four year itch

"So why did you lie to Chen Lang that you have to work overtime?"

When they said this, the two of them were already sitting in a small teahouse with a nice atmosphere on the corner of the street.Ye Jia does not reject Shen Qingchuan, maybe he subconsciously has an anonymous admiration for such well-dressed elites, or maybe Shen Qingchuan's temperament is too gentle, Ye Jia doesn't think he has any ulterior motives .

"Strictly speaking, I didn't lie to him. I really have to be on duty at twelve o'clock." Shen Qingchuan helped Ye Jia fill up the teacup in front of him, and the fragrance of Tieguanyin came to his nostrils instantly.

Shen Qingchuan is still on duty and can't drink, so when he said drink a cup, he just meant to drink a cup of tea.

Ye Jia was noncommittal to his sophistry, and chuckled lightly, "I wronged Dr. Shen."

"Chen Lang is too smart." Shen Qingchuan used the word smart to describe Chen Lang.

"How should I say it?" Ye Jia drank the tea in one gulp, bitterness spread in his mouth, but the aftertaste was sweet.

"Didn't you notice? It looks like a child's heart, but it hits the nail on the head. He will definitely get what he wants, and it seems that what others get from him is actually what he doesn't care about." Shen Qingchuan seemed to be quite victimized by it. , miserable.

"It seems that Dr. Shen is not satisfied with this neighbor." Ye Jia had never seen Shen Qingchuan distressed, and the Shen Qingchuan he saw was always calm, so now he finds it quite interesting.

Shen Qingchuan waved his hand helplessly, saying that there is no need to mention it again, after all, it is an unchangeable fact, and he can only accept it.

"Xiao Jia, are we friends?" Shen Qingchuan's expression suddenly became a little serious.

"of course."

"Would you like to tell me, who is the person who keeps you using class B inhibitors?"

Ye Jia didn't expect that Shen Qingchuan would bring the topic here all of a sudden, and his face was a little embarrassed, "Why do you ask this suddenly?"

Seeing that his expression was a bit reluctant, Shen Qingchuan said as if encouraging, "It's nothing, I just want to know who is willing to let you hurt yourself like this."

It's not that Shen Qingchuan didn't doubt Ye Jia's profession, but after getting along with him slowly, he found that Ye Jia has a gentle temper and is not a person who likes to make friends promiscuously.What followed was a deeper doubt. For a person who seems to have no interest in anything, what kind of feelings would make him persevere at the cost of hurting himself?

Ye Jia sighed softly, as if to release all the sighs accumulated over the years, "A very outstanding person."

"Southwest wind?" Shen Qingchuan looked inquiringly, but his tone was broken. It seemed that he already had the answer in his heart.

"Why do you...?" Ye Jia looked at him in surprise, it turned out that the secret he thought was carefully hidden could be so easily seen through.

Shen Qingchuan smiled lowly, and said clearly, "I knew it."

Ye Jia followed with an embarrassed smile.

"So, you are... lovers?"

lover.

What a beautiful word, even reading it has a sweet and shy taste.It's a pity that he knew from the beginning that this word would never belong to him and Xu Ruibai.

Ye Jia shook his head, wondering if he drank too much tea, he felt bitterness even on the tip of his tongue, "Not really."

"Not counting?" Shen Qingchuan carefully chewed the message conveyed by these three words, "So it's... Friends with benefits?"

It's funny how these two people used the same word to describe each other.

Ye Jia opened his mouth, and the words of denial were on his lips, but he couldn't say anything. What is the relationship between them if they are not friends with benefits?

He has never been willing to face up to this fact, he is just one of Xu Ruibai's best friends.If there is something special, then maybe he likes Xu Ruibai very much.

He's not even good enough to be a buddy with benefits.

Seeing that Ye Jia didn't speak, Shen Qingchuan thought that he had directly offended the other party by speaking too much, so he quickly apologized, "Xiao Jia, I'm sorry, please don't get me wrong. I'm not belittling the relationship between you, and I don't want to be fettered I totally understand and respect how you feel. I just..."

Shen Qingchuan seemed to be looking for a suitable word to describe his current mood.

Suddenly he shook his head with a smile, as if laughing at his long-windedness, and when he raised his head to look at Ye Jia, his eyes were already serious and affectionate, "I mean, would you like to try it with me?"

"Doctor Shen?" Ye Jia was taken aback by Shen Qingchuan's straightforwardness, and even his tone became a little uncertain.

"Xiaojia, don't be in a hurry to refuse. I said try it out. I don't want you to have fun with you, or to maintain a relationship with you like that Mr. Southwest Wind. I'm serious about pursuing you. I also hope that you can seriously consider whether you are willing to accept my pursuit." Shen Qingchuan's eyes were sincere, it didn't look like he was joking at all.

"He and I are not what you think..." Ye Jia explained feebly.

Shen Qingchuan saw Ye Jia's embarrassment, "You don't have to force yourself."

"It doesn't matter whether you have a good relationship with him, or what I'm confessing to you now. You don't need to force yourself to respond to me. I like you, and I want to tell you my heart. I hope I can be your retreat, It's that simple, you don't have to feel any burden because of my liking."

