He said he doesn't love me

When the four arrived at their destination, it was already past one in the afternoon on the 7th. The 28-hour journey completely exhausted Sun Ran's already limited patience.

He always had a smile on his face, but now there was not even a trace of smile on his face.

Ai Jie Luo was right, he liked to pretend, and now he had even lost the patience to pretend.

"We'll be at the hotel soon, have a good sleep first." Li Cheng was pushing a suitcase with one hand. Sun Ran wanted to take his, but was stopped by him. "Your hand injury hasn't healed yet, right? I'll take it."

Tang Lele yawned, patted Han Junjiu's butt, and smiled, "Please take care of my suitcase, I'm so sleepy...ah..."

As he spoke, he yawned again. It would have been fine if he hadn't yawned, but the yawn affected the other three people as well. For a moment, all of them could think about sleeping.

Sun Ran was a little stunned when he heard that, but still stubbornly took his suitcase. Li Cheng wanted to say something, but seeing that Sun Ran's face was not good, he reacted instantly.

It seems that I said the wrong thing.

"That's not what I meant. I..." He hurried forward to explain, "I'm just afraid that your hands will hurt if you use too much force. I don't mean to dislike you. Otherwise, you can take mine. Mine is lighter..."

“No need.” Sun Ran looked down at the suitcase. It could just be pushed and it didn’t require much strength. He was just injured, not disabled!

Thinking of this, his eyes suddenly showed a hint of resentment, "...Let's go"

But who could he blame?

They have gone through so much trouble to save you and traveled thousands of miles to accompany you to relax. What qualifications do you have to blame others for your pain?

Who should he blame then?

Sun Zhaolin, or Sun Zhaoxu?

He seemed to have no one to blame but himself...

Sun Ran sighed and walked forward alone.

"What happened to Ranbao? His hand was injured. How could you let him carry the suitcase by himself?" Tang Lele took two quick steps to Li Cheng's side and poked his arm in dissatisfaction. "How long will you be able to pursue her if you don't know how to be gentle with women?"

Li Cheng glanced at him and said helplessly, "Don't mention the injury in front of him, he will be sad. If he wants to take it, I can't stop him. If I stop him, he will just think we are disgusted with him."

Han Junjiu came over and nodded, "Indeed, it's flat ground now, so it doesn't matter if he pushes for a while. It's too obvious to protect him. For a person like him, it would be more painful than killing him."

Tang Lele frowned. It was obvious that he was not like this before.

He couldn't help but look over. Sun Ran's back was still as thin and frail as before. But he seemed different. After going through so much, was he still the same Sun Ran?

"Hurry up, you can't catch up with him soon." Han Junjiu saw that his thoughts were drifting away, so he walked up to him and tugged at his clothes, "You two are so talkative, go and see him."

"Oh, okay." Tang Lele came back to his senses and ran towards Sun Ran.

Seeing that he had taken Sun Ran's arm and Sun Ran did not resist too much, Li Cheng and Han Junjiu finally felt relieved.

"Don't think too much. I heard Lele say that he likes playing the piano, and he is more sad than anyone else that his hand is broken. I know you mean well, but being too straightforward will only push him further away from you..." Han Junjiu looked at Li Cheng and couldn't help but admire himself. Tang Lele, who seemed unattainable, was actually caught up by him, and Sun Ran, who seemed easy to catch, might be the one who is the most difficult to get close to.

"I just wanted to care about him...I never thought about it..." Li Cheng sighed, maybe he and Sun Ran were really not suitable.

He is not good at speaking, and perhaps what Sun Ran needs is someone like Han Junjiu who can see through his inner thoughts in time.

Han Junjiu saw his eyes dimmed, and couldn't help but frowned, "If you really care about him, wait until his gauze is removed, apply medicine, and massage him, which is better than your empty words?"

"Hmm?" Li Cheng looked up at him, "I'm afraid he will reject me..."

"I don't even know how to say hello to you. If he really has no interest in you, why would he take you with him?" Han Junjiu curled his lips. No wonder he couldn't catch up with anyone. He seemed to have a high IQ, but his EQ was nowhere to be seen.

Li Cheng pursed his lips, "But didn't he bring you along too? Maybe he just treats me as a friend."

"Being friends is the first step, right? If we're not even friends, how can we develop into other relationships? You're better than me. We weren't even friends at the beginning. We were just going on a blind date. You should be content! At least we have a certificate, so everything is legal." Han Junjiu ignored him and quickly followed him.

Li Cheng lowered his eyes and thought for a long time. He seemed to understand, but also seemed not to understand.

But since others can do it, he should have no problem too. Han Junjiu is right. No matter what, he and Sun Ran are both legal!

As long as Sun Ran doesn't mention divorce, he has a chance!

Ah!

Thinking of this, he temporarily put aside what he had just done and quickened his pace to catch up with the main force.

The four of them found a hotel nearby. As soon as Tang Lele arrived, he handed the things to Han Junjiu and took Sun Ran to find something to eat nearby.

Perhaps because he was showing off just now, Sun Ran felt as if his hands were quenched by fire, and the pain was so severe that he dared not move.

"Ranbao, why don't we go find a store and ask them to come over? I don't want to carry the food back to eat." As he spoke, he looked around for a place to eat. Sun Ran nodded and let him do it.

He followed Tang Lele and walked along the way, gritting his teeth and trying to move his fingers, even just for a moment. But it was no use, not to mention moving, it hurt so much that he even had the illusion that he couldn't feel the existence of his fingers.

