On the Feasibility of Dueling with the System

After that day, Qiao Ran really changed a lot.

In the morning, I still bring breakfast to Qin Zhan, but no longer use the spare key to open the door and enter the bedroom to wake him up. Instead, I ring the doorbell until Qin Zhan gets up to open the door by himself; Car, and sometimes asked him out at night, Qiao Ran also turned down several times on the pretext of having an appointment with a friend.But every time Qin Zhan came back from the outside, he saw Qiao Ran's car parked in the underground parking lot and never moved.They still often eat at home together, and occasionally play the motion-sensing game console that Qin Zhan bought, but Qiao Ran speaks less and less. He sensually avoided it.

Qin Zhan was so depressed that he almost went crazy.

During a meal, Qin Zhan asked this question very bluntly.

"Qiao Ran, I really didn't mess with you? Why are you acting weird recently?"

"No." Qiao Ran shook his head, "I just don't think you can rely on me too much." He smiled gently.

"I can't rely on you." Qin Zhan tapped the table with his chopsticks and muttered dissatisfiedly.

"... What I'm saying is that we all have our own lives, so... it's not good to get too close, not to mention, we are all... uh..." Qiao Ran's face was a little embarrassed.

"We all like men." Qin Zhan helped him finish the sentence, and then stared at him angrily with wide eyes, "And then? Because of this, we can't even be friends?"

"...Ah Zhan, that's not what I meant."

"You obviously are." Qin Zhan looked at him wronged.Gamo chewed on the drumstick, despising his master's shameful act of cuteness.

"Ah Zhan, my life circle is different from yours." Qiao Ran said calmly, trying to use some indirect words, "Look, you like drag racing, horse riding, and some young people's activities. But I can't, You know, my body won't allow it."

Qin Zhan motioned him to continue.

"Your brother asked me to take care of you first, just wanting you to adapt to life here as soon as possible. Seeing how you are now, you can already live a good life, and I can retire after success." Qiao Ran said half-jokingly, just The atmosphere did not relax as he wished. After a pause, he sighed, "Both Ah Chen and I feel that it's time for you to start a new life. You don't have to find a girl to start a family, as long as you stabilize Just fine."

"Then why can't I—"

At this time, Qin Zhan's cell phone rang.After guessing what Qin Zhan wanted to say, Qiao Ran's uncontrollable heartbeat gradually calmed down because of that sentence. Looking at the phone, he didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

Qin Zhan answered the phone angrily, "Roy?"

"Stinky boy, will you die if you call me once?" The woman on the other end of the phone said fiercely, "I don't even know how to send gifts after returning to China. The more you live, the more unruly you become."

Qin Zhan said impatiently, "I'm busy, so please speak quickly."

"Okay." Luo Yi's voice became a little guilty, and Qin Zhan suddenly had a bad premonition.

"Qin Zhan, I think... that Branche seems to know your phone number and address."

"What?" A vein twitched on Qin Zhan's forehead.

"Your family is doing well in the capital. It's not difficult to find out..." Luo Yi said, "As for the phone call, I don't know what happened. Anyway, he suddenly stopped coming after a while, and then I broke my mobile phone once and took it for repair, and the repair shop said there was a tiny bug in it. Uh...he didn't call you?"

"No." Qin Zhan frowned, "Forget it, if he really wants to investigate something, you probably won't be able to stop him."

"That's right." Roy immediately excused himself, "After all, the classes are different, right?"

Qin Zhan: "..."

Roy said, "But I think he seems to be sincerely repentant. Didn't you destroy the clothes you originally planned to give him? He asked Ah Qing (Roy's partner) to repair it more than a week ago. Tsk tsk tsk, just to mend one piece of clothing, Branche offered a high price of [-] euros. Ah Qing didn’t agree, and later I heard that he was looking for someone to help contact a Chinese tailor..."

"So?" Qin Zhan interrupted her. "What does it have to do with me?"

Roy was completely stuck, "Uh...it's nothing, I just asked..." She said weakly, "Are you really not with him anymore?"

Qin Zhan hummed coldly.

"Then I—hey, hey, Ah Qing, don't snatch my phone!!!"

"Xiao Zhan, I'm Luo Qing." There was a gentle female voice on the other end of the phone.

"Good evening, Sister Luo Qing." If it was Luo Yi, Qin Zhan could still hang up the phone impatiently, but facing a gentle woman like Luo Qing, he really couldn't say anything serious.

"Xiao Zhan, don't listen to Roy's nonsense. I know you are not a cruel person. If you could, you would not let things become like this. It is useless for outsiders to say a thousand words about feelings. The key is to have It depends on your own feelings. Xiao Zhan, no matter what decision you make, we will always support you."

"...Well, I see."

