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It was the rush hour for traffic, but the road conditions were still considered good. After driving for about [-] minutes, we arrived at the intersection of the business district where the hotel is located.

Just before getting into the car, Ke Shangchun talked about the situation he encountered; he briefly mentioned it in a few words, but in fact his mind and tone were not in the same emotion.

He would not be troubled by a change of mind at work—but he was indeed upset at the moment. He had never been so urgent about his relationship—for the first time, he really wanted to grasp that possibility.

He was also afraid that if today passed, he might not be able to say those words again, or even if he said them, but the time passed, he would not be able to say the real meaning.

No matter what the possibility is, that floating mind is to teach myself not to retreat anymore.

There were several cars parked in front of the main entrance of the hotel. The front one looked like a limousine car. It was estimated that someone was holding a wedding banquet in the hotel today.

Due to the inconvenience of the main entrance, the car stopped at the side entrance.As soon as he stopped, Ke Shangchun pushed the seat belt off with his hands, looked at Su Ming, took a slight breath and spoke.

"wait for me."

"Um."

Without any hesitation, Su Ming responded.

Ke Shangchun was slightly startled, but he quickly came back to his senses, nodded with him, got off the car immediately, and hurried into the restaurant.He circled around to the hall.At this moment, there are people inside and outside. It seems that a group of tourists have come, huddled together in the open space in front of the counter; there are also many people who come for wedding banquets or events, and the waiters are walking around, busy guiding the visitors The direction we should go.

The bar where we agreed to meet was located on the right side of the hall. In front of the entrance stood a large piece of dark colored glass, revealing faint light and shadow.

As Ke Shangchun walked, the waiter outside was counting the number of guests. He raised his hand to indicate that he was looking for someone, and he was allowed to pass directly for convenience.As soon as he entered, he instinctively went to the bar to look for someone, and saw a man in a suit waving his hand at him, and walked over quickly.

"Sorry to keep Mr. Ye waiting."

Ke Shangchun apologized before sitting on the seat the other party had reserved for him.

"No, I'm sorry for asking you to make this trip." Ye Youquan said, his attitude was still indifferent, but his tone was full of apology.

During the interview yesterday, Ke Shangchun noticed the contrast in the other party's feelings, but at this time, I don't know if it is because of the location, it is particularly obvious.

——The tone is kind and polite, but it's not the same thing on the surface.

The four words "unfathomable and unfathomable" came to Ke Shangchun's mind, and he felt a little cautious in his heart, but his face was still calm, and he answered politely with the other party.

"It's nothing at all."

Ye Youquan looked at him and smiled. "Let's have a drink first, I'll treat you. By the way, I have to go back to the venue upstairs in two hours." He said, snapping his fingers at the bartender, who immediately came over to ask what he needed.

"Give this gentleman a martini."

"OK."

Ke Shangchun said nothing, just glanced at Ye Youquan.

"No drinking?" Ye Youquan asked, holding up the wine glass in front of him.

Ke Shangchun replied: "No, it's just that there must be less touch with bartending."

"Martinis don't get drunk."

After Ye Youquan said this, he ended the topic and turned to talk about today's purpose: "I don't think the answer to the question about whether growth background affects career choice is not very good."

On the way to Laide, Ke Shangchun listened to the interview recording again, but he didn't hear any inappropriate answers-every question, the other party talked eloquently without hesitation.

"You have seen my resume."

Ye Youquan dropped this sentence again.Just as Ke Shangchun was about to speak, a glass of martini was brought in front of him, and then he listened to the other party's further explanation.

"Naturally, readers will also know a little bit, so yesterday's answer tends to make people think that I take the road of architecture for granted, but it is not, it is not that simple... It is not only this topic, like the fifth and eighth , No.11, [-]th, and [-]th questions, I also have some doubts.”

He paused, smiled, and signaled that Ke Shangchun could prepare the record.

Ke Shangchun quickly took out the recording pen from his bag, and when he was ready, it was convenient for him to continue the conversation.

About the location was chosen in a bar, the atmosphere was not as tense as in the other party's studio, and the process was smoother than last time, but Ke Shangchun couldn't help but think that for people like Ye Youquan, it doesn't matter if the environment changes at all It's just a one-sided feeling.