The person in front of him is gentle and decent, and he would even think of a decent answer for himself in confession, if Xu Ruibai didn't exist, maybe Ye Jia would be attracted to him.

Ye Jia shook his head and said with a wry smile, "There's nothing you can't say, but I like him and he doesn't like me. It's not against the law to have a crush on him."

"Secret love?" Shen Qingchuan was a little surprised by this answer, "You are..."

In the past 28 years, Shen Qingchuan never seemed to have had any strong emotions, whether it was material or love, he seemed to have never experienced the disappointment that he could not ask for, nor had he ever felt forced to do so.

I used to think that Ye Jia was the same person as him, but now it seems that this is not the case.

"Bitch." Ye Jia spat out these two words with a calm expression.

"I don't think so. Everyone has their own way of expressing love. It doesn't mean that someone's love is noble and someone's love is base." As expected of a doctor, Shen Qingchuan even has such a soft way of comforting others, "You don't Try to tell him what you really think? Maybe there will be a different result."

"It's useless, he likes Bata." As if looking for a legitimate reason for himself.

Shen Qingchuan frowned slightly, "This sounds more like an excuse for being angry. We don't like a person just because he is a Beta, nor do we dislike a person just because he is not a Beta."

"He's a guy who doesn't like being tied down."

Shen Qingchuan asked suspiciously, "Did he tell you this himself?"

Ye Jia said firmly, "You don't need him to tell me, I understand what he thinks."

"But if you don't verify the results yourself, you will never get a definite answer."

"I don't need an exact answer, this distance is fine."

Shen Qingchuan shook his head with a smile, "It's not that you don't need it, it's that you don't dare to have it."

Love always makes people brave and cowardly.Ye Jia had the courage to push the inhibitor into his body again and again enduring the severe pain, but he hesitated to say a simple "I like you".

Ye Jia, who was caught by the talk, had nothing to say, but just looked away blankly.

Shen Qingchuan sighed faintly, with distressed eyes, "Silly boy."

Ye Jia was silent for a while, then sighed softly, "Doctor Shen, you are really a good person."

"So I was issued a good card?"

"Doctor Shen, I'm sorry." Ye Jia apologized a little, but if you don't like it, you just don't like it. Procrastination is not a good quality.

Shen Qingchuan was taken aback for a moment, then laughed loudly, "I knew it would be such an answer."

Ye Jia lowered her head and smiled.

"Xiaojia, if you want, we can still be friends." Shen Qingchuan was not embarrassed after being rejected, and was still calm and complacent.

"Of course, you will always be someone I respect."

"Respect?" Shen Qingchuan seemed very dissatisfied with this word, "Xiao Jia, I'm only six years older than you, and your description will make me feel that I'm already a 50-[-]-year-old uncle."

"I mean, you are a very good person, a height that people like me can't reach."

It is his honor to be liked by such a charming and high-quality Alpha like Shen Qingchuan.

Shen Qingchuan didn't take it seriously, he poured the boiled tea into Ye Jia's cup, and the fragrance overflowed, "Ye Jia, clear tea also has a mild flavor, clean and lovely. Xiao Jia, you are like this cup of clear tea, clean and simple, And there is no lack of cuteness, you can only figure out the sweetness of it carefully, and you have many commendable qualities."

"Doctor Shen, you're overrated. I'm just a very ordinary Omega." For the first time, Ye Jia knew that someone could describe ordinary in such an elegant way, but even if he talked about it, he couldn't conceal his essence.

Shen Qingchuan smiled and said, "You don't have to belittle yourself like this at all, and you don't have to be burdened by your Omega status. In my eyes, you are very outstanding. Besides, I am not the only one who sees these advantages."

Seeing Ye Jia's confused expression, Shen Qingchuan continued, "I shouldn't be the one to say this, I'm not a real gentleman, and I'm not generous enough to be willing to make wedding dresses for others, but I really don't want you to underestimate yourself like this, and I don't want I don't want you to waste time on someone who doesn't know how to cherish you. Whether it's me or Chen Lang, I think it's a better choice."

"Chen Lang?" Ye Jia turned up the volume a few degrees without even knowing it. He only thought that Chen Lang was a child who didn't grow up, who was familiar with himself and liked to make friends, but he really didn't think about it.

Shen Qingchuan didn't want to say any more.

"Xiaojia, whether you want to promise me or not, please take good care of yourself."

The two drank a few more glasses. Both of them were peaceful people, and it was not difficult for them to chat politely and without breaking the rules.It wasn't until Shen Qingchuan found out that the time for duty was approaching that he got up to say goodbye.

After Shen Qingchuan separated from Ye Jia, he rushed back to the hospital. Fortunately, he was not late. The little nurse at the nurse's station told him shyly that there was a patient waiting for him in his office.Shen Qingchuan remembered that he didn't have an appointment, so he walked into his office suspiciously.

The young man who was sitting on his seat in the office raised his head in response, but there was a strange expression on his familiar face, his eyes were as sharp as a falcon, and his voice was a little more gloomy, "Brother Shen, didn't you say Are you rushing back to work overtime?