After thanking Luo Qing for his concern, Qin Zhan hung up the phone, looked up and continued to stare at Qiao Ran, "Continue to our question just now."

"There's nothing to talk about." Qiao Ran said, "We're still friends, that's all."

Qin Zhan became angry, "What do you mean--"

"Qin Zhan, I still have something to do, so I'm leaving first." Qiao Ran almost fled in despair, until he got home, his mind was blank.

It's not that I don't like Qin Zhan, it's just that... I can't like him, they are not from the same world.Qin Zhan's partner should be healthy and sunny, able to take care of him and care about him, travel and climb mountains with him, and play those extreme sports that Qin Zhan likes...

That person, except him.

Qiao Ran knew that her fragile heart was a ticking time bomb, and she might not be able to hold it any day.If he was with Qin Zhan, what would happen if he left first and left the young man alone in the world?

Raising his trembling right hand to cover his eyes, Qiao Ran didn't want to think about what cruel things he said just now.

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The atmosphere between the two became more and more strange, even Qin Chen could feel it.When asked about Qiao Ran, the man just smiled gently and shook his head in silence; when asked about Qin Zhan, the brat just found an excuse to perfuse him, and then continued to stare out the window in a daze.This made Qin Chen extremely annoyed.

When Qin Zhan and Liang Jin talked about it once while drinking, let Xia Lin forget it. That kid was born with a weak head and couldn't think.

After hearing what happened, Liang Jin didn't know what to say, so she could only comfort him, "You haven't asked Qiao Ranxi if he likes you yet, maybe he has some difficulties?"

So, one night after working overtime, Qin Zhan blocked Qiao Ran in the underground parking lot.

"Qin Zhan, what's the matter?" Qiao Ran asked him softly.

Qin Zhan originally liked his gentle personality like jade the most, but now it seems that it is not the case.No matter what happened, Qiao Ran always had such a gentle and calm appearance, as if he didn't care about anything, which made people extremely annoyed.

"Qiao Ran, I'm already like this. Don't say you still don't understand anything." Qin Zhan stared at him angrily. Living.

He coughed a few times, "I know." Turning his head slightly to avoid Qin Zhan's sight, Qiao Ran whispered, "We are not suitable. Ah Zhan, I have always treated you like a younger brother, just like Qin Chen. Other than that, there's nothing else."

"You lie." Qin Zhan looked at him stubbornly, "That's not the case, I can feel—"

"Qin Zhan, you think too much, I really have nothing else for you." Qiao Ran said, seeing Qin Zhan's lips tightened instantly, the sourness in his heart seemed to overflow, making him almost stand up Can't stop, "I take care of you only because of Qin Chen, he is worried about you, so I—"

"So you mean, from the beginning to the end, I was the one who pretended to be affectionate?" Qin Zhan stared into Qiao Ran's dark eyes, and said word by word, "You treat me well only because of my brother?"

"I..." Qiao Ran opened his mouth, he wanted to deny it, but at this critical moment, if he let go, it would really be a failure, "...Yes, Ah Chen and I have been friends for many years, it's nothing .”

"Okay, I understand." Qin Zhan didn't say anything more this time, turned around and got in the car to leave.

Seeing the silver sports car rushing out of the underground parking lot after a flick, Qiao Ran knew that Qin Zhan would never come back.

How could that proud little prince allow someone to despise him like this.The words "you think too much" and "you are passionate" must have hurt him severely. Whether it is self-esteem or arrogance, after today, Qin Zhan will never want to see him again.

"Azhan..."

Sitting in the car, Qiao Ran lay powerlessly on the steering wheel.When he said those words, he didn't know what was going on in his mind. If Ah Chen knew that his dear brother was so upset because of a man, he would probably really crush him into a scumbag.

After thinking about it, I felt a little uneasy.Qiao Ran didn't see Qin Zhan's car after returning to the community, so she took the spare key and went to his house to wait for him, but after two or three hours, no one came back.

After waiting until one o'clock, he was still the only one at home.No reply to text messages, no answer to phone calls.

Qiao Ran panicked and called Qin Zhan's friends one by one, but no one knew where he had gone.He drove to some places he knew that Qin Zhan often went to find someone, but to no avail.

It wasn't until after two o'clock that an unfamiliar number sent a text message, "Qin Zhan is here, don't worry."

Qiao Ran quickly replied: "Who are you?"

Opponent: "The owner of the shooting shop."

Although it wasn't a very good answer, Qiao Ran was at least relieved, and when he returned home exhausted, he threw himself on the bed.Qin Chen explained that there is a French company coming to visit tomorrow, and there is an intention to cooperate. It is probably a big deal, and he will be busy again.

Pulling the giant panda into his arms, Qiao Ran forced himself to fall asleep.