All in all, things went better than expected and ended within the time given by the other party.He put away his things and thanked the other party again for giving him the opportunity to interview this time.

"You're welcome." Ye Youquan smiled, but his tone was completely rude on this point.

Ke Shangchun didn't realize that the other party suddenly had a high profile - it was natural in this respect, many people asked for interviews, and the matching conditions were also formulated in a stroke of a stroke, but the other party was not easy to be tempted, even if he wanted to, he would only agree with him. Make contact with relevant business parties.

"When Mr. Ye holds an exhibition in the coming year, if you need to promote it, or if there are activities that our magazine can match, please contact us at that time, and I hope to do another interview for you." Ke Shangchun said along the way.Yesterday the other party expressed his intentions through his assistant, but he felt that if the other party did not personally respond, it would really be worthless.

"I can."

Ye Youquan said calmly, took out his mobile phone from his suit pocket, quickly clicked on the screen, and clicked on the itinerary: "The exhibition is expected to open early next year, and the exhibition will last for a whole year. It needs the cooperation of many parties. I will record the itinerary first. Let Lynn contact you again."

"...Okay, thank you very much." Ke Shangchun was a little surprised. Although he had a vague premonition in his heart that the other party would agree, he never expected to be so straightforward.

"In addition to interviews, I hope that your magazine can write some introductions about the exhibition. In it..." Ye Youquan paused, put away his phone and said, "It will take a lot of time to talk about it carefully. I think, this aspect Let’s talk about it later.”

Ke Shangchun nodded naturally, agreed with him, and was about to stand up when his shoulders were pressed unexpectedly.

"Anyway, you have to finish this glass of wine." Ye Youquan smiled kindly, withdrew his hand, and picked up the glass of martini in front of Ke Shangchun instead.

Ke Shangchun naturally didn't touch the interview just now, but he planned to leave it alone, but the other party mentioned it, so he went along with it.

He took it and finished the drink in one gulp.

"Simply enough, I think, we can have a drink together later."

Ke Shangchun smiled, returned the glass to the bartender, and did not comment on his proposal.Ye Youquan didn't think too much about this, and reached out to shake his hand.

"That's it."

"Okay." Ke Shangchun withdrew his hand, motioned for the other party to take a step ahead, and walked out of the bar together with him.

"How to go back?" Ye Youquan tilted his head and asked casually.

"I'm taking a ride with a friend."

Ke Shangchun replied, while holding his mobile phone, when he wanted to say goodbye to Ye Youquan, the latter had already been stopped, and he seemed to be familiar with him, so he waved to him hastily and walked towards his friend.

Ke Shangchun walked to the other side.He turned on the phone screen, found Su Ming's number and dialed it immediately, and the other end rang for a while before being picked up.

The background sound was a bit noisy and familiar. Hearing what the other party said, Ke Shangchun couldn't help taking a step forward. While looking at the other side of the hall, he saw the group of tourists just now—the background sound was made by these people Noisy, he saw you after a while, hung up the phone, and hurriedly looked for it.

The three surrounding sofas placed were all full of people. When Ke Shangchun walked, Su Ming did not sit in them, but stood beside him, and a woman was talking to him.

The woman was dressed a little formally—it was not the standard one, but specially dressed, as if she was going to a wedding reception.

He was indeed carrying a gift box of wedding cakes in his hand...

Ke Shangchun paused before approaching.The woman was facing him, she was very beautiful, with big eyes, she glanced at him, and her voice stopped.

Su Ming, who was facing her, half turned around, with the same indifferent expression on his face.

"……coming?"

"Um."

Ke Shangchun nodded, and looked at the woman again. The other party was also looking at her nakedly, which made people feel awkward. He was about to say something, but the other party had already stretched out his hand and said hello. .

"...Hello." He was hesitant, but he held it politely and returned the words. Seeing the woman smiled slightly, she withdrew her hand and eyes, and looked at Su Ming.

"So there is really a date?"

"..."

"I really can't stand you. Since we have an appointment here, it's okay to go up and stay for a while."