You deserve it. Why are you trying so hard to be so tough?

Isn't it useless?

Is it hard to accept?

...It's difficult...

"Ranbao, what's wrong with you? Does your hand hurt?" Tang Lele turned around and saw Sun Ran staring at his hand, without any movement for a long time.

Sun Ran shook his head and forced a smile, "No, it's okay. Did you find something to eat? I'm a little hungry..."

Seeing that he didn't want to talk, Tang Lele stopped asking. He raised his hand and pointed at a store in the distance and said, "Let's go to that one. It looks pretty good. Okay?"

Sun Ran looked in the direction of his hand and saw a Chinese restaurant with several menus posted outside the door.

"Okay, let's go with this one." He nodded. He didn't want to walk any further. He was very tired. An indescribable feeling of sleepiness was about to overwhelm him. He needed to rest.

Tang Lele touched his pocket and suddenly widened his eyes, "Ranbao, I forgot my phone at Han Junjiu's place. Please give them a call and ask them to come over after they have packed their things."

Sun Ran raised his eyebrows, "Do you think I look like someone who can hold a cell phone?" He smiled at Tang Lele and motioned for him to take the cell phone from his pocket.

"Hey, I forgot." Tang Lele took out his cell phone, entered the password, dialed Han Junjiu's number, told the other party the address, and then hung up.

"Aren't you curious about how I know your password?" Tang Lele blinked at Sun Ran. Mobile phone password is private, so how did he know it?

"The people around you were all sent by me..."

Could it be that he...

Sun Ran seemed to be frightened by his own thoughts. He took a few steps back and looked at Tang Lele with scrutiny and fear in his eyes.

"No, don't get me wrong, our passwords are the same, remember? Both of our passwords are six sevens, Ranbao... Sorry, I shouldn't have teased you..." Tang Lele hurriedly explained when he saw this. He didn't know what happened, but his words must have triggered Sun Ran's bad memories...

"I... I didn't mean it, don't be afraid of me... Ranbao, I'm Lele..." He wanted to go forward to comfort him, but the vigilance in Sun Ran's eyes made him dare not move.

Seeing that he didn't make any other moves, Sun Ran realized that he had overreacted. He tilted his head awkwardly and looked at the strange city. "Sorry... Can you let me calm down for a moment?"

"Okay..." Tang Lele said as he took a few steps back, not daring to look Sun Ran in the eye again.

That kind of fear and vigilance was something he had never seen before, and that look... he had seen it before.

That was many years ago. At that time, he and Sun Ran were separated by a glass. That was the look Sun Ran gave to that doctor... But now, the same look fell on him...

It would be a lie to say that I didn't feel sad. They grew up together and were the only people they could trust unconditionally. They were good friends who had long forgotten their blood ties.

Sun Ran is the only close friend he has besides his biological brother.

Sun Ran was not feeling well at this time. He thought that after he left China and Paris, he would forget about the past one day.

But he seemed to have overestimated himself. He didn't expect that a person would cast such a huge shadow on him...

Just one sentence can make him lose his army...

Even if this sentence is just a few simple words.

But it was these few words that told him again and again that everything he had was just a chess game, and everyone was just a chess piece...

He breathed heavily and barely suppressed the bad thoughts in his mind. This was Lele. He was different from others.

This is Lele, someone you once trusted unconditionally. How could he hurt you?

In his eyes, you are just a childhood friend, and he has never linked your interests to anything. Sun Ran, you can't go on like this. You can't be so negative...

Why not?! I am useless, I hate them, is it not okay for me to hate everyone?!

Sun Ran...

"Le Le... I'm much better. Let's go eat. I scared you just now. It's my fault. Please don't be angry with me, okay?" Sun Ran pursed his lips and walked up to Tang Le Le. "I... I don't know what's wrong. I always feel depressed. I..."

"Shh, I know you didn't mean it, don't say it... How could I be mad at you, silly boy? We are best friends." Tang Lele reached out and hugged him, "It's okay, we are just unhappy, just say it out. Tell me, I'm always here, if it doesn't work, tell Li Cheng, we are all here with you, okay?"

"I……"

Sun Ran was about to say something when he suddenly felt a chill on his cheek. He could no longer control his emotions and burst into tears into Tang Lele's shoulder.

People seem to be very strange creatures. When there is no one to comfort them, they are free and at ease, as if nothing has happened. But if someone mentions that they care about them, they will be hypocritical like a child and cry no matter what.

When Li Cheng and Han Junjiu came over, they saw Tang Lele sitting on a chair wiping Sun Ran's tears. Both of their eyes were red, as if they were crying.

"Le Le, this is the lipstick you asked for." Han Junjiu didn't say anything when he saw this, but took out two identical lipsticks from his bag and handed them to him. Tang Lele smiled at him and said, "Thank you, Ran Bao, this is really useful. I bought two. How about we each have one?"

Sun Ran hummed, Tang Lele tilted her head and stuffed Sun Ran's lipstick into Li Cheng's palm, "Here, you can help keep it. It's autumn here now, so we still need to take precautions. Look, Ranbao's lips are cracked. Mr. Li, can you pay more attention to him? Look at you..."

He was about to laugh at the other person's lack of interest when he saw Li Cheng also took out an unopened lipstick from his bag, exactly the same as the one Han Junjiu bought. Both were small and exquisite, as long as the index finger, and all white, except for a hint of light blue on the shell.