, he was about to connect, but the other party hung up the phone.Zhou Xuxing held the phone stiffly, and before he understood what Chen An meant, the other party called again, and he quickly tapped to answer it.

"Chen An?" Zhou Xuxing said softly, as if he was afraid that the other party would hang up the phone again.

"Zhou Xuxing..." The environment opposite was very noisy, and Chen An's voice was a little unclear, "Why didn't you celebrate my birthday today..."

The voice of the person opposite was not loud, but Zhou Xuxing heard it clearly, and accurately judged the other party's drunkenness from his vague articulation.

"Where are you?" Zhou Xuxing turned on the hands-free phone, got up and began to get dressed.

"I..." Before Chen An could finish speaking, there was another murmur, followed by another male voice, "I'm sorry, Chen An drank too much, he's gone crazy, I'm causing you trouble." After speaking, it seemed I'm about to hang up.

"Wait," Zhou Xuxing called to stop the other party, "I happened to pick him up when he was too drunk, please tell me the address." His tone was firm and unquestionable.

"This... No need, we'll just take him back on the way..." The other party obviously hesitated.

"Give the phone to Chen An, and I'll ask him." Zhou Xuxing didn't back down at all.

"Hello..." The phone was handed back to Chen An, and Zhou Xuxing got straight to the point, "Chen An, do you want me to pick you up? Just tell the truth."

"I think..." Chen An replied without much hesitation.

Zhou Xuxing heard the answer he wanted, stood up and packed up to go out, "Is it still the same bar as before?"

"Yes..." After Chen An finished speaking, there was another noise. Zhou Xuxing thought that the other party was going to hang up, but then he heard a very clear sentence from the phone, "Zhou Xuxing, I miss you so much."

Zhou Xuxing paused for a moment with the hands buttoning his clothes at the entrance, then grabbed the car keys and rushed out of the house.

The author has something to say: Zhou Xuxing, the world is not straight