As the woman spoke, she rolled her eyes at Su Ming, as if she wanted to continue, there was a burst of music between the three of them.Ke Shangchun saw her hastily opened the purse to search for it, and took it out after a while, but he was not in a hurry to pick it up, first said something to Su Ming and left first, then turned to him with a polite smile, and stepped on the high-heeled shoes hurriedly. Pedal away.

"..."

"...That's Zhao Xin." Su Ming said suddenly, "The friend I told you about yesterday."

Ke Shangchun was taken aback for a moment before he realized—is it the person you mentioned in the box yesterday?He subconsciously glanced in the direction the other party left.

"A classmate in our middle school got married today, and we're having a banquet here." Su Ming said again, motioning Ke Shangchun to walk in the direction of the elevator together, "I parked the car in the parking lot below."

Ke Shangchun nodded, and walked a few steps together, thinking about what the woman named Zhao Xin said just now, and for some reason remembered that when he first called Su Ming, the other party missed the call.

...Is that connecting to something?

He couldn't help but said, "That classmate of yours got married and sent you a post, right?"

"Well."

"and you……"

"I received it, but I didn't intend to come." Su Ming interrupted him: "I told Zhao Xin, and asked her to help bring the red envelope."

——But just now, I happened to run into Zhao Xin.

Ke Shangchun felt very sorry for Su Ming. He reappeared when he couldn't say it. He must not be able to explain why. If he still meets other classmates...

From Su Ming's point of view, since he said he didn't want to come, he definitely didn't want to socialize with these people. "...you have been in the hall?" He didn't know what to say, so he asked randomly.

"No, smoking is not allowed in the lobby."

As Su Ming said, he stretched out his hand to press the elevator, and someone on the other side also reached out to press it, but on the contrary, he pressed the up button, and the two exchanged a glance.

Ke Shangchun glanced over inadvertently, and found that the person was Ye Youquan; he opened his mouth to greet, but the other party spoke first, but the words were directed at Su Ming.

"...What a coincidence."

Su Ming looked slightly surprised, but soon calmed down, "It's you."

"No, it's really been a long time since I saw you, has it been three years?" Ye Youquan smiled and asked again, and then looked at Ke Shangchun, but he let out a sigh, his expression changed slightly, and pointed to him And Su Ming blurted out, "...know you?"

This is asking who - Ke Shangchun didn't have time to study carefully, but felt Su Ming's eyes looked at him, although his heart was full of doubts, but thinking about it, there was nothing to deny, so he nodded to Ye Youquan, Go to explain to Su Ming again.

"Mr. Ye is the person I interviewed this time..."

He was about to add another sentence later, but suddenly he thought of one thing—a very subtle point—the two of them smoked the same brand of cigarettes; if it was normal, he would probably not notice anything , would only feel like a coincidence, but at this moment, they couldn't avoid thinking about each other, even thinking about it on a deeper level.

I thought it didn't matter, but in the end it was someone I knew—what might have been in between?As soon as he thought about it, he couldn't speak.

Su Ming didn't seem to feel anything, and didn't seem to have anything to say, so he just nodded.Ye Youquan on the side was not silent, but said with a smile.

"This is really a coincidence."

Ke Shangchun didn't know who he was talking to, so he kept his face calm, smiled politely, and asked casually, "So the two of you knew each other before?"

"Ai."

Ye Youquan responded, and turned to chat with Su Ming for a few words; but it was a chat rather than a small talk, and in the conversation, it was impossible to tell whether the two were close or not.

Su Ming's side is also very polite - compared to the attitude towards Zhao Xin just now, he is indeed very polite. Seeing that they have exchanges with each other, they actually don't ask many questions, and the answers are simple.

Standing by the side, Ke Shangchun listened to the conversation between the two, and remembered what Su Ming said to him yesterday - he knew very well that sometimes seeing a person's appearance was just one side that the person was willing to show.

He didn't feel that the current Su Ming was very strange at all, but rather familiar; in college, he had seen the other side's good interpersonal skills many times, but compared to now, he still couldn't help but feel a little dazed.

