overdue lover

Chapter 21 Helpless Reality

Ji Qinglin was very surprised by Xie Lanchuan's evaluation of him.

He has a dull personality and is used to the sense of boundaries with others. No one can see that he is the other half who can fit perfectly.

After adding Xie Lanchuan, Ji Qinglin put the phone aside and continued to work. When he picked up the phone again, he found that Xie Lanchuan had sent him a "Hello" emoticon package.

Ji Qinglin greeted him politely, without trying to find a topic.

The dinner party in the photography department was scheduled for Friday night, and my cousin picked up Ji Qinglin on the way home from get off work to the restaurant where the party was held.

Along the way, my cousin talked a lot, and finally hesitated for a long time before holding back the question I wanted to ask the most: "...I heard from friends in the industry that your studio has a cooperation with Huanyu, and you have met a long time ago?"

Knowing that he couldn't hide it from his well-informed cousin, Ji Qinglin nodded calmly.

"Then did you ask him why he left without saying goodbye? You have waited for him for so many years, you can't waste it..."

"I asked," Ji Qinglin interrupted his cousin, his tone gradually slowed down, eyebrows and eyes curved, "We were wrong from the beginning, he doesn't like me, but I always pester him, and the hate turns into disgust, It's no wonder he escaped."

Seeing that Ji Qinglin could still laugh, my cousin was so angry that his blood pressure rose, and he pinched him, "Linlin! Please wake up, okay? He hates you because he left you and left?"

"I put too much pressure on him..."

"You're still underestimating yourself!" My cousin slammed on the brakes, raised the volume, and punched the steering wheel, his voice trembling with anger, "Ji Qinglin, why do you always blame yourself for your mistakes? Why do you always blame yourself until now? Still speaking for him?!"

The cousin's sudden question made Ji Qinglin flustered for no reason.

He actually knew the answer, but he wanted to maintain the sweet illusion that that relationship left him.

If you attribute all the mistakes to yourself, the more innocent Gu Yinmo is in your imagination.

Sometimes Ji Qinglin can't even tell whether he really likes Gu Yinmo, or the shadow of warmth and love that was given to him many years ago.

Perhaps, he just needs someone to love himself.

Ji Qinglin bit her lower lip and whispered, "I'm sorry, bro, I made you worry."

The cousin was angry and mourned for his misfortune. Seeing him bowing his head and apologizing like this but being powerless, he could only wave his hands with a straight face and start the car.

After getting out of the car, before entering the door, my cousin stopped Ji Qinglin again and asked him how he feels about Gu Yinmo now.

Facing his cousin whom he grew up with, Ji Qinglin couldn't lie, he lowered his head, "...just, ordinary friends."

Cousin sneered and slammed the door, "Ji Qinglin, you'd better be!"

Ji Qinglin is like a primary school student who fell in love early and was caught by the dean, he followed behind his cousin obediently, walking quickly with his head down and hands in his hands.

The seniors who organized the dinner party booked a private room with two tables. When Ji Qinglin and his cousin walked in, the two tables were almost full.

The two of them sat together, and immediately a senior came over to tease Ji Qinglin for following her brother like an underage brother.

Ji Qinglin blushed, hurriedly got up and raised a glass to toast with her senior sister, saying that they hadn't seen each other for a long time.

Senior sister chose to study abroad after graduating from university. She had just participated in a world-class architectural design competition and won a good ranking. Ji Qinglin chatted with her a little more with admiration.

Gu Yinmo led Pei Yang into the door, and immediately saw standing by the window chatting with the girl, Ji Qinglin's face turned red from laughing when he got excited, and his eyes dimmed involuntarily.

Gu Yinmo's arrival made the originally noisy box quiet for a moment, and then people came up to greet him, booing around Gu Yinmo and asking for warmth.

The senior sister was also attracted by Gu Yinmo. She looked at Gu Yinmo and asked Ji Qinglin, "Aren't you two...why didn't you come together?"

Ji Qinglin was startled, and forced a smile, "We broke up after graduation."

The senior sister covered her red lips lightly, with a look of surprise, "Sorry, I don't know about it."

Ji Qinglin shook his head and said, "It's okay, it's over."

The senior sister patted him on the shoulder helplessly and sighed.

Suddenly someone with good intentions noticed Pei Yang, and asked loudly curiously: "Senior, who is this? Why didn't you introduce us?"

When Gu Yinmo heard this, the corners of his lips curled up a little with a smile on his face. He raised his eyes and looked across the crowd to meet Ji Qinglin who was not far away.

Looking into Ji Qinglin's eyes, Gu Yinmo slowly took the hand of the person beside him.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, fingers interlocked.

Everyone instantly understood the relationship between the two and congratulated them one after another. When they heard that Pei Yang was the vice president of Huanyu, they even praised them for their talent and good looks, and they were a perfect couple.

Everyone was immersed in the bold and passionate love story between Gu Yinmo and Pei Yang, only the cousin turned to look at Ji Qinglin worriedly.

Ji Qinglin smiled at him, and told him with his mouth that he was fine.

Cousin's complexion is not good, facing Gu Yinmo, he can't say a word of blessing at all, but he and Gu Yinmo have been friends for many years, when they talked, the familiar tacit understanding lingered around them again, and the atmosphere was not awkward.

Ji Qinglin was standing by the window, holding a red wine glass and sipping wine, his face flushed a little, but his eyes were bright and clear, not drunk.

The people who attended the party came together, and everyone chatted in groups of threes and twos, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

Ji Qinglin doesn't like such crowded occasions very much. When he was in the photography department, he was used to walking alone. Later, when he was with Gu Yinmo, he gradually came into people's sight. Now that Gu Yinmo has Pei Yang by his side, no one goes there. Pay attention to him.

Ji Qinglin picked a few dishes he liked, ate half full, turned to look at his cousin, and found that he was drinking with his good buddies.

Ji Qinglin got up and went out, walked to the bathroom, and heard the conversation between the two in the bathroom in front of the sink.

"...Did you see the table near the window?"

"Hmm, a little embarrassing."

"I thought he wouldn't come...but I didn't expect that he actually came, but Lao Gu didn't even look at him. To be honest, I feel a little sympathetic to him."

"Lick the dog and lick the dog, you have nothing. Anyone who doesn't understand this truth is stupid!"

Ji Qinglin glanced at the half-open toilet, and found that the two people standing inside were Gu Yinmo's friends in the photography department.

Ji Qinglin turned off the tap, took out a tissue and wiped his fingers, looked at himself in the mirror and sighed deeply.

He thought that he would no longer feel this kind of ridicule, but when he heard that his five years of waiting had become a joke in other people's mouths, his heart still throbbed.

Ji Qinglin closed his eyes hard, and when he stood up straight and was about to leave, the toilet door was pushed open, and the two people who had just talked came out from inside. Seeing Ji Qinglin, the two showed embarrassment, paused, and almost bumped into each other .

Ji Qinglin greeted them briefly, leaving the two with embarrassed expressions, and left the bathroom.

Back in the box, Ji Qinglin heard the senior sister discussing architectural design with Pei Yang. The technical terms and other languages ​​used by the two sounded very advanced, and Ji Qinglin couldn't understand it at all. To full of excitement.

It was only then that Ji Qinglin realized that Pei Yang and his senior sister had graduated from the same top school, and that school was beyond his reach.

This may be the natural gap between people. No matter how hard you work, you can't compare with others' casual messing around.

Ji Qinglin lowered his head and smiled miserably, looking at the lines on his palm, he seemed to accept this helpless reality calmly.

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