mild compromise

After finishing the rest of the brunch, a bell rang at the door, Guan Meng put down the rice bowl in his hand, and ran over to open the door.

"Ah Hao, I'll bring you the jacket that you left in my apartment last time..." Lin Tianruo stopped talking halfway, and then he realized that the person who answered the door was Guan Meng, and he was a little surprised Staring at Guan Meng dressed in pajamas with a straight expression, he was stunned for a moment and asked, "Where is Ah Hao?"

"He went on a business trip." Guan Meng explained.

"Then why are you in his house?"

"I just moved in with him recently."

"Ah?" This answer made Lin Tianruo stunned again.

It didn't feel good to stand outside the door talking all the time, Guan Meng invited Lin Tianruo to sit inside and made him a cup of hot coffee.

The other party took the coffee from Guan Meng, took a sip politely and put it down, "What's your relationship with Xiao Chenghao?"

Lin Tianruo cast a strange look at Guan Meng, which made Guan Meng a little uncomfortable, "He was my father's former student." Guan Meng answered truthfully.

Lin Tianruo heard Xiao Chenghao say this, but in fact, what he wanted to know was a more precise relationship between Guan Meng and Xiao Chenghao.

"Why did you move here to live with him?"

Guan Meng briefly explained the cause of the incident, and Lin Tianruo only let out a soft "oh" after listening to it, and the two of them fell into silence immediately. bigger.

After sitting on the sofa for a while, Lin Tianruo stood up again and straightened his clothes, "I still have something to do, I'll go back first, I'll put the clothes here, you can tell Ah Hao when the time comes."

Lin Tianruo unconsciously switched to English again. He didn't mean it, but sometimes he couldn't help it.

Guan Meng didn't understand what he meant and seemed a little embarrassed, Lin Tianruo immediately repeated what he had just said in Chinese.

"Sorry, I didn't mean it, I'm just used to it."

Guan Meng curled his lips depressedly, but he could only reply "It's okay", otherwise.

After sending Lin Tianruo away, Guan Meng went back to the room without saying a word and turned on the computer, searched the Internet, and clicked on an English learning information website to check.

Probably since high school, he has never been exposed to English. In the past, Guan Meng always felt that even if he didn't know English, it would not be difficult for him to gain a foothold in society. He could still live well, and it didn't matter.But since the reunion with Xiao Chenghao, a series of things happened that made Guan Meng feel that there was a huge gap between the two of them. This gap was not obvious at the beginning, but it became more and more exposed as time passed. Undoubtedly, sometimes, Guan Meng even feels that he and Xiao Chenghao are people from two worlds.

Guan Meng doesn't think he is very frustrated, but he has to admit that Xiao Chenghao is really good, and one or two seemingly insignificant things he encountered recently stimulated Guan Meng a lot, and made his heart rise. The urge to change your status quo.

This English learning website has a variety of tutorials on listening, speaking, reading and writing. Recently, the website held an anniversary event. Buy one course package and get one free. Try the effect.

After confirming the purchase and taking out his mobile phone to scan the QR code to pay, Guan Meng’s hands shook. He wanted to click on Alipay, but accidentally clicked on the Weibo client next to him.

This is the first time Guan Meng has logged on to Weibo since the Wujun incident last time. People in today's society are impetuous, and all kinds of enthusiasm come and go quickly. Netizens who don't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement are eating different new melons every day. , Guan Meng, who was a sensation on Weibo at the beginning, is now nobodycare, and the mocking comments and teasing private messages are gone forever, so that's good.

Before making up his mind to uninstall Weibo, Guan Meng clicked on the private message for the last time to check.

The latest message was sent last week. It was an unfamiliar English name, but the avatar looked familiar. The person only said one sentence in the private message: Guan Meng, is it you?

Guan Meng's heart skipped a beat. He followed the avatar and clicked into the other person's Weibo homepage. After scrolling down for a while, he quickly confirmed the other person's identity. It was his cousin Guan Weiqing.

Nine years ago, after an accident happened at Guan Meng's house, his uncle took Guan Meng in as a guardian. Although he only lived in his uncle's house for one year, it was that short year that made Guan Meng experience too much unhappiness. Guan Weiqing is undoubtedly the person Guan Meng least wants to see in that family.

Guan Meng's face was extremely ugly, and he pulled the other party into the blacklist with his trembling hands. After clearing all the dynamics on Weibo, he uninstalled the client without any hesitation.

Just after uninstalling Weibo, the phone vibrated suddenly, and Guan Meng jumped a little. It was a message from Xiao Chenghao.

Xiao Chenghao, who was on a business trip, needed a document at home temporarily, so he asked Guan Meng to fetch it from his room.

