He said he doesn't love me

After half past six, the sunset glow in the sky gradually faded away and the night deepened.

"What to eat?"

The four of them found a Chinese restaurant, and as soon as they sat down, Li Cheng asked.

Tang Lele looked at the menu and ordered a few home-cooked dishes. "Ran Bao, do you want to order something else?" He handed the ordered dishes to Sun Ran, who only took a glance and shook his head. "That's enough."

Han Junjiu took a look and said, "Add some soup, pork rib soup, it's good for recovery."

Sun Ran was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then raised his eyes and smiled at him, "Thank you then."

"You're welcome. It's my duty." Han Junjiu smiled and added a serving of corn and pork ribs soup.

"Okay, I'll go order." Li Cheng took the menu and went to order, and also picked up four sets of bowls and chopsticks.

Sun Ran looked at his departing back and licked his lips anxiously, "Le Le, could you please buy me a bottle of water?"

When Tang Lele heard that he wanted to drink water, he immediately stood up and asked, "What kind of water? Juice or milk?" He stretched and asked, "Just water? Do you want some biscuits or something?"

Sun Ran shook his head. "Just mineral water is fine, nothing else is needed, thank you."

Tang Lele nodded, took his phone and walked out of the restaurant.

Han Junjiu was concentrating on his phone, but the sound of breathing in his ears made it difficult for him to concentrate. He looked up and saw that Sun Ran's face had turned pale, his lips were trembling slightly, and his eyes were full of panic.

"Here, try it. It's delicious." He pretended to be calm, took out a box of strawberry-flavored candy from his bag, and handed one to Sun Ran. "Don't you want to eat some chewing gum? I'll ask Lele to bring you some."

Han Junjiu tore open the package, fed the candy to Sun Ran, and asked gently, "Is it too hot and uncomfortable?"

"...A little bit." Sun Ran nodded with a candy in his mouth, and finally managed to suppress his panic.

"LeLe asked if you want mint or fruit flavored chewing gum?" Han Junjiu shook his phone. Sun Ran pursed her lips and said either was fine.

When Li Cheng came back, he had almost recovered. Han Junjiu saw that he was much better, so he raised his hand and tugged at his collar.

"Is the air-conditioning on here? Why is it so hot?" He unbuttoned his coat and looked up at the two of them. "Aren't you hot?"

Li Cheng shook his head, "I'm fine." He turned his head to look at Sun Ran, "Are you hot? Take off your scarf?"

"Okay." Sun Ran breathed a sigh of relief and let Li Cheng take off his scarf.

He didn't know if it was because he had one less layer of restraint or because his impatience had been relieved, but he felt much more comfortable.

"Where is Lele?" Li Cheng then realized that one person was missing, so he looked at Han Junjiu and asked.

Han Junjiu smiled and said, "I went out to buy something. I'll be back soon... Oh, I'm back now!" As he spoke, Tang Lele came in with something in his hand. Han Junjiu waved at Tang Lele and stood up to take the things from him.

"Why did you buy milk?"

Tang Lele looked at him with amusement, "I bought this for Ranbao. He's too thin and needs more nutrition." He took out his things and handed the bag to Li Cheng, "I bought two boxes of mint and lime flavors, and one box of strawberry. I didn't dare to buy too much, for fear that you would get cavities if you ate too much."

"Thank you, would you like to take a box?" Sun Ran took a look and saw five palm-sized cans of candy lying in the bag, with a row of milk next to them.

Tang Lele smiled at him, "I don't like it, you eat it. Here, this is your water." He placed two bottles of mineral water in front of Sun Ran, opened one and drank two sips, "Don't say I'm stingy, it's you who didn't want it."

He glanced at Han Junjiu. There were four people and only three bottles of water.

Han Junjiu shrugged helplessly, "Well, I'm not thirsty."

Li Cheng took a box of strawberry-flavored chewing gum, opened the cover and put it in his coat pocket, "This way I won't be afraid of forgetting to bring it."

Sun Ran nodded, "I want to drink some water."

Li Cheng opened the lid and let him drink a few sips, then stopped him from drinking. "We have to eat soon. Drinking too much water will fill up your stomach. Drink after you eat."

"Yeah." Sun Ran didn't want to drink more originally, he just wanted to relieve his anxiety.

After dinner, it was already half past seven. The four of them slowly returned to the apartment, planning to take a rest and go to bed.

Tang Lele chewed a mouthful of potato chips, then ran to the door of Room 06 and knocked on it.

Li Cheng wiped his hands and went to open the door. Seeing that it was him, he asked him to sit next to him for a while, "He's taking a shower, please wait a moment."

Tang Lele nodded, sat on the chair and opened the game.

Li Cheng closed the door again, took the towel on the bed and went back to the bathroom. At this time, Sun Ran was resting his hands on the edge of the bathtub, soaking in the bathtub comfortably with his eyes closed.

"Who is it?" Sun Ran heard the voice and looked up and asked.

"Le Le, I'm here to see you." Li Cheng swallowed, "It's almost time, wipe yourself clean and put on your clothes, be careful not to catch a cold." He rubbed the tip of his nose, helped the person out of the bathtub, and wiped the water off the person with a towel, "Let Le Le blow dry your hair, okay? I'm taking a shower, and you two can chat for a while."

Sun Ran put on his pajamas without thinking too much, "Okay." He yawned, "Then you should take a quick shower, it's quite cold at night."

Li Cheng nodded and watched the person leave the bathroom. He then breathed a sigh of relief and locked the door.

As soon as Sun Ran came out, he heard Tang Lele cursing. He couldn't help but chuckle and walked over, "Why are you greeting other people's parents again?"