The strangeness in the past, the difference in personality between the two, it is undeniable that this is indeed a distance; but it is also undeniable that sometimes, some things have long been placed above the distance.

After a while, the elevator finally came down from the [-]-odd floors. With a ding, the downward indicator light on the side of the wall lit up, and the door opened.

"……So be it."

When Ke Shangchun heard Su Ming say this, he looked at himself again, and then walked into the elevator.He came back to his senses, and went in towards Ye Youquan, watching as the elevator door separated the smiling person from them.

The elevator went down one floor at a time, and soon reached the parking floor. The two stepped out one after another. After the elevator door closed, Ke Shangchun opened his mouth.

"You...have a good relationship?"

Su Ming glanced at him and said, "Normal."

"..."

"It was okay when we were together before." Su Ming added this sentence.

Ke Shangchun remained silent, but nodded submissively to show that he heard it.Regarding this possibility, it's not that he hadn't guessed it just now, but the other party didn't care and said it frankly, which inevitably caused a little emotional ups and downs.

"...Is he gay?" Normally, Ke Shangchun would never have asked such an unadorned question—but now he felt his heart was blocked, and the atmosphere of the conversation was too stuffy, so he couldn't Peace of mind.

But in fact, he doesn't like this at all - everyone has a past, he himself does, and of course Su Ming does too.

"He must be double."

Unexpectedly, when he heard the other party's answer, Ke Shangchun was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Su Ming. The latter had a calm face, and he didn't feel that he said anything wrong, so he added something indifferently.

"He also had a lot of women."

"..."

Inexplicably, the two fell silent to each other.At this moment, they had already reached the seat where the car was parked. Su Ming took out the key before speaking again.

"Actually, I haven't been with him for a long time, um, I don't know if there was a year..."

Ke Shangchun was silent—he really wanted to tell the other party that there was no need to explain, but he couldn't say it—because he suddenly felt much better in his heart.

"You... haven't seen each other for three years?" He blurted out.

Su Ming had already opened the lock, and he paused for a moment before opening the door, before saying, "It should be, I didn't count."

"..."

"The director of the Department of Architecture at our university was also named Ye."

After getting in the car, Su Ming said suddenly, speaking a little nonsensically.

Ke Shangchun was startled, and looked at the other party. "...Really?" He blurted out, closed the car door, and thought about it seriously, but let alone the appearance, he had no clue about his name or surname at all.

"Well, the professor is also the guidance counselor of the student union. Ye Youquan is the professor's son. He has also come to the activities of the student union several times."

"..."

"Later, the professor had an accident. At that time, Ye Youquan came back from abroad to deal with it. He stayed at the school for a while. Our department office is on the same floor as the architecture department. The students in the department should have seen him to some extent."

...Is that so?Ke Shangchun was speechless.

Ye Youquan is the son of a certain professor in their university?In the resume given by the other party's assistant, it was indeed mentioned that his father was an architect, but it did not mention that he had taught at a university.

Before the interview, he also searched for more background information about the other party and read, but also did not find any background information about his father; but he roughly knew what happened to his family.

Frankly speaking, Ye Youquan never deliberately concealed this aspect, but he didn't say anything. He just quietly put it on the table-this may be the best way to deal with it. As a celebrity, small flaws will be magnified for examination Well, the story was old enough to be a scandal, but none of the magazines that had interviewed him were brave enough to ask me directly about it.

...unless it is a gossip newspaper.But this person will not accept that kind of interview.

Ke Shangchun naturally didn't ask.However, now that he had heard what Su Ming wanted to say to him, he asked again, "How did you get to know each other later?"

"When I was in my senior year, a student from the student union came to me with a business card, saying that he was helping graduates from the Department of Architecture to organize an exhibition and needed a tutor. The student didn't dare to call, so he hoped that I could help. , I became familiar with it after going back and forth.”

When I was in my senior year...Ke Shangchun thought about it, and recalled that Ye Youquan had just come back from abroad and the studio had just been established, but because of winning awards, he had already taken on several big cases.

"and then?"

"We were still friends at that time." Su Ming said plainly, "He asked me if I would like to be his assistant after graduation. I thought nothing of it, so I did it for a while, but I left after only one year."