According to Xiao Chenghao's instructions, Guan Meng found the cooperation agreement in the desk drawer of his room, took a photo and sent it to him.

This is the second time Guan Meng has entered Xiao Chenghao's room. He slept here for a night when he was drunk before. That time, he was in a hurry, and he didn't have time to observe carefully.

Xiao Chenghao's room is in a simple style, with bright white as the main tone. Apart from a few simple pieces of furniture, there is nothing superfluous in the room. It looks quite comfortable and refreshing.

Out of curiosity, Guan Meng opened Xiao Chenghao's wardrobe and took a look. It seemed that Xiao Chenghao's room was not only simple, but also his clothes. The casual clothes he usually wears are clear at a glance.

Guan Meng picked up a suit on the hanger, walked to the full-length mirror for comparison, and on a whim, he put Xiao Chenghao's suit on himself.

All the suits in the closet were tailor-made, and they were two sizes too large for Guan Meng, which obviously didn't fit well. The funny self in Guan Meng's mirror stuck out his tongue and quickly changed the suit.

With nothing to do, he threw himself on Xiao Chenghao's bed, and buried his face in Xiao Chenghao's pillow. He smelled a light fragrance of shampoo. Mr. Meng could smell this familiar scent. He liked it, so he buried his face deeper and inhaled it hard... Fortunately, Xiao Chenghao was not there, otherwise he would have regarded himself as an idiot!

ACT28

The gallery recently had a new client, who was said to be introduced by Xiao Chenghao. His surname is Liu, and his full name is Liu Yongkun. Everyone calls him Lord Kun.

Guan Meng and Le Zai were entrusted by Lao Cai today to send the painting to each other's home.

After the order was finished, they had other orders to deliver later, and they planned to leave early, but Liu Yongkun insisted that they stay and sit for a while, the hospitality was hard to turn down, so the two had no choice but to agree.

"You guys are tired of running out to deliver goods to customers like this every day, aren't you?"

"It's okay." Le Zai replied with a smile, "Master Kun, you have imagined us too fully. In fact, we don't run around very often. We are only busy when we have orders. Most of the time we stay in the gallery. .”

Liu Yongkun asked the nanny at home to bring some fruit out to greet the two of them, "I just bought this California early sweet peach today. It's sweet and juicy. Come and taste it!"

After running outside all afternoon, he was really thirsty. Le Zai picked up a peeled peach, put it in his mouth and took a big bite. His dry throat was immediately moistened by the sweet juice, "This peach It's delicious!"

Liu Yongkun laughed loudly, "There is no mistake in the introduction."

Guan Meng sitting next to him was motionless, Liu Yongkun thought he was shy, and pushed Tao Zhi in front of Guan Meng, "You're welcome, come and eat one!"

Guan Meng looked distressed, "I'm sorry, I'm allergic to peaches, so I can't eat this."

Liu Yongkun was a little unhappy when he heard this, and his first reaction was that Guan Meng didn't give him face, "Masters, why are you allergic to this and can't eat that, are you delicate or not?"

"No, Lord Kun, I really can't eat peaches."

"Take it as a way to save face and eat one." Liu Yongkun couldn't resist, and specially picked the biggest one for him.

This made Guan Meng even more embarrassed. Looking at the peach handed to him, he wondered whether he should accept it or not.

Liu Yongkun is the typical male chauvinist in everyone's eyes. He likes to act according to his own ideas in everything, and imposes his own standards and ideas on the people around him. Therefore, in Liu Yongkun's view, any peach allergies are simply twitchy. As a trivial matter, Guan Meng's "excuse" made him feel particularly disgusted, and it also made him lose face.

"It's fine if you don't eat." That's what he said, but Liu Yongkun's expression and tone were clearly sullen.

Seeing this, Le Zai hurried out to smooth things over, "Oh, Lord Kun, I think it's getting late, and Xiao Guan and I have to deliver paintings to other places, so we won't bother you any longer."

"If you don't want to give it away, please take these two paintings back with you."

When the two heard it, they were both stunned.

Le Zai thought he heard it wrong, so he asked uncertainly: "Master Kun, what did you just say?"

"I said I don't want these two paintings anymore, return them."

"But..." Le Zai scratched his head, very embarrassed, "Master Kun, you have already paid for this painting, and there is no quality problem with the painting..."

"Paintings are fine, but human beings are a big problem." Liu Yongkun was clearly speaking to Guan Meng, "Do you know how to be a human being? I greet you with a sincere heart. You don't appreciate it. How dare you?" Do you really think of yourself as an uncle?"

"Master Kun, don't get me wrong, Xiaoguan really didn't mean that."

Le Zai