Tang Lele was furious. "Look at this, look at this, I am being kind by greeting his parents, but he should also greet his ancestors for generations!!"

Sun Ran took a look and saw that the record at the top of the screen was pitiful, 4/25.

Unfortunately, Tang Lele was on team 4. His screen was dark at this moment, and he watched helplessly as the enemy entered the base camp. His so-called idiot teammate was still hiding in the grass, not moving at all, and had no intention of coming back to defend.

"Ahhhh, I'm so pissed off. I encounter this kind of disgusting stuff every time I play in the promotion round. I'm so pissed off!! I just bought a new skin, but I was beaten 2-6-1 in the first game! I'm so embarrassed to tell anyone about it." His cheeks turned red with anger, and he wished he could rush over to these idiots' homes through the Internet cable and beat them up.

"Don't be angry, don't be angry. When my hand is healed, I will fight with you." Sun Ran yawned. "Okay, okay, there's no point in being angry. You can't do anything to them."

Tang Lele curled her lips and said, "I give up. When you get better, we will go and disgust others too."

Sun Ran was speechless. What is the difference between you and these people?

The difference is that you charged money?

"DEFEAT!"

As the game ended, Tang Lele looked at the shattered base camp and felt like crying. "I'm speechless. I'll uninstall it tonight!"

"Le Le, can you help me blow dry my hair? I'm so sleepy... What do you want to talk to me about?" Sun Ran sat next to him, drank the milk he had just finished with a straw, looked up and asked.

"Oh, I came to ask when you are leaving for Waitomo. Han Junjiu and I need to book tickets and hotels." Tang Lele took out a hair dryer to blow his hair. "It just so happens that the hotel in the City of Roses also needs to be booked, so I thought we could book it together."

Sun Ran pursed his lips and thought for a moment, "You can ask Li Cheng later, I'm fine with it."

"Bao'er, you can't just listen to him. You have to make your own decisions." Tang Lele rubbed the back of his head. "Han Junjiu just listens to me."

"Is there any difference?" Sun Ran didn't understand. It didn't matter whether he listened to him or himself. They were going to the same place. There was no need to think about anything else. His brain was not good to begin with.

"Of course, this is status, my dear. You can't let him eat and not make decisions, it will be easy for him to be bullied!" Tang Lele pouted, "Anyway, you can't listen to him in everything."

Not much difference, Sun Ran thought.

It's only two years. Even if he obeys me in everything, it's still two years. Even if I listen to him, it's still only two years.

I feel relaxed and happy.

"Okay, I understand. Then... the day after tomorrow. I want to rest tomorrow." Sun Ran agreed with him, "Is that okay?"

"Of course, I'll listen to you!" Tang Lele touched his hair, "It's almost done, I ordered some barbecue and will bring it to you later."

Sun Ran shook his head, feeling the softness of his hair, "Okay, thank you."

Tang Lele put away the hair dryer and tilted her head to look at him. "Why are you thanking me? You often shared your food with me when we were little. What's there to thank me for? I'll go back first. You go lie down and don't catch a cold."

Sun Ran nodded and watched him leave the room. Then he began to think seriously, is status important?

Although he and Li Cheng are partners, he has always regarded Li Cheng as a friend. Between friends, who listens to whom? It seems unnecessary to distinguish too clearly, right?

I am too lazy to think about it. If there is someone who arranges everything for me, I just need to go out for a walk and enjoy the scenery. Why not?

Sun Ran lay down in the quilt, quietly looking at the scenery outside the window.

At this time, Li Cheng was washing clothes by hand in the bathroom. Hearing no sound in the room, he wondered if Sun Ran had fallen asleep.

He sighed, and suddenly felt a little envious of the way Han Junjiu and Tang Lele got along with each other. The tacit understanding between them where they could talk about anything and the communication mode where they could chat and laugh freely were things he couldn't even imagine.

Although Sun Ran would chat with me about some family matters, he was always too concerned with details and would become unhappy if I didn't pay attention.

Sometimes I can only guess what he wants to do and what he wants. Although I enjoy it, over time, they may slowly drift further and further apart...

Is it really like my grandfather said, that our destiny has not yet arrived?

Li Cheng rinsed the clothes, hung up the ones that were close to his body, and put the rest into the washing machine.

"Maybe... I also hope that he will go home with me." Li Cheng pursed his lips. What about him? Is he willing to go home with me?

If he doesn't want to go back to Nanjiang, then I will take him back to my ancestral home, back to Yuncheng. There are people he doesn't like everywhere, and I can take him to see the waterfall and visit the zoo.

Yes, just take him home. After all, we should go back to Yuncheng for the Qingming Festival to worship our ancestors, not to Nanjiang.

Thinking of this, he sent a message to his father, with whom he had not contacted for a long time, asking him to give him a video call in half an hour.

A question mark slowly appeared on the other end. Li Cheng almost called him. He frowned. This father was usually a bit off-key. Was he crazy to ask him for help? !

Father: "You mean... you wanted to bring that kid back home on Qingming Festival but he didn't agree, so you asked me to help? Ask me to clean up the house, even wash the dog?! And then call you in half an hour, right?"

Looking at these words, Li Cheng suddenly had an urge to laugh. It was clearly almost the same idea that he said, so why did it sound so funny when he repeated it?

Li Cheng: "Yes, it's not a phone call, it's a video call. I have to go out in a while, can you help me persuade him to go home with me, please, please, Mr. Li."

Father: "Are you sure? Your grandfather doesn't like this kid very much."

Li Cheng: "I know. But mother likes him. Mother has already seen him. Don't you want to see him? Grandmother will definitely like him. He is very well behaved. You will definitely like him too."

Father: "Has your mother met him? You kid, why did you suddenly go abroad? I guess you went to find my wife, right?"