Hearing this sentence, Ke Shangchun thought of Ye Youquan's current assistant named Lynn in English, and felt that it would be all right for Su Ming to do this job that required so much communication skills.

"Actually, it should be good if you continue to do it." He said it unconsciously.

"Maybe." Su Ming said, stopped and started the car, looked at him and asked, "...where do you want to talk?"

Ke Shangchun didn't realize the meaning for a moment, and after staring at the other party for a while, he remembered—in fact, he didn't forget, but there were too many unexpected situations.

——How should I say those words now?He thought of any words that could be used as opening remarks, but any sentence seemed inappropriate to be put here.

But suddenly, an impression in the back of my memory became clear - it was a fragment of the two talking in the library when they were in college - I always thought I had forgotten it, but I didn't.

Ke Shangchun moved his lips, and said abruptly: "At that time, I saw immortality." Milan Kundera's immortality.

That book did not belong to the school library, but his own. He had read it before writing a report, and bought a copy after he really liked it. He took it out and read it every time.

"I remember."

After a while, I heard Su Ming speak.

Ke Shangchun smiled - yes, Su Ming naturally remembered.

"...What book are you reading?"

"immortal. 』

"Does it look good? 』

"……good. 』

Then, he raised his head and asked Su Ming, "Do you want to see it?" 』

For some things, sometimes it's not that I don't understand it, but that I don't want to understand it.It is not easy to maintain a relationship, not to mention that the relationship is full of men.

Ke Shangchun has always felt that what he is afraid of is not responsibility, but change - he cannot easily see the slightest loosening in the relationship, or even the end - so he feels that there is no beginning, and there is no end.Pretending to be willful, but the more I know about love, the more I can't let go of it.

——But in life, you have to get hurt to get something.

Love makes people frightened, but it also teaches people joy. If you don’t try it, how will you know the result? If you just guess, you can only stop at this step of guessing.

So, it doesn't matter if you think it through or not.

He later remembered a lot about the time in college. Compared to before, Su Ming was indeed different, but his appearance...didn't change much; everyone's appearance at that time was considered to have grown up, and after many years There won't be any big changes either.

And that time in the library, he actually looked at this face very carefully, but he forgot - the other party always stands in front of people, as a looker from the bottom, often the impression will be blurred.

Thinking about it carefully, at that time he mistook the image of the other party for another person, and misplaced it as Li Jinbo; maybe it was because of envy at the time, and he hoped that he could be as straightforward as Li Jinbo—but how could he be so straightforward in the future? It's another matter.

"You didn't give it back to me."

Ke Shangchun opened his mouth and smiled slightly: "That book."

Su Ming was silent, and spoke after a while: "I thought you forgot."

"Well, I thought so too, but I actually remember."

"..." Su Ming lowered his gaze and then raised it, not leaving him, "That's what you want to talk about today?"

Ke Shangchun shook his head: "No. I was going to say something else, but after thinking about it, I felt that I couldn't actually speak."

"Then you now..."

"I do not know either."

Ke Shangchun smiled, and seeing the surprise and doubt in Su Ming's eyes, he said again: "I've been thinking, maybe both of us have misunderstood each other's impressions. I'm not what you think Look, neither are you."

Su Ming didn't reply.Ke Shangchun didn't care, and just went on talking.

"You said that if we hadn't been classmates in the past, we might not have any relationship in the future, but I think that even if there is no reason for that, we will continue."

He stopped for a while, sat up a little bit, still looking at Su Ming. "It's been going on between us for half a year." He said, "This time, there is still nothing between us?"

Su Ming's face was calm, but his eyes were extremely focused on Ke Shangchun.After a while, he saw his expression moved and he opened his mouth to say a word.

"You drive."

Ke Shangchun was taken aback for a moment, and saw Su Mingchao smiled to himself.

"This time, can I know which household you live in?"

Ke Shangchun was stunned again, but after a while, he smiled knowingly.

——It turns out that the answer actually existed from the very beginning.

It's not that the simulation is ambiguous, but that you are in it, and sometimes you can't see it clearly.