third relationship

When Shen Qi said to leave, he really left neatly.On the 25th, he left Hong Kong with his boyfriend for the United States by plane, and left everything in Hong Kong to his younger brother.Shen Qiao resolutely condemned this irresponsible behavior, and did not realize that she abandoned Beijing and came to Hong Kong to live in seclusion in Hong Kong, which was essentially as sinful as Shen Qi.

Men who are just immersed in love naturally don't care about the dissatisfaction of single friends around them.Shen Qida booked California free travel very friendly. It was the first time in his life that he took an ordinary cabin on a plane. He slept in the dark on his boyfriend's shoulder for the [-]-hour flight, and remained in the form of a koala bear after getting off the plane.

Li Rong had nothing to say about this.

After getting off the plane, they rented an off-road vehicle in the local area. The Hong Kong driver's license is accepted internationally, but the two who are used to the car pick-up are still unfamiliar with driving.Fortunately, Li Rong finally returned to the level of holding a driver's license after several collisions on the road. At least when he encountered an obstacle on the road and stopped the car, he would not cause Shen Qi to hit the window once.

The two stopped and stopped all the way, and finally settled in Santa Barbara (1).Now is not the tourist season, they can easily book a room by the sea and plan to stay here for a few days.

That night, the two ate local specialty oysters in the restaurant at the end of the trestle bridge, and then went for a walk by the beach together.The setting sun was so intense that it turned the sea surface into a gelatinous orange. Shen Qi suddenly stopped while walking, put his hands in his pockets, and kicked a stone into the sea.

"What's wrong?" Li Rong also stopped, turned his head and asked in concern.

"It's nothing, just unhappy, why are we not young anymore." Shen Qi said.

They are all dressed in casual clothes when they travel, and at first glance they look like people in their 20s.They race cars, swim, have crazy sex/love in hotels like young people, but they are not young after all.

Perhaps the United States naturally has a wild and rough atmosphere, and the regret for the past years is also becoming stronger day by day after coming here --- what they are desperately pursuing now, wanting to catch a half sliver of youthful willfulness , It turns out that it is not impossible to have.How happy he is now, how immersed in the sweetness of love, how much he regrets his cowardice when he dreams back at midnight.

In 14 years, after all, they have parted ways for 14 years.

Li Rong was silent for a long time, then sighed, "Shen Qi, we still have a future."

He couldn't comfort Shen Qi, he and Shen Qi made the same mistakes and tasted the same bitterness, but the past cannot be reversed, all they can do is make up for the regrets in the future.

When Shen Qi heard the word "future", he suddenly felt a little trembling: the future is too far away after all, he can't predict what will happen, and he can't guarantee whether fate will be like him and open another one for him. A huge joke that pushed his life, which had just been bright in the past, back into the abyss?

"Yeah." Shen Qi said, suppressing the uneasiness in his heart --- people always comfort themselves habitually before the things they worry about really show signs, "Now I feel more and more hypocritical. .”

Li Rong thought of a certain TV series that was popular these days, and said with a smile: "You bitch."

"No matter how cheap I am, I'm not as cheap as you."

"Oh, give me an example?"

"No need to give examples, just look at the face."

"..."

If it weren't for that phone call, they might really have had a good time in the United States.That day was November [-]th, they woke up early in the morning and were about to go for a morning run, when Shen Qi suddenly received a call, saw the caller and went to the balcony.

Li Rong waited for 10 minutes before Shen Qi came out from the balcony. His face was solemn, and there was even faint panic and anger. Li Rong's heart sank, and he knew that something had happened.

"I want to go back to Hong Kong." Sure enough, Shen Qi said, "I have something to deal with."

He didn't say what it was, and Li Rong didn't mean to ask more.He looked at Shen Qi slightly worried, but finally said: "Okay, let's go back."

Shen Qi responded.He put the phone back into his backpack and unconsciously covered his heart with his left hand.The heart under the chest was beating rapidly at this moment, and even breathing was a little difficult.

What he's been worried about, what he's been trying to avoid, may have happened long before he didn't notice.

When Zhou Zhuoran heard the sound of the door opening, he didn't panic, he knew that what should come would always come.

After Shen Qi entered the door, he sat down on the sofa in the middle of the living room. Zhou Zhuoran stood up and said respectfully, "Mr. Shen, what can you do?"

"You know me?" Shen Qi didn't answer his question.

"Everyone in Hong Kong knows you, not to mention I'm also your employee." Zhou Zhuoran replied politely, "Do you have the key here?"

"Don't be stupid." Shen Qi said coldly, "You didn't know me after you came to Hong Kong. You already heard about me from your good uncle 14 years ago, right?"

Zhou Zhuoran's brows tightened tightly, but his words were still watertight: "I have many uncles, I don't know who you are talking about?"

"You know who I'm talking about. The Public Security Bureau can find out your blood relationship and adoption relationship. It's not like he doesn't have a record of remittances for you to study in the United States." Shen Qi said coldly, "You come to my research Work here, live in the home of my subordinates, can you say that there are ulterior motives?"

"Mr. Nie is indeed my uncle and caretaker." Zhou Zhuoran said, "but I don't know if this is a bad thing for you. I was taught by Professor Cheng Ji, and I have been working in his school since graduation. I work in a research institute, and I came to Hong Kong only to fulfill my promise to Professor Cheng. As for why I live here..." He smiled slightly, with a hint of demonstration, "My lover is here, so naturally I can only live here .”

Uncontrollable anger welled up in Shen Qi's eyes.He got up and looked down at Zhou Zhuoran's slightly lowered face. Although his expression was pretending to be calm, it was impossible to hide from Shen Qi's eyes.But on the other hand, he was completely lazy to cover up his flaws, because he knew that Shen Qi already had the answer in his heart, and as long as he didn't say anything, Shen Qi wouldn't be able to ask anything.

Shen Qi also thought of this, he smiled slightly, his eyes were cold with a touch of laziness: "I don't care why you stay in the research institute or why you approach Cheng Wang, he has raised you for so many years, so he has some feelings, right? I don't know if I detain you in my place, will Nie Lijun offer something in exchange?"

Zhou Zhuoran remained silent.After a while, a young man's voice suddenly came from the door: "What do you want to do?"

The two looked back at the same time.At the door, Cheng Wang was holding a briefcase, his eyes were cold and almost sharp.Although Shen Qi was a little surprised in his heart, his eyes were still involuntarily softened, and he stepped forward to hold Cheng Wang: "Are you back?"

Cheng Wang narrowed his eyes slightly, showing no emotion.He suddenly slapped Shen Qi's hand away, without the usual intimacy: "This is not Chairman Shen's place, I don't know what Chairman Shen is up to, and what disputes do you have with my friend?"

"He's a commercial spy." Shen Qi didn't look at Zhou Zhuoran, his gaze was still fixed on Cheng Wang's eyes, "No matter what your relationship is, I came here today to take him away, and deal with it according to my method."

"He's not!" Cheng Wang seemed completely unaware of the seriousness in Shen Qi's eyes, and said word by word, "I don't care what plans you have, but you can't touch him."

"Cheng Wang!" Shen Qi seemed a little angry, "Now is not the time to be willful, you are obedient."

As soon as Shen Qi finished speaking, Cheng Wang laughed, that smile was full of sarcasm, sarcasm, and unspeakable sadness and determination, but neither Shen Qi nor Zhou Zhuoran could fully detect it at the moment.

"Why do you care about me?" He looked at him coldly, the indifference in his eyes stabbed Shen Qi's pupils like a sharp knife, "Are you my boss, Bole, or brother?"

(1) SantaBarbara, a coastal city in California, USA.