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In any case, it was too early to drink at this time - Ke Shangchun simply gave up and declined, because it was useless at all, and Ye Youquan always had other persuasive methods - all of which made people speechless to refute.

In fact, he could be perfunctory. After all, the other party didn't have Su Ming's mobile phone number. The two hadn't seen each other for three years. They met by chance last year, and Su Ming didn't give the other party any contact information.

But after all, he was not perfunctory, so he went to a high-end hotel in T City with Ye Youquan.

After eating in the restaurant inside, they went to the bar on the tenth floor.Tomorrow is not a Sunday holiday, but there are quite a few customers in the bar, but Ye Youquan likes to sit at the bar, and is also a regular customer here, so he called to order before coming, so the waiter saw the two coming, so he led them directly to the bar .

After the two of them were seated, the bartender came over and greeted them politely before he exchanged greetings with Ye Youquan.Since Ye Youquan is a frequent customer, the other party has already remembered his favorite wine, but he still asked verbally once.

"Yes, ten years for Blue Laidi." Ye Youquan said, looking at Ke Shangchun.

Ke Shangchun thought that his drinking capacity was not good enough, so he ordered a vodka tonic.The bartender said to the two of them to wait for a while, and then started to prepare the wine. After a while, he delivered the wine they wanted.

Ye Youquan picked up the wine first, made a meaningful respect to Ke Shangchun, and drank it.

Ke Shangchun also took a sip of the wine, not in a hurry to say anything.He and Ye Youquan had dinner and drinks together a few times, but frankly speaking, the conversation between the two of them has never been very in-depth, and they always gossip - the other party is extremely talkative, knows many things in different fields, and when they talk It wouldn't be pleasant either.

But he always felt that the other party was not like a friend.In the past, he also chatted very well with the interviewees, and then became friends in private, but the two cooperations with Ye Youquan were not so smooth, and he couldn't say where he was made things difficult. I think we can go deep.

"Mr. Ye, how is the exhibition going?"

After a few sips of wine, Ke Shangchun saw that Ye Youquan didn't seem to be planning to say anything first this time, so he opened his mouth—at the dinner, both of them concentrated on eating, and the other was also the one who didn't talk much during the meal people.

"It's okay, let's get to the end, but I'm talking about a hotel case, and I'll probably do it, but..." Ye Youquan replied, talking about work.

Ke Shangchun silently talked about the details of the work to the other party - this is not the first time he heard it, and every time he was silent, for the major of architecture, it is too difficult to answer, rather than pretending to understand, it is better Be a good listener.

At this moment, Ke Shangchun heard the other party say that if he is determined to take over the case, he will go to Macau to stay for three months after the exhibition is over, and then he will go to New York to stay for more than half a year.

"...In this case, Mr. Ye will not be in the country for almost half of next year?" He calculated and couldn't help but blurt out.

"Well, that's right."

Ke Shangchun thought about it for a while, and was a little hesitant—in fact, he didn't want to ask about the interview at the moment, but he was really not sure what the other party meant. From today's meeting, frankly speaking, he couldn't guess the slightest clue.

"—Can I ask Mr. Ye something?" He asked.

Ye Youquan nodded.

"I don't quite understand why you reject interviews like that?"

Ye Youquan was taken aback, then smiled again after a while. "I'm so surprised that you can ask people so directly." He said, without any displeasure.

"...Sorry." Ke Shangchun blurted out.

"It's nothing, I think it's good." Ye Youquan said, "However, I didn't reject it. When you interviewed me before, didn't you know that I would be regularly interviewed by magazines every year."

"...I didn't ask the question well." Ke Shangchun said, "I mean... non-related interviews, such as..."

"I don't reject anything irrelevant." Ye Youquan interrupted, looked at him and said, "But you know, good communication beforehand is very important, I don't like to regret it later, so I would rather spend a lot of time on it beforehand. What's more, if it starts to be carried out later, the effect will be very good.”

He paused for a while, then continued with a slight smile: "However, some interviewers are not patient enough, and they often rush to the end. I will not force myself to accept such things, nor will I force the other party to continue, but the opportunity is still willing. Here, if you come up with something full of patience and sincerity, I will naturally be happy."

Ke Shangchun was silent.He could hear the deep meaning in this long passage—Ye Youquan didn't say whether he would accept Xue Meihong's interview, but it wasn't that he didn't understand that he wanted to ask him; the words implied that he would continue to come I'll go, let's talk about the conditions.

... In this way, the work will never be finished.

Ke Shangchun always wanted to end it sooner, after all he had other business on hand, and working with Xue Meihong was not easy.

And probably seeing that he didn't say anything more, Ye Youquan suddenly asked something else.

"How is the progress between you and Su Ming?"

"..."

Ye Youquan took a sip of wine calmly. "You asked me a question, so I have to ask you too." He said, "I've always wanted to ask."

Ke Shangchun couldn't help being stunned, and felt puzzled, so he blurted out: "Why do you think?"

"Why not?" Ye Youquan asked back.

"..."

"I happen to know you all, and you happen to be together, as a friend, it is time to get to know you." Ye Youquan said.

Ke Shangchun was a little hesitant about a sentence in the dialogue - with the way he and Ye Youquan interacted, could they be called friends?

"...From the perspective of friendship, you and Su Ming are deeper." He weighed his words and opened his mouth.

Ye Youquan smiled. "You and I are considered friends, but you don't feel that, and you don't like it." He said flatly.

"..." Ke Shangchun didn't know how to answer, so he had to drink.

"I've always been very happy." Ye Youquan said leisurely, raised his hand to call for the bartender, and ordered another glass of the same wine.

Ke Shangchun suddenly felt cramped.He finished the wine in his hand, hesitated for a while, and asked the bartender for a glass before opening his mouth.

"We... are fine."

Ye Youquan looked at him and smiled slightly. "Oh, go on," he said.

——What can I say?Ke Shangchun couldn't help but feel helpless.He didn't want to talk about the things between himself and Su Ming to this person at all - not because of the depth of friendship.

But the other party really cared, and waited for him to continue talking with great interest.He sighed slightly in his heart, picking up nothing important to say.

Then for some reason... As he was talking, the conversation started; no matter how awkward Ke Shangchun felt, he still couldn't help talking to Ye Youquan about something he didn't quite understand—this person knew Su Ming well , before becoming a relationship, being friends for a long time, friends in the true sense.

However, after all, Ke Shangchun felt that he really didn't have a deep friendship with the other party, and he was a little evasive when he said it, so he didn't hear anything about Su Ming from Ye Youquan.

But the other party seemed to be interested in talking, and asked about his own affairs; he didn't have too many scruples in this regard, so he talked to the other party.

At the back, when both of them ordered a third glass of wine, Ke Shangchun accidentally mentioned that he had to find a house, and was suddenly asked.

"You plan to live together?"

Ke Shangchun was taken aback. "...No, it's because my lease has expired, so I'm looking for a house." After a long while, he said.

Ye Youquan looked at him and asked, "But isn't this just right?"

Ke Shangchun didn't answer.

"Haven't you thought about it?" Ye Youquan asked again.

Ke Shangchun hesitated for a moment, then blurted out: "No."

But maybe, not without it.He has often been thinking about one thing recently. The way the two get along has remained the same before and after their relationship. Frankly speaking, he really doesn't feel bad, but in his heart he vaguely feels that there is something missing in this level of intimacy.

What's missing, every time he thinks it's time to think about it, he always hesitates.

"Why don't you want to?"

I heard Ye Youquan ask again.

Ke Shangchun came back to his senses, glanced at him, and said, "There's no reason. It's just that I didn't think about it."

"Then you can think about it now."

"Well……"

Ye Youquan looked at him and smiled slightly: "Why are you hesitating? It's just living together."

Ke Shangchun was silent for a while. "We... have only been together for more than a year. To be honest, there are still some aspects that we don't understand. Besides, there are many people who haven't lived together for three or five years." After a while, he spoke.

"Is this why you hesitate? If so, then you have to live together to know."

After hearing this, Ye Youquan said flatly: "It's not easy for comrades to get to know each other, and you may not be able to fully apply the model of heterosexual love. Your one year is equivalent to three or five years for a man and woman to be together. Let alone living together, you have to try it." I know if I can continue."

Listening to this passage, Ke Shangchun's thoughts moved slightly, but he couldn't express his thoughts for the time being.

And Ye Youquan said again: "You know we have dated. Before we were together, we got along very well in all aspects, and the match at work was also good. Later we got together, but we broke up after only a while."

Ke Shangchun froze for a moment, then blurted out, "Have you ever lived together?"

"No." Ye Youquan said, "But we usually get along for a long time, but when we have feelings, getting along is different from when we were friends. If we can't get through, we can't continue."

"..." Ke Shangchun started to drink the wine.He could understand the meaning, but these words were spoken by the ex who taught his boyfriend, so he couldn't help feeling weird.

"You can think about it more." Ye Youquan said again.

"——Then, Mr. Ye has to give me some time to think about it." Ke Shangchun smiled and sarcastically said: "Frankly speaking, I have been tied up by work in the near future, let alone whether I want to live together or not. There is no time to even look at the house.”

Ye Youquan was stunned for a while, and later understood the meaning, but he was not angry, he just laughed.He nodded, took out his phone and dialed a number.

Seeing that the other party and his assistant ordered to arrange the date of the interview, Ke Shangchun was overwhelmed for a while.

"Okay, this matter is settled." After a while, Ye Youquan closed the line.

"..."

"I mean it."

"...Aren't you drunk?" Ke Shangchun couldn't help but blurt out.

"What do you say?"

Ye Youquan smiled, waved to the bartender, and ordered a fourth cup of blue Laidi.

Ke Shangchun really couldn't tell whether Ye Youquan was drunk or not, but when he left later, he really felt a little dizzy.

Because they went to the bar, they hitchhiked when they came here earlier, and it's the same now that they're leaving.At this time, there were taxis waiting in line at the entrance of the hotel, and he was about to wave, but Ye Youquan was already a step ahead.

"Let's take a ride together."

"..."

Ke Shangchun had no choice but to sit inside, and first reported the road name to the driver.Ye Youquan, who was behind, got in, closed the car door and reported the location. His location was near, so the driver drove there first.

On the way, there was silence in the car for a while.Ke Shangchun watched the street scene change, and somehow opened his mouth, and his tone was not so polite.

"...Why haven't you been in touch for more than three years?"

"You have to ask Su Ming."

"Um?"

Ye Youquan looked at him, and said flatly, "We got along very peacefully, but we kept in touch afterward. I never made a conscious effort to do that."

He paused for a while and said, "Su Ming's personality is a bit like this. He won't pay attention to people who no longer have a special relationship."